Almost Forced to Become a Cao Thief

"There's absolutely no point in searching like this."

Sherlock glanced at the anxious Conan and said, "Instead of wasting time, why not enjoy an opera?"

"Ah?"

"You are just looking, not observing; the difference between the two is obvious."

In response to Conan's question, mentor Sherlock Teng looked at Irene Yukiko on the stage.

"Looking, not observing?"

Conan seemed to understand Sherlock Holmes's teachings and looked towards the stage.

"Imagine yourself as Jack the Ripper."

Sherlock Teng said quietly, "If it were you, how would you plan to kill Irene?"

"What would I do..."

Conan lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

"..."

Ai Haibara lowered her head, rubbed her forehead, and thought to herself that Fujino was fooling the little fool again.

"Perché me ne rimuneri così..."

At this moment, Irene Yukiko on stage had already sung the last verse.

As the questioning of Him rose in a high-pitched voice, a deafening explosion suddenly echoed through the hall, followed by a tremor in the surrounding buildings.

Suddenly, a spotlight on the stage fell and hit the bewildered Irene Yukiko directly.

"It looks like he's already made his move."

Fujino murmured something, glanced at the fallen spotlight, and leaped onto the stage.

He then leaped into the air, raised his leg high, and kicked the spotlight that was falling from mid-air.

"Bang!"

By the time everyone came to their senses, the spotlight had already been kicked several meters away by Sherlock Teng, flying towards the other side of the stage below.

"Mr. Sherlock Holmes!"

Conan jumped onto the stage, holding onto it, and shouted.

"It looks like Jack the Ripper is planning to blow up the theater, force us out, and then kill us in the chaos..."

Fujino pulled his leg back and looked at the old man in the audience on the wall. "No wonder he's the assassin trained by that despicable guy."

Moriarty then noticed Sherlock Teng looking in their direction, and immediately raised his hands high, striking a pose like an explosive artist, and shouted, "Jack, let's turn this world into hell!"

"Tsk, chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)."

Fujino rolled his eyes at the strange old man who seemed to be suffering from chuunibyou and neurotic behavior, then reached out and pulled Irene Yukiko to her feet. "Jack's target is Irene. Watch out for suspicious people around us. We'll go out through the back door of the stage!"

"Oh!!"

Conan looked at Sherlock Holmes, who was dragging Irene away, and responded.

I couldn't help but look back and swallow.

This Sherlock Holmes has quite a bit of martial arts spirit.

"..."

Noah's Ark, disguised as Hideki Morohoshi, watched the spotlight being kicked away and fell silent.

He remembered that he had already completely blocked all the cheaters in the game.

Only powers possessed in reality can be brought into the game.

What's the deal with this wall-mounted feature?

Could it be that the other party's reality is just as outrageous?

With a series of explosions, the theater gradually collapsed.

The group darted quickly through the panicked crowd, ran out of the theater, crossed the alley opposite the theater, and stopped.

"Phew! That was close!"

Irene Yukiko lifted her skirt with one hand, let out a long sigh, looked at the hand that was being held, her little face flushed. "I almost died just now... It's all thanks to you, Mr. Sherlock Holmes!"

Conan: "..."

Seeing the increasingly ambiguous atmosphere, he couldn't help but be speechless for a moment.

Conan knew that this Irene was not Yukiko Kudo, so it wasn't a big deal. But the fact that Irene Yukiko, who Yukiko Kudo's face, was showing that kind of expression to her mentor Sherlock Holmes, who had Fujino's face, was a big problem!

This feels so damn weird!

"Jack the Ripper may still be lying in ambush nearby."

Fujino immediately withdrew his hand, revealing an icy expression, and then glanced at the people behind him. "Everyone, are you all alright?"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Sherlock Teng's indifferent expression.

If Fujino- Senior were to get together with Shinichi's mother in the game, that would be a bit scary!

Ran thought so too, and breathed a sigh of relief.

She turned to look at the group of people who had run out after her, only to find that only nine of the original twelve remained. She exclaimed in surprise, "Several people are missing!"

"It's Takizawa, Emori, and Kikukawa!"

After spending some time together, the group of kids quickly discovered that the missing members were all spoiled brats who had been beaten up by Fujino back then.

Except for Hideki Morohoshi, none of them escaped; they all met their demise.

Although he was just missing, in that opera house, it was practically the same as being dead.

There will inevitably be casualties during an escape. The few lucky ones were safe and sound under Fujino's protection, while the others are on their own.

This is not because Fujino is biased or settling personal scores.

The married woman's hands were just too weak, and she couldn't quite recover for a moment.

Yes, I guarantee it with Sherlock Teng's integrity.

That Cao Thief only had designs on other men's wives.

This is absolutely not a matter of settling personal scores!

"Da da da da!"

Just then, a series of footsteps sounded.

It was Jack the Ripper hat, with a face as black as Xiao Hei's, and holding a dagger!

Ran turned around, raised her long, white leg, and kicked hard at the other person's head.

However, the next moment...

To her astonishment, Jack the Ripper dodged the kick with a backflip.

Immediately afterwards, he raised the dagger high in his hand and stabbed it fiercely towards Irene Yukiko.

"Clang--!"

A silver-white sword shadow suddenly blocked the dagger.

Sherlock Tennant drew his cane sword and blocked Jack the Ripper's dagger.

With a hard push forward, the cane sword and dagger sparked as they clashed.

Then, the Ripper was forced to retreat repeatedly by the impact.

"Waaaaah—! Waaaaah—!"

The officer who had spotted Jack the Ripper blew his whistle.

"Tsk!"

Jack glanced back, clicked his tongue, and then strode quickly toward the crossroads.

"Stop right there!"

"Wait for me, Ran!"

Ran was the first to follow Jack the Ripper, followed closely by Sonoko, and the Baker Street operatives also hurried to catch up.

"Wait, Mr. Sherlock Holmes!"

"Um?"

"Smack!"

Just as Fujino was about to follow, Irene Yukiko called out to Sherlock Fujino and kissed him with her red lips.

Fortunately, Fujino reacted quickly and blocked the kiss with the back of his hand.

"Well?!"

Irene Yukiko was taken aback, clearly somewhat puzzled.

"Thump!"

Just then, a heavy sound came from not far away.

Conan just turned around to see if Sherlock Holmes was following, and was so frightened by what he saw that he fell flat on his face on the smooth stone road.

"I am not Cao Thief, and I am not interested in other men's wives."

Fujino paused for a moment, then said something, grabbed the fallen Conan, and ran away.

"What Cao Thief's wife?"

Irene Adler tilted her head, muttered in confusion, and looked somewhat disappointed. "But I'm still single..."

"That's terrifying!"

Fujino, carrying a bewildered Conan, quickly caught up with the others.

I couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from my forehead.

That's absolutely terrifying!

Luckily, he reacted quickly, otherwise he would have lost his first kiss today.

Are all cyber-married women this proactive?

He's clearly a gentleman!

If you're going to make a game, just make a game. Why does that old bastard Yusaku Kudo have to put things like this in his game where he's showing off his love for his wife?

Damn it, that scared me half to death! I was almost forced to become Cao Thief, and my integrity was ruined in my later years!