"The game will not necessarily let us go upstream, right?" Nanatsuki Koshimi looked at the cutscene and asked doubtfully, "What concerns me is that the police and nearby passers-by are wearing thick clothes, and the branches are also bare. The background should be
In winter, there are factors reflecting the season in more than one place. It should not be a coincidence. The current time is indeed winter, but the child was not wearing clothes. In other words, the murderer took off his clothes before and after the murder, or he was
Killed in places like bathrooms."
Mao Lilan: "..."
Is this how mystery fans play horror games?
"That's right," Conan nodded in agreement, "If he was killed in the bathroom, then there are two possibilities: a family member committed the crime, and the murderer broke into a house to commit robbery and murder. But if it was a home invasion, robbery and murder, there is no need for the murderer to take a naked child with him.
Dump the body outside. The body of a child is easy to hide, just hide it near the child’s home..."
Mouri Kogoro was sitting at the table drinking beer, raised his eyelids and watched the cutscene end, "Maybe the child's home is by the river, so the murderer can easily dump his body."
"No, this still doesn't make sense," Koshimizu Nanatsuki said. "Suppose someone breaks into or robs a house and is discovered by a child taking a bath in the bathroom. The murderer kills the child. After that, the murderer has enough money to escape.
The time should be used to delay the discovery of the body as much as possible, and if the body is thrown into the river, it is easy for someone to discover the body and report it."
"In other words, the possibility of burglary and murder is not high." Conan held the game controller in his left hand and subconsciously raised his right hand to touch his chin, thinking seriously. "The remaining possibility is that family members committed the crime, or the murderer deliberately committed the crime."
The boy took off his clothes. If it is the former, we should pay attention to his family. If it is the latter, then the murderer took off his clothes, maybe..."
"Infringement, revenge, and erasing evidence on clothes are the only three possibilities."
Chi Feichi said, seeing that the animation had ended, and the operating character was talking to the police NPC with an exclamation mark above his head.
Mao Lilan's eyelids jumped when she heard words such as 'violation' and 'vendetta'. She stared at the police NPC talking on the TV and silently prayed in her heart that this was the last possibility.
For a little boy, whether it was a crime committed by a family member, an invasion, or a vendetta, it was all too cruel.
This game is not suitable for children!
In the game, the police NPC provides players with preliminary investigation results.
After investigation, it was found that the boy's name was Zhengnan, a student in a nearby kindergarten, and he was five years old this year.
Now is the winter vacation. Zhengnan recently participated in extracurricular activities during the winter vacation. At ten o'clock this morning, Zhengnan left school with his classmates and teachers and said goodbye at the street corner.
Later, when the teacher contacted the students to confirm whether they had arrived home safely, they found that the phone at Zhengnan's home could not be reached.
[In half an hour, the teacher called his home three times at different times, but no one answered...]
[That child is usually naughty, and this has happened before. Once after a spring outing, the teacher called the students' homes after returning home to ask if they got home safely. Zhengnan did not answer the phone that time, waiting for the kindergarten teacher, the police, and the neighbors
When I looked around for him, he showed up on his own, saying that he just went to the store before going home, and thought everyone was making a fuss...]
[This morning, the teacher tried to contact his family, but his mother had been on a business trip for three days, and his father was in Tokyo. When he received the call from the teacher, his father said that he was very busy at work and would call back later.
At home, the child usually likes to go shopping by himself...]
[At one o'clock this afternoon, there was still no answer to the phone call at Zhengnan's house. Zhengnan's father contacted his neighbor and went to his house to check and found that there was no one at home. Later, Zhengnan's teacher called the police...]
[At around four o'clock in the afternoon, people walking by the river found the body of a little boy floating down the river, and immediately called the police. After we arrived here with Masao's teacher, we confirmed that this was Masao...]
[It is speculated that Zhengnan’s death time was around one o’clock in the afternoon. It seems that Zhengnan, his teacher, and his classmates were kidnapped by the murderer not long after they separated at the intersection...]
Conan stared at the dialog box, frowning and sorting out his thoughts.
What this NPC said is correct. Based on the available information, it is speculated that after Zhengnan separated from his teachers and classmates today, he may have met the murderer on his way home, or he may have been lured to a certain place by the murderer.
Later, Zhengnan was killed by the murderer and his body was thrown into the river.
The police NPC continues to provide clues.
[The murderer used a sharp blade to cut his throat and aorta. On Zhengnan’s body, we also found traces of being violated, but no body fluids were detected...]
Conan: "?!"
frenzied.
This is a kid from kindergarten! A boy!
Chi Feichi: "..."
This game is so weird.
The police NPC also frowned and said another thing.
There is also a situation in a certain song of "Smart Ikkyu" on the corpse.
Conan looked at the NPC's dialog box and felt a chill in his crotch, and the chill went straight to the top of his head.
Chi Feichi also thinks this game is really bad.
Not to mention the child, he felt the deep malice.
What is somewhat comforting is that the injuries on the body did not respond to life, and they should have been cut off by the murderer after death.
"It's too, too much!" Mao Lilan was angry and couldn't bear it, "How on earth was this kind of game allowed to be released..."
"It's marked on the box, 16 forbidden items."
Chi Feichi reminded him and pressed the controller again to let the NPC continue talking.
The NPC is also angrily accusing the murderer of his cruel behavior.
[In all my years as a police officer, I have never seen such a vicious murderer...]
"Even if people over sixteen years old play this game..." Mao Lilan hesitated and said, "It's not good, right?"
Conan's curiosity had been aroused and he was worried that he would be taken away by Mao Lilan. He quickly stared at the police NPC with an upright face, showing a full of justice, "I must catch that hateful villain and prevent him from doing anything again."
Do bad things!"
Mao Lilan was startled and felt that what Conan said made sense.
Although this was a game, she would feel uncomfortable if she didn't catch the abominable murderer.
Moreover, the murderer is vicious, but the player is a police officer in the game, which can also cultivate the child's sense of justice and remind the little boy to pay attention to safety.
Looking at it this way, it seems that it would be okay for Conan to play this game?
At least there are no R-rated scenes at the moment, and even the corpses are mostly blocked by police figures. It’s all up to NPCs to provide information to the players.
After scolding the murderer, the police NPC continued with a solemn expression: [Let the three of you start the investigation. Please, please be sure to catch the murderer!]
The exclamation mark on the NPC's head disappeared, and no one in the nearby crowd of onlookers had a dialogue symbol above their head.
"It seems that we can listen to what passers-by say," Nanatsuki Koshizui's character stood in front of the crowd of onlookers and clicked one by one. "Although there is no prompt above their heads, we should click on all the passers-by separately and listen to them.
What are you talking about, maybe you can understand this incident more thoroughly."
Chi Feichi and Conan also agreed with this idea, and divided their respective questioning areas with Koshizu Nanatsuki, and began to watch the crowd of NPCs one by one.
"I heard that a child was killed. Is it true?"
"It's true! When I was walking with my friends, I found the child's body floating down the river. I was really shocked!"
"It's so cruel! Who is it that actually attacks a child...'
"It's terrible. I still have children at home..."
"Let the children be safe these days, and everyone with children at home should also be careful..."
Koshimizu Nanatsuki used the character to talk to passers-by and said, "There was more than one person who found the body at that time. Judging from what those people said, no one seemed suspicious."
"The woman in front of me has a green arrow on the edge of the dialog box," Chi Feichi said. "No one else has it. It may be some kind of prompt, or talking to her will trigger a special plot under a specific environment."
"Eh? Really?" Conan ran to the woman NPC using the character and clicked on the dialogue, "Really, there is a small green arrow in her dialogue box that no one else has..."
The policewoman character of Koshizu Nanatsuki also came to the woman NPC, clicked on the dialog box and looked at it, "Like other passers-by, she has no name. No matter how I click on it, she only says, 'It's terrible, I also have children at home.'"
It mentioned that she has children in her family, could the murderer plan to continue committing crimes, and her children will be next?"
"Anyway, we have all talked to her. If there is a plot triggered, no matter who encounters it, they will be able to get more clues." Chi Feichi called up the game map and took a look. "The area currently unlocked includes the entire river.
, the police station, Zhengnan’s school, Zhengnan’s home, we will investigate separately and then gather together to share clues.”
Conan also opened the game map and looked carefully at the investigable places on it. "I'm still going to go to the upper reaches of the river to have a look. Maybe I can find the place where the murderer dumped his body. What about you?"
The three great detectives here are investigating in different directions, and they will definitely be able to collect all the clues quickly!
"My female police character is friendly and should be good at communication. Let's go to Masao's school or home. It's considered a visit and investigation." Koshizui Nanatsuki looked at Chi Feichi, "Mr. Chi, do you want to go to school or Masao?"
At home?"
"Leave those two places to you," Chi Feichi looked at the police stations he could go to. "I'll go to the police station first to see if there are any clues. The murderer in this case has very personal characteristics. The murderer may have been violated.
If you have experience, or have a history of harassing others, the police station may be able to find relevant past cases and report records.”
Conan nodded in agreement with Chi Feichi's speculation and looked at the serious-faced male policeman he was operating. "When I created the character, the introduction mentioned that this character is better at discovering historical cases. This should be a hint that we should investigate past events. Likewise,
I should also go to the police station to investigate, that way it may be easier to find clues..."
"No, no," Mao Lilan's face turned pale, "What if those historical cases are very bad..."
She is worried that Conan will leave a psychological shadow!
The more Conan thought about it, the more he felt that his character would make great discoveries in the police station, "But..."
"We exchange."
Chi Feichi handed his controller to Conan.
Let's put it another way, Conan uses his character to investigate the upper reaches of the river, and he uses Conan's character to go to the police station to find clues. Isn't that enough?