Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

[Entomologist——Merry Pliny/Merry Ndlovu]

Husband and wife depend on each other and doubt each other.

[Merry was originally just an ordinary girl in the town, but her academic achievements were no less than those of some nobles. Coincidentally, the elegant and academically capable Joshua Pliny was willing to marry her, so she could use this opportunity to improve her research.

However, after their marriage, Joshua grew increasingly cold towards her and even took away her research. Unable to bear it any longer, Mary finally killed her husband with a rare bee venom. However, her secret of murdering her husband was discovered by the landowner, forcing her to participate in the game.

In the thirteenth game, the entomologist fought with both the explorer and the novelist, and his fate remains unknown.

"Sure enough, it's not surprising that these guys would fight to the death when they get together," Kudo Shinichi sighed. "Now I know why Mr. Frederick ran away so early."

【Cheerleader——Lily Barrier】

[The castle is so cramped that it's suffocating, and I burst into tears.]

[Lily's original family was very happy, but as a noble, the inheritance rights oppressed her father like a mountain, so her brother Simon was placed with high hopes. Her father hoped that Simon could shine in horse racing and win the favor of old Earl Baril, but the opposite happened.

An accident at the racetrack left Simon paralyzed. His enraged father turned to alcoholism and domestic violence, and his mother, overwhelmed by the situation, fled. Lily, after another domestic violence incident, accidentally killed her father with a broken bottle. As a minor, and because her actions were considered self-defense, the police did not pursue charges. Now, the Barrier mansion is silent, save for the rustling of Lily's bouquets.

Old Earl Baril had not forgotten his granddaughter from a different branch of the family, so she was sent to the manor as a bargaining chip. Lily naively believed that as long as she won the game, she could save this broken family.

"What? Lily's family is like this?" Xiaolan was even more shocked. After all, the cheerleader had always been optimistic and cheerful. Even after she mentioned that her family had suffered a tragedy, she didn't seem to be devastated. She really didn't expect there was such a story hidden behind it.

Chapter 8: Chasing Light: Seeking Light, Catching Light, or Replacing Light?

[For our goals, we risk our lives, we all shine like light, but the light is fleeting. In the end, all light and hope are swallowed up by the shadows, leaving no trace of a ripple.]

Seeing this title, Xiaolan's already tense heart tightened again: "Could it be that everyone in this group will also have no happy ending?"

[Spider——Valletta]

【Always hold onto hope.】

Violetta is a deformed child abandoned under a circus seat. Her adoptive father took her in simply because her unique appearance could help him make money. When the miracle show gradually declined, Violetta lost her value. Her ruthless adoptive father put her in an iron cage and sold her to the Circus of Noise.

As a marginal figure, even though she escaped the massacre, her cowardice still brought her death. In an unnoticed corner, on the cold stage, Violetta fell into her last fantasy of performing.

In the eighth experiment, Spider had her prosthetic limbs cut off by the Weeping Clown, and then was affected by the drug, ultimately freezing to death in the snow. However, her death was only a trivial stepping stone before the tumultuous finale.

"Miss Valletta..." Amuro Toru couldn't help but lament the fate of this poor disabled girl. Whether it was the previous performance or the current experiment, the spider would have only one ending: as a sacrifice to start the "final performance", dying before the game even began.

[Broken Wheel - The Will Brothers]

Love is a fragile thing under the wheel.

The three Will brothers, born with dwarfism, were abandoned by their biological parents shortly after birth, only to be picked up by the owner of a theater troupe. From then on, the three of them performed various plays on stage. The actress named "Catherine" always played the role of the "Saint," while the three of them played the wheel-tortured monsters destined to be defeated.

The three brothers always wanted to add more roles for themselves, but this caused dissatisfaction among the troupe's owner, who decided to get rid of them. However, the three brothers took the initiative and destroyed the entire troupe, and even tortured the actress who played "Saint Catherine" with a whip. From then on, before each execution, the three brothers would question the victim.

"Have you met our parents?"

The three Broken Wheel brothers died of drug overdose during the third Group A experiment.

"Why did all the deaths in Group 3A result from drugs?" Hattori Heiji had thought that there would be different conflicts and confrontations in these experiments, but now it seemed that all the people in Group 3A were poisoned to death by the drug before any conflicts arose?

Miss Nightingale cleared her throat awkwardly. "This is entirely due to someone's unskilled potion-mixing skills."

Apostle An

【Truth is born from darkness.】

Ann had a devout faith, but it didn't protect her. When her parents died and left her a large fortune, her relatives surrounded her like hyenas. Rumors about Ann spread throughout the town.

"She's the source of the plague. See those eyes? That's proof she's evil!"

Ann thought her faith was not devout enough, so people criticized her so much. So one sleepless night, she decided to go to church to pray to comfort herself. But when she was halfway there, a cross-shaped wooden spike pierced her heart and nailed her to death in front of the holy place.

At the last moment, the desperate An saw the golden pupils of the Cat God staring at her.

In the tenth Group B experiment, the apostles will work with their fellow believers to complete the Cat God's divine descent experiment at the manor.

"Group B for the tenth match! Mr. Luca will also be in this group. Based on what happened before, this fellow believer could be Professor Lorenz!" Kudo Shinichi immediately understood the composition of this group.

Toru Amuro understood why the apostles abandoned their original beliefs so easily. Rumors can kill people, not to mention that these are rumors deliberately fabricated by those who have faith.

【The Hermit——Alva Lorenz】

【God is an insulator of human nature.】

Alva Lorentz was undoubtedly a physics genius. He worked his way up from a commoner to a physics professor, undoubtedly putting in a lot of effort. He knew that his close friend Hermann had put a lot of effort into developing perpetual motion machines, and he was happy to help. The two collaborated on many research projects.

However, Herman had already spent all his money and his perpetual motion machine had yet to produce any results, so he asked Alva for help. Seeing his friend's mad state, Alva refused, hoping that Herman would focus on his family for the time being and not dwell on his own problems.

But he underestimated Hermann's paranoia. A fire destroyed almost everything, and Hermann died in an experimental accident. Only the manuscript survived. Alva sealed it away, hoping to prevent further tragedy. However, Lucas's appearance reignited the flames of tragedy.

When Alva rushed into the laboratory to stop Lucas, it was too late. The dazzling electric light blurred his vision.

When he woke up again, he saw the golden cat's eyes staring at him from the side of the coffin and the rune of truth engraved on it. The believers would respectfully address him as Lord Alva, but no one would call him Professor Lorenz anymore.

"Sure enough, this fellow believer is Professor Lorenz!" Kudo Shinichi wrote down his reasoning.

Hattori Heiji, standing nearby, asked curiously, "So, Professor Lorenz's position in the Dark Eye Cult is equivalent to that of a priest? He's personally received into the cult by the gods."

"It seems so."