Out-of-control players in the world of Detective Conan

"What the hell? Has this reporter gone mad? And is that Yusaku Kudo also crazy?"

"I don't understand, what kind of prank show is this? Who would believe something so outrageous?"

Outside the Metropolitan Police Department, anyone who saw the footage on television couldn't help but show disdain.

Is this world a game?

Do you really think they're just a bunch of fools who believe whatever they're told?

If this is really a game, why hasn't the game administrator fixed the bug where all salaries disappear the day after they're paid each month?

Immediately, discussions about the live stream became a trending topic on local apps.

[The Nonsense of a World-Renowned Mystery Novelist]

Is this world a game? Experts: Nonsense.

[A girl group that even Yusaku Kudo is watching commented: Kudo-husband is right! We support Kudo-husband! We also hope everyone will support us!]

The scene was abuzz in real life, and it was abuzz online.

The officials kept calling the people in the conference room, but they couldn't get through no matter what they tried.

Even if the power to this area is turned off and the signal is interrupted, the live stream continues and cannot be stopped.

Strangely, some people even tried unplugging the TV, but the screen did not turn off.

"Oh dear, what's going on?!"

Outside the conference room, Yukiko Kudo anxiously pounded on the transparent barrier, but to no avail.

No one can stop this meeting now.

"Yusaku, you guys must be joking, right? Games and stuff... I don't quite understand."

Inspector Megure was starting to lose track of the situation.

Furthermore, given that he didn't know much about computers and games, Kudo Yusaku's worldview-shaking remarks sounded quite fantastical.

Takagi touched his chin and asked curiously.

"Mr. Kudo, do you mean that our world is made up of code?"

"But I never felt like I was being manipulated by code; at least all my actions were absolutely based on my own will."

"..."

Sato Miwako glanced at Takagi Wataru with surprise.

They were all still surprised that their good colleague had actually accepted the request and even started asking questions.

Their ability to learn is frighteningly strong.

"No, we are not made of code."

Shinichi Kudo shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and then looked at Qi Ming.

Since Qi Ming has already spoken, then let him decide for himself.

"Mr. Kenshi, the answer to this question is also written in my riddle. Should you provide the answer, or should I?"

"Well, you should explain it. I've said enough."

Although Qi Ming knew what was going on, he still decided to let Kudo Yusaku explain.

Because he didn't know how to explain the problem concisely.

Kudo Yusaku understood and picked up the whiteboard that was placed by the wall, and started doodling with markers.

"I'm pretty sure that our world was actually normal from the beginning."

"And what made our world strange was this day."

Yusaku Kudo wrote down the approximate date and time, circled the date and time, and looked at Shinichi Kudo as he spoke.

"The rules of our world, let me put it this way for now, seem to have been modified by some higher-dimensional being, making everything start to change."

When Inspector Megure saw the date written by Yusaku Kudo, he immediately blurted it out.

"What happened in those days and during that period was... a cocoon?!"

Megure Juzo remembers this case very clearly; they still haven't found the final culprit.

"Could it be that artificial intelligence did this? Could it have altered our world?"

Kudo Yusaku shook his head.

“Inspector Megure, I already answered that question. Our world is not code, and artificial intelligence cannot modify our macroscopic world.”

Kudo Yusaku stopped looking at his son and turned his gaze to Qi Ming, saying something at the same time.

"I don't know what that being is, nor do I know how it did it, but one thing is certain: the world has changed since that day."

"Actually, at that time, quite a few people had already gradually become like those people."

"..."

Qi Ming looked at Kudo Yusaku, then looked left and right.

Oh, it seems like she's looking at him.

But why is that guy with glasses looking at him?

Although he is now called Clark Kent, he is not a god among men.

Although it seems to be pretty much the same.

However, after listening to Yusaku Kudo's theory, Qi Ming was also curious about how Yusaku Kudo had come to this conclusion.

He hadn't considered whether any other being, even Karasuma Renya, had changed the rules of this world, but Kudo Yusaku had.

Unless, of course, Karasuma Renya had hypnotized himself to a certain degree.

"Um, Mr. Kudo, why are you so sure it will be on that day?"

Shinichi Kudo raised his hand and asked.

He and Yusaku Kudo are in a serious meeting right now, so calling him "Dad" or something like that wouldn't be appropriate.

Shinichi Kudo was also quite curious as to why his father had been staring at him earlier.

"That's because I did field research."

"Field investigation? Where?"

Yusaku Kudo adjusted his glasses and answered Shinichi Kudo with a smile.

"I've investigated several, um, mental hospitals."

"...mental hospital?"

Yusaku Kudo typed on the keyboard and pulled up a document on the screen.

"Many mental hospitals admit people who believe that the world is a game."

“I asked the hospital director, and some of the patients were recently admitted, while others were admitted a long time ago.”

"The conclusion is that those patients are no different from others, just normal people whose thinking is different from ours."

"However, it was in this year and month, or rather after the Cocoon Incident, that they changed."

Yusaku Kudo clicked on a video.

The video was divided into many small screens, each showing a mental patient.

For the sake of privacy, although they verbally said there was no surveillance in the patients' rooms, they actually installed pinhole cameras.

As the video scrolled, the police witnessed it firsthand.

In the video, various mental patients dressed in hospital gowns magically produced all sorts of things out of thin air.

Mineral water, fruit knives, purple mood symbols, even guns and other things they shouldn't have.

"What, what's going on?"

Megure Juzo slammed his fist on the table and stood up.

Although the impact of the current footage is far less than that of the videos we just saw...

Of course, this refers to the normal videos that follow, not the girl group videos.

This video fully demonstrates that those strange people's abilities are acquired through training!

The intelligent people present all realized that this was no ordinary matter.

If the public knew about this, and if everyone could act like this, wouldn't the world descend into chaos?!

"Yusaku, I think we should..."

"No, Inspector Megure, I know what you want to say."

Knowing what his old friend was thinking, Kudo Yusaku immediately stopped him, saying emphatically.

“I retract my initial statement. I think we should make this public after this internal meeting.”

"The people have the right to know!"