People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 972 The Ultimate Reckless Gamer

—————June 17th, 1:25 PM—————

—————Tokyo District, Mukai Gen Law Firm——————

"What game tips? I don't know!"

Xiang Yuanguang answered Nanami Chiaki's question blankly.

It wasn't that he was hiding his abilities; he genuinely didn't know anything about game strategies.

Because he is a complete force-hungry individual, when he entered the Cocoon game, his main motivation was that his super intelligence told him that he should use his super power at this time.

Then we pushed our way through.

He wasn't involved in the decryption process at all.

"Uh, I just fought my way through."

"Didn't you see it too?"

What Xiang Yuanguang was referring to was naturally the events in the Solomon's Treasure instance.

As a gamer, Chiaki Nanami was almost eliminated, but was saved by Hikaru Mugen, who broke in through a black portal. Chiaki Nanami then sacrificed himself to send him into a dungeon set in 19th-century old London.

Chiaki Nanami was unaware of what happened next.

However, seeing him rampage through the seventy-two demons in the Solomon's Treasure dungeon, one should be able to guess what his gaming style is like, right?

"...That's it."

Chiaki Nanami fell silent.

Well, I have something to complain about, but I don't know where to begin.

It seems that Xiang Yuanguang really did go through the whole thing by himself, just as he said. But given Noah's Ark's nature, wouldn't simply killing indiscriminately get him banned?
There must have been someone else who pushed the Cocoon game all the way to its finale.

Is that the elementary school student in the blue suit named Conan Edogawa?

Chiaki Nanami recalls what Conan looks like.

When she first arrived at the Cocoon Game Center, she felt that Conan's demeanor seemed a bit off, while the difference between him and the other ordinary elementary school students who were with Conan was quite significant.

She even took the initiative to go up and start a conversation.

However, the child seemed to play dumb when she saw strangers. She tried to talk to her but didn't learn anything. She didn't get to say more than a few words to the child until the cocoon game ended.

Because Conan went to see Yusaku Kudo at that time.

Chiaki Nanami, who was not familiar with Yusaku Kudo, the scriptwriter, naturally wouldn't presume to approach Yusaku Kudo and strike up a conversation with Conan, so she left after that.

Just like with the opposite source, there was no chance to strike up a conversation with him.

"If you're talking about game skills, then there are some."

"Of course, in my opinion, it has little to do with game skills, because those are the defense skills I acquired during my time defending others in court."

"It can also be described using a way of thinking."

Xiang Yuanguang lay on the sofa and started talking about this.

Hearing this, Nanami Chiaki also sat down on the sofa next to her, holding the water bottle she had brought with her hands, looking at Xiang Yuanguang with some curiosity, intending to hear what profound insights Xiang Yuanguang had to say at this time.

Tick, tick, tick.

After filling her water bottle at the water dispenser and making coffee, Asai Narumi walked over and said without hesitation,
Is it a "reversed" way of thinking?

“You’ve mentioned this in court before… Although I haven’t seen any gameplay footage of Cocoon Games, if you’re talking about a way of thinking, I think this is it?” Asai Narumi’s words were quite apt.

And it hit the nail on the head.

That's right, exactly.

Xiang Yuanguang nodded in agreement, took the coffee from Asai Narumi, took a sip, and then said...

"That's right, it's the [reversal] mindset."

"There were actually two villains in the game at the time: Jack the Ripper and James Moriarty. You could only complete the game by defeating both villains."

"I'm dealing with James Moriarty."

Hearing this, Chiaki Nanami nodded her little head seriously.

As a top-tier gamer, she valued the experiences of others in clearing these difficult levels and even took out paper and pen from her backpack to write them down.

Then, she heard Xiang Yuanguang say,
"First, I determined that James Moriarty's purpose in designing Noah's Ark was to recreate the famous scene of Reichenbach's fall, and only then did I deduce Moriarty's actions along this possibility."

The Fall of Reichenbach? Was this character created solely to recreate a famous scene?
This kind of thing also happens in the game industry. In cases like 19th-century old London, where it's clearly a tribute, it's not hard to understand why such a scene would be included.

Chiaki Nanami nodded in agreement.

Then, Xiang Yuanguang continued,

"Then, in order to stop us from moving forward, Moriarty set up many traps along the way, which were very dangerous. Even Sherlock Holmes, who was with me, would have had a hard time breaking them."

"At this point, I realized that if we continued to follow Moriarty's ideas, there might be big problems, such as time, and there might be major oversights in terms of time."

"so……"

Upon hearing this, Nanami Chiaki was startled and asked,

"So, you solved the puzzle section smoothly, even faster than Sherlock Holmes, by guessing Moriarty's thoughts?"

If that's the case, then Mr. Xiang Yuan underestimated himself a bit too much.

As the most classic fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes' intelligence and reasoning abilities in the game should be designed to be at maximum.

Therefore, the fact that Xiang Yuanguang could solve the puzzles of Professor Moriarty, Holmes' nemesis, faster than Holmes can only mean that Xiang Yuanguang is also among the best in the world in terms of intelligence and reasoning ability!
"No, I just smashed it all the way."

“The building materials were very limited in that era, so I punched it and it collapsed. Then I fought my way to the exit of this maze, stormed into Moriarty’s hometown, and bought precious time.”

He spoke sincerely to Yuan Guang.

Upon hearing this, Chiaki Nanami fell silent.

Well... it seems she can't replicate it.

Her biggest problem lies in her lack of physical strength and athletic ability. If she were to compensate for her lack of intelligence and calculation skills with physical strength and athletic ability... she probably couldn't do it...

"The most crucial point is that I am fully aware of Moriarty's every thought."

“I know why he led me here, I know what he has planned, I know what he is thinking... I know everything about him.”

Xiang Yuanguang's voice suddenly became serious.

In response, Nanami Chiaki asked,
"So how did you do that?"

Xiang Yuanguang replied,

"It's very simple, you just need to design the final boss based on you."

(End of this chapter)