People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

How do I complete Chapter 976, "The Endless Game"?

"Huh? As a key witness, I have to testify in court again?"

"Why does it feel like I'm either giving court testimony or solving cases every day? It's just these two things on an endless loop. Seriously... wait, where did Conan go?"

"Huh? You went out with Xiang Yuanguang? Damn it... he didn't even tell me!"

As Kogoro Mouri sat in the car on his way to the Tokyo District Court, he complained to Ran Mouri in the passenger seat and let out a deep sigh.

Forget it, it's better not to dwell on these things.

Conan is becoming more and more elusive, I wonder who he learned it from. Anyway, he's too busy with court appearances to bother with Conan's lunch today. Let Conan and Xiang Yuanguang go out and have fun.

—————June 18th, 8:30 AM—————

—————Tokyo area, national highway——————

Xiang Yuanguang sat in the driver's seat and drove the car.

He didn't look very happy.

However, Asai Narumi, sitting in the passenger seat, didn't seem to care much about this. Instead, she seemed lost in thought... perhaps wondering what Minamoto Kou's hometown was like.

It's clear that Asai Narumi wasn't the reason for Minamoto Hikaru's unhappiness.

The reason he was unhappy was later.

In the back seat, Chiaki Nanami, Conan, and Ai Haibara sat neatly together, each doing their own thing, as if each of them were socially isolated.

Chiaki Nanami is playing the game console she brought.

Conan was reading a book, while Ai Haibara was admiring the scenery along the way.

The three of them didn't have much in common, so they could hardly talk to each other. They simply wanted to see what the hometown of the legendary lawyer Xiang Yuanguang was like, which is why they got on the bus.

"Mr. Xiang Yuan, what other impressions do you have of your grandfather, Xiang Yuan?"

Asai Shigemi, sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this question, Xiang Yuanguang fell silent.

His gaze was fixed on the car, his mind mostly on driving, but on the other hand, he was also thinking about Xiang Yuanzheng Hall—how to put it, he had no recollection of it.

Xiangyuan Zhengtang occupies a large portion of his already limited memories.

But it was so old that when Xiang Yuanguang recalled the past, his impression of his grandfather was only what Xiang Yuanzhengtang had said, Xiang Yuanzhengtang's face, and a few other things that left a deep impression on him.

He couldn't even remember what Xiang Yuanzhengtang's voice sounded like anymore.

The power of time is truly terrifying; it can make people forget everything.

Xiang Yuanguang finally answered,

“I still remember what he looks like, and I still remember the location and appearance of our hometown.”

He doesn't remember much else, so there's no need to mention it.

Asai Narumi was not surprised by this.

He leaned back in the passenger seat, gazing absently at the road ahead, lost in thought.

To be honest, he couldn't remember the voice of his father, who had perished in a fire when he was a child. He only remembered what his father had said, but the tone of his voice was always changing.

If we include the time when Xiang Yuanguang played the role of the father in the courtroom.

Asai Narumi felt that he could still remember his father's voice.

If Xiang Yuanguang wasn't just playing the role of a father that time, but actually, as mentioned in the legends of the legal world, had his father's soul attach to his body and speak to him...

The worries about Hikaru Mugen and Narumi Asai.

Conan could understand, but he couldn't truly empathize. The reason was simple: he had both parents, and had never even met his so-called grandfather, so naturally he wouldn't feel any sadness. He only outwardly showed a polite hint of sadness.

Because Ai Haibara, who was standing next to her, seemed to have remembered something as well.

A hint of other emotions seemed to flicker in her eyes as she gazed at the scenery. To ensure that his APTX-4869 antidote wouldn't slip away unnoticed, Conan chose to respect the former scientist from the Black Organization.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

A sound like the East China Sea accelerating down fell came from the game console next to me.

Chiaki Nanami seems to be completely immersed in the world of the game and can't pull herself out.

She appears to be playing Tetris.

However, Conan couldn't understand why Chiaki Nanami liked playing Tetris, because if he remembered correctly, Chiaki Nanami was eliminated because of Tetris.

"In this case……"

Chiaki Nanami's hand speed is getting faster and faster.

The falling speed and shape of Tetris blocks on the game console have also become increasingly varied.

After a fierce battle, the Tetris blocks finally stopped falling, and the game difficulty and score displayed on the side also froze, no longer changing.

"Cleared it."

Chiaki Nanami said with ease and pride.

Conan simply couldn't understand it.

Tetris is a game without an ending; it can extend indefinitely as players play. What Chiaki Nanami refers to as "beating the game" is simply causing the game data to overflow, resulting in the game freezing.

Can a game that freezes like this really be considered a complete game?
Conan thought for a while, then stopped thinking and looked up at the book he had brought.

Well, if you think about it carefully, maybe that's really the case?
The best way to deal with a game that never ends is to crash it. Although the game can no longer continue, the player will have free time to do other things.

For example, trying out other types of new games?
"We'll be there soon."

Conan had just immersed himself in his book when he was immediately startled awake by Hikaru's voice.

He looked up and saw a villa estate with a considerable area in his field of vision. Moreover, it seemed that the estate was still being maintained to this day.

Although no one from the Xiang family still lives in the manor.

"That's...quite spectacular."

"It looks a lot like the villas and manors of the nobles in Assassin's Creed."

Having already completed the game, Chiaki Nanami has shifted her attention elsewhere.

Just like Conan, he noticed the Xiangyuan family's manor not far away and exclaimed in surprise.

—From this perspective, Attorney Xiang Yuan seems to be a very wealthy person.

Even if he wasn't a lawyer, it would still be the same.

Such a large estate cannot be acquired by working as a lawyer for less than a year.

Although Chiaki Nanami is not yet an adult, she understands the concept of money; otherwise, she would probably get ripped off a lot when buying games.

"Okay, I'll get out of the car first and let them open the door."

Xiang Yuanguang said.

He pushed open the driver's side door, got out of the car, and walked towards the manor's security personnel. At first, the security personnel didn't recognize him until they saw Xiang Yuanguang's spiky hair.

—Isn't that Hikaru Mugen?!
(End of this chapter)