Sonoko, Ran, and Conan are at the arcade where they meet their high school English teacher, Jodie Starling who is an avid gamer. Jodie introduces Ran to a virtual reality fighting game which uses mechanics to simulate the pain of a real fight. Ran loses to a gamer named Kengo Bitou who taunts her in her lost. Bitou plays the game again his rival, Takayasu Shimizu; The battle is projected on a large screen. Bitou's avatar overwhelms Shimizu's but stops at the climax of the match. The people in the arcade realize Bitou is dead and the police are called in.