The establishment of the Time Travelers Alliance began in the first year of Conan

Chapter 197: The story line and Vermouth both made mistakes (three-in-one monthly ticket request)
I have to say that the [story timeline] is very smart to a certain extent.

The first thing it did was to immediately try its best to create an atmosphere in front of Miyano Shiho, trying to tell Miyano Shiho that everything that happened last night was actually her unnecessary worry and excessive anxiety.

At the same time, it now takes more time for the first time, so delaying is very important.

Just like when Ran Mouri tried to ask Conan the truth, the [story timeline] created an accident to divert her attention.

The storyline now attempts to do so once again.

So, while Miyano Shiho was waiting and trying to find some sharp objects that could be used as weapons in the room, at the 7th minute of ten minutes, she keenly heard a sudden burst of dull gunshots and some people shouting in the corridor.

Then she heard a burst of hurried footsteps stop at the door of her room, followed by a voice coming from behind the door.

The voice said, "Open it."

It all happened so quickly that before Miyano Shiho could react, the door of the room was pushed open.

Then the scene behind the door made her slightly stunned——

In the corridor, several men with guns stood aside warily, glancing around vigilantly.

The security guard who had previously tried to stop her from leaving the institute was trembling and huddled by the door.

Above his head, a gun with a cold glow was pointed at him.

"boom!"

An unexpected gunshot broke the silence in the air.

At that moment, Miyano Shiho was so frightened that her heart skipped a beat. Then, she saw the person holding the key's body soften and then fall to the ground powerlessly.

Then, a touch of crimson color began to spread on the white floor tiles.

As her eyes quickly moved upwards, Miyano Shiho saw the man who fired the gun turned around, took off the intercom on his chest, and reported to the other side in front of her:
"We have rescued Shirley, and all the traitors have been eliminated."

This sentence made Miyano Shiho immediately stare at the person who spoke, and a hint of hope flashed in her eyes.

Then she heard the words she had been waiting for.

The leader turned to look at Miyano Shiho: "I was sent by Lady Miyano to rescue you. She has told me everything."

"She's now—"

The leading woman nodded, indicating that Miss Miyano was safe now, and then added.

"This isn't a safe place to talk. You probably haven't eaten yet. We'll explain the details to you when we get to the restaurant."

Taking a deep breath, Miyano Shiho could almost feel the long-lost, slightly vague sense of stability in her chest.

Hope immediately rekindled in her eyes, and the huge rock in her heart seemed to finally loosen.

"Ok!"

Miyano Shiho nodded excitedly, even her steps became lighter, and she followed closely behind the woman, through the corridor, and came to the familiar restaurant.

There seemed to be no exchange of fire in the restaurant leading to the institute's gate. Soft lights shone on the table, and even the air was still filled with the faint aroma of food.

This immediately made Miyano Shiho's eyes focus, and then she immediately forced herself to appear relaxed.

"Just sit here."

Miyano Shiho nodded and sat down nearby as the woman in front of her instructed.

Then, she saw a dish she usually ordered most often placed in front of her -

The woman gently pushed the plate in front of her. When Miyano Shiho picked up the spoon, a trace of hatred for the traitor flashed across her face, and then she sighed softly.

Her voice was a little low. "I didn't expect that something like this would happen in the research institute when Lord Miyano was in command of this critical operation."

Miyano Shiho did not respond immediately. She just lowered her head and used the spoon in her hand to spread the sauce on the sandwich more evenly.

The woman continued, "These traitors were instigated by those within the organization who were hostile to Lord Miyano. However, we came here immediately after learning that you were under house arrest."

Miyano Shiho still didn't take her eyes off the plate of food, but she noticed that the woman's tone became slightly more relaxed, as if a heavy stone had been gently lifted.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and seemed genuinely glad that Miyano Shiho was safe: "It's a good thing you weren't hurt, Shiho."

"Actually, we should have arrived last night, but we didn't expect to encounter that organization during this operation. It caused a lot of trouble for our operation."

Miyano Shiho raised her head slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes: "That organization?"

[Story Timeline] Started trying to kill two birds with one stone——

This character, whose personality had been completely tampered with and who had just been promoted to "Ms. Miyano's Assistant", nodded with a heavy face.

"Well, it's an organization called 'Science Frontiers'. In fact, what Lord Miyano is dealing with right now is related to it."

"This organization has been operating in secret, with unknown and highly secretive goals. We have only just begun to gain some information about them, and Lord Miyano has even come close to..."

Shiho Miyano waited until the person in front of her finished introducing the organization called "Science Frontiers", and then she nodded slightly to show that she understood.

Trying hard to suppress her inner turmoil, she lowered her eyes slightly, as if thinking for a moment, and finally asked the most important question with a glimmer of hope.

"Since you received an order from Ms. Miyano to come back and rescue me, you should be able to talk to her on the phone."

The firmness in her words made the woman pause slightly.

As mentioned before, Miyano Shiho is very calm now.

Now, she completely disbelieved anything the so-called "Ms. Miyano's assistant" said.

Everything that was happening before my eyes seemed very reasonable at first glance.

But there are too many problems in the details.

It was as if someone had only designed the ending of a plan but completely ignored the planning process.

You can't avoid the restaurant when entering the research institute. It was originally part of the organization's disguise.

Come to think of it, the sudden gunshots were strange. If they were attacking from outside the institute, why did the restaurant seem to be the same as before?

There were no bullet holes, and even all the chairs were still standing there intact.

And the "organization traitor" this woman just mentioned...

You have to know that just ten minutes ago, the "organization traitor" mentioned by this woman agreed to send a phone that could be used to contact Ms. Miyano.

If they were really traitors, why would they agree to let me contact Ms. Miyano?

Moreover, this person said that Miss Miyano told her everything.

But from the time she rescued me until now, she only gave me a few simple and vague explanations, and then abruptly began to introduce me to an organization called "Science Frontiers".

Miyano Shiho made herself appear more convinced on the surface, but her heart was already churning.

She knew that if it was Miss Miyano, she would definitely not ignore what she cared about and worried about most at the moment.

Ms. Miyano has always been careful and thoughtful, and would never leave her out of trouble, especially at a critical moment like this one that concerns her own safety.

Miyano Shiho was almost certain that Miss Miyano would call her as soon as possible to confirm her safety.

After going over the entire conversation between herself and Miss Miyano's assistant in her mind, Shiho Miyano became more convinced of her judgment.

Before Miss Miyano or Sister Akemi actually appeared in front of her, Miyano Shiho decided that she would never trust anyone easily.

Even the dreamlike smoothness of being rescued just now, after calming down, was compared with the somewhat anxious feeling that flashed through my mind the night when Ms. Miyano left.

The weird feeling became stronger.

[Story Timeline] The organization "Science Frontiers" should not be mentioned.

For some reason, Miyano Shiho became more alert. She would never believe in any luck or coincidence again.

However, out of a faint hope in her heart, she repeated her previous question:

"Can I speak to Ms. Miyano now?"

As soon as this question was asked, Miyano Shiho saw that the "assistant" frowned slightly, and his face instantly became a little embarrassed.

A trace of uneasiness rose in her heart again, but she did not show it immediately. Instead, she waited quietly for the response from the person opposite.

"Shiho..."

The assistant finally spoke, her tone hesitant:
"You should have noticed that I have just reported the information here through the communicator. Ms. Miyano has something more important to deal with right now, so you may need to wait a while."

"I understand."

The evasive tone in the words of this so-called "assistant" made Miyano Shiho's heart sink.

But in the end, she just nodded: "Then I'll wait a while, I happen to be a little hungry."

……

As for the [story timeline], although it did not completely eliminate Miyano Shiho's doubts.

However, it was determined to achieve its goal by staging such a "big show", and the purpose of delaying time was finally achieved.

[Story Timeline] He didn't care at all that his plan was a bit rough.

In its eyes, the doubts, worries, and thoughts of Miyano Shiho yesterday and today are not important. Her personality transformation is only related to one factor -

Ms. Miyano and Akemi Miyano.

Yesterday and today, no matter how Miyano Shiho doubted, worried, struggled mentally, and speculated, the [story timeline] did not take it into account.

Those problems will disappear completely after the "personality" is reset.

In particular, Miyano Shiho did not appear in front of Kudo Shinichi, which is very crucial.

In the story, isn’t it natural that the facial makeup and personality setting of an actor who has not yet "appeared on stage" can be changed and readjusted at will?

Even as the alliance analyzed, the story line will definitely target the memories of Miyano Shiho, or Haibara Ai.

Miyano Shiho and Haibara Ai can be forcibly regarded as two different individuals.

[Story Timeline] When Miyano Shiho becomes a child, an attempt will be made to make her lose her memory, so that she forgets that she has a sister, in order to more effectively limit the possibility of "Miyano Akemi" appearing in reality.

As for the reason?

As for the timeline itself, finding a good reason is easy, and there are many explanations to choose from:

The side effects of APTX-4869, the body's self-protection from sudden mood swings, and the physical trauma to the brain during escape...

Any of these reasons could provide a reasonable cover for its plan.

However, the prerequisite for all this is that Miyano Shiho must choose to "go on stage."

If she chooses to stay in the Black Organization and continue to "serve" the organization, her "breaking the establishment" will obviously be recognized in the next [cycle].

Then whether she embarks on her plan to destroy the organization or is found by the Alliance, it would be unbearable for the [story timeline].

This is even equivalent to [story timeline] stabbing itself in the back——

After all, it was it itself that destroyed "Haibara Ai".

So, how can we reverse Miyano Shiho's "personality" without stabbing ourselves in the back (changing history)?
The idea of the storyline is simple -

In the final analysis, the reason why Miyano Shiho was able to reasonably "break the setting" is because of this.

It's because of her deep-rooted distrust of the Black Organization in her "personality", the fear of being monitored and restricted for more than ten years, and the abnormal behavior when Ms. Miyano left.

It can even be said that Miyano Shiho's character of "hatred" and "intuition" towards the Black Organization also contributed to the process of its destruction.

This "breaking of the premise" is nothing more than a "reasonable" character change caused by the development of things.

Then of course it can be transformed back "reasonably".

Since it is impossible to modify the past now, why not just guide the desired future directly?

—All I had to do was assure Miyano-shin that Akemi and Miyano-san were still alive.

……

This is what happened in the [Story Timeline]. “That gentleman” ordered Vermouth to perfectly disguise herself as the still-living Ms. Miyano.

Then, Vermouth will clear up this misunderstanding and allow Miyano Shiho to return to the path she was supposed to take peacefully.

In the end, due to various reasons, his original personality was restored.

Then, "that gentleman" received a message from Vermouth.

It was that piece of information that forced the [story timeline] to temporarily modify the plan and change the "personalities" of about four or five people in that corridor.

Trying to use the same tricks that worked in the past to make Miyano Shiho let down her guard again.

Vermouth told the Boss that she couldn't disguise herself as Ms. Miyano.

In other words, Vermouth's "personality" tells [story timeline] that she can't do it:
"Boss, I'm not sure if I can successfully disguise myself as Ms. Miyano. The information is too vague."

After receiving the boss's order to disguise herself as "Ms. Miyano", Vermouth immediately fell into an insurmountable dilemma.

She has to disguise herself as Ms. Miyano, but the problem is that the information sent by Boss is too vague.

——This is the disadvantage of the dual timeline erasing all traces of "Miyano Akemi" too extreme.

You know, for dual timelines, it is obviously impossible for them to save their own files.

This is actually quite understandable.

It's like someone traveled back in time and modified history. Then, naturally, in theory, except for that person who modified history, the history before the modification in the future no longer exists because of the modification.

Then no one will remember except the editor.

But what if it is the timeline itself that modifies history?

The timeline is the entire history. Modifying the history of the timeline means that it will definitely forget the "history before modification".

Especially since this modification was made under the combined force of the two timelines, all the records about Miyano Akemi in the world were erased by the torrent of time, leaving only blurred images and empty traces.

Therefore, they even have to thank the alliance's intervention and the existence of [Kudo Shinichi] here.

Otherwise, the dual timeline will be the first to forget about Ms. Miyano's existence.

However, this still makes the dual timelines' memories of "Ms. Miyano" vague.

All video footage related to Akemi Miyano has very vague physical features recorded in the footage.

The photos related to her are either unclear due to lighting issues, or her face is blocked by leaves or hats.

There were also problems with imitating Ms. Miyano's voice.

All audio recordings either have noisy background sounds or electrical noises.

Even the most crucial thing now is the imitation of "Ms. Miyano's" personality and language habits in daily conversations.

Vermouth fell into deep thought at the information sent by the Boss. For the first time, she fell into the same doubts as after her contact with Gin and Miss Miyano.

Does this kind of person, with such personality, behavior, and even all kinds of logical contradictions, like a person put together by different puzzle pieces, really exist?
[Story Timeline] First, a contradictory image that should not exist is created, and then the information about this image is completely deleted.

In the end, he tried to let "Vermouth" imitate it.

——Vermouth can’t do it, not even the idealized character can do it.

"Boss, if we only have ten minutes to prepare, I will definitely reveal my abnormality and let Shirley find out. Moreover, if Shirley doesn't believe me from the beginning, or is wary of me, she will definitely try to find suspicious points, and then I will be exposed as well."

"So I need at least half an hour to prepare, and my call with Shirley can't last more than a minute."

After sending that reply text message to Boss with an uneasy feeling in my heart.

Vermouth waited for a full seven minutes in a state of anxiety and even fear, and then the vibration of her phone in front of her made her pick it up immediately to check the message from Boss.

"Vermouth, you have 45 minutes."

"call--"

With a heavy sigh of relief, Vermouth reached out with a trembling hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

She repeated in her mind several times the words she often said: "Secrets make a woman a woman."

Then focus all your attention on the information sent by the Boss.

Deep down in her heart, Vermouth hopes that after this is over, she will still remember that at least she can still be herself, rather than "Vermouth" or "Vermouth".

……

Vermouth took a few deep breaths, trying to calm her inner turmoil.

She lined up all the useful information in front of her on the table in front of her, and finally made the call that seemed like a call to hell.

"Drip-drip-"

In the restaurant, the communicator ringing on Ms. Miyano's assistant's chest finally broke the terrible silence in the restaurant.

Especially after Miyano Shiho asked the same question three times in a row, the solemn atmosphere seemed to have turned the air into substance.

Seeing the woman in front of her who was also a little restless, Miyano Shiho immediately picked up the communicator on the dining table.

Then, after hearing the first words from the other side, the assistant's face clearly showed a look of relief.

Then she quickly handed the communicator to Miyano Shiho.

Miyano Shiho didn't hesitate at all, she almost snatched the communicator that was handed to her.

Then she heard that all too familiar voice.

Although it was a little hoarse and mixed with the noise of electricity, it could not hide the usual concern in Ms. Miyano's voice.

"Shiho, are you safe now? Are you hurt?!"

"Ms. Miyano!"

She almost blurted it out, her excitement evident in her tone. The huge rock in Miyano Shiho's heart suddenly fell to the ground, and a smile suddenly broke out on her face. She couldn't suppress the joy in her heart.

After her inner turmoil subsided a little, she noticed the fatigue that could not be concealed in Miss Miyano's voice, so her voice suddenly became softer:

"How are you doing?"

"Ms. Miyano" on the other end of the phone responded softly: "I'm... fine..."

While saying that it was okay, Vermouth pressed the button of the recorder beside her, and the clear sound of gunfire immediately reached Miyano Shiho's ears through the communicator.

Then, amid Miyano Shiho's worried voice, Vermouth lightly revealed the matter according to the sign that "I have a protective desire for Miyano Shiho and don't let her know too much."

Vermouth mentioned another issue that Miyano Shiho is most concerned about: "Shiho, about Akemi, the boss and I have been arguing for a long time..."

She clearly heard Miyano Shiho's breathing suddenly pause on the other end of the phone.

For Shiho Miyano, Ms. Miyano's words and her pause just now made her heart suddenly tighten.

Then she heard Ms. Miyano's playful answer.

"You must be scared!"

So facing the message sent by the Boss, Vermouth began to organize her words.

"Mingmei is probably on a plane to the United States now. Although her mission is halfway completed, I still secretly let her get on the plane and slip away first."

Miyano Shiho heard a sigh coming from the microphone. She could even imagine in her mind Miss Miyano rubbing her eyebrows helplessly as usual and smiling at her.

"I'm finishing up for your sister right now!"

After hearing all this, Miyano Shiho finally felt relieved, and then she heard Miss Miyano's embarrassed, even bitter voice.

"Shiho, can I ask you a favor?"

"whats the matter?"

"Could I ask you to research that medicine further?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and then Vermouth saw the message on the screen of the phone in front of her suddenly jump.

"Fake ones are fine..."

"Fake ones are fine."

“Fake ones are fine too!!!”

So she immediately changed her words somewhat stiffly, and at the same time made her words more pleading.

"Even if it's just a small improvement, it doesn't matter if it's wrong. The main thing is that after my argument with the Boss, the other people in the organization felt..."

"Okay, but can you wait a few days?"

When Vermouth heard Miyano Shiho say this, she turned her head and looked at her phone screen, but no messages popped up on it.

For Miyano Shiho, the silence on the other end of the conversation also made her feel uneasy.

So she immediately started to "explain" her thoughts.

"I want to return all the clothes you bought for me in the bedroom tomorrow, especially the one you brought me last night. It's too expensive, and I don't like it."

"Well, Shiho, it's okay if you really don't want to do it."

"I'll take care of it for you."

As for Miyano Shiho, after hanging up the phone, she immediately returned to her room on the pretext of needing to rest.

——But this time the door of the room was locked from the inside.

Sitting on the bed in a daze, Miyano Shiho stared at the floor tile and the secret compartment that had never been opened since that night.

She now knew that the person she had just talked to was definitely not Miss Miyano.

If it were Ms. Miyano, she would understand what she meant by "evening clothes."

But for the [story timeline], even if the experience just now was a failure, it also poured a bucket of cold water on the anger and resentment in Miyano Shiho's heart.

This could still be part of the plan.

The “reasonable transformation” of the “personality” means that it will not be entrenched under the influence of the alliance and there is a chance for continuous transformation.

【Story Timeline】Immediately add all current changes and variables back into a new plan.

While carrying out another plan, it immediately began a new round of intimidation.

For Miyano Shiho, she suddenly felt a biting cold and couldn't help shivering slightly.

Especially when he was leaving, the way those "Ms. Miyano's" assistants looked at him - that inhuman look was so terrifying.

Tonight, Miyano Shiho was destined to have a nightmare.

At the same time, Vermouth's emotions collapsed almost instantly.

Just now, she hung up the phone as if she was escaping from the bite of a poisonous snake, and then, with her shaking hands, she slammed the phone against the wall.

The phone on the table that was used to contact the boss started vibrating terribly again.

After scanning the message from Boss, Vermouth immediately called GIN:
"GIN, you and Vodka must go and get Miyano Akemi's body out of that Beika City police station tomorrow!"

"Even if you can't do it, at least you have to take a picture of Miyano Akemi and send it to me!"

For the rest of the day, the woman kept muttering the phrase "Secrets make women women" with an uncontrollable fear.

Then, the next day arrived, a day that Vermouth never wanted to see.

At 0:00:00 the next day, Vermouth calmly picked up the phone which immediately started buzzing.

Then, very quickly, just like before, a look of fear and terror appeared on her face again.

PS: Today is the first day of the battle for Miyano Shiho, and it is Christmas Eve.

(End of this chapter)