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

Chapter 32 The More You Know, the More You Don’t Know (Please vote and collect)

Different from the previous "cycle" with a huge span.

This case happened on the night after Conan became small.

This creates very favorable conditions for exploring how the "cycle" will end, and will not cause irreversible harm to human society due to possible timeline errors.

Take the "Roller Coaster Murder Case" that lasted for more than two months as an example. Conan became smaller between January 1 and February 12.

But the incident happened in a tropical park, and everyone naturally changed into summer clothes.

As the research layer strongly suggested, if the CYZ Alliance did not wait for time to "loop" to two months later in the real timeline, but suddenly "intercepted" the case that Kudo Shinichi was about to "solve" at some point in the middle.

Let’s not even mention whether this sequence that clearly destroys the timeline can succeed under His nose.

Consider those indescribable, contradictory states of affairs that are in the "loop."

For example, the classic trees switching between snow-covered and lush green.

If it really succeeds -

No one expected what would happen.

Even according to the original plot, this case was solved in one night.

"This way we can minimize the risk of disrupting the timeline while confirming the connection between the end of the 'loop' and the case."

If we follow the experience gained from the previous case, the two timelines will probably begin to intersect and merge when Conan starts reasoning about the case and end when the criminal confesses.

Of course, considering that this was the first time the league had observed the relevant data, this was not necessarily true.

Take the result of that time for example.

It was precisely because the Alliance, who originally believed that the timeline merger was over, relaxed their vigilance.

Then, due to the fluctuation in the timeline caused by Conan's words, many departments, personnel and equipment are still in the process of restarting.

Lin Sheng stared at the images from the Welsh team on the screen.

This so-called Conan world is very different from what he knows, but faced with such questions about the timeline, the only thing he can do is to let the alliance try again and again.

For example——

What if we solve another core issue of the case ahead of time?

Lin Sheng had similar thoughts a long time ago, when he was in the first "cycle" of ignorance and fearlessness.

Remember when he was trapped on the plane and he made up a "case" that didn't actually exist?

Now let’s look back.

There are very, very, very big problems here.

First, the reason why the "cycle" occurs.

You know, the occurrence of a "loop" means that the entire real timeline has begun to loop.

This may sound like nonsense, but it means that at the point in time when Lin Sheng "loops" on the plane, there is a high probability that a "case" already existed in the story timeline.

But when the crew made the satellite call, Kudo Shinichi was at the Mori office.

Kudo Shinichi did not encounter any cases at the time.

Second, the duration of the "cycle".

According to the Alliance's current speculation, the "loop" appears because two different timelines are actually using the same world.

Therefore, the duration of the "cycle" is very accurate and precise, and there is no possibility of deliberately delaying the end by one day.

Then the problem is coming.

Why did I stay in that "loop" on the plane for about 11 days?
If your senses are not distorted, they are accurate.
What happened in the "Story Timeline" during these 11 days?
As the alliance's research on time deepened, Lin Sheng felt more and more clearly—

The more I know, the more I realize I know nothing.

"But at least..."

Lin Sheng whispered to himself, his eyes fixed on the screen in front of him. He was not in a hurry to get the truth of everything immediately.

Mainly because it's not realistic.

Although CYZ is developing very rapidly now, its goal is not to control or overthrow a small country.

No matter how much wealth, fame, or power one has, it is difficult to command time.

As for escaping from all this—

Putting aside the fact that this is not his character, even escaping from the "loop" is difficult to do.

Just as Lin Sheng observed, in the "cycle" even day and night, and even the four seasons can change at will.

Not to mention the ordinary things.

The Alliance might be a behemoth in the real timeline, but if it were caught between two timelines...

Can you imagine what would happen if a person undergoing surgery suddenly jumped to the next day?
When crossing the road, what if the light suddenly turns from green to red?
Unless Lin Sheng is willing to live out his days in solitude in some underground safe house, the "cycle" is something he must face. "Now, at least we've touched the edge of it," Lin Sheng said calmly. "At the very least, we're about to reveal the answer to one of these questions."

The guards around were still standing there as they were at the beginning. They blended into the silent environment, like dead objects without any breath of life.

In the entire room, only the flashing indicator lights and lit screens responded silently to him.

For the kidnapped Tani Jingzi, she only heard some strange noises coming from outside the warehouse door, which were a bit like a cat's cry, but sharper and weirder.

Then she saw her kidnapper pull out a dagger and cautiously walk out the door to check the situation -

And then never came back.

"We have apprehended the suspect and are currently setting up a real-world contact point fluctuation meter and an RSI indicator."

Chekov communicated with Wales in English with a thick accent.

"Just speak Russian. I can understand you."

Wales, who was standing on a high point of a building, glanced at the situation displayed on the instrument and couldn't help but twitch his lips.

"The target will arrive in about 35 minutes. No, you only have 25 minutes at most."

Chekov looked up at Lupus who was operating the equipment and saw him shaking his head silently at him, so he began to report to other teams and executives.

"Repeat, the 'cycle' has not ended, and we are now beginning to act according to the fourth planned scenario."

For Tani Jingzi, who was still in elementary school, the story suddenly seemed to change from a fatal kidnapping case to an even more terrifying horror story.

A series of light footsteps stopped at the warehouse door.

Then came an even stranger cry, like the cry of a creature that was a hybrid of a crow and a cat demon.

For a primary school student, for a child.

There is nothing more terrifying than hearing such a sound when you are tied up tightly like a lamb to be slaughtered and thrown alone in an empty warehouse in the middle of the night.

She curled up into a ball, buried her head in her knees, and sobbed in fear in a very low voice.

Then she found herself completely wrapped in a warm blanket, and her ears were blocked in darkness.

"Captain," Wang Jian, a mathematics PhD with a penchant for the occult, felt a little sorry for what he was doing. "There's no need to scare even a child, right?"

"Why don't we just come in with our faces covered and cover the child?"

Chekov shrugged, feeling no shame as a former KGB agent. "This way she won't remember how many of us there are, and it won't hinder our work."

Chekov paused, perhaps noticing the complicated expression on Wang Jian's face, and his voice softened slightly.

"Besides, you have to understand, she's too young. Deleting her memory directly would be too damaging to her body. In comparison, scaring her is the gentlest method."

"Besides, children of this age will cry, sleep, and remember nothing the next day."

As he spoke, Chekov took out two small boxes from his waist, opened them on the ground, took out an ordinary-looking silicone mask and covered Miyazaki Yuhiro's face who was lying on the ground with it.

The mask immediately began to change.

"And, Lin, you're the only Asian on our team. Considering this disguise mask is an experiment, to prevent any mistakes, I'll give it to you to use in a moment."

When the mask looked exactly like the kidnapper, Chekov took it off and handed it to Lin Jianhu.

Although it is difficult to completely hide it from Conan in a long "cycle".

However, in a short period of time, in order to prevent the members of the action team close to Conan from being "normalized", the Reality Analysis Department and the Logistics Equipment Department still slightly upgraded the means of interference and disguise of the alliance.

This disguise mask is the new achievement.

It looks like an ordinary silicone mask on the outside, but when the user covers the face of the person to be disguised with the disguise mask, the mask will directly steal the target's physical intelligence in the last ten minutes.

(including facial features, height, body shape, fingerprints, voice and other details)

Using timeline interference technology, after obtaining the target's physical data, this data is transferred to the user in real time.

Of course, as an experimental sample, it has many limitations.

First, the target cannot be changed during a disguise, and reactivation requires a cooldown of more than two hours.

Secondly, since its essence is to "steal" traces from the target's timeline, excessive and frequent use of disguise masks may cause timeline fluctuations.

Causes the target's memory to become fragmented or their sense of time to become distorted.

The most important thing to note is that if you use it for more than 15 minutes at a time, there is a possibility of your identity being truly "overwritten".

In short, Lin Jianhu could clearly see that after taking off the mask, Miyazaki Sukehiro's face was vaguely blurry, without any facial features, like a flat piece of frosted glass.

"After activating it, you can directly use his physical qualities to avoid the little girl discovering the problem later."

"But remember, it's specifically noted here. If you use it for more than 15 minutes, there's a risk of overwriting some of your memory."

Then Chekov handed over a thumb-sized device.

"This is the TDD-ITA, the Individual Time Accelerator Module. Connect it to your TDD first. You might need it later."

(End of this chapter)