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

Chapter 41 So what is “normal”?
Lin Sheng initially had high expectations for Dr. Agasa's research and development capabilities.

Look at those "science" products that appear in animation——

Anesthetic injections that knock people out with a single shot, skateboards equipped with high-performance solar engines, notebook-sized electronic maps, foot-strengthening shoes that can knock down satellites (questionable), sticker transmitters that can send signals within a 20km radius, and tracking glasses...

However, the researchers at the Time Exploration Department eventually proved that this science was just a false alarm.

Just like the results of the alliance’s previous disassembly and research on the bow-tie voice changer.

The alliance's technical staff unanimously agreed that the reason for this phenomenon was that as a person with an abnormal RSI value, the products produced by Dr. Agasa had changed due to his abnormality.

And this was also detected on those products.

Take the bow-tie voice changer for example. Its RSI value is very stable at around 96, and it will only rise very slowly after being exposed to the real timeline for a long time.

"Ah! After all, it's just a small gadget. I'll remind Conan after I give it to him. It's best to bring it to me every week so I can check and adjust it."

This is the explanation given by Dr. Agasa.

Obviously, if this is done, it will be enough for Conan, who is only used to solve cases in the "loop".

"But the tests that put it into the 'loop' showed," Lin Sheng finally received a report from the executive team, "that even if the replica's RSI value is reduced to the same as the original sample, the effect still won't reach 50% of the original sample's level."

In fact, this result is a bit strange.

“Therefore, we believe that the real instability caused by the change in RSI value is directional…”

This is the conclusion of the temporal continuity section.

The conclusions drawn by the Narrative Studies Laboratory are completely opposite to theirs.

"We believe the Temporal Continuity Department's conclusion is incorrect. The abnormal RSI value effect displayed by the individual named Kudo Shinichi during the 'loop' cannot prove its directionality. According to the RSI calculation formula, the abnormalities of several target individuals are closely related to the CS value."

"Considering Dr. Agasa's understanding of his own 'synchronicity of consciousness' and his worldview after joining the Alliance, there is no reason or evidence to suggest that his inventions must be used by 'Conan' or other RSI abnormal individuals, unless..."

"We currently believe that the abnormal RSI values of individuals such as Dr. Agasa, Ran Mori, and Kogoro Mori are an abnormal derivative effect of the 'Absolute Time Node'. This abnormal and instantaneous increase in Ran Mori's martial arts level has a profound impact on Dr. Agasa's technological level."

"The specific cause has not yet been clarified and requires further observation and experiments."

That sounds reasonable too.

However, Lin Sheng could not say that the conclusion of the Narrative Studies Department was completely correct.

After all, he did know of a few exceptions.

For example, Kyogoku Makoto and Koizumi Akako, it is obvious that some RSI abnormalities have very weak connections with Conan.

But there is one thing that the Narrative Studies Department said is very correct.

That is, Dr. Agasa’s “personality” is indeed too strong.

He claims to be a genius inventor, but many of the things he makes are actually scrap metal, and small explosions occur in his home due to failed experiments.

And those successful products are often very compatible with "detective equipment", or more precisely, with Conan's needs.

Including the matter of him joining the alliance, Lin Sheng also found many doubts when he thought about it.

You know, Lin Sheng tried to call Maori's office directly at the beginning, but he didn't even succeed in doing that.

Then why was the Alliance’s “invitation” to Dr. Agasa so smooth that time?
There is also the requirement that Dr. Agasa puts on himself to "protect" Conan.

"So you think there was something fishy about Dr. Agasa's decision to join us?"

"Is there a possibility?"

In response to Shigenobu Hitomi's question, Lin Sheng offered an idea. "Think about it, wouldn't deploying an undercover agent be a good way to gather intelligence from an organization whose objectives you don't understand?"

For a detective story.

The protagonist's relatives and friends are forced to join an organization due to coercion, and then turn against the protagonist in the end or actually provide cover and help to the protagonist in the organization.

The sense of déjà vu was so strong that it even made Lin Sheng want to laugh.

So it turns out that I was holding the script from the winery?
"Of course, the Narrative Studies Department also proposed another possibility, which is that Conan's influence outside of the 'detective' thing is not as strong as we imagined. Perhaps he is omnipotent in the 'loop' and in the case, but..."

……

So what was finally placed before Lin Sheng was the proposal titled "Suggestions on exploring the 'character' of 'Dr. Agasa' in the story timeline."

If you are really not a puppet bound by a certain setting or label, Lin Sheng stared into Dr. Agasa's eyes, then please prove it to me.

"What do you need me to do?" Dr. Agasa's answer made Lin Sheng feel relieved.

This sentence is at least a good start, meaning that Dr. Agasa is indeed inclined to cooperate with the Alliance.

"It's just a phone call." Lin Sheng said, "Conan and the others just got home not long ago. You just need to call the office and say a few words."

"Finally, I'd like to ask you a question, Doctor. Are you sure you disagree with participating in the experiment because of your own conscience?"

“I just have a hard time coming to terms with doing it myself.”

"Of course I understand your insistence,"

Lin Sheng understands Dr. Agasa's persistence very well, just like his decision not to join the protagonist group.

“But even if the consequence is a lot of deaths?”

"Speak your truth, Doctor!"

"That's what I've just been wanting to say!"

Dr. Agasa was somewhat irritated by Lin Sheng's aggressiveness.

"Mr. Lin! Which do you think is more important, the life of a criminal or the life of an ordinary person?"

"If your answer is the lives of ordinary people, how does my life compare to theirs?"

"I just want to ask you one thing. Do you think the people in the story timeline, those trapped in the 'loop', are people protected by the Alliance?! Are they considered human?"

——This is what Dr. Agasa has always been worried about.

Especially during the period when the voices of the "exploitation faction" in the alliance became louder and louder, he even dreamed that he, Conan, or other people with abnormal RSI values were designed into the alliance's "plan".

Even on the lab bench.

Dr. Agasa does not think that the Alliance is wrong in choosing to protect what they call the real timeline.

But he had to face such a reality——

A friend, relative, or even a child he watched grow up could actually have what the league calls an "RSI abnormality."

Just like the question he asked.

Am I an "abnormal"?
So what is "normal"?

(End of this chapter)