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

Chapter 44 Agasa, think more
When the first snowflake gently fell on the highly sensitive detector of the Abnormal Climate Science Department under the chill breeze, the vacation for the entire alliance officially ended.

This is the third day after the end of the previous cycle, and winter has quietly arrived.

The monitoring system of the Abnormal Climate Science Department responded immediately. In the data center, countless data display screens lit up at the same time, and the sounding alarms made the Climate Science Department and logistics staff busy again.

A new cycle begins.

Unlike the transition from early winter to early summer in the previous cycle, the temperature drop curve on the display shows that this cycle is very likely to cycle between -35° and 40°.

Unlike its initial development which was limited to one country, the alliance now has branches in all continents.

This also means that the alliance is affected not only in terms of data, but also in the real lives of all alliance members.

For those who are not in the Alliance's temperature-controlled underground base, choose to go home and be with their families, or enjoy a long-awaited "real" vacation alone.

Many alliance members woke up in the early hours of the morning wrapped in thin blankets, freezing.

The monitors working in the field were obviously even more unlucky. They were either shivering in their thin clothing or suddenly found themselves wearing thick coats under the summer sun...

This is the dilemma that those alliance members who carry TDD must overcome.

While gaining a clear and real sense of time, they must face the troubles caused by some timeline changes alone -

For example, TDD obviously deprives them of the convenience of "changing clothes with one click" on the timeline.

More importantly, in the next short "two months", they must endure the direct impact of the real weather they perceive.

They experience this kind of change every day, and no one knows how the climate will change suddenly on the next day of the cycle, or even in the next second.

For those operational personnel close to Conan, Conan's RSI abnormality unexpectedly became their umbrella of protection.

This is certainly not a good thing.

This means that these members of the operation who can still enjoy the "one-click clothing change" will find it difficult to even maintain their own sense of time, let alone keep their clothes from being affected by the "cycle".

As for those who are far away in other continents, they can only endure it all silently like Lin Sheng did on the plane.

Sudden switching between cold and warm.

Or face the confused looks from other passengers because their attire is so inappropriate for the season.

Despite this, no one is willing to give up TDD.

That is their only connection to the real flow of time.

After seeing the light, no one can willingly return to darkness.

During these three days, the Alliance still failed to persuade Dr. Agasa to join that very important experiment.

Therefore, it is under pressure from some regulations and public opinion, such as crazy complaints from the research level.

The executive level has lowered Dr. Agasa's authority level by one level, which means that the resources Dr. Agasa can mobilize in the alliance have been greatly reduced.

After all, in the eyes of many people, Dr. Agasa's behavior was a blatant betrayal of the Alliance.

Of course, this is only on the surface. Dr. Agasa's "real authority level" in the executive level has not changed, and everyone in the executive level understands the importance of the doctor.

But this still caused some trouble to Dr. Agasa, and even several assistants in his laboratory left because of it.

But he could also understand what those kids were thinking.

After all, this was the first time the Alliance had captured a "living target" in the "loop."

Its importance to the alliance is unquestionable.

For all members of the research team, Dr. Agasa's refusal was like saying to the entire experimental team, "No, I must suspend this experiment because it is too dangerous" before controlled nuclear fusion or cancer vaccine is about to succeed.

"Doctor! I used to respect you so much!" from a young experimenter who ran away in anger.
Dr. Agasa will never forget the disappointment and shock revealed on his face. That child was the smartest and most clever one in the laboratory.

Dr. Agasa saw many shining qualities in him, and he almost treated him as his own child.

But he couldn't tell them the truth, because the executives, and even Lin Sheng himself, had stressed it to him. "If you don't want them to stay in the base forever, judging from your situation, for someone like us who's just a 'background character' in the storyline, being 'looped' into reality could have dire consequences."

He tried to immerse himself in the next plan given by the league, and even began to seriously learn the performance skills that the league had taught him before.

Then the pair of glasses that were always on the nose of this white-haired old man seemed to have changed. These glasses became a little different -

In the past, anyone could see innocence, integrity, enthusiasm and kindness through those lenses.

Now, even some members of the Alliance's Psychology Department cannot easily see through Dr. Agasa's thoughts.

"Agasa, you've done very well now, but it's not enough."

The professor of the most elite disguised psychology told him here, "But it is far from enough for those detectives, because now even I can discover your distress."

"Now that I can know your thoughts, it means those things can know them too."

"You might feel like we're facing an unbeatable opponent, and you worry we can't beat him, but you're also worried we can beat him because you have a deep connection with him."

This professor, who also has white hair, really looks like an inconspicuous old man that can be seen everywhere.

"I can see your thoughts, but that's not enough, far from enough. I can see through your disguise, but true disguise is invisible. When the day comes when I really can't see through you and can't figure you out, then you'll truly become someone you can't see through."

"Then what should I do?"

This polymath made Dr. Agasa even unable to help but confide in him, as if he were back in the classroom as a child.

"Professor, I don't understand."

"We are facing an enemy we have never encountered or imagined before, Agasa."

"I can only tell you," the professor sighed. His duties did not allow him to say more. "Until then, I can only tell you."

"Agasa, you need to think more."

……

"So I have asked the professor to hint to the doctor as you thought."

However, Shigenobu Hitomi was still a little hesitant about Lin Sheng's decision. "But if this happens, will it have some impact on the research of the Narrative Department? After all—"

Lin Sheng waved his hand to stop her from continuing.

"The last time I concealed it, it was at their suggestion. It was done out of caution."

"I believe in the doctor and I made a promise to him a long time ago. Some people in the alliance don't believe in him. I know this and I understand it."

"But now the doctor has proved to us that he is not a puppet of the 'loop' setting," Lin Sheng's voice had a sense of majesty without anger.

He stated his will in an unquestionable tone: "Since he has proved to be our friend, should we push him to the enemy's side?"

"Anyway," Lin Sheng paused. He admitted that he had indeed overlooked the point mentioned by the doctor before and decided to make amends. He waved his hand.

"Let those exploiters and those who are calling for the destruction of the storyline stop for a while. I don't want to see those reports anymore."

Next, his voice was so low that even Shigenobu Hitomi, who was standing in front of him, couldn't quite hear it.

"Everyone is a victim. The one who really caused all this is the person who has been writing the plot."

I recalled the arguments and regrets I saw in forums and group chats in my previous life.

Lin Sheng's voice dropped again.

"Ugh--"

There was a strong sense of fatigue and age in his voice.

"Even if it's just to fulfill a wish I had in the past."

(End of this chapter)