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

Chapter 68: The "Maple Leaf Gold Coin Case" to be skipped (Please subscribe/vote)
According to the original [story timeline].

After solving the "Maple Leaf Gold Coin Case", Conan was taken to the streets by the Junior Detective Team to distribute flyers they printed themselves.

Then Conan accidentally discovered that Xiaolan and Sonoko were invited to a "Valentine's Day party" by several college students.

For Lin Sheng, when he looked back at this episode, he was simply speechless.

Is it really okay for you two high school students to go to a Valentine's Day party for a group of college students?
And we weren’t even acquaintances. The only time we met before was in a coffee shop!

Ran, you were so worried about Shinichi's disappearance that you couldn't sleep and even cried in the previous episode, how come you agreed to it in the next episode?!

But this time the story unfolds completely differently.

"The target displayed noticeable sadness and hesitation."

Duanmu, a member of the Group C task force and the Reality Interference Department, has been monitoring and analyzing Xiaolan's behavior and mental state since she left school.

"The developments were consistent with the C-22 plan, and the target showed emotional tendencies that were inconsistent with the intelligence."

For the [story timeline], it now has to acquiesce to or even facilitate the Alliance's plans.

Because the timeline it originally wove doesn't make sense anymore——

After all, the Junior Detective Team hasn’t been established yet!
Not long ago, while still in the [real timeline].

The Alliance "sinisterly and cunningly" contracted the exhibition originally about the "Maple Leaf Gold Coin Case" -

And deliberately postponed it until the day before Valentine's Day.

“There’s nothing more romantic than a sparkling jewelry display as a pre-Valentine’s Day gift!”

This is the reason why the jewelry exhibition was postponed. It is obviously very reasonable in the [real timeline], isn't it?

Although the Alliance lost three task forces and four reality anchors.

But it's all worth it.

This action not only proves that the operating logic of the [story timeline] actually has different priorities.

It also proves a conjecture proposed by the temporal continuity department.

[Kudo Shinichi] It’s impossible to rush to do two “jobs” on the “performance set” at the same time.

That is to say, at the same time point, the [story timeline] and the [real timeline] cannot intersect twice.

This means that if the Alliance forces two cases to occur at the same time, it will try to make the length of real time after the end of the previous [cycle] too long, so long that it exceeds the logical interval for arranging the next [cycle] on the [story timeline].

Then it is very likely that the next [cycle] will not happen.

As for the timeline itself, it can directly "see" and even "experience" the impact of the alliance on its own future.

Therefore, the [story timeline] will have to acquiesce to the Alliance "stealing" a [cycle] in advance.

Steal that less important [loop].

Obviously, compared to the "murder case" that Xiaolan will encounter at the Valentine's Day party.

The establishment of the Junior Detective Team can be postponed a little.

After all, if Conan really didn't show up at the Valentine's Day party...

The consequences are truly horrific.

Not only that, [Story Timeline] even has to help the Alliance to successfully complete this plan.

Support the Alliance to end the "Maple Leaf Gold Coin Case" cycle before it begins.

As a scholar in the Department of Narrative Studies said.

“The world will only be a better place if you force it to be.”

……

Conan, who is staying with the Junior Detective Team, is actually completing a task that Xiaolan gave him not long ago.

make friends.

"You absolutely cannot be like Shinichi-nii, who has nothing but the case in his eyes. Do you hear me?"

Looking at the three children beside him, Conan even felt that Xiaolan's voice yesterday was still buzzing in his ears.

Yes, Conan finally couldn't withstand the constant requests of the other three children.

So after Xiaolan asked him to make friends, Conan took the opportunity to agree to the friendship requests from the other three children.

"This idea of 'making friends' actually stems from [Kudo Shinichi's] subconscious need for emotional support and communication in a new and unfamiliar environment after he became a child, as well as the guidance of the [story timeline]."

——From Conan's Psychological Analysis Institute in the Psychology Department.

"We can currently confirm that while the target's body is shrinking, his mental age is also decreasing. Based on this, I have proposed the following possible exploits."

"First, we can try to send some precocious children or adults affected by APTX-4869 to Teitan Elementary School..."

"Negative! Any researcher who attempts to submit such a request to the executive level will be demoted to Level 0 personnel."

——From the CYZ Alliance Ethics and Regulatory Committee.

Anyway, for Conan.

This detective, who speaks in words but acts in deeds, finds campus life really boring these days.

But for him, whose mental age has also declined, these three children are just right.

So after the three children invited him to visit the treasure exhibition again.

He recalled the last time his teacher told him that he was followed by these three guys to Uncle Maori's office and asked them to apologize to him one by one in front of their parents.

He finally agreed.

After all, I was the one who caused these kids to be scolded by their parents last time.

Conan easily convinced himself with this reason.

And for Ayumi, it meant she thought she had finally made friends with this cool new transfer student.

……

Dongdu Art Museum, World Treasures Exhibition.

"Wow! So beautiful!" "So beautiful!" "It's really great!"

Faced with the glittering treasures, the three children had no resistance at all.

Even Conan himself, who had been uninterested at first, began to let his eyes wander over the various jewels and antiques.

The alliance did spend some money this time.

Look at those glittering headdresses, the silver scabbards inlaid with gems, and even the golden coffin of the pharaoh...

It’s really attractive!
Looking at the displayed gold and famous paintings and calligraphy, Conan couldn't help but think that this was indeed a high-quality exhibition!
When the exhibition ended, it was already dusk when the group walked out of the venue.

Conan, Ayumi, Genta and Mitsuhiko all looked up involuntarily, their minds still recalling everything they had just seen in the exhibition hall.

Then Conan started talking.

"Did you know? There are actually many secret treasures in this world that have not yet been discovered!"

"Really?!" Ayumi responded immediately, "Then I want to go look for it too!"

……

"That thing" hasn't happened yet, and the instruments haven't detected any signs of a [loop] yet. "Doc! The [story timeline] can't sit still!"

Staring at the value on the RSI detector, Will Auceptin was a little nervous. As the assistant of Dr. Agasa in the real timeline, he couldn't help but call the doctor again.

"Dr. Agasa!"

Will knew very well that after this action, he would most likely be normalized by the [Cycle].

But he said to himself, "As long as I still have a little memory of the alliance, I will stick to it until the last moment!"

Because Will understands how important this matter is to the league right now.

He was ready to sacrifice.

"Conan's RSI value is abnormal and about to break the seal again!"

He kept an eye on the numbers jumping on the instrument, and every jump made him feel his heart pounding in his chest.

"How about we call Conan using Ran Mouri's voice?!"

Dr. Agasa was also sweating in his heart.

But he always remembered what was in the plan.

"You must hint/prompt/disguise yourself as Xiaolan and make that important call the moment the task force completes its mission or loses its memory!"

"And use this to make the [real timeline] jump directly into the [loop] of the 'Valentine's Day Murder Case'!"

The densely packed red warnings and dozens of contingency plans at the back all indicate the seriousness of the matter.

"I repeat! You must hint/prompt/disguise yourself as Xiaolan and make that important call the moment the task force completes its mission or loses its memory!"

"And use this to make the [real timeline] jump directly into the [loop] of the 'Valentine's Day Murder Case'!"

"Otherwise the consequences will be very serious!!"

Dr. Agasa never knew that he had such a big heart before, but he resisted the urge to make a phone call immediately.

"I believe in the results of those guys on the research floor. The [story timeline] won't sit idly by and watch an accident like that happen a second time—"

Dr. Agasa suddenly felt creepy.

He was even terrified by his own subconscious words.

Why did I subconsciously say "the second time"? !

On a time and space scale that is invisible to everyone, if the [story timeline] really has consciousness.

It's completely going crazy!
[Story Timeline] Now desperately trying to save his own integrity——

Regardless of Xiaolan's abnormal behavior.

Suzuki Sonoko's sudden persuasion.

Or is it Dr. Agasa's subconscious reaction and words now?

The occurrence of this entire [cycle] really can’t be delayed any further!
This time, the [real timeline] lasted too long, and the two timelines were already close to each other—

But the trigger for the [cycle] to occur has not yet arrived!

Dr. Agasa swallowed and finally picked up the phone with trembling hands.

"If, if...if Xiaolan didn't do it in the end..."

"No, as long as there is any discrepancy with the planned actions..."

Dr. Agasa was sure that he would make that call immediately.

……

Yuantai walked at the back of the three children. His stature made him look like the guardian of the other three children.

Then a sudden gust of wind blew a piece of paper in front of him.

Yuantai bent down to pick up the paper. He took a look at what was drawn on it and immediately held it high and shouted to everyone around him.

"Look! What I found!"

Even Conan suddenly became interested for some reason, and several children gathered around curiously.

"What is this paper?"

"There's a strange pattern painted on it!"

"That's right!" Ayumi's eyes lit up, and she suddenly shouted excitedly, "Hey! Could this be a treasure map?"

The other two little guys quickly became excited.

"Treasure map?" "Very likely!"

"How is that possible..." Conan showed a speechless expression.

How could such a coincidence happen? Who would casually write down a real treasure map on a piece of paper...

The piece of paper I picked up happened to be the treasure map, and it was obvious that it was torn from a notebook.

Conan tried to dispel the three guys' unrealistic ideas, "It's probably just some kid's random graffiti."

"Why don't you believe what Ayumi said?!"

Just like last time, Genta waved his fists and tried to "persuade" Conan.

And this time even Mitsuhiko joined the dispute.

"Why not?!".

After all, treasure hunts are still very attractive to children.

Several task force members hiding nearby finally breathed a sigh of relief.

A security guard in plain clothes lowered his head and spoke a few words into the intercom on his chest.

"Notice, the target has arrived at the planned site. The micro-reality anchors we carry have automatically activated, and the [loop] is about to begin."

"Repeat, [Loop] is about to begin, about 3 minutes left."

The sound not only reached Dr. Agasa's ears.

At this moment, everyone in the entire alliance headquarters immediately made preparations according to the plan.

"Prepare for collision! The entire structure of space and time will undergo a dramatic change!"

"Except for operators equipped with 'consciousness isolation devices,' everyone must maintain distance from others at all times! This prevents the timeline from becoming entangled when leaving the timeline!"

An anxious voice sounded in the lobby of the Sustainable Infrastructure Department of the Logistics Department.

"Geological and space-time instability has occurred in Research Layer Area 3!"

"Activate the Akasha Lock in that area immediately!"

The person in charge of the scientific research area yelled at the other end of the phone.

"Have the operations team immediately have the [Time Suture Team] task force manually calibrate the values! Even if they die, they must do so after stabilizing the space-time structure of Area Three!"

"Otherwise, we're all done!"

(End of this chapter)