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

Chapter 75: When did Dr. Agasa first break through his character? (Also known as the Doctor's Struggle)

For Conan, after that phone call.

He no longer paid any attention to the note that might have contained 15,000 Maple Leaf gold coins.

Even when he returned to the Junior Detective League.

Faced with the proposal made by Genta, Ayumi and others to distribute flyers on the streets the next day——

"I'm so sorry! I have to accompany Xiaolan to an adult event tomorrow!"

After casually giving a few reasons for refusal and expressing regret for not being able to participate in the event.

The elementary school student, who was nervous because his sister Xiaolan was going to attend a Valentine's Day party hosted by a college student, hurriedly ran out of the park with his schoolbag on his back.

Faced with such a result, the Alliance, the [Story Timeline] and the [Real Timeline] are all very satisfied.

As for your statement that such a result means that the "cycle" of the "Maple Leaf Gold Coin Case" was not ended by Conan's reasoning and case closure, it means that theoretically this "case" is not over.

What does that matter?

For the dual timelines and universes, the Alliance's [Cycle] is between the two possibilities of existence and non-existence, and it has indeed disappeared in both timelines.

Now that the main time stream has reached the next [cycle].

So don’t change the program list that was skipped due to problems on stage in the past, just like you don’t need to worry about the previous problems when a program has already run to the next process.

The two timelines and the universe now choose to "ignore" this problem at the same time.

As long as the CYZ Alliance's future actions no longer continue to "jump into those key nodes", the [Story Timeline] will not bother to pay attention.

The timeline has no consciousness, and its defense mechanisms can only react to certain actions.

Of course, on the other hand, even the tiniest subconscious fluctuation in Conan's tendencies and thoughts in the story is worthy of the [story timeline]'s attention.

What's more, this is indeed an opportunity to get the "story" back on track.

A [story timeline] opportunity to think of yourself.

So when Conan walked out of the park gate.

He just happened to stop an empty taxi, and the driver of the taxi happened to be a former racing driver, and he happened to be in a good mood today and decided to give Conan a free ride on this last order of the day.

……

When Conan returned to the office, Xiaolan was wearing an apron and making chocolates in the kitchen to bring to the "Valentine's Day Party" tomorrow.

Just ten minutes after the abrupt end of the call, she received a call from Dr. Agasa.

"I'm so sorry, Xiaolan. Shinichi just asked me to tell you that he's really sorry that he can't come back to accompany you tomorrow. He's dealing with a very urgent case right now."

Dr. Agasa himself definitely didn't want to make this call——

With the help of the unused reality stabilization equipment left by his assistant, Conan began to fight with his own "personality" shortly after he was hung up on.

In the eyes of the real Dr. Agasa, there is a huge deviation between Xiaolan's psychological analysis and actions in recent days and the information he obtained from ZC-01, or the development of the timeline.

First of all, she shouldn't have understood his feelings so quickly.

According to the analysis of the Psychology Department of the Logistics Support Department, Xiaolan's behavior and psychological activities should be hesitating between her love for [Kudo Shinichi] and her family affection.

And because of their own uncertainty, they do not have the courage to take the first step.

"According to the intelligence, this should have been the case. In this case, Mao Lilan will be used as a key factor in the [story timeline] to guide [Kudo Shinichi], and also as a wedge to maintain the stability of reality."

"In the [real timeline], Ran Maoli's role served to prolong the time it took for [Kudo Shinichi] to develop an interest in detective games. In other words, it reduced his appetite for excitement."

"But now her behavior trajectory and behavior patterns are very different from before."

The final conclusion came from the Abnormal Psychology Department, the Reality Analysis Department, and the Narratology Laboratory: "We currently don't know the specific cause of this phenomenon, as the target's reactions are within the reasonable fluctuation range predicted by the model. We can only speculate that this phenomenon has a deeper meaning..."

"Therefore, we have applied to the executive level to slow down the implementation of Article 12, Clause 6, and Article , Clause of the 'Time Ethics Interference Regulations'. At the same time, we have also applied to the Time Exploration Department for the use of..."

What follows is some nonsense that seems unforgivable to the Ethics Committee and classic fund-swindling behavior in the eyes of the executive level.

All three departments were criticized by the executive level and asked the logistics department to "adjust" their resource allocation.

However, after seeing the results of that report, Dr. Agasa immediately figured out the real reason.

A reason he hadn't told anyone, a reason hidden deep in his heart.

He immediately realized when he first broke through his "personality".

This made him feel like he was back to the moment when he was "invited" to Lin Sheng.

I recall the inexplicable fear, excitement and indescribable thrill.

He said something that he shouldn't have said at that time -

"You guys, do you need me to do something?"

It wasn't just the so-called "mad scientist" side of myself that led me to make that commitment.

It's not just a series of speculations like the "timeline spy theory" made by the CYZ Alliance about the doctor joining the alliance and joining the research level.

When did Dr. Agasa's character first break through?
Regarding the first time he truly broke through the [story timeline] and gave his own character, Dr. Agasa knew the answer clearly.

It was at that time.

"In other words, the character design given by the [story timeline] is more like a logical thinking template. It itself is unable to think emotionally and have biases, so it can only give me identities such as 'friendly' or 'failed inventor'."

The professor's words.

That sentence "Agasa, you have to think more."——

She appears in Dr. Agasa's dreams every night when he falls asleep.

Just like Lin Sheng’s evaluation of Dr. Agasa.

"Dr. Agasa has always been a smart man. His shortcomings and weaknesses are sometimes the shining points of his kindness and his personality."

A gentleman can deceive others, but it is difficult to ignore them.

Even without the bonuses given by the [story timeline], Dr. Agasa is still very smart, extremely smart.

He was smart enough to quickly complete his own small experimental verification with the help of the alliance's plan and guidance.

Mao Lilan's worries, Mao Lilan's behavioral changes, Mao Lilan's different reactions to all the information -

This was all because Dr. Agasa had been pondering for countless days and nights, quietly hiding his true intentions in those seemingly normal guidance behaviors.

Dr. Agasa wants to help Xiaolan, and wants to help everyone in the [story timeline] break free from the constraints of their "personality".

"If I can really do this, then I have a chance of convincing Mr. ZC-01 and the other members of the alliance."

After all, everyone is a victim of the timeline, right?

At the same time, everyone who has broken free from the constraints of "personality" will truly have the possibility of making choices, just like themselves and everyone who has joined the alliance.

"Then we have a choice!"

This may be the closest he has ever been to making Xiaolan break through her character setting.

He even had a fierce fight with "himself" before making that "important" call.

(End of this chapter)