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

Chapter 83: Use fate to fight against fate (Additional update, two in one, please vote!)

Valentine's Day.

What a perfect day for a confession, what a perfect day for a crime to happen.

"And the course of the case couldn't be simpler."

Dr. Agasa clearly remembers the news he was told by the Alliance -

The whole case started when Suzuki Sonoko fell in love with medical student Katsuhiko Minagawa, and then Ran was forced by Sonoko to attend Minagawa's Valentine's Day party.

The anxious Conan followed Xiaolan and her group to the Minagawa family, and ended up becoming a participant in the party.

The tall and mighty Wakamatsu Toshihide expresses his love to Xiaolan from time to time, which annoys both Xiaolan and Conan.

In the end, the whole case ended with Katsuhiko, one of the organizers, dying in pain after eating the chocolate given by Watanabe Yoshimi.

Inspector Megure and Kogoro, who arrived after hearing the news, determined that Hao Mei was the criminal, but Conan, who did not think so, found the real murderer to end the case.

"So there was little we could do to prevent this case from happening this time."

As the most important executor of this plan, the executive team specifically explained the entire case and every step he would take to Dr. Agasa.

This is undoubtedly to avoid the [story timeline] taking advantage of Dr. Agasa's distrust of the alliance to lead to some kind of "consciousness" or "sudden impulse" situation.

This is also the reason why the CYZ Alliance specifically emphasized to everyone before this plan that they must follow every detail of the plan.

The implicit guidance of fate will make everyone involved think that it is their own choice.

"Although we skipped the actions and planned guidance in the Maple Leaf Gold Coin case, we were able to prevent Kudo Shinichi from sneaking into the scene by getting into the trunk of a car as originally reported."

"This resulted in the rift between Target and Maori-Lan not being as strong as it had originally developed."

"Even the alliance designed the call guide to create tension and bring the two sides' attention closer..."

“But they didn’t actually choose.”

"Based on our predictions about Conan's behavior, he still has a very strong motivation for interrupting the Valentine's Day party this time."

"Given the knock-on effects of the Alliance stealing a [Cycle], even reality won't be on our side this time."

"Also, due to the importance of completing the first case to the timeline..."

In the plan initially issued by the alliance, the interference strategy for the "Valentine's Day Murder Case" was only used as a possible contingency plan.

As well as the predictions of the Narrative Studies Department and the Psychological Analysis Department regarding Dr. Agasa's behavior that breaks through his "personality".

But even though the Narrative Department repeatedly emphasized to Dr. Agasa before the planned action not to change the Alliance's plan at will.

This subtle possibility still happened so sweetly.

Dr. Agasa took the action of trying to threaten the entire timeline on his own.

His behavior was almost entirely anticipated by the dense analysis and speculations put forward by researchers in the Narrative Studies Department.

In fact, this matter is also related to the [real timeline].

"We have to admit that after obtaining sufficient intelligence and conducting a complete psychological analysis of a person."

"In a sense, the real-world behavioral logic of the alliance is easier to predict."

After all, the alliance members from the [real timeline] are not as clear about the development of the whole story as Lin Sheng.

The Narrative Studies Department could only discuss and analyze the "plot" based on the information provided by Lin Sheng from the executive level.

"After receiving our complete plan, Dr. Agasa's actions will have the following forty-three possibilities."

"If he can delay the call until Conan returns to the office fifteen minutes before the end, then the logical development of the [story timeline] will be towards the development of A-03, -06, -07 and Group B..."

"At the same time, the Gray Team's operational logic will deviate by approximately 42% due to the shift in emphasis in the timeline. This gives us the possibility of pulling in the Real Timeline to share the firepower..."

"We must also be aware of Dr. Agasa's behavior if he chooses E-21 and breaks through his character setting to threaten the timeline. If necessary, such dangerous behavior must be reported to the Ethics Committee..."

"Yes, if necessary, we must impose certain restrictions on the stabilization equipment on Dr. Agasa."

"Yes, otherwise Dr. Agasa will violate all of Articles 21 to 43 of the Time Interference Ethics Code, and the consequences are unknown."

……

As the Department of Narrative Studies claims, they do not conduct any materialistic or idealistic research.

“We only study science.”

This department hopes to speculate and understand the development of the timeline from a more macro perspective.

Even trying to grasp the changing patterns of the dual timelines.

Unfortunately, this is undoubtedly the most effective method.

They really grasped one of the essences of the universe.

And what Dr. Agasa said.

The sentence "It seems like you know how to play the role of Professor Agasa better than me" is not a joke to the alliance.

Whether it is the "personality" imposed on the doctor by the [story timeline], or the other kind of reality logic that the [real timeline] attempts to give to the doctor.

Even Dr. Agasa's own psychological contradictions and conflicts after breaking through his "personality" -

“It’s all so easy to understand.”

Dozens, or even hundreds of experts, are constantly analyzing all the information about everyone listed as an "important person" by Lin Sheng.

Trying to use this to guide and drill a hole in the entire [story timeline].

……

So an evacuation plan that was as high as the ceiling and more than 7 meters thick was placed in front of Lin Sheng.

Lin Sheng couldn't even remember how long it took him to read the entire plan.

Even because there are too many instructions, plans and possible developments intertwined in the plan.

This even forced him to read the entire plan many times before he could sort out the ideas submitted by the executive level.

After reading all the current developments given by the alliance——

To be honest, he was so angry that he laughed.

"In other words, these plans do not involve any manipulation, suggestion, metaphor, or anything else towards Dr. Agasa?"

"You've laid out thousands of possible future developments before me just to convince me that this was all Dr. Agasa's own 'choice'?"

Lin Sheng deliberately emphasized the words "Dr. Agasa" and "choice".

He fully understood and felt that the plan was reasonable, and all personnel and actions were utilized to the maximum extent.

Even all possible unfavorable factors and developments are tried to be guided by the alliance towards a goal that is not too bad or can be saved.

Even Lin Sheng didn't know what he was opposing. If all went well, this plan would definitely lead the end of this [cycle] to a "perfect ending."

Even Hitomi Shigenobu is now persuading him to accept this plan.

"I can assure you that you can even check out all the action procedures of this plan right now."

"Following your order, we are certain that no subconscious guidance was given to Dr. Agasa."

"Even the Alliance's actions this time are helping Professor Agasa escape further from the control of the [story timeline]..."

This was the first time Lin Sheng felt so powerless.

He had never felt so powerless even when he was in the [loop] on the plane.

Because he knew in his heart that what was said in the report submitted by the executive level was true.

Under Lin Sheng's orders, the Alliance did not interfere too much in what Dr. Agasa did.

All of this is the path chosen by Dr. Agasa himself.

In order to eliminate Lin Sheng's distrust of the executive level and the research department, the director of the Narrative Department personally explained everything to him.

"Do you think the dual timeline has its own consciousness? I mean, a consciousness with human or even superhuman intelligence?"

Lin Sheng shook his head.

It's clear that the dual timelines don't have excessive intelligence, otherwise many of the Alliance's actions wouldn't make sense.

"That's right! They only have the most basic instinct, which is to continue." "Whether it's our actions or [Kudo Shinichi's], it's like trying to tell a wild animal that choosing a certain path will result in certain harm. We're trying to exploit the river's instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm to achieve our own goals."

"But that's time! It's not a beast that only knows the present."

"The very existence of the timeline itself means that it is omniscient of itself, and all its current limitations are due to the existence of that person."

"It was a being called Kudo Shinichi who forcibly attempted to alter the future to his own liking, and the dual timelines, or at least the story timeline, fully accepted this fact."

"But it can still sense, or infer, its own, uh—"

The scholar tried to explain this matter with a more vivid metaphor.

"Where is it going? Or where is it going? We're not quite sure yet, but the trend is already very clear."

"At the same time, we must acknowledge that the actions of the coalition can also have similar effects."

"Even if the impact isn't as immediate as [Kudo Shinichi]'s."

Just like every time traveler will have a huge impact on the development of the "original plot" after traveling through time.

The story and reality, the two timelines are like clams stuck in sand.

They can "feel" that something is wrong, that some kind of change is occurring.

Even though Lin Sheng was unwilling to admit this in his heart, in fact, just like Dr. Agasa's question to him -

In some ways, there is no essential difference between the CYZ Alliance and Conan.

"From the current perspective, even if the Alliance chooses not to interfere after the evacuation plan is successful, the timeline will still deviate by approximately 1% to 5%!"

The final conclusion even made the head of the Narrative Department's scalp tingle.

"This means that the 'timelines' also instinctively learn! They will autonomously try a potentially better path forward!"

"Even if sometimes this goes against their past operating inertia!"

Judging from the changes in the [story timeline] or [real timeline], as well as the counterattack against the alliance.

The speed of this "evolution" is even a little scary.

The Alliance simply cannot continue to exist in dual timelines.

We can't continue to put crazy pressure on the two timelines.

Even the Narrative Studies Department gives similar reasons for doing so.

"We guarantee that no one will be harmed in this plan!"

"After all, the purpose of the alliance's existence is to protect the normal operation of human society from the influence of [Kudo Shinichi]!"

"Besides, if this theory is truly verified, with the help of Professor Agasa's resistance, we can also try to explore the story logic of the [story timeline]—"

"This is good for Dr. Agasa and the future of the alliance."

After all, this was indeed the decision Dr. Agasa made himself after breaking through his character setting, wasn't it?

The alliance has simply made a contingency plan for this possibility.

So Lin Sheng finally agreed to this plan.

But he felt more and more that this world was really disgusting to the extreme.

It even made him feel more disgusted than those worldviews that were like a pit of latrines—

Is it fatalism?

"It's really disgusting."

So before the plan officially started, Lin Sheng made some changes to the plan. He asked the alliance to secretly give Dr. Agasa 100 million points of support.

"Any application from Dr. Agasa, as long as it doesn't have a major impact, will be approved by the executive level."

This can be considered as compensation given to Dr. Agasa by Lin Sheng, who felt a little guilty.

Including what Dr. Agasa is going to do now.

In fact, Dr. Agasa knew that the Alliance was hiding some things from him.

At the same time, he also understands the alliance's difficulties——

Especially after watching the video of myself being "looped".

Just like this time, Dr. Agasa didn't know about the contingency plan made by the Gray Party.

In this way, under the half-hearted consent of the [real timeline] and the contingency measures of the alliance.

[Story Timeline] will find it difficult to influence the actions on the "scientific frontier".

After all, this has nothing to do with the current "story".

Even now, Dr. Agasa, who has broken his "personality", will subconsciously hide his thoughts.

He will try to "use" his own "personality" to think.

Then inadvertently guide your own "personality" towards the goal you really want to achieve.

It's really hard.

But Dr. Agasa did it anyway.

Just like now he is still trying to solve this case, or rather, he is still trying to prevent anyone from dying in this case.

After all, how could the kind-hearted "Dr. Agasa" sit idly by and watch so many possible deaths happen?

Plus the intelligence support provided by the alliance——

"The cause of death for the deceased, Minagawa, is likely pesticide poisoning. Considering the intelligence reports that Minagawa experienced dizziness before his death, it's highly likely organophosphate pesticides."

Its toxicity to the human body mainly comes from its destructive effect on the nervous system, that is, its inhibitory effect on acetylcholinesterase (AChE).

"Then all I need is to develop an antidote that can immediately repair or reactivate inactivated AChE!"

Dr. Agasa naively believed that if Conan couldn't stop this case—

Then all I have to do is keep the victim alive before he dies, right?

After all, there are cases where patients who were originally thought to be dead suddenly woke up after being sent to the hospital.

So, without the help of the alliance.

A few days before the incident, Dr. Agasa actually accomplished this task on his own.

Even in order to make the [story timeline] acknowledge his own results.

Before entering the cycle, he specifically asked one of his medical groups to disclose the entire production process of the antidote for the reason that "life is the most important."

"Hehe, I even donated a lot of antidotes to the four hospitals around the Minagawa family."

"I even arranged for a suicide prevention campaign to be set up at a rescue station on the street in front of his house. They would bring a whole box of antidotes that day."

Even after his actions that threatened the "timeline", Dr. Agasa still carried out some planned contingency plans.

Whether it is to buy time to start the "door" for yourself.

It is better to follow the plan given by the alliance, even if it is just the last bit that may affect the case.

The guides sent by the [Gray Party] are now advancing according to the route given by Dr. Agasa.

Including the security teams at the jewelry exhibition, they were all urgently mobilized by Dr. Agasa by "overstepping his authority".

Both the League and the Doctor himself attempted to save Minagawa's life in the final stretch, within reason.

Minagawa himself probably would not have thought that his life would be entrusted with such importance.

Being desperately tried to be saved by a massive inter-timeline organization.

In short, Dr. Agasa felt that he had done everything to the extreme.

Unfortunately—

All these efforts will be completely in vain.

(End of this chapter)