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

Chapter 86: Death of Ke Yan (Additional update, please vote)

Whether it was because of the cold early spring breeze in the yard or Yuriko Minagawa's greeting.

Everyone finally gathered back in the living room.

Although the continuous noise made the atmosphere in the living room not as lively as it was at the beginning.

But everyone consciously tried to liven up the atmosphere again.

So everyone unanimously decided to start with the most common gathering activity -

Arm wrestling competition.

What could be more suitable for Valentine's Day than showing your strength and security in front of the girl you like?

The first match is between Minagawa and Wakamatsu.

"Come on! Mr. Minagawa!"

Sonoko's love affair struck again. She had just been condemning Minagawa in her heart, but now she started cheering him on.

Then what happened next quickly froze the smile on her face.

It was obvious that Minagawa was no match for the muscular man.

"If you want to defeat me, wait ten years!"

Wakamatsu Toshihide struck a few muscular poses, "It's still early for you!"

"Ah--"

Minagawa stood up, loosened his slightly numb arm, then shrugged and smiled.

"It seems that no matter who it is, there will be some advantages."

Raising his head, he obviously deliberately fixed his gaze on Xiaolan who was standing aside, with a hint of teasing in his voice.

"It's just that Miss Xiaolan is really in a difficult situation, being liked by such a simple-minded, strong-limbed man..."

For this man who had just woken up from a coma caused by Conan's headbutt not long ago.

Katsuhiko Minagawa's actions are simply adding fuel to the fire.

"Minagawa! Do you want to fight me?"

The atmosphere became tense again, and from the perspective of the [story timeline], the sense of laughter seemed inappropriate for what was going to happen next.

In short, the smell of gunpowder reappeared in the air, which had just become somewhat relaxed.

"It's rare for everyone to have a Valentine's Day party."

After comforting the crying Minagawa Susumu again, Minagawa Yuriko appeared at the door with dessert and coffee.

She interrupted the two people who were arguing.

"Did you drink a little too much?"

The woman in kimono looked elegant and dignified. She walked gently to the coffee table, knelt down, and placed the cake and coffee cup on the table.

"How about a little sobering up?"

She asked everyone to sit over.

"Everyone, please have some dessert first! I'll pour everyone some coffee."

……

"Katsuhiko? Don't you want some cake?"

Watanabe Yoshimi, who looks very similar to Katsuhiko's mother, tries to get Katsuhiko to eat some cake to sober up.

Yes, the woman that Katsuhiko likes looks very similar to Katsuhiko's dead mother.

It was the Oedipus complex that made Katsuhiko reject his childhood sweetheart.

After taking a sip of coffee, Ke Yan took out a lighter from his pocket and lit a cigarette.

"It's okay, I don't really like sweet things."

"Then don't smoke too many cigarettes, just smoke less."

Watanabe Yoshimi's words were soft and full of care, like a mother's admonition.

This made Ke Yan even more irritated, and a nameless anger suddenly surged up in his heart.

"You've been rambling on and on since just now, what a waste!"

As soon as the roar came out, as soon as the words were out of his mouth, he realized that he had said something wrong.

The air suddenly became heavy, and Ke Yan saw everyone's inexplicable gazes falling on him again.

Those looks made Ke Yan a little upset.

It was as if something substantial was blocking his heart, making it hard for him to breathe.

It's like something in my body is melting.

He didn't want to stay in this depressing atmosphere any longer. He felt a little dizzy. He forced himself to stand up, took out his cigarette case, and thought about smoking another cigarette in the courtyard outside.

"I seem a little drunk. I'm going to get some fresh air."

Then he discovered that the pack of cigarettes was empty.

"Tsk, that's all?"

"Take mine and smoke it. You're welcome."

It's Naomichi Tanaka.

His tone was calm and his voice sounded calm, as if nothing had happened.

It was as if the person in front of him was not the person who had just humiliated him at the party but something else.

Ke Yan was stunned. He didn't apologize or say anything else.

He didn't even look at Tanaka Naomichi again.

Without looking back, Ke Yan opened the glass door leading to the courtyard and walked out.

Watanabe Yoshimi also stood up and walked to the door, watching Katsuhiko walk away.

The gentle woman looked down at the chocolate in her hand, and then she chased after him with the chocolate she had made in her arms.

Then two minutes later, everyone heard Watanabe Haomei's scream coming from outside through the glass door.

"Katsuhikota, Katsuhikota!"

Everyone who ran out saw the familiar figure lying on the lawn at a glance.

Sayuri Minagawa screamed.

"Call an ambulance!"

If the [Story Timeline] really had human-like thinking, it would definitely cheer for joy—

Ke Yan is finally dead!
As for the [story timeline], it has now finally filled in the most important point in its structure as a "detective story".

This time there is no alliance or [real timeline] to delay the appearance of the first death after Kudo Shinichi became smaller!

This change in the timeline structure directly affects everything that happens within the entire [cycle].

"Warning! The RSI value of the timing stabilization device is rising sharply! The current RSI value is 49.96——"

"Warning! The RSI value of the reality stabilization device is rising rapidly! The current RSI value is 51.12--"

More than a dozen alarms sounded in Dr. Agasa's ears at the same time.

Dr. Agasa immediately realized that all his previous measures had probably failed.

He knew that the [story timeline] was now beginning to have the strength to attack him.

This shows that your procrastination or protective measures are completely ineffective!
Ke Yan is still dead!

The continuous alarm sounds made Dr. Agasa's heart sink, but at this moment he tried to calm himself down.

Relax, Agasa.

Dr. Agasa took a few deep breaths.

He tried to steady his shaking hands and somewhat melting body.

All of this is still within the league's plan, isn't it?
A voice explaining the "Circular Gate Routine Inspection Manual" sounded in his ears.

That was Dr. Agasa's own voice.

"Dr. Agasa, if the RSI alarm device of the [Circular Gate] starts to sound, it means that the gate's autonomous stabilization system has begun to work."

"But the difference is that this time the reality anchor will operate in reverse, attempting to instantly reduce the reality stability value to below 50 or even lower."

“Lower?”

Dr. Agasa, who has participated in several research projects on RSI values, is well aware of what lower real-world stability means.

"Yes, lower."

The voice sounded very serious.

"Therefore, you must ensure that you are alone, and once reality is destabilized, immediately wear a consciousness synchronization device to maintain your existence!"

This is also why Ye Wenjie had to drive away all the other people on the ship.

This conclusion has been reached in the alliance's previous experiments.

In lower realities, multiple consciousnesses can easily become mutually exclusive in order to maintain their own stability—

They merge into one another into a "thing" that in no way belongs to the real world.

That experiment by the Time Exploration Department caused massive damage to Area C-03.

It even cost the operations team three task forces casualties before they were able to deal with that "thing".

(End of this chapter)