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

Chapter 99 Disappointing Results

[Real Timeline] The attempt to create a big event has completely failed at this point.

Even Kogoro Mouri, who was standing aside, couldn't help but complain after seeing the box.

"Is this what you've been chasing for so long?"

Even Conan showed his classic look of contempt, and he had already started to complain in his heart.

Sure enough, the police are still as unreliable as ever!
In the office, Lin Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The real-time video footage captured by the alliance's satellites broadcast Kogoro Mori's words to the operational command center at all times.

The moment the satellite-transmitted signal entered the alliance's [loop], it meant that Lin Sheng also knew about it.

"Now, what the [real timeline] needs to do is to maintain [Kudo Shinichi]'s perception of [Red Team] as much as possible."

"At the moment, Conan is leaning towards the conclusion that this was a police blunder."

"Yes," she finally got the chance to explain the information herself after Shigenobu Hitomi's firm protest. "The [Real Timeline] can't know what's in the safe. It wasn't made using any technology related to the Conan universe."

This safe is made of purely ordinary materials that are affected by the time travel effect, even though it can be easily opened by "ordinary people".

But for the dual timelines, they can't see what's inside until it actually happens.

"So the [Real Timeline] will inevitably cause the majority of the [Red Team]'s forces to retreat, in order to prevent [Kudo Shinichi]'s tendency to perceive the police as useless from being passed on to the entire [Red Team]."

Lin Sheng nodded with a smile as he quietly dealt with the alliance affairs for the next few months.

"Unless reality wants to cut off its own arm while strengthening the Gray Side, it won't take this risk after we normalize the escort vehicles."

But the reality is that we can't just give up this opportunity.

The alliance's success has also caused it to fall into a state of fighting between the left and the right, similar to the [story timeline].

The timeline does not anticipate Conan's own thoughts.

What if Conan really just needs this one clue to catch the alliance?
As for Imagawa En and Kinoshita Yuto, they were lucky not to have been subjected to the "interrogation procedure" of the [Red Team].

This was expected by the league.

In order to prevent panic, all police officers who went to the scene to provide support were informed that there might be danger.

As for Hattori Heiji, who had been tracking clues, he didn't even think about the nuclear bomb.

This was especially true after the safe was lifted down.

He just felt that this was likely a potential breakthrough.

And whether it is Hattori Heiji or Conan, they are ultimately characters in the [story timeline].

Therefore, in order to conform to their "detective persona", they must never engage in acts such as armed interrogation.

It can't even be seen, just like Hermann didn't tell Heiji the specific method of interrogating the group of Italian bandits.

These "detectives" can acknowledge intelligence from less shady sources.

But they cannot join or see it. If they see it, the [Story Timeline] will join in instead. It needs to stop such "illegal behavior".

Fortunately, this trait also has an advantage——

That is, the suspects who are caught will often tell the truth. They will admit their crimes and tell the truth without hesitation.

Just like Yuto Kinoshita now.

"Why are you running away?"

What Kinoshita Yuto originally wanted to say was——

"Because we discovered that someone might want to rob the company's property we are transporting..."

Then he was immediately reminded of the mask.

"Warning! APTX-4869 consumption rate increased!"

Conan's aura worked.

Although with the help of the time crystal, Yuto Kinoshita, who was hiding in the timeline of Hideya Taguchi, would not be immediately and completely "normalized" by Conan like the members of the alliance sent to monitor Conan in the past.

After all, it is Hideya Taguchi, not Yuto Kinoshita, who is being normalized now.

But in order to prevent the time crystal from running out——

This would undoubtedly cause him to immediately become a different person in front of everyone, including Conan.

Yuto Kinoshita had to tell the truth in a tactful way.

"The company informed us that a group of people were following our whereabouts."

This is absolutely true, but it is very vague and does not contain any valid information.

"CYZ Alliance" was replaced by "Company".

"Use satellites and advanced surveillance technology and communication systems to monitor the movements of the Red Army" was replaced with the simple word "notification".

"We learned that the police and disguised members of the GSSRA had become suspicious" was shortened to "a group of people were targeting us."

They are all true, but they are absolutely untrue and cannot lead to the truth.

"What company is this? Who's behind this and directing you?!"

Hattori Heiji was completely trapped. According to the plan given by the operations level, Kinoshita Yuto pretended to be confused.

"Didn't I tell you? We originally received an escort request from Future Watch Company, but halfway through, the company informed us that someone was following us..."

"Then how do you explain your disappearance from the cameras? You were just circling 13-chome Street!" "We were just following our company's routine training for detecting stalking behavior."

Hattori Heiji felt that the two people in front of him were completely flawless, and even Sato Shoji knocked on the side many times.

In the end they had to admit that maybe these two guys really knew nothing.

"That makes sense," Sato Akiji even began to make excuses for their ignorance. "No one will let the two escorts know the truth."

"At least now we can confirm that there is something wrong with this Future Watch Company."

"But we already knew! Now they might know too!"

For Hattori Heiji, he could not accept that his action was a complete failure.

His detective instinct told him that there were two big fish in front of him. Even in Heiji's view, Yuto Kinoshita's puzzled expression was a mockery of him.

"Sister Xiaolan, what's in this safe?"

A child's voice came from behind the crowd.

"Is it a gem? Or a treasure map?! Yesterday, when Ayumi and the others went to the World Treasures Exhibition, I saw with my own eyes that the security guards took out a lot of sparkling gems from the safe!"

Conan's assist has arrived.

"Tell the truth! Do you know the combination to the safe?!"

At Sato Akiji's signal, several police officers formed a circle.

"We're just trying to scare him. If they're really just ordinary employees—"

However, what Kinoshita Yuto said next made their expressions serious.

"The password is 1993-1212."

how come? !

Conan's eyes sharpened.

If we follow the logic, in order to prevent the escort from stealing from the safe, the escort should not know the password of the safe at all!

Hattori Heiji also thought of this immediately.

There were three escort vehicles leaving the company, and this was the last one. The first two escort vehicles were normal. Judging from the current situation, they were even two empty vehicles.

The escort personnel on the vehicle didn't even know this; the only information they received was to drive the two vehicles to a certain location.

But the two people in front of him clearly knew that they were escorting a safe, and even knew the password of the safe!

"Report to the commander! The password is real!"

The train of thought was interrupted.

The news that the safe could really be opened so easily was enough to interrupt Conan and Heiji from continuing their thoughts.

"but--"

"But what?" Hattori Heiji suddenly had a bad premonition.

The officer sounded very frustrated and disappointed.

"There's just some sand and broken glass inside! We've already had people collect samples, and from what we've put together so far—"

"The box contains an hourglass!"

Yuto Kinoshita, who was sitting on the ground, couldn't help laughing, and he began to add fuel to Conan's disappointment as planned.

"Hahahaha! Looks like this is just a company-arranged transport drill! No wonder we knew the password!"

"I don't know how you police officers got the information that we were transporting dangerous goods. When I get back to the company, I'm going to report this to my supervisor and sue all of you!"

"You must also compensate the company for all losses incurred during this exercise!"

This kind of sarcastic laughter made Conan and Hattori Heiji sound even more embarrassed under the influence of the [story timeline].

Uh--

So that's how it is.

Conan kicked the gravel at his feet somewhat awkwardly. When he looked at the deformed logo on the front of the car, he suddenly "felt" that it didn't look like a clue to the organization.

Maybe it was just an accident?
Maybe the mysterious organization called "Science Frontiers" just happened to order or require this so-called future watch company to produce a batch of products?

For an organization related to physics, it seems reasonable to purchase daily necessities from certain companies.

After all, they can't make a batch of hourglasses or business cards themselves.

Or, is it that the organization deliberately imitated the design of this company's products?
After all, I saw many people wearing similar watches when I was in the amusement park!

Besides——

Conan glanced calmly at the wrists of the two people in front of him.

The style of that watch is really unique.

But now, there are no black watches with six hands on the wrists of these two people, which can be seen as different at a glance.

No matter how unwilling the [real timeline] is.

Thanks to the efforts of the Alliance and the [Story Timeline], Conan's disappointment finally put an end to this farce.

"Sure enough, this is another misunderstanding. The police are really unreliable..."

(End of this chapter)