Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

"A man from the future? Didn't they say he's dead?"

"No, I'm not sure what happened, but at that time I did judge that the other party was dead."

Conan was full of doubts, but judging from the current situation, Kamijou would only be able to answer the corresponding questions if he brought Haibara Ai with him.

"Oh, there's really no other way. I'll leave first."

Haibara Ai had no interest in participating in the game exhibition. If Professor Agasa had not been destined to participate, and if there was no one else at home without the professor, Haibara Ai would probably have stayed in front of the computer to experiment all day.

Seeing this, Conan also planned to use the same excuse to ask for leave from Ran Mouri, but the three children had already started discussing and pulled Conan back. Faced with the enthusiastic questioning that only children could have, in order to play the role of a child, Conan was involuntarily stopped and was unable to leave here immediately.

During this time difference, Zhixing waited at the door of the toilet and waited for the first meeting of Haibara Ai.

"Hello, my name is Kamijou Touma. What's your name, ma'am?"

"Haibara Ai."

The girl answered Zhi Xing's question concisely.

Zhi Xing nodded upon hearing this, and then said:

"There's a possibility that your sister will be resurrected in the future."

Huiyuan Ai, who originally had no impression of the paper company, suddenly became alert and asked quickly:

"So, what's the price?"

"The price? No problem, I'll bear the cost."

"How to say?"

"I have preserved a portion of your sister's memories and soul, but I don't know how long it will take to achieve her resurrection. To this end, I will continue to travel into the past to search for the right magic. If I don't find it, then there's nothing more to say."

Huiyuan Ai frowned, and first confirmed by intuition that the person in front of her should not be a member of the Black Organization, and then she asked:

"You don't seem to be such a selfless person, and I heard from Conan that you usually do this because you need some experiments."

"Tell me, what do you need me to do?"

Zhi Xing waved his hand casually and said without any desire or expectation:

"Although you are good at chemistry, you don't know how to extract magic power from herbs containing magic power. So no matter what you want to do, it will not be of any help to me."

"Of course, if it's a controllable potion, using it for exchange would be a good option."

"But you didn't, did you?"

Haibara Ai fell silent, and couldn't help but think of the number plate No. 2 and the message on it that she saw in Kudo Shinichi's room.

"Those of you who picked up the number can rest in peace, because the murderer of number 2 has been identified, and the cause of death was suicide due to depression."

"So always carry dangerous goods with you; they may be needed.")

Chapter 208 The Death of the Protagonist

"It seems like you've anticipated all this, right? This isn't a past you can learn about with something like a newspaper."

"If I hadn't checked the empty box at that time, the people in the organization would have discovered my plan, or they might have discovered that I had escaped when they found out I was missing."

Ai Haibara turned to look at Conan, who had not yet arrived, and continued:

"Since you know everything about the organization, then you need to reconsider your reasons for contacting Kudo."

"Who are you anyway?"

Seeing that Huiyuan Ai didn't act like a child in front of him, Zhixing squatted down seriously and introduced himself to Huiyuan Ai:

"Nice to meet you. I've heard a lot about you, Huibara Ai."

"My nickname in this era is Kamijou Touma, and I'm from the Future Organization, which is part of Academy City."

"Please help me for your sister's sake. Help me... change history."

Ai Haibara looked at Zhi Xing's hand that stopped in front of her, hesitated for a moment, and took a step back.

"what happened?"

After hearing Zhi Xing's doubts, Huiyuan Ai finally spoke with certainty:

"As Kudo-kun suspected, it's just like you thought... You only shake hands with special people... And it seems like you're planning to give the other person the choice of whether to shake hands or not. Is something going to happen?"

After confirming that Huiyuan Ai had no intention of shaking hands, Zhixing withdrew his hand and explained bluntly:

"When I learned that I could go back in time, I learned one thing to note."

"I don't know why, but after returning to the past, the fate of the people I come into contact with won't change."

"Forget science, even magic can't explain this."

"After all, it's like saying that if I don't make contact, the future can be changed."

"But from the actual situation so far, I haven't found any changes other than delays and advances."

Zhi Xing looked at his palms, then clenched his own hands and sighed:

"But I think this information is wrong, so I plan to contact you to see if you want to change your fate. In return, you need to contact me."

"I see. So, you're really trying to change the past for this? But why do you need me? I'm not like a famous detective who's only interested in solving a puzzle."

Zhixing nodded and explained absentmindedly:

"That's because I haven't found a way to resurrect your sister yet."

"Because I don't know if it's the absolute rules that are affecting it, any changes I make to the past now can't rewrite an ending I don't know about."

"If I can't fulfill the conditions to change the past, then even if I find a way to resurrect your sister, I'll lose her again within a short period of time for some unknown reason."

Zhi Xing looked up slightly at the place three feet above his head, and said metaphorically, like the riddle man often seen in Conan:

"No matter what kind of wish it is, as long as it goes against common sense, it will inevitably give rise to some kind of distortion, and ultimately disaster will arise from it. It is a natural law."

After hearing this somewhat disjointed metaphor, Huiyuan Ai actually accepted it easily. Instead of directly asking about the meaning of the words, she asked:

"Even though you keep saying you can't change the past, you've actually already done it, right? If my sister was doomed to die at that time, then the chance of resurrection itself is a change of the past, right?"

Zhi Xing's thoughts returned from the rebellious Madoka, and he shook his head at Haibara Ai and said:

"The reason I still have the possibility of resurrection is purely because... well... because I was exiled to another dimension."

"Yes, that's right. The fate of this world cannot be changed by me, but because it was exiled to another dimension, the power to change it back to its original fate did not reach the other party so quickly."

"So I'm somewhat confident that your sister is still alive and has a chance to be resurrected."

"In that case...can I...can I see my sister again?"

Haibara Ai took a step forward and looked into Zhixing's eyes, which had changed from looking up to lowering his head after he came to his senses.

After thinking for a while, Zhixing replied:

"No, unless it's a rampage, I can't take anyone else there without making contact."

"And even if I take them there, it's still a dangerous place for you. I can't let them let you go."

Zhixing scratched his head. Although during the few days in Liangshanpo, with the help of masters who could fight against the witch without consuming their vitality, Zhixing did explore a part of the area outside the barrier.

It is also the area with the most paper shops.

However, the only way to keep ordinary people safe who enter the barrier is for Zhixing to cover others with his own blood. The magic power that remains in his own blood, which also comes from the witch, can barely prevent the familiar from attacking it immediately after discovering the other party.

But that is only the case when the other party is also doing the work of a familiar.

I'm afraid that from their perspective, they are beings controlled by the familiar Zhixing.

But the familiar that Akemi Miyano transformed into was staying in the witch's room.

Without the obstruction of the masters, Zhixing would not be able to lead others to break through. Even Zhixing himself was helpless in front of the witch and could only obey her arrangements.

After all, it's not a true rule-based story. Within the barrier, there are no methods or means to restrain the final boss... Things outside the field are another matter, such as cheese to the Snack Witch.

Just when Zhixing rejected Haibara Ai and was distracted by all sorts of things.

Conan finally arrived after a long delay.

"Haibara-san, Kamijou-san."

Conan pretended to be a kid saying hello, waving his arms and running towards them. Halfway through, after confirming that there was no one else in the restroom, his expression changed instantly. He then came to the middle of Shixing and Huiyuan, facing Shixing and asked:

"Kamijo Touma, why are you back now? Why... are you really Kamijou Touma?"

Zhixing was very surprised by Conan's question, and then a thought suddenly popped up in his mind:

If fan settings, or fan works that are highly accepted by the public can exist in this world at the same time, then wouldn't there be official collaborations... No, I don't remember these two different themes of anime having any collaborations.

Although he rejected the idea of ​​Conan and Toaru Majutsu no Index ever collaborating, Zhi Xing still asked with some lack of confidence:

"I'm not Kamijou Touma. Is there anyone else with that name?"

"But...at that time...you clearly died in front of us..."

"Wait, are you serious?"

Zhixing had just denied a dangerous guess and now frowned again.

After all, after knowing that he died in the past, not to mention that Zhixing's safety is guaranteed under the protection of the witch's barrier, even if the witch's power is affected by the power of the other world and can no longer protect Zhixing, Zhixing will definitely find a way to fake his death before considering coming back here.

In a situation like this, Conan should be able to analyze it based on his own personality.

Could it be that the changes in my personality caused by staying at home are completely inconsistent with my current outward behavior, so Conan misjudged me? After all, when I was in Madoka Magica, I couldn't even talk to others for a few words.

Zhixing was about to ask Conan for details, but Huiyuan Ai interrupted Zhixing and said:

"You two smart people are discussing this topic. Please go to the side and discuss it freely. I'm just a child, so I won't accompany you."

"Then your..."

"I will do it. I will try my best to meet your request. Just don't expect too much strength from my weak body. It's a win-win situation, so I have no reason to refuse."

"Grey Yuan?"

Huiyuan Ai walked towards the hall, turned around, and said to Zhixing in a playful manner:

"On the other hand, you must absolutely do what you said. Otherwise, I will never forgive you..."

"Don't worry, that's what I want to do. After all...it's for my health."

"Wait! What on earth were you two talking about?!"

Looking at the figure who seemed to be laughing softly with his head down, Zhi Xing didn't have the idea of ​​directly pointing it out, but patted Conan's head and said:

"Children should not interfere in adult matters. After all, your physical condition is no longer suitable for getting involved in what she wants to do."

Although the physical contact described by Homura has not been fully confirmed, when she came out of the dock and looked through Conan's props, she did touch him. After all, at that time, she was more worried that Conan would change his fate by dying.

Destruction is always easier than construction and maintenance.

"Instead of that, could you tell me about my inevitable death?"

Conan struggled to break free from Zhixing's grasp, and said angrily to Zhixing:

"You know I'm not a child anymore, but you still treat me like this. Have you ever considered my feelings?"

"Hiss~ But even if it's you, I'm already an adult approaching 30, isn't it the same for everyone?"

"Huh? Oh, an uncle now."

Zhixing rolled his eyes, sat down against the wall, waved his hand at Conan and asked:

"Tell me quickly, what will my death be like?"

Conan lowered his head upon hearing this, and asked Zhi Xing as if reminiscing:

"Before that, I want to know something. Have you...already known...the secret of the Twilight Annex?"

Zhixing nodded and asked with some doubt:

"I know, but can't you all deduce this secret? Is there any difference?"

“As expected, you know even this kind of information that won’t be published in the newspapers, Kamijou Touma, no, you…”

"Alright, alright. Haibara just asked this too. Don't worry about it. I know the reasons I gave aren't good enough. Just call me Kamijou Touma."

Zhixing interrupted Conan's conversation impatiently, and then urged Conan again to tell him the details of his death.

"Sure enough, you're more like the Mr. Kamijou I'm familiar with now. Unlike the one I met that day, who was basically indifferent to the surroundings and didn't even offer any help. He just watched our car get blown up and watched us execute the fake death plan, trying to get information from the person behind the scenes."

"and then?"

Zhixing was also confused when he heard the plot flow which was almost the same.