Master of Noble Phantasm Outsider

However, in this city, mutants will not be persecuted. They have the same personal freedom as other people. Some of them have outstanding families and even become star mutants.

"Like the mutant circus that only performs in the academy, but is world-famous, or those handsome mutant men and women who have become stars and starred in movies."

Conan discovered the setting of mutants in this stitched world shortly after the world line changed, so he has no mood to complain about it now.

However, he was still worried that the savior of mankind would do something to the mutants.

It would be interesting if, like in a certain comic book where someone doesn't know how to control their fighting power, they created some god-like mutant that can destroy the world.

"Although, I came here to investigate mutants... The Ministry of Magic is certain that mutants have nothing to do with magic... But is that really the case?"

If it weren't for the secret investigation, Conan would definitely want to take a leisurely stroll around this city that is theoretically closed to the outside world.

After all, mutants only exist in the current world line. If you say that they have nothing to do with the savior of mankind, Conan will never believe it even if he dies.

"The setting of mutants and superpowers here is also a bit confusing, I don't know whether to say it's reasonable or weird..."

According to the definition in the current world, so-called mutants must have some physical differences from ordinary people, and they are not necessarily people with super powers.

The special powers gained due to the mutation of the body do not seem to be considered superpowers according to the definition of the scientific community here.

I don’t know how it is calculated.

However, as long as mutants undergo appropriate super-power development, they will definitely become super-powered people, and there is basically no possibility of failure.

The so-called super-powered people are a group of people who have acquired special abilities through scientific development methods.

People who develop super powers will not experience any changes in their bodies, so they cannot be classified as mutants, they are just people with super powers.

Of course, after developing superpowers and becoming special talents, their personal freedom will inevitably be restricted.

Similar to the situation with mutants, people with super powers cannot leave Academy City at will.

However, as long as they stay in this scientific research city managed by the United Nations, people with super powers can live freely like mutants without too many constraints or restrictions.

"Don't think too much now..."

Conanshan shook his head gently, putting aside some complicated thoughts in his mind.

"We'll talk about the mutants later. It doesn't look like there will be any problems right now. For now, I'll focus my energy and attention on investigating the ghouls."

162 Stealth

Theoretically, Conan-san could have taken the Academy City train and arrived directly at a place near his destination.

But 2'nine]&four zero four;|three five six fourth middle”‰qｕn: Yes, because from the middle of the journey, there were more and more people on the bus, and in order to avoid being touched by others when he was invisible, he had to get off halfway.

The enhanced invisibility cloak is very effective, but it is only invisible and not ghost-like penetrating. Conan can still be physically touched, so he has to settle for the next best thing and just walk.

However, it would not take too much time to walk from the current location. At most he would be able to reach the first suspected suspicious location in an hour. If everything went well, he would be there in less than half an hour.

Conanshan got off the bus near the city center. It was now nine o'clock, after the rush hour, but there were still a lot of people nearby. He needed to move forward cautiously to avoid unnecessary accidents that might lead to him being discovered.

In this city that has become a tourist destination at some point in time, there are naturally many people everywhere during the peak tourist season during the summer vacation.

Conan was walking openly on the street. He was wearing an invisibility cloak, so ordinary magic or technological items could not see through him. As for possible contact with passers-by, he was confident that he could avoid everyone smoothly.

Conan-san's current physical fitness and reaction ability are several times stronger than when he first traveled to this world of stitched monsters, so there will be no problem even if he walks in a swagger.

In fact, his progress was very smooth.

"It would be great if the Ministry of Magic could work harder to build plane stations around the world. I wouldn't have to go around in circles and could come directly to this place. It would be much more convenient even if I needed to run away."

The plane stations hidden in all parts of the human world basically only exist in larger cities. Although this Academy City is world-famous, the Ministry of Magic still only built a station in the Tokyo metropolitan area in the Far East. There is no station in other places in the Far East.

Even in the Eastern Kingdom where Conan Mountain was previously located, there were only two large cities in the southeast as plane stations, which gave people a perfunctory and shabby feeling.

"By the way, this place is worthy of being the place where 99% of the mutants in the world gather. I see more and more mutants."

Conan Shan remembered that there were about one million mutants living in this city.

The number of mutants in this world is about 1 to 1.2 million.

As Conan walked along the mountain, he saw several very memorable mutants.

One is a mirror man whose whole body is like a mirror, shining brightly.

A little giant over three meters tall and covered with scales.

Another one is a mutant with two pairs of wings on his back.

Not every mutant has a very special or outstanding appearance. Most mutants have ways to hide their features through clothing. Conversely, some mutants have features that cannot be concealed no matter what.

Conan Shan did not sense any magic from these mutants. It seemed that just as the Ministry of Magic said, mutants only appeared in the human world and should have nothing to do with magic.

After walking for about half an hour, Conan Shan, who was quick to act, had already left the city center and entered the industrial area behind.

The first suspicious location that Conanshan needs to investigate is in this industrial area.

He had a good memory and did not need to look up the intelligence gained from the secret investigation of the Ministry of Magic stored in his Traceless Stretch waist bag. It did not take him long to find the target's investigation location.

Conan-san was not in a hurry to walk into the large factory in front of him. He first checked the condition of the props on his body and observed the environment of the factory.

"The communication tool for contacting Liu Ming outside is working well and can be activated at any time."

After Conan-san entered this academy city that required a special application and visa to enter, he did not use the magic communication props provided by the Ministry of Magic.

Considering that there might be a black magician lurking in this place, he might be discovered if he used magic rashly, so unless it was necessary, he would not use communication magic props that were difficult to hide the magical reaction.

Liu Ming would also not suddenly contact Conanshan before the agreed time. Unless something important happened and he needed to be notified immediately, he would continue to wait quietly.

The so-called assistance and navigation are means that will only be used when necessary.

"What does this factory produce? It seems to be beverages..."

After spending a few minutes observing the surrounding situation, Conan-san cautiously stepped into the large factory in front of him.

He followed silently behind several young factory workers and smoothly entered the factory where the air-conditioning was turned up a bit high.

This factory has no special decoration or layout, giving people a cold feeling.

There are not many workers inside the factory. In this Academy City that uses and tests the latest technologies, the higher-level factories are almost all semi-automated or fully automated, and the number of workers required is not large. The same is true here.

Based on the information in his memory, Conan-san took a tour around the factory.

This factory is of a certain area and is divided into two floors. Even if he moved as fast as he could, it still took him more than half an hour to walk through the entire place.

“Nothing was found…”

Conan-san stood in the empty corridor. He thought for a moment and then replaced one of the cards in his soul.

He changed to the Silver Boss card with [Eagle Eye], which can see through all concealment effects.

Within a few minutes, he made a discovery.

"That's a problem... Should I say it's good luck or bad luck? I got the prize at the first suspicious location... I should have equipped the skill "Eagle Eye" from the beginning..."

Conan-san now returned to the entrance of the factory.

At the main entrance of the factory where several large trucks were parked, he saw a door leading underground that was hidden by magic.

This door is just over there in the entrance hall, pretending to be a wall.

"You're so bold. But this magic is indeed hidden. If I didn't have the Soul Card, I would have to go through a lot of trouble to discover it... Now, the question is, how can I get in quietly?"

Conan Shan did find a secret passage hidden by magic, but that didn't mean he could enter it smoothly.

This hidden doorway is placed in the front door. If you want to enter, you must first hide it from the various security measures here and the eyes of the workers. It is quite difficult to enter without alerting the enemy.

He came to conduct an infiltration investigation. Although he had made some discoveries, they were not important evidence. Even if he could barely call for support from the Ministry of Magic, it might backfire.

There shouldn't be any mistakes. After all, magic that shouldn't appear in the human world is right here, but it's hard to say whether it's what they're looking for.

Conan decided to wait.

Since the entrance is right here, there must be someone using this place to go in and out, and he can take the opportunity to sneak in.

With an enhanced version of the invisibility cloak, as long as this hidden door is opened by others, they should not be able to detect his presence.

Conan Shan waited for almost three hours.

He sat on the ground bored, and finally waited for the hidden door to open three hours later.

As soon as Conan Shan found that the door hidden by magic was opened, he immediately jumped up from the ground as fast as he could and walked quickly to the side of the door.

Two men walked out of the hidden door. Conanshan glanced at them, and then, while the door was still open, he quickly brushed past the two men and rushed in.

Soon after Conanshan rushed into the gate, the hidden gate closed again.

"Now we can only go deeper..."

Conan-san didn't care about the door that closed quickly. He had made all kinds of mental preparations before setting out to investigate.

Moreover, it seemed that they didn't discover him wearing the invisibility cloak, but simply that the magic door closed so quickly.

"Forget about those two people just now. Ignore them for now. They don't look like important people. Even if they are, I can only investigate the internal situation now."

Just as Conan-san had speculated before, the passage behind this door did indeed continue to go deeper underground.

However, the problem came again.

If you want to go deeper underground, besides taking the large elevator that requires identity authentication, you can only find a fire escape that also requires identity authentication to open.

Conan-san, who was conducting an undercover investigation, could not use violence to directly break down the door.

So, the conclusion is that he can only wait.

Fortunately, he didn't have to wait too long this time. In less than an hour, someone showed up.

The two people who went out here an hour ago are back.

The two men, who were dressed in ordinary clothes and were probably in their thirties, each took out their ID card from their pocket and placed it on the elevator's inductive verification system.

Next, they did fingerprint and iris authentication.

After a few seconds, the tightly closed elevator door finally opened.

"Are these two guys going out to eat? It's fine anyway..."

Conanshan naturally would not miss this opportunity. He followed the two men and walked into the elevator.

He soon discovered that this elevator seemed to have multiple security systems.

In addition to displaying the numbers of the three underground levels, the elevator also shows the load and number of people in the elevator.

Even if someone can become invisible, if the weight in the elevator does not match the number of people, the elevator will probably close automatically and sound the alarm.

“So careful…”

Conan-san, who was muttering to himself, was not discovered and the elevator alarm did not sound.

Although the invisibility cloak he was wearing could not penetrate walls and could still be physically touched, he had taken sufficient concealment measures in other places.

This magical item can passively hide the user's own weight.

Even if the elevator is also sickly equipped with a system that senses the carbon dioxide from breathing, the invisibility cloak can still eliminate the wearer's breath.

Conan-san finally made it to the underground safely.

"Okay, let's start the exciting infiltration investigation."

163 The Inevitable Fate of the Stalker

"It's too damn cold in here... How high is the central air conditioning set to?"

Conan-san followed two men who were supposed to be researchers of this secret underground facility and came to the second underground floor.

He wanted to go on going down, because there were five underground floors. However, without the two men, he, an invisible man, could not use the elevator. He did not want to be trapped in the elevator, so he had to follow the two men.

"A sci-fi underground secret research site... I don't know if there is such a template-like place..."

Conan Mountain is really eye-opening in some ways.

This underground space can satisfy all associations and fantasies about a secret base.

There were all kinds of incomprehensible advanced instruments that were full of futuristic sci-fi feel, and secret researchers in different uniforms were walking around.

There are still quite a few people on the second underground floor. Conan-san walked through several rooms and doorways and found that there are about twenty people.

However, the target he wanted to find did not appear yet.

Now that they have arrived at this relatively open place without any traps, Conan-san no longer has to follow others closely, he can walk around.

He had no idea what this underground facility was researching, but since the passage leading to the outside world was hidden by magic, it must be something bad.

However, on this floor, he couldn't see any items that should be studied, or anything related to magic.

"Could it be on the floor below?"