Master of Noble Phantasm Outsider

The black-haired boy couldn't help coughing, but he still tried to raise his head and look at Conan-san.

"I don't know your situation. Anyway, listen carefully. I am an official. You are under control now. Please cooperate and don't act rashly."

Conanshan noticed a hint of ferocity in the boy's eyes, but he didn't care much.

He could roughly guess that the boy who was parasitized must have been affected by the parasite.

This is not a problem and there is no need to overreact.

Conan-san took out a magic spell from his waist bag and activated it.

Immediately, a chain made of magic runes appeared, and then tightly bound the parasitic creature that was pinned to the ground and living in the boy's left hand.

When the sealing magic completely enveloped the boy's left hand, the originally deformed and elongated left hand immediately returned to its original shape from its alien posture.

After confirming that the parasite was successfully sealed by magic, Conan no longer needed to maintain the gravity magic.

"It didn't resist. I don't think it was fake. This parasitic beast really couldn't break free of the magic seal, at least not in a short period of time. It was clearly just a very basic magic spell...

The parasitic beasts in this world of stitched monsters seem to be easy to deal with with magic."

Conan-san looked down at the now extremely surprised young man.

"Is this your place? Is there anyone else here?"

"I live alone..." The boy shook his head subconsciously.

"Very good, then open the door and go in. It won't be good for others to see you. You should still want to maintain a normal daily life, right?"

The boy looked stiffly at Conanshan's right hand holding the gun.

Obviously, he had no choice but to cooperate.

⒐The boy got up from the ground, picked up the key that fell on the ground, and opened the door of the apartment.

Lin did not do anything unnecessary, because through the brief experience just now, he knew very well that he could not resist the young man who pointed a gun at him.

Si's own parasitic arm, tightly wrapped by a strange chain, is a good proof of this.

Conan asked the boy to sit with him in the living room.

He turned on the TV and watched it in a very relaxed manner, just like a visiting guest.

⒉The uneasy boy didn't dare to talk to Conan-san on his own initiative. He could only sit stiffly on the sofa.

Time passed by minute by minute.

０The boy, who had no idea what to do, understood for the first time what it meant to feel like every second felt like an eternity.

But his uneasiness and tension did not last long.

Less than ten minutes later, he saw a large group of fully armed soldiers of unknown origin breaking into his home.

Facing the dozen or so black gun muzzles in front of him, the boy was completely stunned.

The boy, who was completely unable to react, now couldn't even feel nervous.

"Don't be too rude, as long as he is willing to cooperate."

Conan-san said this with a smile to all the XCOM soldiers who were dispatched urgently.

After he confirmed the existence of the suspected parasitic beast, he of course immediately notified the secret military organization nearby that specialized in fighting aliens.

If the parasitized black-haired boy had been calmer, he would have been able to see Conan-san taking out a communication device that looked like a mobile phone from his waist bag.

"Okay, I'll trouble you guys from now on."

Conan Shan took out a hearthstone from his waist bag.

This is the teleportation tool used to return to Avengers Tower.

This thing was naturally made by a second-generation Dark Lord.

⒊Ⅰ Erba Art Research

In the human world, due to the different magical environments, Hearthstone cannot achieve ultra-long-distance teleportation to any place, but there is still a teleportation range of a city.

Conan-san used Hearthstone and returned to the Avengers Tower alone.

His figure appeared in a room on the lower floor of the Avengers Building where a teleportation magic circle was set up.

Conan-san walked quickly to the command room of the Avengers Building.

Because of his unexpected discovery, the entire Avengers Building became lively.

Arriving at the command room, Conanshan greeted the Chief of General Staff who was busy with command and dispatch, told him not to worry about him at all, and then he sat aside without saying a word.

The commander of the US region has taken office, but this commander is now located at the secret military base, not in the Avengers Building.

The daily command and management work of the Avengers Building is basically handed over to the chief of staff here.

"Did you bring the person back safely?"

Conan-san was silently watching the images displayed on the screens in the command room. The reason why he came back first seemed a bit irresponsible, but in fact, he wanted to see if he could lead to more situations.

However, it turned out that he was overthinking it.

The parasitic creature he accidentally discovered didn't seem to have any other parasitic companions.

It is also possible that we cannot get in touch.

In short, further investigation is needed to find out the details of the parasitic organisms that appeared in this stitched world.

"As for the investigation of parasites, just leave it to XCOM's experts."

Conan is not completely sure whether the parasites here are the same as in his previous life, so it is better not to have any preconceived ideas.

"So, why do parasitic beasts appear here? It can't be man-made..."

051 Parasite

"Ke, I didn't expect you to find a new problem so easily. Well, that's a good thing."

After learning that there was a special discovery in New York, Lux, who was originally working on the other side of the earth, rushed back as soon as he completed his task.

However, since this is the human world, Lux's teleportation magic could not reach the destination in one step, and it still took him half a day to return to the Avengers Building in New York City.

But this is much faster than taking a plane.

When Rux came back, he immediately went to find out what was going on.

"The creature that parasitizes the human body obviously has a certain degree of intelligence. It can communicate with us normally. Before I came back, we had already obtained a lot of interesting information from the parasite, but it also caused more problems."

Conan-san, who had been observing the situation, naturally knew this.

"The parasite didn't know where it came from, but it felt like it came from outside the sky, from the universe.

The parasite successfully parasitized the unfortunate boy three months ago, but three months ago, no special astronomical phenomena were found in the human world..."

Parasites may have arrived on Earth silently.

However, Conan-san had a bad guess.

"The parasites might have been released by the aliens we are currently tracking down."

"I think so too."

Rux nodded in agreement with his companion's idea.

Even if there is no evidence now, this possibility is very high.

Mainly because at this point in time, a parasite appeared that distracted attention and investigation efforts. It was not an accident or coincidence in any way.

"According to the very cooperative parasite, although it has not encountered other parasites so far, it feels that its own kind are always nearby. It avoids meeting its own kind for safety and security, in order to ensure that its parasite is not harmed."

"The parasite we captured was originally supposed to replace the host and parasitize directly on the head, but due to some coincidences and accidents, that parasite failed, so it could only settle for the next best thing and parasitize on the boy's hand, and then formed a wonderful symbiotic relationship with the boy until it was discovered today."

Conan didn't know whether to say good or bad. So far, the discoveries about Parasyte were basically the same as the comics and animations he had read in his previous life.

In other words, there are multiple parasitic beasts on Earth, and it is estimated that some humans have been completely replaced and are lurking in the human world.

There is no doubt that this parasitic creature that has replaced human identity is a very dangerous unexploded bomb for human society.

"In order to hide themselves, the aliens created other troubles to make us flawless clones. The alien parasites that can replace humans are a good smokescreen to distract attention. In fact, this thing is also a trouble."

Lux felt that they, the magic consultants, would become even busier in the future.

He has confirmed that the way parasites disguise themselves as humans is different from that of aliens wearing human skins.

Moreover, the parasites seemed to be able to resist the influence of his innate aura.

"It feels like this parasite is designed to target me. However, parasites are easier to detect than aliens. They can be detected using human technology. In comparison, it is much easier to deal with them."

Aliens disguised as humans are basically impossible to detect with ordinary means. If they are killed in their disguised form, even if an autopsy is performed after death, only a normal human body can be deconstructed.

Before taking off the layer of leather that disguises it as a human, it can imitate humans 100%.

However, parasites that live on humans have changed the structure of the human body to a certain extent, so the differences can be easily discovered even with the simplest stimulation of the body.

Whether it is a simple beating or a cut with a knife, the difference between the parasite and the normal human body can be immediately discovered.

XCOM successfully discovered this information within less than half a day of discovering the existence of the parasite.

Moreover, only the most basic investigation of the parasites was carried out and no harm was caused.

It is estimated that in the future, we should be able to more smoothly discover more parasites.

"Those parasites are not difficult to deal with or to find. I intend to suggest to the commander that there is no need to use our magic advisors to investigate the parasites. Sending out XCOM soldiers is more than enough.

Our Magic Advisory Group can continue to focus on tracking down the aliens without dispersing our combat power."

Conan thought it was very reasonable. It did not require the use of magic to deal with the parasitic beasts that appeared in this stitched monster world.

"By the way, what are you going to do with the boy who is being infested by the parasite?"

"I don't know yet. This is something we will discuss next. It's time to go to the meeting."

Lux didn't like holding meetings to discuss everything, but how to deal with the first appearance of parasites did require brainstorming.

Moreover, XCOM, which was established to deal with aliens, is a very pragmatic organization, and the meetings held so far can be said to be not a waste of time.

Sometimes they even discussed while working, and this time was a similar situation.

They don't meet in secret in a conference room; they meet simultaneously while working on things.

"Ke, are you going to attend the next meeting? You are the first discoverer of parasites here, and others will definitely listen to your opinions."

"Forget it. I've already said everything I wanted to say. It's up to you to decide how to deal with the parasites. It doesn't matter whether I'm in the meeting or not."

Conanshan refused directly.

Lux clearly said that he would try his best to hide himself, but this guy didn't show any such idea at all when doing things.

The rights and authority that Conan-san possesses in the XCOM organization are basically the same as if Lux had been the chief magic consultant, which is enough to attract the attention of others.

These were of course provided by Rux.

Conan-san has not yet displayed any special powers in front of others, but after he discovers the existence of the parasite, it will definitely attract more attention.

However, he couldn't possibly hide the fact of the parasite, and he didn't want to delay the discovery.

"Before dealing with the real aliens, we have to deal with the parasites first? This is all just a trick of clearing out the minions before defeating the boss... It looks like we'll be really busy later."

052 Misleading

"broken?"

When Conanshan was attending the activities of the Historical and Museum Society as usual once a week, he accidentally heard an unexpected news.

The president of the Historical and Museum Society had previously displayed at the welcome party a knight's lance from the Dark Continent, a relic that obviously had a very deep history. It seemed that it was naturally damaged because it was too old.

By the time the president discovered it, it was too late. The knight's lance broke into two pieces, and some parts turned into powder. Even magic could not repair it⑧⑤⑦〔∵⑥⑥③④④②Yu Han〃:, which made him very sad.

It is said that the president spent a lot of effort to get that knight's lance, but who knew that it would be damaged not long after due to poor maintenance.

“Is it because we haven’t taken good measures to protect the cultural relics?”

There should be nothing suspicious about this matter. It was just an unfortunate incident.

For some reason, Conan-san's intuition told him that something was wrong.

Conanshan told himself not to doubt everything and not to think too much.

However, his intuition still firmly told him that there was a problem.

"Isn't this really the routine?"