Master of Noble Phantasm Outsider

Conan-san, who couldn't just put the matter behind him, went to find someone without any evidence and only based on his intuition.

"Xonan?"

Irene Link looked at Conan Shan who suddenly appeared in surprise.

This is the Owlery at Hogwarts.

Irene is looking for a suitable school owl here to borrow to send letters.

Without saying a word, Conan-san snatched the package from the plump girl's hand and opened it directly.

Inside the sealed package was a letter and several books.

"...X-Xiaonan?"

Irene looked at Conan-san, who had no expression on his face, with some horror.

Conanshan looked up at the girl.

“It’s not bad, but it’s not good enough.”

Conan-san said as he took out a magic talisman from his waist bag.

After injecting magic power, the magic spell burned and disappeared, and it actually worked.

In the package in his hand, one of the books inside revealed its true form.

Conan-san opened the box disguised as a book. The box was filled with various soft fillings. He reached in and took out a worn-out fragment of unknown origin from the innermost part of the filling.

Irene stood there stiffly, a look of genuine horror on her face.

"Erin, this is an unknown fragment of unknown material. Did you get it from the Historical and Natural History Society? And when you got it, you accidentally destroyed the main part. Could that be the case?"

　4. Qun: "………"

Irene's lips trembled, and she had no idea how to respond.

Conan-san sighed helplessly.

He stuffed the small fragment in his hand back into the box.

Then, he put the package in his hand back into the hand of the plump girl.

"I'll just pretend I didn't see it this time. Stealing other students' belongings, especially historical relics like this, is a big deal. You might even be expelled. I don't really care if you're gone. Even though we're friends, it's still wrong. However, Comet will definitely be sad."

Conan-san had already confirmed that there was no one else near the owl shed, so he spoke so boldly.

He was not worried that the owls here would understand what they were saying, because when he used the magic spell to break the disguise of the package just now, he also used another spell to create a simple barrier around them. As long as the nearby owls did not fly in, they would not be able to hear what they were saying.

"Erin, let me guess why you are so bold and abnormal to steal other people's things."

Conanshan did not just turn around and leave. He wanted to try again with this girl from the Dark Continent.

"The thing you stole was indeed from the Dark Continent. It's normal for it to arouse your interest. However, you shouldn't have the idea of ​​stealing. I know you're a hard-working girl. You didn't steal things because of money. There must be other reasons for your abnormal behavior."

Conan-san watched the changes in the girl's expression without blinking, as she was obviously very scared.

"Erin, please don't tell me that you recognized the origin of the knight's lance, and then, for some reason, you want to get it, for example, to summon heroes, holy relics."

Irene shuddered.

Conan-san would not miss such an obvious reaction.

"Is this so..."

Conanshan couldn't help but sigh again.

He has completely understood that this is probably the so-called routine.

"Erin, let me ask you, why did you come to the Magic Continent?"

Irene's lips opened and closed, but no words came out.

"If you just wanted to collect various artifacts from the Dark Continent that drifted to the Magic Continent, you wouldn't have to go to a magic school. I think you stole things at this time because you had a sudden impulse, probably because the origin of the knight's lance was quite extraordinary, so you couldn't help but steal it."

Conan-san didn't wait for the girl's response, he continued reasoning as if he was talking to himself.

"You probably want to send the things back to the Dark Continent now, for the future summoning of heroes that you will definitely hold in the Dark Continent. I have also heard about the Dark Continent. If you want to break the darkness over there, you will indeed need to use the power of heroes."

After Conan-san finished speaking, he shook his head.

"Erin, you don't have to respond to me. Just forget about what happened today and pretend that I never showed up. I just had a bad habit and couldn't help but meddle in other people's business.

However, I still want to advise you not to do such a thing again. You were lucky not to be discovered this time. If the teacher found out, it would be troublesome.

That's all, see you tomorrow."

Conan-san waved goodbye to his friends as usual, and quickly left the Owl Shed.

"Sure enough, this world of stitched monsters is full of tricks."

Normally, it would be impossible for Conan-san to guess what happened without any evidence.

However, reminded by his strange intuition and understanding of the nature of this patchwork world, he was able to connect various insignificant details and directly discover the real problem.

It almost looks like I read directly from the author’s script.

"Well, anyway, the insurance is in place... just don't use it."

Conan-san has no idea when problems will break out in the Dark Continent, nor does he know how Irene, who is suspected to be the Fire Keeper, will cause problems.

However, related problems should not occur recently.

The most optimistic scenario is that we have to wait until Irene graduates from Hogwarts before the Dark Continent's routine will happen.

"What Dark Continent? This name is really misleading... Damn it, I don't want to pass on the fire at all..."⑷

053 Do your best

In the human world, the alien special armed organization XCOM is tracking, discovering and dealing with parasites very smoothly.

Unlike aliens that can disguise themselves as humans, about which we have not been able to find much clues, parasites are much easier to find.

"For parasites, whether it's divination magic, prophecy magic, or the most basic search magic, they can all be very effective in finding the target. They are really different from those aliens who are still quite mysterious. Parasites are very easy to deal with."⑶

Lux, who provided magic technology and support to the human world, never thought that parasites could be dealt with so easily.

This made him a little nervous at first.

In less than a month, XCOM has secretly eliminated a large number of parasites hidden in human society, and successfully captured a number of living parasites, obtaining more reliable relevant intelligence.

Based on existing data, it is estimated that they have probably dealt with more than half of the damage caused by parasites.

All this is thanks to the existence of magic.

If there is no magic that can accurately find the target, it will inevitably turn into a long-term war.

"Ke, thanks to you for discovering the first parasite and successfully capturing it alive, I was able to develop various magics to search for parasites based on their characteristics. You have done a great job."

Lux said that at the end of this month, Conanshan will receive a very nice bonus in his bank account in the human world.

Unlike his previous life, Conan-san no longer cared too much about money. But even so, when he saw the bonus number, he was still a little surprised at the generosity of the human world.

He would have gladly accepted the bonus, but it seemed as if he had nowhere to spend it.

However, having money is always better than having no money. At least you don’t have to worry when you need money in the future.

After he discovered the first parasite, he did not participate or contribute much to other operations to capture or eliminate the parasites. Seeing such a large amount of bonus, he, who still has a conscience, couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

"Since the harm caused by those parasites is not that serious, when XCOM was conducting the operation, I suggested that they be used for training, and the commander accepted it.

As for us magic consultants, we will be on standby in the rear. Judging from the results, using parasites as training objects is a good experience."

Although Conan-san has never been on the front line fighting against parasites, he has read relevant combat reports and on-site records.

Just like what the Dark Lord, who has now become the magical advisor to the human world, said, parasites are not too big a threat to XCOM, a newly established secret force, and are a very suitable object for actual combat training with a certain degree of pressure.

XCOM's troops have been dispatched many times in the past month to continuously deal with those parasitic creatures, and so far no soldiers have died. The most they have suffered are serious injuries due to carelessness.

Once a parasite successfully parasitizes the human body, no matter where it parasitizes, it has the ability to change and distort the human body.

Parasites can transform human muscles and bones into sharp blades, which can be used for defense and enhance the body's physical abilities.

For ordinary people, parasites are indeed very dangerous. Even if you are prepared and fully armed, there is a high chance that you will be killed.

However, XCOM is a force that gathers the most elite soldiers in the world, and the equipment they carry is also the most advanced. The most important thing is that the soldiers in this secret army are basically made up of super soldiers who have been injected with super soldier serum.

A super soldier who has fully developed his potential and can control his own strength is enough to fight against parasites with his own physical ability, even if he has no equipment or weapons.

The parasitic creatures that appeared in this world of stitched monsters seemed to be basically the same as the setting of the comic of the same name that Conan had read in his previous life, without any supernatural enhancement or modification.

Ordinary policemen or soldiers may not be able to cope with it, but facing super soldiers, if they are prepared, there really won’t be too many problems.

"After careful inspection of the parasites, it can be confirmed that they are also magical creatures, but the content is not much. About one tenth is magic, and the rest is the creation of incomprehensible alien technology.

It should be just as we first deduced, that the aliens are causing the interference. Even if the aliens didn't interfere, we wouldn't be able to find them.

Lukes has personally interrogated all the captured parasites, and he is sure that these parasites do not know who their creators are, and they only act according to their own instincts.

Coupled with some places that are clearly targeting humans, he is more and more certain that the parasites are interference released by aliens.

"Theoretically, parasites can eat anything, but they have the instinct to hunt humans. Humans are their main food. This doesn't make sense no matter how you think about it."

The parasite's main method of parasitism is to take over the human head.

Once it has successfully replaced the target's head, the parasite will naturally develop the instinct to hunt humans.

However, if it fails to successfully parasitize the head, it will somehow lose this instinct to hunt humans.

This is a conclusion drawn based on the physical conditions of several unfortunate people who have been forced to live in symbiosis with parasites.

Just like the boy that Conan Shan accidentally discovered at the beginning, not all parasites can successfully take over the host's body. There is still a low probability of failure and can only parasitize on other parts of the host's body.

This parasite that fails to replace humans will lose its hunting instinct and desire and rely on the host's body for nutrition to survive, so the so-called symbiosis can be established.

"Parasitic organisms seem to be able to parasitize any mammal. We have found some parasites parasitizing stray cats and dogs, but they mainly parasitize humans.

After testing, it was found that parasites cannot adapt to the environment in the sea. Even if they succeed in taking over the bodies of dolphins or whales, they will drown. This is quite funny, but it also reduces our concerns. We don’t have to worry about the emergence of a large army of parasites in the sea. "

The parasitic beasts that appeared in this stitched world can be easily dealt with, and Conan is naturally very happy to see it.

It is estimated that after a period of time, with the help of search magic specifically targeting parasites, all parasites on the earth will be eliminated, and this problem can be completely solved.

The premise is that the parasite will not appear again.

"After all, we still need to find the aliens who released the parasites."

Lux said that he had tried his best, but he just couldn't find the aliens in human skin.

The aliens who possess the magical powers of an unknown alien system are really hiding very deeply and cannot be found.

"Ke, can I ask you to help me find the aliens?"

Conanshan knew that he would be called here today, and it was definitely not just to give him a bonus.

"I can't guarantee it... I'll try my best."

054 Not Found

"Even if we talk about finding aliens, I don't have the slightest idea..."

Although Conanshan seems to be doing nothing, he also wants to clear all the trials of the savior from mankind as soon as possible.

No matter how you look at it, the aliens that appeared on this earth are trouble left behind by the leader of the human race.

If he had a way to find aliens, he would definitely not delay and would definitely act immediately.

"Even if I can mobilize XCOM's forces at will, I still have to find the target first... How can I find an alien that can't even be found by divination and prophecy magic?"

Lux's commission to Conan-san is not a mandatory task nor is it forced, and there will be no consequences even if there is no result. :

However, since he has promised others to do his best, Conan-san must always take some practical action.

"The aliens that appeared in this stitched world should be from the strategic shooting game of the same name in my previous life. However, the aliens here have magic technology, which is very different from the basic setting. I can't completely refer to the settings I knew in my previous life..." Five

Conan tried hard to recall the alien settings in the game "XCOM".

He knew that he couldn't completely follow the settings in the game, but it should be okay to refer to some of the development ideas.

"The humans in the game discovered the aliens because the aliens began to take large-scale actions, kidnapping humans as experimental subjects, and releasing biological viruses in different cities to conduct many different experiments.

Humans fought hard, studied and used the aliens' technology for their own use, and gained the power to fight back. In the end, humans defeated the aliens as usual... This is the plot of the first generation of games.

The game setting of "XCOM" is like a whole B-level movie. You can't think about it too much or think about it too much.

Anyway, the purpose of the game is to kill the aliens, no matter what conspiracy or trick, just fight.

No matter how amazing alien technology is, in the later stages of a turn-based game, it will be easily blown up by human soldiers' small pistols in a matter of minutes.