Master of Noble Phantasm Outsider

3. It is impossible for Conan-san to arrest and deal with those "now" innocent people without any substantial evidence.

It is impossible for Ling to explain to others that those damned people will collude with aliens to betray humans in the "future".

⒌ "In order to prevent the crime in the 'future', we must first solve the problem physically in the 'past'... Not many people can accept this reason."

As for the secret operation, it might be difficult to do because he made a big noise today.

Conan-san didn't regret making such a big fuss.

After all, this matter is related to time travel and the existence of time machines. We must not be careless and must take it seriously.

On the other hand, the name of the Quantum and Nuclear Research Organization seems to indicate that they are good at conducting inhumane time research.

The purpose of bringing armed soldiers to blockade this large research institute is to prevent anyone from escaping, and also to kill people when necessary.

Until we have confirmed that there is no problem with this organization, it is never too cautious.

"But there is nothing wrong with this semi-official, world's largest scientific research organization."

After thoroughly checking all the public and non-public data of this scientific research organization, Conan Shan returned to the room where Dane Claude was imprisoned.

The time traveler who received the memories of his future self through the phone no longer had any confusion in his eyes, but he still kept his head down and pondered various problems.

"Mr. Claude, what you are worried about does not exist in this quantum and nuclear research organization."

Conan-san sat down opposite Claude.

"According to your memory, this world's largest international scientific research organization has secretly begun researching time machines half a century ago, and has conducted many failed time travel experiments.

However, I did not find any relevant information here. It is not that the people here kept it completely secret, nor that they concealed it so well that it could not be detected. It is that there has been no time research here that you know of."

After interrogating Dane Cloud, Conan spent half an hour investigating this international research organization with thousands of members.

In just half an hour, Conan-san couldn't guarantee that he could really find all the hidden problems, but at least he couldn't see any suspicious clues.

"……I see."

Dane Claude nodded very calmly.

Even if reality differed from his memory of the future, he quickly accepted it.

"It seems that in the timeline I'm in now, many bad things haven't happened. This is a good thing... Although this makes it difficult for me to prove the authenticity of the memories of the future in my mind..."

"There's no need to prove it. I know you did come back from the future."

Conan doesn't quite understand what the timeline of the current world of Stitches is like.

If he had the chance, he would like to understand it clearly, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand it now.

Whether he understands it or not, what he has to do is the same.

"However, your memories of the future may come from an uncertain future, a continuation of an illusory possibility. This possibility may not necessarily happen, and the 'past' you know may not exist. However, it is still very useful for reference."

Even if the Committee of Three Hundred does not exist now, it may appear in the future.

Now that we know this, we need to prevent the birth of this secret organization that shouldn't exist.

"Mr. Claude, have you written out the list of the Committee of Three Hundred?"

"Yes, here it is."

Claude pushed a new notebook over to him.

"The only members of the Committee of 300 that I know of are the dozen or so who often appear on TV. I don't know the rest... I'm not sure if this is useful to you."

"It's useful. Even if there are only a few names, it's better than knowing no one at all."

Conan-san opened his notebook.

On the notebook, there was Claude's neat handwriting in block letters.

Claude wrote down everything he knew in his notebook.

"Next..."

Conan-san took out XCOM's tablet, called up the database, and then entered a dozen names from the notebook to search.

It didn't take long for him to confirm the identities of these people.

"The people on this list are basically either rich or noble, or they are talented scientists who have become top scientists based on their own abilities... These people have not yet committed any serious mistakes, and have not colluded with aliens to betray humanity."

Conan thought for a moment, then he left the room where Claude was and went to another empty room nearby.

He didn't intend to just end today's events like this.

Although today's operation was considered a success as they were able to find a time traveler, he felt that they should not stop here.

Regarding today's action, even within XCOM it was a sudden and temporary move, and a reasonable explanation is still needed after returning.

The authority of the Magic Advisory Group is not absolute and omnipotent.

Even if, based on the magic consultant's past achievements, Conan-san did not give a legitimate reason or explanation for what happened today, and let the whole thing end inexplicably, he should not be punished too severely.

Even if he forcibly uses force to blockade the largest semi-official civilian international scientific organization, things should be able to be settled in the end.

However, this approach will definitely damage the relationship between the Magic Advisory Group and the human world.

Therefore, Conan-san must have a reason for action that everyone can accept.

The question now is that Conan has not yet figured out whether to conceal the existence of the time traveler.

If the top leaders of the human world knew that in the future humans would be able to create a time machine and go back to the past to change history, it would be hard to predict how those people would react and how they would act.

It is possible that some people are distracted by greed and strive to fight for and build a time machine, leading to a civil war in the human world.

It is possible that humans will use time machines to fight against aliens capable of interstellar travel.

It is possible that both will occur simultaneously.

It's possible that nothing will happen.

"Since a committee of 300 people composed of ambitious people has appeared in a possible future, I'd better not have too much confidence in the morality of mankind... Although the savior of mankind who deserves to die a hundred million times is annoying, his evaluation of mankind is still of certain reference value."

In the end, it didn't take Conan-san long to figure it out.

He doesn't need to think so much.

It's really just worrying about nothing.

"We cannot allow humanity's past and history to be changed, and we cannot allow humanity to create a time machine, at least not now."

Conanshan took out a small hand mirror from his Traceless Stretch waist bag.

Several translucent thorny vines appeared out of thin air on his left hand.

These purple vines entangled the mirror in his hand.

"The impromptu action I led today requires a plausible excuse. Let me find it now."

142 Relationship in the Background

"Should I say 'as expected' there is a good thing? Or 'actually' there is a good thing?"

Conan-san left the still-blockaded Quantum and Nuclear Research Organization with four XCOM super soldiers who had been summoned, as well as fifty soldiers who had been gathered with local authority in Europe.

He took away more than fifty soldiers, but the remaining one hundred soldiers continued to blockade the headquarters of the Quantum and Nuclear Research Organization.

The Quantum and Nuclear Research Organization doesn't seem to have any major problems in this world line, and has not been used by any behind-the-scenes hand to conduct inhumane research. However, to be on the safe side, it will continue to remain blocked until the matter at hand is truly over, and then it will be released.

　"Although my action was sudden, it still made a lot of noise. Even if it wasn't aimed at certain people, it certainly alerted the enemy. However, even if they have already escaped, it doesn't matter. All I want is the so-called proof of action. Besides, they can't run away."

Conanshan is now leading his soldiers on a large transport plane of the local military and heading to the northern region of Europe.

Over there, there are some issues that need to be resolved.

This problem actually has nothing to do with what happened today. It just happened to be discovered by Conan-san, and he needed an excuse to deal with the human high-level officials, so he was targeted.

Of course, even if it wasn't for dealing with the so-called senior officials, Conan-san wouldn't sit idly by after discovering the problems over there.

After all, what is being carried out in that place is truly inhumane research.

"After 'Stone Gate', it's 'Chaos Head'..."

Conan found his current target through the treasure [Hermit's Purple].

"Although the location of the incident has changed, it still appears in this stitched world... It's a mess."

As an old fan of the two-dimensional world, Conan naturally thought of other games developed by the same game company after learning that this patchwork world had a story similar to "Stone Gate".

"Chaos Head" is another text adventure game based on the same world view as "Stone Gate" from the same company.

"Stone Gate" tells the story of a time machine that travels through time.

"Chaos Head" is a fantasy game that looks like a horror game, but is actually a science fiction story.

Then, behind these two science fiction stories, there is the same mastermind, the Committee of Three Hundred.

"I was just trying my luck, but who knew I would be so lucky and actually find something with [Hermit Purple]..."

Conan Shan's [Hermit Purple] requires certain conditions and difficulty to use.

First, he had to know what he wanted to find.

If you don't even know what you are looking for, [Hermit Purple] will not react at all.

Of course, there are sometimes exceptions.

Just like finding the location of the Dragon Worshipping Cult by contacting the underground people before, there was still some element of luck involved.

And the person I found this time was also a bit of luck.

"The telepathy performed by [Hermit Purple] is based on my thoughts, and then searches for the object. This thought does not require any evidence of existence. As long as I 'know' that it 'exists', this treasure can work... As for whether it can really be found, that is another matter."

The object that Conan saw through the Noble Phantasm this time was someone he was completely unaware of the existence of.

He just used the seemingly useless knowledge of the two-dimensional setting in his previous life, and contacted the clues of the 300-member committee behind the scenes, hoping to find something related to "Chaos Head".

If the sci-fi things in "Chaos Head" did not exist in this patchwork world, [Hermit Purple] would not be able to write any pictures out of thin air.

It is also possible that even if it exists, it is beyond the search range of [Hermit Purple] and thus fails.

"However, I really found it, and the location is not too far away... Has my so-called event constitution finally taken effect again?"

Two hours later, Conanshan and his large group arrived at the destination area.

He came to a medium-sized city in the north of Europe.

In this seemingly ordinary city, under a small hill further north, there is a scientific research institute that exists openly.

That research institute was where cruel and inhumane experiments were conducted, just like the text adventure game "Chaos Head" in my previous life.

Fortunately, this laboratory was not hidden in the mountains, and there were things around that could confirm the target's location. Otherwise, it would be difficult for Conan to determine the target's location through the picture he read.

"Everyone, please." Zero

Conanshan gave the soldiers under his command an order to attack.

What we need to do next is to simply use force to expose the true colors of the research institute in front.

Conanshan doesn't know how to lead troops in battle, so he naturally won't give orders recklessly.

He entrusted the task of attacking the stronghold to these professional soldiers.

After receiving the order from their superiors, the four super soldiers immediately led more than fifty ordinary soldiers to attack the seemingly ordinary research institute ahead.

Conan-san, who has a certain fighting ability, did not lead the attack. He walked at the end and let the soldiers play freely.

The inhumane and cruel research projects being carried out in this institute are progressing very slowly because they have not yet received funding from the Committee of Three Hundred. So there is no need to worry about someone here coming up with some sci-fi "delusional weapons".

Although there are definitely some defensive measures here, the soldiers who have received the super soldier serum are more than enough to deal with it.

Moreover, Conanshan came here to find evidence, and he needed some witnesses.

The soldiers he brought here are his witnesses.

"Sir! We've made a discovery! There's... a very scary study going on here! There are many children..."

The fully armed professional soldiers easily opened the closed research institute and invaded it.

After a while, Conan-san, who was still standing at the entrance of the research institute pretending to be busy, received an immediate report from one of the super soldiers.

"I understand. Don't let any researchers here escape. Try to capture them alive. But if anyone resists, you can deal with them immediately."

Conan-san advanced slowly while giving instructions to the soldiers.

"After you find the evidence, report it back to the headquarters immediately. Although the scale of this research institute is not large, they are able to conduct such bloody research and have been conducting it in secret. There must be someone supporting them behind the scenes. We must find those people and let the headquarters help."

"learn!"