Master of Noble Phantasm Outsider

"In this strange world of stitching, there are more and more troubles..."

145 The follow-up that is not worth mentioning

Conanshan's summer vacation is coming to an end.

He felt that during this holiday, he seemed to have done a lot of things, but also seemed to have done nothing.

"The main thing is that there are so many problems... It feels like nothing has been solved."

The research on the delusion ability discovered by Conan-san was declared completed not long ago.

As expected, the study of paranoia is not limited to Europe. There are also hidden research institutes of similar size in two other places.

These are the people behind the delusional ability study who, behind the back of the study's developers, used the study's data to find other scientific talent to conduct additional research.

This is so-called insurance, the so-called not putting all your eggs in one basket.

These investors hiding behind the scenes obviously do not fully trust the developers of the research on delusional abilities. They also want to avoid being implicated or having their research stopped after the inhumane research is discovered.

In short, it's just an insurance.

After all, no matter how you look at it, this research has lasted for nearly twenty years, and even for those wealthy supporters, it has cost a lot, and they always want to see some returns.

However, now these people don’t have to worry about any results or benefits.

These insurances have all been exposed, what is their use?

They have been wiped out by XCOM.

What Conan-san finds rather unfortunate is that the behind-the-scenes funders of these cruel studies will probably not be sentenced to death. At most, all their properties will be confiscated and they will be imprisoned for decades.

Some of them who are more capable or have connections may just go to jail for a few years and have their property fined a small percentage of what they had.

Conan-san certainly had some opinions about this punishment, but he also knew that he couldn't go too far. He couldn't just break certain rules and laws of the human world.

If you miss the chance to kill at the first opportunity, you can only watch those people continue to have fun.

However, with his collaborators and that super veteran who hates evil standing beside him, those who support his research will probably not have a good life in the future.

The fate of the researchers who personally participated in this research project was similar to that of the funders. No one was sentenced to death.

Having said that, these scientists who participated in this cruel research for different reasons probably won’t be able to get out.

These scientists themselves do not have much ability. Most of them are willing to assist in such inhumane research only for money and life.

Even if there are a few exceptions, it cannot be used as an excuse to get away with it.

Plus, they don't have any connections behind them, so it's hard for them to regain their freedom.

For these people, even if the human world now needs a large number of scientific talents to carry out interstellar plans to fight against aliens, no official organization would be willing to accept them.

As for the leader of the delusional ability research, the initiator and developer of this research project, he is dead.

This person was the one who resisted during the raid at the European Research Institute that Conan-san discovered, and was killed by XCOM soldiers on the spot.

It can be said that the research on delusion ability will come to an end unless the human world officials who have obtained all the research materials and data initiate it again.

"Ke, you said that the delusion ability might be useful to us. Do you think we should proceed?"

Conan-san is now in a secret military hospital under XCOM.

Today, he was brought here by Lux and came to this private ward where no outsiders were allowed to enter.

Conanshan looked at the hairless, haggard woman lying on the white bed with calm eyes.

The pale and thin woman had been sleeping and had no idea that two strange men had come beside her.

"It depends. I just think that if this research project can be successfully completed without any inhumane means, then it is not impossible to support it."

"Really? Then it seems that this research project really has to be terminated."

In fact, Lux still has some interest in various scientific studies of the human world.

From his point of view, if this power that can turn delusion into reality can enhance human combat effectiveness, then it is acceptable to support its continuation.

Even if it requires some sacrifices, as long as the final results are great enough, it is not impossible to accept a certain price.

But now it seems there is no way.

After all, the young companion beside him obviously didn't like this kind of research that required sacrifice and dedication from others.

Even if the final result may be quite huge, this companion's mind is unlikely to change.

"Then, I will perform a magical operation on this poor woman and remove the special organ in her brain, so that she will lose her ability to have delusions. By the way, I will also erase some of her tragic memories so that she can face a new life without any burden."

"That's all, please."

The woman in front of Conan-san is the beginning of all the research on delusional abilities.

This woman is a person with the natural ability to distort reality.

It can also be said that she is born with special super powers.

Unlike super-powered people who studied the bodies and abilities of mutants and then developed their super powers scientifically, the powers that this woman possessed were innate.

You have to know that in this world of stitched monsters, the so-called super-powered people have developed their abilities through scientific technology and artificial means.

There is no such thing as someone who is born with super powers.

Or in other words, these people are called mutants.

From this point, we can understand the specialness of this woman who is obviously not a mutant.

However, this woman’s peculiarity had been controlled by certain people before it was discovered by the authorities, and it started when she was a child.

She had hardly any contact with the outside world. She had always been locked up in an independent isolation facility, and was subjected to different kinds of research every day.

In order to prevent this woman who can change reality through delusions from losing control, those cruel researchers have been using drugs to keep this woman in a deep sleep for long periods of time, with little chance of waking up.

This woman was discovered by XCOM, and when she was rescued, she was barely alive.

Through the magical power of magic, the body of this woman who had been sleeping for an unknown amount of time has improved a lot, but she is still far from being as healthy as a normal person.

It will probably take several years of recuperation before this woman can truly return to normal.

"So, what do you have to say about this woman's child?" asked Lux.

"It's up to you to decide. I'm not qualified to make a decision on this matter... I believe you should be able to handle it."

The so-called inhumane and cruel research is literally what it sounds like.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Conan-san, who exposed the incident, to want to see the victim's condition with his own eyes.

"Whether or not to let this poor woman know that she gave birth to a child while she was asleep is up to you to handle. I am completely incompetent with this kind of thing, so let's leave it to the professionals to decide."

Conanshan did not stay in this secret military hospital for long.

He left shortly after seeing the patient.

146 Future Weapons

In the wilderness weapons testing ground of the XCOM military base, Conan-san was holding a rough-shaped, long, square rifle. He aimed at the target about a thousand meters away and pulled the trigger.

Burnt.

After a strange gunshot, a bright beam of light shot out from the closed barrel of the mechanical rifle, and instantly and accurately penetrated the thin wooden target.

The target was burned through by the laser beam, and the remaining target immediately caught fire, and soon the target was burned clean.

After the test firing, Conan-san took off his protective goggles and earmuffs, and looked curiously at the heavy laser weapon in his hand.

"Is this the future weapon created by our time traveler?"

"This is just the first preliminary test version. Our chief weapons researcher Dane Claude said that as long as the manufacturing equipment is improved, we can make advanced weapons that are close to the future he remembers."

Lux, who was standing by, explained with a smile.

As the chief of the Magic Advisory Group, he is very busy every day and he also has things to do today.

However, when he found out that Conan-san wanted to try to "transmit" the test version of the energy weapon that had just been completed not long ago, he temporarily put down his work and followed.

Conan-san can do it alone here, he doesn't need anyone else to follow him. It should be said that for the other tests he is going to do next, it would be best if there were no other people around.

However, if this collaborator wants to come along, he doesn't mind.

"Dane Claude has been taken into our protection. In order to prove the authenticity of his future memories and to enhance the combat effectiveness of human soldiers, he offered to assist us in manufacturing advanced future weapons.

His memories from the future should be genuine. You see, within a few days, he used various tools and facilities at hand to make this experimental energy weapon in your hand.

Our scientists and researchers have been trying to crack the weapons left by the aliens for a while, but there has been no progress. However, he succeeded in one fell swoop. This can be regarded as one of the evidences that he came from the future."

"It seems that he borrowed some parts of alien weapons left by the snake people to make this thing? I heard that he is making energy armor?"

"That's right. The experimental version of the energy armor should be ready in a while. This way, the combat effectiveness of human soldiers will indeed be greatly improved."

Dane Claude is a PhD in quantum physics, but he has no knowledge of weapons research.

However, as he will be able to work with other companions to create an alternative time machine in the future by using some of the remaining data of the time machine seized from the Committee of Three Hundred, he still has some memory of the various technologies of the future.

It didn't matter that Dane Claude was not a weapons expert, he only needed to follow the memory of the future and copy and paste to create the advanced weapons of the future.

He doesn't need to understand why the weapon works, just that it works.

"With this researcher coming back from the future, the human world's interstellar plan to fight against aliens may be able to make great progress. Unfortunately, we can't tell everyone about his existence and let him take control of the entire plan all at once. We can only let him slowly develop his talent and move towards the center step by step."

After discussing the existence of Dane Claude, a time traveler, Lux and Berkman, another insider, finally decided to conceal the existence of this person for the time being.

After all, considering the other party's future memory, there were quite a lot of traitors among the human high-level officials, and they colluded with aliens to set up the so-called Committee of Three Hundred to rule the entire human society and the entire planet. Some things have to be guarded against.

Before being completely sure that he was someone who could be trusted, he could not reveal what kind of person Dane Claude was.

"Is there any problem with Dane Claude's memory?"

Conan-san did notice the changes in time and space, and then he discovered Dane Claude.

He believed that the other party was a time traveler from the future, but that didn't mean the memories he had were real.

"Are you suspecting that Dane Claude might be a trick of aliens?"

Lux had also thought about this suspicion.

That's why he secretly checked Claude's memory without Claude's knowledge.

For an ordinary person who doesn't know magic, it was very easy for Lux to find an opportunity and take action, and he didn't even realize it.

"There is nothing wrong with his subjective memory. I did not find any traces of magic left in his body, and I could not see any problem with his subconscious mind. However, if it is the power of alien technology, it is not my expertise."

"If there is no problem with the memory, then it should be trustworthy."

Conan, who possesses the Time and Space Treasure, can confirm that the time system of the current world line is very solid.

Apart from humans themselves who have the ability to rewrite time, other alien populations should not be able to do so.

Even if the aliens on Mars had the technology to build a time machine, they would not be able to affect Dane Claude.

On the other hand, even if aliens really used a time machine, Conan-san would probably be the first to notice it.

The reason why Conan-san wanted to carefully check the memory of the so-called time traveler was just to be on the safe side.

Now, he is almost certain that the other party should be fine.

At least, the memory that Dane Claude received over the phone should be from a future world line that is impossible to appear.

The only question now is why there are such strange and illusory possible world lines when there is a time gatekeeper like Conan-san.

The only answer Conan-san could think of now was the trial left by the savior of mankind.

Maybe that's really the case.

Although he felt that it was a bit wrong to push all the problems onto the human savior, he changed his mind and realized that all the troubles happening in this world of stitched monsters were really caused by the human savior.

Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the statement that everything is the fault of the savior of mankind.

"Okay, time to move on to the next line of testing."

Conanshan put down the sci-fi weapon in his hand and turned to look at a tank on the wasteland on the other side.

This is an old tank that was eliminated and used for weapons testing.

Next, Conan-san wants to test the power of his newly acquired treasure.

This new treasure was something he obtained unexpectedly after he had just come into contact with the experimental version of the energy weapon.

Conan-san asked the second-generation Dark Lord beside him to create a barrier to block outside observation, and then he summoned his new treasure.

"Come out! The floating sensor cannon!"

147 Floating Sensor Cannon