The establishment of the Time Travelers Alliance began in the first year of Conan

Chapter 148 Kidd's mission encountered some trouble

For Hongzi, the plan she got this time was indeed not difficult at all, and was even a little too simple.

She just used her witch identity to place the entire city in a magic circle.

But soon, the cheerful pace at the beginning, the curious eyes looking around, the full confidence and motivation had turned into lifelessness.

Just like now——

"Still…still 22 blocks…"

Muttering softly, Koizumi Hongzi wiped the sweat from her forehead. After walking another block, she had to stop and hold on to the glass curtain wall of a store next to her to catch her breath.

It's really embarrassing, Hongzi.

Complaining quietly inwardly that this was truly detrimental to a witch's demeanor, Koizumi Hongzi gently untied the backpack from her back and placed it on the ground. She then expertly pulled out a bag of glittering powder from it.

APTX-4869, the entire bag is filled with materialized time.

In the words of ZC-01 himself, "This absolutely meets the Red Magic definition of entropy increase," so time crystals can definitely be considered part of Red Magic.

There were three backpacks in Koizumi Hongzi's room. This time, all the alliance's APTX-4869 stocks were handed over to her by Lin Sheng.

He took out the ritual spoon, and the subtle lines on the edge caused the pale golden crystals to flow into it actively the moment the spoon fell into his pocket, and the weight just reached an absolute weight of 3 grams.

Then, at the moment when those pale golden time crystals left the bag, an imperceptible pattern appeared in the air along with a ray of light, and then immediately became invisible as time passed.

A node of the magic circle was arranged in this way.

Then the next step is to see where the next node is.

When Koizumi Hongzi skillfully opened the map full of markings again, what she saw made her hands tremble.

There are still 21 whole blocks to go!
"So, Kaito..."

Even Hongzi seemed a little weak in the face of Kuroba Kaito's urging.

"Haven't you 'found' which of the three pointers it is?"

For Kaito, his mission is easier than Yamazaki and Dr. Agasa's, but in some ways it is more important.

Because the plan Kaito got was the most peaceful and stable plan for this case.

He only needed to disguise himself as a staff member, and then scout out the locations of the three "Clear Eyes" in advance, and then choose the one that was easiest for him or Conan to get.

Then just write a "Phantom Thief Notice Letter" and hand it to the police, reporters, or even directly to Conan.

At the same time, this time Kaito Kid will not use any riddles or secret codes. He will directly write on the notice letter which one he wants to steal.

Then Conan can directly lock on the easiest answer. In addition, after obtaining the pointer, Professor Agasa will design another puzzle to shift the reasoning process from "which one is the pointer" to "how to decipher the information contained in the pointer."

In this case, it doesn’t matter which one is the real pointer, because Conan’s subsequent reasoning process is equivalent to indirectly acknowledging the authenticity of the pointer.

Then Kaito encountered a problem——

It is completely different from what was said in the plan. The pointer has not yet been transported to the bank for protection.

This was undoubtedly done by the dual timeline, which intended to delay the appearance of the pointer as much as possible in order to increase its chances of winning.

One is the story line, which cleverly manipulates people's hearts and minds.

One is the reality line, which is used as a bargaining chip to replace employees and commit fraud.

Regardless of whether it is the [story timeline] or the [real timeline], the more chances of winning they have, the more uncertainties the alliance will face.

"So during this period I have been trying to switch to another plan. I have to fix the time when the pointer will appear at a specific time."

"I understand."

On the other end of the phone, Hongzi's face became depressed for a moment. Since only her timeline and Kaito's timeline were out of the control of the dual timeline, and they had the help of the "personality", only she or Kaito could do this.

"So, in how many days will [Kudo Shinichi] start the second case?"

"Uh……"

Faced with this question, Kuroba Kaito's tone became a little awkward, even a little nervous.

"That's what I want to say, Hongzi, I need your help."

Since both the storyline and the reality line agreed to delay the incident as long as possible, Conan still doesn't know anything about the GSSRA and the winery.

Even until now, under the arrangement of the dual timeline, he has no reason to go to the bank where Akemi Miyano is.

This undoubtedly stalled the "10 billion yen" case.

The goals of the dual timelines and the alliance have been reversed in this case. In order to prevent them from becoming bigger, the alliance hopes that the [cycle] will start as early as possible.

“Too many teaser letters about me!”

[Real Timeline] The response to Kidd's notice letter is very simple and effective.

There are a lot of "Kaito Kidd Preview Letters" on the market.

——Printed by an illegal underground workshop sponsored by [Story Timeline], it is given a storyline, and then [Real Timeline] is responsible for making it popular on major campuses in a way that conforms to real-life logic.

This was completely reasonable. Whether it was Teitan High School or Teitan Elementary School, the entire city of Tokyo had been swept up in a small wave of thief craze because of the news of "The Mysterious Auction Train Explosion, Hero Kaito Kid!" reported by Mizunashi Rena.

"There are even people dressing up as me and turning themselves in at the police station every day!"

When thinking of the various "weird" Kaito Kids that appeared in the newspapers, Kuroba Kaito couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"I'd probably have to wait in line if I turned myself in now. Even if I walked into the Metropolitan Police Department and left a letter of burglary, the only thing that would reach Kudo Shinichi's ears would be the work of a phantom thief enthusiast!"

For Kuroba Kaito, this kind of targeting in the world is really disgusting. Not to mention asking [Kudo Shinichi] to directly confirm which pointer it is, he can't even fix the time when the case occurred!

Fortunately, Kuroba Kaito finally came up with a solution that was not really a solution.

"After thinking it over, I think the only option left is to use magic. Hongzi, the spellcasting method that ZC-01-sama taught you, which utilizes the CYZ effect..."

"how do you want to do it?"

Hongzi's voice became a little hesitant. She knew the importance of her mission. As she expanded the magic circle, she was even certain that her mission might be the most critical one.

After all, what other magic circle would require time crystals as its base material?

"I want to dive into the dream and tell..."

Kaito was interrupted by Koizumi Anko before he could finish his words.

"Are you crazy?! Sneaking into Kudo Shinichi's dream?! Kid, you're a Phantom Thief! Haven't you realized everything that happened in the dream created by ZC-01? It could all be real!"

"No, no, no! Hongzi, what are you thinking about? I'm talking about other people's dreams, like Maori Ran or Maori Kogoro's dreams."

Hongzi recalled in her mind the special training she had received from Lin Sheng.

"If this isn't a dream of Himself, I can try."

"But you have to help me set up the magic circle first. Even if there are some surplus materials provided, I don't think I can try it too many times."

……

After a long day of running around, the magic circle was finally completed.

After running the remaining 21 blocks in one day, the two people lay down on the park chairs in an unruly manner to catch their breath.

Kaito felt like all the strength in his body had been drained away for the first time - he completed most of the remaining blocks.

Kaito reluctantly raised his head and turned it towards Hongzi, asking with his voice that was beginning to smoke.

"How much time do we have left?"

"Here, you see for yourself."

Hongzi reached into the last backpack and rummaged around, then placed a small bag of pale golden crystals on Kaito's forehead.

As Kaito's gaze moved upwards—

The pale golden crystals sparkled charmingly in the sunlight, and the remaining time crystals were just enough to fill a bag.

Hongko and Kaito sighed inwardly almost at the same time. Due to some inexplicable interference and accidents, the amount of time crystal left was much less than Hongko had originally expected.

Now they can only pray that the plan will work before they use up this bag of crystals.

(End of this chapter)