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

Chapter 215 The World of Komen

After putting down his phone to talk to Professor Agasa, Conan squinted slightly, letting the scorching midday sun shine directly on his face.

He shifted his gaze away from the men in black who were walking from the parking lot toward the Star Viewing Tower.

Meanwhile, Hattori Heiji, standing behind him, had an expression of disbelief on his face.

Although he only heard snippets of Conan's phone call, he still understood the word "skateboard".

He couldn't help but shout it out.

"So, your winning formula is a skateboard?!"

His tone carried an anger and an incomprehensible sense of absurdity—

What follows could very well put everyone in danger!
What can you do with a skateboard?!

The next second, Heiji pulled out his phone. "I'll call Inspector Megure right now!"

He planned to see if he could get the police system to overstep its authority and intervene in the current situation, using a plausible excuse to evacuate the personnel.

But Conan swiftly blocked his movement.

"Heiji!"

Conan jumped up and grabbed Hattori's wrist just as he was about to press the call button.

He looked up into Heiji's eyes, letting Heiji see the seriousness and determination in his gaze.

"Then all our efforts yesterday and this morning have been wasted!"

Hattori gritted his teeth, "Kudo, do you realize you're putting everyone's lives at risk—"

Conan grabbed Heiji Hattori's hand and headed towards the elevator.

He knew that no matter how he explained, it would be useless now. After all, at the beginning, he himself found it hard to believe that the doctor could make such a useful invention.

"If you still think that way after you see that skateboard, Heiji, I will not stop you."

Conan paused for a moment.

"Besides, if the situation is really as urgent as you say, the police won't be of much use."

Heiji retorted, "But we can let the tourists evacuate first!"

"What reason? Fire? Earthquake?"

Conan still didn't back down. He turned around and met Hattori Heiji's gaze. Both of them could see the other's determination.

"We have no suitable excuse. If we act rashly, it will only alert the other party in advance and may even lead to uncontrollable consequences."

Conan pressed the button at the elevator entrance and watched as the numbers on the elevator floor indicator screen began to drop.

He directly pointed out the reason why Hattori allowed him to pull him to the elevator.

"Heiji, I don't believe you're unaware of the importance of this opportunity. After all, you know far more than I do, don't you?"

Conan's words made Heiji Hattori fall silent for a moment.

Immediately afterward, he recalled Mr. Yusaku's instructions before he set off.

That was the real reason he didn't stick to his own opinion.

In the office, Yusaku Kudo said to him:

"Heiji, can I trust you?"

"If possible, please do not tell Shinichi about GSSRA before GSSRA is officially announced."

"You can use it to help Shinichi, and you can't even refuse him when he makes a request."

Heiji Hattori didn't quite understand why Mr. Yusaku wanted to do this, but he eventually agreed.

“But, Mr. Yusaku, what if Kudo finds out—”

"Don't admit it."

"Avoid his question, Heiji. All I can tell you is that this is important."

The phrase "You are not allowed to refuse" still echoes in my ears.

Kudo Yusaku's instructions finally made Hattori Heiji grit his teeth and put away his phone.

He conceded: "Alright, but let's make this clear beforehand, if your equipment can't change the course of the game—"

Conan's voice was full of confidence.

He was certain that Heiji would change his mind after seeing the skateboard.

"Don't worry! If we can't change the situation, then sending more police won't make much difference."

Heiji couldn't help but sigh as he shook off Conan's hand, which was still holding his.

"Alright, let's go to the first floor and get that 'game-changing' piece of equipment you mentioned."

Heiji's somewhat helpless voice revealed a hint of curiosity.

Now he's really starting to get curious—

What kind of skateboard could possibly make Conan Edogawa say something like "The police are useless"?
Regardless of their original police family background or the knowledge they gained during their training at GSSRA.

Even some information he learned after becoming the director of BIDUT told him that Conan's claims were complete nonsense.

Conan smiled mysteriously, "Anyway, it will definitely surprise you!"

The elevator finally arrived.

Ding--

The metal door slid open slowly, and the bright lights from the restaurant ceiling shone through the elevator doors onto the floor, reflecting a pale golden halo and revealing a petite figure in the distance.

Just as the elevator doors were about to close, a petite figure rushed over from around the corner.

Then, Hattori Heiji quickly pressed the "open door" button, and immediately afterward, the child wearing a white hat squeezed in.

Hattori Heiji breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he hadn't caught her.

Then he saw the child begin to tiptoe with some difficulty, trying to reach the elevator button located above.

"Little friend, which floor do you want to go to? Where are your parents?"

Ai Haibara looked up and gave Heiji an incredibly innocent smile.

"I want to go to the 48th floor. My parents are having a meeting there, and I want to go find them now. Thank you, big brother!"

As the elevator doors slowly closed with a "ding," a special operations team member in a blue uniform witnessed it all.

He stood in the corner of the restaurant and quietly pressed the remote control in his hand.

An almost imperceptible pale blue light curtain swept out from the instrument in his hand like a wave, quickly and quietly sweeping across the entire space.

Sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating the buffet counter laden with exquisite dishes. Inside the restaurant, tourists continued to collect their food and chat as usual.

However, their most basic timeline features have already been locked.

"Captain Yu, the surveillance cameras on the fourth floor have been replaced with the trajectory recordings we created."

The task force member lowered his head and whispered his report into the communicator.

"Next, Yingzai and I are setting up the timeline scanner. There are currently 74 people in the restaurant."

"receive."

Star Viewing Tower, three underground floors.

Standing in front of the 3D data wall projected by TDD, Yu Hao glanced at the several projections that popped up in front of him.

"The RSI value has reached a reasonable range. After you complete the task, connect the scanner interface to the transfer system."

"The printing system has started synchronizing with the video recording, but data from eleven floors has not yet been synchronized."

He then immediately accessed Iwata Tatsuya's communication frequency band.

"Longye, how much longer can you hold out?"

A low sigh came from the other end.

"Ran and the others have already started heading towards the Star Viewing Tower. The modifications to the spatial dimensions should not allow them to walk for more than fifteen minutes at most."

Yu Hao nodded, his gaze falling on the data charts for the twentieth to twenty-fifth floors projected on the screen.

There were too many people at the observation deck at noon, and the scanning progress is less than halfway done.

"I understand."

Yu Hao thought for a moment, then issued an order to send the B-10 contingency plan, which symbolized the transformation into "replacing half of the tourists' presence," to the mobile terminal of [Destiny's Manifestation].

Then, he checked the database one last time the abnormal situation that Longye had just reported.

"Our testing data did not show any evidence of Ran Mouri's hat or the Junior Detective League's clothes being stolen."

"It should be Ai Haibara who has been obscured by the inertia of history."

"The relevant clothing and appearance characteristics have been sent to the database. When the time comes, I will try to see if I can subconsciously make them notice Ai Haibara's presence during the replacement."

"【Heaven's Mandate】Received."

at the same time--

In the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the distant Moon, deep within rock layers reaching depths of 200 kilometers, basalt that had been dormant for billions of years suddenly experienced violent tremors.

A silvery-white material recombination device, made entirely of CYZ effect material, suddenly appeared in the center of the rock.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding cold rocks began to vanish into thin air.

A bright silver oval room was sculpted from nothingness and rapidly unfolded with the matter recombination device at its core.

Immediately afterwards, a sphere that was constantly devouring the surrounding space began to expand rapidly outward, and then the phantom projected by the matter recombination device began to materialize.

As several cracks appeared in the room, several members of the Sustainable Infrastructure Department, wearing consciousness-synchronized protective suits, stepped out of the cracks and stood firmly in the room.

Gong Tao glanced at the blue light interface floating in the room, then turned his gaze to the vice-captain beside him.

"First, set up the Locks of Akasha, then connect the consciousness modifier and connect the communication band of the [Loop Gate]."

They are carrying out a task that is not difficult—

The entire alliance headquarters will be completely relocated from [Cycle] to the moon.
After all, for the current alliance, even such a massive project was replicated in just a few seconds, creating the framework of a base.

"Headquarters, the frame has been printed, and we can begin the relocation plan."

"Headquarters received."

In the Alliance Executive Hall, a profound silence descended upon the hall following the signal transmitted from the moon.

With a final, wistful glance, he looked once more at the diagram of the Alliance Circulation Space structure projected in the center of the hall.

Shigenobu Hitomi slowly reached out and pressed the "Confirm Move Out" button that she had been waiting for.

A sentence, or perhaps a sigh, quietly surfaced in her mind—

"In the end, the league still has to go back now."

Compared to the current crisis-ridden Conan universe, compared to the chaotic and uncertain dual timelines...

In Shigenobu Hitomi's view, this "loop," where she has spent far more time than in the dual timelines, is her home.

The League's "cycle" is where she truly feels familiar and where she truly belongs.

But she also knew that the first order issued by Lord Lin Sheng after taking command meant that everything would change.

After all, based on His Excellency ZC-01's speculation.

If the Alliance encounters the worst-case scenario, the hand that supports [Cycle] away from the terrifying radiance of the pale sun will eventually slip down.

Although the execution layer immediately and swiftly carried out ZC-01's instructions, however—

"Lord Lin Sheng, has the situation truly reached the point where we have no choice but to abandon the [Cycle]?"

"Do we really... have to give up on the [loop]?"

Shigenobu Hitomi still remembers Lin Sheng's answer at the time.

"In the worst-case scenario, I would probably have to give up 10% of the loop structure, but that would be no different from giving up the entire loop."

"Even in the best-case scenario, nothing will happen."

“But if it happens, the situation will be very dangerous, and we can’t take that risk.”

After all, Lin Sheng had already committed all his surplus resources to the front lines.

"If the [real timeline] really cooperates with the Alliance, stopping the [story timeline] won't be difficult."

"Its only advantage now is the inertia of history, which means that its influence on Conan will be very limited."

"But the problem now is no longer just about the [story timeline]..."

In fact, Lin Sheng knew in his heart that the [real-world timeline] and the Alliance's ultimate goal were not entirely aligned—

The alliance wants to use this opportunity to let Conan discover the secret of Lao Bai Gan (a type of Chinese liquor) and find the name of the third pointer... In reality, all they want is to end this "case".

"Anyway, Hitomi, you should also prepare for the transfer. I will take over the task arrangements from now on."

Lin Sheng smiled at her.

"Haven't you always wanted to move the forest hierarchy closer to the execution layer? How about we take this opportunity to adjust the hierarchical structure?"

"If everything goes well, we can move back."

The light and shadow in the office trembled slightly because of Lin Sheng's words.

Watching Shigenobu Hitomi leave his office, the gentle smile on Lin Sheng's face vanished the next second, replaced by a familiar calm and seriousness.

On the signal transmitter at the other end of the [Gate of Cycles], command lines appeared, and Lin Sheng's commands were displayed directly on the screen according to his will.

"In ten minutes, the consciousness transfer device must be activated! We must transfer all the tourists' timelines to a safe location and replace them with the task force's timelines!"

This is a silent yet clear compromise between the Alliance and the [real timeline].

Therefore, just as reality handed the moon over to the League, the League also had to make certain compromises.

……

The demands of the [real timeline] are not in conflict with the Alliance's current situation in a certain sense.

Without a doubt, after Conan solved the funeral home case, Yusaku Kudo received the full report of the entire case immediately.

At the time, it was in a closed meeting room in Tokyo.

Yusaku Kudo leaned back in his chair, surrounded by case files and piles of satellite images and weather analysis reports.

"Conan's behavior is off, and Heiji, and Kogoro Mouri, skipping that, Inspector Megure's behavior is also off."

His gaze swept over the on-site record personally signed by Inspector Megure.

Without much analysis, Kudo Yusaku couldn't help but chuckle when his gaze fell on a certain sentence.

"Ah--"

Just now, from the path and performance of this only support team that arrived, Kudo Yusaku discovered the anomaly that the [real timeline] had shown him.

"The weather was only slightly overcast, but a rooftop billboard on a nearby street was blown down by the wind..."

Were the consciousnesses of everyone in the funeral home altered again...?

The trace analysis department's path analysis of Masami Hirota coincided with the core location where the storm first spread.

At GSSRA's request, a dozen different meteorological experts drew conclusions based on satellite images of the storm and subtle changes in local weather station observations.

"We have confirmed that the weather weapon used by the Black Organization is likely hidden in or near the Star Viewing Tower!"

The disguised communications room left by the Alliance beneath the Star Tower has been rationalized within the [real timeline].

The reality is that an opportunity is needed to involve GSSRA in this incident.

In fact, after Kudo Yusaku shared his findings with the other members of the council, GSSRA originally planned to completely seal off the Star Viewing Tower.

Fortunately, Heiji had instructed Sato Akio to stick to his orders.

"Chief Heiji has already ordered that a large-scale blockade operation absolutely cannot be carried out! Because members of the Black Organization will definitely be heading to the Star Viewing Tower today!"

When faced with the commander sent down from his superiors, Sato Shoji confronted him.

The "detective's" orders ultimately prevailed.

The command finally relented.

After Kavin submitted his inquiry report to his superiors, the order from the Operations Command was issued:
"Tell Hattori Heiji that command will give him six hours. Also, tell him about the information regarding the memorial service. GSSRA has narrowed down the scope for him. We hope he will live up to command's expectations."

After finishing his call with Calvin, Commander Olsen immediately called the Rapid Response Department.

"If we allow the imposters to enter, we will notify them to move the memorial service forward by two hours and start at 2 p.m.

"Have the intelligence department compile a list, and anyone who chooses not to attend the memorial service should be brought to the department for questioning."

Olsen was silent for a moment after hearing the response on the other end of the phone, then he nodded.

"Yes, interrogation is permitted; we cannot overlook any possibility."

For GSSRA, any possibility of the Black Organization using weather weapons a second time is absolutely unacceptable.

Without alerting the enemy, they could try to delay the process by starting the memorial service earlier than planned, or try to throw any potential members of the Black Organization into disarray.

—The command has already done everything in its power to cooperate with Hattori Heiji's attempt.

Even the two-hour window of risk put immense pressure on the command center and even on Yusaku Kudo.

When comparing the lives of everyone in a tourist building with the lives of everyone in an international metropolis, the latter is clearly more important.

In short, when Conan arrived on the first floor, bypassed the huge constellation projector in the center, and headed with Heiji Hattori to the location they had just arranged with Dr. Agasa over the phone—

Almost everyone in the tower is now divided into two factions: the [real-world timeline] and the Alliance.

"The timeline has been overwritten, and all background character information has been stored in the lunar terminal."

After confirming once again that nothing unexpected had happened during the consciousness transfer, Yu Hao began to make the next arrangements based on the contingency plan just sent from the moon.

“Squads one through five of the [Time Weavers].” Based on the panoramic monitoring terminal projected by TDD, he sent the identity information of those who were still ordinary people to the mobile phones of the task force members closest to them.

"We can use an accident to force them out of the game. GSSRA's medical team is hiding nearby, and we can take advantage of their help."

"Squad One received."

"clear."

……

Meanwhile, at the Alliance Lunar Base, Research Layer, Reality Analysis Department.

Mizuno Maki, who was temporarily assigned to support the operation, stood in front of the command console, where the floating voice channels in front of her were switched and connected one after another.

"Lunar team—how are your gravity traction devices coming along?"

"We have received the preset lunar trajectory and are making fine adjustments to the lunar orbit before accelerating it."

The voice on the other end of the line, mixed with the background hum of the instruments, sounded somewhat muffled.

"There are only thirty-three stable pivot points in the Earth region. Even if the [real timeline] relaxes its controls, it is still very difficult to coordinate and adjust frequencies."

"Furthermore, the climate generators of the Abnormal Meteorology Department and the Atmospheric Control Department have been rationalized to be located on the fifth underground floor of the Star Viewing Tower."

"The task force's disguised timeline currently lacks any 'natural' reason for going there."

"Understood, I will report the issue to the execution level."

Mizuno Maki didn't say much. He switched to another frequency to contact the next subgroup of the Reality Interference Department and continue to check the next project.

"Solar Group, status report of the luminosity modulator on the star's surface."

"We have completed the setup!"

Finally, a somewhat encouraging echo came from the other end of the communication.

"According to the plan, we will make a trial adjustment to the brightness and light distribution of the sun at 3:11 pm to conduct a 'light intensity fine-tuning' test."

"At that time, a cloud will briefly pass over the Star Viewing Tower, and [Shinichi Kudo] will not notice anything unusual."

This will be the first time in the history of the Alliance that such a sophisticated and large-scale intervention operation has been launched in the [real timeline].

And all this——

It was simply to fulfill all the physical conditions in the "Pointer Decoding Manual" that Professor Agasa gave to Conan.

The alliance's goal is clear:

As long as Conan reaches the top of the Star Viewing Tower;

As long as he begins to decipher the true name of the third pointer—

The moon must be full at that moment, and the light shining through the optical device at the top of the tower must be pure, unpolluted moonlight.

Since both the reality and the alliance have made so many preparations.

[Story Timeline] We also made some preparations, crazy preparations.

In a sense, the story timeline has truly gone "crazy"!
Unlike reality, which always serves as a stage, the continuation of the storyline and its mission are always only linked to the continuation of its own [historical inertia].

However, that positive momentum ended and was shattered long ago.

More importantly, the third case in the ceremony is so significant that it represents a boundary.

Those skipped, unattainable "historical inertia" moments, those possible futures, have chosen a final gamble.

Therefore, through Shinichi Kudo's subconscious escapism and denial,
The entire Detective Conan universe has "promised" to the [story timeline]—

The last and only possibility to bring everything back on track.

……

All parties are making intensive preparations, trying to increase their chances of winning.

This, of course, includes Conan.

He and Heiji Hattori are now waiting for Professor Agasa's arrival in a secluded corridor in Section C on the first floor.

During this break, the two quickly exchanged information and ideas.

“According to the information I’ve gathered,” Conan said in a low voice, “the observatory dome on the top floor has been closed because of a sudden strong wind yesterday afternoon.”

"In other words, we cannot try to go up the pipes from the outside of the 49th floor or fly to the top of the tower by aircraft and then sneak in."

"Where did we get our aircraft?"

Hearing Conan's words, Heiji Hattori was a little surprised, but he quickly realized that it must be the function of the "skateboard" that Conan was talking about.

"What exactly is your skateboard—?"

You'll see when the time comes.

Somewhat impatiently interrupting Heiji, Conan tried to mentally construct a diagram of the entire Star Viewing Tower's internal structure.

"If it goes through the piping system—"

"No, neither the central air conditioning duct system nor anything else, such as the elevator shaft, will work."

Heiji Hattori showed Conan his phone screen, which displayed several structural diagrams that GSSRA had just sent.

"The observatory's system operates independently, with a security door in the middle that requires a key to open."

“Actually, I just contacted Sato. GSSRA can’t get the key either. That observatory is independently sponsored by a private laboratory.”

Conan suddenly looked up, his expression hardening: "So that means!"

"Yes, there's obviously something wrong with that observatory."

Heiji lowered his voice, "But this is the only way we can go, otherwise it might alert that organization."

Then he looked at Conan, who was frowning beside him.

"Conan, do you think it's possible that the message left by Ms. Yami is the key to the observatory?"

Conan pondered for a moment: "That possibility cannot be ruled out. But without direct evidence, we can't put all our hopes on this... However, we can give it a try."

Then he explained his thoughts:
“My idea is—since the members of the Black Organization are hiding among the attendees of the memorial service, as long as we find them, we can get the code from them.”

"Furthermore, since they chose to hold the memorial service on the forty-ninth floor, perhaps it's because—"

"Conan!"

Professor Agasa appeared at the corner of the corridor and waved to Conan: "I brought you what you wanted!"

After ordering a large ice cream for Ran and the other three children, Professor Agasa secretly returned from the fourth floor to the first floor under the pretext of needing to use the restroom.

When Conan and Heiji Hattori ran closer, Professor Agasa handed them his briefcase.

"Thirty magnifying glasses and skateboards are inside. Then, the files inside are the incident light angle and refraction distance that I calculated, and I have also drawn up the specific operating steps."

"Then I also prepared three rolls of film for the photos..."

"Professor Agasa! What are you doing here?!"

Conan suddenly interrupted the professor in an extremely "naive" tone.

Professor Agasa paused for a moment, then turned around following Conan's gaze. He saw Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi peeking out from a corner not far away.

An awkward smile immediately appeared on the doctor's face.

"Why did the three of you come here? Xiaolan—"

"Genta, Mitsuhiko, Ayumi!"

Then, with a series of light footsteps, a familiar voice called out, "Don't run around!"

—It's Ran Mouri.

(End of this chapter)