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

Chapter 270 That damned Shinichi Kudo, you actually made the Big Bang take a full three days! (Seeking monthly votes)
To uncover even a fragment of the "truth," Shigenobu Hitomi spent a long time conducting countless trials and deductions—

Even though she was in the "core layer", even though she was in Lin Sheng's office.

In fact, if Shigenobu Hitomi's location hadn't been so special, she wouldn't have had any chance to reach the end of that information chain at all.

Even so, she only had a vague understanding and a superficial grasp of the situation.

In comparison, Koizumi Akako knew more and saw things more clearly.

There's no other way; what could be more useful or suitable for peeking into the "future" and the "truth" than prophecy and divination?
Not to mention her unique RSI anomaly identity—

This means that as long as Koizumi Akako doesn't directly encounter [Edogawa Conan], she will basically be in no danger.

Of course, this is because [Conan Edogawa] recently became a "mad god".

The meaning of "not encountering Him directly" here has become "not being in the same time and space as Him".

And just as Shigenobu Hitomi predicted.

She erased Koizumi Akako's data in the League and the Loop Computer, and hid and altered information from the Magic Research Department...

That was certainly not a coincidence.

Just like now, this Red Witch, who has already broken away from "Detective Conan," reached out and touched the cute dinosaur next to her.

This is an anchimney dinosaur, about three centimeters long, covered in black and white feathers. When Koizumi Akako stroked the back of its neck, it jumped up happily with its reddish-brown tail feathers.

"Lucifer."

Koizumi Akako stared at the beautiful, fluffy feathers of the Chinchorosaurus and sighed at her own "crow".

"It's a pity I can't take you with me. I think Kaito would definitely like you."

She was wearing a girl's uniform from Ekoda High School and was sitting lazily on a wooden chair.

The chairs and desks looked exactly as if they had been moved from Ekoda High School, and there were even books in the desk drawers that were exactly the same as before.

To be honest, it took her a lot of effort to bring them here.

Not everyone can take a part of the school to a place where time no longer exists.

It is now the Late Cretaceous period, at the edge of an ocean in a place that even Koizumi Akako doesn't know the exact location of.

However, in Koizumi Akako's eyes, everything was no different from Ekoda High School.

On the edge of the distant primeval forest, those dinosaur colonies appeared to her as if they were her classmates playing and frolicking on the playground "outside the window."

The relatively flat high ground underfoot is a "marble floor";
The row of tall gymnosperms in front of us is a "blackboard";
The dinosaur roars they heard were actually school bells ringing to start or end get out of class...

—Everything like that.

To ensure her safety, or more precisely, to ensure she was always in "peak condition," Koizumi Akako had to replace some of the concepts in her mind.

Although Koizumi Akako hated doing this, she knew very well that neither ZC-01's plan nor the detective's ideas were more important.

She glanced down at the TDD on her wrist:

Current timeframe—Late Cretaceous period, approximately 6650 million years ago.
Estimated end time for this node: 3 hours and 17 minutes

Current level of consciousness disturbance is extremely high (disabling the reality folding feature is not recommended).
……

Koizumi Akako had become too lazy to count how many "three days" she had waited for before the dinosaur era finally arrived.

"It's a pity that the universe only gave this era three days."

She looked up and gazed out the window.

It was a calm, clear sky, appearing azure and serene, even somewhat incongruously beautiful.

after all--

Who could have imagined that in just 3 hours, these former rulers of the Earth would become extinct?
She sighed, reached into the desk drawer and took out the "remote control," then gently pressed the power button, and the "projector" at the front of the "classroom" immediately went dark.

This episode of the "documentary" is coming to an end.

As the timeline gradually drew closer, she observed the outside world in this relatively safe way during "these days."

Although theoretically, she doesn't need to worry about her safety as long as Conan Edogawa isn't around.

But theory is one thing, reality is another.

Considering the "targeting" she's been subjected to during this period in the "Detective Conan Universe-001," Koizumi Akako would rather take an extra precaution.

After all, what if her red magic suddenly stopped working tens of millions of years ago...

—This joke is not funny at all.

However, Koizumi Akako was safe for most of this "journey".

After all, with Conan gone, Akako reigns supreme.

Almost nothing can pose a threat to a witch who can literally "rotate the stars," who can alter the structure of the stars with a wave of her hand using red magic.

The images shown in those documentaries—beautiful, magnificent, and grand scenes…

Few people have personally experienced the passage of time from before the Big Bang until the Cretaceous period on Earth.

Koizumi Akako was likely the first.

But whenever she thought that this was just because some "detective" thought history was like this, she couldn't help but sigh.

The Big Bang actually took a full three days!
That scene was indeed beautiful, but watching it for three whole days became boring.

After all, the four fundamental forces had not yet appeared at that time.

After the initial excitement, Koizumi Akako could only watch the somewhat boring commentary through the "projector" connected to TDD to understand what happened at each stage.

Then, from the inflationary period to the quark-gluon plasma universe, then to the emergence of particles, and finally to the appearance of the first light due to photon decoupling...

Each stage, however, took three days.

Then came the birth of the first star in the universe, followed by the formation of the solar system, the stabilization of the Earth, and the emergence of oceans...

Each of these stages lasts three days.

Sometimes Koizumi Akako feels that the universe is like it has obsessive-compulsive disorder, but TDD tells her that it's because she is in the "story timeline".

Sometimes, the story timeline isn't without its advantages; otherwise, she might have had to wait "a while."

Of course, during this time, the story timeline or the universe did try to cause her some trouble.

The most common approach is to try to tell her that "magic doesn't exist."

Then there's the deliberate "mischief," such as changing the positions of some stars in the future, or altering some unimportant "background."

And then there's the most dangerous one: the "case."

Koizumi Akako believes that, in a sense, this also reflects the timeless nature of Conan Edogawa's unusual influence.

The RSI background value of the universe is still greater than 100.

However, Koizumi Akako never encountered a single "case".

Just like how she carefully kept a "crow" and tried to empty the "classroom" as much as possible.

—Perhaps the researchers at the alliance will feel a little regretful.

But Koizumi Akako had absolutely no desire to know how "cases" that occurred before the emergence of humans would have unfolded according to human logic.

She didn't think she could even touch that pale sun.

All Koizumi Akako could do was try to collect some materials that the future alliance might be able to use, namely those "documentaries".

As the Cretaceous period was drawing to a close, she looked at the "crow" perched on her table.

This dinosaur, named "Lucifer," was very intelligent and had a very elegant call.

As always, it perfectly matches all the witch's aesthetic and expectations of "crows".

She chuckled softly, then buried her hands in its fluffy feathers, and immediately became sentimental like a real high school student.

"Ugh--"

Koizumi Akako sighed, feeling a little sad about her pet's future.

"Lucifer, soon you'll be turned into oil..."

The "raven" cannot travel to the next point in time with the witch.

Therefore, at each point in time, Koizumi Akako had to find a new pet, a new "crow".

And every farewell inevitably evokes certain thoughts deep within Hongzi's heart.

Her fingers gently stroked Lucifer's feathered back, and her gaze became deep and distant.

"Kaito, where did you go?"

Koizumi Akako has been looking for Kuroba Kaito for a long time.

That was a very long time in the literal sense; in fact, time itself did not even exist at the beginning of her journey.

Just like everything she went through—

She began "searching" for Kaito Kuroba even before the Big Bang.

To be honest, Koizumi Akako has absolutely no recollection of what happened at the very beginning.

She only vaguely remembered that it was a terrifying, indescribable, boundless darkness.

Then... I think I wrote something down?
The witch shook her head slightly.

But none of that matters, right?
The most important thing right now is to find Kaito—he must still be somewhere.

Koizumi Akako firmly believed this.

She lay on the desk, like a real student taking a nap before the end of the last class, and turned her head to look at the "backpack" standing quietly in the corner.

It was actually a huge, completely sealed container made of an indestructible metal, filled with liquid nitrogen.

Koizumi Akako doesn't remember when it appeared.

But for a high school student, a "backpack" is very important.

Therefore, the contents inside must not be flawed, even in times when they did not exist before.

Koizumi Akako gently picked it up, slung the "backpack" over her shoulder, and then glanced down at the TDD countdown again—

There are three minutes left until the end of the Mesozoic Era.

She's setting off again.

Koizumi Akako opened the "window," picked up her "crow," placed it by the "window," and gently pushed it, signaling it to leave.

The near-bird dragon turned into skeletons the moment it stepped out of the "classroom".

However, Koizumi Akako no longer had time to grieve for her pet—well, she wasn't actually sad at all.

She stared at the still clear sky and the unchanging atmosphere, frowning.

"What a hassle..." she muttered to herself, complaining, "I have to manually end this time point again."

She opened TDD and then looked up future records of this "history"—the Cretaceous extinction event known to Conan Edogawa.

"call--"

She finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the result.

"Fortunately, it's much simpler than adjusting the cosmological constant."

She read aloud the information projected by TDD:
"The Chicxulub impact occurred on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, creating a crater approximately 180 kilometers in diameter. The related mineral distribution and environmental impacts..."

"Then there was the Deccan Traps volcanic eruption, the greenhouse gas emissions, and the duration of the eruption..."

As she read, she nodded, her tone conveying a sense of relief, as if saying, "Finally, someone is speaking human language."

For Koizumi Akako, who is skilled in magic named "Red," all of this is far simpler than adjusting cosmological constants such as "speed of light," "gravitational constant," and "mass of elementary particles."

These are the "minor troubles" that the "story timeline" was trying to create for her, as she put it.

[Story Timeline] Try to keep her in those time points.

After all, due to the peculiar characteristics of the Conan universe's timeline, two adjacent time points only need to match up when "saving" the game.

If Koizumi Akako didn't want to step into the [real-world timeline] and personally experience a long period of time.

She had to manually modify the archives and calibrate the history to ensure that the end of each time point matched the beginning of the next in order to move on.

So she used red magic to "smash" a huge crater in the Yucatan Peninsula—

The meteorite, carrying a strong sulfurous odor, fell like divine punishment, its shockwave tearing the sky apart, and the violent explosion upon impact vaporizing everything.

Then came the eruption of the Deccan Traps, with nearly a million cubic kilometers of lava spreading across the land, along with the chain reactions that followed...

Koizumi Akako wanted to ensure that every "historical detail" was exactly the same as the version in Edogawa Conan's memory.

Then came the Paleogene and Neogene periods, both of which lasted for three days—

"Kaito would never believe that dinosaurs appeared just to be turned into oil..."

Looking at the strata that showed no signs of oil or coal, Koizumi Akako sighed; she would have to do it manually again.

She pressed her temples and felt a headache coming on.

Honestly, if she has the chance in the future, she will definitely smash a "big hole" in Hawaii.

"That damned Shinichi Kudo!"

Koizumi Akako gritted her teeth; the closer they got to the appearance of humans, the greater her workload became.

"What kind of knowledge did this guy learn in Hawaii?!"

……

Fortunately, time slowed down after a certain point.

In the gaps between timelines, some memories beneath the obsession with "finding Kaito" begin to loosen as time progresses.

Right now, Koizumi Akako is standing quietly on the side of a street.

To be honest, the environment here isn't very good.

The pervasive mist drifted between the streets, the leaden sky was like a breathing curtain, and the dim yellow gas streetlights cast swaying halos...

But she finally relaxed—

She is now at a point in time where neither the dual timelines nor the universe itself dare to make any move.

They aren't even "here".

"The package has finally arrived." Koizumi Akako breathed a sigh of relief. She took off the "backpack" from her back, then patted the metal can, her voice deep and reassuring.

She left it under that clock tower.

Then, standing in the middle of the road, she looked up at the pale-looking sun on the horizon and gave it the middle finger.

She finally remembered her real purpose.

However, the things she did under the pretext of "finding Kaito Kuroba" made this witch unusually show some embarrassment and annoyance.

She patted her slightly flushed cheeks.

"Was I really that much of a fangirl? It must be because it enhanced my 'persona'! That must be it!"

But in her heart, Koizumi Akako was deeply moved by the power of [Koizumi Akako].

This is a feeling of helplessness and surprise.

Koizumi Akako had to admit it.

If I were to travel back in time to a point where I already know the "truth," and try to wait from the very beginning until now, and experience all the actions that would have been necessary...

She absolutely cannot do that now.

This is also the view of another group of researchers in the Narrative Studies Department.

A persona is not always a bad thing, nor is it always a constraint.

If used properly, it can unleash power beyond anyone's imagination, even limitless power.

What I need to do next is to make everything right.

She retrieved the time point that absolutely did not exist from TDD.

Target location: ■■■
CYZ effect consumption: All

whether
Koizumi Akako stretched out her hand, and without hesitation, gave the middle finger to the sun in the sky again before clicking "OK".

The next second, amidst the lingering echoes of the clock tower's chimes.

A 250-meter-tall, 50-story astronomical observation and city sightseeing tower appeared before her.

—It is the Star Viewing Tower.

……

As if afraid that something would escape from the tower—

As soon as Koizumi Akako stepped into the view of the Star Viewing Tower, she felt a gaze sweep across her face from the top of the tower.

It was a scrutinizing gaze from a "detective".

For Koizumi Akako, however, there was a completely still space and time before her.

Countless raindrops hung suspended in mid-air, never touching the ground, while the sky was covered with terrifying and oppressive dark clouds.

And in the crack that opened up in the "Tower of Babel," a huge full moon hung, emitting a pale and desolate light.

But even the moonlight of that full moon seemed to stand still.

In this frozen space and time and all things, there are neither the living nor the dead.

There is only one tall tower that stretches from the sky to the ground.

Koizumi Akako could see in it the constant changes on the surface, the attempt to escape—

"Alright, Hongzi, hurry up and take the elevator up. Remember to press the 49th floor button, not the 50th floor button."

A voice came from the top of the tower, interrupting her immersion in Conan's "reasoning."

It's Lin Sheng.

He finally had a chance to show his face.

Koizumi Akako blinked unconsciously, then came to her senses.

The terrifying atmosphere that had almost made her scream vanished in an instant.

"Hoo..." She breathed a soft sigh of relief and stepped through the open glass doors—as if the tower itself was waiting for her arrival.

The VIP elevator in the very center has its doors open.

Then, as the elevator stopped on the 49th floor and the doors slowly opened, Koizumi Akako saw Mr. ZC-01 standing at the elevator door on the 49th floor waiting for her.

He was leading a child who wore glasses, a blue suit, and a red bow tie.

"Ku...Kudo Shinichi!" Akako finally screamed.

No one was more afraid of seeing Him than she was.

Especially since—she had just given that pale sun the middle finger!

Conan scratched his cheek awkwardly and looked up at Lin Sheng: "Am I that scary?"

Lin Sheng sighed and rubbed his forehead, trying to calm Hongzi down.

"Hongzi, you're safe now. Calm down, take a deep breath..."

Lin Sheng knew that this was a manifestation of Koizumi Akako's "persona" automatic defense—directly seeing the "Magician of Light" was too stimulating for her.

It took Koizumi Akako three minutes to finally calm down.

"Really..." She sat at the dining table, glancing warily at Conan, and muttered under her breath, "If he says right now that witches don't exist, I might be finished."

Lin Sheng smiled and said, "Have some confidence in yourself, Hongzi. You'll probably just become an ordinary person."

He poured her a cup of tea and gestured for her to sit down.

Now, they are sitting at a relatively intact dining table on the 49th floor, discussing what to do next.

This is the final preparation stage—the last step to "make everything round".

Lin Sheng looked at Hongzi, trying to find out how much she still remembered from the beginning.

"Hongzi, do you still remember the 'Seven Chapters of Conan's True Lord Sutra'?"

Koizumi Akako nodded to indicate that she remembered the incident.

"That wasn't actually 'written' by me, right? After all, I only wrote a general outline."

Then the problem is coming-

Who exactly wrote "The Seven Chapters of Conan the True Man"?

Who can write down the scriptures that record and allude to everything?

In fact, every spell and every proverb in it perfectly reflects the phenomena and outcomes "created" by Conan Edogawa himself.

Oh dear, this is really hard to guess!
The answer is undoubtedly Conan Edogawa himself.

……

Now, Conan looks very serious.

He first explained the details of the "Moon Shadow Island Case" to Koizumi Akako, and then began to explain the meaning of "The Seven Chapters of Conan's True Lord".

"In general, for the 'me' at that time, who did not know the full picture of the plan, it was enough as long as things 'made sense' on the surface."

“In fact, those suspicious places were deliberately left as traces of myself.”

He paused, then slowly added, "It wasn't just to save Dr. Narumi and obtain the pointer."

"It also concerns verifying one of my very important guesses."

Conan looked up at Lin Sheng.

“I think he guessed it too, it’s related to your initial prophecy.”

Lin Sheng interrupted the "detective's" instinctive explanation—Conan had instinctively started "reasoning" again, which was very dangerous.

Simply put, these doubts must ultimately be given a reasonable explanation.

"We need to ensure that all of this logic holds true even in the end."

Lin Sheng looked at Koizumi Akako, his gaze turning serious.

"So, Akako, what you're about to do is very important."

“You must return to the point where everything converges—completely fill in everything related to the ‘Seven Chapters of Conan’, especially that last logical gap on Moonshadow Island.”

“We will give you the real ‘Seven Chapters of Conan’, and then you will go and give the clues related to the ‘Red Fire Festival’ to Yuan Shang.”

"Whether it's your recent time-traveling actions or your identity as the 'Red Witch,' this is the most suitable way to end things."

"I understand." Koizumi Akako nodded solemnly. "Where is that book? I'll set off now."

"I haven't written it yet, I'll write it for you right away."

Conan's voice rang out, a voice that was unusually resolute.

Lin Sheng sighed, his mood somewhat heavy.

Now, it's time to say "goodbye" to this [Conan Edogawa].

As mentioned before, attempts to secure victory in advance are always very dangerous, even for someone like Shinichi Kudo.

For example, everything about the Star Viewing Tower is an area that should not be known.

But after everything is over, the "Hoshimi Tower Case" will definitely return to the timeline, and Conan Edogawa will never know about that experience—the experience of "deducing" the truth himself.

Therefore, the next step is quite obvious.

Conan, on the other hand, was quite unfazed by it.

"I knew it!"

There was no wavering in his clear, childlike voice.

"After all, if I really do leave behind memories including those of the Star Tower... I'm not sure what will happen."

A sense of tranquility appeared in his eyes.

For this righteous detective, nothing could be better if his disappearance could ensure a true ending.

"And that book can provide an explanation for this unspeakable past."

"The only problem is how it should be written out."

And so those memories came down from that tower.

The truth then descended from the tower.

This was also the first time that the "Art of Seal of Heaven's Extraordinary Paths," which should have been impossible to succeed in, was used.

The seventh chapter of "The Seven Chapters of Conan the True Man": The path of destiny is singular, the way of fate is only known by consciousness, and the art of imprinting the heavenly way is different.

The character “印” can be understood not only as “to verify”, but also as “to create”.

This is also why it is impossible for anyone to learn its seven unique skills.

After all, besides Conan Edogawa, who else could "deduce" the unique destiny?

……

So, Koizumi Akako arrived at that roundabout in time and space.

She stood in the sea breeze, watching the first footprints in human history slowly step onto the shore, and then, in the eyes of those ignorant fishermen, she waved her hand and raised the Moon Cliff.

Koizumi Akako finally understood why ZC-01 was so sure she was the most suitable person to do this.

Just now, amidst those fanatical gazes, the crimson witch is about to organize the first Crimson Fire Festival.

She held up the book, "The Seven Chapters of Conan," raised it high, and then, without hesitation, threw it into the center of the flames.

And these fishermen, these people who will forget everything in the future, will "disappear" after GSSRA arrives.

They knelt on the ground, chanting ancient syllables whose meaning they did not yet understand.

Masato Shimizu's description of the Red Fire Festival is actually correct, except that his understanding is slightly flawed.

"During the Crimson Fire Festival, they would throw their most precious things into the fire, and then offer up the things that could still shine after the flames went out."

In the Conan universe, what could be harder to burn than the "truth"?
Now, the logical loopholes in the "Harbor Case" and the "Red Fire Sacrifice Case" have finally been plugged.

After giving this final guidance, Koizumi Akako sighed and looked down to retrieve a list that Lin Sheng had given her before she left from TDD.

She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and reinforced the thought in her mind once again—find Kaito, find Kaito, find Kaito.

As she spoke, she dismissed those "unimportant memories," including everything she had just done.

"I really need to ask for some overtime pay."

After uttering a soft complaint, the Crimson Witch vanished into the fading crimson light of the day.

……

The top of the Star Viewing Tower.

After Koizumi Akako left, Lin Sheng stood on the top floor of the tower, his expression instantly turning serious.

Conan's idea is undoubtedly correct.

His idea of ​​using the CYZ effect to try to taint that pale sun was a complete failure.

Moreover, after Conan obtained the third pointer, the sun swelled again, its radius doubling in size.

"Lin Sheng, if I really disappear..."

Conan's expression at that moment carried a hint of bitterness.

[Conan Edogawa] Logically speaking, he cannot disappear; he is the core of the Conan universe.

Lin Sheng raised his head and looked at the top of the tower, the fiftieth floor of the Star Tower.

In that frozen point in time, the real [Conan Edogawa] is still hanging upside down on the tower.

"So... this Conan who knows the 'truth' actually became the 'Seven Chapters' itself in the end?"

Lin Sheng's gaze then turned to the almost blindingly pale sun in the void.

This so-called "shell universe"...

Lin Sheng now felt that what Shigenobu Hitomi said "just now" was absolutely right.

(End of this chapter)