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

Chapter 283 The Sleeping Detective, The Final Deduction! (Seeking monthly votes!)

It all happened so fast, so very fast…

When Ran Mouri chased after Conan out of the ward and called his name down the empty corridor, her voice trembled involuntarily.

"Conan! Where are you going!" she shouted at the small, thin figure.

But all that answered her were the cold, indifferent incandescent lights in the empty corridor and her own echoes reverberating between the hospital walls.

The figure of that child—the boy who had just broken free from her embrace.

Ran Mouri felt that Conan was like a bird determined to break free from its fate, disappearing swiftly at the end of the corridor.

All that was left for her was her shadow, which had become thin and even frail, elongated by the lamplight.

Only an untouchable shadow remains.

Even in just a few seconds, the child's last silhouette disappeared into the shadow cast by the corner of the distant corridor.

—All of this seems so familiar.

"Shinichi too... Conan too..."

Without any hesitation or delay, Ran Mouri immediately ran towards the disappearing shadow.

Her heart was churning violently like the sea before a storm.

She had already missed too many opportunities and didn't want to miss any more.

This time, she absolutely will not let go.

"This time... no matter what, I must protect them..."

But fate has a way of playing tricks on people.

Just as Ran Mouri was about to rush around the corner, at the very moment she was about to grab the disappearing shadow.

Just like the first time, a broken shoelace prevented her from catching up with Shinichi as he ran into the dark alley.

Or the second, unexpected car accident that occurred in the "Valentine's Day murder case".
Or perhaps the third time, the explosion at the Mihua branch that left her unconscious...

In short, it's the same this time.

A figure suddenly appeared in front of her.

"Excuse me... are you Detective Mouri's daughter?"

It was Oda Tsubaki, the doctor who took care of and treated Kogoro Mouri.

She appeared before Ran Mouri, carrying a stack of documents, and stopped her with an unusually hesitant and heavy expression.

Ran Mouri instinctively stopped in her tracks.

"Your father is not doing well and is in the emergency room, Ms. Lan. Haven't you been able to contact your mother yet?"

"If possible, a signature is required..."

Before Oda Tsubaki could finish speaking, she saw Ran Mouri's body freeze in place as if struck by a terrifying lightning bolt.

"Miss Lan? Are you listening?"

Ran Mouri felt the sounds around her suddenly become distant and indistinct, like whispers coming from some murky and dark seabed.

"Emergency treatment in progress," "Intracranial hemorrhage," "Complications"...

These words were like heavy iron balls, suddenly grabbing the girl's hands, while the flat ground seemed to suddenly sprout a swamp, trapping her tightly in place.

"Dad...now...you want to too..."

Ran Mouri's throat tightened, and she couldn't make a sound.

How helpless and pitiful this girl must be at this moment!

First, she was caught in a life-or-death crisis, and then she watched as her beloved and father risked their lives to save her.

But now, my father has fallen into a coma, his life hanging in the balance, because of his hope for survival.

And what about the one you love?

They left one child behind and ran away.

Even the child she was supposed to have has now run away.

Ran Mouri was in a daze; she didn't know how she had agreed to the doctor's request, nor how far she had gone.

Following Oda Tsubaki through the familiar yet unfamiliar corridors of the hospital, turning into one suffocatingly white corner after another.

The evenly lit ceiling lights flashed overhead one by one, like a countdown to some kind of judgment.

The sounds of nurses' footsteps, the creaking of gurneys, and the urgent calls on walkie-talkies filled my ears...

The whole world seemed to have been ripped away from space in an instant.

But for Ran Mouri, everything became illusory and distant, like hearing the daily hustle and bustle of another world through thick glass.

And so, the sorrowful girl shed tears through the thick glass.

He prayed fervently for Kogoro Mouri lying in his sickbed, for the fate that had befallen him, and for all the sudden tragedies that had befallen him.

The girl poured all her faith and sorrow into fate.

now--

The fellow travelers have already "looked up at the celestial phenomena";
The "fearless soldier" had already breathed his last and "swung his sword to commit suicide";
The "false king" has already abducted Bao and "fled away".

The earth has changed color last night.

Now, the "sad princess" will shed tears over the "Holy Grail" and pray for divine mercy.

……

After placing Ran Mouri in the waiting room of the intensive care observation area, Tsubaki Oda quietly left.

She walked into the control room carrying a heavy stack of documents.

It was a door constructed from metal derived from the CYZ effect.

On the surface, it appears to be just a smooth, mirror-like metal door, but it separates the inside from the outside world like a folded reality, creating two distinct worlds.

And at the very moment Oda Tsubaki stepped through that door.

The documents in his hands seemed to come alive with the words that had been frozen in time.

They detached themselves from the paper, floating, suspending, and recombining like data particles—

The characters transformed into points of light, flowing one by one into the console, autonomously inputting the data recorded in that long "corridor" into Kogoro Mouri's life support system.

"The Holy Grail system has begun operation and is currently functioning well. The life support mechanism is operating stably and all parameters are within tolerance."

The Holy Grail system's report that "everything is normal" relieved Oda Tsubaki.

Although in theory Oda Tsubaki is the person responsible for maintaining this medical system.

But she knew in her heart that the most important thing she did was simply to take Ran Mouri to the room marked "Holy Grail".

In fact, many in the alliance believe that this medical equipment, which can almost truly bring the dead back to life and create real miracles, is the culmination of the wisdom of both the logistics and research teams.

But the astute researchers, and the entire executive team, knew perfectly well that this system had been gathering dust beneath the Beika Town Central Hospital for a long time.

Rather than saying the Alliance invented it, it's more accurate to say the Alliance discovered it.

It was created by a witch from long ago.

In a sense, it is less a medical device and more a ritual.

Just like its name, the Holy Grail.

In the Arthurian legend, Percival and Galahad set out in search of the Holy Grail, but only the "pure-hearted" could lift it.

The cup that once held blood is a symbol of "a vessel for divinity and humanity".

Ran Mouri, "symbol of innocence", "Angel", "angel"

Her suffering and her good fortune will fulfill the prerequisite for "lifting the Holy Grail".

This life support system uses "sadness," "luck," and "prayer" as healing methods to help Ran Mouri overcome her crisis.

And Kogoro Mouri, the "half-body" of the Conan universe, is the detective who symbolically "declare the truth".

Now he will receive the “blood of God” that will be shed, just as Jesus suffered.

Oda Tsubaki glanced at the various parameters flashing on the screen, then began to report the current situation to the CYZ Alliance Medical Headquarters.

"The RSI value of the target is gradually rising and has now stabilized at around 130. The resulting RSI effect field value has met the requirements."

Meanwhile, deep within the distant lunar core, Shigenobu Hitomi approved yet another request from the [Execution Layer].

"approve."

Shigenobu Hitomi sighed somewhat—

Now, we are in the final step, which is nearing the end.

Although the final result has been determined, no one knows whether it is good or bad until it truly announces the answer to everything.

"One success will lead to ultimate success, but one failure..."

Shigenobu Hitomi steadied herself, and a resolute courage once again dispelled the gloom in her heart.

She then gave the order in a deep voice.

"Start the [Spacetime Cycle Structure Generator] and begin activating APTX-4869."

"Have the Narrative Studies Department mark all the time points that need to be avoided, and the relevant target points must be deleted from the [Time-Space Bridge Device]!"

"Once the [History Advancement and Concealment System] is activated, nothing can be changed!"

"At the same time, immediately instruct the [Operations Layer] to act according to the plan, and notify Dr. Agasa and all Alliance personnel currently on Earth to begin distributing the protection system immediately."

"All preparations must be completed before Conan Edogawa heads to Renya Karasuma's mansion!"

The entire CYZ alliance sprang into action at this moment.

The entire plan is finally coming to an end.

Now, according to the plan left by Lin Sheng and [Shinichi Kudo].

—The alliance begins to prepare to shift the core of all narratives.

……

Kogoro Mouri felt as if he were in an endless darkness.

He felt as if he had forgotten some things, but more memories he was unaware of gradually surfaced.

Then, his spirit touched... a line of text in the darkness?
Kogoro Mouri didn't know why he thought it was a line of text written in the darkness, rather than a wall.

But he groped for the words and wandered alone in this unnamed darkness.

To his surprise, he was still able to cast a shadow even in such darkness.

Although it is impossible to know what time it is outside the body, or whether one is still within the boundaries of the living.

But when he saw that he still had a shadow, Kogoro Mouri clearly felt that he was not dead yet.

"I'm alive……"

And the next thought that came to mind was—

"Where's Xiaolan? How is she?"

Am I unconscious? Is this a hallucination?

Kogoro Mouri tried to find a glimmer of light in the darkness, or rather, he tried to wake himself up.

And so, a desk with a bright red telephone, a dim desk lamp with a green lampshade, and a familiar detective book on it...

—The "Mouri Detective Agency" appeared before Mouri Detective.

With a sense of doubt, Kogoro Mori instinctively walked toward the office chair that often left him "confused," and toward the table piled with newspapers and empty bottles of liquor.

Kogoro Mouri picked up the casebook he was familiar with.

Hoping that perhaps the answer to how he could "get out" was inside, he gently turned to the first page.

The words on it, written in Japanese, are: "Roller Coaster Murder Case".

"It looks different from the one that Heiji gave me."

But the details written at the end made his eyes widen.

Then, the second page is turned.

—The Kidnapping of the President's Daughter.

Then the third page, the fourth page...

This case collection seems to record his life, the life of that high school detective, and the life of his daughter.

But as those fields and photos appeared before me, I could see them one by one.

Kogoro Mouri's expression grew even more sorrowful.

The detective who's always sleeping.

The man trapped by alcohol and women.

That revered detective, ostensibly known as "Sleeping Kogoro," but actually a comical and absurd figure. The shadow cast by the lamp then moved to Kogoro Mouri's side.

He then turned the last page of that perhaps never-ending cycle for himself.

It says:

"【Kogoro Mouri】is half of that person."

"【Kogoro Mouri】is destined to suffer from the torment of ten thousand needles and sleepiness."

"Kogoro Mouri's family will never be able to reunite."

"Kogoro Mouri's children are destined to find it difficult to find happiness."

"【Kogoro Mouri】is destined to be confused and muddle-headed, destined to become the announcer of cases and the truth."

In this deep, slumbering state that swallowed his consciousness, Kogoro Mouri now felt a kind of pain.

He then asked the question that many people have asked.

"But why me?!"

The darkness itself responded to him—

"There's no reason why, you were destined to be this way."

The "history" that has happened, has not happened, and will happen is known through Kogoro Mouri's case collection with its countless pages.

He looked at his own ridiculous photos—

The way he pretends to be wise in front of others when his reasoning is wrong;
The disgusting sight of someone secretly drinking;
The terrible state he showed time and time again in response to his daughter's cries;
He was shot with a tranquilizer dart by that brat detective, and through the illusion of a confused, asleep detective, he revealed the truth...

Few people can personally judge and examine their own lives from an outsider's perspective.

Now, Kogoro Mouri felt dizzy.

what happened to him?
Why is everything heading towards such a terrible future?

Kogoro Mouri remembers Ran holding his hand when they went to the zoo as children, remembers her smile on the stage when she became a karate champion, and remembers the laughter and joy they shared on road trips with Ran...

Those joyful memories, those happy times...

Why has it become like this now?

It turned into Xiaolan constantly wiping away her tears amidst disappointment and pain, in a wait that might never end.

Kogoro Mouri saw the suffering Ran endured in those things that never happened.

Even now, he can vaguely hear that familiar voice piercing through his dreams from the depths of reality.

—It's Xiaolan crying.

The sound of crying brought an indescribable sense of suffocation, and even made Kogoro Mouri feel as if he saw Ran's figure.

She curled up weakly in the chair, her hands tightly wrapped around her knees, her tears dried and her voice hoarse from crying.

She never received a reply from Shinichi Kudo, never received a greeting from her mother, and never saw her father wake up.

"This is not her fault, nor is it her responsibility..."

The muddle-headed detective's voice was now so low, so pained.

Kogoro Mouri didn't know how he finished reading the case collection—he just picked up a yellowed sticky note stuck to the last page.

He closed his eyes and began to face the judgment of fate.

This "sleeping detective" then attempts to take on the name [Conan Edogawa].

It was a torment that did not originate from the body, but rather a tug-of-war within the soul itself.

It was as if I was being pierced by countless invisible needles, as if I was being anchored to the crossroads of fate by an irresistible force.

In the past that should have happened—

Kogoro Mouri will be replaced by Kaito Kid when he passes by a gas station, and he will be "confused" and trapped there until the truth is revealed by Conan Edogawa.

Not this time.

This man, engulfed by boundless darkness, begins to search for answers deep within his memories—

That was what he excelled at; it was his last vestige of dignity as a detective, as a father, and as a "half-god."

So, just before the "demon descended upon the castle," at the moment when Ran Mouri stopped crying in surprise and was about to run out of the room to call for the doctor.

This detective, who is lucid but will never wake up, pieced together the fragments in his mind bit by bit.

This Sisyphus then intended to push the boulder called "Result" to the top of the mountain called "Cause".

He even held that unshakeable result high above his head!

In the past, before Conan Edogawa appeared in that twilight villa.

Kogoro Mouri then begins to solve the case.

The sleeping detective then began his final deduction.

The boundless darkness almost suffocated him, and an irresistible force was trying to silence him.

And in the most lucid moment of his life, Kogoro Mouri's lips began to move:
"I have deciphered the code to the treasure."

But I want to tell you in person,
Please come to the restaurant now.

—The seventh detective.

On the stage of fate, a puppet begins to softly recite lines that are not in his script.

……

"taxi!"

For Conan Edogawa, the moment he ran out of the hospital, he flagged down a taxi that had been "waiting for him for a long time".

The child's anxious expression and the fact that he had just run away from the hospital immediately made the driver "kind-hearted".

"2-22 Beikacho, Tokyo! Hurry!"

"Alright! Hold on tight, I promise we'll be there in ten minutes!"

The driver stepped on the gas, and the vehicle headed towards Professor Agasa's residence.

Although Conan really didn't want to say it that way.

But now things have come to this, just as he deduced—

Professor Agasa is highly suspicious.

Conan was even somewhat puzzled and resentful of himself for not thinking of this sooner.

Dr. Agasa escaped from an organization called "Science Frontier".

And that Phantom Thief Kid recognized that his own Phantom Thief Ming was also a member of that organization!

The demise of the Black Organization must be related to them. Conan even thinks that the organization must have used or deceived Professor Agasa.

That must be it!

Just as the car was about to reach the villa—

"boom!"

Conan opened the car door and jumped out before the car had even come to a complete stop. He ran to the gate of the courtyard and skillfully entered the password for Dr. Agasa's house.

"Doctor—Doctor!"

The house was empty, with a sticky note prominently displayed on the living room table.

The handwriting was rather delicate, and Conan could tell at a glance that it was a message left by Ai Haibara.

"Conan, that detective you mentioned named Hattori came by. Dr. Agasa and I should be safe now."

"The detective wants you to call him immediately after you see this note."

Conan immediately ran to the telephone and quickly pressed the button.

The next second, the phone line was connected.

Conan, anxious, blurted out, "Heiji! I need to call Dr. Agasa immediately; it's about the watch!"

"Yes, I was just about to go to the hospital to pick you up when I received the news that you had run away."

Hattori Heiji sighed.

To be honest, he wasn't surprised at all that Conan was able to escape from that heavily guarded hospital; after all, he was a detective.

"Luckily, I had that girl leave a note before she left, otherwise it would have been quite troublesome to get you to stop."

Heiji Hattori's calm voice finally calmed Conan down as well.

"I was too hasty."

But the next second his voice immediately rose again.

"But the doctor—"

"The doctor is safe. According to him, he is following Mr. Yusaku's will—"

Heiji Hattori paused for a moment, then continued.

"He left behind a request to complete a very important task. The doctor said it was a surprise he was leaving for you."

"You should know that it was only natural for GSSRA to invite Mr. Yusaku; he has been a great help to us."

"So, the PhD isn't an undercover agent sent by the scientific frontier?"

Hattori Heiji was taken aback; this was the first time he felt he hadn't kept up with Kudo's train of thought.

Why would you think that? What exactly happened at Kyoto Tower?

Conan's voice lowered, and he began exchanging information with Heiji Hattori.

"The Black Organization is destroyed, if what Gin said is true. Also, Kaito Kid took the watch that already had four hands."

"Hattori, I know what I'm about to say might be hard for people to believe."

Conan gritted his teeth and then revealed his deduction.

"That watch is very likely related to a time machine, or at least to a device that can produce the effect of 'manipulating time'."

Heiji Hattori paused, then immediately recalled a recurring word in the documents left behind by Mr. Yusaku—

"time".

Then, a short piece of information that Professor Agasa revealed to him before leaving made him immediately slam on the brakes.

"Kudo, listen to me, take a taxi to Twilight Villa right now."

"Around the time that happened at Kyoto Tower, Kaito Kid appeared in the Clock Tower Square. He personally sent out a notice that he was going to steal a gem called 'The Dark Star'."

"That must be the fifth pointer!"

"Yes, I think so too, but what I want to say is that before he committed the crime, because neither you nor I were there, I called over the five famous detectives that GSSRA could find."

"With the help of GSSRA's equipment, they are now following the trail that Kaito Kid accidentally left behind and heading to the Twilight Mansion."

Hattori Heiji paused for a moment, "That was also Karasuma Renya's former residence."

"According to GSSRA's current speculation, he is the mastermind behind the Black Organization."

"Kudo, believe me, the professor would never be a traitor."

The information revealed in Hattori Heiji's words made [Edogawa Conan] breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he realized that Hattori had just told him to go to the mansion alone.

"I've turned into a child again, Hattori. I just took the antidote yesterday, and I can no longer act as Shinichi Kudo..."

Hattori Heiji immediately interrupted him.

"The doctor's car is registered in the GSSRA system. I will notify the traffic system to give that beige Beetle the green light all the way."

“Listen, Conan, the clues you just mentioned have made me realize something very important, and I have to verify them.”

“There are already five detectives at the Twilight Villa who know about GSSRA. As long as you give them the code word ‘Boundless Boundaries,’ they will all listen to you.”

"We'll split up."

Hattori Heiji hung up the phone and immediately instructed the driver to head to a location.

On the chair next to him was a stack of documents detailing all of Professor Agasa's movements during this period.

—In fact, Heiji Hattori suspected Professor Agasa even earlier than Conan did.

He didn't have much of an emotional attachment to Professor Agasa.

After joining GSSRA, and following Yusaku's death, suspicion became an instinctive part of him.

If Heiji Hattori remembers correctly—

The system that Dr. Agasa is going to perfect.

The name seems to be "Cocoon" system.

P.S.: To be honest, this chapter is quite information-heavy. Readers who enjoy mystery can try to deduce the key points.

(End of this chapter)