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

Chapter 335: The Human Mindset, the Infinitely Divided Universe (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

From the afternoon until nearly evening—

It was as if everyone was holding their breath, waiting for the arrival and departure of the Oma Twilight, and Fuyuki City was unusually immersed in a sense of peace and tranquility.

Of course, this tranquility does not apply to the alliance's actions.

For example, right now, Kiritsugu Emiya and Maiya Hisau are busy setting up "explosives" for the Hyatt Hotel.

Strictly speaking, this was a major strategic oversight by Kenneth – he should have booked the entire hotel.

Because, just as the physical coordinates of the [Inner Sea of ​​the Stars] are located at the core of the planet, even the most sturdy workshop must rely on a real, existing foundation.

However, as long as Kenneth cannot do it, directly making the floor used as a workshop float in the air will always have a fatal flaw.

Just like Kiritsugu did in "Historical Inertia".

Once the entire building is destroyed, the spells inscribed on the walls and floors will naturally be destroyed.

Of course, unlike Kiritsugu Emiya, who had to calculate and find the building's support points himself, and then use hints and other means to disguise himself as decorators or staff to place the explosives.

Maimi's part, however, is done in a completely different way—

Out of a desire to test and exploit the status quo, she will use the methods provided by the alliance to place the "explosives" in the entire building.

Unlike the slow progress in research on the [soul] and [spirit], the Alliance has made rapid progress in research on techniques related to the [physical body]—whether it is the physical body of a planet or the magic circuits from primates.

Technique Name: Earth Vein Resonance & Gravity Manipulation

Category: Earth Vein Series - Fabrics

Procedure code: XY-E09

Effect Level: Phenomenon & Concept Level
Duration: Depends on consumption

Spell Cost: Basic Cost: 20 basic strings; Duration: 1 basic string/hour

Spell effect: At the coordinates in real space, temporarily release/reveal some of the physical properties of a celestial body called [Leap Terminal], such as its mass, gravity, or material.
After making the call to Irisviel about the Saber photo as instructed, Maiya took the elevator down alone to the lowest level of the hotel's underground parking garage.

It truly lives up to its reputation as the most luxurious hotel in Fuyuki City. The humming ventilation systems overhead even made the otherwise stuffy air feel somewhat refreshing.

After confirming that there were no loitering people around, Wu Mi followed the virtual markers that appeared in her vision and walked to the anchored position, standing in the center of the entire hotel.

For the Alliance, making a hotel collapse inwards is incredibly simple—all it needs to do is subject it to a strong inward gravitational pull within a certain area.

Therefore, the blasting work was secondary.

The key is that the alliance needs to leverage this historical momentum and, incidentally, through Hisayu Maiya, attempt to make corresponding records of the barrier and alternate dimension of the thirty-second layer.

A silvery light slid off the unassuming shorthand notebook in his hand. As some kind of reality broke free from its constraints, the notebook transformed back into its ancient, magical book form.

The pages, shimmering with a faint light, turned on their own in the still air. Magic, like chains, gripped the pages, and Maiya immediately recalled the rules for using this spell.

"We must firmly believe that the outcome is already in our hands."

"We must construct the outline and sphere of influence of the [Leap Terminal] deep within our consciousness..."

A pale blue imaginary light flashed—

Device number XY-04 was detected.
Magic/spiritual particle characteristics are being verified.
Confirmation complete.
Linking to the [spiritual] element of the individual named [Kyuu Maiya]...
At that moment, a somber chant echoed in the empty underground space, and Wu Mi softly began to speak:
"The starlight weaves a pattern, hidden within the entanglements of cause and effect—"

Leaping onto the earth's veins, the illusory and the real are freed from bondage.

A curtain of gravity hangs over this place!

As the last syllable of the spell fell, the targeted magic, along with the connection between the spellbook and the [Leap Terminal], was approved by TDD according to the trial plan.

Procedure code: XY-E09, XY-TL03 (hidden) — Approved.
A cold, system-like voice flashed across the edge of Wu Mi's consciousness, causing her body to tense up instinctively before relaxing.

The ground beneath our feet undulated slightly, like the breathing of the deep sea, and a wave, invisible to the naked eye, spread in all directions.

The profound and all-encompassing power from the earth silently seeped into her spirit and consciousness.

At this moment, it felt as if the pulse of the entire city was in sync with my own breathing.

And according to the principle of using oneself as the [jump node].

Maiya could see it clearly—

Countless silvery-white threads, like tranquil moonlight, converge into a gentle, almost imperceptible tide, surging outwards from beneath her feet, traversing every brick and every pipe, shuttling between the molecules and atoms of all the matter in the entire hotel, recording every bit of information.

But what touches the heartstrings even more is... gravity.

In Maimi's vision, she seemed to see a neutron star burning fiercely and shining with a strange, pale light.

Its rotation generates wave-like pulses, like wave-like gravity, causing it to expand and then contract along with the entire spacetime.

But then, it was as if some other memory within the soul was triggered—

The future of buildings crumbling, collapsing, or even shrinking is rapidly solidifying from a vague illusion, almost overlapping with reality.

And at the moment when a certain history is about to truly emerge—

The glow on the magic book vanished suddenly, like a bubble being popped.

As the shimmering magic vanished, like a fleeting inspiration in a dream, the world immediately became dull and blurry again, as if glasses had been removed.

Standing silently for a few seconds, Maiya forced herself to snap out of her awe-inspiring power over the control over the rhythms of all things.

Looking down, I realized that the magic book in my hand had somehow reverted to its original form as a regular shorthand notebook.

She reached out and turned to one of the pages, where a line of calm words, written in the same handwriting as her own, came into view:

The node task has been completed.
Maiya breathed a sigh of relief, took out her phone from her pocket, and sent a text message to Kiritsugu saying that the mission was complete.

Then, with a sigh of relief, Maiya's eyes softened slightly.

She carefully put the thin book back into her pocket.

—With the help of the alliance, Kiritsugu… perhaps this time, he can truly break free from the shackles of fate.

……

RSI range fluctuation detected!
A coverage tendency for a site called "Mental Image World" has been detected!
Unlike Hisayu Maiya, who rarely harbored any expectations for the future, Conan stood alone in the empty "Core Layer" office.

After all, there are some things that it's better not to let Hasegawa Tsuki know for the time being.

This child has been under a lot of pressure lately and is working very hard to perfect the plan.

As it stands now, according to TDD's report, she is trying to direct and supervise the group of magicians to analyze the function of the magic core in the "Snail Annihilation City Text" in a reasonable way before Caster appears according to "historical inertia".

There is also an analysis of its "summoning visitors from another world" element.

After all, the Alliance cannot truly admit that it comes from "other universes" within the Type-Moon universe.

Although it is common knowledge that in the Type-Moon universe, the outer universe is the boss.

For example, there is the extraordinary god who has merged with the gaps in the universe's spacetime, the celestial sphere-shaped spacetime fortress [Chaos].

According to the database, this is a mothership created by one of the intelligent entities when another universe, different from the Type-Moon universe, was nearing its end.

It was able to use 97% of its own power to teleport the Machine Gods across the universe to the universe where Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others were located.

Even in the end, Chaldea was unable to cause any damage to it; it could only shut down its window to interfere with the Moon-type universe.

"But—the Alliance doesn't come from another universe or an outer universe, but from another [worldview cluster universe]."

He really hoped to find the core of this universe, so that acknowledging the alliance would be much easier.

After all, relying on the current RSI values, which are even lower than the character's pre-decline level, is insufficient to conceal the truth...

Conan could only say that he had absolutely no idea what to expect.

"Sigh—I can only hope that the plan to disguise the identity of the Alliance by relying on other people's [personas] will succeed."

He sighed somewhat helplessly.

Then, he looked at the alarm that TDD had suddenly popped up when Hisayu Maiya had just used the spell, without telling Hasegawa Tsuki.

"Hmm, the key to this world... is indeed the idealistic [mental imagery]."

Conan's gaze wandered among the strangely familiar creations in Lin Sheng's office. He truly wished that these creations were all made up of the CYZ effect, just like in this universe.

In that case, the Alliance would probably be able to easily conquer this universe.

Ugh, this is such a hassle... Why hasn't the Alliance's support arrived yet?
Lost in thought, Conan looked at the data projected in front of him and, unusually, showed a hint of frustration.

He slammed his fist on the table.

"Bam—!"

"It's so troublesome that matter is below the mind!"

With Hasegawa Tsuki no longer present, he no longer needed to maintain the composure of a leader, so he released all his pent-up resentment and couldn't help but complain.

"Matou Kariya covers Matou Kariya, Hisau Maiya covers Hisau Maiya... So who will it be next time?"

He had had enough of this interference, which had a strong idealistic element.

If he hadn't acted decisively and used Kiritsugu Emiya's [Time Control] to pause and reset the entire Fuyuki City for "one second," it would have been a disaster.

The phenomenon emanating from Hisayu Maiya's soul almost dragged her along and caused the future world, with its historical inertia, to spill over into reality!
Conan was absolutely certain that this was not a normal phenomenon.

Whether it's the magic information gathered by the [League] so far, or the multiple confirmations regarding Raymond and Meastia—

Grand magic such as the "Mental World" and the "Realistic Boundary" should not be so easily achieved.

When did [Realm Grail] become something you can just throw around like Kiritsugu Emiya's smokescreen? Have some decency! Damn it!
And if this continues, wouldn't every character with a defined persona be able to arbitrarily impose their own mental imagery onto the world based on their own desires?!

In reality, if this only happened once or twice, Conan could barely convince himself that it was due to the miraculous effect of his "character design" or the interference of a fourth party behind the scenes.

But this is the third time.

Moreover, this time Maiya was holding a magic book.

Under the influence of [RSI occlusion mimicry] and the trajectory of [historical inertia], [Alaya], [Gaia], or [human reason], that fourth party, have absolutely no reason or possibility to intervene.

This change should never have happened.

As for the derivative effects of the "persona"...

Unlike [Matou Kariya], whose RSI value increased significantly after experiencing such extreme suffering.

Hisayuu Maiya's actions have always remained within the scope of being a tool for "Emiya Kiritsugu".

Her RSI value hasn't changed much!

How exactly was all this accomplished?
There must be a problem somewhere.

But after Conan pondered for a moment, he fell into a deep dilemma.

Because when you eliminate all the impossible scenarios, what remains, no matter how unbelievable, is the truth.

Now there's only one truth, or maybe two.

Conan scratched his head in frustration, then projected his final conclusions, which he had written into the TDD analysis program, onto the screen.

"In that case, the only possibility is that the shell itself took action..."

Clearly, to verify this answer, the alliance must wait and see the phenomenon that just happened to [Kuyu Maiya] completely completed.

—This is obviously impossible.

Conan sighed again.

Because he couldn't figure out the purpose of doing so.

What is the purpose of doing this?
If it's not the "shell," could it be the "root" itself that has taken the initiative to respond in some way?

How is this possible!
Based on the records, the root cause was at most "linked" to some people, and was by no means under anyone's control.

……

In a sense, both of Conan's guesses were correct.

[Humanity Survival Guarantee Organization - Chaldea].

At that moment, Leonardo da Vinci picked up his coffee cup and took a sip.

Looking at the red alert flashing on the screen again, a helpless expression appeared on her face.

"Another... branching point?"

She glanced wearily at the analysis report on the origins of the new parallel universes.

The next moment, Leonardo da Vinci was slightly taken aback.

"—Kuyu Maiya?"

A name that is both unfamiliar and somewhat familiar.

Is there such a heroic spirit in my own Galactic territory?

Upon seeing the data associated with that alarm, her goddess-like face showed a slight furrow in her brows.

She remembered; it came from that world line that was about to be cut.

Da Vinci still vaguely remembered that alarm—it was the 300th or soth time the [Intelligence Repair Mechanism] had failed since it started operating.

And... [Kyuu Maiya], I do seem to have heard that name somewhere before.

Well, just to be on the safe side, let's check the records of the [root cause].

"I'm sorry to trouble you again, Ritsuka."

As it speaks softly to the air, a certain instruction is input by Da Vinci into the computer connected to the "core".

[Chaldea] responded with a flash, and a link that seemed to be fixed to the [Root] by some strange force sent data to Leonardo da Vinci.

Its form flickered illusoryly, as if it had never existed.

Immediately afterwards, the corresponding memories and information flooded into Leonardo da Vinci's mind like a tidal wave.

The story of [Kuyu Maiya] came to mind, and Da Vinci finally remembered where he had heard of it before.

"So...it's someone Miss Irisviel knows?"

Leonardo da Vinci nodded slightly, recalling the Holy Grail that had once been summoned in the form of the "Clothes of Heaven".

"Is it derived from the desire to achieve salvation for all humanity... a derivative of a derivative of a derivative of a derivative?"

Of course, it is also possible that this is a new path that continues to evolve towards other possibilities after many overlaps.

As for how many times this result was caused by similar mental images, Leonardo da Vinci no longer wanted to think about it carefully.

After all, this division was caused by some positive thoughts.

In fact, rather than discovering yet another new "branching point" that would cause trouble if left unchecked, what Leonardo da Vinci was more concerned about was that he had not disappeared because of it.

This maintenance work on the Type-Moon universe is just like the chaotic and turbulent worldlines that are spreading like wildfire right now.

—There is no end in sight.

Da Vinci had truly become numb.

Several times she even considered completely abandoning the situation.

Let the universe be destroyed.

In any case, it seems that Ritsuka is not coming back.

"No, no, how could I think like that?"

For the umpteenth time, Da Vinci suppressed the idea of ​​giving up and gently patted his face to encourage himself.

Then, she gulped down the rest of her coffee.

—Hmph, I can't be like the other guys, indulging in those boring "games".

After all, she had promised Ritsuka that she would wait for her to come back.

Looking at the world line that was extending into the future, Leonardo da Vinci had Chaldea begin calculating how many planets would be diluted if this "branching point" continued to spread downwards.

The final result surprised even this truly omnipotent man.

"Hmm... much less than expected."

Immediately afterwards, a somewhat uncertain voice rang out in the hall.

"Could it be because Ritsuka said before that it was a different main branch?"

Of course, no one responded to her words.

But Leonardo da Vinci made his decision quickly.

Well then—I'll just leave it to myself!

In any case, all I need to do is ensure that this [control room] exists forever, and then maintain the general direction of the entire [universe] unchanged.

Based on the current data, the source of this "branch point," the trimming program, is still running normally.

Once the main trunk is completely pruned, no matter how flourishing the branches are, it's meaningless; they can only return to the earth to become new nutrients.

With his hand gently supporting his chin, Leonardo da Vinci turned his head to look out through the door that had been half-open for a long time and had never been entered, towards the corridor outside.

The spot that should have offered a view of the pristine white Antarctic landscape now appears to be blocked by some kind of thick "wall."

It appeared to be a solid wall interspersed with the red light of Command Seals and the pale blue imaginary light.

Of course, Leonardo da Vinci knew that there was something even more important, something indelible, that truly sustained its existence here.

She turned around and looked at the center of the hall, where the blue orb of light floated silently.

As the last person stationed at [Root Cause Management Organization, Matters Guarantee Mechanism, Chaldea].

At that moment, Leonardo da Vinci looked somewhat wistfully at the "Earth model" that seemed to have never changed.

But thinking about it, that's how it should be.

Who can resist the power from the [root]?
Surely a second "root cause" can't just suddenly appear, right?

Since that's the case, the development of the main branch has already been anchored, and as long as we work according to the pre-planned schedule, no one can stop the [anchored items].

Just like a long, long time ago, the sound of Leonardo da Vinci humming a beautiful tune now fills the hall.

This caring older sister secretly made a decision in her heart—

If Ritsuka doesn't return after billions of years...

Hmph, she really just gave up and quit!
(End of this chapter)