An infinite journey starting from paradise

"It's gone... Yeah, what's gone... There's obviously something... No, no, there must be something wrong..."

Kindaichi grabbed his hair and racked his brains to recall what he had just seen, but he could not recall anything in his mind, only a slight feeling of astonishment remained.

"There must be something wrong with this town..."

"Ichi, you look so bad. Do you want to go to a hospital..." Miyuki grabbed Kindaichi's arm worriedly.

"I'm fine, let's go back. We'll set off for Rokkaku Village tomorrow and see Wakana quickly..." said Kindaichi.

……

[This is all I can do for now. Some deaths are ultimately unavoidable.]

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At the same time, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Lin Shangren, who was flipping through the case file, suddenly shuddered and his body went limp for no reason, as if a lot of his strength had been drained away in an instant.

Ah! What happened?

"It's okay." Lin Shangren said calmly. He seemed to have anticipated this sudden abnormal situation.

"This indirectly proves my previous guess." Lin Shangren looked at the floating stone ring on his left index finger and said to himself.

「Huh? What is that?」

"Nothing, I can't tell you now."

Lin Shangren shrugged and continued to look through the case files.

"Committing crimes without proper authorization, cutting off the victim's limbs...is this some kind of cult ritual? Wait a minute!"

Lin Shangren seemed to have suddenly thought of something. He quickly took out the last group photo of the ancient monument guards from the shadows and fixed his eyes on the "prosthesis" held in the hands of the young man named Kroye.

"Zoom in...zoom in again."

Lin Shangren controlled the Eye of Innocence to carefully examine the arm in the picture.

"Nimma, it really is! Does that mean...hiss...shit!"

Recalling the data that looked like the DNA double helix that he saw on Dr. Agasa and Miyano Shiho's respective display screens when he was peeping... uh, monitoring and protecting them yesterday, Lin Shangren was enlightened. He immediately put down the information in his hand and teleported to Dr. Agasa's house without stopping.

"Inspector Lin, I forgot one file when I was copying the Setagaya case file. This is it... Ah? Inspector Lin?"

Looking at the empty office, Sato Miwako was confused.

"Did you go to the bathroom?"

Thinking this, Sato Miwako placed the copy of the missing document on the table. The first page read, "The Household Registration Department has confirmed that the deceased were all residents of Rokkaku Village, a village destroyed by a wildfire in Aomori Prefecture. It is understood that Rokkaku Village was completely destroyed by the wildfire, and aside from the few residents who remain, no one survived."

Sato Miwako used a pen on the table to hold down a few documents, then turned and left. At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew in from the window, and the documents fell to the ground in a rather strange way, and the contents on them disappeared completely.

On the other side, at Dr. Agasa's house.

"Dr. Agasa!"

Lin Shangren knocked on the door of Dr. Agasa's laboratory in a hurry.

"Mr. Lin, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry?" Dr. Agasa asked.

"There's no time to explain. Dr. Agasa, you have a machine that can analyze DNA profiles, right? Do you still have the sample of the poison I gave you earlier?"

"Yes? What's wrong?"

"Quick, analyze and compare the DNA of these two biological tissues." As he said that, Lin Shangren took out a test tube containing his own blood and a glass slide containing a small piece of minced meat from the shadows.

That glass slide was the one he had just taken from Miyano Shiho's laboratory.

"Ah? This..."

Seeing that Lin Shangren was very anxious, Dr. Agasa also took the two things.

Two hours later.

Looking at the results of the DNA comparison experiment, Lin Shangren fell into deep thought.

"Fuck, it really is my flesh?! So, drug A is actually made from my flesh?! That arm is also mine? Fuck, is it really necessary to go to such lengths? I even specially cut off an arm..."

Lin Shangren was still trying to sort out his thoughts. Dr. Agasa also had a lot of questions to ask Lin Shangren.

What kind of flesh is this? How could it be so miraculous? What's the source of this meat? Can I study it? If there's no source, is there any extra meat left? Can I have a bite?

Dozens of miles away, Miyano Shiho was also in a state of deep confusion: Where's my experimental sample? Where's my vast collection of samples? Did someone sneak into my lab? If such a precious sample is gone, will the organization hold me accountable? If I just packed up and ran away... No, I couldn't just pick up the bucket and run away.

Miyano, caught in a state of confusion, could only gulp down a few large gulps of coffee to keep herself calm. Then her phone suddenly rang...

Chapter 321 Partial Truth and Dreaming

According to normal logic, after discovering that the Black Organization controlled his body tissue, Lin Shangren should have directly tracked down the matter.

However, there is a problem now: the cause and effect and logic of the development of this world are not fixed. Before being observed by outsiders such as Lin Shangren, "everything is possible". Only after being observed can everything be concluded.

In other words, the world is extremely malleable, but once it is shaped, it can no longer be changed.

From Hayashi Naoroto's perspective, the current situation is that there is an invisible big hand guiding the direction of shaping this world, and this big hand may very well be himself: the characters and events in Conan, Kindaichi, Cat's Eye, City Hunter, another, etc. overlap, his own inexplicable "several times", the establishment of his relationship with Reiko, Eri, and Lei, etc.... these are all in the best interests of Hayashi Naoroto himself.

More direct evidence was the levitation stone awarded by the system. Although the system explained that it was a creation of the so-called Maskeline family, the alchemical techniques and methods used in it were surprisingly consistent with those of the creations made by Lin Shangren himself using the Furnace Hundred Aspects Wedge.

More importantly, the Levitating Stone couldn't be fused with other creations through the Furnace's Hundred Aspects Wedge, but it could be decomposed. The decomposed items turned out to be a piece of Amethyst Magic Stone and a pink tentacle. These two items were, respectively, the raw materials used by Lin Shangren to craft his magic rings and the spoils he left behind after killing Kitami Reika (Chapter 68 of this book).

In other words, unless the system girl secretly searched Lin Shangren's backpack and saved up the task reward for herself, only Lin Shangren himself could make this thing.

The item description of the Levitating Stone says that it is the foundation of the Maskelyne family's levitation magic. According to the records in Michael Heinz's diary, Jasper Maskelyne relied on levitation magic to help the ancient monument guards escape danger many times.

Therefore, Lin Shangren has reason to suspect that it was "himself in the future" who created the levitating stone, and then "traveled" back to the "past" to give it to the Maskelyne family, so that he could help the ancient monument guards at the critical moment and save their lives. Only after this would three or even four sisters be born in this world in the next life.

"It's not just the birth of Lei and the others, there are also a series of other events, such as... Conan's plot. Conan's birth originated from Drug A, and the prototype of Drug A is my flesh and blood... In other words, it was 'me' who guided the winery to research the so-called 'Silver Bullet'? So there was the disintegration of the Akai and Miyano families, and the helpless Miyano sisters and later Haibara Ai, the ageless witch Vermouth, the bitter and vengeful Judy, the miniature version of Akai Mari... Kudo Shinichi shrunk into Conan, and then I, Eri, Reiko, and Xiaolan... All of this was my own work?"

"I went back in time, observed and fixed several key historical nodes, and then guided history to develop in the direction I desired... Thus, the things I wanted to see and obtain appeared in this world..."

Lin Shangren looked at his wrist, and he seemed to see the "Drunken Man's Rules of Time Travel" again. If this speculation was true, then wouldn't he be doing the same thing as in the Euphoria universe?

According to common logic, what Lin Shangren should do most is to go with the flow, believe in himself, and prevent himself from doing unnecessary things that will affect the shaping of this world.

This is what Lin Shangren thought and did when he first discovered the problem with the floating stone - if his "future" self could interfere with the "present" and "past", he could also correct his current behavior.

However, just now, after confirming that the arm that "Kroye" was holding in the 1945 monument guards photo was his own arm, Lin Shangren realized that something was wrong: no matter what the reason, he didn't need to cut off an arm for "Kroye", the "observer".

"First, let's assume that this Chloe is me in disguise. If I wanted to use this arm to hint to my present self that I would travel back in time, then I could have chosen something more iconic, like a knight's ring. There's no need to cut off the arm, and... well..."

Lin Shangren's surprise was unusual. After all, due to the lack of crucial information, his reasoning was far from reality. In fact, his future self was indeed attempting to guide the development of this constantly rewritten world. However, he couldn't personally travel to the past to interfere with the development of reality, and to avoid creating a time-space paradox, he couldn't directly contact his present self. So, he could only use the abilities of "Laplace's Demon" and "Maxwell's Demon" in the sea of ​​possibilities outside the material universe to indirectly influence the past world through a series of chain reactions.

For example, the wind that blew away the files just now. If there had been no such wind, the "present" Hayashi Naoto would have seen the information that Rokkaku Village had been burned down thirty years ago, and this reality would have been overwritten in this world. In this way, everything related to Rokkaku Village would have been rewritten again, and Kindaichi and his party would have changed from "kidnapping the bride" to "studying abroad". All the people in Rokkaku Village, including the Prajna family, would have returned to dust long ago, and the relationship between Hayashi Naoto and Wada Haruna, Suzuki Sonoko, and even the three Nogami sisters would have been affected.

Similarly, there's the silver ring worn by Mizaki Meiru, an alchemical artifact that Hayashi Naoto from the "future" had painstakingly forcibly transported to the "present." Through it, Hayashi Naoto can interfere with the present to a certain extent: stabilizing the existence of Mizaki Meiru and the others, saving Mizaki Meiru from being nearly crushed by a chandelier, and saving Akasawa Izumi and Ayano Aya from being killed by a car.

As for the person who interfered in the "past" and guided the world to develop into this state, the previous article has hinted or explained that it was Slaanesh from the world of Kara no Nakagawa, or Fuyuko Kuchiki who awakened the power of Slaanesh, and her "assistants".

Dongzi himself has only one goal: to allow Lin Shangren to expand his harem naturally.

As mentioned earlier, after Lin Shangren and Fuyuko's souls merged like water, their souls merged to a certain degree. Fuyuko, possessing a fragment of Slaanesh's soul, awakened abilities both derived from Slaanesh and distinct from it, thanks to Lin Shangren. As the number of people who mate with Lin Shangren increases, Fuyuko's psychic powers also increase, and she also acquires the abilities of Lin Shangren's harem: first, Kamitsuki Yura's "synesthesia," then the witches' animal abilities and Sister Rosalie's prayers, and then, finally, Fururu.

The most crucial of these is Flururu, who possesses partial access to Hayashi Naoto's memories. Fuyuko acquires Flururu's knowledge, from which she learns Hayashi Naoto's "favorites": his unforgettable "white moonlight," Naru Mizaki; the three voluptuous and charming Cat's Eye sisters, each with their own unique charm; the intelligent and beautiful Eri Kisaki; the blanket-wrapped radio girl Elio (Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko); Nagata Yuka (Kamen Rider Faiz) who transforms into a falling feather; Hachioji Rui (Outlaw), who can control shadows like him; Ikaros (Skyfall); YoRHa Unit A2 and 2B (NieR: Automata); the blood demon who refuses to flush his shit (Cushion Man)... and so on.

"Shangren has so many things he likes. If he could meet them, he would probably be very happy, right?"

This is Dongzi's idea. It is not to gain more power, nor to quickly revive Slaanesh in the world of the Shell Girl, but simply to hope that Lin Shangren can be happier and happier.

"If Shangren can't meet them for a while, then why don't I try to make them appear in front of Shangren on their own initiative... It can't just be a simple 'whoosh' appearance, there needs to be a context... the right situation..."

Originally, this was just a fantasy of Dongzi's in her spare time. Even if she truly wanted to carry out this plan, she didn't have the necessary abilities at the moment: she couldn't travel across worlds alone, let alone help others do so. She also didn't have the creative power of Maxwell's demon, which could manipulate microscopic particles at will, or the terrifying computing power of Laplace's demon, which could almost see through the development of the world. She simply couldn't interfere with the normal development of the universe and forcibly modify it to her own whims.

However, this world based on Conan, which is constantly overwriting and revising itself, just makes up for the shortcomings of the latter two: there is no need for outsiders to modify or create, the unstable reality of this world itself can achieve "everything is possible"; the vast number of possibilities collapse into reality irregularly, but can form a system of their own, that is to say, there is no need for massive and precise calculations to plan a logically self-consistent story line, you only need to determine a few key nodes and let the people who are needed actually exist, and it can self-correct into a reasonable story.

But even so, the current Kuchiki Fuyuko is still unable to guide the development of this world. All she can do is ask Hehuan to help use her blood to match Lin Shangren with the woman in this world who is compatible with him.

There was someone else who actually sent the severed arms of Kuroya Naori and Hayashi Naoto to this world and guided it into what it is today. She was considered Fuyuko's assistant, and even Fuyuko herself didn't know when she and the other party had reached a cooperation.

As for her ultimate goal and true identity...

"Student Xiao Ai."

I'm here!

"Exchange all the draw times I have for time travel quotas. Now it should be enough to take a group of people out of this world." Lin Shangren gave an order to the system mother.

"As for what's next, let it be or get to the bottom of it. Leave it to fate. Flowery-faced will let it be, while Big-headed face will track down the winery."

Thinking of this, Lin Shangren threw out the [Double Eagle Coin].

……

A secret residence in Tokyo.

An old, withered man opened his eyes.

The old man had practically shrunk into a ball, his withered face like an orange left in the sun for months. His scorched, dry, and wrinkled skin had a stale, sooty smell. His features had shrunk into a ball, with only his crow's beak protruding. His frightening decrepitude made it impossible to accurately judge his age, but even if someone claimed he was well over a hundred years old, those who had met him probably wouldn't be surprised.

He was lying on the wide bed, connected to various life-sustaining infusion tubes, but a dark red pebble was hanging around his neck in a very abrupt manner.

"Ah...ah..."

The old man squeezed out a hoarse voice from his throat.

He felt a little hazy in front of his eyes. He seemed to see the shadow of a young man in the shadows. The black-haired young man was holding something and shouting hysterically:

"You don't understand at all! Give me back God's arm! Only God can take me home! You can't change it. I've seen you! Your fate is already determined. You will definitely not die a good death! A bad death!!!"

“Ah… ah…”

"Buzz-"

The dialyzer and blood transfusion machine started working, and with the infusion of fresh blood, the old man's complexion gradually became a little more lively.

“Is the last bit…about to be used up? I have to…I have to call Vermouth back…My granddaughter, I need…your blood. Crows should repay their parents…”

The old man raised his hand with difficulty and grasped the dark red pebble hanging around his neck.

"It's not enough... We need more to rewrite history again... God... Pandora... No one can escape!!! Cough cough cough, cough cough cough..."

……

“Cough cough cough cough…”

A violent cough interrupted Shinname Kaori's writing. She quickly put down her pen and checked on her father. "Dad, are you okay? Why are you coughing again? Are you feeling unwell? Should we call a doctor?"

Looking at his panicked daughter, Niina Rentaro forced a smile. "It's okay, I just... choked. Don't worry. By the way, Kaori, what are you writing now? Samamonji or a new novel?"

"It's a new story... Well, there are two ideas," Shinna Kaori replied. "One is the story I told you before about curses and disasters, and the other is a serial murder case with no survivors, where the murderer uses the bodies of the deceased to fake his own death..."

Shinna Kaori was telling her father about the mystery novel she had conceived. However, she did not notice that the words in her notebook were growing on their own, as if an invisible hand was continuing the story she had "created."

The notebook only read: "Hearing the news of her family's accident, Sakuragi Yukali was shocked and ran out of the classroom in a panic, but she slipped on the way from the second floor to the first floor. The umbrella in her hand flew out, and the downward force caused the umbrella to open and fall into the stairwell. The metal tip of the umbrella was facing her. So, she lost her balance and her center of gravity was unstable, and she fell on it. It felt like she was flying, so she didn't even have the chance to twist her body or support herself with her hands. Sakuragi's body was motionless. The thick red slowly spread outwards, eroding the off-white color of the umbrella. Blood, it was blood... Quite a lot of blood flowed out...

Thus, Sakuragi Yukari and her mother, Mieko, became the first pair of victims of the disaster in Kitayomi Junior High School, third grade, third class, in 1998..."

The ink seemed to want to continue, but it seemed to be blocked and could no longer write. Then the contents of the notebook began to change: "this year" became "these three years", and then Sakuragi Yukari's name was erased, and the description of her death became a falling glass bottle smashing the skull of an otaku who was taking his sister to school.

……

On the other side, in Kitayami Town, on the second floor of Misaki Doll Workshop.

I saw Qi Ming lying on the bed, with his eyes slightly closed, drowsy.

"Because of me, the dead appeared... I have to think of a way... Hmm... Hmm?!"

Half asleep and half awake, Mizaki Ming sensed something was wrong. She suddenly opened her eyes and found herself in the classroom of Class 3, Grade 3. The class monitor, Sakuragi Yukari, was standing on the podium and introducing herself.

"This is? The first day of school?"

Jian Qiming looked around in confusion, but found that the students in Class 3 were all normal and eager to introduce themselves. There were two adults standing at the podium: one was the homeroom teacher, Reiko Mikami, and the other was a handsome young man in a pitch-black trench coat.

"Hello everyone, my name is Lin Shangren. From today on, I will be your art teacher and deputy head teacher." Lin Shangren said.

The author says:

Author's Note: Starting from the next chapter, I will be conquering Meizaki Mei, Akasawa Izumi, Ayano Aya, and others in a simulated dream.

Chapter 322: Simulated Dreams and the Three Gods

The setting sun, the stream, the mossy riverbank, and... Lin Shangren standing on the riverbank with a confused look on his face.

"What the hell is this? Is this still Tokyo?"

Lin Shangren looked around at his surroundings in confusion.

This transition is really abrupt.