Chapter 245, Seventy-Threeth Cycle (75)
"Tap, tap, tap."
The footsteps were quite noticeable in the quiet, empty corridor.
Conan Edogawa's hands were firmly tied behind his back, but he made no attempt to hide his curiosity as he turned his head left and right to observe his surroundings, trying to look through the corridor to the rooms he passed.
He had misjudged the situation inside the room; behind the door was not the room next door, but a fork in the road, like a transit point, with many other passages on all sides.
This meant that the church's underground structure was larger than he had imagined, and it all looked to have been recently built.
This made his heart sink.
Would a simple game really cost them so much time and effort? Even if it was to catch criminals, it's unlikely. This project doesn't seem to have been completed in just a week or two, and it has nothing to do with that thief gang, unless they really can use a time machine to predict the future... Could it really be something an organization did?
Conan Edogawa gets a headache just thinking about this.
But a time machine? How is that possible?
Even if it's an organization, that "reversing time" thing is probably just referring to drugs that make people's bodies younger.
But if what's happening here is really related to the organization, and if the organization is really related to the organization in that novel, then time travel and time machines... might really exist?
In short, no matter how hard it is to believe, all possibilities must be considered, and then analyzed and proven step by step.
No matter what, there is only one truth.
And even if that were true, so what?
If he eventually discovers that the enemy he faces is powerful enough to transcend time and distort cause and effect, will he be so afraid that he will give up?
Of course not.
He told Haibara several times not to run away from her fate.
He certainly wouldn't run away from his fate.
"Um, Inspector Morofushi." Conan Edogawa tried to communicate with the priest next to him.
"Hmm?" Morofushi Takaaki did not refute the title, and his face remained calm and composed, as if the blond-haired man had not mentioned him as the demon's accomplice.
"Although it seems unrelated now, I'm still a little bothered." Conan Edogawa looked up, his face full of confusion and hesitation. "How was the plot originally supposed to unfold? Why did it suddenly change? I saw that the identity card that person threw into the box was 'Judas,' but since you're in cahoots, why were you so honest as to let him take the traitor/murderer card? What if we find out? That would be troublesome, wouldn't it?"
Morofushi Takaaki didn't stop walking. He reached the end of the corridor, and before pushing open the door, he looked at him and said, "You really didn't guess?"
Conan Edogawa knew he had revealed quite a bit in front of him, and seeing his reaction, he didn't pretend too well. He said seriously, "I'm not entirely sure, but if what that person said is true, our actions were guided to create the perfect crime. Considering the current situation, the only thing I can think of is that the first person arrested, Furuura, actually had the 'Judas' card, while that person actually had the 'Jesus' card. After killing Furuura, they replaced his identity card, right?"
Zhu Fu Gaoming didn't answer. After swiping his card and opening the door, he turned to him and smiled, "You're very interested in this story?"
Conan Edogawa obediently followed him inside: "I've always been very interested in 'Running Towards the Sun,' and I'm a big fan of this novel... You know about the identity card I got, right? Is that the author's intention? Although that person had the 'Jesus' identity card, from what he said, it's clear he's not the author of the novel. But Taki Ryuichi is definitely closely related to this matter. Is he an insider or was he deceived and misled? Is the plot of my identity card related to the fifth novel?"
Zhu Fu Gaoming closed the door: "What use is it for you to know all this now? I thought you were more interested in what you were going to experience next."
Conan Edogawa immediately turned his head away, looking speechless, and muttered to himself, "Even elementary school students wouldn't believe in the existence of a time machine, okay? I'm much more curious about the whole incident..."
Despite saying that, the child's eyes still turned curiously to look around, his gaze lingering on the monitoring room and the huge metal sphere in the center for a long time.
"No wonder he's the son of Detective Mori," Morofushi Takaaki remarked with a smile. "If you grow up safely, you'll probably become a very skilled detective too."
The elegant priest sighed, but his hands ruthlessly stuffed the child into the huge metal sphere in the center.
"This is a time machine? What's the working principle behind it?" Conan Edogawa looked at the thread that had been attached to his arm.
“I am not an expert in this area,” Moribushi Takaaki refused to explain.
"Alright, so in the very end, Inspector Morofushi really can't tell me the original plot?" Conan Edogawa sighed, leaning back in the chair of the time machine. "Also, I'm very interested in that thief gang and your organization. Could you explain it to me before I die?"
"You've got some nerve."
As Morofushi Takaaki bent down, the silver cross hanging down touched Edogawa Conan's neck. Coupled with the mysterious and dangerous blue upturned eyes in front of him, it made the hairs on Edogawa Conan's head stand on end.
He had a feeling that the next topic was going to be very dangerous, but he didn't look away.
Conan Edogawa smiled and said, "Since things have come to this, I won't be at peace even if I die without knowing the truth."
“Although people say villains die from talking too much,” Morofushi Takaaki chuckled, “since you’re so curious, I can tell you.”
The priest, dressed entirely in black, straightened up slightly, his white-gloved hands resting on the black metal instruments. His handsome but deep, cold blue, upturned eyes stared at him without any change in expression.
“The original plot actually focused on you,” he said. “If it weren’t for Subaru Okiya almost running away and ruining our plan, you would have had to go through a bit more of the story before you got here.”
Conan Edogawa: "?"
As expected of Mr. Akai, what did he do?
Morofushi Komei's fingers tapped lightly on the time machine, his eyes deep and his tone calm as he said, "Dazai Huai is indeed the protagonist of the fifth novel. In the original plot, he would travel back twenty years due to the time machine during the final battle. The main plot afterward is about him maintaining his persona of being small in body but still intelligent, having to pretend to be stupid due to some unspeakable reasons to avoid being out of character and being discovered by the organization that possesses the time machine. He navigates dangerously between the organization and the police, and ultimately successfully saves everyone and works together to achieve victory."
Conan Edogawa: "..."
Conan Edogawa's heart stopped beating instantly.
This character design and plot seem so familiar!
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