Chapter 444
"Base sequence: confirmed to be human genome.
Spiritual weapon attributes: confirmed to be good and orderly.
"Welcome to the library that tells the story of the future of mankind.
This is Chaldea, the human rights continuation protection agency. 』
"Fingerprint authentication, voiceprint authentication, genetic factor authentication - completed.
Testing ████…completed. 』
"Same as registered name.
Confirmed to be a primate.
"Nice to meet you."
You are the last visitor to the museum today. 』
"I hope you have a good time."
"Take good care of this terminal, little brother." The man who introduced himself as "Redra Bit" smiled and put the olive leaf-shaped earphone terminal on Edogawa Conan's ear, and touched his head affectionately, "Only by wearing this terminal can you move freely inside Chaldea."
"Well, let's go in and listen to the Thousand Worlds Tree 'Yggdmillennia''s' initial introduction to Chaldea." Redra Bit put his hand on Conan Edogawa's back and pushed him into Chaldea, then closed the door that Chaldea had opened to welcome visitors.
As the gate of Chaldea closed, a blizzard quietly enveloped the entire observatory - but the initial entrance did not have the huge transparent floor-to-ceiling windows that almost replaced the outer walls, which were loved by all of Chaldea. There was only silver-white metal; a young man with medium hair who used the name of the Thousand World Tree "Yggdmillennia" gave a preliminary introduction to Chaldea and how to use it to the 100 visitors invited to Chaldea.
Originally, the directors wanted to invite more people to blur the line of sight. After all, it is always said that the Black Organization has been fully infiltrated by the Moriarty Group, so there can't really be only three people - because of the additional requirements added by Moriarty, Gin is not even worth half a bottle of wine in the Black Organization for the time being - there should be some ordinary people who can be used as cannon fodder; at the very least, is the organization's research institute just a decoration?
——But the facts tell them that they underestimated the magic of Moriarty and others.
"Ah...you mean the codenamed members of the Black Organization and the research institute that have never appeared." William left Beika Town before Holmes, and returned to Chaldea with Amakusa Shiro and others on the day when the incident in Goryokaku ended. While he was still on the helicopter, he dropped a heavy bomb on the Chaldea control room on the other end of the communication. "Gin will take care of those."
"The goal has been achieved, so why do we need these unnecessary parts? Besides, the people we can save have already left this quagmire."
William's words at that time revealed the coldness that belonged to "Moriarty", instead of the gentleness that belonged to "William" in daily life.
Then, everyone in Chaldea witnessed in the work system the action reports of the members who had infiltrated the Black Organization but had not yet returned to Chaldea - full of records that Gin had taken care of this research institute and that organization's subordinates today, and even killed the code member who did not get the qualification to visit Chaldea with one gun.
——In fact, that member was on the shortlist that Chaldea was originally going to announce, but because Gin was killed too quickly, Chaldea had to urgently revise the shortlist before the announcement.
Afterwards, Floros, who was assigned to continue bombing Chaldea, commented:
"That's good too. If we only bomb four people, then once they reach the designated location, no one can save them."
"If your explosion was really that reliable, Ritsuka wouldn't have been able to solve the Hitori Burning." Olgamari, who was at the center of the explosion and whose body was blown to pieces with only her soul left, responded to the culprit of the control room explosion.
Redra Bit interrupted his own wandering thoughts, stopped behind Conan Edogawa, and looked at Yugdomirenia standing in front of the metal wall.
"In order to facilitate your actions in Chaldea, let's start with the introduction of BB, the advanced AI built by Engineer Corles Fulvegi and installed in the Chaldea system." Eugene Domirenia stepped aside a few steps, leaving the pure white metal wall behind him. "Well, BB-sensei, can you please introduce yourself?"
"Mr. Eugene Domirenia really likes to be lazy--" The voice of the girl complained from the radio, "But who told me to be so magnanimous? Everyone--are you ready--? Prepare--"
"BB————Channel——————!!!"
As the girl's voice fell, an animation similar to the opening credits before a live broadcast on a video website appeared on the metal wall in front of everyone.
——No, that's the video opening.
Edogawa Conan concluded this.
As the music in the opening video ended, the background music changed to lively electronic music, and the purple-haired girl AI also appeared in front of them - although it was AI, the background behind her was no different from the live broadcast room of a real anchor... Although you can also see many parts that are in line with AI BB's own characteristics.
However, because the number of invited guests was so small, there were almost no visitors who simply thought that "the beautiful girl AI is cute" or "such a smart AI is cool" - basically everyone noticed that the engineer who created this AI, introduced by Eugene Domirenia, was named Colles Flvigi.
——That was the name of the engineer who created Narcissa, the AI assistant used in the Pacific Buoy.
Knowing that this engineer really came to work in Chaldea, Conan Edogawa looked at BB and his expression gradually became serious - Narcissa on the Pacific buoy was just an AI like Siri that could be regarded as an inanimate tool; but BB that appeared in Chaldea was already another kind of life similar to humans.
——It was only a month, was it really enough for him to create an AI that was almost a leap forward in technology, an AI that could be called artificial life? No, maybe BB was developed before Narcissa? But he thought it was not suitable for public disclosure, so he used a degraded version of Narcissa in the Pacific buoy?
Conan Edogawa listened to BB's exaggerated and vicious voice, and his thoughts gradually went astray.
——By the way, does this engineer have a special fetish for purple-haired people? How come the two AIs he created in succession look almost identical? A place like Chaldea shouldn't deduct the money he has to pay for an artist to draw a portrait of the AI and a LIVE2D action disassembly diagram, right?
Coles, who was working far away in the engineering department, was completely unaware that he had been blamed and continued to work on sorting out the history of technological development with a black curly-haired guy who liked to wear sunglasses.
"Well, in short, despite this attitude, BB is still very easy to get along with." After BB finished introducing herself, Yugdo Mirenia walked to BB's projection while holding back a smile and introduced everyone, "Everyone can call BB through the terminal they are wearing. She will be responsible for introducing Chaldea to everyone and will also be responsible for giving directions - even when you are worried about the menu in the cafeteria, you can ask BB for help to recommend."
"BB is a very comprehensive AI that helps humans manage their superiors."
"However, in order for you to better understand how we in Chaldea protect the future of mankind, before the free time begins, we have to go to this place first—" Yugdo Mirenia used her work ID to swipe open a door, and the blizzard raging outside the museum broke into everyone's eyes through the huge window. "BB, how about the reservation for the simulation device?"
"Your reservation has already been registered - it should be a good time to go there now." BB's voice came from the terminal worn by Yugdo Mirenia. "However, if you are a guest, you don't need to register your points, right?"
"That's right, there is no need to register points, it's just a warm-up activity to kill time." Yugdo Mirenia laughed, "After all, our Chaldea is built deep in the snow-capped mountains at an altitude of 6,000 meters in the heart of Antarctica!"
Just like that, the 100 people were taken by Eugene to a huge training room in Chaldea - there they spent some time simulating a battle as if they were playing a holographic game.
After that, it was time for free activities - Redra Bit and Yugdomirenia, who were responsible for receiving them, disappeared without a trace; so Conan Edogawa was on his way to the Chaldea cafeteria pretending to be a child and asking BB to take him to the Chaldea cafeteria, but he was pulled into an empty corner by Toru Amuro and Subaru Okiya, who had reunited at some point.
In order to avoid being recorded by Chaldea's surveillance, the three of them went into the toilet together and squeezed into the same cubicle.
——Chaldea’s surveillance is everywhere, not only the visible surveillance, but also the invisible surveillance. There are many things like this, so I’d better not tell my children about this in the future.
Returning to the control room, Redla Bit glanced guiltily at the surveillance video on his computer screen, then silently took a sip of the hot chocolate at hand.
"Mr. Amuro? Mr. Subaru?" Fortunately, even the toilet cubicles in Chaldea were spacious, so Edogawa Conan had time to turn around and check the expressions of the two adults, "Did something happen?"
"The organization's goal may be resurrection from the dead - and Chaldea has already mastered this technology." Amuro Toru said coldly, for the first time not caring about the position issue and throwing the information at the other two people. "And, Okiya - Akai... No, Rai, don't say you don't recognize that face."
"Chaldea's control room technician 'Redra Bit' - that's Scotland."
"…Scott died in front of me, Bourbon." Akai Shuichi emphasized to Amuro Toru, "The world is so big, it's not impossible for someone who looks like Scot to appear - not to mention that Champagne and the student she accepted at Teitan University, as well as the brother and sister in the Teitan High School Kendo Club, all have almost the same face."
"That man can't be Scotland! Voices and looks can be faked, we all know that, don't we? Calm down, Furuya."
"Yes, these can all be disguised, but there are also places where disguise is impossible - after all, no one's disguise is perfect." Furuya Rei closed his eyes, took a deep breath to calm himself, and lowered his head to answer Akai Shuichi, "If you want to say so, I can only say that it was my intuition that made me feel that he was the person we knew."
"But there is another problem - if it was just 'Redla Bit' who looked like him, then it would be nothing. But the man who only said his last name - 'Yugdo Mirenia', looks exactly like my classmate in the police academy. And that classmate died on November 7, 2008 - he was blown to pieces by a bomb."
"Their personalities and habits are exactly the same as the people I know - is there anything else you want to say, Akai?"