Chapter 446
——That will be fine.
Conan Edogawa put his hands tightly against his chest, trying to calm his breathing, but his eyes were fixed on William, without moving.
"Although it's the correct answer, it's still a little off." William laughed and walked in front of Conan Edogawa. "Although I would rather tell you like before that you won't get any points if you only give the answer but not the process - Edogawa-kun, are you willing to waste some time here and listen to our story?"
"That depends on the value of the story." Conan Edogawa answered cautiously.
While Edogawa Conan was listening to William telling stories about the distant past in the library, Kuroba Kaito, who entered Chaldea under his real name, also met Edmund and Amakusa Shiro.
——Of course, thanks to Chaldea’s arrangement for visitors to move freely, Kuroba Kaito could at least make sure that there was no one nearby who did not belong to Chaldea.
——But this does not mean that Chaldea’s staff will not talk about the fact that the thief Kid sent an ambiguous warning letter to Chaldea.
——Yes, although it is said that Amakusa Shiro also assisted Kaito Kid's actions, this time only Kaito Kid released a notice.
However, although the content of the notice is a bit vague to those who are not in the know, for those who are in the know——
"It's literally naming what they're looking for." Under Amakusa Shiro's surprised gaze, Edmund handed a cup of carefully brewed coffee to Kuroba Kaito, making no secret of the fact that they were also members of Chaldea. "However, since there are not many visitors invited, basically none of them are ordinary people."
"One hundred people who stand out from the 7.5 billion people in the world—" Kuroba Kaito sat at the counter of the Chaldea cafeteria, watching Amakusa Shiro take out a piece of lemon cake from the refrigerator and give it to him to go with Edmund's coffee. "Even if it's just luck, they can't be considered ordinary people."
"Although from this perspective, ordinary people who can actually reach Chaldea are indeed extremely lucky." Amakusa Shiro commented.
"After all, at least 50% of the people are from the black box in the control room." Edmund snorted, "Although the number of people chasing gems is not high among these 100 people."
"But after all, Chaldea is an organization funded by various countries, established to protect the future of mankind." Amakusa Shiro shrugged helplessly, "Taking into account the intentions of the governments of various countries, the visitor list cannot be determined by drawing lots - but after all, 90% of the funds are provided by Animusphia, so the director and others still rejected some candidates who were really not suitable to come here."
"Although on the surface, these 100 people are just ordinary people."
"Come to think of it, why Chaldea?" Kuroba Kaito asked the two, "How is guaranteeing the future of mankind related to Pandora?"
"It's not that Pandora can help Chaldea protect the future of mankind, but because its existence will endanger the future of mankind - that's why it is connected to Chaldea." Edmund replaced the real mystery with a question, "Imagine, if all humans become immortal, what will this planet become?"
"This planet will become a desert - and humans cannot survive in a desert without any resources." Hei Yu Kaidou replied in a low voice.
——Without thinking, based on the almost unified propaganda tone in certain aspects around the world, Kuroba Kaito can understand what the world would be like if all humans could become immortal.
"That's it." Edmund snapped his fingers, lit a cigarette, and looked at Heiyu Kaidou with admiration.
——Although in order to preserve humanity, even if the planet is sacrificed, no one in Chaldea has explained the difference in detail to the locals of this world.
"But didn't Mr. Amakusa say before that he was a member of the Holy Church?" After Kuroba quickly finished finishing the cake in front of him, he looked at Amakusa Shiro suspiciously.
"Now is not the time to attack heretics for no reason." Amakusa Shiro smiled humbly at Kuroba Kaito, "The Holy Church will also keep pace with the times. Besides, I am not the only staff member from the Holy Church in Chaldea."
After Amakusa Shiro easily fudged the questions about the Holy Church, it was lunchtime. Chaldea's internal members and visitors who entered Chaldea today flocked to the cafeteria in twos and threes, and following the advice of BB, who was temporarily conscientiously playing the role of a good assistant to humans, they began to choose their lunch for today.
"I want a lava omelette rice with fried chicken—" Conan Edogawa, who was taken into the cafeteria by the Holmes and Moriarty, struggled to get out of the few gaps between the adults' bodies and followed BB's somewhat evil suggestion to complete his lunch order, "and a cup of iced coffee."
——Because Chaldea bears all the expenses of the visitors, when they order in the cafeteria, they only need to consider whether the Chaldea cafeteria has the food they like on the menu today.
"How about a piece of refreshing lemon pie?" Emiya recommended it after hearing Conan Edogawa's order.
"Then give me a lemon pie." Edogawa Conan showed a cute smile to Emiya, "Thank you, big brother."
After receiving his lunch, Conan Edogawa, who got the correct answer provided by William, discovered many unusual traces on his way to find Akai Shuichi - but no one abnormality was more obvious than the white-haired woman who had just entered the cafeteria.
Conan Edogawa stopped and looked at the white-haired woman in front of him whose entire body was enveloped in a soft white glow.
"Oh, sorry." The beautiful white-haired woman turned away her hair, revealing a pair of ruby-like eyes, and leaned down to look at Edogawa Conan, "Little brother, you go first - it must be heavy for one person to carry so many things, right?"
"...Thank you, big sister!"
Conan Edogawa smiled at her, picked up his tray and went straight to another corner of the cafeteria - he slightly put aside the idea of looking for Shuichi Akai and Toru Amuro to confirm the information related to the Black Organization - after seeing those ruby-like eyes, Conan Edogawa thought of the Phantom Thief Kid.
——Come to think of it, Professor William’s eyes are a similar color, but they don’t look like rubies, but rather like blood gushing out of a wound.
"Come here, boy." After they separated, Akai Shuichi, who had used Okiya Subaru's voice again, called out to Edogawa Conan, who was obviously a little dazed, "What are you thinking about?"
"...Thief Kid." Edogawa Conan pushed the tray onto the dining table and answered Okiya Subaru, "I think I know what the 'gem' that Thief Kid is targeting this time is, Mr. Subaru."
"Oh?" Okiya Subaru raised his eyebrows.
"Please accompany me to the entertainment room in Chaldea later, Mr. Subaru." Conan Edogawa smiled and started to solve his lunch.
In another corner of the cafeteria, Lancermello took his lunch and sat behind Gin, who entered Chaldea as a visitor.
"Did you see the woman who just came in, Gin?" Lansemero asked Gin as he used a spoon to dig into the large glass of chocolate parfait he ordered.
"She is it?" Gin calmly finished the fish and chips in front of him and confirmed with Lansemero again.
"That's just a key." Lansemero denied Gin's conjecture and confirmed the situation around Gin through the reflection of the window glass. "The 'perpetual motion machine' is too huge to be moved - but the key made by imitating the real thing can make this miracle free from geographical restrictions. I have sent all this information to the boss. For the next action, let's wait until the boss makes a decision."
While enjoying his tea, William edited a message on the Chaldea communicator and sent it to the Black Organization boss's mailbox under the protection of Sherlock and others. How could he let the organization give up directly like he did with the Pacific Buoy? This time, Floros' bombs were all over Chaldea, waiting to be detonated.
"The mission notification has arrived."
Except for Vodka and Lancermello who were sitting next to Gin, the codenamed members of the Black Organization scattered throughout the Chaldea cafeteria received the notification sent by Gin at the same time.
"Kidnap Chaldea employee Alicefiel von Einzbern."
In order to prevent other code members from misunderstanding, Gin also added a sentence below:
"She is the perpetual motion machine."
"I thought you would be more clear." Lansermello raised an eyebrow, picked up the empty cup and left the table.
"It's enough for us to just finish what we should do." Gin replied, "I just said that to prevent them from doing something they shouldn't do."
When handing the empty glass to the azure-haired man in charge of the dessert area today, Lansemello knocked on the refrigerated counter between the two of them and whispered, "Prepare to evacuate."
The man glanced at the cafeteria where only a few visitors were left, took the empty cup handed to him by Lancermello and put it into the automatic dishwashing machine, then turned into a blue spirit particle and disappeared silently in the cafeteria - no one noticed these changes that took place inside Chaldea.
While Marisbury was dealing with visitors in the control room who were actually representatives of various governments who came to understand the situation in Chaldea, the Black Organization was searching for Alice Phair everywhere; and the group of guys who were misled by the thieves also regarded her as the "Pandora" they were pursuing; as for Conan Edogawa, who had just obtained a lot of new intelligence, he was busy bringing his members together to exchange information.
"...At least let me change my clothes before going." Kuroba Kaito, who was caught red-handed by Edogawa Conan, struggled desperately.
"I thought you would have learned how to change clothes with one click a long time ago, Thief Kid." Edogawa Conan said disdainfully.
"That was all the performance I carefully prepared as a magician!!!" Kuroba Kaito protested, but he didn't continue to bargain. He shamelessly changed into the white dress of the thief Kid in front of Edogawa Conan, "So, detective, what are you going to do with me? Didn't you agree that you had nothing to do with me after that incident with the Suzuki Express?"
"I have new information that I want to share with you--" Edogawa Conan pushed his glasses and walked towards the entertainment room in the basement of Chaldea with Thief Kid, "Also, I have something I want to confirm with you. After all, I am a detective--are you willing to watch my reasoning show, Thief Kid?"
"Since you say so, I will just obey your orders, Detective."