Chapter 450
"An emergency has occurred.
Fires broke out at the central power plant and the central control room.
The central area barrier will fall in 240 seconds.
Please evacuate from the second gate immediately. 』
"Visitors please follow the instructions of nearby staff.
Evacuate in an orderly manner from the safe escape route.
"Repeat it once more..."
"Control room!?!" Surrounded by three resurrected colleagues, Furiya Rei showed a horrified expression the moment he heard the broadcast. "Isn't that the core area of Chaldea!?"
——It is also the location of the Chaldea control room engineer "Redra Bit".
For no apparent reason, Rei Furuya felt a sudden sense of panic.
——Am I a step slow again this time?
——Did I miss it again?
——Did I pass him by again?
——Should I follow the legend and not recognize him?
Just like the story of "The Crane Returns Gratitude" -
You must never, ever peek at a crane weaving.
Otherwise, the crane, whose true identity is revealed, will fly away without leaving any trace.
Perhaps it is more like the story of the ancient Greek constellation Lyra -
On the way back to the human world, there is no turning back.
Once the person walking in front looks back, the dead will never be able to return to the world of the living.
"This way."
A familiar voice sounded beside Rei Furuya, and the familiar warmth of a palm touched his wrist - Redra Bit, who was supposed to be in the central area of Chaldea, had arrived beside them without knowing when.
"In the control room—"
Before Furuya Rei could finish his words, he was interrupted by Redra Bit, who grabbed him and ran in the opposite direction of the control room.
"As Chaldea staff, we must prioritize the safe evacuation of visitors who do not belong to Chaldea."
——This was the plan that Chaldea prepared when the plan was first formulated to evacuate people who did not belong to the Black Organization and the mysterious organization.
——The reason for using a pseudonym was perfunctory, but after all, these pseudonyms really had no effect in Chaldea, which knew all the truth.
——But the pseudonym can separate them from the past and the ones who were rescued by Chaldea into two different identities.
- If they had studied together in the police academy, they would never have stopped Rei Furuya from going to the center of the fire to save people.
——They would just follow Rei Furuya and rush into the fire.
But - "Redra Bit" is not Morobushi Kagemitsu; "Yugdomirenya" is not Hagiwara Kenji; "Macremis" is not Matsuda Jinpei; "Piesman" is not Date Kou.
——This is the meaning of pseudonyms for them.
——They could naturally reject Rei Furuya’s request to save people.
"It has been confirmed that the power equipment has stopped operating and the power generation capacity is insufficient."
"Switch to backup power."
"An abnormality has occurred. Please ask the staff to switch manually."
"Repeat it once more..."
The black-haired, blue-eyed Chaldean engineer took a deep breath, and together with his companions, forcibly controlled Furuya Rei and rushed to the warehouse where the amphibious off-road vehicle Shadow Border was hidden.
"There are 180 seconds left until the isolation wall falls.
Staff members who are still in the central area are requested to evacuate immediately from the second gate.
When the broadcast ended, the azure light on the headsets worn by the visitors quietly went out, indicating that the Chaldea system was still functioning normally.
"...Three more minutes." Markremis reminded his companions.
"It's okay, we can make it in time." Eugene Domirenia said cheerfully to the others, "Even if we get on the car at the last second, we can still leave Chaldea alive. Even if you don't believe in my driving skills, you have to believe in Da Vinci's manufacturing skills. After all, Shadow Border is an amphibious off-road vehicle made by such a genius."
"Wait a minute..." Furuya Rei struggled to join their conversation, "Aren't you going to wait for the others?"
"Based on the distances between the various areas and warehouses within Chaldea, we are the last to arrive." Pisman, who was running behind everyone else, answered Furuya Rei's question.
"By the time we boarded the Shadow Border, those who hadn't gotten on the train were already dead." Redra Bit, who held onto Rei Furuya the tightest, closed his eyes tightly and pulled Rei Furuya forward, "You'll only die if you go back now, Mr. Visitor."
"The Chaldean staff who died in this accident can be considered sacrifices, but you can only be considered an unknown person who died in an accident."
"Every member of Chaldea is ready to dedicate themselves to the cause of Chaldea, but this does not include dragging you who have nothing to do with our cause into hell. We will do everything in our power to send you to a bright future, even if the price is to sacrifice our own lives."
"Please do not let down their awareness of 'people who are determined to die' - Furuya Rei-kun."
“——!!!”
——Every name on Chaldea’s invitation list is carefully selected.
——Of course. After all, everyone in Chaldea is a mature magician and they all know the importance of names.
so--
On the invitation list published to the public, the name written by Chaldea was not the Japanese Public Security Officer "Furiya Rei", but the popular clerk "Amuro Toru" of the Poirot Café in Beika Town.
——Theoretically, apart from Conan Edogawa and Shuichi Akai, no one else here should know his real name.
"……arrive!!!"
When Rei Furuya was stuffed into Shadow Border by four people, he found that except for the code-named members of the Black Organization and the members suspected to belong to another mysterious organization, everyone else was already waiting in the car - even Kiel from the CIA was precisely picked out from the organization and sent to the amphibious off-road vehicle that was about to carry them to escape on the Antarctic continent.
The door of Shadow Border was locked by Eugene Mirenia, who was the last to get on board. Of course, Da Vinci used high-quality sound insulation materials for Shadow Border, but the broadcast inside Shadow Border was connected to the internal channel of Chaldea.
So, everyone on the bus listened in silence to the broadcast that was set up and continued according to the original arrangement of the drill.
"The spirit particle transfer system has entered the final stage."
"Coordinates: BC████.█.█~AD2017.1.1 Antarctic continent"
"Laplace's transmission support has been established."
"Addition of factor positions for unique points has been ensured."
"Anti-call system has been set up."
"Please make the final adjustments, Master."
"You all see the pipe-like things around you, right?" Yogdo Mirenia, who was sitting in the driver's seat, reminded everyone, "Everyone, please hold on to this and keep your mouths shut - don't worry! Chaldea has already made special adjustments for Shadow Border in advance to deal with the pressure changes caused by the 6,000-meter altitude!"
"All you have to do now is enjoy this 6,000-meter snow-capped mountain cross-country trip!"
However, even Yugdo Mirenia, who was very good at livening up the atmosphere, failed to make the atmosphere in this car less dull - but the pressure on the passengers in the car obviously became even lower after the new broadcast content appeared.
"Warning observation staff, the status of Chaldeas has changed."
"Sheba's near-future observations have been rewritten."
"It is impossible to confirm the existence of human beings on Earth in the next hundred years.
There is no way to guarantee the future of mankind.
When Shadow Border was ejected from the warehouse near the Chaldean garbage container dump, they heard a broadcast that was not within the scope of the drill setting. At this point, even the Chaldean staff in the car had some slight changes in expression.
"Our future...disappeared?"
"The central isolation wall has fallen.
Distance from the start of cleaning in the museum,
90 seconds left.
——In Chaldea, anyone who did not board this car was sentenced to death at this moment.
"Searching for a lord who meets the conditions."
"Searching..."
"The Phoenix Chaldea system has failed.
Initiate reboot process now.
BB's voice also disappeared from the broadcast, and now only the standard female mechanical voice was still diligently reporting to the empty Chaldea.
"Chaldeas's condition has changed."
"Sheba's near-future observations have been rewritten."
"The 'unobservable area' in the Antarctic continent has disappeared.
In the next hundred years, it can be proved that human beings can survive on the earth.
Chaldea can still guarantee the future of mankind. 』
"The observation results... have changed again?" The only Chaldean engineer present, Redra Bit, took a deep breath and immediately shouted to Yugdo Mirenia, who was in charge of driving Shadow Border, "Drive to the side!!! Speed up!!! Otherwise——we won't be able to get away!!!"
At the moment Redra Bit finished speaking, a huge heat wave erupted at the location where the observatory Chaldea was originally located, shaking and roaring the thick snow that had not melted for thousands of years and the crust of the Antarctic continent.
"...It's a bomb." Conan Edogawa was stunned by what happened suddenly, and even forgot to continue pretending to be a child, and shouted directly to everyone, "There's going to be an avalanche--!!!"
But Shadow Border seemed to be blessed by God, and miraculously avoided all areas swept by avalanches - no one can completely control the power of nature. Humans can make rain and snow, and even cause natural disasters such as avalanches and earthquakes, but humans cannot control when they will stop.
Therefore, this must be a miracle sent by God. Under the bright sunlight, they almost brushed past the avalanche in Shadow Border. They looked at the snow waves rolling forward and swallowing everything, and they couldn't help holding their breath.
Somewhere unknown to everyone, Chaldea's power plant has completely stopped operating.
Then, the last batch of Servants who remained in this world turned into spirits and disappeared without a trace under the sunlight.
Only those who were dead and resurrected and those who were lost and found were left to recognize each other under the clear sky and on the white snow.
"Science World No. 2, escape program execution."
In the vast sea of stars, the silvery observatory cuts through the universe like a sharp arrow, rushing towards its place of origin.