171. Conan is gradually learning everything
A city comes alive and reveals a spiritual will. If it happened in other places, Conan would not be worried.
But where is this place? Beika-cho, the world’s most powerful super crime capital without a doubt.
Based on such a place, will the spiritual will of the city that emerges be a good thing?!
Not to mention using the brain, even if you use your appendix to think, you can deduce a clear conclusion.
Moreover, Conan vaguely felt that the manifestation of the spiritual will of the city of Beika Town was related to his own criminal plan. It was he who locked that catastrophe case in Beika Town, which evolved into the nightmare Beika Town, which stimulated the spiritual will of the city of Beika Town. Of course, it is also possible that it was the chain reaction caused by the end of the magical girl who covered Beika Town with a flesh and blood solution and transformed it into a flesh and blood Beika Town.
But no matter what, Conan feels that he has his own responsibility for these things and it is necessary to deal with them!
Moreover, Conan was also a little worried about Mouri Ran and others. Although he had communicated with Kurosaki Ichigo during the final confrontation, in order to only "murder" the magical girl with the Last Form, rather than killing the humans who made up the Witch of the Last Form, and the final result should have been successful, but Conan was trapped here after the battle and had never seen it with his own eyes, which made Conan feel uneasy.
Then following this point, Conan also thought unconsciously that he wanted to completely sever the ties left by Kudo Shinichi in the previous world line, make Conan's identity clean, and let those former ties stop missing him. But the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. Now that Moriarty has already taken action against them, is it necessary for him to do something?
As Moriarty said, Kudo Shinichi's responsibility cannot be easily erased.
However, when Conan came to his senses, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Ever since he woke up in the new world, he always felt that there seemed to be more and more things that he needed to face, be responsible for, and find ways to solve.
It's as if, as long as he exists, no matter what he does, many things will become more and more troublesome and worse!
But Conan is not a self-pitying person after all. With his strong rationality, he quickly put these worries behind him and focused on planning his crime plan, what he needs to do, how to do it, what effect to achieve, how to solve problems and variables, and how to adjust the plan if it cannot be carried out...
Conan's thoughts did not last long. Ichigo Kurosaki suddenly spoke up, interrupting his thoughts:
"Little detective, oh no, little criminal, if you don't want to get closer and closer to the abyss of no return, you should learn to stop thinking!"
Conan was not annoyed by having his train of thought interrupted. Although he and Kurosaki Ichigo had known each other for a short time, after the two fought side by side as one, Conan keenly observed and felt that Kurosaki Ichigo was actually a very simple person. As long as he was not involved in fighting, he was unexpectedly gentle and kind, and did not seem like an alien invader at all.
Of course, once it comes to combat, that's another matter entirely.
Conan believed that Ichigo Kurosaki's abrupt words were not without meaning, so he asked curiously: "Why do you say that?"
"Wait a moment. I have developed some techniques that can be used in this posture. Let me show you for yourself!"
After saying that, Kurosaki Ichigo suddenly jumped up, and the round sphere suddenly stretched out and turned into a tight rectangular thin curtain, and then colorful light flashed on it, gradually forming a picture.
The picture should be the memory of Ichigo Kurosaki, because what appears in it is Edogawa Conan from the perspective of Ichigo Kurosaki.
The picture was very clear, even too clear, even the pores were clearly visible, but that was not what Conan cared about.
From Ichigo Kurosaki's perspective, Conan Edogawa was sitting on a cardboard stool, thinking with his chin in his hand.
Conan's over-focused thinking made his expression naturally become cold and indifferent, and his eyes were so cold that people were afraid to see them. He felt as if he was alienated from this world. Although he was clearly here, he seemed to exist on a higher level, overlooking the world coldly and ruthlessly, and gradually clearing away all the fog!
Conan's overly strong rationality, as well as the observation and thinking abilities based on this rationality, allowed him to notice the problem at the first moment!
The self in the picture, when thinking, loses his humanity, replaced by a creepy depth!
But this is not the biggest problem. When Conan in the picture is thinking, the nightmare Beika Town Park is surrounded by majestic fog and moves with it, spinning like a whirlpool in the sky, and then faintly turns into a crowned state, echoing Conan from a distance. At this time, the boundless darkness also emanates from Conan's body little by little, turning into swaying and dancing limbs, manipulating everything it can touch.
But from Ichigo Kurosaki's perspective, this was just the beginning of the changes.
When darkness emanated from Edogawa Conan's body, at that moment, the figure of the child became increasingly blurred, and was replaced by an existence that could not be described in words!
What exactly was it? Conan couldn't quite tell, because the memory presented by Kurosaki Ichigo at this moment became blurry and ambiguous, as if it was obstructed by something, so it was full of mosaics.
If I must describe it, it should be a huge giant that is vaster than the sky, more majestic than the earth, constructed of countless gears and mechanisms, overlooking everything in the mortal world with a cold and indifferent gaze.
Abundant divinity flowed out from his pupils, transformed into boundless light and fell here, seeing through the universe and analyzing everything.
The boundless darkness that emanates from the inside out is just a "phenomenon" created when some of the gears inside the giant's body run at high speed and constantly collide with each other.
This "phenomenon" is like an instruction. After extending out from the giant's body, it commands the heaven and earth, interferes with all things, and ensures that everything gradually moves in the direction of its thoughts and ideas. From the laws of heaven and earth to all living beings in the world, no one can escape its influence.
Ichigo Kurosaki's memory perspective only lasted here, and then he spoke, interrupting Conan's thoughts!
Conan was horrified and couldn't help asking, "What... is that?"
Ichigo Kurosaki retracted his body that had stretched out to form a screen, returning to the shape of a sphere. He bounced a few times on the ground casually, and then said in a leisurely tone:
"I don't know either, because what you saw was just the purity radar in my soul that was used to search for strong people. It was activated spontaneously when I was looking at you, and I saw your essence in the dark, so I captured this information. Strictly speaking, this is you in my eyes, not that you have changed in reality, but that is not important. What is important is..."
Ichigo Kurosaki paused in his leisurely tone, then changed to a serious tone and said:
"The more you think, the more some indescribable changes become active and apparent. When you make a plan, some incredible phenomenon begins to emerge and spread. Edogawa Conan, from my observation, no matter how incredible your plan is, the success rate should be high. But that success is not just because of your intelligence, but because you are not making a plan at all, but making your destiny. But because of this, you need to learn to stop thinking..."
In Ichigo Kurosaki's view, the boundless darkness emanating from Conan's body when he is thinking is the true face of fate.
When Conan wants to make a plan, fate comes into being and moves according to his thoughts.
The final result is always as desired, but the process is always dramatic, because Conan himself is not aware of it at all and allows fate to evolve in a general direction.
Ichigo Kurosaki still doesn't know why Conan has such a great power to decide fate, but he knows that this is not a good thing for Conan.
Therefore, Ichigo Kurosaki gave timely advice and reminders.
Conan was shocked when he heard that, and pointed at himself: "You said that what I made was not a plan, but destiny!? This is ridiculous, I am just an ordinary high school student detective... Well, I am not so ordinary now, but before I met you, I was powerless. You say that I can control or even make destiny, this is too ridiculous... right?"
At the end of his speech, Conan's words became a little unconfident!
There was no reason, but Conan just felt inexplicably guilty, as if some "facts" that were once unforgettable but already forgotten were subtly reminding him that he should know when to stop pretending and not be too Versailles.
Ichigo Kurosaki stopped jumping and squatted with his spherical body, continuing to adapt his body, and then said:
"I am now gradually able to understand why He wants me to participate in your script. Maybe I am the only one who can talk to you about certain things and feelings. I used to think that I was an ordinary high school student. Just like you are good at solving cases, I am also good at fighting. Until one day, I found that I could actually defeat the incarnation of God who came to the mortal world head-on. At that moment, I took a second to look back at my life, and I realized that the so-called protagonist is different from the beginning..."
In the final battle that destroyed the world, Kurosaki Ichigo explored all the possibilities in his life journey, whether it was Death God Ichigo, Quincy Ichigo, Hell Ichigo, Hollow Ichigo, Soul King Ichigo, all of them appeared, and then he integrated them one by one, thus crossing the impossible limit and moving from the absolute domain of 99% to the realm of 100%.
Absolute domain is the control over oneself. 100% power of absolute domain symbolizes the control over all possibilities of one's life from birth to end!
In the world of Bleach, no one knows how Kurosaki Ichigo took this step, and he never said it!
And now, Ichigo Kurosaki has finally revealed the ultimate secret in the world of death.
It's very simple. At a certain moment, Kurosaki Ichigo turned around and took a second to take a look at his entire life.
Of course, just because it sounds simple doesn’t mean it’s easy!
With unparalleled purity, Ichigo Kurosaki transformed into an all-seeing gaze. Starting from the moment he stood, he went up against the timeline, examining his life all the way.
Then, Kurosaki Ichigo knew everything.
Everything hidden in your body, the root of your birth, and everything you are born with, are all clearly seen through!
It was at that moment that Ichigo Kurosaki knew what it meant to be the protagonist!
The seemingly ordinary birth and growth, but behind it is the intricate source of the birth of a miracle; the seemingly ordinary human body, but hides the absolute power that is above all things from the very beginning; it seems that he is just walking step by step on the path of ordinary people, but in the future of life, many nodes of destiny have been buried, and when the time comes, destiny will turn into a tide, pushing him forward step by step until he reaches the top.
What Kurosaki Ichigo then realized was the destiny that allowed him to be born into this world!
He was born to sever the cause and effect that had accumulated over millions of years since the Spirit King created the world.
What Ichigo Kurosaki finally realized was the wrong path corresponding to every choice he made in his life.
It only took a second, just a glance back and examining his life, but for Ichigo Kurosaki, it was already a tremendous change.
After that second, Ichigo Kurosaki knew everything and saw through it all.
He has completely dominated the life of "Ichigo Kurosaki" and incorporated it into the integration of the absolute domain. The 100% realm of the absolute domain has come naturally.
There will no longer be any fate that can restrain and guide him, and all cause and effect will no longer be able to interfere with him, but will submit to his palm and be decided by him!
He is still the protagonist, but no longer the protagonist of the world, but the protagonist of his own life.
And now, Ichigo Kurosaki has told the contemporary male protagonist Conan Edogawa without reservation about his experiences and insights, which can be regarded as the ultimate secrets of the world of death.
Conan really wanted to complain. How could an ordinary high school student who was good at fighting actually go and fight with the incarnation of God who came to the mortal world? But when he thought about himself, a mere high school detective, actually having a gamble with Moriarty, the symbol of absolute evil in the world, involving life and death and faith, and in the end this gamble continued even when the world line was changing, he couldn't say the complaint in his heart.
Everyone's experiences are just as outrageous, and all we can say is that the eldest brother doesn't laugh at the second brother.
Although Kurosaki Ichigo taught Conan to stop thinking at the right time, Conan couldn't help but think hard after hearing this information. After a long time, Conan slowly said:
"According to you, I am the protagonist of this world. Even though I am just an ordinary detective now, I have hidden power and might. I might be able to beat Chaos with my fists like you, and then beat it until the pure and turbid are separated, and finally beat it to create the world and evolve all things... Okay, I don't want to question you. I just want to ask, are you really talking about the protagonist, not the creator god? As far as I know, the protagonist is not such an outrageous existence!"
As a resident of modern society, how could Conan not have the concept of "protagonist"? However, to Conan, what Kurosaki Ichigo described did not sound like the definition of a protagonist.
Ichigo Kurosaki said, "I know that as a detective, you tend to doubt everything if there is no evidence. I have some information that can be considered as evidence. Do you want to see it?"
"Okay, let me see!" Conan agreed, and then Ichigo Kurosaki once again used the technique he had just acquired to turn himself into a human screen.
The picture shows Conan carrying out his criminal plan and letting Nightmare Beika Town bless the Giant of Light.
Then the scene changed, because Ichigo Kurosaki used the power of crime as a source to activate the Purity Radar, and began to trace the past timeline, trying to find the powerful criminals in the past.
Then, the endless bizarre lights turned into fleeting shadows that flashed by one by one. Even though the flashes were extremely fast, Conan was able to keenly perceive some familiar figures in these images. But before he could think too much, he saw the flashes of the fleeting lights and shadows gradually slowed down.
"I had never imagined that the timeline of this world would be so messy and long, so I couldn't be sure which time period my purity radar had retrieved. Anyway, after tracing back and searching, I found that it was about one million to ten million years ago when I saw a peerless criminal who slaughtered countless lives, whose murderous aura was beyond words and who was invincible..."
Conan didn't pay attention to Ichigo Kurosaki's description, because what he saw on Ichigo Kurosaki's card screen was a scene that he couldn't understand.
Edogawa Conan saw himself in the past between one million and ten million years!
With a childlike posture, his eyes were filled with endless despair. Endless evil karma surrounded him, forming infinite darkness.
He cried out with all his might:
"Read my sins, confess my evil deeds, and then judge me, so that my sins and evils can be revealed and last forever, thereby tearing apart the unshakable throne of God..."
172. The Beginning of the Holy Timeline War
When witnessing this scene, no matter how rational Conan is, he can't help but feel confused as if his brain has crashed!
Isn't it only two million years since the ancient apes became humans? How come in the unpredictable prehistoric era between one million and ten million years ago, the protagonist himself existed as an invincible criminal master! ?
By the way, what crime did you commit in that era?
Beating trilobites with prehistoric ferns?
Or was it actually me who caused the extinction of the dinosaurs by performing the Detective's End Flying Kick!?
No, the dinosaurs became extinct more than 60 million years ago. I, an invincible criminal who lived only tens of millions of years ago, cannot reach that edge.
Even though his brain had crashed, Conan's tenacious rationality still allowed him to think intermittently. However, the results of his thinking were not really meaningful.
In fact, reason still provides an explanation and answer, that is, the images displayed on the Kurosaki Ichigo card display screen are all fake news that have been photoshopped!
Unfortunately, rational explanations cannot convince Conan.
The reason is very simple. The moment Conan looked at the person on the Kurosaki card screen, he confirmed from the bottom of his heart that the person whose eyes were filled with endless despair and whose body was entangled in boundless evil karma was himself!
In other words, the existence of "truth" itself has a unique presence. For detectives, as long as the truth appears, they can detect its authenticity at the first moment!
Conan remained silent in confusion for a long time before he slowly restarted his brain. Then his brows furrowed into an 8 shape and he began to think intensely, and instantly came up with several hypotheses.
For example, the self on the screen is the body of the previous life, and the current self is the body of reincarnation.
Or maybe in the future I could travel through time and space, returning to prehistoric times and leaving traces behind.
But no matter what hypothesis it is, there are always some inconsistencies and a lack of necessary information and evidence. Conan finds it difficult to make a conclusion for a while, but there is only one thing that is certain.
Ichigo Kurosaki was right. He, Edogawa Conan, no, Kudo Shinichi, was the protagonist of this world. He possessed enormous secrets and power. Even if he was not aware of it, he could still instinctively determine his destiny when he thought subconsciously and influence everything in the dark.
But after knowing this, Conan fell silent.
He always thought that he was just an ordinary high school detective, and at most he had some mysterious and strange encounters after meeting Moriarty. However, he did not expect that after the revelation of the alien invader Ichigo Kurosaki, he found that he was most likely not a human being. Although he looked like a human, his existence itself was above all things and he was the "protagonist" at the absolute center of the world stage!
Afterwards, Conan couldn't help but look back on his life, and his expression gradually became distorted.
Since he was young, he has been moving forward courageously with the desire to become the Sherlock Holmes of the new era. At that time, the phenomenon called "thinking" has always accompanied him, and even throughout his life.
In the past, this was what Kudo Shinichi was proud of. Because of his strong rationality and good thinking, he possessed abilities and qualities far beyond his peers. On the road of detective, he also made his own achievements early on. At the age of sixteen, he became the savior of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Regardless of whether it was the media's flattery or not, a reputation is a reputation. With this as the cornerstone, who knows that ten years later, Kudo Shinichi would not become the savior of police all over the world and solve a few more century-old cases. His dream of becoming the new Sherlock Holmes would also come true.
But at this moment, the "thinking" that Conan once took pride in has become the source of fear in his heart!
A terrible question loomed in Conan's heart.
The protagonist, named Kudo Shinichi, has influenced and completely changed the fate of how many people through "thinking" since he can remember?
The birth of Moriarty, the change of the world line, Beika Town becoming a crime capital with simple folk customs, all these various questions that can be thought of seem to have a final and initial answer!
But this is still the most terrifying thing. What is even more terrifying is that Conan suddenly recalled the extreme and crazy murderous intentions of Mao Lilan towards himself and the existence of "Edogawa Conan". Then, he thought of the criminal strongman named "Edogawa Conan" who had walked on the earth one million to ten million years ago in prehistoric times...
Perhaps, in the prehistoric era, it was not only me who walked on the earth, but also others!
Perhaps, the world is actually a time and space cycle mechanism that repeats itself over and over again, and everything is not happening for the first time.
So, was it herself who caused Ran Maori's crazy murderous intent?
If so, what did you do at that time?
Conan's well-trained brain is like a tireless reasoning machine. Give him a clue and his brain will begin to reason endlessly, associate horizontally, and start connecting everything in an attempt to get closer to the final answer called "the truth."
