Chapter 234
"I see. So it means it will take a long time to reach that point."
"That's right. You have to understand that there are 7 billion people in this world, and the Bleach's killing method can only kill a small number of people each time. Even if he kills continuously, it will take many, many years for this world to recover, so there is no need to worry."
No, I'm very worried! Because I live in this world, and although there are 7 billion people in this world, there are not 7 billion people involved in any kind of disturbance. If the other side keeps wreaking havoc in Tokyo, I don't know when I might suddenly be gone!
Gin was internally ranting and raving.
After discussing the matter of the Bleach, Li Yue and Aizen stopped talking about it and began to observe the city of Tokyo. The current situation is Tokyo in the early 21st century. At this time, Tokyo is considered one of the leading major cities on Earth. However, in ten years, Tokyo will be somewhat lacking. Although it is large in scale, its level of modernization will be far behind that of the major cities next door.
Gin drove Li Yue and Aizen to the city center and then dropped them off.
Aizen came to investigate the changes in time in this world, and Li Yue accompanied Aizen to investigate matters concerning the Bleach and time. It had nothing to do with Gin also had his own things to do, so he couldn't stay with Li Yue and Aizen all the time.
Of course, Gin was still quite polite. Aizen had come to help him, so he had to take good care of Aizen. After putting Aizen and Li Yue down, he gave Aizen 1 million yen to use before leaving.
As a high-ranking member of the organization, Gin's salary must be quite high, and he doesn't spend much money on his own, so he must have saved a lot of money. Although it might not be that much, he could easily come up with 1 million yen. In the early 21st century, 1 million yen still had a lot of purchasing power.
Watching Gin drive away, Aizen handed 1 million yen to Li Yue.
"Li Yue-kun, you know better than I do about real-world matters. You can use this money."
"No problem, I think you should arrange this, Godfather!"
Li Yue accepted the 1 million without hesitation.
Seeing that Li Yue had accepted the 1 million, Aizen softly.
"So, let's talk about what's really going on in this world."
425. Shinichi Kudo, the Bleach Kudo Shinichi
After arriving in the Conan World, Aizen had been observing it. Unfortunately, no matter how he observed or sensed it, or even spread his Reiatsu to cover the entire Tokyo, he couldn't detect any special souls. It was just an ordinary world, and he didn't sense any different powers at all.
This made Aizen doubt Li Yue's description of the Bleach, especially considering Li Yue's previous mention in the Konosuba World of the Goddess of Water who specifically subdued the dead. Aizen had reason to suspect that Li Yue was deliberately exaggerating the horror, and that there was actually no such exaggerated Bleach in this world.
However, Aizen wouldn't reveal Li Yue front of Gin, so he only spoke to Li Yue Aizen after Gin left and when they were alone together.
"Li Yue-kun, tell me, what's really going on in this world?"
"As expected of my godfather, he already figured it out."
"To be precise, you didn't mean to hide anything at all. When you mentioned that Bleach, your tone was always cheerful, not like you were talking about something serious. So that Bleach is probably completely different from what you're describing."
Aizen smiled and looked up at the sky.
"Furthermore, I haven't sensed any special Reiatsu in this world. Judging from the current situation, this world is likely just an ordinary world."
"But Godfather, have you forgotten that this world possesses a special time-varying phenomenon that Gin himself acknowledged?"
"That's true, which is why I'm also very curious about what's going on in this world, so I came here specifically to take a look."
Aizen looked at Li Yue as he spoke.
"So, please, as someone who understands this world, explain it to me personally."
"No problem."
Li Yue began to walk forward.
"Let's talk as we walk."
"Good."
Aizen followed Li Yue's footsteps, and the two began walking through the streets of Tokyo.
"This world is not actually an ordinary world; this world contains magic."
"Magic? Is it the same as what you call the Type-Moon world?"
"No, it's different. The magic and sorcery over there are a bit too powerful. Powerful magic can even change the world. It's not impossible for magic from the Age of Gods to Bleach. They're more like the powerful magic of legends. But the magic in this world is more like the kind of magic used by witches in medieval European legends."
"So, in terms of strength, it's completely inadequate?"
How powerful could witches in European medieval legends be? Basically, they were completely useless.
"In some ways, it is indeed completely impossible, but in this ordinary world, knowing magic is already quite good, and becoming a superior person is no longer a problem."
Magic exists in the world of Conan. The most representative example is Koizumi Akako, Kaito Kid's classmate. She possesses magic that very few people in this world have, making her a witch of this world. However, the magical power she wields is only so-so.
"But that's not the point. The point is that apart from a very small number of magicians, everyone else in this world is an ordinary person. Of course, there are also ordinary people with relatively strong physical abilities."
For example, if they suddenly sidestepped a bullet, smashed a telephone pole with a punch, or tore down a marble pillar with their fists, then that man and woman would be monsters in this world.
"Under these circumstances, the Bleach of this world was born under Gin's personal control."
"Hmm? Gin?"
Aizen somewhat surprised.
"You mean, Gin personally facilitated the birth of the Bleach?"
"That's right, the timeline of this world was originally perfectly fine. Everyone grew up normally, time flowed normally, and everything was normal, until one day, Gin came into contact with that Bleach — Kudo Shinichi!"
"The man named Kudo Shinichi is actually a high school student, but he is also a detective. He is a very famous detective in Tokyo and often helps the police solve murder cases. One day, this detective took his girlfriend to an amusement park and coincidentally met Gin and Vodka, who were preparing to make a deal in the amusement park."
"Oh, Vodka is Gin's underling; they basically always work together."
Li Yue pointed in the direction Gin had left.
"Father, what do you think of Gin's outfit?"
Aizen didn't answer immediately. Instead, he looked at the pedestrians walking on the surrounding streets and compared them before speaking.
"It seems somewhat unique?"
The passersby were mostly dressed in bright colors, while Gin was wearing a black hat, a black coat, black gloves, and black leather shoes—his entire body was black.
"Black, that's right, he always dresses like that. It's what he often wears in the organization. For ordinary people, dressing like that is actually very eye-catching. The detective was attracted by their clothes and followed them all the way to the transaction site. But Gin is a professional assassin, so he knocked the detective unconscious."
"As an assassin, being followed would naturally mean eliminating the person who was being followed. But Gin, quite coincidentally, chose to poison the person instead of killing them directly or by shooting them. What's even more coincidental is that the poison was actually a drug that their organization was developing. The specific purpose of the development is still unclear, but the drug was a semi-finished product. However, an ordinary person would die on the spot if they ingested it, but the detective just happened not to die. Instead, the drug took effect."
"So, the high school detective turned into a little boy who was only a few years old."
"Huh? He turned into a little boy?"
"Yes, he turned into a little boy, and he realized that he had encountered a special organization. So the detective began to go into hiding and investigate the organization that Gin belonged to. And from the moment he began to investigate the organization that Gin belonged to, time in this world began to become completely chaotic."
"You might be on summer vacation today, winter vacation tomorrow, Mid-Autumn Festival the day after tomorrow, and then Spring Festival the day after that. Everything becomes incredibly chaotic."
"But what does this have to do with Bleach?"
"After he turned into a child, wherever he went, someone would die. He was like a walking Bleach, going to those places to announce the death of those people."
"So, that's why you said he's the Bleach Reaper?"
"That's right."
"But what does this have to do with the time chaos in this world? Does he control the time of this world?"
"I don't know either."
Li Yue smiled and shrugged.
"Come on, we've arrived."
Li Yue stopped talking and gestured with her chin toward the building next to her, and Aizen also looked up.
"2-21 Beika Town, Tokyo, this is the house of that Bleach."
426. Haibara Ai had not yet been born.
Mihana Grand Stage, come if you dare!
2-21 Beika Town, Tokyo, the infamous residence of the Bleach.
This is Kudo Shinichi's home, but he is no longer Kudo Shinichi. He is now the famous detective Conan, who looks like a child but actually has a super smart brain!
Li Yue brought Aizen here not to see Kudo Shinichi, since Kudo Shinichi no longer lives here. Now that he's Conan, he lives with the Mouri family and his girlfriend.
The purpose of coming here is to take a look at the house next to Conan's house.
Professor Agasa, the overpowered scientist in the Conan World, is so skilled that, to put it simply, his abilities are outrageous.
A skateboard that can keep shooting forward without knowing what power it has and has super long battery life; super AR glasses; a tie that can change your voice unconditionally; and super sports shoes that can kick a soccer ball and shatter a satellite.
This isn't some ordinary scientist; he's clearly a weapons expert, and a super terrifying one at that. Especially when Professor Agasa is doing his research, explosions often occur due to some minor details. He always says that the experiment failed. But if you change your perspective and have Professor Agasa create something that is guaranteed to explode, wouldn't that be incredibly awesome?
However, Li Yue didn't come to see Professor Agasa. Professor Agasa was just a tool for Li Yue to determine the timeline of this world.
"Want to go in and take a look?"
Standing at the front door of Kudo Shinichi, Li Yue asked Aizen question.
"Is there anything different about this that I should pay attention to?"
"No, it's just a very ordinary house."
"Then there's no need."
Aizen refused the idea of going in. There was nothing he needed to be careful about, so why should he go in?
"Li Yue-kun, you brought me here, surely not just to show me this house?"
"Of course not, I just came here to confirm the current timeline of this world."
Li Yue pointed to Professor Agasa's house next door.
"The owner of the house next door is Kudo Shinichi's good friend and also a scientist. Of course, his research direction is different from yours, Godfather. He specializes in the science of human physics. After a certain point in time, he will adopt a little girl who, like Kudo Shinichi, turned into a child after taking that drug."
"Doesn't that mean that the drug has a very high success rate?"
Li Yue previously stated that ordinary people would die immediately after consuming it, but Kudo Shinichi survived and was transformed into a boy. Now that a girl has appeared, doesn't that double the probability?
"No, to be precise, the success rate is extremely low. The reason they were able to succeed was entirely due to metaphysics."
Everyone else who took that drug would actually die. Only those two were lucky enough to turn into children after taking it. As for whether the others took it, Li Yue wasn't really sure. After so many years of Conan development, he hadn't watched much of the later episodes. He only knew that in the later stages, Conan started to transform from a detective show into an action blockbuster, with each movie becoming bigger and bigger.
"I came here this time to confirm whether the little girl has been adopted by this scientist. If she hasn't been adopted, it means the timeline is still relatively early. If she has been adopted, then the timeline is relatively closer to the middle period."
Li Yue began to sense Professor Agasa's house using Reiatsu, but after sensing it, she found that there was only one Reiatsu inside, meaning that there was only Professor Agasa alone.
Well, the information we have so far is that there is only one person on the other side, but it is not certain whether Haibara Ai has been adopted. After all, after the two became familiar with each other, Haibara Ai would even go to school and go out to play with that group of kids. In that case, we can only go in and ask.
Li Yue walked straight up and pressed the doorbell.
"Who is it? Come right now!"
Professor Agasa's voice rang out from inside the house, and soon footsteps were heard, but the door was not opened immediately. After the footsteps, there was a loud crashing sound of something falling to the ground, followed by Professor Agasa's scream.
Clearly, the Doctor was in a hurry when he opened the door, accidentally bumped into something, scattered things all over the floor, and even fell down himself.
After getting up, Professor Agasa slowly walked to the front door and then opened it.
"Sorry, I'm doing an experiment in the lab."
Professor Agasa apologized as he opened the door, where he saw Li Yue and Aizen.
"And you two are?"
Li Yue didn't answer, but instead raised her hand and emitted green light. Professor Agasa immediately stood there blankly with vacant eyes.
"Has Haibara Ai arrived yet?"
Who is Haibara Ai?
When Li Yue asked him a question, Professor Agasa gave a blank answer.
"I see. Haibara Ai hasn't arrived yet."
With just one question, Li Yue learned about the current timeline. The fact that time had become chaotic meant that Kudo Shinichi had become Conan, while Haibara Ai had not yet arrived, indicating that the timeline was still relatively far ahead.
"Alright, Professor Agasa, no one is coming, and you haven't opened the door. Please go back to your lab and continue your research."
"Okay, I'll continue with my research."
Following Li Yue's instructions, Professor Agasa turned around, closed the door, and Yuyuko walked into the laboratory to continue his previous experiment. However, after conducting the experiment for a while, he found that his knees and toes suddenly hurt. He quickly squatted down to check and found that his little finger was swollen and his knee was also swollen.
"Huh? What happened? Why are my knees and toes like this? Ouch... it hurts so much!"
Professor Agasa's wails filled his house once again.
Having completed her questioning, Li Yue took Aizen to another location.