Chapter 243
I don't understand, I really don't understand. In the few days I've been with Conan, I've witnessed two more deaths. Both times, Conan and Kogoro went out together and then someone they met died.
For Aizen, death itself wasn't what he was curious about; what he was more curious about was the passage of time.
Why has time changed like this?
[The Fat Woman in Black Stockings: Captain Aizen, the Bleach from that world, what have you figured out?]
[The Hair Gel Man in the Sky: Unfortunately, no, or to put it more bluntly—I have absolutely no clue.]
Rarely, Aizen admitted that he had achieved nothing.
[Meme Lord: Captain Aizen, are you going to continue your research?]
[The Hair Gel Man in the Sky: I'll stop researching for now, because I need to go back and prepare for the final operation.]
[Meme Lord: Oh? Is Captain Aizen about to carry out his final operation?]
[The Hair Gel Man in the Sky: That's right, everything is almost ready. My world is about to face its final ending.]
442. A Serious Analysis of Aizen
In the Conan World, at yet another crime scene, Inspector Megure and his men are listening to the Sleeping Kogoro as he makes his brilliant deductions, just like always.
Aizen, on the other hand, remained in his spirit form and observed from the sidelines; this was the last case he was to witness.
"Still watching? How does it feel?"
Li Yue walked to Aizen's side and together they began to watch Aizen Sleeping Kogoro below, Kamui. Of course, from their perspective, what they could actually see was Conan hiding behind Mori Kogoro.
"It feels the same as before."
Right in front of them, Conan used his voice-changing bow tie to transform into Mori Kogoro's voice and conducted a brilliant deduction. After his deduction, the culprit suddenly knelt on the ground and began to repent before being taken away by Inspector Megure's men.
"Another case solved."
"That's right, another case has been solved, and it's time for me to end my journey in this world and return to my own."
Aizen, hands in his pockets, looked at Conan, shaking his head helplessly as he spoke.
"What's wrong, Godfather? You look very disappointed."
Li Yue asked from the side.
"I am indeed very disappointed."
Aizen nodded.
"During the time you were away, I witnessed these cases. Just as you said, wherever Conan goes, people die. However, the way people die is not what I expected. These people do die, but they all die at the hands of other people, not Conan himself. Considering what you said about him causing the deaths of those he encounters, I have roughly deduced the methods he uses to kill people."
"Oh? My godfather actually figured out his method of killing people?"
Li Yue watched Aizen seriously deducing the reasoning and asked with a ninja smile.
"That's right, I considered many factors, and in the end, I came up with the emotional factor."
"Emotional factors?"
Li Yue looked on with curiosity.
"These people seem very ordinary, but once they encounter Conan, their emotions are amplified. They already harbor resentment towards each other, and after meeting Conan, this resentment is amplified until they want to kill each other, and they will not hesitate to take action."
Aizen analyzed the situation very seriously.
"And the final result is that these people will die at each other's hands because of their mutual hatred, and Conan will step in at this time to solve this case that looks very complicated but is actually very simple."
"He amplifies the negative emotions of those around him; that's how he, as the Bleach, kills people."
Aizen were decisive and resolute. Li Yue felt that if he could just push up his glasses at this moment, it would be perfect.
"I see!"
Li Yue pretended to suddenly realize something.
"Since you've already deduced the other party's logic for murder, why are you disappointed?"
"Of course, it's because of time."
Aizen shook his head helplessly.
"The time in this world is extremely chaotic, but I cannot deduce the working principle of time in this world, nor do I know how he controls time. I only know that he seems to do nothing, but the time in this world keeps cycling within a year, and there is no way to escape."
"What's even more outrageous is what you said before, Li Yue-kun: time doesn't move forward, but everything in this world is moving forward, whether it's technology or culture, everything is constantly advancing. Only time doesn't move forward. This is indeed a kind of immortality in disguise. Of course, the premise is that you don't let this Bleach amplify your emotions and cause you to kill or be killed."
Even someone as powerful as Aizen couldn't understand the time issue in the Conan World. Li Yue, listening from the side, wanted to laugh the whole time, but Li Yue held back for Aizen's sake, though it was a very difficult thing to do.
"After trying for so long, I still can't solve the time puzzle of this world."
In fact, the time problem in this world can be solved simply by killing Conan.
Li Yue muttered to herself.
"Li Yue-kun, you said in the group that you asked Gin to help you exchange money so you could start a research institute. You're not planning to research Bleach, are you?"
Aizen posed a question to Li Yue.
"That's right, there's no way I would research the Bleach. I was just saying that in the group to appease Gin."
"Oh?"
Aizen looked at Li Yue with some curiosity. In the Chat Group for so long, Li Yue had never been perfunctory with anyone. Even with Satou Kazuma, who was the weakest at the time, he had not been perfunctory but had happily made friends. This time, Gin actually chose to be perfunctory.
"Because Gin only cares about his organization and has no intention of being friends with us, I don't intend to be friends with him either. It's enough for him to be in the Chat Group, keeping this world accessible for us to enter and study."
"I see. Preserving the resources of one world for future use is indeed a good choice."
Aizen didn't object to Li Yue's statement at all, after all, Gin didn't have anything to be interested in Aizen.
"So what do you plan to research?"
"We've developed some drugs to prepare for when I bring the Teyvat people into the world of Xia Shi in the future. Xia Shi is a modern world, while Teyvat, where I am, is closer to ancient times, except that it possesses the special power of Elemental Power. Elemental Power cannot be used in Xia Shi, which means that once the Teyvat enter Xia Shi, they will become primitive people who know nothing."
Li Yue Yaoyao head helplessly.
"It's definitely not going to work to expect them to start learning now, so I can only place my hopes on the next generation. The next generation of Teyvat will learn completely new knowledge, but before that, I need some things that are available now to help this generation adapt to the new world."
"I see."
Aizen understood Li Yue's meaning. Teyvat did indeed have many researchers, but their research direction was far different from that of modern people. Moreover, most of their research was based on the underlying logic of Elemental Power. Once Elemental Power was lost, many products in Teyvat would become unusable, so they had to be updated.
Having understood what Li Yue wanted to do, Aizen nodded and then moved on to the next topic.
"Li Yue-kun, I plan to return to my own world first. My world has entered its final stage, and I should go and wrap things up."
"Once I finish up and become the new king, the probability of me studying the timing of this event and solving the time puzzle of this world should be greatly increased."
"Indeed, by then your godfather would be the master of a world, possessing supreme power. At that time, you would definitely be able to discover the secrets of time in this world."
"So, please, Li Yue-kun, send me back to the world of Bleach."
"No problem! I'm going to help you take care of those enemies anyway, Godfather."
Li Yue said with a smile, then raised her hand, drew the Enma's Blade, and slashed a Portal out of the air.
The two stepped into the Portal without being noticed by anyone at the crime scene. Aizen was a spirit, so he couldn't be seen by them, and Li Yue had been hiding himself using his dream powers, so no one saw him either. Only when Li Yue tore through space did Conan's intuition tell him that something was wrong with the crime scene, but after looking around in confusion, he found nothing.
443. Take Sasuke to Soul Society
Aizen returned to the world of Bleach to prepare for the final cleanup, while Li Yue, Bleach he said he was going to the world of Bleach, did not go with him immediately. He went to the world of Hokage first.
When he left the Hokage world for the Pitch-black World, the preliminary rounds of the third Chunin Exam were underway. By the time Li Yue returned to the Hokage world, the preliminary exams had already ended more than ten days prior.
Otsutsuki Sasuke easily passed the preliminary rounds.
After all, once he unleashes his Zanpakuto, it's equivalent to having Sharingan Three Tomoe Zanpakuto. And with the Sharingan, having Three Tomoe means you're automatically considered a Jonin. That's how absurd the Uchiha clan is; as long as you awaken the Sharingan, you're a Jonin. Two tomoe means you're a Chunin, and Three Tomoe means you're a guaranteed Jonin.
Therefore, unless the opponent is at the same Jonin level and possesses a strength that can suppress Sasuke, he cannot possibly lose.
Thus, Sasuke easily won the preliminary rounds. However, there was still a month between the preliminary rounds and the official third exam. This month was for the ninjas who had passed the preliminary rounds of the second and third exams to recuperate and prepare.
During this period, these genin can recover their bodies and also train to enhance their strength.
For example, in the original storyline, Sasuke learned Chidori from Kakashi in just one month, while Naruto learned Summoning Jutsu. Chidori is a powerful piercing Ninjutsu, but Naruto's Summoning Jutsu is even more outrageous. If he had summoned an ordinary summoning beast, that would be one thing, but he summoned Mount Myōboku, one of the Three Great Sage Regions. The giant toad that he summoned could directly change the course of a war on the battlefield. Allowing something like that to participate in the genin exams is really unfair to the other genin.
But this time, Li Yue wanted to see how much change would occur in the Chunin Exam under her influence.
"Where have you been these past ten days or so?!"
As soon as Li Yue returned to the Hokage world and saw Sasuke, he loudly asked him questions.
"Although you are my clan leader, you are a useless and incompetent person and have no right to inquire about my whereabouts."
"You!"
In short, he successfully made Sasuke's fist hard.
"What? Do you think you, a useless and incompetent person, can restrain my actions?"
Faced with Li Yue's question, Sasuke gritted his teeth and then loosened his fist.
"It seems you understood what I meant."
Seeing Sasuke's helpless expression, Li Yue added a comment.
Sasuke nodded, then changed the subject.
"There are still two weeks until the third Chunin Exam. In these two weeks, please let me become stronger!"
"Just like inside the tower before!"
Inside the tower, Li Yue suppressed Sasuke's Reiatsu for only half a day, yet Sasuke's improvement surpassed that of the months Li Yue had been away from. Therefore, Sasuke wanted Li Yue to continue suppressing him with Reiatsu so that his own Reiatsu could also increase.
"Although that method would indeed improve your situation, I refuse!"
Li Yue rejected this proposal outright.
"Ah?"
Sasuke was stunned by Li Yue's words.
"Why!?"
"Because I don't want to see your face every day!"
Li Yue looked disgusted.
"Then how do I become stronger! You promised to help me become stronger!"
Sasuke was getting anxious.
"I did say I would help you become stronger, but I never said that this was the only way!"
As Li Yue spoke, her Reiatsu erupted, pinning the agitated Sasuke to the ground.
"I should have told you before that my power is completely different from that of a ninja; it comes from the soul."
"I know, you said that."
While lying on the ground Sasuke used his Reiatsu to counter Li Yue's Reiatsu, answering her questions. He didn't miss any opportunity to strengthen his Reiatsu.
"So do you know where this power comes from?"
Where did it come from?
Sasuke chose to ask questions when he didn't understand.
"From Soul Society!"
Li Yue directly told Sasuke the answer.
"After a human dies, their soul enters the Soul Society, which is the home of souls, and people's souls live there."
"Doesn't that mean..."
Sasuke's first thought was of his parents and clansmen.
Are my parents there?
"Who knows? Not just anyone can enter the Soul Society. Only chosen souls can go there. If your parents weren't chosen, they wouldn't be able to enter the Soul Society either."
Li Yue had her hands behind her back.