The Light Screen's footage made Sherlock Holmes's words impossible to refute, because they really did make sense.
At least, they sounded perfectly reasonable.
Fujimaru Tachibana, whose head was aching from the sheer volume of information, could not help rubbing her hair again. "So, according to you, after what happened in the first timeline, although the Incineration of Humanity was ultimately resolved, Goetia did not die and was instead redeemed, right?"
Sherlock Holmes said, "Redeemed—a popular modern term describing a villainous character with a dark past and heart who, for certain reasons, shifts to the side of justice?"
"While it may not be the most standard term for Goetia, it is close enough!"
Fujimaru Tachibana said, "...Although I think all that could have been summed up with just 'close enough,' if you want to put it that way, suit yourself."
After a pause, she added, "Since Goetia has already been redeemed, and you said It remembers what happened in the first timeline, why does It want to carry out the Incineration of Humanity again now?"
"And since you said that was what happened in the first timeline, while we are currently in the third timeline, then here is the question: what about the second timeline?"
"What happened in the second timeline that made Goetia do nothing?"
"Or rather, what happened in the second timeline that made Goetia choose to launch the Incineration of Humanity again in the third timeline?"
Sherlock Holmes snapped his fingers. "Your line of speculation is exactly right. Without a doubt, something happened that gave Goetia the idea of launching the Incineration of Humanity once more."
"And the reason was that the timeline was truly altered."
"Someone truly pried loose the course of history and forcibly altered the world's history according to their own will."
"It was not