Name: Detective Conan: The Bystander
Author: Lie Flat, Belly Up

Synopsis

A man from Zhongzhou, stranded in the world of Detective Conan, comes ashore at Tokyo Bay and discovers that this is neither the world nor the time he remembers. After all, he was displaced by war in 1937, so he couldn’t have spent nearly forty years at sea. (His memories may be a little hazy, but that doesn’t make him an idiot.)

To find a way home, he takes the place of a member of a criminal organization, bringing along two neon-colored samurai swords. After making his new identity seem plausible, he hides out at the organization’s base deep in the mountains.

Research always runs into bottlenecks, so he goes out for a walk to clear his head. Getting caught up in a case is unavoidable. If he had a choice, he’d rather watch the people of Neon work to reduce their own population through a movie screen. Ideally, he’d even blow up that rotten shrine.

He heard that Neon’s Public Security Bureau was reorganized from the old Special Higher Police. Since you’ve gone undercover in the organization that keeps me alive, don’t blame me for making your life difficult. You’re a Public Security cop, after all~~ (Of course, I won’t admit it’s because the organization bans drugs. For someone from Zhongzhou, that really does make up for the organization’s other flaws.)

Content warning: The police academy group gets killed off, but Bourbon is tormented. The protagonist is purely evil. In his eyes, everyone is a tool to achieve his goals, including Gin. Those who are useful are kept around; those who aren’t are dismissed as having nothing to do with him.

Natsume appears as a bystander, but will become involved in the story later. As for his attitude toward the sword tsukumogami, don’t expect much from someone from Zhongzhou who has just escaped the war of aggression against China.

Other names

Detective Conan: Passing Through the Center of the World柯南：从世界的中心路过Former title · until Oct 2026

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Looks good! It's a treasure book! Save the book famine! Come on! I just discovered such a good book. It's so strange that I have been chasing it for 8 hours straight. Please hand it over to the editor as soon as possible! On October 3, 2025, I saved Miyano Akemi's family and retired. Goodbye.
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It's a super nice novel. It's really fun to watch it from another perspective. I really can't stand some of the manipulations in Ming Ke.
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The writing is smooth, the logic is self-consistent, the world is comprehensive, the arrangements are reasonable, and the plot is filled with holes. It integrates some realistic logic to come up with a very smooth ending. It is a great HE ending. It is recommended to enter the pit vertically.
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Is Kudo Shinichi's political literacy that low? Or is it that the political literacy of the Japanese is very low?
3 likes1y ago
Nice! I just don't know why there aren't many people around. Although the sauce bone turned black in the end, the black color is reasonable and very touching.
17d ago
I didn't go into details, but it's all a working article.
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