Lin Zhao, a Chinese mystery buff, wakes up one morning to find himself a new resident of Beika Town.
The good news: This is the world of Detective Conan, and all his idols are right before his eyes.
The bad news: The Grim Reaper elementary schooler is running around everywhere, and the Black Organization might be next door.
Survival tip number one: Stay away from every bespectacled elementary schooler and every burly man dressed in black.
Then one day, he sees “sleeping” Kogoro Mouri solve a case with his own eyes. That uncle’s eyes are clearly wide awake while he’s “sleeping”!
“Mr. Mouri, you weren’t actually asleep, were you?”
“Kid, if you see through something, keep it to yourself.” Kogoro Mouri sways with a beer can in hand and flashes a meaningful smile. “Some truths need another person who’s awake to witness them.”
From then on, Beika Town has a strange new duo: a famous detective who no longer sleeps quite so soundly, and a transmigrator who always uses Chinese-style thinking to solve Japanese-style mysteries.
Conan Edogawa feels more threatened than ever: How does this newcomer always give the answer before I can fire my Tranquilizer Dart?
The handsome Mouri Kogoro