Everyone in Detective Conan Is Raising a Favorability Meter for the Divine Cat

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What kind of divine cat is this? A Reaper Cat.

Reaper Cats have no destined matches, only ill-fated connections. The sooner someone is going to die, the more they like them.

The five members of the police academy group adopted a "lucky cat."

They heard that cats like this bring safety, good fortune, and... destined matches.

A slow-moving cat showed up at the police academy gates. It looked at people with a hint of scrutiny and appraisal. The five passed by and fed it a sausage.

This usually aloof lucky cat slowly settled into Matsuda's arms.

It even hooked a paw around Kenji's hand,

rubbed its head against Hiromitsu's chin,

and meowed at Wataru Date,

but treated Rei with nothing but disdain.

Rei: ?

Rei Furuya began trying to win Little Mao's favor, including but not limited to inventing cat sandwiches and baking dried fish.

But even after he graduated from the police academy, the little cat still wouldn't give him the time of day.

After graduation, once they started working, the cat went home with Hagiwara first. He even heard that Hagiwara had started dating someone.

Then Kenji narrowly survived a massive explosion by sheer luck, and the cat disappeared.

After recovering from his injuries, Kenji saw Matsuda making cat food at Matsuda's house, with his cat beside him.

Kenji couldn't say anything, because that person was still his boyfriend.

It wasn't just the cat that didn't want him anymore. His boyfriend didn't want him either.

Matsuda didn't dare say anything, either, because that person was his boyfriend. He was terrified his boyfriend would go looking for his former owner.

The cat refused to go home and kept running off every few days.

Three years later, Matsuda was caught in another explosion and narrowly survived. The cat disappeared again.

This time, it was really gone.

At the same time, a cat appeared in the Black Organization. Scotch recognized it as the little cat Kenji had taken home from the police academy.

On a rooftop, Scotch saw the Reaper swinging a scythe... The little cat had transformed into the Reaper. It carried the scythe in its mouth, wandered around for a moment, and left.

Scotch: My worldview is shattered.

It turned out the little cat was a little Reaper, a divine cat that ushered in new life by seeing off death.

It had seen these people’s futures and their fated deaths.

#HeIsDrawnToDeath#

#SoTheSoonerYouDieTheMoreTheCatLikesYou#

And so the cat came to find them.

Later, many people died in Beika Town.

A carefree cat showed up at Cafe Poirot, beneath the Mouri Detective Agency. Every day, it went to Mr. Amuro to beg for sandwiches and delicious curry.

Rei: At last, the clouds have parted, and the little cat loves me!

But the cat stayed out all night.

Rei secretly followed it, only to see the cat sleeping on the head of an elementary-school detective.

Rei: I can't even open my eyes. Why?!

Another night away from home.

This time, the cat was curled up on a Porsche, sleeping soundly and looking perfectly content.

Rei: I hope I'm imagining this. Why?!

When the King of Hell returned from a business trip, he saw everyone in Detective Conan trying to win the little Reaper Cat's favor.

He: ...You really shouldn't be trying to win its favor.

The sooner someone is going to die, the more the cat likes them.

But once the cat can't bear to let them die and they survive, the cat stops liking them.

There may be no destined match, but there can be plenty of connections.

Written on September 28 at 3:05

This story is dedicated to creating a world where they're all still here.

Around 300,000 words

[Notes]

A little cat adored by everyone

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Theme: Death isn't frightening. Being forgotten is.