[Detective Conan/Shinichi X Kaito] Pretending Turns Real

One year after the Noah's Ark artificial intelligence incident, Schindler Games held a nationwide livestream tournament to promote its upcoming game, Cocoon, ahead of its release. Participants would be randomly matched by the System into teams of four to play in a virtual holographic world. As a gimmick, the company announced that the winner of the team with the most popular livestream would receive the tournament's grand prize: a black diamond called Nightmare. Shinichi Kudo wasn't particularly interested in an event that so blatantly encouraged contestants to make spectacles of themselves. But when he saw the gem named Nightmare, his gaze suddenly fixed on it, and for some reason he couldn't look away. Perhaps it was a hunch, mixed with a faint, oddly nuanced sense of anticipation. The detective thought that this would make an excellent lure for drawing someone out. [Notice] [1] Holographic game livestream. Enter at your own risk if that's not your thing. [2] Kaito Kuroba/Phantom Thief Kid x Shinichi Kudo Theme: A fast-paced romantic comedy in which Phantom Thief Kid gets framed, the artsy chaos begins, and Kid and Shinichi team up.