Amuro Fell in Love with Me at First Sight

[Content Warning: This story crosses over with Hunter x Hunter, and crosses over with Hunter x Hunter, and crosses over with Hunter x Hunter. Yes, Detective Conan crossed with Hunter x Hunter. These are settings from an old fic written several years ago. This is exactly my thing, and the pinned author’s note explains it very, very clearly. There’s no need to click in just to tell me you think it’s weird, aaaah!]

My name is Sakurai Nana, and on the very first day I met a certain blond man with dark skin, I unlocked the quest: “Have we met somewhere before?”

Hmph, what a lame pickup line! Does he think he can charm the great Nana!?

I was sure that dark-skinned guy was up to no good, though later it seemed I was proven wrong...

Huh, we really had met before, and he was a friend of the second older brother I’d been searching so hard for?

My friend said he was my missing brother’s best friend, and that looking after me was only right!

So at work, he would suddenly check in on me anytime, anywhere;

and in my personal life, it seemed I was always on his mind, too.

Second Brother! Your friend really is so dependable!

After he helped me out of a tight spot for the nth time, I was deeply impressed by how dependable my brother’s choice of friends was. Happily, I shared the story with my basketball-loving childhood friend, the tennis-loving older brother from the family of the aunt who adopted me, and my handsome landlord, only to get strange, knowing laughs from them.

“You really are unbelievably dense, Nana,” said my friend, who was into horoscopes. She declared that today was an extremely lucky day, perfect for something to happen.

That night, I stared at the man waiting outside my home, asking me to go out with him, and fell into deep thought.

No, wait? I always thought you just wanted to be my big brother?

*

Pre-release: 1. Woke Up with Dark Skin

To be honest, I may have run into the biggest crisis of my brief twenty-three years of life.

At four in the morning, I woke up after being disturbed by a strange, wet sensation that was both unfamiliar and familiar, and saw an enormous dog’s face right in front of me...

No, I wasn’t calling anyone names. I pushed away the little white dog licking me all over and stared at the black hand I’d raised. It was much bigger than before, and definitely belonged to a man. I fell into deep thought.

*

This was clearly the home of a single man who was extremely protective of his privacy. There were hardly any personal belongings, and both phones I found in the house were locked, so I couldn’t contact the outside world at all.

Fortunately, I remembered that a few days ago I’d given the little dog happily spinning around in front of me a shot. I vaguely recalled that his owner was called Amuro... His job was a cafe waiter, and his striking good looks had caused quite a stir in our department at the time.

Just then, the man named Amuro called. After a brief conversation, we agreed to meet shortly at a cafe near both of us.

Relieved, I let my guard down and lay back, only to feel something strange pressing into the back of my head.

I reached back and found a gun.

*

Lately, Scotland had often felt that his friend Bourbon, another undercover agent in the Organization, was acting strangely.

It was definitely still the same person, and his behavior didn’t seem unusual, but that was only how it seemed. As his childhood friend of many years, Scotland could sense that something was off.

Unable to help himself, Scotland shared his recent concerns with a longtime pen pal, starting with, “I have a friend...” He left out anything he couldn’t disclose and confided in her about the little details that had been bothering him.

“Could your friend be in love?” His pen pal, a girl about the same age as Scotland, supported her guess with plenty of details.

She also shared stories about her everyday life with two friends from a game, along with some confusion those friendships had caused her.

“I think they’re pursuing you,” Scotland replied. He had a strong sense of justice and a subtle affection for his pen pal, so he decided to accompany her when she met her online game friends in person.

*

The cafe where they were meeting had been suggested by Jing Nai. She was currently working there as “Amuro.” She had suggested meeting here so she could observe how things unfolded, but who knew the situation would turn out to be so unexpected?

Whether it was Scotland or Matsuda and Hagiwara, they had all realized they might have a rival, but none of them had ever imagined their rivals would be each other!

But so what? They glanced at one another, all brimming with confidence that they would win.

This is a three-person contest, and I’m not going to lose!

Amuro, inside a girl’s body, gave a cold laugh and pretended to have shaky hands, adding a generous amount of sugar cubes to everyone’s drinks. This was obviously a four-person contest!

Pre-release: 2. How to Scientifically Win Over the Police Academy Crew

At midnight, when forums were usually quiet, a new post on the Detective Conan Love Story game forum quickly shot to the top and stayed pinned in red. Countless players kept refreshing, eagerly waiting for the original poster to update.

[Hot! Girls, help, hurry! I think I unlocked a hidden quest!]

The attached image showed a familiar game screen, except the quest was something no one had ever seen before.

[Get the character ■■■■ to maximum affection and make him fall in love with you to complete the quest and unlock the hidden achievement: The Woman Who Even Won Him Over!]

[Fail the quest or pick the wrong target, and you’ll be punished with repeated trips and falls on perfectly flat ground caused by electric shocks.]

*

At first, the post didn’t get much attention. The game was so popular that jokers often edited strange images, and everyone was used to it by now.

Then, to prove the post was real, the original poster added a clue from the System: a group photo of the five members of the Police Academy Crew. The quest target was one of them.

It was full of holes. Everyone knew there was only one member of the Police Academy Crew still alive, so there was no reason for the System to censor his name. Besides, the five in the image looked way too mature. It was probably fan art.

And this was just an ordinary otome game, not a full-dive game. What kind of punishment was an electric shock supposed to be?

*

Things changed at midnight, when the official account posted an update announcement.

[One cherry blossom, five petals. The fact that only one member of the Police Academy Crew is still alive has always been a regret in the Detective Conan Love Story game. After listening to players’ suggestions, the game team is launching a new rescue storyline in this update. Players can start from the Police Academy period and choose whether to save their classmates, how many to save, and how to save them. It’s all up to you.]

The attached image showed the visibly more mature Police Academy Crew of five meeting at Cafe Poirot.

The announcement sent the players into a frenzy. Some remembered the player who had unlocked the hidden quest the day before, and countless people stayed up all night, flooding the post and calling for the original poster.

*

The players still hadn’t heard back from the original poster when a beautiful new student arrived at the police academy, pulling a suitcase.

On the first day of school, the new student, who had been specially admitted for her outstanding intellect, gave a speech. After repeatedly tripping on perfectly flat ground, she fell into the arms of another kindhearted new student representative, a blond man with dark skin.

The childhood friends who had been arguing over trivial matters stopped when their teary-eyed classmate looked at them.

The Police Academy Crew had gathered to illegally use an appliance to cook hot pot. The girl’s fall made such a loud noise that it successfully drew Instructor Onizuka away, allowing them to escape.

As the Police Academy Crew’s expressions grew gentler and gentler whenever they looked at the newcomer, another player finally came across the game’s promotional video, which in a way filled in the rest of the quest details.

[...Players must identify the specific target themselves. The only clue is a group photo of six. To make sure the quest succeeds, players can make all the remaining members fall in love with them.]

Beneath the cherry tree, six young men and women smiled brightly.

No one could miss the tender affection in the young men’s eyes.

Theme: Face the past bravely. Don’t be afraid.