The Brewery's Beloved Ranpo

[Complete] [Original work, coming soon: NPCs Pretending to Be Players, set in a full-dive cultivation game. My ongoing work next door: Which Matters More, Me or Volleyball? Pairing: Oikawa Tooru. Please add it to your collection!] They say the distillery has a highly esteemed figure, known alongside Rum as one of the boss's right-hand people, with the codename “Asti.” They also say Asti is so cunning as to seem demonic, able to see through every scheme and trick with just one glance. When Sherry learned that Asti had been sent to investigate APTX, she went pale with fear. The next day, on the streets of Beika, a black-haired, green-eyed young man in a detective outfit pointed at a little boy and said indignantly, “Hey, Kudo Shinichi, buy ice cream for the great Rampo!” Otherwise, I'll hand you over to Gin. The little elementary schooler: !? * The great Rampo of the Armed Detective Agency had gone missing. The Agency searched all over Yokohama but couldn't find him. For months, its operations were practically paralyzed. But that wasn't important. The main thing was that everyone, from the president to the members, was going out of their minds. The Rampo executive of the Port Mafia had gone missing. The Port Mafia searched all over Japan but couldn't find him. For months, the organization was in complete chaos. But that wasn't important. The main thing was that everyone, from the boss to the executives, was going mad. A new recruit named Rampo joined the distillery. At first, everyone there looked down on the new recruit, who couldn't even hurt a fly. Later, they got into brawls over who would protect him. But none of that was important. The main thing was that neither the real liquor nor the fake liquor had any employees left who did their jobs properly. Warnings: 1. A story where everyone dotes on the protagonist, with familial and platonic relationships all around 2. Black Rampo + White Rampo = the Rampo who is the protagonist of this story, chaotic neutral 3. Conan-focused in the early chapters, with the worlds merging later 4. No pairing. The great Rampo shines all on his own Synopsis written on February 9, 2022 Please add my ongoing work next door to your collection: After Becoming the Crown Prince Who Was a Sacrificial Pawn A scheming, uninhibited, seductive beauty bottom X an upright, kindhearted, utterly loyal original male lead top Check out my original upcoming work below: NPCs Pretending to Be Players Xuan Zhi was a famous playboy in the Xuyu Sect. Today, he would steal talismans from the Seventh Elder; tomorrow, he would dig up medicinal herbs belonging to the Ninth Elder. He teased cats and walked dogs. He did everything except cultivate. Then one day, he suddenly realized that everyone in the sect was acting strangely. The Seventh Elder, who carried a horsetail whisk, had become an emotionless talisman-drawing machine. The Second Senior Brother in the Affairs Hall had turned into an alchemy maniac, while the lazy Ninth Senior Brother was obsessed with roasting chicken. These people repeated the same two or three lines over and over. The whole Xuyu Sect seemed like an absurd nightmare. Xuan Zhi endured the nightmare for three years, until he finally couldn't take it anymore. He decided to steal the sect's supreme treasure and live a carefree life on his own. But the instant he got his hands on it, a voice suddenly rang out in his mind. [Ding-dong! New area, Cloudsea Eleven Provinces' Luolan Province, is now open. Affiliated areas: Xuyu Sect, Sanxi Town, Guiyun Secret Realm... Players, do your best to explore! Current world completion: 51%.] With that sound, the false world came to life. Guided by the treasure, Xuan Zhi realized he was an NPC in a game, a completely nameless nobody who had nothing to do with any of the game's storylines. His worldview collapsed overnight. Xuan Zhi fell into thought. Xuan Zhi grew restless. Xuan Zhi blended in. The next day, at the beginner village of Sanxi Town outside the Xuyu Sect, in front of the beginner's secret realm, a handsome young man with rosy lips and pearly teeth smiled. “Bro, wanna run a dungeon?” * The full-dive online game Path of Immortality had been one of the most popular games ever since its public launch. Its open-world label had made it a perennial favorite in the gaming industry, and raising the world's completion rate was one of most players' main goals. After five years of hard work, the major player guilds had finally managed to push the world's completion rate past halfway. They were practically ready to celebrate across the whole world. The world completion missions were notorious for their difficulty, until a player named Xuan Zhi appeared out of nowhere. He speedran the whole series of missions in eight hours, then casually killed a map boss and pushed the completion rate up by a full five percent. Xuan Zhi: Bleh, bleh, this boss doesn't taste good. All the players: ??? [818: Could that beginner player in Luolan Province be a game GM?] Game company: ??? We're innocent!! * In its sixth year of operation, the full-dive online game Path of Immortality finally reached its final chapter. All the players excitedly watched as the System issued the final mission: “Slay the Immortals.” Right afterward, a beam of golden light shone down on someone in the crowd, and a health bar marked with question marks appeared before everyone. An outside member of the major player guilds, the undefeated king of the PVP rankings, Path of Immortality's most famous figure, a fake player and a real NPC: Xuan Zhi slowly blinked. “Ah, is that me?” All the players: ??? Theme: Wherever you are, whatever the circumstances, always turn toward the sun