[Detective Conan] The Fence-Sitter's Survival Guide

After waking up to find himself transmigrated into the Detective Conan world three years in the past, Mu Guqiu discovered that he was on the Black side. Looking at an organization now full of undercover agents, he decisively chose to switch sides, doing everything he could to water down his credentials and clear his name.

He rescued undercover agents, deliberately let things slide, and selectively turned a blind eye. At last, he temporarily earned the trust of some members of the Red side.

The ideal was beautiful, but reality was harsh. Just when the path to the Red side was paved, he woke up again to find himself transmigrated a second time, back in the organization more than ten years earlier. The balance had completely flipped: the Red side was weak and the Black side was strong.

He had always been good at going with the wind, so he immediately declared, “My lover is this organization. The gentleman's wish is my wish. What Red side? I don't know them. Never heard of them.” And overnight, he abandoned the light and embraced the darkness.

After finally soaking himself in the smell of booze, the balance shifted again. The Conan era began, and the Red side grew strong once more. Mu Guqiu, who kept jumping back and forth just to stay alive, was truly exhausted.

Just when he thought he was almost in the clear, he heard that Renya Karasuma had fled with the core members to merge with the animal park next door from Magic Kaito. He nearly blacked out. Maybe someone from either side could just put him out of his misery.

No, wait. With Mu Guqiu's self-healing speed, enough to make plenty of biologists rise from the dead in outrage, probably no one would want to take on the hard work of killing him. So he'd have to find a way to keep living.

As a fence-sitter, Mu Guqiu ultimately earned two achievements: most like a real drink among the fake booze, and most like fake booze among the real drinks.

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Rei Furuya: Since you say you can provide plenty of information, how will you prove your abilities?

Mu Guqiu, who's read most of Detective Conan, smiled and started listing his secrets: I know plenty of things. For instance, when you were a kid, you often got into fights and got hurt just so you could visit Elena-sensei...

“Stop. Let's talk about the weather today instead.” He used the Weather Card Deck to change the subject.

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Vermouth: Well, well. It seems you're a little afraid of me now, Meitait.

Mu Guqiu: ...How could I be? You're imagining things.

Vermouth: You'd be more convincing if you turned around.

Mu Guqiu: Then take off your disguise first. Hearing a woman's voice coming from a middle-aged man's face is really creepy!

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Mu Guqiu: The organization is meeting at that shop. What are you going to do?

Conan: In that case, we have to sneak in without alerting them.

Mu Guqiu: Then you shouldn't go in. If there's a murder, the police will seal off the whole place.

Conan: ?

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Mu Guqiu: What do you mean, a shrunken person? That's just the kid of a friend of mine, staying here for a few days. What's the problem?

Shuichi Akai: I actually like kids, so I'd still like to meet him.

...If only Shuichi Akai had put on his cat disguise, maybe I could've believed that nonsense!

Theme: The importance of adapting to circumstances