Super Detective: Solving Cases Live

[Rewriting in progress. The whole story will be revised from the beginning, but the main focus will still be solving cases.]

In the era of interstellar holograms, the highly anticipated dating show Heartbeat Hunting Ground 2 begins airing.

After all the guests have introduced themselves, it is the turn of Yu Qingshi, a well-known restaurant-review blogger.

Under the expectant gaze of everyone present, he says with complete seriousness, "I'm a detective."

The production crew is baffled, while the audience laughs, assuming it's all part of a comedic script.

But in the very first episode, inside a sealed hotel dimension, a major NPC is killed with a single blow, bringing the story to a halt.

In the dead of night, a chilling nursery rhyme echoes through the corridors, and a long-buried historical mystery comes to light...

The guests are panic-stricken. At that moment, Yu Qingshi steps forward.

He nudges his (nonexistent) glasses and points confidently. "The culprit... is you."

*

While clearing a detective game rated 8+ for intelligence, Yu Qingshi suddenly blacks out and, for no apparent reason, transmigrates.

The good news is that he still has all his experience and powers of observation.

The bad news is that in this holographic world, nobody cares whether NPCs live or die.

But a detective sticks to his calling, and he still delivers a brilliant deduction.

Just as he'd had his fill and was about to reluctantly call it quits, the scenery around him changed again, and a letter suddenly appeared before him.

It was signed [K], the detective's most formidable adversary, a notorious villainous organization.

The letter said that all the guests and hosts present had been drawn into a murder-mystery game and were not allowed to leave before it ended.

Guests: trembling.jpg

Detective: eyes sparkling.jpg

*

Faced with one bizarre occurrence after another, the viewers, kept in the dark, jump to their own conclusions.

The production crew gets slammed for "being out of their minds and making trouble for no reason," while the guests get asked, "Are you trying to get yourselves killed? Why not just break your contracts?"

A perfectly good dating show has been turned into a deduction game.

Only Yu Qingshi, the culprit behind it all, looks delighted. "A case! So many cases!!"

*

While investigating the cases, Yu Qingshi doesn't forget to look into the truth behind his "transmigration" and the whereabouts of his archenemy, [K].

The detective's suspicions eventually fall on Ke Shiqing, another guest.

This seemingly ordinary brain-computer interface programmer (as he calls himself) not only keeps joining him in meddling with cases, but also often says things to the detective that are open to interpretation.

Yu Qingshi: He must be up to no good!

Viewers with their heads in the clouds: Sob, how is this not love?!

* A confident, chuunibyou, smug detective bottom × a scheming villain top who is not what he seems

* Some murders are real and some aren't (meaning people may or may not actually die). The protagonist has a System interface, but he doesn't rely on a golden finger to solve cases. He mostly relies on observation, with a focus on classic deduction.

* There are a few comments from the audience, but they're just there to set the mood and won't feature much.

Theme: When you don't have the right conditions, create them for yourself.