Detective Conan: Daydreamer

Sengetsusei recently received a high-tech delivery claiming to be a full-dive game pod. He climbed in without a second thought.

As luck would have it, his System malfunctioned and sent him eight years before the game's main story began.

Wait a minute, sir! Why do I have to go through police academy training in a game too?!

Sengetsusei questioned his life choices.

Luckily, he had a golden finger! As long as he said his dreams were wildly unrealistic, they would all come true!

[Cherry Blossoms, New Dreams]

They say there's an ice cube in Onizuka's class: not only is he as cold as ice, he treats everyone like one too.

Classmate: Hello?

Sengetsusei: Hello.

Sengetsusei was dying to explain. The error had inexplicably limited the number of words he could say! What kind of absurd setting was this?!

With both his word count and facial expressions restricted, Sengetsusei was forced to become a stoic with a hidden side. Sooner or later, he'd puff up like a pufferfish.

But two weeks had already passed since he arrived in this world.

Then Sengetsusei discovered that getting close to the police academy squad gradually lifted the restrictions.

After that, there was no stopping him.

Police academy squad: ?

Later on,

The cherry tree the six of them had planted together bloomed magnificently in the campus breeze. The six young men took a picture beneath it, then said their goodbyes and went their separate ways to fulfill their duties.

Sengetsusei waved and decided to clear the main story in one life!

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[Burning Daylight]

After waking from his coma, his hair had turned silver. He stared at the person in the mirror with unblinking gray eyes. What? Since when was there a hair-dye system? A brand-new, different-color version?

He went undercover in the Organization, setting himself up for trouble at every turn, all with a laid-back attitude. His incredible nonchalance was so convincing that even Gin had nothing to say and accepted him.

He was so amazing, hahahaha

Maybe the boss had had enough of him, or maybe Gin had, because he assigned him three new recruits.

The four of them looked at each other, but Sengetsusei's eyes widened in shock.

This looks like... no, it definitely is! Don't think I won't recognize you just because you've grown your hair out. You're Shuichi Akai, the Silver Bullet! I haven't watched many episodes of Detective Conan, but you're so famous it's hard not to know you!

And you two, aren't you my classmates? How are you both undercover in the same organization?! Rei Furuya, sure, he knew Rei was in this organization, but how are you here, Hiromitsu?! (Horrified)

But if three out of the four of them were undercover, wouldn't he be held responsible if one of them got exposed and defected? This was way too dangerous for everyone!

If he remembered correctly, Shuichi Akai would run off later, wouldn't he?

Sengetsusei: "Um, I forgot to turn off the gas at home."

Gin: (stares)

Sengetsusei: Fine, fine, I'll do it...

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...His undercover identity was exposed, and Hiromitsu's whereabouts became a mystery.

...How did it end up like this?

Yet someone like him never lived to see the dawn.

His light was so bright that even the night gave way,

only to quietly go out just before dawn.

[Layers of Sunlight]

It was like waking from a dream. He left the game, but for a long time, he couldn't move on.

Sengetsusei forced himself not to care. It was a shame that it was only a game, and that his classmates had shared life and death with him, but in the end, it was all fake.

With that on his mind, he stepped into a noodle shop to eat. By chance, he got caught up in a case he couldn't walk away from, alongside the five classmates who were slurping noodles.

Sengetsusei: ...?

What?! Weren't they fake?! (Shouting)

* Everyone will be saved, and the Organization will be destroyed. The only knives are fake.

* Includes character bashing, a heavily altered timeline, and lots of original settings. Read with caution.

Theme: Know the difference between dreams and reality.