She'd barely finished hastily adding a new setting to her OC when she transmigrated to Detective Conan along with that newly updated OC. Could anyone be more miserable than her?
Never mind everything else, she'd just gotten promoted and a raise at her real job!
Hayakawa Yuko accepted, stone-faced, the "real-world information" provided by a shady System that had forcibly bound itself to her without her consent.
Oh, she's a drink.
Oh, she has to work undercover and exchange information with Amuro Tooru.
Oh, she also has to eliminate the villainous BOSS who's derailing the Detective Conan plot. Supposedly, this BOSS had already killed two mission-takers before she arrived and was also an inheritor of black magic.
With all that to do, what's her golden finger?
A TV with a group-chat feature.
...Maybe the world should just end today.
"Absinthe, starting today, this coffee shop is yours."
Hayakawa Yuko kept a blank face, though she wanted to scoff. What does that have to do with me?
Wait, a coffee shop?
Hayakawa Yuko, whose OC identity happened to have the tiniest connection to a coffee shop, hesitantly looked up...
The words "Mouri Detective Agency" shone before her eyes.
The good news: Her OC identity was intact, and she was now living right below Ran.
The bad news: She had no desire to get involved in the Detective Conan plot, let alone eliminate the villain and set the story straight.
As a die-hard fan hated by the entire world, she just wanted to cuddle up to Ran, aaah!
Rumor had it that the Poirot Cafe had changed owners overnight and become a bar.
Rumor had it that the owner of the newly opened bar was a stunningly aloof woman.
Rumor had it that she was also a master bartender.
The news spread like wildfire through Beika Town.
Meanwhile, the owner, Hayakawa Yuko, propped her chin on her hand. How much water should I put in the drinks today, I mean, ice?
"Hayakawa, someone reported that our bar only sells fake alcohol."
"Tell them to look at the name of the place."
On the glass that had once read "Poirot Cafe," a few large characters now stood out: Watered-Down Drinks.
[Reading Guide]
1. Sequel to the fanfic In the Detective Conan World, Daring to Die.
2. Continues the story in the Yu Youer setting from the perspective of a Ran fan forcibly rebound to a shady System. [Can be read on its own without affecting your enjoyment.]
3. This isn't about running a coffee shop. It's about opening a bar where chaos reigns and serving fake booze (Uncle Mouri is thrilled, then utterly baffled).
4. This is the author's sequel to their Detective Conan fanfic, written after getting into a better frame of mind. Its ideas and writing approach differ considerably from the earlier story.
5. If you can't accept canon couples getting tragic endings, Ran fans who want her to shine on her own, please stay away (Important!!)
6. If you can't accept the protagonist having [zero] or [negative] affection for anyone besides Ran, please stay away.
7. If you can't accept a crossover setting between Detective Conan and the Kid world, please stay away.
8. Finally, to all the dear readers still following this story, I hope you enjoy reading!
Theme: Fish cry, and water knows. When liquor cries, who knows?