A Detective's Stardew Valley, Starting in Nagano

[Everyone at the Police Academy Gets Saved, HagiMatsu, Probably a Fun Slice-of-Life Story, Mostly Slow-Burn Daily Life]

The massive DLC for Star O Valley, Beika Valley, is officially in open beta!

While everyone was busy getting ready for another round of farming, complaining, and raising affection levels,

Hagiwara Kenji and Matsuda Jinpei looked at the colorful Beika Valley lives everyone was posting on the built-in forum and couldn't help asking: Are we even playing the same Beika Valley?

#Where on earth is Beika? Why are we still at the starting point in Nagano?#

#How come your starting point is Beika?#

#Is it normal to run into three murder cases on the way to buy seeds?#

#Wow, I can craft eight bombs by hand#

#How do you raise an important character's affection when it's in the negatives?#

As they gradually got used to it:

[Chopping Trees]

Matsu: Someone suddenly fell out of a tree while I was chopping it. #Is this what Nagano is like? (Nagano's reputation has taken a hit.)

[Hoeing the Soil]

Hagi: I dug up an earthworm and also found a treasure map and bone fragments... Officer Yamato, please help!

[Farming]

Matsu: Why are there coffee beans with a hypnotic effect? I'm in shock.jpg

Hagi: There's also mugwort that protects you from anesthetics.

Conan: (A glint flashes across his glasses.)

[Fishing]

Hagi: Little Kuroba, do you believe I can fish something out of a glass of water?

Kaito: Maybe let's not try that one...

Matsu: Ah, it's another zoo newspaper.

Kaito: Is this zoo you're talking about the one I know?

[Mining]

Matsu: The newspaper at the bar says the mine (base) has been haunted lately.

The Miyano family: Huh? Do they mean us? (Floating.)

[Puzzles]

Hagi: Why are our ages listed as question marks? Aren't we high school students?!

Matsu: Kudo and Haibara's ages are question marks too, so there's nothing to worry about, right? (Right?)

[Raising ???]

"Complete an affection quest to receive a" Morofushi family egg*

Matsu: What do you think about giving this to the convenience store clerk next door?

Hagi: Leave Mr. Amuro alone.

Furuya: This is one case where you can leave me alone.

[Making Friends (crossed out)]

Hagi: Jinpei, I found a bomb. (Hands it over.)

Matsu: Aren't you only allowed to give two gifts a week?

(Click wedding ring) (Gift successfully given)

Hagi and Matsu: .

#Is it normal to dig up evidence from three cases at once after upgrading your hoe?#

#Why do I respawn at the hospital at exactly two in the morning?#

#I heard there's a new mysterious organization in Nagano. Whatever, let's buy more cows.#

#Great, if I eat the dishes too, I don't have to wash them. Wait, Mr. Amuro, do I have to return this?#

Tips:

1. Hagiwara Kenji x Matsuda Jinpei, 1v1, no pairings changed or reversed.

2. Everyone at the police academy gets saved. There may be some misunderstandings about their backgrounds, but both are definitely on the red side.

3. There may be cameos from other anime, novels, or games, but they won't affect anyone's abilities.

4. There is a forum, but it doesn't take up much of the story.

5. There will be the classic gift-giving and affection-raising plot, since this is Star O Valley after all. But apart from Hagi and Matsu's love story, everything else is friendship!

Theme: Have the courage to pursue love!