Is It Wrong to Pursue a Retired Life in the Detective Conan World?

My name is Ian, and I'm an MI6 agent with the codename 006.

After swallowing the N+1th promise my boss had cooked up, that I'd retire as soon as this job was done, I did complete the mission. I just got blown to ashes in the process.

The good news: I successfully retired.

The bad news: retirement meant death.

Just when I thought I could finally rest in peace, a System more annoying than my boss insisted on binding itself to me. It said that as long as I became a popular character and accumulated enough popularity points, I could return to my original world.

Me: ? Go back and clean up the messes those old foxes made? I just want to enjoy the retirement I've earned.

System: Otherwise, your soul will be completely annihilated!

Me: Oh. I'm already dead.

However, I soon realized I had underestimated the Detective Conan world.

It's a fantastical place where guns are easy to buy, murderers are everywhere, and Beika Town alone has 96 crematoriums.

On the first day, I ran into robbers on a bus.

On the second day, I found a corpse in an elevator.

On the third day, I stumbled upon a murder at a club.

Even if you stay home, a bomber can spawn at random on your rooftop.

Me: "..."

Faced with the bomber's threats, I climbed onto the roof to protect myself and punched the bastard who was interfering with my retirement, all while the System screamed, "Ahhhh, you've finally come around!"

But things started to go wrong. From then on, trouble followed me wherever I went.

I went to a shooting range to unwind, and the bartender turned out to be the popular character Toru Amuro.

I casually saved someone, only to find out he was apparently the Detective Conan world's beloved Scotch Whisky.

Even when I went on vacation, I ran into Shuichi Akai, the FBI's top agent.

The most absurd part was that something seemed off about this body's identity, too?

Scene One:

After the explosion, flames engulfed the abandoned factory, burning away every trace, including the bodies inside.

Gin, pointing a gun at Ian: "Explain. What happened with the explosion?"

Ian, smiling faintly as he steps closer, takes hold of the gun's muzzle and pushes it aside: "Darling Gin, are you doubting me?"

Years later (though it hadn't actually been that long)...

On a dark and stormy night, I looked at the hardworking distillery employee in a black coat with silver hair, surrounded on all sides, with the other members of the organization behind him all on high alert.

Gin, sneering: "I never thought you were a rat."

Me: ?

Me: I'm really just an ordinary retiree who happened to be passing by.

#Where's the retirement life I was promised? How did I end up back in my old line of work again and again?!#

#Who signed my reemployment notice in this Detective Conan world?#

#Both the red and black sides, stay away from my retirement life!#

A brand-new crossover animated special for Detective Conan is about to start airing!

After the anime premiered, the forums exploded!

[Ahhhhh, what's going on? How did the bomber who killed Kenji end up tied to the railing on the rooftop?]

[Is it what I think it is? Right? Right?! Has Aoyama finally decided to be a decent person?]

[The new character is so handsome, I don't care, I'm a sucker for good looks!]

[Is Aoyama going to take the fanfiction route and leave fanfiction with nowhere to go? Is that right? It's absolutely right! Whatever, I'm claiming that everyone I felt was doomed will survive!]

[Wait, why does the new blond guy know Zero? Don't tell me Zero is the one who's going to sacrifice himself this time?]

[Aoyama, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to make it official that the Police Academy Five can never reunite? Not even in an alternate timeline? I'll kill you!]

[Is the new character on the black side or the red side? This is killing me!]

[Reader's Guide]

1. The main story is told in third person, with an overall satisfying, feel-good tone. Some characters who die in the original anime survive here.

2. The protagonist is an all-round powerhouse. He's on the red side, but he's not a completely good person.

3. There are a System and a forum. The discussions will include a little bit of characters jumping to conclusions.

4. The main focus is Detective Conan, with a few sports anime Easter eggs (very, very few). Later on, there will be a crossover with 007. You don't need to know it to enjoy the story.

5. There are lots of author-created details, and I've thrown the timeline out the window.

6. The romance is complicated, a real free-for-all.

7. Any OOC is my fault. If I haven't captured the characters' charm from the anime, that's on me.

Theme: After seeing reality clearly, learn to love the world again