Conan: I'm really not the mastermind behind the scenes

"At 9 o'clock this morning, the New York police discovered the body of a female in the suburbs of Brooklyn. The deceased was a photographer for a modeling agency in Queens."

"The case has been handed over to the FBI. According to the FBI branch, this case has nothing to do with the recent serial murders of young women. The 'silver-haired murderer' has not yet been arrested..."

In a mediocre apartment building in New York, the landlady who lived alone was sitting on the sofa with her cat in her arms. A picture of a murderer was shown on the TV, and she shivered.

"New York is really dangerous these days."

She stroked the cat's back and sighed.

It was completely dark outside the window. The landlady put down the cat and turned off the TV, wanting to go to the kitchen to make dinner. But halfway through, she seemed to suddenly remember something and turned to look at the calendar on the wall.

Today's date is marked with a blue circle and 401 underneath. Considering that tenants have different paydays, each tenant here has a different day to pay rent, and today it is the turn of one of them.

The landlady is not good with credit cards and prefers to pay in cash. She put on a coat and headed to the fourth floor.

"Boom boom boom!"

She knocked on the door unceremoniously.

"Peace! It's time for you to pay your rent today!"

When there was a knock on the door, the quilt in the bedroom moved and a head popped out.

The boy was about sixteen years old, with short blond hair sticking up messily.

He opened his sleepy eyes wide and tried hard to listen to the movement outside, making sure that the rough knocking on the door was not coming from 402 next door, and his head hit the pillow hard.

On the cabinet next to the bed, his phone vibrated and touched the ring next to it.

The moonlight shines through the window and falls on this plain ring with almost no patterns. The letters [gula] crookedly engraved inside create a silvery light.

……

Kazuya Miwa.

Male, one of the players, whose ID is Gluttony.

In the passerby camp, there is a black player.

He couldn't recall the accident he experienced before time travel. His memory ended at 10 o'clock the night before when he walked out of the office building. While thinking about what to order for dinner, he was debating whether to take a taxi or take the subway back.

That's right, even though Miwa Kazuya is a teenager in the game, in fact he has already reached adulthood and is a single social animal who is about to enter his thirties and has been 996 for a long time.

He fell in love in college and has been single since graduation. He doesn't want to get married and usually lives in a fully paid house bought by his parents. In addition to living and gaming expenses, he saves a portion of his salary every month and plans to buy a better car.

Regarding the matter of time travel, Miwakazu could not say he disliked it, nor did he like it. He could only describe his initial mood as "so annoying, what on earth are you doing?"

He was the second passer-by to enter the game (at the time), and the system told him at that time that there were still four years until the plot started.

He has no system tasks, and his identity in the game is that of an ordinary thirteen-year-old boy: his parents are gone, and there is no conspiracy behind his accidental death. Therefore, he received a large amount of compensation that can be spent throughout his life, and there are no best relatives to jump out and grab the money.

This identity and background made Miwa Kazuya feel a little better, and then he chose to lie down.

Not all time travelers like to make trouble and have fun. For a 996 social animal with a homely personality, when he finally gets a vacation, the first thing he does is not go out for a vacation. Instead, he sleeps at home first, and then closes the door to enjoy himself. !

Miwawa usually goes to class (the school knows his family situation, and if he drops out casually, he will definitely find him -), he relies on takeout and convenience store lunch boxes for three meals, and during his breaks, he soaks up various games, comics, and novels, and occasionally gives Children serve as emotional mentors.

He became friends with a boy in his class named Kuroba Kaito, whose magic was very interesting.

Miwa Kazuya feels that this kind of life is quite wonderful, but unfortunately, there is more than one time traveler in this game. He likes to lie flat, but others may not.

Before him, there was already a passerby player, but in the first year of entering the game, he never got in touch with him.

This is related to Miwa Kazuya's system. The corresponding demon of [Gluttony] is a big fly. Not only did it look disgusting, it would also swallow up system pop-ups. Several times, he had no time to read the words on it clearly, and the pop-up windows were eaten clean by this demon.

Fortunately, the devouring speed gradually slowed down, and when the third passerby player joined a year later, he was finally able to make good use of the system.

But soon, Miwa Kazuya discovered that it was better not to use it.

Because he started to be harassed by [Arrogance].

Miwa Kazuya likes Japanese comics, and often watches hot-blooded comics like Naruto and One Piece that have a lot of fighting. Conan is not among his interests. He has watched a few episodes thanks to the fact that they were often played on TV when he was a child.

He knows Edogawa Conan, knows the Mori family, and remembers the Young Detective Team from his childhood shadow (the old woman in the castle), but has no idea about the characters who appeared later.

So he didn't understand why she was dragging them—him and another passerby [Lazy]—to save a few policemen.

According to Kazuya Miwa, death is normal in comics, especially if this is a crime-solving (criminal investigation) type of comic. He didn't understand why he was so excited.

As for that? Even if it is a system mission, it involves whether they can return to reality, but this is another player's business after all... If she is so concerned about this, will the same be true for the missions of the other three players, including Black?
Miwa Kazuya was just confused at first and was willing to come out to meet her. However, during that face-to-face communication, he smelled the smell of dog licking that made him extremely unhappy.

It is still the most advanced and disgusting variety. Not only does he lick himself, he even likes to teach others, trying to press their heads down and learn to lick together.

So he blocked her as soon as he got home.

By the way, [Laziness] blocked the user earlier, and not only that, she also ran away.

Miwa Kazuya learned about the dangers of Conan's world from their mouths, and thought about whether to go abroad to escape, but he quickly rejected it. He had been to several countries during his previous business trips, including Europe, America and even Africa. He had had enough!
He once asked [Lazy] about life there, and he felt good about going abroad.

[Lazy: I have never been abroad before. 】

[Gluttony: Really? I see that you can go to school directly after going to Canada. Your English is so good, I thought you were an international student. 】

[Lazy: No. 】

[Lazy:...it's a bit troublesome for my family to go abroad. My parents' passports are in the workplace and they are not allowed to leave them with me. Going abroad for personal reasons requires a lot of review. If you want to study abroad, the procedures are very troublesome. 】

"..."

Miwa Kazuya was silent. He was a little curious about the other person's family background, but it had nothing to do with him, so he didn't ask in detail.

……

[Lazy] is a female player who is completely opposite to [Arrogant].

She was more cautious and did not reveal her name. Occasionally she would ask him for help and in return would send some gifts.

From blacklisting Tojo Hojo to her switching camps and then suddenly quitting, the frequency of contact between Miwa Kazuya and [Lazy] has not changed. The only difference is that their conversation has moved from private chat to a group chat with only two people left.

They will talk about their current lives, study worries, getting along with game family or friends, and...

——As a passer-by, how should I end this game?

Miwa Kazuya was satisfied with a completely salty life, but he knew very well that this was not his world after all, and he should and must go back.

But he didn't know what to do.

After all, they have always been passers-by. Faced with the plot and plot characters, they only dare to touch the plot and characters for a while, and then immediately avoid it. Let alone assisting in completing the task, they can't even contact several other players.

And they didn't dare to contact them casually. Two players left the game on the same day. Who knows if there was any push from other players? If they come into contact at will, will they receive assistance, or will they be tortured and harmed?
People have a risk-averse mentality, especially people who like to live a peaceful life. They are unwilling to break the peace in front of them and always want to maintain the status quo - even if they themselves don't know how long this status quo can last, they also want to delay it until the day it can no longer be maintained. .

Out of this avoidance mentality, Miwa Kazuya rarely mentioned this topic. [Lazy] seemed to be aware of his avoidance and gradually stopped mentioning it.

Miwa Kazuya thought that such peace would last until the beginning of the plot, when there was no way to avoid it, but at least he could enjoy it for a few more years...

However, he did not expect that one year after Hojo Toyoka quit, he would encounter a major crisis.

——He was arrested by Japanese police.

……

Miwa Kazuya didn't know the difference between Japanese police and public security.

Toyoka Hojo praised her hard, feeling that both were just, but [Lazy] had a different attitude. She had reminded him that the Japanese police were more like spies and more troublesome than ordinary police, so don't mess with them.

He felt this firsthand as he sat in the interrogation room.

Obviously he has never committed a crime, not even petty theft, and he has never encountered a murder scene. But the people in front of him asked questions as if he had just dug up their ancestral graves and turned the shrine into a real toilet.

"Do you recognize this woman?"

Seeing the photos they showed, Miwa Kazuya felt nervous.

"……do not know."

"lie!"

The other party's voice became more severe: "We have investigated and found that on March 3, a year ago, you met at a dessert shop in Mihua Town. The surveillance and your credit card consumption records have proven this."

Miwa Kazuya's back felt cold.

That meeting with Tojo Hojo in real life was revealed... But why did they want to investigate this? Did Tojo Hojo do anything before quitting?

Facing Miwa Kazuya who was deeply confused, the other party mentioned another name.

"Toru Amuro."

The man stared at Miwa Kazuya's face, refusing to let go of every detail change on his face.

"Do you know this name?" Kazuya Miwa, an ordinary passerby who had never experienced any anti-interrogation training, was honestly stunned again.

I know, of course I know!

He has read several short essays of 10,000 words! How many relatives and friends this man had died, how each of them died, what day was the anniversary of his death, his parents who were still young were all killed, and even how they were killed are all clear!
It was only then that Miwa Kazuya felt that something was wrong. Sure enough, in the next second, the other party had already judged the answer through his expression.

"You really know? Did she tell you? What else did she say to you? How much do you know about her situation? Who else knows?"

Facing the barrage of questions, Miwa Kazuya was speechless.

It wasn't that he didn't want to say it, but the moment he opened his mouth, an invisible force choked his throat, preventing him from saying a word.

The ring on Miwa Kazuya's hand suddenly turned into a fly demon, and while gnawing at the panel, he raised it in front of his eyes, with a line of words clearly reflected on it.

【warn! Players are not allowed to reveal the truth about the world to NPCs! 】

"........."

Damn it! ! !
A roar was also stuck in his throat, and Kazuya Miwa's chest kept rising and falling due to intense emotions. He clearly realized that his situation was not "something bad is going to happen", but had evolved into "a disaster is imminent".

He opened his mouth stupidly, but couldn't say even a single word. After a while, he finally found his voice and suddenly asked two questions.

"How long have you been staring at me? Have you entered my house?"

[Lazy] mentioned some methods of public security agents.

Hearing Kazuya Miwa's rhetorical question, the two people in charge of interrogating him had impatient looks on their faces.

"It didn't take long. We sent people to follow you and installed bugs in your home. We monitored you every time you went online to see what web pages you browsed and what comments you left. We analyzed them word for word..."

They seemed to be proud of such all-round surveillance work. One of them said: "But you are very cunning. You look like an ordinary student. If it weren't for the witnesses from back then, we would have been deceived by you."

Kazuya Miwa clenched his fists.

With every word they said, somewhere deep in his heart would be torn apart by anger and shame, until the last word, that place finally collapsed completely.

He suddenly realized that his peaceful life was gone.

They won't let him go easily.

……

Sanlunhe is also a passerby.

He doesn't want to rely on the system to do evil and become a criminal; nor does he want to rely on superhuman abilities to punish rape and eliminate evil and become a hero.

Being a good guy or a bad guy is troublesome work that requires a lot of energy and he doesn't want to do it. He doesn't like suffering, suffering, or being wronged. He just wants to enjoy a peaceful and stable life.

But now these people have ruined his life.

The person on the other side started asking questions again, and in Miwa Kazuya's mind, there was also a voice asking himself.

——Am I their father?

No.

——Are they my father?

Even less so.

——Then why should I tolerate them inexplicably causing trouble for me and sitting on my head to shit?

——And isn’t this just a game? Why should I be wronged? I obviously didn't do anything wrong, right?

Miwa Kazuya figured it out instantly.

He raised his head, facing the aggressive gaze from the opposite side and the gaze of the camera above the room, and his fingers touched the ring that had not been taken away because he could not see it.

"Go to hell, you idiots!"

Miwa Kazuya used his active skills and summoned animal messengers at the same time. Several adult brown bears appeared out of thin air in the small room, roaring and slapping the enemies he identified.

Something was shot and flew out.

Long red marks were dragged on the ground, and Miwa Kazuya's heart was beating wildly. He subconsciously looked there, and then saw a pile of firecracker skins that were common during the New Year in his hometown.

[Passive skill - All Illusion: Protect physical and mental health and automatically block all the blood and horror in reality. 】

There were scattered firecracker skins on the ground, and his bear continued to bite them, breaking them into more pieces;

The air was filled with the smell of his favorite candies, and the taste gradually became richer;

The anime theme song he had listened to not long ago rang in his ears, and it had already reached the exciting part.

Miwa Kazuya looked at the scene in front of him with no fear in his heart, only doubts.

He killed someone.

——Does the person he killed count as a human being?
[The player camp has changed. 】

[The passerby's camp 'Gluttony' is confirmed to be transferred to Black's camp. 】

……

The knocking at the door became louder.

Kazuya Miwa, who had another dream during his short nap, had to open his eyes and stood up to open the door.

The landlady stood angrily at the door. He instinctively wanted to speak his native language, then reacted, picked up the envelope containing the money placed on the storage box next to him, and said in English: "Sorry, I was sleeping just now."

She took the envelope, counted it to make sure it was okay, and quickly left with a thump.

Miwa Kazuya scratched his head and planned to go back to the house, but he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure standing in front of another door not far away.

The other party was opening the door and noticed his gaze. He turned back and smiled at him: "Good night. Is your novel going well?"

Miwa Kazuya replied: "I cut off the love line. I really can't write this kind of thing, so I won't embarrass myself."

The man in front of him is his teammate, another player from the Black camp.

After he blew up the police station last year and escaped naked because of his skills, this man quickly found him through the group chat location function and was willing to help him.

He asked him: "You are wanted, are you interested in the black organization?"

At that time, Miwa Kazuya was holding the clothes given by the other party. After thinking about it for a while, he still shook his head firmly.

"Do not."

Even with multiple shields, Miwa Kazuya still knew that he killed the NPC. He had no guilt or regret, but this did not mean that he would transform into a perverted murderer.

"——I just want to live a peaceful life."

Hearing his refusal, the man who called himself Aoyagi Binguang was not angry, and gently said that he could help disguise his identity and provide living expenses in exchange for a certain degree of help from him.

This time Miwa Kazuya agreed.

Kazuya Miwa, who had changed his face and name and had settled in New York for a year, did not go back to the house immediately. He continued to look at his teammates.

After a year of getting along with each other, coupled with an attitude of not shying away, he almost knew what kind of person the other person was - even if he used the word "scum" to describe him, it would be an insult to the word "human" in it.

But I have no other choice.

Miwa Kazuya sighed and began to comfort himself.

In any case, Aoyagi Binguang provided his identity, and he could also enhance the player's skills. He would finally be able to selectively explode without having to blow up all his clothes. Considering these two points, he should be honest and obedient.

However, for more than a year, he has not asked him to do anything, that is, to look at the passerby camp [group chat] in his system phone...

"Silver-haired murderer." Qingliu Binguang suddenly said, "I'm going to move him. Are you interested in meeting him?"

Miwa Kazuya was startled and began to recall who this was.

Because the two previous teammates were familiar with the plot, he made up for it. This is the content of the New York chapter of the original novel. Belmode was rescued by the hero and heroine when he was disguised as him, and since then he has a godson and a goddaughter.

It turns out that this guy was responsible for the serial murders of young women that have been frequently reported recently... Kazuya Miwa thought of this and shook his head.

"Not interested. It's too dangerous."

Spare him, he really has no interest in killing, being a good guy or a villain, he just wants to live a peaceful life.

-

The story of gluttony was simply told. The oldest person before time travel and the youngest person after time travel. A mediocre person who has lost his ambition and resorts to extreme means to protect himself.

Because the main body is a passerby, and the change to black is an accident, this character does not have many memories, and the plot is covered in this chapter. It's a bit rushed to write, I may add more later. (End of chapter)