Morning sunlight stretched across Beika City.
Crowds moved through the streets with the slow rhythm of a normal day.
Students walking to school.
Office workers rushing for trains.
And somewhere in the city…
History was quietly preparing to change.
Haruki Akizawa adjusted his glasses as he stepped out of the subway station.
Ahead of him rose the enormous entrance gate of Tropical Land.
Bright colors.
Music.
Children laughing.
A place built entirely for happiness.
Ironically…
Tonight it would host the beginning of one of the darkest stories in the country.
Haruki checked his watch.
3:47 PM.
"Right on schedule."
If his memory of the timeline was accurate, Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mori would arrive soon after school.
Haruki had come earlier for a reason.
Observation.
He needed to understand the environment.
Inside the park, music echoed from every direction.
Roller coasters screamed through the sky.
Mascots danced near the central fountain.
The atmosphere felt completely normal.
Too normal.
Haruki walked slowly along the pathways.
His eyes moved constantly.
Entrances.
Exits.
Blind spots.
Security cameras.
Potential hiding areas.
He mapped the park mentally.
Every major structure slowly settled into a Memory Palace forming inside his mind.
Not a skill granted by the system.
Just disciplined thinking.
Yet.
He eventually stopped near a railing overlooking the park's famous roller coaster.
The Tropical Land Coaster.
A familiar location.
His eyes narrowed slightly.
"Episode 1… the roller coaster murder case."
One of the first demonstrations of Shinichi Kudo's genius.
A woman decapitates her lover during a roller coaster ride using a hidden wire.
Haruki quietly analyzed the structure.
Possible.
Ingenious.
Brutal.
Suddenly—
A voice broke the flow of his thoughts.
"Haruki?"
He turned.
A tall young man wearing glasses waved while jogging toward him.
Haruki's mind instantly pulled up the memory.
Takuma Ishida.
University classmate.
Not important in the grand scheme of the story.
Just a normal acquaintance from Haruki's inserted memories.
"Didn't expect to see you here," Takuma said, slightly out of breath.
Haruki nodded calmly.
"Just taking a break."
Takuma laughed.
"From studying? You're always studying."
Haruki didn't respond.
Takuma leaned against the railing.
"You heard about the high school detective right?"
Haruki looked at him.
"Which one?"
Takuma grinned.
"Come on. The famous one."
He pointed toward the park entrance.
"**Shinichi Kudo. The guy solves police cases like it's nothing."
Haruki followed the direction of the pointing finger.
Two figures had just entered the park.
Exactly on schedule.
Shinichi Kudo.
Ran Mori.
Ran looked excited as she dragged Shinichi forward.
Shinichi looked slightly embarrassed.
Takuma whistled.
"Speak of the devil."
Haruki observed quietly.
No emotion on his face.
But internally…
He compared the real person to the one in memory.
Shinichi walked with confidence.
Eyes constantly scanning.
Even while talking with Ran.
"His baseline awareness is impressive."
Takuma elbowed Haruki.
"You look like you're studying him."
"In a way."
Takuma laughed again.
"You're weird, man."
They watched as Ran pulled Shinichi toward the roller coaster line.
Takuma stretched.
"Alright, I'm heading to the shooting gallery."
Haruki nodded.
Takuma walked off.
Haruki remained.
He checked the time again.
4:15 PM.
The roller coaster murder case would begin soon.
But that wasn't his main objective.
His mission was the later event.
The encounter with the Black Organization.
He needed to be present.
But not suspicious.
Not noticeable.
That balance was delicate.
Thirty minutes later.
Police sirens echoed through the park.
The roller coaster had stopped.
A crowd gathered.
Haruki remained at a distance.
Exactly as planned.
Inside the restricted area, Shinichi was already explaining the trick behind the murder.
His deduction.
Sharp.
Precise.
The crowd murmured in amazement.
Haruki observed.
"His logic chain is extremely fast."
Shinichi connected emotional motive, mechanical possibility, and physical evidence almost instantly.
Even with Haruki's intelligence…
That level of intuitive deduction would require growth.
Good.
A challenge.
Evening arrived.
The sky turned orange.
Park lights slowly flickered on.
Shinichi and Ran eventually left the police area.
Ran looked impressed.
Shinichi looked smug.
Haruki quietly followed from a distance.
Not too close.
Just enough to maintain line of sight.
They wandered through several attractions.
Eventually approaching a quieter section of the park.
An area under construction.
Haruki's pulse slowed.
This was it.
The critical moment.
Shinichi stopped walking suddenly.
Ran blinked.
"What is it?"
Shinichi lowered his voice.
"I saw something suspicious."
Ran frowned.
"Huh?"
Shinichi pointed subtly toward a shadowed area near a maintenance building.
Ran looked confused.
But Shinichi was already moving.
"Stay here."
He walked toward the dark alley behind the building.
Exactly like the story.
Haruki's eyes sharpened.
"The drug deal."
Ran waited nervously near a light pole.
Shinichi disappeared behind the structure.
Haruki moved carefully along the outer fence line.
He positioned himself where he could observe without being obvious.
Then he saw them.
Two men dressed in black.
One tall.
Silver hair.
Cold eyes.
And beside him—
A larger man with sunglasses.
Gin
and
Vodka
Even from a distance…
The atmosphere around them felt wrong.
Dangerous.
Shinichi hid behind a crate, watching them.
Gin accepted a briefcase from a nervous businessman.
A quiet illegal transaction.
Classic.
Haruki remained still.
Watching.
Analyzing.
Memorizing.
Suddenly—
DING
[ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ]
Hidden Mission Active
Mission: The Shadow of the Organization
Status: In Progress
Warning: You are currently within 15 meters of extremely dangerous individuals.
Maintain concealment.
Haruki didn't move.
But his focus sharpened.
Then something unexpected happened.
Gin suddenly turned his head slightly.
His cold eyes scanned the darkness.
Not directly toward Shinichi.
But outward.
Toward the fence.
Toward Haruki's direction.
For half a second…
Those terrifying eyes passed over Haruki's shadow.
Haruki didn't breathe.
Gin looked away.
The transaction finished.
The businessman ran.
Vodka chuckled.
Gin lit a cigarette.
Behind the crate—
Shinichi leaned forward slightly to see better.
That small movement.
A fatal mistake.
Gin's cigarette dropped.
His eyes narrowed.
Then—
He disappeared from Haruki's sight.
A blur of movement.
Shinichi gasped.
THUD
The sound of something heavy hitting the ground.
Haruki's eyes widened slightly.
"It happened."
Shinichi Kudo collapsed.
Unconscious.
Gin stood over him.
Vodka approached.
Gin spoke coldly.
"He's dead."
Vodka hesitated.
"You sure?"
Gin smirked.
"Just in case."
He pulled out a capsule.
The infamous poison.
APTX-4869
He forced it down Shinichi's throat.
Then they disappeared into the darkness.
Silence returned.
Haruki remained hidden.
Heart steady.
Mind racing.
A minute passed.
Two.
Then—
A faint groan.
Shinichi's body began shrinking.
Bones cracking.
Clothes collapsing.
The impossible transformation.
Haruki watched history rewrite itself.
When it ended…
A small child lay where Shinichi once stood.
The birth of Conan Edogawa.
DING
[ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ]
Mission Completed
Mission: Observe the Beginning
Reward Acquired:
Skill Unlocked — Observation Boost (Level 1)
Another notification appeared.
[ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ]
Hidden Mission Completed
Mission: The Shadow of the Organization
Reward Acquired:
Item — Micro Camera Lens
Haruki slowly exhaled.
The game had begun.
But he didn't step forward.
Not yet.
Instead he watched the small boy struggle to stand.
Conan looked confused.
Terrified.
Disoriented.
Soon…
Ran would find him.
And the story of Detective Conan would officially begin.
Haruki turned and walked away into the park lights.
Calm.
Silent.
Thinking.
"Now… let's see how much I can change this world."
End of Chapter 2