Mouri Detective Agency.
Second floor.
A bright living room.
Ran and the others sat on the sofa, listening to Kurosawa Hoshino across from them recount the events.
After listening, Ran's eyes became very suspicious: "Hoshino, your luck is really bad. This is the third time this month. It seems like every time it's just a small matter, someone wants to kill you."
"What was that saying again?" Kogoro Mouri mumbled: "Right, a Lone Star, a Lone Star is what describes you."
"..."
Kurosawa Hoshino shook his head, took an envelope from his pocket, and handed it over: "Uncle Mouri, this is my living expenses for next month."
Kogoro Mouri's eyes lit up. He snatched it, naturally put it into his pocket, and said with a smile: "Oh, we're neighbors, what living expenses? How could I be short on food for you? Really, you child."
Ran covered her face, feeling only embarrassment and shame.
"Hehe..." Kurosawa Hoshino chuckled, long accustomed to the other party's actions, and was unconcerned.
Kurosawa Hoshino and Ran knew each other; the story goes back a month.
A month ago, Kurosawa Hoshino, who had transferred to Teitan High School and moved into the house opposite Ran's, awakened his past life's memories and realized this was an anime world.
He didn't think much of it at first.
But then a cheat appeared.
A System.
[Host: Kurosawa Hoshino]
[Origin Points: 0 (Gain a superpower when reaching 20)]
[Superpower: Danger Premonition]
The first ability was given by the System. It was simple: when he encountered danger, a scene of him being attacked would appear in his mind beforehand, giving him time to dodge or resist.
It was also because of this ability that he had avoided three crises in one month.
As for what "Origin Points" were?
Having read so many novels in his previous life, and combining it with this world, he immediately guessed that it must be for him to solve cases and steal the highlight moments that originally belonged to Conan.
Because the plot hadn't started yet, and he didn't know the details of the cases before the beginning, he had been patient, waiting for Shinichi Kudo to shrink.
Today, a month later, he had finally shrunk, and he could now earn Origin Points and gain more superpowers.
It was also from that time onwards.
He found an excuse to eat with the Kogoro Mouri family, all for the convenience of encountering original cases later on. The process was very smooth; with just a small amount of living expenses, Kogoro Mouri happily agreed... No more thinking about these things.
Kurosawa Hoshino's gaze turned to the very quiet child, who was the protagonist of this world, Shinichi Kudo, now Conan Edogawa.
"Uncle Mouri, Ran, is this child a relative of your family?"
"No, he isn't."
Ran waved her hand and explained: "He's Professor Agasa's relative's child, named Conan Edogawa. Today, he helped Dad a lot by finding a kidnapped little girl."
Kurosawa Hoshino asked knowingly: "It's already evening, aren't you sending him back?"
Ran said softly: "Because Professor Agasa is a bachelor and is usually busy with many experiments, he can't take care of Conan at all, so he's going to stay with us for a while."
"I see."
Kurosawa Hoshino nodded, placed his hand on Conan's head, ruffled it vigorously, and said with a smile:
"Hello, little Conan. My name is Kurosawa Hoshino, you can call me Big Brother Hoshino."
"..."
Conan stared with dead fish eyes, his mouth twitching, but he wouldn't say that.
He felt a hint of wariness towards Kurosawa Hoshino, a classmate who had transferred to his class a month ago and was now eating at his childhood friend's house.
He always felt that the other party might have designs on Ran and was trying to steal his girlfriend.
"Tsk tsk, it seems he's a bit shy."
Kurosawa Hoshino said this, then his tone shifted, and he looked at Kogoro Mouri seriously:
"Uncle Mouri, it seems that if Conan stays at your house, you don't have enough rooms, do you?"
"It's fine, he's just a child, he can just sleep on the floor in my room." Kogoro Mouri had already thought about where Conan would sleep when he agreed to his daughter's request.
"Uncle Mouri, I have a suggestion, would you like to hear it?"
"Tell me."
"How about he stays at my place? Anyway, my house is just across the street on the third floor, and I live alone. The extra room can be for Conan."
"Oh~"
Kogoro Mouri's eyes lit up. He had only agreed to Conan staying because of his daughter, so now that someone was helping him out, it couldn't be better.
"Yes, yes, you're a good kid."
"Huh?" Conan's eyes widened. He hadn't expected Ran's father to be so unreliable, selling him off to someone else just like that.
Ran hesitated: "Dad, isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
"What's inappropriate about it?" Kogoro Mouri explained: "Look, Hoshino eats all three meals here, and he lives right across the street, so close, and everything's fine. Now if it's Conan, do you think there will be a problem?"
Ran thought about it, felt he had a point, and stopped dwelling on it. She nodded gently, agreeing to the matter.
"..."
Conan was so depressed he felt like spitting blood. He had originally thought he could live with his childhood friend, but he hadn't expected someone to interfere.
He subtly glared at Kurosawa Hoshino, thinking that if he hadn't shrunk, he would definitely have a PK with the other party.
"Oh, right, Ran, I bought the ingredients. Hurry up and make dinner, I'm starving."
Kurosawa Hoshino seemed to remember something and picked up the bag on the floor.
"Oh, sorry, I forgot."
Ran exclaimed, quickly took the bag, and scurried to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
"Uncle Mouri, I'm going to help."
Kurosawa Hoshino said, stood up, went to the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves, and asked:
"Ran, what can I help you with?"
"Hmm~" Ran looked around, thought for a moment: "Hoshino, is your knife skill good? If so, you can cut the meat."
"Uh, not really." Kurosawa Hoshino was telling the truth; whether in his previous life or this one, cutting meat had always been his weakness.
"Then you wash the vegetables, and then cut them for me."
"OK, that's easy."