Kudou Shinichi only had three talents, but that already put him ahead of ninety-nine percent of people.
They were Protagonist's Halo, Deduction Master, and Grim Reaper's Aura.
Protagonist's Halo (Red): As the protagonist, your actions are more easily accepted by others, you more easily gain favor and assistance, and your chances of escaping great danger rise dramatically.
Deduction Master (Purple): Years of reading mystery novels and studying detective knowledge make it easier for you to spot clues when faced with complex problems, dramatically increasing the efficiency and accuracy of your deductions.
Grim Reaper's Aura (White): Cases are more likely to occur around you, and those close to you are more likely to be drawn into danger, but you are often unaffected.
Aside from Grim Reaper's Aura, the other two talents were extremely powerful.
Especially the Red-quality Protagonist's Halo.
Possessing this talent meant almost everything would go smoothly.
This also meant that the White-quality Grim Reaper's Aura, which would be more detrimental than beneficial to others, actually became a helper on Kudou Shinichi's path to becoming a great detective.
[Goddess of Fortune's Favor] and [Protagonist's Halo] were both highly desirable talents, and Hoshimiya Yuu wanted both, but he only had one Copy opportunity.
After long consideration, he ultimately chose to copy [Goddess of Fortune's Favor].
Drawing a talent was a form of lottery, and [Goddess of Fortune's Favor] could be put to use immediately.
On the other hand, Hoshimiya Yuu considered that he might have a chance to gain a Plunder opportunity in the future.
He certainly couldn't plunder Ran.
The best choice would naturally be Kudou Shinichi's [Protagonist's Halo].
There was only room for one protagonist.
And that person had to be him!
Hoshimiya Yuu decided to save the remaining Draw opportunity until after he had copied [Goddess of Fortune's Favor].
In the old apartment, Hoshimiya Yuu took out a notebook from a drawer and wrote in Chinese on a fresh page: Professional Soccer Player Threat Incident. Did not participate.
Flipping back through the notebook and reading the lines of entries, Hoshimiya Yuu suddenly frowned.
Roller Coaster Incident: Gained Copy and Upgrade opportunities.
Chairman's Daughter Kidnapping Incident: Gained no reward.
Idol Locked-Room Murder Case: Gained no reward.
Metropolitan Code Map Incident: Did not participate.
Shinkansen Grand Explosion Incident: Gained Upgrade opportunity.
Valentine's Day Murder Case: Gained no reward.
Monthly Gift Threat Incident: Gained no reward.
Art Museum Murder Case: Gained no reward.
The World's Best Night Festival Murder Case: Gained no reward.
Something was wrong.
Twelve parts out of ten, something was seriously wrong.
Looking at his handwritten records now and recalling everything carefully, Hoshimiya Yuu suddenly realized that since the Roller Coaster Case—specifically, since Conan shrank—almost three months had passed.
Ten cases in three months, averaging nearly three cases a month.
That was roughly one case every ten days.
He clearly remembered every event that happened, even the changes he made in the cases he participated in. He had even roughly concluded that the probability of getting a reward from a Fated Event was indeed very low and was positively correlated with the event's significance and his level of participation.
During this period, he had also met the kids from the Detective Boys, as well as Inspector Megure and others from Investigation Division One, through Ran and Conan.
By interacting with them, Hoshimiya Yuu had gained several Draw opportunities.
Basically, each person provided one opportunity, all related to their emotions.
Through comparing large amounts of data, Hoshimiya Yuu knew that only characters who appeared consistently in the plot were considered Fated Individuals.
A successful interaction occurred when a Fated Individual experienced an emotional fluctuation directed at him.
The first interaction was the simplest: normal emotional fluctuations like fondness, jealousy, or envy were enough for a successful interaction.
To succeed in a subsequent interaction, much stronger emotions were required.
So far, besides Ran, who provided two Draw opportunities (one from fondness and one from 'Like'), all other Fated Individuals had only provided one.
Despite having gained so many memories and experienced so many things, he felt like he had only just met Ran a short time ago, and Conan had just appeared.
It wasn't just him; people around him felt the same way—that not much time had passed.
Hoshimiya Yuu took a deep breath, carefully reviewed his experiences during this period, and combined them with his memories from his previous life. He finally discovered where the problem lay.
The time in this world is broken!
Likely due to his Transmigrator status, Hoshimiya Yuu had been subtly influenced since birth, causing his subconscious mind to overlook this fact.
The flow of time in this world was much slower.
To give a simple example, one day here was equivalent to ten days elsewhere.
This was why, despite being the late twentieth century, they had various technologies that should only exist in the twenty-first century, or even more advanced ones.
This included, but was not limited to, smartphones, fingerprint recognition, DNA detection technology, and artificial intelligence.
Since Kudou Shinichi shrank, the time issue became even more apparent.
Not only did the time flow become slower, but everyone became incredibly slow to perceive time.
Time could even jump back and forth!
In the Conan universe, Conan could be an elementary school student for twenty years, and a single year could contain multiple cycles of spring, summer, fall, and winter…
This is a characteristic of the Conan world!
Most obviously, yesterday was July 20th, but today was April 11th.
And tomorrow would be October 18th—the day Hitomi Kuujo was scheduled to meet him after the Roller Coaster Case!
And yet, no one seemed confused by this!
Fortunately, while the dates regressed and leaped, time itself didn't truly reverse or skip.
Events that had occurred didn't disappear, nor did illogical events appear out of thin air due to date skipping.
Hoshimiya Yuu felt relieved after figuring out the cause of the abnormality.
Being insensitive to time like everyone else and being accustomed to the jumping dates actually benefited him.
This way, not only was his daily life unaffected—avoiding being sent to a psychiatric hospital as a lunatic—but he also gained an extra twenty years of time.
Since it was all gain and no loss, and he couldn't change it, Hoshimiya Yuu chose to calmly accept it.
He locked the issue of time deep within his Memory Palace. Regardless of how much time had truly passed or how it was jumping, his consciousness-based judgment would be his guide.
Closing the notebook, he was about to put it in the drawer, but then he thought better of it and simply destroyed it.
Since he already roughly understood the rules for gaining rewards from Fated Events, there was no need to keep this item that gave him headaches and could potentially expose his secret.
The greater the impact of the Fated Event and the higher the participation, the greater the chance of a reward.
Gaining a Talent Upgrade had the highest probability, followed by Talent Copy.
Talent Plunder had the lowest probability.
After destroying the notebook, Hoshimiya Yuu opened his personal panel and realized he had accumulated many Talent Draw opportunities.
It wasn't a deliberate accumulation; his dullness toward time made him think not much time had passed, so he hadn't noticed he had so many Draw counts.
[Name]: Hoshimiya Yuu [Talents]: Transmigrator (Red), Goddess of Fortune's Favor (Red), Memory Palace (Orange), Handsome (Blue), Rapid Recovery (Blue), Dynamic Vision (Blue), Muscle Enhancement (Blue), Concealment (Blue), Sleep Inducement (White) [Draw Count]: 9 [Upgrade Count]: 1 [Copy Count]: 0 [Plunder Count]: 0