Out-of-control players in the world of Detective Conan

[Congratulations, host, you have come into contact with Awakened AI No. 024, Karasuma Renya]

[Mystery gift packs have now been distributed]

After bringing Karasuma Renya into his home, Qi Ming was carefully examining Karasuma Renya's information when he finally heard the system's voice, which he hadn't heard in a long time.

He raised an eyebrow and thought to himself.

"Snow Leopard, you're still here? I thought you were dead."

"Why haven't you said anything for so long? What are you doing, chasing sales targets again?"

[No, the system is busy updating the game version for the host.]

The current awakened AI, Karasuma Renya, is the main content of this version update.

"So how did he awaken?"

[Please explore on your own, host.]

"6."

……

【Karasuma Renya】

The owner behind the Karasuma Group is arguably the wealthiest person in Japan, making him one of the country's richest men. He also enjoys collecting art.

According to relevant sources, Karasuma Renya passed away 40 years ago at the age of 100. The Karasuma Group has not yet disclosed the current de facto controller of the group.

"..."

On the sofa, Ai Haibara looked away from her phone, her eyes occasionally glancing at Renya Karasuma, who was eating and drinking with Qi Ming like ordinary friends at the dining table.

Thankfully, we live in the age of smartphones, and thankfully, Karasuma Renya used his real name.

After checking the encyclopedia, Ai Haibara finally understood why the name seemed familiar.

Ai Haibara had considered that the organization's boss might be very old, but she never expected that the boss would be a century-old man, and a powerful figure with immense financial authority...

Although the young man in front of him had no relation to the old man.

Now Ai Haibara understands why the organization wanted her and her parents to research APTX4869.

The thing people fear most in life is making a lot of money only to die before they can spend it all.

People with money and power are more afraid of death than ordinary people.

Karasuma Renya's initial motivation for establishing the organization might have been to find a way to regain youth and achieve immortality.

However, judging from Karasuma Renya's current state and the conversation between the two...

Ai Haibara gradually formed a guess in her mind.

At the dinner table, Qi Ming took a sip of wine and asked Karasuma Renya a question.

"So, how exactly did you do that, Karasuma-sama?"

"How did you do that?"

"So you realized something was wrong with the world?"

"Oh?"

Karasuma Renya smiled, reached out and conjured a glass of red wine, which he gently swirled.

"Don't you suspect that I, like you, knew this from the very beginning?"

"Tsk."

Qi Ming picked up his chopsticks and pointed at Karasuma Renya's head from a distance, looking annoyed.

"If you were really like me, you wouldn't be at only a few levels now."

"If you can only grind to this extent even though there's no level cap here, then what's the point of playing?"

"..."

Karasuma Renya frowned, causing a ripple to appear in the wine in his cup.

He seemed to not quite understand Qi Ming's words.

Although he had tried very hard to accept new things during this time, he still couldn't quite understand what Qi Ming was saying.

Getting back to the main topic, Qi Ming asked Karasuma Renya again.

"So, Karasuma, how did you do that? Give me a way to let my kid awaken one too."

Karasuma Renya glanced at Haibara Ai, who was sitting on the sofa watching TV and occasionally glancing at them, and said slowly.

"It's actually very simple. I found all the world's famous psychologists to hypnotize me and make me believe that this is a game world."

Karasuma Renya downed the red wine in one gulp, then scattered the empty glass in his hand.

"However, if you want to use this method to wake up Shiho Miyano as well, it might not work very well."

"Because I had already dealt with all of those psychologists at that time."

"6."

Qi Ming squinted at Karasuma Renya and said.

"Boss Karasuma, you really are a bad guy."

Karasuma Renya smiled and shook his head, then cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to Qi Ming.

"Hahaha, same to you, but Senior Qi Ming, you're even more wicked."

"No, no, no, you're bad."

"You're the bad one."

When Karasuma Renya gave the answer, the system's voice also sounded in Qi Ming's mind.

[Congratulations, host, on learning about the version update features]

When an NPC can completely change its mindset, it can become an awakened AI.

The awakened AI will have simplified game functions; if the host is like a ProMax, then they are like a youthful Mini.

"This configuration seems to have been cut down quite drastically."

Qi Ming made a sarcastic remark.

"But is human-machine awakening really that simple?"

[Simple, yet not so simple. It's like the system telling the host this is a real world—would the host believe it?]

Qi Ming remained silent for a moment, then nodded emphatically under Karasuma Renya's somewhat puzzled gaze.

"Yes, I believe it. I believe it very much."

[...It's pointless for the host to be so hypocritical.]

Oh, another NPC has awakened. System, I'll have to busy myself with modifying the settings again, Ghana~

After the last sentence, the system fell silent again.

Karasuma Renya stopped joking with Qi Ming and said with a hint of regret:

"I always feel like I've been living a lie my whole life, and only now do I feel like I'm truly alive."

“If I hadn’t been completely desperate at that time, I probably wouldn’t have tried to believe you.”

Qi Ming rolled his eyes at Karasuma Renya.

"...I think you should start to feel something's wrong when you're over 130 years old."

"No one can live that long."

Karasuma Renya paused for a moment, then nodded with a loud laugh.

"Haha, you're right. Now that I think about it, there are just too many abnormal things in this world."

As she spoke, Karasuma Renya turned to look at Haibara Ai.

"And child, you should also know this: do you think your current state is scientifically sound?"

"..."

Ai Haibara shrank back and didn't dare to say much.

A moment later, Qi Ming looked at Karasuma Renya and said:

"So, boss Karasuma, what brings you here today? Are you here to take your eyes?"

"And why did you say yesterday that Shuichi Akai didn't need to be a problem?"

There's a bug preventing players from exchanging quest reward cards with each other, but the boss's trading quests are still active.

Although Karasuma Renya has realized that this is not the real world, his identity is still different from Qi Ming's.

After all, even a machine that has realized its own capabilities is still a machine.

But Karasuma Renya was unaware of this at the moment, believing that he was on the same level as Qi Ming.

"I wanted to trade you for a prosthetic eye, but more importantly, I wanted to discuss something with you."

"As for Shuichi Akai..."

Karasuma Renya chuckled inexplicably, as if he had heard a joke.

"With my current perspective and level of understanding, a few insects are nothing to me."

Then, Karasuma Renya spoke to Qi Ming.

"And now Shuichi Akai is one of our organization's people."

"……what?"

Qi Ming and Ai Haibara, who was sitting on the sofa listening, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Qi Ming realized that his prediction had been flawed.

It turns out that the boss and Gin were not undercover agents, but Shuichi Akai was actually an undercover agent sent by the organization to the FBI!

Ai Haibara was thinking that Shuichi Akai was truly shameless.

My sister's body is barely cold, and she's already working for a murder organization... well, maybe she's not really in a position to say that now.

Pshaw! I know my sister is still alive, but Shuichi Akai thought she was dead!

So he should still be criticized for joining the organization!