Transmigrated into Conan, his ability is Rhodes Island

Kazumitsu Akihara felt the profound care from Professor Hirota.

That day in the lab, Akihara was sitting beside a pile of petri dishes, sometimes observing, sometimes writing down data. Professor Hirota walked in through the back door, all smiles, carrying a stack of faxes.

"Hey, how's your part-time job at the library going?"

Akihara saw the thick stack of papers in the other person's hand and alarm bells went off in his head. "It's good, the seniors there have been very kind to me. But I still think the work in the lab is more important..."

"It's nothing, it's nothing," the old man interrupted him with a smile. "I've found a few more part-time jobs for you, why don't you give them a try?"

"I do not……"

"I've already made an appointment with them, let's give it a try." Hirota Masami handed the fax to Akihara without allowing any refusal.

But because I had previously extorted money from Gin... no, I had earned enough money through my own efforts, I had paid my utilities and rent on time, and I even had extra money to participate in the 3000 yen per person social event. I could even choose to take a taxi instead of taking the bus or walking.

However, he couldn't explain to Professor Hirota where the money came from. How could he tell him that he suddenly had plenty of money? Before he could figure it out, Akihara had already been pushed out of the laboratory by Professor Hirota.

Akihara: ...I'll ask you one more time, does such a mentor really exist?

then--

Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the roadside trees, casting dappled light on the bustling commercial streets of Shizuoka Prefecture. Akihara, dressed in a giant Monokuma mascot costume, stood out conspicuously among the hurried passersby. From a multitude of part-time jobs—cashier at a large supermarket, tutor, store salesperson, mail deliveryman, etc.—Akihara chose the one that didn't require her to show her face: attracting passersby by distributing balloons in a mascot costume.

Akihara's mascot costume is an adorable pear-shaped black and white bear. "Adorable" might need to be put in quotes, because the left half of the bear's face is white with rosy cheeks, resembling a smiling bear head, while the other half is black with red eyes and a wicked grin revealing sharp teeth. Not only that, but the designer probably felt this wasn't enough; the bear even wears a blue suit and a red tie on its upper body.

When Akihara saw this thing, he fell silent for a long time. The owner of the official authorized experience store of the full-time store who hired him thought he didn't know about it, so he started to explain to him that it was a popular character in the recently popular mystery game "Ace Attorney Rumble", and that it was very popular among children.

"Look at him, all furry, with very... distinctive eyes and mouth. His body is also round and chubby, plus those short arms and legs, he looks so funny... no, cute!" The shopkeeper misinterpreted the indescribable expression on Akihara's face as disgust and quickly tried to salvage the reputation of his virtual character.

Whether it's cute or not is debatable, but it's certainly quite popular. Akihara stood at the street corner when a passerby handed him a balloon. The balloons were simple in design, just colorful helium balloons with the Monokuma logo printed on them, but holding a large bunch of them still attracted attention. He handed one to a bouncy child, one to an elderly woman with white hair and a weathered face, one to a group of high school students walking together, one to a busy office worker passing by... At the shopkeeper's request, every time a passerby took a balloon, Akihara would turn his head to show them Monokuma's enthusiastic smile as much as possible, and then let out the character's signature "Upupu".

The system was laughing hysterically in Akihara's mind, saying it would definitely record it to use to blackmail him in the future.

Akihara: ...Someone come here! This system is broken! Quickly drag it to the class trial!

After dealing with a blushing high school girl who wanted to take a photo with him using a film camera, a bratty kid who wanted to kick him when he wasn't looking, and a corporate slave who might have just been scolded by his boss and was grumbling about refusing balloons, Akihara wiped a bead of sweat from his brow. The mascot costume was already hot to wear, and he had to constantly bend over to hand out balloons and walk around posing.

Soon, he only had one balloon left. Just as he was searching for his last target, preparing to stuff the balloon in and run, he suddenly felt a weight on his leg, as if someone was hugging him. He bent down, his neck, which wasn't even black and white bear, to look down, and saw a little boy who looked about five or six years old clinging to his leg, crying in a childish voice, tears streaming down his face, "Principal... Waaah, Principal, save Xiaomi, waaaah, I can't find her, waaaah..."

Akihara:……

He bent down, pried open the boy's fingers with his short, stubby hands, stuffed the last blue balloon into the boy's hand, made a questioning "uh-huh" sound, and prepared to make his escape.

As he manipulated the doll to run away with tiny steps, he was mentally explaining to the system: "The classic cat-saves-the-cat plot, a Hollywood-style opening. You can probably find it in the database; it's the theory mentioned in that book by Snyder called 'Save the Cat.' It says that in film and television creation, the protagonist must do a small good deed after appearing, such as saving a cat, a dog, a turtle, or even a cute child. What you save isn't important; what's important is that through this act of doing a good deed, the audience feels that the character is kind and gentle, which brings them closer to the audience and makes them empathize."

"Since you're so familiar with the tricks, why don't you do it?" The system took out its camera, ready to record this part as well.

"Because I'm not a good person!"

Just then, a little boy's heart-wrenching cries came from behind him: "Principal! Principal Naruhodo, please help me!"

Akihara stumbled and nearly fell. He mentally questioned the system incredulously, "Wait, isn't Monokuma a villain? And what the heck is Principal Naruhodo? What kind of bizarre hybrid has been created by mixing these two IPs?"

The system started typing away at the keyboard, searching for information, and then began reading from a Baidu Encyclopedia entry without any emotion: "Ace Attorney Rumble is a mystery adventure game independently developed by Mantang. It tells the story of the protagonist, Ryuichi Milesword, who, as the 'Ultimate Lawyer,' participates in a battle royale game hosted by Hope's Peak Academy. In the process, he meets partners, solves puzzles, and uncovers the truth..."

Akihara fell silent, realizing he'd been speechless quite often lately. He opened his mouth several times to complain about the plot, but then silently shut it again.

Just then, the little boy behind him seemed to suddenly remember something, rummaged in his pocket, and finally pulled out a card, holding it high. "Principal, if you help me find Xiaomi, I'll give you this Kamen Rider card!"

The system turned its head and glanced at it. "Hey, isn't this the limited edition card that saw its value skyrocket millions of times over ten years later? There are only three left in the world, and one of them was destroyed, making the other two even more valuable."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Yuan jogged back in a circle, placed a hand on the boy's shoulder, and said with an air of righteous indignation and unwavering duty, "Don't worry, leave this to me, the principal! I'll have a top-tier detective help you find Xiaomi later. Just give him the card at the end." He glanced at the boy's blue balloon. "Wait here for a moment. Use this blue balloon as a marker; he'll come looking for you soon."

The boy nodded excitedly. "Mmm!"

System: ...You bad guy!

—So when Gin started making a barrage of calls to Akihara, intending to give this guy who had been getting too close to Miyano Akemi lately, Akihara was holding the little boy's hand and going door to door looking for a cat named Mimi.

"Su Dai, what are you doing?" Finally, the other party answered the phone, and Gin asked fiercely.

"Huh? What did you say? Oh, I'm helping a child find their cat!"