Professional Group

Professional Group refers to police officers who have passed the relevant civil service examination.

The total number of people who pass in the entire Eastern Island Nation is 10-15 per year!

The majority of these are graduates from the University of Tokyo, with others from prestigious universities. The difficulty is much higher than the bar exam.

Such a low pass rate naturally corresponds to a "bright future."

Not only do they start as Police Inspectors upon joining, one rank higher than Takagi Wataru's current Sergeant rank, but after a few months to a year of experience in the field, they can be directly promoted to Inspector, the same rank as Inspector Megure.

Normally, Professional Group Inspectors at this stage would most likely be directly assigned to the National Police Agency. Even if not directly assigned to the agency, they would hold desk jobs in the Metropolitan Police Department or other regional headquarters, rather than being on the front lines. The Metropolitan Police Department is the police headquarters for Tokyo, while the National Police Agency is the superior department for all police headquarters nationwide, including the Metropolitan Police Department.

Furthermore, Professional Group members have a high chance of being promoted to Superintendent before the age of 30, and with seniority, can be promoted to Chief Superintendent—ranks that the "front-line workhorses" of the Non-Professional Group can never reach in their lifetime.

Although the Professional Group is part of the police system, they are more like "senior civil servants" and are generally referred to with envy by front-line officers as "Bureaucratic Police" or the "Gold Watch Group."

Of course, Megure held no negative views towards Shiraishi Kuro...

Six years ago, when Shiraishi Kuro first joined and was gaining experience in Violent Crimes Unit Three of the First Investigation Division, Megure was initially troubled. Was the First Investigation Division a place for the Gold Watch Group to gain experience? Could those who worked in offices avoid causing trouble?

However, Shiraishi Kuro's excellent performance soon changed Megure's perception of the "Gold Watch Group"...

Even ten months later, due to his outstanding performance at crime scenes, as well as... his robust physique and innate powerful deterrence, Shiraishi Kuro was noticed by Minister Odagiri of the newly established Organized Crime Countermeasures Department and became a key member of the reorganized and expanded Organized Crime Department. (In this book, the Organized Crime Department was established seven years later than in reality for the Island Nation.)

Shiraishi Kuro did not dislike "front-line work" at all. He served as the chief of Unit 4 in the front-line Organized Crime Department, and after two years, was promoted to Section Chief (his Police Rank remained Inspector).

At this moment, when Takagi heard Inspector Megure say that...

"Gold Watch Group?" Takagi looked at Shiraishi Kuro in shock.

This guy looks like... all his muscles have grown into his brain. He's from the Gold Watch Group?

Takagi's thoughts were written all over his face.

Megure: ...

Megure was speechless. He had just managed to stop himself from blurting out "Gold Watch Group," and you had to say it out loud?

"Um... Officer Takagi." Shiraishi Kuro looked at him seriously.

"Ah! No... I mean..." Takagi immediately panicked. This wasn't just about his position, or even his physique. It was as if Shiraishi Kuro was enveloped in an aura of deterrence!

"That's not good! Sometimes, people who don't look very smart can actually be quite cunning... As detectives, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover!" Shiraishi Kuro said solemnly.

"Yes! Thank you for your guidance!" Takagi quickly bowed ninety degrees, a bow he had only previously shown at Date Wataru's funeral.

Meanwhile, Megure's gaze towards Shiraishi Kuro became serious: "Brother Shiraishi, I heard you've been investigating the Minister of Justice... cough cough, that case. Is this one related too..."

"Hahaha, I'm on leave!" Shiraishi Kuro chuckled and changed the subject.

Seeing Shiraishi Kuro's smiling face, Megure became even more uneasy—mainly for Shiraishi Kuro's sake, as the case he was currently involved in was no trivial matter...

Megure had also heard some rumors, supposedly that the Minister of Justice was secretly manipulating local violent organizations and even colluding with foreign powers for money laundering activities!

Of course, these were just "rumors," and naturally, the case was "halted by the higher-ups"!

This case was initially discovered by Organized Crime Unit 3, and knowing Shiraishi Kuro, Megure doubted he would simply pretend nothing happened just because of an order from "above."

However, before Megure could press further, Shinichi, standing nearby, couldn't help but say, "Inspector Megure, that person over there is still dead..."

"Of course, I know! Honestly, you're causing us a lot of trouble by moving around like this when we haven't ruled out homicide!" Megure admonished him.

"Sorry! Inspector Megure, this guy's mind is stuck on deduction..."

Just then, a long-haired young girl with a high, slanted bangs hairstyle—no, wait, a long-haired young girl with a high, slanted bangs hairstyle—came over to apologize to Megure.

"Huh? It's Ran. You've gotten so big... Huh? You guys are actually..." Megure seemed greatly surprised that high school students were traveling to the United States together as a couple.

"I didn't move anything carelessly! I had these ladies watching me the whole time. I didn't erase any traces or take anything. And... it's not 'haven't ruled out homicide,' it's 'definitely homicide'!

"There's a tiny puncture wound on the back of the victim's neck, likely from spinal cord trauma. And there was a medicine bottle in the trash. He was probably drugged first, then stabbed in the back of the neck with a sharp object." Shinichi quickly explained.

"Huh?" Megure was taken aback. He hadn't expected someone Shinichi's age to examine things so meticulously.

However, Megure still said, "But by moving the body around like that, you might affect the determination of the time of death. After all, if it's not sent for an autopsy, the basic inspection can only rely on rigor mortis..."

"Based on the lividity and the stiffness of the jaw, the time of death should be one to two hours ago." Shinichi was clearly prepared, giving off a slightly showy impression.

Shiraishi Kuro remained silent at this moment, only glancing at Kudo Shinichi and Mori Ran... well, it should be "them"!

That's right, Shiraishi Kuro had another secret...

Ever since he was a child, he had vague memories of a "previous life," making him almost a legendary "transmigrator."

However, his method of "transmigration" was more akin to reincarnation, from Earth to this strange yet somewhat familiar parallel world.

And he had a very direct "transmigrator" benefit—he could add points!

As long as he achieved a certain result, or rather, an accomplishment, he would receive a corresponding number of points.

He grew up in an orphanage as a child, and it was...

The Shiraishi Orphanage in Kamurocho, Tokyo!

Kamurocho was a representative area for "violent organizations gathering" in Tokyo, and it was also the stronghold of the Kanto's largest violent organization, the Tojo Clan.

Therefore, as a child, Shiraishi Kuro once wanted to join a violent organization. Thus, before the age of eighteen, he invested most of the reward points he received, from "little red flowers" in kindergarten to academic exams in school, into [Physique].

He continued to raise [Physique] to Lv10!

Based on Shiraishi Kuro's understanding of the Point Allocation System over the years, Lv10 is roughly the extent of "human limits."

Perhaps it was because he was frantically adding points to Physique during his growth spurt, which caused Shiraishi Kuro's body to develop to an incredibly exaggerated degree!

However...

At eighteen, Shiraishi Kuro suddenly discovered that there was a place called [Beika Town] in Tokyo!

It seems this is the world of some death-detective elementary school student!

So, starting at eighteen, Shiraishi Kuro completely abandoned martial arts for academics. With the help of his Point Allocation abilities, he obtained dual bachelor's degrees in [Psychology] and [Health Science] from the University of Tokyo, as well as dual master's degrees in [Law] and [Forensic Medicine]. During this time, he continued to gain points with the aid of his abilities, constantly passing exams and achieving milestones, creating a virtuous cycle...

Later, at twenty-four, he passed the assessment for the Professional Group!

Now, seeing Kudo Shinichi and Mori Ran as high school students, Shiraishi Kuro suspects... the time distortion is about to begin!

Note: In terms of settings, the normal state of Kyogoku Makoto is "human limits," Lv10 strength. Kyogoku Makoto protecting his wife in "The Fist of Blue Sapphire" is Lv11. Normal Ran is Lv8, and Ran protecting her husband is Lv9.

However, it should be noted that Kyogoku Makoto's "human limit" is 79 kg. Even if Ran reaches Lv10, she would only be around 40 kg, which is still within the "human limit." The protagonist, on the other hand, is a "human limit" of 159 kg. The practical combat significance of these three is completely different.

The matchup of [Normal Protagonist vs. Normal Kyogoku Makoto] is roughly equivalent to [Normal Kyogoku Makoto vs. Husband-Protecting Ran].

Normally, one wouldn't explain a protagonist's combat power so directly through "settings." However, since "combat" is not the main theme of this book, I'll just lay it out plainly like this.

There's also a very important setting: this book is only a fanfiction in relation to Detective Conan. Although cases and characters from other movies, TV shows, and anime games will appear, apart from Detective Conan, all others are merely "tributes." This means they will be heavily modified, borrowing character designs and cases to enrich the story, but will not strictly adhere to the settings or story lines of other works. The overarching framework will be based on the Detective Conan world.

If you happen to see "familiar" non-Conan characters and original plots, don't doubt it, it's a tribute. And it may not follow the story progression and settings you are familiar with.

If you have only watched Detective Conan, that's even better, because the plot elements outside of Conan are written as "original" anyway. If you haven't seen them, it's best to treat them as "purely original"!