An Outlaw in the World of Conan, Tokisaki Kurumi

Outlaw in the Conan World, Tokisaki Kurumi. Author: Mi Gang Le De Fen.

As everyone knows, the "San" in Kurumi comes from the "San" in Zhang San.

It originates from that legendary outlaw—Zhang San.

Since I have arrived in the world of Conan and am a member of the Black Organization, wouldn't it be too boring if I didn't give Conan and Haibara, who both suffer from Black Organization PTSD, a good scare?

Vermouth: "As expected, Kurumi is also a believer in mysticism~"

Gin: "Tokisaki Kurumi, codenamed Bloody Mary in the organization, is a very dangerous person."

Haibara Ai: "The moment I saw her, I knew that beneath that beautiful exterior lay a soul that could not be described simply as good or evil."

Conan: "So, is this the reason she keeps ** me?"

In short, this is a story about a Stand user wearing the skin of Kurumi and stirring up trouble.

01 The Beginning of Fate

Tropical Land is a relatively well-known amusement park located in Tokyo, Japan.

Within this sprawling park, to cater to visitors and citizens of all ages, Tropical Land is divided into several zones: Adventure Island, Wilderness Island, Science Island, Fantasy Island, and Fairy Tale Island.

Nighttime.

In this bustling park, although there are fewer visitors choosing to play at this hour compared to the daytime, in some respects, the amusement park under the night sky is even more romantic than what young men and women of today might hope for.

"Walking through a haunted house at night feels pretty good, too~"

Inside the haunted house.

Unlike the couples around her, who were walking in pairs and holding hands, a girl with long black hair wearing a black Lolita dress was walking alone through a gloomy and terrifying corridor of blood.

Her delicate, fair face, as exquisite as a doll's, showed no trace of panic or fear, and the black leather shoes on her beautiful feet continued to pace along with a leisurely gait.

"Ah!!!!!"

As a unique female scream echoed from a corner not far ahead, the girl, who was all alone, shook her head helplessly, a sigh escaping her soft, pink lips: "Sigh~ Girls these days are really timid."

On the corridor wall beside the girl, as if sensing the girl's confidence in her own courage, a painting of a man with a bloody, ghastly face suddenly thrust out from the frame. He poked his head out with a look of extreme horror and let out a miserable wail at the girl, who remained completely indifferent.

[The ghost in the painting used Scare on the girl!]

[It was not very effective.]

[The girl did not react.]

Looking at the man's face, which was almost inches away, the girl pursed her lips and stared into his eyes with her right eye, which was exposed from beneath her slanted bangs.

At this moment, the air seemed to freeze.

As a staff member of the amusement park's haunted house, the man responsible for dressing up as a ghost to scare people had never encountered a girl who remained completely unresponsive after being startled like this.

The other party was even looking him up and down with an intrigued gaze, examining the meticulously applied horror makeup on his face.

To be honest, the staff member felt a bit awkward.

When this inexplicable atmosphere lasted for about ten seconds, until the footsteps of another pair of tourists could be heard in the corridor, the man dressed as the ghost gave an awkward smile to the beautiful girl in front of him, then retracted his head.

"I told you, this place is quite interesting."

Hearing the girl's teasing, the man in the painting was speechless.

On one hand, it was because the girl had shown no reaction when he tried to scare her.

On the other hand, he didn't understand why the girl, who was clearly alone, seemed to be speaking to a third person who wasn't there.

Could it be... is there really a ghost here?

Inexplicably, the man felt a chill run down his spine.

And when he turned his gaze from the other end of the corridor back to the front, the staff member was surprised to find that the girl who should have been standing in front of him had vanished.

Did she leave? Poking his head out again to check the corridor, the staff member could not see the girl's figure in the fifteen-meter-long hallway.

"I... I'm not actually seeing a ghost, am I?!"

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Ten minutes later.

When the light at the exit of the haunted house appeared in the girl's line of sight, the girl, having finished enjoying the enthusiastic hospitality of the staff, finally walked out of the exit with a light step.

Outside the exit, the girl saw the couple who had been walking in front of her earlier.

Ordinary people, completely unremarkable.

"I was so scared, Takuzo!" The woman beside the young man huddled like a little bird in the arms of the man named Takuzo.

"Don't be afraid, didn't we make it out already?" Takuzo comforted his girlfriend while holding her slightly trembling body.

The sour stench of "normies" and couples radiating from the two made the girl behind them feel somewhat annoyed.

Seriously, anyone can just go around killing dogs these days!

Feeling indignant, the girl chose to leave this scene that made her feel extremely uncomfortable immediately.

But just as the girl was about to head to the nearby shop to buy a milk tea, she saw a group of police officers in uniform surrounding a woman with a sullen expression and leading her toward the park entrance.

"It seems the little detective's business has concluded. No, perhaps it has only just begun." The young girl murmured in a low voice, as if she had known all along what had transpired here.

Indeed, in a certain sense, she was fully aware of what had occurred in this amusement park to warrant the arrival of such a large contingent of police.

[Homicide]

But what did she mean by "only just begun"?

No one knew.

Or rather, she was the only one here who understood the true meaning behind her own whispered words.

In a dark corner of the amusement park, a young boy of about seven or eight years old lay sprawled on the grass.

Strangely, the clothes he wore were not children's wear appropriate for his age, but rather a set of garments sized for a teenager.

No one knew why a boy wearing clothes far too large for him was lying unconscious here.

As footsteps approached, the girl, holding a cup of milk tea with half its contents remaining, spotted the unconscious boy.

"King Crimson!"

In this silent corner, following a single thought in the girl's mind, a male figure suddenly manifested behind her.

Yet, while the figure appearing behind her possessed a masculine form, its appearance was profoundly eerie.

Against a base of pink skin, the figure was adorned with white, armor-like plating distributed across its body.

Even more unsettling was its face; while it resembled a human's, it was distinctly different, particularly the smaller, identical face embedded upon its forehead.

Judging solely by its appearance, while it held a human shape, it could by no means be called human.

Indeed, this figure was not human.

A Stand.

This was the term used by those who knew of this power.

A so-called Stand is a manifestation of the spiritual energy condensed from within a (non-)living being.

Stands vary in ability and form; every person who possesses one manifests a Stand with its own unique, one-of-a-kind power.

Those who possess Stand abilities, the girl knew, were called Stand users.

The figure that had emerged from the girl's body was her own Stand.

And its name, in certain circles, was even more renowned.

[King Crimson]

02 The Girl Is a Genuine "Good Person"

The girl was not from this world.

She hailed from another world, one that, like this one, was also called Earth.

To put it in common terms, she was a transmigrator.

Before arriving in this world due to an accident, she had actually been a standard young man with a "package."

However, for some godforsaken reason, while he was watching JOJO and simultaneously customizing his favorite 2D female character in a well-known 18R game, he suddenly lost consciousness.

When he woke up again, everything had changed.

His "kindly rifle," which had never been fired at anyone, was gone.

In its place was a figure and appearance he was intimately familiar with.

As for why he was so familiar with it?

Damn it, he had personally sculpted every feature, hairstyle, and contour of this body himself—how could he not be familiar with it?

And what made him feel even more devastated was that, to satisfy his own twisted sense of humor while customizing the character, he had made the chest area just a little bit larger...

Well, just a little...

Perhaps?

In any case, when he discovered he had transmigrated and undergone a gender-bend, perhaps due to the perks of transmigration or his obsession with JOJO, he had unexpectedly acquired a cheat code called the Stand System.

After a series of explorations into his system, he finally realized that it didn't do much else other than allow him to earn points by completing system-issued tasks, which could then be used in a shop to exchange for various Stand abilities.

The World, Hermit Purple, and the like—as long as he completed enough tasks to earn the points, he could even obtain the strongest, Star Platinum.

Not only that, but the system shop also offered a wide variety of items for exchange.

From everyday clothing to complex weapons and equipment, it had everything.

And when a young man possessed a system that would make any JOJO fan ecstatic, gender-bending... wait!

Gender-bending?

Better not.

Thinking of a certain figure from his past life who was hailed as a pioneer against drugs, the young man felt goosebumps at the mere mention of the word.

Forget it, forget it, let's just call it a sex change...

Something still felt wrong.

Setting aside those bizarre adjectives, in short, she—who had transformed into a young girl—had finally turned her life around after utilizing the one-time system lottery reward, drawing the SSR-level boss-tier Stand, [King Crimson].

However!

Perhaps because the girl's luck had exploded during her first draw, causing the system to become displeased (at least, that was what the girl believed), the content that appeared before her eyes after she chose to open the identity setting (random) in the novice gift pack made her head spin.

Picking up from where we left off.

When the girl arrived at Tropical Land, the starting point of the world's timeline and the beginning of the plot, she spent the entire day waiting for the most famous Roller Coaster Murder Case, passing the time by playing various attractions in the amusement park while waiting for nightfall.

It was not until she followed her gradually fading memories that she found the Great Detective Kudo Shinichi, who had been knocked unconscious by a club to the head by Gin and force-fed the APTX4869.

Utilizing the superior vision and senses of her Stand, King Crimson, the girl confirmed that no one was around before taking out her phone and silently snapping a photo of Kudo Shinichi, who lay unconscious on the ground in the form of a young child.

Stowing the phone into the pocket of her dress and retracting her Stand, the girl acted like an ordinary person, quickly running to Kudo Shinichi's side and crouching down to feign surprise as she called out.

"Little boy? Are you alright?"

While pretending to call out anxiously, the girl shook Kudo Shinichi's head.

With a streak of dark humor, after failing to wake him no matter how hard she shook him, the girl extended her left hand and gave the back of the child-like Shinichi's head a few sharp "pats."

"Ugh! That hurts!"

Seemingly reacting to the girl's actions, Kudo Shinichi, still unaware that he had turned into a child, slowly woke up in pain and sat up.

"Hey! Little boy, what's wrong? Why is there blood on your face? Are you hurt?"

Hearing the girl's pleasant voice beside his ear, Kudo Shinichi looked toward his side, feeling dizzy.