The cross-dressing master in the world of Detective Conan

Working as a police officer means you could get blown up by a bomb any day.

The probability of a bomb incident occurring in the Conan world is dozens of times higher than in other worlds.

"Miss Kazama, Miss Kazama, are you listening?"

Hathaway's soft voice rang in Kazama Kaoru's ears, bringing her back to her senses.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Kazama Kaoru quickly snapped back to reality, then stared intently at his opponent, slashing away with a serious expression.

"It's like this. The magician who made a rash move against you before, namely Annie, disappeared without a trace, so the higher-ups sent me to investigate this matter. That's why I accidentally discovered this spacetime node, or rather, spacetime glitch, to put it more scientifically."

"Do you magicians also study science?"

"In fact, I do have some knowledge of this level, and who says that people who study magic can't also have scientific knowledge? As far as I know, there are magicians active even in Academy City."

Seemingly feeling slighted, Hathaway said in a huff, her expression rather cute.

However, Kaoru Kazama had no time to appreciate the scenery; her entire attention was drawn to those four words.

Academy City is a complex concept, but it can be summarized in one sentence: a chaotic world where science and magic coexist.

Calling it chaotic might be a bit of an overstatement, but a world where World War III could break out, and where magic users and superpowered individuals coexist, is no less dangerous than the Marvel universe, where superheroes and supervillains frequently roam.

For Kazama Kaoru now, this is an even more significant event.

If there really are such a thing as a time-space node in the Conan world, and Hathaway, who suddenly appears in front of Kazama Kaoru, is someone who smuggled herself from the world of A Certain Magical Index.

Is it possible that the Detective Conan world, where Kaoru Kazama currently lives, could also merge with the world of A Certain Magical Index?

"Are you the only one who knows about the spacetime node vulnerability?"

Kaoru Kazama asked seemingly casually, but the three tomoe in his eyes were slowly rotating until they merged into one.

Within the scarlet pupils, a pitch-black windmill shape appeared.

"Yes, for now it's just me."

Kaoru Kazama breathed a slight sigh of relief after receiving a positive answer, but he did not completely let his guard down.

First of all, although this little girl looks adorable, she is very credible.

However, it's easy to draw the skin of a tiger but difficult to draw its bones; one can know a person's face but not their heart.

Who knows if this guy has exceptional mental fortitude and is the kind of person who lies without batting an eye?

Or perhaps they are vanguards sent by the other world to probe. In any case, Kazama Kaoru is now speculating about their intentions with the utmost malice.

The situation is indeed quite tricky right now.

Kaoru Kazama did not feel excited after learning that the other party might be from the world of A Certain Magical Index.

On the contrary, it could be said that at that moment, cold sweat broke out on her back.

Compared to the world of A Certain Magical Index, or even just Academy City, the combat power of the Conan world is pitifully low.

Leaving aside the countless ability users over there, just those seven level 5 superpower users alone are all capable of forming an army on their own.

Moreover, Hathaway is a magician; in the original work, it was only described that Academy City had 2.3 million students.

The exact number of mages who can use magical spells has never been stated.

If the other side uses this so-called spacetime node to launch an invasion, then this side will probably be completely routed.

There's no protagonist like Touma Kamijou here, a kind-hearted guy who can single-handedly stop the villainous boss.

And they used persuasive tactics to slowly stall for time until the brainwashing was successful.

Conan's deductive reasoning skills are useless in soccer, and Kaito Kid's disguise and voice-changing abilities at most ensure his safety.

As for Hattori Heiji's swordsmanship, he only sparred with powerless armed groups.

If something were to happen to the protagonist of this world, it would be hard to say what would happen to this world.

It's hard to say whether the world will collapse immediately once the fundamental principle of reasoning is broken.

Therefore, upon learning that the other party came from another world, and specifically a high-martial arts anime world that she was familiar with, her first reaction was to activate her kaleidoscope and try to nip the danger in the bud.

If this is a so-called instance opened by the system, she would be happy to experience what it's like to fight with Misaka Mikoto.

The problem is that it isn't.

Furthermore, the reason she came to find him first suggests that she must have been an extraordinary person with superpowers.

This meeting raises the question of whether the other side is testing the limits of this world.

She can say without hesitation that, with two Mangekyou Sharingan, enhanced five senses, and a level 5 ability, she possesses the highest combat power in this world.

Did the other party detect this, which is why they contacted her directly?

Will her attitude next determine the other party's reaction?

Kaoru Kazama was caught up in a mental storm and had no time to pay attention to the magician opposite him.

Chapter 468 World Dungeon Opens

"Ding, system update successful. Spatial impulse detected. World instance activated."

Finally, the familiar voice rang in Kazama Kaoru's mind once again.

That wretched system, usually so quiet, finally didn't let us down at this crucial moment.

"Will there be any problems with this world?"

Seeing that the system had finally stopped pretending to be dead, Kaoru Kazama asked the question that concerned her the most.

"Please rest assured, host, there will be no problems in this world."

"That's good, then I can rest assured. Does opening the world instance mean I have to go to Academy City?"

Kazama Kaoru had already brainstormed about dungeons beforehand, so he wasn't too surprised when the system mentioned it.

"Yes, the host needs to reach the world of A Certain Magical Index to complete some tasks. When you arrive in the other world, the time flow in this world will be reduced to the minimum."

"That was a huge help."

As an office worker, she doesn't have that much free time. Although she can't stop time, it's enough for her.

"Hathaway, did you mean you wanted me to help you get back?"

This time, Kaoru Kazama was more careful and didn't ignore the girl opposite him while talking to the system.

Ask Christia to write down her words, and then provide the answer.

"Because my sensory magic can only detect you, and other sensory sources are too weak to track, I can only trouble you. I apologize for disturbing you."

Hathaway lowered her head deeply, almost burying it in her chest, and no expression could be seen.

Are there other sources of sensing in this world?

Kaoru Kazama was most curious about this question.

Although she knew that Koizumi Akako was a red mage, and although the magical effects seemed more like a little girl's jealousy.

"Yes, but they are all very faint."

Compared to the world of A Certain Magical Index, where magic has been developed to a very high level, the magic here seems like mere child's play.

Although she wasn't sure how advanced magic was here.

She had initially thought that Annie, the innocent girl who had attacked her earlier, was a local and quite appreciated the spectacle of magic here.

But who knew it turned out to be from their side of the same organization?

From this perspective, the development of magic in this world is only so-so; at most, it's used for jealousy and rivalry.

"Wait a minute, you said you don't understand magic, so why did you find me directly?"

After asking around for a while, Kaoru Kazama finally remembered that the other girl was a magical girl, but she wasn't.

Even if we take a step back and assume the worst, she should have looked at Koizumi Akako, not herself.

"Here's the thing, I originally came here to look for the missing Annie, but she concealed her magical fluctuations. If the tracking magic cannot find the target, it will automatically switch to the person who was recently in contact with the target. That's why I ended up following you, Ms. Kazama."

"But when I came to my senses, I was already in another world."

"Have you already conducted research on spacetime magic over there?"

In the original work, the most exaggerated concept is probably the artificial angels and demons.

As for whether there is any magic related to time and space, she really didn't know.

Although Academy City's technology is 20 or 30 years ahead of the outside world and at least 50 years ahead of this place, it probably hasn't developed to the point of time travel yet.

"Well, actually, I've only seen related clues in ancient books, but they're all very fragmented. If time-space magic really existed, it would probably have been banned by now."

Hathaway's vigilance is unusually low; she tells me everything.

They're no longer strangers; they're from completely different worlds.

This girl is far too calm, or perhaps she simply doesn't realize it.

"So, you can't go back right now, right?"

After learning that the system had relevant countermeasures, Kaoru Kazama calmed down.

Looking back now, her behavior just now was almost like that of a eunuch who was more worried than the emperor.

With the system powerhouse supporting her, she's definitely better off being a lazy bum.

"That's absolutely right, Ms. Kazama. Can you help me?"

"Help me with what? Help me get back?"

“Annie may be hiding in your world, but I think she probably doesn’t know that she came to this world because of a spacetime glitch.”

After all, she was the most uneducated and incompetent student in the church school.

"Oh, I see. Then that's no problem."

Kaoru Kazama also left no ink marks.

There's no need to act all mysterious and enigmatic when talking to a teenage girl.

In fact, her idea was to pack up these two visitors from another world and send them back together.