Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

Author: Panda in the Gobi Desert

Summary:

He transmigrated into the world of Detective Conan, but unfortunately ended up in the body of Matsuda Jinpei, who was facing a bomb. Before he could react, the bomb exploded!

Three years later, when Matsuda Jinpei awoke again, he had acquired a Netherworld Ghost Messenger System!

By day, he arrests criminal suspects and solves countless cases, earning him the reputation of a hero of the Metropolitan Police Department!

At night, he transforms into a ghost messenger, sending damned evil spirits to hell and granting wishes to beautiful... oops, kind-hearted souls.

Shinichi Kudo: "That's strange. Why is it that this guy can solve cases so much faster than me every time? Doesn't he even need to do any deduction?"

Matsuda Jinpei: "What? You solve cases by searching for clues and making deductions? I just summon the dead and ask who the murderer is!"

Chapter 1 The Unluckiest Transmigrator

Special care ward at Beika Central Hospital.

A emaciated man with his eyes closed was lying on the hospital bed, letting the nurse wipe him and examine his body.

"Officer Matsuda's condition remains stable,"

While busy at work, the nurse spoke to the short-haired, spirited young woman next to her.

"Officer Sato, you don't need to worry too much."

“He’s been lying here for three years now, how could I not be worried?”

Although Sato Miwako knew the chances were slim, she still couldn't help but ask.

During this week's consultation, did the doctor say when he might wake up?

The nurse didn't answer; she just silently shook her head.

"Really……"

Sato Miwako sighed, looking at the man lying on the hospital bed. She gritted her teeth in annoyance.

"You bastard Matsuda, if you're going to play the hero, then wake up properly!"

Seeing this, the nurse didn't say anything more and turned to leave the ward.

This scene has been happening every week since Matsuda Jinpei was admitted to Beika Central Hospital.

The attending physician had said that talking to the patient frequently would help him regain consciousness.

For three years, Officer Sato visited him every week without fail, rain or shine. He would either chatter about the cases he had encountered that week or complain and blame Officer Matsuda, who was in the hospital bed, for trying to be a hero.

The doctors and nurses in the hospital had long since changed their initial curiosity and gossip to sympathy and pity.

In a small, private hospital room, a beautiful policewoman from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division was quietly recounting her work experience over the past week.

Unbeknownst to Sato Miwako, at the very moment she spoke, several ghosts were floating in mid-air in the ward, pointing and whispering at her.

One of the ghosts looked almost exactly like Officer Matsuda, who was lying in the hospital bed, only he wasn't as thin and haggard.

"What a good woman..."

Looking at the beautiful policewoman before him, Matsuda Jinpei's ghost sighed, then glanced around smugly.

"How about that! I won the bet again this week!"

"Tch, what era is this? There are still women who are so devoted to love."

"Matsuda, you'd better wake up soon. If this continues, even we spirits can't stand it anymore."

"That's right! Matsuda, if you let Sato down, I'll fight you to the death... no, I'll fight you to the death!"

……

Faced with the nagging accusations from the group of ghosts, Matsuda Jinpei spread his hands, his face full of helplessness: "I also want to wake up, but what can I do in this state?"

In a way, he should be considered the unluckiest time traveler in history.

Three years ago, he came to the world of Detective Conan and transmigrated into the body of Matsuda Jinpei.

Unfortunately, the timing of their time travel was extremely unfortunate; it happened exactly one second before the Ferris wheel at Mihana Amusement Park exploded.

He had barely seen the time bomb in front of him when it exploded before he could even react!

For some reason, the body that should have been blown to pieces only suffered minor injuries and was otherwise unharmed.

However, the soul of the time traveler, which had already merged with Matsuda Jinpei, was ejected from the body and could not return.

Without a soul, the body became a vegetable, remaining there in a deep sleep.

Matsuda Jinpei's spirit, besides being unable to return to his body, also cannot stray far from it, and can only move within a dozen meters of his body.

Fortunately, this is a hospital, and new ghosts appear every two or three days.

With them by his side, Matsuda didn't feel too lonely during those three years.

Just then, Sato's phone rang. She answered it casually: "Inspector Megure, what's up?"

“Sorry to bother you at this time, Sato, but someone just reported another case. As you know, we're a bit short-handed in the search department over the weekend…”

"Understood, Inspector. I'll head back right away," Sato replied immediately.

After hanging up the phone, Miwako Sato wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

As one of the few female police officers in the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division, she naturally didn't want others to see her vulnerable side.

After a brief farewell, the beautiful policewoman hurriedly left.

Matsuda Jinpei's ghost floated by the window, watching Sato get into the police car and leave the hospital.

"This half-dead, half-alive state... when will it end..."

Before he could finish a complaint, Matsuda Jinpei suddenly felt a suction force emanating from the body lying on the hospital bed.

Before he could react, his soul was sucked back into his body.

This scene also stunned the other ghosts in the ward.

They all gathered around the hospital bed, chattering amongst themselves about what had happened.

"Why did he suddenly go back? Could it be that Matsuda is about to recover?"

"What recovery? If you ask me, he'll probably end up like us, completely dead."

"No way? Does that mean there's really no hope for him and Officer Sato?"

……

Amidst the cacophony of the ghosts, Matsuda, lying on the hospital bed, slowly opened his eyes.

"I...I'm back in my body?"

He raised his arm with some difficulty and looked at his withered arm and hand.

"Dangdang!"

A crisp sound suddenly came from the door of the ward.

Matsuda turned his head and saw the nurse who had just examined him standing at the door, covering her mouth and looking astonished.

At her feet lay a metal tray, on which the nutrient solution and medicine that should have been placed were now scattered on the floor.

"Hi!" Matsuda greeted him with a light laugh.

For the three years that his soul was unable to return to his body, his body was cared for by this nurse.

Perhaps because Matsuda sacrificed himself to save Beika Central Hospital, this nurse took meticulous and devoted care of him for three years.

"Y-that's great! Officer Matsuda has finally woken up!"

The nurse exclaimed in surprise, then turned and ran out of the ward, seemingly to find Matsuda's attending physician.

"Yes, I've finally woken up..."

Matsuda Jinpei struggled to sit up in his hospital bed. His body had been paralyzed in bed for three years, and his muscles had atrophied, making every move he made incredibly difficult.

"Hey, are you guys still there?"

Matsuda looked around, but saw and heard no response.

But he knew in his heart that, given the ghosts' fondness for joining in the fun, they should definitely not have left the ward at this time.

"We can no longer communicate with ghosts..."

Just as Matsuda was thinking this, the ward in front of him suddenly went dark.

The next moment, the ghosts that he hadn't seen before reappeared in his field of vision, along with their noisy arguments.

"I knew it! Matsuda must have come back to life! You just said he was dead!"

"That kid's really lucky, he actually woke up!"

"But it seems like he can't see us anymore?"

"Of course! It's normal that we can't see him. He's a human now, and we're ghosts!"

……

Chapter 2 A Kiss in the Hospital Ward

At this moment, Matsuda had no time to pay attention to these noisy ghosts. He was staring at the attribute panel floating in front of him.

Name: Matsuda Jinpei

Identity: Ghost Messenger.

“Cultivation level: Ordinary Ghost”

"Magic artifacts: None available."

Merit points: 6200.

"Sins: None at present."

"Cultivation? Magical artifacts? It's normal for a transmigrator to have a system, but isn't this the Conan world?" Matsuda was completely baffled. "What would I need cultivation and magical artifacts for? Even if I awaken a system, shouldn't it be related to solving cases?"