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As for Kogoro Mouri who came with him, Kogoro was just an elementary school student and inconspicuous, so when Shinichi Kudo was asked if he had seen any suspicious people, the teachers and students of Beika Elementary School automatically ignored Kogoro.
What bad intentions could a 7-year-old child possibly have?
Shinichi Kudo and the police are looking for a brutal serial killer. What could such a vicious person have to do with a 7-year-old child?
Chapter 22 What are you afraid of?
A new day begins. These past few days have been non-stop, all in an effort to find that ruthless serial killer. Inspector Megure and his team are exhausted, but they haven't found a trace of the killer.
This rice cake craftsman's traitor caused a sensation in the media because he killed people on two consecutive days with a powerful submachine gun.
The elementary school detective who was trending for just one day has been overshadowed by the new hot topic of a ruthless serial killer constantly shooting criminals.
The serial killer murder case is the biggest hot topic right now. As long as the case remains unsolved, public opinion will put immense pressure on the Metropolitan Police Department.
Under immense pressure, what Inspector Megure and his team feared most was that at daybreak, another person riddled with bullets would be found somewhere.
Just when everyone was worried that the serial shooter wouldn't rest and would continue his crimes, Inspector Megure received another piece of devastating news from the 110 command center:
Katsuhiko Nakamoto, the president of a company, was found dead at home by his employees after he missed a scheduled meeting with a client the next day.
He was shot more than twenty times, and more than thirty bullet casings were left at the scene. When the police arrived, they immediately confirmed that it was the work of the serial shooter.
One death a day for three consecutive days has caused public outcry once again, putting pressure on the Metropolitan Police Department.
This murderer is too troublesome. There's no other way but to continue calling on his younger brother. Therefore, Shinichi Kudo returned to the scene and began investigating the murder of Katsuhiko Nakamoto.
Compared to the previous two cases, the killer showed significant improvement, becoming more accurate with his marksmanship. His MP5K magazine held 30 rounds, and this time he hit more people in the body. Only a limited number of bullets missed and hit the background wall behind Katsuhiko Nakamoto.
Besides this, the murderer, who had always been simple and brutal, shooting and leaving without ever returning to the scene to check the situation after the crime, has now surprisingly created a fake locked room. This outlier among murderers has finally started to learn a skill from the old Mihua people.
The killer is making progress, while the Metropolitan Police Department and Shinichi Kudo are standing still. They haven't found a single clue about the killer and are still only at the stage of collecting the bodies of the deceased. They can't even stop the killer from continuing to commit crimes.
Having learned from the experience of the previous two cases, Shinichi Kudo and the police began to investigate Katsuhiko Nakamoto's background information to verify whether he was also a criminal who had not been caught.
While Shinichi Kudo was investigating the case and tracking down the serial gunman, Jiang Chengbei was also busy investigating the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's subordinate agency, the Kobanso.
The exchange office Jiang Chengbei was looking for was quite simple: find one next to a newspaper office.
The inter-ministerial office had a sign and police badge at its entrance, making it easily identifiable. Its location was also marked on the map. The newspaper office was also clearly marked, with its sign hanging outside.
So soon, Jiang Chengbei found what he wanted: the Dadu Interchange and the Dadu Newspaper, two close-knit buddies.
Having found the newspaper office next to the exchange office, Jiang Chengbei naturally began to secretly investigate.
Thanks to his ability to scale walls and roofs, Jiang Chengbei took an unconventional route, climbing up from the alley behind the newspaper office facing the pedestrian street.
Perhaps due to limited space and a large population, many high-rise buildings in Tokyo are built side by side, leaving only a narrow alley in between. Walking in these dark alleys, you can only see a sliver of sky when you look up.
Of course, in this alley where sunlight rarely shines all year round, few people walk through unless necessary, so when Jiang Chengbei climbed the wall, no one saw him at all.
Climbing to the third floor, Jiang Chengbei sneaked into the Dadujian Newspaper Office and began to secretly investigate the enemy's situation.
After some time, Jiang Chengbei finally found out that the criminal gang that used the newspaper as a cover to manufacture counterfeit money consisted of four people. The ringleader was a woman dressed in black, known as Silver Fox.
Having identified the target and familiarized himself with the terrain, Jiang Chengbei used his small stature, the ventilation ducts, and the cluttered concealment to secretly place a number of iron bars and machetes he had bought from the system in easily accessible locations.
As a prepared reserve "victim," Jiang Chengbei is now preparing to provide the necessary weapons for future perpetrators.
Compared to perpetrators wielding firearms, Jiang Chengbei prefers killers who use melee weapons; murderers with knives, sticks, or ropes seem more humane.
"Huh? Is this counterfeit money you made?"
After becoming Conan, Jiang Chengbei also took to saying "Ah-le-le!" Now, he's holding up a half-printed 10,000 yen bill with both hands, suddenly appearing behind four counterfeit money gangs, and loudly proclaiming:
"The exchange bureau is right next door. How dare you make counterfeit money here? Don't you want to live? I'm going to call the police right now."
Jiang Chengbei, who used to only use his phone to scare the murderers into calling the police, has finally made progress this time. He changed his approach and threatened the group of counterfeiters by running towards the police station.
"Inuyama, Naga-ge, catch this brat!"
First, they were startled by Jiang Chengbei's sudden appearance. Bank, as the leader of this criminal gang, quickly reacted and ordered two henchmen to arrest him.
As a four-person gang, Silver Fox, a woman who loves to wear black dresses, black top hats, black lace gloves, and black stockings, is the brains and leader of the group.
The middle-aged man with the white beard next to him, covered in paint, is the painter in the gang. He's the key figure in making counterfeit money, skilled and the one who does the technical work.
Next up are two men, one tall and one short, one thin and one fat, who do odd jobs and are responsible for making people laugh, doing all the dirty and hard work. The tall, thin man with long hair is Long Hair, and the short, fat man in sunglasses is Inuyama.
When an outsider invades, and the intruder is just a child, it naturally becomes the task of capturing Jiang Chengbei.
With his level 3 wall-climbing ability, Jiang Chengbei could jump 3 meters high from a standing position. His agility and reaction speed had also been enhanced, so naturally, these two small fry couldn't catch him.
"Your names are Longhair and Inuyama? You two are really useless. You can't even catch a 7-year-old like me. You're just low-level trash who can only do odd jobs and run errands in the counterfeit group."
"If you still can't catch me, I'm going to run to the inter-ministerial compound next door and wipe you all out."
The fact that he didn't see any system messages meant that these bandits really only wanted to capture and control him, and didn't intend to kill him yet. So Jiang Chengbei could only rely on himself and mock them, hoping that these bandits would be more professional and would soon develop the intention to kill him to silence him and put it into action.
After several attempts, he failed to catch the slippery Jiang Chengbei and was instead humiliated and mocked by a 7-year-old child.
If counterfeiters don't show their true colors, do you really think they're just stupid thieves from Home Alone?
After being ruthlessly humiliated by Jiang Chengbei, they grabbed the readily available machetes and iron bars and, out of anger, began to kill the foul-mouthed brat.
His efforts paid off. He now possessed the body of a 7-year-old child, which was the best mockery for criminals. Coupled with a bit of foul language, Jiang Chengbei immediately gained 4 kill coins and added two useless follower skills to the Ke Xue Mall.
One is the skill of recognizing a big brother. As long as you sincerely express your loyalty to the big brother and genuinely want to do things for him, the big brother will definitely take you as his subordinate.
Another skill is spending counterfeit money. Even if you have counterfeit money in your hand, you can spend it successfully, greatly reducing the probability that the other party will recognize it as counterfeit.
Chapter 23 Great Harvest
"You two are useless! You can't even handle a child. Get out of the way, let me do it!"
The two underlings were really useless, unable to even handle a child. Silver Fox couldn't stand it anymore, so after scolding his two underlings, he stepped in himself.
Along with Silver Fox, another new addition to the operation to capture Jiangcheng North is the technician painter, a burly old man with a white beard who had previously been watching from the sidelines.
If he were an artist, his muscles don't look like one at all; he looks more like a bodybuilder.
Two fresh recruits joined the arrest, making it four against one. Jiang Chengbei was under a lot of pressure, so he seized an opening, used a tranquilizer dart to knock out Quanshan, poured some oil on the ground, and used a dirty trick to make Changmao do a split, thus crippling another good-for-nothing who had been fleeced.
Next, Jiang Chengbei repeated his old trick, mocking the two newly entered main players to provoke their killing intent, and then letting them make the first move before knocking them unconscious with two softballs.
After bringing the situation under control, Jiang Chengbei did not call the police. After making a few phone calls, he found a reporter he knew.
Once the reporters started interviewing the brave elementary school students, and before the incompetent police even arrived, they suddenly felt they had a story to tell about this case.
The criminals set up their counterfeit money printing operation next to the exchange office, and the police didn't notice. Instead, it was a primary school student who cracked the case. This stark contrast is worth telling.
Furthermore, the Metropolitan Police Department and Shinichi Kudo have been investigating the serial killer for several days, but they haven't found a single useful clue. They haven't even been able to delay the killer's crimes, and the killer is still killing one person a day.
By comparing the two, the difference in quality becomes immediately apparent, making the resulting report more readable and more likely to provoke readers' criticism, disdain, or interest.
Of course, the reason the police were delayed was that after Jiang Chengbei caught the counterfeit money gang, he didn't notify the police next door at all, but only notified the Japanese reporters who were always eager to stir up trouble.
Upon discovering that there were no police officers at the scene, the group of reporters immediately became alert. They grabbed their cameras and microphones and ran to the neighboring police station to begin filming the officers who remained there.
The reporters who were the first to realize this were also malicious. When they went to the neighboring exchange office for an interview, they didn't tell the neighboring office about the counterfeit money production site. Instead, they encouraged the poor uniformed police officers in the exchange office to brag.
Let them talk about how hard they work, what honors they have received, their heroic deeds, and their abilities that are superior to those of ordinary people. Basically, praise them first, keep praising them, and elevate them to the heavens.
After letting the unsuspecting police officers at the police station perform their heroic deeds in front of the cameras, these corrupt reporters even invited them to visit the neighboring station.
When these policemen, who were basking in the satisfaction of how their imposing image had changed the minds of the reporters who usually looked down on others, arrived at the Dadujian Newspaper Office next door and were shocked to find that it was actually a counterfeit money manufacturing den, they were stunned. Their faces turned red and white in turns, and their reactions were quite vivid and varied.
The reporters who captured all of this up close were extremely excited. They quickly took the videotape back to the TV station, ready to broadcast the day's events as if it were a major news segment, fearing that if they broadcast it too slowly, it would be censored (404).
The stark contrast between before and after the incident allowed the elementary school students to crack a long-standing counterfeit money case, while the nearby exchange bureau remained completely unaware. Even as reporters began writing reports and filming, the students continued to boast about their abilities, instantly overshadowing the recent serial killer case and becoming today's top headline.
Jiang Chengbei's collaboration with the news reporters has put even more pressure on the Metropolitan Police Department. At the same time, their incompetence and incompetence have added another layer of evidence to their case.
Also implicated by the Metropolitan Police Department is Shinichi Kudo, who has been helping to track down a serial killer but has only been able to discover that the victim was a hidden criminal, without making any progress in finding the killer.
Compared to the elementary school student who caught the counterfeit money gang next to the intermediary office in one fell swoop, Shinichi Kudo's reputation has been damaged to some extent. He is now at a disadvantage in his duel with the elementary school detective.
"Damn it, this elementary school kid is such a troublemaker! Inspector Megure, you'd better take this kid on as your underling, or we really can't hold on any longer!"
After leaving Jiangcheng North and causing the Metropolitan Police Department to lose face again, Inspector Megure couldn't help but complain about that elementary school student's inhuman behavior whenever he met a colleague.
Upon learning that Inspector Megure knew the elementary school student and had even considered adopting him, and that the student had previously agreed, they immediately asked him to take the student in as soon as possible.
Once the elementary school student becomes Inspector Megure's adopted son, and he changes his name to Conan Megure, won't that elementary school student become the son of a police officer and a member of the Metropolitan Police Department?
Since their own abilities are limited and they are no match for that elementary school student, why not let that student join them? That way, they will win and be on the winning side.
While the Metropolitan Police Department and Shinichi Kudo were having headaches, Jiang Chengbei had a pretty good day, earning 8 Kill Coins, bringing his total Kill Coin inventory to 13.
Now that I have enough kill coins, I can continue to improve my abilities. Right now, the only skill I can upgrade is Wall Climbing, which increases agility, speed, and reaction time. Once I reach the highest level, my speed and jumping ability will definitely be comparable to that of Makoto Kyogoku, the Saiyan.
So, Jiang Chengbei spent 8 kill coins to upgrade his Flying Wall Run skill from level 3 to level 4.
The most representative skill of Level 4 Wall-Running is jumping from flat ground. Jiang Chengbei can jump more than 4 meters high. The 4 meters is the height with skill bonus, and the "+" is the height he can jump by his own strength.
Of course, since the 4-meter jump from flat ground is a skill effect, his current child body can jump 4 meters+ high from flat ground. When he returns to adulthood, his jump from flat ground will still be 4 meters+, but the "+" will be replaced by the strength of an adult, so he should be able to jump a little higher than a child.
The reason he was uncertain and added a question mark was because Jiang Chengbei felt that it was very likely that after he returned to adulthood, he wouldn't be able to jump as high as Conan.
Comparing Conan's full set of Conan-style equipment, I remember in the original series, after getting jealous, Conan, without using his leg-strengthening shoes, relied solely on his physical strength to jump up and directly bump his big head into the head of a muscular man named Wakamatsu.
After spending 8 kill coins to upgrade Flying Wall, Jiang Chengbei still has 5 kill coins left. The next time he upgrades Flying Wall to the maximum level 5, he will need 16 kill coins, so he will save these 5 kill coins for later use.
I'm not using these 5 kill coins because the skills available in the Ke Xue Shop aren't very useful for improving my strength. I can buy them when I need them.
Besides the two underlings offering two skills that aren't very useful, the bank and the painter have listed the following abilities on the Ke Xue Mall: counterfeit money manufacturing technology and the right to purchase equipment and raw materials, and copying (referring to copying in painting).
These two newly launched Conan-themed items aren't things that can directly improve one's combat power, so for the weak and helpless Jiang Chengbei, it's better not to buy them now and wait until he actually needs them.
Chapter 24 Jiangcheng North Enters the Police Station
Because of Kogoro Mouri's betrayal, Jiang Chengbei was eventually targeted by the police, found, and brought to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Initially, Kogoro Mouri was drawn to Beika Elementary School because one teacher had been shot and another had gone missing. He went to Beika Elementary School on the same day, and his identity as a detective and former police officer fit the police's general guesses about the killer's profession.
Because the Mori Detective Agency was struggling and he had a lot of free time, he usually spent his time at home drinking and watching TV alone. It took the police a long time to prove his alibi before they were able to prove his innocence and that he had no opportunity to commit the crime.
Since he is not the murderer, the police need him to provide some clues that only he knows, such as why he suddenly went to Beihu Elementary School on the day of the incident.
At first, Kogoro Mouri thought that as a detective, he should have professional ethics and keep his clients' secrets, so he gritted his teeth and didn't reveal the real reason he went to Beika Elementary School.
However, after the police explained some clues and speculations about the hottest serial murder case in recent days, especially the fact that the gunman killed criminals who had escaped legal punishment or whose crimes had not yet been exposed, Kogoro Mouri suddenly began to waver, and his determination to keep customer information confidential was not so firm.