Conan: Ran, I really am Shinichi, you have to believe me!

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This bastard dared to act as a double agent for Miss Hei Yangzi, completely deceiving her. Recently, he has been secretly contacting Miss Yangzi frequently. This is intolerable!

As a true fan of Yoko, Vodka is not a fake fan like Kogoro Mouri, who deceived Yoko's feelings and ruined her reputation. Vodka would really kill someone!

With his elder brother's mission and his own selfish motives, Vodka began searching for and investigating a man who called himself Huadiao, and another hater named Jiang Chengbei.

On the other side, after hanging up the phone, Jiang Chengbei guessed how angry Gin would be, but he didn't care anymore. Instead, he spent 1 kill coin to buy the Vodka Hacker skill in the Ke Xue Mall.

After purchasing the hacking skill, Jiang Chengbei had 7 kill coins left.

After purchasing the hacking skills, Jiang Chengbei bought a laptop from the system's regular store. He tried out the hacking skills he had just learned and found them sufficient, so he didn't upgrade them further.

Then, using his newly acquired hacking skills, he took some security measures, opened a bank account under a false name, and sent the bank account number to Gin.

Soon after, Jiang Chengbei received the money from Gin, and a smile appeared on his lips:

"From now on, Gin will place the orders, Conan will complete the missions, and I'll collect the money. It's a complete industrial chain, perfect."

In Jiangcheng North, everyone was very satisfied with getting free money; Gin was also very satisfied that Conan completed the request so quickly.

Conan was completely stunned. He had originally wanted to investigate the target Gin had given him, but as soon as he started investigating, the person jumped off the building, leaving him completely numb.

Of course, when Conan first returned to the Metropolitan Police Department, he actually wanted to reinvestigate the recent cases and check if there was a mastermind behind them.

But when Conan thought about the people Gin had asked him to kill, he felt that the people behind the scenes were not as important as the living. Moreover, he didn't know if the Dark Conan that Jiang Chengbei mentioned was real. So Conan decided to investigate Gin's target first, protect the living, and then investigate whether there was anything suspicious about these recent cases.

Then, as Conan investigated, the person Gin wanted to kill got into trouble. Before Conan could find any clues, he was killed, which really frustrated Conan.

Although the cause of the policeman's death was eventually found out and his killer was caught, the killer was a former police officer who had gone insane and believed that he had killed his colleague four years ago. For the past four years, he had been acting strangely.

The case was quickly accepted by the public security police. Conan wasn't familiar with them, so he was immediately kicked out and had no chance to participate in the investigation.

Why did the policeman who died at the same time have so much cash of unknown origin in his home? Why did he have such a huge amount of wealth? With his death and being handed over to the police, the clues also disappeared, and Conan could no longer get involved.

Chapter 85 If you could go back to that scene again, I would have caught you long ago! (Tenth update)

Conan became very frustrated because he had completed the request Gin had given him that very day, but had not found any clues himself.

This feeling persisted until he went to school the next day, where he encountered Ayumi, who was also in a bad mood and appeared worried, anxious, and scared. Only then did Conan feel a little better.

Conan's mood improved not because he built his happiness on Ayumi's suffering, but because he was glad that although he had shrunk, he hadn't experienced the pain of losing his baby teeth.

Ayumi is also a brave little girl. She goes to the dentist and has her teeth pulled by herself after school. Although she is scared, she is much braver than some children who cry when they get injections.

Of course, the main reason she was so brave was because she had seen a lot of things with Conan, including corpses, so why would she be afraid to go to the doctor alone?

Although she dared to go to the doctor by herself, Ayumi, who had feelings for Conan, wouldn't let such a good opportunity pass by. So she used her coquettish fear to force Conan to accompany her to the dentist.

The reason why we say that Ayumi has ulterior motives is because the three Teitan kids usually play together and go home together after school, and are inseparable. So why is it that when Ayumi goes to the dentist, she doesn't let Genta Mitsuhiko accompany her?

Conan's accompaniment of Ayumi to the dentist was originally a very ordinary thing, but as soon as they met Ayumi's dentist, Yoko Hachiki, the situation took a little unexpected turn.

"Conan, we meet again. I didn't expect you to be Ayumi's classmate. What a coincidence."

After greeting Ayumi, Yoko smiled and greeted Conan, which caught Conan off guard. He had the illusion that everyone knew him, which made him afraid that he might run to the family of a victim who had been killed by the dark Conan and seek revenge.

"Sister Yezi, so you already know Conan. Conan asked me about you last time, and I was the one who told him the location of your clinic."

When Ayumi picked up the conversation and continued speaking casually, Conan immediately became alert. He instantly remembered that before the two teachers at Beika Elementary School were killed, the dark Conan had also asked Kogoro Mouri to find the murderer of Minako Mochizuki, who was later the two teachers who were riddled with bullets.

Conan was involved in the serial killer case when he was still Shinichi Kudo, but the killer was never found.

Now that he's heard that Dark Conan is also connected to the murder of Yoko's neighbor, and considering the information he gleaned about Dark Conan from Jiang Chengbei, he instantly realized that the serial gunman might be Dark Conan!

Even though the only thing that hasn't been found out yet is the connection between Beika Library and Dark Conan, the fact that the drugs were hidden in the children's book section on the third floor is related to Dark Conan's current identity.

Besides all of the above, the most important clue, based on the ballistic analysis at the scene, is that the gunman fired with the muzzle very low. If it were an adult, the gunman would either have fired from a kneeling or crouching position, or the gunman would have been a dwarf.

Now that Conan has learned from Jiangcheng North that Dark Conan, like him, has also turned from an adult into a child, and that he has a penchant for killing, Conan is 99.9% certain that this serial shooter is Dark Conan.

After realizing this, Conan slapped himself. He had forgotten the first law of investigation: the culprit is right next to you!

Conan, having discovered the real culprit, was filled with hatred.

If I had captured the Dark Conan next to me back then, I wouldn't have been tricked by him and almost died at Gin's hands. Even if I was lucky enough to survive, I would have ended up as a 7-year-old child!

If we had arrested him then, none of this would have happened!

Just as Conan was secretly regretting that he had forgotten the ironclad rule that the culprit was right next to him while investigating the serial shooter case, Yoko noticed that Conan's expression was off. Remembering what happened last time, she quickly went over, opened Conan's backpack, and looked through it before saying with relief:

"Conan, thankfully you didn't come out with a backpack full of cash like last time. You've finally learned your lesson this time."

Last time you showed off a backpack full of 10,000 yen bills to me, I was so shocked that I almost grabbed you and sent you to the police station. Hehehe, were you scared?

You're just a little kid, running around with such a big backpack full of money. Aren't you afraid of being kidnapped or killed? You're really reckless.

But seeing you running around with a backpack full of money today, it seems that the story I told you about my brother—he was kidnapped and murdered when he was very young, and the killer has been at large ever since…”

As Yoko recounted her meeting with Dark Conan, Conan clenched his fists, realizing he had finally understood everything:

The first person to say that Conan stole 30 million yen in cash and some valuable jewelry from his safe, Takayuki Seiwa, was probably not lying; that dark Conan probably really did take it.

However, since neither he nor the police found any evidence at the time, they did not believe the murderer, Seiwa Takatsu.

The reason why Dark Conan was able to steal so much valuables right under his own nose and the police's nose was largely due to the help of his good partner, Jiang Chengbei.

Moreover, Jiang Chengbei himself admitted that he was in charge of logistics in the organization. Isn't this kind of work, like moving bricks and transporting money, exactly what logistics personnel do?

If I follow this lead, I might find clues and be able to arrest Jiang Chengbei through burglary.

That's right, let's do it this way. Let's make a plan now, find out the evidence of Jiang Chengbei's crimes, arrest him, and cut off Dark Conan's accomplice.

In addition, in the case of the murder of the director of Beika Library, the director, Tsugawa Hideji, had been involved in drug trafficking for many years and had not left behind any cash. He must have been double-crossed by Dark Conan and Jiang Chengbei.

If we can find Tsugawa Hideji's drug money in Jiangchengbei, we can bring him to justice.

From this perspective, Jiang Chengbei has a lot of cases on his hands and has committed many crimes. If we investigate, we will definitely find a lot of evidence, which gives us the advantage.

As for the remaining two teachers, Beika and another former kidnapper who is now the company president, Conan has almost figured out the murder process of Dark Conan.

It's actually quite simple: Dark Conan disguises himself as a child, carrying millions in cash, to lure out these greedy murderers who have killed children, and then shoots them dead.

However, Conan remembered that when he was still Shinichi Kudo, investigating these cases, he had repeatedly invited Dark Conan to return to the crime scenes to examine them together, but Dark Conan had always refused. Thinking of this, Conan felt a surge of resentment.

We're all from Beika, so why didn't you, the murderer, go back to the scene even when I, Shinichi Kudo, personally invited you? Are you so confident that you're not afraid of leaving clues at the scene that you didn't notice?

The thought of this atypical culprit, Mikasa, who refused to return to the scene even when invited by a famous detective, made Conan grit his teeth in hatred!

If you could go back to that scene again, I would have caught you long ago!

Chapter 86 Mist Tengu's Hanging Technique

Conan's investigation led him to discover his own past, and he finally confirmed that the serial killer who murdered four people was none other than the former Conan. This incident proved that Jiang Chengbei was not lying; his half-brother was indeed a serial killer.

Based on his own findings, Jiang Chengbei's description, and Gin's account of masturbation, Conan's last shred of hope vanished. He was now completely certain that Dark Conan was indeed a villain even more twisted than Moriarty.

Meanwhile, Dark Conan's diverse methods and varied styles of committing crimes also give Conan a lot of headaches.

In Jiang Chengbei's description, his brother Conan is a criminal mastermind who hides in the shadows, manipulates people's hearts, sows discord, and uses others to do his dirty work.

In Gin's description, his brother Conan is a Super Saiyan who can kick an armed helicopter to pieces and knock down six military aircraft with one kick.

In the cases he investigated himself, his brother Conan was a reckless man who would shoot with an MP5K and leave without ever looking back.

Such a formidable opponent kept Conan awake all night, unable to fall asleep.

No, if Dark Conan is already this powerful in his 7-year-old child form, what will happen when he transforms back into an adult and appears in his full form? Wouldn't I be powerless to resist?

Thinking of this, Conan immediately took off his clothes, sat shirtless on the windowsill, enduring the cold wind while pouring water over his head:

Watering every day will make the flowers grow faster... No, watering every night will make you catch a cold quickly!

After Conan figured out how to catch a cold so that Jiang Chengbei didn't have to do anything, Jiang Chengbei was drinking and chatting with an old monk whose nose was longer than Pinocchio's.

The reason why Jiang Chengbei was able to chat with this old monk named Tianyong was because during the day, when he was soaring in the sky as usual, he unintentionally saw a beautiful waterfall and a lot of wooden houses built under the waterfall. He felt that the place looked familiar, so he came over to check it out and that's how he met him.

The place where Jiangcheng North is now located is called Shanni Temple, a Buddhist temple with one old monk and four young monks, a total of five monks.

While visiting the temple, Jiang Chengbei learned about the legend of the Tengu (a mythical creature associated with mist) and is now 100% certain that Conan filmed an episode here in the original series.

Since there was a case here, Jiang Chengbei used his financial resources to learn a lot of old stories from the four young monks.

The story can be summarized as follows: Two years ago, a monk named Zhongnian was hanged from the beam of a solitary confinement cell, which was about ten meters high.

The police said it was suicide, but there were rumors in the newspapers that he was hanged by the Mist Tengu. Jiang Chengbei believed that he was killed by the abbot of Shanni Temple, the old monk Tianyong.

As for the reason, it was because Jiang Chengbei, through his wealth, managed to find out from the three young monks that the deceased monk Zhongnian and the granddaughter of the old monk Tianyong were childhood sweethearts and lovers, but their relationship had always been opposed by the old monk Tianyong.

So when the young couple were about to elope, the young monk Tadashi was hung from the roof beam and died, and Kikuno eventually married the successor of another temple, just as the old monk Ten'ei had wished.

In Detective Conan, any ridiculous reason can lead to murder, let alone this seemingly legitimate motive.

So after some initial probing, Jiang Chengbei discovered that mentioning the murder case from two years ago would enrage the old monk Tianyong and even issue a gag order, which allowed him to confirm that the old monk was the murderer from back then.

If the old monk was the murderer back then, then he was most likely the victim when Conan came to visit. Therefore, the murderer must be one of the four young monks, since the five of them are the only permanent residents here, and there are no other people.

The three monks who were present when Zhong Nian died, under Jiang Chengbei's financial influence, were very open and honest, so the probability that they were the murderers is slightly lower.

Another short man, less than 1.4 meters tall, wearing large black-rimmed glasses, was a young monk named Xiu Nian who had only been there for a year. However, he seemed unusually uncomfortable under Jiang Chengbei's financial power, so in Jiang Chengbei's mind, he was more likely to be the murderer.

Regardless of who the murderer or the victim is, all people are equal in Jiangcheng North. Anyone who can provide them with murder money is a good person. When sending them off, we will make sure they don't suffer too much and will do our best to minimize their suffering.

After roughly identifying the deceased and the murderer, Jiang Chengbei walked around the solitary confinement room where Zhong Nian died a few times, and complained that the wooden house, built on top of a waterfall, hadn't rotted due to the dampness; the quality was really good.

Both are made of wood, but the mid-to-high-end wooden floor in Yoko's house dented when a large, fat person stepped on it. The roof and the outer corridor of this confinement cell under the waterfall are said to have survived being washed by the waterfall for decades or even centuries without any damage, which is truly amazing.

Having watched the TV series, Jiang Chengbei walked around a few times and carefully observed the area. He noticed a repaired spot at the base of the wall, which reminded him of the crime scene in the original show.

After learning how the murderer had hung a person from a roof beam ten meters high with nowhere to lean on, Jiang Chengbei took some good wine and food and went to chat with Monk Tianyong.

Feeling that Monk Tianyong had drunk enough and was probably emboldened by the alcohol, Jiang Chengbei revealed the purpose of his visit, and said to Monk Tianyong with a sinister smile:

“Tianyong, I know that you killed the young monk Zhongnian who died two years ago. Then you used a rubber boat to put the body in, closed the door, let the waterfall water in, filled the solitary confinement cell with water, and used the buoyancy of the water to hang the body on the roof beam about ten meters high, right?”

Then, after Jiang Chengbei recounted the monk Tianyong's motive for murder, the old monk Tianyong was completely sobered up from the alcohol he had just been drinking.

Although Jiang Chengbei's predictions had come true, the old monk Tianyong gritted his teeth and refused to accept his fate, shouting with a fierce but weak voice:

"The police said it was suicide, it was suicide, understand? Besides, do you have any evidence? It's been two years, I don't believe you can still find any evidence!"

"Haha, old monk Tianyong, I'm not a policeman, what evidence do I need to extort?"

All I need to do is ensure that the person I'm extorting doesn't dare to call the police. So, you should obediently hand over your money, you murderer, Old Monk Tianyong.

Otherwise, I will tell your granddaughter that you killed Zhongnian, or I will tell your granddaughter's husband that your granddaughter has another man in her heart.