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

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"Jiang Cheng, this isn't target practice, and I've never killed anyone before. How could I possibly kill someone on my first shot? You overestimate me!"

"Kudo, you didn't work hard during the year, so you'll find yourself incapable when you're about to die, won't you?"

Last time I gave you a gun so you could practice killing, but you wouldn't listen. Now your father's killer is right in front of you, yet you dare not fire. This shows how right I was not to tell you the secrets of the distillery before.

Look at you now, such a coward. You don't even dare to kill your father's killer. You're such a coward. Luckily, I didn't believe your vows about revenge and causing trouble for the distillery.

"If I had believed you back then, and we had actually found the distillery officials, given your current behavior, we would definitely have been implicated."

Despite Jiang Chengbei's sarcastic remarks, Conan retorted defiantly: "I will definitely destroy the distillery, but not by shooting them in the back. I will take care of the distillery in another way!"

Besides, Vodka is just a lackey. I'm playing the long game. I won't kill this guy; I'll track him back, find their hideout, and then wipe them out!

After saying that, Conan angrily returned the pistol to Jiang Chengbei and stormed off alone.

"Kudo, you just don't dare to kill anyone. Stop fooling yourself. If you can't even kill people, how are you going to destroy the brewery? Are you just going to let them die of old age?"

Jiang Chengbei's words made Conan run even faster.

All they do is kill people, kill people. Does killing solve anything?

Anyway, Conan isn't a reckless brute like Jiang Chengbei who only knows how to kill. He's a cunning, intelligent, and capable detective. How could he possibly use such illegal and criminal means as murder to deal with the distillery?

After failing to persuade Conan to avenge his father, Jiang Chengbei quickly returned to the dining table and rejoined Vodka and the Miyano sisters, who were having a great time playing with the Teitan trio.

Not long after, Conan returned, looking worried. As soon as he got back, he anxiously said to Jiang Chengbei:

"Jiangcheng, something's happened. When I came back, I overheard that man on the phone. Based on his conversation, I deduce that his son has been kidnapped and he's here to pay the ransom. We need to go help him quickly."

"Someone kidnapped a child? They're asking for trouble! Where's the kidnapper? I'm going to kill him!"

Today, Vodka experienced for the first time the joy of playing with his child during work hours. After hearing Conan's words, he immediately stepped forward to help.

Seeing Vodka's indignant and eager-to-volunteer demeanor, the Miyano sisters were completely stunned.

Today, Vodka met Conan and Jiang Chengbei, which shattered the sisters' worldview for the first time. Then, Vodka was able to play with the children and had a lot of fun, which shattered their worldview for the second time.

Now, hearing that Vodka wants to help rescue the children and punish the kidnappers, is this still the Vodka they remember who followed Gin and committed all sorts of evil deeds?

Regardless of how shocked the Miyano sisters were, in the end, Jiang Chengbei's car had Conan and the Teitan trio in it, while Vodka's car had the Miyano sisters in it. The two cars, with a total of eight people, followed the person Conan had mentioned who was suspected of having his son kidnapped.

Soon, Jiang Chengbei and the others followed the man to his house and saw that he had parked his car in front of Endo Dental Clinic. They realized that this man must be a dentist surnamed Endo.

"The kidnappers canceled the transaction at the Starlight Hotel. I think they might be monitoring us nearby, so we can't just go in openly, as that would easily expose us."

I think we should fake it. We can pretend to have a toothache and act like patients going to the dentist.

After Conan finished speaking, he started to pretend to have a toothache, acting like a child, throwing a tantrum and screaming in pain.

The detectives of the Junior Detective League started throwing tantrums and complaining of toothaches. The other three children also wanted to do their part to save the child, so they joined Conan in throwing tantrums and complaining of toothaches.

Looking at Conan, who was throwing a tantrum on the ground and complaining of a toothache, Shiho Miyano said with disdain, "Oh, even a famous detective throws a tantrum like a child?"

Hearing Shiho Miyano's mutterings, Jiang Chengbei chimed in beside her:

"Don't even mention famous detectives, even a genius girl with two doctorates in biomedicine has times when she throws a tantrum on the ground and pretends to have a stomachache."

"Double PhD in Biomedicine? Genius girl?" Vodka turned to look at Shiho Miyano after hearing Jiang Chengbei's sarcasm.

Shiho Miyano got angry when Vodka stared at her like that: "What are you looking at?"

After glaring back at Vodka, Shiho Miyano stared angrily at Jiang Chengbei: "And Jiang Cheng, what do you mean by that? Who are you implying anything about?"

"I wasn't implying anything about anyone. Did you ever throw a tantrum on the ground?"

Seeing Jiang Chengbei standing at the door, Conan, who was desperately complaining of a toothache, couldn't take it anymore:

"Hey, hurry up! We've been pretending to have a toothache for so long and put in so much effort. If you don't ring the doorbell soon, all our efforts will be for nothing."

Urged on by Conan, Jiang Chengbei finally got down to business, rang the doorbell, and was then opened by the melancholy-looking man who had been following him, who invited him inside.

Once inside the clinic, Conan and the Teitan trio no longer needed to pretend, and they also stopped Dr. Endo from getting his dental tools.

Then, Conan explained his reasoning and also got the truth out of the man.

It turns out that the dentist's name is Keigo Endo, and his kidnapped son is Keita Endo. His wife died early, and now the father and son depend on each other for survival.

My son, who attends kindergarten, was kidnapped this morning at Beika Park. After receiving a ransom note and phone call from the kidnappers, he took 3000 million yen to the Starlight Hotel to pay the ransom.

Unfortunately, the kidnappers didn't show up. They changed their minds and would notify the kidnappers again after choosing a new address.

It was through this overheard phone call that Conan deduced that Dr. Endo's son, who appeared tense, had been kidnapped.

Chapter 192 Conan: Jiangcheng, something terrible has happened! Akemi Miyano is going to rob a bank!

It would be more accurate to say that Endo's son, Keita, was abducted rather than kidnapped.

According to Dr. Endo's description, when he spoke with his son, his son was not violently kidnapped, but rather deceived, and was now happily with the two kidnappers.

During the call, Dr. Endo also learned from his son that he was now in a place where he could see crabs and whales spouting water.

With crabs and a place where whales spout water, the Teitan trio immediately thought of places like aquariums or marine parks.

So when they were getting into the car to go to the aquarium, Jiang Chengbei pulled Conan out of his car and threw him into Vodka and the Miyano sisters' car, so that they could travel together and get to know each other better.

Jiang Chengbei then brought the Teitan Three Idiots back to the Starlight Hotel. The reason they came back was that Ayumi had left her detective badge there during dinner.

With the help of the Ke Xue Chakra Detective Sunglasses, Jiang Chengbei quickly found the detective badge that had been dropped there.

After returning the detective badge to Ayumi, Jiang Chengbei looked at the thirty-plus-story Starlight Hotel and couldn't help but think for a moment.

Conan seems to die wherever he goes. Today, he came to the Starlight Hotel for dinner and encountered a kidnapping case. It doesn't make sense that this place is just for eating; it's very likely that it has other uses.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chengbei took out the photo of his son that he had just obtained from Dr. Endo and began to inquire about the situation from the hotel staff around him.

Dr. Endo's son, Keita Endo, has a very distinctive appearance, wearing a baseball cap and having long, center-parted hair that reaches his chin.

Keita's hairstyle is common among girls, but it's quite rare to see it on a five or six-year-old boy.

So, Jiang Chengbei took the photo and asked a few questions, and soon learned from the waiter that the little boy and his parents were staying on the top floor of the hotel.

Returning to retrieve their detective badge, they unexpectedly stumbled upon clues about the hostages and kidnappers. The Teitan trio were overjoyed and immediately dashed off towards the elevator, ready to go upstairs and rescue the hostages.

Like attracts like. When Conan gets a clue, he always rushes in alone and never thinks of telling anyone else or asking an adult for help.

Previously, the Teitan trio had complained that Conan often acted alone without taking the three of them with him.

Now, it's the Teitan trio's turn to have a lead. They've learned Conan's traits perfectly, and without even thinking about sharing the clues with him, they just recklessly charged in, just like Conan.

Standing on the glass elevator outside the Starlight Hotel, the Teitan trio clenched their fists excitedly, planning to rush in, defeat the kidnappers, and rescue the hostages, all while muttering to themselves:

"Keita is such an unreliable kid. Where are there any crabs or whales spouting water here?"

“That’s right, if we follow the clues he provided, we’ll never find him.”

"We're so amazing! There aren't any crabs or spouting whales here, yet we still managed to find people. We're incredible, hahaha..."

Looking at the three smug little guys, Jiang Chengbei couldn't help but interject, "This is a hotel, how could there be no crabs?"

You can't spread rumors that the hotel doesn't serve crabs if you didn't order any beforehand.

"And the whale that spouts water—aren't those airships in the sky outside just like whales?"

Reminded by Jiang Chengbei, the Teitan Three Idiots, who had just been complaining, immediately pressed their faces against the glass, staring intently at the whale airship advertising for Nichiri TV.

“A whale is a whale, but it doesn’t spout water.”

After glancing at it for a few seconds, the three idiots of Teitan immediately raised a question:

"It didn't spout water, so how did Guitai mistake it for a spouting whale?"

"Look in the direction of Mihana Park, aren't there chimneys emitting smoke in the distance?"

When the whale-shaped airship flies over Mihara Park, the smoking chimney, the whale-shaped airship, and the Starlight Hotel will be perfectly aligned. If the angle and timing are right, the rising smoke will be mistaken for a jet of water spouted by a whale.

"I see."

After Jiang Chengbei's explanation, the three idiots of Teitan suddenly nodded in understanding.

After the Teitan trio understood, Jiang Chengbei also took out his camera and took a few pictures of the smoking chimney in the distance, and then prepared to contact environmental organizations later.

As a member of an NGO who receives several salaries, it's time to do some work and meet some KPIs.

In Beikacho, the heart of Tokyo, there are such huge chimneys billowing thick smoke. It's so environmentally unfriendly. Only certain public intellectuals could blatantly lie like this.

Soon, Jiang Chengbei and his group arrived at the top floor in the elevator. Through the inquiries made by the Teitan Three Idiots, Jiang Chengbei and his group finally found the room where the kidnappers and hostages were located.

If Jiang Chengbei, an adult, were to ask, the waiters or cleaning staff here might not tell him due to the confidentiality agreement regarding guest privacy.

But the three Teitan kids, using the excuse of children looking for other children to play with, quickly found out the exact room from the waiter.

As the saying goes, "One is influenced by one's company," and even after playing with Conan for so long, the Teitan trio had absolutely no intention of calling the police, even after finding the exact room where the kidnappers and hostages were located.

If the police come, they will lose credit for rescuing the hostages; at most, they will only provide information and clues. In that case, how can they take credit for rescuing the hostages themselves and show off after completing the whole process?

The Teitan trio didn't think of calling the police, and Jiang Chengbei was even less likely to.

So the four of them knocked on the door openly and forced their way in after the kidnappers opened it.

Since the kidnappers had tricked Endo Keita into coming here, he was completely unaware that he had been kidnapped and was happily playing with his toys in his room.

As soon as they entered the room, they saw Keita. The little guy looked exactly like the one in the photo, even the clothes he was wearing were the same. The fact that they were able to find him so easily was thanks to the fact that the kidnappers didn't bother to put any disguise on Keita.

"Who are you? Who let you in?"

Since Jiang Chengbei brought three children with him, the two kidnappers, a man and a woman, seemed a little nervous, but not in a state of complete apathy.

In particular, the three children called out Keita's name as soon as they came in, and the kidnappers mistakenly thought they knew each other and were playmates.

Then, after asking a question, they watched as Jiang Chengbei closed the gate, locked it, and raised his fist, saying:

"I'm here to rescue hostage Keita Endo. I know you're kidnappers, but I won't call the police if you release Keita."

While Jiang Chengbei was talking to the two kidnappers with his bare hands, the Teitan trio surrounded Guitai, pulled him aside, and explained his kidnapping to him with photos while staring wide-eyed at Jiang Chengbei confronting the two kidnappers.

A few days ago, they had witnessed Jiang Chengbei's glorious feat of taking down three armed bandits with a baton from afar.

It's a pity that it was too far away at the time, so I couldn't see it clearly. This time, the distance is closer, which can make up for the regret.

As for the possibility that Jiang Chengbei might be unable to defeat the kidnappers, in the minds of the Teitan Three Fools, that was impossible.

Those kidnappers, not to mention they weren't armed, they were powerful kidnappers who dared to kidnap even the police; they had the ability to kidnap powerful criminals.

Are these two kidnappers who only dare to abduct kindergarten children comparable to each other?

If there weren't two kidnappers, and only three of them, but if there had only been one kidnapper, the Teitan trio would have dared to go up themselves. They wanted to use their skills to subdue the kidnapper so that they could make the biggest splash afterward.