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

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And my Mori Detective Agency and Jiangcheng's fruit shop must be the disasters brought by Amuro Tooru, that jinx who shares the same fate as you.

Just as Jiang Cheng said, once you two left his side and were no longer suppressed by him, your evil aura leaked out, causing huge trouble.

I heard it from Azusa, who works at the coffee shop downstairs. It was that bastard Amuro Tooru who led a bunch of strangers in a gunfight with a masked man.

Moreover, this whole group of them came from the building where Jiang Cheng lived. In the end, the fruit shop and the Maoli Detective Agency were both blown up by grenades thrown by the masked man who had a gunfight with them.

In that explosion, I heard from Azusa that several people died on Amuro Tooru's side, and those who didn't die were all taken to the hospital. Among those taken away by ambulance was Amuro Tooru, that scoundrel.

"Damn it, I only charged Amuro Tooru a tiny bit of tuition before, and I only ate two big meals he paid for. I've lost out big time."

Upon hearing about Amuro Tooru's battle with the masked man, Conan immediately had a guess in his mind, and then used Conan's chakra brainwaves to contact his brother.

Conan's brainwaves have improved, and he can now create a virtual panel in his mind, allowing him to chat with Jiang Chengbei by sending text messages, just like sending a text message.

Conan: Were you the one who had the gunfight with Amuro Tooru and the others?

Jiang Chengbei, who was being educated at the police station and preparing to reach a mutual understanding with the other party in the fight, replied on the system panel while giving them a perfunctory answer: Why do you say that?

Conan: I know it's you! So, is Amuro Tooru a policeman? He came here to investigate, is he here to arrest you?

Jiangcheng North: ...

Conan: Can you please stop breaking the law and committing crimes? Stop killing and arson? Can you put down your weapons and find a place where no one knows you to start over? Wouldn't that be better?

While trying to persuade his murderous and arsonist brother, Conan secretly vowed to himself that he must seize the time to train hard, not relax or be lazy, and strive to master his chakra as soon as possible so that he could defeat his murderous and arsonist brother and bring him to justice.

After setting a goal for himself, Conan sent a probing message to his brother: "You blew up Jiangcheng's fruit shop. Aren't you afraid he'll come back and fight you to the death?"

Jiang Chengbei: Why did he fight me to the death?

Conan: You blew up his fruit shop!

Jiangcheng North: ? ? ?

Conan: You blew up his fruit shop, you did it on his turf, that's disrespecting him!

Jiang Chengbei: Is the fruit shop that important to Jiang Cheng? How come I didn't know? And you've always been by his side, how could he possibly suspect me?

Conan: You blew up his fruit shop, why didn't he suspect you?

Jiang Chengbei: You've always been by his side. In his mind, you are me. That means I've always been by his side. How could he suspect that I was the one who blew it up?

Upon reading Jiang Chengbei's words, Conan was startled. That's right, he's impersonating his brother who committed murder and arson!

His brother secretly commits murder and arson, causing explosions everywhere, while he operates openly under the identity of his brother Conan, so that no one will suspect his brother.

In this way, I, Conan, am aiding and abetting evil, acting as an accomplice to tyranny!

Thinking about this, Conan was so angry he wanted to grind his teeth.

He desperately wanted to capture his brother and bring him to justice, but he lacked the strength and chakra. What could he do?

After learning that his detective agency had been bombed, Kogoro Mouri had no intention of taking Conan to various shrines in Kyoto to pray for blessings and exorcise evil spirits.

But considering Conan's potential danger, and the possibility of even greater disaster if they didn't pray for blessings and exorcise evil spirits, Kogoro Mouri reluctantly took Conan on a hurried tour of various shrines in Kyoto, visiting all the famous shrines in one day before heading back with Ran, Conan, and the Teitan trio.

After returning to Tokyo, no cases occurred on the way back, and Kogoro Mouri finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then they encountered Jiang Chengbei, who had returned ahead of time. His fruit shop had been bombed, and since Amuro Tooru was an employee of one of the opposing sides, he was now chasing after Amuro Tooru for compensation.

After this gunfight, the fact that Amuro Tooru was able to stay in the hospital unharmed, without being handcuffed to a hospital bed, means that his identity has been exposed within a small circle of people who know him.

Because Amuro Tooru has a chakra transmitter from the Conan School, it's very easy to find his location.

But Jiang Chengbei racked his brains to figure out a way to find him.

Fortunately, Amuro Tooru and his one-eyed boss thought that Amuro Tooru had been exposed, so they didn't think much about keeping it a secret while he was hospitalized. This gave Jiang Chengbei a legitimate way to find them.

Jiang Chengbei and his group ostensibly found Amuro Tooru's hospital and ward by searching for clues about the ambulance, and then they came together to visit Amuro Tooru.

Seeing that the police outside the ward were only there to protect Amuro Tooru and did not intend to restrict his movements, even the most confused Kogoro Mouri understood that Amuro Tooru was a policeman.

Looking at Amuro Tooru lying energetically in the hospital bed, and then thinking about his detective agency that had been bombed, Kogoro Mouri's expression wasn't very good.

Seeing Jiang Chengbei, accompanied by the landlord, produce a large stack of pre-prepared bills, demand compensation from Amuro Tooru, and then successfully obtain a substantial sum of compensation from the wealthy and powerful police, Kogoro Mouri's expression finally improved considerably.

So he copied Jiang Chengbei's and his landlord's homework, and Kogoro Mouri also asked Amuro Tooru for a large sum of compensation.

After settling the compensation, Jiang Chengbei patted Amuro Tooru on the shoulder and sighed:

"Touko, I've told you not to be a cop, but you didn't listen and you actually became one."

I've heard about it all. Several of your police officers died on the spot, and they were all put into body bags and taken away immediately.

Don't feel too guilty this time. It's mainly because they weren't strong enough. You can't blame them for dying. I know you didn't want it to be like this, but that's fate.

Don't blame yourself too much.

After hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, which were like rubbing salt into a wound, Amuro Tooru fell into deep self-doubt: Was he really a jinx, someone who was destined to kill his colleagues?

Jiang Chengbei said this because among the skills of Amuro Tooru that were newly added to the Ke Xue Mall, there really was a skill that sucked the blood of the dead: Sacrifice.

Sacrifice: If the deceased is a close friend, relative, or someone you care about, the more affectionate the person is, the more abilities you will inherit from them.

Looking at this skill, Jiang Chengbei felt a toothache. If the sacrifice was an enemy, this would be a good skill, but since the sacrifice was a person with feelings, this skill was better left unused.

However, this skill is indeed a good skill for those ruthless people who want to kill their wives to prove their Dao.

This skill isn't quite suitable for Conan, since the deaths are mostly strangers, and it doesn't really connect with people you have feelings for. However, in Kindaichi, this skill could be somewhat useful.

While Amuro Tooru was still feeling guilty about the deaths of so many of his police colleagues, his organization-specific cell phone suddenly received an email.

After Jiang Chengbei and the others left, when there were no outsiders around, Amuro Tooru opened the package and was immediately speechless:

Bourbon, go to Nagoya and investigate who attacked Gin. It would be best to find the culprit who seriously injured Gin, or the mastermind behind it all.

—Rum

When Amuro Tooru saw that Rum had given him a mission, he felt that he had been exposed and was completely confused.

However, he quickly realized that Tennessee must not have returned to the organization yet, and had not told his superiors that he was an undercover police officer. Therefore, Rum did not know that he still had a chance to take advantage of the time difference.

Thinking of this, Amuro Tooru immediately contacted his one-eyed superior and told him the latest situation.

The one-eyed boss heard Amuro Tooru's words and shared the same thoughts as Amuro Tooru.

But even if they have a little bit of time difference, what can they do?

Destroy those small outposts that Amuro knew about, and arrest all those henchmen?

Don't be ridiculous. Those low-level thugs don't even know as much as Amuro Tooru, the undercover agent. What value do those small outposts have besides some medicine, some training equipment, and some old guns?

After being an undercover agent for so many years, Amuro Tooru, who has never been able to gain the complete trust of his superiors, has no other organization members he can contact besides Rum via email and Vermouth in person.

Let alone the fact that Gin is injured now, even if Gin wasn't injured, could he really arrange to meet up in such a short time?

Hmm? Gin is injured? And in Nagoya?

Recently, it seems a mysterious tank battle with a Gatling gun-wielding minivan has occurred in Nagoya.

The timing and location are so coincidental, so could Gin be one of the two sides in this battle?

Regarding the tank battle in Nagoya, the police have been unable to identify the two sides involved.

Upon receiving information that Gin had been attacked and seriously injured in Nagoya, Amuro Tooru and his one-eyed superior immediately realized that Gin was one of the two sides in the conflict.

So, the one-eyed superior immediately gathered the information the police had found and brought it to the hospital to analyze it with Amuro Tooru.

So far, Amuro Tooru has not heard of the organization having tanks, and according to the on-site investigation results, the tanks left after firing and destroying the commercial vehicle.

Unfortunately, the trail went cold. This time, the police and military once again demonstrated their incompetence. Tanks, such huge creatures, weighing tens of tons, are steel behemoths, yet they were able to drive away silently after a battle, leaving no trace afterward. It's truly amazing.

Regardless, the information obtained from Rum confirms that the group attacked, including Gin, was the one driving the van with the Gatling gun inside.

After all, the attackers couldn't possibly be driving a minivan to attack a tank, and the attacked party was traveling without any precautions. Gin wouldn't normally be driving a tank around on the road.

Now that we've figured out who was attacked, who attacked Gin?

Only the Self-Defense Forces could drive tanks out in broad daylight in Japan, engage in combat, and then disappear without a trace after firing a single shot.

Moreover, not long ago, they used the excuse of a drunkard acting crazy to shoot down 6 military aircraft in one go. If they hadn't remotely activated the fire control system, how could the missiles and rockets on the armed helicopters have hit so accurately?

So, for an organization that could do all this without leaving a single piece of evidence, Amuro Tooru could only think of one possibility.

Seeing Amuro Tooru's gloomy face and his venomous gaze fixed on the east, the one-eyed boss helplessly patted Amuro Tooru's shoulder. He originally wanted to say a few words of comfort, but in the end, he could only sigh helplessly and say nothing.

After a while, Amuro Tooru, having composed himself, said with a serious expression:

"You asked me to investigate whether Conan was involved in the bombing of the sacred toilet. Although I didn't find any clues about Conan, I made a major discovery from Jiang Chengbei, who has a big mouth."

I suspect this arrogant guy, who's always saying whatever comes to mind, thinks he's clever, and is full of arrogance and prejudice, is one of their people.

His arrogance and prejudice are exactly the same as those who look down on us and treat us like dogs.

Seeing his one-eyed boss deep in thought, Amuro Tooru continued:

"And if we assume Jiang Chengbei is one of their people, then the bomb found on the Shinkansen, the tanks deployed in Aichi Prefecture, and the Tennessee whiskey I encountered at Jiang Chengbei's house all make sense."

Hearing Amuro Tooru's confident words, the one-eyed boss perked up: "Furuya-kun, please explain in detail."

"Okay, let's assume that the organization Jiang Chengbei mentioned is them, which is why he dared to arrogantly say in front of me, a public security police officer, that he frequently and consistently commits illegal and criminal acts, and is not afraid of us arresting him at all."

His temperament, behavior, and tone of voice were exactly the same as those arrogant people.

Now that we've confirmed Jiang Chengbei is one of their people, let's talk about the bomb on the Shinkansen.

According to Conan's notes, who was the first to discover and defuse the bomb in the car, he overheard a conversation between two men in black and learned that they had planted a time bomb in the car.

Conan describes the two men in black as wearing black clothes and hats, all in black, with the leader having waist-length blond hair. Based on these characteristics, the two men in black are Gin and Vodka.

Upon learning that there was a bomb on the Shinkansen they were on, the arrogant group felt their dignity had been insulted and their pride couldn't take it. So, on their way to Kyoto, they suddenly got off the train at Kojo Kita and chased after Gin and Vodka to take revenge.

Conan then defused the bomb on the train.

After hearing Amuro Tooru's reasoning, the one-eyed superior said with a serious expression, "Furuya, are you saying that it was Jiang Chengbei who attacked Gin and Vodka with tanks?"

"That's right. Even if Jiang Chengbei didn't personally drive the tank to retaliate against Gin, there's no doubt that he was the one who called for the tank."

Moreover, when attacking the van where Gin was sitting on the road, tanks are clearly not the best choice. Even simple rockets or armed helicopters from the sky would be much more effective than tanks.

Especially during the retreat, deploying tanks—those bulky, heavy, slow, large, and noisy machines that are difficult to conceal and move—was clearly a show of force, a warning to others, to establish our authority.

After listening to Amuro Tooru's analysis, the one-eyed superior nodded in agreement:

"That's right. Even armed helicopters, which are harder to obtain than tanks, are much easier to retreat and hide afterward than tanks. And there are even easier options like RPGs."

“If they use RPGs, they have to go in themselves. Given their nature of calling for air support whenever they encounter difficulties, how could they possibly go in with RPGs themselves?”