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

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"What's so funny? They've done so many bad things. As long as we find them and catch them, the law will give them a just trial!"

"Kudo, don't be naive, that's absolutely impossible."

Even if you arrest them and hand them over to the police, believe it or not, before you even leave the Metropolitan Police Department, most of the people at the distillery will be recruited and become public servants, receiving government salaries.

And you, the one who arrested them and knows their background, are very likely to be silenced.

Believe it or not, there are examples. The Qishan Demon Army, which is even more cruel and inhumane than the winery and has done more horrific and inhumane things, has still managed to get a government job in the United States and become public servants.

Most importantly, the Qishan Demon Army only possessed biological weapons such as bacteria used to kill people, and chemical weapons such as poison gas.

However, the distillery possesses an elixir of immortality that can reverse aging, which is worth trillions of times more than those cheap and useless biological weapons.

Even the demons of Qishan could be recruited and transformed into a secret US agency and a more valuable winery. Do you think they would face legal judgment?

To tell you the truth, there are not only our organization's undercover agents in the brewery, but also many agents from your local public security bureau, the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Intelligence and Research Agency, and the National Police Agency Intelligence and Research Bureau.

Besides yours, almost every intelligence agency has spies in the brewery, including the FBI, M16, Mossad, KGB, DGSE, BFV, and so on.

If it weren't for our protection and hard work, raising funds for the winery through various channels, how could those slacking-off managers and salary thieves have grown so big and raised so much money to burn for the laboratory?

So, Conan, if you really want to avenge your father like your brother did, catching them won't help.

Based on their research findings, if they are caught, they can simply shed their disguise or defect to the government and then be released openly again.

If you really want to avenge your father, you have to be prepared to fight against spy organizations all over the world, as well as the powerful and wealthy groups behind them.

I did try to persuade your brother not to go down this path of certain death, because there was no hope of victory. But he wouldn't listen. He's stubborn and insists on going to his death. I couldn't persuade him or stop him.

So, Kudo, take my advice. If you don't even dare to kill a single person, and you're still dreaming of catching the distillery staff and handing them over to the law, I advise you to give up now, lest you not only die an unjust death, but also implicate your family and friends.

"You...you're telling the truth? Spy organizations from various countries have sent undercover agents to work for the winery?"

Looking at Conan, whose face was pale and who was stammering, Jiang Chengbei nodded very seriously:

"Of course, this is an open secret. If you have the chance to go into the distillery in the future, you can tell their true identities by looking at their work attitude."

Those who work hard at the distillery are most likely undercover agents working for counterfeit liquor, and less likely they are not very bright and have been brainwashed into working for genuine liquor. But those who slack off and do nothing are definitely genuine liquor who have discovered something amiss.

By the way, in the eyes of those of us who know the real situation of the distillery, the distillery actually has another name: water plant.

The fact that the distillery has been renamed a water plant shows just how severely it has been infiltrated by spies.

The fact that a distillery so heavily infiltrated can still stand strong and thrive in this world shows that all factions are secretly supporting and monitoring it, hoping to get a share or even keep it all for themselves when the elixir of rejuvenation and immortality is successful.

If you want to go against the distilleries and even try to eliminate them, you should be prepared to go to war with the world's powerful and wealthy tycoons.

"But if you still cling to the idea of ​​letting the law uphold justice and judge the criminals, you should abandon your goal of destroying the distillery as soon as possible. Because doing so will only harm yourself and others, and you'll be holding your brother back. You'll kill him. You should stay out of this like I have and give up this unrealistic idea."

Under Jiang Chengbei's persuasion, Conan fell into deep thought. Now that he knew so much about the winery's "insider information," he finally understood some of the irrational things his brother had said before.

After learning so much about the winery, Conan, unusually, began to hesitate, no longer daring to rush in recklessly as he used to.

After all, in the past, we rushed in recklessly without thinking, simply to pursue the truth and solve the case.

But this time is different. If he rushes in, it's not just about finding out the truth. After finding out the truth, he must personally kill everyone he has tracked down. Otherwise, he and the people around him will face a merciless backlash from the powerful and wealthy.

Once people find out that I'm involved in the distillery, it'll be a matter of life and death for me!

Conan was completely taken aback by Jiang Chengbei's charade, which included the ability to call a deer a horse and the skill of being blinded by a leaf.

Even after Jiang Chengbei drove to the destination, got out of the car and left, and then a burst of gunfire rang out, rescuing Yamabe Koichi's girlfriend, capturing the remaining two armed kidnappers, and the police arriving in droves, Conan was still not awakened from his deep thoughts.

Conan really wanted to find a loophole in Jiang Chengbei's words, refute him, and tell him that the world is not so cruel, that the powerful tycoons and wealthy magnates who control power are not like that, that they are also good people and would not do such a thing!

But he couldn't even convince himself of this, so for the next few days he was in a daze, thinking every day about what to do, whether to investigate the distillery, and whether he dared to embark on a path of murder.

After this incident, Conan became even more mentally unstable, worse than when he first heard about his parents' divorce, his father's tragic death, and his mother's disappearance.

In this incident, Jiang Chengbei arrested five armed kidnappers, three of whom had committed murder. He obtained three transformation opportunities, 10 kill coins, and five new kidnapping skills from them, making it a very successful operation for him.

Because he had accumulated a lot of kill coins, Jiang Chengbei spent 16 kill coins to upgrade his swordsmanship from level 4 to the maximum level.

Even so, after experiencing a kidnapping case where no one from the original series died, Jiang Chengbei now has 10 kill coins and 8 transformation opportunities left.

Jiang Chengbei quickly forgot what he had said, but Conan, who had been tricked by him, took it all to heart. Because of the winery, he lost his appetite, became listless, and looked sickly all day.

Seeing Conan's state, Inspector Megure and the others thought he hadn't recovered from the shock of his biological father's death. So, after the Teitan trio's attempts to persuade him failed, they finally came up with the idea of ​​going on a trip to change his mind.

With the generous support of the Metropolitan Police Department, Jiang Chengbei was sent away from Tokyo like a plague carrier and embarked on a nationwide tour.

Their first stop was Saitama Prefecture, where Xiaolan had won a lottery for free food and lodging.

Of course, only the Mori father and daughter, favored by Lady Luck, were getting free travel. Jiang Chengbei and his group, with a large number of discount coupons and vouchers sponsored by the police system, were practically getting free travel, food, and lodging.

So they checked into the Tongshan Hotel, which loved to hold events and hand out coupons everywhere.

Jiang Chengbei and Conan live in room 205, Ran and Midori live in room 206, and Kogoro Mouri and Juzo Inspector Megure live in room 207.

Their daytime schedule was as follows: Jiang Chengbei, Xiaolan, and Xiaolv went shopping and visited tourist attractions in Saitama Prefecture, while Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Megure took Conan to the Hikawa Shrine in Saitama Prefecture to exorcise evil spirits from Conan.

The reason why Kogoro Mouri didn't go to the izakaya for drinks but instead went to the shrine with Conan to exorcise evil spirits was because Jiang Chengbei said he would take everyone to find treasure in a few days. So he asked Kogoro Mouri, who had been plagued by bad luck and no fortune, to exorcise the evil spirits so that everyone wouldn't make a wasted trip.

Jiang Chengbei said he would take everyone to find the treasure because he saw that in this world, Kogoro Mouri's fame wasn't great enough because he didn't have Conan to help him, and he couldn't get any cases. So Jiang Chengbei decided to help him make a name for himself.

Besides constantly solving cases, solving cases in creative ways, and solving major cases with compelling stories can quickly make a famous detective famous, finding a treasure of immense value can also quickly make them famous, and can even attract desperate criminals blinded by wealth and with ill intentions.

So on the way here, Kogoro Mouri complained because he was bored. Ever since he met Jiang Chengbei and Jiang Chengbei moved in next door, he has been unable to get any business and make any money. Jiang Chengbei told him that he knew of a treasure worth 10 billion yen and that he would take him to find it when tourists from all over the country came.

The idea that the treasure was buried in a cave prone to earthquakes is reminiscent of the original story, where the cave collapsed due to an earthquake, and not a single gold brick was retrieved.

So, Jiang Chengbei first put on a layer of armor, then brought up the time when Kogoro Mouri almost found the maple leaf coin, and then the conversation turned to going home.

They were trying to trick Kogoro Mouri into thinking he was unlucky with money. They argued that if they took him along, his bad luck might drag everyone down with them, leading to an unexpected situation where they wouldn't be able to get the treasure.

After being told off by Jiang Chengbei so many times, Kogoro Mouri himself started to become suspicious. So this time, instead of going to the izakaya for drinks, he went with Conan to the shrine to pray for blessings and exorcise evil spirits.

While visiting tourist attractions in Saitama Prefecture with Ran and Midorima in Jiangchengbei, Kogoro Mouri and Conan, who were praying for blessings and exorcising evil spirits, accidentally took away the head priest of the shrine.

Fortunately, there were Inspector Megure on leave, Kogoro Mouri, a former detective and now a detective, and Conan, the assistant, at the scene, and they managed to protect the scene well.

Upon discovering the dead body and the absence of Jiang Chengbei, the fruit shop owner who specializes in stealing detective jobs, Conan instantly revived, temporarily forgetting his dilemma about whether or not to kill the winery workers, and immediately threw himself into the investigation.

The scene was not damaged by the other suspects, only by the three of them in a small, minor way.

Soon, Sango Sango, a detective working in Saitama Prefecture, arrived at the scene and took charge of investigating the case.

In other worlds, it's usually the time travelers who solve original cases, or Conan who solves cases based on existing storylines.

But here, Jiang Chengbei, the second-in-command, is neither a detective nor a professional. He never solves original cases; he only steals cases from the original storylines that Conan has solved.

Many of the cases originally prepared for Conan were intercepted by Jiang Chengbei, resulting in a serious lack of Conan's current case-solving KPI. So, taking advantage of Jiang Chengbei's absence, Conan immediately took matters into his own hands and took away the shrine abbot who was performing a blessing ceremony for him.

Because Conan started investigating the case earlier than Inspector Yokomizo, who arrived at the scene later, and because his reasoning ability was stronger than Yokomizo's, Conan quickly solved the case while Jiang Chengbei was away.

Now that the case is solved, and with Jiang Chengbei, the one who stole the spotlight, absent, and his own brother, that despicable scoundrel who stole the case with a tranquilizer dart, also absent, it's finally Conan's turn to step in after holding back for so long.

However, an unexpected incident still occurred. Just as Conan announced that he had solved the case and was about to present the evidence to everyone, he was grabbed by the coral-headed police officer.

"You're Conan?"

When Coral Head, who was almost touching his face, asked him seriously, Conan obediently nodded.

"So you committed this crime?"

"What? No, officer, I'm just a kid! I just arrived today, I don't know him, I have no grudge against him, this is our first meeting, how could I possibly poison him?"

Hearing Conan's excited sophistry, Coral Head was not convinced and instead said with a firm expression:

"But we found your fingerprints on the deceased and on many other items. If you didn't kill him, who else could it be?"

Seeing this, the detectives suspected Conan. Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri came to Conan's defense, explaining that they could prove the fingerprints on the deceased and the items were left by Conan after the death, during his investigation.

This cannot be considered evidence that Conan is the murderer, and Conan has no motive; he only arrived in Saitama today.

After hearing the testimonies of Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Megure, Shingo Yokomizo did not believe them and instead presented a long list of his own reasons:

Does Conan need a motive to kill someone?

When he was a serial gunman in Tokyo, he killed randomly without any motive. It's just that you can't find any evidence against him, which allows him to remain at large.

I think the culprit this time is very likely Conan. He came to an unfamiliar place, got itchy fingers, and wanted to provoke the Saitama Prefectural Police, so he randomly killed people here. We can't find his motive for killing.

Moreover, Conan is the kind of person who enjoys provoking our police force.

He kills people first, then pretends to help us investigate and solve the case, pinning the murder on innocent bystanders, and finally, after making a fool of us, he can secretly gloat.

Therefore, we will not listen to Conan's suggestion to investigate the case thoroughly and have evidence in hand.

"Conan, you're a suspect now. You're not qualified to investigate. Your manipulative skills are too effective. Take you with you."

Seeing Conan being handed over to the young police officer, Inspector Megure panicked:

"Inspector Yokomizo, I believe in Conan. Conan is a good kid, he's definitely not the culprit. Please listen to his reasoning!"

"I won't listen!" Yokomizo Sango shook his head.

"If Conan's words are believable, and if Conan is not a suspect, why does the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department prohibit Conan from entering and from participating in the investigation?"

"But……"

"There are no buts. Anyway, Conan is a suspect now. Given his past convictions for perjury and murder, we won't listen to anything he says."

Thus, due to Yokomizo Sango's firm refusal, even though Jiang Chengbei was not present, Conan lost the opportunity to explain his reasoning results and was even treated as a suspect.

Conan was anxious as the police, who couldn't find any real clues and were just running around aimlessly, were getting nowhere.

In his haste to solve the case, Conan accidentally disturbed the crime scene, leaving fingerprints on the corpse's clothes and accessories. To avoid being made a scapegoat, Conan finally decided to save himself as soon as possible.

Let's start saving ourselves by assaulting the police.

So, facing the young policeman guarding him, Conan finally raised his wrist, pressed his other hand on his watch, and...

First, a crosshair appeared on the watch face, and then after Conan pressed it again, a tranquilizer dart appeared out of thin air, hitting the policeman in the head and making him sit down and fall asleep.

Compared to the tranquilizer watch invented for him by Professor Agasa in the original series, Conan's mastery of the chakra tranquilizer needle, achieved through a mental outburst caused by his father's death, represents a significant improvement in terms of sustained firepower.

The original version only had one tranquilizer shot, but now it can easily knock out several more people.

So, after knocking out the policeman watching him, Conan secretly slipped away, went behind his adoptive father Megure, and raised his wrist again, aiming at his neck.

After Conan pressed the virtual launch button and the tranquilizer dart flew out, Conan's eyes widened immediately: Wasn't it supposed to lock on? Wasn't it supposed to hit?

Why couldn't the tranquilizer dart, which was halfway through its flight, stop abruptly and turn around Kogoro Mouri after he moved slightly behind Inspector Megure?

In short, to Conan's astonishment, Kogoro Mouri, who had been hit by the tranquilizer dart, did the same thing he had done when he was hit by Jiang Chengbei's tranquilizer dart. After that, he found a seat and sat down with his head down.

However, after seeing this situation, Conan finally understood why his second kick with chakra on the rooftop of the Beika Hotel last time didn't hit Kaito Kid, but instead knocked out a policeman.