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"This batch of gold, worth 10 billion, has been found. Do you want to hand it over to the government, or do you want us to divide it among ourselves?"
If we hand it over, we'll end up with a total of 2 million. It's less money, but we can spend it openly and honestly.
If you don't hand it over, we can split the 10 billion privately. It's up to you, I'm fine with either option.
Upon hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, the Miyano sisters and Kogoro Mouri immediately began to discuss the matter. After their discussion, they unanimously decided to hand over the gold to the state. After all, the gold was the ill-gotten gains of a tax-evading company president, and it was illegal. Therefore, they planned to legally launder the money and only take the 20% that they were entitled to.
After deciding to hand it over, Kogoro Mouri and his men immediately called Inspector Megure, asking him to bring men to arrest the culprit and collect the stolen money.
Remembering that in the original world, this batch of gold was lost at sea, Jiang Chengbei and Kogoro Mouri immediately moved the gold and the three attempted murderers out of the naval cave after making the decision.
I heard that Jiang Chengbei and his team found 10 billion in gold and also caught a murderer and two attempted murderers. Megure and his team came over in a Metropolitan Police Department helicopter.
When the Metropolitan Police Department's helicopter landed on Shikijima, Megure's expression was very bad.
The bad thing was that they didn't notice when they arrived, and Conan, who had heard the news, also got on the helicopter and came to Shikijima.
Who is Conan? He's the Grim Reaper Elementary School Student! Anyone sitting next to him on a helicopter ride with him would definitely look terrible!
The reason Conan knew that Jiang Chengbei had discovered gold on Shiki Island and caught the murderer was because Kogoro Mouri was too smug and called Ran, telling her everything that had happened there while bragging to her.
Ran and Conan knew that they had come out to search for treasure, but they scoffed at Jiang Chengbei's claim that they could find treasure and didn't believe it at all.
They didn't believe him and even made some sarcastic remarks, so after finding the gold, Kogoro Mouri naturally had to call back to show off.
So when Conan heard that they had really found the gold and caught the murderer, and that Megure and the others were coming by helicopter, Conan, who had been staying at the Metropolitan Police Department for several dozen days and knew the place well, immediately rushed there, secretly boarded the helicopter, and followed them.
The moment the Metropolitan Police Department's helicopter landed and Conan jumped out, the ground on Shikishima Island began to shake violently.
After the earthquake lasted for several tens of seconds, everyone's attention was focused on Conan, and they all stared at him intently.
"Conan's here! Go protect the suspect!"
After the earthquake, the police officers who had come with them immediately ran far away, ostensibly to protect the suspect, and stayed away from Conan.
Soon, everyone received news that after the earthquake on Shikishima Island, the cave of the Ryujin collapsed, revealing an exit, from which the ghost ship, the Ryujin, drifted out, swaying precariously.
Chapter 200 The Masamune Family's Cruise Ship
Ever since Conan arrived at Shikijima, the island has been experiencing constant earthquakes, first shaking out the ghost ship, Ryujin.
Later, when the police went to the naval cave where the gold bricks were buried for an on-site investigation, they almost couldn't get out; a second earthquake nearly buried them inside.
Fortunately, they were experienced in earthquakes and ran out immediately when they sensed something was wrong, which saved them from being buried underground.
The people escaped, but the three attempted murder scenes and the location where gold was buried were completely destroyed; an earthquake completely collapsed the naval cave.
Looking at the naval cave that had been razed to the ground, and the large section of the mountain behind it that had collapsed by the sea, everyone looked at Conan with disgust.
Unable to bear everyone staring, Conan retorted, his neck stiff with disbelief:
"These three attempted murders are highly suspicious. I just want to investigate them. Why are you all looking at me like that?"
I'm not a jinx, and I didn't cause this earthquake!
Although many murders have occurred around me, Jiangcheng was also present when these murders happened.
Have you ever considered that perhaps Jiang Cheng is the jinx, and I was just with him by chance?
"My friend Henggou called me a few days ago and told me something."
A few days ago, my friend Jiangcheng went to Shizuoka Prefecture. Luckily, Conan, you didn't go, so it was just an attempted murder. The suspect was stopped in time by my friend Jiangcheng, and the victim, Professor Hirota Masami, was saved.
Three people attempted murder this time, one of whom was a criminal with a criminal record. None of them succeeded in killing anyone, and I think Conan, your absence from the scene is a major reason why you didn't succeed.
"If you were here, there would likely be one more murder in Shizuoka Prefecture, and two or three more here, instead of this attempted murder."
"Professor Masami Hirota? Masami Hirota?"
Because Hirota Masami and Hirota Masami pronounced the same in Japanese, Conan didn't pay attention to what Inspector Megure meant after hearing his words, but Conan was extremely interested in the name Professor Hirota Masami that he mentioned.
Jiang Chengbei and the others only told Conan that Miyano Akemi had successfully faked her death and that she had essentially died in the winery and been expelled, but they didn't want to tell him any other information.
To find out more, Conan will have to continue his investigation on his own.
Upon hearing that they had visited Shizuoka Prefecture a few days prior and had met with a professor named Hirota Masami, and knowing that Miyano Akemi had previously used the alias Hirota Masami, Conan immediately took it to heart and decided to find an opportunity to visit Professor Hirota Masami to find out their purpose in seeking him out.
Having received the gold bricks found by Jiang Chengbei and his team, along with the three suspects who kept protesting their innocence regarding attempted murder, and carrying their crime videos, the police returned by helicopter.
This time they were more careful and didn't let Conan sneak onto the helicopter, so they didn't have to be as worried as they were when they came.
Unable to take the Metropolitan Police Department's helicopter back, Conan had no choice but to go back by boat with Jiang Chengbei and the others.
Unfortunately, Jiang Chengbei and his gang dug up all 10 billion gold bars on Shishio Island, leaving nothing for the locals. They also took the village chief, his assistant, and the free lighthouse keeper. As a result, the locals hate them, especially for taking away 10 billion gold bars, which they absolutely cannot tolerate.
As a result, the people here target Jiang Chengbei and his group. When Conan and Kogoro Mouri tried to buy some daily necessities, the prices immediately increased dozens of times, and they were even risked being scammed.
Especially when they wanted to leave by boat, either the boat owner was busy or the boat broke down and couldn't take them away, so they had to wait to be appeased.
In order to leave this place, Conan finally had to take action. He used his charm to kiss a girl who was about ten years old and had a crush on him, and only then did they find a ship willing to take them away.
Seeing the photo of Conan tiptoeing to kiss a girl who looked to be only 7 years old, and knowing that this Conan who looked only 7 years old was actually 17-year-old high school student Shinichi Kudo in his shrunken form, the Miyano sisters looked at Conan with contempt and disgust.
In particular, the ship broke down shortly after it sailed out and could no longer see Shiki Island. Fortunately, when the ship broke down, there was a small island not far away with a small pier and a large house next to the pier.
At the captain's suggestion, they had no choice but to rest on the small island and wait for the captain, who claimed to be able to repair the ship, to fix it before setting sail again.
After they boarded an empty holiday villa on the island, the boat owner took advantage of Kogoro Mouri and his friends' inattention and while they were wandering around the island, quickly repaired the boat, and then sailed away, leaving Conan and the others on the deserted island with no food.
It turns out that the little girl Conan kissed was Mikami Suzu, the daughter of the captured village chief Mikami Takeo. With the help of all the islanders, Conan and his friends, who couldn't find a boat to leave, were tricked by Mikami Suzu.
Jiang Chengbei was left on the small island. When the captain set sail, he specifically left Jiang Chengbei with a message:
Unless they leave a written statement agreeing to divide the 10 million yen they received after handing over the 2 billion gold equally among the islanders, and leave evidence to recant their testimony, proving that the village chief and his assistant were not guilty of attempted murder and were innocent,
Otherwise, no one would come to pick Jiang Chengbei and the others up and leave them to fend for themselves on this deserted island.
Conan thought he had found the ship to leave Shiki Island by using his good looks, but it turned out that he was the little boy who had fallen for the honey trap. This incident immediately made Conan a laughing stock in the mouths of Jiang Chengbei and Xiao Ai.
Although there was no one on the island, no electricity, and no signal, and all around was the vast ocean, making it impossible to even send out a signal for help, the surrounding scenery was still quite nice. It was a rare opportunity for Jiang Chengbei to experience island survival.
Since the nuclear wastewater hasn't started being dumped into the sea yet, Jiangchengbei happily experienced the life of a fisherman, going to the beach to find food.
Kogoro Mouri and his crew's biggest gain from their trip to Shikijima was finding gold, which made them extremely happy.
Having transcended base desires, Jiang Chengbei paid no attention to these external possessions that couldn't be put into the system. His biggest gain was 6 kill coins and one chance to transform into Conan/Shinichi Kudo.
Meanwhile, in the Conan Shop, the new skills for Lighthouse Guardian Hamada Koji, Village Chief Mikami Takeo, and Village Chief Assistant have been added.
Watchdog: After designating a specific object, you can monitor its current state in real time.
Eye-catching: Once a specific object is designated, it can immediately attract the attention of passersby.
Frame someone: After specifying an object, fingerprints, bloodstains, hair, or other DNA traces of the person you want to frame can appear on it.
Having already accumulated 33 kill coins, Jiang Chengbei spent 1 kill coin on each of the three newly appeared skills, for a total of 3 kill coins, regardless of whether they were useful or not.
After learning it, you will have 30 kill coins left, enough for 9 transformations into Conan/Shinichi Kudo.
Jiang Chengbei had a good time on this trip to Shikijima, so even though he was on a deserted island, he was still happily going beachcombing and experiencing life on a deserted island, pretending to be trapped.
Compared to Jiang Chengbei's joyful beachcombing experience with the Miyano sisters, Kogoro Mouri who was about to receive a large sum of money but was stranded on a deserted island with nowhere to spend it, and Conan who fell for a honey trap and was ridiculed, the two of them were not so happy. Every day they were worried about finding enough food from the sea.
Compared to Jiang Chengbei, who can always find a variety of abundant ingredients from the sea and enjoy all kinds of seafood feasts, Kogoro Mouri and Conan can barely feed themselves by getting anything from the sea every day, and they have to go to Jiang Chengbei's place to freeload every day.
Seeing that Jiang Chengbei had picked up a box containing all sorts of seasonings from the sea yesterday, and a bag of vacuum-packed rice today, Conan and Kogoro Mouri almost suspected that there was a Dragon Palace beneath this sea area, otherwise how could there be such things at the bottom of the sea?
Fortunately, after living on the deserted island for two days, Jiang Chengbei and his companions finally encountered a passing private cruise ship. There were people they knew on board, so after two happy days of living on the deserted island, they were rescued.
This private cruise ship belongs to the Tomamoto family. The Tomamoto Shoji on board is someone Conan and Kogoro Mouri met on the Suzuki family's Sabelle cruise ship.
Jiang Chengbei didn't use his own appearance that time; he boarded the cruise ship under the name of Kuroba Kaito, so he met the second son of the Tomoto family, Tomoto Shoji, but Tomoto Shoji never met him.
Shoji Tomoto only remembered that Kogoro Mouri and Conan had appeared on the Suzuki family's cruise ship and that he had been able to talk to the second daughter of the Suzuki family.
Shoji Tomamoto was quite pleased that he was able to save Conan and Kogoro Mouri along the way.
Seeing how happy Shoji was, chatting happily with Conan and Kogoro Mouri, Jiang Chengbei guessed that his happiness would soon fade.
Um... no, maybe I'll be even happier soon.
Sure enough, Shoji Motomoto, the foolish son of a landlord, is now being mocked by his sister Mariko Motomoto, and then severely reprimanded by his father, Gozo Motomoto.
So, when Conan unleashes his power, although he can't show it on the surface, deep down he'll be as happy as he can be.
The original heir of the Kazumoto family, who was Kazumoto Shoji's elder brother, passed away in a car accident a year ago. Therefore, the Kazumoto Group, which has not yet designated a new heir, is now in a period of turmoil.
The reason their family's cruise ship passed through here on its way back to Tokyo was because his eldest brother's second daughter, Natsue Tomoe, had just married Takeshi on Tomoe Island.
In Japan, the phenomenon of sons-in-law marrying into the family is much more common than in mainland China, especially among wealthy and powerful families. Even if a family has a son, their daughters will still find a son-in-law to marry into the family.
For example, in the Tsuchimoto family, the second generation has two sons and one daughter, but the daughter, Tsuchimoto Mariko, married into the family.
Three generations later, not only is Moben Xiang'er still unmarried and childless, but his elder brother has two daughters, both of whom married into the family.
Compared to Dongda University, not only are there more cases of sons-in-law marrying into families here, but the ethics of such transactions are also better. After the elders die, or after resources are provided but the sons-in-law are no longer able to control them, it is rare for the sons-in-law to turn on their masters, refuse to acknowledge their ancestors, or exploit those who have no descendants. There are no cases of sons-in-law trying to return to their ancestral home after their families have turned their backs on them, or engaging in other similar schemes of taking advantage of others and then claiming kinship with their ancestors.
Anyway, marrying into another family is marrying into another family, becoming someone else's adopted son, changing one's surname is changing one's surname, and even if one eventually becomes prime minister, there will be no such thing as returning to one's ancestral lineage after three generations.
Of course, their adherence to the rules of the trade is not because they are trustworthy or have high moral standards, but because they are still living in a disguised caste system, where their castes are divided into high and low, noble and lowly, and into different classes.
The most outrageous thing was that during the Warring States period, a powerful figure changed the surnames of his entire family to those of his concubine, simply because the concubine's surname was considered more noble. So he, along with his parents, sons, and wife, all changed their surnames to those of his concubine.
There are also cases where one's own son dies, and then a son-in-law is found to marry into the family, so that the son, daughter-in-law, and son-in-law's children can inherit the family business.
In short, marrying into the wife's family is quite common here. Even if there is a son, they will still find a husband for their daughter. As long as the family is rich, there are far fewer daughters marrying off than husbands marrying into the wife's family in Detective Conan.
Previously, Yukiko's childhood friend, the Yabuuchi family, had this situation in the countryside. Now, the even wealthier Tomamoto family is in the same situation. Whenever a daughter is born, they will definitely take in a son-in-law instead of marrying off their daughter.
Mariko and Akie, the two daughters and granddaughters of the Matsubara family, have bad tempers and bad personalities. They could find a suitable match in a wealthy conglomerate through marriage, but perhaps no one would be interested in them. So they couldn't get married and had to find two seemingly useless and incompetent sons-in-law, which makes sense.
However, even the gentle, kind, beautiful, and intelligent woman, Natsue Tomoto, married into a wealthy family rather than marrying into another conglomerate. This suggests that marrying into a wealthy family is the most popular marriage method among the rich in Detective Conan.
The main characters are mostly childhood friends, and many of the extras are sons-in-law, which is also a major characteristic of Detective Conan.
After Jiang Cheng boarded the Tuoben family's cruise ship, amidst the beautiful and splendid sunset, he witnessed the various internal conflicts within the Tuoben family, which foreshadowed the complex and disharmonious relationship between them, before the sky gradually darkened.
Although the Tuoben family's private cruise ship was large, apart from the necessary crew and captain, there were no other outsiders besides Jiang Chengbei and his group.
In the cruise ship restaurant, as dusk fell, Jiang Chengbei and the others waited quietly for Suzuki, the butler of the Suzuki family, to prepare dinner.
Jiang Chengbei and his group, along with Butler Suzuki, stayed at the restaurant. Only the members of the Tōmoto family were absent until mealtime, when they gradually arrived.
With the arrival of the Tomamoto family, the once quiet and peaceful dining environment immediately turned into a battle of wits and schemes among the restaurant's patrons.
The main reason for the great conflict between them was that the originally designated heir died in a car accident, and the remaining people began to covet the family's vast wealth, starting to fight and scheme against each other.