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

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"Uncle Mori, according to the clues I have, Mochizuki Minako did not commit suicide three years ago, but was killed by her music teacher Sugiyama and math teacher Shimoda."

The reason they killed her was that Mochizuki Minako found out about their illegal sale of college admissions, and she was even planning to call the police, so her teacher silenced her.

The serial killer who murdered Shimoda and Sugiyama, who has now disappeared, are the same people who were killed years ago. The goal is to find the serial killer who continues his killing spree.

I hope Uncle Mori can tell the police what you know, including who hired you to investigate Beika Elementary School, and what you found out. Uncle Mori, please tell us the truth; this is a lead related to the serial killer.

When Shinichi Kudo asked him this question, Kogoro Mouri, realizing the gravity of the matter, immediately spilled the beans, explaining everything from beginning to end and completely betraying Jiang Chengbei.

Finally, Kogoro Mouri added:

“My employer is still a child. I think it’s just a coincidence that he hired me to find the little girl who committed suicide at school three years ago and her school. I don’t believe that the kid named Conan Edogawa could be the murderer.”

"Mouri, you're overthinking it. We never said Conan would be the murderer."

Conan has helped us solve several cases, and I was even thinking of adopting him as my son. It's just that I've been busy with a serial murder case these past few days and haven't had time to contact him.

Right now, Mori is still Mori, but he hasn't reached the level of Mori's younger brother yet, so Inspector Megure isn't as enthusiastic when talking to him as he will be later. After all, he's still missing a Conan accessory.

After obtaining a clue from Kogoro Mouri that Jiang Chengbei might be connected to the serial murder case, he decided to settle both his personal and public grudges at the same time. The police mobilized all their manpower to find and solve the case, and then he slipped away, leaving behind a blue-suited elementary school student who had never given a statement.

Jiang Chengbei was unaware that his pseudonym was on the police's wanted list, so he was found by the police and taken to the Metropolitan Police Department just as he was strolling around the streets on his solar-powered skateboard, trying to find the culprit.

Conan is just an alias he uses to earn kill coins, and there will soon be a successor. Therefore, Jiang Chengbei is not very nervous about being invited to the Metropolitan Police Department. Although entering the police station is the first time he has entered the police station for a case since his previous life was combined with this one, except for changing his ID card and registering his household registration.

Even though they knew that Jiang Chengbei had some unclear suspicions and something was wrong with him, he was still just a six or seven-year-old child. The police officers in the Metropolitan Police Department who had been tricked by Jiang Chengbei could only treat him with politeness.

"Conan, why did you ask Mori to find the little girl who committed suicide at school three years ago?"

"Conan, do you know any clues about the murder of Mr. Shimoda at Beika Elementary School?"

"Conan, do you know anything about the serial gunman who's been committing crimes lately?"

Faced with numerous questions from the police, Jiang Chengbei always responded with "I don't know." After all, he was only 7 years old, Ke was 7 years old, and his peers were learning addition and subtraction and memorizing multiplication tables. Wasn't it normal for him to answer "I don't know" to everything?

Faced with Jiang Chengbei's lack of cooperation, the police couldn't get any clues from him, so they had no choice but to unleash the dogs—well, let Shinichi Kudo—to try and extract information from him.

"Edogawa Conan, haven't you always wanted to defeat me, always wanted to become Detective Conan, and become the greatest detective in Japan?"

Now the opportunity has come. I, Kudo, am currently helpless in solving this serial killer case. If you, Edogawa, can help the police solve this case, you will defeat me and become the new savior!

One person shot and killed every day—this case has become the most talked-about case, the biggest news in the media, overshadowing everything else.

The fame gained from solving this case surpasses that of any other case combined.

Conan, don't you want to become famous overnight?

Solve this case that has stumped both the police and me, Kudo! After catching this serial gunman, you'll be the most powerful elementary school detective in history!

Faced with Jiang Chengbei's stubbornness, Shinichi Kudo had tried everything to no avail. So, he resorted to reverse psychology, hoping to see if this magic bullet, which worked on children, would work on Jiang Chengbei.

After hearing Shinichi Kudo's passionate provocation, Jiang Chengbei smirked and looked at him with disdain.

"Washing machine, even though I'm just a primary school student, I'm not stupid. Knowing that this murderer is really capable of killing, how could I possibly get involved and die?"

Yes, my initial plan was to investigate Mochizuki Miwako, who committed suicide three years ago, to find the real culprit, to make the Metropolitan Police Department, which closed the case as a suicide, look bad, and to establish my unparalleled reputation as the elementary school detective Conan.

But as soon as I arrived at Beihu Elementary School, I sensed something was wrong. The guy with the same goal as me was dangerous. He really would kill people. He was an absolute psychopath. How could I, with my small arms and legs, possibly withstand bullets?

If I sense danger, why would I stay where I am if I didn't run? If I knew it was dangerous, would I be stupid to rush in?

So I won't get involved in anything about serial killers, and I know nothing about it.

I'm not like you, a reckless fool who'd risk his life for the truth, charging headlong into whatever comes his way.

"How can this be considered reckless? I just wanted to catch the murderer!"

If this serial shooter isn't caught, people will keep dying every day. I'm...

"Stop, halt! You think you can send a 7-year-old child like me to my death when even your washing machine and the police can't handle this serial killer? Don't you have any conscience?"

"I..." Shinichi Kudo was speechless for a moment.

Although Shinichi Kudo wanted Jiang Chengbei to say more, Jiang Chengbei ignored him and instead started looking through some documents placed in the public area of ​​the Metropolitan Police Department.

I've finally made it to the Metropolitan Police Department, so I might as well look for any old cases or cases I remember. Either they haven't happened yet, or I can't find the locations, so I can't get any information out of them. Now that I'm at the Metropolitan Police Department, I can take the opportunity to supplement my knowledge base.

In Chapter 25 of Detective Conan, what is the longest the culprit has stayed at the scene?

They didn't get any useful information from Jiangcheng North, but they finally got useful news from the traffic class, who watched the video day and night: they found the direction in which the missing teacher, Sugiyama, drove out of the city.

Next, following the direction Sugiyama Ryota's car had taken out of town, after a thorough search, the police finally found a charred male corpse and a burned-out car in a remote, abandoned factory.

After comparing the teeth, the charred male corpse was confirmed to be the missing Sugiyama Ryota, and after checking the engine number, the burned car was confirmed to be Sugiyama Ryota's vehicle.

As for the murderer who killed Sugiyama Ryota, there's no need for comparison. Just look at the more than thirty shell casings on the ground near the victim, the dense bullet holes on the victim's body, and the several stab wounds to the head. It's easy to see that the murderer is the serial shooter who has been making headlines these past few days.

Ryota Sugiyama's death at the hands of a serial gunman was expected by the police, but now that their body has been found, the pressure on them has only increased.

In just four days, four people died from a series of gunshots. The pressure from public opinion, superiors, and the people all came crashing down.

Especially since the savior of the Japanese police failed this time, the police investigating the case felt immense pressure. The feeling of having no one to rely on is truly unpleasant.

Because the entire Metropolitan Police Department was mobilized, there weren't many people left at the department. So, Jiang Chengbei, being small and with no particular target, wandered around and searched everywhere, which allowed him to find quite a bit of information.

After that, taking advantage of the opportunity when the Metropolitan Police Department was empty and sparsely populated, Jiang Chengbei climbed over the wall from the toilet and disappeared in a flash.

Not long after, Jiang Chengbei arrived at Meitou Park on his skateboard.

This is a park located in the old town. The surrounding buildings are dilapidated and older than Kudo Yusaku's father. There have been constant talks of demolishing it, but there has never been a dilapidated place to be demolished.

Jiangcheng came to Meitou Park from the north because a murder and suicide occurred there four years ago.

The murder involved a young woman who was burned to death in a park. Although the two perpetrators were not clearly identified, one of them had a distinctive feature: a long scar on his face, which had already been drawn on the police's wanted poster.

Jiang Chengbei saw the case at the Metropolitan Police Department, found the original wanted poster, and then came here to try his luck.

Besides the murder that occurred here and the perpetrator still at large, the owner of an abandoned building next to the apartment complex, after buying it and rebuilding firewalls on the exterior walls, mysteriously committed suicide by jumping off the building immediately.

The reason for the suicide was also far-fetched. It seems that he saw the park in front of the building where the young woman who had burned to death was located, and he felt that the place was haunted and he was being haunted, so he jumped off the building to join her.

Such a magical place, and with two murderers still at large, Jiang Chengbei came here to try his luck. Maybe the murderers are mentally unstable, just like all the murderers in Detective Conan who have to return to the scene afterward. These two murderers have been staying here for four years straight.

Such bizarre events are not without precedent. For example, the old Western-style house in Beikacho 4-chome, wasn't the father-killer imprisoned in the basement of the old Western-style house where the crime occurred for several years?

In ghost stories, people who die become Jibakuki (ghosts bound to the earth), imprisoned in the place where they died, never to leave.

In Detective Conan, even after committing murder, the culprit becomes mentally unstable and always stays in the same place, waiting for the famous detective to catch him.

With a "let's give it a try" attitude, Jiang Chengbei began to stroll around this area.

Because this place is so old and dilapidated, and because Japan's economy is currently in a slump and the real estate bubble has burst, many newer buildings than this place are vacant or abandoned, not to mention this place. As a result, there are very few people here, and it lacks the warmth and liveliness of everyday life.

By the way, this park is called Meitou Park. Meitou means bad luck, doesn't it? It's a bad name, no wonder there are few people, many problems, and people have died here.

Soon, Jiang Chengbei saw a slightly newer building next to the park. After all, the owner had added firewalls to the exterior wall four years ago before jumping off, so it looked newer now.

Now that they had found the suicide hotspot, Jiang Chengbei naturally wanted to go in and take a look.

After wandering around inside for a while, Jiang Chengbei immediately noticed something was wrong.

Although this is an abandoned building, and it has been deserted since the owner committed suicide, Jiangcheng North still found many traces of people living here.

It's not just a trace; it's blatantly telling everyone that someone lives here.

Leftover lunch boxes, cigarette butts scattered everywhere, piles of household garbage, and an old television set still playing.

The television was clearly on, and sometimes it would change channels by itself. At the same time, Jiang Chengbei could smell a strong smell of smoke from time to time. After smoking a cigarette, Jiang Chengbei was shocked to find a cigarette butt on the ground.

Judging from the damp, flattened cigarette butt and the still-warm cigarette butt, Jiang Chengbei felt that he had either encountered an invisible man or a heavy smoker.

The "old smoker" here doesn't refer to a person who can't live without cigarettes, but rather to a ghost in ghost stories who smokes.

Although he encountered a mysterious event, Jiang Chengbei was not afraid. As someone who had transmigrated and been reborn with a system and was cheating, what was there to be afraid of about the events in the world of Detective Conan?

When it comes to Ke Xue (a type of science fiction), how can it compare to his "hanging up" (a type of academic fiction)

Besides, the owner here still eats, smokes, and watches TV. Most importantly, he lives in this abandoned building where nothing is convenient and there is no comfortable living environment. What is there to be afraid of?

If he had the means, he would have lived in a comfortable and luxurious villa long ago. Why would he have to endure this abandoned building?

Having figured this out, and knowing he had two lives, even if Conan's body died now, he would only lose the ability to become Conan and could still live as Jiang Chengbei. So, he boldly wandered around the abandoned building before leaving the seemingly haunted building.

When Jiang Chengbei came out of this building, he happened to run into an old man who came out of a dilapidated two-story house next door.

The old man saw a strange child coming out of the building next door and exclaimed in surprise:

"How dare you, a child, play in this building?"

Don't you know this building is haunted?

Every night, eerie will-o'-the-wisps and glowing ghosts emanate from this building.

From my bedroom window, I can see these things in the building across the street. Whenever I see them, I'm too scared to sleep.

Hearing the strange old man's frightening words, Jiang Chengbei tilted his head, squinted his eyes, opened his mouth, and stuck out a half-meter-long tongue, innocently saying:

“We’ve been neighbors for years, and you old man are so unfair! Why didn’t you tell me my house was haunted sooner!”

If I had known my house was haunted, I would have moved next door and slept with you.

"Ah...a ghost!!!"

Seeing Jiang Chengbei in this state, the old man screamed and immediately turned around and ran back to the two-story old house behind him.

Chapter 26: The Classic Murder Case with Four People

"Ah, ghost!"

As the old man returned to the house shouting, the other tenants who rented the place with him all came out of their rooms.

"Old man Otonashi, you've seen a ghost again?"

"I told you it's daytime, old man Otonashi, how can you still see ghosts?"

"Old man Otonashi, this is a scientific world. How could there be ghosts in this world? You must be seeing things because you're old and blind."

The three new people each said a sentence to the old man named Otonashi, and then they saw a little boy in a blue suit follow the old man into the apartment building.

Upon seeing Jiang Chengbei enter, the old man called Yin Wu was startled again. He hid behind the three newly emerged young men and mustered his courage to say:

Are you a human or a ghost?

This is the guy. He just came out of the building next door and said he's been our neighbor for years. He even stuck out his tongue, which is half a meter long. Do you think he's a person or a ghost?