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

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The bumbling detective Kogoro Mouri might not bother to find out who drugged him or who helped him solve the case, but Shinichi Kudo, as a famous detective, wouldn't let anyone get away with it so easily. So, as soon as he figured out who had plotted against him, he went to Jiang Chengbei and demanded an explanation.

Meanwhile, once he regained his senses, Seiyu Zunde realized that Jiang Chengbei had exposed his crimes and that he was facing imprisonment. So he immediately came forward to expose Jiang Chengbei's extortion of him.

Upon hearing that Seiyu Zunde had reported him, Jiang Chengbei, with his beady eyes, pointed to his own nose and said:

"I, Conan Edogawa, am seven years old. I'm just a weak elementary school student. How dare I blackmail you, a ruthless murderer who kills without blinking an eye? Do you think I, an innocent elementary school student, don't want to live?"

"You're a helpless child? I'm a ruthless murderer who kills without blinking an eye?" Hearing Jiang Chengbei's sophistry, Seiyu Zunde laughed in anger, then roared loudly:

"You're such an innocent elementary school student. How could I, Seiba Tsunade, possibly be knocked unconscious by your kick?"

Your kick almost killed me! I'm going to sue you for attempted murder!

"No, that's not true. Don't get agitated, you old geezer. How could a 7-year-old like me possibly knock you unconscious?"

"It was when I was urging you to turn yourself in that you wanted to kill me to cover it up. But when it came to actually doing it, because you were so used to faking a limp, you couldn't switch back and tripped, knocking yourself unconscious."

"Nonsense! You're just a child spouting nonsense and you're not being honest!"

Faced with Jiang Chengbei's sophistry, Seiyu Zunde became furious and started jumping up and down cursing.

However, the more he jumped up and down, the worse the expressions on the faces of Inspector Megure and the other police officers became. You pretended to be a lame old man before and even scolded them, but now you're jumping around quite happily.

Your leg is no longer lame?

In the end, no matter how much Sonori Sewa made a scene, the police didn't believe the nonsense that a 7-year-old child could knock out an adult and almost kill him.

On the contrary, Seiwa Takatsumi was charged with attempted murder in addition to the murder charge.

Chapter 3: I, Conan Edogawa, am an unregistered resident VS I, Inspector Megure, have a son.

"Look, everyone! Thirty million yen in cash, a lot of gold and silver jewelry, and securities are all gone from my safe. It must have been that extortionist Conan Edogawa who stole them!"

Unable to sue a child for seriously injuring him, Seiyu Zunen had no choice but to settle for second best and sue Jiang Chengbei for robbery and theft. He then led the police to open the safe in the room where he had previously taken Jiang Chengbei.

Upon seeing that many items were missing from the safe, Seiyu Zunde was immediately excited, feeling that he had finally found evidence of Jiang Chengbei's illegal and criminal activities and could now send him to court.

"Heh, thirty million? You old geezer, you actually said that. How big and heavy is thirty million in cash? Can a little kid like me carry it?"

Add to that the gold and silver jewelry you mentioned, how could a little kid like me possibly hide it all?

To clear my name, Inspector Megure, please search me. If you can't find him, you must find me a lawyer. I'm going to sue this old geezer and make him pay me for emotional distress.

Today, my young heart has been deeply hurt.

“Okay, I’ll contact juvenile lawyer expert Sakata Masayoshi for you later. Now let’s search for evidence to show Mr. Seiba. It’s impossible for a child to hide his so-called 30 million yen in cash and other valuable gold and silver jewelry.”

After saying that, Inspector Megure quickly searched his body, going through the motions, hoping to convince the troublemaker, Takatsugu Seiba, that he was truly convinced.

But Inspector Megure was clearly overthinking things. Seiba Takatoku did not give in, because both he and Jiang Chengbei knew that Jiang Chengbei had indeed taken the money and made off with a lot of the things in his safe.

Unable to find any evidence, Seiwa Takatsu could only simmer with anger and bark helplessly.

"Even if it wasn't hidden on your person, it's probably hidden somewhere in the villa. Search it thoroughly!"

Ultimately, under the roar of Seiwa Takenori, the Metropolitan Police Department officers, who were usually very considerate of the criminals and the most civilized in their law enforcement against criminals, searched Seiwa Takenori's villa from top to bottom but still couldn't find the so-called stolen goods.

Finally, amidst Jiang Chengbei's mocking laughter, Seiyu Zunde was so angry that he fainted and was then taken away by the police.

With their business finished and it getting late, Inspector Megure asked Takagi to take Conan home.

But when he asked Jiang Chengbei for his home address, he received a few cold laughs from Jiang Chengbei.

"Conan, stop being naughty. Tell me your home address and I'll have Takagi take you home."

"Inspector Megure, you seem to be in such a hurry to take me home, are you trying to renege on your debt?"

Upon hearing Jiang Chengbei's question, Inspector Megure looked completely bewildered: "What do you mean by defaulting on a debt? I don't remember owing you money. Besides, we just met for the first time today..."

"Whether it's a reward for solving the case, or a service fee, whatever you call it, I solved a case for your Metropolitan Police Department today, you're not going to leave me with nothing, are you?"

"You guys should at least give something in return, right?"

"Huh? Haha..." Having been asked for money by a little kid, Inspector Megure gave an awkward laugh, then scratched the back of his head and said with a silly grin:

"Conan, our Metropolitan Police Department is short of funds, so we don't offer bounties for newly committed cases. We only issue arrest warrants and offer bounties for difficult, serious, or old cases, or for particularly vicious fugitives."

In short, cases with bounties must be discussed above and a special fund must be allocated for this purpose. Ordinary murder cases like this, which are solved as soon as they occur, do not have bounties.

How about this, we'll give you an award certificate and a certificate, and tell your parents and your school about your glorious deeds in helping the police solve the case, okay?

This treatment is much better than what my friend Kudo received. He helped us for so long, all for free, and we've never given him a certificate or any awards. At most, we've only received a few words of praise from his teachers.

"Heh, so it was that little thief Kudo who helped you for free, which is why you've developed the habit of getting things for free."

Faced with Inspector Megure's shamelessness, Jiang Chengbei chuckled coldly a few times, and then continued:

"Kudo is Kudo. Just because he doesn't want money doesn't mean I don't want money. I live off the bounties I get for solving cases for the Metropolitan Police Department. If you don't give me the bounty, that's tantamount to murder for money!"

"Conan, you're too young to understand. We also have our difficulties."

Okay, give me your parents' phone number, and I'll contact them for you. I'll praise you to them, and I'll give you a little red flower (a reward for your efforts).

"Get lost! Only a fool would want a red flower! I, Conan, don't fall for that! Besides, I, Conan, have no parents!"

"So your parents aren't around. Conan, could you give me your guardian's phone number? If you don't have a phone number, your address will do."

"Inspector Megure, are you deaf? I've already said I have no parents, didn't you understand what I meant?"

After Jiang Chengbei's explanation, Inspector Megure finally understood what he meant, and then said with a guilty expression:

"I'm sorry, Conan, I reminded you of something sad, but I didn't mean to. I really didn't know that."

Since you don't have one... surely you have a guardian? Give me the phone number of the person who supports you.

"I'm afraid I'll really disappoint you. I am Conan Edogawa. I have no parents, no guardian, and I am an unregistered person."

You won't be able to find my guardian in this world; the most you can do is deport me.

Upon hearing that they were looking for Conan's parents, Jiang Chengbei immediately got excited. He had been out partying all this time to solidify Conan's persona as an orphan with no parents and no legal status.

I used to complain that Conan was an undocumented immigrant, yet he still lived so well in Japan. Now that I've finally come to the Conan world, I'm determined to expose the fact that Conan is an undocumented immigrant.

Everyone was shocked by Jiang Chengbei's words, especially Inspector Megure, who couldn't help but shout:

"No parents? No guardian? Conan, how have you lived? Who will take care of you? After all, you're only a 7-year-old child. You don't have the ability to live independently. How have you survived until now?"

"I, Conan Edogawa, am not a three or four-year-old child who needs someone to take care of me?"

Inspector Megure, you underestimate me. I can earn money and support myself through my own abilities.

I, Conan Edogawa, have lived in this world for so long without relying on anyone, nor have I ever eaten a single meal from an orphanage. I've always supported myself by earning my own money!

"You've never been to an orphanage?! Conan, are you kidding me?!"

Jiang Chengbei's words just now really shocked Megure, and at the same time attracted Shinichi Kudo, who was still searching around the villa, trying to find the lost cash and gold mentioned by Seiwa Zunenori and to uncover the truth.

"Conan, you're still a child, how are you going to earn money?"

"If everyone were as stingy as the Metropolitan Police Department, even cheating children out of their money and refusing to give it to them, I certainly wouldn't be alive today."

After being mocked by Jiang Chengbei, Inspector Megure was indeed a little embarrassed. He felt ashamed after learning that Conan was an orphan without parents.

"But then again, I was able to make money before, and I have to thank you police. It's because of your incompetence that you let so many crimes go unpunished that I was able to extort money from them."

Today, I had a change of heart and wanted to turn over a new leaf and stop extorting criminals. But I just caught the murderer and handed him over to you, and now your police are refusing to pay me back, not even a hundred yuan, not even a hundred yuan..."

Mu Mu Thirteen: "..."

Kudo Shinichi: "..."

After hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, Inspector Megure and the others were speechless for a long time, and collectively fell into deep thought: Just how badly have they adults done that they have let a child resort to extorting criminals to make a living?

Among these people who were deeply moved, the first to react was Shinichi Kudo, who was still troubled by being drugged by Jiang Chengbei. He tried to find the truth behind it all and asked:

"Who have you extorted? What adult would be extorted by a child like you? Aren't you afraid they'll kill you to keep quiet?"

"Yusaku Kudo".

"Huh?" Shinichi Kudo was completely bewildered by Jiang Chengbei's answer.

Meanwhile, the surrounding police officers, including Inspector Megure, showed a gossipy expression on their faces after hearing Jiang Chengbei's words.

"Drum washing machine, look at my face, look at the clothes on me, do you recognize me? Do you remember me?"

I've heard that as people get older, they become more nostalgic and always want to recreate the most precious things from their youth.

"Stop talking nonsense. You should be clear about whether you ever extorted my dad or not."

To be honest, all of this is made up. I know my dad's character best. He's absolutely upright and honest, with no secrets whatsoever. You can't blackmail him."

"Whether it's extortion or not, you'll have to ask your dad. Anyway, the designer children's clothes I'm wearing are related to your father."

Do they look familiar?

As for where they came from, you'll have to ask your dad.

I don't know if you can find out the secrets your dad can't tell you.

However, now that I've successfully extorted money from you, I'll keep my promise and not tell you.

Jiang Chengbei's few words, shrouded in mystery, made Kudo Shinichi frown deeply: His father's public morality was absolutely fine, so could it be that with more money, fame, and status, he had become arrogant and thus had private morality issues?

Shinichi Kudo desperately wanted to get to the bottom of things and find out the truth.

Just as Shinichi Kudo was about to speak, Inspector Megure interrupted him.

After giving Shinichi Kudo a wink, Inspector Megure spoke first:

"Conan, don't talk nonsense. Mr. Kudo Yusaku has lived an upright life. What secret could a child possibly have to blackmail him for?"

He must have felt sorry for the child and was just donating some money to charity.

Shinichi, his clothes look familiar. It must be that when Yusaku was doing charity work, he donated the clothes you wore when you were a kid.

Alright, alright, that's enough about Conan. Everyone, disperse.

With Inspector Megure's intervention, Shinichi Kudo ultimately refrained from questioning his father in public.

At the same time, only after Inspector Megure stopped them did they reluctantly leave.

It's a real shame I missed hearing such juicy gossip.

A cold smile flashed across Inspector Megure's face as he watched his gossipy subordinates reluctant to leave:

Yusaku Kudo, his former younger brother; Shinichi Kudo, his current younger brother.