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

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When they saw that Jiang Chengbei had only gone back to get his forgotten phone, and then immediately arrested a famous lawyer who had just completed his murder of his wife to prove his Dao, and then attempted to kill someone to cover it up, Kogoro Mouri and Conan were stunned.

Especially Kogoro Mouri. He hadn't even paid for his previous job when Jiang Chengbei turned the tables on him and killed him. He hadn't even finished negotiating this job when he was caught on the spot. Was Jiang Chengbei some kind of jinx? As long as Jiang Chengbei was the owner of the Mouri Detective Agency, Kogoro Mouri would never be able to complete a single job or receive a single commission.

Thinking back to when he met Jiang Chengbei, not only did Kogoro Mouri have no business, but even when he managed to get some, he never received a commission fee for any of them; it was all for nothing.

So it's confirmed that Jiang Chengbei is a plague god, a jinx. With him around, Kogoro Mouri can't make any money!

Thinking of this, Kogoro Mouri started complaining to Jiang Chengbei behind his back.

Coincidentally, Conan, who always enjoys eavesdropping and spying, started overthinking things after listening to Kogoro Mouri's song.

In just a few days, Jiangcheng North has been involved in many murder cases, witnessed several murders, and caught two murderers on the spot. Is this normal?

The murder case at Yamane Temple was supposedly about Conan being brought medicine, but he was present at the scene after all. If we don't count that case, he also witnessed Abe Yutaka committing murder, witnessed Abe Yutaka being killed by Negishi Masaki, and this time he witnessed Tatsumi Sohei killing his wife.

With so many murders happening around Jiang Chengbei, if we apply the persona he created for his maniac brother, Jiang Chengbei could also be considered a crime mastermind.

Thinking of this, Conan fixed his deep gaze on Jiang Chengbei:

Based on my current investigation, my brother's methods of killing are mostly like those serial killer cases and the method of wiping out entire families on Moonlight Island. He just grabs a gun and charges in, without any skill involved.

Aside from the exceptional case of Moriya Teiji, his brother, this serial killer, was nothing like the persona Jiang Chengbei had portrayed him to be.

On the contrary, the murder cases that have occurred in Jiangcheng North may seem to have nothing to do with him, but if you apply the criminal planning persona that he arranged for his partner to him, it would also make sense!

The key point is, he's not a detective, so how come he has so many murders like I do?

He's a detective, so it's normal for him to have more murder cases; he's just a fruit seller, and he has just as many murder cases, so he's the one who manipulates people's hearts, instigates murderers, and stays out of it all, the criminal mastermind.

Although he had no evidence at all, Conan still felt that his guess made sense.

Moreover, a partnership of one intellectual and one martial artist is the best combination. I've already seen my own brother, who's a reckless brute who only knows how to kill with a gun. This one should be in charge of the martial arts, the one who takes direct action.

Then Wen must be Jiang Chengbei, otherwise how could they become partners?

If Jiang Chengbei was the mastermind behind the crime, then he must have known his own identity long ago, and then he used his own persona to deceive and manipulate his partner, who was also his brother.

If that's the case, although things are troublesome, there's also good news: although Jiang Chengbei is a bad person, at least he didn't lay a hand on me, so I'm still safe. Otherwise, I wouldn't have survived until now without incident.

To verify his suspicions, Conan decided to thoroughly investigate the case, going through it carefully from beginning to end.

The police have now basically figured out the case of Xun Zhuangping murdering his wife.

The case is very simple. According to the murderer Xun Zhuangping's own confession:

He got into an argument with his wife, Xun Hemei, who had suddenly come to find him. In the heat of the argument, he lost his temper and, in a moment of rage, killed Xun Hemei.

Then, Jiang Chengbei, who had come back to get his phone, accidentally went into the wrong room and pushed open the wrong door, thus witnessing the scene after Xun Zhuangping killed his wife.

Of course, in Jiang Chengbei and Xun Zhuangping's statements, although they did not discuss it, they unexpectedly lied together. Even if it cannot be called lying, they concealed important information from the police at the same time: how Jiang Chengbei pushed open the door of the next room.

Because Xun Zhuangping wanted to close the murder case as a crime of passion and reduce his prison sentence by a few years, he didn't mention locking the door from the inside.

He was afraid that if he revealed the inside-of-the-door incident, it would cause more trouble, and the police would seize on that and insist on proving that he had committed murder, which would be bad.

Jiang Chengbei didn't mention that the door was actually locked, and that he opened it using the lock-picking skills he had diligently learned during this time, along with the master key created by Professor Agasa.

To avoid trouble and to avoid saying too much, Jiang Chengbei simply said that he pushed the door open, thus giving an excuse as to why he was able to witness Xun Zhuangping committing murder.

In short, they both had their own ulterior motives, so neither of them mentioned that the door was locked from the inside. Without prior discussion, they showed an astonishing level of understanding.

Of course, Jiang Chengbei, who knew that in the world of Detective Conan, there was no difference between serving a year in prison and serving twenty years in prison, didn't bother to accuse Xun Zhuangping of murder. He asked Moli Kogoro to come and do something as trivial as providing an alibi.

Jiang Chengbei won't come out to explain the truth, but Conan won't let any suspicious situation go unnoticed.

So, with the police already acknowledging that Tatsumi Sohei committed the crime of passion, the murderer had confessed, and the case was almost closed, I really disliked Conan having to investigate it several more times, increasing their workload.

While the police were closing the case on Tatsumi Sohei's crime of passion, and Jiang Chengbei and the Mori father and daughter were enjoying the lavish meal that Kudo Yusaku had ordered for them, Conan was engrossed in his investigation, determined to get to the bottom of the case.

Through tireless efforts, Conan finally uncovered the truth of the case, finding out that Tatsumi Sohei had premeditated the murder, rather than committing a crime of passion.

In an attempt to exonerate himself after committing murder, Xun Zhuangping devised a seemingly perfect alibi. However, no matter how perfect his alibi was, Jiang Chengbei witnessed the murder, rendering even the most flawless alibi useless.

The moment Jiang Chengbei witnessed the murder, Xun Zhuangping was so enraged he nearly went mad.

After Conan investigated all the details of Tatsumi Sohei's murder of his wife, he was once again driven to the brink of madness.

Conan only found something fishy about the case, but he didn't find any clues that Jiang Chengbei was behind it.

If it weren't for the perfect example of his own brother murdering Teiji Moriya in a locked room mystery, Conan would definitely think he was overthinking things and that Jiang Chengbei was absolutely unrelated to the case and not the mastermind behind the crime.

But with the appearance of superpowers and chakra, Conan couldn't shake his suspicions. He feared that Jiang Chengbei was a criminal mastermind disguised as a good person, ready to deliver a fatal blow at a crucial moment.

You may plant flowers with care, but they may not bloom; you may plant willows without intention, and they may thrive.

When Conan discovered that Tatsumi Sohei had a perfect murder plan and a perfect alibi, both the police and Tatsumi Sohei were very annoyed.

Police: The murderer has already confessed to the crime of passion, and we've already written the case report. Now you want us to redo it?

Murderer: I already admit that I committed a crime of passion, but now you little brat insist on making me spend a few more years in jail, and you want me to admit that I committed murder?

Anyway, this is all just your reasoning; I haven't even done anything yet!

You want me to admit to things I haven't even done, and you want me to spend more years in jail?

Don’t even think about it, no way!

Therefore, Conan's words made a lot of sense, his reasoning was brilliant, and the evidence... the evidence was also very sufficient. If Tatsumi Sohei had done as Conan suggested, he could indeed have provided a perfect alibi.

But Xun Zhuangping hasn't even started yet. He just planned it out and brought everything with him. Can you really conclude that he committed murder on purpose?

Anyway, Xun Zhuangping stubbornly refused to admit it, only admitting that he committed the crime of passion.

As for Conan's claim that he killed someone at the Beika Hotel and then put Tatsumi and Mimi's bodies in the storage box in the trunk of his car that looked exactly like the bathtub at home,

After hardening the body of Kazumi and moving it to the bathtub at home, it fits perfectly, thus making it appear as if Kazumi was murdered in the bathtub at home. At this point in time, Sohei was at the Beika Hotel, providing a perfect alibi.

Conan's deduction was perfect; he even found the same kind of storage box used to hold and harden corpses, just like the bathtub.

But Xun Zhuangping just wouldn't admit it. He was just thinking about it. Why would he admit to something he hadn't done?

So, with Conan being so meticulous about details, insisting that justice must be fully served, and demanding that the case be taken seriously without any compromise, he and Tatsumi Sohei confronted each other for quite some time, turning what should have been a simple and easy case into a constant argument.

Faced with this situation, they're facing endless overtime again, and the police officers' eyes are filled with helplessness as they look at Conan.

The police and the murderer disliked Conan's meticulousness and endless pursuit of the truth, but the media did. After uncovering the details, they began to use their imaginations and report on it extensively.

Conan was originally a media darling; with him causing trouble, both traffic and sales could increase several times over.

So, during the time Conan was being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department, the media did a lot to help clear Conan's name in order to maintain this traffic-generating secret.

To clear Conan's name, the only option is to expose that Conan is the serial killer Shinichi Kudo. Therefore, in the case of Teiji Moriya's bombing, besides the fact that the imposter Shinichi Kudo, Jiang Chengbei, was not clean, the media also added fuel to the fire when they were smearing him.

Since Shinichi Kudo and Conan are now on opposite sides, irreconcilable enemies, the simplest and most effective way to whitewash one is to smear the other.

Compared to Shinichi Kudo, who disappears and schemes in the shadows, Conan, who frequently stirs up trouble, creates big news, and makes up stories for everyone to make a living, is much more beloved by the media.

Sure enough, Conan had just left the Metropolitan Police Department and gained his freedom, and he immediately started to slap the Metropolitan Police Department in the face as a means of revenge.

Even though the Metropolitan Police Department had caught the culprit and the culprit had confessed, Conan still wouldn't stop. He insisted on digging out all the suspicious points and eventually found out that the culprit committed murder, not a crime of passion, thus slapping the Metropolitan Police Department in the face.

Conan, known for his vengeful nature, is very popular among media professionals.

So, Conan, who was simply trying to find out if Jiang Chengbei was the mastermind behind the case, unexpectedly discovered that it was murder, which led to a standoff with the murderer who refused to admit it. In the end, it became news that Conan was taking revenge and slapping the Metropolitan Police Department in the face.

Chapter 143 Mori: Uozuka, stop! We're on the same side, stop fighting!

The next day, Conan had just been taken back to the Megure family home the day before, and today, Conan followed the dark-circled Megure to the Mouri Detective Agency.

Just then, Conan arrived and saw Jiang Chengbei there as well. His face turned pale with anger, and he realized he knew he had made the wrong decision.

To be honest, Conan's attitude towards Jiang Chengbei is quite complicated.

When he hears that his brother is going to impersonate him and steal his girlfriend, and he is powerless to do anything about it, he becomes anxious and hopes that Jiang Chengbei can stop him. Even if it benefits him, it is better than having his own brother steal his girlfriend.

But since we haven't seen the perverted brothers take any action yet, Conan hopes that Jiang Chengbei can stay away from Ran, and ideally, disappear forever and never appear by Ran's side again.

In short, Conan's opinion of Jiang Chengbei is entirely based on whether or not he is useful.

After exchanging pleasantries with Kogoro Mouri, Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri got down to business.

"Brother Mori, as you know, Conan caused a lot of trouble before."

Fortunately, the pistol that Teiji Moriya used to commit suicide this time was the same pistol that the serial killer used to finish off his target.

Conan, who was previously suspected of being a serial shooter, has had a strong alibi because he was under surveillance by the Metropolitan Police Department during this period and was with you all that night. Therefore, the suspicion against him has been greatly reduced.

So, with Attorney Sakata's help, Conan was finally able to move around freely.

Hearing this, Jiang Chengbei smiled and glanced at him. He never expected that Conan, the famous detective, would need him, the real culprit, to prove his alibi.

On the night he killed Teiji Moriya, if it weren't for my meddling, bringing a fruit basket and waking them up one by one, Conan might not even have an alibi.

The real culprit becomes an alibi for the famous detective Conan who is investigating the case. I never dared to imagine this before. It's a pity that I can't show it off. It's so frustrating.

Why not learn from Conan's confession video and Simpson's murder autobiography and publish your own crime record, or make a movie autobiography?

While Jiang Chengbei was lost in his fantasies, after all that buildup, Inspector Megure finally revealed his true intentions, saying:

"Conan is free now, but I'm a police officer, so my vacation is over, and I have to go back to work tomorrow."

To avoid gossip, and also because it was Conan's insistence, he wanted to stay at Mori's house, "of course, for money..."

"No way! Not even if you offer money! I absolutely refuse to let Kudo's brother move into my house, to tip off that bastard Kudo, to be a mole, and to cover for him!"

Before Inspector Megure could finish speaking, Kogoro Mouri jumped up to object. He hated Kudo, who already had a girlfriend but still bothered Ran and didn't even warn Ran about the bomb beforehand.

"Huh? Brother Mori, how about you consider it? I'll pay you..."

"This has nothing to do with money. Don't bring it up again. If you dare to bring it up again, we can't be friends anymore!"

Hearing Kogoro Mouri's resolute words, Inspector Megure frowned, looked helplessly at Conan, shrugged, and indicated that he had tried his best, but it was really no use.

Conan was also disappointed to see Kogoro Mouri's strong opposition.

Conan was very worried after discovering that Jiang Chengbei often stayed in the house next to the Mouri Detective Agency, which is why he begged Megure to take him to see Mouri Kogoro.

Unfortunately, like a dog biting Edogawa, Conan didn't appreciate Kogoro Mouri's kindness and was still ruthlessly rejected.

Since there was no point in discussing that matter, Inspector Megure could only try to talk about something else: building a relationship with Kogoro Mouri. If he could win him over, that would be an unexpected surprise.

Upon hearing that Inspector Megure's paid leave had ended, Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but sigh with envy:

"Brother Megure, it was better when you were a policeman."

Although you're busy at work, and your dark circles are so bad, it's great that you get paid during your time off.