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

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"I know, but it's really bad that you don't even have an encyclopedia."

I don't understand why the owner here would hire a clerk like you who doesn't know anything. What's the point of hiring you?

Toru Amuro:......

Amuro Tooru was speechless after hearing the pockmarked kid's complaints!

Why can't they explain it?

"Children, this is a fruit shop, a place that sells fruit and food, but not books. Do you understand?"

"Selling food..."

Seeing that Amuro Tooru's smile had disappeared, the pockmarked man finally stopped causing trouble by insisting on having some kind of juvenile encyclopedia and stood aside without saying a word.

But after the little boy fell silent, the cute little girl with the headband stepped forward and said something that almost drove Amuro Tooru crazy:

"You don't sell books, you only sell food... Then I want ice cream, I want banana strawberry flavor."

"I want eel rice..."

Meanwhile, the chubby boy, who had been quiet for a while, came out to join in the fun again.

This time, Amuro Tooru didn't roll his eyes at the ceiling; he just rolled his eyes at the air, and after releasing his negative emotions, he said:

"I have bananas and strawberries here, but I don't have banana-strawberry flavored ice cream."

Kids, I welcome you to buy fruit, but if you want to buy anything else, please go to the appropriate store. Understand? Okay?

"understand!"

"OK!"

"But we want eel rice!"

"And an encyclopedia!"

"And ice cream!"

"You don't even have these things, and you still dare to open a shop?"

"They dare to open a shop when they have absolutely nothing?"

"The boss is really unlucky to have hired a clerk like you who can't do anything and can only say 'nothing'."

“That’s right, they definitely had eel rice when we came last time,”

"There are also encyclopedias,"

"There's also ice cream, small cakes, and all sorts of desserts,"

"We have everything; whatever we want, we get it."

"How come everything disappeared after I asked a shop assistant?"

Then, before Amuro Tooru could complain, the three little ones surrounded him and bombarded him with questions, giving him a real headache.

Finally, before Amuro Tooru could escape from the group of three annoying children, several more children entered the store one after another.

Just like the three little ones before them, they all started asking Amuro Tooru for all sorts of strange things. After hearing what they wanted, Amuro Tooru was completely bewildered.

Damn it! Were these kids hired by the unscrupulous boss to mess with me, or were they classmates sent by the cunning Conan?

Although Conan's pranks seem more likely given that they are both elementary school students, Jiang Chengbei's suspicion cannot be ruled out, given his experiences with the unscrupulous boss.

Therefore, after encountering today's situation, Amuro Tooru immediately deduced that it was either Jiang Chengbei, Conan, or the two of them who had orchestrated this prank.

Amuro Tooru thought that Jiang Chengbei and Conan were playing a prank on him, but when Jiang Chengbei and Conan returned, he realized that he was wrong.

After listening to the children's various bizarre requests, Jiang Chengbei went behind the opaque wooden counter and, in front of the children, listened to their requests while taking things out.

"Genta, you want eel rice, right?"

Here you go, your eel rice.

Next up, here you go, the encyclopedia you requested…

Amuro Tooru was stunned to see Jiang Chengbei taking things out of the solid wood counter like a magical Doraemon.

After the children get what they want, they always say something bad about Amuro Tooru, or that Jiang Chengbei is blind to have hired such an unreliable clerk who gave them nothing.

Seeing this incredible thing happen, Amuro Tooru remembered that he had secretly pried open the lock when Jiang Chengbei was not around, and checked inside, but there was nothing there.

So he moved closer to Conan and asked in a low voice, "Conan, do you know why these things are in the display case? Were they put there beforehand?"

Conan rolled his eyes at him, then gave him a deadpan look and said, "How should I know?"

I asked Jiang Cheng before, but he told me there was a portal inside the counter that connected to all worlds, and that I could buy anything available on the market.

I secretly opened it too, but I didn't find anything.

I still don't understand his magic tricks; it's giving me a headache.

"Do they really have everything?" Noticing Amuro Tooru and Conan whispering, Yukiko leaned over to eavesdrop and couldn't help but ask.

Of course, what she wants to ask most right now is whether she can buy Conan's criminal evidence, or information about Conan's vixen mother.

Unfortunately, Conan was here, and he also didn't understand what the relationship was between Jiang Chengbei and Conan, so he couldn't bring himself to ask.

At this moment, the last elementary school student approached the counter in Jiangcheng North, holding several Kamen Rider cards, and said:

"My cat Akira is lost, and I want to find him. This is my reward, Brother Jiangcheng, is that alright?"

"No problem." After accepting the Kamen Rider card, Jiang Chengbei waved to Conan and his three friends:

"You've been raising an army for a thousand days to use it for one. You've been eating and drinking for free here for so long, and now it's time to use you."

Now you have a task: go and find this child's cat.

"Yes, sir, our Junior Detective Club is happy to assist you."

After accepting Jiang Chengbei's mission, the Teitan trio immediately grabbed Conan and went with the little boy to find the cat.

Conan, the famous detective who specializes in catching murderers, really wanted to refuse such a trivial matter as finding a cat, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was shut down by the Teitan trio's barrage of questions.

"Conan, you embezzled our Junior Detective League's operating funds. What right do you have to object?"

“If it weren’t for Brother Jiangcheng’s kindness in letting us keep accounts with him, I, Kojima Genta, would have starved to death long ago.”

"I, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, would also see the ocean of knowledge turn into a desolate desert if there were no books."

"Even I, Ayumi Yoshida, age easily if I don't moisturize my skin."

After one person finished speaking, they all said in unison:

"If it weren't for Brother Jiangcheng's kindness in taking you in, you, the Inspector Megure Conan who was kicked out of your home, would be homeless and turn back into Edogawa Conan."

Watching the four of them bickering, Hiroki, the elementary school student who had previously used the Kamen Rider card to complete a request, held his last Kamen Rider gold card and said smugly:

"I gave you gold cards before, but you were unwilling to help me find the cat. Now that I've come to see Brother Jiangcheng, aren't you going to help me find the cat in the end?"

And I even saved a gold card, I really made a great deal!

After hearing what Hiroki from the next class said, the Teitan trio finally let go of Conan and turned their attention to Hiroki. They emphasized that they were the ones who brought Hiroki to Jiangcheng North to barter, telling him not to be ungrateful, while they all dragged Conan away and happily went to find the cat.

Being led by several children to find the cat, Conan had a deadpan expression on his face, while simultaneously preparing to cover his face at any moment to prevent running into acquaintances who might recognize him and misunderstand that he had now fallen to the same level as Kogoro Mouri, who was also searching for the cat.

Chapter 157 Yukiko and Amuro Tooru probe the relationship between Kojo Kita and Conan.

Seeing that the fruit shop in Jiangcheng North not only offered bartering but also credit and commission services, Yukiko's eyes lit up. She really wanted to buy Conan's information.

However, since they couldn't yet determine the exact nature of Conan and Jiang Chengbei's relationship, they refrained from making any rash moves and wanted to observe the situation further.

Meanwhile, Amuro Tooru was also filled with curiosity about how Jiang Chengbei could take so many things out of the solid wood counter, so after all the elementary school students who passed by on their way home from school had left, he came over with a grin:

"Boss, why do you have all sorts of things in this display case? Can you explain how they work?"

That way, when you're not around, or when you don't want to stand at the counter, I can help out, and you won't have to work so hard.

"So you came here to work for me at your own expense just to find out what's in my counter?"

Fine, trust those you employ, and don't employ those you don't trust. I'll just tell you the truth.

Since you passed my test and have become my most trusted employee and partner, I have no secrets from you; you can know everything about me.

This counter actually has a magic circle inside. Whatever I want here, the magician across the way can deliver it to me.

After hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, Amuro Tooru felt a headache coming on, so he muttered something under his breath:

"But Conan said you told him there was a portal to the outside world inside, so why has it turned into a magic circle now?"

"Because he talked nonsense outside and didn't keep my secret, I didn't tell him the truth."

I'm only telling you the truth, but you have to keep it a secret and not go around telling everyone like Conan.

"Then you must be lying this time too, because you, as the boss, were telling your employees secrets without hiding it from me, and I heard it too."

Before Amuro Tooru could ask any further questions, Yukiko came over with a grin and gave Jiang Chengbei a provocative look:

"Based on my reasoning, you must have conspired with those kids to fool your employees, right?"

Even without discussing it with the child beforehand, you can quickly figure out their preferences by observing them for a few days.

Preparing what they need in advance isn't difficult.

Seeing the woman he had marked with his Ke Xue Chakra transmitter reappear before him in a different outfit, Jiang Chengbei shrugged:

"Because I know you won't believe me, I feel free to tell my employees the truth."

Amuro Tooru: So you mean I'm easier to fool and more likely to believe your lies, while the customer next to me can tell that you're lying?

"Here's what I'll do. I'll give you a chance to prove it. Just take out what I say from the counter, and I'll believe you."

Upon seeing Yukiko, dressed as a man, wink at him, Jiang Chengbei shuddered, goosebumps rising on his skin. Without a second thought, he refused.

"If I give you what you want, wouldn't that prove that what I said is true, and thus make you believe it too? In that case, wouldn't it be a leak that I only tell the secrets of the shop assistants I trust?"

So I'm not going to prove it to you. Think what you want, believe it or not, as long as the employees who pass my test believe me.

"Hiss..." Upon hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, Amuro Tooru gasped: He hadn't expected the boss to treat him like a fool. How could he believe such nonsense?

However, after thinking about it carefully, Amuro Tooru suddenly understood why his boss had such confidence and this misunderstanding of him.

Amuro Tooru thought that, from Jiang Chengbei's perspective, the reason why he, Amuro Tooru, refused wages and even paid to stay and work was because he had blindly believed Jiang Chengbei's previous statement that he was a jinx who brought bad luck to bosses and employees. That's why he was being so foolish, being tormented by Jiang Chengbei, and still not being able to get rid of him.

So he now has a misconception that he is stupid and easy to fool, and he blindly believes whatever he is told.