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

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"Ran, what I really want to say is, don't you think Conan is too weak today? He got beaten up like this by a kidnapper. It's completely different from what's described on TV and in the newspapers. They say that elementary school student Conan single-handedly took down a murderer and a criminal gang."

Here we go again, Jiang Chengbei, when will you ever stop?

Hearing Jiang Chengbei taunting him again, Conan glared at Jiang Chengbei with dead fish eyes, really wanting to knock him down with a soccer ball, but unfortunately, he was much weaker after shrinking, so he couldn't do that for the time being.

"Ran, you've had quite a bit of contact with Conan before. Could this Conan who suddenly became weak be an imposter?"

For example, could this suddenly weakened Conan really be, as he himself claims, a shrunken version of Shinichi Kudo, whose fighting power was also zero?

"Huh? Hahaha... Jiangcheng-kun, you're too easy to fool. Just like Professor Agasa, how could you believe Conan's lies?"

I've told you before, it's impossible, absolutely impossible. Leaving aside whether it violates science, I've exposed Conan's lies more than once; it's simply impossible.

When Jiang Chengbei mentioned again that he was Shinichi Kudo in his shrunken form, Conan was terrified, his small body trembling like a leaf.

But when he saw that Xiaolan didn't believe him at all and even came out to dispel the rumors for him, he felt a strange sadness in his heart:

If a complete stranger in black believed it, how could Xiaolan, his childhood sweetheart, refuse to believe it? Should he feel lucky or sad?

He doesn't believe anyone he should, and the people he shouldn't believe might be enemy agents in black. He believes everything he hears after just one listen. This world is truly messed up.

Trapped in the clutches of Jiangcheng North, with no way to escape and feeling weak and frail, Conan felt hopeless about his future.

Fortunately, in Conan's despair, Inspector Megure, the great savior, arrived and rescued Conan from Jiang Chengbei's clutches.

When Conan saw Inspector Megure's round body, he almost burst into tears.

Being Inspector Megure's adopted son is fine; escaping the men in black's clutches is better than anything else.

In Japan, fat people and little boys are the best choices.

After seeing his family members come back to life, Conan, using his status as Inspector Megure's godson, dragged Takagi along to intimidate him, interjecting with questions from time to time. What was originally a scene of Jiang Chengbei recounting how he solved cases, subdued kidnappers, and rescued hostages was turned into a census of Jiang Chengbei.

Jiang Chengbei's current identity is perfectly innocent, so there's nothing to hide. Therefore, as long as it's reasonable, he doesn't care much about Conan's abuse of power. He answers whatever Conan asks, just to satisfy Conan's curiosity.

Of course, in order to retaliate against Conan who thought he had found a backer when the police arrived, Jiang Chengbei immediately instilled in police officers such as Megure Juzo and Takagi Wataru the idea that this Conan was a fake, and that he was Shinichi Kudo impersonating someone after shrinking down.

At first, they thought Jiang Chengbei was right when he said this Conan was weak and couldn't even beat a kidnapper. But when he said that this Conan was actually Shinichi Kudo in his shrunken form, their eyes widened in disbelief.

He believes even a child's lies; Jiang Chengbei isn't very bright, his IQ is lacking.

When Ran came out to testify, Conan had already started impersonating Shinichi and shrinking to deceive people several days ago. Several days had passed, and Shinichi was still there, and he would appear at the same time as Conan from time to time. Even so, he could still be fooled by Conan. He believed that Shinichi Kudo had taken medicine to shrink into a lie. The only person present was Jiang Chengbei, who was not very smart.

Although Jiang Chengbei is seen by everyone as a dim-witted, easily fooled fool, he firmly believes that Conan is Shinichi Kudo in his shrunken form, which keeps Conan constantly sweating and living in fear.

Chapter 51 Death Descends on the Metropolitan Police Department

Because of the menacing black-clad figure Jiang Chengbei was watching closely, Conan eventually obediently followed Inspector Megure home, reluctantly becoming Megure's adopted son.

After losing the Mouri Detective Agency and Professor Agasa's house—two safe havens where no cases would occur—Conan's first night at the Megure residence...

Just a few minutes after Conan arrived at the Megure residence, the Grim Reaper aura kicked in, and the Megure family's next-door neighbor reluctantly gave up his first drop of blood.

Conan lived up to expectations. After hearing the shouts from next door, he was the first to jump out the window and run out. Then, under the watchful eyes of Inspector Megure and Midori Megure, he completed his first case after changing his name to Conan Megure.

Thanks to the solid foundation laid by the previous Conan, this Conan no longer needs to take down Kogoro Mouri like he did at the beginning of the original series, hiding behind him and using a disguised voice to help him fight. Now he can openly take the lead himself, just like his old self, and continue to explain the reasoning process to everyone.

No one had any objections to Conan's deductive reasoning ability, the fact that a case occurred as soon as he entered the room, and that he solved the case on the spot with incredible speed. After all, Conan was a super elementary school student who could subdue several murderers before, so what's so strange about him solving a case now?

After spending the night at Megure's house, Conan rushed to the Metropolitan Police Department the next day under the pretense of making a statement. He then hid in an inconspicuous corner, waiting for the real Conan to come to him.

From Conan's perspective, there is a real Conan in this world. Even if he is a little unconvinced by that Conan's reasoning ability, after experiencing his current weak and powerless body, this Conan is still very convinced of the original Conan.

To avoid having two Conans appearing at the same time, and to avoid the awkward situation of the real Conan wandering around while he himself is at the Metropolitan Police Department, and since he has no clue where the real Conan is, he decides to hide in the Metropolitan Police Department and wait for the former Conan to return after solving the case.

Because Conan's perception differs slightly from everyone else's, he has been hiding in the Metropolitan Police Department waiting for the real Conan he believes to exist to appear. However, he is completely unaware that he is currently the only Conan in the world, and the other one will not be around for the time being.

As a result, instead of another Conan, Death arrived as scheduled.

Conan, hiding in the shadows, overheard a corrupt cop's phone call. He heard someone ordering the cop to find Shinichi Kudo and to find out why Shinichi's body wasn't found in Dorobiga last night.

When Conan heard the phone call about corrupt cops and Black Organization moles in the Metropolitan Police Department, he was completely stunned and nearly fainted in his hiding place.

After he calmed down and recovered, he rushed out to grab the corrupt cop who answered the phone, only to find that the cop had already left the Metropolitan Police Department.

Although he didn't see the corrupt cop in person, Conan, having heard his voice, still managed to find the cop's body in Beika Town by searching for clues and deducing the truth, thanks to his superhuman brain.

He offended Death, was targeted by Death, and most importantly, he wasn't tough enough. He had already found a way to die, so he died very quickly.

Fortunately, Conan was there, so self-production and self-consumption were basic operations.

Conan quickly solved the case and caught the culprit, but the result was not as expected. The one who took action was a very righteous policeman who couldn't find any evidence and was very impulsive. In order to purify the police force, he devised a fancy plan to eliminate this corrupt policeman who was being targeted by Conan.

After thoroughly investigating the good policeman who made a mistake on impulse, Conan discovered that he had no connection with the Black Organization and was unaware that the corrupt policeman was connected to the Black Organization. He felt very disappointed.

He was not only disappointed that the clues about the Black Organization had gone cold, but also disappointed that there were members of the Black Organization in the Metropolitan Police Department, which made him realize the harsh environment in which he was living.

Amidst all this bad news, the only thing that brought Conan some comfort was that the real Conan didn't show up today. The only one who did was the fake Conan, who followed the corrupt cop all the way and finally made a splash by solving the case.

Speaking of which, there's something interesting here. In Jiang Chengbei's and Conan's minds, they both feel that the Conan they're playing is a fake Conan, and the real Conan is the other person. This is one of the few rare instances where they agree on something.

In the days that followed, death was unleashed.

Megure originally wanted to send Conan to elementary school, but because the Metropolitan Police Department was cursed by death, not only were there murders every day, but several murders occurred every day.

The police here, whether good or bad, whether they're eliminating corrupt elements within the force or forced to silence witnesses whose secrets have been discovered, have far more legitimate motives for murder than the bizarre murder motives found in Beika Town.

After all, the Metropolitan Police Department is a violent agency with immense power. If its will is relaxed even slightly, it can lead to a little bit of arbitrary use of power, thereby creating a very real motive for murder.

With Conan's arrival, the urge to kill is activated. The Metropolitan Police Department has tens of thousands of employees, and conflicts are already numerous.

The place was already teeming with incompetent people, pay thieves, people with questionable morals, people who abused their power, people who traded money and power, and all sorts of other people who jumped out to serve as stepping stones for Conan's performance and to help him shine.

Fortunately, the Metropolitan Police Department has many departments, offices, and personnel, so it can afford to lose. The Metropolitan Police Department alone, where Tokyo is located, has 40,000 to 50,000 police officers. Conan, the Grim Reaper, can wreak havoc for a while without worrying about a shortage of personnel.

Because of the recent scandals involving the deaths of police officers in the Metropolitan Police Department, in order to minimize the social impact and solve the cases as soon as possible, Conan, who originally wanted to find the "real Conan" first, can only help the police solve the cases for the next period of time, and other things have to be put aside, including investigating the Jiangchengbei incident.

Conan felt it was important to help the police solve cases and find the bad apples in the Metropolitan Police Department, so he took it very seriously and devoted himself to the department, working tirelessly to keep the police force pure.

Because the Metropolitan Police Department is experiencing incidents and deaths every day, news such as the serial shooter incident a few days ago and the recent disappearance of Shinichi Kudo are insignificant compared to the frequent murders at the Metropolitan Police Department.

Of course, the Megure family's neighbors also didn't escape the Grim Reaper's visit. A case occurred there every other day, giving the returning Grim Reaper some practice and boosting his performance.

Jiang Chengbei was somewhat bewildered to see that almost all the news on TV and in the newspapers was about the Metropolitan Police Department.

Those guys who traveled into Conan and thought being a police officer was safe would be trembling with fear under their blankets if they actually became police officers now.

Are the police safe in Detective Conan?

Heh, that's because it wasn't the Third Investigative Division that died, right?

That's not right either. Many people from the Third Investigation Division have died in the flashbacks, but they didn't recognize Conan when they died.

Without the safe haven of the Mouri Detective Agency, Conan, now unleashed like a death knell, went on a killing spree at the Metropolitan Police Department. His performance record skyrocketed, leaving him no time to attend school.

However, Conan did do something good for the ordinary people of Beika Town. He no longer just harassed ordinary people; now he even targeted the Metropolitan Police Department, the source of the rampant crime in the Conan world, making those petty thieves finally taste the bitter fruit of their actions.

Chapter 52 Conan: I want to turn myself in! I've committed a crime! Come and arrest me!

While Conan was making great strides at the Metropolitan Police Department, reforming the workplace, Jiang Chengbei rented an apartment on the second floor and a shop on the first floor next to Kogoro Mouri's house.

Thanks to the Japanese Agricultural Association, the agricultural products in the Jiangcheng North system store have a price difference of tens or hundreds of times compared to reality.

So, in order to find a way out for his large amount of money of dubious origin, Jiang Chengbei opened a fruit shop next to the Poirot Coffee Shop and mixed the fruit he bought from the system into the shop to launder money.

Others would lose several times their initial investment to launder money, but Jiang Chengbei, who laundered money by selling fruit, would lose money if he didn't make tens or hundreds of times his initial investment.

In short, selling fruit is more profitable than drug trafficking. If drug dealers had the ability to smuggle agricultural products from abroad in bulk, Jiang Chengbei thought they would probably switch careers.

Ever since Jiang Chengbei visited Kogoro Mouri with a large watermelon he bought for very little money, Kogoro Mouri forgave him because of the watermelon.

After reconciling with Kogoro Mouri, Jiang Chengbei became a frequent visitor to the Mouri family, often bringing some inexpensive fruit to drop by.

Seeing that Jiang Chengbei always brought expensive fresh fruit when he came, but their own home didn't have anything of equal value to entertain him, Xiaolan and Kogoro felt quite embarrassed.

Ran was happy to eat the fruit that Jiang Chengbei brought when he visited every day, but she became very worried after Dorobiga discovered that Shinichi Kudo had disappeared the next day.

Worrying is useless. Without Professor Agasa's voice changer, Conan won't be able to call Ran even if he wants to.

Because Shinichi Kudo had a history of skipping school to investigate cases when he was a detective, everyone except Ran was used to it. They didn't care much about Kudo's disappearance, assuming he was just investigating another case.

Under the persuasion of Sonoko, Kogoro Mouri, and Kojo Kita, Ran had no choice but to pretend that Shinichi was really investigating the case and keep her worries to herself.

After opening a fruit shop in Jiangcheng North, he would always bring a lot of fresh fruit when visiting the neighbors, which made him very popular.

Of course, among the people he visited in Jiangchengbei was Dr. Agasa.

By using a watermelon several times larger than Professor Agasa's bald head, Jiang Chengbei gained Professor Agasa's favor and placed an order for a voice changer with him.

Regardless of when Dr. Agasa will be able to develop it, Jiang Chengbei has already paid a deposit and placed an order, so the voice changer must be given to him first.

Every day, he would bring some fruit to Professor Agasa's house, ostensibly to urge the professor to finish the voice changer, but actually to find out if Conan had been there and if they had recognized each other.

Jiang Chengbei didn't get to see Conan secretly meet with Professor Agasa, but he did see on TV that the female culprit in the roller coaster case, Hitomi, had turned herself in.

Seeing that she had actually turned herself in, Jiang Chengbei still felt a little regretful. He had originally planned to copy her, intending to have a passionate love affair with this female murderer who had a prior record of killing her ex-boyfriend, and then break up when the relationship was at its most intense, so that she could kill her ex-boyfriend again.

As a result, she's now in jail, meaning her goal of getting back together with her two ex-boyfriends seems impossible.

Of course, it was Conan who was behind sending Hitomi to prison.

He has now become the real Conan. After encountering Hitomi, who is there to give a statement at the Metropolitan Police Department, he immediately goes up to her and coerces her into turning herself in.

Previously, it was Jiang Chengbei, the fake Conan, who helped Xiaotong destroy evidence and painstakingly persuaded her not to turn herself in. Now, seeing the same Conan, his attitude has completely changed. He bombards her with all sorts of moralizing and verbally abuses her. In the end, unable to withstand the moral blackmail from the real Conan, she finally breaks down, gives in, and turns herself in again.

Of course, Conan's actions weren't just about morally blackmailing Hitomi. After learning from Hitomi that the previous Conan had indeed destroyed evidence and fabricated these false testimonies, he now uses the face and name of Edogawa Conan and has turned himself in.

When Conan went to turn himself in, he was secretly pleased with himself:

You, a mere elementary school student, drugged me and stole my credit. You, a mere elementary school student, have been belittling and defaming me in the media. Now, I, Shinichi Kudo, have become like Conan Edogawa. I will restore my reputation as Shinichi Kudo. I will confess and reveal everything, bearing your face and your name, so that all your efforts in building the reputation of the elementary school detective will be in vain.

On television, Jiang Chengbei saw Conan bowing and apologizing in the media, confessing that he had destroyed evidence and committed perjury on the roller coaster, apologizing to the public and the police, and admitting that his reasoning ability and moral character were inferior to Shinichi Kudo's.

Conan did this not only to salvage his reputation for being worse than an elementary school student, but also to bring back the former Conan who had disappeared and had been missing for several days without any clues.

In Conan's mind, the previous Conan loved to show off and liked to put down Shinichi Kudo. Now he would cut off his own lifeline, use his face to make him lose face, and see if he would come out again, and see how long he could hide.

Besides the two points mentioned above, he was also forced to do this by the media.

Conan never expected, and it was only after he became Conan that he discovered that the former Conan had actually signed an agreement with several media outlets to provide case information as soon as possible.

In these agreements, he, Conan... well, former Conan, promised to inform the media of the results before disclosing case information to the police, so that they could release it before the police had the evidence.

For this, these media outlets have paid tens of millions of dollars to the Conan character mentioned earlier, with the only requirement being that they be able to obtain the information as soon as possible.