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"Who's on par with Shinichi Kudo? Don't insult me!"
I didn't, I'm not, I don't want to be associated with that high school student who can't even beat an elementary school student!
Listen to me! If you insult me again by saying I'm on the same level as Shinichi Kudo, I'll challenge you to a duel!
Chapter 105 Osaka Black Chicken's Lifelong Ambition
Jiang Chengbei was stunned to see Hattori Heiji react so strongly; this was different from before.
So Jiang Chengbei could only weakly ask, "Black Chicken, what happened? Why do you get so agitated when I mention that you're on par with Kudo?"
Seeing that Jiang Chengbei's tone had become more amiable, Hattori Heiji calmed down as well, then said with a complaining expression:
"It's all that guy's fault. He's not even as good as an elementary school student!"
There are also rumors that he was defeated by elementary school students many times, and eventually he was too ashamed to face anyone and hid away. I heard that he almost went to Shanni Temple to become a monk!
This is outrageous! To be associated with such a coward is a disgrace to me and a shame to all high school students!
do you know?
Ever since the news of Shinichi Kudo, the famous high school detective from Tokyo, being defeated by an elementary school student reached Osaka, how many people have pointed fingers at me, the famous high school detective who is on par with him?
Do you know how they talk about us behind our backs?
To think that I, a dignified high school detective, the number one high school detective in Japan, have had my reputation tarnished by that high school scoundrel Shinichi Kudo, and now I'm even worse than an elementary school student!
Do you know how angry I was after hearing all that?
Seeing Hattori Heiji, who was seething with anger and resentment, Jiang Chengbei awkwardly touched his nose and said:
"Yes, you're right. I understand how you feel right now."
"Black Chicken, don't be sad. Even Shinichi Kudo, who's stronger than you, lost to an elementary school student. You should relax now and get used to it."
"You! ...I'm not going to argue with someone like you who talks nonsense without knowing the facts!"
My purpose in coming to Tokyo this time is to prove that we high school students are much better than elementary school students, countless times better!
I need to find this elementary school student who dared to provoke us high school students and the police, find evidence of his crimes, and send him to jail!
I will prove that it's not that we high school students are incapable, but rather that Shinichi Kudo is incapable. His incapacity does not mean that all high school students are incapable, nor does it mean that we high school students are inferior to elementary school students!
Seeing the young and impetuous Black Chicken excitedly ramble on, Jiang Chengbei finally understood his purpose in coming to Tokyo. It turned out that, like other detectives, he had come to find evidence of Conan's crimes and send him to prison.
Speaking of Conan's criminal evidence, even Conan himself might not know that this stuff exists in Jiangcheng North.
The MP5K, the murder weapon he used to kill someone, still bears Conan's fingerprints and is currently buried deep in a dense forest, a location known only to Jiang Chengbei.
You asked why the murder weapon MP5K wasn't put into the system inventory? Of course, it's because external things can't be put into the system inventory. If the MP5K were put into the system inventory, the Conan fingerprints on it would disappear.
With no other option, Jiang Chengbei could only put the murder weapon MP5K, which bore Conan's fingerprints, in a waterproof bag, add some stolen goods, put it in a sealed box, and bury it somewhere.
Remembering that Inspector Megure had filmed the Detective Boys performing their group dance for Conan, Jiang Chengbei secretly took out his DV camera and showed the scene where Hattori Heiji looked down on Kudo Shinichi and spoke ill of him behind his back.
After a while, Hattori Heiji finally got tired of talking and poured out all his grievances. Only then did he calm down and start to speak properly.
When he asked Kogoro Mouri again about Conan's visit to investigate the murder of Minako Mochizuki at Beika Elementary School, Jiang Chengbei intervened, stopping Kogoro Mouri from telling him the details, and said:
"Mouri, do you even know how to be a good detective? Black Chicken hasn't paid yet, and you've already told him everything. Isn't that just letting him get something for free?"
After speaking about Mori, Jiang Chengbei turned to Osaka Kuroki and said, "If you want to know more about Conan, pay up."
"You guys..." Jiang Chengbei's actions left Osaka Black Chicken speechless. He thought that he didn't have to pay when he accepted commissions in Osaka, but now he had to charge for just a few in Tokyo. Tokyo is too stingy, isn't it?
After a brief standoff with Jiang Chengbei, Osaka Kuroki realized that Kogoro Mouri, who had just come to his senses, was just like Jiang Chengbei: if you don't have money, there's no point in talking.
There was nothing he could do but bow his head when he was under someone else's roof. Osaka Black Chicken had no choice but to take out his wallet, intending to give these two money-grubbing misers some money. But when he opened his wallet, Osaka Black Chicken was immediately embarrassed.
"Black Chicken, I think you should go call the police first."
You spoke with such confidence just now, I thought you were a really great detective, but I didn't expect you to not even know your wallet had been stolen.
What's even more ingenious is that after stealing your money, the thief, feeling that you didn't have enough cash in your wallet, deliberately left a note saying "poor bastard" before returning the wallet.
Even after all this, you still don't know your wallet was stolen? You're such a lame high school detective! I think you're definitely not even as good as an elementary school student.
After being ridiculed by Jiang Chengbei, Hattori Heiji's forehead veins throbbed with rage, and he said, unable to contain his anger:
"I'm just a detective. I solve cases by thinking and reasoning. What does it have to do with me whether I found out or not that the thief stole my money?"
I solve cases with my brain, not by relying on my physical senses to detect a thief reaching for me!
"Say what you want. Anyway, you don't have any money right now. If you want to know more about Conan, come back and ask when you have the money."
After Jiang Chengbei finished speaking, Kogoro Mouri also chimed in: "Yes, that's right. We don't offer credit here. I won't tell you anything until you've paid."
"Damn it! You two are such money-grubbers! Can't you just let me owe you money first, and then send it to you when I get back?"
"No, what if something happens to you? Who will I ask for the final payment?"
I'm terrified of people like Yutaka Abe. The recent incident is a stark reminder of the lessons learned. So, we need to settle the payment here before we start working.”
Faced with two money-grubbing guys, Hattori Heiji, who always solves cases for free, now truly understands how hateful people are who charge money even for accepting cases.
Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. After this terrible experience, Hattori Heiji became even more determined to never accept money for a case in the future. He was determined to solve cases for everyone for free. People who take money are too hateful!
Thus, commissioning clients for free became Hattori Heiji's lifelong ambition.
Just as Hattori Heiji was locked in a stalemate with Kogoro Mouri in Kojo Kita, the door to the Mouri Detective Agency was knocked on again.
After Jiang Chengbei and the others let him in, the door of the Mouri Detective Agency was carefully opened, and a timid high school girl in a JK uniform was standing at the door.
Chapter 106 The Detective's Pendant Arrives, and Cases Come to Us
"Who are you? What brings you to our Mori Detective Agency?"
After letting the timid, introverted girl who walked with her head down into the sofa, Kogoro Mouri, lounging on the sofa, asked, "..."
Facing the three grown men in the room, the shy young girl sat upright on the sofa with her head down, fidgeting with her clothes, and said timidly in a low voice:
"I've come looking for Shinichi Kudo. Shinichi Kudo has disappeared, and I'd like to ask you to help me find him."
Upon hearing that the high school student was looking for Shinichi Kudo, Kogoro Mouri immediately became impatient: "Go find Shinichi Kudo at his house, what are you doing here?"
"No one was home at his house. I... I heard this was his childhood sweetheart's house, so... that's why I came."
"Hmph... what childhood sweetheart? That scoundrel is so annoying! My family isn't his childhood sweetheart's family. Go back, we don't have that brat here."
Rejected by Kogoro Mouri, the introverted girl suddenly became anxious. After standing up and bowing, her previously soft and gentle voice suddenly became louder, and she urgently shouted:
"I really need to find Shinichi Kudo, please tell me where he is?"
Kogoro Mouri: "Who are you? Why are you in such a hurry to find that annoying brat?"
"I...I am Shinichi Kudo's girlfriend. My name is Ryoko Akagi, and we have been dating for a long time."
He's been missing for so long, I'm so worried about him, I'm really anxious, I urgently need to find him, please help me.
"Girlfriend? This guy is definitely not a good person. He actually secretly found a girlfriend behind our backs!"
Upon learning that this high school girl was Shinichi Kudo's girlfriend, Kogoro Mouri's expression immediately darkened, and he began to mutter complaints:
"Sigh, I wonder where Ran went today. I really hope she's home. I really want her to see this scene and see the true face of that brat Shinichi Kudo!"
And you there, we don't welcome Shinichi Kudo, nor his girlfriend. Please stand outside the door and quietly close it behind you.
"what?!"
Upon hearing Kogoro Mouri's words about kicking her out, the girl named Ryoko Akagi almost burst into tears, feeling wronged.
But when faced with Kogoro Mouri trying to kick her out, she refused to take a step forward, stubbornly holding back her tears and looking at him pleadingly.
Having just been rejected by both Kogoro Mouri and Kojo Kita, Heiji Hattori, sharing the same experience, instantly felt empathy and stood up for Shinichi Kudo's woman:
"Hey, you slovenly old man, how can you talk to a girl like that? You're so rude."
After condemning Kogoro Mouri, he turned to Ryo Akagi and said in a gentler tone:
"This... Kudo's woman, don't cry. These two money-grubbing bastards won't help you find Kudo Shinichi, but I will."
Let me introduce myself. My name is Hattori Heiji, I'm from Osaka, and I'm a detective.
I don't know where Shinichi Kudo is, but could you give me some clues, or some information about him, or what he's done recently, so I can help you deduce things?
Although he was grateful to Hattori Heiji for stepping forward, Akagi Ryoko wanted to tell him about Kudo Shinichi's recent situation, but Akagi Ryoko had no idea, so he stammered and couldn't give a coherent answer.
Since Conan left, the Mouri Detective Agency has become deserted and business is terrible. Very few people come to Kogoro Mouri to provide alibis.
This situation can't continue, otherwise what's the point of me being the owner of this Mouri Detective Agency?
Today, a detective named Hattori Heiji just came by, and a case has already come knocking on our door. We can't afford to waste this opportunity.
With Conan gone, all we can do is work harder, make up for our shortcomings with diligence, and seize every opportunity to make the Mouri Detective Agency famous.
"Miss Quantum, judging from your appearance, do you have a case you want to ask Shinichi Kudo about?"
If you have the information, feel free to speak up. Standing before you is Osaka Kuroko, a high school detective on par with Shinichi Kudo. He's known for his willingness to help people solve cases and deduce mysteries for free. Just tell him, and he'll definitely help.
After Jiang Chengbei finished speaking, Hattori immediately stood up, patted his chest, and said:
"That's right, most of what this money-grubbing person said is correct, but there are a few points I need to correct:"
First, I am not on par with Shinichi Kudo. He's someone who can't even compare to an elementary school student. Who would want to be on par with him? Anyone who says I'm on par with him will have to get angry!
I, Hattori Heiji, am far superior to him. I came to Tokyo this time to defeat the elementary school student and restore the honor of us high school students.
Second, I've told you so many times, you money-grubbing bastard, don't call me Osaka Heiji anymore. We just met, this is our first time meeting. If all else fails, you can call me Osaka Hattori.
Finally, you money-grubbing jerk, because of what you just said, my impression of you improved by a tiny, tiny bit…
Hattori gestured with two fingers to show how big the "tiny bit" he was referring to was, and continued:
"This tiny change shows that you really know me."
You're right. I'm a very public-spirited person, and I love helping people with deductions and investigations for free.
I'm offering this for free, not a single penny! You two money-grubbers, let's see how you compete with me!
No sooner had Heiji Hattori finished speaking than Kogoro Mori jumped up from the sofa in anger:
"Damn it! Absolutely damn it! Because of scoundrels like you and Kudo, we full-time detectives can't even earn enough to eat!"
"Sloppy old man, if you can't make money, it must be because you're incompetent. How can you blame it on us, the kind people who provide free services?"