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

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Although no clues were found about the murderer, the fact that the deceased was a drug dealer made things easier. Since the case couldn't be solved, it could be handed over to Section 4, which specializes in narcotics and organized crime, to give them a headache.

Megure didn't go home after get off work, but voluntarily stayed to work overtime. He even prepared the report overnight, ready to submit it first thing tomorrow morning and go through the case transfer procedure. However, before he could submit the report, a case occurred tonight with the same death, the same murder weapon, the same method of killing, and the same murderer. It seems that the Beika Library case from last night cannot be transferred.

If today's deceased were also a drug dealer, there would still be some hope. But after finding the driver's license on the deceased, confirming his identity, and then contacting his family to learn that he was just a teacher at Beika Elementary School, Inspector Megure felt a chill in his heart.

If this person isn't a drug dealer, then it seems impossible to hand over such a heinous serial killer case to those guys in Section 4; at most, we can ask them to come and help.

Chapter 20: The Murderer Was Surprisingly Kind

After examining the murder scene at Beika Park, Shinichi Kudo frowned. Similar to the Beika Library murder case, there wasn't much information available about the killer.

Aside from the killer's superior equipment and supplies, the only thing Shinichi Kudo could deduce from the ballistics was that the muzzle was low, the killer preferred to shoot from a kneeling or crouching position, or the killer was very short and a dwarf.

Having deduced all this, Shinichi Kudo couldn't help but think of that unusually short elementary school student who was only up to his thigh.

Although this elementary school student was despicable and shameless, using a tranquilizer dart to incapacitate him and even imitating his voice to cheat in order to defeat him and show off, he still managed to solve two cases, one of which was an old case. If they asked him for help, they might be able to uncover more.

As soon as he had this idea, Shinichi Kudo shook his head and rejected it. How could he think like that? He was just a child. How could he be asked to watch such a bloody and cruel scene?

While Shinichi Kudo was diligently investigating the serial murder case and searching for the victims, Jiang Chengbei, after a night's rest, began a new life full of energy.

After recalling these past few days, especially when passing by the dentist's office, Jiang Chengbei finally remembered a case of a dentist committing murder.

Although it's unknown which dentist intended to commit the murder, the fact that Ayumi was asked to provide an alibi means that Jiang Chengbei has found a clue about this dentist.

The thought that Ayumi, a 7-year-old girl, went to the dentist and had a tooth pulled all by herself makes her seem quite brave.

Jiang Chengbei chatted with Ayumi for a few minutes using his detective badge, and found out the address of her dentist and dental clinic from her. Then, he rode his skateboard to the clinic.

Because he had forgotten why this beautiful dentist named Chimu Yezi wanted to kill someone, and who she killed, Jiang Chengbei Convenience Store resorted to his usual tricks, trying to lure her out of her murderous intent by using the fact that the child possessed a large amount of cash.

Just as Jiang Chengbei had initially thought, when Chimu Yezi saw that Jiang Chengbei had a backpack full of cash, her expression changed immediately, especially after learning that Jiang Chengbei had no family or relatives, her expression worsened.

Later, Jiang Chengbei went to great lengths and spent a lot of energy to finally get rid of Chimu Yezi's concern for him.

Indeed, after this test, Jiang Chengbei discovered that Chi Mu Yezi, the potential murderer, was actually a good person.

After seeing that the little boy Jiang Chengbei was carrying a large amount of cash, she wanted to help him find his family. After learning that he had no family, she wanted to send him to the police station and persuaded him to deposit the money in the bank. During this time, she kept telling him not to flaunt his wealth, especially since he was a little boy. If people knew that he had so much cash, it would definitely lead to his death.

Jiang Chengbei was so annoyed by Chimu Yezi's heartfelt concern and deep worry.

In order to educate Jiang Chengbei's naughty child who didn't take her words to heart, she also told her personal experience: 26 years ago, her 9-year-old brother was kidnapped and murdered, and the murderer was released without charge due to insufficient evidence.

Chimu Yezi originally intended to use this incident to teach Jiang Chengbei the lessons about the treacherous nature of people, the importance of not flaunting wealth, and the need for children to protect themselves. However, Jiang Chengbei found a new target and decided to teach the murderer the lesson about protecting himself, especially in front of a 7-year-old child.

"Oh dear, who is the murderer who killed Sister Ye and Brother Ye? Where is he?"

Jiang Chengbei originally wanted to use Conan's childlike voice to extract more information and save himself investigation time, but in the end he still failed.

Faced with Jiang Chengbei's question, Chi Mu Yezi remained tight-lipped and did not reveal anything about the murderer to the child, Jiang Chengbei.

Unexpectedly, Conan's magical mouth, which always gets answers to his questions, failed him today. In the end, it was because Yoko Shiraki wanted to avenge her brother. Before she could get revenge, she didn't want to reveal too much information about the kidnapper and murderer to outsiders, lest it cause complications and her revenge fail.

Chimu Yoko was planning to take revenge herself. She had prepared a fancy plan and even had alibis in mind. She was just one step away from getting the kill done when she never expected that the child she was meeting for the first time would try to steal her life.

Since Chimu Yezi wouldn't reveal who the kidnappers were, Jiang Chengbei had his own methods. After getting her home address from Chimu Yezi, he took advantage of her working hours at the clinic to sneak into her house, climb over the wall and through the window, and commit illegal intrusion.

The apartment where Chimu Yoko lived was similar to Jiang Chengbei's house; it was also a tenement building, with a long corridor connecting a row of apartments on each floor. However, the other side of the corridor on Chimu Yoko's side was enclosed by a wall.

In Japan, once you know the approximate address, finding someone's residence is very easy, because the resident's surname is displayed on the wall outside the door.

Furthermore, Japan has a much larger number of surnames. Despite having a population that is an order of magnitude smaller than that of China, Japan has more than ten times more surnames than China.

Therefore, in a small area, there are not many people with the same surname. Even if there are, there are not many. It is not like in China, where if you call out a few common surnames, there will be a large number of people with the same surname.

When Jiang Chengbei saw that the living room of Chiki Yoko's house was decorated exactly the same as the lounge in her clinic, he suddenly remembered the case in Detective Conan about the actors in period dramas. That case was also about decorating two rooms of one's own house exactly the same in order to confuse witnesses and create an alibi.

The two cases are based on the same principle, so Conan is plagiarizing himself and paying homage to himself?

Even if the setup is incredibly elaborate, so what? In the end, Conan still sees through it and catches you.

If you really want to commit a crime, you might as well pretend to be Conan and do it yourself. Even if Conan finds out and catches you, the real Conan will take the blame.

When Conan catches Conan, let's see what he does then.

Putting aside his inner complaints, Jiang Chengbei arrived without prior notice and, without any hesitation, searched through Chi Mu Yezi's house before finally finding a notebook in a hidden corner.

Tucked inside this notebook is a yellowed newspaper clipping from twenty-six years ago. The clipping reported that the kidnapper was acquitted due to insufficient evidence, while the kidnapped boy disappeared and has not been found to this day.

In addition to newspaper clippings, the notebook also contained detailed records of the daily routines and travel patterns of a man named Katsuhiko Nakamoto.

The notebook reveals that Katsuhiko Nakamoto, whom Yoko Shiragi had thoroughly investigated, was her target.

Although the newspaper did not write the kidnapper's name, the clipping was tucked into a notebook, and it only had the name Katsuhiko Nakamoto written on it, so there is a high probability that this person is the kidnapper.

Regardless of whether Katsuhiko Nakamoto is a kidnapper or not, finding him and trying will clarify things.

Jiang Chengbei's three-pronged attack might not work on ordinary people, but it's infallible on someone who has killed and is extremely greedy.

After making this decision, Jiang Chengbei took out his camera and took a picture of the kidnapper in the newspaper. Then he put the notebook back as it was, hid it again, and restored everything to its original state before opening the door and leaving Chimu Yezi's house.

Chapter 21 Solving the case is not as fast as committing it; Shinichi Kudo's test is coming.

Upon leaving Chimu Yezi's house, Jiang Chengbei was surprised to find that the house number next to hers had the words "Zhongben" written on it.

Is this a case of the victim's family and the kidnapper becoming neighbors? Is the future planned killer's house next to the victim's?

Since there are many surnames in Japan, and not many people share the same surname in a small area, Jiang Chengbei immediately went up and knocked on the door. However, no one was home, and he didn't hear any sound from inside after knocking several times.

With no one home, it was perfect for Jiang Chengbei, this unconventional guy. He circled around, climbed out of the stairwell window, and then, like a flying squirrel, scaled the walls using the window frame. He quickly arrived at the Nakamoto family's window, opened it, and once again showed up uninvited.

When Jiang Chengbei found the photo of the house's owner, Nakamoto, he immediately recognized the person in the photo as the middle-aged version of the young kidnapper in the newspaper clipping.

Having found his target, Jiang Chengbei rummaged through Nakamoto Katsuhiko's house, examining some documents and gaining a better understanding of Nakamoto Katsuhiko's character before leaving.

Although he left the building where Katsuhiko Nakamoto and Yoko Shiraki lived, Konobu didn't go far. Instead, he disguised himself and stayed not far from the building to keep watch, waiting for Katsuhiko Nakamoto to come home.

Jiang Chengbei waited and waited until it got dark, until Chimu Yezi had already gone home, before he finally saw Nakamoto Katsuhiko park his car and come to the building entrance, ready to go upstairs and go home.

Upon spotting his target, Jiang Chengbei used his wall-climbing skills to scale the walls through the stairwell window and into the stairwell. He then descended the stairs and bumped into Nakamoto Katsuhiko, who was going upstairs.

It was the same old three-pronged approach: after the initial impact, several bundles of 10,000 yen bills from Jiang Chengbei's bag scattered all over the ground, and then they waited for their target to take the bait out of greed.

System message: Katsuhiko Nakamoto has murderous intent towards you. You are awarded 1 kill coin. You currently have a total of 4 kill coins.

System message: Ke Xue Mall has added Nakamoto Katsuhiko's skill - Exoneration: Even if you are caught committing a crime, having this skill gives you a certain chance to find legal loopholes or evidence loopholes, thus allowing you to be released without charge. The exoneration effect increases with level, and the probability of activation also increases.

While this acquittal doesn't directly enhance one's strength, like a safe house, it can still be useful in certain situations.

Even if these two skills are useless, they are still better than the two life skills of music and math provided by the previous two elementary school teachers.

The fact that the child was carrying a large sum of cash attracted the murderous intent of Katsuhiko Nakamoto, but he was, after all, an experienced kidnapper and murderer. And since they were in a residential building, he didn't act immediately. Instead, he showed a kind smile, helping Jiang Chengbei pick up the money while inquiring about the situation.

Since Nakamoto Katsuhiko had asked so sincerely, Jiang Chengbei mercifully told him about his background.

In the latest version of Jiang Chengbei's game, this is how he describes himself:

His parents in the countryside had both died, and his relatives in the countryside were also gone, so he took the huge sum of cash left by his parents and came to the city to seek refuge with distant relatives.

Although he has arrived in Tokyo, he cannot find his relatives' house; it seems they have moved out of the building. He is very anxious and is preparing to go to the police station to ask for help.

"Little friend, the police in Tokyo are busy catching bad guys, they don't seem to have time to help you find your relatives."

"Why don't you go back with your uncle first, sleep at his place, have a big meal, and tomorrow your uncle will take you to see your relatives."

Seeing that Katsuhiko Nakamoto was trying his best to put on a kind and benevolent expression, Jiang Chengbei also cooperated. He also tried his best to put on a silly expression, nodded stupidly, and agreed immediately.

Seeing Jiang Chengbei follow him upstairs, intending to stay at his house for the night, Nakamoto Katsuhiko was extremely excited, having already confirmed the money was real when he helped Jiang Chengbei pick it up earlier.

After successfully bringing the innocent and adorable Jiang Chengbei back to his home, Nakamoto Katsuhiko immediately locked the door upon entering. Then, while taking out some delicious food from the refrigerator, he questioned him in detail about whether anyone knew that he had come to this building.

When he learned that no one knew Jiang Chengbei was here, and that even the building manager at the main entrance downstairs hadn't noticed him entering because Jiang Chengbei was too short and small, and hadn't let him leave his name with the building manager, Nakamoto Katsuhiko was immediately excited.

With Jiang Chengbei's extreme cooperation, another experienced and cunning old murderer who had killed and kidnapped children was finally blinded by greed.

With the right timing, location, and people, I have all the advantages and everything is under my control. Faced with a 7-year-old lamb to the slaughter, there's no reason not to take action!

So, after Nakamoto Katsuhiko made his move and contributed 1 kill coin to Jiangcheng North, a corpse lay in a pool of blood, riddled with bullet holes, on the floor of the Nakamoto family's living room.

Katsuhiko Nakamoto is doing well now, after all, he's a company president. So when Jiang Chengbei searched his house, he found hundreds of thousands of yen in cash. At least he made back the money he spent on bullets this time, so it wasn't a loss.

After earning back the money for the bullets, I cleaned up the scene.

Actually, there was no need to clean up the scene much, because Jiang Chengbei had applied glue to his fingers before coming, so it was impossible to leave fingerprints at the scene.

At the same time, even if DNA information such as hair and skin flakes is left behind, it is Shinichi Kudo's DNA. At most, people will blame Shinichi Kudo for not paying attention to protecting the scene, or Shinichi Kudo will help take the blame for the murder. What does this case have to do with Jiang Chengbei?

Because Nakamoto Katsuhiko locked the door himself, and it had his fingerprints on it, in order to create a pseudo-locked-room atmosphere, Jiang Chengbei did not leave through the main door this time. Instead, he put on gloves, went out directly through the window, and used his wall-running skills to leave the building.

I earned 2 kill coins today, and now I have 5 kill coins. Mission complete, time to call it a day, head back to the hotel for a shower and sleep.

While Jiangcheng North was reaping great rewards, on the other side, Shinichi Kudo, who was investigating the shooting case at Beihu Park, was not making much progress in finding the killer, but he did make quite a bit of progress in investigating the deceased, Kohei Shimoda.

Just like the previous case of the murder of the director of the Rice Flower Library, the investigation into the murderer yielded no results. However, Shinichi Kudo discovered that the deceased was a drug dealer, and the drugs he hid in the library and the money he hid at home were taken away.

Similar to the previous case, there was little progress on the murderer's side, but Shinichi Kudo had confirmed that Kohei Shimoda had been involved in reselling college admission slots.

Meanwhile, Shinichi Kudo also found some clues about his murder of Minako Mochizuki three years ago. However, a long time had passed, and the clues from that time had been erased. To confirm it, they were still missing a little bit of evidence.

In addition to discovering that the deceased, Kohei Shimoda, had a criminal record and was a suspect in the murder, Shinichi Kudo also discovered his accomplice, music teacher Ryota Sugiyama.

However, no one has seen Sugiyama Ryota since he went home from school; he has now disappeared.

Since Sugiyama cannot be found, the police are still unsure whether he, as an accomplice in the murders, is the real killer in these two serial murders and is now in hiding, or whether he was also killed in the serial killings.

But for Shinichi Kudo, he leaned towards the latter: the missing music teacher, Sugiyama, was probably murdered, but his body had just not been found yet.

Besides these findings, it was discovered that the director of the Beika Library and the two teachers at Beika Elementary School were complete strangers to each other, had no mutual friends, and had no connection whatsoever between them.

The only thing these two cases have in common is that the victims appeared to be ordinary people, but were actually criminals, criminals hiding among the general public. The serial gunmen killing them, to put it bluntly, was doing a service to the people, and to put it bluntly, was executing criminals on behalf of the public authorities.

Based on the above, this serial killer is capable of identifying criminals hidden among the population, so he could be an extreme detective, police officer, prosecutor, veteran, or someone else.

Of course, while investigating the Beika Park case, Shinichi Kudo also traced it back to Akiko Yonehara. He discovered that Akiko Yonehara had a plan to kill music teacher Ryota Sugiyama, but before it could be carried out, Ryota Sugiyama disappeared. Even if he hadn't disappeared, he was being watched by the police, so Akiko Yonehara didn't have the chance.

After discovering that Akiko Yonehara had a plan to kill music teacher Sugiyama to avenge Minako Mochizuki, but had not yet found the other murderer Kohei Shimoda, and therefore had not yet taken action, Shinichi Kudo was somewhat grateful to the murderer who had killed Ryota Sugiyama ahead of time.

If this murderer hadn't inadvertently stopped Ms. Yonehara's plan, and had actually killed Sugiyama and Shimoda, how heartbroken Ran, her former student and the one who admired her the most, would have been.

Akiko Yonehara was a teacher at Teitan Elementary School and was Ran and Sonoko's homeroom teacher. So when Kogoro Mouri saw her before, he felt that she looked familiar and that he knew her. He wasn't lying, but although he wasn't lying, his main purpose was to strike up a conversation.

Of course, Kogoro Mouri, who had visited Beika Elementary School on the day of the murder, also caught Shinichi Kudo's eye.

Even though he was his childhood friend's father and future father-in-law, Shinichi Kudo didn't intend to ignore him. Instead, he went to investigate him. After all, Kogoro Mouri was a detective and a former policeman, and he also had a strong sense of justice, which fit the judgment of a serial gunman.