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

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Not only did President Oki not understand the internet slang Jiang Chengbei used twenty or thirty years later, but even Conan, Mori, and Amuro couldn't understand it either, so they were all curious and prepared to listen to Jiang Chengbei's explanation.

If they didn't understand, they didn't understand. Jiang Chengbei wasn't going to explain it to them. So, after the current president drove off and the company president got in the car, Jiang Chengbei continued to berate Amuro Tooru with a mix of disappointment and frustration:

"Touko, look at how you work, and then look at how Shi Ren acts?"

Can't you learn from Shi Ren? I've scolded you so much, how come you haven't improved at all?

Both were close friends who had died. Even an ordinary person like Shi Ren thought of avenging his friend, but you, someone with extraordinary skills, don't think about avenging your friend and instead spend your days doing odd jobs. What kind of man are you?

After being scolded by Jiang Chengbei, the face of Akai Shuichi immediately popped into Amuro Tooru's mind. Jiang Chengbei was right, he had to find this bastard and avenge Jingguang!

But how did Jiang Chengbei know that his close friend had been murdered?

This needs to be investigated thoroughly. Until then, we must be patient!

On the way back, despite being thoroughly scolded by Jiang Chengbei, Amuro Tooru came to a realization: his undercover mission with Jiang Chengbei had not gone smoothly; he had been exposed on the very first day, or the very first contact. He wanted to find out why.

If he doesn't find out why he was exposed from Jiang Chengbei, he won't be able to sleep when he gets back, since he still has to infiltrate an even more dangerous terrorist organization as Bourbon.

He didn't want to end up like his friend Jing Guang, who was suddenly exposed without explanation and used as a bargaining chip by his peers!

After driving back to the Mori Detective Agency in Beika Town 5-chome, Kojo Kita casually mentioned that he had many spare rooms and that Amuro Tooru could stay if he wanted. Upon hearing this, Amuro Tooru immediately seized the opportunity and agreed.

Amuro Tooru reasoned that his purpose for coming here had been exposed by Jiang Chengbei's attitude towards him, so this arrogant man was taking pleasure in messing with him.

But Amuro Tooru is someone who can endure what ordinary people cannot, and suffer what ordinary people cannot. For the sake of the country, for the sake of investigating Conan, and for the sake of knowing what he did wrong and what caused him to give himself away at their first meeting, he had to grit his teeth and find out the truth before leaving.

Since Jiang Chengbei had already guessed that he came here to work with ill intentions, he didn't have much time left and needed to hurry up and investigate. So, when Jiang Chengbei casually suggested it, he shamelessly stayed.

Seeing that Amuro Tooru really intended to stay here tonight, Jiang Chengbei didn't say much. He patted Conan's head and at the same time unsealed the power of words.

The moonlight is beautiful tonight, so let Conan do whatever he wants.

After Conan arrived at the balcony outside Amuro Tooru's room window and started singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to the moon, Jiang Chengbei transformed into a chubby little bird and left home, also finding a secluded spot to sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to the moon.

The reason Jiang Chengbei didn't sing along with Conan was because he felt it was embarrassing to imitate Conan and it wouldn't be good if others saw him.

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Time flies. Amuro Tooru, who had been cornered outside the window by Conan all night, miscalculated. He had originally planned to take advantage of Conan and Jiang Chengbei being asleep to search around at night.

As a result, he was blocked at the door by Conan's mesmerizing voice, unable to go out and rummage through things, and unable to sleep. He endured Conan's deadly voice all night.

When Jiang Chengbei returned, Amuro Tooru already had two thick dark circles under his eyes, making him look even worse than a panda.

Conan can catch up on sleep during class, but Amuro Tooru can't; as the king of part-time jobs, he also has to work part-time.

Moreover, he steals intelligence and collects information while working, which completely ruins the image of working people.

Especially those scoundrels like him who ostensibly apply for a job but actually come to investigate the boss's background—aren't they driving other honest and law-abiding workers to their doom and ruining their reputations?

Therefore, for these workers with ulterior motives, Amuro Tooru was captured by Jiang Chengbei at dawn and made to do manual labor.

"Touko, have you heard the story of the white-clad man crossing the river?"

Ever since someone impersonated a merchant to carry out a sneak attack, merchants have been in a difficult situation. Those normal, honest, and law-abiding merchants have found it hard to move an inch and are bullied everywhere.

Touko, as a capable worker who has no worries about food and drink, have you ever thought about those honest, hardworking people?

If one of you workers were to emerge who specializes in swindling your boss and investigating their background, it would tarnish the overall image of workers. How innocent would those ordinary workers be if they were implicated because of this scoundrel?

Touko, since you're destined to bring misfortune to your boss, you'd better work hard and try to make up for it. Otherwise, I'll fire you and find a normal employee.

While regular employees do need to be paid, they won't turn around and harm the boss.

Just as Jiang Chengbei was idly reminding Amuro Tooru of his identity, he received a call from the police informing him that Okida, the president of the Giant Wood Company they had encountered the previous night, was dead.

Because they had just met the night before, and the police found his and Kogoro Mouri's business cards in the deceased's clothes, Jiang Chengbei, Kogoro Mouri, and Tooru Amuro were summoned to the Okida family home after the incident.

Okida died in his bedroom bed. The cause of death was a heart attack. So the police called Jiang Chengbei and his team in for a routine check, just to go through the motions, because the police had already preliminarily determined that he died of illness, a natural death.

After listening to the police's explanation, Jiang Chengbei patted Amuro Tooru on the shoulder:

"Touzi, it's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. As your senior apprentice, let's start by teaching you some reasoning skills using this case as a beginning."

Now, the police believe it was a death from illness, a natural death. Do you think that's correct? Is that right?

Before Amuro Tooru could answer, Jiang Chengbei, having already attracted the attention of Kogoro Mouri and the police, continued:

"No, I knew it was murder the moment I saw this person. The murderer is the driver we met last night, Tokito, the one who's braver than Touko."

Speaking of Shi Ren, who was standing some distance away being questioned by the police, Jiang Chengbei glanced at him enviously, then looked at Amuro Tooru with a sigh of disappointment:

"Touko, you're such a loser. You're not even as good as an ordinary person like Shi Ren. Look at him, he'll kill someone at the drop of a hat. And look at you, you're such a coward."

Upon hearing Jiang Chengbei's words and considering that Okida was already dead, Amuro Tooru immediately understood what Jiang Chengbei meant by "sword man".

Once he understood, he could figure out many things. So Amuro Tooru, who finally understood what Jiang Chengbei meant by what he said last night, immediately looked at Jiang Chengbei, who had been causing him trouble, in shock:

Did he do this to make me kill him? Does he have depression? Is he too afraid to commit suicide, so he's asking me to do it for him?

Good heavens, what's wrong with Japan these days? Why are so many people contemplating suicide?

If you love this country so much, how come there are still so many people who can't think straight?

Before, I couldn't understand why he would keep me around when he could tell I had a problem and kept saying he was a jinx and would bring bad luck to the boss. Now I understand, this guy doesn't want to live!

Seeing Amuro Tooru suddenly realize something and look at him with concern, Jiang Chengbei felt that there seemed to be some misunderstanding between them, but he had to continue teaching him deduction, sending a murderer to the police station, and getting a chance to transform. So he continued his crime-solving tutorial.

Chapter 155 Yukiko Comes to Buy Durian

Jiang Chengbei manipulated the computer at Omuda's house, restoring the scene that had been deleted by the hacker last night, showing how the computer had been hacked and the temperature in Omuda's bedroom had been controlled, causing Omuda to suffer a heart attack and die due to a sudden temperature change after drinking alcohol.

Then Jiang Chengbei restored everything else the hacker had deleted, including the hacker's intrusion address, and found evidence that Shi Ren was the murderer.

After Jiang Chengbei used his hacking skills to identify Shi Ren as the murderer, the police also found a CD at Shi Ren's house containing the program that recorded Shi Ren's intrusion into the Omita family the previous night.

Faced with this evidence, and with Jiang Chengbei revealing his method of murder, Shi Ren finally confessed and surrendered obediently, giving Jiang Chengbei one chance to transform into Conan/Shinichi Kudo.

Jiang Cheng now has two chances to transform. Of course, if he himself is sent to prison for murder, he will only have two chances to transform, because he is not a character who appeared in the original series.

But if Amuro Tooru is sent to prison, will I get another chance to transform?

Amuro Tooru had been an undercover agent at the brewery for many years, and Jiang Chengbei didn't believe he hadn't killed anyone.

Finding evidence of Amuro Tooru's murder seems very difficult...

After seeing Jiang Chengbei's actions—finding evidence of Shi Ren's murder, sending him to the police station, and solving today's case—Mouri Kogoro, who had been short of money lately, patted Amuro Tooru on the shoulder:

"Touko, your uncle just taught you deduction, you should pay me your tuition now."

Looking at Kogoro Mouri, who was grinning lewdly at him, Amuro Tooru shuddered.

"But Mr. Mori, the boss only showed us the results of his case-solving."

He typed away on the computer at Okida's house, demonstrating his computer skills rather than his reasoning process.

The most important reasoning process—how he deduced that it wasn't a death from illness but rather a case of malicious intent, what aspects were illogical, and so on—wasn't explained by the boss.

He only glanced at the body before starting to search for evidence on the computer. I didn't learn any of the reasoning skills, but my boss was very good with computers, and I saw everything.

So, this counts as teaching reasoning? I, Mr. Mori, haven't learned a single thing!

Faced with Amuro Tooru's unconvinced attitude, Jiang Chengbei patted him on the shoulder: "Touko, I showed you the whole process of solving the case. You still can't understand it and you want to blame me?"

You have to pay your tuition fees, or I'll expel you and send you back to where you came from.

Under pressure from Jiang Chengbei and Kogoro Mouri, Amuro Tooru finally paid his tuition, considering it a necessary expense for his work of investigating Jiang Chengbei.

At the same time, Amuro Tooru did not come away empty-handed after experiencing the murder of Ōkida.

Through this case, he discovered Jiang Chengbei's astonishing strength.

Last night, they met Okida and his group for the first time. Jiang Chengbei seemed to have seen through Shi Ren's plan to kill Okida, which impressed Amuro Tooru, who was also present but had no idea.

But Jiang Chengbei clearly sensed it, yet he didn't stop it. His character... well, it seems he did stop it, but he spoke vaguely and didn't say it directly, like an old riddle teller. Even if he did remind us, it's probably because we people have low comprehension and can't keep up with his train of thought.

However, since the murderer used a computer to control the temperature in Okida's bedroom to kill him, Jiang Chengbei, who is also proficient with computers, could also be a murderer.

So after returning, Amuro Tooru specifically contacted Kazami Yuya and asked him to quietly review today's case, especially to interrogate the murderer Tokito, to confirm whether the person was really killed.

Having solved the murder case of Ōkida, Amuro Tooru returned to the fruit shop and immediately began doing useless yet busy work under Jiang Chengbei's arrangement.

An undercover agent has come all the way to Jiangcheng North, yet he refuses to do anything to kill the boss. Shouldn't such an employee be severely punished, or should we expect him to spare the energy and time to secretly investigate him?

"Touzi, show some spirit. Even an ordinary person like Shi Ren, who gets scolded by his boss, can kill someone in a fit of rage."

You're such a master, yet you didn't react at all. What a coward!

You can't just keep enduring this. You need to unleash your true nature, confront injustice, and learn to fight back!

"I can't stand it anymore! Stand up and fight back! Touko will never be a slave! Kill the boss who's bullying you!"

Despite Jiang Chengbei's nagging, Amuro Tooru continued working diligently while ignoring him.

This boss must have a death wish!

Rei Furuya was a master marksman, one of the best in the police academy and second in the academy's history. Coupled with his strong hand-to-hand combat skills, killing a fruit shop owner who relied on his brains would be a piece of cake.

In terms of investigation speed and early discovery of cases, Jiang Gu Ling admitted that he, as a professional, was indeed inferior to Jiang Cheng Bei, an amateur. However, if Jiang Cheng Bei continued to provoke him and force him to kill his boss, he would really take action and not be polite!

Soon, it was midday, the hottest time of the day.

Unsurprisingly, just like yesterday, Amuro Tooru donned his heavy and stuffy black bear mascot costume and began handing out flyers under the scorching sun.

Thinking back to the suffocating experience he had in the mascot costume yesterday afternoon, Amuro Tooru really wanted to throw off the costume and leave.

But when he received the black bear mascot costume, which had been washed clean and had no sweat odor, looking brand new, Amuro Tooru was deeply moved.

He remembered that when he took off the mascot costume yesterday, it was soaked through and smelled terrible.

But now, the mascot costume that he wore all afternoon, the lining of which had become smelly, is now clean and fresh, without a trace of odor.

From this perspective, the boss is quite humane; he's actually a good person.

The reason he was so cold-hearted was because I wasn't capable enough. He saw through my ulterior motives as soon as we met. I was torturing myself like this so that he would remember me better. It was for his own good, to make him remember me.

With this thought, Amuro Tooru suddenly felt motivated, full of energy and the joy of working. He happily put on his mascot costume and went outside to train his will under the scorching sun.

Seeing the blond, dark-skinned guy who was lucky enough to get the job yesterday being asked to wear a mascot costume and sunbathe in the middle of the day, sitting in the Poirot Cafe next door drinking coffee and enjoying the air conditioning, the handsome man with glasses, Fujimine Yukiko secretly rejoiced.

Luckily, that strange boss didn't like my surname, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get the job. Otherwise, I would have suffered in the mascot costume yesterday and today as well.

Moreover, after observing for the past two days, I noticed that the owner of the fruit shop next door is acting strangely. He doesn't seem to care much about his business and is only bothering the new blond employee. Could he have some kind of ulterior motive?

If he really does have some unusual fetish, the brat living in his house is in for a rough time, hahaha...