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After downing a glass of strong liquor in one gulp, Conan felt even more dizzy and lost his balance, falling off the tree.
Fortunately, Jiang Chengbei reacted quickly, first catching the glass that Conan had dropped, ensuring its safety, and then grabbing Conan's foot to pull him up, thus preventing him from landing face-first.
After all, it's my wine glass. If it's safe, I can put it in the system's inventory and use it again next time. But if it breaks, I'll have to buy a new one and waste a little money. I can't bear to do that.
But Conan is someone else's child; if he gets hurt, it's fine, no one cares.
Therefore, protecting the wine glass is the top priority. Conan should save it if he can, but if it's not easy, he should let it go.
"Thank you, Jiang Cheng." After Conan was lifted up by Jiang Chengbei, turned around, and placed back on the tree branch, he gratefully thanked Jiang Chengbei.
"No need, just remember to pay me next time."
Hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, Conan was speechless for a moment, then asked anxiously, "I've already drunk the antidote, so why am I still the same size and haven't grown bigger?"
"They say it's the original liquid, so the medicinal effect won't be that fast."
When you feel extreme pain in your body, like the pain you experienced when you were small last time, you are about to grow big again.
If you don't want anyone to see you transform, you'll have to quickly find a secluded place to do so.
Hearing that Jiang Chengbei even knew about the unbearable pain he experienced during his transformation, it seemed that Jiang Chengbei was also present when his brother was shrunk.
After drinking the strong liquor, Conan's head was even more foggy, but even so, his intelligence didn't decline much. After all, in the original series, even in this drunken and dizzy state, the half-crippled Conan could easily defeat Osaka Black Chicken.
So, the half-crippled Conan stared blankly at Jiang Chengbei, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked directly:
"Jiang Cheng, why did you come here to deliver medicine to me? Were you following me?"
Having been bored flying around Conan for so long, Jiang Chengbei had already prepared an excuse, then feigned displeasure and asked in return:
"Conan, are you out of your mind? Didn't you call and ask me to bring you medicine here?"
"Did I come looking for you?" Conan had a bad feeling when Jiang Chengbei asked him that.
"Yeah, I was a little surprised that you asked me to come to this desolate place. I wondered if you were out of your mind."
When I got here and saw that you had a cold and fever, it seems my guess was right; you really weren't feeling well.
But what's strange is that you didn't have that nasal tone when you spoke on the phone. Did you catch a cold after you finished the call?
When Jiang Chengbei asked him this question, Conan gave an awkward, silly laugh, then dragged his ailing body down the stairs and told Jiang Chengbei that it was getting late and he had to hurry up and investigate the case.
Seeing that Conan knew he was about to transform and couldn't bear to waste even a moment, still thinking about investigating the case, Jiang Chengbei decided to scare him again, saying to his small figure climbing down from the tree:
"Conan, you're becoming less and less like yourself. Even at a time like this, you're still thinking about solving cases. Could it be that you're actually your detective-obsessed brother in disguise?"
Startled by Jiang Chengbei's words, Conan, who had a cold and was drinking, suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, loosened his grip, and fell off the tree, landing hard on his butt.
The pain instantly cleared Conan's head, and he replied with a smile, "Didn't I want to replace Shinichi Kudo?"
So I have to practice regularly, imitating Shinichi Kudo's habits every moment, so that when I grow up, I won't just have a face that looks like Shinichi Kudo and nothing else. Hehehe..."
"Alright, you've passed. Go investigate cases like Shinichi Kudo. I'm not going to worry about you anymore. I'm going back now."
Since Conan had fallen, Jiang Chengbei let him off easily and told him the false news that he was going back.
After saying goodbye to Jiangcheng North, Conan resumed his daily life of investigating cases, but this time, while investigating cases, he also began to pay attention to other things.
From Jiang Chengbei's casual remark, Conan also understood that the current situation was dangerous:
It's highly likely that his ruthless brother, who has always wanted to replace him, is hiding somewhere, watching him closely, and could deliver a fatal blow at any moment.
Logically, given the danger, the best course of action would be to hide and wait until he grows bigger before suddenly catching the attacker off guard. However, Conan is still worried about the case here.
The murder that had occurred here was calling to him. He couldn't ignore the life-or-death situation and ambush his brother just because he was afraid of him, who had been hiding in the shadows for more than ten days.
He is a detective. To die in the process of solving a case is the glory of a detective and the best end for a detective. If he stops pursuing the truth because he is afraid of death, that is the disgrace of a detective. If he doesn't even have the detective spirit of pursuing the truth, can he still be called a detective?
After a period of anxious investigation, Conan, whose head was still foggy, finally figured out the modus operandi and the culprit of the case after a long time.
At this crucial moment, Conan's body began to ache intensely. Having experienced shrinking once before, Conan immediately realized that Jiang Chengbei hadn't lied to him; he was about to grow bigger!
So he quickly sent everyone away, and after confirming that no one was around, he found a room by himself and hid with a bird.
Seeing that there was nothing else alive in the room except for himself and a bird, Conan was finally able to take off his clothes without worry and then faint from the pain.
Chapter 89: Conan and Shinichi Kudo finally appeared together again.
After some time, Conan, who had grown larger and returned to being the same Conan as high school student Shinichi Kudo, finally woke up.
After his initial excitement subsided, when he tried to take out the clothes he had brought to put on, he discovered that, for some reason, the entire bag of adult clothes he had brought was gone.
After searching high and low, Shinichi Kudo couldn't find the clothes he had brought, so he ended up wearing a monk's robe that was the same style as the little monk at Yamane-ji Temple, which was kept in the room.
Jiang Chengbei, who had transformed into Conan while perched in a tree outside, felt relieved to see Shinichi Kudo finally wearing a monk's robe.
When Jiang Chengbei saw the clothes Conan brought in his backpack—clearly a size too big, and even clothes that Megure wore in his youth—he shook his head in disappointment and couldn't help but sigh:
Conan is a rich kid, so why does he always like to wear second-hand clothes that he picked up?
When you first shrunk, you liked to wear your old clothes from more than ten years ago. Now you're stealing Megure's clothes from when he was young. Aren't you afraid that Megure will become suspicious if he sees you, Shinichi Kudo, wearing his clothes?
Logically speaking, we struggling online writers don't know how to write about the luxurious lives of the rich, yet you've made a fortune just from Conan...
Suddenly, Jiang Chengbei realized something. Could it be that 73 was just a nobody author at the beginning, and didn't know what kind of extravagant life the rich lived?
So, at the beginning, Conan, a rich second-generation, still had to wear the same old clothes all the time, and the second daughter of a wealthy family had to take the bus when she went out.
Later, after 73 made his fortune through Conan and broadened his horizons, he allowed the young lady from the wealthy Tsuna family to travel in a giant helicopter complete with a bedroom, living room, bed, and sofa.
Regardless, Jiang Chengbei, like other transmigrators, fulfilled his nanny responsibilities for Conan, taking away his old Inspector Megure clothes that would obviously arouse suspicion, and leaving Conan with a monk's robe.
Of course, if Jiang Chengbei had left him with other ordinary clothes, it would have been perfect, leaving no flaws. But now he left him with the same clothes worn by the little monk of Shanni Temple, so Conan will still leave quite a few flaws.
But Jiang Chengbei was a good person. He didn't want to build his happiness on Conan's suffering, so he didn't keep women's clothing or other strange clothes. He just kept a set of clothes that were most commonly seen in the temple.
That way, if anyone suddenly asks Shinichi Kudo why he's here, Conan can point to his monk's robes and say he's been meditating here, it's just a coincidence.
Returning to the story of how Jiang Chengbei successfully transformed Conan back into Shinichi Kudo, fulfilling the protagonist's wish, his reward was a transformation skill that granted him two extra lives.
Now, next to Jiang Chengbei's bird transformation skill, there's another skill that transforms him into Conan/Shinichi Kudo.
With this skill, as long as he has enough transformation attempts, Jiang Chengbei can choose to transform into peak Conan at any time, or into Shinichi Kudo, whose strength is not even a fraction as great as Conan's.
The number of transformation opportunities is currently 0. You need to capture murderers to obtain them. Each time you capture a murderer and bring them to the police station, you will be given one transformation opportunity. The murderer must be a character from the original storyline.
Each transformation allows you to choose between Conan and Shinichi Kudo. After making a choice, you can use or cancel that transformation for the next 24 hours.
Once you make a choice, time will continue to pass for the next 24 hours without stopping, even if you don't transform.
If you die during the transformation, you will leave behind the body of Conan or Shinichi Kudo. The remaining transformation time will end prematurely. If you want to continue transforming, you will have to use up the remaining transformation time.
In short, if you want to gain the ability to transform into Conan or Shinichi Kudo in normal times, you have to catch a murderer and bring them to the police station. For each murderer caught, you get a 24-hour transformation ability. During the transformation, you have an extra life, and when you die, you only lose the remaining transformation time.
This is Jiang Chengbei's reward for helping Conan complete the task of turning back into high school student Shinichi Kudo. However, Jiang Chengbei is now in Conan's form not because he used the newly acquired skill of transforming into Conan/Shinichi Kudo. This skill is currently unusable and has been used 0 times.
The reason he became Conan this time was the same as the reason he first traveled to the Conan world: the mission of "How can the Conan world be without Conan?"
Conan becomes Shinichi Kudo, and there's no Conan in this world for the time being. So, Jiang Chengbei, the substitute, has to take over, and that's how he becomes Conan.
Thinking of the Conan world, although there are plenty of murderers, the number of characters in the original storyline is always limited. Every time Conan/Shinichi Kudo catches one, there are fewer and fewer of them. So Jiang Chengbei quickly jumped down from the tree and ran towards the detention room.
When Jiang Chengbei arrived at the detention room with Conan's face, the police officers including Megure and the remaining four monks of the Shanni Temple were all gathered together by Shinichi Kudo, who was engaged in fierce competition.
Seeing that Shinichi Kudo, who hadn't appeared for several days, was still coming out to help the police solve the case despite having a cold and fever, the police officers, including Megure, were deeply moved.
Wait, why use "also" to indicate a cold?
By the way, Conan, who came out first, caught a cold, and now Shinichi Kudo, who suddenly appeared out of nowhere and said he had solved the case, can only be described as "also". After all, he was the second person present to catch a cold and fever, and like Conan, he reeked of alcohol.
They're truly brothers. Even when they have a cold and fever, they don't go to the hospital but instead run around everywhere. They even like to drink a little. If anyone says they're not brothers, Megure will be the first to refute them.
When everyone arrived and Shinichi Kudo was about to begin his performance, Jiang Chengbei rushed over and finally arrived just in time to witness the famous scene.
Feeling dizzy, Shinichi Kudo saw that almost everyone had arrived and said to Inspector Megure, "Dad..."
"Huh? Brother Kudo, what did you call me?" Kudo Shinichi's "Dad" startled Inspector Megure, who stared wide-eyed at the cold and feverish Kudo Shinichi.
"Ahem... Inspector Megure, why are you making such a fuss? What I was trying to say was: I've gathered everyone together because I wanted to announce the truth of this case."
"Inspector Megure, you misheard. Your overreaction has seriously disrupted my announcement of the case details."
Conan finally snapped out of his daze when Megure asked him such an exaggerated question. He then immediately channeled his inner Osaka Black Chicken and used the same trick to get rid of everyone present.
Hearing Shinichi Kudo's explanation, Inspector Megure breathed a sigh of relief, wiped his forehead (which wasn't sweaty), and said:
"Brother Kudo, you almost scared me to death. I already have a good son, Conan. I don't want Conan to misunderstand that after I had him, I still wanted his older brother, who is not as smart as him, as my son."
I don't want him to misunderstand that I'm greedy, Kudo, do you understand?
"And actually, I'm not greedy. One is enough for me. If I take more, Kudo, your family will be left without anyone, and Yusaku will come after me."
Chapter 90: Imitating Conan, Becoming Conan, Surpassing Conan
"dad!"
Conan, annoyed by Inspector Megure's incessant chatter and mundane conversation, was still under the influence of his cold, fever, and strong liquor. In his frustration, he shouted at Megure again.
Megure: "Hmm? Brother Kudo..."
After shouting, Conan regained his senses, then, once again channeling his inner Osaka Black Chicken, awkwardly said:
"We didn't gather you all here to listen to your nonsense, Inspector Megure. We're here to solve a case!"
"Inspector Megure, be serious! Don't think that just because you have a son like me... Conan, you can act recklessly and do whatever you want at a murder scene!"
After being scolded by Conan, who had reverted to Shinichi Kudo, Inspector Megure was immediately embarrassed. He shrank back, awkwardly scratching the back of his head, and said:
"I'm sorry, Brother Kudo, I was wrong. Please continue, please keep talking. I won't bother you anymore."
Seeing that Inspector Megure had apologized, Conan, not being the type to hold a grudge, said with satisfaction:
"Okay, then let's talk about this case..."
"This case is too difficult. I, Shinichi Kudo, cannot solve it. I just gathered everyone here to test whether my influence is still there after disappearing for so long."
Now that I can see everyone has come at my command, it shows that even after I've been gone for so many days, my influence is still there, which puts my mind at ease.
Alright, verification complete, guys, I'm getting my food again.
"Nothing special, meeting adjourned!"
Conan, who had transformed back into Shinichi Kudo, had barely begun speaking when a voice of the same kind interrupted him, speaking in Shinichi Kudo's own voice.