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

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"I understand. You just fell for your sister-in-law Ran. After realizing you couldn't fool Ran by pretending to be Conan, you rushed to grow bigger so you could become Shinichi Kudo and steal her away, right?"

After listening to Jiang Chengbei's wild speculations, Conan considered whether to go along with it. If he admitted it, then when he turned back into a high school student, he could use that to continue impersonating his perverted brother, continue to deceive Jiang Chengbei, and continue to obtain information from him.

Faced with this temptation, Conan hesitated, then nodded without saying a word.

Jiang Chengbei also cooperated, and seeing that Conan remained silent, he immediately exclaimed in surprise:

"Conan, I never imagined that the reason you killed Shinichi Kudo was because you like Ran and wanted to impersonate him to take over your sister-in-law. You're so cruel!"

Hearing Jiang Chengbei's conjecture, Conan was stunned. If what Jiang Chengbei said was true, then his beastly brother who wanted to kill him was truly a monster!

Conan recalled that when Gin ambushed him, he always had the feeling that someone was watching him. Now that he thought about it, could it be that his beastly brother was spying on him?

If it really was him, then the ambush he suffered at the hands of Gin was very likely orchestrated by this criminal mastermind, who wanted to kill him, impersonate him, and take over his life.

If that's really the case, then that beastly brother went to Ran and Sonoko early on and said that he was Shinichi Kudo who shrunk after taking the drug. This was a test, to see if he could deceive Ran with words.

If successful, immediately kill the real Shinichi Kudo and then impersonate him; if unsuccessful, search for the antidote while plotting to kill the real Shinichi Kudo, and once the antidote is found, continue impersonating the high school version of Shinichi Kudo.

That's so vicious! If all of this speculation comes true, Conan thinks those beastly brothers are absolutely wicked!

Isn't his beastly brother born without parental love and a happy family, forced to struggle for survival in an assassin camp?

I only suffered a little hardship when I was a child, and I'm still growing up well now. Haven't all those unpleasant things passed?

Why be jealous of Shinichi Kudo's wonderful life?

They even wanted to kill him and take his place—what a despicable person!

It's a wonder that after Shinichi Kudo found out about him, he still tried his best to save him and wanted him to start over and spend a carefree and happy second half of his life in prison!

As for whether Jiang Chengbei was fabricating lies to deceive himself, or whether Jiang Chengbei recognized him as Shinichi Kudo, not his good partner?

Conan had also thought about this question, but when he thought about how Jiang Chengbei had Gin's contact number and knew that he had shrunk after taking the drug, he realized that if he just called Gin or his organization, he, Conan, would not be standing here. He would have been caught and used as a guinea pig in the laboratory long ago.

After all, a drug that can trigger the third season and make people younger is the safest option, whether for research value or for secrecy. It's safest to arrest this outsider.

During this time, he was living a good life outside, able to travel around freely, and had not discovered any surveillance, so he thought that Jiang Chengbei was probably telling the truth.

"Well, Conan, you actually like your own sister-in-law and want to steal your own brother's girlfriend. This is immoral and against human ethics. You can't do this!"

What's the difference between what you're doing and being an animal?

Killing your brother who shares your blood, and then trying to steal his wife—Conan, how could you do such a thing?

You're worse than an animal, associating with beasts!

Hearing Jiang Chengbei's insults made Conan feel a little better:

Jiang Chengbei is a good guy. He's fair and doesn't side with his own people. He's willing to stand on the side of Shinichi Kudo, whom he's never met, and criticize his longtime partner. He's a decent person with a conscience!

I only hope that when Jiang Chengbei sees my beastly brother who killed his brother and stole his sister-in-law in the future, you will judge him in the same way, and at the same time, you must stop him from doing so!

Seeing that Conan seemed to enjoy being scolded, Jiang Chengbei decided to add fuel to the fire, saying:

"Conan, isn't your goal to get revenge on Shinichi Kudo?"

As your good partner, I'll reluctantly help you get revenge on him.

Stealing his woman is something that, for your own brother, is against humanity, against morality, and is worse than that of a beast!

But for me, an outsider, this is not a problem at all. At most, we are just having a normal relationship and dating, which is completely in accordance with the law and morality.

So, Conan, you kill Shinichi Kudo, and I'll help you steal his woman and marry Ran. Together, we'll perfectly fulfill your wish to get revenge on Shinichi Kudo.

"Jiang Chengbei! You..."

Upon hearing Jiang Chengbei's idea, Conan was furious and speechless with anger.

"By the way, Conan, I've never been in a relationship before, I have no experience, and I'm still a shy little boy. I don't know anything about pursuing girls."

And since you did so much preparation for impersonating Shinichi Kudo, you must know Ran very well. Can you give me some advice on how to pursue her?

"Hmm...that doesn't seem like a good idea. If I could get Ran to pursue me instead, Conan, don't you think that would be more damaging to Shinichi Kudo? The revenge would be more effective, and you'd feel more satisfied?"

Conan: "Holy crap, Jiang Chengbei, I'm going to kill you!"

Chapter 83 Conan: Between two evils, choose the lesser. Even if it means giving it to an outsider, we can't let a traitor in our own home benefit from it!

"Conan, I was just trying to stop you from defiling your sister-in-law, and you actually want to kill me?!"

That's true. You even killed your own brother, Shinichi Kudo. Of course you wouldn't care about me, your good partner and friend who saved you many times and risked his life to steal medicine from the distillery for you.

Forget it, your relationship with Shinichi Kudo is between you two brothers, I won't interfere.

"From now on, I don't care if you can't properly impersonate Shinichi Kudo, sleep with Shinichi Kudo's childhood sweetheart, sleep with your own sister-in-law, and get nailed to the pillar of historical shame."

Seeing Conan's bloodshot eyes, his face full of hatred, and his uncontrollable rage, Jiang Chengbei glanced at the unresponsive system, shook his head in disappointment, and then said the above words.

"What?! Bastard! You damned beast!"

Hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, Conan, who had just been blinded by anger, immediately cleared his mind:

Yes, I also have a beastly brother hiding in the shadows, who is even more dangerous, eyeing me covetously, and always trying to kill me and take my place!

If he really does kill me in the end, take my place, and use my face to hurt Xiaolan, what will Xiaolan do?

My beastly brother, I'm going to kill you!

Compared to Jiang Chengbei, an outsider, my brother, who looks exactly like me but has a poisonous mind, is the greatest danger!

If he could use Gin to plot against me once, he will definitely do it a second time, a third time... until he kills me and takes my place!

If I hadn't successfully impersonated him today and gathered so much unknown information about him from Jiangchengbei and Qinjiu, I would still be in the dark, still thinking he was a good person, and still considering him a brother!

Thinking that his beastly brother was no less intelligent than himself, far more wicked, and most importantly, much stronger, he...

Putting aside his current strength, which is so great that he can't even handle a kidnapper, and the fact that he can catch murderers as easily as catching bedbugs, just the fact that he can destroy 6 military aircraft in one go is terrifying even to Conan.

With such a large gap in strength between the two sides, what should we do?

Conan still can't figure out how a kid could destroy six military aircraft flying in the sky from the ground. If it weren't for his nemesis Gin saying it, he really wouldn't believe that an ordinary person could do this!

With such a huge gap in strength between the two sides, and the other party still wanting to kill him, take his place, and harm Ran, Conan felt that he had been driven to a dead end.

What should Xiaolan do if he is no match for the beastly brothers who are hiding in the shadows and waiting for their chance to strike?

Conan, thinking of defeat before victory, decided to use Jiang Chengbei to deal with his beastly brother so that he could leave Ran a way out after his own defeat and death.

So Conan gritted his teeth and said, "Jiang Cheng, you're right. I really shouldn't have been such a beast. I can't pursue Ran."

But I love Xiaolan so much, what if... I mean, what if I can't control my feelings and actually pursue Xiaolan? You have to stop me!

In Conan's mind, if he succeeded, then his beastly brother and Jiang Chengbei...

Either he'd send them to jail and lock them up forever, or they'd already be dead. So Jiang Chengbei couldn't fulfill his request today, and he could finally be with Xiaolan.

But if he were to lose and die in his struggle against the beastly brothers hiding behind the scenes, he could have an extra layer of insurance by having Jiang Chengbei, who so far still showed some moral bottom line, help stop it.

Sure enough, after listening to Conan's words, Jiang Chengbei patted his chest and agreed, then said a few more words of nonsense:

"Conan, it's great that you can understand. You know you've committed too many killings and owe too much blood debt. Even if you manage to take Shinichi Kudo's place, you won't be able to live a peaceful life. You'll definitely be unable to resist killing people everywhere."

If Xiaolan were to marry a devil like you, a born bad person like you, her life would probably be ruined.

Conan, Ran is innocent. It's good that you let her go and pulled back from the brink in time.

Judging from this, it seems you've truly fallen in love with her. Could it be...?

By the way, Conan, now that you've killed Shinichi Kudo, where is his body?

Give me his body so I can go back and report."

Conan was taken aback by Jiang Chengbei's words: You're asking me where Shinichi Kudo's body is?

I'm telling you, I am Shinichi Kudo, and I'm standing right in front of you. You're just blind and didn't recognize me!

Conan thought for a moment, considered it, and finally said, "I didn't kill Shinichi Kudo. He got away, and I'm still looking for him."

"Even you can't find him?... Does that mean I can't complete my mission to find Shinichi Kudo?"

Conan, are you in a hurry to find Shinichi Kudo? Should I cancel this mission and have someone else sent from above?

As you know, I do logistical work in the organization; fighting and killing aren't my forte.

The kind of work where you find people who are hiding and force them out, is something that someone like you, Conan, with your vicious heart, unscrupulous actions, and skill in using the people the target cares about most to force them out, or else kill or maim everyone around the target, is more suited to doing such heinous things.

"Conan, you've turned into a child now, it's a bit incongruous to keep doing this. I think I'll abandon the mission to find Shinichi Kudo and let someone more suitable from within the organization handle it."

"No!" Startled by Jiang Chengbei's threat, Conan couldn't bear the consequences if Jiang Chengbei were telling the truth, so he decided to err on the side of caution and blurted out without thinking:

"No need, I'm not in such a hurry. I can take my time to find Shinichi Kudo. Just continue with your mission and don't postpone it."

"But if I keep wasting my time without making any progress, it will affect my retirement time."

"Don't let my youth fool you, I think our organization is too cruel and goes against my morals. I've been wanting to retire for a long time, Conan, you can't stop me from retiring!"

Hearing Jiang Chengbei's reluctant words, Conan's face twitched: Organized people are really annoying, what's annoying is that even if we kill Jiang Chengbei now, they will send others!

After muttering a curse about Jiang Chengbei to himself, Conan asked, "What do you want?"

"I don't think I can dawdle here just to cover for you, and that would affect the organization's evaluation of my abilities."

You know, I don't like violent people like you who use kidnapping of the target's family, relatives, friends, and loved ones to threaten the target into showing up, and then killing everyone the target cares about if they don't.

But if I don't do that, and if I don't make any progress on the mission, the organization will think I'm incompetent.

So the only solution now is for you, Conan, to fully understand Shinichi Kudo, and for you to make Ran my girlfriend.

This way, I can give the organization an explanation, letting them know that I've successfully poached Shinichi Kudo's girlfriend, and that I'm finding him through his childhood friend; the mission isn't entirely without progress.

"Impossible!" Upon hearing Jiang Chengbei's solution, Conan was furious and yelled at Jiang Chengbei without thinking.

"Conan, do you know the difference between liking and loving?"

Seeing Conan's fury, Jiang Chengbei smiled indifferently, then gave him a deep look before gazing melancholically out the window and slowly saying:

"Liking something is like seeing a beautiful flower by the roadside, liking it a lot, and then picking it and taking it home."

You wanted it to have a warm home, but after it came to your house, it withered and died very quickly. You were sad about it, and in the end, it became just an ordinary piece of trash in your trash can.

And what about love?

It's like a flower you see by the roadside; it may not be beautiful, but it still deeply touches you.

Therefore, you stay by the roadside to take good care of it, cherish it, protect it, shelter it from the wind and rain, and sacrifice yourself for it.