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

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It's so embarrassing. I bet I was just as embarrassed as Sonoko is now when I was drugged.

"Sonoko, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Don't touch me, Xiaolan. I'm not feeling unwell. Just let me sit quietly. I have something to say to you."

Seeing Ran about to shake Sonoko, Conan immediately picked up the Chakra Voice-Changing Ribbon and spoke to Ran in Sonoko Suzuki's voice:

"Xiao Lan, don't worry. I just figured out the truth of this case, so I overused my brain and I'm a little dizzy now. Just let me sit here and don't touch me."

After calming Ran down, Conan hid behind a chair and, using Sonoko's voice, recounted the truth of the case. He pointed out that the culprit was the movie theater projectionist, Minoru Furuhashi, and provided evidence. He also revealed that the ticket seller, Yuri Yuri, had already discovered that Furuhashi was the murderer, but she not only protected him but also helped him dispose of evidence such as mirrors without his knowledge, and provided false testimony to conceal the truth.

Conan used Sonoko's voice to reveal the truth of the case, and the culprit, Minoru Furuhashi, confessed to his crime and recreated the case using the method Conan suggested.

The murderer, Minoru Furuhashi, and the real informant, Yuri Yuriko, both confessed, so the case was resolved hastily. As a result, the real murderer, Hokusai Jiang, earned 1 kill coin through the skill "Unknown Extra's Counterattack," since he had fooled the detective Conan, causing the famous detective to make a mistake and wrongly accuse the innocent Minoru Furuhashi of taking the blame, sending him to jail.

The reason why Furuhashi Minoru confessed was because, from his perspective, he did kill someone, but in reality, he didn't kill Zhang Tianzheng, but Jiang Chengbei who was disguised as Zhang Tianzheng.

Jiang Chengbei, disguised as Zhang Tianzheng, pretended to be killed by him and hung from the ceiling. After he left, he first replaced him with a chakra substitute doll, and then hung the real Zhang Tianzheng on the ceiling, making him really commit suicide, thus fulfilling the murderer Furuhashi Minoru's obsession and desire to kill.

In any case, from Furuhashi Minoru's perspective, he really did commit murder, and at the same time, Detective Conan didn't find any flaws in the case, so the case was closed.

Aside from this one mistake, when Detective Conan was explaining the case using the chakra voice changer, his behavior had already caught the attention of Vermouth, who was disguised as Amuro Tooru.

These past few days, she came to see Ran simply to spend more time with her angel and let herself, who was in darkness, bask in the warmth of the angel. But for some reason, she inexplicably aroused Conan's hostility, as if he had overturned a jar of jealousy and made her the other woman.

After witnessing Conan's hostile behavior several times, Vermouth had been puzzled as to why. But now, seeing Conan use a tranquilizer dart to knock out Sonoko Suzuki, then use a red ribbon to change his voice and use Sonoko's voice to solve the case and explain the reasoning process, Vermouth suddenly realized many things.

Previously, she noticed that Conan looked exactly like Shinichi Kudo when he was young. The inside story she learned from Inspector Megure, Kogoro Mouri, and Ran was that Conan was Shinichi Kudo's half-brother, so it was possible that they looked alike. At the time, she didn't think much of it.

But now that I see Conan using the voice changer to solve the case, and I remember that this kid was inexplicably jealous of me, there must be something wrong with this kid. Could it be that he has a sister complex and has fallen for Ran at such a young age?

Ran and Shinichi Kudo were born to be a couple, and their relationship cannot be ruined by Conan, a third party. This time, Conan must be taught a big lesson so that he knows the serious consequences of trying to steal his older brother's girlfriend at such a young age!

After carefully recalling Conan's suspicious behavior, Vermouth seemed to remember something else. Her face turned cold, her gaze sharpened, and she stared intently at Conan's retreating figure.

No, Sonoko was suddenly paralyzed right between me and Conan. Could it be that he was originally aiming at me, but was blocked by Sonoko who just happened to come over!

You little brat, you dare to anesthetize me? You're asking for it!

Chapter 251 Animal Domestication

Ever since Amuro Tooru became the owner of the Poirot Cafe next door and stopped going to work every day to wait for Ran, Conan has been furious and jealous. Unfortunately, no matter how many methods he tried, he couldn't get rid of this jerk.

Because of this, Conan was in a bad mood and very troubled, and he didn't even feel like sleeping in class.

"Conan, let's play soccer after school..."

"No, let's go see John instead..."

"Conan, say something! Whose side are you on?"

As the Teitan trio chattered incessantly around him, Conan grew even more irritated. His love life was already in such a mess, and his friends showed no understanding whatsoever, still happily trying to get him to do this and that. He wasn't in the mood for that.

Conan was in a bad mood, and Ai Haibara, who was walking next to him, was in a similar mood. After all, Vermouth had come from next door, and even though she still couldn't figure out the identities of the two sisters, she was still feeling guilty and scared.

Unlike the sullen and irritable Conan, and the fearful and uneasy Ai Haibara, the carefree and trouble-free Teitan trio were having a great time, bickering and joking all the way home from school with Conan and Ai Haibara.

"Conan, Ai Haibara, come and see! This is John! Isn't he cute and majestic?"

Led by the Teitan trio, Conan arrived at the entrance of a villa with a sign that read "Sakaguchi Residence." Watching the Teitan trio excitedly reach out their little hands to touch the German Shepherd with its tongue lolling out inside the iron gate, Conan immediately remembered this dog named John. More than ten years ago, he and Ran had petted its head together after school.

Ten years have passed. The dog is still the same dog, and the little boy is still the same little boy. They haven't grown up at all, but the little girl from back then has now become a beautiful young woman.

Ten years ago, the three of them could look each other in the eye as equals. Now, let alone looking each other in the eye, even if Ran wanted to touch John and Conan's heads, she would have to bend down.

What kind of world is this?! So frustrating...

As Conan was lamenting that he was the same height as a dog ten years ago, but now, after ten years, he was even shorter than a dog, the inner door of the villa opened, and Jiang Chengbei and the villa's owner, Sakaguchi Masayoshi, came out.

"Hello, children! You've come to see John again? I'll open the gate and you can come in and play with John in the yard."

The Teitan Three Idiots had come many times, and Sakaguchi Masayoshi had become quite familiar with them, so he warmly invited them in to play with his dog.

While the Teitan trio were happily playing with the large wolfhound belonging to the Sakaguchi family, Conan, who had been in a bad mood lately, shifted his short legs and said in a rather irritable tone:

"Jiang Cheng, what are you doing here? A shameless scoundrel has moved in next door. Can't you stay home and be on guard?"

After hearing Conan's reminder, Ai Haibara looked at Jiang Chengbei with concern: "Yeah, such a dangerous person is staying next door, can't you stay at home and keep an eye on him?"

Even if you can't get him away right now, you still need to keep an eye on him. It's so dangerous for my sister to be home alone with him next door!

After hearing Ai Haibara's words, Conan agreed, but was also surprised: "What? Haibara, you said he still has ill intentions towards your sister?"

Damn it, I thought he only had ill intentions towards Xiaolan, but it turns out he actually wanted to have his cake and eat it too?

"In that case, Jiang Cheng, let's join forces to deal with that guy and drive him away!"

Seeing Conan make this decision with gritted teeth, Ai Haibara immediately nodded: "I agree, let's do it this way. I'll help you think of a solution, and once we come up with one, the operation will be up to you."

Conan and Ai Haibara quickly formed an alliance to deal with "Toru Amuro." However, one reason was that the fake Amuro was Vermouth from the Black Organization, who harbored a unilateral grudge against the sisters and was afraid she would kill them. The other reason was that they couldn't tell that this Amuro was fake, misunderstood his actions, and became jealous.

As for Jiangcheng North, he didn't care.

Vermouth, after all, possesses the discreet skills of the brewery, making it impossible to locate her using the chakra transmitter. Now that she's the owner of the Poirot Café next door, finding her is much easier.

The reason he was at Sakaguchi Masayoshi's house today was because Conan was bailed out by him, a juvenile lawyer, last time. Now that Conan was living in Jiangcheng North, they got to know each other through these events.

Jiang Chengbei's motivation for getting to know Sakaguchi Masayoshi through these events was that he remembered the guy training his dog to kill people.

By installing hidden cameras in Sakaguchi Masayoshi's home, car, and office, as well as a chakra eavesdropping device on him, Jiang Chengbei already knew that he had secretly trained the large wolfhound in front of him and was preparing to carry out his plan to kill his neighbor, Maehara Tsuyoshi.

Knowing that he had completed his training and was about to implement the plan, Jiang Chengbei made a special trip here to visit and scout the location.

It just so happens that Conan and his friends, the Grim Reaper, came knocking on the door while they were scouting the location. It can only be described as fate, and they were just lucky.

After the Teitan trio and John had finished playing, Jiang Chengbei and the five children said goodbye to Sakata Masayoshi and headed home.

A few days later, after Sakata Masayoshi went on a business trip and entrusted his house and dog to Xiao Gang next door, Jiang Chengbei removed and recycled all the pinhole cameras and other things he had previously placed there, and erased all traces of the surveillance equipment he had installed.

As evening approached, Jiang Chengbei knocked out Xiao Gang, who had come to Sakata Masayoshi's house for fun, and hid him in the second-floor bedroom. Then, he pretended to be Xiao Gang and went on a wild party with Xiao Gang's girlfriend on the first floor of Sakata Masayoshi's house, making a mess of the place, even messier than a doghouse.

At 9 p.m., Sakata Masayoshi called back, and Jiang Chengbei followed Sakata Masayoshi's instructions and put the phone to John's ear.

At the sound of the phone ringing, the clock striking on the hour, and Sakata Masayoshi's specific command, John the Big Dog received orders to attack Jiang Chengbei. After obtaining 2 kill coins and the new animal taming skill newly added to the Ke Xue Mall, Jiang Chengbei pretended to fall down the stairs and die.

Seeing Jiang Chengbei go upstairs to say goodnight to John, he was suddenly attacked by John in a frenzy and seemed to fall to his death. Xiao Gang's girlfriend immediately screamed and ran out as fast as she could.

After Xiao Gang's girlfriend ran away, Jiang Chengbei collapsed on the stairs. After spending 1 kill coin to buy the Animal Taming skill, he immediately tamed the big dog John, then carried the unconscious Xiao Gang out of the second-floor room, held him upside down, and slammed him down the stairs, injuring the back of his head and breaking his neck.

Compared to the original series where he was terrified by John before dying, this time Xiao Gang passed away peacefully, without having to endure the torment of being suddenly frightened by the dog before his death.

After Jiang Chengbei finished setting up the scene and flew away as a little chubby bird, Conan was the first to rush in, followed by Ran and "Amuro Tooru". Behind them, stumbling at the back, was Xiao Gang's girlfriend who had just run out in fright.

Conan was the first to rush in again. This was because he saw Ran and Amuro Tooru going for a night run at his invitation. Jealous, Conan followed them, intending to protect Ran and thwart Amuro Tooru's plans. They ran past the Sakaguchi residence together.

Despite John's gaping maw and gleaming white fangs as he lunged at him, Conan saw someone lying on the stairs, their life hanging in the balance. He rushed forward without hesitation to check on the victim's condition.

When Conan discovered that the victim had broken his neck and was beyond dead, he sighed in disappointment.

After that, things were simple. When Xiaolan called the police, they arrived and, based on the testimony of Xiaogang's girlfriend, an eyewitness, and the testimony of Sakaguchi Masayoshi, who was away on a business trip, the case was ultimately determined to be an accident, and Maehara Tsuyoshi was just unlucky.

A few days later, when Conan had almost forgotten about the incident, Inspector Megure, who was in charge of the case, came to Jiang Chengbei and Conan to tell them about the latest developments in the case.

According to Megure's account, the case was originally closed because a pet dog went berserk and attacked people, and Maehara Tsuyoshi accidentally fell down the stairs and broke his neck. The dog was sentenced to death. However, during their background investigation, they unexpectedly discovered that Sakata Masayoshi had a motive for murder, so they had to overturn this conclusion and reinvestigate the case.

Sakata Masayoshi's motive for killing Maehara Tsuyoshi was that more than ten years ago, Sakata Masayoshi's only son happened to be Maehara Tsuyoshi's classmate, and his son committed suicide after being bullied by Maehara Tsuyoshi at school.

At the time, Sakata Masayoshi forgave Maehara Tsuyoshi because he saw him weeping and repenting in front of his son's memorial tablet. The matter was thus dropped.

However, now that Maehara has died in Sakata Masayoshi's house, having been attacked and had his neck broken by his pet dog, the police have become suspicious and are wondering if the large dog's behavior was trained by Sakata Masayoshi.

Despite this speculation, the fact that having Sakata Masayoshi say the same things to John that night did not cause the dog to go out of control and hurt people means that the police currently have no evidence to prove that the case was premeditated by Sakata Masayoshi.

The police couldn't find a solution, so Inspector Megure asked Jiang Chengbei for help.

Upon hearing that if it couldn't be proven that John's actions were trained by Sakata Masayoshi, it would be physically destroyed, Conan immediately panicked:

How could such an adorable dog lose its life just for killing a bully?

This won't do, I must save John!

After hearing Megure's account, Conan, enraged, vowed, both verbally and in his heart, to find evidence that Sakaguchi Masayoshi was the culprit, and to save John!