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Similar to the anesthetic needle that automatically locks onto its target, there's also the chakra soccer ball from Detective Conan, which also hits its target wherever it's kicked, automatically locking onto it.
Chapter 117 Hattori, I'm messing with you for your own good, to prepare you so you won't get messed with by elementary school kids later, which would be even worse.
"Hattori-kun, stop pretending. We've already seen the same behavior you showed with Kudo-kun before."
"That's right. Kudo-kun was able to fool us before because we hadn't seen this kind of trick before. But you're different now. We've seen your behavior just now all the time, so don't try to imitate Kudo Shinichi's inability to accept failure."
"As expected of Higashi Kudo and Saiki Hattori, you two even have the exact same cheating behavior when you're defeated. In that case, it makes sense that you two are so famous and that we compare you two."
……
Because he couldn't find anything wrong with the watch Jiang Chengbei gave him, and couldn't prove that what he said was true, and most importantly, when Shinichi Kudo admitted in front of everyone that he couldn't solve cases in the past and was defeated by Conan, he pretended to be sleeping to cheat and deny his failure.
The Shinichi Kudo who was asleep before was exactly the same as the Heiji Hattori who is asleep now. They were equally stubborn, equally unwilling to admit defeat, and equally accused each other of cheating, using tranquilizer darts, and imitating their own speech.
Of course, Heiji Hattori was a later imitator, and went even further, becoming even more shameless than Shinichi Kudo.
In the past, Shinichi Kudo only pretended to be asleep to eavesdrop on Conan's reasoning, and then said that he had also figured it out, and that he had not lost to Conan, but was just knocked unconscious by him.
Fortunately, after his meditation at Sanni-ji Temple and the cleansing of his soul, Kudo realized his mistakes, bowed and apologized in front of everyone, admitted his past sins, and expressed his determination to mend his ways.
But what about Hattori now? Just like Shinichi Kudo before, he first pretended to be asleep and eavesdropped, and then went too far, claiming the deductions he overheard as his own. He cried wolf, taking the initiative and directly accusing Shinichi Kudo of plagiarizing his deductions!
Fortunately, Shinichi Kudo is not as impetuous as before. He doesn't care about Hattori's accusations and just laughs it off.
As expected of someone who has undergone Zen meditation, he has reached the state of a high monk who is free from contention and strife, with a mind as still as water. The Shinichi Kudo who has returned to the mountain is completely different from the impetuous Shinichi Kudo of the past.
As happy Jiang Chengbei was, Hattori Heiji was just as depressed, frustrated, and unwilling to accept it!
Unfortunately, his current behavior is exactly what the previous Shinichi Kudo had "acted" out, and the current "Shinichi Kudo" has even given the previous Shinichi Kudo a final verdict: the sleeping Shinichi Kudo was just a sore loser who put on an act.
Therefore, Heiji Hattori, whose performance was similar to that of Shinichi Kudo, was unable to defend himself.
In everyone's mind, no matter what he says, it's all because he can't accept defeat, it's all an act, he's just the second Shinichi Kudo.
Finally, after Hattori Heiji kept repeating the same old facts without offering anything new, everyone stopped paying attention to him and went about their own business.
Seeing this, Hattori Heiji was on the verge of tears. He never expected that a trip to Tokyo would lead to him being plotted against by a villain, ruining his reputation, and ending up in the same situation as the once-dormant Shinichi Kudo.
Now, the only ones who can still keep track of the sleeping Hattori Heiji are Jiang Chengbei and Mori Kogoro.
So Jiang Chengbei came over and patted Hattori Heiji on the shoulder, comforting him, "Hattori-kun, don't be discouraged. As long as you take it easy, these are all fleeting things and will pass quickly."
"Get out!" Hattori Heiji immediately reached out to block Jiang Chengbei's hand, and said angrily, "Get out, Kudo, you scoundrel, don't touch me!"
Seeing Hattori's anger, Jiang Chengbei, who had earned a transformation opportunity by completing the mission, was in a good mood and didn't take Hattori's insults to heart. Instead, he smiled and said:
"Hattori-kun, don't thank me. I'm just doing this for your own good."
Think about it. If you had been humiliated like that by a 7-year-old elementary school student, or by someone your age, which situation would be worse?
Which situation makes you more angry? Which situation makes you feel more humiliated?
Hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, Hattori Heiji was startled and said in disbelief, "So you were also... by elementary school students before...?"
"That's right, exactly what you think. So, Hattori, you're lucky you ran into me. I gave you a heads-up on the despicable tricks Conan will use on you in the future."
I'm giving you a practice opportunity so you can prepare in advance and avoid being ambushed by an elementary school student, which would be embarrassing for us high school students.
You don't need to thank me; we're both high school students, we're in the same boat.
Looking at "Shinichi Kudo's" smiling face, Heiji Hattori felt an urge to rush up and smash his face in.
Why should you take out your humiliation on me just because you suffered such a disgrace?
"No, Kudo, if you were also humiliated by an elementary school student like me, then why did you say those things just now? Why did you admit that you were despicable and that you couldn't accept defeat?"
"Hattori-kun, you're still young and impetuous."
I've experienced more and more despair than you, which makes me more mature and realistic.
Hattori-kun, have you ever heard the saying: "If you can't beat them, join them"?
Oh, and one more thing: you can only defeat magic with magic.
So, after being humiliated by elementary school students so many times, I've come to terms with reality. Now I'm taking a roundabout approach, enduring hardship and biding my time. I'm going to learn the methods of elementary school students and then use those methods to defeat them.
Just now, I used a technique I learned from elementary school students. I was just trying it out on you, a high school student of my caliber, to see how it would work.
Now, the results are in. I can use the techniques I learned from elementary school students to defeat you, who are on par with me.
I will continue to work hard and strive to defeat the elementary school students as soon as possible.
"grass!"
After listening to Jiang Chengbei's long explanation, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but curse. He hadn't expected that Kudo Shinichi's methods against him were learned from an elementary school student.
Unexpectedly, Shinichi Kudo wasn't so useless after all. He could easily scheme against and outmaneuver himself. He wasn't as incompetent as the legends suggested. He was just as strong as himself, if not weaker. He just happened to run into an even more troublesome elementary school student!
If Shinichi Kudo, whom he looks down upon, is already this strong—able to easily numb himself and even imitate his own voice—then how strong is Conan, the elementary school student who keeps tormenting Shinichi Kudo and forces him to join the fight when he can't beat him?
That's right. Only someone with exceptional strength would be so arrogant as to record a confession to provoke the police and the law.
Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji asked, "So, Kudo-kun, how's your investigation going regarding the elementary school students being serial shooters? Have you found any concrete evidence?"
"The matter has been investigated and it has been confirmed that Conan did the crime and that the person was murdered, but I have not been able to find direct evidence."
By the way, his confession video was recorded during a game of Truth or Dare, but not during a dare game as he claimed when he recanted his confession; it was recorded during the truth game.
Chapter 118 Ran: Shinichi Kudo, don't hide! Let me beat you up!
"Kudo Shinichi!"
While Jiang Chengbei was using PUA on Hattori Heiji, he suddenly heard a voice that made his heart pound.
Turning his head, he saw a panting high school girl running towards him from the street corner. She yelled at him and then started gathering her breath.
Seeing Xiaolan so angry, Jiang Chengbei secretly cried out in alarm and moved closer to Mao Hattori Heiji.
As Jiang Chengbei had predicted, once Xiaolan had finished gathering her energy, she charged towards him.
Before he even got close, a charged straight punch was already ready.
Once they get close, there's nothing more to say; just fight.
Fortunately, Jiang Chengbei has maxed-out wall-climbing abilities, danger warnings, and newly acquired chakra to enhance his body.
Therefore, Jiang Chengbei managed to dodge Xiaolan's attack in time, causing her fist to land on Hattori Heiji behind him.
I previously exposed Conan's despicable methods to him and even let him get used to and experience them firsthand, which was a small favor I did him. Now it's time for him to repay me.
So Jiang Chengbei circled around Hattori Heiji, using him as a human shield.
Ran, on the other hand, was determined to beat up Shinichi Kudo, so she unleashed her furious punches without holding back, making Heiji Hattori scream in pain.
"Shinichi Kudo, you bastard, get away from me!"
"Mouri-kun, stop! You just hit me!"
Seeing Hattori Heiji, a master swordsman, being beaten so badly without his sword, Jiang Chengbei thought to himself:
Let's see if you dare to act shamelessly again. If you don't act shamelessly, you'll get beaten up just as badly next time.
While dodging Ran's attacks, he pretended to ask, "Ran, why are you hitting me? Stop it! Look what you've done to Hattori!"
"Shinichi Kudo! Do you have a girlfriend?!"
Seeing Xiaolan ask this question with great anger, Jiang Chengbei immediately pretended to be surprised and said:
"Huh? Xiaolan, how did you know? I don't remember telling you."
"Really?!?"
I'll kill you!
Seeing Jiang Chengbei's grinning admission, Xiaolan became even angrier, punching him harder, which made Hattori Heiji suffer even more.
"Mouri-kun, stop! Aim your hand at me before you hit me! You've already hit me!"
And you, Kudo, you despicable scoundrel, get out of here!
With his agile skills, capable of covering tens of meters in a single stride, Jiang Chengbei could have easily dodged Xiao Lan's attacks long ago.
But he doesn't.
Xiaolan was enraged; someone had to be beaten up by her to let her vent her anger.
Telling Ran that Shinichi Kudo has a girlfriend will only provoke Ran's anger, and Heiji Hattori and Kogoro Mouri will be perfect targets for her to beat up and calm her down. After all, they have big mouths and talk nonsense.
So, after Heiji Hattori acted as a human shield for a while and got beaten up by Ran, Kogoro Mouri watched with great interest, remarking that his tuition for private karate lessons back then hadn't been wasted.
Jiang Chengbei, the sixth brother, suddenly ran in front of Kogoro Mouri. He ducked to avoid Ran's sweeping leg, but Kogoro Mouri took a solid kick to the face from Ran's leg.
Kogoro Mouri might not be as resilient as Heiji Hattori, or perhaps his head is his weakness. In any case, if his head gets hit, or is hit by something, or bumps into something, he'll definitely pass out.
So even though Conan wasn't there, with Jiang Chengbei disguised as Shinichi Kudo present, Kogoro Mouri still managed to pass out.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?"
After Kogoro Mouri was knocked unconscious by Ran, the farce in which Ran chased Jiang Chengbei to beat him up, but it was someone else who got hurt, finally came to an end. Now they can sit down and talk calmly.
The reason Xiaolan was able to find this place was the same as Jiang Chengbei's; she also learned about it from seeing Shinichi Kudo being interviewed on TV.
After such a long chase, they still hadn't managed to catch "Shinichi Kudo" and give him a beating, so Ran gave up on the idea of venting her anger on him. At the same time, a question arose in her mind, and she looked at Jiang Chengbei and said:
"How come you can dodge all my attacks? Shinichi wasn't this strong before. Are you not Shinichi?"
Sometimes being too strong can be a weakness, but Jiang Chengbei said without the slightest hesitation, believing that the body the system gave him was absolutely genuine:
"Xiao Lan, you're allowed to practice karate, but I'm not allowed to dodge a little faster?"
"And after being ambushed by you for so many years, if I hadn't reacted quickly and dodged fast, I would have been killed by you long ago."
"Hmph, even though you look exactly like Shinichi, I always have a strange feeling that you are not Shinichi."
"What?! You're not Shinichi Kudo? Then who are you?"
Xiaolan's words didn't elicit much of a reaction from Jiang Chengbei, but her suspicions did cause Hattori Heiji to make a big fuss. He even reached out to touch Jiang Chengbei to see if he was really him.
"Hattori, you actually doubt me too? That's so disappointing."
"Kudo, this is the first time we've met today. I've been following you since childhood and I doubted you. You didn't express disappointment in your childhood friend, so why are you disappointed in me instead?"
That's strange.