RNP Page 58
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After hearing Jiang Chengbei's description of Hattori Heiji, Kawashima Hideo and his two companions immediately launched into a tirade against the department head's son:
Instead of being a proper scion of a noble family, you insist on getting obsessed with reasoning and becoming a detective to solve cases. Are you out of your mind?
Moreover, his personality has been thoroughly understood, so he's just waiting to be taken advantage of!
Even if he cursed Hattori Heiji in his heart, it was no use. Kawashima Hideo exchanged another glance with him, and then tentatively asked again:
"Nephew, has the letter been sent yet?"
"Not yet, but I'll send it right away."
When Jiang Chengbei pulled a bulging envelope from his pocket, with an address in Osaka written on it and the words "To: Hattori Heiji" in large characters, the murderous intent in Kawashima Hideo's eyes became impossible to hide.
Fortunately, the young man's letter hadn't been sent yet, but the plan to hire a professional assassin to silence Jiang Chengbei after he left Moonshadow Island was too late.
I have to do it today, I have to do it myself, there's no time to choose any other way.
So, with the help of Hideo Kawashima, Kuroiwa Tatsuji, feigning enthusiasm, insisted on keeping Kojo Kita, who was about to leave to hurry and mail a letter, for the night.
Considering it's daytime, if they fail to kill me, I wonder if they would dare to gather a bunch of their men and rush over to kill me in broad daylight?
But if it were nighttime, and the three of them failed to assassinate him, they would probably dare to gather all their men, bring their weapons, and hunt him down throughout Moonshadow Island, right?
After some consideration, Jiang Chengbei decided it would be more appropriate to let them take action at night, and also to have them prepare as many people as possible. Jiang Chengbei decided to show them his strength.
So, pretending to completely believe them, he pulled a small revolver from his pocket, grinned maliciously, and said to Kawashima Hideo and the others:
"Uncles, look, I've got all my gear ready. I'm just waiting for Hattori Heiji to arrive. When he's close to finding the culprit, I'll secretly shoot him and then use the Hattori family's rage to wipe out the entire culprit's family!"
Seeing Jiang Chengbei still grinning smugly, Kawashima Hideo and his two companions turned grim:
Boy, you are ready to die!
Chapter 95: The entire force mobilizes to surround and kill Jiang Chengbei.
"Furthermore, uncles, you have lived on Moonshadow Island for generations. Have you noticed any suspicious individuals?"
Upon hearing Jiang Chengbei's question, Kawashima Hideo and the others all looked at Jiang Chengbei, their faces showing an expression that said, "Aren't you the most suspicious person on Moonshadow Island?"
After understanding their meaning, Jiang Chengbei smiled calmly and said:
"It's my fault for not explaining clearly. Actually, after I came to Moonshadow Island, in a seaside room in the community center, I discovered that the piano that my father donated to the village and is now rumored to be cursed contained a large amount of drugs."
So I suspect there are drug dealers on the island. I plan to call the police later. Even if these drugs aren't from the murderer, I can still muddy the waters on the island. Then you uncles will have to help me identify who on the island is acting most suspiciously.
Hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, Kawashima Hideo and the others were seething with hatred, but killing Jiang Chengbei was imperative. They had to hurry, or they would all suffer.
So after a private discussion, they immediately decided to kill Jiang Chengbei.
Considering that Jiang Chengbei had a gun, Hei Yan Chenci opposed taking action at his house. He didn't want gunshots to rang out from his house, letting everyone on the island know that a gunfight had taken place there.
In addition, there are 6 bullets in the revolver alone. If the three of them go, each person will get two bullets, or if they are unlucky, each person will only get one bullet.
To increase one's survival rate, if the enemy has one gun per person and the ammunition remains the same, wouldn't the more people on one's side there be, and the fewer bullets each person receives? Wouldn't that significantly increase the survival rate of an individual?
Besides, drug trafficking isn't just a matter between the three of them. Since Jiang Chengbei, this outsider, knows that there are drug traffickers on the island, they used to make a living by drug trafficking together, so now they have to work together to silence the person who knows.
So, Hideo Kawashima and Tatsuji Kuroiwa stayed behind to warmly entertain Jiang Chengbei, while also taking on the task of probing him for information, asking questions such as whether anyone else knew about these things, and whether Jiang Chengbei carried any other self-defense weapons besides the pistol.
Meanwhile, Ken Nishimoto went to gather his men and chose a secluded corner with few people to set up an ambush, hoping to turn Jiangcheng North into a hornet's nest.
After Ken Nishimoto completed his ambush preparations and sent someone to inform Hideo Kawashima and Tatsuji Kuroiwa, they made up an excuse, saying that they had found a suspicious person who was very likely the murderer of Keiji Aso's entire family 12 years ago, and asked Jiang Chengbei to go with them to take a look.
When they were deceiving Jiang Chengbei, things went smoothly, but when they tried to take him there, things went wrong.
Before leaving the Heiyan residence, Jiang Chengbei, the sixth brother, insisted that the three of them alone were not enough to catch the murderer. He said that a large number of people were needed to embolden the cowardly, and he insisted on dragging Heiyan Chenci's daughter and son-in-law along.
After Jiang Chengbei used a few provocations, the hot-tempered daughter of Kuroiwa Tatsuji, Kuroiwa Reiko, finally couldn't take the provocation and insisted on going with Jiang Chengbei and the others to catch the murderer of the Aso family.
Kuroiwa Tatsuji's only daughter, along with her son-in-law and secretary, were eventually morally coerced into going along, so Kawashima Hideo's sons naturally couldn't escape either.
Jiang Chengbei, as the son of an old friend, felt obligated to seek justice for the deceased Uncle Aso. He believed that many hands make light work, and everyone should do their part, even if it was just to stand by and cheer. Using this method of moral blackmail, Jiang Chengbei brought along Kuroiwa Tatsuji, Kawashima Hideo, and their entire family.
As for Kuroiwa Tatsuji and Kawashima Hideo, they thought that they were over fifty years old and getting old, and their sons and daughters had grown up, so the family drug trafficking business would eventually have to be passed on to them.
It's good to let them experience some hardships and broaden their horizons now, so that when they take over the drug trafficking business in the future, they won't have seen fewer corpses than the Teitan Three Idiots.
Anyway, they had a lot of people, and Nishimoto Ken's underlings, whom he had gathered in advance, were all armed with guns. They could riddle Jiang Chengbei with bullets, so they were very confident in the matter. As long as they weren't stupid enough to stand at the very front and block Jiang Chengbei's gun ports, they would be fine.
Soon, Jiang Chengbei and his group arrived at a desolate place, surrounded by either uninhabited forests or an endless sea. This was the perfect place to kill and dispose of the body.
Seeing such a suitable place to lay the body to rest in a burial site, Jiang Chengbei quickened his pace, trying to keep himself and everyone else at a distance.
Seeing that Jiang Chengbei was walking alone and some distance away from them, Kawashima Hideo and Kuroiwa Tatsuji quickly stopped their family members and let Jiang Chengbei walk forward alone.
Jiang Chengbei stood alone on the beach. After the people who had come with him stopped at a distance, a group of men carrying hunting rifles emerged one after another from the dense forest by the sea and surrounded Jiang Chengbei on the beach.
In Japan, especially in remote areas, it is relatively easy to obtain a gun license, and it is possible for everyone to have a gun.
At the same time, the underworld on Tsukikage Island is not that complicated. It has basically been monopolized by people like Hideo Kawashima and Tatsuji Kuroiwa, and there is little fighting between them.
So apart from a few leaders like Hideo Kawashima, Tatsuji Kuroiwa, and Ken Nishimoto who secretly carried illegal handguns, the other underlings were all equipped with hunting rifles with legal gun licenses.
In Japan, a country with strict gun control, ordinary citizens cannot legally possess handguns except for employees or certain special individuals. Handguns are not included in the legal gun licenses; gun licenses are only issued for shotguns and air guns that cannot fire automatically or continuously.
Seeing so many people with shotguns arrive, Jiang Chengbei quickly spent 2 kill coins to upgrade the Nameless Extra's Highlight Moment. Now, the level 2 Nameless Extra's Highlight Moment can collect 30 kill coins from 30 non-story characters.
"Kid, aren't you looking for the murderer who killed your whole family 12 years ago and burned your father, Keiji Aso, that little devil, to death?"
Haha, now I'll mercifully tell you, so you'll die knowing why!
"The ones who killed your entire family were me, Ken Nishimoto, along with Hideo Kawashima and Tatsuji Kuroiwa!"
Seeing that Jiang Chengbei was surrounded by dozens of his men and had no way to escape, Nishimoto Ken, who had come with a group of drug dealers, burst into triumphant laughter.
Hideo Kawashima and Tatsuji Kuroiwa were not reckless like Ken Nishimoto, nor were they as arrogant when they were successful or as anxious when they were down. After hearing what Ken Nishimoto said, they visibly frowned.
If they killed Jiang Chengbei because of the family annihilation case 12 years ago, wouldn't it mean that they mobilized so many people just for their own private affairs, abusing public power for private gain? Would that make their underlings feel comfortable?
So, after cursing Nishimoto Ken as an idiot under his breath, Kawashima Hideo ostensibly addressed Jiang Chengbei, but in reality, he was explaining to his fellow drug dealer:
"Ma Shengshi, didn't you discover that there were people trafficking drugs on the island and you even wanted to report it to the police?"
"Today, out of respect for you being Aso Keiji's son, I'll let you die knowing why: the people standing in front of you here are the drug dealers you're looking for. Go ahead and call the police right now if you dare!"
Once Kawashima Hideo explained it this way, the underlings rallied. It turned out they were there to kill the person who wanted to report them for drug trafficking. That wasn't a private matter, it was a public matter. They would each take a shot and kill him; no one could refrain from firing a shot, lest they be left without a testament to their loyalty in killing together.
Drug trafficking together is just a money-sharing partnership, but killing together makes it a life-sharing partnership.
In the small town of Tsukikage Island, even the highly profitable drug trafficking industry has no competitors and has always been dominated by the drug cartel led by Hideo Kawashima and Tatsuji Kuroiwa.
Unlike the yakuza organizations in Tokyo that need to fight each other for market share, they only need to transport and ship goods peacefully, with few acts of violence.
Therefore, the fact that Kuroiwa Tatsuji and his gang were able to traffic drugs peacefully for decades is considered a relatively long period of criminal activity in a society governed by the rule of law.
"Kawashima is right, Asano Minoru. The reason we uncles and elders are going to kill you today is because you know about our drug trafficking. In order to keep it a secret, we have gathered everyone together to kill you and silence you."
"Speaking of which, your situation today is exactly the same as your father's back then. Your father, Keiji Aso, also threatened to turn himself in and tell the police about our drug trafficking activities, which forced us to take action against him."
To make the killing more collectively meaningful, Kuroiwa Tatsuji stepped forward after Kawashima Hideo finished speaking and added some explanations that only they knew.
After Kuroiwa Tatsuji and the others finished speaking, Jiang Chengbei pulled out his pistol and kept his eyes fixed on the guys with guns opposite him.
Meanwhile, led by Hideo Kawashima and his men, dozens of people raised their hunting rifles and pointed them at Jiangcheng North.
Since he was killed in his original form, only the temporary body that was transformed died. The corpse of Shinichi Kudo, who is now transformed, will be left at the scene. Jiang Chengbei himself will not die.
So, despite facing a dozen shotguns and several pistols with just a small revolver, Jiang Chengbei wasn't afraid. Seeing that the other side hesitated to fire, Jiang Chengbei instead held the small revolver in one hand and took out his phone with the other, looking like he was about to call the police.
"You're asking for it! You dare call the police?! Open fire, shoot him dead!"
After saying that, Kuroiwa Tatsuji took the lead and pulled the trigger, unleashing a barrage of firepower towards the north of Jiangcheng.
Meanwhile, led by Kuroiwa Tatsuji, the people who had formed a fan-shaped encirclement around Jiangcheng North opened fire on him.
The opportunity was rare; it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be shot at with real bullets and die, leaving only the corpse of Shinichi Kudo. Taking advantage of his enhanced agility through danger prediction and wall-climbing, Jiang Chengbei immediately began to test his ability to dodge bullets.
Perhaps the other side's marksmanship was poor, or perhaps the distance between them was greater than the distance between guns pointed at heads, or perhaps he was just too lucky. In any case, after a barrage of shots, Jiang Chengbei was unharmed; he had successfully dodged all the bullets fired at him.
Chapter 96: Conan and Shinichi Kudo meet again at the Metropolitan Police Department.
After risking his life to test his ability to dodge bullets and succeeding, Jiang Chengbei then began to take out his small pistol and fight back while dodging.
After verifying that the newly acquired kill coins matched the number of opponents, Jiang Chengbei publicly demonstrated his ability to summon from the void, and a Gatling gun appeared in front of him.
Then the rest is simple: just use firepower to take out the enemies in front of you. Even if someone with great luck dodges the bullets, can they turn into a little chubby bird and chase after you? And once they catch up, can they just empty the magazine and spray bullets with an AK?
After eliminating all the drug dealers who had first shot him and were then killed by him in return, Jiang Chengbei, who had scouted Moonshadow Island several times before, flew to the place where he had hidden the money, after confirming that they were all dead and finishing them off one by one.
The system has countless cheap explosives, plus the ability to smash open walls and safes with the Fog Tengu's Wall-Breaking Palm.
So Jiang Chengbei easily took away the billions of yen in cash that Kawashima Hideo and his gang of drug traffickers had accumulated over decades of drug trafficking. Jiang Chengbei also took some other small, lightweight, and easily portable high-value items.
However, Jiang Chengbei didn't take any of the assets that Kawashima Hideo and his group owned the largest share of, since he didn't deal drugs and taking the drugs would be meaningless to him.
I made a trip to Moonshadow Island and got 2 kill coins from each of the 6 story characters, including Hideo Kawashima, for a total of 12 kill coins.
Jiang Chengbei received 1 kill coin from each of his underlings and several family members of non-plot characters who hadn't appeared yet. He got 16 kill coins, for a total of 28 kill coins. After deducting the 2 kill coins used to upgrade his skills, he netted 26 kill coins, and currently has a total of 33 kill coins.
Jiang Chengbei had never been so rich in Kill Coins. He suddenly felt like a nouveau riche. So he spent 16 Kill Coins to upgrade his Wall-Running skill to the maximum level. From then on, even if he jumped lightly on flat ground, the height would be more than 5 meters.
Even if Jiang Chengbei upgrades his parkour skills to the maximum level 5, he still has 17 kill coins left, enough to buy quite a few things.
This trip to Moonshadow Island was a huge success, with the in-game currency from the Ke Xue Mall and the hundreds of billions of cash from the regular stores.
However, Jiang Chengbei didn't take a liking to any of the new skills that were newly added to the Conan Shop.
Perhaps because they are drug dealers, the new skills that Kawashima Hideo and his group have acquired are the same as those of Tsugawa Hideji, who sells drugs at the Beika Library: drug manufacturing, drug trafficking, drug possession, drug transportation, and drug use.
He could make more money from double-crossing than he could ever spend, and with his ability to transform into a little fat bird, he had more money in the bank than he could ever spend. This kind of skill, used for drug trafficking, was utterly useless to Jiang Chengbei.
Although Tsukikage Island is remote because it is not on the main shipping route, it is still under the jurisdiction of Tokyo. With Jiang Chengbei's speed of five or six hundred kilometers per hour after turning into a little fat bird, he quickly returned to Tokyo.
After returning and hiding the valuable items he brought back from Moonshadow Island, Jiang Chengbei remembered that Conan had promised to deliver the roses to Ran two days ago, but then trampled the flowers shortly after going downstairs.
Even if the roses in the system shop are cheap, they're still bought with coins. It's heartbreaking to see Conan ruin them.
After thinking about this, Jiang Chengbei transformed into Shinichi Kudo, called Inspector Megure, found out Conan's current location, and then transformed into a little chubby bird and flew towards Sakurada Gate.
Because of Conan's previous misdeeds, his confession video was found, and because he recanted his confession, and because he is still a child and it is not appropriate to put him in jail, he is now restricted in his movements, living in the same room with Takagi, being monitored at all times, and under house arrest in the Metropolitan Police Department.
After Jiang Chengbei had a good meal outside and rested for a few hours, it was already late at night when he sneaked into the Metropolitan Police Department to find Conan.
Of course, the Metropolitan Police Department was still brightly lit at this time, and the police officers who stayed at the Metropolitan Police Department to work overtime were busy working with sweat on their brows.