Jiang Xia inexplicably racked up a record of 0 points all afternoon.
After leaving the arcade, finishing dinner, and getting on his motorcycle, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling his intelligence, which had been dragged to the bottom, somewhat reset.
His Lackeys’ imaginations were too wild; it was understandable to dodge bombs, but why dodge gold coins?
Even as he twisted the throttle, airplanes and orbs kept spinning in Jiang Xia’s mind.
The motorcycle sped through the streets.
Halfway through, Jiang Xia’s neck felt an itch.
The Ghost Infant poked him again.
“Hmm?” Jiang Xia tilted his head and glanced at it.
The Ghost Infant pointed to a certain direction like a Lackey.
As a ghost, the Ghost Infant’s sensitivity in “detection” was much higher than Jiang Xia’s.
It sensed edible killing intent.
When Jiang Xia heard “killing intent,” he thought he had encountered Gin again. He immediately lost interest.
Gin always had a lot of killing intent lingering around him.
But not all of it could be taken.
Gin had just been taken from once that afternoon. The remaining killing intent now must still be very stubborn; even if he encountered it, he wouldn’t be able to tear it away.
However, very quickly, the Ghost Infant sensed Jiang Xia’s thoughts and gave him some supplementary information.
This time, the killing intent smelled different.
It was rather bland, tasteless.
In other words, it wasn't Gin's.
Jiang Xia was startled.
A year ago, after coming to this world, he often staked out places like “cemeteries,” “Hospitals,” and “police stations.”
But neither ghosts nor killing intent had ever appeared.
Only in the Black Organization, there was a Gin who could barely be used to satiate his hunger.
However, these past few days, Jiang Xia not only suddenly picked up a ghost, but this ghost also said it smelled killing intent…
Jiang Xia recalled the plot he had watched in his childhood and gradually formed a guess.
If there was any difference recently, it was probably that Kudo Shinichi was about to become Edogawa Conan.
If the existence of ghosts was truly related to this “matter non-conservation event,” then with the awakening of Edogawa Conan, unscientific ghosts and killing intent might also become more and more prevalent in this world.
As soon as Jiang Xia thought of the corpses and killing intent everywhere in the original work, his eyes lit up again.
He could finally pick up ghosts?
Jiang Xia looked expectantly in the direction the Ghost Infant pointed and saw a middle school.
Speaking of killing intent, one couldn't help but associate it with someone committing a crime.
And speaking of “middle school” and “committing a crime”… it was hard not to think of Jiang Xia’s deskmate—Kudo Shinichi.
Facts proved that Jiang Xia’s association was quite accurate.
A little earlier.
Just this afternoon, Kudo Shinichi went to the Amusement Park and met Gin there.
Kudo Shinichi always felt that Gin was not a good person, so he secretly followed him for a while and then discovered that Gin and Vodka were extorting a company president.
To Kudo Shinichi's surprise, he immediately began to secretly take photos as evidence. However, he was unfortunately knocked unconscious from behind by Gin and forced to drink a special poison made by the Black Organization.
Gin’s original intention was to use poison to kill and silence him.
Who knew that after he left, the pill, when acting on Kudo Shinichi, failed to poison the stubborn Detective to death, but only shrunk him into an Elementary School Student.
The shrunken Kudo Shinichi escaped home after waking up, and at Doctor Agasa's suggestion, he changed his name to “Edogawa Conan” and went to stay at the Mouri residence.
It wasn't entirely because he liked living with Mouri Ran; primarily, Mouri Ran’s father, Mouri Kogoro, ran a Detective Agency.
And according to Doctor Agasa’s thought process, the shrunken Kudo Shinichi needed to:
Use his excellent deduction skills to help Mouri Kogoro become a Detective.
Detective Mouri Kogoro participates in high-level cases.
Through those cases, come into contact with the Black Organization that poisoned Kudo Shinichi.
Obtain a sample of the shrinking poison from the Black-clothed man.
Black technology mogul Doctor Agasa develops an antidote.
Edogawa Conan turns back into Kudo Shinichi.
Report the illegal Black Organization in the name of a Detective and wipe them all out.
Kudo Shinichi, or rather, “Edogawa Conan.” After hearing these suggestions, he demurely stated that the Doctor’s words were very reasonable and obediently moved to the Mouri residence.
Soon after arriving, Mouri Kogoro received a commission.
A rich man’s young daughter had been kidnapped by a Black-clothed man. The rich man asked him to find the kidnapper.
When Edogawa Conan heard “Black-clothed man,” he immediately thought of the person who had knocked him out and insisted on going to investigate the case.
While investigating, he followed the trail and arrived at Erqiao Middle School.
Time returned to the present.
At the entrance of the same middle school.
Jiang Xia also recalled the spoilers and thought of this kidnapping case.
He turned the handlebars to change his route. The motorcycle roared all the way, circling to the front gate of the middle school “with killing intent.”
When he stopped, he saw “Erqiao Middle School” written clearly on the sign hanging at the entrance.
Jiang Xia: “…” It really was this one.
The rich second-generation little girl who was kidnapped was being hidden in a warehouse in this school.
The kidnapped little girl, seemingly adorable at first glance, was surprisingly mischievous.
She disliked her father for being engrossed in work and not playing with her, so she planned her own “kidnapping,” demanding that her father take a month off.
However, just as the mischievous child had set everything up and was smugly sitting in a Hotel, waiting for her father to agree to her terms, a real kidnapper quietly passed by.
The kidnapper saw the little girl sitting alone at the table and casually kidnapped her.
After the rich man, who had lost his child, hired a Detective, Edogawa Conan quickly saw through the whole truth.
He deduced the location of the kidnapper and the little girl, rode the rich man’s dog, and galloped all the way to Erqiao Middle School, attempting to rescue the damsel in distress.
However, Edogawa Conan overestimated his combat strength after shrinking.
Not only did he fail to rescue the little girl, but he was also severely beaten by the kidnapper.
And he even implicated the innocent dog.
At the school gate.
Jiang Xia, astride his motorcycle, looked at the “Erqiao Middle School” sign in front of him, recalling matters related to Kudo Shinichi, and increasingly felt that the killing intent sensed by the Ghost Infant was indeed emanating from that kidnapper.
Just now, Jiang Xia had suddenly turned while riding. So, a group of Lackeys behind him all followed.
Those with good skills directly followed Jiang Xia’s sharp turn.
Those who weren't so skilled prioritized safety—they rode a distance forward and then turned back as if nothing had happened.
At this moment, the Lackeys stopped beside Jiang Xia, looking at the school gate with him, a little confused.
Just as they were about to ask about the situation, they suddenly heard Jiang Xia ask, “Want to play something else?”
The others were startled and then excited: “Okay!”
They had great confidence in their boss’s innovative ability—the boss could always come up with new ways to play, just like the 0-point challenge this afternoon.
The blond-haired boy looked at the tightly shut school gate, tied a “Guts” headband to his forehead, and excitedly pressed, “What are we playing?”
Jiang Xia fastened his helmet and smiled eerily: “Evil dragon rescues the princess.”
“…Huh?”
Before the others could understand the meaning of this sentence, Jiang Xia suddenly twisted the throttle.
The motorcycle roared out with a deep rumble, ran over a brick, and, under the shocked gaze of the school guard, drew a very scientific parabola, leaped over the sliding gate, and landed inside the campus. Then Jiang Xia, person and vehicle, sped away, disappearing into the night.
The blond-haired boy and the other few recovered their senses, also twisted the throttle in imitation, and chased after him one after another.
The remaining Lackeys hesitated, feeling that the boss’s maneuver was not easy to replicate, and if they weren't careful, they might fall and get hurt.
If it were a year ago, to save face, they would definitely have gone for it, gritting their teeth.
But now, they kept in mind the boss’s teaching: “No matter what you do, pursue the 【no damage】 achievement; this is art.”
So, after exchanging glances, the few of them simultaneously turned to look at the school guard and slowly surrounded him.
The guard was on duty in the security room.
At this moment, he looked through the window at the scene outside, which resembled a zombie siege, and a cold sweat slowly trickled down his forehead.
One second later, the guard stood up with a stern face and slammed his hand heavily on the table…
He flipped the switch.
The school’s electronic sliding gate made a creaking sound and slowly slid open.
At the school gate, the Lackeys nodded with satisfaction.
If one road was blocked, they’d take another. The result was the same, and the efficiency was even higher.
What the boss said was indeed the truth!
At the same time.
In the abandoned warehouse of Erqiao Middle School.
Edogawa Conan, riding the dog, arrived at the scene just in time.
The dog rushed up to bite the kidnapper. Edogawa Conan walked to the kidnapped little girl, confidently comforting her: “Don’t be afraid, it’s over.”
Before he could finish speaking, the poor dog was beaten senseless by the kidnapper with a baseball bat and could no longer get up.
Edogawa Conan could only face the fight himself.
However, clearly, his combat power was not even as good as that dog’s.
After dodging a few times, Edogawa Conan’s movements were caught by the kidnapper, and he was met with a series of muffled blows.
After being critically hit for the Nth time, accompanied by the little girl’s anxious cry of “Edogawa Conan!”, Edogawa Conan flew backward like a small sack, crashing onto the dog.
The dog, covered in lumps, was about to wake up.
Hit by Edogawa Conan like that, it let out an “Ow!” and twitched a paw, falling back into unconsciousness.
Edogawa Conan got up, indignantly squeezed the dog’s paw, and shook hands with his fallen loyal comrade.
Then he looked up again at the approaching kidnapper.
Only then did Edogawa Conan truly realize that he was no longer the High School Student Detective whose “combat power was approximately equal to 1.5 passersby.”
Now, any random passerby could beat him up.
Edogawa Conan looked despairingly at the murderous kidnapper, feeling some regret.
If he hadn’t charged straight in, but had first brought a carload of adults…
Before him, the kidnapper approached with a sinister grin, his blood-stained baseball bat scraping a trail of sparks on the ground.
Under Edogawa Conan’s unwilling gaze, he raised the bat high, intending to deliver the final blow.
Just then, a beam of light suddenly shot in from outside the window, piercing through the stained glass and illuminating the old warehouse.
The kidnapper froze and sharply turned his head towards the light source. He just happened to see a light spot growing larger and larger on the window, moving from far to near.
The window was smashed open with a bang.
A motorcycle arrogantly flew in, its tire aimed at the kidnapper’s face, rolling over him.