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

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"I don't care if it's dirty or not, I'm just afraid you have a disease and I'll get infected."

"Who's sick? You're the one who's sick!"

After angrily finishing her sentence, Yukiko felt she couldn't let him off so easily, so she grabbed the inflatable hammer next to her and smashed it hard at Jiang Chengbei.

Jiang Chengbei wasn't a gentleman who wouldn't hit a woman. When he was hit by a woman, he immediately picked up the inflatable golden cudgel next to him and hit her back.

So, Amuro Tooru and Conan, both dressed in thick mascot costumes, got into a fight outside the store.

Similarly, in the fruit shop, Jiang Chengbei and Yukiko were also getting along very well.

Chapter 161 Amuro Tooru: Why am I always the one who pays?

As usual, we had a new employee join us, so we went out for dinner at a high-end hotel that evening.

Amuro Tooru enjoyed the meal and felt at ease. Last time, he, as a new employee, paid for the welcome dinner for new staff. This time, he was neither a new employee nor the boss, so there was no reason for him to pay for the meal again.

Moreover, this new girl is clumsy, naive, and easily deceived. Jiang Chengbei is also highly likely to be involved in a cult. In a country where even the prime minister is a key figure in a cult, you can't say that cults are illegal because the higher-ups don't care, and you can't say that they are legal because they are just scams to swindle money.

Amuro Tooru pretended to be brainwashed by a cult, but he didn't want this naive girl to be scammed, so he tried to persuade her to leave whenever he had the chance, but she wouldn't listen to him.

Fortunately, there's still a chance. Once Jiang Chengbei reveals his true colors and makes the young girl who came here to work and earn money spend a large sum of money, we can take the opportunity to persuade him to wake up.

So, with the good intention of curing the sick and saving people and persuading them to turn back from the wrong path, Amuro Tooru enjoyed his meal to the fullest. The high-end restaurant was indeed a high-end restaurant; he could eat with peace of mind, the presentation was good, and the food was pleasing to the eye. In particular, the high price made him feel at peace.

After everyone had finished their meal and thoroughly enjoyed the feast, Jiang Chengbei waved his hand and said to everyone:

"Have you all finished eating?"

The welcome banquet for new employees has successfully concluded.

As usual, it's my treat, Touko, you go pay the bill.

When Jiang Chengbei mentioned the usual rules, Amuro Tooru was expecting to see Yukiko's shocked face, but instead, he heard Jiang Chengbei tell him to pay the bill. Now it was his turn to be shocked.

"Boss, isn't our usual rule that new employees pay? Why am I, a long-term employee, paying the bill again? This isn't fair!"

"Touko, what did you say? You actually made the new employee pay? How can there be someone like you in this world?"

Facing Jiang Chengbei's disdainful gaze, Amuro Tooru felt extremely aggrieved: "Boss, wasn't it me, the newcomer, who paid the bill for the welcome banquet for the last new employee?"

"But the last time we made you pay wasn't because you were a new employee, but because you were our CFO."

"If you, the person in charge of finances, don't pay, do you expect me, the boss, to pay?"

Faced with Jiang Chengbei's shameless face, Amuro Tooru complained weakly:

"They say I'm in charge of the company's finances, but I don't even have a company account. I'm not going to be the finance manager or CFO anymore, okay? I'm resigning."

"Touko, you have disappointed me greatly. You are someone I personally tested, someone I trust the most, and the only person I feel comfortable entrusting with important financial matters. How could you say such a thing?"

If you really want to quit finance, then go ahead and leave. I bet you're a cursed loner. Once you leave me, the boss who can keep your fate in check, you'll bring misfortune to many successors and colleagues!

You've seen Conan's situation; even with my suppression, he's still caused the deaths of two complete strangers he'd just met in the last few days. Your situation is similar. Do you really want to leave my help and go out into the world to harm others and cause the deaths of innocent people?

While inwardly despising Jiang Chengbei's cult-like claims of brainwashing innocent believers, Amuro Tooru had no choice but to feign ignorance and act as if he had been brainwashed, all in order to stay and investigate Conan.

"Boss, I was wrong. I'll go pay right now."

After saying this and bowing, Amuro Tooru, suppressing his nausea, immediately ran out of the private room to pay the bill.

He was afraid that if he walked too slowly, he would lose his temper and rush up to beat up this cult member whose deception and brainwashing techniques were not very sophisticated.

Jiang Chengbei, a half-baked cult member, can only fool those willing to cooperate with him, as well as children the same age as Conan. His tricks are low-level, but they cause great harm to vulnerable groups with specific targets.

Seeing Amuro Tooru obediently go to pay again, Kogoro Mori looked at Jiang Chengbei with envy. Jiang Chengbei was lucky to have found a hardworking employee who didn't need wages and even paid for his retirement. He was so envious.

While feeling envious, Kogoro Mouri often thought about the Maple Leaf Gold Coins. If he hadn't been reluctant to spend the money on a meal and hadn't run away early, the 20% of the 600 million gold coins as a legitimate reward might have already been in his account.

If I had had an employee like Amuro Tooru who would pay for his own meals, I wouldn't have left prematurely because of a meal cost, thus missing out on 1.2 million yen.

If Heaven doesn't grant your wish, you'll only suffer the consequences. Ever since missing out on that huge sum of money, the firm has had almost no business. Perhaps this is retribution.

After another lavish meal paid for by Amuro Tooru, Kogoro Mouri kept feeling sorry for himself. He wished he had a waterworks employee who could work without pay and even pay the bills for the boss.

Kogoro Mouri thought about this all night long.

Finally, the next day, Kogoro Mouri got a chance to have his wish granted.

So after reaching an agreement with the client, he picked up his camera and film, but when he got the film, he remembered the case of Yutaka Abe last time. Not only did he waste his time and not get the commission fee, but he also lost the money for the film.

We cannot repeat the same mistakes this time; we must prepare a foolproof plan.

So Kogoro Mouri put the unopened roll of film back in his hand and went downstairs with only his camera.

"Boss, boss, Jiangcheng, our Mouri Detective Agency has received a case. You promised me before that as long as the agency has a case, you would let Touko work for me. Does that still stand?"

Upon hearing that the Mouri Detective Agency finally had a case, Amuro Tooru, who was initially reluctant to wear the heavy mascot costume to hand out flyers, immediately perked up and was fully revitalized.

"I wasn't there when you solved the case of Tanaka Tomofumi's brother murder last time, and I missed witnessing your heroic act of commanding and capturing the murderer. Thinking about it now, I feel quite regretful."

Now, I finally have another chance. I really want to go to the scene with you and Mr. Mori, to see you solve cases with your own eyes. Just imagining it makes me excited.

"Pah, you bootlicker!" Yukiko glanced sideways at her work rivals and those she was secretly investigating on the road.

"Alright, since you enjoy solving cases so much and want to learn deduction so much, then you can go with Mori-san and take on cases."

But Touko, Mori is your teacher, so you have to respect him, be eager to do the work, be eager to pay, and be eager to pay your tuition after the case is finished, understand?

"No problem, boss, I guarantee I'll complete the task."

After obtaining Jiang Chengbei's consent, Amuro Tooru happily went to get his car, eager to leave the place where he had been having nightmares.

For some reason, Conan has been keeping a close eye on him these past few days. Once, when he was secretly contacting Kazami, Conan almost caught him.

Amuro Tooru is very happy to be able to go out for some fresh air with Kogoro Mouri.

But after he drove Kogoro Mouri out and bought film as Kogoro instructed, he discovered that his mission for the day was to follow a woman named Inako Maru. His main task was to investigate whether she was having an affair and to secretly photograph evidence of the affair and the person involved. Amuro Tooru was completely dumbfounded.

I'm here as an undercover agent, mainly to investigate the relationship between Conan and the bombing of the God's Toilet, and secondly to investigate the cult organization behind Jiang Chengbei. I'm not here to help Kogoro Mouri catch his mistress or find out about his infidelity!

Although unwilling, Amuro Tooru had already boarded the pirate ship and was already there, so he had no choice but to follow Kogoro Mouri and secretly take photos and follow him.

To have one of Japan's best police officers accompany him to arrest a mistress, and to have him personally pay for water, lunch, and all expenses during the process, Kogoro Mouri has certainly achieved something remarkable.

The next day, after completing the first day's tracking and photography, Kogoro Mouri took Tooru Amuro to his employer, Denjiro Maru, to report back.

Meanwhile, Kogoro Mori thought Marudenjiro was a wealthy antique dealer and loan shark, and said on the phone that he would treat him to a meal and treat him well.

So he decided to learn from Jiang Chengbei how to use someone else's good fortune to his advantage. He would take advantage of Maru Denjiro's hospitality to treat Jiang Chengbei to a good meal, thus repaying the favor of eating fruit with Jiang Chengbei every day without having to pay for it himself.

So, because of a polite remark made by Maru Denjiro on the phone, Kogoro Mouri, along with his daughter Ran, his student and assistant Tooru Amuro, the person he was thanking, Kojo Kita, Conan who was staying at Kojo Kita's house, and Yukiko who was always trying to sabotage the relationship between Ran and Kojo Kita, set off in two cars.

Seeing that Kogoro Mouri was so sincere in sending off such a large group of troublemakers to the farewell banquet, Jiang Chengbei thought to himself: Maru Denjiro, are you still not dead?

Because the reason they wanted to talk to Kogoro Mouri was about his wife's infidelity, when Jiang Chengbei and his group arrived at Maru Denjiro's house, it happened to be when his wife had gone out shopping with two of the family's maids, leaving Maru Denjiro alone at home.

Maru Denjiro was horrified when he saw Kogoro Mori arrive with a large group of people.

Fortunately, Marudenjiro's house is large, with pavilions, terraces, gardens, and ponds—it has everything. Even if hundreds more people come in, it can still accommodate them for gatherings, outings, and entertaining.

Since there were no servants to entertain them, Marudenjiro led them to the backyard.

Maru Denjiro, Kogoro Mouri, and Tooru Amuro went to the back room to talk about his wife's infidelity, while Ejo Kita and the other three were admiring the carefully maintained scenery in the back garden in front of the back room.

Shortly after, Maru Denjiro, who had been talking with Kogoro Mouri and the others for a while, excused himself and said that a friend he had arranged to meet had come to the front yard. He said he had to go and entertain him, and that he would be back soon. He asked Kogoro Mouri and the others to wait for him.

Then he left, leaving Kogoro Mouri and the other six to idly watch the trees, flowers, goldfish, mountains, water, and wooden houses in the backyard.

"I'm so hungry! Uncle Mori, didn't you say you were going to treat us to a big meal here?"

I didn't eat breakfast, saving my stomach for food because I've always been stingy. It's rare for me to be so generous and treat Uncle Mori to a meal today. Uncle, I'm hungry.

Feeling cheated, Conan lay on the grass, rubbing his rumbling belly, and complained listlessly to Kogoro Mouri.

"I never expected that after I actually arrived, this stingy loan shark wouldn't even mention the warm hospitality and lavish meal he promised on the phone!"

I'm so angry! You can't believe the lies of loan sharks.

Moreover, based on our conversation just now, I feel that this loan shark is very likely to go back on his word. Not only will he stand me up for the lavish meal he promised, but the agreed-upon commission fee might also be hard to collect.

Kogoro Mouri wasn't too happy with his employer either, and he lay on the floor complaining incessantly:

"Sigh, I'm hungry too. It's a pity that this employer is a loan shark. I misjudged his character and misjudged him. He's nitpicking the photos I took everywhere. It's obvious he doesn't want to pay the commission. I'm so frustrated."

"Touko, whether I make money this time, or whether I'll work for nothing again, depends on how much tuition you pay."

Seeing Kogoro Mouri looking at him with such intense eyes, Tooru Amuro shivered.

No way, no way, I help you catch your mistress, find out about your infidelity, I do your chores, and you still want to charge me tuition?

Hearing them talking about being hungry, Jiang Chengbei glanced at Xiaolan and Yukiko and said:

"You must be hungry too, right?"

"Wait, I'll get you something delicious. In the meantime, have some of this to tide you over."

After saying that, Jiang Chengbei took out some dragon fruit, bananas and other fruits from his backpack and gave them to Xiaolan and Yukiko.

Seeing Jiang Chengbei take out different kinds of fruit, Yukiko exclaimed in shock, "Boss, are you a fruit tree reincarnated? Do you carry fruit with you wherever you go, or can fruit grow on your body?"

After distributing some cheap fruit to everyone, Jiang Chengbei leisurely left with his DV camera.

Before leaving, he said, "The architecture here is so beautiful, so symmetrical. I need to take some photos to study it."

Chapter 162 Megure: Oh no, Conan's started again, what should I do?

Ring ring~~~

Not long after Jiang Chengbei left, the phone rang. Since no one answered, the phone kept ringing, which annoyed Kogoro Mouri and his companions, who were already in a bad mood.

The phone rang for a long time, and just as Kogoro Mouri was about to answer it, the phone stopped ringing. Kogoro Mouri, who had been slapped, was immediately furious.

The phone rang only once, and then there was a long wait.

Maru Denjiro, who said he would go to the front living room for a little while, has not returned after so long. Jiang Chengbei, who said he would go to the front to take some photos, has also disappeared without a trace. I wonder what they are up to.

Just as Kogoro Mouri and his friends were getting impatient again, they suddenly heard police sirens coming closer and closer, wailing and howling.

"What happened?"

Upon hearing the sirens, Kogoro Mouri and the others realized something was wrong. After exchanging glances, they all turned their attention to Conan and Tooru Amuro.

Conan: ...