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

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Jiang Chengbei had never been to Didan Elementary School before and was unfamiliar with the place, but he had a face that always answered questions, so he quickly found out the location of Class B in the first grade.

Upon arriving at the classroom door of Class 1B, Jiang Chengbei immediately spotted the Teitan Three Fools, who were enthusiastically introducing the elementary school detective to the entire class.

"Let me tell you, we elementary school students have produced a famous detective too!"

"Yes, he defeated high school detective Shinichi Kudo on his debut last night!"

"What? You don't know who the high school detective Shinichi Kudo is?"

"Let me tell you, Shinichi Kudo is the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era, the savior of the Japanese police, and now... in the past, he was the most famous and most powerful detective in all of Japan!"

"But this amazing person was defeated by us elementary school students yesterday!"

"Right now, our elementary school detective Conan is the most amazing detective in Japan!"

"This morning, the TV and newspapers were all reporting on how the elementary school detective defeated the high school detective!"

"The Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era, the savior of the Japanese police, and the great savior of Shinichi Kudo, is our elementary school detective Conan!"

"I'm telling you: We primary school students have stood up!"

"We primary school students will never be slaves!"

Seeing a fat guy with a triangular head, a skinny guy with freckles, and a pretty girl wearing a headband, all feeling excited and thrilled, each saying a sentence, eager to recommend Detective Conan to everyone, you don't need to guess who they are, they are the Teitan Three Idiots.

I remember watching a scene in an anime when I was a kid: the Teitan trio, carrying their schoolbags, gathered around a TV in a shopping mall, looking at Shinichi Kudo on TV with adoration, cheering wildly, and forgetting even that it was time for school.

They were die-hard fans of Shinichi Kudo in the original series, but after just one case where Conan defeated Shinichi Kudo, the three of them defected and became Conan's fanatics. What a coincidence!

"Ahem, Ayumi, Genta, Mitsuhiko, come out with me for a moment."

Since there was limited time between classes, Jiang Chengbei walked into the classroom, patted them on the shoulder, and quickly called them out.

"Stop fooling around, we're just telling you about our elementary school detective... Hmm? Why do you look so familiar?"

"This is...this is..."

"Wow, you're Conan? The elementary school student Conan who beat high school students on TV?!"

"Wow, Conan! We...we're all your fans! We're elementary school students just like you!"

Upon seeing that the person behind them was Jiang Chengbei, these young fans were overjoyed to see their idol and excitedly shouted and cheered around him.

Jiang Chengbei had come to see them on business and didn't have time to waste at the fan meeting, so he gestured for them to be quiet and said:

"Stop, quiet. I've come to you today because I need your help with something. Let's talk outside."

"Yay! Conan asked us for help!"

"Yay! With Conan around, we're elementary school detectives too!"

Jiang Chengbei adjusted his glasses and led the three noisy elementary school students out, feeling a terrible headache.

Soon, Jiang Chengbei brought the Teitan Three Idiots to the playground outside the teaching building. After calming the children who had nowhere to vent their energy, he asked:

"I've come here to ask you about some leads in a few cases."

The first case is: in recent years, has any older female student at Teitan Elementary School committed suicide by hanging?

The suicide took place on campus, but I can't remember the exact location—it was somewhere like a warehouse, gymnasium, or classroom.

Have you heard of this case?

After hearing Jiang Chengbei's words, the three idiots of Teitan looked at each other, then shook their heads one after another and said:

"No, I haven't heard of it. What about you?"

"I don't have any either, Ayumi, what about you?"

"Me too, and in recent years, we haven't heard of any suicides at school."

"No? Then I might be mistaken."

Hearing their words, Jiang Chengbei touched his chin in disappointment: he clearly remembered that at the Snow Mountain Villa, there was a former elementary school teacher of Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri who was avenging a female student whose suicide had been staged.

Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri clearly attended Teitan Elementary School, so why aren't there any female students who hanged themselves here?

Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Since there are no clues in this case, let's try another one. Anyway, there may not be many other things in Detective Conan, but there are definitely enough cases.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chengbei continued, "Bumi, do you know where there are haunted houses in Beika Town?"

"Conan, are you asking about that haunted house in the old Western-style house in 4-chome?"

I know, I know, I often pass by that place, it's so scary.

I've wanted to explore that haunted house for ages, but I'm too scared to go alone.

"That's right, it's that haunted house."

Then, Jiang Chengbei learned the specific address of the haunted house from Bu Mei, and a Conan-like smile appeared on his face. He was about to make some more money.

Jiang Chengbei also has some other cases in his memory, most of which are from the early stages of Detective Conan. After all, Detective Conan is too long, so he didn't follow all the later episodes and only read a general summary.

Jiang Chengbei couldn't think of any other cases related to the Teitan Three Idiots that he could work on first, so he didn't ask any more questions and planned to come back and get information later when he remembered.

To make it easier to contact them in the future and to keep in touch more often, Jiang Chengbei took out several detective badges, gave one to each of them, and told them how to use them.

For these three little guys who love being detectives, the detective badge is like a nuclear bomb.

With a detective badge in hand, its cool design, ability to communicate with each other, and tracking capabilities, the three kids instantly transformed into Jiang Chengbei's... well, Conan's die-hard underlings.

"Conan... Conan, this... this is for us?" After receiving the detective badges, the three little guys were so flustered that they could barely speak.

"Yes." Jiang Chengbei nodded, thinking to himself: Luckily, they're just kids, easy to coax.

If it were an adult, and they knew that the detective badge had location tracking and eavesdropping functions, their privacy would be ruthlessly stolen. They might even want to fight Jiang Chengbei to the death, instead of being as grateful as the Teitan trio.

"Conan... Conan, since you approve of us so much and have given us such a precious detective badge, let's form the Junior Detective League together?"

"You'll be our regimental commander. From now on, we'll be your underlings, your soldiers, and we'll all listen to you."

After receiving the precious gift, the Teitan trio discussed it for a while and then excitedly pledged their loyalty to Jiang Chengbei.

Jiang Chengbei was dumbfounded to see that a detective badge had won over these three kids. He remembered that they weren't this excited when they got the detective badge in the original series.

Even if they got the Detective Badge, they weren't very respectful or obedient to Conan... Oh, right, the Detective Badge was given to them by Professor Agasa, so in their minds it had little to do with Conan, which means it's fine.

Chapter 9 Conan, the Teitan trio are the ministers I chose to entrust your care.

Jiang Chengbei stroked his chin: "You're suggesting that the four of us form a juvenile detective club?"

The Teitan Three Fools were excited and shouted in unison, "Yes!"

Jiang Chengbei: "You still elected me as the leader of the Junior Detective Club and acknowledged me as the boss?"

The Teitan trio raised their fists again, waved them, and said in a firm and powerful voice, "That's right, Conan, you are our leader!"

"Isn't this bad?"

Jiang Chengbei hesitated when he was told that he would be made the leader of the Detective Boys, but a few days later the throne would be passed on to the Crown Prince, Conan.

"I think we should forget about it. Let's give the position of leader to Genta. I think Genta is more qualified to be the leader of the Junior Detective Club."

"Leave it to me? Conan, you're not kidding, are you?" Genta's eyes widened in disbelief when he heard Jiang Chengbei ask him to be the leader.

After all, the current Conan Edogawa is not the transfer student from the original series. In the original series, in their eyes, Conan was at most a primary school student who was a little smarter than them and had a little stronger reasoning ability.

Furthermore, although Conan is a bit smarter than them, Genta believes he can easily defeat Conan in terms of physical strength, while Mitsuhiko also believes he can take on two Conan at once.

Even Ayumi believes she's no less than Conan. Conan is just a little bean sprout, not much taller or heavier than Ayumi. If they were to fight, she would be riding on Conan and delivering a one-sided attack, with Conan completely powerless to fight back.

But now, things have changed.

Jiang Chengbei, this fake Conan, immediately crushed the high school detective Shinichi Kudo upon his debut, catching and knocking out the culprit in his very first case.

With such a formidable record, how could the Teitan Three Fools possibly harbor any disloyalty? They're too busy recognizing Jiang Chengbei as their leader to dare compete with him for the top spot.

Not only did they not dare to compete with Jiang Chengbei for the top spot, but what they feared most was that Jiang Chengbei would not include them, thus losing the opportunity to become a famous elementary school detective under Jiang Chengbei's guidance.

Upon hearing that Jiang Chengbei was going to appoint Yuan Tai as the regimental commander, not only was Yuan Tai himself anxious and repeatedly declined the offer, but even his close associates, Guang Yan and Ayumi, also objected.

Mitsuhiko: "Conan, Genta can't be the leader. He's not smart enough, he can't solve cases. The only one who can be our leader is you, Conan. He's not qualified."

Ayumi: "Yes, Genta has no advantages other than his big appetite and strength. He doesn't meet the requirements to be the leader. He can't lead us to defeat the high school students. Conan, you are our only hope as elementary school students."

After hearing what his two friends said, Genta lost his temper and yelled at Mitsuhiko:

"Hey, hey, hey, even though I myself don't think I'm qualified to be the leader, what do you mean by saying that, Mitsuhiko? Are you looking for a beating?"

Under the pressure of Genta's overwhelming presence, Mitsuhiko immediately cowered: "Genta... Genta, don't just focus on me, Ayumi also said so."

"Don't drag Ayumi into this. Are you as cute as Ayumi? If not, then behave yourself and don't talk to me like that, do you hear me?"

"Huh?...I see. I'm sorry, Genta. You're great in every way, but you're just not suited to be the leader."

Faced with Genta's forceful suppression, the pitiful, weak, and helpless Mitsuhiko could only apologize to Genta in a low voice.

"That's right, that's how it should be. I, Genta Kojima, am just not suitable to be the leader. Everything else is great. I have outstanding strengths and no weaknesses. I just can't compare to Conan. But below Conan, I, Genta Kojima, am the number one among elementary school students."

"That's right, we all support Conan as our leader." Finally, the three Teitan idiots looked at Jiang Chengbei and said in unison.

Seeing that they unanimously opposed Yuan Tai becoming the regimental commander and insisted on leaving the position to themselves, Jiang Chengbei had no choice but to cast his vote and forcefully push Yuan Tai into the position.

"Wait, don't rush to make me the leader. Actually, I have good reasons for making Genta the leader. Listen to me slowly."

"What reason?"

Jiang Chengbei continued to lie: "We're the Junior Detective Club, right?"

The three idiots of Teitan answered in unison, "Yes."

"Mitsuhiko is a boy, I, Conan Edogawa, am a detective, and Genta is the leader. The three of us together are the Detective Boys."

"Huh?" After Jiang Chengbei's explanation, the three idiots of Teitan first exclaimed "Ah" in confusion, then looked at each other and pondered the meaning of Jiang Chengbei's words.

Finally, with Mitsuhiko's explanation, they understood what Jiang Chengbei meant. He said Mitsuhiko was a boy because of his age, Conan was a detective because of his abilities, and Genta was a leader because he was fat. He made Genta the leader simply because he was fat.

Upon hearing that the reason Jiang Chengbei recommended him as the regimental commander was simply because he was fat, Yuan Tai became angry and yelled at Guang Yan, "Guang Yan, what do you mean? You think I'm fat?"

Faced with Genta's death stare, Mitsuhiko, sweating profusely, waved his hands and quickly explained:

"I didn't say that. I was just translating Conan's meaning for you. Conan said those words. Why are you only threatening me and not going after Conan and Ayumi?"

"Conan is my boss, and he can say I'm fat, but Mitsuhiko, you can't! And Ayumi is so cute, and you actually want me to beat her up? You scumbag!"

"Huh?" Mitsuhiko was covered in sweat, and after a moment of shock, he said weakly, "Why am I the only one who got hurt?"