Justice Bringer Descending from the Sky

Jiang Xia inexplicably spent an entire afternoon racking up zero-point records.

After leaving the Game Arcade, finishing dinner, and finally reaching his Motorcycle, he let out a sigh of relief, feeling as though his IQ, which had been dragged into a valley, had somewhat returned to normal.

...His underlings' imaginations were far too wild. Fine, they could dodge bombs, but why were they dodging Gold Coins?

Even after twisting the throttle, planes and glowing spheres kept circling through Jiang Xia's mind.

The Motorcycle sped through the streets.

Halfway there, Jiang Xia's neck suddenly itched.

The Ghost Infant poked him again.

"Hm?" Jiang Xia tilted his head and glanced at it.

The Ghost Infant eagerly pointed in a certain direction.

As a ghost, the Ghost Infant was far more sensitive than Jiang Xia when it came to "scouting."

—It had sensed Killing Intent it could eat.

The moment Jiang Xia heard "Killing Intent," he assumed he had run into Gin again. His interest immediately faded.

Gin was always surrounded by quite a bit of Killing Intent.

But not all of it could be harvested.

Gin had only been harvested once that afternoon. Any Killing Intent remaining now was surely still too stubborn to tear away.

But soon, the Ghost Infant sensed Jiang Xia's thoughts and offered some additional information.

—This Killing Intent smelled different.

It was rather woody and had little flavor.

In other words, it did not belong to Gin.

Jiang Xia froze.

After arriving in this world a year ago, he had spent plenty of time staking out places like "cemeteries," "hospitals," and "police stations."

Yet neither ghosts nor Killing Intent had ever appeared.

Only Gin from the Organization could barely serve as something to stave off his hunger.

Yet over the past few days, Jiang Xia had not only suddenly picked up a ghost, but that ghost had also claimed to have smelled Killing Intent...

Jiang Xia recalled the plot he had watched as a child and gradually formed a guess.

—If there was anything different recently, it was probably that Kudo Shinichi was about to become Conan.

If the existence of ghosts really was connected to this Matter Non-Conservation Incident...

Then as Conan awakened, perhaps unscientific ghosts and Killing Intent would also become increasingly common in this world.

At the thought of the corpses and Killing Intent scattered everywhere in the original story, a spark returned to Jiang Xia's eyes.

...Would he finally have ghosts to pick up?

Jiang Xia eagerly looked in the direction the Ghost Infant was pointing and saw a middle school.

Speaking of Killing Intent, one naturally had to think of someone committing a crime.

And speaking of "middle school" and "crime"... it was hard not to think of Jiang Xia's deskmate behind him—Kudo Shinichi.

The facts proved that Jiang Xia's association was quite accurate.

—A little earlier that day.

That afternoon, Kudo Shinichi had gone to an amusement park and happened to run into Gin there.

Kudo Shinichi felt that Gin did not look like a good person, so he secretly tailed him for a while. Then he discovered that Gin and Vodka were extorting a company president.

Though startled, Kudo Shinichi immediately began secretly taking photos to gather evidence. Unfortunately, Gin knocked him out from behind with a club and forced him to swallow a poison specially made by the Organization.

Gin had intended to use the poison to kill him and eliminate loose ends.

Who knew that after Gin left, the pill would fail to poison this stubborn Detective to death and only shrink him into an Elementary School Student.

After waking up, the shrunken Kudo Shinichi escaped home. At Professor Agasa's suggestion, he took the alias "Edogawa Conan" and went to stay with the Mouri family.

...It was not entirely because he wanted to live with Mouri Ran. The main reason was that Mouri Ran's father, Mouri Kogoro, ran a Detective Agency.

And according to Professor Agasa's logic, the shrunken Kudo Shinichi needed to:

Use his outstanding deductive abilities to help Mouri Kogoro become a Great Detective ↓

Great Detective Mouri Kogoro takes on major cases ↓

Through those cases, come into contact with the Black Organization that forced Kudo Shinichi to take the drug ↓

Obtain a sample of the shrinking drug from the Men in Black ↓

Black Technology expert Professor Agasa develops an Antidote ↓

Conan turns back into Kudo Shinichi ↓

Report the illegal organization in the name of a Great Detective and wipe them all out in one sweep.

Kudo Shinichi, or rather, "Conan," listened to these suggestions and reservedly stated that the professor made a great deal of sense. He obediently moved into the Mouri residence.

Not long after arriving, Mouri Kogoro received a request.

—The young daughter of a Rich Man had been kidnapped by men in black. The Rich Man hired him to find the kidnappers.

The moment Conan heard "men in black," he recalled the people who had knocked him out and insisted on joining the investigation.

As he investigated, he followed the trail to Niqiao Middle School.

Back to the present.

At the entrance of the same middle school.

Jiang Xia also recalled the spoiler and thought of this kidnapping case.

He turned his handlebars and changed direction. The Motorcycle roared all the way around to the front gate of the middle school with Killing Intent.

When he stopped and looked up, the sign at the entrance clearly read: "Niqiao Middle School."

Jiang Xia: "..." So it really was this place.

That rich second-generation little girl who had been kidnapped was currently hidden in a warehouse at this school.

At first glance, the kidnapped little girl looked adorably sweet, but she was actually unbelievably troublesome.

—She had resented her father for being obsessed with work and never playing with her, so she planned her own "kidnapping" and demanded that her father take a month off.

However, just as the brat finished arranging everything and sat smugly in a hotel waiting for her father to agree to her terms...

A real kidnapper happened to pass by inconspicuously.

Seeing the little girl sitting alone at the table, the kidnapper casually abducted her.

After the Rich Man hired a Detective to find his missing daughter, Conan quickly saw through the entire truth.

He deduced the kidnapper's location along with the little girl's, then rode the Rich Man's dog and raced all the way to Niqiao Middle School, intending to play the hero and save the beauty.

However, Conan had overestimated his Combat Power after shrinking.

Not only did he fail to save the little girl, he was brutally beaten by the kidnapper instead.

He even dragged the innocent dog into it.

At the school gate.

Jiang Xia sat astride his Motorcycle, staring at the Niqiao Middle School sign. As he recalled matters related to Kudo Shinichi, he became increasingly convinced that the Killing Intent the Ghost Infant had smelled came from that kidnapper.

Jiang Xia had suddenly turned while riding just now, so the group of underlings behind him had all followed with a clatter.

Those with good skills made the sharp turn right behind Jiang Xia.

Those with less impressive skills put safety first—they sped forward for a stretch, then turned back as though nothing had happened.

Now, the underlings stopped beside Jiang Xia and studied the school gate with him, somewhat puzzled.

Just as they were about to ask what was going on, they suddenly heard Jiang Xia ask, "Want to play something else?"

The others froze, then became excited. "Sure!"

They had great faith in their boss's ability to innovate—he could always come up with new ways to play, like that afternoon's zero-point challenge.

The blond guy looked at the tightly shut school gate, tied a "Guts" headband around his forehead, and eagerly asked, "What are we playing?"

Jiang Xia fastened his Helmet and gave an eerie smile. "Dragon Saves Princess."

"...Huh?"

Before the others could figure out what that meant, Jiang Xia suddenly twisted the throttle.

With a low roar, the Motorcycle shot forward, rolled over a stone brick, and traced an extremely Conan Logic parabola through the stunned Gatekeeper's gaze. It leaped over the sliding gate and landed inside the campus. Then Jiang Xia sped off with both man and bike, vanishing into the night.

The blond guy and several others came to their senses, copied him by twisting their throttles, and chased after him one after another.

The remaining underlings hesitated. Their boss's move did not seem easy to replicate, and one careless mistake might leave them stupid from a fall.

—A year ago, to avoid losing face, they would definitely have forced themselves to try it.

But now, they firmly remembered their boss's teaching: "No matter what you do, pursue the [No Damage] achievement. That is art."

So after exchanging glances for a moment, they all turned in unison toward the school Gatekeeper and slowly surrounded him.

The Gatekeeper was on duty in the security room.

At that moment, he stared through the window at the scene outside, which looked like a Zombie siege, and a bead of cold sweat slowly slid down his temple.

One second later, the Gatekeeper stood up with a stern face and slammed his palm heavily onto the desk...

Turning on the switch.

The school's electronic sliding gate creaked and slowly opened.

At the gate, the underlings nodded in satisfaction.

If one path did not work, they could simply take another. The result was the same, and the efficiency was even higher.

Everything their boss said really was the truth!

At the same time.

Inside the Abandoned Warehouse of Niqiao Middle School.

Conan rode the dog and arrived just in time.

The dog rushed forward and pounced on the kidnapper. Conan, meanwhile, walked over to the kidnapped little girl and reassured her confidently, "Don't be afraid. It's okay now."

Before he could finish, the poor dog was grabbed by the kidnapper and beaten savagely with a Ball Bat until it could no longer get up.

Conan could only face the enemy himself.

However, his fighting ability was clearly worse than the dog's.

After dodging only a few times, Conan's movements were figured out by the kidnapper, and he was hit by a series of muffled blows.

After being struck hard for the nth time, accompanied by the little girl's anxious cry of "Conan!", Conan flew backward like a tiny sack and crashed onto the dog.

The dog, its head covered in bumps, had nearly regained consciousness.

When Conan landed on it, it yelped, "Awoof!" and twitched a paw before falling unconscious again.

Conan climbed up, sorrowfully and indignantly squeezed the dog's paw, and shook hands with his loyal comrade who had fallen in battle.

Then he raised his head again and looked at the approaching kidnapper.

Only then did Conan truly realize that he was no longer that high school Great Detective whose combat ability was roughly equivalent to 1.5 ordinary people.

Now, any random passerby could pin him down and beat him.

Conan stared hopelessly at the kidnapper, who was filled with Killing Intent, and felt some regret.

If he had not rushed over directly just now, but had first brought along a carful of adults...

Before him, the kidnapper approached with a vicious grin, his bloodstained Ball Bat scraping against the ground and throwing up a trail of sparks.

Under Conan's unwilling gaze, he raised the Ball Bat high, intending to deliver the final blow.

At that moment, A Ray of Light abruptly shot in through the window, piercing the grimy glass and illuminating the Abandoned Warehouse.

The kidnapper froze and sharply turned toward the light source. He saw a spot of light growing larger and larger on the window as it rapidly approached.

The window burst open with a boom.

A Motorcycle flew in arrogantly, its Tire barreling straight toward the kidnapper's face.