But that doesn't matter anymore. Conan is now trying hard to recall the psychological game theory that Kudo Yusaku taught him in Hawaii.
Deterrence is a gaming technique. When conventional exchanges and communication have failed and the situation is about to develop into the worst case scenario, deterrence is often the most critical factor in determining the outcome.
Because this is both a powerful attempt to save the situation and an advance rehearsal for the worst-case scenario.
The core point of deterrence is that if you want others to believe in your deterrence, then you'd better be determined to put it into practice.
Conan is trying hard to do this, and it doesn't seem to be that difficult.
It's not just that he once became Moriarty, but more importantly, these days, he has been working hard to study Gin, the Saint of Slaughter, and recorded his every word and action in the undercover notes in his mind, and gradually gained some insights.
Conan now knows very well what an outlaw who has a heart as cold as iron, regards killing as commonplace, and always keeps his word should be like.
When Vodka, who was far away, saw this scene, he subconsciously raised his hand and wiped his eyes, because just at that moment, he felt as if he saw the small Gin appear here.
From the expression to the eyes, even the cold murderous intent and the sneer at the corner of the mouth, the charm is exactly the same.
Vodka was originally a criminal, but at this moment, he subconsciously started thinking.
"It's hard to describe it as a coincidence when they are so similar. Could it be that big brother did that back then...hiss!!!"
Then, Vodka took a breath of cold air at his own reasoning, and then his eyes became sharp:
"No wonder the elder brother is so concerned about this little brat Conan. He even wants to take this little brat to live in his safe house, teach him knowledge, and give him so much support. So this is the truth. Conan is actually the child that elder brother Gin left behind!"
Detective Vodka thinks he has solved the case!
But this little episode had little impact on the situation.
Being pointed at by Conan with the killing gun, feeling the terrifying killing intent coming towards him, the old man took a deep breath and said slowly:
"Back then, Beika Town was not like this. Although everyone couldn't spend money like the big shots, it was still easy to find a job and make a living. Everyone was friendly, and even gangsters would always talk about kindness and righteousness. But I don't know when it started, but there were fewer jobs and life became more and more difficult. Even gangsters became sinister. Then, for various reasons, we became homeless. In the end, all the kindness and righteousness left us..."
"Just becoming a homeless person is like carrying original sin. Even if we want to sleep on the street, we will be driven away like a bug that affects the city appearance. Even if we go to pick up trash to support ourselves, we will be attacked by gangsters. All this is just because we are down and out and can't pay taxes to the country. We are old and can't contribute to society. Just because of these, should we die quietly in a corner where no one knows about it?"
"Are we wrong, or is the world wrong?"
The old man's voice was extremely loud, heard by everyone in the field, and the resentment and brutality hidden in his words boosted the morale of all the wanderers in the Legion of Six-Six-Six Beasts, making them even more ferocious than before.
But the next moment, a murderous intent far more terrifying than before suddenly descended, but Conan had already put his finger on the trigger, and then pressed it down a tiny bit.
Although the murderous intent was far stronger than before, the old man didn't care about it and just kept talking. Although his body had recovered to his prime, his mind was still immersed in the bleak old age:
"If it had always been like this, we would have no choice but to accept our fate. However, fate has given us another possibility. Conan, don't you want to know what the Lord that the Six-Six-Six Beasts Corps believes in? Let me tell you..."
The old man reached into his arms and pulled out a handful of fragments!
There were five pieces that looked like obsidian crystals. When Conan saw them, his pupils suddenly shrank.
But I heard the old man continue:
"I found this fragment while picking up trash, and from then on, I heard a strange whisper. The whisper echoed in my mind and in my dreams, every moment, every minute, every second, without end. At first, I couldn't understand what the whisper said, but then I gradually understood it. The strange whisper told me what politics is, what society is, what it means to see the essence through phenomena, and what is the true meaning of the dark will..."
"But that's not important. The more I listened to the strange whispers, the more I understood. I even knew who that great existence was. It was mankind's first superhero, the inheritor of the dark will, the only source of all substitutes, the triple great detective Kudo Shinichi. All the fragments were his holy remains scattered in the world. After touching the holy remains, Kudo Shinichi chose me. He kept telling me to do great things, you have to do great things..."
Hearing this, Conan just wanted to deny it three times in a row: It’s not me, I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense!
But Conan couldn't say this.
"Although Kudo Shinichi chose and blessed me, and I learned a lot of taboo knowledge that I had never thought of through his whispers, it's too late. I'm old, my brain is not active enough, and my body doesn't allow me to do big things anymore. However, there are some things that I, an old man with one foot in the grave, can do, should do, and must do...
"Kudo Shinichi is the great light that illuminates the world and the hope of all mankind. If this world is sick and wrong, then only He who carries the dark will can change everything and reshape all possibilities. The only thing I, an old man, have to do is to use my own blood to plant the hope for Kudo Shinichi to be born again. No matter who it is, even the terrifying existence behind you who is in charge of killing, cannot stop me, because I have been prepared..."
The more the old man spoke, the more fanatical his expression became, and the more Conan's heart sank, because he had a premonition that his intimidation would probably be in vain.
How can you scare people with death if they don’t fear death?
Having said that, the old man suddenly clenched the five Moriarty fragments in his hands!
He used so much force that his palm was pierced by the fragments and blood gushed out instantly.
The old man's voice became louder and more heroic, but his eyes became calmer, because he had realized:
"We are beasts that feed on filth, and we must walk the evil path of martyrdom. We use this Beika Town as a sacrifice to ignite chaos and darkness. With this fire, we will build the light for the savior of us evil people to return to the human world. With our sacrifices and flesh and blood, we will build the stairs for Him to step into the human world. Although we beasts cannot see the arrival of the savior who carries the dark will and corrects all the mistakes in the world, but, success does not have to be mine, but I must be part of it. Everything is the promise of the dark will passed down from the Kudo family era..."
At this moment, Conan finally couldn't help it:
"The Kudo family doesn't have this bullshit dark will passed down from generation to generation. Also, Kudo Shinichi is just an ordinary high school detective, not the savior of evil. If he can solve social problems like homeless people in Japan, then what is the need for the official prime minister and cabinet ministers of Japan? Don't push everything onto Kudo Shinichi!!!"
But these words are meaningless now!
The five pieces of Moriarty fragments in the old man's hands mutated the moment they were stained with blood. Tentacles spread out and suddenly pierced into the old man's body. The next moment, half of the old man's body suddenly swelled up deformedly.
The monstrous crime fog roared and turned into dark pus, which gradually seeped into his body.
Even the skeleton god of death in the sky slowly descended, wanting to merge into one with it!
At this moment, the old man chose to embrace sin with the help of Moriarty fragments, and forcibly sublimated and evolved in the case!
During this process, the old man's eyes remained calm and deep, and then he said:
"One piece of holy remains is enough to sublimate life, but five pieces of holy remains can only bring about wrong distortions. But because of this, I will transform into a destructive weapon that clears all obstacles in the distortion. This is a special measure I took to prevent unexpected events. Now, this is the last chance. In the last moment when I am still a human, are you going to shoot me to send me off?"
Conan's finger on the trigger slowly loosened!
The old man stared at Conan and suddenly laughed:
"I was right about you. You are an innocent child, but you are also a great guy. Don't blame yourself for not being able to stop all this. There are many problems and things in this world that cannot be solved by kindness, but only by blood and fire..."
The next moment, Conan's eyes became unprecedentedly cold and his finger pulled the trigger hard.
"I agree with you. Some problems can only be solved by killing..."
A bang sounded, and it turned into a tearing dragon roar, echoing between heaven and earth, announcing that the destiny of killing had arrived!
The pitch-black bullet cut through the sky, but where it landed was not the old man, but the slowly descending Skeleton Grim Reaper.
The skeleton god of death, condensed by the fog of crime, was shot in the chest. He raised his head in a daze and looked at Conan, his mouth opening and closing unsteadily, as if he was puzzled, or questioning...
But it was meaningless what the Skeleton Grim Reaper had said. The gunshot wound on the Skeleton Grim Reaper’s chest kept spreading, and finally his entire body was shattered.
In the previous case, Inspector Megure summoned Kudo Shinichi, who kicked the case in half with his feet. From then on, Conan had a guess, that is, in this new world line, the case itself can also be attacked!
Conan believes that what Kudo Shinichi can do, Gin can do too!
It's a gamble!
But Conan did not hesitate to press the stakes and shot the symbol of this case, the skeleton god of death, and thus committed murder in this shocking case.
This shocking case is still in its infancy. The surging fog of crime and the resulting skeleton god of death are still in the realm of illusion and have not yet fully appeared in reality. Therefore, no one knows who Conan shot with such shocking murderous intent and what he hit.
Conan had no idea whether this option, which carried an element of gambling, was effective, but the fact that came into his sight made his eyes waver a little.
The old man's skin gradually turned dark, but he did not transform into Xiao Hei's appearance. His body continued to deform, with flesh and blood growing, dissolving, twisting, alienating, and reorganizing. Gradually, a monster was born.
"We, the beasts of the six-six-six, present the blazing Beika Town to our Lord, Kudo Shinichi, and hope that the mistakes of the world will be corrected!"
The homeless old man who turned into a monster left behind his last roar as a human being in the world!
The hideous monster was still twisted and shapeless, but its body was taller and more hideous than ever before. It was more than fifty meters tall and as huge as a mountain. It could crush everything by waving its tentacles at will. After the monster was born, it naturally moved towards Beika Town to carry out the final will to start the riot.
At this moment, the scarred man picked up another cigarette, and then his stand-in, the Rakshasa demon, took out a lighter and lit it for him:
"Heh, it's getting harder and harder to survive in Beika Town now. The homeless people in the park can transform into monsters worthy of special effects movies. I wonder if the boss at the headquarters is willing to believe that Beika Town can't pay the pension because the organization suffered heavy losses due to the monster attack..."
Obviously, for the scarred man, the situation developing to this point was definitely not what he wanted to see.
"No, it's not the end yet, we can still stop everything!"
Conan's will remained firm, not only because he never gave up hope, but also because he had seen the effect of that shot.
Although the situation has worsened, the crime fog has not expanded further and has only maintained its original scale, which is already a very good thing.
This means that this case will not give rise to a super criminal barrier covering the entire Beika Town, nor will there be those strange and tricky supernatural phenomena in the supernatural cases in the new world line.
In addition to this, the shooting of the Skeleton Reaper also produced some chain indirect effects. The members of the Legion of Six Hundred and Six Beasts, whose originally fanatical and high morale seemed to have dropped a little, did not riot because of this. Instead, they showed an instinctive look of fear towards the monster.
Apparently, the old man never told his old friends about his plan to transform into a monster and ruin everything.
Conan only observed these for the time being. He didn't have the energy to think about more impacts. He turned around and said to the scarred man:
"Next, I need your assistance in dealing with the situation."
The scarred man took a puff of his cigarette and asked, "If we want to deal with this kind of monster, I think this request is a bit too much!"
Conan didn't like the scarred man or the people around him, so his tone was not polite at all:
"No, this is not a request, but a piece of advice. I am telling you on behalf of the top criminal world in Beika Town, you'd better obey me now..."
The scarred man looked at the gun in Conan's hand, which had fired bullets but was still full of murderous intent, and then said:
"Will you pay? The group is under a lot of pressure to pay the annuity recently!"
Conan said, "No, I will probably ask you for protection money later, because I am also under great pressure to perform well, and it will be hard to explain if I don't have money. After collecting the protection money, I will probably have to separate the garbage recycling business from your group and set up a special fund to help the homeless people in Beihua Town return to society. Oh, by the way, if the authorities want to hold you accountable later, remember to hand in more people and write your confession beautifully and clearly, and don't leave any unnecessary tails!"
Hearing this, the scarred man suddenly coughed and looked at Conan in disbelief:
"You want us to help you fight monsters, and you want us to collect protection fees. After that, you want us to divest our group's most important core business, and finally you want us to bear official accountability. What do we have left after this!?"
Conan said in a serious tone: "You are already an adult, not a child anymore, don't ask such naive questions. You should also know that in the crime capital of Beika Town, the price of doing wrong is very high. More importantly, our organization, as the top of the crime world in Beika Town, has been alarmed by your mess. For us to take action, this price is already very light. After all, your whole family can still live well. Isn't it..."
If he was still Kudo Shinichi, Conan would never have said these words, but at this moment, as the future star of the winery and currently working for the organization, Conan has no taboos and turns into a villain on the spot, wanting to give the scarred man a good beating.
People will eventually grow up, and Conan has gradually realized that the law is backward and limited, and sometimes cannot reflect the due fairness and justice.
So at this moment, Conan chose to try to do something in his own way, for example, to make the scarred man pay some price for his actions and choices.
As for whether this was feasible, Conan didn't worry about it at that time!
The organization, oh no, Big Brother Gin's deterrent power is absolutely reliable.
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There is no need to say much about what the scarred man is thinking, because he doesn't have many choices.
If a riot really breaks out in Beika Town, the scarred man and others who caused the incident will definitely not escape official accountability. At this time, if they also offend the winery that dominates the crime climax of Beika Town, and offend both the red and black sides at the same time, they can be said to be cutting themselves off from the world.
The scarred man was not a homeless old man. He did not have the ambition to fight against all the superheroes and super criminals in Beika Town in order to achieve his great goal. So, he threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stomped it out, and said in a helpless tone:
"Well, as you said, it's good enough for our whole family to be alive. So, what do you want us to do..."
At this moment, the members of the Six-Six-Six Beasts Corps gradually recovered from the fear of the old man transforming into a giant monster. Then, under the command of several key members, the Six-Six-Six Beasts Corps followed the monster's figure and rushed towards Beika Town!
Conan focused his attention on the blood oath mark on the back of his hand.
At this moment, fragmented whispers continued to echo in the mark:
[Destroy Beika Town... Set the world on fire... Light will eventually come... The world will be corrected...]
The old man's final will turned into a whisper, echoing endlessly in the ears of all those who bore the mark of the blood oath.
The members of the Legion of Six-Six-Six Beasts also responded to this will and continued to carry out their plan of rebellion.
Conan immediately gave the order: "Tell your men to subdue and stop the members of the Six-Six-Six Beasts Legion as much as possible without causing any fatal consequences, and stop the momentum and spread of the riot. And as for you, since you are a good fighter, come with me to fight monsters..."
The scarred man said helplessly: "You seem to have some misunderstanding about the word 'able to fight'. The opponents of the underworld never include the big monsters in special effects movies. Forget it, just say whatever you say!"
Conan was too lazy to care about it, but he naturally wouldn't forget to order vodka!
"Conan kid, no, Conan kid, if you have any instructions, leave them to your uncle. As Gin's only partner for many years, I promise to do everything for you..."
For some reason, Vodka became much more enthusiastic. Conan was a little surprised, but he didn't say much at this moment:
"Brother Voltgar, in order to ensure that the organization's assets are not damaged, we need to stop the giant monster from destroying Beika Town. Is that okay?"
Although Vodka's brain was not very flexible, he was not a fool. He realized that this reason was a bit forced, but after he glanced at Conan, he seemed to remember something and finally gave a thumbs up and said:
"No problem. Although the organization has been engaged in criminal activities, sometimes it is okay to be a superhero who saves the world."
Due to the changes in the world line, Vodka's memory of the murder case at the Beika Town Amusement Park is not very complete, but he still vaguely remembers the majestic and heroic figure of Brother Gin when he turned his back to him and walked alone towards the darkness that engulfed the world, raising his gun to face the evil that the entire world had condensed.
Then Vodka looked at Conan's eyes and saw the fire of justice that could not be concealed when he faced the huge monster, and he couldn't help but nodded secretly.
He is worthy of being Brother Gin’s offspring. At the critical moment, he is exactly the same as Brother Gin.
Conan was a little stunned. He didn't expect that the winery's organizational atmosphere was so open that it did not prohibit members from becoming superheroes. But now was not the time to explore this point.
Conan didn't say much, and set off on his journey with vodka and the scarred man.
But Conan did not notice that at the other end of this chaotic and complicated crowd, Ran Mouri was looking at his back from afar.
"That child... looks like Shinichi when he was a child!"
Let’s go back to an earlier time.
After getting the clues given by Mo Yu, Mouri Ran and Conan entered the Beika Town Park almost at the same time, but perhaps it was a "coincidence", Mouri Ran and Conan's walking routes in the park almost missed each other perfectly, and they never met each other from beginning to end.
