I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 19 Chen En's Attitude
"Ah, I knew it... I knew you would definitely make a move against Sonoko..."

Conan, clutching his skateboard broken in two, muttered to himself.

He witnessed Chen En and Suzuki Sonoko talking, and then Suzuki Sonoko ran away with her face flushed, followed closely by Mouri Ran.

—Well, he figured Sonoko Suzuki was probably feeling flattered.

After all, none of the boys Sonoko Suzuki liked had ever confessed their feelings to her.

Chen En was the first one.

"Seriously, are you some kind of heartbreaker, Batman?"

He muttered a complaint under his breath.

"If I were Sonoko, I definitely wouldn't associate with someone like you who has no background."

Haha, if you were Sonoko, then I wouldn't need to do this task.

Chen En thought to himself, "This is what I'm thinking."

Although he had previously thought that introducing Makoto Kyogoku to fight characters from other worldviews would allow Makoto Kyogoku to fight back.

However, Chen En himself knew that this idea was actually quite absurd.

It's no joke that Makoto Kyogoku and Sonoko Suzuki almost inevitably meet.

As long as that amazing guy from the Suzuki family named Suzuki Jirokichi is determined to fight Kaito Kid to the end, then Makoto Kyogoku will definitely be hired by the Suzuki Foundation as the "world's strongest anti-theft organization" to deal with Kaito Kid.

Given that Makoto Kyogoku fell in love with Sonoko Suzuki at first sight, it's hard to say whether things will immediately turn into the original story.

To be precise, it seems the best way to complete the task is to start dating Sonoko Suzuki ahead of time.

Whether this plan succeeds or fails, the mission will be 100% accomplished.

There is no other reason.

Sonoko Suzuki's mother, Tomoko Suzuki, is quite concerned about Sonoko's boyfriends.

Because Sonoko Suzuki's older sister, Ayako Suzuki, married out of the family, Sonoko Suzuki became the de facto heir to the Suzuki Group, and she had to carefully consider her future son-in-law.

The assessment of Makoto Kyogoku was already extremely demanding.

With him pulling this stunt now, Tomoko Suzuki will definitely be even more demanding of Makoto Kyogoku during his future assessments...

"...By the way, do you really want to date Sonoko?"

On the way back to Professor Agasa's lab, Conan suddenly asked a question.

Unlike his previous teasing tone, Conan's tone was quite serious this time.

He held the skateboard, looked up at Chen En, seemingly trying to read his thoughts from Chen En's face.

In fact, he is the world's most outstanding high school detective.

Conan does indeed possess the ability to judge whether someone is telling the truth or lying by observing subtle changes in their facial expressions.

He stared at Chen En, wanting a concrete answer.

Chen En remained silent, simply sipping his coffee.

After a while, he said in a low voice,
"That depends on what Ms. Suzuki thinks."

"If she is truly interested, I will naturally pursue a relationship with Ms. Suzuki sincerely. If Ms. Suzuki is not willing, then... I will not persist."

Chen En indeed lacked experience in this area.

However, his shortcomings do not mean that he is a complete novice in this area.

If Sonoko Suzuki is truly willing to date him, he certainly won't approach her with the mindset of completing a task, but will genuinely take responsibility. If she isn't willing, then he has already achieved his goal.

Tomoko Suzuki will definitely cause trouble for Makoto Kyogoku.

Then, he can go online and look up Makoto Kyogoku's phone number, find some rivals for Kyogoku, and dampen his sharp edge. Then, everything will be resolved naturally.

Everyone's happy.

"...That's it."

Conan stared for a while before speaking.

He could tell that Chen En's words were true. But such a truth seemed, in a way, not entirely true.

It seems that Chen En did not propose dating Sonoko Suzuki in order to do so.

Could it be that Batman's hidden ability as a heartbreaker has been activated?
Shake that idea out of your head.

Conan then turned his attention to Chen En's performance within the Dongdu Bank branch.

He learned the whole story of the case from Inspector Megure.

The rioters, armed with guns, stormed into the Dongdu Bank branch through the staff entrance, knocked a bank employee unconscious with the butt of their guns, and then ordered and intimidated other employees to pack up money.

The bank clerk who put the money in the container was an accomplice of the rioters.

Then Chen En refreshed the position between the two of them.

They easily dealt with the armed thugs and disabled the bank employees whose identities had not been revealed.

Such courage and skill are not something an ordinary person can achieve.

The Grim Reaper Elementary School Student couldn't help but ask again,

"Where did you learn such amazing fighting skills?"

"Such skill and courage, could they have come from some kind of intelligence organization? The Japanese Public Security Bureau? The CIA? The FBI? Interpol? Or some other intelligence organization?"

Conan isn't entirely ignorant about this.

His father, Yusaku Kudo, had a very good relationship with the International Criminal Court.

When Kudo Yusaku came back last time and played a prank on him, he also mentioned asking the International Criminal Court to help investigate what kind of criminal organization had attacked him.

Although Yusaku Kudo has not replied to him yet.

In response, Chen En simply took a sip of coffee and then replied as usual,
"This is the product of my integration of martial arts techniques, which I learned from hundreds of martial arts masters around the world."

"What? You're asking me why those people wanted to teach me? How am I supposed to learn?"

"Then this is all I can tell you—"

"I'm batman!"

He's practically a broken record.

What? Batman in the comics is like that too? Oh well, never mind then.

Conan sighed.

But in the end, he asked,
"So, what's your name?"

"You can't just brush me off like this, can you?"

Upon hearing this question, Chen En answered it seriously.

"I am the Supreme Little Bat, I am Chen En!"

Why are you still thinking about the time travel theory?
Conan fell silent.

He was wondering if this guy really had an unusual way of thinking.

If we hit him with a soccer ball, could two negatives make a positive, and make him a little more normal?

Now that things have come to this, all I can do is hope that Sonoko doesn't fall for this guy...

No, he returned the skateboard to Professor Agasa's house and went to find Sonoko right away.

We need to persuade them, we can't let the garden fall into this trap!
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On the other side of the street.

"...Huh? I don't understand either..."

Ran Mouri's face also turned red.

"Shinichi and I... haven't officially confirmed our relationship with Dad yet..."

Although they are childhood sweethearts, that's for sure.

(End of this chapter)