Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

If Conan is not mistaken, the foreign man surrounded by reporters should just be an innocent passerby who looks somewhat like Randy Hawke.

Seeing the foreign man's helpless expression, Dr. Agasa couldn't help but laugh and said, "Look how amazing those reporters are! They actually managed to drive a brave cowboy to such a state."

"Professor Agasa, stop gloating. I think we should go and help him out!"

Suzuki Seimei stared at the three large characters "Check-in Available" floating above the foreign man's head for a while, then a glint of light flashed in his eyes as he said, "I think this person is probably not Mr. Randy Hawke."

If Suzuki Seimei remembers correctly, this foreign man who looks a lot like Randy Hawke should also be an FBI investigator, and even Shuichi Akai's superior.

As soon as Suzuki Haruaki finished speaking, he walked directly towards the group of reporters and called out in a childish voice, "Uncle Jack, what are you doing here? Come on, let's go eat!"

"Uncle Jack?"

Upon hearing Suzuki Haruaki's address to the foreign man, not only were the reporters present dumbfounded, but even the foreign man himself was caught off guard.

"Uncle Jack is a friend of my grandfather. He came to the island nation to teach English."

Ai Haibara walked to Seimei Suzuki's side and pointed at Professor Agasa, saying, "Because Uncle Jack looks a lot like Randy Hawke, he is often mistaken for someone else."

"So he really isn't Mr. Hawke?"

Upon hearing this, and considering the foreign man's continued denials that he was Randy Hawke, the reporters finally believed they had mistaken him for someone else.

"Uncle Jack, let's go eat quickly!"

Ayumi and the others quickly reacted, walked over to the foreign man, and pulled him out of the crowd of reporters.

(⊙o⊙)...

Watching Suzuki Haruaki and the others leave, the reporters were stunned for a moment before they began searching for the next victim to be interviewed.

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully signing in to James Black. You are rewarded with a Proficiency-level 'Guns Precision' manual, which you can claim at any time."

While Professor Agasa and the others weren't paying attention, Suzuki Seimei secretly touched the foreign man's thigh, and then the familiar system notification sounded in his ear.

After walking with Suzuki Seimei and the others for a while, James Black realized that the children were trying to help him out of a predicament, and he smiled gently.

"Little friends, thank you so much! Otherwise, I'd still be surrounded by reporters right now!"

Once they were away from the street where the reporters were, James Black said gratefully, "Although people have said I look like Mr. Hawke before, this is the first time I've encountered something like this. You guys have really helped me a lot."

Yuan Tai said, "In that case, why don't you just disguise yourself when you go out?"

Conan pursed his lips and said, "If we disguise ourselves, it might backfire if others find out."

"Uncle, do you also really like Paul and Annie's animal show?" Ayumi noticed the cell phone charm in James Black's hand and couldn't help but ask.

"That's right! Their performance was absolutely fantastic."

James Black held up the phone pendant in his hand, nodded, and said, "And I didn't want to miss this pendant, which is why I came all the way to the island nation."

Ai Haibara asked with some doubt, "But shouldn't the US have these kinds of merchandise too? There's no need to come all the way to Japan!"

"Little sister, you're mistaken. Look at the back of the strap of this white lion pendant, doesn't it say 'Japan'?"

James Black pointed to the English letters on the back of the pendant strap and said with a smile, "This means that pendants like this can only be bought here in the island nation."

(?--)

Seeing James Black's smug look, Conan and his friends were speechless, still unable to understand his behavior.

"Of course! My trip to Japan wasn't just to buy this white lion pendant; I also came to meet a friend of mine."

James Black, halfway through his sentence, turned to Professor Agasa and asked, "Did you see a handsome man with long hair while you were watching the animal show?"

"that……"

Dr. Agasa thought for a moment, then said somewhat embarrassedly, "The performance just now was so wonderful that I didn't notice what the other guests looked like."

"It's okay, I'll call him later."

James Black smiled and waved his hand, then introduced himself: "By the way, my name is James Black. I don't know how you gentlemen are addressed."

"I am Professor Agasa, and these children are Suzuki Haruaki and Edogawa Conan..."

With Professor Agasa's introduction, James Black quickly learned the names of the six boys and became acquainted with the Junior Detective League.

Chapter 326 Bird Swimming Ten Flowers (Second Update, Please Vote)

Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

James Black's gaze lingered on Suzuki Seimei for a moment, then he stroked his beard and said, "It's fate that we met here."

It's almost lunchtime, so to express my gratitude for your help earlier, I'll treat you to lunch.

I know a restaurant nearby with a really delicious dish that I think you'll love.

凸^-^凸 That's awesome!

Upon hearing that James Black was going to treat them, Yuan Tai and the others immediately smiled happily.

Good deeds are indeed rewarded!

"That restaurant isn't far from here, let's just walk there."

Okay~~

Led by James Black, the group headed toward the famous Italian restaurant nearby.

Meanwhile, at a street corner not far from Suzuki Seimei and his group, three furtive men were secretly watching them.

One of the men, a fat man in a police uniform, said anxiously, "Boss, that old guy is hanging out with those kids, it's not convenient for us to take action!"

"Don't rush. It seems that the old guy and those kids just bumped into each other by chance. We'll make our move when he's alone."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged, ugly man in the gray trench coat who had no eyebrows made a gesture to calm down.

However, the three of them were focused on Suzuki Seimei and his companions and did not notice that a figure was secretly approaching from behind them.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Suddenly, the three voyeurs felt a sharp pain in the back of their heads, followed by a blackout, and they collapsed and passed out on the spot.

After knocking the three men unconscious, Inoue Ryuichi skillfully used nylon rope to tie their hands behind their backs. He then searched their bodies and quickly found two handguns and a forged police ID.

Because Inoue Ryuichi had been secretly protecting Suzuki Seimei, he had already noticed the three sneaky guys. He crept up behind them and struck each of them with a stick.

Although one of the three was a fat man in a police uniform, his furtive manner made him seem nothing like a proper policeman.

The final result was not unexpected for Ryuichi Inoue. Judging from the handgun and forged documents he had just found, the three men were clearly fake police officers.

After confirming that the three men were criminals with malicious intentions, Ryuichi Inoue did not hesitate at all and immediately called Inspector Megure, ordering him to bring his men to arrest the three criminals.

Regardless of the true purpose of these three criminals, the two major charges of illegal possession of firearms and forgery of police identification alone are enough to put them in jail for several years.

Moreover, Inoue Ryuichi suspected that these three thugs were kidnappers planning to abduct Suzuki Haruaki.

While Inoue Ryuichi wouldn't tell Suzuki Haruaki, who was dining at the restaurant, about such a disappointing incident, he would definitely report it to Suzuki Shiro and Suzuki Tomoko.

Given Suzuki Shiro and his gang's fiercely protective nature, these three thugs are unlikely to leave prison alive.

"The pasta here is so delicious!"

"I love this bacon and mushroom pizza too!"

"Right! I told you the chef here is amazing."

James Black, who was having dinner with Suzuki Seimei and the others, was unaware that Inoue Ryuichi had secretly intervened, sparing him from an unwarranted disaster.

Actually, the three thugs who were knocked unconscious by Inoue Ryuichi were after James Black.

Of course!

The thugs' real target wasn't James Black, but Randy Hawke, who looked a lot like him.

The three thugs posing as police officers hoped to kidnap Randy Hawke and extort a ransom of up to 500 million yen from his children.

However, the three criminals were clearly not up to par; they couldn't even identify their kidnapping target.

Even without Ryuichi Inoue's interference, given the abilities of those three thugs, the outcome would have been tragic.

Since James Black is an FBI investigator, and he's here today to meet with Shuichi Akai, the tragic fate of those three thugs was already sealed.

"Um?!"

As Suzuki Haruaki was enjoying his meal, his gaze was suddenly drawn to a tall, beautiful female chef in a chef's uniform not far away.

"I'm going to the restroom. You guys take your time eating."

Seeing the three large characters "Check-in Available" floating above the beautiful chef's head, Suzuki Seimei quickly called out to Haibara Ai and the others, and followed in the direction the beautiful chef had left.

After walking for a short while behind the beautiful chef, Suzuki Harumi watched her walk into the women's restroom after they passed through the corner of the restaurant corridor.

Upon seeing this, Suzuki Harumi was slightly taken aback, then walked to the sink next to the women's restroom and slowly began to wash his hands.

About five minutes later, the beautiful chef came out of the restroom again, walked gracefully to Suzuki Seimei's side, and carefully washed her hands.

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully signing in with Takanashi Shihua. You are rewarded with a Master-level 'Cooking' manual, which you can claim at any time."

Taking advantage of the moment when the beautiful chef finished washing her hands and left, Suzuki Harumi secretly rubbed against her thigh, and then a system notification sounded in his ear.

"This reward is pretty good."

Upon learning that the reward for the new sign-in was a Master-level "Cooking" skill book, Suzuki Seimei was not disappointed, but nodded in satisfaction.

Although Suzuki Seimei has already mastered the perfect level of "Cooking Skills", based on his previous experience of upgrading "Guns Precision" to "Gunfighting Techniques", as long as he can collect a second perfect level of "Cooking Skills", he should be able to upgrade "Cooking Skills" to an even more powerful skill.

Previously, Suzuki Seimei had signed a master-level "Cooking" skill book on Hisako Shirato and Ikumi Mito respectively.

In addition to the skill book he just signed off on Takanashi Toka, he now has a total of three master-level "Cooking" skill books.

Four master-level "Cooking" skill books can be combined to create a perfect-level "Cooking" skill book.

In other words, if Suzuki Seimei could acquire another master-level "Cooking" skill book, he could evolve his already perfect-level "Cooking" skills into an even more powerful extraordinary skill.

Suzuki Seimei stroked his chin and muttered to himself, "It seems I'll have to go to Totsuki Academy to sign up for the 'Cooking' skill book."

Based on his previous experience at Totsuki Academy, Suzuki Seimei was certain that there were still quite a few targets within the academy who met the sign-in requirements, but he simply hadn't encountered them last time.

Chapter 327 Hellish Intensive Training (Third Update, Please Vote)