Chapter 18: Tanigawa: I am so strong now

"Tanigawa, it's time for breakfast."

Xiao Ai held the door handle of Tanigawa's house and didn't open it in surprise.

Usually, Tanigawa would go directly into Ai's room and call her, so why did he lock the door today?
Xiao Ai put her ear against the door, thinking that this guy must be doing something bad.

Tanigawa lay on the bed and opened his system panel.

【Name: Ning Tanikawa】

【Age: 19】

【Collection Points: 237】

[Skills: Combat, 'Clean Hands', 'Driving Mastery', 'Shooting Mastery'...]

[Item: Magic Key]

Tanigawa felt too good about himself because he was beaten "equally" by Gin before, which led to his negligence and he was almost ambushed by Conan, the brat.

After learning from his mistakes, Tanigawa decided to practice in seclusion to improve himself.

"The voice changer and the watch together have a total of 25 collection points, which is equivalent to a quarter of Ai." Tanigawa smiled as he looked at his balance.

I'll go to Conan to buy more next time.

Focusing his attention on the shopping list, Tanigawa almost drooled.

The price of the 'World Shuttle Talisman' is 10,000, and you need to pick up Xiao Ai 100 times.

'Intelligence Enhancement MAX' costs eight thousand and requires picking up Ai eighty times.

Tanigawa began to think, if he could let Ai go and then pick her up again, could he still get collection points? If he could, he would be rich.

After some fantasizing, Tanigawa gave up this unrealistic idea.

It's impossible to leave such a big loophole for yourself.

Tanigawa spent thirty collection points to buy 'Combat Mastery', twenty-five collection points to buy 'Sound Positioning', and fifty collection points to buy 'Danger Sense'.

Thinking that apart from those clothes, Tanigawa had never bought any gifts for Ai, he spent another 20 collection points to buy her a gift.

【Collection Points: 112】

The retreat was over and Tanigawa jumped off the bed.

I swung my fists a few times, but I didn't feel anything unusual in my body, I just felt that I had more muscle memory. My ears were also much more sensitive, and I could hear the sound of the little girl who was eavesdropping on me at the door with her ear pressed against the door.

Tanigawa moved his limbs and colliding his fists.

Now he feels that he is terrifyingly strong.

When Ai heard Tanigawa's footsteps, she quickly ran away.

"squeak~"

Tanigawa came out of the bedroom and saw Xiao Ai sitting elegantly on a chair, eating porridge in small sips. Her breathing was steady, and she would stir the bowl with a spoon from time to time.

"Is it delicious?" Tanigawa sat next to Ai naturally.

Xiao Ai didn't say anything, for she was afraid that her breathing would become heavier if she opened her mouth and Tanigawa would notice something unusual.

"What are you doing!"

The bowl in her hand was taken away, and Xiao Ai looked at Tanigawa with dissatisfaction.

"Don't eat it if it's completely cold." Tanigawa took a sip with a spoon.

"I deliberately let it cool down before eating it." Xiao Ai said casually.

"Children can't eat cold food."

Tanigawa picked up Ai, and she struggled frantically, but the elementary school student's body could not resist the strong Tanigawa.

"Oh!"

Ai was carried out of the house by Tanigawa.

Xiao Ai, wearing slippers, stared blankly at the door in front of her and Tanigawa who closed the door and returned to the house, without reacting to what was happening.

Before I could think too much, Tanigawa came out again and took Ai back.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Ai said in confusion.

"I didn't do anything." Tanigawa said with a smile.

Xiao Ai's face darkened. Could this guy be having another attack? Living with a mental patient all day long, she would be driven crazy sooner or later.

Angrily, Xiao Ai went back to the kitchen to heat up the rice, and Tanigawa muttered secretly in his heart.

This system really didn't give me any chance to exploit loopholes.

The landline phone rang and Tanigawa picked up the phone.

"This is Tanikawa Ning."

"Dr. Fukuyama has already told me."

"Forehead."

Tanigawa was stunned. This voice seemed to be that biological father. Doctor Fukuyama? The mentally ill doctor?
"It's all because I neglected you so much that you became mentally ill."

The voice on the other end of the phone had a flat tone.

"I'm not sick!"

Tanigawa Yuan ignored Tanigawa Ning's explanation and continued talking to himself.

"Your behavior has been very strange since you returned to Japan. I didn't expect that you have a mental illness. Please take care of yourself. I don't have time to take care of you."

"Okay, okay." Tanigawa replied helplessly.

He just found his true self, he is not mentally ill at all.

"I put some money into your card. As for your 'sister', I just hope your strange hobby won't be known to the media."

Before Tanigawa could say "That's just my sister", Tanigawa Yuan had already hung up the phone.

Pooh!
Tanigawa spat on the floor of his house without any manners.

Dirty old man, how could Tanikawa Ning, an upright and kind-hearted young man, be as dark as he thought.

When Xiao Ai saw the spit that Tanigawa spitted out, her face turned dark again.

"Clean the floor, or you won't be able to eat my cooking for the whole day."

"Got it." Tanigawa went to get the mop.

"Wait, this is for you." Ai handed a bag to Tanigawa.

"what is this?"

Tanigawa opened the bag and took out a piece of paper.

"Disability certificate?"

Tanigawa looked at the name 'Tanigawa Ning' written on it again and was stunned.

“When did I become disabled?”

"Don't you know you're mentally retarded?"

"Children shouldn't swear!" Tanigawa angrily hit Ai on the head.

Xiao Ai covered her head and looked at Tanigawa embarrassedly.

"It's because you are mentally ill. This certificate was just sent to your home."

Tanigawa was furious.

Just as he was misunderstood as a mental patient by that old man Tanigawa Yuan, the next second the "Certificate of Mental Illness" was delivered to his home.

"Why did they give me a disability certificate? Why did they say I was mentally ill? Did they go through the corresponding legal procedures?" Tanigawa said unconvinced.

"Mr. Tanigawa is the descendant of a high-ranking official, so of course the certificate needs to be processed quickly." Xiao Ai said sarcastically.

"Besides, if Mr. Tanigawa breaks the law again, there will be a reason."

"Call me brother." Tanigawa pulled Ai's mouth, causing Ai to roll her eyes.

……

"Dr. Agasa, my identity may have been exposed."

"What!" The coffee in Dr. Agasa's hand spilled onto the ground.

"Shinichi, why are you so careless? Let's pack up and run away."

Conan slapped his forehead.

"Things haven't come to that point yet, and that person just noticed that I don't look like an elementary school student, but he can't be sure that I'm Kudo Shinichi." Conan said weakly.

Although he said so, Tanigawa may not know his identity.

But thinking of Tanigawa's terrifying reasoning ability, he could deduce his identity just by simply thinking about the time when Kudo Shinichi disappeared and the time when 'Sleeping Kogoro' appeared.

I just don’t know if Tanigawa will believe such an outrageous thing.

It’s totally unscientific for a high school student to become an elementary school student!
(End of this chapter)