When Fang Zheng was sitting on the plane back to China, he felt refreshed.

Oh, finally I don’t have to squeeze on the same set with those damn detectives and lawyers anymore. My hometown is big and there aren’t so many troubles. It will be comfortable when I go back.

When I go back, I want to eat soup dumplings, beef noodles, mutton soup with steamed buns, chopped pepper fish head... This world is still in the early 1990s. If Fang Zheng remembers correctly, this was the last glorious moment of Chinese folk snack craftsmanship. After another ten or twenty years of complete commercialization, those folk snacks became fast-moving consumer goods and no longer tasted like they do now.

It's a good opportunity to take Ai and Mingmei to eat authentic Chinese food, so that they won't have any strange perceptions of Chinese food because of the crappy things in Japanese restaurants.

With great expectations in mind, Fang Zheng fell into a deep sleep.

When he woke up from a good sleep, he found that Mingmei and Xiaoai, who were sitting next to him, were chatting happily with a girl next to them.

The girl looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. She was wearing an ordinary school uniform. She was very pretty, with long black hair that reached her waist. She looked lively and cheerful.

"Ah, Mr. Fang Zheng, you're awake."

Seeing Fang Zheng wake up, Mingmei hurriedly greeted him.

"Listen to me, this lady is very impressive. She said she is going to China to meet a friend."

"We're pen pals..."

Hearing Mingmei's words, the girl spoke a little embarrassedly.

"We met in Tokyo a year ago, so I wanted to go over suddenly and give her a surprise."

“Oh…”

After hearing the girl's answer, Fang Zheng's first reaction was... she is so rich.

This was the 1990s. How dare you, a high school student, take a plane abroad to meet your pen pal?

"But wouldn't it be dangerous if I were alone?"

Xiao Ai also spoke at this time, and the girl waved her hand.

"Don't worry, I brought someone with me, too, you see."

As the girl spoke, she moved sideways, and then everyone saw that a boy about her age was sitting next to her. He looked ordinary-looking and was sleeping soundly in the chair.

"I see, the young couple are out on their honeymoon?"

"No, no."

Hearing Fang Zheng's teasing, the girl blushed and waved her hands hastily.

"He and I are childhood sweethearts, not lovers..."

“…”

Looking at this scene, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows.

Why do I seem to have seen this reaction somewhere before?

But in the early 1990s, two high school students traveled abroad alone - they were really rich!!!

"Oh, by the way, in that case, how about we travel together?"

At this time, Mingmei made a suggestion.

"It's a bit too dangerous for the two of you to go out alone. Why don't we go with you? Mr. Fang Zheng can speak Chinese, so it will definitely be easier for us to communicate."

"Is it really possible?"

Hearing this, the girl's face suddenly showed a somewhat relaxed expression. After all, it was impossible not to worry about two high school students going abroad alone. Moreover, when they chatted just now, she knew that the other party was an employee of a large company, and she was traveling with such a small child, so she naturally would not be too concerned.

"But will it disturb your schedule..."

"It's okay with me. After all, Mr. Fang Zheng said he would take us to China. There's no particular destination... Mr. Fang Zheng?"

"That's fine with me."

Facing Mingmei's question, Fangzheng shrugged.

"But do you have the address of that pen pal? She's not in a very remote place, is she?"

"Oh, don't worry. I have her address. She lives in Shanghai, the destination of this flight!"

"That's good."

Hearing this, Fang Zheng nodded.

"No problem, we're just wandering around anyway."

“That’s great!!”

After getting Fang Zheng's answer, the girl became more excited. After all, Fang Zheng and Mingmei were both adults, so they could at least be trusted.

"Oh, by the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Nanase Miyuki, and I'm a sophomore at Tokyo Private Fudo High School. This is..."

As she spoke, the girl named Nanase Miyuki grabbed the ear of the boy next to her and pulled it hard, waking him up from his sleep.

"Woooa ...

"Come on, Hajime, say hello... Ah, Mr. Fang Zheng, this is my childhood friend, Kindaichi!"

“…”

Looking at the sleepy, confused boy in front of him, Fang Zheng had only one thing to say.

That is——Ni Zou Kai!!!

When he got off the plane and landed, Fang Zheng was still devastated.

Unexpectedly, after he had planned so carefully to escape from Japan, he still met the god of death!

And it’s the scariest one!

In China, Kindaichi is not as popular as Conan. Although Fang Zheng’s netizens in his previous life had many inferences, in Fang Zheng’s opinion, the biggest reason why Kindaichi is not as popular as Conan in China is that he is not as suitable for all ages as Conan.

That's right, compared to Conan, the Kindaichi series is much more bloody and terrifying. There are a few episodes in the Conan animation series that are so bloody, cruel and terrifying that many netizens call them "childhood shadows", but if this standard is applied to Kindaichi, then the horror standard of almost every episode of Kindaichi is at the standard line of "childhood shadows".

If the main problem with being with Conan is who will die, how many will die, and how they will die.

Then there is another problem when being with Kindaichi, which is - how miserable the death would be.

Moreover, Conan's animations occasionally solve some less intense cases such as disappearances and smuggling, but the suffixes of the names that Kindaichi Fangzheng remembers are all "XXXXX Murder Case".

There are almost no exceptions.

It can be said that this is the authentic God of Death. In comparison, Conan is considered a copycat... After all, there is only one Conan, but the Kindaichi series has a "long history". The ancestor of this family is Kindaichi Kosuke, who was created by the famous Japanese mystery novelist Seishi Yokomizo. Kindaichi is the grandson of Kindaichi Kosuke.

Another mystery novelist of the same generation as Seishi Yokomizo, who created Kindaichi Kosuke, was Edogawa Ranpo - yes, this is the origin of Conan's last name "Edogawa", and he also created a famous detective "Kogoro Akechi".

So from this point of view, Conan, the God of Death, is a latecomer, while Kindaichi, the God of Death, has a long history of "family learning".

That halo of death was truly passed down from his grandfather’s generation!

Fang Zheng now felt that it was unscientific that no one died on this plane...

As for another reason why Kindaichi is not as popular as Conan, Fang Zheng thinks it is because it is not "exciting" enough. In Conan, solving a case is actually very refreshing. When everyone sees Conan point out that "the criminal is you", most people feel a sense of pleasure that "the truth is revealed". No matter how cunning you are, you still have to drink my foot washing water, right?

But the Kindaichi series is completely different. Fang Zheng has not watched much of the Kindaichi series, but he has watched the Kindaichi Kosuke series before. Simply put, the cases that Kindaichi encountered were very unpleasant, both the process and the ending were unpleasant.

Perhaps many viewers remember the "Moonlight Sonata Murder Case" in Conan. This case has become a nightmare for many viewers. Even though Conan finally revealed the truth, Dr. Masami Nagato still resolutely chose to commit suicide by playing the song in the fire. Therefore, many viewers in this episode did not have the joy of the truth being revealed, nor the excitement of pointing out the murderer. Seeing the community hall wrapped in flames and the sound of the piano, many viewers felt sick.

However, in Kindaichi's cases, almost all of them are similar plots. Although the motives and murder methods are not consistent, basically after reading each case, readers will not feel the same sense of satisfaction as Conan. Apart from sighing with emotion and helplessness, there is really no way to feel any joy.

This may be the reason why the Kindaichi series gradually declined while Conan has remained popular. After all, everyone still likes to watch the Happy End where the truth is revealed, the real culprit is pointed out, the victim is vindicated, and the criminal suffers the consequences of his own actions.

Instead of being like Kindaichi, who is unhappy when he doesn't solve the case, and even more unhappy when he solves it, why bother?

If Fang Zheng had to choose him, he would rather follow Conan than follow Kindaichi. Otherwise, if he follows him for too long, he will definitely become autistic and even lose hope in the whole world.

But then again, Conan only brings trouble to Japan, how dare you come here to bring trouble to China?

If it was just Kindaichi and Miyuki, it would not be easy to find a place. But Fang Zheng was different. Umbrella also opened an office in Shanghai. Fang Zheng made a phone call and soon someone drove a special car to pick them up. Then the group followed the address given in Miyuki's letter and came to a ship...

"Boat?"

Looking at the huge ship docked at the pier, Fang Zheng frowned, then looked at Miyuki beside him.

"Ms. Nanase, does your pen pal live here?"

"Yes, her name is Yang Liling, and she is a member of this acrobatic troupe."

"So it's an acrobatic troupe..."

Hearing this, Fang Zheng also became interested. After all, the acrobatic troupe was one of his childhood memories. After growing up, due to those stupid animal protection and various jurisdictions, acrobatic troupes were rarely seen. Of course, there were still national acrobatic teams, but the kind of acrobatic troupes that performed on the streets were no longer seen.

Fang Zheng still remembers that when he was a child, he saw a monkey trainer on the street with a monkey, who was wearing Sun Wukong's clothes and doing somersaults with a stick... If this happened now, there would be countless people on the Internet accusing him of animal abuse.

Well, I ate too much after all.

"Well, let's go in and take a look."

Fang Zheng put away his memories, then opened the door and walked in.