Conan: Above all force, there is truth!

For Longye, justice is a product of idealism. He doesn't care about the truth; he only wants to follow his heart.

His desire to become stronger stemmed not only from a desire to live a safer and freer life, but also from a desire to possess the power to protect others.

Therefore, from the very beginning, he and Shinichi Kudo were destined not to walk the same path.

Chapter 14 The Sea Journey of Waves (Part 2)

After dinner, Ryūno and Ran went to rent beach volleyballs, while Shinichi Kudo stayed on the beach to guard the "open space".

After renting the volleyball, Ryuno and Ran returned to the beach, only to find that Shinichi Kudo had already disappeared.

The open space they finally found where they could play ball had already been taken by someone else.

Ryūno looked around and finally found Shinichi Kudo not far away by a beach chair. He was chatting with someone lying on the beach chair.

The person on the beach chair was wearing sunglasses and looked vaguely familiar. Could it be...?

Realizing that he had found someone to complete his tasks for the day, Longye smiled, took Xiaolan's hand, and walked over.

I got to see it with my own eyes... Shuichi Akai!

……

"My name is Shinichi Kudo, and I am Sherlock Holmes's apprentice!"

As soon as Ryuno and Ran walked up behind Shinichi, they heard Shinichi Kudo's extremely chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) declaration.

He accidentally laughed out loud.

Upon hearing a somewhat familiar laugh, Shinichi Kudo immediately turned around and saw Ryuno and Ran standing behind him.

His face instantly turned bright red, and he stammered, "Wu...Wu Tian! What are you laughing at?"

"Haha! It's nothing, it's nothing. I also think you're Holmes's disciple." Ryūno smiled as he looked at Shinichi Kudo's flushed face.

Ran, who was standing nearby, didn't laugh when she saw this. Instead, she said seriously, "Shinichi, if you keep talking nonsense like this, you'll suffer the consequences sooner or later! Weren't those three older brothers really angry because of what you said?!"

"Tch, I don't care if they're angry or not!" Shinichi said with a disdainful look.

Ryūno glanced at the three men walking up behind Shinichi Kudo and teased, "Oh? Is that so? Then you'll have to deal with these three hot-tempered guys, Sherlock's disciple~"

"What?" Upon hearing Ryūno's words, Shinichi immediately turned around and looked behind him, only to find the three men he had encountered while eating earlier standing angrily behind him.

The blond man, who seemed to be the leader of the three, clenched his fist, his face grim: "Finally found you! You made us lose face in the store just now!"

Upon hearing the blond man's words, Shinichi showed no fear. Instead, he looked at the three of them with disdain and said, "Then you three should be blamed, right? Putting flies in fried noodles on purpose, that's really low-class."

Seeing that Shinichi still had a stubborn look on his face, Ryūno frowned. He hadn't paid much attention when watching TV before, but was this kid always so headstrong?

"However, he truly lives up to his protagonist's aura..." Thinking of this, Ryuno turned to look at Shuichi Akai.

As expected, Shuichi Akai seemed poised to step in and help Shinichi Kudo out of his predicament.

Ryūno watched Akai Shuichi's movements closely.

Just as Shuichi Akai was about to rush towards the blond man, Tatsuno moved.

He stepped forward with his left leg and quickly blocked Akai Shuichi's path.

He spotted Shuichi Akai's position, precisely grabbed the other's right leg with his left arm, and then used all his strength to twist and throw him backward.

Shuichi Akai's attention was entirely focused on the blond man, so he was easily thrown aside by Tatsuno.

After flipping in the air and landing, Shuichi Akai looked sharply at Tatsuno, his heart filled with shock.

"What... was that boy just now?! I just got thrown out by him?!"

After throwing Shuichi Akai away, Ryuno heard the mission completion notification in his mind.

He immediately stood back in his original spot as if nothing had happened, and then looked at Shuichi Akai, who had just landed not far away, and said, "I'm sorry, big brother. I just didn't want you to save my friend so soon. I wanted him to remember this lesson and try to be more restrained in the future."

"..."

After a two-second silence, Shuichi Akai finally spoke: "Interesting!"

Seeing that Shuichi Akai wasn't angry about his sudden attack, Tatsuno secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, he knew he couldn't beat Shuichi Akai right now; the difference in strength was too great.

Although as a member of the Red Team, he certainly wouldn't kill himself.

But who likes getting beaten up? It's best to avoid it if you can!

Longye once asked the system what level the experts in this world would be if evaluated using the panel provided by the system.

The system's answer is: Overall Strength A.

This statement is too general. After all, a person's overall strength is related not only to the five dimensions of physical fitness, but also to their skill level.

Regardless, Shuichi Akai is one of the strongest fighters in the original work.

Even though he's still very young, his strength is definitely not weak... Ryūno estimates that he'll be an A-rank player soon.

As for himself... he's probably a C+.

According to the levels provided by the system, from lowest to highest, they are: E, D, C, C+, B, B+, A, A+, and S.

Thinking of this, Longye shook his head helplessly. The road ahead is truly long and arduous…

However, after a brief moment of reflection, Longye quickly regained his spirits and became excited.

The reason is simple: the reward he just received was better than he had imagined.

——【Level A: Jeet Kune Do】

This is the highest level skill Longye has ever acquired, and it's the renowned Jeet Kune Do.

I can't believe I can get such a great reward from Shuichi Akai!

If I had a few weeks to grind tasks on him every day, wouldn't I be able to take off at lightning speed?!

It's a pity that Shuichi Akai's hair is hard to pluck.

This guy is about to go to the US to join the FBI, and he'll be working undercover at the distillery.

I can't find him at all, let alone use him to complete tasks every day.

Shuichi Akai returned to the beach chair and stared curiously at Tatsuno.

Is this kid's speed and strength, and the way he just flung himself away, karate?

Not only was Shuichi Akai curious, but Mary Akai, who was standing nearby, also witnessed the entire process of Tatsuno throwing his son away.

Even his cold and sharp face showed a look of shock.

She had just sparred with her son not long ago and was acutely aware of his current strength. Even though Shuichi Akai had been somewhat careless, this child had managed to throw him off balance in an instant…

Besides Mary Akai, Ran and Shuichi Akai could also clearly see the girl with shy fangs behind them.

Xiaolan was alright, since it wasn't the first time she had seen Ryūno compete with the adults, so she wasn't too surprised.

But little "Sera Masumi" on the side seemed quite agitated, secretly watching Tatsuno with her eyes shining.

Just then, Ran saw that Shinichi had been lifted up by the blond man with one hand, and immediately said to Ryuno, "Ryuno, look! Shinichi!"

"Don't worry, Xiaolan, everything will be alright." Longye comforted Xiaolan as he stepped forward.

Looking at Shinichi Kudo, who was being lifted up by the blond man's hand, he asked teasingly, "Sherlock's disciple, are you alright? Just call me if you need my help~"

After hearing what Ryūno said, Shinichi Kudo didn't want to answer.

But looking at his legs, which had been off the ground for quite some time, he could only reluctantly ask for help: "Stop watching the show, Takeda! Help me!"

When he heard Kudo ask for help, Ryuno stopped teasing him, after all, Kudo Shinichi was also his friend.

What was that saying again? Oh, right!

My friend, I can bully him all I want, but others can't!

Thinking of this, Longye slowly approached the blond man, then looked up at him and said, "Big brother, could you please put my friend down?"

The blond man was already angry, and when he heard Longye's request, he was completely unmoved: "Who cares about you, kid! ...Wait, why are you guys holding me up?"

Before the blond man could finish speaking, his two companions suddenly grabbed his arms, gesturing for him to leave.

They were making so much noise that many tourists around them were already looking in their direction.

"Hmph, tch!"

Seeing the many gazes around him, the blond man calmed down, released Shinichi Kudo from his grasp, and turned to leave with his companion.

After the three left, Shuichi Akai walked up to Tatsuno and asked curiously, "Little boy, what's your name?"

"His name is Tatsuno, Takeda Tatsuno!" Before Tatsuno could answer, Ran interrupted, as if showing off her favorite toy.

"Really? You're amazing!"

At this point, Shuichi Akai remembered his younger sister and asked, "This is my sister. Can you play with her?"

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone saw a girl with short hair and a noticeable little tiger tooth secretly looking in their direction.

The three of them nodded and agreed to Shuichi Akai's request.

Looking at the tiny Sera Masumi in front of him, Tatsuno felt that there was a big difference between her current appearance and her future appearance.

Now she has big, bright eyes, and with that cute little tiger tooth next to her mouth, she gives off a very adorable vibe.

Just as Longye and his three friends were about to play beach volleyball together, a sudden loud noise interrupted them.

"boom!!!!!"

A car crashed through the guardrail at the edge of a cliff and plunged into the sea...

Chapter 15 The Sea Journey of Waves (Part 2)

The people on the beach were all panicked and started talking amongst themselves when they saw this.

Akai Shuichi rushed out and jumped into the sea, diving towards the spot where the car had entered the water to investigate.

Shortly after, he swam back to shore carrying a slightly overweight man wearing a red shirt. Shinichi Kudo immediately went over to him and asked for details.

After listening to Shuichi Akai's explanation and instructions, Shinichi set off again towards the Umi House store.

After instructing Shinichi, Shuichi Akai turned his gaze to Tatsuno and Ran: "Um... Takeda Tatsuno-kun, right? Did you come here by yourselves? If not, could you ask the adult who brought you here to call the police?"

Longye knew that the reason he didn't call the police himself was to avoid him and his family appearing in the public eye.

His family is currently "taking refuge" here.