In the world of Detective Conan, however, he was bound to the Naruto System.

Chapter 24: The Future Orange Cat Sage, Husky Sage, and Akutagawa Sage

There were 15,000 gold coins in total, not one more and not one less. It's quite remarkable that these notorious thieves were able to preserve these stolen goods so well.

"I plan to melt down some of them, and keep the rest as collectibles. Gold coins are inherently valuable collectibles."

Akutagawa Hiko wasn't short of money, and he wasn't interested in throwing money around. Selling those gold coins on the black market would indeed bring him a huge sum of money immediately, but it didn't hold much appeal for him.

Compared to paper money, which requires the backing of national credit and involves complex economic systems, these gold coins are clearly a better store of value.

Shadow Clone Yan tossed the gold coins he'd pried out of the dog's mouth up and down: "No rush, let's leave them here for now and deal with them once things calm down."

Akutagawa chuckled, grabbing the xiaolongbao and tangbing (steamed dumplings) with him: "You can take care of these. I'm going to call the police. These gold coins are crucial tools for Conan and his friends to defeat the internationally wanted criminal..."

Now that they're gone, we can't let them face those outlaw thugs with guns in their hands again.

Akutagawa Hiko left without a trace, not even taking the kittens and puppies with him.

Only the exasperated Shadow Clone Yan was left to pick up the scattered gold coins under the dim, flickering candlelight—no easy task.

Akutagawa Hiko thought for a moment, then dialed Inspector Megure's personal number: "Hello, it's me, Akutagawa Hiko."

The person on the other end of the phone immediately became enthusiastic: "Oh, it's Akutagawa, what's up?"

Akutagawa Hiko succinctly stated: "I discovered three accomplices of the Italian robbery group Cabana, near that building called Oni-Sakura, which is also where they are tracking four children to find out the location of the stolen goods."

Inspector Megure was stunned by the information revealed in those few words.

In previous collaborations, Inspector Megure's trust in Akutagawa Hiko led him to directly believe what Akutagawa Hiko said.

What's more, it involves fugitives in Kabana who are armed and are still tracking children. If things go wrong, it could result in four young bodies and four broken families!

"Oh, right, there's a kid inside that the inspector has seen before. He's the kid Uncle Mori is fostering, and his name is Conan."

Inspector Megure had a strong impression of this boy with a round head who liked to wander around crime scenes, and knowing the specific person made the search much easier.

Inspector Megure immediately dispatched his capable subordinate, Miwako Sato.

……

After reporting the crime to the police, Akutagawa Hiko stopped paying attention to the Italian international criminal gang, since he had already obtained the most valuable Maple Leaf Gold Coins.

What we should pay more attention to now is his own "Ninja Beast Training Plan," which originated from a summoning jutsu he obtained as a reward for a mission.

What is more widely known as psychic magic is an ancient form of witchcraft that allows one to communicate with the dead or evil spirits, and is also a way for evil spirits to tempt people into depravity.

Over time, the profession of medium came to be associated with spiritualism.

What Akutagawa Hiko possessed was naturally the summoning technique from Naruto.

Actually, this spell should be called a summoning spell.

A space-time ninjutsu that allows the user to summon a creature by forming a blood pact.

Unlike the famous Flying Thunder God Technique and Kamui, which requires Kenji Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan to use, the threshold for summoning techniques is quite low.

This technique actually focuses more on blood pacts than on time and space.

Through this blood pact, the summoned beast can even use the [Reverse Summoning Technique] to summon the contractor to its side.

The main reason for raising your own summoned beasts is that there are no living beings in the system rewards, nor in the reputation shop, and anything even remotely related is unacceptable.

You can redeem egg tarts made with fertilized eggs, but you cannot redeem fertilized eggs.

In this respect, the system is much stricter than the task system, which should have been a selling point and a major function.

For example, the Ameon Demon, a mysterious being known as the strongest summoning beast, can only exchange for the form of the Vajra Staff. It lacks consciousness and intelligence and cannot transform into an ape form.

Although the abilities of indestructibility and size control are still present, they are now just powerful ninja tools similar to the Kusanagi Sword, and no longer fall under the category of summoning beasts.

The cat and dog, Xiaolongbao and Tangbing, weren't just bought as pets; there's also the intention of raising them as spirit beasts.

Of course, the former is the main one.

Just like how Ran loves cute animals like cats and dogs, but is rejected by Kogoro Mouri and cannot keep pets.

Hiko Akutagawa also wanted to experience what it's like to raise a cute pet.

Moreover, the ninja world has the Great Toad Sage, the White Snake Sage, and the Slug Sage. Under Akutagawa Hiko, a future Six Paths level powerhouse, it's not impossible to cultivate an Orange Cat Sage and a Husky Sage.

Now, it's time to exchange chakra seeds for the two kittens and puppies whose bright futures are still unknown.

Akutagawa Hiko touched his conscience, but couldn't find it; perhaps it was too small...

Okay, let's just pretend we touched it.

Holding the cat's paw in one hand and the dog's paw in the other, Akutagawa Hiko rubbed the wonderfully soft paw pads and solemnly said, "Xiaolongbao, Tangbing, after today, you will no longer be ordinary cats and dogs, but spirit beasts striving to become immortals. Are you willing?"

The orange cat held its head high, its fur bathed in a hazy halo of sunlight, making it incredibly cute, especially with its round face.

The husky tilted its head, and Akutagawa was afraid it would suddenly stick out a finger at him. However, Tangbing did not do that. Instead, it stuck out its tongue and looked at him with a pair of clear blue eyes that showed a beauty untouched by knowledge, full of dependence.

Akutagawa knew that these were artificially bred pets used to lure humans, but so what? Humans were willing to do it anyway.

It's better than bringing back an ancestor, right?

Akutagawa Hiko recalled a cat-washing blogger he had seen before; those scarred hands were the marks of those bad cats.

Akutagawa took it as the two kids' agreement and exchanged two chakra seeds in the reputation shop, then directly placed them into Xiaolongbao and Tangbing's bodies.

The two pets, destined for greatness, were completely unaware that their fates were about to undergo a dramatic transformation.

……

Meanwhile, Conan and his friends reunited at the foot of Tokyo Tower, panting heavily, especially the fattest member, Genta Kojima, whose rice ball-shaped head was covered in sweat.

Conan stared intently at the pattern on the loose-leaf paper, his mind racing.

After Akutagawa Hiko pointed out the meaning of "ORO", Conan also became very interested in the treasure map. Even if there is no treasure in the end, it would be interesting to just solve the mystery on it.

However, despite traveling to so many places and making numerous guesses, they still came up empty-handed.

As time passed, amidst the complaints of his teammates, the Tokyo Tower, which Conan had been staring at intently, lit up.

A white beam of light seemed to flash through Conan's mind.

Conan... understands!!