It turned out that in China, Fang Zheng's words had a blow-back effect of +1000, directly hitting Kindaichi so hard that he coughed up blood and couldn't retort. There was no helping it; after all, during introductions, he only mentioned he was a high school student, not a detective. Given that people see him as a part-time police officer, it's normal to not involve kids in an investigation...
But for Kindaichi, this was just too frustrating.
For Fang Zheng, the case ended there, but unexpectedly, the aftermath was even more thrilling.
