After casually teasing Conan, Senichi parked the car by the side of the road and waited for the police cars behind to catch up.
After all, he was also speeding, so he had to give his colleagues some face and explain.
As for the result that Shuichi Akai voluntarily retreated, Senichi was not surprised.
After all, his driving skills were of A-Rank, and Shuichi Akai's driving skills were probably just on par with his.
However, there was a gap between them in aspects other than driving skills. Senichi's car had been modified, and coupled with his gradually increasing skill and reflexes, surpassing the opponent was inevitable.
But now that he knew Shuichi Akai's driving skills, he could roughly guess Andre Camel's driving skills.
Since Andre was recognized as having excellent driving skills within their group, he must have gone quite far in A-Rank driving skill.
However, even so, Senichi was only somewhat cautious and not yet at the point of being vigilant.
After all, at their level, factors other than driving skills determined the "actual combat" level between them.
For example, reflexes, predictions in emergencies, and... a good car.
A good horse with a good saddle. If a car's top speed can only reach 200 miles per hour, and the driver floors the gas pedal all the way, it still won't beat a car of similar level capable of reaching 250 miles per hour.
And Senichi's car had its "heart" modified. Even with Senichi's current driving skills, he hadn't fully pushed it to its limit, mainly because the chassis couldn't withstand a full burst.
But it was still fine at the peak.
So, even if someone's driving skills were slightly higher than Senichi's, it didn't necessarily mean they could beat him.
Apart from gaining an intuitive understanding of Shuichi Akai and others' driving skills, he also had an additional gain.
In fact, during the chase with Shuichi Akai, Senichi felt that his driving skills seemed to have made a breakthrough. When he stopped the car and talked to Conan, he took the opportunity to open the system panel and then saw two message prompts.
The first message didn't provide much detail, and it was the first time such a prompt appeared, but considering the current situation, he quickly found something to refer to.
That was the system prompt every time he made a breakthrough in his skills through autonomous practice.
However, previously, every time a skill made a breakthrough, there were specific numerical increases, but this time it was a very general overview.
After reading the information in the second message, Senichi understood what was going on.
If we say that knowledge from D to A-Ranks belongs to the knowledge of predecessors, there can still be a standard, but every progress after that belongs to you.
To break through, effort, talent, and opportunity are indispensable.
It's like studying physics. After mastering all the knowledge of predecessors, every step you study is an unprecedented path, every step is pioneering, something others haven't stepped into, a scenery unique to you.
Of course, this academic knowledge can be written down in textbooks and passed down, but some knowledge and experiences cannot be passed on.
Even if you can verbally recount it, it's inevitably distorted, as they say, "the mind understands, but the hands do not."
Just like driving skills, if trained according to top-notch racers, basically everyone can reach an A-Rank.
But those racers who participate in competitions, which one of them hasn't surpassed this threshold and moved towards further fields?
This is especially evident in combat skills; A-Rank is just the highest level that others can teach, and beyond that, one must rely on oneself to seek breakthroughs.
Even after breaking through, whether you can perform better depends on your own condition.
For Senichi, it's quite normal for him to make a breakthrough in driving skills so easily. After all, with the enhancements in his body and reflexes, his talent is absolutely top-notch.
The reason why he had been stuck at A-Rank all this time was because he simply had no opponents. This time, this one competition could be considered as kicking open this basically paper-thin "threshold" for him.
Moreover, this breakthrough also let him know about the information above A-Rank. Of course, some of these skills cannot rely on the system to achieve breakthroughs.
The reason why it's "some" is because some skills probably can only reach A-Rank, such as Senichi's law studies, which correspond only to Japan Law. Once learned, there's no breakthrough.
Even if Senichi learns the laws of other countries, it's probably just turning into Japan Law Studies, and then adding more laws of other countries to it.
And another part is able to continuously broaden the knowledge through the system to seek breakthroughs.
Senichi saw in the intelligence briefing that eventually, some skills would integrate with other skills to form a more comprehensive skill.
For example, his main professional skills, each of these skills could be considered a subject on its own, but can you say that they have no relation to each other?
As Senichi's main professional skills continued to improve, he increasingly felt the close connection between these skills.
Perhaps after most skills reached A-Rank, they would become generalized names like Investigation to summarize.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!
Soon, the sound of tapping on the glass startled Senichi from his reverie, and then he saw Yumi Miyamoto outside the car window, bending over with an aggressive look.
Seeing this, Senichi reached out and pressed the window down button to roll down the car window.
"Do you have any common sense at all!?"
"Are you a rich second-generation who races in such crowded places?"
"If you want to race, go to a dedicated track to play. Playing on the main road is asking for death?!"
"Now you're detained, and your car will be impounded. Hurry up and come with me to the police department, and also quickly contact your accomplice to come and surrender obediently, or else he'll have a hard time!"
However, before the glass could fully descend, Senichi heard Yumi Miyamoto's angry roar and realized that she was furious as she was launching a barrage of reprimands towards the "culprit".
"Sorry, Detective Miyamoto. I really caused you trouble this time."
Hearing the familiar voice, Yumi Miyamoto, who had been lecturing incessantly, suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
Then, with a surprised expression on her face, she saw a familiar face sitting in the driver's seat as the window lowered.