Conan’s Corpse Picker

   Chapter 219 How can the robbery be considered a robbery?

   Kidd was speechless for a moment, and silently told himself that people and monsters have different worldviews. If you want to communicate harmoniously, you must understand more.

  For example, Wutengu probably often wanders in temples. One day he heard the word "Zithua", so he uses it according to his own understanding...

  Thinking about it, Kidd felt that his focus had strayed.

  ——No matter how you look at it, Yokai-san seems to have no reason to lie to him.

   If what Wutiangu said was the truth, then the dead old monk said "a similar incident", which should be referring to the incident when his apprentice Zhongnian was hanged from the eaves three years ago.

  The old monk should have been sad when his apprentice died, but he actually "hopes" this kind of thing happens again...

   Kidd fell into deep thought, and suddenly felt that under a certain premise, the fact that the old monk was frightened to death by the foggy dog ​​was actually reasonable.

  ——To be reasonable, although the monster in front of him has a pair of inhuman wings behind him, its appearance is not ferocious. If it is standing at the intersection of the bustling market and encounters some bold and cheerful little girls, someone may even jump over and try to bury its wings... It is hard to imagine that the foggy tengu can directly scare people to death.

  …Unless the frightened person has a ghost in his own heart.

  Kid is not a serious detective, but his reasoning ability is not bad at all.

  With this level of prompting, and recalling the details of the two "Misty Dog Murder Cases" he had found earlier, he found that the first incident seemed to be able to be done by human manipulation.

   This is probably the reason for the huge difference in the details of the two incidents - the first was an old monk committing the crime, and the second was Wutiangou hanging the dead old monk on the beam without knowing it.

  Thinking of this, Kidd tentatively said: "The young monk who died earlier..."

  Fog Tengu didn't seem to be interested in this topic. He moved his wings and said perfunctorily, "I don't know."

   Kidd nodded thoughtfully, feeling that he understood.

  ——The truth is probably that three years ago, the old monk killed his apprentice for some reason. After that, he used the local "Wustengou legend" to set up the scene and threw the culprit for the murder on Wutiangou.

After   , Wutiangu may have heard that there are similar haunts in Shanni Temple, so he went to check it out of curiosity. Or maybe it was attracted by the incense... In short, it came to the temple, and then accidentally scared the guilty old monk to death.

  After the death of the old monk, Wutiangou hung the old monk on the eaves in order to repay his kindness because he had eaten the incense in the old monk's temple, fulfilling the old monk's wish for "one more wave of drainage" before his death.

   Reasonable, very reasonable.

  ...So, it seems that the mist tengu is not as cruel as he and Grandpa Terai had speculated before?

   Kidd was thinking, when he saw the fog tengu reaching out to him again.

   This time it didn't even bother to say anything, the meaning was very clear - to ask Kidd to hand over tonight's harvest.

   Kidd was silent for a moment, still not wanting to make a deal.

  Although Wutengu has never eaten monks raw, the harm it causes to gems is also huge to the naked eye.

After Kidd steals things, he usually returns the stolen things afterwards, but recently, his reputation has declined - the luster of the gems that have been bitten by the foggy dog ​​will become dim to the naked eye, and the stolen people often would think it was a fake.

   Jiang Xia looked at Kidd's hesitant appearance and decided to add another fire.

   strive for Kidd to develop from "resolving the misunderstanding of Misttengu's murder" to taking the initiative to give him a confession in the future.

  Mist Tengu looked disdainful of robbery, looked away from the gem, and said to himself, "Then I'll have to grab a human to pamper it."

   Said, he secretly mobilized the clay puppet and built two fangs that were very aggressive at first glance. As he opened his mouth slightly, the icy moonlight flashed across his blade-like teeth.

   Kidd was startled, and immediately followed, he felt Mist Tengu's gaze moved from the gem to his neck.

   Kidd: "!!!"

   Looking around, he was the only human being in a radius of 100 meters.

  Even if he escaped by chance, less than a kilometer away is a residential area, those innocent residents...

   Kidd took a deep breath, took out the gem with magic-like speed, stepped forward, and put it into the hands of the misty dog.

  ...he won't fool the foggy tengu with fakes, because he will definitely be seen through.

  Think about it too. After all, Wutengu is a monster. Maybe the real and fake gems are placed in front of him, just like model rice and real rice are placed in front of human eyes-no matter how similar they are visually, the two smell differently.

   However, this actually gave Kidd a subtle sense of relief - it meant that he was taken away from the dark stars before, not because the magic technique had regressed, but simply because the other party opened the door.

  Mist Tengu glanced at Kidd, took the gem reluctantly, and found the fresh energy core inside.

At the same time, Jiang Xia is pleased to think that with this friendly exchange, next time when Kidd is caught, he should be able to save a lot of murderous energy used to move puppets - Kidd's Ke learning props and magic techniques are really not very good deal with.

   Kidd handed over the gem, but did not go.

   He remembered that Wutengu had the habit of throwing used gems around. At that time, I can just pick up the gems and return them to the stolen people... Although the quality of the treasures that have been eaten by Wutiangou has obviously dropped a lot, it is better than nothing.

   At this time, seeing the misty tengu taking over the gem, his expression softened, and then he retracted his fangs. Kidd breathed a sigh of relief, and felt a little uncomfortable.

  ——Even the old monk who threw the blame for it, Wutiangou is willing to repay his gratitude.

   And he provided Wutengou with so many rations back and forth, why does Wutiangou keep staring at him all day long to grab it?

   Kidd tidied up his wrinkled cloak and asked politely, "You ate so much from me, when will you repay me?"

   Wutengu paused for a while, then looked at him with a "human, you're making an inch" look: "Didn't I save you just now?"

   Kidd: "..."

  ... He thought that Wutengu just saw him standing on the top of the building holding a gem, so he dragged him away like food.

  I didn't expect that the foggy dog ​​was actually aware of the danger of those black-clothed men on the opposite side, and was consciously helping him?

   Kidd was in a complicated mood. Although the fog tengu robbed, frightened people, and indirectly took a human life, this seems to be a good monster.

   Speaking of good monsters...

   Kidd suddenly asked: "Since you need gems and precious collections, why don't you go to the museum or gem store to eat late at night? Are you targeting me?"

   Wutengu shook his head: "I never steal."

  "..." Kidd glanced at the gem in his hand, didn't admit it without wiping his mouth clean, "But this..."

   Mist Tengu interrupted: "You stole it."

   Kidd: "..."

   He couldn't talk anymore.

   There is indeed a generation gap between people and monsters.

   (end of this chapter)