Chapter 94 It’s really weird, really weird

Bai Ma Tan: "That's great! I was expecting some ancient weapons like in the movies. It seems I'm seriously lacking in knowledge of the other side of the world. That's great."

Thinking that there are so many huge secrets in this world waiting for him to discover, Bai Ma Tan's growing curiosity not only did not calm down, but became more and more intense.

What is the world on the other side like? What kind of social culture, power systems, and schools of thought exist there? Do any of them know the true truth hidden beneath the surface world of science? Are they connected to the surface world, just like the Spiders and the neon magic world? Is there a greater darkness and conspiracy hidden between them?

After understanding everything, can he gain another perspective, can he take his reasoning ability to the next level, and can he pursue more truths and secrets?

Oh my God, Bai Batan trembled with excitement just thinking about it.

Kaito Kidd noticed that Hakuba Tan was shivering: "You are shivering, are you cold?"

Bai Ma smiled and said, "No, quite the opposite. I've caught a fever called curiosity."

He couldn't control his excitement when he thought about how many secrets there were in the world waiting for him to explore.

Cheng Xiaoyu: ...

Okay, okay, you've also caught the fever called curiosity like the Akai family, right?

And you're shivering from the cold, right? Your lips are pale! Or is it because you're lacking oxygen?

Hiss—could it be that he was too excited about the academic rant just now, and the demonic racial characteristics disease kicked in, and he inadvertently used some "bewitching" rhetoric or hypnosis?

"I understand that it's always exciting to first encounter unfamiliar territory."

Cheng Xiaoyu cast a few calming spells on the white horse's head and brought the two of them to the top floor of a nearby building.

"Having curiosity and the courage to pursue the truth is fine, but don't let it control you. Otherwise, you might end up losing your life, but causing disaster is even more serious. It's especially taboo for an outsider like you, with neither talent nor family background, to blindly tamper with things. If you truly can't resist the spirit of exploration, how about pursuing a career in science or engineering? Or perhaps becoming a programmer? Magic and science are essentially the same; they're both means for humans to explore and transform the world."

Bai Ma Tan felt that he was now too calm, even clear-minded. He felt that he could become a monk. "I'm not that arrogant. I just want to learn more about other things."

Cheng Xiaoyu remained noncommittal: "I'm not denying your thirst for knowledge, I'm just reminding you in advance. After all, everyone thinks this way before something happens."

This is why Cheng Xiaoyu didn't reveal his true identity in front of Hakuba Tan and Edogawa Conan before.

In fact, most people on the magic and mystical sides are unwilling to deal with detectives and scholars who have only been exposed to the science side. If they really meet friendly detectives and scholars, they will try their best to hide their special powers.

Because the profession of detective is destined to make them have greater curiosity and strong motivation than ordinary people, but the key is that many mysterious and magical things have mental effects, and detectives who are attracted to them often have no resistance to them. The curiosity that keeps them alive will eventually kill them and even kill other people.

Adult detectives might be more cautious and self-controlled, but Hakuba Tan and Edogawa Conan, who are always full of enthusiasm and energy, are still relatively young and have no resources to grow.

They dared to put their heads down and focus on tracking down the murderer and investigating the terrorist organization. Cheng Xiaoyu couldn't even imagine what else they could do.

Incidentally, Cheng Xiaoyu isn't discriminating against professions. Purely scientific people often don't want to interact with scholars and detectives who have only been exposed to magic and the occult, for the same reasons.

Because we don’t understand, we yearn for it; because we lack basic knowledge, it is easy to cause disaster.

Edogawa Conan's situation may be better than Hakuba's now. He has too many people to protect and too many concerns, and he has also suffered from long-term mental tension. Even if the matters of the winery and the zoo are resolved, he probably won't have the energy to ignite his curiosity in this regard for a long time.

...Speaking of which, what's going on with Bai Ma Tan? This kid is running around the world seeking the truth in dangerous situations. Don't his parents care about him at all?

Cheng Xiaoyu: "By the way, Bai Ma, do your parents know that you are investigating Spider and the organization behind him?"

Hakuba Tan: "Of course I don't know. How could I possibly tell them? I don't want to be grounded, and I don't want to put them in danger."

Cheng Xiaoyu: "Very good. You know that in literary works, when something goes wrong with the magical and mysterious side, it tends to bring disaster to the family."

Hakuba Tan: "...Isn't that a work of literature?"

“Literature draws its material from life.”

Cheng Xiaoyu was well prepared for this situation. He took out a book as thick as the Oxford English Dictionary from his pocket and handed it to Bai Ma Tan.

"You can take this accident file and look through it at will. It contains a total of 8,136 serious magical accidents caused by amateurs due to curiosity. Only 14 of them did not harm the family and friends of the perpetrators because their household registration books only have one page."

Kaito Kidd took a closer look and saw that Hakuba Tan had just flipped through a book and found an accident involving deleting a person's household registration book. He couldn't help but smack his lips: "Is it that dangerous? Then wouldn't it be less dangerous if a professional did it?"

Cheng Xiaoyu: "It's still dangerous. Any attempt to transform or explore the world is very dangerous. Even the scientific laboratory rules in your world are full of bloody lives."

Cheng Xiaoyu: "Your local magic and mysticism are not divorced from the lives of ordinary people. The theme of both is people, so the difference is not that big. Look at that priestess who even asked for a price to exchange for Pandora."

Kaito Kid: That's true... Although Hongzi is the heir to the Red Magic, I don't see any problem with her using electronic products.

Bai Ma returned the book to Cheng Xiaoyu: "I understand now. If we want to find the truth, we must first disenchant the truth."

"Alright, alright, enough of the academic discussion, let's get back to business," said Kaito Kidd. "Ghost, can you lend me Pandora for a moment? I want to use it to set up a trap to lure out the enemy, and I'll return it to you when I'm done."

Cheng Xiaoyu readily replied, "Just send me the details of the plan later. I'm exhausted after working so late. Good night."

After saying that, she smoothly slipped into the shadows and clocked out, leaving only Kaito Kid and Hakuba Tan standing on the top of the building.

Bai Ma Tan looked up and saw the building that was strafed by the helicopter not far away. "Do you think the police will believe me if I tell them that you flew me here on a hang glider?"

After Bai Ma Tan finished speaking, he turned his head and saw that there was no trace of another person on the empty rooftop.

How come this person disappeared in the blink of an eye? Where did he learn this bad habit?

......

After exchanging work content, the winery and the zoo discovered that their competitor was not as good a hand as they had thought, and that they had not been able to fly even if they stood in the wind.

First it was the winery. They thought it would be easy to assassinate Kaito Kidd and Hakuba Sen. They could use gems to pull out Kidd and Hakuba Sen and then use armed helicopters to block their escape routes and directly shoot them. If they didn't die, they would be crippled.

But they never expected that the mission was being carried out well, when suddenly the attack helicopter lost its mind and plunged into the nearest lake with its two pilots to COS the Titanic.

The two members were actually caught alive by the police. The winery couldn't understand why they were caught unconscious on top of a bombed building while flying a plane. Who on earth pulled them out of the helicopter and threw them into the building, then ordered the helicopter to jump into the lake, and then ran away before the police could protect them?

This is really a bit weird!

Kaito Kidd actually has such skills, no wonder his competitors have been unable to defeat him for so long!

Moreover, Kaito Kidd was not only highly skilled but also extremely skilled. He escaped on his own, carrying a child and a white horse scout whose weight and height were roughly the same as an adult. He flew to two different rooftops and dropped them off...

According to this power simulation, it is no exaggeration to say that the second-generation Kaito Kidd can kill people with his bare hands. He must have a burly body of tendon under his suit.

In Metropolis, what can fly may not only be airplanes, but also Superman.

And here, the muscular man who can fly and kill people with one punch may not only be Batman, but also the fucking Kaito Kid!

......

As for the zoo, although they didn't understand why these guys would target the mystery novelist Yusaku Kudo, and they also didn't understand why they would use them to kill a novelist who was so powerless...but since Rum asked them to do so, they just did it, because they were good at assassination.

Then they looked at the list of organizations that they needed to be wary of and that might be protecting Kudo Yusaku... The English abbreviations of those national organizations were almost full of 26 letters of the English alphabet. How many enemies had the winery made?

And why exactly is Kudo Yusaku, the detective novelist, connected to so many organizations... Oh, he seems to be helping these organizations plot against the winery...

I originally wanted to say how could such a large organization like yours be irritated by a mystery novelist, but after seeing the photos and information of Kudo Yusaku, the zoo’s cadres fell silent.

Huh? The twin brother of Kaito Kid Kuroba Toichi?

What? You guys even killed someone's son?

That's okay. It seems that killing him is a precautionary measure for us. Who knows, this guy might come to his senses one day and seek revenge on us.

The zoo thinks that didn’t we find out the identity of the great Kaito Kidd and assassinate him in public? How difficult is it to kill you, Kudo Yusaku?

Then the assassins they sent out disappeared one after another like Ryomen Sukuna eating his fingers.

Why? Why on earth?

Is there any advanced technology in the Kudo residence that they don’t have?

I haven't seen any either! According to long-term surveillance, the only person who usually comes here is the fat old man who is almost like a ball near Kudo's house and drops by during his dinner walk.

Is there a traitor?

Impossible! How could there be an enemy inside the zoo? The only people who knew about the assassination plan against Kudo's house were their core people, such as Gin, Rum, and Vermouth... How could there be a spy inside who tipped off the secret?

Or are there just elite FBI personnel stationed there?

That was even more impossible! Their long-term observations revealed that besides the Kudo couple, the only other person living in the Kudo residence was a young man named Subaru Okiya, who had moved there after their previous rental apartment burned down. His profile was flawless; he wore glasses and looked gentle, yet he appeared to be incredibly weak. There was no way he could single-handedly defeat their elite assassins.

Weird! It's so weird!

After lamenting the difficulties faced by their competitors, the zoo continued to analyze the situation. After excluding Yukiko Kudo, they all agreed that it could only be Yusaku Kudo who was playing the pig to eat the tiger!

The evidence is that he didn't even relax during his vacation in Hawaii. He taught his son, who was still alive at the time, all kinds of skills, such as flying a plane, holding a gun and defusing a bomb... What was he doing?

What else could this be?

Back then, Toichi Kuroba could wear a hang glider and COS Batman in the sky to cause trouble for them, so it is reasonable that Yusaku Kudo, as Toichi Kuroba's twin brother COS Batman, would secretly practice fighting and various skills to cause trouble for the winery!