Chapter 86: Joining up with others

His head hurts, but what he is more worried about is that Xiaolan, Uncle Maori, and other people may also be involved in this incident. If he guessed correctly, this incident may be a large-scale incident, and he is just one of those affected.

As he thought about it, he walked forward with his short legs.

The place where he lay was a small forest, surrounded by lush trees and a path extending outward. There were traces of people walking on the path. He did not walk far before he saw a gathering place.

In a strange place, people always want to stay with their own kind, and Conan is no exception. He really wanted to figure out the current situation so that he could find someone to resolve the matter as quickly as possible, and if possible, affect as few people as possible.

But the closer he got to what looked like a town, the slower his steps became. Until he saw the first living creature walking, his eyes widened and he almost thought he was in a dream.

"Hey, outsider, are you our guest this time?" A monster with a monkey head and a monkey body suddenly came up to him, scratched its head, and asked questions in human language, like a human, staring at him carefully.

Conan's breathing almost stopped. At this moment, there was nothing in his mind. All his ideas were shattered as never before. +79

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A town is called a town. It has no name and will not be called XX town. In the eyes of the residents in the town, this town is everything in their lives. There will be no other place to live outside the town.

The environment here is also very peaceful and the residents live in an orderly manner. There are houses of different heights on both sides of the road, but each one is very neat and exquisite. There is a bakery emitting a sweet smell. Behind the glass window, the raccoon owner is working hard in an apron; the squirrel boy is hopping and handing a letter to a mushroom-shaped mailbox; Ms. Bear is carrying a basket, in which are the honey and bamboo shoots she bought for her family today... Dozens of animals come and go, each of them wearing human clothes. They are really like a group of humans, living in this small town, each with their own duties. Conan even sees a young lamb holding a bunch of flowers to sell.

Conan looked up at the sky and found that it was the same as the one he had seen before, with marshmallow-like white clouds and a warm sun. He took a deep breath, trying his best not to show anything strange. The monkey next to him was still jumping around and talking to him: "Is this your first time here? You look different from all our animals. So, are you a distant relative of our monkeys? Why is there no hair anywhere except on your head? Are you a new species, called a hairless monkey?"

"Are you... really a guest in our town?" He asked the same question again. The whole monkey seemed a little weird. Conan's heart moved. After thinking about it, he pretended that he was looking around the town and didn't have time to notice its abnormality. The monkey in tamer's attire couldn't bear it any longer. It stretched its body high and used its tail to lift itself upside down, blocking Conan's way and forcing him to focus his eyes on it.

Conan felt a chill in his heart, because he couldn't understand how this thing in front of him tied itself in the air. Its tail was clearly not hooked on anything! It looked straight at him, and that look made him shudder.

The abnormality here quickly attracted the attention of the "people", but what surprised people was not that Conan looked different from them, but the monkey blocking his way. A white long-eared rabbit in uniform came over here, holding something like a baton in its hand. It was small in size, with long slender ears, and a cluster of bright red patterns on its white furry face, similar to the flowers of hell. It walked over, looked at Conan, then looked at the monkey, and asked, "What happened?"

The voice is a female's, and the rabbit is a female, but in fact, you can tell from its appearance that although it is wearing a uniform, its body and face have a kind of soft beauty.

The monkey wilted in an instant, and he began to laugh, his tail circling behind him. He said, "Am I not leading the way for our newcomers? I just have some questions to ask him, but I haven't done anything..."

Conan no longer cared about what they were saying, because he finally... finally, in this bizarre world, he saw someone he knew for the first time. He quickly crouched down and ran out from between the monkeys and rabbits, ran to a teahouse, and in the surprised eyes of the man, he excitedly shouted: "Amano, you are here too!"

Tian Yehe, aka Pei Zhen, put down the teacup in his hand. He was also a little surprised: "Conan, you are here too?"

Conan looked around carefully and asked, "Do you know where this is?"

Pei Zhen was silent for a moment, then said, "I was here when I woke up. At first," he looked behind Conan, where the rabbit had driven away the monkey and was heading towards them, "I thought I was dreaming."

"Yeah," Conan agreed. "Who wouldn't think this is a dream?" He murmured, "This is crazy, a city of animals..."

"Bang." A stick was knocked on the table, and then the rabbit came to them and said, "Are you outsiders?"

Conan was about to say something when Pei Zhen stopped him. He spoke first, "We are outsiders, but we are also guests in this town. Both he and I."

Hearing the strangeness in his voice, Conan stopped talking. He looked at Pei Zhen thoughtfully, and then looked at Miss Rabbit.

"Oh," the rabbit looked at him carefully for a while, and did not ask the question again. It turned to the owner and asked for a cup of tea, then said: "It seems that I misunderstood you." It put down the short stick, "However, since you are a guest, why haven't you found a place to stay? Find a place to stay before night. Otherwise, it would be bad to be regarded as an uninvited guest."

It left after saying this, as if it came here just to confirm their identities and give them some instructions. Conan had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, but during Pei Zhen's brief conversation with the rabbit, he realized something and didn't say a word in the end. It was not until it left that he cast a puzzled look at Pei Zhen.

"Haven't you ever had that?" Pei Zhen whispered, "Since I came to this town, every animal I met would ask me if I was a guest of this town."

Conan reacted: "That monkey...it asked me twice." But it was very covert, and judging from the connection between its words, there was nothing wrong.

"In such a strange place," Pei Zhen picked up the tea and said slowly, "We must be extremely vigilant. Also, we must temporarily put aside our previous notions. After all, we never thought that the scenes in the animation would one day become reality. Perhaps in this place, identity is a very important thing, so," he said softly, "since it is said that the 'guest' did not cause any disaster, then we must--"

Conan understood: "We are the 'guests' who came here suddenly."

Pei Zhen nodded, and the two smiled at each other. Conan's heart, which had been tense, finally relaxed a little. But then, a solemn expression appeared on his face: "This place is very strange. I suspect that there are more than just two of us here."

Pei Zhen also frowned. He knew that this incident was just an accident. He sighed and said, "I received a commission before to help a lady find something she lost. It was not far from the detective agency."

Conan also said, "I'm resting in my room. Today is not a school day."

He held his chin in his hand and thought: "If it's not a random selection, I'm afraid that everyone between you and me is within the scope of influence. And we don't know how big this scope is."

Pei Zhen shook his head: "But, I have been awake for a while, but I haven't seen anyone except you."

Conan fell into thought. After a while, he gave up thinking without any clues and said, "Let's first find out why we are here, and then find a way to leave. This way, we will have the choice of taking others with us or having someone rescue us later."

Pei Zhen nodded: "This is the only way. We should follow what Miss Rabbit said and find a place to stay overnight. Even in the city, it is not absolutely safe at night, let alone in such a strange place."

Conan's heart shuddered. He had too many thoughts in his mind to think of this for a moment. If "guest" was one identity, then "uninvited guest" might be another? The daytime was already hinting at danger, so what about the night? Conan didn't dare to think about it anymore. He hurriedly asked, "Do you know where the hotel is? Well, do you have the currency here?"

Pei Zhen looked at him speechlessly. Who would have enough money for accommodation so soon after arriving here? He said, "Come with me. I took a quick look around here before you came. If I remember correctly, the hotel is in this direction..."

He walked forward while pointing the way for Conan, but the next moment, "Be careful!" Conan suddenly shouted.

A black figure suddenly rushed over from the side. Pei Zhen opened his eyes slightly, moved his fingers slightly, and tried his best to move his body to the side.

"Are you okay?" Conan trotted over quickly.

"It's okay." Pei Zhen rubbed his arm.

"Watch the road when you walk!"

Before they could open their mouths to protest, the "person" who bumped into them, er, should I say a "black panther", spoke very coldly. It was tall and agile, with a pure black face. Its pair of black eyes only glanced at them lightly, and then it walked away without any courtesy.

"Damn it, you obviously bumped into me!" Conan gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, very angry.

A strange look flashed across Pei Zhen's face. He placed his hand on Conan's shoulder, "Don't worry about it. We have our own business to deal with."

Looking at the weather, if they don’t sort out the accommodation issue, they might have to spend the night outside, which is not a good thing.

Besides, he wasn't actually in much pain. The man restrained his strength when he rushed over, and he also dodged, so there was not much left on him.

He lowered his head slightly and looked at a crumpled ball of paper in his hand. This was something he didn't have just now, but when this "person" passed by, he had this thing in his hand.

He didn't speak rashly. After arriving at the hotel and exchanging a personal item for the right to use a room for one night, he slowly spread his palms in front of Conan and told him the story.

"You mean, this thing was given to you by the leopard?" Conan was surprised.

"Not bad." Pei Zhen said.

Conan said solemnly: "We didn't know any animal 'friends' here before." A guess suddenly came to his mind. If this is the case, then... thinking of a certain possibility, a storm arose in his heart.

"Don't worry about it, let's just take a look first." Pei Zhen interrupted his thoughts. As he spoke, he slowly smoothed out the paper in his hand until the few lines of words on it were completely in their sight.