Chapter 91 A fruitful journey
"Lan, look at this white cat dress! So cute, try it on!" Yuanzi pointed at a dress that only had a tube top and shorts, decorated with white plush, and with cat ears and a cat tail. It was cute, but the tube top was not only short, but also had a hollow heart in the middle, and there was a pink bow on the cat tail, with a golden bell hanging below.
Mao Lilan looked at the top and pants that were less than 20cm, and her cheeks turned red. "This, this is too revealing."
Yuanzi didn't care at all. She pointed at the black cat costume next to her and said, "Look, there's a black one next to it! Let's wear the bestie style!" She picked up the two sets of clothes and put the white one next to Xiaolan, gesturing, "Not bad, you have a good figure, it will look good on you! Come on, let's try it on."
Seeing this, Conan couldn't help but imagine it, and his cheeks instantly turned red. It looks good on Ran, but it's a bit too short. Her breasts and butt can be seen!
"Sister Xiaolan, how about you put on this cape?" Conan saw that Sonoko had already pushed Xiaolan into the fitting room, and quickly pointed to a small white cape. Although the small cape couldn't block much, it could block a little.
Sonoko bent down with a wicked smile and reached out to tap Conan's head: "Kid, what is it your business what Xiaolan wears? Why is she wearing a cloak in such a hot day?"
Mao Lilan thought the small cape was nice. She quickly took it off and returned to the fitting room. "I, I'll wear it around my waist. These pants are too short."
Yuanzi smiled teasingly, "Okay, okay, then other kids, what clothes do you want to change into?"
Ayumi was very excited and pointed at a shiny princess dress and said, "This, Ayumi wants this."
Mitsuhiko hesitated for a moment and pointed at a knight's uniform, "I want this."
Haibara and Genta were not interested in these things. Haibara wore a witch's hat, and Genta followed suit and wore a puffer hat, which was unexpectedly cute.
Seeing that the children didn't choose much, Sonoko simply waved her hand and said, "Okay, Sonoko will buy them all for you. You don't have to return them later. Oh, by the way, Kazukage-san, Oda-san, what do you want? How about taking a look at this vampire costume? It's pretty good. You two will look handsome in it. And this, this boxer's..."
Seeing Sonoko's endless recommendations, Zhu Fu Jingguang had no intention of dressing up too much, so he just picked up a fox mask with golden fireworks painted on the forehead and put it on his face, "This is good."
Kazukage Yayoi squinted at the mask, then handed over the smoky blue kimono beside him, "Hiro, come on, wear one if you want to."
Huh? Zhu Fu Jingguang was stunned. What is this? Don't you have to wear a fox mask during festivals?
Sonoko gave me an "I know what I mean" look, "Ah~ Kazukage-san, I see you've watched this show, not bad. Here, Mr. Oda, there's a disposable hair dye spray. I'll dye your hair silver and I guarantee you'll look like the character."
Zhu Fu Jingguang was confused. He thought he should have chosen a mask of an anime character. He waved his hands repeatedly, "Ms. Suzuki, I don't want to dye my hair. I can change my clothes... Can I ask what character it is?"
Kazukage Yayoi patted Morobushi Kagemitsu's shoulder with a smile and said softly, "It suits your role very well, a monster that disappears when touched by a human. Oh, to be precise, a former human."
...that's quite appropriate indeed.
Zhu Fu Jingguang sighed and took the kimono and changed. Seeing that everyone had changed clothes, He Jing Yayoi simply took a black cloak from the hanger, "For me, I will choose a wizard robe, no need to change clothes. Now there are more people, where are you going to play?"
Mao Lilan was a little shy, covering her chest with her hands, and letting her hair down to cover part of it. Sonoko showed off her outfit carelessly, she hugged Mao Lilan and said with a smile: "Lan, you will definitely get a lot of invitations with this outfit. But you have to open your eyes, these rich second generations are not like us high school brats, they have a lot of ideas."
Yuanzi spread out the map and pointed to a place and said, "Why don't we go watch a magic show? There's also divination next to it, which should be interesting. Although he's not a professional fortune teller, it's said that there's a religious bishop on the ship. When he heard that there was going to be a festival in the evening, he told Manager Abe that they could set up a divination booth."
Yuanzi tilted her head and thought for a while. "Although the bishop is very old, I heard that they have a very handsome priest who is also a fortune teller. But the bishop said that they are not professionals. They are just entertaining everyone and creating an atmosphere."
Religion...who else can be the religion on the ship now?
Zhu Fu Jingguang calmly asked, "You invited religious people to the ship? I thought they were all business people."
Sonoko did know the reason. "Ah, because Mr. Chat, who was originally invited, suddenly fell ill, so he gave the invitation letter to the bishop. Dad heard that it was a well-known religion in the United States, I think... it was called the Fire Spirit Church. Because I heard that they like to help the poor and disaster relief, and are kind and generous, so I agreed to let them board the ship."
"I seem to have heard that they were preaching on the ship these days, but it was only in a small group, and Dad didn't pay much attention to it. As for religious freedom, if they can really attract believers, there is no need for us to stop them."
Conan keenly heard the key words, he looked up and asked, "Sister Sonoko, is there a bishop of the Fire Spirit Cult on board?"
Sonoko nodded, not understanding why, "Yeah, what's wrong?"
Conan gave a bright smile and said, "Nothing. I just heard about it on a TV show before. It seems to be a pretty big new religion." After saying that, his face gradually darkened and he exchanged glances with Ai.
Sonoko didn't care and turned to Xiaolan to start chatting about the handsome guy: "Let me tell you, that priest is really super handsome. I saw him from a distance once before. His figure is so good that even the priest's robe can't hide it. His face is also as sharp as a knife, like a statue, and he speaks English very nicely, in a low and slow voice."
Ran Mouri looked helplessly at her infatuated best friend and said, "Hey, Sonoko, Mr. Kyogoku just doesn't have time to join the trip." He's not dead.
Sonoko stopped waving her arms, glared at Mouri Ran angrily, and said, "Just? Last time it was my birthday, he said he was going to a competition. Last time we went to Hokkaido together, he said he was going to a competition. I even told him that I was going to a social gathering and asked him if he wanted to go, but he told me he was going to a competition! He told me to have fun! I'm going to a social gathering! A social gathering!" Sonoko was so angry that she stamped her feet repeatedly.
Mao Lilan smiled awkwardly and stepped forward to hold the running Sonoko back, "Mr. Kyogoku discovered the problem later, and he came to see you and asked you to go to the amusement park."
Hearing this, Sonoko sneered, "Huh? Amusement park date, you mean the one where he encountered someone robbing him on the spot, so he left me behind to chase after him?"
Mao Lilan explained awkwardly, "Isn't this a heroic act?"
Yuanzi chuckled, "If he hadn't chased him for a full five kilometers, got lost and couldn't find the way back, and had been wandering around for five hours, but because his phone was in my hand, I had to wait for him there until three in the morning, I would have been more in the mood to praise him for his bravery."
...Mr. Kyogoku, I tried my best
Mao Lilan held her forehead with her hand, a mask of pain on her face, "Sonoko, you've worked hard."
Yuanzi replied with a fake smile: "No, I'm not tired. There are so many men here, what handsome guy can't I choose? For example..."
As Sonoko was talking, she turned around and bumped into the person next to her. The person was wearing a demon mask with goat horns and was covered in a black satin robe. He was bent over with a weird posture, which made him look particularly scary. Sonoko was startled by this sudden scene and took two steps back, exclaiming: "Ah! Ghost!"
The demon masked man was obviously stunned. He stretched out his hand and wanted to help Yuanzi, but Yuanzi was frightened and stepped back. So the demon masked man had to stand still and speak in a very gentle voice, "Miss, are you okay?"
After hearing the other person's words, Yuanzi finally realized that everyone at the scene was dressed in strange clothes, and the masked man's dress was actually not strange. Her own reaction was overreacting, so she quickly waved her hands and said, "Sorry, sorry, I didn't pay attention, I'm fine."
The man in the devil mask looked up and down as if to confirm that she was indeed okay, then he nodded slightly, then bowed and left.
"Oh, I'm scared to death. He's obviously a handsome guy, why is he dressed like this?" Yuanzi patted his chest and said with lingering fear.
Mao Lilan was confused, "Huh? You can tell he's a handsome guy?"
Yuanzi recovered, put her hands on her hips, and said confidently, "With such a nice voice, gentle and gentlemanly, how could he not be a handsome guy? It's okay, even if he's not handsome, I can still imagine him as a handsome guy."
"Sonoko...you really are..." Ran Mouri was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Next to him, Zhu Fujingguang glanced at Yuanzi's slightly opened bag, zero... why are you stealing things again?
Kazukage Yayoi noticed the gaze of Morifushi Keiko, and chuckled, whispering in Morifushi Keiko's ear: "After Mr. Amuro gets off the ship, he can compete with Kaito Kid in stealing skills."
Zhu Fu Jingguang held his forehead helplessly, "That's still Kidd... the kid's skills are better. What did he steal? I didn't see it clearly."
Kazukage Yayoi shrugged, "No, you wronged Mr. Amuro. He didn't steal anything this time. On the contrary, he put something in. But he seems to have underestimated the power of this thing. For the safety of Suzuki, you should find a way to get the thing here."
Zhu Fu Jingguang took a look at the cross-body bag and did not intend to ask what it was. He said lightly: "This is simple." He took advantage of the crowd and stepped forward to cut the strap of Yuanzi's bag. Immediately, all the things inside fell out and rolled to the ground.
"Ah, my bag!" Yuanzi hurriedly went to pick up the things that fell on the ground.
Zhu Fu Jingguang also squatted down. He saw the familiar badge among the pile of items at a glance, so he secretly hid it in his palm. "Look, are all the things here?"
Sonoko knew nothing. She counted the items in the bag and said, "Everything is here. Thank you, Mr. Oda."
"It's okay." Zhu Fushi Jingguang returned to Kazukage Yayoi without any guilt and handed over the badge. "Is this what Zero put there?"
He remembered what he had said to Jing Yayoi, and asked tentatively: "So this badge is the 'small fire-starting device'?"
Kazukage Yayoi nodded. "It's a non-scientific small fire-starting device that can pass security checks and inspections without any problems. There is a formation inside. Although I don't understand it, it is indeed useful."
"Hmm?" Zhu Fujingguang frowned and looked over, "Yayoi, you don't understand?"
Kazukage Yayoi shrugged. "The fact that I can understand it means that I already have the authority, but I don't have it. Drawing a magic circle or holding a ceremony does not require authority. The host only needs to know how to make it work. But whether you can understand it or not is the key to whether you have the authority or not."
Well, that is the difference between a worker who prints with movable type and an author who writes a book, right?
"But since this magic circle has been created, it proves that at least someone in the Fire Spirit Cult can understand it, right? The manifestation of this magic circle is very consistent with their doctrines. If they can't understand it, they can't create such a consistent magic circle, right?"
He Jing Yayoi shook his head and denied this inference, "Not necessarily, maybe they discovered the magic circle first, and then created the Fire Spirit Religion. It was because they saw the flames coming out of nothing that they imagined there was a god in the fire, and thus a religion was born."
“Just like primitive humans could not explain natural disasters such as thunder and lightning, rainstorms, floods, earthquakes, etc. That’s why they imagined these as the power and authority of gods, not because they actually saw gods. Although gods really exist in my world, there are no real gods in this world, at least I haven’t seen any. But this world still has stories about gods.”
"So, myths were not born because of the existence of gods, but because of human fear of the unknown. The Fire Spirit Cult was not necessarily founded because they saw the spirit god, but because of an unknown event that they could not explain."
Zhu Fu Jingguang pondered for a moment and asked doubtfully: "But Yayoi, you said before that Chef Kikuchi's soul was not on the ship. If there is no god, who can deal with the soul?"
Kazukage Yayoi chuckled and refuted again: "No, I just said that Chef Kikuchi's soul is not on the ship, but this does not mean that Chef Kikuchi's soul has been devoured, nor does it mean that there is a god competing with me. There can be many reasons why the soul is not here, and the existence of a god with the same authority as me is only one of the possibilities. As for the unknown, I am not like humans, I never speculate too much."
"Let's talk about what has happened now. Since Mr. Amuro was able to get the badge, it proves that he must have had some contact with the Fire Spirit Cult. If I were Mr. Amuro, I would choose to make a big scene before the cruise ship docks in South Korea tomorrow, so that everyone will choose to get off the ship in South Korea."
"Mr. Amuro definitely doesn't have the means to ignite the badge, so I guess he will ignite it manually, oh no, light it on fire. But he doesn't know that most of the forces on the ship have been controlled by the Fire Spirit Cult. If he ignites it now, he will simply add fuel to the action of the Fire Spirit Cult."
"So I'll ask Mr. Magician to perform, and then we'll send Mr. Amuro off the ship tomorrow."
Zhu Fu Jingguang frowned in confusion. He was suspicious. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Why? Wouldn't it be better to let Zero make a big fuss and then let everyone get off the ship? The Fire Spirit Cult is hiding in the dark and we don't know what they are going to do. If they really plan to burn everyone on the ship to death, then it would be safest for everyone to get off the ship in South Korea, right?"
Yayoi Kazukage smiled and pointed to the simple divination house in front of them, which was made of a piece of black cloth. Although it seemed that the staff of the Goddess of Victory had tried their best to decorate it to make it look decent, it still revealed a rural style.
"Then you might as well ask why the FBI hasn't taken action yet. Akai Shuichi is still being his Fire Spirit Cult priest, and even cosplaying as a fortune teller. If the problem can be solved by getting off the ship, why doesn't Akai Shuichi let the FBI take action? There are US troops stationed in South Korea, so it must be easy for them to control the Fire Spirit Cult, right?"
Zhu Fushi Jingguang then realized that although the people on the ship were all guests invited by the Suzuki Group, the FBI wanted to deal with the Fire Spirit Cult more, and Akai Shuichi was busy with his own affairs. So why didn't he let the FBI notify everyone to get off the ship? If nothing else, they could just seize the cruise ship for any reason and let everyone return to Japan from Korea.
So why doesn't the FBI take action?
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