Chapter 100: Drought kills drought, flood kills flood
"That is to say, if you make the crystal vibrate and shake, the soul inside will feel the same." Kudo Yusaku pondered for a moment and asked, "Honey, do we have a high-frequency tuning fork at home?"
Yukiko said regretfully, "No, Shinichi and you are both tone-deaf. How could we possibly have any musical supplies at home? But I remember there were frying pans in the kitchen."
"A frying pan won't work. It's too thick and the vibration frequency can't keep up. Hey! I think we have a stainless steel pot lid in our kitchen? How about putting the pot lid on it and then knocking on it?"
Yukiko: "That's too much trouble. Oh! I remember, we have a tin cookie jar at home. Miss Ghost, do you still have those crystal beads that can seal people that you gave Shinichi before? Can you put them in the cookie jar and shake it?"
Kudo Yusaku: "Great idea! If we put the cookie jar in a stainless steel basin, the power will definitely be even greater."
The Killer in the Crystal:?
Edogawa Conan;?
Akai Shuichi:?
Cheng Xiaoyu:?
Is this something a human could come up with? Is this something a human could do?!
Anyway, Cheng Xiaoyu, who is not a human, thinks this matter has a future.
She swung the stainless steel basin and gave the killer soul, who had just uttered a curse word, a full slam to stun and silence it. Then she pulled a crystal ball from the shadow of her coat pocket and said, "I think it's possible. These magic crystal balls are blessed and cannot be destroyed by ordinary physical means."
Yukiko said as she ran out of the room, "Then I'll get the cookie jar."
Kudo Yusaku: "Will overly stimulating methods cause irreversible sequelae to the soul?"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "It won't be pure physics like this, and I will be watching."
Kudo Yusaku: "Okay, then I can prepare more things. Shinichi, do you remember where our electric drill is?"
Edogawa Conan: "Dad, why are you so active today?"
He rarely saw his father so proactive in personally taking physical action against others.
Kudo Yusaku thought to himself, of course, the zoo organization almost killed my brother and my entire family, and now they're trying to kill my entire family again. This can be considered a deep hatred, so it's reasonable for me to hit them a few times and make them suffer.
But Kudo Yusaku couldn't say this directly. This wasn't the right time to acknowledge his family. Just as he was about to say something funny, Ghost Shadow's words saved him: "Your entire family was nearly killed, and now these people are right in front of you, not only refusing to cooperate and show no remorse, but also spouting outrageous words. Your parents aren't actively killing people, but are just using their heads as percussion instruments. I think they're being very civilized and calm."
"That's right, you little brat has no idea about your parents' worries." Kudo Yusaku messed up his son's hair despite his protests, then quickly ran out of the room to get something.
"Damn dad, what a jerk..." Edogawa Conan straightened his hair and said to the killer's head in the crystal, "You heard me, if you don't cooperate you'll turn into percussion music."
The killer's face was grim. He looked like he wanted to vomit but couldn't because he had no body to vomit. After being physically calmed by the stainless steel basin, his attitude softened. "Let me make it clear first, a thug like me who doesn't even have an animal code name has limited information. The most I can tell you is who my superior is."
Once his attitude softened, Cheng Xiaoyu was able to easily retrieve all the information about the person online from his mind. Everyone only saw that the transparent head was mixed into a blurry vortex by some invisible force, and then these vortices of color turned into a full-length image of another person, with several small screens playing first-person videos floating next to the full-length image.
"Hyena." This is what the person in the small picture called the new face. Cheng Xiaoyu memorized the man's face and asked the Ghost Corps to search offline.
Akai Shuichi: "So, we don't need him to cooperate with us. As long as he wants to 'cooperate', you can directly retrieve and read his memory?"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "Yes, I can actually forcefully read his memory without his cooperation, but that would take a lot of effort. With such a large search scope, a local search engine would definitely be faster and more accurate than a third-party one like mine. However, unlike the body, which can be trained to evade a lie detector, memories and souls cannot lie in this situation—but if the person is under hypnosis and suggestion, that's another matter."
Akai Shuichi: "You're being modest. In any case, this method is faster than manual torture in terms of both the authenticity and efficiency of information acquisition. Miss Ghost, can you please produce seven more magic crystals?"
Cheng Xiaoyu guessed what Akai Shuichi was going to do, so she asked the Ghost Corps to bring out another stainless steel basin, which contained seven crystal balls as big as a human fist.
"Great." Akai Shuichi said to Yukiko and Conan who came back with the cookie jar, "Next, let's discuss the division of labor."
After Kudo Yusaku came back with the things, Kudo's house completely turned into a soul-torturing assembly line, and everyone found their own link here.
In the first stage, Cheng Xiaoyu extracted the souls of these people and put them into square crystals. During this stage, Kudo Yusaku conducted the questioning, while Akai Shuichi held up his mobile phone to record.
During this period, if the killers refuse to cooperate and speak wildly, Shuichi Akai beside Yusaku Kudo will use the "stainless steel basin calming method" on them - that is, use a stainless steel basin to beat them until they become obedient.
If they behaved well, Cheng Xiaoyu would unfold their memories, and after Kudo Yusaku confirmed that there was no useful information, he would throw them into the crystal ball and seal them up.
But if it still refuses to cooperate after three hits on the stainless steel basin, it will enter the next stage.
In the second stage, Cheng Xiaoyu will put these uncooperative souls into a crystal ball and shrink the crystal ball to the size of a walnut. Edogawa Conan will put them into a cookie jar and then juggle the ball, or juggle the cookie jar.
If he still refuses to cooperate, then the third stage will be the appearance of Yukiko, who is holding a shaker and has learned cocktail making skills from acting.
Finally, Yusaku Kudo will carry the electric fan from the utility room and remove the protective cover. The crystal ball will be tied to one of the fan blades with tape, and then the fan will be turned to the maximum speed to ensure that the passengers can enjoy the same riding experience as a centrifuge.
This method was very effective. The Kudo family quickly pried out a lot of information about the zoo from the three killers and five observers, much of which Cheng Xiaoyu had not obtained before.
"The zoo is very likely involved with magic. If that's the case, you might not be able to handle it. I'll handle this." Cheng Xiaoyu asked No. 233 to reorganize the intelligence and prepare to send it to the Heiyu family later. He then asked, "So, how are you going to deal with the winery? Do you want to capture Rum and interrogate him? Although that guy has some tricks up his sleeve, I have no problem arresting him if you're not afraid of alerting them. I definitely won't give him the chance to commit suicide."
It would be better to say that he would be unable to die even if he wanted to.
Akai Shuichi was stunned: "Rum?"
Edogawa Conan: "I don't recommend that. Even if we can catch the current boss of the winery and some of the senior executives, there will definitely be many fish that slip through the net. We have to cut the grass at its roots."
Only children make choices and trade-offs. Conan Edogawa wants to bring all these guys to justice.
Cheng Xiaoyu asked the troll ninja soldier to use magic on the square crystal on the table: "Okay, then you can discuss the next steps among yourselves. Just call me when you come to a conclusion or need my help."
Akai Shuichi: "Will you not participate in the discussion of the next action?"
Cheng Xiaoyu glanced at her phone. "I believe you can do it. Professionals should do professional things. I'm not good at detective work, especially this kind of purely physical hiding and hiding. It's boring to sit here. And I see there's an information asymmetry between the four of you. It's a good opportunity to communicate while I'm away. I have to catch up on my next trip."
Yukiko thought of the ghost saying that he was picking up soup ingredients: "Are you going to make soup?"
Akai Shuichi: What soup? How many things have I missed?
Cheng Xiaoyu: "No, I'm going to attend the next fishing seminar."
Kudo Yusaku: "Speaking of expertise, I believe there is no one in this room more knowledgeable in the supernatural than you, Miss Ghost. May I ask if the 'Pandora' that the zoos are looking for really exists?"
If magic is real, demons are real, and witches are real, then the things in legends are also likely to be real, and their destruction must be put on the agenda.
Cheng Xiaoyu: "It does exist. I just got it yesterday. I've confirmed that it's actually a magical version of a leakage current generator component with no insulation. The immortality claims are pure fabrication. If you want to know the details, ask your old friend. I'm too lazy to complain again."
Kudo Yusaku couldn't help but feel sympathy for Kuroba Toichi.
I wonder if my brother can still maintain his proud "poker face" when he finds out Pandora's true identity.
When mentioning the immortal Pandora, Edogawa Conan thought of himself who had taken the medicine developed by the winery for the purpose of immortality: "Ms. Ghost, do you have magic that can restore me to my original age?"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "Yes, but I don't recommend you to ask me for it. Anyway, the winery will be finished soon, and I will be gone as soon as the winery is finished. By then, it won't take long for your children to develop an antidote, so there is no need for you to do anything unnecessary."
Conan Edogawa: "Is it because Kudo Shinichi will become a sitting duck?"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "No, because this is not within my scope of work, it's outsourcing. This means you have to make a devil's deal with me and pay me a price. Why would you make a deal with the devil just to reduce waiting time?"
"More importantly, you may be happy about it, but I'm not. If you local humans can handle local issues on your own, then don't outsource them. Even overtime for the demons is still overtime!"
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