Chapter 98 Gift from Nature
Edogawa Conan spent a lot of effort but could only make his parents believe a quarter of it, and this quarter was entirely out of their minimum trust in their son.
You really can't blame them for being stubborn. It's because what Edogawa Conan said was so unbelievable, not to mention that he can't produce any evidence yet.
"So you're saying that [Umekawa Kuko] is actually a demon from another world, and she has to clean out the winery and the zoo before she can go home from get off work, and that she saved the three of you from the attack last night?"
After Conan nodded, Yukiko suppressed the worry in her eyes and asked again.
"Since she's a friendly party, could you please arrange a meeting for us to discuss this matter properly? We understand she hates negotiations, so just let us see the 'magic' you speak of."
Edogawa Conan was annoyed: "She won't come to prove it to me. Her original words were 'If you can't handle your parents, it's your problem, not mine'."
Maybe it was a revenge for the fact that she had demonstrated so many magic tricks on the spot and he still called them "magic"... In short, Edogawa Conan now really sympathized with the ghost last night.
But it doesn't matter, life will find a way. Today, Edogawa Conan said that he had to help his parents break the scientific worldview first.
If the ghost's identity is not clear, the information she provides will not be credible. Who knows how many detours his father will have to take and how many people will be sacrificed in the fight between his father and the Red Army.
Conan Edogawa simply gave up: "Dad, if you don't believe me, you can call your old friend now and ask. Since he is related to Kaito Kid, he must know, because Kaito Kid is obviously more familiar with Oni."
Kudo Yusaku had actually planned to call Kuroba Toichi later to check on the situation, but when his son brought it up, he sent him a text message explaining the situation and asking if he could answer the phone. "Of course, but he's very busy, and I don't know when he'll be free."
Edogawa Conan sat down on the sofa, looking determined to wait until the very end: "Then I'll wait until he has time. Anyway, I've already told Xiaolan that I'll stay at Kudo's house."
Fortunately, the Phantom Thief "Crow" wasn't deployed today. After learning the entire story from his son, Kuroba Kaito, and learning about the brewery-zoo alliance, Kuroba Toichi called five minutes later. "It sounds like your son has been possessed by a demon, too? Let me guess. It's a lady who calls herself 'Ghost,' right?"
Edogawa Conan pointed his arms at the phone on the coffee table, his eyes and expression silently accusing the Kudo couple - "See, I told you so."
By the way, as expected of someone related to Kaito Kid, the voice he imitates is so good that even Kudo Yusaku's biological son can't tell the difference.
Although his brother and son both supported him, as a detective he had to trust his own judgment. Kudo Yusaku was skeptical at this time: "Are you sure it's really a supernatural power?"
Hei Yudao had long been aware of his brother's iron-clad scientific worldview and chuckled, "Magic already exists in this world. My son's friend is a witch."
The Kudo couple:?
Edogawa Conan:?
So your son was first attacked by a witch and then by a demon? Your son has a pretty interesting life.
Kudo Yusaku: "From what you said, you have seen similar supernatural phenomena before? Why didn't you tell me?"
Hei Yu Daoyi said that he was not responsible for this: "Every time I said it, you thought I was being artistic."
Kudo Yusaku said he didn't take the blame: "You can't blame me. When have you not been involved in art?"
Conan Edogawa watched Kudo Yusaku arguing with someone, which was rare for him, and thought: It seems that my dad's friend has a similar personality to him, and they have a very good relationship.
Only people who are on very good terms can have such childish quarrels.
Kudo Yusaku: "Ahem...Anyway, have you communicated with her face to face?"
"Of course, I'm just like you. When my child encounters something so extraordinary, I have to personally check it out. But she's really tired of having to explain things over and over again, so it was my son who did the talking at the beginning."
Kudo Yusaku: "Does she prefer minors?"
While still Umekawa Kuko, the ghost was seen several times at Tokyo Jujutsu High School, and twice with students from there. Currently, there are three known instances where the ghost was willing to explain the circumstances: one with his son, one with his nephew, and one with Hakuba Tan, all of whom were minors.
Kuroba Touichi: "It's true that she has more patience with minors. According to her, it's because she was forced into this world by force majeure and can't leave. So she's anxious to complete the mission and get off work, so she doesn't want to deal with anyone who might ask questions. To be more precise, she doesn't want to contact any unnecessary people. The reason we were able to contact her was because my son affected her previous mission. She was anxious to get rid of him, so she arranged a number for him."
The same question marks appeared over the Kudo couple's heads as they did over the Kuroba family.
Queueing? Is there still a queue system for devil consultation these days?
Conan Edogawa was surprised: "I can still get a number? Can I get a consultation just by getting a number? She didn't tell me, she just told me that she didn't want to have a meaningless repetitive conversation with my parents, so if I really want my parents to know, I can do it myself."
Kuroba Toichi: ...Maybe he didn't want to say the same thing to the twins one after the other.
However, he had no evidence for this, it was just speculation.
Kuroba Touichi: "She just hates the endless repetition of identity verification and the inefficient communication, but it's not that she can't communicate. In fact, she's quite easy to talk to."
Conan Edogawa touched the glass beads in his pocket and said, "Indeed, although she seems to have a bad temper and is not serious, it's not that she can't communicate if we communicate calmly. She just hates ineffective communication."
Kuroba Toichi: "Yes. To be more precise, she hates boredom, especially repetitive and meaningless questioning, but that's understandable. It's like every time you're inspecting a crime scene before solving a case or trying to stop a murderer who's about to escape, you have to first prove to a bunch of people that you're a detective, why you became a detective, why you're here... before you can act normally. Even if you understand the other party's reasoning, you can't help but find it boring. Talking business and treating her as a neutral, friendly, normal person can solve many problems."
"Is that so?" Kudo Yusaku quickly reacted. "In that case, perhaps we could try to ask this young lady to help us get some information from the three uninvited guests in the basement?"
The Kudo couple's previous behavior was because they thought that [Umekawa Kuko] had used some kind of hypnosis to hypnotize or hold their son hostage, and that the other party was the black side, so they wanted to provoke Edogawa Conan, who was "hypnotized without knowing it", and asked him to call the person out so as to set a trap.
But now that two close relatives have guaranteed [Umekawa Kuko]... no, Guiying, the situation is different, and we absolutely cannot say that.
The reason is very simple. Not to mention the devil, even if it is any worker who has been working overtime for so long, if you call him and say "Come over and let me test you", he will be considered to have high quality if he does not use the family tree clearing technique on the phone.
Edogawa Conan sent a message as his father asked, and the other party replied this time: [I am collecting soup ingredients gifted by nature, wait a moment.]
What kind of soup would the devil like?
Curious Edogawa Conan couldn't help but ask: [What is the soup base?]
[I like the old bacon that I have cooked for thousands of years.]
Kudo Family:? ? ?
What is this? I can understand every word here, why can't I understand them together?
Yukiko frowned. "I don't know what that is, but it feels so unhygienic."
......
"Glass, you understand me."
Cheng Xiaoyu shook a glass bottle of Sukuna's fingers, and the sharp nails inside made a crisp sound when they collided with the glass.
I don't want to eat something that tastes bad, so what liquid do you think I should soak this thing in to soften the meat while making it clean and hygienic?"
Ieiri Naoko said disdainfully, "The only liquid I could possibly soak this thing in is formalin."
Geto: "I thought you didn't like this."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "I don't like chewing on dry food. And this stuff is just like the dried soup ingredients in the refrigerator. You don't know when you'll eat it, but it's reassuring to have it. Maybe someone will want to drink some of the Ten-Herb Tonic Soup someday? And this aptitude curse is also a very valuable material for experiments."
Even if Cheng Xiaoyu doesn't use it herself, she can put it on the employee trading platform to exchange for more points or other interesting things.
So far, the local specialties that Cheng Xiaoyu has been able to bring back from this business trip include a curser's soul, more than ten Sukuna fingers, and the Pandora gem for making soup.
"Before I leave, I'll pull Ryoumen Sukuna out of Itadori Yuji's body. Then I'll have both the nourishing Cursed Soul Dry Goods and the nourishing Cursed Soul Resurrection Reheated Version."
Cheng Xiaoyu couldn't help but sigh again.
“I’m so grateful for the gift of nature!”
Geto Suguru: "Ryoumen Sukuna might be so angry that he'll burst into life if he hears what you said."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "That would be even better. The angry and cursed soul can be cherished and taken to the next level."
No matter how you look at it, she made a fortune.
Ieiri Shoko: "Why don't you go and retrieve Sukuna's soul from Yuji now? Is it technically difficult?"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "No, because I'm not leaving right away. Just like when you go to a restaurant and want to take away food, you must wait until you finish eating and leave to pack it up. This way, it will still be warm and fresh when you take it home."
Ieiri Shoko: "For a moment I actually felt sympathy for Sukuna. How terrifying."
Geto Xiayou nodded: "I wonder if Ryoumen Sukuna, who is so good at dealing with people, has ever expected that he would be the one to be dealt with."
It even gets worse and wants to eat up the soul.
Cheng Xiaoyu: "It doesn't matter, Sukuna is worth it."
Ieichi Glass: "Indeed."
Xia Yujie clasped his hands together and said, "No one is more worthy than him. May God, Buddha, or some other deity that is not a one-eyed cat, bless him. Amen."
It is said that evil will be punished by evil, and Ryomen Sukuna has obviously committed too many sins, so the ones who come to punish him are not even evil people, but demons.
Ieiri Shoko: "By the way, Satoru still has the body of an 18-year-old. That drug he took from another world won't have any effect on his body, right?"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "If you mean the part about 'coming from outside this world'—no, that medicine originally came from 'Beihua Town' in another world, it's not 'unique', and similar medicines have long been created in this world, so it doesn't matter if you say it's half-local. In other words, if Gojo Satoru doesn't mind being 18 years old again, then just consider all of this a gift from nature. After all, it was given to me by 'nature' in the first place."
Geto Suguru made the sign of the cross on his chest and said, "Amitabha, there is indeed a lot of generous nature in the world. Thank you, nature."
Ieiri Naoko gave a thumbs-up: "You really have an eye for discovering gifts."
Cheng Xiaoyu smiled and said, "After all, we're here."
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