Chapter 70: There is not a single chapter left in the archives.
Kuroba Kaito felt like his head was exploding. He couldn't keep his poker face anymore. In his excitement, he pressed Cheng Xiaoyu's shoulder and demanded, "What do you mean by 'Kuroba Toichi is not deceased'? Don't joke about this kind of thing!"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "Are you combining two answers into one? Okay, I admit your father didn't appear in my dreams. But he's not dead. You didn't see your father's body back then, did you?"
Kuroba Kaito quickly regained his composure and moved his hand away: "I was too young at that time. They all said that my father's body was dismembered..."
He once again recalled the most reluctant and deepest trauma in his heart. Even though the scene in his memory had become blurred due to the body's self-protection and the passage of time, there was indeed no trace of his father on the burnt roller coaster in Kuroba Kaito Kid's father's "failed escape magic".
Cheng Xiaoyu: "People with secret identities can't survive if their true identities are exposed. Aren't you coming to me for the same reason?"
Kuroba Kaito: "How do you know my father is not dead?"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "You saw me emerge from the shadows and used a magic tracker to find me. Can't you just trust my wonderful magic?"
"Let me ask this another way." Kuroba Kaito regained his poker face. "Why are you investigating me and my father?"
Cheng Xiaoyu began to act out the story: "What else could it be? To find the 'Pandora' gem you guys are talking about?"
Kuroba Kaito became nervous: "What do you want to do with Pandora?"
"Don't be nervous, kid. That thing may be very precious to you humans, but not to me."
Cheng Xiaoyu removed her human mimicry magic, and stared at Kuroba Kaito, who was surrounded by long black hair, with her scarlet devil eyes, teasingly, as if she had "I'm not human" written on her face.
"That thing doesn't belong to humans, yet it caused such a big trouble in the human world. I'm just responsible for dealing with it."
Although Pandora is not within her recycling range, Pandora is the best script writing interface in any situation. Since she is here now, she might as well take it.
After all, the life essence that flows out of it seems to be very nourishing and delicious when used to make soup.
Kuroba Kaito's breath hitched. He had originally thought the other person was a witch or sorcerer like Koizumi Anko. Only now did he realize that the person's previous words "I am a demon" were not a joke, but a self-introduction.
Fortunately, the demon in front of him was not as brutal as the legend said. She showed her inhuman appearance for a while and then turned back into a human in the blink of an eye.
Cheng Xiaoyu continued to establish her character. She clenched her fist and then opened it, revealing a piece of paper with a phone number and a blue-purple magic crystal in her palm. "Of course, after all, two generations of your family have put in a lot of effort to keep this thing from falling into the wrong hands. If you insist on destroying it, that's fine. My goal is simply to prevent it from causing chaos in the human world. I've been very busy lately. I'll contact you as soon as I'm done with my work. Call me if you have any questions. If you still have doubts, I'll give this gem to your little witch friend. She'll prove my credibility."
"Are demons so up-to-date that they use phone cards?" Kuroba Kaito took the note and the small gem and asked, "Are those three people in the box also demons?"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "No, they are sorcerers, and they are the handover personnel for another important matter I am currently busy with. The matters to be handled by both of you are separate. They don't know your situation, so there is no need for you to know theirs."
"Alright." Kuroba Kaito really didn't care much about this, or rather, he didn't have the energy to dwell on it. He wasn't some insatiable detective; he wanted more than anything to go back and ask his mother about his father. "Since you've given me such a big piece of news, I'll give you one too. Besides me, you've also been targeted by a group of terrifying guys, and I got to you before they did."
Cheng Xiaoyu continued her acting: "Are you talking about that little adult detective? My friend told me that I seem to be being stared at by strange people lately. I did some research, but I can't find out why. Do you know why they're staring at me?"
Kuroba Kaito: "I don't know. Maybe you've sparked the detectives' curiosity somewhere. Their strong desire to explore can be quite troublesome. If your actions on the other side need to be concealed, it's best to be careful of them. I don't want you to be absent when it's my turn to solve the problem."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "Don't worry, even if they all come together, they can't beat me."
Kuroba Kaito decided to warn them, "They have guns, weapons, attack helicopters, and if you're not careful you could get caught up in something like a terrorist bombing a train. Do you know what kind of damage those weapons can do?"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "Don't worry, I know. It's not my first day in the human world."
Soon, Kuroba Kaito will understand from Koizumi Akako's ridicule how outrageous it is for him to remind a lord-level demon to be careful of being shot.
......
Xia Youjie noticed that Cheng Xiaoyu's expression was not bright and cheerful, and his heart sank. "Is this a very difficult situation?"
Cheng Xiaoyu sat down. "It's not as thorny as dealing with two high-dimensional beings. It's just like a complex plan that took a long time to develop and is about to be implemented, but suddenly I have to run back and forth to get a few more approval stamps during the trial. I feel exhausted by these trivial but not serious additional matters."
We also came back together after work and planned to have a meal to soothe our stomachs, but we were numb when we saw the exquisite plating that covered an excessively large area on the plate.
Cheng Xiaoyu knew very well that the latter sentence should not be said or even expressed. After all, it was very rude to be picky about food in front of guests. Moreover, as a demon, his appetite far exceeded that of normal humans. Maybe this was a normal amount for normal humans.
Anyway, let's eat first, that meatball looks good...
“Crack.”
“…”
Cheng Xiaoyu put down her knife and fork expressionlessly.
"So you think the meatballs taste terrible, don't you?" Gojo Satoru said to Geto Suguru and Ieiri Naoko. "I knew it. The way I saw the meatballs, they didn't look like something you'd find in a restaurant like this. Hurry and complain to the waiter! This is definitely the chef's mistake."
Cheng Xiaoyu wiped the corner of her mouth with a napkin expressionlessly: "Call the police."
Ieiri Naoko: "Even if it tastes bad, there's no need to call the police. You can just complain to the chef..."
Cheng Xiaoyu expressionlessly spat out a gold ring with a large diamond inlaid on it, which had a tooth mark on it, on her napkin.
“…”
The silence was deafening.
First thought: Is the chef still alive?
Second thought: It’s worthy of being Beika Town.
......
Bad news: The chef is gone.
The good news: The chef isn't missing any body parts.
Bad news: Conan Edogawa, Kogoro Mori's family, and Toru Amuro were also dining at this high-end restaurant.
Good news: Cheng Xiaoyu is not a suspect this time, because Kaito Kidd, who has not yet fled the scene, has provided her with an alibi.
"Well... Miss Umekawa Kuko, do you want to find a chance to visit the shrine?" Inspector Megure said to Cheng Xiaoyu after listening to everyone's testimony.
Last time I was almost scared to death, and this time I almost had a human feast.
"Ms. Umekawa, are your teeth okay?" Kogoro Mouri looked at the miserable ring in the evidence bag and couldn't help feeling a pang of toothache. He thought to himself that young people nowadays have really good teeth. If it were him, his teeth would probably have broken.
Cheng Xiaoyu had a blank expression on her face, a hint of death in her eyes. "Well, luckily gold is soft. I felt something was wrong the first time I bit it, so I held back."
Otherwise it would be hard to explain why she could bite the diamond into pieces.
Subsequent investigations revealed the murderer to be a novice chef who had entered the kitchen through a backdoor. He was also the one who had committed a robbery and murder several years earlier. The gold ring was one of the stolen items. It was also the only one that was difficult to sell due to its obvious characteristics. He had no choice but to keep the ring on him, even now that he was penniless.
Originally, the murderer was not qualified to work in this restaurant with his level of skill, but when he was being tested on his cooking skills, he accidentally dropped his ring and it was seen by the examiner, the deceased. So the deceased picked up the ring first. When the murderer asked for it back after the test, the deceased told him that he could give the murderer a sum of money and use a backdoor to let him work in exchange for the ring.
The murderer was so poor at the time that he almost starved. Thinking that so many years had passed and no one would remember the robbery, he agreed to the deceased's conditions.
Who would have thought that this old news was being broadcast again on Beika Town TV recently, and the murderer happened to hear the deceased joking with him, "Could the missing diamond gold ring be the one you gave me?" The murderer, fearing that he would be exposed, wanted to kill him as soon as possible.
There were only two chefs in the restaurant during that period, so killing the chef gave him ample time to deal with the body. In order not to arouse suspicion, he cooked all the meals during this period.
But he never found the missing gold ring. Later he learned that the chef was holding it in his hand before he died. After being attacked, his hand shook subconsciously and the ring fell into the meatball.
Afterwards, the murderer was busy working and used a rack to put the meatballs into the pot. He did not notice the ring at all and thought the ring was in the victim's locker or on his body.
In short, the case was resolved in such a confusing way. The restaurant manager skillfully apologized, refunded money, and distributed coupons to all those involved. He also gave VIP memberships and cash compensation to Cheng Xiaoyu and others who had eaten the murderer's unhygienic food. As for Xia Yujie, who was already a VIP, he was given a large voucher that he could use next time.
Gojo Satoru: "Last time, Jie and I were suspected of being criminal suspects, and only Jie, who made the restaurant reservation, was given VIP membership. Now that we're not considered criminal suspects, can we still be given VIP membership?"
The restaurant manager said sternly, "Because the nature of these two incidents is different. The previous one was just a death, but this time it's a food hygiene issue. This is a serious mistake that no restaurant can tolerate, so please accept our apology."
Everyone: “…”
Thousands of words suddenly welled up in my throat, but in the end they could only turn into a sigh.
As expected of Beika Town.
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