Chapter 194: The Self-cultivation of the European Emperor
Jiang Xia shook his head, feeling that such a journey would be very monotonous.
He found the travel agency's phone number on Mao Lilan's ticket and took out his phone: "I'll book another set of tickets."
Judging from the poster at the lottery counter, this itinerary is not cheap.
However, at this point, it is difficult for Jiang Xia to label himself as "short of money": Yoko Kinoshita often connects him with programs, more and more rich ladies come to the office to look for cats, and every time he completes an "assassination" mission, he receives a considerable bonus - Gin will deduct the bonuses of those who fail to complete the mission on time and give it to him. It is equivalent to Jiang Xia receiving several salaries alone.
In addition, every time Toru Amuro asked him to take a part-time job, he would ask the boss to settle the salary on the same day. Therefore, Jiang Xia often worked one day's part-time job and received two to three months' salary. When he wanted to pay it back, Toru Amuro would stare back at him with a look like "Don't bother me with such a small amount of money." Even Dr. Agasa would occasionally put "thank you money for inventing the explosion first aid" in his mailbox...
In short, ever since Jiang Xia started to show off his "I want to make money" vibe, it seemed like everyone was trying to give him money in various ways. Over the past few days, the 700 million yen that Jiang Xia had plundered from the Maple Leaf Gold Coin case had not decreased at all, but had even increased.
However, having money does not mean you can buy a ticket easily.
——The festival on Mermaid Island is quite famous, and the itinerary that Mao Lilan drew was sold out as early as last month.
Jiang Xia sighed and hung up the phone.
Suzuki Sonoko keenly noticed that Jiang Xia's mood value had dropped.
She then approached secretly, intending to suggest again that they take her family's boat - if Jiang Xia was worried that she would spend too much money, then she could also temporarily buy a civilian-level boat...
But at this moment, she found that Jiang Xia turned his head and looked at the lottery table.
After looking for a while, a virtual light bulb of inspiration seemed to pop up above Jiang Xia's head.
He walked towards the trophy cabinet.
…
There was a middle-aged lady at the counter. She didn't care that Jiang Xia, the "temporary security guard", was slacking off during work hours and just looked at him with a smile.
Jiang Xia looked at the prize announcement board and found that the highest prize was the special prize, and there were actually two places for the first prize that Mao Lilan drew.
Jiang Xia asked: "Is the remaining first prize still available?"
"Yes." The waitress was a little surprised. She immediately understood Jiang Xia's intention and whispered to him, "The probability of winning is really low, and we have set up several lottery tables. The other first prize may not be in this prize box. You may not be able to get it even if you have time... Instead of drawing a lottery, it's better to book other boat tickets."
"It's okay, I'll try." Jiang Xia bought two cups, paid the bill, and got a chance to draw a lottery.
Suzuki Sonoko also wanted to dissuade him.
But seeing Jiang Xia trying so hard to travel on the same ship with her (them), Suzuki Sonoko held her cheeks with her eyes full of hearts, and forgot what she wanted to say for a moment.
After two or three seconds, Suzuki Sonoko calmed down.
She turned around and took out her cell phone secretly, thinking of finding someone to contact the travel agency secretly and pay them to add a seat on the ship. If that didn't work, she could just switch to a bigger ship - that way, there would definitely be more seats.
However, before she finished editing the text message, she suddenly heard the waiter's surprised voice behind her.
"Huh?" Suzuki Sonoko turned around and saw that Jiang Xia had already drawn the prizes.
The waitress looked at the lottery ticket in Jiang Xia's hand in shock. She had seen the same thing in Mao Lilan's hand just now: "First, first prize!"
Suzuki Sonoko: “…”
Conan: “…”
...Are there really people in the world who can get whatever they want?
Mao Lilan was not too surprised. She looked like she was used to it. She took a closer look at the ticket that the waiter had just printed out and said in surprise, "The seats are next to each other!"
Jiang Xia happily collected the ticket and picked up the cup, preparing to give it to his temporary colleague later.
…
After setting the itinerary to Mermaid Island, Jiang Xia continued to work, while Mao Li Ran and Suzuki Sonoko prepared to go home.
Conan stayed alone, waiting to meet the members of the Junior Detective League.
——Today, there will be a live performance of "Kamen Rider" in the Beika Department Store. The Junior Detective League insisted on dragging him to watch it together. Conan couldn't resist the naughty kids, so he had to come.
…
Jiangxia’s shift schedule consists of morning and evening shifts.
As the evening approached, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the Young Detectives.
Jiang Xia was stunned.
After a while, he secretly left a ghost next to the child - since they were in the same building, even if the ghost followed the Junior Detective Team, it would not leave Jiang Xia too far, and would not consume much of the murderous aura.
Jiang Xia: "..." This is not entirely done to get involved in a case, but mainly to keep an eye on the safety of the children.
…
However, until the department store was about to close, there was no movement from the Junior Detective Team.
On the contrary, over in Jiangxia, the atmosphere in the security room was a bit strange.
…
Jiang Xia was sitting in the security room on the second floor below ground. He looked at the smiling elevator lady in front of him, and then at the hot drink she handed him.
The beautiful lady in front of me, named "Nakamura Mio", is in her twenties and is said to have just taken office. She is generous and cheerful, and often brings something to share with colleagues, so today, her action of distributing refreshing drinks to the security guards is not abrupt.
but……
Jiang Xia glanced at the ghost next to him.
Xiaobai whispered to him: Just now, Nakamura Mio secretly put an unknown drug into the drink.
…
After distributing drinks to Jiang Xia, Mio Nakamura walked aside and continued distributing drinks to other people.
While no one was paying attention to him, Jiang Xia picked up the teacup and poured the tea under the table.
As the drink fell, a crude clay puppet in the shape of a pufferfish emerged at his feet.
The "pufferfish" swallowed the entire drink, closed its mouth, and then fell silently to the ground under Jiang Xia's control, rolling to a dead corner deep under the table with the drink and gradually dissipating.
(End of this chapter)
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