Chapter 218 Does Mist Tengu Eat People?
That's right, Kidd now knows:
The one who snatched the "Dark Star" from him that day was not some "bodyguard equipped with Suzuki family's high-tech artificial wings", but probably a real monster.
——After that incident, Kidd and his helpers went to inquire about the situation.
Then I learned that the Suzuki family did not have that kind of strange flying device, nor did they hire that kind of bodyguard.
Instead, after careful investigation, relevant reports about "Mist Tengu" were found - this monster seemed to be related to the two deaths.
The location is Shanni Temple deep in the mountains. The legend of Mist Tengu has been circulating nearby, and two monks were hanged on the high eaves one after another. Various traces at the scene made it look like a flying Tengu was committing the crime.
Kidd is different from Conan, his worldview is not so materialistic.
Therefore, after receiving this information, Kidd's impression of Mist Tengu gradually changed from "Suzuki family's bodyguard" to "man-eating monster", which made Kidd very afraid of Mist Tengu.
Although Mist Tengu had not yet shown any intention of eating him, every time, this monster would snatch away the treasures he had obtained, then suck them dry in front of him, and then throw them back like eating dried fruits...
Kidd tried many ways to get rid of the Mist Tengu, but with little success - in order to avoid the police's pursuit, many of his escapes were carried out in the air. But how can a pair of artificial hang gliders compare to natural wings?
So Kidd was robbed again and again when he escaped, and was robbed again and again...Now, this kind of "taking treasures from the police encirclement" is almost no longer fun for Kidd.
Because the taking away is only temporary, and soon he will be robbed again.
But for the sake of his "dead" father, Kidd still can't stop stealing treasures...
Thinking of this, he sighed quietly, put down the telescope haggardly, picked up his tools, and prepared to sneak into the venue.
…
This time, Kidd found that his theft process was very easy - the police easily fell into the trap he set.
Kidd was a little confused, but soon he found out the reason - there was a transmitter secretly hidden on the gem, and the police seemed to be using this to find his lair.
Kidd stared at the transmitter with boredom, then put the gem away.
It would be great if we could use the transmitter to track down the lair of Mist Tengu, but unfortunately, the monster only wanted to eat the treasures, and would just throw the gems away after eating them. The transmitter hidden on the gems was useless...
…
Although the police were secretly releasing the water, the downstairs was still heavily guarded. Kidd fled to the roof as planned and prepared to retreat.
Just as the hang glider was spread out, a gunshot was heard from behind, and the bullet broke the support rod of the hang glider.
Kidd staggered and nearly fell off the roof.
He was startled and turned around suddenly, only to see a row of men in black wearing suits and top hats standing on the rooftop behind him.
The leader, Slack, pointed his gun at Kidd and snorted, "I think I warned you - don't go after the gems."
This voice made Kidd frown slightly. A while ago, he received a threatening phone call. The other party mistook him for his father, Kuroba Toichi, and warned that if he continued to target the gems, he would be killed.
…Now it seems that the person who made the call is the man in black in front of him.
Kidd felt that the secret of his father's "death" was beckoning to him, and that Kuroba Toichi might have provoked this group of people and was brutally murdered.
But now the glider is broken. Not only can Kidd not find out the truth, he can’t even save himself.
He turned around and faced the cold muzzle of the gun. While calmly thinking about how to escape, he tried to fight back.
Just as Kidd took out the imitation "Sapphire" as the other party requested and was about to throw it over to delay time, a very unnatural wind suddenly blew up at the edge of the roof.
Kidd felt something was wrong, and before he could turn around, the cloak on his back suddenly sank - someone pulled him from below.
Kidd lost his balance due to being dragged by his cloak, missed a step and fell off the roof.
Slack, who was holding a gun on the opposite side, was stunned. From his perspective, he could only see a hand reaching out from under the roof and pulling Kidd down the stairs.
The gem was still on Kidd. Slack's face changed drastically. He rushed to the edge of the building with a group of men in black and looked down.
However, there was only the empty night downstairs. There was no trace of Kidd at all, nor the owner of the hand that was stretched out in secret.
…
Kidd was in mid-air, looking at the dark city below with an expressionless face.
A hand suddenly stretched out beside my face.
Then, a familiar voice came from behind: "Give it to me."
Kidd: “…”
The first few times, Mist Tengu would say what it wanted, such as "Give me the dark stars" and "Give me the bloody full moon", but now it seems... it seems to be too lazy to say it.
Kidd even suspected that Kirito was simply too lazy to remember the name of the gem and only remembered that "this thief in white clothes is easy to rob."
Kidd looked at his hand on the side of his face, glanced at the sky more than a hundred meters below him, and felt the parachute bag hidden on his back. He turned his head away dignifiedly, pretending not to hear.
There were some scattered policemen nearby, and Kidd was very conspicuous in his white clothes.
Jiang Xia thought about it and decided not to continue asking for the gems for the time being. Instead, he carried Kidd around the buildings for a few rounds.
After shaking off possible pursuers, he landed in a secluded place.
Kidd glanced at Mist Tengu who was observing the environment, took the opportunity to break free from the not-so-strong grip, and retreated vigilantly.
He suddenly remembered the two bodies hanging high up in Shanni Temple in the news, which were suspected to be the "food storage of the Mist Tengu".
Kidd held down the tranquilizer gun, feeling that his career as a phantom thief was overshadowed: "You don't want to eat me, do you want me to steal things for you?"
Jiang Xia: “……?”
He looked at Kidd in confusion, and after a while, he vaguely guessed where Kidd's idea of "Mist Tengu eating people" came from.
Jiang Xia thought of Kidd's sense of justice, and then looked at the energy core in his pocket, and felt that he could not take the blame for this strange incident.
He raised his chin slightly, and said in a calm tone with a hint of disdain: "Humans are not delicious ingredients."
...Is this a euphemism for "not eating people"?
Kidd's eyes narrowed slightly: "The two monks in Shanni Temple..."
"The old monk passed away by himself." Mist Tengu folded his wings impatiently and said casually, "I went to the temple once, and when he saw me, he covered his heart and fell down. I just listened to his wish before he died and hung him up high - he said he hoped to do something similar again to help the temple attract customers."
Kidd: "... Sit and die?"
...No matter how you sound, this must be sudden death!
(End of this chapter)
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