Chapter 219: How can robbing a thief be considered robbery?
Kidd was speechless for a moment, silently telling himself that humans and monsters have different worldviews, and if they want to communicate peacefully, they must be more understanding.
For example, Mist Tengu probably often wanders around temples, and one day he heard the word "zuo huán", so he used it according to his own understanding...
As he thought about it, Kidd felt that his focus had shifted.
——No matter how you look at it, it seems that there is no reason for the monster brother to lie to him.
And if what Kiri Tengu said was the truth, then the "similar incident" mentioned by the dead old monk should be referring to the incident three years ago when his apprentice Zhongnian was hanged on the eaves.
The old monk should have felt sad when his disciple died, but he actually "really hoped" that this would happen again...
Kidd fell into deep thought, and suddenly felt that under certain circumstances, it was actually reasonable for the old monk to be scared to death by the Mist Tengu.
——To be honest, although the monster in front of me has a pair of inhuman wings behind it, its appearance is not ferocious and scary. If it stood at the intersection of a busy street and met some bold and cheerful girls, someone might even rush over and try to bury its wings... It is hard to imagine that the Mist Tengu can scare people to death with just one encounter.
...unless the person being frightened has something to hide.
Although Kidd is not a serious detective, his reasoning ability is not bad at all.
With this level of clues, and recalling the details of the two "Mist Tengu Murder Cases" he had found before, he found that the first incident seemed to be able to be accomplished through human operation.
This is probably the reason why there are huge differences in the details between the two incidents - in the first case, the old monk committed the crime, and in the second case, Mist Tengu hung the dead old monk on the beam without knowing it.
Thinking of this, Kidd tentatively asked, "The young monk who died earlier..."
Mist Tengu seemed uninterested in this topic. He moved his wings and said perfunctorily, "I don't know."
Kidd nodded thoughtfully, and he felt that he understood.
——The truth is probably that three years ago, the old monk killed his apprentice for some reason. After that, he used the local "Mist Tengu Legend" to set up the scene and put the blame for the murder on Mist Tengu.
Afterwards, the Mist Tengu might have heard that there were similar creatures in the Shanni Temple, so he went to check it out out of curiosity. Or maybe he was attracted by the incense... Anyway, he came to the temple and accidentally scared the guilty old monk to death.
After the old monk died, Mist Tengu, who had tasted the incense from the old monk's temple, hung the old monk on the eaves of the house in order to repay his kindness, thus fulfilling the old monk's wish of "another wave of traffic".
Reasonable, very reasonable.
...So, Mist Tengu doesn't seem to be as cruel as he and Grandpa Terai had previously speculated?
Just as Kidd was thinking, he saw Mist Tengu reaching out his hand to him again.
This time it didn't even bother to say anything, its meaning was very clear - it wanted Kidd to hand over the harvest tonight.
Kidd was silent for a moment, still not wanting to hand it over.
Although Mist Tengu has never eaten monks alive, the damage it has caused to gems is huge and visible to the naked eye.
After Kidd steals something, he usually returns it afterwards, but recently, his reputation has declined - the luster of gemstones that have been chewed by Mist Tengu will become visibly dull, and the victims of the thefts often think they are fakes.
Jiang Xia looked at Kidd's hesitant expression and decided to add fuel to the fire.
Try to make Kidd progress from "clearing up the misunderstanding of Mist Tengu's murder" to voluntarily giving evidence to him in the future.
Mist Tengu looked disdainful of the robbery, turned his eyes away from the gem, and said to himself: "Then I will have to catch humans to fill my stomach."
As he spoke, he secretly mobilized the clay puppet to form two sharp fangs that looked very aggressive. As he opened his mouth slightly, the cold moonlight passed over the sharp teeth like a blade.
Kidd was startled, and then he felt Mist Tengu's gaze move from the gem to his neck.
Kidd: “!!!”
Looking around, he was the only human being within a hundred-meter radius.
Even if he managed to escape, there was a residential area less than a kilometer away, and those innocent residents...
Kidd took a deep breath, took out the gem with magic-like speed, walked quickly forward, and put it into Mist Tengu's hand.
...He wouldn't use fake goods to fool Mist Tengu because he would definitely be discovered.
Come to think of it, Kiri Tengu is a monster after all. Maybe placing real and fake gems in front of him is like placing model rice and real rice in front of humans - no matter how similar they look visually, they don't smell the same.
However, this actually made Kidd feel subtly relieved - it meant that the reason why the Black Star was taken away from him before was not because his magic skills had regressed, but simply because the other party was cheating.
Mist Tengu glanced at Kidd, took the gem reluctantly, and started to eat the fresh energy core inside.
At the same time, Jiang Xia thought with relief that with this friendly exchange, he should be able to save a lot of murderous intent on using moving puppets the next time he catches Kidd - Kidd's scientific props and magic tricks are indeed not easy to deal with.
Kidd handed over the gem, but did not leave.
He remembered that Mist Tengu had the habit of throwing away the gems he had used. He could just pick up the gems and return them to the person who had stolen them... Although the quality of the treasures that had been eaten by Mist Tengu had obviously dropped a lot, it was still better to have them than nothing.
At this moment, seeing Mist Tengu's expression relax after taking the gem and then retracting his fangs, Kidd breathed a sigh of relief but felt a little uncomfortable.
——Mist Tengu was even willing to repay the old monk who put the blame on him.
He had provided so much food to Mist Tengu, why did Mist Tengu keep staring at him to steal it all day long?
Kidd straightened his wrinkled cape and asked politely, "You've eaten so much of my food, when will you repay me?"
Mist Tengu paused, then looked at him with a look that said, "Human, you are getting too far." "Wasn't I saving you just now?"
Kidd: “…”
...He thought that Mist Tengu saw him standing on the roof with the gem in his hand and dragged him away like food.
I didn’t expect that Kiri Tengu actually realized the danger of the men in black opposite and was consciously helping him?
Kidd had mixed feelings. Although Mist Tengu robbed, frightened people, and indirectly caused a death, he seemed to be a good monster.
Speaking of good monsters...
Kidd suddenly asked, "Since you need gems and precious collections, why don't you go to a museum or a gem store to eat late at night? Are you targeting me?"
Mist Tengu shook his head: "I never steal anything."
"..." Kidd glanced at the gem in his hand. He didn't even wipe his mouth clean before he denied it. "But this..."
Kiri Tengu interrupted, "You stole this."
Kidd: “…”
He couldn't continue the conversation.
There is indeed a generation gap between humans and monsters.
(End of this chapter)
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