Chapter 572 You're here to deliver food
Kidd is always being chased by the police, detectives, and his fans... He is very familiar with all kinds of ways to avoid them.
But like now, chasing others is not very skillful.
Moreover, to his surprise, Jiang Xia looked quiet and not good at fighting, but he was not only good at hiding and fighting, but also very fast at running. Kidd couldn't catch up with him for a while, and it was difficult for him to aim with the tranquilizer gun.
"..." If this continues, Jiang Xia's companion who went to buy tires will probably come back...
Thinking of this, Kidd raised the muzzle of the gun and adjusted the button on it, ready to risk getting caught on the tree branch and use the steel wire to speed up his movement.
But just as he raised his head, a shadow suddenly passed by from the upper side.
…It seems that some giant bird has landed in the woods.
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Kidd's eyes suddenly froze.
In front of him, a dark shadow suddenly appeared on the path that Jiang Xia had to take.
——A huge wing suddenly stretched out from behind the tree, and with a whoosh, it swept like a Venus flytrap that had been lying in ambush for a long time, accurately catching the detective who was running fast and had no time to change direction.
Jiang Xia seemed to be caught off guard by this ambush and crashed into the wing. Then he was swept away by the folding wings and disappeared from Kidd's sight.
Kidd was startled.
“……”Mist Tengu?
...Mist Tengu!
Although from Kidd's perspective, the body of the owner of the wings, as well as Jiang Xia who was later swept away, were all blocked by the folded wings and the tree trunk.
But he would never mistake the shape and color of the wings. More importantly, there was probably no other creature in the world with such huge wings.
After coming to this conclusion subconsciously, Kidd quickly ran closer, walked around the tree trunk, and looked back.
The Mist Tengu's wrapped wings had now loosened, revealing the very elusive detective.
Jiang Xia's body shook, and he fell to the ground with his eyes closed, then was grabbed by Mist Tengu like a snack.
Then, the pair of dark golden eyes unique to monsters raised up and looked in the direction of Kidd.
“……”It’s really him.
Kidd was instinctively a little surprised at first: "I haven't seen you for a while, I thought you were in trouble with the witch again."
Then he suddenly remembered something important and quickly ran to Jiang Xia who was wearing the Mist Tengu vest. He looked at the motionless body in his hand and said, "...Is he okay?"
Jiang Xia had few puppets while driving the Mist Tengu, so he originally didn't want to pay any attention to them.
But he glanced at the tranquilizer gun in Kidd's hand, worried that this thief would give him an injection. So after hesitating for a moment, Jiang Xia secretly made a pair of fangs with puppet clay, opened his mouth to show a little, and showed it to Kidd.
He succinctly wrote: "Anesthetic. Enough to sleep for half a day."
Kidd was startled.
…Although he had seen Mist Tengu’s fangs before, he had previously thought that they were only parts used to tear human flesh.
I didn't expect it could also inject anesthetics... Could it have evolved when it was hunting humans in the past?
Kidd carefully looked at the pair of sharp and terrifying fangs that looked a bit like the legendary vampire, then glanced at Jiang Xia's body, hesitated for a moment, and put away the tranquilizer gun: "Then I'd better not stab him. Too much dose can easily damage the brain. You may not know this detective, but he is very famous in our human world. He has a good brain. I can't afford to pay for it if I stab him... Well, your anesthetic should have no side effects, right?"
As he said this, he wanted to poke Jiang Xia's head with his fingertips as if he was inspecting a work of art.
He stretched out his hand, but before he could touch it, Kiri Tengu moved slightly and pushed the "anesthetized" Jiang Xia to the side, as if he didn't want him to touch him.
"?"
Kidd was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly became alert - Mist Tengu wouldn't regard Jiang Xia as its prey.
...Fortunately he was prepared.
Kidd sighed inwardly, turned his wrist, and skillfully took out a necklace inlaid with large gemstones.
——This time it was not stolen from somewhere else, but pried out from the safe left by his father.
According to legend, Mist Tengu likes to kidnap humans, hang them on trees to dry and eat them.
But in fact, according to Kidd's observation, the seemingly civilized Mist Tengu in front of him seemed to prefer various treasures compared to humans.
Every time a gem or other collection is eaten by the Mist Dog, its color will become dull, as if it has been hollowed out. But after a period of time, they will slowly recover as time goes by.
At first, Kidd had pondered the principle of this change, but he could not figure out the mystery.
It was not until later, when he met two strange witches and opened the door to a new world, that Kidd completely gave up his research - it was normal not to understand things in the magical world.
...In short, since I don't want Mist Tengu to eat people, I also don't want to feed Mist Tengu with my own body.
In addition to being diligent in committing crimes, Kidd also searched through all the valuables in his home, picking out one or two items to carry with him every time he went out, so that when Mist Tengu came out to hunt, he could persuade him to stop eating dried human meat strips in a peaceful way.
The same is true this time.
"This is the Heart of La Mer that my dad bought in France. It's of no worse quality than the ones I usually steal..."
Kidd took a look at the gem, then looked at Jiang Xia who was in Kiri Tengu's arms, and whispered, "How about exchanging? Compared to bloody human flesh, I think eating gems is more in line with your elegant image."
Jiang Xia: “…”
He glanced at the gem.
Kidd seems to have some misunderstanding about the ghosts' diet.
In fact, ordinary treasures do not contain the energy core he wants.
In this world, things that contain energy cores and can strengthen ghost fetuses and shikigami are actually stolen goods.
In addition to Kidd, other thieves also stole a few items, but they were much less than what Kidd stole. Maybe this is also some kind of rule of the world, just like when Jiang Xia first came to this world and Kudo-san had not yet turned into Conan, he couldn't pick up any ghosts at all...
In short, the gem that Kidd handed over now, although beautiful, does not have an energy core inside.
It seems that when a son steals his father's things, it is not considered stealing...
But fortunately, Kidd has other things that can be exchanged.
——Jiang Xia remembered that since the last time this thief was dragged to the castle by the witches and spent an indescribable day there were some signs of awakening magic power. And magic power is equivalent to energy core...
…
Kidd was stretching out his hand, praying with a slight pang of conscience that his father would not care about the gem. After all, Mist Tengu would usually return it after eating it.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Kiri Tengu's hand missed the gem and placed it accurately on his wrist.
(End of this chapter)
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