Conan: Start with three choices, but sequence potion

Chapter 233 Conan Danger

In the end, the dark cloud of the "Genji Hotaru" serial murder case that had been hanging over Kyoto was successfully dispelled.

With the reminder of Conan and Hattori Heiji, the people who demolished the Gyokuryuji Temple found the stolen Buddha statue. Hattori Heiji also returned the white hair object he had taken to its original place. Finally, the complete Yakushi Nyorai statue was returned to Sannoji Temple in time for the once-in-12-year consecration ceremony.

It was after knowing all the truth that Uncle Mori finally realized that Miss Chiga Ling's father was not Yoshitsune, the leader of "Genji Hotaru", so he curiously asked about him.

Miss Chiga Ling only said that she had already known her father's identity and did not give a direct answer.

But the way she clasped her hands in front of her said it all.

Everyone who guessed the truth was shocked.

Conan could only admire silently in his heart that he was still strong despite his old age.

It was also at this time that Hattori Heiji found out about his first love and heard the "Bride" version of the Ball Song from Toyama Kazuha.

"Maruzhu Yiji, Oshiomiike——"

"Bride Rokukaku, Octopus Brocade——"

"Shiling Buddha, Takamatsu, Mangojo——"

"Snowshoes, jingle-dongs, fish racks—"

"After six or seven of them——"

"After Hachijo, it's Toji-dori—"

"Finally, there are nine avenues—"

Hattori Heiji was stunned for a moment, and the memories of that year suddenly became clearer in his mind.

The dreamy little girl in my memory was singing "Bride's Hexagon" in a cappella.

"Where did you learn this song?" Hattori Heiji asked suddenly.

He was a little nervous and wanted to hear from her that she learned it during the trip to Kyoto, but he was also vaguely afraid to hear this answer.

"Ah?" Yuanshan Heye was a little confused, "I learned it at my relatives' house in Kyoto."

She pretended to recall the past: "I remember I learned it from them when I was in the third grade of elementary school when I went out to play with you."

"with me?"

Hattori Heiji felt his heart beating inexplicably fast, but he also had the illusion that it seemed to have stopped beating and was not moving at all.

"do not you remember?"

Yuanshan Heye was very confused, but then she felt relieved: "That's right, when I was getting ready, you were already impatient and ran away saying you wanted to go to Sannoji Temple to play."

"At that time, my relatives helped me put on a kimono, tied my hair into a bun, and even put some makeup on me!" Yuanshan Kazuha said this and still found it a little funny.

"Then I went to Shanneng Temple to look for you, but I couldn't see you anywhere, so I patted the ball a few times and went back."

As she spoke, she smiled slyly, her clear blue eyes curved: "I really want you to see what it looked like at that time, with cherry blossoms falling all over the sky, it must have been very beautiful"

Hattori Heiji's thoughts gradually drifted away, returning to the evening eight years ago when the cherry blossoms were falling.

His lips curled slightly.

Yes, it is indeed beautiful.
Ok?
He lowered his head and saw Conan elbowing him twice with a sly smile.

"I, I meant Sakura!!" Hattori Heiji suddenly shouted in panic, causing Toyama Kazuha to look at him strangely.

"That's Sakura, what's wrong with you, Heiji?"

“Nothing!!”

Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha were going to Osaka, so they took a different car from everyone else.

Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko waved goodbye to the two of them.

"Our school festival will be held in two weeks, so remember to come and play when you have time!"

"I understand!" Yuanshan Heye smiled happily, "We will take time off and come over when the time comes!"

"Hey, hey." Hattori Heiji was speechless, but was quickly covered by Kazuha's hand and could not say anything.

The two boarded the Shinkansen and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Those heading to Tokyo also quickly boarded the train.

A few hours later, they got off the train at Tokyo Station.

The Mori family was going to Beihua, and Suzuki Sonoko received frequent calls from home asking her to go back for dinner. They were both on the different roads from Miyano Shiho and Anhe who lived in Haido Town.

"See you next time!" Suzuki Sonoko said goodbye with great energy, "You must come to Teitan High School's school festival!"

Miyano Shiho nodded.

After parting with everyone, the two returned to their apartment in Haido Town and returned to their ordinary daily lives.

A week passed peacefully.

The next news I received from Mao Lilan was a sudden and tragic one.

"what?!"

Miyano Shiho heard unbelievable news from the phone.

"Conan was shot and is in critical condition?!"

Go back to two days ago.

In Dr. Agasa's Beetle car.

"It's so crowded, Doctor. When will you change to a more spacious car?" Mitsuhiko was sandwiched between Conan and Genta in the back seat, and complained in discomfort.

"It's very troublesome to modify a new car. My Beetle is much more powerful than yours looks!" Dr. Agasa said with a smile.

"And you, Yuanta, the front passenger seat was clearly empty, but you insisted on running to the back to grab a seat with us." Mitsuhiko glanced at Yuanta beside him with his eyes slanted.

"I don't want to sit alone in the front!" Yuan Tai was quite indignant.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing." Conan was squeezed until he was almost close to Ayumi. He shrugged his shoulders cautiously and advised the two of them, "The doctor finally has some free time to take everyone camping. We should create more happy memories."

The complaints were suppressed, but the problem of crowded seats was not solved.

"Forget it, Doctor, please stop for a moment. I'll sit in the front." Conan sighed and called out to Dr. Agasa.

Dr. Agasa said "oh" and then stepped on the brakes to stop.

Conan jumped over Ayumi, ran to the passenger seat and fastened his seat belt.

The back seat is not so crowded now.

It was too much of a squeeze for four little kids to sit in the back.

"Have you finished what you have been busy with recently, Doctor?" Conan sat in the co-pilot seat, which was a good position to chat with Dr. Agasa.

"That's about it." Dr. Agasa started again and thought for a while, "The Church of the Knowers is already on the right track, and the general framework of the spiritual monitoring network has been built. It's just waiting for implementation in various places. And there's nothing happening at the Lantern Chamber of Commerce recently, so I'm kind of free and have time to study some of my own ideas." "By the way, New Conan." He suddenly thought of something and almost called out Conan's true identity, but halfway through he realized that the three little ones from the Junior Detective Team were still behind him, and he swallowed the second half of the word.

"I have a new idea for the skateboard you asked me to design for you last time. The Light Bearer Chamber of Commerce happens to have several extraordinary characteristics. I want to try to make this skateboard into a magical item. What do you think?"

"Magical items?" Conan was a little curious.

Not long ago, he had seen a magical item, the wooden mask of Nishijo Ohga. Although its side effects were terrifying, its uses were also extraordinary.

However, out of trust in Dr. Agasa, Conan felt that the magical items created by him would definitely not have such deadly side effects, so he was still quite looking forward to it.

"Yes." Dr. Agasa nodded, "Currently there is an 'apprentice' feature and a 'ghost' feature. I am a little confused about which one to choose."

"According to my idea, if I choose the 'apprentice' feature to build it, the skateboard I made might have the ability to 'open doors', and I could pass through places that I couldn't pass through before. But the side effects might be dangerous, and I might end up with 'the skateboard passing through the wall but the person is stuck inside'."

Conan pursed his lips silently and touched the goose bumps that appeared on his arms.

Just imagining that scene is terrifying.

"What about the other one?"

Dr. Agasa added: "If you choose 'Ghost', the effect will most likely inherit the ability of 'Void', which allows you to become invisible for a short period of time. If you are lucky, you may also be able to develop the ability of 'Divination' and achieve a simple spiritual navigation effect."

"But as for the side effects, it will probably make the user fall into a state of 'lost' in the mystical sense for a period of time afterwards."

"It doesn't seem like anything good." Conan was silent.

However, comparing the two, the latter is obviously much "milder" than the former, at least it does not seem so likely to result in death.

"So, which one do you think is better?" asked Dr. Agasa.

"Use the 'ghost' feature." Conan made a decision.

Dr. Agasa nodded.

"The price of the 'Ghost' trait is now 12 million yen. I'll go back to your father and ask for it."

Conan: “?!”

"You want money?"

He looked shocked.

"Of course." Dr. Agasa was puzzled. "Didn't I just say that this is the characteristic of the Light Bearer Chamber of Commerce?"

"It's different from before. Your small props only cost tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of yen at most, but magical items can only be created based on Beyonder characteristics, and Beyonder characteristics are not that easy to get now."

Since the closure of the metaverse, the sacrificial method of praying to the gods to gain extraordinary characteristics and become an extraordinary person has become invalid. Extraordinary people on the path of the righteous gods can still digest it through the role-playing method, and then complete the promotion through prayer, but ordinary people can no longer become extraordinary people in this way, and can only rely on taking the extraordinary characteristics extracted from other extraordinary people.

The "Law of Conservation of Extraordinary Characteristics" that could not be proven in the metaverse has become a fact in reality.

Some of the lucky ones who had become Extraordinary People in the Metaverse before relied on extracting Extraordinary Characteristics and reselling them in exchange for money, while those who failed to obtain the status of Extraordinary People in the Metaverse could also purchase the Extraordinary Characteristics extracted by others in reality and become new Extraordinary People.

The Lighting Chamber of Commerce, currently the largest chamber of commerce alliance in Japan, has many examples of such transactions.

However, the most common transactions of this type are not flows between private individuals, but rather purchases by the government.

The authorities really need enough Beyonder power to maintain order.

Even though he decisively invested energy and time into the Metaverse, luck is something that can never be predicted. The number of Extraordinary people in official institutions is limited after all. Now that the number of Extraordinary people has become an unchanging constant, he can only rely on acquiring Extraordinary characteristics from the public to enhance his own strength.

"Okay." Conan could only accept this result.

Anyway, dad should have a lot of money on hand, so it wouldn't be a big deal if he took out a little bit as activity expenses and equipment expenses for his son, right?
Not long after, Dr. Agasa's Beetle arrived at the planned camping destination.

The three little ones happily jumped out of the car and chased each other in the woods and grass.

"Stop running around and come help me set up the tent!" Dr. Agasa called them worriedly.

"Okay—" the three little ones responded obediently in unison.

With the help of the children and his wisdom as a "researcher", Dr. Agasa quickly set up the tent.

"Very good." He looked at the tent, which was much bigger than the Beetle, with satisfaction and clapped his hands. "Next, let's start preparing food."

"Conan and I will be in charge of starting the fire, and you guys can go to the woods over there and pick up some branches for firewood, how about that?"

"Okay—" The three little ones raised their hands happily and ran into the woods.

"Don't run too far. If you need anything, use your detective badge to call me." Conan reminded.

"understood!"

The children ran away.

"Really energetic." Conan muttered.

This camping trip started early in the morning, and after more than an hour's drive, it was already noon.

The weather was very good and the sun was not too hot. A cool breeze blew through the woods, and the dense leaves rustled, which was very pleasant.

Conan pinned the detective badge on his collar to prevent him from missing out when the three little ones called him. He then helped the doctor build the fire and made a simple stove. He put the pot on it and began to prepare the ingredients. This way, he could start cooking right away when the children brought back the firewood.

After packing up all these, Conan looked at the time out of boredom.

It is now about eleven forty at noon.

He looked up and saw that the old man, Dr. Agasa, had already started secretly eating the nut snacks he brought.

"Hey, hey."

He couldn't help but feel ashamed.

"Hey, Doctor, Ayumi and the others are still working hard to pick up branches. It's not a good idea for you to steal their food here, right?"

Dr. Agasa immediately hid his hands behind his back guiltily and gave an awkward smile.

Conan sighed.

"Forget it, I'd better go over and take a look. It might help them shorten the time and have dinner earlier."

As he spoke, he walked towards the direction the three little ones had left before, turned on the tracking function of his glasses, and looked for the transmitters on their detective badges.

Soon, Conan followed a path that had obviously fewer branches than elsewhere and saw a huge stone.

Behind the stone, there was a dark cave entrance. Outside the cave, there was a wooden sign tied with wooden stakes and ropes, with the words "Danger, Do Not Enter" written on it.

Conan had a bad feeling and turned around to see a few lines of small words faintly written on the back of the boulder.

“The road to transformation.”

"The light of bliss will shine upon you"

Conan: "."

He was almost certain of the whereabouts of these little brats.

(End of this chapter)