Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Chapter 278, Chapter 277: Bright Moon's Woof-Woof Cult!

I truly felt a sense of dread towards this guy, even...

Scared?

Gin snorted coldly as he watched Sano walk out of the bar, then withdrew his thoughts.

Well, since Sano has already accepted the mission, it's not a bad thing if it can inspire some of his fighting spirit.

...As soon as Sano stepped off the building, he bumped into Vodka.

"Hey, Jia Ge."

Sano raised his hand in greeting.

Vodka: "...Yo, Mycroft."

After exchanging greetings, they passed each other without further conversation.

Watching Sano's departing figure, Vodka, who already knew why Gin had called him for a cocktail, already had a clue.

...I don't know if confirming that Sano is alright is a good thing or a bad thing.

If Sano is fine, it means that Vodka will have to be on tenterhooks when dealing with him in the future.

This is clearly not a good thing.

But if Sano really has a problem, it means that Vodka might have to help his boss fight the other side and silence them... It's better to go with the former.

The latter always felt like he was courting death.

As the saying goes, when faced with two evils, choose the lesser.

Vodka shuddered, thinking to himself.

……

After returning home, Sano did nothing else but first, he did some kind of "enhancement" (or rather, he did a power-up).

...Although many troublesome things happened during this trip to Osaka, correspondingly...

Sano also received a generous reward, so much so that he was able to start a second round as soon as he got the cloned doll.

"Random enhancement in progress. Congratulations, host, your dog has been enhanced successfully..."

"……dog??"

Sano paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered the black greyhound he had seen before.

Could it be that dog?

...When it was being strengthened last time, Sano thought it would be the greyhound, but it ended up being strengthened on the doll. And now it's happening again, isn't it?

Sano pulled out a map and quickly located the spot. He went out and ended up in an alley on the next street, and sure enough, he saw the black greyhound.

"Wang!"

The greyhound also noticed Sano, but compared to its wary or aloof demeanor in front of Sano last time, it became much more enthusiastic this time.

Its tail swayed like a propeller, just like it had when it faced that plush toy, turning into a lapdog.

This time, however, the object of his admiration was Sano.

But that's not important. What's important is that Sano seems to have understood the meaning of the dog's bark.

"happy."

If Sano's ears weren't mistaken, he did seem to hear the dog utter such... words.

...Could this be due to the enhancement effect?

Sano glanced at the ragdoll in the alley, who was originally receiving a "bath" from a licking dog, but the licking dog suddenly ran away to lick other objects, making it look a little confused. He squatted down and began to angrily rub the head of the greyhound.

Enhancement item name: Black Greyhound.

Grade: B.

effect:

1. Pet (The affinity between this pet and its owner will reach its maximum and cannot be eliminated).

2. Contract (This enhanced item's attributes are doubled in all aspects, and it can communicate with its master mentally).

3. Summon (Use this to summon the enhanced creature to the vicinity of the master, regardless of distance).

4. Lock and Track (can be used based on scent to display the target's location on a map).

Limitations: Effect Summoning cannot place the enhanced creature in any observable location; it will automatically adjust the summoning location based on the situation. Effect Lock Tracking cannot be used again for 24 hours after each use.

Note: Haoyue Wangwang is invincible!

Sano rubbed the dog's head while checking the details of its effects.

Upon seeing the note, Sano's breath hitched involuntarily. He then took out the cat demon headdress and glanced at the note information.

First came the Holy Flame Meow Meow Cult, then the Bright Moon Woof Woof Cult.

Good grief, the system has said both good and bad things. This guy is really something else.

After venting his frustrations, Sano turned his attention to business.

Based on the description of the effect, it seems that Sano did not understand the greyhound's canine language, nor did the greyhound speak human language, but rather it was due to the so-called "spiritual communication".

Sano thoughtfully pinched the greyhound's ear, and this fawning attitude, so different from their last meeting, was probably due to some kind of intimacy level.

Aside from these two points, the summoning and scent tracking effects are only so-so. The contract effect, which includes mental communication, also doubles the attributes of this greyhound in all aspects.

...This time it feels a bit useless.

What good is it if a dog's attributes are raised to the highest level?

It's a pity. Sano thought he could really create a celestial hound for himself, but at best it was just a king among dogs. How did it even get a B grade?

Sano frowned and pondered for a while, then realized that his thinking might be off track.

This thing might not be meant for direct combat, but rather should be developed in a support role?

So Sano forcibly lifted the greyhound's head and began to try to communicate: "Can you understand what I'm saying?"

The greyhound tilted its head and barked again.

As for Sano… from what I heard, this guy was basically saying—happy, joyful, comfortable, and wanting to lick.

...What the hell do you mean you want to lick? That dog doesn't know anything else besides licking!

Sano continued to try to communicate with the other party, but unfortunately... he didn't get anything out of it.

It felt like talking to a little kid who hadn't even started kindergarten yet—no, he couldn't even speak properly.

We can't communicate; we can't communicate.

It's a bit difficult to develop in the support direction with this.

Sano sighed and could only put the idea aside for the time being: "Let's give you a name first, how about... Wangcai, or Xiao Hei or Da Hei, you can choose one?"

The greyhound tilted its head again and barked.

“…Black…Little.”

"Little black?"

Sano paused for a moment, then looked surprised: "You can understand me?"

Xiao Hei kept barking, but unfortunately, the only response was "Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei".

...Is this something you can understand or not?

Sano scratched his head, seemingly gradually realizing what was going on with this little black creature.

Most people's first impression is that dogs don't understand human speech, but in fact, with training, dogs can understand some simple commands from their owners.

After all, they are animals with self-awareness, so their intelligence cannot be zero.

Sano seemed to have read some popular science articles that said, depending on the breed of dog, the intelligence of an adult dog can range from the level of a six or seven-year-old human child to the level of a nine-year-old human child.

With such intelligence, under conditions of "mutual language" like Sano's current situation, communication should not be a problem, at most it would just be a little troublesome.

Perhaps this little black cat is a stray.

Or perhaps he is not old enough, which is why he is not able to have a successful conversation with Sano for the time being.

Take it back and train it; that should solve the problem.

Sano felt much better after coming to this conclusion, and then patted Xiao Hei's head: "Come back with me, home, a place to sleep, there's food, you won't be hungry, it's very warm, can you understand me? If you can, call out to me."

Sano wasn't sure if Kuro had understood or was simply imitating Sano's "meaning," so he repeated "home" and "food" twice.

"Mmm, there's food at home."

After giving a few perfunctory replies, Sano tried to drag Xiao Hei away.

However, at this moment, an unexpected situation occurred.

...This thing absolutely refused to go with Sano. It clung to the ground with all four paws, and the skin on the back of its neck was almost stretched into putty, but it didn't budge an inch.

Damn, he's pretty strong... That makes sense, all his attributes have doubled, no wonder he couldn't pull him away.

"What are you doing? Come with me!"

Sano and Kuro engaged in a tug-of-war, much like a tug-of-war.

...Sano had never seen such a stubborn dog before. It was dragging itself like that and still wouldn't move. Didn't it feel pain? It was so stupid. Sano was taking it out for a good time, so why wouldn't it move? With the pet effect, it shouldn't think that Sano wanted to hurt it. It should be too scared to move.

"Meow!"

Suddenly, the plush toy rushed over, its fur standing on end, and whimpered at Sano.

He probably sensed that his sycophant was in danger, so he was threatening Sano.

Ha, they used to ignore Xiao Hei, but now they're getting anxious.

Chapter 279, 278: The Small Animal Kidnapping Association

Belated affection is worth less than grass, you proud cat!