Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

"uh-huh."

As he spoke, Lu Ren turned the car around and returned to the coffee hut.

Koizumi Hongzi got out of the car, carried the sickle and walked to the store to be rented and started to inspect it. Lu Ren hesitated for a moment, pulled out the car keys, and followed Hongzi.

One minute, two minutes...

Five minutes later, Koizumi Hongzi frowned and said: "From the outside, there is nothing unusual. Let's go in and have a look."

"Well. Don't worry yet." Lu Ren took out his cell phone and pointed to the phone posted on the door, "I'll call the landlord."

"Then why bother? I can do it with a lockpicking spell."

As she spoke, Koizumi Hongzi's right hand began to glow.

"Don't. Maybe the landlord knows something." Lu Ren stopped Koizumi Hongzi again.

"Even if he knew, do you think he would tell you honestly?"

Lu Ren smiled and said, "You can't help him when he comes. Do you know how to use hypnosis?"

"meeting."

"Magic is really suitable for crime."

"Each each other."

……

……

An hour later, the two returned to the car.

After some on-site investigation, whether it was Koizumi Hongzi's magic or Lu Ren's appraisal, it was clearly stated that this was an extremely ordinary house.

The landlord who came after receiving the news was just an ordinary person, and the reason for renting was very ordinary.

——This place is too far from where he works. He plans to rent it out and rent a house near the company.

The investigation has reached an impasse.

Koizumi Hongzi was silent for a while in the car, and then asked aloud: "Where is there a place with Internet access nearby? Take me there."

"Ah."

Lu Ren drove Hongzi to a nearby Internet cafe and opened a double room (note).

In the private room of the Internet cafe, Koizumi Hongzi opened the computer's browser, typed in a URL, and jumped to a slightly weird website.

The entire website page is dark red, with roses and bloody skulls painted on the background page.

Lu Ren became interested, "Is this your magician's own website?"

"How is that possible?" Koizumi Hongzi moved to the side and motioned for Lu Ren to sit down. "Didn't I tell you that I haven't met another magician like me yet."

"That……"

"This is a weird story website where weird story enthusiasts collect and discuss weird stories from all over the world. For example, this one."

Saying that, Koizumi Hongzi clicked on a post.

[File number: J-004514

Name: Ghost Girl

Characteristics: One-horned, strange strength, violence.

Incident: Smashing of telephone pole with bare hands and deletion of data.

Degree of danger: Extremely dangerous.

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Comment area——

——terrible (funny)

——Terrible (dog head)

——Kepa (seriously)

——Is it JK?

——Is it black stockings?

——Is it white hair and red eyes? !

——The people from China upstairs.

Lu Ren "..."

A trace of disgust flashed in Koizumi Anko's eyes, and she clicked the mouse to close the page.

"But most of them are just this kind of crooked stuff."

"Ah haha, maybe." Lu Ren smiled and said perfunctorily, "Are you planning to search the Internet for anyone who has experienced something similar to mine?"

"Yes." Koizumi Hongzi nodded. She pushed her chair back a little and crossed her legs. "You think it's because of the existence that ghost stories happen. Or it's because of ghost stories that it exists."

Lu Ren's pupils shrank.

"In my opinion, it's the latter." Koizumi Hongzi typed on the keyboard, "A created lie, the more people believe it, the more true it becomes. No, yes."

Black Star Cafe, extremely delicious coffee, silent bald manager, there will never be a second time.

There are more than a dozen similar posts with similar content.

The only thing worth noting is that the places described in these posts are all in Japan.

"It seems to be a strange story unique to Japan." Koizumi Anko closed the web page and said, "It's OK."

"Is that all right?"

"That's right. It's not a horror story. If you still don't feel at ease, go to the hospital for a full-body examination. This kind of thing is not very powerful. If you believe it, it is, but if you don't, it is not. Even if there is such a thing as being extremely scary, If you really meet him, you will just fall ill and be unlucky for a few days."

Unlucky?

Hearing this, Lu Ren called up his personal panel and looked at the lucky skills still shining with golden light in the skill bar.

Luck didn't trigger it, so it should be fine.

perhaps……

Lu Ren was still a little worried, "It's just a strange talk, it can't be a ghost or something?"

"What did you say?" Koizumi Hongzi thought for a while and said slowly:

"Now that the magic power is exhausted, even if there are ghosts, they are like earthbound spirits and cannot leave their birthplace. But you just saw that none of the places these people mentioned are the same. If it is not a ghost story, then there is only one kind Possibly, the ghost in your mouth is an existence before the magic power was exhausted, that is, an old monster from more than a hundred years ago. If you really meet this kind of ancient existence, then just go to sleep. If they really treat you If there is malice, then..."

Koizumi Hongzi spread her hands and expressed that she was helpless.

"Okay, I see."

The witch has no choice but to see if his plug-in works.

Now there is one more reason to solve the case.

Lu Ren tried to adjust his mentality and thanked Koizumi Hongzi calmly, "I'm sorry to trouble you this time."

Hongzi waved his hand, "This is very interesting. I've only seen it in books before. Today I saw it alive."

"..."

On the hundred ways witches choke people to death.

"Ahem." Xu Shi noticed that Lu Ren's face was a little dark, so the witch changed the subject, "What are you going to do next? Find a temple to worship?"

"No. Let him pass by." Lu Ren looked at the time and said, "I'm going to pick up Xiao Ai from the amusement park."

"That little adult with brown hair?"

"Ah."

"Do you mind if I tag along?"

"up to you."

ps1: The world's first Internet cafe officially opened in London in 94. I haven't found out when Japan's first Internet cafe opened, but the current timeline is 2001, so it must have already existed.

ps2: Japanese Internet cafes are more like small hotels. There is a computer in each independent small room, and some also provide bathing and showering. There is a type of people in Japan called Internet cafe refugees, who live in Internet cafes for a long time. It is impossible to find out whether this kind of Internet cafe layout was like this from the beginning or whether it developed like this later. This book defaults to this from the beginning.

I saw a piece of news that the Ferris wheel at the Tempozan Kaiyukan in Osaka, Japan, used to rotate every fifteen minutes. However, due to the recent typhoon, the Ferris wheel rotates every 20 seconds. Take off~

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 335 He doesn’t feel uncomfortable anyway

[Homo sapiens (sad/missing/omitted)]

At the gate of Aido Amusement Park, there stood a familiar humanoid negative emotion walker.

But why is she here?

Lu Ren across the street turned off the appraisal and stood there.

"Why don't you leave?" Hongzi was a little confused when he refused to leave even though the light was green.

Lu Ren pointed to the opposite side, "There is an acquaintance there. Let's go there after she leaves."

"That's it." The red witch looked over and found that the acquaintance Lu Ren mentioned was a short-haired working woman with a good-looking profile, around 27 or 28 years old, no earrings, flat shoes, and a slightly old-fashioned leather jacket on her shoulder. Bag.

She stood at the gate, holding her cell phone, as if waiting for someone.

……I see.

Koizumi Hongzi glanced at Lu Ren, secretly noted the matter, and then nodded with a smile.

The slightly abnormal performance of the Red Witch did not attract Lu Ren's attention. At this time, his attention was basically focused on the short-haired lady opposite, Sato Miwako.

Because it's weird.

Why would Sato come to a place like this?

According to her character as a tough-as-nails woman, she should be completely insulated from cute and expensive things like amusement parks.

Lu Ren remembered that the few times Sato went to an amusement park, he always went with Takagi, and most of the times he went with Takagi were not for fun, but to solve crimes.

Is this also a case solved?

No, that's not right.

If a case is solved, based on the professionalism of an old detective like Sato, he will definitely dress up in disguise, and he will not stand blankly at the gate.

that……

"Don't worry about it, just go over there."

"Ok?"

"I understand, just running away won't solve the problem. She can know you are here now. There will definitely be a way to know where you are in the future."

"..." Looking at the red witch who looked like a stranger, Lu Ren couldn't hold back. "Did you misunderstand something? She definitely didn't come here to wait for me. I'm not familiar with her."

"Yeah, I understand." The corners of the Red Witch's lips curled up, "Not every emotion is bound to be reciprocated."

"Are you talking about yourself?"

"..."

refute! Critical hit! Outstanding effect!

[Homo sapiens? (angry)]

Lu Ren closed the appraisal with satisfaction. Although he didn't know what the Red Witch had just thought about, it did not affect his skillful counterattack.

"But what you said makes sense. It's not a problem to wait here all the time. Xiao Ai and the others are coming out soon."

"Humph." Koizumi Hongzi skillfully took the steps handed over by Lu Ren, and added another step herself, "Although you are a rude person, the great Red Witch chose to forgive you for being such a rude person. rude behavior."

...So chuunibyou.

They were not the only ones waiting at the traffic light. The red witch's words attracted the attention of everyone around them.

Lu Ren wears a marginal mask. He can ignore the strange looks from around him, but when he has a choice, he also tends to make himself more relaxed.