Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 219 How can robbery be considered robbery?

Kidd was speechless for a moment, and silently told himself that people and monsters have different worldviews, and if they want to communicate harmoniously, they need to understand more.

For example, Wutiangou probably often wanders around the monastery. One day it heard the word "Zuohua", so now it uses it according to its own understanding...

Thinking about it, Kidd felt that his focus had gone astray.

——No matter how you look at it, Brother Youkai seems to have no reason to lie to him.

And if Wu Tiangou said the truth, then the "similar incident" that the dead old monk said should refer to the incident where his apprentice Zhongnian was hanged on the eaves three years ago.

The apprentice died, and the old monk should feel sad, but he actually "very hoped" that this kind of thing would happen again...

Kidd fell into deep thought, and suddenly felt that under a certain premise, the fact that the old monk was scared to death by the Wutian dog was actually reasonable.

——To be reasonable, although the monster in front of me has a pair of inhuman wings behind it, its appearance is not ferocious and scary.If it stands at the intersection of a bustling market, and meets some bold and cheerful little girls, some people may even rush to try to bury their wings... It's hard to imagine that Wutiangou can scare people to death directly.

…Unless the person being frightened has a ghost in his heart.

Although Kidd is not a serious detective, his reasoning ability is not bad at all.

With this level of hints, recalling the details of the two "Mist Tiangou Murder Incidents" that he found before, he found that the first incident seemed to be done by human manipulation.

This is probably the reason why there are huge differences in the details of the two incidents-the first one is that the old monk committed the crime, and the second is that Wu Tiangou hangs the dead old monk on the beam of the house without knowing it.

Thinking of this, Kidd tentatively said: "The young monk who died earlier..."

Wu Tiangou seemed not interested in this topic, moved his wings, and said perfunctorily, "I don't know."

Kidd nodded thoughtfully, feeling he understood.

——The truth is probably that three years ago, for some reason, the old monk killed his apprentice. After that, he used the local "Legend of Wutiangou" to arrange the scene, and blamed the murderer on Wutiangou.

Afterwards, Wu Tiangou may have heard that there were similar haunts in Shanni Temple, so he rushed to check out of curiosity.Or maybe it was attracted by the incense... In short, it came to the temple, and then inadvertently scared the guilty old monk to death.

After the old monk's death, Wu Tiangou hung the old monk on the eaves of the house in order to repay his kindness because he had eaten the incense in the old monk's temple, and realized the old monk's wish to "come another wave of drainage" before his death.

Reasonable, very reasonable.

...So, it seems that Wutengu is not as cruel as he and Grandpa Terai have speculated before?
Just as Kidd was thinking, he saw Wu Tengu reaching out to him again.

This time it didn't even bother to say anything, and its meaning was very clear—it wanted Kidd to hand over what he had gained tonight.

Kidd was silent for a moment, but still didn't want to hand in.

Although Wutiangou has never eaten monks raw, the harm it caused to gemstones is also huge visible to the naked eye.

After Kidd has stolen something, he usually returns the stolen things afterwards, but recently, his reputation has declined—the luster of the gems that have been eaten by Wu Tiangou will become dimmed visible to the naked eye, and the stolen people often Will think it's a fake.

Jiang Xia looked at Kidd's hesitation, and decided to add another fire.

Try to let Kidd develop from "dissolving the misunderstanding of Wutiangou's murder" to actively offering a confession to him in the future.

Wu Tiangou looked disdainful of robbery, looked away from the gem, and said to himself: "Then we have to catch humans to pad our stomachs."

As he spoke, he secretly mobilized the clay puppet to build two fangs that looked aggressive at first sight.As he opened his mouth slightly, the cold moonlight streaked across his sharp teeth like blades.

Kidd was taken aback, and immediately followed, he felt Wu Tiangou's eyes move from the gemstone to his neck.

Kidd: "!!!"

Looking around, he was the only human being within a radius of [-] meters.

Even if he escaped by chance, there is a residential area less than a kilometer nearby, and those innocent residents...

Kidd took a deep breath, took out the gem as quickly as magic, stepped forward quickly, and put it into the hands of Wutiangu.

... He will not fool Wutengu with fake products, because he will definitely be seen through.

Think about it, Wutengu is a monster after all, maybe real and fake gems are placed in front of him, just like model rice and real rice are placed in front of human beings-no matter how similar they are visually, they smell different.

But this point actually gave Kidd a subtle sense of relief—it meant that he was taken away from the Dark Star before, not because his magic skills had regressed, but simply because the other party had cheated.

Wutiangou glanced at Kidd, reluctantly took the gem, and licked the fresh energy core inside.

At the same time, Jiang Xia thought with relief that with this friendly exchange, the next time he catches Kidd, he should be able to save a lot of murderous energy for moving puppets—Kidd’s props and magic tricks are really not very good. deal with.

Kidd handed over the gem, but didn't go away.

He remembered Foggy Tengu's habit of throwing away used gems.At that time, I can just pick up the gems and return them to the stolen people... Although the quality of the treasures that have been eaten by Wu Tiangou has dropped a lot, it is better than nothing.

At this time, seeing Wu Tiangou's expression eased after taking the gem, and then retracted his fangs, Kidd breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little uncomfortable.

——Even the old monk who blamed him, Wu Tiangou, was willing to repay his favor.

And he provided Wutiangou with so much rations back and forth, why did Wutiangou stare at him all day long?

Kidd tidied up his crumpled cloak, and asked politely: "You have eaten so much from me, when will you repay me?"

Wu Tiangou paused, and then looked at him with a look of "human beings are making progress": "Didn't I just save you?"

Kidd: "..."

...He thought that just now Wu Tiangou saw him standing on the top of the building holding the gem, and dragged him away as if it were food.

Unexpectedly, Wu Tiangou sensed the danger of those men in black on the opposite side, and was helping him consciously?
Kidd has mixed feelings.Although Wu Tiangou robbed, frightened people, and indirectly took a human life, 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 shop late at night? Are you targeting me?"

Wutiangou shook his head: "I never steal anything."

"..." Kidd glanced at the gemstone in his hand, and didn't admit it before wiping his mouth clean, "But this..."

Wu Tiangou 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)