The Split-Actress in Conan's World

"It's really spectacular." Haibara Ai's eyes brightened a little, and she pulled Chiyoko and blended into the crowd without any fear.

"It's clear that the commercial streets on the ground don't show any signs of prosperity, but this illegal market underground is so prosperous. The economic ecology of this kingdom seems to be a little distorted."

"People are always looking for excitement." Chiyoko didn't care. "People in this era have not yet fully liberated their productivity. If you ask them to go shopping normally, most people won't be interested."

"But once it comes to violations of order, even if there is no real contraband, they will be aroused to rebel and want to come and see."

"Sociology is a bit complicated, but chemistry and biological sciences are much purer." Haibara Ai shook her head, quickened her pace, and caught up with Chiyoko.

After growing bigger, Chiyoko's height went straight to 1.9 meters. With Miyano Shiho's leg length of just over 1.7 meters, even if she maintained a consistent pace, she would unconsciously be left behind.

The frequency of walking with the child when he was young was somewhat inappropriate now.

Chiyoko quickly realized this and slowed down her pace to cooperate with her.

Huibara Ai felt inexplicably excited.

So when she passed by a stall, she stopped and took a look.

"What is this?" She pointed to a small frame, inside which were two gray-black beads. The color gradually darkened from the outside to the inside, and there was a thin line connecting the two beads.

The stall owner was originally slumped on the ground, covering his face with a mask with a fish face painted on it. He sat up a little when he heard her words.

"These are poison dart frog eyeballs, dried and processed. They only cost 60 marks a pair. You know, ladies, poison dart frogs are rare this season."

Although she tried to cover it up, Haibara Ai's voice couldn't be changed, so her gender could be easily recognized.

"Do you want to buy it?" Chiyoko also came over and whispered in her ear.

Huiyuan Ai shook her head slightly and replied in a low voice: "This kind of thing is usually used by witch doctors of this era to make potions. It can cure some simple infections. It belongs to backward medicine and is not very effective."

Just as the two were whispering, another person stopped in front of the stall. He was wearing a black robe similar to theirs, and his background could not be seen.

However, the gender was revealed as soon as the voice opened: it was a young female voice.

"45 per pair. These are not the eyeballs of adult poison dart frogs, but young frogs that have just completed metamorphosis. The fact that you can collect these eyeballs proves that you have either discovered a nest of poison dart frogs, or that you are breeding them yourself. You can't sell them for so much."

"Ma'am, this is just your guess, and even if it is so, it can't be so much cheaper. You have to understand that this has nothing to do with the supply on my side, but is related to your demand." The stall owner smiled and refused the woman's bargaining attempt.

"45 for a pair. I want seven pairs. If you don't sell them, I'll find another buyer. I believe that although the season is not very good now, there are always people who raise them specially for a rainy day." The woman was unmoved.

"Well, since you said so, let's just consider it as making friends." When the stall owner heard that she wanted seven pairs, he no longer insisted. He simply turned around and took out seven pairs of black beads from the cloth bag, wrapped them in a small wooden box and handed them to her.

The woman pulled out a small bag from her sleeve. It was bulging and made the crisp sound of silver coins when she shook it.

"315 marks, no more, no less. Welcome to come again next time!" The stall owner opened the small bag, poured out the silver coins and counted them twice. After confirming that the number was correct, he put them away with a smile.

The woman turned and left.

It seemed that she had already made a plan to buy seven pairs of poison dart frog eyeballs for 45 marks, otherwise she would not have brought such a bag of silver coins.

From this perspective, it seems that the original bottom line price of the poison dart frog eyeball should be around 45 marks, otherwise the stall owner would not be so straightforward. The 60 marks he offered to Haibara Ai was a falsely high price.

Ai Huihara looked at the profiteer with a sidelong glance, then turned and left the stall.

"It's quite interesting." Chiyoko enjoyed it very much.

Not long after they walked, they heard angry shouting and cursing behind them.

"Shit! I made a mistake!"

The stall owner just jumped up and threw the small bag hard to the ground.

The mouth of the bag loosened and the things inside rolled out. They turned out to be several stones of different sizes. Where was the trace of the silver coins from before?

My goodness, even the money used to pay the bill is fake?

Chiyoko reviewed the transaction in her mind again. She couldn't tell when the woman switched the money. The stall owner clearly poured out the coins and counted them one by one, and the coins never passed through the woman's hands again.

But since it is a fake silver coin, why bargain?

Soon Chiyoko figured it out herself.

The more genuine the bargaining was, the less likely the stall owner was to suspect the silver coins. When he was counting the money just now, it was obvious that his attention was focused on confirming the quantity.

This black market is really interesting.

After cursing for a while, the stall owner sat back in frustration, thinking that he had suffered such a bad luck.

No matter how prosperous the black market is, it is still a black market. It is impossible for the authorities to maintain order and give justice to such matters.

However, the next second the stall owner became happy again.

"Hehe, luckily I have something left for you."

He looked around, took out a small wooden box from under his butt, opened it, and saw seven pairs of poison dart frog eyeballs lying inside!

My goodness, the goods are also fake!

The corner of Chiyoko's mouth twitched, and she secretly decided in her heart that if she wanted to buy anything in this black market, she must confirm the situation multiple times to avoid being cheated.

Not all the vendors in this black market sell things, there are also many other businesses. Chiyoko and Haibara Ai walked a few steps before they saw another interesting stall.

A middle-aged woman in a wizard robe sat in front of the stall with a stack of tarot cards, a compass in front of her, and a crystal pendant at her side.

Judging from the stall owner's attire, she is most likely a witch who helps people with divination.

The most important thing is that she did not do anything to cover up her appearance, but showed her full face generously.

In this era of witch hunts, this is undoubtedly inconceivable.

Isn’t she afraid that someone will report her and the Vatican will come to her door?

With such curiosity, Chiyoko pulled Haibara Ai over.

"Would you like divination, young men?" The wizard lady smiled kindly.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the two of them were a little surprised. You know, their robes covered them very tightly, and neither of them had spoken yet, so it was hard to judge their young age from their voices.

Now Haibara Ai also became interested.

Seeing that she was interested, the witch pointed to three things in front of her and said, "The content of my divination is different every day. Today I can predict your fortune, your relationship, and your career."

"You can choose one from tarot divination, compass divination, and pendant divination. I will tell you the result of the divination."

"Of course, divination is not omnipotent. Destiny is like a river hidden behind the fog. You can only vaguely identify its shape but cannot see it clearly. Whether you believe it or not is up to you."