Kindaichi of Kexue World

Chapter 154

Since Mao Xingzi was still in the hot spring men's soup, and she didn't know when she would come out, Kaneda hurriedly found a reason to pull Miyuki away. Of course, Chris couldn't soak in the hot spring, so he could only follow closely behind.

After leaving the waiting room, Hidesaku Iwata greeted him with a smile on his face: "How is the hot spring here? Is the hot spring here comfortable?"

"Comfortable...very comfortable." Jin TianYi winked at Butler Iwata with some embarrassment.

I don't know if it's because I understood it or I didn't know that Mao Xingzi also went in. Anyway, Iwata Hidesaku didn't talk too much.

"I never thought that such a remote island would have natural hot springs!" Nanase Miyuki exclaimed.

"It's not just hot springs. In fact, there are rich minerals on this island, such as the statue of the mountain boy..."

"The statue of Shantong?" Jin Tianyi regained his energy in an instant, and the slightly guilty expression disappeared.

"Are you saying that the red material is available on the island?"

"Yes. This is carved from a large piece of this red stone that the master picked up in the woods. It is said that this color appears because of the high copper content."

"Isn't copper yellow?" Jintian asked suspiciously one by one.

"Idiot Yi, it's just an ore with a high copper content, and there are other ingredients mixed in it. It's not pure brass. You learned it in textbooks, and you didn't pay attention in class!" Nanase Miyuki said.

"Really? Hahahaha." Jin Tian laughed awkwardly one by one.

Walking in the woods, Kindaichi revealed the goal of his trip, which was the torii gate.

He took Miyuki away not entirely because he was afraid that she would see Mao Xingzi come out of the men's bath.

"If Mr. Kakimoto was killed because he solved the riddle of ancient poems, then to find the murderer, it is necessary to start with ancient poems."

Nanase Miyuki recited that ancient poem directly, as expected of a top student, but then she said that she couldn't understand it at all.

Kindaichi talked eloquently about this ancient poem, and said a lot of dry things.For example, the vermilion bird may refer to the reign name of Emperor Tenmu, and the nue bird is some kind of legendary bird. I also roughly translated that ancient poem.

Not too far off from what Chris knew.

"Hajime, when did you become so powerful? You couldn't even tell the difference between Emperor Gensho and Emperor Genmei..."

"Well... people can change their eyes after three days of separation..." Jin Tianyi blushed, probably thinking of a scene that is not suitable for children.

Miyuki looked at him suspiciously.

"You're talking about Shibie's three days of admiration!" Chris interjected.

Kindaichi's favorability is -3.

"..."

In short, according to Kaneda’s analysis, the so-called vermilion bird may not necessarily represent the reign name of Emperor Tenmu. In addition to the existence of 鵺鸟, the key point may be the word "bird". The things related to birds on the island are torii. .

"Think about it, the style of sacrificial altars on this island is more western, but there are very incongruous Japanese torii gates. It is hard not to think that these torii gates were specially designed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi for puzzles. The mark left..." Kaneda pointed to the green torii gate one by one and said, "Look, isn't it even more strange that the torii gate is made of this strange jadeite?"

"Do you know the meaning of Torii?"

At this moment, Yashishima Takazo came out from one side with a folding fan in his hand.

He happened to be wandering around here, and came over to take a look after hearing the sound.

"The meaning of Torii has been described in various ways since ancient times. Some say it is a door leading to the residence of the gods, but there is another explanation, which is also the origin of the name [Torii]." Yajushima Takazao started showing off his knowledge again.

"In ancient times, people believed that flying birds would convey people's wishes to the sky, and they were the messengers of the gods, so they built these buildings for them to rest and live in, so they were called [Torii]."

"Although there are many altars in the west on this island, there are actually a lot of altars in the local area. It is not surprising that there are one or two [torii gates] for sacred birds. Besides, do you think I have never thought about this possibility? ? Actually, there are no red torii gates on this island at all.”

"Huh? There are only white and green torii gates?" Jin Tianyi felt a little reconciled.

"Speaking of which, I know there is another torii on this island." Chris said: "When I was wandering around the island this morning, I found a torii under the cliff behind the main house."

"Really? What color is that torii gate?" Jintian asked excitedly.

"That torii gate is black!" Yashishima Takazo hurriedly replied, "I'm disappointed, young man!"

"It's black... Anyway, let's go and have a look."

Two or ten minutes later, the three arrived at the location of the black torii gate.

Yashishima Takazo thought they were wasting time, so he didn't follow.

Walking from the southwest corner of the island to the northeast corner, I was really tired, and everyone was sweating profusely.

Miyuki said that she must take a hot spring later, this time Jintian Yiyi didn't stop her anymore, anyway, nearly an hour had passed, Mao Xingzi probably left no matter how interested she was.

"Strange, why aren't there any strange patterns on the bottom of this torii gate?" Jintian said one by one.

"Yes, that's true." Chris stepped forward to take a look. He had been avoiding the gushing spring water in the morning and didn't pay attention to it.

Wait!
Black torii, fountain, mineral, hot spring, red bird...

Chris felt as if he knew something extraordinary.

He looked up a few times with guilt, and found that Kaneda Yiyi was still studying the torii with concentration, and Nanase Miyuki was also watching curiously.

"It's better not to say anything...it has nothing to do with the murder case..."

After a while, Jin Tianyi said that he found nothing, so the three returned to the main house.

Mao Xingzi didn't know where to go at this time, and the three of them finally soaked in the hot spring this time.

"Oh~~C'est confortable (French: really comfortable)!"

"Chris, aren't your parents worried that you came to the island to hunt for treasures alone at a young age?" Kinda asked one by one.

He said that he was sweating again just now, so he might as well come over to take a dip.

However, Chris seriously doubts the authenticity of this reason, because Jintian Yiyi was knocked down by Miyuki just because he wanted to climb the wall to peep at the female soup.

Sure enough, it's Old Snake Skin.

As a result, Chris also began to doubt his own judgment, that is, the judgment of what happened to Kaneda Yiyi and Mao Xingzi.

"Don't you miss them alone?"

"They?" Chris answered after careful consideration: "They believe in me. Although I am not old, in fact I am a Ph.D. graduate from Columbia University. It is not difficult for me to do this. Of course there are I miss them a lot..."

In fact, in Chris' memory, his parents actually loved him very much and were always worried about what he was doing, but Chris didn't think so.

Chris is naturally strong and talented, so he doesn't pay much attention to his relatively mediocre parents. In addition, he is already financially independent, and he is completely self-reliant.

For him, these two people are a stumbling block for him to gain strength.

This kid belongs to [True Unfilial Son].

"Doctor?!" Jin Tianyi showed a shocked expression, and then said disdainfully: "So what, you are just a brat after all!"

Although the words were not pleasant, Chris could see traces of shame, envy and pity on Jintian Yiyi's face.

Then the hot spring fell into silence for a while.

"Chris."

"what?"

"Sorry, I didn't speak very well just now."

"It's okay, I'm planning to go out and tell sister Miyuki what I saw in the hot spring before!"

"Don't do it!" Jin Tianyi panicked.

"Kidding!"

(End of this chapter)