Corpse collector in Conan

Kidd was speechless for a moment, silently telling himself that humans and monsters have different worldviews, and if they want to communicate harmoniously, they need to be more understanding.

For example, Wutian Dog probably often wanders around the temple. One day it heard the word "sitting", so now it uses it according to its own understanding...

As he thought about it, Kidd felt that his focus had strayed.

——No matter from which aspect, it seems that the monster brother has no reason to lie to him.

And if Wu Tiangu is telling the truth, then the "similar incident" mentioned by the deceased old monk should be referring to the incident where his disciple Zhongnian was hanged from the eaves three years ago.

The old monk should have felt sad when his apprentice died, but he actually "very much hoped" that this would happen again...

Kidd fell into deep thought and suddenly felt that under certain conditions, it was actually reasonable for the old monk to be scared to death by the foggy dog.

——To be honest, although the monster in front of me has a pair of inhuman wings trailing behind it, it does not look ferocious or scary. If it stood at the intersection of a busy market and met some bold and cheerful little girls, some people might even pounce on it and try to bury its wings... It's hard to imagine that a foggy dog ​​could scare people to death with just one encounter.

...unless the person being frightened has something in his heart.

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

With this level of reminder, and recalling the details of the two "Fog Dog Murder Incidents" he had previously found, he found that the first incident seemed to be able to be solved by human operation.

This is probably the reason why there are huge differences in the details of the two incidents - the first one was the old monk committing the crime, and the second one was the foggy dog ​​hanging the dead old monk from the rafters without knowing it.

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

Wutian Dog didn't seem to be interested in this topic. He moved his wings and said perfunctorily: "I don't know."

Kid nodded thoughtfully, feeling he understood.

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

Afterwards, Wutiangou might have heard that the same kind of people were in Shanni Temple, so he rushed to check out out of curiosity. Or maybe it was attracted by the incense... Anyway, it came to the temple, and then accidentally scared the guilty old monk to death.

After the old monk died, the foggy dog ​​ate the incense in the old monk's temple. In order to repay his kindness, he hung the old monk on the eaves, fulfilling the old monk's wish of "making another wave of diversion" during his lifetime.

Reasonable, very reasonable.

...So it seems that Kiriten Dog is not as cruel as he and Grandpa Terai had speculated before?

Just as Kid was thinking about it, he saw the foggy dog ​​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 tonight's harvest.

Kidd was silent for a moment, still not wanting to hand over.

Although the foggy dog ​​has never eaten a monk alive, the damage it causes to gemstones is also huge visible to the naked eye.

After Kidd steals things, he usually returns the stolen things afterwards, but recently, his reputation has declined - the luster of gems that have been bitten by foggy dogs will become visibly dim, and people who steal them often I would think it was a fake.

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

Strive to let Kidd go from "clearing the misunderstanding that the foggy dog ​​kills people" to actively confessing to him in the future.

The foggy dog ​​looked disdainful of robbery, looked away from the gem, and said to himself: "Then I have no choice but to capture humans to cushion my stomach."

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

Kidd was startled, and immediately after, he felt the foggy dog's eyes move from the gem to his neck.

Kidd: "!!!"

Looking around, he was the only human being within a hundred meters radius.

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

Kidd took a deep breath, took out the gem with magic-like speed, stepped forward quickly, and put it into Kiriten Dog's hand.

...He won't fool Kiritengu with fakes, because he will definitely be found out.

Come to think of it, Kiritengu is a monster after all. Maybe the real and fake gems are placed in front of him, just like the model rice and the real rice are placed in front of humans - no matter how similar they look visually, they smell different.

However, this fact actually gave Kidd a subtle sense of relief - it meant that he was taken away from the Black Star before, not because his magic skills had deteriorated, but simply because the other party cheated.

The foggy dog ​​glanced at Kidd, reluctantly took the gem, and found the fresh energy core inside.

At the same time, Jiang Xia thought happily that with this friendly exchange, the next time he catches Kidd, he should be able to save a lot of murderous energy used to move the puppets - Kidd's scientific props and magic techniques are really not very good. deal with.

Kidd handed over the gem, but didn't leave.

He remembered that Misty Dog had a habit of throwing away used gems. At that time, I can just pick up the gems and return them to the stolen ones... Although the quality of the treasures that have been eaten by the foggy dogs has obviously dropped a lot, it is better than nothing.

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

——Even the old monk who passed the blame to him, Wutian Dog, was willing to repay his kindness.

And he has provided Wutian Dog with so much rations, why does Wutian Dog still keep an eye on him all day long?

Kidd straightened his wrinkled cloak and asked politely: "You have eaten so much of me, when will you repay me?"

Wu Tiangou paused for a moment, then looked at him with a look that said, "Human, you are trying too hard": "Didn't I save you just now?"

Kidd: "..."

...He thought that Wutian Dog just saw him standing on the top of the building holding the gem, so he just dragged him away like food.

Unexpectedly, Wutian Dog was aware of the danger of the men in black opposite him and was consciously helping him?

Kidd had mixed feelings. Although the foggy dog ​​robbed people, scared people, and indirectly took a 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 gem store to eat late at night? Are you targeting me?"

Wutian Dog shook his head: "I never steal anything."

"..." Kidd glanced at the gem in his hand and refused to admit it without wiping his mouth clean, "But this..."

Wutian Dog interrupted: "You stole this."

Kidd: "..."

He couldn't talk anymore.

There is indeed a generation gap between humans and monsters.