Conan’s Corpse Picker

   Chapter 476 Unrepentant attempt to ask for a monthly pass (ˇˇ)

"How could it be broken? I'm also a witch, not a three-year-old child." Koizumi Hongzi folded her arms, snorted, and continued to look at the magic circle on the ground in confusion, "What is this? You didn't say Does magic have no effect on the mist tengu?"

   Koizumi Hongko is in a bad mood right now.

  Although the house where he lives now is not small, it is particularly difficult to settle when compared to the original expansive castle.

   But now, she doesn't dare to move back to the comfortable castle to live in - according to the servant, Wutiangou occasionally visits the castle, looking like he really wants to catch something and go home.

   In addition, the servant also brought very bad news: the precious artifacts accumulated in her castle have now all been drained of magic power and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

   Yuan Hongnai's loss was not so heavy. But the failure to catch monsters before was a big blow to her, who could do anything.

but……

   "Although the price paid is not small, it is finally a gain."

  Yuan Hongnai stroked the old ancient books on the table with her fingers, and slowly exhaled: "Unfortunately, the monster does not exist, but if we can catch the mysterious wizard behind it, we can barely make up for our loss."

   Koizumi Hongko was startled: "Monsters don't exist? Mysterious wizards? ... What do you mean?!"

  When Yuan Hongnai was making these preparations, she was in a hurry every day and didn't discuss it with her at all.

   Koizumi Koizumi therefore knows nothing about the progress of her aunt. She has nothing to do these days, so she made other preparations and made a huge steel mesh with money. Since the magic will be eaten by the foggy dog, she will use physical methods to capture it. The sniper rifle that the servant used that day, look. It's very effective up there.

  Yuan Hongnai heard her question, glanced at the huge steel mesh piled in the corner, and snorted coldly:

"Stupid. Haven't you figured out, the bullets grazed him that night, but he didn't leave anything behind - no blood, no tar, nothing... In general, even bugs have bodily fluids, not to mention It’s a monster with a shape close to that of a human. In addition, when he was hit by a sniper rifle, there were obviously pieces of clothing that fell, but those pieces disappeared later.”

  "..." Koizumi Koizumi thought of some explanation after listening to these highlighted words, "You mean to say that the foggy dog ​​is not a real creature, but some kind of doll?!"

  Yuan Hongna nodded:

"It should be something similar. It must carry some kind of method that can split complex magic power into simple particles, and then absorb them all - if you don't find out who is hiding behind, it's futile to catch a few 'yokai' ."

   Said, she glanced at the ancient book with relief: "Fortunately, I have a clue now, and it is only a matter of time before I want to find out that person."

  Yuan Hongnai didn't ask for help this time.

   The magicians in this world exist in family units, and the number is far less than some outsiders think. These families usually do not communicate with each other, and only meet and negotiate when they encounter major problems. Under normal circumstances, they rarely see each other for a hundred years. Only when a clan behaves out of line, or has an excessive impact on society, will other clans jump out, punish the first-timers in the name of balance, and then divide up the spoils.

   But it is impossible to sit down and hunt friendly and share the harvest together.

   However, although there is not much help in magic, Yuan Hongna's husband's family has a wide range of connections in society.

  In modern society, the power of magic and supernatural power is not as strong as before. As long as she can identify the identity of the wizard behind "Fog Tengu", it is not difficult to put pressure on him by means other than magic.

   In view of the current situation, Yuan Hongnai felt that if the wild wizard could be caught, it would be a good deal whether it was to torture the secret method or use it for himself. And this can also avenge the other party for playing her own revenge-in fact, it was not until the servant confirmed that nothing had fallen on the "Wutengou" that she guessed that the Wutiangou was just a puppet controlled by a wizard. Before that , She really thought that there were monsters in the world.

  Yuan Hongnai thought for a moment, then quickly retracted.

   She reached into her robe and felt it, and found a vial.

   Then he squeezed the bottle and said to Koizumi Hongko: "You step back a little and restrain your magic."

   Koizumi Hongzi silently retreated to the side, and Quan should not have heard the second half of the sentence - there is no need to deliberately restrain, she has to squeeze hard now to squeeze out some magic power.

   Seeing that her niece had retreated to a place where she would not interfere with the magic circle, Yuan Hongnai turned around and stepped into the circle.

There is a huge crystal ball in the    array.

   She carefully opened the bottle cap in her hand and sprinkled the dust on the crystal.

  ——This is the soil dug from the magic circle that passed Kidd. It was found by the servant who ventured back to the castle.

  The castle has existed for hundreds of years, and the magic circle will have special effects in it. As long as the fog tengu has set foot there, it will definitely leave traces.

   in a dark room.

   As the treated dust fell into the magic circle, the already dim surroundings suddenly became even darker. The light seemed to be absorbed and swallowed by an invisible beast, and the room seemed to be fast-forwarding to night.

   It was dark, only the light in the magic circle gradually lit up, tracking the person behind "Misttengu".

   After an unknown amount of time, the picture gradually emerged, like a swaying water curtain, extremely blurry.

  Yuan Hongna pressed her eye sockets, frowning to adapt to this twisted style.

   Gradually, she saw an old house from the "water curtain". The light in the room was dim and the atmosphere was gloomy. You had to keep your eyes wide open to see a hazy back in it. Judging by her body shape, it seemed to be a young man.

  The man who could not see clearly stood in the old room, holding a slender, staff-like thing in his hand, and a man was lying on the ground, motionless.

   Koizumi Koizumi, who was watching from a distance, took a silent breath and touched the goose bumps on her arm—it really is an evil wizard. Is he killing? Is it some kind of special sacrificial ceremony?

  Thinking of this, she unconsciously pressed the phone again and touched "1" with her fingertips.

   But soon, Koizumi Koriko silently drew out her hand.

  ... This is a matter of the magic world. We should use magic to solve problems, and we can't always rely on the police.

   And the picture is too blurry, except that you can experience the atmosphere like the murder scene, you can't see anything else clearly, even if you call the police, you can't tell the police where to go.

  ...let's wait for aunt to deal with it.

  …

   This time the magic circle consumes a huge amount of magic power.

  Yuan Hongnai stared at the picture with a tense expression. After the picture was frozen, she waved to the servant who was silently huddled in the corner.

   (end of this chapter)