Ekoda, the home of Kuroba Kaito.
A certain Kaitou boy leaned sideways in front of the wall with a look of helplessness on his face:
"Brother, I called and asked. Hongzi said she was going on a long trip and would leave immediately. You won't meet her if you come here now..."
This kind of wording sounded like an excuse, and it was very stressful for him to relay it.
Obviously in order to thank my brother for helping me complete the almost flawless teleportation magic last time, I had simply agreed to the request to help the two of them meet in person a few minutes ago, using a tone that would be absolutely fine.
Ye Gengyi declined to comment and said: "Please tell me, I just want to ask if she has the ability to resurrect a bug."
"ha?"
Kuroba Kaito was startled, thinking he heard wrongly, so he repeated: "Insect? What insect?"
Ye Geng described it concisely and concisely, saying: "The time we rescued Baima Tan, it was the kind we encountered."
"Isn't it!?"
Kuroba Kaito was shocked and couldn't formulate his words for a while: "Brother, you...you..."
"I've been having some problems with my nerves lately..."
Before Ye Geng finished speaking, Kuroba Kaito accurately complained:
"Yeah, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of studying that... Brother, are you okay!"
He could accept this 'cheap guy' who lived in the gray area to do some illegal and criminal things, even if it was to use violent means to deal with the mercenaries in the airship incident...
but……
If it's to study the kind of bug that makes people's hair stand on end just thinking about it.
Kuroba Kaito is worried that Ye Gengyi will become the kind of evil person who likes to kill indiscriminately.
"...No need to be so excited."
Ye Gengyi's tone was still calm, and he told part of the truth, saying: "I met guys related to that kind of bug some time ago. They... are very strange. It is really dangerous if you don't understand it clearly."
Kuroba Kaito digested this information for a while:
"Oh, so that's what happened... Then, brother, did you say before that your nerves were related to this?"
"I don't know, so I need to research."
Ye Gengyi paused for a moment: "...can you convey it to me now?"
He also had Koizumi Anko's method, but from the first meeting to the subsequent contacts, the witch seemed to be very afraid of him. In order to save time, he thought of asking Kuroba Kaito to be the intermediary.
"Oh! Brother, wait a moment, I'll call her on the hands-free phone."
Here, Kuroba Kaito dialed Koizumi Hongzi's phone again and added the reason why Ye Gengyi came to her.
"Resurrection bug?"
Just listening to Koizumi Hongzi's surprised voice, one could tell that she now had an incredible expression on her face, "Please! What does that Pluto think I am? How could I possibly do what he can't do? I'm just an ordinary person." The witch!"
Kuroba Kaito: "..."
Is there anything wrong with this sentence?
Ye Gengyi said: "I also just want to confirm whether you have this ability. If not, forget it."
"Um...you, you are here..." Hearing this, Koizumi Hongzi stuttered and was almost speechless.
"Always there." Ye Gengyi said.
"..."
Kuroba Kaito: "..."
Is it an illusion? Why did the atmosphere suddenly become silent?
On the other end of the phone, Koizumi Hongzi seemed to have interrupted the signal. She was silent for a while before continuing:
"Using the 'Spirit Summoning Ritual' and the 'Spirit Resurrection Ritual' can indeed communicate with souls, ghosts or other non-physical entities, allowing them to temporarily attach themselves to magical instruments or powerful human bodies, but... the bugs are not that high in nature. His intelligence should have collapsed at the moment of death, making it almost impossible to succeed."
"Almost?" Ye Gengyi was curious about the probability.
"I can not."
Koizumi Anko was very straightforward and said it in one breath: "Also, don't try to use other spirits to attach to the bugs. The spirit séance ritual has very high requirements for the load. Do you think that an elephant can be completely stuffed into the bottle cap? Is it possible to do it inside?”
Well, it seems that this road is not going to work...
Ye Geng was a little disappointed, but it didn't affect his mood: "I know, thank you."
"Uh, no, you're welcome..." Koizumi Hongzi said and quickly hung up the phone.
For the current plan, it seems that we can only cast the net everywhere and try our luck in fishing areas...
Ye Gengyi immediately cast the first fishing net:
"Kaito, next time something like this happens, remember to inform me."
"I know." Kuroba Kaito agreed.
Ye Gengyi continued: "What's the progress in finding gems? I haven't seen any news about you recently."
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"Oh, don't mention it. I had an exam two days ago and I was dragged by Aoko to review my homework. I just had a holiday today..." Kuroba Kaito sighed.
"That's it."
Ye Gengyi had never worried about exams before, so naturally he couldn't understand the emotions involved. However, when he thought about it, with Kaito's IQ and knowledge reserve, he probably wasn't sighing about exams. He nodded slightly and said:
"Please contact me if you have any questions."
"Um……"
End the call.
When Ye Gengyi came to the computer, he did not engage in scientific research directly. Instead, he opened the web page to search for recent news, and set the keywords on 'mysterious' and 'supernatural'...
…
Time passed quietly.
At night, Ye Gengyi received a call from Gao Mushe.
The successful solution of a serial murder case 20 years ago brought a perfect end to this hot news topic recently.
Therefore, the police want to publicize the relevant deeds.
The glorious figure Takagi Wataru knew that he could win this honor mainly due to the help of Ye Gengyi and Kudo Shinichi.
In order to avoid misunderstandings when seeing the news later.
He wanted to treat the two of them to a meal and explain the reason.
"Originally I planned to do it tonight, but the doctor said it would be best to keep me in the hospital for observation..." Takagi Wataru said.
Ye Gengyi refused: "I understand, you're welcome... you can rest in peace and recover."
"Uh..." Gao Mushe hesitated: "Mr. Ye, are you angry?"
Not now, and it won’t be possible if we continue talking...
Ye Gengyi asked, "Where did you hear that?"
"This is the case..."
Takagi Wataru said apologetically: "Obviously the investigation went smoothly before, but I almost screwed it up in the end."
"stop……"
Ye Gengyi rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Eating, right? I'll have time tomorrow morning."
"ah!"
Takagi Wataru was shocked, "Yeah, I understand, I'll contact Kudo-san again!"
Invite him to breakfast too? Before that, let him take an antidote first...
Ye Gengyi replied, "Send it to me at a determined location, it shouldn't be too far away," and then hung up the phone.
