Chapter 8: With a wooden knife
The next day, Gao Cheng slept until noon, and when he woke up, Maori Kogoro and his party had already left, and he didn't stay long, and rushed back to the detective agency with the kitten he caught last night.
He reckons that he will never have a cat again in his life.
After getting 20,000 yuan from the client, Gao Cheng took the newspaper he bought from outside and lay on the sofa in the office tiredly.
Before I was about to read the newspaper report about last night's case, I opened the detective system again and thought about whether to exchange some cash, and found that the reputation value had become 101, and in addition to the option to exchange cash, there was also an option with a question mark mark.
The extra 1 point seems to be a request from the cat, and as for the question mark option, he remembers that this can be used to exchange for special items.
Gao Cheng hesitated for a moment, and curiously chose the question mark sign at the back.
With a crisp prompt, Gao Cheng watched painfully as the reputation value was emptied at once, leaving only a lonely 1 point.
"You have to be more powerful!"
"Bang!" The question mark option in the light curtain flickers for a moment, and an item card is generated under Gao Cheng's gaze.
"What is this?"
"Obtain a rare item, Wooden Knife Toyako, which can be summoned at any time." A wooden knife appeared out of thin air.
"Huh?! 100 prestige points, 100,000 yen, is it just a wooden knife? ”
Gao Cheng's eyes widened and he held the wooden knife.
The "Lake Toya" on the handle of the knife is conspicuous, but it is actually just an ordinary wooden knife, right?
Even if he originally studied kendo, he is not Wanshiya Agin, and it is not the Edo period now......
"A wooden knife of 100,000 yen."
wanted to lose it but was reluctant, Gao Cheng silently took the wooden knife back into the system like a baby.
It's also an artifact that can be summoned at will, and it can't be wasted.
Putting down the wooden knife, Gao Cheng's attention turned to the newspaper.
The media moved quickly, perhaps because of the involvement of big star Yoko Okino, which took up a lot of space.
And the conflict between Taeko Dougaki and Mamoru Anzai is also well reported.
When Miss Taeko was in high school, her parents died in an accident, and she became a bad girl when she didn't go to school during the rebellious period, and Anzai was the friend she made at that time.
Once, Taeko accidentally told Anzai about the shrine's sacrificial utensils, and then the high-priced sacrificial utensils were stolen by Anzai, causing the person who managed the warehouse to commit suicide.
Taeko, who has reformed because of self-blame, buries the past in her heart, but now she meets Anzai again when she is about to get married......
"Huh?" Gao Chengzheng sighed at what happened to Taeko Dougaki, and after turning a few pages, he gradually felt that something was wrong.
Yesterday's murder at the shrine was indeed reported, but what is unbelievable is that in all the reports, Detective Mori Kogoro solved the case, and he was not mentioned at all.
"What's going on?" Gao Cheng chuckled in his heart, and subconsciously looked at himself with only 1 reputation point left.
"Ahh At the same time, in the Maori detective agency on the other side of Rice Flower City, Conan looked at the newspaper and sneezed for no reason, looking confused.
"Strange, was yesterday's incident resolved by me? Seems to have forgotten something. ”
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Three days later, Qiben Island.
Gao Cheng waited bitterly by the dock.
On the day he redeemed the "Lake Toya", he received another case from the system that occurred at sea, "serial murder of a luxury passenger liner".
The event will take place this evening, but it will take place on a luxury cruise ship on which the flag family is aboarding.
How to get on the ship was a big problem for him, but fortunately, the incident information stated that the cruise ship would pass through this island, so he rushed to this island in advance.
Towards the time of the incident, the Qimoto family had just finished holding a wedding on the island, but there was no sign of leaving for a while, so he could only wait here at the dock.
In fact, there is a luxurious big ship parked on the dock now, but he has no chance to go up, not only because he has no money, but also because the ship has been chartered by the Qiben family.
A luxury cruise ship is like a five-star hotel on the sea, and the big money of chartering a boat is really not an ordinary rich person.
Gao Cheng kept staring at the movement on the dock, and just before he was about to lose his patience, he finally found a way to get on the boat.
Taking advantage of the crew's opportunity to transport the luggage onto the ship, Gao Cheng nervously blended in.
"Really, the incident happened at sea, how the hell did that guy Conan get on board?"
After a bunch of miscellaneous items got on the boat without danger, Gao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly found a corner to hide while no one found out.
The first step is considered a success, and the next step is to wait for the ship to leave the dock.
Gao Cheng touched his hungry stomach, and while waiting, the cruise ship soon sounded a long whistle and officially left Qiben Island.
On the deck of the cruise ship, Maorilan and Conan excitedly enjoy the view of the sea.
"Wow, what a beautiful sunset!" Maolilan blew the sea breeze and turned to Conan, "It's so lucky to be on such a luxurious cruise ship, right, Conan?" ”
"Yes," Conan pouted and looked at Mori Kogoro who was sleeping in the back, "It's all thanks to Uncle who mistimed the return of the steamer that we had the opportunity to catch such a luxurious passenger ship......"
Mao Lilan was also helpless: "Really, I thought my father had been contacted, but there was such a big mistake, fortunately, this ship happened to pass by, otherwise I would have been trapped on the island for three or four days." ”
Conan smiled, but thought of Gao Cheng in his heart.
A few days ago, I met Gao Cheng one after another, I don't know why he always felt a little depressed, especially the case of the Rice Flower Shrine, although he said that he helped Maori Kogoro solve it, but he always felt that something was wrong.
"If something happens now, that guy can't get here, right? Hehe. Conan laughed out loud at the thought of it, then shook his head and stopped thinking.
"Really, what was I thinking, how could it be possible that such a coincidence happened."
Inside the cruise ship, Gao Cheng was so hungry that he couldn't stand it, groped his way to the kitchen, and was about to find something to eat, when a roar suddenly came from the deck.
"Bastard thing! What's going on?! The head of the Qiben family, the old man Qiben, scolded, "Wasn't this ship chartered by our Qiben family?" Why are you still letting outsiders on board?! ”
"Huh?" Gao Cheng was startled, and then he realized that he didn't mean himself.
Just standing at the kitchen door, Gao Cheng hesitated.
To be honest, it's too much for him to sneak on the boat without permission, and then looking for something to eat in the kitchen is tantamount to a thief?
"Why don't you confess to your master? The incident is almost happening, if you don't hurry up......"
"Huh?!" An old housekeeper happened to pass by the kitchen and saw Gao Cheng exclaimed, "Who are you?" ”