Chapter 43: The Raven

Qingming wants to do something.

As the saying goes: things gather by like, people by groups.

As a Taoist priest, as a capable person, Qingming also has a special aura that attracts the same people.

For example, attracted a lot of monsters with the word "child" in their names?

This one doesn't matter.

The important thing is that if you do something, you may be able to attract other capable people to appear.

Of course, only if there are people like that.

Maybe Qingming is really the only one in the world?

At least he has been in this world for so many years, and he has not met anyone else with abilities.

That's why he's going to do something.

Well, don't ask who the "thing" is, Qingming doesn't know.

This day, in the evening.

Qingming is not in the coffee shop, saying that there is something to go out, but he will come back for dinner.

So Azusa Enomoto made dinner by herself.

When I came out with the food, I was almost taken aback.

In the store, the tables, chairs, counters, etc., are full of crows.

It's black and pressing, and it makes people feel very pressured to look at.

Moreover, the staring eyes of a pair of crows also made people a little flustered.

Enomoto Azusa was so frightened that she almost threw the food out of her hand.

"Don't be nervous."

Qingming's voice came.

It's a voice that reassures her.

After looking closely, I found that Qingming was sitting at the counter, holding a special cinnabar pen in his hand, writing and drawing on the crow's body.

It seems to be something that is often seen on rune paper, and I don't know what it is.

Maybe it's really just a hand-scribble?

No, there's a special pattern.

It's just that if there is no one to guide you, ordinary people can't see that kind of law at all.

Even if you see it, it's useless.

As a Taoist, the basic is spiritual power, and if you have spiritual power, you have ability, and if you don't have spiritual power, you are just ordinary people.

The so-called "spiritual power" is a special gas, or special energy, that exists naturally.

There is no way for scientific instruments to detect it.

At least there is no way to detect it with the current scientific instruments, and it is really hard to say whether it will develop to that extent in the future.

Maybe so.

Whether it is science or theology, it is just a means to use the rules, energy, and other aspects of the world.

Perhaps human beings can become so-called "gods" with the help of science and technology.

"Shopkeeper, these crows ......"

Swallowing saliva.

Although Enomoto Azusa tried very hard to calm herself, her voice was inevitably a little trembling.

After all, crows are ominous creatures.

Moreover, some crows eat carrion, or carcass.

Therefore, many people are afraid that they will be targeted by crows, and they will be like messengers of death.

However, in Qingming's view, the talents targeted by Conan need to worry more about their own lives, and the Grim Reaper elementary school students are not just joking.

"These are my doppelgangers."

Qingming replied with a smile.

The smile on his face and the fact that he looks sunny seem to prove that he is a sunny teenager.

But it's not.

Although the smile is sunny, the eyes are very empty.

Or maybe it's ruthless.

It's like a crow's eyes, it's scary.

And......

"Doppelganger?"

What does that mean?

Azusa Enomoto doesn't understand this very well.

She understood the meaning of the word doppelganger, but why did Qingming say that the crow was his doppelganger?

Thinking so, I found that the symbol that Qingming drew on the crow gradually disappeared.

No, it's not gone.

Rather than disappearing, it's more like infiltrating into the crow's body, infiltrating into the bones.

This made Azusa Enomoto feel a little numb in her scalp.

"It's just a part, and more will be needed later, and then, let these crows spread all over Tokyo, and when the time comes, I can know what big things are going on in Tokyo, well, it's called 'Sky Eye', people are doing it, the sky is watching, hehehe......"

Qingming laughed.

The movements of the hands are not slow, one by one, and the symbols are drawn on the crows.

The crow, which had finished painting, had already flown out.

Since then, these crows have been like clear eyes and ears, gathering all kinds of information in the modern city of Tokyo.

As Qingming said, these crows are his doppelganger-like existence.

It is said that war is the first thing for soldiers and horses to move food and grass.

But if there is no intelligence, it will only be black-eyed, and you don't know where the grain and grass want to be transported.

Although Qingming did not fight any war.

But survival is war.

If you want to do something, you must first know what you can do.

That's why intelligence becomes important.

It's better to say that intelligence has always been important, and I have never heard of people who don't know anything can do anything great.

However, Azusa Enomoto is not clear about this.

Looking at Qingming's actions, she suddenly felt a little ......

The language is a bit hard to describe.

Anyway, to sum it up, that's the ......

"Form two?"

Azusa Enomoto thought of the adjective.

After all, he is only a sophomore in high school, and he has not yet left the category of "secondary two".

Merely......

Looking at the room full of crows, she couldn't help but swallow again.

This does not seem to be explained by Form 2.

Do crows listen to people?

I've never heard of anything like this, it's better to say that those animals that seem obedient have to be trained.

But among those animals, there don't seem to be crows.

So now, what is going on with these crows standing quietly in the coffee shop, waiting for Qingming's "pampering"?

Being stared at by this pair of empty eyes made Enomoto Azusa feel creepy.

Quietly stepped back.

"Shopkeeper ......"

"Oh, eat it yourself, I'll get these crows done."

“…… Let's eat together when you're done, I'll ...... I'm going to cook a few more dishes, and then call me when I'm done. ”

"Hmm."

Qingming replied and didn't say anything.

Just concentrate and get busy with your work.

And Azusa Enomoto, who closed the door and locked herself in the kitchen, had a million thoughts flashing through her mind.

So what the hell is going on?

Could it be that a new kind of obedient crow has recently appeared?

Or rather......

Taoist!

"Won't it?"

Thinking of this, Azusa Enomoto was a little incredulous.

Qingming didn't say it to others, but he said it to her many times, saying that he was a Taoist priest.

One, a Taoist priest with all kinds of magical abilities.

However, Qingming has not been shown once, so she doesn't believe it at all, and only thinks that Qingming is a magic stick.

Of course, it is more regarded as a secondary and secondary disease patient.

It's just that now it seems that maybe what Qingming said is true.

"Is there really a superpower in the world?"

Azusa Enomoto still couldn't believe it.

But beyond that, there seems to be no rational explanation for the current situation.

No wonder it is said that Qingming has always been a little different, and he dares to give such a condition as "drinking three cups of Meng Po soup in a row can fulfill a wish".

Obviously, it is precisely because of his incredible superpowers that he dares to say this.

"It's just ...... Amazing. ”

Thinking so, Azusa Enomoto didn't seem to have recovered from her surprise yet.

Just think about it suddenly......

"One cup to refresh the mind, two cups to never get tired, and three cups to live forever."

"These talismans are all useful, would you like to give you a talisman?"

"Be careful, I curse you to be my maid for the rest of your life."

“……”

Maid?

Thinking of this, Azusa Enomoto was stunned for a moment.

Then he came back to his senses, his eyes wide open, a little incredulous.

What if it's really cursed?

I can only be a Qingming maid or something for the rest of my life......

It's a headache just thinking about it!