Weekend.

After breakfast, Gray Hara went out to meet Ayumi and Conan.

The location was Dr. Asasa's house.

When Ash Yuan came here, he happened to see Dr. Asa sign for a package, and after asking, he found that the package was for Conan.

So what the hell is Conan trying to do?

She was a little skeptical.

Entering the house with Dr. Asasa and finding Conan already here.

Maybe it wasn't necessary to stay here last night.

"Shinichi, your package."

"Ah, thank you, Doctor."

Conan nodded.

I took the package, walked to the sofa and sat down, put the package on the coffee table, and began to unwrap the outside.

Ash Yuan Ai also sat down on the side.

Watching Dr. Asa step aside to make tea, then at Conan.

"So what?"

"Huh?"

"What's going on with this package? What the hell are you trying to do? ”

"What do you mean by a ghost?"

Conan rolled his own dead fish eyes.

It's as if he's been doing things, and although it seems that a lot of things have happened around him, he can't be blamed for that, only that monsters always appear in the city where Bumpman is.

And the case always appears by the detective's side.

But it doesn't matter.

"It's the chips."

"Chips?"

"Yes, chips."

Conan nodded.

The packaging was quickly unpacked, and the shoebox-sized carton was opened, revealing the contents of the box.

Gray Plains leaned over and glanced at it.

"Books?"

"This is no ordinary book."

Conan shook his head.

Carefully take the books out of the box and place them on the coffee table.

Gray Yuan Wai looked at it carefully.

Although she doesn't know much about these things, at a cursory glance, it seems to be a book of some years, maybe it can be regarded as an antique or something, and on the cover of the book, it is written in Chinese characters.

Not neon kanji, but Chinese kaji.

"These are all ancient books from China that have been scattered overseas, saying that they are Taoist scriptures or something, although I don't know very well."

Conan shook his head again.

If you count them, there are seven books, some of which are a little damaged, but there is nothing missing in the content, which is considered to be very well preserved.

And hearing his words, Gray Yuan Wai realized.

"Tao Jing ......"

"That's right."

Conan nodded.

On his face, another confident smile appeared.

"These are all chips, chips in exchange for Qingming's help."

"Oh."

Gray Plains nodded.

Sit back down.

Dr. Asa also came over with a few cups of tea and gave them one cup each.

"Thank you."

Thank you.

Ash Yuan Wai, who took the cup, blew the steaming tea, and then took a sip.

His eyes scanned the ancient books on the coffee table.

"Do these things really work?"

"Didn't Qingming always say that he himself was a Taoist priest? Since he is a Taoist priest, he will definitely be interested in these Taoist scriptures that have been exiled overseas. ”

At this point, Conan seems to be confident.

Everyone has what they want.

Even people who seem to have no desires actually have what they want, or people who want to get something, or something they want to get, and so on.

There are also many people who want world peace.

In general, people who seem to have no desires are actually just wanting things that are different from most people.

But that's not the point.

"So, how do you know that these are the so-called Taoist scriptures?"

"I don't know."

Conan just shook his head at Gray Plains' question.

This was collected by his mother, Yukiko Kudo, from abroad, although he knew that it was an ancient book from China, but it was hard to say whether it was a Taoist scripture or not.

Anyway, he didn't know what the so-called Tao Sutra really looked like.

Gray Plains mourns also don't know.

Qingming doesn't preach to her or anything, except for the shrine maiden Shimabukuro Junhui on Mermaid Island, he hasn't talked about such a thing as "Tao" with anyone.

And he said that he was sitting with the witch and discussing.,In fact, whether or not it was said.,Only the two of them know.。

There are a lot of books in Qingming's study.

However, most of them are Chinese characters, which are books that she can't read, so she doesn't know if those books are Taoist scriptures, only that some of them are.

For example, Kobayashi-kun's.

She likes it.

Because when the weather is cold, it can be used to light a fire to keep warm.

Let's not talk about that.

"All in all, let's try it, maybe these are Taoist scriptures."

Conan said.

In this regard, Gray Yuan said that he didn't know what to say.

Drinking tea, I thought about it for a while.

He asked again.

"I have a question I don't understand."

"What?"

Conan reboxed the ancient books and didn't even glance at Gray Plains.

Gray Yuan Wai didn't care.

"Why do you want that guy to help you so much?"

It's a bit weird indeed.

If you want to say it, it would be okay if Conan knew that Qingming was a superpower, but the problem is that he didn't know this, and just guessed that Qingming might be a very powerful person.

That's all.

Relying on this speculation to go to such great lengths to win over Qingming, this is not like something that a sane person can do.

Conan is very sane.

Although he loses this sense every time he encounters someone or something related to the organization, he is still a very calm person in general.

So why?

Conan didn't know what Gray Hara was thinking, but he had his own considerations.

"Because I need help."

He replied.

The organization is very difficult to deal with, and it is indeed difficult for him to do it alone, even with the help of Heiji Hattori and Dr. Asasa.

So more people need help.

Qingming's origin is mysterious, and it seems to be quite powerful, so it is also a good choice as a helper.

"You say that......"

Gray Plains nodded.

Because I needed someone to help, I went to Qingming for help, which is not surprising.

But......

"Do you think he's really going to help you?"

Gray Plains is skeptical.

Qingming is a person who doesn't like trouble, and he won't do troublesome things, although Conan took out some Taoist scriptures and the like, but Qingming really won't necessarily help.

Even if these books are useful to him.

But then again, if these books were really useful to him, maybe he would just snatch them up and drive Conan away without even letting Conan finish his words.

Judging by Qingming's character, this is very likely.

After all, what could he not do as long as he could make himself happy?

"Will it be, I'll have to try it to find out."

Conan put the last ancient book in the box, then sealed it with the tape Dr. Asa had sent him, and placed it under the coffee table.

As soon as it was placed, the doorbell rang.

Ayumi and the other two have arrived, and it's time to go to the circus show, the circus that tours the world, but it's famous.

……

Coffee shop.

Conan wasn't there, so Kogoro Mori didn't have anything to do today, so he went to the coffee shop to drink coffee, eat cake and read the newspaper.

Xiaolan wasn't there, she went out with Suzuki Sonoko, probably to go shopping or something.

Qingming rarely goes out.

Basically, it's a life of a manor and a coffee shop, and occasionally I go to school, go out for a walk, or go out or something.

It's boring to look at.

But that's how life is in general, and other people are busy with studies and work, and that's pretty much the same.

Qingming is just living his life.

No matter whether others agree with him or not, no matter what others think of him, he has never thought of changing himself.

"Welcome."

Another guest came in, and Azusa Enomoto, as always, greeted him with a smiling face.

I found out that it was someone I knew.

"Miss Champoli, long time no see."

"Long time no see."

The guest responded.

Qingming here has already turned his head and found that the guest who came was the new name Xiang Baoli.

A beautiful girl.