Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Newcomer
Early morning.
The heavy rain that lasted for several days rarely stopped.
The weather was still gloomy, and the wind was blowing with moisture.
"My lord, please use it!"
In a small shop facing the street, two plainly dressed guests slowly sat down.
The shopkeeper gently placed a small plate of salted plums on the polished log table, bent down and asked with a smile:
"What more do you two order?"
"Our signature dish is fish fillet and sugar heart balls."
"Just ask for a little more rice balls, and then a fish soup for each."
One guest looked at the rows of bamboo pieces hanging on the wall, with the names of the dishes and the charges written on them.
Then I ordered.
"Okay, please wait."
The shopkeeper wrote down the name of the dish and bowed down respectfully.
"Hattori, how long have you been in this era?"
Seeing the store leaving, the young man who was kneeling opposite him couldn't wait to ask out loud.
"Kudo, don't be in such a hurry, be ········ calm"
Heiji Hattori, who was also kneeling, was very leisurely, stroking the katana he was carrying at his waist.
"Pingji, are you playing with treasure? Holding a katana is like pretending to be a samurai of this era? ”
The corners of Kudo's eyes twitched.
It's a crossing! I've traveled through time and space!
From the 21st century to the Heian period, alas!
Can you give me some reaction?
"Kudo, you're so anxious, could it be that you just crossed over?"
Hattori Heiji looked at his eyes as if he was looking at Toyama and Leaves, looking at his knife face that was so sharp that it could shine on people.
Rub it and pull it all out.
A small show of his skills as the head coach of the high school kendo club.
The sight of the store staring at them disappeared in an instant.
A good weapon is a powerful deterrent.
Shinichi Kudo calmed down and also noticed that something was wrong.
Remembering what he had done along the way, his cold sweat fell.
The breeze blew, and the juniors felt a slight chill.
Only then did he realize that he was already sweating.
"Hey, it's hard to be safe here····· Is it so bad? ”
He leaned closer and asked in a whisper.
When he arrived at this place, it was less than half a day, and he had been worrying about how to go back, but he really didn't notice that he had unknowingly become the "prey" in the eyes of many people.
The detective's intuition told him that the eyes of those people were full of malice.
Heiji Hattori slapped the katana on the table.
"Looks like you're really just here, Kudo."
Heiji Hattori sighed:
"You don't know yet, do you? Here, it's already a different world! ”
"What did you say?"
Shinichi Kudo, a high school student detective, stood up in shock and shouted.
Nearby diners all looked over and were a little displeased.
"Sit down! Don't make a fuss! ”
Hattori's complexion changed slightly.
"Kudo, this is not the place to talk, we'll talk about it after eating."
Shinichi Kudo sat down.
"Recently, it seems that outsiders are being investigated here!"
"You mean ......"
Kudo Shinichi's pupils shrank, and his heart sank.
As Detective Shinichi Kudo, he instantly grasped the point.
"That's right, it's what you think it is......"
Hattori Heiji looked solemn.
"I arrived two days before you, and I found out about the stranger...... We weren't the first to arrive! ”
"After my covert investigation, I have already deduced where they live."
"Just when you showed up, we can go together!"
hurriedly took a few bites of rice and drank soup, both of them were a little hungry, especially Kudo Shinichi, who only cared about eating.
After dinner, Hattori Heiji carefully counted a few copper coins from the black money bag around his waist and placed them on the table.
The shopkeeper who came to clean up nodded his head:
"Slow down."
In the corner of the store, a few people saw his empty money bag, and inadvertently dispelled some dark thoughts.
Walking out of the storefront, stepping on the muddy road, breathing in the moist air, there are wisps of rain in front of you, hitting your body.
"Gurgling", the wheels rattled.
A wagon, pulled by a horse, dragged a cart full of vegetables and slowly drove towards the inner city.
The top of the carriage was simply covered with an arm-thick layer of straw, and the upper layer was already soaked by this time.
In the distance, in the drizzle, the walls of the inner city showed a hazy outline.
From the outside of the city, it is faint and cannot be seen clearly.
On this street, there are many storefronts, which have opened one after another.
Due to the heavy rain, the opening time of the stores on the entire street during this period of time has been delayed.
Unknown bugs chirped, and in the distance, human voices could occasionally be heard.
Unlike thousands of years later, the accent of Old Japanese in this era is very different, and it always sounds strange, as if you have gone to the countryside and listened to an unfamiliar dialect.
However, this strange feeling, which is obviously very strange, but can be understood, has been pestering him.
"Boom-"
"Knock-"
It seems to be a shrine, and it seems to be the sound of a temple bell, and it comes from nowhere, which adds to the tranquility here.
This is where the ancient Heiankyo was located thousands of years ago.
It's not a dream, it's not a fantasy, at this moment, they have really walked into history.
That, the Heian era of demons dancing and a hundred ghosts walking at night······
Kudo Shinichi sighed deeply, and for a while, he only felt like a world away.
'Why, I was just investigating a new pharmaceutical company, and I was actually involved in such a surreal incident, could it be that I really have a disaster star constitution? ’
He thought silently.
"Come back to your senses!"
There was a tap on the shoulder, and when I turned around, it was Hattori Heiji's hearty smile.
"Let's go, I'll take you to find a place to live."
"Ah, I have wronged you, join me with an umbrella!"
Hattori Heiji held up the oil-paper umbrella of bamboo bones and walked into the rain.
The two walked slowly in the rain.
The surroundings are very peaceful, because it is still early in the morning, and people are not very happy to come out in the rain.
So it's really a good time to stroll.
Enjoying this environment that has not been polluted by the industry of later generations, everything is so pleasing to the eye.
The humanistic style of a thousand years ago attracted the two newcomers.
"Hattori, you were also investigating the umbrella company, so you were sent to this era?"
Shinichi Kudo broke the tranquility first.
"You mean the new pharmaceutical giant, Ambrella?"
"I got an invitation, I chose to take the test, and I showed up here."
Ambrera, umbrella, means umbrella.
Umbrella company, also called umbrella.
It is an offshore company registered in Australia, which swept the Japanese pharmaceutical industry with an unstoppable momentum, like an autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, crushing all the local pharmaceutical construction periods, and is a new monopoly with a mysterious origin.
Its main business is medicine, but in fact, it is carrying out all kinds of unbelievable human experiments behind the scenes.
Kudo Shinichi suspected that this newly emerged pharmaceutical company was related to the black-clad organization, and after using hacking techniques to no avail many times, he chose to infiltrate in real person.
After that, the last impression in my memory is that I opened the door of a laboratory.
When he woke up, he was changed into this outfit and appeared on the side of the avenue, and at the same time, he also received a so-called assessment prompt.
[You participated in the entry assessment of the main god group. 】
[Current world: Heian period.] 】
[Description: The King of Hundred Ghosts; Yin-Yang Numbers, Astronomical Calendar. This was a time when yokai and humans coexisted. 】
[Name: Shinichi Kudo (Conan Edogawa)]
[Identity: High School Student Detective]
[Pass requirements: Complete at least ten missions.] 】
[Failure Punishment: Stay in this world forever, fend for yourself.] 】
[Assessment time limit: unknown.] 】
[Assessment description: Please prove yourself as much as possible, whether it is strategy, reasoning, or intelligence, you can, the main god group welcomes all kinds of talents. We welcome all new people with ideals and ambitions to join the group, and we do not exclude salted fish who just want to earn a high-paying job······ However, please note that the main god group, will never admit useless waste. Express yourself as much as you can, as this will get you more marks in front of the interviewer. 】
[PS: The score of this level will affect the difficulty of the subsequent assessment.] 】
Since then, he has had a deep feeling that he may have inadvertently broken into the door of a new world.
Compared to it, what gin, what boss, is not worth mentioning at all.
"Look at the point, Kudo!"
"No matter what, you have to pass the assessment before you have a chance to go back."
If you fail, you can't go back.
"Well, don't underestimate me, I'm Shinichi Kudo!"