"Little girl, how do you sell this painting?" Monet pointed to a copy of Yoshinin Tsukioka's "Forty-Eight Hands of Edo" and asked the little girl who was selling it at a roadside stall.

Probably because she saw that Monet was an American, the little girl replied with some flinching: "Ten or ten dollars will do!" ”

"Ten dollars, you take it!" As he spoke, Monet handed over a banknote and motioned for Safina to pick it up.

After leaving, Safina asked Monet curiously, "Tony, are you sure this painting is genuine?" ”

Monet shook his head and replied, "I don't know!" ”

This surprised Safina: "I don't know? Then you still buy? ”

"First of all, the original author of this "Edo Forty-Eight Hands" should be Keihiko Shirakura, and I don't know if Tsukioka Yoshinian also followed the trend and painted one, but judging from the level of this painting, even if it is an imitation, the level is not low, and even if it is a fake, ten dollars is not a loss!" Monet explained.

"I've usually heard a lot of the kind of leakage stories you said, and I thought you were also picking up leaks this time!" Safina muttered.

Monet smiled and said, "How can there be a good thing that is so easy to pick up?" The reason why a thing is spread is because the probability of it happening is small. ”

Then a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind: "When I saw this painting, I remembered Mr. Edogawa I met in the magic capital back then, and I don't know if he is in Tokyo now, if he is, then I have to talk to him!" ”

"What does this Edogawa-sama do? Also drawing? Safina asked curiously.

Monet waved his hand and said, "Mr. Edogawa is not a painter, he is a reasoner, and he can basically be said to be the best mystery writer in Japan now." ”

"Are you talking about Edogawa Ranbu?" Safina asked tentatively.

Monet nodded and replied: "That's right, it's him, don't you know him, how can you still ask whether he is a painter or not?" ”

"I don't know him, but I kindly read in a newspaper yesterday that he returned to the literary world and founded a magazine called Jewel, so I learned about the name." Safina explained.

"Did you say he's not in Tokyo right now?" Monet asked.

Safina thought for a moment, then replied, "I can't remember this exactly, because I just looked at it casually at the time, so I didn't pay much attention to it!" ”

In fact, Safina can remember so many things after a few casual glances, Monet already feels very powerful, so he reassured: "Since he has returned to the literary world and is in the newspaper, it means that there will definitely be many people who know about his recent situation, and you should be able to know it by asking casually." ”

While the two were chatting, a group of children, each holding an ukiyo-e in their hands, began to peddle around Monet.

"Sir, please buy this ukiyo-e too, I'll only need ten dollars!"

"Sir, I'll only need eight dollars, and this is the work of Utagawa Hiroshi!"

"I'll only need five dollars, sir, you can buy mine first, I haven't eaten in days!"

“......”

Seeing this scene, Monet knew that this must be the trouble caused by the purchase of this "Edo Forty-Eight Hands" just now, not to mention that most of the children in their hands should be fake, even if they are real, it is impossible for them to buy in this situation, fortunately, at this time, Safina is by his side, and the intelligence officer is still powerful, and he quickly ran out with himself.

Fleeing to the residence, Monet panted and said to Safina: "Fortunately, you are by your side this time, and you intelligence officers are very skilled!" ”

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"Tony, your perception is wrong, in fact, the vast majority of intelligence officers are very poor, and they even deliberately do not train this skill, because for them, the most important thing is the ability to obtain and analyze intelligence, and the means of fighting are very secondary, and even their identities will be exposed because of this!" Safina corrected.

"Then why are you so good?" Monet asked curiously.

"Because I'm not an authentic intelligence officer, my job is to assassinate!" Safina replied.

Then he sighed: "But speaking of which, those children just now were really a little scary, like a pack of wolves surrounding us, but I can't be heavy-handed!" ”

Monet sighed and said: "Actually, they are all hungry, war is like this, and the harm to ordinary people is the greatest!" ”

It just so happened that at this time Jiro Morimura came over with the girl, Monet took a look, and then left a mixed-race girl named Miyuki, and then asked Jiro Morimura, "Mr. Morimura, do you know Mr. Edogawa Ranbu?" ”

Jiro Morimura nodded and replied, "Of course I know, Mr. Edogawa is a famous writer!" ”

"I heard that he recently returned to the literary world and founded a magazine called "Jewel", please help me check his current address, I want to visit him!" Monet commanded.

"Oh, this is easy to do, I'll check it out for you!" Jiro Morimura nodded in agreement, and then within half an hour he walked in with a newspaper and said to Monet: "Mr. Monet, Mr. Edogawa is in Tokyo now, and the address is here. ”

But he said with an embarrassed face: "But it is said that Mr. Edogawa has a very strange temper and hates Americans, so he ......."

Monet knew what Jiro Morimura meant, so he interrupted without letting him finish his words: "You don't have to worry about this, I met Mr. Edogawa in the magic capital five years ago, and I happened to come to Tokyo this time, so I went to visit him!" ”

Hearing Monet say this, Jiro Morimura suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good!" ”

Then he patted his ass and said: "Mr. Monet, you are really well-traveled, and you are friends with Mr. Edogawa!" ”

"Of course, Mr. Monet's attainments in reasoning are not lower than those of Mr. Edogawa, and it can even be said that Mr. Edogawa's works are influenced by Mr. Monet!" Safina boasted to Monet on the side.

Although Monet knew that what Safina said could basically be regarded as the truth, because even if Edogawa Ranbu was present at the moment, there was a high probability that he would admit it, after all, he wrote it earlier than him, and he also admitted in the magic capital that he liked his "Detective Downing" series very much, but Monet still felt a little blushing, and it seemed that his cheeky cultivation was still not enough......

PS:This one has been modified.,So it's different from the previous content.,Forgive me.,And it's not just this chapter that needs to be modified.,There's also because the chapter name can't be moved......