Conan’s Corpse Picker

Chapter 431 The Curse from Koizumi Hongzi Please vote for me ()

After being separated from the environment full of hypnotic gas, and blown by the refreshing night breeze outside, Kidd's almost closed eyes struggled to open.

He first scanned the surroundings vigilantly, but did not see the pursuing police. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, stood against the wall, and looked at Wutian Dog.

He saw Kiritengu reaching into his sleeve and touching it, pulling out a dull ruby ​​and throwing it back to him - it was the "red ghost" that Kidd offered just now. He didn't know when he finished eating it.

Kidd skillfully caught the abandoned lunch box-like gem.

He held the stone, which looked like a fallen flower, and looked at it for a while. After hesitating for a moment, he silently raised the stone and looked at the huge full moon in the sky.

This is a way to determine whether there is "Pandora" in the gems - according to the news Kidd heard from the organization code-named after animals, "Pandora" is a legendary "Stone of Life" that contains The secret to immortality.

"Pandora" usually hides inside other gemstones. The identification method is to point the gemstone at the moon. If there is really "Pandora" hidden inside, then Pandora will glow red under the illumination of the moon.

...Theoretically this should be the case.

However, this time, Kidd looked left and right at the gem in his hand, but he was still unable to determine whether there was Pandora in it.

- He didn't see any strange light inside.

But considering that this is a gem that Wutiangu has eaten, maybe there was a "Pandora" in the first place, but it was eaten by Wutiangu as a snack just now...

Kidd himself has little interest in "Pandora". But the "death" of his father Kuroba Toichi and the mysterious organization seemed to be related to this legendary gem. Kidd wanted to know the truth.

He put down the hand that was holding the gem to examine, hesitated for a moment, and planned to ask Wutiangu if the gem tasted abnormal today, such as being particularly delicious or a bit tooth-biting... to judge whether there was "Pandora" in this gem. If there was, he could trace the source of the gem.

But he had just finished his words, and before he could ask, Wu Tiangu suddenly turned his head slightly.

The pair of dark gold vertical pupils that were unusually conspicuous in the night slightly zoomed in. His gaze fell on a certain point in the void, and he seemed to see something that interested him greatly.

Kid was startled and looked over, but saw nothing. In his eyes, the foggy dog ​​was just staring at a piece of ordinary air.

…Is there something invisible to humans?

As soon as this thought crossed his mind, a sharp stabbing pain suddenly penetrated his heart. The sudden pain was sharp and specific, like an invisible steel drill passing through my heart.

The severe pain made Kidd's head buzz, and he let out a muffled groan, raised his hand to cover his heart, and staggered to his knees.

His hands felt wet, hot and slippery. Kidd reluctantly opened his palms and took a look at his palms. He saw that the white gloves that were trembling slightly due to pain were stained with dazzling blood.

He looked confused: ...What's going on?

Wutian Dog seemed to be disturbed by the movement of him kneeling, and his eyes moved back from the void, looking at him thoughtfully.

Jiang Xia looked at the strange thief who had been attacked, and then looked at the ethereal black line connecting Kidd to the distance.

After a moment, he tentatively raised his hand and grabbed it.

——Just now, Jiang Xia suddenly felt an extremely attractive energy flowing along the black line.

In the gap where he was debating whether to observe carefully or intercept it directly, the breath quickly poured into Kidd's body, and then disappeared without a trace as Kidd groaned and fell to the ground.

...The energy came and went quickly. Jiang Xia didn't have time to study it carefully.

But Jiang Xia recalled what he felt just now - the incoming energy seemed to contain the aura of an extremely pure energy core. Although the quantity is smaller, the quality is not inferior to the gems stolen by Kidd.

For ghost fetuses, energy core is an excellent supplement.

——Although the ghost fetuses are the backbone of the puppets, the ghosts in Jiangxia are now unable to control the puppets independently. This is precisely because they are still relatively weak at this stage. They have already exhausted their efforts just to maintain their appearance, and they really have no energy. Go do something else.

And if the energy core is consumed and strengthened to a sufficient level, Jiang Xia will not have to go into battle to activate the puppets every time, but can have some self-conscious and proactive puppet brothers.

so……

Why are energy cores suddenly flowing over?

Jiang Xia lowered her head and looked at Kidd's painful expression as he pressed his heart. He opened and closed his wings behind him and casually fanned the sweaty Thief of Event Physique while having vague suspicions.

——This must be related to Kidd’s witch classmate.

Kidd looked like he had been attacked by some magical means just now. The thing that just came along the black line should be the cause of damage to Kidd, that is, the witch's magic power.

It can be seen that the magic power of this world can be used as an energy core?

The ghosts did not expect that this ordinary and illusory black thread would suddenly bring food. They were stunned for a moment and then swooped down, hanging on Kidd's body, trying to pull out the energy core that had just been submerged in Kidd's body.

Unfortunately, the magic power disappeared silently after causing some flesh wounds to Kidd.

Jiang Xia was also a little disappointed when he looked at the illusory black thread that had returned to its ordinary state.

But soon, he calmed down again.

...After attacking Kidd, this illusory black thread did not disappear.

In other words, Koizumi Hongzi probably has other purposes. The attack just now was probably just a pre-dinner dessert, and there must be a main meal later.

With this thought in mind, Jiang Xia wrapped the Xumiao Black Thread around his hand twice so that he could use his strength, then tentatively held Kidd down and pulled hard.

There was a soft bang that was inaudible to ordinary people.

The ethereal black thread clinging to Kidd's body was forcefully torn off.

——It actually succeeded.

Jiang Xia's eyes lit up inconspicuously. He pinched the free end of the black thread, pressed it on his hand, and waited expectantly for it to change hands.

However, the black line seemed to have some positioning function - maybe it found that the target it was attached to was not right. It quickly slipped away from Jiang Xia's hand and stretched out towards Kidd, wanting to continue to cling to him.

Jiang Xia: "..."

He stared at the dishonest thread expressionlessly for a while. When the black thread was about to touch Kidd, he pulled it back, wrapped it around his wrist, and tied a knot heavily.

The virtual black line stopped for a moment, and the top slowly bent back, as if observing the knot in confusion.

After a few seconds, it began to squirm slowly, as if trying to untie itself, but the results were slow.

Jiang Xia looked at it silently: This method of stealing the curse seems to be really effective.

So he pulled the thread and quickly tied countless knots again.

Don't worry about being unable to untie it - if the black thread becomes useless later, he can just scatter the puppets and regroup them.