It's reasonable to have more than 100 million vests in the world of science, right?

Chapter 701: Going to Participate in the Next Theater

"Yeah." Conan calmly stirred the ice in the cup with a straw, "But he only did that because I saved his pigeon."

"Oh..." Bechfinger blinked, opened the wings of the pigeon in his arms and waved them.

The pigeon cooed a few times in confusion.

So Bechfinger loosened its wings and touched its head, then suddenly whispered, "I wonder what pigeon soup tastes like?"

Pigeon:!?

This one sentence scared it so much that it ran away from his arms and hid behind Conan.

Beihefenger laughed out loud instantly, "I'm just kidding~ Don't be scared."

Conan twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, then put down the cup and picked up the pigeon, stroking its head from time to time, and couldn't help but recall the gaze he felt at that time.

Although that gaze was not malicious, Conan always felt like he was being seen through...

The skeleton in the castle basement had been moved out, and the place suddenly seemed more spacious.

Kuroba Kaito, who followed curiously, looked around, a little confused as to why they came here.

"What are you planning to do?"

He moved closer to R and asked him while glancing at X who seemed to be doing something at the place where the coffin was originally placed.

"I just want to get something." R smiled faintly.

At this moment, X was holding a glass bottle in his hand. The liquid inside looked a bit like blood, but it was not as thick as blood. It seemed to be just an ordinary red liquid.

But for the things in their hands, Kuroba Kaito never felt that anything was ordinary.

X tilted the bottle and poured the red liquid onto the ground, creating a pattern.

Obviously the bottle was only that big, but the liquid inside seemed endless. Kuroba Kaito couldn't resist his curiosity and wanted to move over to take a look.

R looked at him, smiling, and then said gently, "If you want to become a mummy, you can come closer."

Kuroba Kaito silently retracted the hand he had just extended, touched the back of his head and laughed a few times, "I suddenly think it's pretty good to watch from this position."

Since he couldn't get closer, he stood on tiptoe and stretched his neck to try to see more clearly.

However, he hardly saw anything as the liquid poured on the ground by X lit up with a bright red light, with an unknown blue light flashing in the center.

After noticing that color, Kuroba Kaito immediately understood.

It turned out to be the case.

No, wait a minute.

"Could it be that the purpose of what you asked me to do is to move the coffin away?" Kuroba Kaito suddenly thought of something, turned to look at the young man next to him, his eyes widened in disbelief.

R smiled, "In fact, we can get the fragments without moving away. We just wanted to find something for you to do."

Kuroba Kaito:...

"I don't care. I'll just consider it as helping you. I need a little reward!"

He raised his hand and made a 'a little bit' gesture with two fingers.

The curve of R's mouth slightly deepened, and his tone was gentle, "Of course, what do you want? My dear student."

Kuroba Kaito felt an inexplicable chill down his spine, and he almost changed his mind and refused the reward, but after thinking about it, he realized that it was not easy to get something from Mr. R, so he straightened his back and ignored the chill. "I haven't thought about it yet. Give me some time to think about it."

R smiled but didn't rush him. Instead, he looked at X who was collecting the fragments.

The magic circle that lost its light became darker in color and finally disappeared gradually, as if it had never appeared.

X handed the fragment to R and said softly, "As of now, we are estimated to be short of 21 pieces."

R nodded, collected the fragments, turned his head and glanced at Kuroba Kaito, "Let's go, and didn't you make an appointment with Aoko to go to the amusement park today?"

Kuroba Kaito, who was racking his brains to think about what he needed, suddenly came to his senses after hearing this, "Ahhh! It's over! I forgot about this, ahhh!! Teacher, let's hurry up!"

He whined and pulled R's sleeve pitifully.

R smiled and took him away.

But instead of showing up outside the amusement park, he was dropped off at his home and quickly left.

"Remember to change into nice clothes when you go to meet the girl you like."

Kuroba Kaito, who thought what he said made sense, glanced at the time and hurriedly changed his clothes, then took the gift he had prepared for Nakamori Aoko and ran to the amusement park.

……

Even though the number of people has increased significantly recently, the church is still peaceful and solemn, as if no matter how much time has passed, it will not change due to changes in the outside world.

R and X walked deeper into the church and came to a place called "forbidden area" by church members.

The heavy carved door opened automatically, and inside it was quiet and peaceful, with a faint fragrance lingering.

After the two entered here, the door closed again, blocking out the light from outside.

Except for a beam of light coming down from above and shining on a small round table, nothing else in the room could be seen clearly.

There was a glass cover on the round table, with a dark blue but dim gem suspended inside. However, only one-fifth of it remained at the moment, and the other four-fifths had not been found.

R put the fragment he had just obtained in through the glass.

The gem fragments lit up for a moment, then slowly came together. Its light seemed to increase a little, but it seemed no different from before.

Looking at the gem, R narrowed his eyes slightly. After a long time, an ambiguous smile appeared on his face, and then he turned and left.

"Another 21 times should be enough."

After leaving the 'forbidden place', R and X were not in a hurry to leave the church.

So Murataya ran into them as soon as she came out of the room.

She raised her eyebrows slightly, then threw a small cloth bag to them, "You're just in time, take care of these, I'm going to participate in the next theater version ~ Bye ~"

"..."

X reached out to catch the small cloth bag that was thrown to him, opened it and found that it was full of sparkling gems.

But there is no magical fluctuation on these gems.

Originally planning to take it with her while dealing with these, Murataya happily threw a teleport on herself.

After appearing in the apartment, she took a look at the situation of the protagonist group.

The theater version has just opened, so it has nothing to do with her for now.