GOAL BONUS #1
Jiang Xia pulled Sherry into his arms, using a syringe filled with anesthesia from the doctor. This kind of thing wouldn't leave a trace on the skin, and with Sherry having a fever, it made sense for her to faint. So there was no need to worry about the doctor finding out why the little girl had fainted.
He carried Sherry toward his house, just at the end of a small street. Dr. Agasa was rushing home, wrapped in a coat.
Jiang Xia glanced at his house, then at Dr. Agasa. After pausing for a brief 0.1 seconds, he decisively ignored Akemi Miyano, who was holding a QAQ expression by his arm and wanted to abduct her sister, and instead walked toward the doctor.
Jiang Xia wasn't into raising kids, and besides, Sherry wasn't really a child—she was far too smart and careful to be fooled. Jiang Xia himself had many secrets, and sometimes had to deal with things that were best left unspoken. Having Sherry around made him feel restrained, and he wasn't comfortable.
As for handing Sherry over to the state agencies… Jiang Xia wasn't buying it.
The state institutions in this world were anything but trustworthy, not to mention—Jiang Xia knew from spoilers that Sherry had created a temporary antidote to turn Conan back into Shinichi Kudo. If she had stronger institutional support, one day she'd just make a permanent antidote, and that would mean no more Conan.
Jiang Xia thought about his miserable situation before Kudo became Conan and his hands trembled slightly as he carried Sherry.
In short, as a regular psychic who just wanted to pick up ghosts, Jiang Xia thought he was already showing great restraint by not actively obstructing the creation of a permanent antidote.
As for using spoilers that shouldn't exist in this world to help Conan grow up fast… he couldn't do that. He really couldn't.
…Let Sherry stay with Dr. Agasa for now.
With that decision, Jiang Xia quickly made his way toward the doctor.
Dr. Agasa was surprised when he saw a child walking by, carrying another child on his back.
The girl who was being carried was covered in dirt, wearing an ill-fitting dress, and seemed to have just passed out, looking like she'd escaped from some nefarious kidnapper.
Dr. Agasa was about to ask what had happened and whether he should call the police, but before he could speak, the little boy suddenly looked up and their eyes met.
Dr. Agasa's steps faltered.
He began thinking hard—this was a child who had just escaped some dangerous situation, so they likely wouldn't trust anyone. They had to find a way to convince the kid they were good people, then quickly bring them inside. After all, if the kidnapper was still nearby, the three of them would be in danger.
Thinking this, Dr. Agasa gave a kind smile and was about to say, "Don't be afraid, uncle is a good person," but before he could, the little boy walked toward him and, very decisively, pushed the girl on his back toward him.
Dr. Agasa: "...?"
Wait a minute. This didn't seem right.
It didn't look like they were asking for help… It was more like… touching porcelain?
Under the suspicious gaze of the doctor, Jiang Xia looked at him innocently and said with an almost rehearsed tone, "She said she was a researcher of the Black Organization, and she was poisoned. She asked me to bring her to find Kudo Shinichi."
"Black…?" The sheer amount of information hit Dr. Agasa like a brick, "The Black Organization? Looking for a new one??!"
"Yeah, that's what she said." The little boy lowered his head nonchalantly, pulled out a slightly dirty coffee candy from his pocket, and handed it to the doctor.
"This is what she paid me. I already ate the rest, but this one's the one I didn't like. Grandpa, can you give it back to her? And remind her… not to forget about the thing we said before."
"The thing we said before" meant that Jiang Xia wanted to remind Sherry to stay put at the doctor's place when she woke up and not run around like a scared bird. He didn't want to be running all over the place looking for her.
The candy, which had slipped out of his shallow pocket while he was carrying Sherry, had been crushed. Jiang Xia had initially planned to throw it away but then stared at the poor little candy and suddenly had an idea—maybe the candy could serve a purpose.
Given how clever Sherry was, maybe she'd connect the dots and think, Xiaobai is reminding me that if I try to run, I'll end up shattered like this coffee candy or something equally chilling.
Dr. Agasa took the candy, and slowly his senses returned—after all, with Shinichi Kudo shrinking down, his worldview had already been twisted into something unrecognizable.
He sympathetically looked at the little boy in front of him. This kid had been used by the wicked members of an organization to risk his life just to deliver someone, and his reward was just a few candies. This Black Organization was really something else...
Dr. Agasa was about to speak, to ask the innocent child what he meant by "the thing said before" he mentioned, so as to prevent him from being deceived again. But when he looked up, the child was already gone.
Suddenly, there was a child of unknown origin, sick, or even unconscious. No matter how you looked at it, this was a troublesome situation.
But what did it have to do with Jiang Xia, who was sitting in his office waiting for clients to show up?
Jiang Xia first activated his puppet, found a place to hide the remaining money, then dispersed the puppet and returned his consciousness to his main body.
Xiaobai and the other shikigami also returned to the tattoo space in his heart.
Jiang Xia stood up from the sofa, stretched, and sent off the cats and dogs in his office before taking on a few low-key tasks to connect with people, ending his ordinary day.
The next day, Jiang Xia followed the address Amuro had given him to find a part-time job.
This time, it was at a cafe.
When Jiang Xia went to Amuro to forcibly apply for a job, he hadn't lied about one thing—he was very familiar with part-time jobs at common establishments, and a restaurant chain like this was right in his wheelhouse.
Jiang Xia changed into his staff uniform and sent off the early shift colleagues.
The front desk quickly prepared the meal. Jiang Xia walked to the corresponding table with a tray in hand. As he lowered his head, he saw a well-dressed high school girl and an elementary school student who looked like they were in a very bad mood.
Jiang Xia's eyes lit up.
*Goal #1: Top 200 fanfics published within the last 30 days by POWER STONES.
Progress: 3/50(approx) for 10 BONUS CHAPTERS
Goal #2: One BONUS CHAPTER per review for the first 10 REVIEWS.
Progress:0/10*
Glossary:
Touching porcelain: A Chinese term for a scam where someone pretends to be harmed or in distress to gain compensation.