【The Lord of Mysteries】
【Obtained Sequence 9 Potion: Thief】
“Good, only my own diary entries are still only Sequence 9 stuff.”
“But counting ‘Thief’, the three pathways of the Lord of Mysteries are complete.”
The path ahead for The Lord of Mysteries has been laid out.
Now all that’s left is to keep walking forward on this path.
Rain Palace Lotus wasn’t surprised.
He picked up the bottle and drank it down in one gulp.
As always, the taste was quite bad.
But after drinking the “Thief” potion, there was a slight difference.
He felt a different sensation in his wrists and fingers.
The thick skin on his fingers and palms split, and beneath the split skin, new skin rapidly grew.
It was like the skin of a baby, a soft pink.
The rough hands of a worker were gone, replaced by long, slender, white fingers like a young lady’s.
It was as if his hands had been reborn.
“Is this the benefit of Thief?”
Unlike “Fortune Teller” and “Apprentice,” “Thief” required manual dexterity, so his fingers, palms, and wrists all gained increased flexibility.
“These hands could totally be used for hand modeling.”
Rain Palace Lotus couldn’t help but sigh with admiration.
Of course, hand modeling was out of the question. Even going to work as a hand model was impossible.
“No wonder I heard people say before that a thief’s hands are key. It wasn’t just a saying.”
Now that he saw his own hands, he could feel that the previous descriptions of thieves were truly accurate.
Besides the transformation of his hands, he also seemed to be able to make basic judgments about valuable objects.
Like the maple leaf gold coin in his hand, it not only emitted a golden glow but also a faint blue light.
This should be the judgment of valuable objects, like a highlighting function.
This extraordinary ability was pretty good. It could be used as a judgment tool when facing objects of unknown value.
Whether in the modern world or the ancient world, this extraordinary ability to judge the value of objects would be welcomed anywhere.
“If I were in the ordinary world, after I ingested the ‘Thief’ potion, would I become someone with ‘Golden Eyes in the Modern World’?”
You never know.
Rain Palace Lotus shook his head with a smile.
“Then the problem is Ran Mouri.”
“It’s been two days, right? What could possibly make Ran Mouri take two days off?”
“Should I do a divination to see what’s going on?”
The fact that Ran Mouri had taken two days off was really concerning.
Thinking this, he took out the tarot cards and began to do a divination.
Nine of Wands, Seven of Stars, Two of Wands.
“Ah???”
These three cards made him pause slightly.
“Shinichi Kudo’s head suffered a heavy blow, a huge lie, and disappointment?”
“Shinichi Kudo encountered a special situation and deceived Ran Mouri with a lie, and Ran Mouri felt strong disappointment?”
“…So, Ran Mouri knows about Shinichi’s fake death?”
Under normal circumstances, that shouldn’t be possible.
In the normal story, it would be hard to believe going from a high school student to a kid, Ran Mouri simply wouldn’t believe it, and wouldn’t think about it at first.
Now, with the Kudo couple covering for Shinichi Kudo, theoretically, Ran Mouri shouldn’t know.
Unless she learned from other sources.
Rain Palace Lotus looked down at his diary.
“I see.”
“It seems my guess was correct, Ran Mouri really got the diary.”
He took a deep breath.
“Right now, I can confirm that three people have obtained the diary.”
“Kaguya Shinomiya, Nagi Sanzenin, and Ran Mouri.”
“They all share the same trait, they are all the heroines in their stories.”
“Then their life trajectories have also started to change because they got the diary.”
“Well, Kaguya Shinomiya did, but I’m not sure about the situations of Nagi Sanzenin and Ran Mouri.”
He hasn’t had contact with Nagi Sanzenin yet.
But Ran Mouri has already had contact.
Whether her life trajectory has taken a turn, a conclusion might be drawn.
Star upright, Justice reversed, Lovers reversed.
“Hiss!”
The situation these three cards were foretelling was too dire.
“Tsk tsk~ Kudo, Kudo, you’re in a bad spot now.”
“All three cards indicate major problems in relationships.”
“It seems the side effects of the deception being known are too big. The impact of the diary on Ran Mouri seems even greater than I imagined.”
“So, the two days off are Ran Mouri’s response to Kudo?”
“Then, did Kudo move into the Mouri house?”
The first two divinations were too stimulating, making him unable to resist knowing the follow-up results.
High Priestess reversed, Empress upright, Fate reversed.
“The greedy plan was known, successfully moved into the Mouri house, but the plan was foiled.”
“Ran Mouri moved out of her own house and is living with Eri Kisaki?”
“Kudo’s plan is a complete disaster.”
Seeing the results of the divination, Rain Palace Lotus couldn’t help but sigh.
It’s a pity he couldn’t be there to watch this big drama unfold.
But Ran Mouri’s choice was not at all surprising.
Knowing that Kudo wasn’t dead and guessing that Kudo stayed behind and even wanted to move into the Mouri house, Ran Mouri couldn’t accept it, so it’s normal for her to choose to leave.
“Ran Mouri is still kind-hearted.”
“She didn’t choose to expose Kudo’s identity, instead, she chose to leave the Mouri house and temporarily live with Eri Kisaki.”
“But it is true that this is the best choice.”
“Of course, it might not be for Kudo.”
At the moment, in the Mouri house, in Ran Mouri’s original room, a small boy wearing glasses was sitting there blankly.
“Ugh…”
Looking at the moon outside the window, Shinichi Kudo, now known as Conan Edogawa, had become a kid.
But he was feeling very complex.
Originally, he pretended to be a kid to stay by Ran’s side, but he ended up backfiring.
“I forgot, when Ran knew about my death, she might not be able to accept it.”
He and Ran were childhood sweethearts who grew up together.
He knew that his death would have an impact on Ran.
But he didn’t expect that the impact would erupt due to his own selfishness.
“I guess Ran and I are too familiar.”
If they weren’t so familiar, Ran wouldn’t be unable to accept it.
They are too familiar, so she can’t accept it at once.
“Forget it, I hope Ran can accept it soon.”
“Now I need to find a way to investigate the organization.”
But when he thought about the situation at the Mouri Detective Agency, Conan Edogawa felt deflated.
“I really need to think of a solution in the future.”
PS: New book seeking data