“I mean, Miss Yo-ko, Mr. Yamagishi, did you see wrong?”
Ko-go-ro Mori also couldn't help but frown, suspiciously.
“How could that be? It's in Mr. Izumi's hand.” Yo-ko Yu-no's eyes fell on the soul in Izumi's hand again.
“It's because you haven't drank the charm water yet, Mr. Mori.” Izumi pointed to the water cups in front of Ran Mori and the others.
Ko-go-ro Mori's expression froze, and Ran Mori unconsciously moved away from the cup of water a few steps.
But... are there really ghosts?
Ran Mori was scared, but couldn't help but be curious, her eyes swept across Izumi's empty hand, fear mixed with a bit of expectation.
However, thinking that Yo-ko Yu-no and Yamagishi Takashi only felt a little scared, and they weren't attacked...
Ran Mori closed her eyes directly, and before Ko-go-ro Mori and Conan could react, she drank the water in front of her.
“Ran -” Ko-go-ro Mori called out in worry.
“You little rascal, if there's anything wrong with this water, I will definitely not let you off easily.”
After throwing down these words, Ko-go-ro Mori also drank his water without hesitation.
Seeing this, Conan twitched the corner of his mouth and also drank his water.
“Ah -” Seeing the obviously non-human figure in Izumi's hand, Ran Mori let out a cry even more miserable than Yo-ko Yu-no.
“Baka! What kind of monster is this.” Ko-go-ro Mori directly jumped to the side, moving away from Izumi.
“Miss Ran, this soul has been captured by me, it won't harm anyone.”
Izumi shook his head slightly and said softly.
Izumi's tone wasn't gentle, but it did bring temporary comfort to Ran Mori.
Yes, the ghost was captured by Izumi, what was she afraid of?
Ran Mori carefully turned her head and looked towards Izumi's hand again.
The look of fear in her eyes hadn't gone away, but Ran Mori couldn't help but curiously ask, “Why... is it so small?”
The soul in Izumi's hand really didn't look big, only about half a meter tall.
Compared to a human, it was really far off.
However, looking at its blurry face, it really did look a lot like the deceased lying on the ground...
“Not enough energy, you can think of it as a newly formed ghost, like a newborn child, always weak.”
Izumi shrugged, somewhat casually.
“Oh... I see.” Ran Mori subconsciously swallowed, being told by Izumi like this, her fear of ghosts dissipated a lot.
She even asked curiously, “So, newly deceased people who become ghosts don't have any abilities?”
“To be precise, they don't have the ability to actively harm people, but -” Izumi shook his head.
“Ghosts and humans are ultimately creatures from two different dimensions, being in contact for a long time will bring bad luck to humans.”
Izumi was still very patient, mainly because... he needed to leech off ghosts later!
“Mr. Izumi, what about this ghost... can you directly kill it?” Yamagishi Takashi frowned.
“Mr. Yamagishi -” Yo-ko Yu-no rolled her eyes, disapprovingly looking at Yamagishi Takashi.
“How could you say that?” Izumi looked at Yamagishi Takashi in confusion, his tone earnest.
“Generally, malicious ghosts need to be eliminated, but for ordinary ghosts, we usually choose to send them to reincarnation.”
“In other words, send the ghost to Buddhahood.”
In Sakura Country, becoming a Buddha is the meaning of sending the deceased to the afterlife.
Of course, Izumi wouldn't really send the deceased to Buddhahood, after all, this is Little Sakura!
The most crucial point is that Izumi still needs to collect these souls to activate the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade.
Izumi is a “good person,” since Sakura Country likes the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, Izumi, as a good person, naturally shouldn't let Sakura Country down!
“Mr. Izumi is righteous.” Yo-ko Yu-no breathed a sigh of relief.
“This matter, I’ll trouble Mr. Izumi, the related fees will be covered by me.”
“Don’t worry, this soul won’t affect Miss Yo-ko anymore.” Izumi nodded slightly.
Conan on the side couldn't fully blend in with the conversation between Izumi and the others, but instead focused all his attention on the so-called soul in Izumi's hand...
Ghost? Impossible! This world is a world of science, there is definitely no ghost!
What is that then? An illusion? That's possible, after all, everyone drank the water that Izumi added something to before they saw the so-called “ghost.”
Conan calmly put away a handkerchief, earlier, Conan secretly took some water with it.
Later, he could ask Dr. Agasa to help test it.
Seeing Conan's little movements, Izumi pretended not to notice.
Conan was completely restless, directly quietly approaching Izumi...
“Conan, what are you doing?!” Seeing Conan suddenly pat at the soul in Izumi's hand, Ran Mori widened her eyes in fright.