"The technique of picking locks and sneaking in, huh?"
The Little Fox grumbled weakly, then looked very seriously at Mu Tianyuan. "Are you really sure you have enough time, and that you won't be discovered?"
"Don't worry. I have this [Broken Five]. Locks are useless to me, and there's no surveillance. Just give me a little time, and that'll be enough."
Mu Tianyuan answered while stuffing a wire into the lock. Then Mu Tianyuan shrugged and said, "See, it's open."
After saying that, Mu Tianyuan glanced at the bustling Community Hall lobby, twisted the doorknob, and swiftly slipped into the warehouse under everyone's watchful eyes. After gently closing the door, Mu Tianyuan, illuminated by the light filtering through a warehouse window, muttered to himself, "Damn it, there's a lot of stuff, and it seems like no one's been here for a long time."
"Yeah, that's going to be troublesome to find."
The Little Fox also looked at the warehouse with a troubled expression, muttering. Then she looked at Mu Tianyuan again and said, "First, let Meow Knight notify the cats and dogs outside to retreat."
"Mmm, it's time for them to retreat first."
Mu Tianyuan said, nodding towards the warehouse window.
Mu Tianyuan hadn't brought Meow Knight inside with him. Instead, he had given Meow Knight a task: to transmit the retreat order. At this moment, Meow Knight was crouching outside the warehouse window. Upon seeing Mu Tianyuan nod to her from inside the warehouse, she understood his meaning. She immediately let out a "meow" to signal the cats and dogs, who were causing a ruckus in the Community Hall, to retreat.
That meow might not have meant much to others. Many people in the Community Hall might not have even heard it clearly through the walls. But for the cats and dogs, they heard it loud and clear. Immediately, the cats and dogs rushed out of the Community Hall in a flurry. This startled the Community Hall staff and Uncle Mouri, who was waiting to meet the Village Chief.
At this moment, their minds were united on one question: What the hell is going on?! First, a bunch of cats and dogs rushed in, then... they caused a ruckus, and then in less than twenty seconds, they all ran off again. What exactly did they come in here for?! Mu Tianyuan didn't care how puzzled those people were. At the moment, he was rummaging through the warehouse, looking for sheet music. After searching for a long time, Mu Tianyuan finally found a file bag in a cabinet. After taking it out and examining it, Mu Tianyuan said, "This should be it."
"About?"
The Little Fox looked at Mu Tianyuan with a somewhat speechless expression. "Are you confident or not?"
Mu Tianyuan shrugged as he put the sheet music back into the file bag. "I don't know how to interpret it. How would I know if it's the right one? But this isn't a music classroom. I don't think there would be any other sheet music here, so this must be it."
"Although your reasoning seems sound, your 'not seeking deep understanding' answer... I just want to say, it's a good thing you're not a real spy. Otherwise, with that attitude, your superior would have shot you dead in three minutes, and with a Gatling gun!"
The Little Fox said helplessly to Mu Tianyuan as she stuffed the file bag into her spatial dimension. Mu Tianyuan, however, said very frankly, "Even if I were a spy, I'd act the same way when faced with something I don't understand. If you keep continuously blasting me with a rocket launcher for three hours, I'll still be like this."
Then Mu Tianyuan waved his hand. "Alright, let's prepare to retreat."
"But what about the scene...?"
The Little Fox looked at the footprints on the ground and the clear signs of rummaging, then looked at Mu Tianyuan and asked. Mu Tianyuan spread his hands. "Just erase the footprints and ignore the rest. I can't be too thorough in helping him clean up, can I?"
"But are you just going to leave it like that?" The Little Fox asked, shaking her tail, somewhat conflicted. "These traces are too obvious. Anyone who isn't blind will see them!" "What can I do? Clean it up thoroughly, or burn it all down with a fire? Or just blow the whole place up?"
Mu Tianyuan answered helplessly. Then Mu Tianyuan added, "I'm wearing gloves, so I won't leave fingerprints. As for these footprints, if I just erase them, even if they discover traces of someone having entered, they won't be able to trace it back to me. I don't believe the technology at this time can restore them."
After cleaning up a bit, Mu Tianyuan glanced out the door crack, then nodded towards Meow Knight, who was still crouching outside the window. Meow Knight immediately sent a signal. Earlier, Mu Tianyuan had arranged with his helpers to cover his entry into the warehouse and then cover his retreat when he came out. After receiving Meow Knight's retreat signal, the group of cats and dogs immediately rushed into the Community Hall again to cover Mu Tianyuan's retreat.
The previous commotion had already attracted the attention of the people in the Community Hall. Many who hadn't caught up were still asking around. When the cats and dogs rushed in again, the Community Hall immediately turned into chaos. Especially since the cats and dogs looked fierce,
the people inside almost thought they were going to be brutally massacred by them! Amidst the chaos, Mu Tianyuan easily slipped out of the warehouse. After giving his reinforcements a retreat signal, Mu Tianyuan opened the door and met Meow Knight. Then he returned to the Community Hall. He arrived in the lobby, which was still a mess, and then, pretending to be nonchalant, he said to Uncle Mouri, "This place is really lively!"
"Yes,"
Uncle Mouri nodded, but lively? That scene just now was like a battlefield! Then Uncle Mouri looked at Mu Tianyuan with some surprise. "Where did you run off to before?"
"I was looking at the scenery outside. This Community Hall is behind... the sea. The view is quite nice!"
Mu Tianyuan chuckled, then suddenly and somewhat surprisingly said, "Wait...! Conan, what's wrong with you? You're being rubbed on the ground by a dog!"
Conan, at this moment, stood with a tragic expression. His originally clean small suit and shorts were covered in dirty paw prints of various sizes. Not only that, his glasses were crooked, and his face even had several paw prints!
His normally unruffled hair was now a bird's nest! The sharp-eyed Mu Tianyuan also noticed a clear canine paw print directly on Conan's private area, and it was a particularly large one! Even if Mu Tianyuan didn't understand forensic footprint analysis, he knew this was definitely from a big dog! And it was a particularly heavy and solid paw print! "Heh heh..."
Letting Ran help him brush off the paw prints, Conan, hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, looked at Mu Tianyuan with a playful expression. He then sniffed and looked up at the ceiling at a forty-five-degree angle with a tragic expression. Damn it, you're absolutely right! I really was rubbed on the ground by a dog!
Not only rubbed, but trampled! Ran was helping Conan brush off the paw prints left by the animals, her expression a mix of bewilderment and helplessness, as she explained to Mu Tianyuan, "Just now, when those... animals rushed in, a cat first jumped on Conan's head, and then Conan was hit by the dogs that followed, and then... he was trampled... and it happened twice like that..."
"Uh, that was a serious trampling incident..."
Mu Tianyuan's lips twitched as he answered, hearing Ran's words. Then Mu Tianyuan himself was puzzled. Who the hell arranged that? I didn't order them to target Conan when I gave the command! Why was this guy so unlucky to be trampled by cats and dogs twice, even making Mu Tianyuan feel like it was deliberately targeting Conan!
Conan, hearing Mu Tianyuan's assessment of the situation, couldn't help but nod. "That's right, it was seriously bad! I almost ended up having to dress like a girl from now on! You know how serious that is! You know what, besides... a certain part, the rest didn't hurt!
But the psychological trauma is huge! I now even shiver a little when I see the cat and fox Mu Tianyuan is holding!" "Tell me, for some reason, I always feel that this was an attack specifically aimed at me! I want to call the police!" Mu Tianyuan, at this moment, walked over to Conan, helping him brush off the paw prints on his body, and looked at Conan with pity. "Does it hurt?"
After saying that, Mu Tianyuan looked at the paw print on Conan's weak point... Conan lowered his head after hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, then sniffed and tragically said, "It doesn't hurt..."
"Tsk, Conan, you're a true man!"
Upon hearing Conan's reply, Mu Tianyuan immediately looked at Conan with great admiration and gave him a thumbs up. This time, Mu Tianyuan was truly heartfelt, without any pretense! He genuinely admired Conan. Such a vulnerable spot was stomped on, and Conan didn't even hurt. How resilient a man must he be!
Chapter 66: Little Fox, It's Your Turn to Perform
Conan: "..."
Man, my ass! This was the first time I was stomped on by some unknown scumbag dog, and it hurts now, alright?! And that scumbag dog, I don't even know where it stepped before, and these paw prints won't come off! Otherwise, how would you have seen them?! The Little Fox also looked at Conan with sympathy, and while looking, she said, "I always feel this child seems to have suffered serious psychological trauma..."
"Not just psychological, the physical trauma isn't small either... Tsk tsk, who did this? That kick, only a tough guy like Conan could withstand it. Otherwise, a normal person would be crying."
Mu Tianyuan, after thinking about it from Conan's perspective, looked at Conan with even more admiration. Conan naturally noticed Mu Tianyuan's gaze. Although Conan, that arrogant, self-important, show-off of a guy, loved being looked at with such eyes, that was only when he was making brilliant deductions, definitely not now! Immediately, Conan once again looked up at the ceiling at a forty-five-degree angle,
trying desperately to stop his sad tears from flowing... I heard tears won't flow if you stand upside down. Maybe I should try that too. Mu Tianyuan, at this moment, pulled Conan aside, then squatted in front of Conan and whispered, "Conan, are you really okay? As a man, I know how painful it is to be hit there. Are you really okay? And I also know how vulnerable that spot is. You're small now, so you might not care, but when you grow up, you'll find it's very important!"
Conan: "..."
I naturally know that place is very important! And who told you I don't care now?! I care a lot! After a long silence, Conan looked at Mu Tianyuan's concerned eyes and said, "I'm fine..."
"Really?"
Mu Tianyuan looked seriously at Conan, then, while examining him, he said, "A true man can always face any blow. So don't force yourself. If something really happens, you'll be in big trouble later!"
Conan: "...I'm really fine..."
Forcing yourself to endure is bullsht! It already hurts, alright?!* "Hmm... Is this really different from other men, or is he too small, so he just happened to dodge it?"
Seeing Conan's insistence, Mu Tianyuan couldn't help but murmur to himself. Hearing Mu Tianyuan's muttering, Conan's lips twitched twice. Damn it, do you believe that I'll go to the genkan right now and get my powerful sneakers to fumigate you?! Mu Tianyuan didn't know Conan's sinister plan. He still looked at Conan with concern. "Little Brother Conan, I'm seriously telling you, don't force yourself. If something goes wrong there, it's a big deal, after all, it's not just about your peeing, alright?!"
"Little Brother Mu, I'm really fine..."
Conan's lips twitched as he forced a smile in response. Nonsense, do you even need to tell me that?! I'm a seventeen-year-old blooming youth, a famous high school detective, and I've even taken physiology class! I naturally know the importance of that place, alright?! Hmm, but this guy also makes sense. I can't take this lightly. Even though it doesn't hurt now, what if something really happens? I'm still hoping to have a litter of monkeys with Ran and make the family prosper! Thinking of this, Conan immediately looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, "Little Brother Mu, I need to go to the restroom!"
"Go, go, going to the restroom is good too!"
Mu Tianyuan quickly nodded in agreement to Conan. Conan then reported to Ran and hurriedly ran to the restroom... Mu Tianyuan looked at Conan rushing to the restroom, shook his head, and muttered sympathetically, "Sigh, this child is truly miserable. Which dog was so inhumane?"
At this moment, the Little Fox used a special line to communicate with Mu Tianyuan: "Yeah, it's really miserable. Why is Conan so unlucky? We didn't tell them to attack Conan, did we?" "Who knows what's going on...?" Mu Tianyuan shrugged, then very quietly asked Meow Knight, "Meow Knight, do you know why Conan was trampled?"
"Meow!"
He had asked casually, but Meow Knight actually nodded. Immediately after, Meow Knight didn't hold back and said, "The first time was just an accident, meow. Who told him he was the shortest!"
"Then the second time?"
Mu Tianyuan knew from Meow Knight's words that it wasn't that simple. He immediately asked curiously. Meow Knight shook her ears and said, "The second time was because Maria and the other animals thought trampling Conan was fun, so they tried it, meow!"
Hearing Meow Knight's answer, although Mu Tianyuan and the Little Fox didn't know which animal Maria was, it didn't stop them from being speechless about this animal named Maria. After exchanging glances, Mu Tianyuan couldn't help but mutter, "What kind of humanity is this, Meow Knight, didn't you stop them?"
"No, meow!"
Meow Knight shook her head, then explained, "I thought that... Conan would cause you trouble, so I didn't stop them, meow! Did I do wrong, meow?"
"No, you did very well!"
Mu Tianyuan shook his head without thinking. Then he muttered, "If it were me, I'd have them line up and stomp on Conan in different ways!"
The Little Fox: "...What kind of humanity is that?!"
Mu Tianyuan, after understanding why Conan was trampled, returned to Uncle Mouri's side. Then he looked at Uncle Mouri, who was smoking, and said, "Uncle, what do you think the Village Chief means? It's been over ten minutes, why won't he see us? He isn't trying to give us the cold shoulder, is he?"
"Hmph, who knows."
Uncle Mouri was also unhappy at this moment. The Community Hall staff had all gone in, but the Village Chief still hadn't come out to greet him. This was really treating him, a famous detective, as nothing. At this moment, Mu Tianyuan happened to see the staff member who was supposed to convey their message earlier, so he walked over and said, "Excuse me, when will your Village Chief have time to see us?"
"Well, I've already told Secretary Hirata. He said he would convey it to the Village Chief. How about you wait a little longer?"
The staff member answered awkwardly, looking at Mu Tianyuan. Hearing the staff member's words, Mu Tianyuan pouted. Then he returned to Uncle Mouri's side, casually picked up the cigarette pack Uncle Mouri had thrown aside, took out a cigarette, lit it, and said helplessly to Uncle Mouri, "I always feel that the Village Chief doesn't want to see us."
"Truly a rude fellow."
Uncle Mouri muttered angrily. At this moment, Conan happened to emerge from the restroom. Mu Tianyuan didn't know how Conan checked, but judging by his expression, he seemed fine. It had to be said, Conan's mental recovery ability was quite strong. In such a short time, he was already curious about exploring the new map. Not far away was a large room.
Conan, bored, pushed the door open and peered inside, intending to sneak in. Ran was much more polite than Conan. Seeing Conan's behavior, she immediately ran over to stop Conan from running around. And Uncle Mouri was really bored. He immediately stood up and walked over. After reaching the door of the room, Uncle Mouri looked around and said, "What a big room."
Then Uncle Mouri, without any reservation, was the first to walk in. Mu Tianyuan also followed Uncle Mouri into the room. However, unlike Uncle Mouri, who was looking around at the layout and the scenery outside the window, Mu Tianyuan's target was directly aimed at the piano covered in a layer of dust. Then Mu Tianyuan muttered to the Little Fox, "If I'm not mistaken, there's flour hidden in this piano."
At this moment, Ran and Conan were also attracted by the piano. They couldn't help but come to the piano, looking at it and muttering. Mu Tianyuan didn't pay attention to Ran and Conan's discussion about the piano. Instead, after circling the piano, he used a private line to the Little Fox and said, "Execute the plan!"
"Do I have to do it?"
The Little Fox looked at Mu Tianyuan with a reluctant expression and asked. Mu Tianyuan nodded seriously. "Yes, I need a reason to fool them afterwards, so execute the plan!"
The Little Fox looked at Mu Tianyuan with a resentful expression, then jumped from Mu Tianyuan's shoulder to the ground. Under Ran and Conan's puzzled gazes, the Little Fox feigned walking around the piano twice, then turned to Mu Tianyuan and cried out helplessly, "Woof woof! Woof woof woof!"
After barking, the Little Fox sadly transmitted, "I feel my fox dignity has been insulted like never before. You, a dignified fox, actually made me bark like a dog..."
Mu Tianyuan walked over to the Little Fox, squatted down, and stroked the Little Fox's head. He comforted her through a private line, "Alright, alright, I'm sorry you had to suffer. It's all for the sake of acting later. Don't worry, when they find the flour, I'll definitely give you the credit. And I'll buy you roast chicken."
"Which day now do you not buy me roast chicken?"
The Little Fox climbed onto Mu Tianyuan's shoulder and grumbled sadly. Ever since Mu Tianyuan got rich, he had never lacked roast chicken and fish for her and Meow Knight. Now, hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, the Little Fox felt she was still losing out! But despite being depressed, the Little Fox still added, "However, your intelligence this time should be correct, because there is indeed a strange smell coming from this piano. It's coming from the lower part of the piano."
"That's right then."
Mu Tianyuan stroked the Little Fox's head and replied via private line. At this moment, Ran, who was beside them, looked at Mu Tianyuan in surprise and said, "Little Mu, the Little Fox, is it really a fox?" In Ran's eyes, the Little Fox was usually very quiet. Besides... occasionally whimpering, it basically never made a sound. But today, the Little Fox actually spoke! But why was it barking like a dog?!
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