Genshin Player in the World of Detective Conan

She looked up at the tall buildings lining the street, exclaiming in awe.

During their journey in Teyvat, the closest they had come to a modern city was Fontaine.

But even Fontaine was clearly quite different from a true modern metropolis.

The variety of goods sold on the street, especially the colorful toys, dazzled Paimon.

"Let's go! Jewelry Center!"

Their trip this time was naturally to find Zhongli's ascension materials.

Originally, Yin Kong thought that even if he successfully unlocked the [Adventurer's Guild] function, obtaining Brave Jade Fragments of the Geo element through the random rewards of daily quests would take several days, or even more than ten days.

Who knew Aoyama Nanami had such incredible luck, hitting the jackpot on the first try. He naturally couldn't waste time and needed to find Zhongli's remaining ascension materials as soon as possible.

If Zhongli's level could be raised to forty, and then he could find Conan to equip him with a HP-HP-HP artifact set, even if it was only three-star quality, it would be enough to stack his HP to around twenty thousand.

At that point, facing monsters at level fifty or sixty would see a complete reversal of offensive and defensive positions.

It was worth mentioning that the tranquility left behind by the [Yatagarasu] battle truly didn't last long.

Less than two days had passed, and Yin Kong was already starting to see wandering demons and monsters in the streets and alleys again.

Although the numbers were still very sparse, he imagined it wouldn't be long before they returned to their original "spectacle" of demons dancing everywhere.

For Paimon, this was a good opportunity to adapt gradually.

"Traveler, this is it."

Neither Yin Kong nor Paimon had much interest in jewelry, so their efficiency was very high.

About half a day later, they successfully found a substitute for Amber in a Chinese jewelry store called "Dragon Phoenix Auspiciousness."

"Tienhuang Stone?"

Yin Kong had some impression of this name; it was a type of precious stone from China, often used to make seals, and was quite expensive.

Zhongli needed high-quality Tienhuang Stone, making the price even more exorbitant.

"Wow, the deposit alone was over two million Yen. Add that to what we've already spent, and Zhongli's ascension materials will cost over seventeen million Yen. If this continues, I'm afraid Miss Yoko's savings won't last much longer."

As they walked out of the jewelry center, Paimon continued to exclaim.

The output of Tienhuang Stone was already scarce, let alone in a foreign land.

Even though this "Dragon Phoenix Auspiciousness" was one of Tokyo's largest jewelry and jade merchants, the available stock in the store was completely insufficient to meet Zhongli's ascension needs.

They could only pay a deposit and wait for the goods to be shipped from their country, which would take at least a week.

Chapter 59: Junior Detective Agency

Should I draw cards again?

Looking at Ningguang, one of the three four-star characters accompanying the banner, Yin Kong couldn't help but feel tempted again.

Because if he remembered correctly, to max out Zhongli's level, he would need a full 168 Amber, which was the same number of times as the Flower Archon's Birthday Festival he had experienced in his dreams.

If all of them were calculated at the price of over seventeen million for three, then just to acquire the Tienhuang Stone, Yin Kong would need to prepare nearly a billion Yen!

Clearly, Miss Yoko alone could not possibly support such extravagance.

If he could pull Ningguang, even if the Qixing of Liyue was alone and couldn't bring her Jade Chamber or immense wealth, with her abilities, making a comeback would only be a matter of time.

Unfortunately, the balance of less than one hundred Primogems made him sigh to the heavens.

Yin Kong knew very well that if he could gather enough for two draws before the end of the day, it would be considered a lot.

"Yin Kong, look, there's an exhibition here too! [World's Secret Treasures Exhibition]. Does it mean treasures of this world?"

Paimon clearly didn't have these strange worries. In her little mind, traveling with Yin Kong was the happiest thing.

Just as Paimon was looking around curiously, she suddenly heard a booming voice from the exhibition's courtyard:

"Hooray! Then let's go find treasure! From today on, we are the [Junior Detective Agency]!"

Junior Detective Agency?

Yin Kong's heart stirred, and he immediately followed the sound. Indeed, he saw a chubby little boy with a round head proudly saying something to his elementary school companions while holding up a piece of paper.

Soon, among this group of energetic elementary school students, Yin Kong spotted Conan, who had dead fish eyes and an expression of complete lack of enthusiasm, and the exclamation mark above his head, representing a World Quest.

As things stood, Yin Kong had learned something very important: people die when they are killed--

No, that's not right. Quests can fail.

In the game, even if players are wiped out by a BOSS or get stuck due to their own clumsiness or insufficient character development, they can always retry.

Just like in the Inazuma main story, Thoma, who promised to help when needed, would kneel before the Statue of Her and His Excellency the Electro Archon until the end of time as long as the player didn't trigger the next part of the plot.

However, in the real world, such convenient things clearly did not and could not exist.

For example, after the unfortunate demise of that poor manager, Mr. Yamagishi Ei, the World Quest attached to him naturally disappeared.

As for the specific content, no one knew anymore.

While Yin Kong was trying to recall the plot in his mind, Paimon had already been completely captivated by the word "treasure":

"Treasure? Treasure! Yin Kong, did you hear that? There's treasure!"

"I, Kojima Genta, will be the leader! Do any of you object...?"

Just as Kojima Genta was excitedly announcing his leadership, a strange voice sounded from behind him:

"The treasure you're talking about, is it this piece of paper?"

"Of course not, but this piece of paper must be a very precious treasure map..." He trailed off, then suddenly turned to look at Paimon, his face full of suspicion. "Wait, who are you?"

Paimon put her hands on her hips and proudly introduced herself:

"Hmph, I am the super treasure-hunting expert—Paimon."

Conan automatically ignored Paimon's title and looked at her white hair, feeling a bit surprised.

Is she a foreigner?

Kojima Genta didn't think that far:

"Super treasure-hunting expert? Oh, I get it! You're here to steal the treasure, right!"

As soon as he said this, the other two members of the Junior Detective Agency, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi, looked wary, just like Conan.

Mitsuhiko immediately said:

"The treasure is ours, we won't share it with you."

Paimon didn't rush upon seeing this. Instead, she crossed her arms and said disdainfully:

"What are you talking about? I think you're just afraid I'll find the treasure before you. With that little bit of courage, how can you call yourselves the Junior Detective Agency? You should just call yourselves the Junior Baby Agency."

"You jerk! How dare you look down on us!" Seeing that Paimon, who was younger than him, could scorn him, Kojima Genta immediately became angry. "I'll show you! Even if you look at the treasure map, our Junior Detective Agency will still be the first to find the treasure."

As expected of children, they fall for such a simple provocation.

Seeing Genta actually hand over the treasure map he was holding to Paimon, Conan was speechless.

Can I still quit the Junior Detective Agency? Otherwise, if I stay with these elementary schoolers for too long, I feel like I'll get infected by them.

However, despite his internal complaints, Conan didn't really believe that the piece of paper Genta casually picked up was actually a treasure map, so he was too lazy to stop him.

Paimon wagged her finger and said confidently:

"Hmph, hmph, hmph! No matter what kind of treasure-hunting group or detective agency you are, in front of the most powerful ace duo of Yin Kong and me, you're all insignificant!"

Yin Kong? Yin Kong!

Conan was initially dismissive, but upon hearing Yin Kong's name, he instantly became alert.

This little girl, Paimon, is actually connected to that man?

Conan subconsciously looked around and was soon surprised to find that Yin Kong had already appeared not far away, watching them with a smile.

"Long time no see, Conan-kun." Seeing that Conan had finally noticed him, Yin Kong walked over and looked at the Junior Detective Agency. "You're playing a treasure hunt, aren't you? How about letting me join?"

It really is this man!

Conan's expression changed slightly because after he went back yesterday, he had asked Professor Agasa to help him find information about the Adventurer's Guild, Catherine, and Dumaini overnight.

But to his shock, the Professor only found information about the Adventurer's Guild and Catherine, but they had no connection to each other, and neither matched the description Yin Kong had given.

As for Dumaini, there was no information about it at all.

While Conan was still in shock, Kojima Genta pointed at Paimon incredulously:

"Your companion is an adult?"

Paimon said matter-of-factly:

"Of course Yin Kong is an adult. There's no rule that only children can go on adventures and treasure hunts together, right?"

Mitsuhiko excitedly said:

"You're bullying us because you're an adult! This is unfair!"

Paimon snorted, but then proudly said:

"I'm not a member of your Junior Detective Agency. Because I, Paimon, have reached an adult level, I can go on adventures with Yin Kong. If you think it's unfair, you can find adult friends to help you. You can't find any, can you?"

Chapter 60: Maple Arrives, Deer Follows

"Damn it!"

Paimon's words made Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi very angry, feeling completely looked down upon.

What made the three of them even angrier was that they found themselves completely unable to refute her.

If they had more time, the Junior Detective Agency could have asked Professor Agasa for help, but now, unless Conan was willing to help, they weren't familiar enough with the Professor to ask him.

Seeing their reaction, Paimon became even more smug:

"You don't need to be discouraged. I am the super treasure-hunting expert Paimon, so it's normal to lose to me. After all, you guys contributed a little bit. After we find the treasure, I'll specially allow you to touch it."

However, these words clearly made the three of them even angrier.

Ayumi shouted:

"Don't get too cocky. Don't think you've won just because you have an adult helping you. Right, Conan?"

Paimon put her hands on her hips, fearlessly saying:

"It seems you haven't realized the harshness of reality yet. Yin Kong isn't just any ordinary adult."

At this moment, Conan, not yet on the same wavelength as these three brats, immediately felt a stir upon hearing Paimon's words. He followed up on Paimon's statement and asked:

"Oh? Then, what exactly makes this 'Brother Yin Kong' you speak of so impressive?"

Paimon didn't think much of it and immediately lifted her little face, proudly counting on her fingers:

"There are just too many things! We've bad-mouthed the Anemo Archon together, freeloaded meals from the Geo Archon, and even fought the Electro Archon... Wait, why am I telling you this?"

Conan, who had been full of anticipation and hoped Paimon would inadvertently reveal some important information related to Yin Kong's identity, was immediately met with a giant question mark floating above his head.

Anemo Archon? Geo Archon? Electro Archon?

What kind of nonsense was this?

As expected, this little girl named Paimon, just like Yin Kong, had a severe case of chuunibyou, didn't she?

And it seemed to be even worse than Yin Kong's.

Judging by her appearance, she genuinely believed these things had happened.

With this thought, Conan's gaze towards Paimon couldn't help but turn sympathetic.

"So, is Brother Yin Kong also interested in the treasure map?"

Seeing that his probing was fruitless, Conan changed the subject and directly targeted Yin Kong. Yin Kong raised an eyebrow slightly:

So, this kid's gotten a lot bolder overnight.

"Since Paimon is interested, I'm naturally willing to accompany her in searching for it." As he spoke, Yin Kong pointed at Conan's glasses. "Oh, right, classmate Conan, I think I forgot to check your glasses last time."

Conan, however, wasn't flustered at all, clearly having been prepared. He shook his head:

"No need, Brother Yin Kong. After I went home yesterday, Sister Ran already had a professional check them. My glasses are completely-- fine!"