Just that one sentence greatly increased Yin Kong's favor toward this popular idol.
He composed himself slightly, looked up at the upscale apartment building before him, and asked,
"By the way, I still don't know where Miss Yoko lives?"
"My home?" Ono Yoko was a little confused, but she pointed at the apartment building. "It's the easternmost unit on the twelfth floor, right there—"
Seeing Yin Kong looking around as if searching for something, Ono Yoko asked curiously,
"Did you find something else?"
"Yes, Miss Yoko. Have you ever wondered why that person had broken into your home so many times, yet never once ran into you?"
Ono Yoko froze, then guessed,
"You mean the person is someone I know?"
Yin Kong nodded slightly.
"Either they're very familiar with your daily schedule, or they've been watching your movements in secret and only acting after you leave home."
Ono Yoko suddenly understood.
"So you're looking for a place they could have watched from?"
In fact, after Yin Kong had surveyed the surrounding terrain, the quest guide had thoughtfully marked the three most suspicious locations with yellow dots.
"Exactly. Let's go. If we're lucky enough, we might find something unexpected."
Ono Yoko and Yamagishi Ei nodded as though they understood, then followed closely behind him.
Very soon, they arrived at the first yellow dot: the rooftop of the department store directly across from the apartment building.
"Just as I thought. From here, they could see everything happening outside my door very clearly."
By now, the popular idol had complete faith in Yin Kong's judgment.
After searching around, he finally stopped in front of a trash can in the corner.
Ono Yoko curiously leaned over to look inside.
Yin Kong put on gloves, took out an old newspaper that had been crumpled into a ball, and slowly unfolded it.
"Looks like we got lucky. We won't need to check the remaining locations."
The unfolded old newspaper was covered in square holes cut from it.
Ono Yoko and Yamagishi Ei exchanged looks. How could they possibly fail to guess that this was the stalker's handiwork?
"Next, we just need to find the crucial—what?!"
Just as Yin Kong was about to press on and finish his daily quest as soon as possible, he suddenly froze.
What was that—?
A massive dark cloud suddenly sped in from the horizon. Moments later, it had reached the sky above the entire city, nearly filling the whole expanse of heaven.
The black shadow covered the entire sky almost instantly. Looking up, it resembled an enormous black vortex beyond description, hanging upside down above the city and slowly turning.
"Mr. Yin Kong? Mr. Yin Kong, what's wrong?"
Ono Yoko raised her head in confusion. All she saw was clear skies and gentle sunlight, peaceful and calm. She noticed nothing strange enough to be shocked by.
So it was another monster only I could see?
But its entrance alone was already this overwhelming. What kind of terrifying demon was it?
Seeing Ono Yoko and Yamagishi Ei both looking utterly bewildered, Yin Kong shook his head.
"No, it's nothing."
What reassured him somewhat was that although the sight before him looked like the arrival of a Demon King, the vortex's center was not here, but several kilometers away.
In other words, it probably was not coming for him.
But there was an old saying: when immortals fight, mortals suffer.
With such a terrifying display, Yin Kong could not help worrying that he might get caught in the crossfire.
Yin Kong pointed toward the place directly beneath the vortex's center in the distance.
"Miss Yoko, do you know what place that is?"
Ono Yoko looked confused, but she quickly answered,
"There? It should be Tropical Land Amusement Park. I once did promotional work for them..."
Tropical Land Amusement Park?
Yin Kong raised a brow. The name did not ring any bells, but an amusement park—
If he remembered correctly, the amusement park where Kudo Shinichi had been knocked unconscious by Gin, force-fed poison, and turned into Conan should have been an amusement park.
Yin Kong had not failed to consider whether he should intervene in this matter.
Because if nothing unexpected happened, preventing Conan's birth would surely earn him Primogems.
And with his current combat strength, he did not need to fear the Black Organization villains from the plot too much.
But now, it seemed that he had been far too naïve.
A World Quest was, after all, a World Quest. No matter what kind of demons emerged, it would not be surprising.
Judging from this earth-shaking spectacle alone, it was entirely beyond his ability to interfere with right now.
While Yin Kong was thinking, blood-red lightning suddenly struck down from the center of the vortex.
Amid the roar of crimson lightning, a colossal figure slowly emerged.
The [Shadow Spider Queen] was already enormous, but before this terrifying giant over a hundred meters tall, it instantly became insignificant—a tiny insect that could be crushed to death with a casual pinch.
It was an oni warrior completely clad in black-red armor. A crow tengu mask covered its face, concealing its features and revealing only a pair of blood-glowing red eyes.
[Crow Feather Demon Blade Pill]. That was the monster's name.
And its level was as high as seventy—
No, bro, why were you only level seventy-nine?!
Yin Kong blinked, standing there dumbfounded for a full five or six seconds before finally confirming that he had indeed not seen wrong.
This "Demon King" that looked capable of destroying the entire city was not only below the level ninety cap—it had not even reached level eighty?
Could it be all bark and no bite?
Just as Yin Kong thought that, [Crow Feather Demon Blade Pill] moved.
It hovered in the air, then the four pitch-black wings behind it spread wide. In an instant, a black tornado that connected heaven and earth rose before it.
"Is Mr. Yin Kong interested in the amusement park? The haunted house there does have quite an atmosphere. If you don't mind, I can—"
Caw! Caw! Caw...
Ono Yoko froze. At some point, the previously bright and sunny sky had turned gloomy.
The small animals inhabiting every corner of the city seemed to sense an approaching danger, growing restless and uneasy.
Cats and dogs instinctively curled up in their dens, while sparrows, crows, and other birds fluffed up their feathers and took to the sky, shrieking noisily without pause.
"What's happening? Is there going to be an earthquake?"
Ono Yoko and Yamagishi Ei both looked uneasy again. The scene before them truly resembled an omen of an impending disaster.
Of course, compared to what Yin Kong was seeing and hearing, this was nothing worth mentioning.
The violent hurricane swept up all the monsters wandering through the streets. Those terrifying demons Yin Kong had always avoided now looked like Tom facing Spike—weak, pitiful, and helpless.
They were dragged into the tornado without any ability to resist, then torn apart in the blink of an eye, bursting into clusters of black mist that merged into the enormous vortex.
The slender tornado, originally only twenty or thirty meters across, began expanding rapidly. In less than half a minute, it had grown nearly a hundred meters wide, carrying the momentum to destroy everything.
Just as Yin Kong thought [Crow Feather Demon Blade Pill] was about to sweep across the entire city with that sky-piercing tornado, a clear, resounding bird cry suddenly rang out.
The next moment, a black beam of light shot into the sky from the center of the amusement park.
It not only broke free from the black tornado's restraints, but also pierced the clouds that covered the sky, tearing open a gap and allowing golden sunlight to fall once more.
[Yatagarasu]?
The light finally revealed its true form: a gigantic pure-black crow, the very same one Yin Kong had once seen perched on Kudo Shinichi's shoulder.
However, unlike [Crow Feather Demon Blade Pill], it had not taken on a humanoid form and remained a crow.
But its size had expanded countless times over, making it seventy or eighty meters tall—enough to stand against its opponent.
Under the sunlight, the [Yatagarasu]'s originally pure-black feathers seemed coated in a sacred golden radiance, making it appear incomparably majestic and inviolable.
Honestly, if not for the blue name above its head, Yin Kong would have found it difficult to truly confirm its identity.
But by now, he could basically be certain that this terrifying upheaval in the heavens and earth was indeed inseparable from Kudo Shinichi, the protagonist of this world's story.
[Yatagarasu] spread its wings. Instantly, countless black-gold lights gathered before it into a dense barrage of sharp arrows, which then shot forth like machine-gun fire.
These arrows of light easily pierced through the imposing black tornado, then accurately locked onto [Crow Feather Demon Blade Pill] hidden behind it.
Facing the storm of light arrows, the massive oni warrior chose to draw its blade without hesitation—
The blood-red demonic sword flashed. The moment it left its sheath, it nearly dyed the darkened sky the scarlet color of blood.
Evil, bloodthirst, greed...
Even from several kilometers away, Yin Kong could feel with perfect clarity the terrifying evil aura radiating from the demonic blade.
Naturally, neither colossal being paid any attention to an ordinary human so far away. After facing each other for several seconds, they charged at one another simultaneously at a speed Yin Kong could barely see—
Boom! Boom! Boom...
The terrifying clash began. [Yatagarasu] transformed into a constantly spinning black-gold sphere, repeatedly colliding with the blood-red demonic blade.
They were like moving natural disasters, instantly turning the entire city into their battlefield.
Everywhere they passed could be summed up in four words: utter devastation.
Whether monsters on the streets or demons hiding within buildings, all of them vanished without exception after being crushed beneath their path, transformed into nourishment for the two giants.
"Don't be too nervous, you two. I don't think this is a sign of an earthquake."
At last, Yin Kong came back to his senses from the earth-shattering battle.
This was undoubtedly the first time he had encountered monsters capable of causing widespread panic among animals and even affecting the real world's weather.
But this was probably the limit of what these two colossal beings could do. At the very least, there was still an obvious gap between this and disasters on the scale of earthquakes or tsunamis.
Still, seeing the unease on their faces, Yin Kong knew that a few words from him clearly could not completely dispel the doubts in their hearts.
He did not force the matter. After thinking for a moment, he took out his phone and walked to the side.
"Waaah! Traveler! Are you okay? The wind outside is so strong, I'm so scared! What should I do? Sob, sob, sob..."
The moment the call connected, Paimon's panicked voice rang out.
How could she possibly have failed to notice this pitch-dark battle?
"Calm down, Paimon. I'm fine, and you'll be fine too."
Yin Kong had once seriously instructed Paimon to call him immediately if anything unexpected happened.
If things truly reached a critical point, he could instantly teleport back.
But now, it seemed that the little one had probably worried about disturbing him. Even though she was terrified, she had still chosen to hide at home and endure it alone.
"If you're really scared, Paimon, go hide in the basement first. I'll be back soon..."
With Yin Kong's reassurance, the little one finally began to calm down.
"No, there's no need. After hearing your voice, I suddenly don't feel as scared anymore. And now that I think about it, as long as I don't respond to them, they can't hurt me anyway. Hehe..."
After hanging up, Yin Kong helplessly shook his head. How could he fail to hear the forced ease in Paimon's voice?
I should finish the commission as soon as possible.
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