Chapter 17 Ten years in a blink of an eye, the world has not changed (Part 1)
Ma Cheng is now Ji Xing's personal doctor. In addition to occasionally checking on Ji Xing's physical growth, he is also responsible for his diet, housework and most importantly... earning money to support Ji Xing.
Children can't make money, and it's not convenient for Ji Xing to ask his family for money and withdraw money from the club. Of course, when Ji Xing returns to the age of 18, Ji Xing will give Ma Sheng a sum of money that is enough to make his wealth free as a reward.
Judging from the current development of Board Game Co., Ltd., this is very easy. After releasing new character cards as planned and enriching the gameplay, "I am a detective" has become even more popular, with monthly sales exceeding 100 million yen.
The appearance of collection cards and special cards also makes those children who love collecting cards like it very much... Of course, it is still far behind Kamen Rider.
Asahi does not dislike the present life either. Since his parents and sister were burned to death in that fire, and his adoptive parents passed away one after another, he has no care in this world and is alone.
Ji Xing, who appeared suddenly, avenged him and prevented him from falling into the abyss. He was grateful in his heart... Even now he still doesn't understand how Ji Xing knew his hatred, and why he could strangely become a child.
"Are you back? Ready to eat." He smiled sweetly from the kitchen.
Like a male mother.
Because female doctors will get a little convenience in their work, and because of habits, Ma Sheng still retains the makeup and appearance of women.
After all, I have been a female doctor for more than three years, and I am not used to being a man again all of a sudden.
And this year, because of Ke Xue's world time disorder, he feels that it is not long, not a few days, and it is too early to change it.
Even if it was 1994 a year ago and 1995 now, he didn't feel that there was any problem, and he didn't feel that he should be one year older after a year.
In Aso's honest eyes, Ji Xing is not growing up, but recovering.
He even felt that Ji Xing recovered very quickly.
"We've got to get ready to move."
Asahi was really startled, but he was already mentally prepared. He smiled and said, "Yes, some time ago, my neighbors asked me if my younger brother had suddenly grown a lot taller. It felt strange. Where shall we go?"
"Let's go to Kobe." Ji Xing said.
"Okay, I'm resigning tomorrow."
As long as he doesn't go back to Tokyo, it's fine. Only in Tokyo, it's easy to meet "old acquaintances" who know what he looked like when he was a child, causing unnecessary troubles.
As for the Black Organization? They can't even find Hui Yuan Ai, can they still find their smaller selves?
Ji Xing took off his shoes and entered the room, washed his hands first, and then went to the coffee table to pick up today's newspaper to read.
Today, when the Internet is underdeveloped, newspapers and TV are the best channels to learn about all aspects of information.
'New Detective? Suzuki Sonoko, a girl from Teidan High School, cracks the magic murder case! '
"Is it the sleeping Suzuki Sonoko this time?"
Every half a month or so, Ji Xing could see similar reports in the newspapers, but most of them were about the sleeping Mori Kogoro.
That's right, every half month.
The famous detective Conan is jokingly called by everyone that people die every day, and occasionally several people die at once. Conan dies wherever he goes, but when he enters the world of Conan, Ji Xing realizes that this is not the case.
There is still quiet time in the middle of the episode, otherwise cases would be solved every day, and Kogoro Mori would have collected two buildings with the entrusted money.
Over the past year, Conan has cracked a total of 22 cases. Although it is still exaggerated, it is still within a reasonable range.
"According to this frequency, when I return to the age of eighteen, Conan's plot should reach around 300 episodes... It's not too late." Ji Xing calculated.
...
Demon Continent, a bowl of noodles in clear soup, two poached eggs, and Ji Xing is cooking again.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, Ji Xing stopped, sniffed lightly, and went to open the door with a noodle bowl. Standing outside was a boy in black with a long knife on his waist.
"Yi Nan? Uh, have you eaten yet?"
The young demon hunter was taken aback and nodded.
"I've eaten it, that..." His delicate face was a bit impressive, and he hesitated to speak.
"Is there any question you still want to ask me? Or is it that I violated the regulations by telling you the story of that day when I set up a stall today?" Ji Xing asked.
"No, it's not." The boy shook his head: "Can you... teach me how to play chess?"
"Learn chess?" Ji Xing was stunned.
"...I can give you money."
"No, no need." Ji Xing came back to his senses, and said with a smile, "You are my savior, and you still need to pay for such a trivial matter? Come, come in and sit."
He brought the noodle bowl to his mouth and sucked hard.
snore-
The remaining noodles were swallowed into his mouth, Ji Xing chewed and said to Yi Nan, "Wait, wait for me."
After hastily clearing the table, he put a chessboard on the table and asked, "Why did you think of learning chess? Did you have the foundation before?"
"I just... want to learn. I only know the basic rules, but I've never played it before." Yi Nan said.
"The horse walks obliquely and the cannon over the mountain, and the car drives straight to the field. The pawns cross the river and walk along, and the soldiers and elephants don't leave the veteran's side?" Ji Xing opened his mouth and came.
Yi Nan's eyes lit up and he nodded.
"It's easy to say if you know this. There are three stages in chess games, the layout stage, the middle game stage, and the endgame stage. For beginners, we should start from the back and learn how to kill the opponent first, and understand various chess killing methods. .”
Ji Xing picked up the chess pieces to find them, and in two or three moves, he set up a simple endgame on the chessboard. The red side's offensive is fierce, and two moves can become a killer move.
"Come on, have a try?"
Although the endgame is simple, for a novice new to chess, without experience and without a clear idea, it is difficult to see through the key points at a glance.
After Yi Nan made a wrong move, Ji Xing explained the correct way for him again, and then successively set up several variants of similar endgames. Yi Nan gradually grasped the way, attacked and killed Ji Xing in place, and successfully checkmate Ji Xing once, and couldn't help but reveal happy smiley face.
This smile... actually looks a little nice?
Ji Xing frowned, feeling suspicious, and asked directly: "Yi Nan, are you... a girl?"
Yi Nan was stunned: "Ah? No, why did you say that?"
"...It's okay, I'm sick." Ji Xing shook his head, did he really know Ma Sheng for a long time, or did he read too many similar novels? What do I think?
"Come on, continue."
Yi Nan was very smart. After finding the way for the first time, he became more enlightened and quickly mastered the five basic killing methods.
An hour passed without knowing it, Yi Nan suddenly looked out the window, the smile on his face faded, and he said, "I have to go."
"Oh, do you want to patrol? Good job."
Yi Nan smiled shyly: "Well...can I come over tomorrow?"
Ji Xing nodded: "Of course, as long as I'm at home, you can come."
"Thank you." Yi Nan said, "Also... I come to learn chess from you every day, please don't tell others, is that okay?"
Ji Xing was taken aback, originally he wanted to advertise this matter... "No problem."
Yi Nan smiled gratefully, got up and left.
In the next few days, Yi Nan would come to Ji Xing to learn chess at this time every day, and the time was neither too long nor too short, exactly one hour.
The two gradually became acquainted, and Yi Nan and Ji Xing, who were somewhat socially fearful, even became a little talkative after they got acquainted. From his mouth, Ji Xing could occasionally get some information that ordinary people in the Monster Continent could not get, but there was nothing that could be considered secret.
I also know that this boy has been trained as a demon hunter since he was eight years old. He has no childhood, and even playing chess is very interesting.
What he is best at and knows best is nothing more than killing monsters, so when the two of them chatted, he talked about killing monsters the most.
Ji Xing's mood was quite complicated.
There is also a sense of humor that wants to cry and laugh.