Late at night, Jiang Xia used Miyano Akemi's puppet to drive to the Ghost Cherry Building.
He spent nearly an hour loading all the gold coins into suitcases, transporting them into the car, and then simply tidying up the traces.
Although the gold coins were valuable and beautiful, they were difficult for Jiang Xia to store and inconvenient to circulate.
It was better to exchange them for cash.
The bubble burst had happened years ago, and as far as Jiang Xia knew, in the next twenty years or so, the price fluctuations in the island nation would basically be within 5%, so at least in this "one year," there was no risk of cash depreciating.
Besides, it wouldn't matter even if it did depreciate.
There were still many treasures and gold in this world.
However, those were matters for the future.
The immediate priority was still to deal with this batch of gold coins delivered to him.
...
After spending a long time in the Organization, one's connections and irregular channels would also increase.
And some matters, as long as one could find the right place and were willing to spend money, there would always be professionals who would handle them with the highest efficiency.
...
Jiang Xia moved all the gold coins to the black market.
Of course, he still used the Miyano Akemi brand puppet.
Currently, his puppets only had two appearances, and such a matter, of course, could not be handled by a child whose appearance was only that of a first-grader...
...
The processing of the gold coins couldn't be as fast as getting a fake ID. It would require waiting a few more days.
So Jiang Xia went home first.
...
The next day, after Jiang Xia woke up, he habitually counted the ghosts several times.
Then he always felt like he had forgotten to do something.
After finishing breakfast, while watering the potted plants on the balcony, Jiang Xia heard the door next door open.
He turned his head and saw Conan, carrying a freshly charged silver mirror, running out of Dr. Agasa's house.
Jiang Xia was startled and remembered.
...The gold coins he took seemed to be the life-saving tools of a few mischievous children.
—In the "future" that Jiang Xia knew, the Detective Boys, relying on their magnetic constitution, obtained a gold coin treasure map and began their treasure hunt.
Along the way, they were followed by three thieves.
Finally, the children managed to escape by using gold coins hanging from the top of the building to knock out the kidnappers.
And now, the gold coins had been carried away by a passing Spiritual Medium...
Jiang Xia pondered for a moment with his thin conscience, recalling the killing intent and murder cases these cute children had brought him, and felt that he needed to find a way to make amends.
...
After a moment of thought, Jiang Xia took his wallet and left home.
He drove Miyano Akemi's puppet, found a phone booth, and called the Police.
—When in trouble, call the Police.
This was the basic quality of a good citizen.
...
The call was quickly connected.
Jiang Xia used the puppet's voice and said concisely: "Those three unapprehended Kabaneri gang robbers will appear soon in the Abandoned Building called 'Ghost Cherry' in Higashishincho 2-chome.
"Also, before that, a few children might enter the building first—the robbery gang members are tracking them."
Operator: "?!"
The caller's tone was too calm, and she knew too much, making it difficult not to suspect her identity and the source of her information.
The operator secretly signaled to her colleague while trying to keep the caller on the line: "Can you provide a more detailed time? Also, please leave your mobile number and name."
Jiang Xia politely refused: "I don't use a mobile phone."
...Even if I did, I wouldn't give you my number.
However, Jiang Xia thought for a moment and felt he could leave a name.
—Most of the time, the Police were very useful, at least they could help with damage control.
In the future, he might often need to call the Police using a puppet.
If he had to be suspected and explain the situation every time, it would undoubtedly waste some time.
...It would be better to simply build up some credibility, so that in the future, when the Police heard it was him calling, they would immediately believe him.
Moreover, when he had more ghosts, Jiang Xia would certainly not just use this one puppet.
So this codename also had to be suitable for both genders, and all ages...
...
When the operator asked for his personal information again.
A word suddenly appeared in Jiang Xia's mind.
A name that could be seen in various books and magazines, which Jiang Xia, as a child, had regarded as a literary giant and greatly admired—
"Anonymous."
No name, no identity. But omniscient and omnipresent.
...In short, it was very impressive.
After saying the name, Jiang Xia repeated it in his mind and was very satisfied with this new name.
He ignored the operator's further questions, hung up the phone, and left in a rather good mood.
