Chapter 13 The Picnic Begins and a New Case Surfaces.

[Side quest completed]

[Special scenario bonus: 2% of current level experience value]

When Sanzang and his group were taken away by Inunosuke, Feng Bujue and Wang Tanzhi heard a system prompt.

They opened the game menu and saw that [Assist Tu Mei in solving the corpseless murder case] had been checked. From the results, the reward for this side event is experience value, not the skill value in the main event; Xiong Ji's hatred did not increase due to the resolution of the event.

"Very good, this task is much easier than the main one." Feng Bujue commented while looking at the game menu,

"But...Brother Jue, you are really amazing. When the situation took a turn for the worse, you reversed the situation with a simple provocation." Xiao Tan continued.

"Well... because I know the original work well, I can roughly know... how to deal with the characters in this 'Hiyori Universe'." Feng Bujue said in a deep voice, "Except for a few characters with relatively normal IQ and values... such as Zeng Liangjun (Kawai Zengliang), Hirata-kun (Hirata Hirao), and Meizi (Ono Meizi)... these people, most of the other characters~~ have a certain degree of funny attributes." He explained seriously, "That is to say... when necessary, as long as you hint at them a little, they will say or do something full of slots."

"The so-called funny instinct..." Xiao Tan's expression also became inexplicably serious.

"Yes, it's like the impulse of 'seeing a banana peel and can't help but want to step on it and fall down exaggeratedly'..." Feng Bujue continued, "Most characters in this world have this attribute, including Tu Mei... She often asks Xiong Ji nonchalantly, such as 'There are no cases recently, why don't you jump off the building', and her 'staring expression'... These are the characteristics of this character that create slots. She herself is not aware of the existence of this attribute at all, and it is impossible for her to change it."

"Oh..." Xiao Tan nodded, "I seem to understand a little... why Xiong Ji commits crimes so frequently and is repeatedly arrested..."

"Mao Saburo, Hayatarou. Get ready to go."

Just as the two of them were talking, Tu Mei, Miao Mei and Xiong Ji had re-equipped themselves. At this time, Miao Mei, who was closest to them, turned around and called them.

"Oh, here we come." Feng Bujue responded loudly, and then walked over with Xiao Tan.

"Eh? There is no change of scene this time..." Wang Tanzhi whispered as he walked.

"That means... something will happen next..." Feng Bujue continued softly.

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Thirty minutes later...

The five friends came to a beautiful place (in terms of the painting style of this world).

Here, there are hundreds of flowers, beautiful water and mountains, gentle breeze, birds singing and flowers fragrant. It is indeed a good place for a picnic.

The five people have been walking for a long time and are a little tired. It's just right to rest on the grass and have a meal.

"Oh! Damn! I ran too fast to catch up with everyone before, and the honey in my bag flowed out, and everything became sticky!"

As soon as Miao Mei spread the picnic cloth on the ground, Xiong Ji couldn't wait to open his backpack, but... the moment he opened it, he said this line with an annoyed look.

"What a fool." Tu Mei looked down at him, "Don't expect me to share the food with you."

"Hey——" Xiong Ji said aggrievedly. "Too...too cold, Tu Mei-chan!"

"Alright, alright..." Xiao Tan felt sorry for Xiong Ji, so he patted the latter's shoulder and said, "I'll give you some of my food."

"Ah! You're such a good person!" Xiong Ji immediately looked at Wang Tan with gratitude.

[Xiong Ji's hatred towards you -2%] At the same time. A system prompt sounded in Xiao Tan's ears.

"Oh? So I can reduce his hatred towards me in this way..." Xiao Tan thought to himself, "Although I still don't know the meaning of this 'hatred', I feel...the lower the better."

As he thought, he knelt down on the picnic blanket. And took off the backpack on his shoulder (since the last scene change, backpacks appeared on Xiao Tan and Jue Ge's shoulders. Long before they met Sanzang and his apprentice, the two had checked each other. The backpacks were filled with very ordinary food).

"Well...let me see..." Xiao Tan took out the things in the backpack one by one. There were two lunch boxes and two boxes of drinks. The drinks were all packed in paper boxes with straws. When Jue Ge helped Xiao Tan check his backpack, he also analyzed this... "Falcon's wing hand" may not be able to twist the bottle cap, and its beak cannot drink from the bottle well, so... he can only drink this kind of packaged beverage.

"I have two bento boxes, I'll give you one." After Xiao Tan took out everything in the backpack, he picked up one and handed it to Xiong Ji.

"Thank you so much!" Xiong Ji was moved to tears and took the bento and said, "I will definitely repay your kindness!"

"Hehe... Hehe... No need." Xiao Tan replied with a dry laugh.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that, apart from all kinds of criminal acts... Xiong Ji was also a very cute character.

Of course... his short-lived good impression will soon disappear.

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Five minutes later...

"Ah, Tumi-chan, you ate the herring in one bite without even chewing the fish eggs!" Xiong Ji couldn't help showing a very embarrassed look as he looked at Tumi's eating appearance.

"You are eating other people's food and you still comment on how others eat it?" Tu Mei turned to glare at Xiong Ji and answered angrily.

"Hey, hey... Xiong Ji is eating my food, right..." Xiao sighed, "Why does this guy's tone... seem like he is eating her food..."

"By the way...Xiong Ji..." Feng Bujue continued at this time, "Since your backpack is stained by honey, why don't you go wash it by the river over there? It's sticky on your back. Isn’t it uncomfortable? And the longer it is left, the harder it will be to clean.”

"Ah, that makes sense." Xiong Ji was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then I'll go over and wash it."

After that, he stood up, picked up the backpack placed on the grass, and ran to a small river more than ten meters away.

"Brother Jue... what are you..." Xiaotan turned to look at Feng Bujue and asked tentatively.

"Try to minimize his contact with Tu Mei and Mia Mei." Brother Jue lowered his voice and replied, "Lest his careless words reveal any evidence of crime..."

"Hmm...a good idea." Xiao Tan also whispered. "

"Eh? Nyaomi-chan." On the other side, Usagi seemed to have discovered something, and asked Nyaomi, "Why aren't you wearing socks?"

"Oh..." Miaomi frowned and replied, "Actually... my house was robbed last night."

Upon hearing the word "stolen", Brother Jue and Xiao Tan's expressions instantly became solemn. Their first reaction was... "It must have been Xiong Ji who did it."

"Is it a theft case...have you called the police?" Tu Mei asked, "Do you need me to come..."

"No need, Usagi-chan." Miyabi explained, "Only my socks were stolen, nothing else was lost."

As soon as she said this, Tu Mei's eyes became sharp again: "What did you say!" She said loudly, and suddenly turned her head to look at Xiong Ji in the distance.

Then...she stood up and rushed towards the latter.

"Don't be impulsive!" Brother Jue and Xiao Tan reacted almost at the same time and started chasing after them.

"You perverted bear!" Tu Mei ran towards Xiong Ji and shouted loudly.

Xiong Ji, who was washing his backpack by the river, heard the sound and looked back, and was immediately startled: "Eh? What's wrong? What are you doing?"

"Yesterday a thief sneaked into Tu Mei's house and stole her socks!" Tu Mei said as she ran, and in the blink of an eye she was in front of Xiong Ji.

"Hey...what does that have to do with me? Why are you rushing towards me with such a suspicious expression?" Xiong Ji asked sweating profusely.

"According to my reasoning..." Tu Mei's eyes glowed golden, "500% of it was done by you, that stinky bear!" She said, then stepped forward and held Xiong Ji's arm, "It's you who did it. Get it! Hand it over!"

"No...it's not me...I didn't..." Xiong Ji defended and struggled back.

Unexpectedly...a few seconds later, the sole of his foot slipped, and with a "pop" he fell into the river...(To be continued...)