Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Getting Rich!
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Mu Tianyuan had no idea that due to him, the streets around the Tokyo Tower were filled with scurrying cats and dogs, and various birds frequently flew around in the sky.
He also didn't know that because of him, many homes were visited by small animals, and even people around were worried about an impending earthquake.
He was just sitting leisurely in the small park, sketching and showcasing his talent.
When Mu Tianyuan finished a sketch, he looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction and nodded. Then, he triumphantly said to the little fox, "How do you like my drawing?"
"Not bad." The little fox yawned and nodded. Mu Tianyuan's eyes lit up upon hearing the little fox's comment: "Let me tell you, I learned this sketching from a comrade of mine. He learned to draw since he was a child, and even won an award in elementary school."
"Impressive, impressive, truly a great student from a renowned teacher." The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan with admiration and nodded.
Then, the little fox said seriously, "But I have a question. How can you draw the Leifeng Pagoda in Tokyo? If you're drawing from memory, then why are you still sticking to this big iron frame?"
"What Leifeng Pagoda! What are you looking at? I drew the Tokyo Tower, alright!" Mu Tianyuan heard the little fox's words, immediately pointed to the distant Tokyo Tower, and rolled his eyes, correcting her.
The little fox, hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, looked surprised and said, "What? You drew this big iron frame in front of us? Why do I feel like you drew the Leifeng Pagoda?"
"How on earth did you see the Leifeng Pagoda in this?" Mu Tianyuan looked helplessly at the little fox, who was expressing extreme surprise, and asked with a twitching mouth.
The little fox pointed at a strip in the drawing and said, "Isn't this Lady White Snake? And it's Lady White Snake in her true form!"
"What Lady White Snake? I drew the horizon, alright!" Mu Tianyuan, hearing the little fox's words, immediately rolled his eyes and complained angrily.
Damn it, what he drew was a proper horizon. How did it turn into Lady White Snake in her true form in the little fox's eyes?
"Wow! That's the horizon! I thought you drew Lady White Snake being suppressed under the Leifeng Pagoda!" The little fox exclaimed, looking at Mu Tianyuan.
Then, before Mu Tianyuan could say anything more, the little fox finally dropped her pretense, rolled her eyes, and complained, "To be honest..."
Before the little fox could finish, Mu Tianyuan immediately started singing, "I also miss home, my old mother at home has white hair..."
Little Fox: "...Who told you to sing?! Do you dare to let me finish?!"
"Sorry, I just can't help myself when I hear that line." Mu Tianyuan feigned embarrassment, looking at the little fox, and replied self-righteously.
The little fox, after rolling her eyes at Mu Tianyuan, continued, "I want to say your drawing is really terrible! With your drawing skills, how dare you mock that guy who drew the treasure map? If you ask me, if you were to draw that treasure map, no one but you would be able to find the treasure.
Even with a genius like Conan's intelligence, he wouldn't be able to find it! Because your drawing is too abstract and misleading! If someone were to follow your map, they'd have to buy a ticket to fly to the Leifeng Pagoda first!"
Mu Tianyuan: "...Although your complaint leaves me speechless, I still want to say, my drawing isn't that bad, okay! Look how vivid this drawing is. This is a support frame, this is an observation deck. How is that abstract?"
"That was a structure shaped roughly like a triangle, but what you drew turned into a pagoda shape, okay!" The little fox pointed at the distant Tokyo Tower, rolling her eyes and complaining angrily. How dare this guy, whose shapes aren't even right, still yell here?
"I admit I deviated a bit when drawing, but I don't admit my drawing skills are inferior to that guy who drew the treasure map! He's at most a kindergarten senior, while I'm a first-grader!"
Hearing the little fox's words, Mu Tianyuan still insisted on arguing for his drawing skills. Other things were fine, but Mu Tianyuan absolutely wouldn't admit he was inferior to that guy who drew the treasure map!
"Heh heh, is it interesting to argue over just one year?" The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan helplessly and asked.
There didn't seem to be much difference between kindergarten senior and first-grader, right?! What was the point of this guy arguing about this?
"Of course, one year is still a difference!" Mu Tianyuan stubbornly insisted, his neck stiff. Then, Mu Tianyuan suddenly looked depressed and said, "Damn it, what am I arguing about this for..."
Little Fox: "Heh heh."
Just as Mu Tianyuan was feeling dejected, the Meowth-heroine, whom Mu Tianyuan had asked for help earlier, suddenly sprang out from a flower bed: "Eh, talking human, you're here! Come with me quickly, we might have found what you're looking for! Come see if it is!"
"Really!" Mu Tianyuan, who was feeling sad, immediately forgot his sadness upon hearing the Meowth-heroine's words. He quickly packed up his drawing supplies and ran towards a large building under the Meowth-heroine's guidance.
However, after running a few steps, Mu Tianyuan ran to the previous stationery store and bought a backpack to wear. He wasn't just idle; he wanted to use this backpack to hold gold coins!
Otherwise, if he ran out with several bags in broad daylight, what if someone saw him? It was always right to be cautious!
Soon, Mu Tianyuan followed the Meowth-heroine to the front of a large building. Along the way, Mu Tianyuan also received messages from other small animals.
There were birds and other cat-like animals. After compiling the intelligence from various units, Mu Tianyuan found that all the clues pointed to the building in front of them. Mu Tianyuan immediately felt more confident.
Mu Tianyuan immediately entered the building and followed the Meowth-heroine to the top floor. When they arrived, Mu Tianyuan saw that there were many animals on this floor.
Several cats and even birds were standing on window sills without windows.
Before Mu Tianyuan could greet those animals, the Meowth-heroine pointed to several bags on the ceiling and said, "Look, they're right there. Are those what you're looking for?"
"Hmm... possibly." Mu Tianyuan looked around twice and nodded. Although those bags were on the ceiling, the ceiling was quite high from the ground. An ordinary person might not even notice them if they didn't look up.
Then, after greeting the helpful small animals, Mu Tianyuan began to look around the environment. As Mu Tianyuan surveyed the surroundings, many of the cat-like animals and various birds were still muttering, "Eh, this human talks so well!" This clearly meant Mu Tianyuan had activated their various relatives...
"Yes, yes! I told you there's a human who speaks our language!" This was clearly activated by Mu Tianyuan himself...
The little fox, seeing Mu Tianyuan standing still, immediately grew anxious and said, "Hey, what are you still standing for? Hurry up and get the gold coins so we can run!"
"Wait a minute," Mu Tianyuan shook his head, then pointed to the floor of this level and said, "Look, the dust on the ground is quite thick, which means no one has been here for a long time."
"If people came here often, our gold coins would have been taken long ago!" The little fox retorted angrily, then looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, "Alright, never mind the surroundings. Hurry up and get the gold coins down, and let's quickly leave!"
"If we go straight, we'll definitely leave footprints on the ground. I need to find a way to leave as few traces as possible," Mu Tianyuan shook his head and replied seriously.
The little fox rolled her eyes and said, "So what if you leave them? Are you afraid someone in this era can find you by your footprints? Even if they could, they'd need a suspect!"
"It's best to leave as few traces as possible." Mu Tianyuan shook his head, then turned and walked downstairs. The little fox, a little puzzled, asked, "Where are you going?"
"I saw some wooden planks earlier. I'll take them up to use as cushions," Mu Tianyuan replied, then ran down the stairs, found the planks, then took out two plastic bags, put them on his hands, and carried the planks back upstairs to start his gold coin retrieval operation.
The little fox watched Mu Tianyuan first placing the planks on the ground, then paper on the planks, and finally putting two plastic bags over his feet, moving the planks forward little by little.
The little fox could only roll her eyes helplessly. She felt Mu Tianyuan was overly cautious, but since Mu Tianyuan was willing, she let him do his thing.
After a lot of effort, Mu Tianyuan finally lowered those bags from the ceiling. Upon opening the bags, Mu Tianyuan and the little fox's eyes instantly lit up.
Those bags were filled with glittering gold coins! Mu Tianyuan and the little fox stared blankly at the large bags of gold coins for a while, then the human and the fox exchanged glances and excitedly said in unison, "We're rich!"
"Um, is this what you were looking for, Meow? But what exactly are these?" The Meowth-heroine, who had also come closer, looked at Mu Tianyuan curiously and asked.
And the other small animals, who had gathered around at some unknown point, also chattered, "Yeah, yeah, talking human, what are these?" Then, before Mu Tianyuan could answer, the Meowth-heroine leaned over and sniffed, "These don't look edible, Meow.
What do you need them for?" The Meowth-heroine had originally thought Mu Tianyuan was looking for something delicious, but now it seemed not. If it wasn't edible, then it was boring!