It even has the word "黄春" in it, which makes me feel very powerful just by looking at the name.
However, after remembering the system's headline-grabbing nature, Shiraishi's expression changed from a smile to a dull expression, and finally returned to a boring calmness.
...The more powerful the name, the weaker it may be.
Speaking of which, what is the effect of this thing? Could it be that it will see ghosts after being lit?
This is very convenient for solving cases, but his job is to save people, unlike Conan, who has so many cases to solve...
As his thoughts flashed, the line of words turned into a point of light and hit the backpack, solidifying into a candle-like icon in the empty backpack compartment.
[[Special] Huangquan Candle]
[Durability: 100/100]
[Use: After ignited, a dead person can be summoned to come to help]
[Note: The strength, identity, summoning duration, etc. of the summoned person will be affected by many factors]
"……"That's it?
You should write down those "multiple factors" clearly.
Shiraishi reluctantly flipped through the description box for a while, but still couldn't find the page-turning item.
It sounds very good, but there are too many uncertainties...
Shiraishi first set up the shortcut keys for it, and then started it according to the steps.
Soon, his palm dropped and he found a silver hand-held candlestick.
This one is different from the one held by Mrs. Sugijie. It's not that fancy - it only has a short base, with a slightly yellowish stubby candle with solidified wax tears on the bottom fixed to it. It looks like a medieval movie.
Cheap sets in.
After waiting for about five minutes with it, Shiraishi put it back into his backpack to check its durability.
The above still shows:
【100/100】
Shiraishi looked at another backpack compartment [blood-stained kitchen knife].
When he first got this item, Shiraishi took it out once, and then its durability was reduced by 1 to 99.
It seems that candles only wear out and last after they are lit.
Since the durability is still full and there is a Butterfly Ninja in the shop, I can light it a few times and try to summon something.
Thinking of this, Shiraishi changed his clothes, ran to the street store from the back door, and bought a lighter.
After coming back, he walked into the coffee shop and closed the curtains and rolling shutter door under the confused gaze of Butterfly Ninja.
Then Shiraishi took out the candle and placed it on a dining table.
"I want to try summoning the dead." Shiraishi took out the lighter again, and then looked at the little girl sitting behind the counter, with only one head exposed:
"In order to prevent any accidents, I want to confirm one thing - how high is your force value?"
Although judging from the [Use] line, since it is "summoning the dead to help", the probability of summoning a friend is relatively high. But Shiraishi is not 100% sure.
Add another layer of insurance to ensure you are prepared.
After hearing his words, Butterfly Ninja said "Oh?" with interest and stood up.
As she opened the waist-high door on the side and walked out from behind the counter, the modern dress on her body slowly faded and changed.
——By the time she stood next to Shiraishi, she had changed into a black dress with copper buttons, put on leggings, hung a long knife on her waist, and had a feathery fabric hanging down like butterfly scales.
Butterfly Ren pointed a finger at his chin and looked at the candle with a smile: "The dead... do you mean the soul, or the ghost?"
"I don't know either, so I wanted to give it a try." Bai Shi was inexplicably made to laugh at her, and he added, "The ones summoned are not necessarily dangerous creatures."
"'Not necessarily'...that means it's possible." Butterfly smiled enlarged, his pupils gradually darkened:
"Don't worry, I'm a professional at killing ghosts. Even if you can't defeat them, I will buy you time to escape~"
After a pause, she moved her eyes away from the candle, looked at Bai Shi and smiled again: "So when the time comes, don't be so scared that you paralyze on the ground and can't run."
"... Don't worry, I'm a professional when it comes to running away." Shiraishi was quite confident at first, but when she said this, he hesitated when he pressed the lighter.
But after thinking about it, the last time Akai Shuichi drew his summoning talisman, the system specifically reminded him that the summoned person would act according to his own wishes. So this time it shouldn't be too deceiving.
With this thought in mind, Shiraishi turned on the lighter.
Before he could bring the flame closer to the heart of the candle, a hand suddenly stretched out from the side and grabbed his wrist.
"How about I do some." Butterfly Ninja thought about the future, "Such a close distance, if you are really unfortunate enough to summon an evil spirit, you may be dead in one bite."
"To be honest, if you can swallow me in one bite, it will be easier for you to eat me. With your size...hey, be gentle."
The clerk looked at Xiaoqiao, but he was indeed much stronger than him. It was no harder to grab his wrist than grabbing pickled chicken feet, and he successfully pulled the lighter out of Shiraishi's hand.
...Wait a minute, why did he say it was true?
"It's better for you to stay away." Butterfly Ninja rushed Shiraishi to the window, then she pulled out the knife from her waist with a swipe, held it in one hand, and switched the lighter to her non-dominant hand.
Shiraishi looked at the clerk from a few meters away.
At first, he thought that he was making a fuss when he had to find someone to guard him even if he lit a candle, but he didn't expect that Butterfly Ninja's reaction was even greater than his.
Baishi really rarely sees a wise man who is more afraid of death than himself... well, he is more foresighted, cautious, and far-sighted than himself.
While thinking about it, he reviewed the order of using the props.
Although the clerk was very loyal and willing to let him run away first, he couldn't really run away like that.
If something goes wrong, you have to throw a few props to help first. If it doesn't work... let's play by chance.
The store echoed with the sound of Butterfly flicking the lighter, and soon Shiraishi saw her placing the flame against the candle wick.
However, the two of them waited patiently for a long time, but they didn't see anything related to the "dead man".
…Or has the soul actually been summoned, but you just can’t see it?
Just as he was thinking about it, Shiraishi saw Butterfly Ninja turn around, holding up the lighter, and helplessly spread his hands towards him: "Can't light it."