Looking at her daughter's innocent expression, Alice suddenly had no idea how to explain herself.
Just then, a familiar voice came from nearby and helped rescue her from the awkwardness.
"Alice, did you get your rewards?"
Alice turned toward the sound.
Yoimiya was walking over to the counter with a manga in hand, looking at them curiously.
"Perfect timing!"
Alice secretly rejoiced before pulling little Klee closer and nodding.
"Yep, we were just waiting for you!"
"Great! Later I'll take you around Inazuma!"
Yoimiya said cheerfully.
She was also very happy to run into Alice here.
At that moment, Han Feng glanced at the system.
The information had already refreshed.
[Customer Yoimiya finished reading Detective Conan and obtained reward — Soccer Belt.]
[Soccer Belt: Stores several compressed soccer balls. Pressing the button on the belt launches a soccer ball.]
[Note: The size of the ball can be adjusted, but it can only maintain its altered form for 10 seconds.]
"As expected of the little Grim Reaper. Another one of Conan's gadgets."
Seeing the reward, even Han Feng sighed emotionally.
At this rate, they were practically gathering the whole set.
If someone got the Tranquilizer Watch and the Elastic Suspenders too, would they be able to summon the God of Death directly?
Jokes aside, this thing was actually pretty powerful.
Especially when paired with the Power-Enhancing Shoes—
Its destructive force was ridiculous.
No one knew how many "unfortunate" criminals had fallen victim to this combo.
In fact, using it purely for offense was the least impressive part.
Its greatest use was actually rescue operations.
For example, in The Lost Ship in the Sky, when the airship was forced through a bridge by the culprit, Conan enlarged a soccer ball to act as a cushion and absorb the impact for the ship.
It was absurdly useful.
"And this thing… actually seems usable for fireworks too?"
Han Feng's expression became strange.
He remembered that in the original story, Professor Agasa once turned soccer balls into fireworks.
Then in one of the movies, Conan kicked one several thousand meters away.
Thinking about it this way, Yoimiya would probably love this reward.
Maybe she'd even develop soccer-fireworks from it!
Although she didn't possess the Power-Enhancing Shoes, none of them were ordinary people anyway.
The difference wouldn't matter much.
Buzz—
A dazzling beam of light descended from above and enveloped Yoimiya.
A moment later, the glow faded.
A red belt had appeared in her hands.
"This… seems kind of similar to Conan's gadget?"
Yoimiya examined the item curiously.
"It's exactly the same. It's called the Soccer Belt. It stores compressed soccer balls. Pressing the button on the belt launches a soccer ball.
You can also adjust the ball's size, though it only stays enlarged for 10 seconds."
Han Feng nodded as he explained.
As for why the color was different,
it was probably the same situation as Hu Tao's Power-Enhancing Shoes—customized to better match the owner's identity.
"So it really is that gadget. But… it doesn't seem very useful for me?"
Yoimiya scratched her head somewhat foolishly.
The Detective Conan manga didn't include the movie plots.
So Yoimiya hadn't realized it could potentially be used for fireworks.
But she wasn't alone here.
Alice the witch was standing right beside her.
Although Alice had no idea what soccer was, based on Han Feng's explanation, she immediately grasped the potential.
So she quickly spoke up.
"Yoimiya, you could load fireworks into those soccer balls! Or at least use the idea as inspiration. Then you could launch fireworks anytime you want!"
"Ohhh! Why didn't I think of that?!"
Yoimiya clapped her hands together in sudden realization.
This style of fireworks was definitely unique.
She could absolutely study it further.
"Thank you so much, Alice!"
Yoimiya thanked her excitedly.
As expected, Alice was amazing.
Even a casual comment from her could inspire entirely new ideas.
"Hehe, little Klee also got a pretty magical gadget. Combining them together would definitely be even more exciting!"
Alice gave a mysterious grin.
After seeing the Soccer Belt, she'd suddenly gotten another idea.
Combine it with the Enlarging Light.
Then create an enormous soccer ball!
A soccer-bomb the size of Tenshukaku—
Let's see if anyone would dare not be afraid of that!
"Even more exciting?"
Hearing Alice's words, Yoimiya's eyes lit up.
Although she didn't know the exact details, if Alice said it, then it definitely had to be something incredible.
Just thinking about it made her impatient with anticipation.
"Come on, let's go to my house right now and research it together!"
As she spoke, she prepared to lead the mother and daughter pair out of the shop.
"Wait a second!"
Alice called out before turning her gaze toward Han Feng.
"Boss, can we travel to Inazuma from here?"
She remembered that outside the shop was Mondstadt.
But since the "Grumpy-Face Shogun" and Yoimiya had been able to come here, there was probably some kind of teleportation method involved.
"Yes."
Han Feng nodded lightly.
Since the manga shop was controlled by him, he could naturally connect it to any branch location freely.
He simply blocked those pathways normally.
But this time, he was willing to make an exception for them.
Because Han Feng was also very interested in the "excitement" Alice mentioned.
What kind of sparks would fly when three top-tier explosives experts came together?
Thinking of this, Han Feng lightly waved his hand.
Immediately, a beam of light descended onto Alice and Klee.
"You can now freely travel between Inazuma and the manga shop."
"Hehe, thanks Boss! We'll put on quite a show for you later!"
Alice laughed mischievously before grabbing little Klee and heading toward Yoimiya.
"Let's go. We're heading to Inazuma now!"
"O-Okay! Right!"
Yoimiya finally snapped out of her daze and nodded repeatedly.
She wasn't stupid.
From the earlier conversation, she'd already guessed part of the truth.
This manga shop actually possessed teleportation abilities?!
That was way too incredible!
No wonder Lady Guuji praised it so highly!
Looks like she'd have to visit often in the future!
Soon afterward, the three of them walked out of the shop together.
A flash of light later—
The scenery before them transformed into a narrow alleyway.
"Eh? So this is Inazuma?"
Little Klee looked around curiously, her face full of excitement.
"This is just a small alley. Come on, I'll take you outside to look around first, then we'll head to my house!"
Yoimiya said with a smile.
"Yay!"
Klee cheered happily.
After Liyue, she could finally explore Inazuma too!
Mission accomplished!
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