In the Marvel Universe: I can summon items from all dimensions.

Chapter 79: I was actually fooled...

Why does this look so familiar?

Mason hissed, inexplicably feeling as if he had seen this thing somewhere before.

It seems like a long time ago, so long that even my memory is hazy—

After searching his memory carefully, he found the answer and was immediately shocked.

Is this fucking the "Thunder God Orb" from "Yahoo! Sword"?!

Although Mason couldn't remember it very well because of the long time that had passed, he could still give a general outline of the plot. As an early work by Aoyama Masaru, "Yasukai no Tales" is a very traditional comedic adventure story. It mainly tells the story of the protagonist Tetsuken's conquest of the world, in which he gradually upholds justice and realizes his dreams. In terms of the quality of the story, it is considered to be above average. Mason really can't remember the specific details.

But one thing is certain: Sword Warriors is a fantasy work with a fairly high overall combat power.

The power system revolving around the two cores, the "Divine Sword" and the "Divine Pearl," is quite interesting. Although many details have been forgotten, Mason can still vaguely recall a few key points—such as the "Demon King Sword" and the "Dragon God Pearl," which possess the immense power to shatter an entire planet.

This is way over the mark! It's way over the mark no matter what!

Don't just randomly include characters from the same author's works, you idiot! It's one thing for Magic Kaito to appear in Detective Conan, but how come Heroes of the Sword is jumping in like this?! Does that make sense?!

My stomach is starting to hurt.

—With something this absurd appearing, is the ultimate goal of this mission really some kind of great demon king capable of fighting the stars? Can't the client step in and provide some more assistance? With this setup, how am I supposed to fight in the marketplace? Can I lose half if I surrender?

"Do you have any clue?" Kaito Kuroba asked between coughs. "What is this thing?"

"This time I actually have a clue—"

Mason's lips twitched twice.

He couldn't quite remember the other beads, but the Thunder God Bead was the protagonist Iron Sword's exclusive equipment for a long time, so it had a significant presence. Simply put, this bead could be used as a power source for a magical weapon called "Thunder God Sword," or it could be used alone to unleash lightning strikes. It was a simple but quite powerful item.

However, the problem is that—judging from the fact that Kaito Kuroba was almost electrocuted after just one touch, this thing is clearly not so easy to handle.

In an instant, a reckless impulse arose within me.

If an ordinary person wasn't electrocuted, then it shouldn't be a problem for me to touch it, right?

So Mason reached out and tentatively poked the Thor's Orb on the altar with his fingertip.

"Hey, stop—"

Seeing this, Kaito Kuroba tried to stop him, but Mason poked him with his finger halfway through his sentence, and—nothing happened.

Kaito Kuroba: "?"

Mason: "?"

What? I'm fine?

He blinked, then tried to cover it with his whole palm.

Sure enough, nothing happened. He just felt that it was a cool and pleasant-smelling hand-held piece, which might be suitable for him to hold and play with.

"Why don't you get electrocuted?"

"—Don't ask, it's magic."

"Magic is so versatile!"

"How can it be called magic if it's not all-powerful?"

Then, Mason picked up the Thor's Orb from the altar, examined it in his hand for a moment, and suddenly had a strange feeling.

How to describe it? It's like—a new skill suddenly appeared in his skill bar, and he suddenly felt that he could do something special.

for example----

Mason swung the Thor's Orb, and in the next instant, a bright, thin bolt of lightning shot out from the orb, striking the stone wall and blasting a crater the size of a human head.

"Whoa!" Kaito Kuroba exclaimed in surprise. "What's going on?"

"Magic cast using a divine artifact," Mason said, stroking his chin. "This thing is called the Thunder God's Orb. It can be used to create things like thunder and lightning; it's very powerful."

"—It sounds ridiculous, but it's not unreasonable for something like this to be kept under Akako's house." Kaito Kuroba's lips twitched twice. "So—where exactly is Akako herself?"

"Aren't we looking for it right now?" Mason shrugged, casually stuffing the Thunder God Orb into his pocket. "What are you doing?!" Kaito Kuroba yelled, "How can you steal other people's things?!"

"?" Mason stared at him, wide-eyed. "—Speaking of a professional thief like you, that's actually quite convincing, isn't it?"

"Uh—that's a different matter." He looked away somewhat awkwardly. "Anyway, how could I let you secretly take my friend's things? No way!"

That makes a lot of sense. In principle, Mason doesn't like to steal other people's things. Moreover, if there are any characters from the Legend of the Swordsman in this world, it would be very risky to put the Thunder God Orb in his pocket and take it away—he might just run into a dwarf who could cut down a street with one sword and come at him shouting things like "How dare you steal my Thunder God Orb!" and he would die a very bad death.

Although I don't know how this thing ended up in Koizumi Akako's hands, just to be on the safe side, it's best not to be so impulsive.

"whispering sound----"

Mason threw the bead back and then walked out of the short fork in the road.

Let's explore this place thoroughly first before considering other issues.

The road ahead was curved, so the two slowed down and continued forward—but before they had taken two steps, they saw another fork in the road emitting a glowing green light.

It seems so familiar...

So Kaito Kuroba used the same trick again, pulling out a large white cloth and covering the two men's hands for a round of rock-paper-scissors.

Mason lost this time, and there was nothing to say. He took a breath and cautiously approached.

But after seeing the scenery at the fork in the road, he couldn't help but frown.

"What happened?"

The layout inside this side passage is exactly the same as the previous one, with an altar placed in the center. However, the groove on this altar is empty, and there is no divine pearl inside.

Mason looked around carefully and confirmed that he wasn't blind and hadn't missed it; the altar was indeed empty.

What's going on?

He went outside and told Kaito Kuroba what had happened. After a brief discussion, the two decided to continue.

After some time, the two arrived at the deepest part of this underground cave.

Let's start with the key point—on that curved road we just passed, there were nine identical forks in the road, each containing an altar. However, only the first altar contained a divine pearl; the other eight were empty.

Then, at the deepest part of the cave, where Mason and Kaito Kuroba were standing, was an extremely tall, heavy door engraved with numerous intricate patterns. There were nine circular grooves on the door, presumably for storing keys. However, the two spent a considerable amount of time searching the entire cave but still couldn't find a way to open the door.

However, to be precise, it was Kaito Kuroba who didn't notice, while Mason had already guessed it.

During the search, he found small characters under each of the nine altars: "Thunder," "Wind," "Water," "Fire," "Ice," "Gold," "Dark," "Great Buddha," and "Prize"—all names of divine orbs from the Legend of Sword and Fairy.

Just like collecting all seven Dragon Balls to summon Shenron, in *Yaiba*, collecting the Water, Fire, and Earth elements...

The seven divine orbs—Ice, Gold, Dark, Great Buddha, and Dangjiang—can be used to obtain the Dragon God Orb, which possesses the power to explode stars, in the Trial Cave of Mount Fuji. Although the location and the number of orbs are not right, judging from this situation, it is likely that all nine orbs must be collected before the door can be opened.

It wasn't something that had to be hidden, so after thinking it through, Mason told Kaito Kuroba about it.

"Huh? Trading a lot of beads for something with the 'dragon' attribute—" His eyes widened. "You know what I'm about to complain about, right?"

"That's how it's set up, there's nothing I can do about it."

Mason shrugged: "You believe it or not?"

"Honestly, it's really hard to believe people who practice magic—"

Kaito Kuroba gritted his teeth but said with a smile, "After this trip, besides seeing a lot of things that don't make any sense and adding a lot of mysteries, I haven't made any progress on what I wanted to know at all!"

"Calm down, I have a theory, let's give it a try?"

As Mason spoke, he took the Thor's Orb out of his pocket.

"Hey! When did you take it again?!"

"Don't get excited, look at this—"

""

Mason took a step closer to the door and pointed to one of the grooves in the door, saying, "Look, what's written in here?"

Kaito Kuroba caught up, squinted at it, and then said, "Lightning?"

Indeed, the nine circular grooves on the door are engraved with the characters corresponding to different divine pearls, but the marks are very faint and cannot be found at all in this dim environment unless you look very carefully.

"Look, might as well give it a try," Mason said, shrugging, then placed the bead into the groove. "Maybe we'll find some clues?"

The next second, the Thor's Orb, which should have rolled down under the influence of gravity, stuck tightly to the groove and started crackling with electricity, illuminating part of the pattern on the door.

This scene has a very magical feel to it.

The two took a step back warily, and then a beam of light shot out from the patterns that flowed with lightning, fell to the ground, and turned into a phantom human figure.

A young woman with long red hair and an arrogant demeanor—she looked somewhat subtly similar to Shiho Miyano.

That's right, it's Koizumi Akako, whom both Mason and Kuroba Kaito are looking for.

The ghostly figure looked like a recording or something, because her gaze was fixed straight ahead, and she didn't notice the two men standing on her left and right sides at all.

"Ahem, a sound check, a sound check." Koizumi Akako's illusory figure said with her hands on her hips, "I left this image just in case. If I fail to obtain the Dark Pearl and am instead devoured by it, it will come in handy."

The two men exchanged a glance, both looking somewhat bewildered.

Kaito Kuroba genuinely couldn't understand, while Mason, though he vaguely remembered the name Dark Pearl, had completely forgotten what it was—but judging from Akako Koizumi's words, it was probably a divine pearl that was extremely difficult to obtain, to the point that even a witch like her would be at risk of being "devoured."

Then, Koizumi Akako's phantom stretched out her right hand and continued, "But to prevent it from being someone I don't want to see, I have to take precautions. Specifically, if it's Kaito, put your hand on me. If not, then three seconds after I finish saying this, this cave will explode and bury you, or all of you, alive inside."

Mason: "!"

Kaito Kuroba: "!!!"

What a ruthless tactic!

Kaito Kuroba, who was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, immediately rushed over and placed his palm on the palm of Koizumi Akako's phantom.

He almost passed right through because he was moving too fast, but luckily he managed to complete the docking before the three seconds were up.

Seeing this, Mason also breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, I was cautious and brought Kaito Kuroba with me, otherwise I would probably be buried alive here—I might not die, but I would definitely be in great pain.

"Hmm—if there wasn't an explosion, then it really is Kaito who found this place—I don't know how you did it, but you truly are the man I've set my sights on." Koizumi Akako's illusory figure said, head held high. "Well then, let me explain the current situation—"

"You're such a troublesome woman—" Kaito Kuroba couldn't help but complain.

"However, this matter is very complicated and troublesome to explain, so I'll just give a brief summary."

Koizumi Akako's phantom withdrew her hand, startling the two of them. Fortunately, there was no explosion, indicating that the countdown was canceled after the verification was completed.

"In short—the world is in crisis, and I must find the nine divine orbs to obtain the legendary Dragon God Orb," she said solemnly. "Last month, I found the Thunder God Orb, and then discovered the location of the Dark Orb—but that thing is very dangerous. Even I am at risk of being devoured. If you're only coming to find me because I've been missing for so long, Kaito-kun, that's probably why."

Kaito Kuroba's eyes widened, and he let out a long hiss.

Mason turned his head away and sighed inwardly.

It turns out that's really the case — this is the second time I've guessed the right answer by just randomly guessing.

"In principle, I would advise Kaito not to get involved in this, but since you're already here, there's no point in trying to persuade you—but there's something I need to make clear first: if I lose contact, it means the Dark Orb is so dangerous that even I can't help it. Kaito, if you act rashly, you'll end up like me."

Kaito Kuroba pursed his lips, and without even a moment's hesitation, a determined expression appeared on his face.

"Of course, the Kaito I know wouldn't pretend nothing happened."

Koizumi Akako's phantom figure crossed her arms and said confidently, "Well then, if you want to do something, go find the other divine orbs—this map marks the relevant clues I found before. If it were Phantom Thief Kid, he would definitely be able to find them all."

As she spoke, she took out a map of Japan from behind her back, which was covered with many things written on it. Upon seeing this, the two of them immediately took out their phones and took pictures of the map.

"Well then, that's settled."

After a while, Koizumi Akako's illusory figure put away the map, waved her hand and said, "I don't really want you to see this recording, but if Kaito-kun comes to save me, I'll be very touched. By the way, remember to take the Thunder God Orb with you when you leave. If that thing falls into the hands of bad guys, things might get very troublesome."

As soon as he finished speaking, the phantom disappeared, and the Thor's Pearl, which had been absorbed into the groove, rolled down and was caught by Mason with lightning speed.

"See, we've found a clue!"

Mason whistled and pulled up the photos he had just taken to examine them closely. He found that they recorded the functions of the other divine beads and their possible locations—the latter being densely packed with hundreds of locations. If he were to check them one by one, he would be exhausted.

"I don't want to hear such outrageous clues—"

Kaito Kuroba sighed, "While I enjoy tense and exciting things—a world crisis seems a bit too much, it leaves me unsure of what to do."

"Let's take it one step at a time, what else can we do?" Mason tossed the Thunder God Orb in his hand and said casually, "Go find the other divine orbs, then rescue Koizumi Akako—or at least collect her body, and finally collect all the orbs to summon Shenron—oh no, I mean get the Dragon God Orb to save the world, that's pretty much it."

"That's easy for you to say—"

Kaito Kuroba sighed, "I have a feeling I'm going to be working non-stop from now on."

"Then, please, Prince Charming, go and save the witch from her predicament."

Mason stuffed the Thunder God Orb into his pocket and turned to leave—as expected, Kaito Kuroba immediately stopped him.

"What for?" Mason asked matter-of-factly. "You heard it too, she was the one who told us to take the Thor's Orb out."

"That doesn't mean you're supposed to take it, does it?"

"Why don't you try?" Mason took out the bead and pretended to throw it at him, so Kuroba Kaito, who had just been traumatized by the electric shock, immediately chickened out.

"Although I don't think this kind of topic is very interesting, I'll still make it clear—if I were a bad guy, you would have been shot in the head back at school long ago," Mason said calmly. "Consider this as payment for helping you find the clue; I won't use it for anything bad."

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"You're incredibly suspicious—" Kaito Kuroba said, squinting. "And what's next?"

Are you just going to leave like this?

"I have my own things to do. Everyone has their own area of ​​expertise, so I'll leave finding this to you, the famous phantom thief." Mason turned and continued walking, quickly disappearing around the corner, leaving only the instruction: "If you find the bead but can't get your hands on it, you can contact this number..."