Conan Rick's Investigator

"One less Kuroba Kaito."

"Where did he go?" Hirasaka asked.

"He has a bit of a stomachache. Maybe he ate too much at dinner. It'll take a while for him to recover..."

Hirasaka thought for a moment, looking somewhat embarrassed. "But the time for the séance is almost here..."

"It's okay. He said there's no need to wait for him. Just proceed with the ceremony as normal."

Faced with Qin Zhibo's words, no one doubted it, except the short-haired girl who had some worry in her eyes.

"Okay then, let's go to the meditation room first."

Under the guidance of Hirasaka, everyone headed towards the tower on the right side of the villa in the dim corridor.

Qin Zhibo walked at the back of the group, and Koizumi Hongzi followed beside him, quietly asking, "Why didn't you tell the truth just now?"

Qin Zhibo replied, "Tell the truth? Say Kaito is missing and we're all going to go look for him together?"

"Don't worry, he's Kaito Kidd, he won't get lost that easily~"

When he came to the hall and found out that Kuroba Kaito was not there, Qin Zhibo used the Searching Object Charm to search for Kuroba Kaito's face.

Judging from the strength of his inspiration, Kuroba Kaito is not in the villa now.

Not in the villa, but in the nearby forest.

Maybe during the exploration process, I discovered some clues, so I went out to look for clues.

If this is the case, of course it is impossible for him to mobilize everyone to search for it.

Moreover, during the seance ceremony, the truth about the death of actress Huang Yahara last year may be discovered.

After listening to Qin Zhibo's explanation, Koizumi Hongzi felt that it made sense and felt relieved.

After all, the man who made himself, a witch, fail repeatedly, should have more trust in him.

Eh?

Why should I trust him?

……

……

When they arrived at the meditation room, the room that Hirasaka had always boasted about finally appeared before everyone's eyes.

This is a spacious birdcage-shaped space, similar to the Kudo family's study, but not as large.

In the center of the room, there is a huge round table with a diameter of 2 meters. The round table is covered with a purple velvet tablecloth with complex geometric patterns painted on it.

Around the round table are photos of actress Huang Yahara during her lifetime.

The beauty in the photo has short orange hair and a dimple-like smile, but it feels inexplicably weird in this scene.

"This is the meditation room I'm so proud of!"

Hirasaka's tone was a little passionate, and the others could only follow his words and give him a few flattering words.

“Amazing, amazing…”

"That's great..."

Koizumi Anko walked around the room and finally looked down at the floor.

What is carved on the floor is not the traditional five-pointed star or six-pointed star, but the very rare seven-pointed star.

Looking at this pattern, Koizumi Hongzi frowned slightly.

Qin Zhibo noticed the subtle change in Koizumi Hongzi's expression, walked over to her, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Koizumi Hongzi pointed to the seven-pointed star on the floor and said, "This is a rare seven-pointed star."

"Legend has it that the seven-pointed star possesses a mysterious power far greater than that of the pentagram and hexagram, but few can control this power..."

At this moment, Hirasaka stood behind the two of them at some unknown time, with an inexplicable smile on his face.

"It seems that Ms. Izumi is also familiar with the occult. I'm really impressed..."

"The seven-pointed star contains powerful magical energy, known for its 'extremely uneven yet stable' nature."

"In order to unleash the magical power of the seven-pointed star, someone wrote the names of the seven archangels on the seven vertices to achieve the purpose of enchantment.

"Some also use the four elements of wind, fire, water, and earth, along with light and darkness, and human emotions to create enchantments."

"But I think both of the above methods are incorrect. Neither can highlight the characteristics of the seven-pointed star..."

Qin Zhibo turned to look at Hirasaka, "So what is your method?"

Hirasaka smiled, shook his head, and walked away without answering.

Qin Zhibo looked at Hirasaka's back and felt an inexplicable strange feeling in his heart.

This person not only likes to create comics, but also seems to believe in the magic in comics?

Or are you just doing some work?

After Hirasaka left, Koizumi Anko continued, "Besides the two he mentioned, I know another method..."

"This is a method known only to witches. It involves having seven witches—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple—cast spells simultaneously at the seven vertices of a seven-pointed star."

"When seven colors come together, they become black."

"The advent of black signifies the birth of the Supreme Witch."

"But the problem is, the seven-pointed star here is in reverse. No matter which method is used to activate it, once the power is born from it, it will inevitably be an extremely evil and taboo existence."

"Reversed?" Qin Zhibo asked in confusion, "How did you know this seven-pointed star was placed upside down?"

In Qin Zhibo's view, the so-called difference in graphics is nothing more than the choice of observation angle.

Koizumi Hongzi looked up at the skylight in the meditation room and asked, "Do you see that skylight?"

"Yeah." Qin Zhibo nodded.

Koizumi Akako explained, "The skylight is designed to face the direction of the moonlight, ensuring direct moonlight on certain days."

"When constructing a magic circle, any magic circle with its top corner facing the moonlight is considered upright."

"Otherwise, it is reversed."

Based on Koizumi Hongzi's popular magic knowledge, Qin Zhibo discovered after a little identification that the top angle of the seven-pointed star on the floor was exactly opposite to the skylight.

now

The moonlight in the sky happened to shine directly in from the skylight, creating this standard reversed seven-pointed star.

Is this intentional or accidental?

……

At 8:00, the seance ceremony begins on time.

A total of 9 people sit around a round table, cross their hands in front of them, and then hold the hands of those nearby.

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi were sitting together. Next to them were the man with glasses who was a TV director, and the yellow-haired girl who was a photo idol.

In the dark environment, apart from the moonlight shining directly from the window, the only light source was a few candlesticks lit on the surrounding cabinets and bookshelves.

After a moment of collective silence, Hirazaka, directly opposite Qin Zhibo, chanted in a deep voice.

"Souls lost in the darkness, answer our call..."

"Come back..."

"Come back..."

At this time, everyone around them repeated Hirasaka's last two sentences.

“Come back…Come back…”

After repeating it, Hirasaka began to use prophecies that he had never heard before and recited some words with unknown meanings.

Every time Hirasaka said something, the others repeated it in unison.

Qin Zhibo didn't know whether he should follow suit, so he glanced at Koizumi Hongzi next to him.

Don’t you miss Koizumi Hongzi?

Okay, I don’t read it either.

After repeating it for more than a minute, Hirasaka switched to a familiar language again.

"Let us hear your voice sealed in the dark night!"

"Yahara Akira! Answer our call!"

"%@*#&..."

Everyone repeated the same inexplicable words together, and the low but loud voice echoed in the space.

At this moment, the tableware placed in the surrounding cabinets began to shake, and a whimpering sound similar to that of a walking zombie echoed in the space.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Qin Zhibo felt Koizumi Hongzi's hand tremble, maybe frightened by the sudden change, and looked around nervously.

Koizumi Hongzi knew in her heart that this half-baked ritual would not have any effect.

Qin Zhibo also launched an investigation, but he was surrounded by huge photos and could not see the condition of the cabinet behind him.

However, with the help of other sensory organs in his body and his smart brain, he already roughly understood what was going on.

"Answer our call!"

Hirasaka's voice suddenly became high-pitched.

As soon as he finished speaking, several candles placed on the cabinet burst into flames, and the porcelain plates in the cabinet fell from their stands and fell to the ground with a shattering sound.

Snap~

The plate fell to pieces, and a strange woman's shrill, resentful voice began to appear around her.

"I'm in so much pain~"

"I'm so upset~"

"I'm fine..."

Just when everyone was immersed in this terrifying atmosphere, the ghost's screams suddenly stopped.

"Hmm? What's going on?"

"What happened? Why did it suddenly disappear?"

"Xiao Huang?"

Everyone looked around in confusion, full of doubts about the sudden cessation of the ghostly screams.

At this time, Qin Zhibo was seen walking out from behind a photo and said calmly.

"Don't panic, everyone."

"I turned off the tape..."

Chapter 1161: No such person found?

Qin Zhibo extinguished the burning candle next to him with his backhand, then used his night vision goggles to walk to the ceiling light switch in the room and turn on the light.

Suddenly, the room was filled with light.

"A-a tape?"

"What tape?"

Seeing that everyone was still puzzled, Qin Zhibo took out the tape recorder from behind the photo, and a small loudspeaker was connected to the end of the tape recorder.

Qin Zhibo disconnected the recorder from the loudspeaker and pressed the play button. The recorder then continued to play the "ghost message" at a normal volume.

"……anger!"

“No…”

The "ghost" in the tape just started to speak as if gasping for breath, but Qin Zhibo pressed the pause button, just to prevent the "ghost" from finishing his words.