Conan Rick's Investigator

"Rice, dog?"

Koizumi Hongzi looked up and thought for a few seconds, then shook her head. "I don't know. What is that thing?"

"Forget it if you don't know."

"Anyway, I'll be responsible for finding the Snow Girl. I'll be back before the full moon."

As soon as Qin Zhibo finished speaking, he thought of his poor sense of time.

Although Koizumi Akako said that this weekend is the night of the full moon, what day is it?

Forget it, I can only leave it to fate.

Koizumi Hongzi asked in surprise where Qin Zhibo planned to find the Snow Girl.

Qin Zhibo said as a matter of course: "The Finding Spell, you taught me..."

Koizumi Hongzi's face was full of helplessness, and she looked at Qin Zhibo as if he were a fool.

"Are you serious?"

……

In the end, Qin Zhibo "ignored" the warning that the locating spell could not be used to find mythical creatures.

Qin Zhibo certainly knew that the locating spell could not help him find the Snow Girl.

If he used the spell to find things, Qin Zhibo guessed that he would most likely find a snowman. If he was lucky, the snowman might even be wearing a female wig.

However, Qin Zhibo is completely different with the guidance of the main task.

On the electronic map of the navigation system, Qin Zhibo clearly saw a place name called Sanri Town.

Mika Town, located about 300 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, is the farthest place Qin Zhibo has ever been to.

This is a small town that calls itself a hot spring town. Since there is no convenient transportation such as the Shinkansen to reach it directly, Qin Zhibo chose to rent a car.

Starting in the morning and driving until the afternoon, the sign welcoming you to Sanri Town finally came into view.

After more than four hours of driving, Qin Zhibo's driving skill proficiency increased by nearly 150 points.

From the clean road starting from Tokyo to the snowy road outside Sanri Town, Qin Zhibo's car drove slower and slower.

Qin Zhibo also discovered a pattern among them.

That is, when you are in a hurry and drive faster, your proficiency will increase faster.

On the contrary, if you drive a "snail car", your proficiency will increase much more slowly.

After officially entering Sanri Town, Qin Zhibo discovered that the target location was still some distance away from Sanri Town. In fact, it was near a hot spring village around Sanri Town.

Qin Zhibo drove the rental car to Wenquan Village again and found the homestay closest to the target location.

The residence of Genbei.

After pushing open the door, Qin Zhibo, standing at the entrance, greeted them, and the boss and his wife immediately came out to greet them.

"welcome!"

"Excuse me, sir, do you have a reservation?"

Qin Zhibo took a look inside. It seemed that the popularity of this place was not so high that he had to make an appointment in advance, right?

"Does this require an appointment in advance to stay here?"

"No, no, no..."

The bespectacled owner quickly explained with a smile, "Actually, there will be two groups of guests coming from Tokyo to stay at our hotel today. I just wanted to confirm."

Hearing this, Qin Zhibo couldn't help but think of the faces of those old acquaintances.

Seems like good luck?

Chapter 145: Is it popular for bad guys to expose themselves these days? (Two-in-one subscription required)

"Excuse me, is one of the people who made the reservation named Mao Li?"

The boss and his wife both showed surprised expressions and asked, "How did you know?"

Sure enough...

Qin Zhibo didn't feel too surprised. After all, he could earn an extra side quest on top of the main quest.

After experiencing so many incidents, Qin Zhibo has gradually come to terms with the fact that complications always arise when carrying out the main mission.

On the contrary, these "unexpected" events helped Qin Zhibo gain a lot of professional skills through investigating corpses.

As long as I keep this momentum going, I will eventually be able to master all professions and become the first person in human history!

So now Qin Zhibo only has one thing in mind.

That is, please increase your efforts!

……

After checking in, Qin Zhibo chose a room with a window facing the target location.

According to the boss, there is a nice-sized ski resort facing the window. People come here for the hot spring bath and for the skiing.

Although Qin Zhibo knows a little about skiing, he is not very interested in it.

After the boss introduced the nearby attractions, he was about to leave when Qin Zhibo stopped him.

"Wait a moment."

"Excuse me, sir, do you have anything else to help me with?" the boss asked respectfully.

"Actually, I'm a little curious about the legend of the Snow Woman. Is the legend of the Snow Woman also popular here?"

Why do we have to say the word “也”?

Because Qin Zhibo unconsciously recalled his last experience at Shanni Temple, where the legend of Mist Tengu was prevalent.

Since the location where MI-GO was active created the legend of Mist Tengu, will this new mysterious creature also create some legends in the local area?

However, Qin Zhibo was somewhat disappointed with the boss's answer.

"Those were legends from long ago. In this technologically advanced age, we've never heard of a snow woman appearing again."

"But my wife does believe in the existence of the Snow Girl..."

"If you are interested in Snow Woman, we can provide you with a free videotape of the TV series 'Snow Woman's Love'."

The owner of the B&B seemed to be a materialist and obviously did not believe what the Snow Girl said.

So when Qin Zhibo and the boss lady brought the videotape over, they asked the same question.

"Snow Girl, of course!"

"This place has long been known for the Snow Woman, a terrifying youkai with snow-white skin and the stunning appearance of a human woman. She's known for luring men deep into the snowy mountains to kiss them, captivating their souls."

"Maybe the Snow Girl here will appear tonight~"

"Why? Are you here to see the Snow Girl?"

The proprietress's face became more and more gloomy as she spoke, and she had a terrifying expression as if she was telling a ghost story.

Judging from her good facial expressions, she has already understood the essence of the old abbot of Shanni Temple to attract fans, and often relies on telling these weird stories to scare tourists who come here.

"I still advise you not to take the initiative to look for the Snow Girl, especially for a strong man like you."

"Maybe the Snow Girl will take a fancy to you and take you back to the cave to freeze you forever~"

"Oh ho ho~"

After the story was finished, the proprietress left with the laughter of an older version of Koizumi Akako, leaving behind the videotape of "The Love of the Snow Woman".

I watched the videotape and looked up at the clock. I didn't know when the Maori family would appear on stage.

It was boring to just sit here and wait for the "God of Death" to come, so Qin Zhibo inserted the videotape into the projector and started watching the TV series with relish.

……

"Even if my body disappears, my soul will be resurrected together with Bai Xue one day!"

On TV, a beautiful woman in white jumped into the lake, and pale yellow ending credits slowly emerged in the cold sky.

Before I knew it, I had finished watching most of the TV series "Snow Woman's Love".

Originally, Qin Zhibo had hoped to get some hints about the main mission from the TV series, but he found that he was overthinking it.

The story in "The Love of Snow Woman" has almost nothing to do with the female monster Snow Woman. It is a story of revenge of a woman whose name contains "Snow" and who was framed by her enemies and betrayed by her lover.

In the middle of the story, the Snow Girl is forced to jump off a cliff and makes a snow declaration similar to Dou E's.

After that, it is the story of how she transforms into a ghost to lure her enemies from her previous life and finally completes her revenge.

The entire TV series can be called a ghost version of "The Count of Monte Cristo".

Or it could be the heroine version of Don’t Bully Poor Girls—I’ll transform into a fierce ghost and take your life.

Qin Zhibo feels a bit aesthetically fatigued by this kind of exciting drama where the protagonist is tortured, changes his identity and then takes revenge. Now he just wants to stroll in the corridor, survey the terrain and prepare for the next murder.

When I came to the corridor, someone just opened the wooden sliding door of the B&B.

Qin Zhibo took a quick look and although the three people were wrapped tightly in the wind and snow, so tightly that even their personal information could not be seen in the field of vision, he was still able to recognize the identities of the three people from some of their physical characteristics.

- Prominent horns, a small tuft of hair hanging down from the front of the forehead, and a dwarf alien who is no taller than a human's knees.

It was none other than Maori Ran, Maori Kogoro, and Conan.

And this time, Qin Zhibo was finally able to say those words with confidence.

"Why is it you again?"

……

In the room, Ran Mouri was peeling oranges next to the kotatsu with her usual enthusiasm, but Kogoro Mouri and Conan, the father-in-law and son-in-law, were not in such a happy mood.

We were on a nice family trip, why did we meet this guy again?

And I don’t know why, but when I heard Qin Zhibo say, “Why are you here again?”, I felt like I was being sued by the bad guy first.

But this time it was indeed Qin Zhibo who arrived at the B&B first, so he was in the wrong.

What Conan is worried about now is not anything else, but that every time he meets Qin Zhibo, he always feels that he will encounter some murder case.

Qin Zhibo is like the unlucky god of death. Wherever he goes, something happens to someone.

Conan, who is clearly the god of death but thinks that others are gods of death, reluctantly took out a book called "Encyclopedia of Fungi" that he had recently asked Professor Agasa to bring from his backpack. Just as he was about to read it, he was interrupted by the noise coming from the entrance.

"You must be Ms. Kinoshita Akiko and Ms. Yoko, right? We have been waiting for you for a long time."

Hearing this voice, Qin Zhibo immediately felt it was familiar.

Miss Yoko?

Could it be that Koizumi Akako told Okino Yoko that the potion was missing the last ingredient, and then Okino Yoko came in person?

Qin Zhibo was just about to get up and go out to check when Maori Kogoro next to him rushed out at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

"Ms. Yoko! Where is Miss Yoko?"

However, when he rushed to the entrance, Kogoro Mori was immediately disappointed.

This Yoko is not that Yoko!

……

Yoko Asanuma was very excited when she realized that in this remote B&B, there were passers-by who rushed out of their rooms enthusiastically just by hearing her name.

Ever since he graduated from university and auditioned for a drama, lost to Akiko Kinoshita in the final round, and then became a stuntman, he had never enjoyed such eye-catching star treatment.

however--

When Yoko Asanuma prepared herself mentally and secretly reviewed the signing technique with her fingers hidden in her sleeves, Kogoro Mouri, who had already rushed to the entrance, was suddenly stunned.

Three seconds later, the uncle's face showed an extremely disappointed expression.

"So it's not my Miss Okino Yoko..."

Mao Lilan, who was behind, also caught up at this time. Seeing that her father had made a big mistake, she explained a little embarrassedly: "I'm so sorry, my father thought you were someone else. I'm sorry."

After bowing and apologizing, Mao Lilan turned around and scolded Mao Li Kogoro.