Conan Rick's Investigator

This triggered Qin Zhibo's thinking, and at the same time, Qin Zhibo's will column jumped inadvertently.

90, 89, 90...

Among the supernatural legends that Qin Zhibo knew, there was something called an earthbound spirit.

It refers to the situation where after a person dies, their soul, with unfulfilled wishes and endless resentment, is bound somewhere and becomes a groundbound spirit.

It is best not to eliminate this kind of earthbound spirit. As long as the grievances or wishes of the earthbound spirit during its lifetime are resolved, the earthbound spirit will ascend to heaven on the spot.

Otherwise, the earthbound spirits that have not fulfilled their wishes for a long time will turn into evil spirits.

Therefore, any house where someone has died is generally difficult to sell at a normal price, because no matter how perfect a person's life is, there will always be some regrets and unfulfilled wishes, which will generate earthbound spirits.

But Qin Zhibo doesn't believe this.

If an earthbound spirit is generated on the ground whenever a person dies, then wouldn't the world be full of earthbound spirits?

Moreover, during the day, I helped Tanaka Kazuyu subdue the murderer and clear his name. According to this theory, I am his benefactor and he will not cause trouble.

With this thought in mind, Qin Zhibo pushed open the door of Tanaka Kazuyu's room frankly.

There are not many furniture in Tanaka Kazuyu's room. There is a small bookshelf about the size of a shoe cabinet, a desk opposite the bookshelf, and a bed and a wardrobe at the back of the room.

On the desk are a large number of manuscripts accumulated by Tanaka Kazuyu during his writing career and a fax machine.

In this era, writers mainly produce their works in manuscript form, and then send the completed manuscripts to the publishing house by fax for proofreading.

Judging from the number of manuscripts on the table, Tanaka Kazuyu was still very eager to be self-reliant before yesterday.

However, after discovering illegal stock trading documents in his brother's room, Tanaka Kazuyu came up with this idea.

Brother, I don’t want to work hard anymore, please support me.

As a result, the younger brother replied, "Brother, I don't want to work hard anymore", and the two brothers gave up together.

However, these manuscripts on the table were all written recently by Kazuyuki Tanaka. If Qin Zhibo wants to find the manuscript and information of "God of the Sea", the novel for which Kazuyuki Tanaka won the Newcomer Literature Award, he needs to go deeper.

After rummaging through the drawers in the room, Qin Zhibo finally found something in a cardboard box pulled out from under the bed.

Inside the cardboard box are legends from seaside areas across Japan that Kazuyu Tanaka collected when he was creating "Gods of the Sea."

The Legend of Yatoura City in the Undersea County of Chiba Prefecture: An Investigation into the Local Belief in the Yatoura God

"Dougan Village, Ueshiro Town, Suwatani County, Hokkaido - Investigation of the Remains of the Triangular Corridor Beneath the Ancient Well at the Top of Nighthawk Mountain, a "Changing Seaside""

The Resurrection Prayer Festival at Nifu Shrine in the Lower Kuzuryu River Area of Fukui Prefecture: Unto-sama, the Unlucky Sea God

……

These legendary investigations were neatly listed like booklets. Qin Zhibo didn't have time to check them one by one, so he could only pack them all up and take them away.

But just as Qin Zhibo put the booklet into his arms, a photo fell out from the middle of the booklet.

In the photo, Qin Zhibo saw the investigation point.

【Survey√】

[The photo may be of a statue. Behind the photo is the name of the statue and the name of the sculptor.]

The photo was very blurry, basically just a black mass. If it weren't for the investigation, Qin Zhibo would have found it difficult to imagine that this was a statue.

On the back of the photo, there are two lines of words written.

……

The sleeping sea god.

Akutsu Masaki.

……

Qin Zhibo picked up the photo and put it in his pocket. He then put everything in the room back to its original state and calmly left the haunted house.

……

The next day, Qin Zhibo got up from the detective agency, skipped his French study in the library, and began to study the legend investigation booklet he brought from Tanaka Kazuyu's home yesterday.

Although the investigation points given by the system are on the photos, Qin Zhibo feels that it is also possible that the photos are just representative of them, and these legendary booklets also need to be investigated.

It doesn't take too much time anyway, so it won't hurt to take a look.

……

The Legend of Yatoura City in the Undersea District of Chiba Prefecture - An Investigation into the Local Belief in Yatoura God tells the story of how during the reign of Emperor Genmei, local people suffered from tsunamis for a long time and prayed to Yato God.

So Yatogami built a stone embankment along the coast overnight, and the place was named "Yatogamiura City".

Later, during the Kamakura period, Yatogamiura City was once the territory of the Chiba clan.

According to the Chiba clan's family history, by the time of the third Shogun Minamoto no Sanetomo, this place was enchanted with a "seal spell" that prevented outsiders from entering.

In the 14th century, monks of the Shingon Tachikawa school, who were regarded as a cult, fled here and established a folk belief, worshiping a deity called "Yoshu Dora Gonmyōo".

According to legend, this deity flew to Earth from outer space, possessing countless arms and eyes, and is a slug-like intelligent deity.

It is said that this deity is still sealed underground in Yatogamiura City.

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"Dougan Village, Ueshiro Town, Suwatani County, Hokkaido - Investigation of the Remains of the Triangular Corridor Beneath the Ancient Well at the Top of Nighthawk Mountain, a "Changing Seaside""

There is a fishing village called "Liver-stealing Village" located in the middle of Cape Eyama and Cape Hamasuji, about 35 kilometers southeast of Hakodate.

The village believes in monsters, so nearby residents often look upon them with suspicion.

This place was called Sinaiduyin in the ancient Ain Nu language, which means "changing seashore".

In 1889, the remains of a horizontal triangular corridor were discovered at the bottom of the ancient well on Nighthawk Mountain near this fishing village.

Afterwards, the Miskatonic Archaeology Class set up a branch in Hakodate to conduct an investigation, but a fire broke out and the investigators and their materials were engulfed in flames.

It is said that it was done by villagers from the local liver-stealing village who believed in a cult.

……

The Soul-Soothing Ceremony of Nifu Shrine in the Lower Kuzuryu River Area of Fukui Prefecture: Unto-sama, the Ominous Sea God

The Kuzuryu River, which flows into the Sea of Japan in the mountainous area on the border of Fukui and Gifu prefectures, has been flooding for years and is the largest and most violent river in the Echizen region.

For this reason, the Nifu Shrine was built in the lower reaches of the Kuzuryu River to worship the sea god, Yuntou-sama, who is a type of disaster god.

However, with the strengthening of river management in recent years, Nifu sacrifices have been reduced a lot.

Currently, only Wakasa Island, also known as American Island, near the mouth of the Kuzuryu River, holds a mermaid festival every year to welcome foreign tourists to visit.

In fact, the island's mermaid festival is a variation of the Nifu Soul-Calming Festival, and the so-called mermaid actually refers to the sea god Yuntou.

Chapter 32 I found myself looking more handsome...

After reading these legends circulating in the coastal areas of Japan, Qin Zhibo did not feel anything.

The only thing that concerned Qin Zhibo was that the second legend mentioned Miskatonic.

This unknown foreign university is the university where the original owner of Qin Zhibo's body once studied.

I never thought that this university’s archaeology class was able to come to Japan for archaeology in the last century.

This shows that this university has a good foundation...

But apart from that, Qin Zhibo believes that the content of these legends has nothing to do with the main task he is currently carrying out.

Because the scope of this main mission is still in Tokyo, and the three legends above took place in Chiba Prefecture, Hokkaido, and Fukui Prefecture respectively.

If we were to investigate these three places, it would definitely exceed the geographical scope required by the mission.

Therefore, the only breakthrough in the investigation was the blurred portrait photo.

On the back of the portrait is written a name: Akutsu Mabuki.

There are no biographical encyclopedias on the Internet in this era, so it is quite difficult to actively look up a person's information, even if that person is a well-known figure with great achievements in a certain field.

So Qin Zhibo handed this difficult task of finding a name to Matsumoto Ryohei.

After all, there is information to look up on the skills of Ryohei Matsumoto's character card, and it would be a shame not to use such a great tool.

More than half an hour later, the mobile phone rang and Matsumoto Ryohei's voice came from the other end of the line.

"found it?"

"Well, the Akutsu Shinbu you're looking for is a famous carving master."

Qin Zhibo was not surprised, after all, the blurred carving in the photo was his work.

But the next second, Matsumoto Ryohei's words made Qin Zhibo's heart skip a beat.

"But he's already dead."

"died?"

"Yes, he died four years ago."

On the other side of the phone, Matsumoto Ryohei was holding a small notebook he had kept when he was a butler. The notebook, written in beautiful handwriting, recorded information he found in the library newspaper.

"Akutsu Shinbu was once hailed as a national treasure, a modern carving master, particularly famous for his carvings of dragons and tigers."

"However, it is said that his physical condition was extremely poor in his later years, and he also suffered from some kind of mental illness. He passed away in Qingshan Mental Hospital four years ago."

People died...

What's the point of investigating then?

According to the information found in Tanaka Kazuyu's home, the only investigation point that has hope of being completed within Tokyo is to find this Akutsu Masamune.

But now that people are dead, I wouldn’t go and dig up their graves.

Or go to the mental hospital where he lived during his lifetime?

And the most terrifying thing is that once the main task cannot be completed, there is no time limit for completing the task itself.

What if it's a system that can only carry out one main quest at a time? Wouldn't this main quest be stuck for life?

Just when Qin Zhibo felt that the main mission was a little difficult to carry out, Matsumoto Ryohei's voice came from the other end of the phone again.

"Although Akutsu Shinbu is dead, his son is still active in the carving world."

"His son?"

"Yes, his son's name is Akutsujo, and he has an engraving studio in Tokyo."

"I can give you the phone number of the studio if you need it."

"need!"

"Then please record it. The phone number is 801——"

After hanging up the phone, Matsumoto Ryohei put the notebook back into his inner pocket and returned to the reading room of the library.

Old Japanese newspapers are displayed on the tables in the reading room.

Among them, on the top newspaper from 1980, a striking headline was written on the largest main page.

Natural disaster or man-made disaster? Many domestic artists suffer from madness!

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After getting the phone number of the engraving studio, Qin Zhibo called it directly, but the person who answered the phone was Akutsu Makoto's student.

"Akutsu-sensei didn't come to the studio today, and we don't know where he went."

"Can you give me his home phone number?"

"Yes, the number is 474--"

"OK, thanks."

After the call was hung up, Akutsu Makoto's disciple on the other side stood there in a daze, touching his head in confusion.

Why would I tell a stranger my teacher’s home phone number for no reason?

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Qin Zhibo now has social skills (speech skills), and through more than a week of question-and-answer training, his proficiency has reached level 2.

Possessing level 2 social skills (talking skills), you can answer questions as long as the information is not very private, or when you meet someone who is not very talkative.