Conan Rick's Investigator

"Yeah." Mao Lilan nodded. "I just had a sudden thought. Mr. Qin fell into the water..."

After hearing what Mao Lilan said, a faint blush appeared on Conan's face.

Xiaolan and I are so in tune with each other...

However, Kogoro Mori on the side didn't care much about the two people's thoughts, thinking that they were completely worrying nothing.

"That guy is very smart, how could he fall into the water? You are overthinking it."

"It must be dolphins during the day, or bonito, flying fish, or something like that..."

It was rare for Kogoro Mouri to praise his colleagues, but it was just for the purpose of reassuring his daughter.

But at this time, Ran Mouri and Conan no longer cared and rushed to the ship's duty desk.

The two quickly asked the front desk attendant if they had seen the passenger in the brown windbreaker, but both attendants shook their heads and said they had not seen him.

Conan immediately raised his chin and wondered where Qin Zhibo might be now.

After discovering that Terukichi Kameda had become popular, Qin Zhibo left the crowd and acted alone.

After he and Hattori Heiji finished investigating the engine room of the ship and returned to the restaurant, all the rebellious people had returned to their respective rooms, but Qin Zhibo still had not returned.

Having disappeared for such a long time, Qin Zhibo must be investigating a case somewhere.

Qin Zhibo was not seen on the lower level of the ship, so it could only be the side and deck.

Although it is usually necessary to borrow a flashlight from the front desk to investigate the side and deck of the ship in the dark, Conan remembered that Qin Zhibo never smoked, but always carried a lighter with him.

Therefore, Qin Zhibo had no shortage of lighting tools, so he naturally did not need to go to the front desk to borrow a flashlight and expose his whereabouts.

"Sister Xiaolan, Uncle Qin should be on the side or deck of the ship."

"Ok!"

At this critical moment, Ran Mouri subconsciously believed Conan's extremely serious face.

"Xiaolan..."

Watching his daughter running out with a primary school student, Kogoro Mouri sighed helplessly and could only follow.

……

"Mr. Qin! Mr. Qin!"

"Uncle Qin! Uncle Qin!"

Ran Mouri and Conan ran back and forth anxiously between the side of the ship and the front and rear decks. Since they didn't know where they fell into the water, this was the only way they could do it.

Kogoro Mouri followed slowly behind with his hands in his pockets, occasionally shouting a few words symbolically.

A circle of artificial surround sound was created around the ship, and both Ran Mouri and Conan were exhausted.

Maori Kogoro came over and said helplessly: "That guy is not a three-year-old child, it is impossible for him to fall into the water casually."

"I think he must be hiding somewhere, racking his brains, trying to solve the case before the police arrive and make a big splash..."

When Kogoro Maori said this, he was not disrespecting life, but he trusted Qin Zhibo's ability too much.

Although Kogoro Mouri has never expressed his approval towards this colleague of the same age, this is actually his own personality habit.

Kogoro Mouri never verbally praised any of his fellow detectives.

But deep down, Kogoro Mouri still recognized Qin Zhibo's ability as a detective.

After all, Qin Zhibo is the first man so far who can seal his "sleeping mode".

As long as Qin Zhibo appears, there is no need for him to sleep.

For such a man, Kogoro Mori could not imagine that he would fall into the water.

More importantly, Kogoro Mouri was not hit by the "bullet of thought".

Ran and Conan ignored Kogoro Mouri's judgment that it was impossible for Qin Zhibo to fall into the water, but instead became more convinced of it.

Conan stepped on the railing and stuck his head out, only to find something was wrong.

"Sister Xiaolan! The boat seems to be moving!"

Since the fire broke out on the ship, the captain ordered the ship to stop, but at some point, the ship started moving again.

Maori Kogoro was not surprised and said, "Of course the ship will sail. This ship is also responsible for transporting supplies to Ogasawara. It can't just stay at sea forever..."

After Conan's reminder, Mao Lilan reacted immediately and said without hesitation: "I will go to the captain and ask him to stop the ship!"

……

In the Pacific Ocean, Qin Zhibo is practicing "floating on his back".

The so-called back-floating means spreading your arms and legs as wide as possible, raising your pelvis, looking straight up, and letting your body float on the water in a big letter shape.

This method is the most energy-saving way of floating. You only need to flap your palms and feet when you are about to fall occasionally, and you can float for a long time.

This is one of the life-saving skills in water, and it is also one of the swimming skills that Qin Zhibo wholesaled from swimming skills.

The distress signal fired with the flash gun has been sent out, and now we just have to wait for the ship to return to rescue us.

Of course, if the distress signal is of no use, Qin Zhibo will consider using Plan B, which is magic.

The most basic type of red magic is fire magic, which can create a blazing magic circle even on the water surface.

This magic circle can be used as an SOS signal for help, and can also be used to directly contact another magician, Koizumi Akako.

All he had to do was contact Koizumi Akako and have her fly over on her magic broom to save him.

However, Qin Zhibo could not contact Koizumi Hongzi immediately because the ship in front had not gone too far.

If I create a red magic circle on the water surface at this time, I will probably be in the newspaper tomorrow.

So at least wait for the ship to move away a little.

Before this, Qin Zhibo could only float on the sea like Patrick Star.

One of the techniques for floating on your back is to keep your eyes looking straight up without even the slightest deviation, otherwise you will sink immediately.

The advantage of this is that Qin Zhibo can always look at the sky and will not see the Pacific Ocean.

The downside is that when the sea water flows through Qin Zhibo's body, Qin Zhibo can hear the gurgling sound of the water.

And some unspeakable sounds...

Chapter 361 Are you a human? Is this human language?

Qin Zhibo, floating on his back, could only avoid sinking by looking directly at the sky.

As we float, the stacked clouds gradually open up and the stars begin to reveal their features.

In the vast sky, Qin Zhibo's eyes involuntarily fell on a star that was very easy to find.

Following the three stars of Orion's belt, the first bright star encountered in the opposite direction from Sirius...

That is Aldebaran.

His body was floating on the Pacific Ocean, but his head was looking up at Aldebaran in the endless deep sky. Qin Zhibo felt an unprecedented peace of mind.

Just now, when Qin Zhibo was looking at the dark sea, his willpower value dropped significantly, probably more than 20.

Now, looking at the bright Aldebaran in the sky, the decreased willpower is recovering rapidly.

Qin Zhibo discovered that although both were vast, one made him feel bored, while the other brought him peace.

However, Qin Zhibo knew that the so-called calmness was only relative to the environment at the moment.

This wonderful situation is like being caught between ice and fire, achieving a delicate balance.

If you take a step forward, you will be damaged by the extreme cold frost.

If you take a step back, you will be burned by the scorching flames.

It is precisely because of this "harmony of yin and yang" that Qin Zhibo's body can be like a small boat, waiting calmly on the vast ocean.

[Congratulations on completing the achievement mission: Standing on the Pacific Ocean, looking up at Aldebaran]

[Reward for 1000 General Skill Proficiency]

The sudden prompt from the system brought Qin Zhibo some unexpected surprises.

This achievement task did not trigger any prompts and was completed directly.

It seems that this "accidental" fall into the sea was really worth the price of admission.

However, just when Qin Zhibo thought that this delicate balance could be maintained forever, a change occurred that was enough to break the balance.

Suddenly, some discordant sounds appeared in the gurgling sound of water in my ears.

The sound jumped out from the water surface, with a strong sense of ups and downs, breaking the silence on the surrounding sea surface.

It jumped up first, then fell down with a crash.

Although the sound seemed to be at a considerable distance away, Qin Zhibo's ears could tell that the being that could make such a sound was not insignificant.

It definitely couldn't be a small fish like flying fish or bonito.

It should be a large fish, but not a shark, because sharks generally do not jump out of the sea.

As for dolphins, it's possible...

If it's a dolphin, then you're lucky.

Dolphins are generally friendly creatures and will not easily attack humans, so even if you are discovered by a dolphin, you can still float easily on the sea.

The sound of churning water was getting closer and closer. Just when Qin Zhibo thought it was just a gentle dolphin, some new sounds were mixed into the sound of the water.

This sound was one Qin Zhibo had never heard before, and it was difficult to describe in words.

If I had to describe it, it seemed like a sharp roar coming from the throat.

Having played Plants vs. Zombies, Qin Zhibo knew that although the calls of dolphins were also sharp, they were high-frequency, short, and multi-segment calls, and the timbre was somewhat similar to that of a child's scream.

But this sound is continuous, more like a roaring zombie?

Qin Zhibo had a bad feeling in his heart, and immediately looked in the inventory for something good that could deal with this situation.

Lord of the Rings!

Qin Zhibo immediately materialized the magic ring and put it on his finger as lightly and quickly as possible.

On the sea, Qin Zhibo's body immediately became invisible.

But even in invisible state, Qin Zhibo did not dare to move easily.

Because Qin Zhibo knew that creatures in the ocean generally do not rely on their eyes to observe, most fish use the lateral lines on both sides of their bodies to sense changes in water flow and vibration frequency.

In other words, as long as Qin Zhibo is still floating on the water, most marine creatures can feel that there is something floating on the sea.

Therefore, Qin Zhibo could only completely stiffen his body and pretend to be an invisible reef to avoid the attack of unknown creatures in the Pacific Ocean.

But this is just Plan A, after all, Qin Zhibo can't get rid of the smell on his body.

So if he can't deceive him, Qin Zhibo plans to take out the long-forgotten Holy Sword of Physics from the prop bar to fight against it.

Of course, the time to materialize the crowbar cannot be now, otherwise the weight of the crowbar will cause the body to sink.

The roar and the sound of water were getting closer and closer. Qin Zhibo, lying completely flat, did not move at all like a dried starfish.

But Qin Zhibo is ready to draw out the holy sword of physics to fight against this unknown marine creature.

Twenty meters...

Fifteen meters...

Ten meters, nine meters...

Its speed did not slow down due to its visual invisibility. The increasingly clear sound made Qin Zhibo understand that it was coming towards him.

It seems that there is no way to avoid it, so I have to do it...

Qin Zhibo's right hand was in a gripping position, ready to wait for the moment when the object approached him, then a crowbar materialized in his hand and he used all his strength to swing it down with the greatest force.

However, at this moment, a louder sound appeared on the sea.

Snapped!

The sound was extremely short and sounded like a gunshot.