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At the same time, Qin Zhibo, who was slowly sneaking towards the detective agency, nodded in agreement.

As expected of a woman from a black-hearted organization, she is truly “black”...

Although Qin Zhibo didn't know the price of the bag, he knew that PRADA was a luxury brand.

However, Qin Zhibo miscalculated because he subconsciously chose comfort items that were more suitable for adults for Haibara Ai.

On the way back to the office, Qin Zhibo kept eavesdropping on what was happening at Dr. Agasa's house. He also roughly realized that Haibara Ai's injury was almost healed, and she even started working overtime during her leave to research the antidote for APTX-4869.

From the time of injury to now, it has been less than a week for both Ke Xue and Qin Zhibo himself, and the gunshot wound has recovered to this extent.

Qin Zhibo absolutely doesn't believe that there is no Hextech technology added to his body.

Chapter 398 [Gift of the Golden Tree]

Back at the office, Qin Zhibo opened the system store.

After completing yesterday's side quest, Qin Zhibo now has a general skill proficiency of 10320, which can be exchanged for the [Gift of the Golden Tree] for 10000.

As Qin Zhibo's mind moved, the [Gift of the Golden Tree] was exchanged and slowly appeared in Qin Zhibo's hands.

This is a bracelet with a slightly exaggerated shape, with umbrella-shaped reliefs of trees and flowers on the upper and lower parts, connected in the middle by a goddess holding a cup in both hands.

When wearing it, you need to pass your wrist through the back of the goddess ornament, and then you can wear this large bracelet on your hand like an arm guard.

If you encounter an emergency, you can wear it directly when you call out this item in the prop bar.

After putting on the bracelet, Qin Zhibo clearly felt a surge of power in his body.

But before Qin Zhibo could utter the childish line "I feel strength!", the exuberant power subsided, and he felt nothing like his normal body, except that the arm wearing the bracelet felt a little heavy.

Just when Qin Zhibo thought that was it, he suddenly noticed some noticeable changes on his character card.

Name: Qin Zhibo

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Strength: 60 (+5)

Agility: 60 (+10)

Constitution: 60 (+10)

Body type: 70

Appearance: 70

Intelligence: 75

Will: 90

Luck: 35

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Qin Zhibo tried to pick the [Gift of the Golden Tree] again, and the numbers behind strength, agility, and physique disappeared.

This shows that the improvements brought by the gift of the golden tree are intuitive, namely 5 points of strength, 10 points of agility, and 10 points of constitution.

Such an improvement is just right for Qin Zhibo, because strength can be improved by improving fighting skills, and a smaller increase does not matter, but so far no method of improving agility and physique in the later stage has been found.

Just when Qin Zhibo was thinking about where to try this improvement, there was a knock on the door.

Qin Zhibo put away the golden tree bracelet and continued to receive guests as usual.

This was a woman with average social credit, and the commission was just a lost pet. Qin Zhibo quickly found the lost kitten with the help of the finding spell.

The cat was squatting on the top of a tree in a nearby park, probably because it was afraid of heights and couldn't come down.

The tree was more than four meters high. Qin Zhibo first tried to climb up a bit, but he slipped down less than two meters from the ground. This happened every time he tried several times.

Qin Zhibo tried to put the [Gift of the Golden Tree] on his hand again and tried to climb the tree again.

This time, Qin Zhibo's force-generating technique was the same as in his previous attempts, but he felt his body was much lighter, and he climbed to the top of the thick tree without much effort.

After successfully rescuing the cat, Qin Zhibo realized that this [Gift of the Golden Tree] was really useful.

Previously, the agility of 60 could only be said to be slightly higher than that of an average person, but now the agility of 70 is far stronger than that of an average person, and can do many things that were previously beyond the scope of ability.

If I could further improve my agility and reach the level of Kaito Kidd, I would be able to experience the feeling of lifting the lid of Newton's coffin...

The pet owner lived not far away, so Qin Zhibo delivered the cat directly to his door and charged a fee of 2 yen.

Qin Zhibo's fees are calculated based on the search range. If it is only within Beika Town, the fee is 2, and additional fees will be charged if it exceeds Beika Town.

There was once a pet owner who felt that Qin Zhibo could always find his pet in less than an hour, which was equivalent to an hourly wage of at least 2 yen, which was a bit expensive.

But Qin Zhibo retorted: "It's only 1000 yen to bring your pet back, but if you know where to get it back, it's 19000 yen."

Taking the 2 he had just earned and the 50 commission fee that Kanazawa had fully settled last night, Qin Zhibo went to the bank and deposited the money.

After checking the passbook, I found that the 100 million yen earned from the last Beido Hotel incident had also been successfully deposited into the account.

Current account balance: 25047475.00

Qin Zhibo still remembers that when he first took over this passbook, the balance on the account was only over 57000.

In just one month of learning, the assets increased by more than 400 times. This is even more inspiring than the classic cases told by those success gurus!

Of course, most of this is "gray income" obtained from the Nine Angels Organization, including but not limited to finding documents and books, attending banquets, and helping the police catch international killers...

There is still a funding gap of 500 million yen to unlock the third floor of the agency of my dreams.

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Dinner was oden and udon noodles. I also bought some snacks and digested them while watching TV.

It was not until 12 o'clock midnight that Qin Zhibo turned off the TV and solemnly took out the book "The King in Yellow" from the drawer with both hands.

Now Qin Zhibo has formed a habit. If he gets a new myth book, he will wait until 12 o'clock in the evening.

First of all, you won’t be disturbed by outsiders.

Secondly, if you scream out loud when watching a 3D movie, you won’t disturb others.

"The King in Yellow" lay quietly on the table. Qin Zhibo took a deep breath and silently confirmed that option in his mind.

【We share the same language, do you want to read? 】

【Yes√】

When Qin Zhibo entered the reading state, his eyes went dark.

When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in a luxuriously decorated theater, but the seats around me were empty and I was the only one sitting in the guest of honor seat.

Qin Zhibo tried, but his body couldn't leave, as if it was shackled by some invisible force.

At this time, the curtain on the stage slowly opened, and accompanied by low and hoarse singing, a graceful lady stood in the middle of the palace setting, overlooking the quiet and misty lake outside the palace.

Outside the palace setting, a stranger in a black robe with yellow seals walked to the front of the stage, lifted the pale mask hidden under his hood, and began to chant.

"Queen Cassilda meditates in her chamber, mourning the passing of her blank past."

"Her dreams disturbed the waters of Lake Hali; within the lake lies the ancient prophet."

"Deep in the Hyades, the suns set slowly on the lake, and darkness grew in the hearts of men, just as the shadows of the sun stretched across the lake."

"Queen Cassilda meditated in her chamber, the encroaching mist swirling around her. Lost Carcosa stood within the mist, casting the image of a towering tower into the abyss..."

The stranger's chanting was a little obscure and difficult to understand, but Qin Zhibo somehow knew the meaning of some of the technical terms.

For example, "Hyades" refers to the Hyades star cluster, and Lake Hali is the misty lake outside the palace setting.

Carcosa is the looming high TC city across from Lake Hali.

At this time, the sad-looking woman "Casiluda" in the palace began to tell her troubles and sorrows.

The general content is that she is the queen of the country "Yinti" and she is forced by her brother to choose the heir to the throne before the doomsday prophecy comes.

The so-called end language is what the high priest of this country once predicted: Queen Cassilda's successor will be the last of the kings, and the royal family's rule over Yinti will completely end in this person's hands.

At that time, the return will come, the lost Carcosa will bring an end, and all of Hastur will usher in the rule of the immortal god - the Yellow King.

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Yinti's queen, Cassilda, has three children, all of whom have the right to inherit the throne.

The eldest son, Taier, was named after "Taier", the ancestor of the kings of Yinti, and should have been the heir to the throne.

However, Taier took the high priest Nautaub as his teacher, followed him to learn various spells in the temple, and believed in the high priest's prophecy of the end of the world.

The second daughter, Camilla, likes to act on emotion.

The third son, Wachter, was young and accomplished nothing.

In addition, Cassilda also has an ambitious brother, Adonis.

He has always coveted the position of king and hopes that after becoming king he can implement strict laws and correct the lax discipline of the Royal Guard.

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Qin Zhibo learned about the relationships among the royal family members through Adonis's own narration.

The first act and scene of The King in Yellow also unfolds with how Adonis carries out his conspiracy to usurp the throne.

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Late at night in Yinti Palace, Adonis first drove away the guards and had a secret meeting with the third prince Wachter.

With the advice of Adonis, the third prince stole the seal of the kingdom and stamped it on the document of heir to the throne secretly forged by Adonis.

Adonis lied and said that Queen Cassilda was too obsessed with the ball and unable to deal with the issue of the heir to the throne, so he made the choice for his sister as a brother.

But after sending the third prince away, Adonis called the second princess Camilla and said that the third prince had stolen the seal and ordered him to forge the documents of heir to the throne. He had to obey.

Adonis suggested that the Second Princess secretly arrest the Third Prince, and the Second Princess accepted the suggestion.

After everyone left, Adonis talked to himself and told his entire plan, which was to let the second princess arrest the third prince, and then he would send someone to secretly kill the third prince in prison and frame the second princess.

When the replacement guards arrived, Adonis also left the stage.

However, all this was witnessed by the high priest Nautauba and the crown prince Tyr who happened to be out for a walk.

The two used invisibility spells, hid quietly nearby, and overheard all of Adonis's plots.

Tyr wanted to save his sister and brother, but the high priest thought it was unimportant. As long as the Yellow King came, Yinti would be under the control of them, the agents of theocracy.

At that time, you can release or execute anyone you want, it will be up to you.

Now their most important task is to find the Yellow Mark before Lost Carcosa disappears.

Then the eldest prince and the high priest left the stage.

Afterwards, the captain of the guard designed to arrest the third prince who was "plotting to usurp the throne."

But at this moment, a group of strangers came from afar. They were all wearing white robes embroidered with black loops and yellow marks. Their voices were continuous and harsh, somewhat like the buzzing of insects.

Their leader spoke with the captain of the guard and claimed to be from the city of the Supreme King, in search of a new home.

The captain of the guard ordered him to remove the pale mask from his face, but the stranger declined the request, saying that only members of the "Brotherhood" could wear the pale mask.

Afterwards, Queen Cassilda came to meet with the brotherhood members and arranged accommodation for them.

The second princess Camilla, looking at the "pale masks" on the faces of these strangers, suddenly came up with the idea of holding a masquerade ball tomorrow, where everyone must wear this "pale mask" to attend.

Cassilda agreed to her daughter's request.

Act One, Scene One, End.

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The content of the first act is somewhat like a palace drama, but it is mixed with some mysterious elements.

The only thing that made Qin Zhibo feel a little touched was those strangers who called themselves "Brotherhood".

Both their voices and the way they spoke were somewhat unlike those of humans, reminding Qin Zhibo of creatures like MI-GO.

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Act One, Scene Two.