Conan Rick's Investigator

This article is over.

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When the words "End of this story" appeared at the bottom of the page, Mao Lilan subconsciously turned the page. When she saw the title of another story at the back, she breathed a sigh of relief.

For some reason, this story made her feel inexplicably depressed, and this feeling reached its peak when she saw the tragic situation in the camp.

Mao Lilan: Mentality-2

It is said that writing can often reflect a person's character. Is Mr. Qin such a heavy and depressed person in real life?

Conan did not try to guess and analyze the author's personality traits from an article, but directly took the magazine from Mao Li Ran's hand, flipped forward a few pages, and prepared to read it again to look for clues.

In Conan's opinion, this is undoubtedly a detective story, and the format should be the famous Snowstorm Mansion format, but the style is a bit weird.

According to the conventional routine of detective stories, the next chapter will reveal the murderer, and the clues must be hidden in this chapter.

As long as he can find the real murderer before the revelation is published next week, it will be equivalent to defeating Qin Zhibo!

The more Conan thought about it, the more excited he became, and he immediately started reading again.

"How do you feel, everyone?" Qin Zhibo asked at this time.

Mao Lilan nodded quickly. "I think Mr. Qin's writing is excellent, no less than that of a professional writer. Although the story feels a bit depressing, it has deeply moved me..."

Mao Lilan's review after watching the movie can be summed up as "I don't understand it, but I was shocked."

Hattori Shizuka's reaction was relatively simple and straightforward. "I'm really looking forward to next week's mystery chapter, but if it's convenient, could you please give us a little hint about the answer now?"

As soon as Hattori Shizuka finished speaking, before Qin Zhibo could answer, Conan, who was watching it for the second time, shouted.

“Don’t spoil it!”

Chapter 443: Mr. Shibata may never be able to play mahjong again...

“Don’t spoil it!”

The roar frightened Hattori Shizuka and Mao Li Ran, and they looked at Conan in surprise.

Conan quickly scratched his head and laughed, and got away with it.

"Don't worry, I won't spoil the story."

Qin Zhibo, who was lying on the sofa, comforted Conan, and Conan smiled back with great satisfaction.

Conan: Finally... Qin Zhibo won't "spoil" the answer in advance.

In fact, his worry about spoilers was completely unnecessary, because even Qin Zhibo himself didn't know the sequel of the story.

The inspiration for "At the Mountains of Madness" comes from the research manuscript of the master of the Mamiya family. At that time, the master only experienced part of the event, and the other part of the story can only be obtained from Professor Dell's assistant, Danforth, who may still be alive.

I remember that last week I asked someone who was going to Arkham to help ask Danvers if he was still in the mental hospital.

A week has passed, and it's time for news...

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri, who had been working hard to make phone calls for consultation, also got a clue.

"Thank you then."

After hanging up the phone, Kogoro Mouri hurried to Shizuka Hattori to report his investigation results, but in fact he was trying to take credit for it.

"Shibata Shiro often wins top prizes in the social group of Shizuoka Prefecture Kendo Competition. He is currently working as a physical education teacher in Shizuoka Prefecture and lives in a rented apartment with his wife."

When talking about the other party having a wife, Kogoro Mori deliberately observed Hattori Shizuka's reaction.

Many clients have come to us and asked us to find someone, saying it was for some trivial reasons. In fact, they all had some unresolved first love, but they were reluctant to say it out loud because of face.

However, when Shizuka Hattori found out that the other party had a wife, her expression did not change at all.

Does this mean that...

illustrate……

My, Kogoro Mori's, spring is finally coming!

Kogoro Mouri ran out to rent a car with a happy mood.

……

In the car, Conan, despite feeling dizzy, read the first part of "At the Mountains of Madness" over and over again, but still couldn't find any particularly obvious clues.

It was not until they arrived in Shizuoka Prefecture that Conan put down the magazine in his hand and pinched his nose bridge with both hands to relieve the pressure of reading in the vehicle, so as to prepare for the next reasoning.

The apartment is an old-style apartment building, seven stories high and without an elevator. It seems that Shibata Shiro has not been doing well these days.

This made Kogoro Mouri more confident. He straightened his tie and led everyone to the Shibata family's house on the sixth floor and rang the doorbell.

Ding Dong——×3

The doorbell rang, but there was no movement from inside.

"No one's home."

Kogoro Mouri put down his hand that was about to ring the doorbell. He had no awareness of being the "agent of the god of death" and was not going to try again.

"I think the couple must have gone out. Today is their day off..."

As the "Lovers of Death", Mao Lilan did not realize it and thought that they were just a couple going out together.

Hattori Shizuka, who planned all this, noticed something was wrong. After all, she had already agreed to come and pick up the photos, but it is also possible that Shibata Shiro did not expect that Mouri Kogoro would come so soon, so he went out for dinner with his wife.

Then wait a moment...

Just when everyone was unaware and ready to leave, Qin Zhibo looked at the survey point on the door handle and fell silent.

【Topographic Survey√】

Unlocked Room

The investigation instructions were very simple, meaning that the room door was not locked.

However, the description of [Terrain Survey] is that it will only be triggered when there are traps in the terrain, which means that the door handle itself is a trap.

Qin Zhibo immediately placed a guard totem behind the door to check if there was a crossbow behind the door that would fire if the door was opened.

However, there was no thread connecting the door frame.

After confirming that it was safe, Qin Zhibo put on the magic extractor that could be used as white gloves and slowly turned the door handle.

The Maori family in the corridor was still discussing where to go to "kill time" when they suddenly heard a "creak" sound behind them. They turned around and saw that it was Qin Zhibo who pushed open the door.

"You, you, you, how did you open the door?" Kogoro Mouri was so shocked that he stuttered and quickly ran over to question.

Qin Zhibo twisted the doorknob twice with his gloved hand, and said calmly, "The door is not locked."

Maori Kogoro:"……"

Conan looked a little surprised, but not that surprised.

If an ordinary person could tell that the door was not locked from the closed one, Conan would definitely suspect that he was the murderer.

But the target this time is Qin Zhibo. As everyone knows, his observation skills have always been so sharp that sometimes even if the results are already in front of them, others cannot perceive how he discovered it.

Eh?

There is no dead person here, why should I say it is the murderer?

Conan secretly complained about his own neurosis in his heart, while others had already illegally broken into Shibata's house.

The sound of the TV came faintly from the living room, and everyone naturally went to the living room to greet the host first.

Although this was a bit impolite, after all, the doorbell had been rung and the client was an old acquaintance of the male owner, so it didn't matter.

But in the living room, everyone only saw a TV playing its own program, food that had been cold for a long time on the dining table, and a morning newspaper.

"The rice has become hard. Could this be breakfast?"

"It's such a shame to waste such a delicious Guji..."

Kogoro Mori and Shizuka Hattori transform into food critics, but it is obvious that Shizuka Hattori is more professional and even knows "Guji" which even Ran Mori, who cooks frequently, does not know.

Mao Lilan humbly asked for advice, and Hattori Shizuka smiled and explained: "Guci is actually sweet sea bream."

This sentence made Qin Zhibo and Conan look stern at the same time.

Just as the group was about to go somewhere else to explore the unknown area, another door opening sound came from the entrance.

"Brother Shibata! I'm here to play with you..."

This sentence is a bit easy to be misunderstood, but fortunately, the voice is obviously that of a rough old man.

Everyone returned to the corridor and looked at each other.

The visitor was a middle-aged man who looked a bit old, with a Mediterranean face and a mustache. Qin Zhibo glanced at the top of his head. His name was Yoshikawa Takezo, a 47-year-old shop owner.

"You are...breaking in the house?

Yoshikawa Takezo shouted subconsciously, and Maori Kogoro quickly waved his hand and explained: "Actually, I'm a detective, and I came to see Mr. Shibata for something."

Yoshikawa Takezo was not stupid. After seeing the children in the crowd and Hattori Shizuka dressed like a lady in a kimono, he knew that no burglar would make such an exaggerated scene.

"If you have something to say, please hurry up and talk. Shibata will be at my house to play mahjong later."

At this time, Qin Zhibo tilted his head to look at the room at the end of the horizontal corridor. Through the vertical glass on the door, he saw a vivid investigation point.

"I regret to inform you that Mr. Shibata may no longer be able to play mahjong..."

Chapter 444: Catching the Air Duo

After Qin Zhibo finished speaking, he walked straight to the room at the end of the horizontal corridor.

Conan, realizing that Qin Zhibo might have discovered something, hurried to follow, followed by Maori Kogoro, Maori Ran, Hattori Shizuka, and Yoshikawa Takezo.

Qin Zhibo pushed open the door and saw a corpse lying on the wooden floor of the study in a miserable crawling posture.

"Mr. Shibata!"

Just as Yoshikawa Takezo was about to rush forward, Qin Zhibo stopped him with his arm.

"The person is already dead, don't destroy the scene."

Kogoro Mori was still not giving up. He felt the pulse and looked at the tragic scene of Shibata Shiro who died with his eyes open and his ulcer spreading. Then he announced that he had completed the KPI of this trip.

"Xiaolan, call the police!"

"Conan, get out!"

This is Kogoro Mouri's standard procedure after discovering a corpse, but the second sentence is usually just a symbolic shout, and Conan's ears often selectively hear "go out" as "stay".

Qin Zhibo walked to the body and began to investigate.

【Corpse Investigation√】

[Name of the deceased: Shibata Shiro]

[Time of death: 14 hour ago]

[Cause of death: Intracranial hemorrhage caused by blunt force trauma to the head]

[Corpse investigation completed, character skill obtained: Fighting (Kendo)]

[Acquire repeated skills, converted into 1000 proficiency of that skill]

Side quest: Find out the murderer of this case

Task time: 1 hours

Task reward: 500 general skill proficiency, 170 social credits

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After receiving the corpse investigation and task prompts one after another, Qin Zhibo discovered that the basic rewards for the side quests had increased slightly compared to last week.

In terms of skills, this is the second time Qin Zhibo has acquired kendo skills, so the proficiency level of fighting skills (kendo) is directly raised to level 2.

The last case related to kendo was the murder of an antique dealer. The murderer was a kendo coach and the victim was an antique dealer who was also good at kendo.

This time, another person who was playing kendo was killed.

It seems that practicing kendo is somewhat unfortunate...