Conan Rick's Investigator

The only thing that could be felt was the solemn and fiery sacred aura coming from this spell.

Conan: Will-5

Ai Haibara: Will-8

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Near the warehouse in the sixth district of Shinagawa District, Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi also came here following the traces of the source of magic.

Ever since entering Shinagawa District, Koizumi Hongzi has felt the increasingly strong magical aura.

This means that the magic circle is already activated.

Led by the "Magic Tracker" Koizumi Hongzi, the two also came to the warehouse area.

The warehouses here will be demolished next month and are now abandoned. Almost no one comes here at night.

Until the fire is big enough to break through the blockade created by the city's high-rise buildings, pedestrians outside the warehouse area will not be able to see the fire and will not call the fire department immediately.

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi chased to the deepest part of the warehouse area, and first saw five red-robed people standing around the flames and chanting, and then saw the five young detectives tied in front of the fire.

Ok?

Why are these guys here too?

Thinking of the free-for-all nature of the Junior Detective Team and Ayumi's excellent luck in being an investigator, Qin Zhibo felt less surprised.

With the help of the flames rising into the sky, Qin Zhibo continued to observe the situation at the scene and found that the red-robed man with open arms at the head was the Zoroastrian priest, Xiumu Feiyan, whom he had seen today.

In addition, Qin Zhibo saw a fainted person at Kuchiki Feiyan's feet. He looked like a sloppy homeless man and should be the arsonist that Ayumi saw.

Judging from the information above his head, his name is Kuchiki Heizo.

It turns out that the arsonist and the Zoroastrian priest are from the same family.

It is very likely that the last investigator sent by the Nine Angels discovered this, was discovered when tracking him to the vicinity of the arson scene, and was then killed.

At this time, Koizumi Hongzi, who was leaning behind Qin Zhibo, nudged Qin Zhibo's kidneys.

Qin Zhibo looked back and Koizumi Hongzi gave him a look, asking him what to do next.

The other party was a fanatical believer who would kill without blinking an eye, and there were many of them. Qin Zhibo could only make a wait-and-see gesture and lie on the wall to continue looking for an opportunity to rescue the Young Detective Team.

Chapter 486 Conan: This is unscientific!

“Fomalhaut n’gha-ghaa…”

In front of the flames, Kuchiki Feiyan chanted the spell passionately.

The spell frequently emits high-pitched "crackling" sounds, like the roar of a wild beast, full of wildness, but also contains a unique and rigorous rhythm.

“…Cthugha!”

After chanting the same spell three times, his last scale almost resounded through the night sky.

In front of the crackling fire, Conan twisted his hands to see if he could break free from the ropes, while looking around cautiously at the five red-robed men.

"Haibara, do you know what they are doing?" Conan asked after calming down.

Haibara Ai thought about it and wanted to use her experience of reading fantasy works to say that they must be performing some kind of magic, but her identity as a scientist prevented her from saying such a thing. She could only shake her head to indicate that she didn't know either.

"The most urgent thing now is to find a way to escape."

Haibara Ai's words reminded Conan to quickly restrain his inappropriate curiosity and think about how to deal with the current crisis.

Judging from the fact that the red-robed man in the lead took off his hood and showed his face to the others, they had no intention of leaving anyone alive. Continuing to wait here would definitely lead to death.

The red-robed man who had finished chanting picked up a torch that had been prepared in advance, placed it in front of the fire and lit it.

"Gone but not forgotten, Cthugha awaits at Fomalhaut!"

"I offer you a sacrifice! I promise you my death!"

"Come down, Cthugha!

The red-robed man held up a torch and spoke in Japanese, which everyone could understand, but the words were still obscure.

Conan and Haibara Ai frowned, feeling that the other party was challenging the knowledge base of these two human-shaped self-walking encyclopedias.

I have heard of Fomalhaut. It is a star 25 light years away.

What is Cthugha?

Why on earth did they set the fire?

In the past, when he reached the stage where "villains always talk too much", he could at least see the other party's motives, but now, Conan is increasingly confused about this group of people.

They're not actually going to cast magic, are they?

magic……

At this moment, the red-robed man holding the torch suddenly thrust the torch in front of the Junior Detective Team. The scorching heat immediately forced the five little ones to shrink back in fear.

"Young man! Your sacrifice was not in vain!"

"Your bodies will become the nourishment for the arrival of the 'Holy Fire', and this corrupted land will also be baptized!"

The man in red robes was holding a torch and kept approaching the Young Detective Team. Yuantai, who was at the front, was frightened by the flames and grimaced. He felt that his eyebrows were about to be burned. An expression that seemed to be smiling but crying appeared on his face, and his body instinctively shrank back.

But even so, the companions behind him could not retreat any further, because there was a blazing sea of fire behind them that did not allow humans to get close.

Feeling the burning sensation on his back, Mitsuhiko was frightened and started crying and snotting, while Ayumi was so frightened that she kept calling for her mother.

"Mom! Oh my god..."

This group of lambs waiting to be roasted were experiencing an unprecedented disaster. Their continuous screams made Conan, who was still thinking about how to escape, nervous.

Damn! These guys are serious!

They're really going to burn us to death!

The last time I encountered such a crisis was when I was in a cave and faced bank robbers. It was a life-or-death moment. Those people shot at the children without hesitation.

But being shot to death is definitely a thousand times more comfortable than being burned to death.

The feeling of having the protein all over her body being roasted by flames, making a sizzling sound, made even Haibara Ai, who had long been indifferent to death, open her eyes wide in horror.

The flames were getting closer and closer, and at this critical moment, a hurricane suddenly blew up in the area in front of the warehouse.

The wind fanned the flames, and the flames suddenly burned much more fiercely, making the red-robed men ecstatic.

"It's Cthugha!"

"The Living Flame has answered us!"

"Holy fire! It's the holy fire!"

The voices of the few people were not worth mentioning in the roar of the hurricane and were quickly drowned out.

These hurricanes swept upward, causing the flames of the burning warehouse to soar into the sky, forming a hurricane fire tornado.

Conan, Haibara Ai and the three little ones turned around and discovered this incredible spectacle.

what is this? !!

This unscientific!

The combination of flames and the timely hurricane, these two natural forces, created this spectacle that almost everyone couldn't help but cast their eyes on.

At this time, not only the people around the warehouse, but even the pedestrians far outside the warehouse area noticed the fire tornado blowing in the warehouse area.

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In front of Shinagawa Station.

Miwako Sato, Wataru Takagi, and Renzaburo Shiratori are wondering whether Tomohiro Qin has taken the members of the Junior Detective League home first, but they cannot confirm this guess because they don't know Tomohiro Qin's phone number.

Among them, Shiratori Jinzaburo happened to look into the distance and saw a conical fire tornado standing in Shinagawa District.

"Then, what is that..."

Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi, who were standing next to them, followed the direction Shiratori was looking and also saw the incredible scene.

"This is... a fire!"

Miwako Sato was the first to react. She immediately ran to the car and called the headquarters directly on the radio, asking the headquarters to notify the fire department to come to Shinagawa District to put out the fire.

"Takagi! Shiratori!"

"Hurry to the scene to rescue!"

It took a sharp shout from Sato Miwako to draw the attention of Takagi Wataru and Shiratori Renzaburo. The two quickly got into the police car, sounded the sirens, and rushed to the scene.

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In the Shinagawa warehouse area, Qin Zhibo of course also saw the spectacle of this fire tornado.

The only difference is that Qin Zhibo knew that the wonder was man-made.

Behind Qin Zhibo, Koizumi Hongzi's hair fluttered in the wind, and her clothes moved without wind. The air around her was performing some irregular rhythm.

This is a tornado magic cast by Koizumi Hongzi, which was applied to the flame, turning the ordinary flame into something like a fire tornado.

In order to avoid burning the Junior Detective Team who were near the flames, Koizumi Akako controlled the hurricane extremely restrainedly.

She let most of the firepower vent into the empty night sky along the hurricane, so that people outside could also see the situation here and call the police if necessary.

Things happened just as Qin Zhibo had expected. When these fanatical believers saw the fire tornado appear, they thought that the god they admired in their hearts had responded to their spells, so they all looked up and watched.

At this time, Qin Zhibo also saw the opportunity to take action.

Based on the information he had obtained in advance, he first targeted two men. One of the men happened to be handing out flyers at the intersection during the day.

Qin Zhibo quietly moved behind the man and with a powerful move, he knocked him unconscious.

And then the second one…

Next came two female Zoroastrian members. While their eyes were blurred with longing for fire, they were quickly knocked down with two knife hands.

Finally, there is the Zoroastrian priest, Xiumu Feiyan.

Qin Zhibo quietly went around behind him and kicked him from behind, giving him a large mask of pain.

"Ow—"

This extremely shrill scream drew the Junior Detective Team's attention away from the fire tornado. It was only then that they finally realized that the five red-robed men in front of them had been knocked down.

Qin Zhibo was cleaning up the battlefield.

Chapter 487: As a mature investigator, you must learn to investigate on your own

Conan turned around and saw in surprise that four of the five red-robed men behind him had fainted, and one was lying on the ground whimpering in pain.

Xiumu Feiyan had a strong ability to withstand blows, or maybe it was because of the angle of the kick, he didn't faint immediately after being kicked by Qin Zhibo, and he even wanted to reach out to pick up the pistol that fell on the ground.

Qin Zhibo walked to the front like a villain on TV and kicked the pistol away, making him completely lose the idea of counterattack and the light in his eyes disappeared.

The loss of this highlight was not due to anything else, but because the height of the burning fire tornado gradually decreased, and finally turned into an ordinary fire scene.

"This……"

"How, how could..."

Xiumu Feiyan muttered to himself like an idiot, repeating words of disbelief.

The sound of police sirens rang in his ears, and Qin Zhibo was too lazy to attack Xiumu Feiyan anymore. He walked to the side of the Junior Detective Team and untied the ropes on the five little ones one by one.

"Uncle Qin, how did you know we were here?"

Conan was a little confused about Qin Zhibo who suddenly appeared here.

Qin Zhibo glanced at the little ones standing behind him, smiled cordially, and gave the answer in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Because I know you will give it to me for free."

Conan: "..."

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The police arrived quickly and took over the scene, taking away five men in red robes and an arsonist who looked like a sloppy homeless man.