Conan Rick's Investigator

There are still benefits to being promoted to a C-level agent. Many of the high-difficulty tasks obtained before are transferred from top to bottom.

This is the system of the Nine Angels Organization. Only when the high-level agents fail to complete or only complete part of the task will the lower-level agents take over.

For example, the death investigation mission of Harui Fuden. This mission was initially undertaken by Harui Fuden, and later involved the Beast Brotherhood and the Bloated Woman Society.

In this arson case, other agents first investigated the clue of Zoroastrianism, and were killed before it was his turn.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo felt like he was stepping on other people's corpses to get to the top.

Do I also have the constitution of the god of death?

Qin Zhibo temporarily suppressed his self-doubt and added the new deposit of 100 million yen to his own small treasury.

Including this 100 million yen, there are only 3000 million yen left to buy the third floor of the office upstairs for 400 million yen.

When the time comes, I will be able to separate my work and living areas like Kogoro Mori and his family, and improve my quality of life.

However, although he thought so in his heart, Qin Zhibo also knew that he might not be able to save the 100 million yen and would have to spend it soon.

Because just last night when I walked out of the Metropolitan Police Department after recording my statement, I received a call from Mr. Clock on the other side of the ocean.

He said he needed Qin Zhibo's help and went to the United States as soon as possible.

Chapter 489 A three-birds-with-one-stone travel plan

Mr. Clock has left Japan since the incident in Yatogamiura City, Chiba Prefecture last week.

Entering Enkai requires an artifact called the "Panester Fragment", and the clue to the last fragment is in the hands of the local "Silver Twilight Church" in Arkham.

This is why Mr. Clock went to Arkham.

On the phone, Mr. Clock did not explain why Qin Zhibo wanted to rush to the United States as soon as possible.

However, for the most important main task, Qin Zhibo certainly would not neglect it and prepared to set off the next day.

……

After watching the morning news, Qin Zhibo immediately turned off the TV and packed his luggage to prepare for departure.

Although he was going on a long journey this time, Qin Zhibo still planned to travel light. In addition to the standard brown windbreaker he wore, he would also bring another set of underwear in his suitcase.

Qin Zhibo found his American passport from the second drawer of his desk and was about to put it in his suitcase when there was a knock on the office door.

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Qin Zhibo went to open the door and was about to refuse the guest when he found that the person in front of him looked familiar.

"You're not that..."

Although the man was wearing a mask, it was not worn properly, just against his chin, which allowed Qin Zhibo to see his name.

Higashida Kawasaki, a man who was going to Arkham to visit his seriously ill daughter, was framed as a murderer by his colleagues and was arrested by Sato and Takagi.

Qin Zhibo received a commission from the Nine Angels Organization to help Dongtian clear his suspicion and board the plane to the United States on time.

Before boarding the plane, Qin Zhibo asked him to inquire about an old man named Danvers in Arkham Asylum.

This Danvers was one of the members who went on the Antarctic expedition with Mr. Mamiya, and he is also an important figure in unlocking the second half of "At the Mountains of Madness".

In this world, he is the only one who knows what happened in the Crazy Mountains.

Now that Higashida has returned to Japan, this means...

"Mr. Qin, we meet again."

Dongtian took off his half-worn mask, smiled politely, and got straight to the point: "I've found out what you asked me to find out. That old man, Danvers... is still alive."

"He's currently in Arkham Asylum, patient number 4859."

"That's all I know. If there's nothing else, I'll leave."

After explaining everything, Dongtian glanced inside the office, said goodbye and left.

After listening to Dongtian's explanation, Qin Zhibo felt secretly happy.

I finally got a chance to go to the United States, and everything just happened to happen at the same time.

That’s perfect, let’s do it together.

……

A black car sped past on the street.

The man in the driver's seat had light blond hair and dark skin, which gave him a slightly frivolous handsomeness.

Suddenly, the phone in his arms rang. The man grasped the steering wheel with one hand and pulled the phone out of his pocket with the other hand.

"Hey?"

"..."

"..."

"Okay, I get it. Thank you for your hard work."

After ending the call, the man put the phone back into his inside pocket, a smile of interest on his face, and said, "My assistant called and he has already told the detective the information."

"Ah."

In the boss's seat at the back of the car, even though only the lower half of his body is visible due to the arrangement of light and shadow inside the car, he still gives people the feeling of being awe-inspiring without even being angry.

"The old man in Ward 10, Block B, is quite interesting. When I was living there, I often heard him tell some miraculous and strange stories..."

The man didn't say the word "story", but "things".

"correct……"

The blond man in the front driver's seat turned the steering wheel, turned a sharp curve, and continued, "The assistant also said he saw the detective packing his luggage, with his passport on the table. It seemed he was going on a long trip."

"Oh? That's quite interesting..."

There was a hint of emotional change in the man's powerful and deep voice in the back seat, and then he changed the subject.

"Thanks to those guys, my old clock, which has been stopped for many years, has to start turning again..."

The sunlight poured into the car through the front windshield, and an indescribable light was reflected on the special black lens of the one-eyed man's face.

……

In Zhibo Detective Agency, Qin Zhibo packed all his luggage and hurriedly wrote a note saying that the business was temporarily suspended and posted it on the door.

To be on the safe side, Qin Zhibo told Miss Hanako, who ran the women's clothing store on the first floor, about his trip to the United States. If anyone familiar came to ask, he would just explain it to them.

Qin Zhibo felt there was no need to hide the fact that he was going to the United States.

Especially since Conan came over to ask, I was sending him a signal.

Uncle, I'm leaving now. I'll leave the protection of justice in Beika Town to you...

……

Qin Zhibo first exchanged some US dollars at Baling Bank that he would need after arriving in the United States, and then took a taxi to Haneda Airport.

But unfortunately, there are no direct flights from Tokyo to Arkham at Haneda Airport. The last time I went to Arkham from Tokyo, I flew to Narita Airport.

I called to inquire and found out that flights from Tokyo to Arkham are among the least popular, and the next flight from Narita Airport will be three days later.

According to inquiries at Haneda Airport, flights to Boston, New York and other cities not far from Arkham are either full or have already taken off.

This is what happens when you don't book your flight in advance.

Qin Zhibo asked again if there were any flights from Tokyo to other locations in the United States today, and the ticket lady patiently informed him one by one.

"The flights to the US with available tickets today are to Chicago, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Hawaii, and Los Angeles..."

When Qin Zhibo heard the name of Los Angeles, he was stunned for a moment, thinking that in the Okinawa Onigame Island case, the person who provided the medicine to treat "mermaid disease" to Pingliang Yinjiang was in Los Angeles.

Since this person can provide this special medicine, he must have done in-depth research on mermaids. Maybe we can get some information from him.

Although Los Angeles is located in the western United States and is not even in the same time zone as Arkham in the eastern United States, this trip is worth making in order to deal with the mermaids and complete the main mission.

So happily decided!

"Get a ticket to Los Angeles."

……

Sitting on the plane, Qin Zhibo first took out his phone and turned it off, then took out a small notebook that he rarely used and wrote down the purpose of this trip to the United States.

1. First go to Los Angeles, find Mark Allen, and ask for information about the "merman".

2. Go to Arkham Town again, find Danforth in Arkham Asylum, and ask for information about the Antarctic expedition.

3. Finally, get in touch with Mr. Clock in Arkham.

This time I go to the United States, I can do three things at once.

It really kills three birds with one stone!

Chapter 490 Contact with Mark Allen

Twelve hours later, the plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport, 12 miles away.

在日本起飞的时候是下午4:00，经历了12个小时的飞行，应该是第二天的凌晨4:00。

But in the airport lobby, Qin Zhibo saw that the current Los Angeles time was 12:00 noon on the day of departure from Japan.

That is to say, after a 12-hour flight, Qin Zhibo actually went back 4 hours compared to when he set out.

Of course, this is not due to confusion in time perception, but because Los Angeles and Japan are in different time zones, and Los Angeles is 16 hours behind Japan.

On the plane, Qin Zhibo took a nap on the blanket for a few hours, so he was not too sleepy at the moment and could get down to business.

……

As the second largest city in the United States, Los Angeles has fully reached the urban construction level of a modern metropolis.

The endless stream of traffic and the towering skyscrapers made Qin Zhibo vaguely feel that this place was even more prosperous than Tokyo, Japan.

Qin Zhibo found a public telephone booth near the airport, went in, took out a small notebook, and dialed the number he had written down last time.

All--

All--

All--

After three rings, the phone was picked up and a man's voice came through.

"Hello..."

"Hello?"

Qin Zhibo took a deep breath before answering, "Is that Mr. Mark Allen?"

"Yes, it's me..."

"I have news on Pingliang Yinjiang, or Jincheng Xiaodu. If you want to know, come to the Red Mango dessert shop on Figueroa Street and we'll meet there."

“…Who are you…”

Qin Zhibo didn't give him the chance to ask further questions, but hung up the phone directly.

From Mark Allen's reaction, Qin Zhibo had already determined that he knew the Pingliang Yinjiang or Jincheng Xiaodu he mentioned.

Otherwise he should have directly asked "What" to express his doubts about the incident.

As for the meeting place, Qin Zhibo chose it through the electronic map on the navigation system. The navigation function of the system is still valid in the United States.

The place where Mark Allen mailed the package was on North Spring Street in the north of Los Angeles, a little farther from Figueroa Avenue in the city center than his current location.

If Mark Allen is currently in the North Spring Street area, he can ensure that he can arrive early.

Of course, this is not entirely necessary, because Qin Zhibo has the vision of an investigator. Even if he arrives at the agreed location later, he can still tell who "Mark Allen" is among the guests.

The geographical location in the city center can also ensure that the other party will not do anything out of line.

Red Mango Dessert Shop was a shop Qin Zhibo found randomly on an electronic map.

Coming out of the phone booth, Qin Zhibo walked to the roadside and hailed a taxi.