Conan Rick's Investigator

Qin Zhibo opened a web page in the room and entered the name "Mark Allen" in the search box.

Since the other party is a scientist with a social credit score close to 6000, his information may be found on the Internet.

The next second, a related report about "Mark Allen" popped up in the information column of the web page.

Mark Allen, a biochemical scientist, is currently the chief scientist and head of the drug research and development department at STK's US headquarters.

There is not much information about Mark Allen. He has been involved in some research projects whose names sound rather obscure, but they are actually some relatively daily drug research, such as cold medicines, antiviral drugs and the like.

Finally, he introduced his family situation in a few words.

But in the related search items under Mark Allen, Qin Zhibo saw a name called "Miyano Atsushi".

Miyano...

Qin Zhibo clicked on it and took a look. There was even less information about Miyano Atsushi. He only knew that he was called a "mad scientist" and was expelled from the scientific community because his research was too unorthodox. The relevant information was also blocked.

Could this be Haibara Ai's father?

Qin Zhibo searched the Internet again and found information about Miyano Atsushi's wife.

Elena Miyano, also a scientist in the field of biochemistry, is known as the "Angel Who Fell to Hell" because she conducts the same research as her husband.

There is a little more information about Elena Miyano, and it was discovered that she died in a laboratory fire.

Qin Zhibo remembered that in the Haido Hotel, Masuyama Kenzo once said that Haibara Ai's parents were also scientists and were burned to death.

These are probably Huiyuan Ai's parents...

There is not much information about the Miyano couple on the Internet, so Qin Zhibo turned back and investigated the STK company behind Mark Allen.

Type in STK and you’ll immediately see a lot of search results for it on the Internet.

STK (seek truth knowledge) is a multi-continental company with many divisions. It is a leader in pharmaceuticals and high-tech industries.

STK was founded in 1934 by Walter Marsh Sr., when it was called New Age Technologies.

During the war, the company rapidly accumulated wealth, and its size and areas of involvement grew larger and larger until it grew into the current STK company.

The pursuit of new technologies and breakthroughs in pharmaceutical technology is the mission of all STK people. To achieve this mission, STK has established numerous research units (full name: Path Fis - PFU) around the world.

Currently, STK has a bright future under the leadership of Walter Marsh Jr., the company's financial support and the company's stock price have risen steadily for three consecutive years.

This is roughly the information about STK, and Qin Zhibo has grasped some key information from it.

STK's main research direction is pharmaceuticals, which coincides with White Dove Pharmaceuticals where Mark Allen worked 25 years ago.

STK has a corporate system of establishing research units around the world, which very likely means that Baijiu Pharmaceutical is STK's PFU unit in Japan.

The research project on drugs to combat Deep Diver Syndrome was probably also initiated by STK.

What is the background of this STK?

Qin Zhibo was a little curious about this and searched for the company's founder on the Internet.

Walter Marsh, Sr., of Innsmouth, USA...

Innsmouth!

Qin Zhibo remembered that during the day, Mark Allen had told him that "Deep Seaman Syndrome" was first discovered in Innsmouth, where there were a large number of patients with the disease.

And this old Walter Marsh happened to be from Innsmouth.

Could this be a coincidence?

An Innsmouth man started a high-tech company, and one of its research projects happened to include a drug to combat Deep One Syndrome.

The two helmsmen of the company were Walter Marsh Sr. and Walter Marsh Jr....it was obvious that they were father and son.

There was no more information to be found, so Qin Zhibo sorted out the clues he had found in his mind.

The drug development project to combat Deep One Syndrome is likely something the people of Innsmouth use to save themselves.

They established PFU in Japan, calling it Hakuto Pharmaceutical, and conducted human experiments in Japan.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo also understood why Mark Allen ran away immediately when he heard him mention the experiment.

Conducting human experiments across borders is no small matter. If it were known to the outside world, it would definitely cause an uproar.

Pingliang Yinjiang should be the child he had with the woman who conducted human experiments during his time at Baijiu Pharmaceutical.

Pingliang Yinjiang heard about his life story from his mother, and tested his stepfather's affection. After failing, he ran away from home and contacted his biological father, Mark Allen.

The drugs used to combat Deep One syndrome were obtained from Mark Allen. It wasn't because he was incredibly powerful, but rather because the entire incident was simply an experimental project they had conducted back then...

At this point in the investigation, Qin Zhibo rubbed his temples, deleted the web search history, and prepared to shut down the computer.

But just as he was about to press the shutdown button on the computer, a document on the desktop caught Qin Zhibo's attention.

1995 Oklahoma Serial Killer Case Files

Wasn’t 95 exactly last year?

Just have nothing to do, just take a look...

Qin Zhibo turned his head to look at the Pacific Ocean outside which was gradually getting darker, drew the curtains, and opened the file records to check.

This is a case in which the murderer has been arrested. The serial killer is a drug dealer named Regine Ledoux.

Regine Ledoux was killed during the arrest for resisting with a gun, but his drug trafficking accomplices confessed some of Regine Ledoux's crimes.

For example: manufacturing drugs for the famous Japanese musician Keiji Aso and selling them all over the world.

Keiji Aso...what a familiar name.

At the same time, some task prompts appeared in Qin Zhibo's field of vision.

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Main Quest: Discover and investigate two members of the Yellow Seal Brotherhood

Mission requirements: Scope: United States, no time limit

Mission Reward: 4000 General Skill Proficiency

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Chapter 497 The Missing Murderer

The main mission appeared very suddenly, catching Qin Zhibo off guard.

This is another esoteric investigation mission, and the mission is triggered when you see "Keiji Aso".

Qin Zhibo searched his memory and remembered who Keiji Aso was.

Isn’t that Masashi’s biological father?

Musician Keiji Aso set fire to his entire family on a full-moon night when he returned to Tsukikage Island to visit his relatives 12 years ago.

Something strange happened, which led Ma Chengshi to believe that it was the village chief and other drug trafficking accomplices who killed people to silence them. So Ma Chengshi forged his identity and carried out revenge on Yueying Island.

But according to the clues Qin Zhibo found himself, the truth was another devastating one.

On the night of Aldebaran's brilliant star, musician Keiji Aso's brain could not withstand the test of "the nameless one", and he lost his mind and set fire to his wife and children.

The cause of all these tragedies was written on a coded letter containing music scores that he hid in the old warehouse of the village office.

Qin Zhibo felt that Ma Chengshi would definitely not be able to accept the truth of such a matter, so he dealt with the letter privately.

In the letter, Keiji Aso said that when he was performing a music performance in Oklahoma, he met some people who called themselves "Yellow Monks".

These people preached to Keiji Aso about the great existence of the "Unspeakable" and arranged for him to engage in drug transportation and trafficking.

Now Qin Zhibo knew that the so-called "nameless one" was Hastur, the Yellow King, and those yellow monks should be believers of the Yellow King.

The file records show that Regine Ledoux was the person who provided drugs to Keiji Aso. It is obvious that Regine Ledoux is a member of the Yellow Seal Brotherhood.

It’s a pity that Regine Ledoux has been shot dead by the police, and Qin Zhibo can no longer find any information about the Yellow Seal Brotherhood from him.

However, the main task is to investigate the secret sect, and he has to find at least two members of the Yellow Seal Brotherhood.

It seems that if we want to find clues, we can only look at the serial murder case file from 95.

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The case originated in 1995 with a murder in a sugarcane field in Oklahoma.

The deceased was a woman named Dora Lan.

Her naked body was tied under a tree, with two huge deer antlers fixed to her head, marks on all the joints of her body, and a pattern of spiral tentacle imprinted on her back.

Around the site, there are tripods woven from rose thorns, young vines and thin willow branches.

After forensic identification, it was found that the deceased had been abused and assaulted and had taken drugs before his death.

The police officers in charge of this case were local state troopers named Rust Cole and Martin Hart.

The two first went to the prison to question the deceased Dora Lan's ex-husband and obtained a confession. Dora Lan had said before her death that she wanted to be a "nun" and that she had met the "king".

While investigating the area near the deceased's residence, two state police officers learned of a missing girl named Fontenot who had gone missing five years earlier.

The two state troopers learned from the local sheriff that the little girl's disappearance case had been dismissed by the previous sheriff, and that there were other little girls in the area who claimed to have been chased into the woods by the "green-eared spaghetti monster."

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In the case file, Qin Zhibo saw photos of the deceased's body, a backup confession, and a little girl's drawing of a "green-eared spaghetti monster."

Qin Zhibo recognized the spiral pattern on the back of Dora Lan's body. It was somewhat similar to the yellow seal he had seen in "The King in Yellow", but also slightly different.

Dora Lan said she saw the "King", which was probably the King in Yellow...

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In the subsequent investigation, two state police found the brothel where Dora Lan had worked and got Dora Lan's diary from her best friend.

Dora Lan's diary recorded the "Yellow King", "Carcosa", and a yellow church leaflet.

The two found the church according to the address above, but the church had been burned down by fire. However, there was a graffiti mural of a man wearing deer antlers on the wall.

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After reading this, Qin Zhibo probably understood the whole story.

The deceased Dora Lan was obviously won over by members of the Yellow Seal Brotherhood. She believed in the existence of the King in Yellow, and "Carcosa" was the residence of Hastur in the script of "The King in Yellow".

This is somewhat similar to the process of Keiji Aso's contact with the group of "yellow monks".

Although Keiji Aso never said how he became involved in it, he eventually believed in the existence of the Yellow King.

Of course, Qin Zhibo himself also believed it...

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Two smart and responsible state police followed the clues and found the church in other places. The pastor in the church said that the mural of "a man with antlers" should have been painted by the children of the church members.

Someone in the church knew Dora Lan and had seen someone go into the woods with Dora Lan.

The man was very tall, with a chin that looked very smooth, like a burn scar.

Many people have seen this clue, and Dora Lan left the church afterwards, so the clue ended here.

Later, one of the state troopers found a drowning case that occurred three years earlier in an old case file.

The deceased was also a woman named Lian.

Her body was ruled a drowning death, but she had the same body bruises, spiral patterns, and drug use as Dora Lan.

Through investigation, the two state police learned that Lian's boyfriend was named Regin Ledoux.

He was once a cellmate of Dora Lan's ex-husband, who also shared some of Dora Lan's sexy photos with him.

And this Regine Ledoux told her ex-husband about some wealthy people in the south who would hold a ceremony in which women and children were sacrificed and worshiped under ancient stones.

Not only that, Regine Ledoux also said words like "King in Yellow Robe" and "Carcosa", and showed off the spiral tattoo on his body, claiming that it was their symbol.

The case was thus solved, Regine Ledoux was wanted, and after a month-long manhunt, he was finally arrested.

During the arrest, Regine Ledoux was shot dead for resisting with a gun, which was a bit like a death without evidence.

However, a large number of drug-making tools and a pair of kidnapped children were found in his hiding place, which provided both witnesses and evidence.

At this point, the case was solved.

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