Conan Rick's Investigator

Five minutes later, the sheriff said goodbye to the successful person on the other end of the phone with a smile on his face.

"Yes, I understand..."

"Don't worry, your schedule will not be affected in any way. I swear on my police badge!"

"Goodbye, Mr. Karl."

After hanging up the phone, the sheriff immediately announced to everyone.

"After an on-site investigation by me, Chief Bill Hudson of the Arkham Police Department, I have determined that Mr. Michael Bay has nothing to do with Danvers' death!"

"Michael Bay is a wonderful gentleman and is completely innocent. Danvers' death was a tragic accident, nothing more."

"Mr. Michael, you can leave now."

Chapter 510 Two true and one false?

The "righteous" sheriff declared Qin Zhibo's innocence, which made everyone present look complicated, but they couldn't say anything.

Carl Sanford is a "godfather"-like figure in Arkham. All forces in Arkham have unclear relationships with him, including the police station.

There are no heroes like Batman, nor villains like the Joker who can stand against him. Carl Sanford can almost cover the world with one hand.

Everywhere except the Miskatonic University campus, he was the undisputed underground emperor.

There are even rumors that he will run for the next mayor of Arkham and completely take over this frontier town in the northeastern United States.

Having been cleared of all charges, Qin Zhibo was planning to leave this place of trouble.

At this time, Herbert West, who was among the crowd of onlookers, ran over, and his short and thin figure blocked Qin Zhibo's way.

"Mr. Michael, I just heard you say that you wanted to ask Danforth something, right?"

"Actually, the hospital has Danforth's early treatment records, which include some conversation records used for psychoanalysis. If you need them..."

Hearing this, Qin Zhibo of course agreed readily.

……

The two came to the file room, and Herbert West stood alone in front of the file cabinet and found Danforth's medical record according to the initials of his name.

"This is Danforth's medical record. Take a look. Maybe there's something you want to know..."

"Oh! Just look at it here..."

Herbert enthusiastically moved the chair to the table and motioned Qin Zhibo to sit in the file room to review the medical record.

Looking at Herbert West, who was somewhat strangely enthusiastic, Qin Zhibo had a feeling that the other party was trying to get something from him.

Who would be so enthusiastic towards someone they meet for the first time?

Moreover, he just managed to get rid of suspicion by using his connections. If he were an ordinary person, he would definitely sneer at someone who used such power, right?

No, he is not an ordinary person...

Qin Zhibo still remembered that Herbert's actual age was much older than he looked, perhaps because he was a shrink, or for some other reason.

Of course, you can also think a little more simply, that Herbert's enthusiasm for himself is only because of Carl Sanford's connection.

In short, since we are here, we should make the best of it and take it one step at a time.

Qin Zhibo opened the medical record and began to bow his head.

Herbert West stood aside, looking down at Qin Zhibo's head, and Xuan'er could even see his scalp clearly.

goo—

Herbert swallowed imperceptibly.

……

Danforth's medical records first appeared in 1931, the year he was admitted to the asylum.

Although Danforth often spoke nonsense at that time and almost lost the ability to communicate like a normal person, he could still say something when he was in a good mood occasionally.

At that time, the doctors in the mental hospital would take advantage of this period to explore Danvers' mental journey from a child of destiny to a lunatic.

Professor Dell at the time commented that he was a child of destiny.

“Danforth is the most talented student I have ever met. He is not only very dedicated to geology, but also has a deep understanding of ancient texts.”

"But perhaps it was his bizarre and strange reading habits that ruined him..."

Qin Zhibo flipped through the comments of his family and friends on his mental condition and went straight to the dialogue session.

Doctor: Mr. Danvers, do you remember the adventure story that happened to you before?

Danforth: Remember...

Doctor: Please tell me about it.

Danforth: On September 1930, 9, we sailed from Boston Harbor on the small three-masted sailing vessels Arkham and Miskatonic…

The following content is almost the same as what was recorded in Mr. Mamiya's manuscript.

However, what surprised Qin Zhibo was that Danforth remembered the events that happened in the expedition and the corresponding time very clearly.

You have to know that this is a psychological assessment. It is impossible to put the diary next to him and let him read it. He remembered all these things relying on his crazy brain.

From this point of view, he does have a genius brain as Professor Dell commented.

Qin Zhibo quickly skipped the repeated experiences with Mr. Mamiya and went straight to look at the more rare and bizarre adventures that followed.

Danforth: ...Everyone else left the Black Mountains, leaving only Professor Dale and I to track down Gedney, who disappeared from the camp...

Danforth: Professor Dale and I tried several times, and finally found a reliable direction to fly into the heart of the Black Mountains, and then we saw...

Doctor: What did you see?

Danforth: An ancient city...

Danforth: There are towering stone towers and ramparts, five-pointed star-shaped forts, and magnificent mazes shaped by high walls...

Danforth: A bizarre megalithic city, perhaps 30 miles in diameter...

Next to Danforth's statement, the doctor wrote "delusional" in red handwriting.

Qin Zhibo guessed that the doctor marked it this way because he did not hear any relevant description in Professor Dell's version of the story.

In Professor Dale's version of the story, they encountered strong turbulence after taking off in the plane, and the plane almost crashed.

Although he managed to survive after a series of efforts, Danvers was terrified.

As for the tragedy in the camp, Gedney, a member of the missing camp, killed everyone in a state of mental disorder and escaped into the frozen soil of Antarctica alone.

This incident attracted widespread attention in the United States at the time, so Qin Zhibo had previously borrowed Kudo Yusaku's computer to find this information.

Of course, Qin Zhibo has no idea whether these are the truth.

……

Danforth: We entered the very center of the stone maze, where there was a vertical abyss, and we went to the bottom...

Doctor: How did you get down there?

Danforth: There are steps spiraling down the stone wall...

(No delusion that loses basic logic)

Danforth: Below the stairs is an endless corridor with murals on it. The murals tell the story of the Ancient Ones, Cthulhu and his clan, and the world war between Mi-Go...

(This may involve multiple personalities, where multiple personalities compete for control of the body, transferring this "competition" into delusions)

Although the doctor marked it this way, Qin Zhibo actually understood part of the meaning and extended some thoughts from it.

Cthulhu, this ugly word was once said by Conan, and Qin Zhibo didn’t know what it meant.

The Ancient Ones. One of his main quests is to see the Ancient Ones with his own eyes, and the manuscript of Mr. Mamiya also confirms that the Ancient Ones exist.

Mi-GO, Mr. Clock...

If the Ancients and the Mi-GOs are real...

So Cthulhu is fake?

Chapter 511 Buy an old seal and do a task (3000)

At the end of the medical record, Danforth continued to elaborate on his "conception".

Danforth: We came out of the corridor and followed the sled's track to find a cave. Inside the cave, there was a huge room with ugly penguins that were almost as tall as adults.

(Nihilistic delusion - Penguin, perhaps it has some symbolic meaning?)

Danforth: Going further inside, we saw Gedney's body and the body of the Ancient One... and there was a sound coming from that bottomless black hole!

Tekili-li!

Tekili-li!

The entire cave and the entire mountain were shaking! We ran away desperately!

The cave was full of horrible things! Those black, shiny, damned, shapeless creatures!

Shoggoths! All of them!

Eyes! Countless eyes rolling!

It devoured all the Penguins, except us!

……

The conversation record came to an abrupt end, and it was obvious that Danforth had lost control.

However, Qin Zhibo still summarized the latter part of the story from this intermittent conversation.

Danvers and Professor Dale entered the Mountains of Madness, discovered a city of the Ancients, and encountered the Shoggoths in the heart of the city.

Qin Zhibo just happened to know the information about Shoggoth, thanks to the fact that his Mythic skill had just been upgraded to level 4.

Shoggoths are amorphous protoplasmic bubbles whose cells can deconstruct and reorganize into various shapes and organs in an instant.

They are both creations of the Ancients and slaves of the Ancients.

It used to be...

With these "inspirations", Qin Zhibo also knew how to write the puzzle chapter of "Mountains of Madness".

Although these contents are somewhat shocking, writing is a kind of hobby for Qin Zhibo, so he doesn't care.

Qin Zhibo closed the medical record, stood up and handed it back to Herbert West.

"Thank you, Dr. Herbert."

The short Herbert West raised his hand to take the medical record, a strange smile on his lips.

"It's okay. If you want to check the medical records, you can come here often..."

Qin Zhibo frowned slightly, feeling that Herbert looked at him with a strange look.

This kind of look is the look of interest in something. Qin Zhibo had seen it in Matsumoto Ryohei before.

Qin Zhibo: "..."

Can eating human flesh make you younger?

Qin Zhibo didn't want to have too much communication with Arkham's eccentric doctor, so he quickly turned around and said goodbye, leaving Herbert West standing there and watching Qin Zhibo's back from afar.

……

After leaving Arkham Hospital, Qin Zhibo took the bus back to town.

Qin Zhibo still remembered the new main task he got at the Arkham Successful People Club yesterday, which was to investigate two members of the Silver Twilight Church.

Carl Sanford is one, and now there is still one missing.

Qin Zhibo tried to fight with his left and right hands, but it didn't trigger the mission completion reminder. This might be because he wasn't a formal member of the Silver Dusk Church, or his head didn't count.

However, Qin Zhibo still remembered another member of the Silver Dusk Church he met yesterday, Diana Stanley.

I learned from Mr. Clock on the way back to the hotel yesterday that Diana runs a boutique called "Amy" on Miskatonic Avenue in the town center.