Conan Rick's Investigator

"Please come in."

Under the guidance of Rugetsu Fengshui, Qin Zhibo and Conan came to his painting studio. A huge panoramic floor-to-ceiling window faced the direction of Mount Fuji, but the curtains were tightly drawn.

The three of them sat on the ground, and Ruyue Fengshui spoke first.

"I've already told the police everything I wanted to say. Even if a famous detective like you comes to ask, I'm going to say the same thing."

Ruyue Fengshui's tone was not very patient, but Qin Zhibo expressed his understanding.

"Actually, the reason I came here this time wasn't to ask you about the case, but to ask you to draw a picture for me."

When Conan heard this, he immediately looked at Qin Zhibo in surprise.

This is different from what we agreed on!

Aren’t you here to investigate the case?

Ruyue Fengshui was also a little surprised and asked suspiciously, "Aren't you here to investigate?"

Qin Zhibo changed the subject and said with a smile, "Of course, if you want to talk about the case, I would be happy to do so..."

"Stop." Ruyue Fengshui stretched out his hand to stop her. "Since you're all here, I can't let you leave empty-handed. I'll draw a small picture for each of you."

"But don't expect this painting to sell for much money. It's just a souvenir..."

Qin Zhibo bowed humbly.

"Just to my liking."

……

Next, Ruyue Fengshui prepared various painting tools and lay on the ground to start creating.

During this period, Qin Zhibo kept his promise and said nothing, never mentioning anything about the case.

This made Conan feel a little broken.

You said you would come here to investigate, what are you doing?!

But what Conan didn't know was that Qin Zhibo had already started "investigating the case".

Looking around, Qin Zhibo was observing whether there were any investigation points in this studio of dozens of square meters.

However, the cabinets on both sides were filled with various paints, brushes, drawing boards, canvases, and drawing papers, and there seemed to be nothing related to the case.

In that case, let's change places.

"Excuse me, where is the toilet?" Qin Zhibo asked.

"Turn right when you get out of the door."

Ruyue Fengshui, who was painting, didn't even raise his head.

Qin Zhibo left the studio and did not go into the toilet. Instead, he quickly looked for any investigation points in the courtyard.

If it is a eucalyptus-cutting tool such as an axe, it may be buried in the soil in the courtyard, and you should be able to see the investigation point.

But after searching around, there were no investigation points on the land, but a small warehouse was found next to the mansion.

Qin Zhibo pushed open the door of the warehouse, and the sunlight that penetrated through the ceiling formed a Tyndall effect. Inside were a large number of dusty and old drawing boards.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is just a useless storage room.

But in Qin Zhibo's eyes, a bright investigation point was flashing on the workbench at the innermost part of the warehouse.

Qin Zhibo walked over carefully and took a closer look, only to find that the investigation point flashing was a thin stone slab.

The surface of the slate has an ancient texture, and there are white particles pressed into the rough stone crevices, which look like salt grains.

The image of a lizard-like monster was sketched on the stone slab with extremely rough strokes, but upon closer inspection, it was completely different from any reptile on Earth.

Next to it is an inscription of text that is twisted like a reptile.

Qin Zhibo carefully distinguished and found that this was the language he learned after transforming into a deep diver - Lalaye language.

It’s actually Lalaye language!

What on earth is this?

Qin Zhibo felt inexplicably excited, as if a huge and unknown treasure was appearing before him.

【Survey√】

[Luoyan City Textbook (fragment): Written by an unknown author around 3000 BC.

The book records the stories of the Deep One, the Father God Dagon and the Mother Goddess Hydra, the Cthulhu Clan, Cthulhu himself, and Cthulhu's descendants.

It also records the destruction of the original Mu continent and the sinking of Lalaye.

[Reading this book will reduce your Willpower by 10-40 points, and your Mythic Knowledge skill proficiency + the Willpower lost by reading it × 100]

[Incomplete, unreadable]

The long-lost mythological book appeared, but Qin Zhibo did not expect it to be in this form.

This isn't even a book in the traditional sense.

Although this book cannot be read because it is incomplete, the loss of willpower points while reading it also opened Qin Zhibo's eyes. The maximum loss was 40 points!

If an ordinary person has 50 points of willpower, he will go crazy on the spot after reading it!

A true cult classic!

And judging from the introduction, Cthulhu is mentioned again.

Cthulhu, Cthulhu, and Cthulhu again...

What on earth is this disgusting word?

Qin Zhibo had searched for information about Cthulhu on the Internet before, but there was very little introduction about her on the webpage. It only said that she was one of the gods in ancient mythology and lived in the underwater city "Lalaye".

If you want to fully understand the concept of "Cthulhu", the only way at the moment is to read the textbook of Luoyan City in front of you.

Qin Zhibo stretched out his hands, wanting very much to take away this "treasure" that was not easy to find, but reason finally prevailed and he did not take it away directly.

Qin Zhibo glanced around and found some old drawing paper and pencils.

Placing the drawing paper on the slate, Qin Zhibo quickly traced the pictures and words on the slate and put them in his pocket.

After doing this, Qin Zhibo quickly restored everything to its original state and left the warehouse.

……

Back in the studio, the two paintings of Ruyue Fengshui were almost finished.

The content of the painting is very simple, just simple sketches of Qin Zhibo and Conan's portraits, and the style is somewhat similar to comics.

No wonder Ruyue Fengshui said that he couldn’t sell it for much money, because this was not the Japanese painting he was best at.

Now that they had the painting, Qin Zhibo and Conan had no reason to stay at Ruyue Fengshui's house and had to leave.

Conan took a look at the painting in his hand, then looked up at Qin Zhibo, his big blinking eyes seemed to be able to speak.

Meaning: What did you discover?

Conan was still able to tell that Qin Zhibo going to the toilet was fake, but secretly investigating the clues was real.

But Qin Zhibo didn't respond at all. He just took the painting and strode down the mountain.

Conan: "..."

……

After returning to the hotel, Qin Zhibo called Koizumi Hongzi.

"I found something rare, I hope you can help me take a look."

As a witch, Koizumi Hongzi has the inheritance and accumulation of the Red Magic Clan, so she might be able to find some reliable information.

Koizumi Akako did not refuse this.

In the evening, Koizumi Hongzi took a flight, actually riding a flying broom, to Nishitama City.

Taking the lithograph from Qin Zhibo's hand, Koizumi Hongzi looked at it for a while.

"This kind of lizard monster is very rare, and it's hard to tell what it is..."

"But the text next to it seems to have some resemblance to ancient Egyptian cuneiform. I'll check it out when I get back. Maybe I can find some clues..."

After seeing off Koizumi Akako on the hotel balcony, Qin Zhibo went back to bed to sleep.

For some reason, Qin Zhibo felt unusually tired today.

Chapter 559 Unexpected Visitor

The next morning, Qin Zhibo woke up from his daze.

That night, Qin Zhibo's sleep quality was not ideal, and he kept dreaming of some strange images that he had seen before.

Ghouls, Mi-GOs, Deep Ones...

These things are like lingering information nightmares, bombarding the brain in turns and making people restless.

So when Qin Zhibo woke up in the morning, he felt a headache.

I checked my willpower and was surprised to find that it had decreased.

[Under mental attack from an unknown creature, Willpower decreased by 5 points]

A prompt from the system told Qin Zhibo what happened last night.

A mental attack from an unknown creature?

But I didn’t encounter any unknown creatures yesterday!

Qin Zhibo held his aching head with his hand and recalled the series of events that happened yesterday.

In the morning, I was investigating a case at Hara Yoshiaki's house with Inspector Megure, Kogoro Mori and others.

In the afternoon, I visited Ruyue Fengshui's home and copied a fragment of the Luoyan City textbook...

Could it be the Luoyan City textbook?

But apart from the humanoid Death God Conan, he really didn't see any strange creatures...

Qin Zhibo looked around the room and found nothing unusual. Even the balcony window was closed exactly the same way as when he sent Koizumi Hongzi away yesterday.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo recalled that he was very tired before going to bed last night, and even went to bed several hours earlier than usual.

Somewhat weird...

If it is really related to the Luoyan City textbook, we can only wait and see if Koizumi Hongzi can find any clues.

Qin Zhibo held his forehead, closed his eyes and rested, trying to gather his energy for tonight's opening ceremony.

……

Building A of the Twin Towers at dusk.

Celebrities who witnessed the opening of the building entered the building one after another. Qin Zhibo also came to the place agreed with Masami Miura, and happened to see Inspector Megure and other police officers squatting in the parking lot in front of the building.

Due to Mio Tokiwa's strong opposition, all the police could only watch downstairs.

"You've worked hard, I'll go in and have dinner first."

Officer Memu: "..."

After saying goodbye to the police outside the building, Qin Zhibo, Masami Asano and Haibara Ai came to the first floor lobby.

While waiting for the elevator, Kogoro Mouri, Ran Mouri, Conan, and the three little ones also arrived, and finally followed by Suzuki Sonoko.

When they saw Suzuki Sonoko's hairstyle, Qin Zhibo and Haibara Ai both widened their eyes slightly, a little surprised.

She actually had the same hairstyle as Haibara Ai!

Even Conan was stunned. He recalled the image of Haibara Ai as a grown-up woman in his mind and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"How's it going? Does it look good?"

"I learned this from this kid..."

Sonoko was frank about the source of her hairstyle inspiration, which made Ayumi start to fantasize again. She thought about getting a wavy hairstyle like Haibara Ai in the future to attract Conan's attention.

"By the way, where is Mr. Amuro from last time?"