Conan Rick's Investigator

Therefore, Qin Zhibo chose to exit this space first and then read Kyosuke Senma's notes.

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After returning to the surface, Qin Zhibo didn't go too far.

Since I didn't know how to close the fountain, I could only stand the nuclear lighter on the edge of the pool, put the notebook next to it, and use the flame to

【Kyosuke Chima's Notes】

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Who keeps a diary? But notes are okay...

There are actually survey points in this notebook, but once Qin Zhibo starts reading the survey, his brain will enter "movie mode" and he won't even notice if someone is trying to chop him with a knife.

In such an environment, giving up observation of the outside world is obviously an unwise choice.

Qin Zhibo opened the first page of his notes and started directly from the moment he received the invitation from Karasuma Renya...

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On May 1956, 5, I received an invitation from the wealthy Karasuma Renya to come to a place called Twilight Villa to help him find the treasure left by his mother in the villa. Also invited were talented people from other fields.

On May 5, Karasuma Renya summoned us for the first time. He was an old man in a wheelchair who needed servants to take care of him at all times.

Karasuma Renya announced to us the mystery left by his mother, which was a string of coded codes: Two travelers in a hurry, looking up at the sky at night... the earth changed color.

On May 5th, he is indeed one of the richest men in Japan today. Even in the face of a national economic depression, he can still provide all of us who are invited here with a considerable amount of money every day as a reward.

Here, I have no worries about food and clothing, and I have servants to take care of me. Seriously, I want to stay here forever...

On May 5th, there were many crows in the forest surrounding the villa, and they cried "cock-a-doodle-doo" every night, which was very annoying.

But according to the servants in the annex, these were all raised by Karasuma Renya.

On May 5, the progress of cracking the code was extremely slow, and compared with half a month ago, there was almost no progress at all.

But those of us who were invited were happy and comfortable. Under the current situation in Japan, it is not easy to find a "job" with a stable income. No one wants to end the code cracking work too early and lose this hard-earned job.

On May 5, I suffered from insomnia, but for the sake of my family's prosperous life, I had to endure it.

June 6rd: My insomnia is getting worse, and the cries of crows every night are giving me a headache. I really want to buy a slingshot to drive away these annoying birds.

However, the supplies entering and leaving the annex are strictly controlled by Karasuma Renya, and slingshots are not among the items allowed to be purchased.

On June 6, Karasuma Renya summoned us for the second time, and his physical condition seemed to be worse than when we met last month.

He asked us about the progress of cracking the code, and all of us stammered and were speechless.

As if anticipating this situation, Karasuma Renya brought two more burly men in black this time than the last time they met.

Karasuma Renya slid his fingers over our heads, seemingly pointing out a linguist at random, and had two men in black take the person away.

On June 6th, under pressure from Karasuma Renya, the remaining scholars were forced to begin cracking the code. I was no exception.

On June 6, the code could refer to a very wide range of areas, and several days passed without any progress.

On June 6, I wrote a letter to my friend, Yasuhiro Mamiya, telling him about my experiences and situation here.

He was the first Japanese to reach Antarctica. He studied at Miskatonic University in the United States in his early years. He is a historian and calls himself an "intellectual full of twisted ideas."

When he learned about my experience, he joked that he would place a puzzle in his blue castle and leave it for future generations to solve. This is true romance.

But I can feel that everything that is happening in the Twilight Villa may have nothing to do with romance.

June 6th. Insomnia continues to plague me, and I can no longer tolerate the crows.

On June 6, I wandered through the woods surrounding the annex, looking for materials suitable for making a slingshot.

During the process, I discovered a very strange tree with a metallic gray color and a very regular shape. It might be some strange plant planted by Karasuma Renya.

On June 6, I found a branch in the woods that was just the right shape, and I pulled out the rubber band from my pants to make a simple slingshot.

At night, I used this slingshot to shoot the crows outside the window. They were finally scared away and I felt extremely satisfied.

On June 6, the linguist who had been dragged away by Karasuma Renya miraculously returned.

We all came forward to ask about his well-being and where he went after he left, but in fact we were more concerned about the fate we might face in the future.

However, the linguist did not say anything useful, but just kept repeating "I forgot".

On June 6, Karasuma Renya summoned us on time to inquire about the progress of cracking the code.

Compared to when we met last month, he seemed to be in worse health. He kept coughing and looked like he would die at any time.

This time, there were more men in black following him. After learning that our code cracking work still had no progress, he directly ordered his men to take five people away.

On June 6, the five people who were taken away a few days ago returned soon, but they were not as unharmed as the previous linguist.

Their heads were shaved and a large circular hole was cut on them. They looked horrifying, like the monster in the science fiction novel "Frankenstein".

When asked what happened, they also replied that they didn't remember.

On June 6th, the remaining scholars planned to protest this inhumane act to Karasuma Renya together, but more men in black suddenly entered the Dusk Annex.

They were armed with guns and we didn't dare to resist at all.

The Dusk Villa suddenly turned from a paradise into a hell. The pressure of survival forced us to try every possible way to decipher the code so that we could leave here safely and reunite with our families.

Chapter 594 I am Xia En!

On June 6, I came up with a new idea for cracking the code.

Since the code was left by the original owner of the annex, Karasuma Renya's mother, the clue to deciphering the code should also be hidden in the annex.

We asked Karasuma Renya for permission to enter the study, and after receiving permission, we searched the books for any possible clues.

On June 6, the collection of books in the Dusk Annex was very rich and mysterious, and it contained some terrifying books that could be called demonic cult classics.

"Mad Dark God", "Dark Ritual", "Dark Tome", "Dark Classic", "Black Book of the Skull", "Cult of the Dead", "Magic and Black Magic", "Revelation of Cthulhu"...

These cult texts, filled with dark knowledge, pollute the worldview of scholars, and after reading them, one's entire mind seems to be unhealthy.

Fortunately, I was more rational and did not read these books that obviously had nothing to do with code cracking.

I want to go home, my wife and daughter are waiting for me...

On June 6, I maintained my sanity and finally found the book that might contain clues to the code.

Technically, it's a play called The King in Yellow.

The story of The King in Yellow is quite revealing, as it tells the story of a supernatural being that destroys a kingdom.

The ending of the characters in the script was very similar to the content of the code, which gave me hope of cracking the code.

July 7nd, Ever since I read The King in Yellow, my brain has been plagued by nightmares for several days.

The image of the King in Yellow lingered in my mind, horrific dreams kept playing out in my head, and terrible nightmares kept haunting me.

Under great psychological pressure, I learned to smoke from my fellow scholars. I had never smoked before.

Hopefully this will ease my stress.

On July 7, smoking did not make the situation better, but my physical and mental state became worse.

The tone of Dusk Villa changed from the joy and leisure of two months ago to sadness and suspicion, which was caused by irreversible despair.

I no longer use a slingshot to drive away the crows, because their cries seem to have become a rare lullaby in the quiet night.

hear--

Oh~oh~

How beautiful!

As July 7th approached, the scholars were so immersed in this oppressive environment that they simply let themselves go completely.

The sheets were covered in filthy excrement, books were burned in the fire, and red wine was spilled on the dining table...

The men in black who were monitoring us and the servants who served us had long since left the annex, leaving us to fend for ourselves.

Fortunately, there's still enough food and cigarettes here to last until the day Karasuma Renya comes to inspect the results...

July 7th, the day finally arrived.

Looking at the scholars whose sanity had been completely eaten away, Karasuma Renya was not surprised.

He ordered the men in black to gather us together like animals and asked the same questions as two months ago.

None of the scholars was able to answer except me.

Even though I suffered a huge blow physically and mentally, I still did not give up on cracking the code. It was "The King in Yellow" that gave me the key clue.

At the end of Act I, Scene II of The King in Yellow, when the clock strikes midnight, everyone must take off their pale masks and reveal their true selves.

Only the traveler from afar did not take off the mask and said bluntly, "I am the real one."

Twelve o'clock midnight is the "real" time.

The only clock in the entire Dusk Villa is in the restaurant. When you adjust the time to midnight, "reality" will come.

When the clock was adjusted, the entire building began to shake violently.

A large amount of smoke emerged from the ventilation duct, quickly engulfing the space of the annex.

Also coming in the smoke was a creature called "Shaen".

To introduce Shane, we have to introduce another creature called "Shaggai Zerg".

The Shaggai Zerg originate from Shaggai, a distant planet with twin green suns.

They do not need to eat and have no natural enemies on the planet Xiagai. They can survive for up to ten centuries simply by photosynthesizing like plants.

On the planet Shaggai, besides their rich material life, their spiritual life is to generally worship a god named "Sada Hegra".

They built countless pyramid temples to express their respect and worship for the gods.

Due to their direct worship of "Sada Hegra", they gained a racial talent that allows them to travel directly between the brains of other creatures.

One day, the "Judgment Star" came with a wonderful celestial sound, bringing destruction to the Xiagai planet. The Xiagai Zerg had to leave their home planet and flee to other planets.

Arriving at the planet Sekhlotor, there is a metallic grey plant with strong body but low intelligence. The Shagai Zerg captured it and used it as a slave to rebuild their homeland.

Soon, the Xiagai Zerg discovered that these plants actually had a terrible religion, and this religion was gradually devouring the Zerg.

So, the Xiagai Zerg continued to flee, taking only a small number of metal plants as slave species.

A long time passed after that.

During their continuous interstellar exile, the spiritual world of the Shaggai Zerg gradually changed. They lost their rationality, became cruel and degenerate, and indulged in continuous violence and abuse.

Eventually, they arrived on Earth, landing their last flying temple near the Severn Valley in England.

At the beginning, their lives were not easy.

Although the Xiagai Zerg possessed marvelous racial talents, their population was too small. Facing the vast human population, they had no chance of winning. Therefore, they could only struggle to survive and carefully protect their habitats from being discovered by the outside world.

Until one day, a man named "Umaru Renye" sent an envoy to find the Shagai Zerg in the Seven Valley.

Karasuma Renya claims to be the son of a British nobleman, and the Severn Valley is the fiefdom of this nobleman. As long as he can find a way to successfully take the throne, he can ensure that there will be no human beings in the surrounding area.

The Xiagai Zerg agreed to a deal with Karasuma Renye... When Karasuma Renye's father died suddenly, Karasuma Renye, who took the throne as the heir, also kept his promise to the Zerg.

However, decades later, Karasuma Renya made a new request, requiring three members of the Xiagai insect tribe to be sacrificed for an experiment.

This was a biological experiment that mixed the genes of the Shaggai Zerg with those of the Crow. The experiment was very successful and "Shaen" was created.

"Shaen" also possesses the breeding ability of crows, as well as part of the physiological structure, spiritual world and racial talents of the Shaggai Zerg.

The only regret is that "Shaen" cannot travel directly between the brains of other creatures like the Shaggai Zerg, it must rely on smoke as a medium.

In order to feed these "Shaens", Karasuma Renye used plant slaves borrowed from the Shagai insect tribe to build the Dusk Villa in Japan.

Mother's treasure?

The secret code for treasure?

There is no such thing as a secret code!

Everything was made up by Karasuma Renya.

If you ask me why I know this, it's because...

I am Shane.