Conan Rick's Investigator

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"We stayed in the annex for the first half of the night. It was just a very ordinary annex..."

This "ordinary" refers to the large number of human corpses in the underground space as Qin Zhibo mentioned.

But now the entire villa has disappeared, along with the underground space, so everything Qin Zhibo said cannot be confirmed.

Including note-taking.

In fact, this is also the result Qin Zhibo wants. As long as he cannot find the notes, he cannot confirm who the "Xia En" he mentioned is.

At this moment, Conan suddenly jumped off Ran Mouri's back, ignored the pain in his feet, and crawled through the gap between the fences.

"Conan!" Ran Mouri shouted, but was ignored by him.

Conan ran to the deep pit and tentatively reached out his hand into the void in front of him, but still touched nothing.

Including the deep pits on the ground, they are real.

This is not a trick, but the Dusk Villa has really disappeared.

In just over an hour, the building covering such a huge area disappeared silently in the mountains, as if it had never appeared.

After learning the truth, Conan fell to the ground with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Conan: Will-20

Ka——Cha——

Conan's worldview began to crack like the outer wall of the Twilight Annex.

……

Another half an hour passed before the large group of people who had called the police for the second time arrived.

Detective Bai Ma still didn't believe that such a large building would disappear, so he ordered many police officers to search the mountains, trying to find the shadow of the Dusk Villa.

But after a day of hard work, it was still in vain.

Afterwards, Bai Ma Tan asked researchers from the Bai Ma Research Institute to investigate in the deep pit where the Dusk Villa once existed, and they made some discoveries.

First of all, it is impossible for the Dusk Villa to be moved away with the help of some kind of flamethrower, because the soil under the deep pit shows no signs of being burned.

Secondly, there are some gold fragments left in the deep pit, which are not natural gold, but artificially synthesized 18K gold.

Finally, the planetarium provided astronomical data, indicating that no meteorite fell in Gunma Prefecture that day, and it was impossible that the Dusk Annex was attacked by a celestial body.

As for the architectural blueprint of the Dusk Villa, it does not exist. The Dusk Villa itself is an illegal building, and because of its age, it has never been registered with the relevant departments.

In other words, up to now, all clues about the Twilight Villa have been interrupted.

If it weren't for the deep pit and surrounding facilities such as fences that remained, people would not even be able to determine that it had ever existed.

In Japan, there is a term called "Kamikakushi", which refers to being hidden by gods and monsters, being abducted, kidnapped, or entertained, and their whereabouts are unknown.

According to Japanese folk beliefs, cases of Kamikakushi mostly occur to children, but there are also cases of Kamikakushi occurring to adults, such as men who are bewitched by fox spirits, women who are abducted by Tengu, and so on.

But this is the first time a building has disappeared...

Of course, when there was almost no physical evidence, Qin Zhibo, the witness, played a key role.

The police questioned Qin Zhibo about what he saw and heard in the Twilight Villa, and Qin Zhibo reported what he saw truthfully.

It's just an abridged version, which doesn't include what "Shane" is specifically.

A hybrid of an alien and a crow, capable of invading the brains of animals through the medium of smoke...

How could I possibly tell the police about something that sounds even more ridiculous than the "disappearance" of Twilight Villa?

Putting aside the "disappearance" of Twilight Annex, the part about the murder case is relatively clear at a glance.

Old Lady Qianjian and Da Shang Zhushan jointly planned this gathering of famous detectives, hoping to borrow the wisdom of the famous detectives to decipher the code, and then kill everyone after everything is over.

However, Da Shang Zhu Shan was murdered by the old lady Qian Jian through trickery and became the first martyr.

In addition, Ikumi Gunda finally woke up after being in a coma for two days.

In addition to the parts of the case that she agreed with others, Ikumi Gunda also provided some fragments of her own memories in the woods.

"After Conan left, I felt like I was caught by something. I couldn't see what it was, but it seemed like a gray thing..."

"It kept dragging me until I passed out, and I had no idea what it was..."

Everyone looked at Qin Zhibo, because only Qin Zhibo, who rescued Gunda Ikumi, could answer this question.

But Qin Zhibo also shook his head, "I don't know what happened. When I found you, you were just lying on the ground..."

"Maybe it's a wild animal?" Maori Kogoro, who had never experienced such things, said nonchalantly, "If I go, I can definitely get to the bottom of this whole incident!"

As usual, Kogoro Mouri boasted about his business abilities, which made Ran Mouri and Conan certain that this was Kogoro Mouri himself, the real thing.

Qiangtian Yumei didn't care about Maori Kogoro's boasting. She turned to look at Qin Zhibo and said with a smile: "Thank you."

"polite……"

Qin Zhibo waved his hand casually, leaving behind a handsome back.

At this point, the entire Dusk Villa case has been completely concluded.

The rest can only be solved by scientists.

……

After returning to Tokyo, Qin Zhibo did not return to the office immediately, but went to the auto repair shop first.

The Ford Mustang convertible sports car I won at the opening ceremony of the Twin Towers was repaired yesterday.

But at that time, Qin Zhibo was in Gunma Prefecture, and the case of Twilight Villa was being concluded, so he couldn't come back.

When he arrived at the repair shop, a brand new Ford Mustang convertible appeared before Qin Zhibo's eyes.

Since it is a new car, even if it has been damaged in water, it can be sold at a minimum of 50% off, which is five million.

Based on the surrounding housing prices, the third floor above the office is expected to cost at least 3000 million yen.

More than a month ago, or maybe two months ago...

Who knows? Anyway, Qin Zhibo had saved a total of 2700 million yen.

Together with the 200 million check that Mrs. Qianjian sent when she sent the invitation letter, and this Mustang convertible which is also a personal asset, Qin Zhibo already has enough capital to buy the third floor of the office.

The third floor of the office is of irreplaceable importance to Qin Zhibo. In order to avoid it being snatched away by others, Qin Zhibo decided to book it today.

"Hello? Is this Negishi Real Estate?"

"I'm the person who asked about the third floor of Beihua Sanchome 37 some time ago..."

"Yes, I'm interested in this place. Let's ask the landlord to come and look at the house together..."

"Tomorrow will do. I live nearby, so it's more convenient."

"Okay, see you tomorrow at 9 o'clock."

The real estate agency was easily locked in, and Qin Zhibo breathed a sigh of relief.

This means that there is no competition for this house so far, and I will have some advantages in bargaining.

Just as Qin Zhibo was about to return to the office, the phone rang again and Qin Zhibo picked up the call.

"Hey?"

A familiar voice sounded again on the other end of the phone.

"Hello, I'm from Negishi Real Estate Agency."

"I'm here to inform you that someone wants to inspect the house you listed with us tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock."

Chapter 605 The Unruly Detective

House for sale?

After the agent hung up the phone, Qin Zhibo stood there in a daze.

The person on the third level of the agency for sale is actually "himself"?

Qin Zhibo had previously seen the sale information of this house at a nearby real estate agency and thought that someone else was selling the third floor.

I called to inquire, and the agent said the reason for the sale was that the landlord was going abroad recently. I didn’t expect that they were talking about me?

For a moment, Qin Zhibo didn't know whether this was good news or bad news.

The good news is that you don’t have to spend the money you have saved with great difficulty, as no one will spend money to buy a house that already belongs to them.

The bad news is that the living space I have always wanted is actually mine, but I didn’t even know it.

After learning that the third floor also belonged to him, Qin Zhibo wanted to go back and take a look the most.

It can be considered as an advance house viewing.

……

After settling the car repair bill, Qin Zhibo drove his Ford Mustang convertible sports car back to the office quickly.

The building where Zhibo Detective Agency is located is similar to Mao Li's agency, also three stories high.

It’s just that the first floor is a women’s clothing store, and Qin Zhibo is sure that he is not the landlord of this floor.

The second floor is the detective agency, and the third floor has always been vacant, at least that's what Qin Zhibo thought.

Walking up the stairs to the third floor, Qin Zhibo reached out and felt around on the door frame because there was no carpet on the floor.

Sure enough, after some searching, he found a key.

The original owner's habit was to hide the key near the door after going out, and Qin Zhibo had already mastered this.

But this further proves that although the third floor of the office that he has been thinking about seems far away, it is actually very close.

Katsa——

Qin Zhibo used the key to open the door lock naturally, and pushed the door open a crack. A faint musty smell wafted into his nose.

As the door opened completely, a very simple living room appeared before Qin Zhibo's eyes.

The TV, the dusty coffee table, a chair… gone.

In addition, there are four more rooms, and Qin Zhibo plans to check them one by one.

The first room is a bedroom. The bed in the bedroom is an empty bed frame with no bedding on it, and the closet is completely empty.

Although this bedroom is at least twice as large as the bedroom downstairs, the original owner did not choose to live here.

Of course, it may also be because the house is being sold and the house is cleared out in advance.

Qin Zhibo came to the second room and pushed the door open. It was a relatively clean toilet with no personal items inside.

Qin Zhibo pushed the door of the third room and went in. It was also a bedroom, but it was smaller than the previous one and had the same size as the bedroom downstairs.

When he arrived at the last room, Qin Zhibo reached out and pushed the door, but the room was pitch black.

The thick black curtains blocked the sunlight outside, but Qin Zhibo still found through the thin light that there was no furniture in the room, and it seemed to be an empty room.

But there seemed to be some black lines on the wooden floor.

Qin Zhibo took out a nuclear lighter, and the steady flame allowed him to see clearly.

On the wooden floor of this room, there is a huge ritual magic circle!

Qin Zhibo had received basic magic instruction from Koizumi Hongzi and knew that these large formations drawn on a certain cross section were ritual magic formations.

Theoretically, only those with magical powers can use magic circles, but ritual magic circles do not require this.

The principle of the ritual magic circle is to establish a connection between the caster and the castee. The requirement for this connection is that one of them is strong enough and has magic power. The other party does not need to have magic power to cast the ritual magic circle.

Of course, the success rate would be higher if you had magic power.

However, this ritual magic circle is far more complicated than some of the magic circles that Koizumi Hongzi has shown. It is full of obscure inscriptions and strange geometric shapes.

They were drawn one stroke at a time with black paint. Even for someone like Qin Zhibo who already had painting skills, it would take at least two days to draw such a standard and huge magic circle.

In the middle of the magic circle, there is a circle similar to where the caster is, and in the middle is an ancient dagger with blood on the blade.

Qin Zhibo looked at the palm of his left hand, where there was a shallow scar.