Conan Rick's Investigator

But the good thing is that this kind of residence as narrow as a matchbox will give people an inexplicable sense of security, as if this coffin is their real home.

Lying inside, Qin Zhibo, who didn't sleep well last night, suddenly felt sleepy.

The eyes gradually closed.

Fortunately, just when his upper and lower eyelids were about to stick together, a famous saying from a great man brought Qin Zhibo back to his senses.

Why sleep for a long time while alive? You will sleep forever after you die!

Qin Zhibo still has some preparation work to do, so he can't sleep yet.

He quickly climbed out of the coffin and began to pull out the weeds nearby.

First, throw weeds into the bottom of the coffin, then put the rainproof cloth on it to make a simple bed, which will make you more comfortable lying in it at night.

Then pull up more grass to cover the coffin as much as possible, which can be regarded as an extra layer of disguise.

After finishing all this, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.

During this process, helicopters kept flying overhead, and Qin Zhibo had to hide in the coffin frequently.

It is estimated that the group of people in the villa called the police after they came down the mountain. The police have intervened and started searching for the escaped Takahashi Ryoichi.

"I hope the police won't find me here..."

Qin Zhibo prayed silently in the coffin.

However, even if the police found him, Qin Zhibo had thought of some reasons to deal with Inspector Megure.

For example, he wanted to capture Takahashi Ryoichi by "guarding the coffin and waiting for the rabbit".

Or are you just here for an outing?

I believe that with my current social credit in 2010, even if Megure doesn't believe it, he won't make things difficult for himself.

……

Time passed little by little until night fell completely and the sound of the helicopter disappeared.

Qin Zhibo gently moved the coffin lid and took out some compressed dry food from his backpack to fill his stomach.

After filling his stomach, Qin Zhibo closed the coffin lid again, leaving only a narrow gap for ventilation.

Although Qin Zhibo was lying in the coffin, there was a guard totem outside the coffin that provided a 360° field of vision, so he could still see what was happening outside at the first time.

As the time on the watch reached 8:00, some cold words appeared on the left side of Qin Zhibo's vision.

【Challenge mission begins】

Survive Until Dawn

[Countdown: 8:00]

【7:59:59】

【7:59:58】

……

Chapter 59: Strange Sounds at Midnight

The time setting for the challenge task is quite generous, that is, it will end at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning.

The mission is over in the blink of an eye.

But Qin Zhibo knew that it would definitely not be that simple. As a challenging task, there must be something extraordinary about it.

Maybe there are ghosts in this cemetery?

Or are there creatures in the forest?

Rather than a living creature, Qin Zhibo actually prefers that it was a ghost.

Because ghosts and monsters have no meaning to people with iron wills like me. As long as I am not afraid, ghosts will be powerless.

But it’s different for living things. This thing can actually hurt your body.

However, whether it is a ghost or a creature, Qin Zhibo has determined the rules of action for tonight.

That is "I don't move if the enemy doesn't move, and I will move if the enemy moves."

……

In the coffin, Qin Zhibo's knees were slightly bent, and his upper body was lying straight.

This situation reminded Qin Mo Ming of a movie he had seen before, called "Buried Alive".

The film tells the story of an American truck driver who was kidnapped and buried alive in a coffin to die.

In the film, the actors' performances vividly express the panic and mental frenzy in the extremely claustrophobic space.

At the end of the film, the sudden fall from the paradise of hope to the abyss of despair is the highlight of the whole film.

But now Qin Zhibo is much more comfortable than the protagonist in "Buried Alive".

Qin Zhibo was also lying in a coffin, but there was a gap in the lid of his coffin for ventilation, through which he could see the moonlit and starry night sky outside.

Moreover, the mountaineering backpack was placed on his legs, containing food and water, and the crowbar was also on his right hand side, so he could take it whenever he needed it.

In this case, the coffin is not a coffin for burying people alive, but rather a fortress that can give people a sense of security.

Time passed slowly, and suddenly, there was some noise outside the coffin.

This is a rustling sound made by the movement of grass.

Hearing this voice, Qin Zhibo, who was already a little drowsy, immediately opened his eyes and stopped breathing for a moment.

The rustling sound was continuous and moved back and forth within a range of less than two meters from Qin Zhibo's coffin.

It can be confirmed that this is some kind of living creature that is in continuous motion.

Was it discovered so soon?

Qin Zhibo remembered the grass he had piled near the coffin as camouflage during the day.

If the threat tonight is some non-intelligent entity, the grass near the coffin will serve as camouflage.

But if it is an intelligent being, it will serve as a reminder anyway by changing the terrain here.

This unnatural pile of grass is like a reminder, "There's something in here, come and take a look!"

But even if he thought of this now, Qin Zhibo couldn't open the coffin lid to deal with it.

Qin Zhibo grasped the crowbar beside him and turned his attention to the guard totem.

As the guard totem's vision turned, Qin Zhibo found the location of his coffin.

At first, he didn't see anything strange surrounding his coffin.

But suddenly, a black shadow emerged from the weeds next to the coffin.

This thing was neither small nor big, and it bent over the coffin lid.

At the same time, Qin Zhibo heard some sounds above his head, like sharp nails scratching wood.

Knock--

Knock--

Hearing this voice, Qin Zhibo's heart tightened slightly, and even his iron will was shaken.

90, 89, 90...

The tense state lasted for five seconds, and then Qin Zhibo relaxed.

Because of the view outside the coffin provided by the guard totem, Qin Zhibo recognized that the black thing was actually a mouse.

As night falls, the creature becomes more active.

However, it is hard to believe if you say it out loud. According to Qin Zhibo's visual observation, the size of this mouse is almost the same as that of a kitten!

The rat's claws and teeth kept hitting the coffin, and short, trivial knocking and squeaking sounds continued to be heard.

If this continues, the rotten coffin lid will sooner or later be bitten through by these hateful rodents.

So Qin Zhibo, who was under the coffin lid, took the initiative to make some noises, trying to drive away the fat rat.

"go……"

“Go, go—”

"roll!"

Qin Zhibo's voice gradually became louder, but he found that the mouse didn't seem to be afraid of human voices at all.

On the contrary, as the pitch of his voice became higher, the mouse gnawed on the coffin faster and faster, as if it were chewing potato chips.

Kacha~kacha~kacha~

"The louder I scream, the more excited you get?"

Qin Zhibo guessed so.

The mouse's personality really annoyed Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo raised his feet to slightly prop up the coffin lid, then adjusted the crowbar in his hand to make it as upright as possible.

Based on the location of the sound from the coffin lid, Qin Zhibo found the position of the mouse and suddenly poked it with the crowbar in his hand.

card!

The crowbar instantly pierced through the coffin lid, which was only left with a thin layer of debris gnawed by rats, and the rat slid off the coffin lid.

After getting rid of the annoying fat rat, Qin Zhibo's ears finally regained their peace.

In order to confirm whether the rat dared to cause trouble again, Qin Zhibo turned his attention back to the guard totem.

But a strange scene occurred.

Qin was busy fighting the rats just now and didn't notice that a layer of white mist had been floating in the entire cemetery since some time ago.

The white mist flowed strangely, as if white liquid from another world was flowing.

This made Qin Zhibo a little puzzled.

It was foggy last night because it had just rained and there was enough moisture on the ground, which made it easy to fog.

But it has been sunny all day today. Logically, the water vapor should have evaporated, so why is there still fog?

Qin Zhibo turned the guard totem's 360-degree field of view and looked around the entire cemetery.

Suddenly, a strange sound came from the deserted graves in the cemetery.

The sound was a little hurried, like a woman crying.

Alas--

Woo hoo——hoo hoo——

These short sounds were heard each time in a different location in the white fog of the cemetery, accompanied by the rustling sound of movement in the grass.

Is that the mouse from before?

But is this the sound a mouse would make?

Could it be that a female ghost in the cemetery made such a sound?

Qin Zhibo's common sense was not enough to determine the origin of the sound, so he could only use the guard totem to track the situation in the grass as much as possible.

The guard totem's field of view rotated rapidly, as if it was controlling a surveillance screen with a rotating perspective.

At a certain moment when his vision turned, Qin Zhibo suddenly saw something unusual.

There was a thing lying on the coffin where he was lying!

This is not a mouse.

It is much larger than a mouse.

Its back was covered with green spots, and its gray limbs were lying on the coffin like a dog, with its unclear head facing the gap in the coffin lid, which was not closed tightly.

Qin Zhibo quickly took away the vision of the guard totem and used his own vision again.

I saw a pair of eyes staring at me lying in the coffin through the gap.