Conan Rick's Investigator

The sound coming from the ground was solid, which meant it was not hollow inside.

What was even worse was that there were some stale mosses and mushrooms growing on the soil beneath the crypt.

What is the principle?

It was clearly a bottomless cave yesterday, how come it turned into a solid ground today?

Qin Zhibo didn't understand the principle behind this, but he was certain that there was some kind of supernatural power involved.

The entrance to the crypt should only appear at night when the white fog fills the cemetery.

And the dog-headed man crawled out of that cave.

As for what lies deep within the crypt, perhaps only the gods know...

While he was thinking, the countdown for the challenge mission ended completely, and new text appeared on the left side of Qin Zhibo's vision.

[Congratulations on completing the main challenge mission]

[Mission Exploration Level: 50%]

[Acquire 2500 general skill proficiency]

【Obtain 1 lucky draw】

[Gain 250 Weird Mythology Knowledge and Skill Proficiency]

When Qin Zhibo saw the calculation of the challenge mission rewards, his jaw dropped.

Because these three rewards are half of the rewards promised when the challenge mission was released.

The general skill proficiency of 5000 becomes 2500.

2 draws became 1 draw.

The 500 Weird Myth skill proficiency has been reduced to 250.

"Hey, this is different from what we agreed on..."

Qin Zhibo waited patiently for the system to continue settlement, but the system remained silent.

After waiting in vain, Qin Zhibo began to reflect on himself.

The exploration level of this challenge mission is 50%, and the actual mission reward is also 50% of what was promised before. It is impossible for there to be no connection between them.

It seems that "surviving until dawn" in this challenge mission is only one indicator for obtaining rewards.

This is also a natural indicator, after all, dead people cannot receive rewards.

The specific amount of reward you can get depends on your exploration of the entire task.

As for why the exploration degree of his mission was only 50%, Qin Zhibo could probably guess.

I haven't personally explored the situation inside that dark cave.

However, after thinking through this logic, Qin Zhibo no longer regretted his choice.

Judging from the fact that this dungeon disappears during the day and appears at night, it must have been constructed by some kind of supernatural power. It is most likely the lair of the gnolls, or some other unimaginable space.

If you think about it this way, then giving up the most difficult part of the challenge task in exchange for 50% of the task reward is enough to earn you.

After all, there was once an extremely arrogant gangster who said: "Only a few hundred dollars a month, why are you risking your life?"

"Yeah, with a skill proficiency of only 2500, what's the point of risking my life..."

Qin Zhibo comforted himself with these words, then turned around to pack up and prepare to go down the mountain.

……

Returning to the road from the mountains, Qin Zhibo inevitably encountered the police.

When facing the police's questioning, Qin Zhibo directly said that he was a person involved in the murder and dismemberment case in the villa the night before.

So the police cooperated and sent Qin Zhibo to the Metropolitan Police Department in a police car.

In the Metropolitan Police Department, Qin Zhibo was personally questioned by Inspector Megure.

In addition to the routine recording of the confession, Megure also asked other questions.

"Brother Qin, Xiaolan said that you suddenly disappeared when you were going down the mountain. Where did you go after that?"

Qin Zhibo sat upright, his face serious as he said, "As a good citizen of Mihua Town, of course I'm going to capture Takahashi Ryoichi."

"And if he escapes, he might take revenge on me, the detective who uncovered his conspiracy."

Qin Zhibo's reasons were very sufficient, and he had already won the Good Citizen Award several times this month, and his social credit had soared rapidly, but Megure still felt something was strange.

"Forehead……"

"From now on, leave this kind of dangerous matter to us police. Don't worry, I have arranged for my men to lay a tight net. I believe we will be able to catch him."

Qin Zhibo nodded meaningfully in response to Megure's solemn promise.

"Well, I hope so..."

Chapter 62 Qin is also an organized person!

Qin Zhibo had no intention of explaining to Inspector Megure the mysterious crypt he had discovered in the cemetery behind the villa, nor did he tell him that Takahashi Ryoichi was probably in danger.

The existence of kobolds is equally impossible to mention.

After all, these things are far beyond the common sense and cognition of normal people.

Qin Zhibo didn't want to be ridiculed and then sent to a mental hospital, thus destroying the social credit he had worked so hard to build.

……

Standing at the door of the Metropolitan Police Department, Qin Zhibo yawned loudly and stretched.

Qin Zhibo has hardly slept from last night until now. Now it's time to go back to the office and have a good sleep.

When Qin Zhibo returned to the office, he was about to take out his key to open the door when he saw a letter in the mailbox next to his office door.

Qin Zhibo didn't take it seriously at first, thinking it was just a reminder to pay the electricity bill or something like that.

But after finishing washing up and sitting in the boss chair, Qin Zhibo picked up the letter and realized that something was wrong.

First of all, there is no stamp on the letter, which means it was not delivered by a postman.

Since it is an informal delivery method, there is naturally no sender information on it. It is just a blank envelope.

When I opened the envelope, there was only a very ordinary piece of printed paper inside, with a line of words printed on it.

[Turn on the computer]

The meaning of this line of words is obvious: it is to guide Qin Zhibo to open his computer.

Qin Zhibo then remembered that apart from using the computer to look up information about the supernatural events at the Medieval Art Museum that day, he had never used a computer since then.

After all, computers of this era do not have so many entertainment attributes, and Qin Zhibo does not need this personal computer for his daily work.

At this moment, an unknown person suddenly sent a letter and asked him to turn on the computer.

Is it...

Qin Zhibo did not turn on the computer immediately, but put on his clothes and went downstairs.

Downstairs from the "Zhibo Detective Agency" is a store selling women's clothing.

Previously, for the sake of good neighborliness, Qin Zhibo went downstairs to buy a piece of women's clothing, and thus got to know the owner of the women's clothing store.

The owner of the women's clothing store felt very strange about Qin Zhibo's sudden friendly behavior.

Because ever since the two became neighbors in commercial shops, the detective agency upstairs and the women's clothing store downstairs have always been doing their own thing, and they have never even taken the initiative to say hello to each other.

This time, the friendly behavior Qin Zhibo had previously shown to the owner of the women's clothing store came in handy.

"Ms. Hanako, did anyone visit my office yesterday while I was away?"

The owner of the women's clothing store is a 26-year-old young woman with a neat ponytail. Qin Zhibo also investigated her appearance score, which is 60 points, which is above average.

"Hmm—let me think about it."

Maybe it was luck or her social skills (eloquence) that came into play again, but Hanako actually managed to come up with some information.

"Yesterday afternoon, I remember a beautiful lady went up to the second floor. I thought she was a customer coming to the women's clothing store, so I paid more attention to her."

"She has long, straight, smooth chestnut hair and looks like an urban white-collar worker."

"As for age... he should be younger than me."

Without waiting for Qin Zhibo to ask, Huazi told him everything about the woman's dress.

But Qin Zhibo searched through his memory bank and couldn't figure out who this so-called beautiful woman was.

Is it Maori Ran?

But Ran Maori should be wearing a school uniform, right? And Ran Maori's hair is black.

But other than that, Qin Zhibo no longer knew any other woman who could be described as "beautiful".

Could it be someone the original owner knew before?

……

Back at the office, Qin Zhibo temporarily ignored the woman's affairs and turned on his personal computer.

The computer desktop lit up, and Qin Zhibo carefully checked the few applications on the desktop and quickly found some that were worth paying attention to.

【Mail】

Click to open.

【Inbox (1)】

There is an unread email in it, click it.

[Mr. Qin, please reply to us on the website within 48 hours! ]

The content of the email was just a short sentence without a signature, but the sender's name was very strange, called "Novem Angelus".

Thanks to the original owner's extremely shallow knowledge of Latin, Qin Zhibo recognized that this was a string of Latin words meaning "Nine Angels".

Since this person called "Nine Angels" requires replies to be made on the website, does that mean they have their own website?

Qin Zhibo immediately opened a web search and entered "Novem Angelus" as the keyword, and a URL that he had searched before automatically popped up.

Tap the Enter key and you will be automatically redirected to the web page represented by this URL.

First of all, this is a pure English webpage.

Secondly, the entire webpage points to a group called "Novem Angelus," or the Nine Angels.

On the webpage, there was an introduction to the organization "Nine Angels", which Qin Zhibo read carefully.

The Nine Angels Organization is a semi-public organization whose motto is "We only seek the truth, not honor."

The Nine Angels Organization believes that there are some "terrible truths" in this world, and once these "terrible truths" are leaked, they will have a very bad impact on the people.

So the Nine Angels Organization will use its money and secret influence to hire agents to complete some tasks.

These tasks include, but are not limited to, acquiring ancient book artifacts, investigating people or organizations, and raising funds for expeditions.

No matter where you are in the world or what profession you are in, you can apply to become an agent of the Nine Angels Organization.

After becoming an agent, you will receive tasks from the organization from time to time.

As long as the task is completed, a certain amount of money will be provided as a reward.

……

After reading through all of this, Qin Zhibo roughly understood the Nine Angels Organization.

The nature of the Nine Angels Organization is similar to the bounty hunter guilds commonly seen in adventure novels, except that this organization seems to issue various missions for some purpose.

In this organization, bounty hunters are called "agents", and the organization will send "agents" to complete some delicate tasks.

The original owner of his body was an agent of the Nine Angels Organization.

After Qin Zhibo roughly understood his identity, he quickly sent a message to the administrator of the webpage.

Qin Zhibo: [I’m Qin, sorry for the late reply]

Qin Zhibo did not say that he was Qin Zhibo, because the original owner of the body was named Vince Qin, and Qin Zhibo did not know what name the original owner used to register as an agent of this organization.