Conan Rick's Investigator

However, the yellow-haired man in front of him seemed to have no sense of pain, and the bullet didn't even make his body stutter.

"what?!"

Pia——Pia——Pia——

Three more shots were fired, and the bullets hit the yellow-haired man's right shoulder, left thigh, and abdomen respectively, but still could not stop the yellow-haired man.

"hateful!"

Seeing that the pistol was useless, Bin Mike cursed inwardly, turned around and ran up the dirt trail, fleeing into the Toushen Forest outside the Black Swamp.

"Chase!"

Kinoshita Tomonori shouted, and the remaining voodoo believers immediately chased into the forest.

……

In a dark corner somewhere in the woods, Toru Amuro was wearing a mask and lurking carefully in the bushes.

At this time, he was following a person he had met once - Matsumoto Ryohei.

When Toru Amuro made a sandwich for Tomohiro Qin for the first time, Ryohei Matsumoto also brought his own special sandwich, and the two of them even competed to see whose sandwich tasted better.

On that occasion, Toru Amuro didn't have any special judgment other than thinking that Ryohei Matsumoto was a good cook.

Until tonight, Toru Amuro, who had been lurking in the Toujin Forest all day, accidentally saw a Ford van driving into the forest, and the person who got out of the car was Matsumoto Ryohei.

At the critical moment when Qin Zhibo was about to silence Kinoshita Tomonori, the person who appeared at the scene was actually the art museum director who was acquainted with Qin Zhibo, which was really unexpected for Amuro Toru.

An art museum director appeared in the deep mountains and forests late at night, and happened to know Qin Zhibo.

It's really suspicious.

So Toru Amuro put on a mask to conceal his identity and quietly followed Ryohei Matsumoto all the way.

Along the way, Matsumoto Ryohei did not have a specific route, he just wandered around in the woods with a flashlight.

Whenever he comes across leftover garbage, broken tents, etc. from human camping, Matsumoto Ryohei will search the surrounding area carefully.

Are you looking for Tomonori Kinoshita?

But wouldn't approaching openly with a flashlight alert the enemy?

Matsumoto Ryohei's behavior made Amuro Toru more and more confused, and the more confused he became, the more curious he became.

He looked like he was looking for something in the Tougami Forest, but he wasn't looking for Tomonori Kinoshita, but rather for something dead.

Is he a "scavenger"?

The so-called scavengers are those who pick up rags. This place is a famous suicide site. If you are lucky, you may be able to pick up the last good things left by the suicide victims in this world.

Of course, some people pick up rubbish out of necessity, but this museum director does it purely out of personal craving.

Just as Toru Amuro was following Matsumoto Ryohei tirelessly, a gunshot suddenly rang out in the silent woods.

pia——

The sound of gunfire echoed in the woods, and before it could completely dissipate, three more shots were heard.

Toru Amuro realized that something was wrong and suddenly raised his head to determine the direction from which the gunshot came.

It's deeper into the Toushen Forest...

Something's happening there!

The situation was urgent, and Toru Amuro immediately decided to abandon the museum director in front of him and run towards the direction of the gunshots.

And at the moment when Amuro Toru hurriedly ran away, his calves moved the low bushes beside him, making a slight rustling sound.

Ten meters away, Matsumoto Ryohei's ears trembled slightly and he turned his head to look towards the bushes.

A human figure was moving away from him quickly.

Matsumoto Ryohei narrowed his eyes slightly, and all kinds of complicated emotions gathered in his eyes.

"..."

……

The center of the Toushen Forest, the Black Swamp.

Qin Zhibo watched as most of the Voodoo believers went after the private detective named Bin Mike.

Now the only people left on the island are Tomonori Kinoshita, another believer, and two young women who were tied up as sacrifices.

"Dr. Kinoshita, can the ceremony continue?"

Kinoshita Tomonori shook his head and gritted his teeth, saying, "The ceremony has been interrupted, and Baron Samedi won't come again. We can only wait until the next Sabbath."

"If it weren't for that man, I could have killed the evil thoughts in people's hearts today..."

"What about these two women? They probably won't be able to stay until the next ceremony, right?"

The voodoo believers asked about the fate of the two women, but Tomonori Kinoshita just gave them a cold look and pronounced their fate.

"Throw it into the swamp."

Seeing that they could not escape the fate of being killed, the two women screamed and begged for mercy.

But the voodoo believers ignored them and drove the two men into the swamp with steel knives in their hands. If they did not jump into the swamp on their own initiative, they would be hacked to death.

Just as the two of them were in tears and one foot was already in the mud, a figure suddenly appeared behind the voodoo believer without warning.

The two of them opened their eyes wide in disbelief, their eyes red and swollen from crying, and the voodoo believers also noticed something was wrong.

But it was too late. The crotch-lifting kick that Qin Zhibo had practiced carefully for several days came like an iron whip from behind.

In movies and TV dramas, when masters attack someone from behind, they often use their hand knife to hit the opponent's carotid artery to cause them to faint.

The advantage of this method is that it will not leave any sequelae and will recover on its own after a while.

However, Qin Zhibo's purpose was exactly the opposite, which was to leave a psychological trauma on his body and mind that would never heal.

The only attack that can produce such an effect is a kick.

Qin Zhibo swung out a whip kick, and the voodoo believer's anus tightened instantly, and the pain like beaten egg rushed straight to the forehead.

Before a scream of pain could even escape his throat, his brain had already fainted and his body fell heavily to the ground.

Perhaps after today, this voodoo believer will completely lose certain abilities...

On the other side, Tomonori Kinoshita was also surprised to see Qin Zhibo appear out of thin air.

"You, you are..."

Although the fake Qin Zhibo's face is 70% similar to the real one, anyone who has actually seen Qin Zhibo can easily see the difference.

Faced with Kinoshita Tomonori's surprise, Qin Zhibo didn't waste any time talking to him. He hit Kinoshita Tomonori on the nose with a straight punch and then hit Kinoshita Tomonori in the abdomen with another punch.

Before Qin Zhibo could kick him again, Kinoshita had already fallen to the ground.

Although Tomonori Kinoshita is an expert in using voodoo spells, his real-life combat power is very poor and he is completely vulnerable.

I haven't even used any strength yet, why did you fall down?

After both people on the island were dealt with, Qin Zhibo turned around and untied the two frightened young women.

"If you go down the mountain in this direction, you should find the Aoiya Hotel soon. There are police and detectives there, and you will be protected."

"And this videotape. If you give it to the police, everything will be clear."

Qin Zhibo took out a video recorder from his pocket, took out the recorded videotape, and carefully wiped the fingerprints off it with a handkerchief.

The two women took the videotape and quickly asked, "Aren't you coming with us?"

"No..." Qin Zhibo shook his head, "I still need to go check on that guy."

The guy Qin Zhibo was talking about was naturally the private detective named Bin Mike.

He is now being chased by a group of voodoo believers, one of whom is a zombie with no sense of pain. The situation should not be good.

"But...we don't dare to go on our own."

"Don't go?"

"If you don't want to leave, stay here and wait for those people to come back!"

Qin Zhibo's tone suddenly became stern, scaring the two women so much that they quickly ran away in the direction Qin Zhibo pointed.

Watching the two women's backs disappear into the dark woods, Qin Zhibo turned his head to check on Kinoshita Tomonori.

The other voodoo believer is probably no longer able to get up again, so Qin Zhibo only needs to tie up Kinoshita Tomonsori and wait for the police to come and take him away.

Qin Zhibo tied up Kinoshita Tomonori with the rope he had used to untie the two women, and immediately stood up and chased in the direction where Bin Mike had escaped.

……

Aoiya Hotel, the investigation into the case is still ongoing.

After two hours of questioning and investigation, more than a dozen hotel employees had no alibis for the time period that could be used to prove the crime.

This time it's a luxurious 10-choose-one question.

Shancuncao, who was experiencing this kind of case for the first time, was extremely busy. The hotel staff kept complaining that they had unfinished work, which made him, a rookie policeman, exhausted.

At this moment, Yamamura So's phone suddenly rang, and the magnetic voice of Maori Kogoro came from the other end.

"I already have a clue about the case. Pretend that today's investigation is over. I'll wait for you in your car after you leave..."

When Shancuncao heard this, he immediately acted as if he had received an imperial decree and hurried to do as he was told.

Back in the car outside the hotel, Kogoro Mouri had already switched to sleeping mode at some point.

Of course, Kogoro Mouri was really asleep, and it was Conan in the back seat of the car who took over this body.

"Don't make a sound, get in the car first, and then drive into the Toushen Forest."

"Huh? Oh..."

Shancuncao questioned it for a moment, but chose to believe it first and drove away from the hotel.

On the way to the Toujin Forest, Conan told the whole story of the case through Kogoro Mouri.

The case is basically about an employee of the hotel who colluded with the impersonator Kogoro Mori to steal the box kept by the hotel owner.

As for the contents of the box, it should be related to a large sum of money.

And this money was obtained through illegal channels by the hotel employee, the murderer, and the man in red clothes with long hair.

The two men were accomplices in a case. The man in red was responsible for hiding the money. The two men agreed to use the money after the storm had passed.

As a result, the murderer broke his promise and killed his accomplice in order to keep the money for himself.

"But there is no money in the suitcase?" Shancuncao asked in confusion.

Conan replied using the bow tie voice changer: "The key is not the suitcase, the key is the sports newspaper, which contains the code left by the man in red."

"Remember the fallen Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the Toushen Forest? That's where the money was hidden..."

"I've already had Conan reveal the meaning of the code. Only the murderer who understands the meaning of the suitcase will come and dig up the money."

"We just have to sit back and wait."

Yamamura Cao: "..."

Just when Conan thought that Yamamura So was stunned by his perfect reasoning, Yamamura So suddenly asked a very sharp question.

"Mr. Maori, I was just looking in the rearview mirror..."

"When you were speaking your reasoning in your sleep state, you didn't seem to open your mouth, did you?"

Hearing this, Conan was shocked and cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

Why is this rookie policeman always paying attention to places that other policemen can't see?

"Cough, cough, cough..."

"It's ventriloquism! I used ventriloquism!"

"As soon as I figure out the truth, I feel completely drained of energy. I don't even want to open my mouth..."

Yamamura So looked at Maori Kogoro in the mirror, and his eyes narrowed smaller and smaller.

Then, Shancuncao's brows suddenly relaxed and a bright smile appeared on his face.

"Mr. Mori is indeed the real deal! You look so cool when you use ventriloquism to deduce things!"

"Sometimes you'll teach me how to use ventriloquism?"