Conan Rick's Investigator

But since he wanted to kill Qin Zhibo, then...

At this time, Takuya Mifune rushed forward, grabbed Ichieda Takashi's collar and began to roar angrily.

"Tell me! Where did you hide Miss Lihua?"

"And Nikaidou!"

"Why did you kill Nikaidou?!"

Yizhilong had two broken ribs, so he couldn't stand up and could only collapse weakly against the wall.

But now, facing the aggressive Mifune, Ichieda Takashi is no longer afraid.

The inexplicably glowing glasses concealed his unfathomable eyes.

Suddenly, Ichiji Long also roared angrily.

"Because it was Reika and Nikaidou, that pair of bastards, who killed my Yaeko!"

After shocking everyone with his words, Yizhi Long began his statement.

"Two years ago, on that stormy day, Yaeko rowed alone to a nearby island to rescue the trapped Lihua."

"She was wearing a life jacket when she left, and there was also a life jacket prepared for Lihua on the rubber boat."

"But when Yaeko arrived on the island, she was shocked to find that besides Reika, Nikaidou was also trapped on that island."

"But there are only two life jackets..."

Hearing this, Mao Lilan covered her mouth in surprise: "Could it be..."

"That's right!"

"It was because of those two that Yaeko was saved that she stole her life jacket!"

"That's how they killed Yaeko who came to rescue them!"

"I felt something was wrong. When the search and rescue team found Yaeko, she didn't have a life jacket on her."

"But those two people said they didn't even meet Yaeko..."

Yizhi Long did not repeat the following words, and the others fell into silence.

Conan remembered what Nikaido had said confidently when Yotsuba Rika was preparing to stay at the villa.

It seems that the sentence actually implies that the two of them still have such a bond that no one else has.

And Yizhilong did all this for revenge.

For a moment, Conan, who was not wearing the disguise of Kogoro Mouri, could not think of any reason to make Ichieda Takashi kneel down and repent.

The others also chose to remain silent.

Only one person chose to speak.

Qin Zhibo silently stepped forward, placed his hand on Yizhilong's shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "At this point, I don't want to say nonsense like 'maybe things are not what you think'."

"In fact, based on Yotsuba Reika's personality, I think your speculations may be true."

"But I just want to ask one question. Were you on the boat at the time?"

Yizhilong nodded hesitantly.

"Humph." Qin Zhibo snorted coldly: "Since you were also on the boat at the time, why did you let the woman you love take this risk?"

Hearing this, Yizhilong's head suddenly froze, and the expression on his face completely froze.

Qin Zhibo continued, "You said it was a stormy day, so you should have anticipated that going out to rescue people would be life-threatening."

"It doesn't matter if there's one person or two on the island. The rubber boat itself could be overturned by the waves, and even with a life jacket, a person can't survive in the water for long during a storm."

"Women, in particular, will consume their energy faster in the water."

"Since you are a member of the yacht club, you should be able to imagine these risks."

"But you ultimately let the woman you love take that risk, didn't you?"

Having said this, Qin Zhibo said no more.

And Yizhilong, who had a dazed expression, opened his eyes wide, and two lines of tears rolled down his eye sockets.

No one knew what he was thinking.

No one knew whether the tears he was shedding now were tears of relief after his great revenge, or tears of regret for his past choices.

……

In the small space, no one spoke a word.

Looking at the dazed Ichieda Takashi, Ran Mouri somehow remembered Kudo Shinichi, whom she had not seen since their last meeting at Dorobiga Amusement Park.

If I'm in danger...

Will Shinichi come to save me at all costs?

Fortunately, Xiaolan wasn't thinking about the life-threatening question of who to save first if your mother or I fell into the water...

Conan looked at Qin Zhibo next to him and realized that he had discovered Qin Zhibo's unknown emotional side.

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri walked up to Takashi Ichieda with a serious face.

"Tell me where Miss Lihua is. It's not too late to atone for your sins."

But Yizhilong now had his eyes wide open and his mouth wide open, as if the rational part of his head had taken off.

"Hey!"

Maori Kogoro grabbed Ichieda Takashi's collar and was about to scold him when he was stopped by Qin Zhibo.

"If he doesn't want to talk about it, forget it. I think Shijing Lihua should still be in the villa. We just need to look carefully again."

"Oh—well…"

For some reason, Kogoro Mouri, who had always been dissatisfied with his peers, suddenly felt so convinced by what his peer Qin Zhibo said at this moment.

Just like that, the group was about to walk out of the kitchen when Yizhi Long suddenly called out to everyone.

"Let me take you there..."

……

Led by Ichiji Takashi who was limping, everyone came to a bathroom where the light was broken.

When Conan saw this bathroom, an idea suddenly came to him. He remembered that Kazueda Takashi, himself, and Mouri Kogoro had come here to search, but they didn't find anyone.

Is it...

Yizhi Long, who was standing at the bathroom door, pointed at the bathtub inside and said, "It's in that bathtub."

"According to my plan, she should be alive now..."

Qin Zhibo and Maori Kogoro rushed into the bathroom first, followed by Conan.

In the dark bathroom, Qin Zhibo was responsible for providing lighting with the nuclear lighter in his hand, Maori Kogoro was responsible for opening the lid of the bathtub, and Conan was responsible for providing technical guidance.

When the folding cover was opened, Qin Zhibo immediately saw the light belonging to the investigation point.

This investigation point is on the body of Rika Shii who is immersed in water.

And the type of investigation is a post-mortem investigation...

Chapter 79 The Disappearing Person

In the bathtub, Rika Shioi's body was sitting against the outer wall of the bathtub, her body fixed in the bathtub by a large amount of long tape, only a corner of the tape on her mouth had fallen off.

"Ms. Lihua!"

Mifune and Gojo Osamu were unable to tell the difference between the living and the dead at a glance, and wanted to rush forward to rescue Shioi Rika from the water, but were stopped by Qin Zhibo's raised arm.

"what are you doing?"

Mifune was somewhat angry at Qin Zhibo for hindering his "heroic rescue of the damsel".

"The person is already dead..."

Qin Zhibo's calm words shocked everyone else present.

Everyone stared at the bathtub with wide eyes in disbelief.

Conan, who was lying on the edge of the bathtub, glanced at Qin Zhibo with some surprise.

Can this guy tell at a glance whether a person is alive or dead?

Although Yotsuba Rika's expression looked very stiff at this time, and her wide-open eyes looked a little scary under the swaying firelight, Conan would not directly confirm a person's death before conducting a formal autopsy.

After waiting for a few seconds, Kogoro Mouri stood up and announced in a deep voice the results of the autopsy he had performed personally.

"Miss Lihua is dead. The time of death is approximately..."

Qin Zhibo did not listen to Maori Kogoro's autopsy results because Qin Zhibo had his own autopsy results.

【Survey√】

[Name of the deceased: Reika Shioi]

[Time of death: about 10 minutes]

Cause of death: Broken neck

[Corpse investigation completed, congratulations on obtaining the social skill (venomous tongue)]

Social Skill (Venomous Tongue): Social Skill (Venomous Tongue) refers to your ability to use venomous tongue. Improving this skill will improve your ability to verbally sarcastically attack others.

Rating: 1

Proficiency: 100/1000

(This is a very dangerous ability. If used improperly, it may cause severe backlash!

Therefore, this skill provides a status switch)

……

Is being sharp-tongued considered a social skill?

Can a serious person regard being sharp-tongued as a social skill?

Qin Zhibo couldn't help but want to complain in his heart.

However, Qin Zhibo was not surprised to obtain such skills from Shijing Lihua.

For a good-for-nothing young lady like Rika Shioi, the best thing she has done since childhood is probably eating, drinking and having fun. There is no need to have too many illusions about the skills you can acquire from her.

But this sharp tongue, if used improperly, can actually backfire on you?

How does it backfire?

Qin Zhibo didn't know that there was a scientific law in this world, which was that people with sharp tongues had deathly faces.

A person with a deathly look on his face might be able to survive normally, but once he encounters the god of death...

However, since the system provides a skill status switch, Qin Zhibo naturally turned off this abnormal social skill.

[Social Skill (Venomous Tongue): OFF]

After the investigation of the corpse was completed, a series of new task prompts appeared in Qin Zhibo's system.

[Congratulations on completing the side mission]

[Task settlement rating: B]

[Acquire 300 general skill proficiency]

[Get 120 social credits]

[Rating Reward: 120 General Skill Proficiency]

By capturing Ichieda Takashi, the side quest regarding the drowning of Nikaido previously released by the system has been completed.

But then, a new task appeared.

……

Side quest: Find out the murderer of this case