Conan Rick's Investigator

The call with Mr. Clock ended with a sinister buzzing sound.

After the call, Qin Zhibo suddenly felt a little hungry after being busy all the time, so he went to Matsumoto Ryohei's refrigerator to see if there were any fresh ingredients available.

When you open the refrigerator's cold storage compartment, what catches your eye are various small portions of food sealed in fresh-keeping boxes and plastic bags.

Most of the vegetarian dishes are blanched and sealed, and there are also a small number of fresh vegetables, such as corn kernels, rosemary, lettuce, and green beans.

There are also some miscellaneous foods, jams, vacuum-packed sausages, cheese, condensed milk, condiments, eggs, etc.

The frozen layer below is all meat, mainly unknown light red meat.

All the meat was packed in small portions in plastic bags, each portion not only with the cut indicated but also seemingly weighed in advance. Each portion was well-proportioned and probably enough to make several meals.

Qin Zhibo took out a piece of meat called "liver", opened the bag and sniffed inside. It smelled like frozen meat, nothing more.

In the end, Qin Zhibo decided to use the sausages and eggs in the refrigerator to make a dish that Matsumoto Ryohei had made before.

Since Qin Zhibo has now mastered cooking skills, although his cooking techniques cannot be compared with Matsumoto Ryohei's, he can still learn something similar.

After a while, the food was ready and Qin Zhibo ate it first as a sign of respect.

While eating, he checked the remaining magic power on the magic power extractor, and there were still 40 points left.

Using the retrieval spell and maintaining Minase Yangmeng consumed a lot of magic power. He needed to wear the magic ring and use the magic extractor to absorb the magic power released by the magic ring in order to slowly recover.

This is a method of replenishing magic by exchanging willpower for mana, so in order to maintain sanity, you cannot replenish too much at one time, that is, 30 points.

After checking the magic power consumption, Qin Zhibo looked at the completion status of his tasks.

[Congratulations on completing the side mission]

【Task Rating: C++】

[Acquire 600 general skill proficiency]

[Get 200 social credits]

[Rating Reward: 210 General Skill Proficiency]

Although the task was completed, the system evaluation was not high.

Qin Zhibo guessed that it was because he did not speak for a while and let Hattori Heiji reason for him.

The mastermind behind this case is Vermouth. If we have to name the real murderer, Vermouth should be counted as one.

Including this case, Qin Zhibo's current social credit is 9100 and his general skill proficiency is 2873.

In terms of social credit, it is about to exceed 10,000, reaching the level of "everyone in the world knows you".

However, unlike Maori Kogoro, Qin Zhibo does not like being the center of attention, because being the center of attention often means that it is more difficult to do anything.

Like the combination of Mouri Kogoro and Conan, Mouri Kogoro is the face and can be as glamorous as he wants, because he has Conan as the "inside" to support him.

But Qin Zhibo can't do that. If he is too eye-catching, it will sometimes be inconvenient to do things.

However, Qin Zhibo has no way to forcibly erase his social credit now, unless he disappears like Kudo Shinichi, and his social credit will gradually decline.

……

After dinner, Qin Zhibo took advantage of the night to deal with the black car.

This car is full of bullet holes, there is definitely no place to repair it, so we can only find a place to abandon it.

Qin Zhibo initially thought that the car belonged to Vermouth, until he found some personal belongings in the storage space of the co-pilot, and then he realized that it was actually Judy's car.

There was a photo inside, which showed Judy and Shuichi Akai.

In the photo, Judy is smiling happily, leaning sweetly on Akai Shuichi's shoulder like a little woman, and both of them look younger than they do now.

It seems that Judy and Akai Shuichi were dating...

Qin Zhibo silently wrote down this information so that he would not be exposed when talking to those FBI in the future.

……

Qin Zhibo drove the car to the edge of a lake, and the dark water reflected the sparkling moonlight.

This is the upper reaches of the Toudou Mountain Stream. You can see the scenery here from the top of the highest tower of the Mamiya family's blue castle.

This is also near the villa of Mr. Clock's previous partner.

Mr. Clock's previous partner was the leader of a thief group named Izumi Mon Shilang. He helped steal a piece of Panester fragment, and Mr. Clock promised to help him gain eternal life.

However, Mr. Clock did not keep his promise. He waited until Wen Shilang died and took over the position. He only planned to ask a detective to find the Panester fragment.

Qin Zhibo finally found the fragments in an abandoned boat by the lake, which started the most rewarding main quest.

The abandoned boat is still there, but the rower is no longer there.

Qin Zhibo took out all the personal belongings from the car, then used a large rock to hold the accelerator, and watched the car slowly drive into the water until it sank underwater.

Without a means of transportation, Qin Zhibo changed into [Golden Chelsea], which greatly increased his running speed so that he could get back before dawn.

While running, he also buried Judy's personal belongings in the mud on the roadside.

……

When we returned to Matsumoto Ryohei's house, it was already dawn.

Dragging his deformed body into long legs and a big butt, Qin Zhibo was almost unable to suppress his fatigue, but he still went back to the basement to check on Vermouth.

Vermouth was still sleeping on the chair with her head down, just like Sleeping Beauty in the fairy tale.

After confirming that Vermouth would not wake up, Qin Zhibo locked the door of the basement, found a guest room on the second floor, and fell into a deep sleep.

……

The next day, noon.

Qin Zhibo woke up from the bed with his hands covering his groggy head. The first thing he did was to go to the basement to check on Vermouth's condition.

When the basement door was unlocked, Vermouth was still sitting on the chair, having been tied up and slept all night.

If the shroud on her mouth is not untied, she will continue to sleep like this.

Of course, this is only theoretical. In fact, long-term hibernation will cause irreversible damage to the human brain, and eventually the person will become a vegetative state.

In order to keep Vermouth's body alive, Qin Zhibo needs to untie the shroud as soon as possible.

But before that, Qin Zhibo needs to carefully arrange this basement so that she won't be able to tell what this place is.

There are also some professional tools such as chains, which are also necessary. After all, Vermouth is not a weak woman who can't even tie a chicken. The space here is too large, and if it is not locked, she may have the opportunity to attack her.

Back on the ground, Qin Zhibo made a list of supplies to be purchased and prepared to drive Matsumoto Ryohei's other car to the city to purchase supplies.

Ryohei Matsumoto has two cars, one is a Honda sedan that he drives to work at the art museum on weekdays, and the other is a Ford van.

The Ford van was left at the dock yesterday, which made Qin Zhibo a little worried.

If Masashi really said that he came with him, the FBI would probably suspect that he was the blond man who rescued Vermouth.

I just hope this little brother can believe in himself...

……

Before leaving, Qin Zhibo had to bring some meat from the cold storage to Matsumoto Ryohei as instructed.

Qin Zhibo asked if the meat needed to be cooked simply, but he said no, just bring it to him.

So Qin Zhibo came to the door of the cold storage and opened the lock with the key.

Pushing open the heavy door of the cold storage, a cool breeze hit me in the face.

Sensing someone coming in, the two rows of lights inside automatically light up, illuminating the darkness.

"Well--"

In the originally quiet space, something seemed to react, making a low, strange cry.

Qin Zhibo walked closer and was shocked by the scene before him.

It was a monster with one leg and one arm, lying on the ground, tightly handcuffed by chains on the wall. It looked three parts like a human, and seven parts more like a ghost.

When Qin Zhibo moved closer, the monster reacted, raising its head and making strange noises in the direction of humans.

"Uh-uh-"

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the resurrected corpse controlled by the voodoo believer Tomonori Kinoshita!

Chapter 898 Carnivore Family

Qin Zhibo was able to recognize that this monster was a resurrected corpse because the two of them had a close relationship.

In the previous arcade case, this person was the target of revenge by the fighting game player "Lucas the Cupholder". He was drugged with pufferfish toxin, and his body disappeared during transportation by the police.

In fact, he was transformed by Tomonori Kinoshita into a voodoo evil creature called "zombie" using voodoo magic, and became a walking corpse controlled by others.

In the Tougami Forest in Gunma Prefecture, Tomonori Kinoshita also controlled the resurrected corpse to chase another investigator of the Nine Angels, Hama Mike.

At that time, Qin Zhibo left the resurrected corpse there, and when he came back, it had disappeared.

Unexpectedly, it was picked up by Matsumoto Ryohei.

It seemed that the resurrected corpse was treated as "fresh food" by Matsumoto Ryohei. One arm and one leg were missing, and half of its internal organs were cut open.

When seeing Qin Zhibo, a living person, the resurrected corpse just smacked its lips and made a "mumbling" sound.

The zombie's body was frozen by the cold air in the cold storage and could not move. Its skin was as stiff as a statue and it could only maintain the same posture.

Although this was already a corpse without a soul, Qin Zhibo still decided to give it some relief.

He took out the [Physics Holy Sword - Crowbar] from the prop bar and hit the zombie's head hard.

There was a dull thud, and the knuckles of both hands were hurt, but the corpse's head was only hit with a small dent.

Because the frozen skull was so hard, a crowbar couldn't hurt it and a knife couldn't cut it.

At this time, Qin Zhibo found a small electric saw in the corner and understood how Matsumoto Ryohei did it.

Holding the electric saw in your hand and pulling the rope, the saw chain at the front end of the electric saw starts to turn.

Qin Zhibo turned into a chainsaw killer at this moment, and chopped off the neck of the resurrected corpse decisively, and a head rolled to the ground.

The flesh and blood of the resurrected corpse were frozen, and there was no blood splattering, only some ice chips scattered.

Without its head, the zombie immediately stopped moving.

Qin Zhibo used the boning knife on the butcher's table next to him to remove a palm-sized piece of meat from the fattest thigh and wrapped it in several layers of oil paper.

As for the remaining limbs and arms, they were gathered together and waited for Matsumoto Ryohei to deal with them after he was discharged from the hospital.

After doing all this, Qin Zhibo looked at the chain that Matsumoto Ryohei used to tie up the resurrected corpse, and suddenly realized that he could use this thing.

The chain can be used to tie up Vermouth, saving the trouble of buying it separately outside, which would easily arouse suspicion.

Qin Zhibo removed the chain, washed it with water, went to the other side of the basement, and tied one of Vermouth's legs to a water pipe.

With this layer of shackles, Qin Zhibo dared to untie the ropes on Vermouth's hands and feet, and allowed her to sleep on the sofa in a position that was more comfortable for her body.

Although the effect of the shroud is persistent, it is still more reassuring to lock it.

After doing all this, Qin Zhibo left with peace of mind.

……

After returning to Mihua Town, Qin Zhibo contacted Ma Chengshi immediately.

Through a brief conversation on the phone, Qin Zhibo learned that his younger brother had not told anyone that he was also at the dock last night.

Judy told the police that she was about to return to the United States and wanted to say goodbye to Dr. Agasa's house, but she happened to see the bad guys kidnap Conan and Haibara Ai into the car.

So she drove after him all the way to the dock and forced him to stop, then she used the gun she snatched from him to shoot at the bad guy.

Mao Lilan saw a photo of Judy's house and wanted to find Judy to ask for clarification. When she couldn't find anyone, she accidentally got into the trunk of Judy's car...

The police defined the case as a vicious child kidnapping incident and announced that they would deal with it seriously and would track down the whereabouts of the escaped criminals.

But for Ma Chengshi, he could feel that this case was not that simple, and he knew a lot of hidden secrets about the case.

It was only because he remembered that Shuichi Akai said before leaving that he and Qin Zhibo were allies that he temporarily did not tell the police about the situation. He wanted to wait until he discussed it with Qin Zhibo before making a decision.

"Mr. Qin, what exactly happened yesterday?"

"And Ai is being targeted by bad guys, is it because of the research her parents did?"