Conan Rick's Investigator

Seeing this prompt, Qin Zhibo didn't dare to press it.

Who knows if the "surprise" is turning the power on the wall back on? Then there will only be surprise, no joy.

Whenever there was such a dangerous and extremely tangled moment, Qin Zhibo knew that it was time for the "Suicide Squad" to be dispatched.

Qin Zhibo released the bait puppet and summoned Minase Yangmeng.

"Wow! What is this place? What a beautiful manor!"

"Uncle, let me go take a look first..."

As soon as Minase Yangmeng appeared, he habitually looked around and soon discovered that something was unusual here.

In order to get a bird's eye view of the entire Angel's House, the girl ghost floated higher and higher on her own, like a hydrogen balloon with a broken string.

Qin Zhibo raised his head and didn't dare to call her down loudly in this place, so he could only think about it and let it go.

Let her look as much as she wants. I can ask her later if she sees anyone up there.

For Qin Zhibo, there is not only one way to control the bait puppet, but also a stand user can do it.

However, the stand user cannot leave Qin Zhibo too far away, otherwise it will disappear, so Qin Zhibo does not use this combination often.

But it's just right for the current situation.

Chapter 924 Brain in a vat

While Minase Yangmeng was floating in the sky, Qin Zhibo let the stand user enter the body of the bait doll and pressed the stone bricks on the wall.

Bricks sank into the wall, and the sound of huge mechanical devices rumbled behind the wall.

Following the sound, the stone wall in the middle of the wall dropped down, opening a passage leading into the interior of the angel's base.

Qin Zhibo did not step in first, but let "Qin Jibo" go in first to see if there were any traps or mechanisms.

But it was very flat inside, without any decorations, and the area visible was just ordinary stone ground.

Just as Qin Zhibo was about to go in to find out what was going on, the minute hand on the wall suddenly jumped to the next small scale.

As 12:01 arrived, the clock and minute hands intersected again, and the stone wall that had lowered to the same level as the ground slowly rose.

Oops!

Qin Zhibo moved his feet and retreated quickly to avoid being crushed into pieces by the rising stone wall.

But "Qin Jibo" who had already walked in had no time to retreat. With a loud bang, he was trapped behind the stone wall.

At this time, Mizuse Yangmeng just happened to float back and feasted his eyes.

"This place is so beautiful! I wish I could live here..."

"By the way, uncle, did you ask me out just to see the scenery?"

Qin Zhibo quickly told Shuise Yangmeng that his "brother" was left behind inside.

Minase Yangmeng narrowed her eyes and smiled, "What's so difficult about this?"

She spun up and down in the air, assuming a charging gesture, and then charged straight into the wall.

In fact, even if she doesn't charge or sprint, she can still pass through walls. After all, she is a "ghost girl", but she just wants to pose in a good-looking way.

Qin Zhibo waited outside for a while, and Shuise Yangmeng floated out from the stone wall again.

One of her "super powers" is night vision, which allows her to see even when there is no light source inside.

"It's so boring in here. There's nothing in here except a glass bottle on the ground with a small black stone in it..."

The speaker had no intention, but Qin Zhibo, the listener, took it very seriously and quickly asked, "What does that stone look like?"

"Yes...it seems to be triangular and a bit long..." Minase Yangmeng suddenly thought, "That's right! It looks like the stone you asked me to take out of the locker yesterday!"

Panester Shards!

This was Qin Zhibo’s first reaction.

I didn't expect that there were actually Panester fragments in this place, and I was so lucky that I found it in one go.

Didn’t the boss of the organization lie?

Qin Zhibo didn't dare to jump to conclusion, so he decided to get the fragments first.

But now the stone wall of the angel base has completely closed, and the investigation points on the wall have also emerged, indicating that the high voltage electricity has been restored to the wall.

If you want to get in again, you have to wait until at least this time tomorrow, 12:00 noon.

Or maybe the high voltage electricity can be turned off and the stone wall can be opened at 12:00 midnight. Qin Zhibo is not sure about the specific mechanism of this mechanism now.

In short, we have to wait for a while.

Mizuse Yangmeng, who was standing next to him, saw that Qin Zhibo wanted to get the stone, so he floated back into the base and possessed the bait doll.

I tried it, but the glass bottle was stuck to the ground and I couldn't pick it up.

Faced with this situation, she could only pull out the cork of the glass bottle and take out the black stone inside.

But at this moment, some mechanism on the ground seemed to be triggered, and a mechanical rumbling sound was heard.

Then, the ground suddenly opened from the middle to both sides, revealing the dark abyss below.

"what--!"

Minase Yomu was so scared that she screamed, but in fact it was just the bait doll that fell down by itself. She herself was still floating in the same place because she had no gravity.

She quickly floated down to check the situation, then floated out to tell Qin Zhibo.

"There's still space down there? How big is it?"

"It's huge! It's like an underground maze!"

Qin Zhibo thought about it and realized that the Dusk Villa also had an underground space. Maybe Yin Shichuan Gangzo really referred to Karasuma Renya's Dusk Villa in many places.

But the underground of Uramaru Renya's villa is actually the place where the Xiagai Zerg hold crazy sacrifices, and the Xiagai Zerg's temple is embedded in the soil.

"Then can you control the puppet to come out?"

"It should be possible, I'll try..."

Minase Yomu flew underground again and began to conquer the maze.

Qin Zhibo on the ground was not worried about Shui Lai Yang Meng's ability at all. After all, she had the ability to pass through walls, making it easier for her to explore the way.

The reason why Minase Yangmeng wanted to bring the puppet out was because Qin Zhibo wanted to recover the bait puppet and fragments.

Since Qin Zhibo himself couldn't touch the bait doll, he could only leave it alone until it died.

Seeing Shui Lai Yang Meng flying away, Qin Zhibo found a hiding place in the nearby grass and hid there.

……

Half an hour later, the figure of Minase Yangmeng appeared faintly in the sky.

Qin Zhibo stood up from his hiding place in the grass to greet him, and Shui Lai Yang Meng immediately lowered his altitude.

"Phew—I was scared to death~"

"How's it going? Did you find the ground exit?"

Minase Yangmeng nodded, "We found the exit, but there's a human corpse in the underground passage!"

"There was a person's head in a jar in the house. It was horrible..."

Minase Yangmeng gestured in the air, and finally just waved his hands randomly and greeted.

"I don't know how to describe it! Uncle, come over and take a look!"

Qin Zhibo realized that the situation was a little unusual, his expression became serious, and he quickly caught up with Shuise Yangmeng.

After passing through several stairs and gardens, Qin Zhibo followed Minase Yangmeng to the annex guarded by the Eastern Angel.

Walking around to a window at the back of the annex, "Qin Jibo" was standing obediently facing the glass window like a three-dimensional mobile Gundam.

Minase Yangmeng went through the glass, controlled "Qin Jibo" to open the window, and let Qin Zhibo in.

After recovering the bait doll, Qin Zhibo observed the surrounding situation.

This is a room similar to a reception room, with chairs and sofas, and a golden bull sitting cross-legged above the fireplace.

Considering the wealth of the owner, it is very likely that the cow is made of pure gold.

At this time, Minase Yangmeng pointed at the darkness inside the fireplace and said, "That's where I came out..."

"But look at this, what is this!"

Qin Zhibo looked in the direction that Shui Lai Yang Meng pointed and found something on the solid wooden cabinet.

It was a metal cylinder about 30 cm high and nearly 30 cm in diameter. Next to it were two strangely shaped machines, connected by triangular and circular slots and cables.

Although this set of machines is not something that ordinary people can understand, Qin Zhibo still has an impression of them.

This is the brain containment tube that Mr. Clock showed!

What's even more bizarre is that there is a pink brain soaked in the green solution of the brain storage tube!

Judging from the size of the brain, there is reason to believe that it is a human brain.

Here comes Mi-GO!

Qin Zhibo's brain reacted immediately and he looked around subconsciously.

However, everything around was very peaceful. Apart from the instruments placed on the cabinet, it was just an ordinary room.

Qin Zhibo walked cautiously to the cabinet and carefully observed the equipment.

When Mr. Clock was preparing to take out Vermouth's brain, Qin Zhibo had a brief understanding of the principles of this machine.

The brain containment tube is a life-support device. The green solution inside can serve as a nutrient solution to protect the brain inside from death.

The other two mechanical devices are used in conjunction with the storage tube. By connecting the slots of corresponding shapes together with cables, they can realize three functions respectively, for a total of six functions.

The system on the cabinet was clearly already fully connected and had even been used.

Qin Zhibo subconsciously reached out and twisted the knob of one of the machines, and the structure on the machine that resembled a vacuum tube and a speaker made a whirring noise.

He pressed a button on another machine, and a human face was projected from the two lenses on the top of the machine.

"what!"

Mizuase Yangmeng screamed, but Qin Zhibo was mentally prepared.

Just seeing this device in action with my own eyes still felt weird and chaotic.

The human face projected through the lens is similar to a 3D projection, but not very beautiful. The black and white color is accompanied by a few snowflakes, and the structure is completely flat, with no three-dimensional sense. It may be more like a 2D animation projection, but it does not need a screen.

"Hello, how can I help you?"

The other speaker-structured machine produced a metallic reverberation with a dull tone, which was very consistent with the characteristics of the machine's sound.

"Oh my god! The machine is talking?"

Shui Lai Yang Meng was so scared that she screamed, but Qin Zhibo remained calm.

He asked tentatively, "Are you... the owner of this brain?"

The face in the lens always maintained a stiff smile, or a fake smile, "Yes."

Qin Zhibo looked at the face carefully. If it was not a unified virtual image, then this face should be the appearance of the brain's owner when he was "alive".

His hair is naturally curly, he is between 25 and 30 years old, handsome and good-looking.

"Yang Meng, go watch outside while I talk to this gentleman alone..."

In order to prevent the owner of this machine from coming back, Qin Zhibo sent Shui Lai Yang Meng out to keep an eye on him. Anyway, her staying here would not be conducive to his communication with his brain.

Qin Zhibo asked after Shui Lai Yang Meng floated out of the door.

“Can you see me?”

"Theoretically, yes. As long as I activate a certain function of one of the devices, I can see you through the electronic vibrator."

The voice emitted by the brain was neither happy nor angry, and had no emotion at all, just like Mr. Clock when he was not disguised as a human.

Mr. Clock once wanted to take Vermouth's brain into custody and inquire about the whereabouts of the Panester fragments.

This means that once MI-GO houses the human brain, there will be a way to make the large brain exist in the form of a "machine" that can access the knowledge in the brain at any time through question-and-answer format.