Conan Rick's Investigator

"That child might be a possibility. Let's go out and look for him first..."

Having lost a living person invisibly, everyone lost their appetite and went out to look for him immediately.

……

In the forest, Sonoko called his men who were lurking in the forest, but no one saw where the boy went.

There was no choice but to cancel the original plan and turn it into a search for the missing person.

Since Suzuki Ayako was unable to move around easily and could only wait at home, Sonoko asked one of her men to guard the villa and protect her sister.

The remaining people were divided into groups of two and all went to look for the missing Hondou Eisuke.

Qin Zhibo and Conan were the first to arrive at the open space where Hondou Eisuke had called, and found that there was no one there.

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo put on gloves and began to use the searching spell.

Conan, who was standing next to him, saw Qin Zhibo putting on gloves and thought that he had found the body of Hondou Eisuke, so he prepared to perform an autopsy.

Conan, whose eyesight was not so good, immediately looked serious and ran to the front to check.

But after searching around in the bushes, no body was found.

When I looked back, Qin Zhibo was still standing there, but he had his eyes closed.

"Ok?"

Qin Zhibo, on the other side, closed his eyes and recalled Hondou Eisuke's appearance in his mind: a boy wearing glasses, blue cat eyes, and two wisps of hair hanging down by his ears...

However, when the magic extractor prompted [Magic -1], Qin Zhibo did not receive any inspirational feedback.

No such person found.

Can’t find it even with the finding spell?

Normally, the Found Object Spell is very useful for searching for unique items within a radius of several thousand meters.

Besides, there aren't as many people here as in downtown Tokyo, so it's hard to find a common face like Kudo Shinichi, where you can search for several similar ones at once...

It should be easy to find here.

unless……

Qin Zhibo's eyes became serious and he thought of the worst idea.

Unless, Hondou Eisuke is no longer in this world.

The so-called "not in this world" does not mean that the person is dead, because even if the person is dead, the finding spell can still find him, but it will only be the corpse.

But if Hondou Eisuke left this dimension, it would be different.

The only place around here that seems strange in this regard is the cemetery on the back mountain.

Hondou Eisuke most likely went there!

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo didn't dare to delay and quickly ran in that direction.

Conan, who was behind, saw that Qin Zhibo seemed to have a definite direction and wanted to catch up with him, but his speed was not enough and he lost him not long after.

……

Guided by the navigation device, Qin Zhibo rode the [Golden Chelsea] almost in a straight line and soon arrived at the hillside behind the mountain.

Seeing the darkness in the valley, Qin Zhibo knew he had arrived at the cemetery.

He put away the [Golden Chelsea] which could easily cause his body to deform, and began to observe on the hillside.

In the weeds at the edge of the hillside, Qin Zhibo used the night vision to see someone trample the weeds until they formed a gap at the edge.

These weeds are very resistant to lodging, and these traces of lodging can only have been left recently.

It is possible that Hondou Eisuke got lost and accidentally rolled down the hillside.

Qin Zhibo hurried down the hillside and came to the cemetery which he had originally planned to explore in the middle of the night.

……

The air around us was cold and damp, and ankle-high mist hung over the cemetery. If it weren't for the simple tombstones sticking out of the soil, one might have thought they were in some kind of paradise on earth.

The mist does not settle in a fixed place, but flows slowly in one direction, like dry ice on the stage.

The source of all the white fog is the cellar where the zombie crawled out last time.

A small half of the cellar was built on the ground, while the other half was buried in the soil, with clumps of weeds growing in the gaps between them.

The dark green moss is mixed with unknown white velvety mold, distributed layer by layer on the tattered wooden boards.

It's hard to feel anything other than "disgusting".

White mist flowed out from the open cellar door like a trickle.

And in the cellar, there was endless darkness.

From these darknesses came endless silence and the unpleasant smell of fermented rotten matter.

Qin Zhibo stared into the cave and some bad thoughts came to his mind.

The last time I left here, I clearly closed the cellar door.

But now the cellar door is open, and not only that, the space hidden under the cellar is also revealed.

Qin Zhibo looked up at the sky and saw a bright full moon hanging in the night sky.

This hole in the ground may only appear on full-moon nights, and at other times it is just ordinary solid ground.

Hondou Eisuke is likely to have entered here...

Although Hondou Eisuke often seems to get lost and has bad luck, his curiosity and desire to explore are still very strong.

But as the saying goes, curiosity kills the cat.

But now that things have come to this, I must find a way to get him back.

Qin Zhibo turned on the night vision goggles and tentatively stretched his foot into the darkness.

As the right foot stepped on solid ground, the system issued a new task prompt.

【Mission has started】

Ignoring the task prompts, Qin Zhibo stepped firmly into the dungeon.

From a third-party perspective, his body suddenly dived into the darkness, as if he had crossed an invisible door that separated the world.

……

After entering the darkness, Qin Zhibo heard a slightly harsh whistling sound in his ears, accompanied by a faint light constantly flashing in front of his eyes.

This state may last only a moment, or it may last a long time.

In short, when Qin Zhibo's vision returned to calm, he was already in a huge and boundless dark space.

What’s even stranger is that the night vision goggles don’t work here!

Qin Zhibo could only see within a range of 2 meters with the help of a faint light that came from nowhere.

Further out, whether looking up, left or right, anything over 2 meters away is dark and filled with floating dust.

"here it is……"

Qin Zhibo tried to use the [Nuclear Lighter], but still to no avail.

This place is very similar to the world of the original "Cocoon" game, where all system props whose effects are directly fed back to the real world are prohibited.

If that's the case, isn't this the real world?

Qin Zhibo had some guesses in his mind, but they could not be verified.

However, if it is a real-world object, it should be able to be brought in.

Because Qin Zhibo checked his body and found that he was not naked when he came in, it meant that the real items he carried with him could come in.

If I knew it, I would have taken a torch...

Qin Zhibo complained in his heart, but there was nothing he could do as he had no idea the situation would turn out like this.

Even if I exit now and start over, there is no door to leave the space behind me.

However, since the system task allowed him to come in and explore, there must be a way to leave. Qin Zhibo was very sure of this.

……

In the darkness, Qin Zhibo walked forward cautiously.

Even though he knew Hondou Eisuke should be here, he didn't dare to walk too fast.

First of all, this place also exists on the map in the navigation system.

The only difference is that the map is just a huge empty white box without any markings.

Qin Zhibo had never encountered such a situation before, so he could only assume that the terrain here was similar to a square with an unknown area and no obstructions.

This is both good news and bad news.

The good news is that it is not easy to bump into the wall when walking inside, which is a major benefit for Hondou Eisuke.

The bad news is that without cover, there are no markers, and it's easy to get lost.

In addition, the magic extractor cannot be materialized in this space, so Qin Zhibo cannot use the retrieval spell and can only rely on luck.

There was no need to look for directions specifically, he could only keep walking forward in the direction directly in front of him after entering the space.

Because if he and Hondou Eisuke entered this space from the same position and direction, then Hondou Eisuke would most likely move forward.

……

Qin Zhibo was moving forward alone in the endless space, surrounded by darkness and dust floating in the air.

At first, he thought it was just ordinary dust, and it might even be mixed with the ashes of decayed human bones.

But he gradually discovered that the dust was not real dust.

This thing is similar to the snow on the TV, you can see it but you can't touch it.

Walking in the darkness, Qin Zhibo didn't dare to make too much noise, let alone call out Hondou Eisuke's name.

Because if the zombies are here, they will be attracted here.

With bare hands and limited vision, Qin Zhibo didn't dare to engage in close combat with those dog-headed beasts.

But strangely, after walking for a while, Qin Zhibo didn't find anything related to zombies.

Even the foul smell in the air just now disappeared in the nose without anyone noticing.

As for the sound, the surroundings were also surprisingly quiet.

After walking aimlessly for a while, Qin Zhibo suddenly saw an unusual bright light in front of him.

He crouched down, took a lurking posture and approached carefully.

It was not until he was less than 10 meters away that he could see clearly what it was.

This turned out to be a villa!

Qin Zhibo couldn't believe his eyes. He widened his eyes, but what was reflected in the hole was indeed a villa.

And this villa looks very familiar.

It turned out to be the Suzuki family’s villa!

Why does the Suzuki family's villa appear here?

Qin Zhibo looked around. There was still endless silence and darkness all around, except for this villa standing there strangely.

How strange, how strange.

There was a faint light coming from the windows of the villa, but it still couldn't dispel the gloom that enveloped the entire building.

Although he noticed the weirdness of this place, it was the only special place he had encountered so far, so Qin Zhibo had to go in.

He came to the door of the villa, pushed it gently, and the door opened by itself.

Inside the entrance hall, all the lights on the ceiling were on, but it was still dim, and there was untouchable dust floating in the air.

Not only that, the dust density seems to be a little higher.

Turning from the entrance into the living room, Qin Zhibo saw the horrifying scene in front of the sofa.

I saw a strange man in a cloak, holding a white stick, forcing two people in front of the sofa.