Conan Rick's Investigator

Qin Zhibo came to Dr. Agasa's house to visit as promised.

When he saw Qin Zhibo again this time, Dr. Agasa's expression was obviously excited.

"Mr. Qin, I have already dismantled the device you brought."

“Of course, the restoration was completed after the demolition.”

Dr. Agasa placed the metal cylinder on the table as if to show off. Qin Zhibo picked it up and took a look. Sure enough, there was almost no sign of disassembly from the outside.

"First, you can guess what this thing is used for."

Dr. Agasa became interested and suddenly started telling riddles.

As for this riddle, Qin Zhibo replied indifferently, directly choking back the next words that Dr. Agasa wanted to show off.

"Do you want to guess or not?"

Dr. A Li: "..."

After a moment of silence, Dr. Agasa finally revealed the answer.

"Simply put, it's a spray device."

"It can atomize a special liquid into gas, and then spray the gas out through several air holes on it. The amount of gas sprayed may be equivalent to several tear gas canisters."

"It's quite astonishing that a device that performs physical changes can achieve such efficiency."

"To use it, first press the button on the top of the cylinder..."

As he spoke, Dr. Agasa pressed the button of the metal cylinder. With a crisp metallic click, the upper half of the cylinder immediately popped upwards, splitting the entire device into a dumbbell-like structure.

On top of the dumbbell structure, four jets extend in four directions.

"Once you enter this state, then strike the device against any hard object, the metal firing pin inside will deflect and the shrapnel will be activated..."

"Then the solution below will be quickly atomized into gas and sprayed out."

"But based on my observation, this atomizing sprayer should be specially made for the solution here."

"As for the chemical composition of the solution inside, I still can't figure it out after studying it for an entire night. I only know that this solution should be non-toxic to the human body."

As he spoke, Dr. Agasa reassembled the dumbbell-shaped device into a metal cylinder and praised it, "This device is quite ingeniously designed. It would be impossible to make it without a certain level of technology."

"Although I don't know what specific application this thing can have, if it's convenient, could you please tell me where it came from?"

After seeing something that he thought was some "black technology", Dr. Agasa showed unprecedented excitement.

But of course Qin Zhibo couldn't tell the truth, so he made up a lie.

“Local specialties sent by foreign friends.”

Before Dr. Agasa could react, Qin Zhibo had already deftly put the metal cylinder back into the suitcase and stood at the entrance, waving to Dr. Agasa for the last time.

"Farewell."

Peng!

Dr. Agasa was stunned as he watched Qin Zhibo fleeing the scene at a rapid speed, feeling like he was being used as a tool.

……

After leaving Dr. Agasa's house, Qin Zhibo did not go home. Instead, he took his suitcase and went directly to the car rental company and rented a high-quality and affordable Mazda.

Since there was less than 24 hours left for the mission, Qin Zhibo had no choice but to drive his Mazda straight to the mountainous area where the target location was.

After driving from five o'clock in the afternoon to after six o'clock, Qin Zhibo arrived at the mountain where the target location was.

Although it was already evening, Qin Zhibo could still vaguely see the cherry blossoms all over the mountains.

~Sang, Sakura in my hometown has opened...

Qin Zhibo inexplicably thought of this joke in his mind.

After driving forward for a while, it suddenly started raining in the mountains.

A cold air continued to drift in from the car window, and Qin Zhibo could only manually roll the window up again.

But just as he was distractedly rolling the car window, a car parked in the middle of the road suddenly came into Qin Zhibo's sight.

With a sudden brake, the car barely stopped at a safe distance. Qin Zhibo honked the horn twice, but the car in front showed no intention of moving forward.

what happened?

Qin Zhibo got out of the car to check and found that there was no one in the car.

The brand of the car was Suzuki, which reminded Qin Zhibo of the Suzuki Group, the family of Suzuki Sonoko.

Could this Suzuki brand belong to the Suzuki Group?

However, judging from the condition of the car, Suzuki's cars are still not as reliable as Mazda's.

Because the front tire of this Suzuki was blown out, no wonder the car was parked here but the person was gone.

But don't stop in the middle of the road, hey!

Who is so lacking in public morality?

Qin Zhibo cursed the car owner's ancestors in his heart, but it still couldn't change the fact that his car couldn't move forward.

There is no other way, I can only walk now.

Fortunately, this place is not too far from the destination, and I can walk to the rest point I found in the navigation system.

……

After another quarter of an hour's trek, Qin Zhibo, holding the silver suitcase in his hand, finally arrived at a temple built next to a cliff.

There are three big characters written on the ancient plaque.

Shanni Temple.

This temple was a resting point that Qin Zhibo had previously found on the electronic map, and it was also the closest operating store to the mission location.

Buildings that are currently in operation will be marked on the navigation system, but private land will not be displayed.

So when we were in the mountains before, the Suzuki family’s villa in the mountains was not found in the navigation system.

As he approached the temple, Qin Zhibo saw three people standing at the entrance.

These three people are also familiar to us, they are Kogoro Mouri, Ran Mouri and Conan.

At this time, Qin Zhibo couldn't help but think of an English sentence.

How old are you?

Chapter 111 Mission Target, Mist Tengu?

At this time, the Maori family was receiving a warm introduction from the abbot of Sanni Temple and learned about the high price of accommodation here.

Adults are 10000 yen each, and children are 8000 yen each.

Hearing this price, Kogoro Maori felt a pang of pain in his heart.

This is a whole month's worth of alcohol money!

Seeing that Kogoro Mori was a little hesitant, the old abbot of Sanniji Temple immediately said with disdain that it would take six hours to walk down the mountain, and then he brought out the story he often used to scare tourists.

"I'm not trying to scare you, you should just stay here."

"On a rainy night like this, that guy might be watching you from somewhere."

"Who is it?" Kogoro Mouri looked indifferent.

However, Mao Lilan was somewhat frightened by the old abbot's gloomy tone and mysterious words. She asked in a trembling voice, "Are there any bears around here?"

"Bear?" The old abbot's face, as dry as bark, twitched. "It's not such a cute animal."

"It's an ancient monster that likes rain and darkness and specializes in eating human souls."

"It's Mist Tengu!"

Boom! Ka!

The old abbot's voice suddenly became high-pitched, and a flash of thunder flashed at this moment, scaring Mao Lilan so much that she jumped around like a deer.

The last straw that broke the camel's back for Mao Lilan was a sudden greeting from behind her.

"Everyone...are you staying at the hotel too?"

"what!"

Ran Mouri immediately closed her eyes and screamed, while Kogoro Mouri and Conan looked back.

Under the eaves where raindrops were dripping, a tall figure in a brown windbreaker appeared at the door.

This person was not a stranger either, it was Qin Zhibo.

"Hey! Why are you here again?"

"Are you following our family?" Kogoro Mouri was not polite at all and asked directly in a bad mood.

Qin Zhibo's aura was also not at all weak. He reached out and pushed aside Maori Kogoro's shoulders and walked inside.

"Don't get me wrong, I came to this temple specifically to stay overnight."

"How much is it per night here?"

Seeing that there was still business coming to his door, the old abbot smiled and rubbed his hands together, saying, "Ten thousand yen."

Qin Zhibo didn't bargain. He took out his wallet, took out a ten thousand yuan bill and handed it to the old abbot.

“Thank you for your patronage~”

Seeing Qin Zhibo quickly pay for the accommodation fee, Maori Kogoro also took out his wallet in a fit of anger and paid the accommodation fee.

During this process, Conan caught a glimpse of the silver suitcase in Qin Zhibo's hand.

this is……

Conan's eyes widened, and he immediately thought of the device that Dr. Agasa told him to identify yesterday.

Could it be that the unknown device is placed in this box?

Everyone here paid for their accommodation, and with big business coming in, the old abbot was in a very good mood and quickly called his four apprentices to receive the guests.

When the old abbot introduced each person, Qin Zhibo discovered a phenomenon.

That is, what you see is not the Buddhist names of these monks, but the names they used before they became monks.

It seems that the Dharma name is just a nickname to the system and will not appear as a person's name in personal information.

Under the arrangement of the old abbot, monks named Kuan Nian and Xiunian were responsible for taking a few people on a tour of the temple, while the other two were responsible for preparing vegetarian meals.

Show——Read——

For some reason, when Qin Zhibo heard the name Xiunian, he thought of a "fat aunt" with long flowing hair.

……

In the temple's Buddhist hall, the eldest monk, Kuan Nian, half-jokingly and half-seriously introduced the funeral services of his temple, completely unaware that this service, which is open to the public, will soon be used by his own people.

Qin Zhibo stood absent-mindedly at the back, thinking about the term he had just heard the old abbot shout out when he was standing outside the entrance.

Mist Tengu...

Could it be that the creature that I have to kill in this main mission is Mist Tengu?

Just from the strange name, Qin Zhibo knew that this must be some kind of mythical creature.

Do mythical creatures really exist?

It seems that this possibility is not impossible...

It seems that I need to ask what kind of creature Mist Tengu is at the dinner table later...

At this time, Conan, who was standing in front, looked back at Qin Zhibo and glanced at Qin Zhibo's silver suitcase.

Just now, Conan wanted to call Professor Agasa under the pretext of going to the bathroom, but found that there was no signal on the phone in the mountains.

So Conan ran to the kitchen again and asked the two monks who were cooking about the location of the landline phone.

With the help of a landline telephone, Conan finally contacted Dr. Agasa.

From Dr. Agasa, Conan also learned the purpose of the unknown device. It was a sprayer for some strange solution. However, the specific ingredients of the solution were unknown, but it was non-toxic anyway.