Conan Rick's Investigator

This reminded Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi of the two groups of zombies fighting each other under the New York subway. This exit should be near the place where the two sides fought last time.

Qin Zhibo first nodded to the ghoul elder, and then asked Matsumoto Ryohei how to say "thank you" in ghoul language.

"Mimi." Matsumoto Ryohei replied.

"Mimi." Qin Zhibo learned on the spot and turned to thank the zombie elder.

After hearing Qin Zhibo's thanks, the ghoul elder was stunned and said a series of "grunts, mi-bangs", which made Qin Zhibo confused.

Is "you're welcome" so long in Ghoulish?

Matsumoto Ryohei then quickly explained to Qin Zhibo, "'Mimi' also means 'I love you' in the language of the ghouls. The elder thought you were confessing your love to him..."

Qin Zhibo: "Uh...ah?"

This old pervert!

He didn't even think about whether someone might confess to him in this situation?

Koizumi Hongzi, who was standing next to her, picked up a big joke for no reason and laughed secretly with her hands covering her mouth.

Matsumoto Ryohei explained to the elder in the language of the ghouls, and the misunderstanding was finally resolved. The elder regained his dignified and serious expression.

Ghoul Elder: "Mimi."

Matsumoto Ryohei: "He's saying you're welcome."

Qin Zhibo: "..."

Does Mimi mean "thank you", "you're welcome", or "I love you"?

I unilaterally declare that Ghoul language is the most difficult language in the world!

……

This time, it was Ryohei Matsumoto who brought two zombies, plus Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi, a total of five people went to the dungeon of the Gug Giant.

Since the Gugs had just experienced a defeat, the Gugs in the dungeon had lost all their fighting spirit. They didn't care about the two humans who broke into the city. When they saw the ghouls, they got up and ran away without even daring to look at them.

The group had an unimpeded journey all the way to the top of the tower, the trapdoor on the top floor that led to the waking world.

The two zombies used a tombstone like a wooden stake to push the trapdoor open. Qin Zhibo climbed up first, and then pulled Koizumi Hongzi up.

At a certain height, Qin Zhibo and Matsumoto Ryohei said goodbye to each other and agreed to pass through here next time they return to Japan, and asked Matsumoto Ryohei to pay attention to the situation in the Ash Space in the near future.

The only pity is that the creatures who have stayed in the dreamland for a long time seem to have a different sense of time from the outside world, so the two sides cannot agree on a specific time.

For example, Matsumoto Ryohei felt that he had been living in a dreamland for at least a month.

But Qin Zhibo knew that in the outside world, Matsumoto Ryohei had disappeared for less than a week.

……

The scene in the field of vision quickly changed, and finally stopped in a dark and narrow space.

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi were crawling on the ground, one in front of the other. Their bodies were surrounded by the round iron wall, and the skin on their hands could clearly feel the dampness and coldness from the iron wall.

"Where is this place?" asked Koizumi Hongzi, who was crawling behind.

"It should be in a water pipe..."

Qin Zhibo recalled the results of his previous investigation after the fight between the zombies. Those foreign zombies seemed to have crawled out of the water pipes.

Good news: It's an abandoned water pipe.

The bad news: It might be a long climb out.

But what can be done?

Climb~

So the two of them transformed into plumber Mario, crawling and crawling in the narrow water pipe...

Along the way, the two kept encountering some inexplicable bones, which were like traps in the depressions of the water pipes and emitted a foul smell.

After crawling on their stomachs for half an hour, the two finally emerged from the water pipe and arrived at the familiar vertical shaft.

Qin Zhibo looked up at the iron bridge above his head. Various abandoned pipes crisscrossed the middle. If it were him, climbing up would have no problem.

But if we bring Koizumi Akako along, it will be troublesome.

Just when Qin Zhibo was at a loss, several beams of flashlight light swept through the horizontal pipe at the bottom of the shaft and shone directly on Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi.

"New York police!"

"Put your hands on your head! Don't move—!"

……

Soon, Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi were taken to the New York Police Department as suspicious persons.

The person in charge of the interrogation was a familiar face, Officer Radishu. Qin Zhibo had seen him in the memory of Mao Lilan eloping to New York with Kudo Shinichi last year.

Officer Radishu first asked the two about their identities and what they were doing in that place.

"Officer, I'm a detective and I'm investigating the recent subway murder case with my assistant."

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi had guessed on their way here that these policemen were here to investigate the previous subway driver's death case.

So Qin Zhibo used the telepathic communication skills he learned from the Kunyang people in the police car to collude with Koizumi Hongzi in their confession, insisting that he was there to investigate the case.

This would explain the two men's disheveled appearance, which was caused by investigating the case.

"detective?"

A questioning look flashed in Radishu's eyes.

He put on white gloves, took out the Kunyang pistol from Qin Zhibo's backpack, and asked, "Excuse me, what is this thing?"

Qin Zhibo looked at the gun-shaped object and replied calmly, "First, let's rule out the possibility that it's a gun."

Radishu frowned and glanced at the "gun" in his hand.

Although this thing is in the shape of a gun, there are no bullets in the magazine, and there is not even a place to load bullets.

It can be considered an electric toy gun...

Radishu took a Python revolver from the table and an opened box of bullets from his backpack.

"And this? How do you explain this, sir?"

Qin Zhibo replied: "First, let's make sure this is a gun."

"Gun?" Radishui pushed the gun to the side of the table. "Why are you carrying a gun while investigating a case? You've already fired it."

"Tell me, where did you fire? At what?"

It was obvious that Officer Radixiu was already suspicious of Qin Zhibo, a man of unknown origin.

Recently, there have been frequent cases of missing persons on the New York subway lines operating late at night, especially a few days ago, when even a subway driver disappeared.

New York police suspect the existence of a criminal organization in New York's underground system. The organization's purpose is unknown and may be related to human organ trafficking.

To this end, the police increased their investigation efforts and began 24-hour patrols of the underground system in an attempt to find any clues about the criminal organization.

And at this critical moment, a strange man carrying a large-caliber pistol and a young girl were caught by the police?

How can there be such a coincidence in the world?

His intuition gained from decades of service told him that he had not arrested the wrong person.

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo was too lazy to explain any further. Besides, the situation here was indeed difficult to explain clearly.

You can't say that you came from the underground world of Oklahoma, two thousand kilometers away, right?

Were the bullets used to shoot the Kunyang people and the Guge giants?

Qin Zhibo then revealed a mysterious expression and whispered, "Actually, my real identity is a special investigator from the CIA, assigned to carry out a secret mission."

"Due to confidentiality, I cannot disclose my specific itinerary and mission content."

"But you can contact my next level contact, his name is Patrick, the phone number is..."

After saying this, Officer Radishu was still skeptical.

But with the attitude of preferring to believe it, he left the interrogation room first, and before leaving, he asked the two policemen at the door to keep an eye on him.

……

Fifteen minutes later, Officer Radishou returned with a slightly frustrated look on his face.

"Mike, take the cuffs off him."

"I've returned everything to you, you can leave now..."

Although Radishu said nothing, his attitude said it all.

As soon as Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi came out of the New York Police Department with all their luggage, they immediately received a call from Patrick.

Patrick called mainly to ask what the situation was.

Patrick was startled by Radishu's sudden call just now. He thought Qin Zhibo had just joined Green Delta and disappeared.

But in the end he was arrested by the New York police as a suspect in the case.

Patrick didn't think much about it and immediately contacted the members of Cell A. He used his internal connections to rescue Qin Zhibo.

It was for this reason that Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi were released so quickly.

But according to the principle, they, Green Delta, must also know what Qin Zhibo did and why he was caught by the police in the underground of New York.

In response to Patrick's questioning, Qin Zhibo told Patrick that he saw a zombie killing people under the subway a few days ago.

They have been secretly investigating this matter underground in New York these days.

Upon hearing this, Patrick said that they in Green Delta had known about this kind of thing for a long time.

"Those dog-headed creatures are called ghouls. Not all of them eat living people, but some deviant ghouls attack and eat living people."

"We have been trying to find a way to eradicate the threat of these ghouls, but the time is not right yet..."

"If you want to know more about those creatures, go find Nancy from N Cell. She's very familiar with ghouls."

Qin Zhibo felt disdainful in his heart. No matter how familiar the other party was with zombies, could he be as familiar with them as he was?

"Mimi" in Ghoul language means thank you, you're welcome, and I love you. Who would have known such a thing?

But Patrick's next sentence made Qin Zhibo change his mind.

"...The child you brought here is now boarding at Nancy's house."

After hearing what Patrick said, Qin Zhibo wanted to go over and take a look.

It will take some time for Koizumi Akako's luggage to be mailed here, so I can take some time to go and see how Hondou Eisuke's new life is going.

……

Back at the Hilton Hotel, Koizumi Akako booked another presidential suite without hesitation.

The first thing they did when they entered the room was to take a shower.

Calculating the time from entering Kunyang to returning to New York, it takes about three days.

These three days are not spent in a warm house, but crawling in the desolate land, fighting against the ancient disgust.

So, the two of them took a long bath.

Of course, wash them separately.

An hour later, Qin Zhibo was the first to come out of the bathroom in his room and called Benniu who was far away in Binger Town.

On the phone, Qin Zhibo told Benniu that he was now in New York and asked him to send all the luggage in the room to the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan, New York.

I also helped return the rental car to the rental company in Oklahoma City.

"What! You're in New York now?"

"When did you get out? Why didn't you tell me?"

Benniu thought that Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi came out of there and went to New York without saying goodbye.

Or maybe he never thought that the two of them could come out of that terrifying underground place...

"It's a long story...but I found the amulet your father left behind down there. I can send it to you."

Qin Zhibo was playing with the Kunyang metal coin in his hand, which was the amulet mentioned by Benniu.

This thing can indicate Enkai's location underground, but he no longer needs it now.