Conan Rick's Investigator

"Ah!"

Kuroba Kaito was shocked by the scene in front of him. The weak and vulnerable young woman turned into a huge zombie in the blink of an eye!

At this moment, the white light of the flash bomb disappeared, and the nearest demon rushed towards the huge monster in front of it with its fangs and claws bared.

However, as soon as it came in front of Nancy, it was slapped several meters away by a claw.

At this moment, Kuroba Kaito finally understood what Qin Zhibo meant when he said, "She is not the kind of woman you imagined."

Chapter 1028 Richard Upman Pickman

Kuroba Kaito watched in amazement as Nancy suddenly transformed from a little sister into a zombie that was over two meters tall even with a hunched back.

What's happening here?

Nancy, who had transformed into a zombie, easily slapped a charging demon away with a slap, and then rushed into the demons like crazy.

Her tall and strong figure made the demons and ghosts in front of her look like chickens and dogs, and several of them were knocked away one after another.

Nancy was like a mad and violent beast that had lost its mind. She hissed and roared, and the claws on her arms were waving around randomly, unable to distinguish between friend and foe.

But soon, the demons found a flaw in this completely irrational fighting style.

A demon jumped onto Nancy's hunched, deformed back from behind, gnawing its dirty, yellow teeth into her rubbery, gray skin.

The intense pain stimulated Nancy's brain nerves, forcing her to roar even more violently, and her body swung left and right like a top, trying to throw off the demon behind her.

But the demon's claws had already penetrated deeply into the rubber skin, and its lower body swayed left and right as Nancy swung her body, and for a moment it was unable to break free.

Her shrill screams attracted more demons and ghosts to rush out from the darkness.

……

Qin Zhibo was holding the [Oath-Keeping Sword] in his hand, and he killed one small demon with each sword. Before he knew it, a mountain of corpses had formed under his feet.

But even so, the number of demons and ghosts did not decrease at all, and he was not even afraid because he had killed countless demons and ghosts.

If this continues, you will be completely trapped.

Qin Zhibo knew that the situation was critical, and he also knew that something was wrong with Nancy in the back. She seemed to have lost too much of her mind and turned into a zombie.

However, Qin Zhibo was unable to split himself to take care of the rear now. The demons in front of him jumped out from the invisible darkness one after another, and he might be hit if he was distracted for a moment.

If he enters the Ash Space again next time, Qin Zhibo swears that he will use the Gatling gun emitting blue flames to punish these beasts with iron and blood!

At this moment, several roars like women crying were heard in the darkness.

Several demons that were jumping and rushing towards Qin Zhibo suddenly stopped and stood still, listening quietly.

Uh...

woo-

The crying-like sound became more and more real, reaching the ears of every demon in the open space, including Kuroba Kaito and others.

Kuroba Kaito was stunned for a moment, his face showing an expression of wanting to cry but unable to.

Are there any experts?

But Qin Zhibo knew that this was the special sound made by the zombies, and Matsumoto Ryohei's support had finally arrived.

In the darkness, several zombies suddenly rushed out.

The slightly smarter demons and ghosts had already started to run away, while those that had not yet had time to escape were pounced on and bitten by the ferocious zombies, and they kept howling.

Although the size of the demon ghost is similar to that of an ordinary ghoul, the ghoul is more flexible, and its dog-like mouth greatly increases its biting ability.

And for some reason, the demons had no desire to fight when facing zombies that were fewer in number than themselves. They would retreat as quickly as possible, even faster than Sima Yi retreated when he met Zhuge Liang.

Soon, the few demons that didn't have time to escape were bitten to death by the zombies, while the other demons retreated like the tide.

Matsumoto Ryohei walked out, passed by the demon that was killed by Qin Zhibo, and met Qin Zhibo.

"Mr. Qin, we meet again."

"Yeah, it would be nice if we could meet earlier..."

Qin Zhibo put away the big sword and looked at Matsumoto Ryohei.

After just a few days of not seeing each other, Matsumoto Ryohei's facial deformities became even more severe.

Now the only difference between him and an ordinary ghoul is a piece of clothing draped over his body and a less hunched figure.

"Are you planning to return to Japan?" asked Matsumoto Ryohei.

"Not yet. I brought a few friends here to look for someone..."

Qin Zhibo gestured behind him with his thumb.

Matsumoto Ryohei turned his head and saw two humans standing behind Qin Zhibo, a young man and an old man, who were being monitored one by one by their fellow zombies.

But one of the figures immediately caught his attention.

It was a gigantic ghoul with hunched shoulders and a hunched back, its body more imposing than any ghoul he had ever seen in the Tomb of Xin.

"Who is that lady?"

"That lady is..." Qin Zhibo was about to answer, but immediately asked in confusion: "How did you know she was a woman?"

Matsumoto Ryohei's green eyes sparkled, "She is so beautiful, her radiance cannot be concealed..."

Unable to wait for Qin Zhibo to introduce himself, Matsumoto Ryohei took the initiative to walk up to Nancy and introduce himself to her.

"Beautiful lady, my name is Matsumoto Ryohei, and I hope to make your acquaintance."

Nancy didn't understand what the little zombie in front of her was chattering, but the shame of her appearance made her instinctively raise her hands to cover her face.

This is the thing that Nancy can't accept the most, that is, her ugly self after transforming into a zombie.

"Don't look at me, please don't look at me..."

When Matsumoto Ryohei heard that the other party was speaking English, he immediately switched the language to English and made the same self-introduction again.

Nancy looked up in surprise when she heard the familiar language.

"You are...human?"

"Yes, once human."

Nancy looked at the small zombie in front of her in surprise. He was several dozen centimeters shorter than herself, but his body was not as hunched and ugly as that of ordinary zombies.

It's actually quite elegant.

"Hello... My name is Nancy."

"Hello, Ms. Nancy, nice to meet you."

"You...don't you hate me?"

"No." Matsumoto Ryouhin's dog face showed an inexplicably funny smile and shook his head. "You are so noble and beautiful, how could you have such an insecure thought?"

Nancy was a little surprised and slowly lowered the pair of huge hands that were covering her face.

As a 41-year-old lady, she could see that the other party had a good impression of her.

But she could not imagine that there was a creature that liked such an ugly woman like her.

Qin Zhibo felt that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly strange, so he quickly stepped forward and attacked.

"Everyone, this isn't a blind date party, so let's go up first!"

Upon hearing this, Kuroba Kaito and Terai Kōnosuke were both stunned. Is this a blind date?

It feels like bringing an extra person is a gift to the zombie to help him find his place in the world of singleness!

……

Under the escort of Matsumoto Ryohei and other zombies, the few of them safely arrived at the huge stone steps leading to the ground in the northwest direction. Climbing the stone steps was the Xin Tomb Group.

Along the way, Matsumoto Ryohei showed great concern and care for Nancy.

Nancy gradually let down her guard and started communicating with him due to the gentlemanly consideration of Matsumoto Ryohei.

Kuroba Kaito looked at the two "people" in front of him who had a perfect atmosphere, and felt that his previous behavior was like that of a clown.

As a top-level arsonist of hearts, flirting with pretty girls whenever he sees them has become his daily habit.

This is not because he is lustful or fickle, because Kuroba Kaito really didn't expect anything to happen with the young lady, he just wanted to be cool.

What is the most important thing about being a magician?

Just being cool.

If you can't even act cool, what kind of magician are you?

But this time, he was completely wrong, and he hadn't even managed to provoke a single zombie.

But later he learned from Qin Zhibo that this eloquent zombie was the director of the Medieval Art Museum who had met with him before.

Now, Kuroba Kaito felt relieved.

This is not surprising, this is not surprising...

Qin Zhibo looked at the two of them, feeling somewhat surprised. How could his unintentional action succeed?

Nancy appears to be 24 years old in her human form, but her actual age is 41.

If I remember correctly, Matsumoto Ryohei is 46 years old and single.

Their ages are quite compatible... Ugh!

You're already a zombie, why bother considering your age?

As Qin Zhibo climbed up, he saw several other zombies following Nancy, and they obviously had the same intention.

The ghoul race considers strength to be beautiful, and Nancy's strength is something the ghouls in the camp have never seen before.

But due to the language barrier, no one can compare to Matsumoto Ryohei who is close to the water and gets the moon first.

……

After climbing up one huge stone stair after another, the light from the cave entrance finally made their pupils shrink.

Qin Zhibo and others and the zombies crawled out of the holes like moles.

"This is Xin's tomb group." Qin Zhibo introduced.

Kuroba Kaito took off the night vision goggles on his head and looked at everything in front of him in disbelief.

This place is exactly the same as the scene depicted in "Sunflowers"!

Under the gray-green sky, various tombstones and unknown ancient ruins can be seen everywhere on the endless plain.

A gentle breeze blew by, and something dark seemed to be floating past the gray foothills on the distant horizon.

When they arrived at Xin's tomb complex, Qin Zhibo stopped Matsumoto Ryohei, who was chatting animatedly with Nancy, and asked.

"We're here to find a person... or maybe a ghoul."

"His name is Richard Upman Pickman."

To be on the safe side, Qin Zhibo used his full name.

Matsumoto Ryohei thought for a moment when he heard the name. "I remember when I first arrived at the camp, there was a ghoul elder who could speak English. He called himself 'Pickman'."

Upon hearing this, Kuroba Kaito and Terai Kōnosuke, who were standing by, immediately came over.

"where is he?"

"It's hard to say. This elder has a strange temper and spends most of his time away from the camp..."

……

Led by Ryohei Matsumoto, several people came to the zombie camp.

Ryohei Matsumoto went to the cave below to look for people, while the others were waiting on the ground, being "inspected" by the gazes of many zombies.

Kuroba Kaito looked at the simple living environment around him and the zombies squatting on the tombstones, and he couldn't help feeling a little scared.

However, Qin Zhibo explained to Kuroba Kaito that the ghouls in the Dreamland are highly intelligent creatures that only eat corpses and not living creatures.

"Corpse? But where did the corpse come from in this place?" asked Terai Huangzhisuke.

Along the way, the few people did not find any particularly conspicuous creatures except demons and zombies.