The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Qin Zhibo laid the three diamond-shaped fragments on the ground one after another, counting their origins in his mind.

The first one is a fragment obtained by Mr. Clock from Carl in the Arkham Achievement Club.

The second piece is a fragment obtained from the trade with Belmode.

The third one was obtained from the Angel Pavilion based on information from the organization's boss.

Among them, the fragments traded with Belmode are the only ones that the organization boss has no way of knowing.

Because he took advantage of Belmod's concern about the safety of Mao Lilan and Conan, so he reached this secret deal.

There should be no reason for the boss of the organization to know that his favorite woman, Belmode, is adopting children outside.

In other words, if the boss of the organization takes advantage of the information gap to plant fake fragments in his hands, he can only choose between Karl's fragments and Rum's fragments.

Mr. Clock has just tested Karl's fragments and Belmod's fragments, and some of them are fake.

Then, Carl’s fragment is fake!

Or there is a desperate possibility that all three fragments are fake...

…

"My waiting has its limit. Have you thought about your decision?"

There was a rumbling sound in the temple, and Tsathoggua's voice was like a magic sound, causing the invisible heirs around the pedestal that had devoured Mr. Clock's body to stop and kneel to him again.

Qin Zhibo knew there was no time, so he could only look up at the phosphorescent eye slits on the head of the huge toad, and decided to take a big gamble.

At this moment, he had completely ignored luck.

He kicked out the fragments of Karl and reassembled the fragments of Belmod, the former Rum, and the other fan-shaped fragments into a complete Panest disk.

"This is proof! We are your most devout believers!"

"And what you have digested just now is the sacrifice we brought to you!"

This is a last ditch effort.

After saying this, Qin Zhibo stared at the huge body on the pedestal.

Satoguya sat lazily on the pedestal, staring at the disc in Qin Zhibo's hand with half-open eyes, and his plump lips slowly squirmed after a long time.

"Yes, I recognize you as the holders of this disc."

"I recognize you as the sacrificers, not the sacrifices themselves..."

As soon as the rumbling sound subsided, Qin Zhibo's wide eyes relaxed, his body swayed with the trance of his brain, and he almost fell to the ground.

Now it was Koizumi Hongzi's turn to help Qin Zhibo, so as not to show timidity in front of Satugua.

Qin Zhibo looked up at Satugua on the pedestal and continued: "In addition to offering sacrifices to you, I also want to ask you to meet some of our requirements that are insignificant to you..."

Tsathogua's black face was aimed at the two humans below, and his huge eyes closed one of them.

He lazily said: "If you have any requirements, I can satisfy you. This is a thank you for your sacrifice to me."

"Bring it up while I'm still asleep."

Satogua was drowsy, which fully confirmed what is meant by "sleeping after eating and eating after waking up".

Time was running out, so Qin Zhibo immediately raised the first question.

"Please tell me, the great Tsathoggua, how to resurrect the dead human corpses."

This is the first question that Qin Zhibo thinks of, which is to resurrect Akai Shuichi.

The original plan was to make Koizumi Anko become the supreme witch, and then order the witch with the ability to restore life to resurrect Akai Shuichi's body.

As for Akai Shuichi's soul, it is still in the glass bottle, so as long as the physical problems are solved, there is a high probability that he can be resurrected successfully.

But instead of asking for help from other witches, it's better to ask for help from the real gods here.

Moreover, after experiencing the life-and-death moment of choosing the Panest fragment just now, Qin Zhibo understood the importance of having one more choice.

Often having one more choice is the key to survival.

Facing the first question raised by Qin Zhibo, Satoguya on the pedestal tilted his head lazily and responded with a rough voice.

"This requires a magic potion formula, the eyeballs of the daughter of Itakua, the blood of the ghoul, the milk of Ibo Zitor in the tail of the night dire, the poison glands of the puffer fish..."

"You need to fuse them into a potion to restore a corpse to its original state."

Satugua said a series of potion names, and Qin Zhibo took out a small notebook and quickly wrote them down.

Although he thought he had a pretty good memory, in this place, no matter how good his memory was, it was worse than a bad writing.

What's more, Qin Zhibo has never even heard of many of the medicinal materials Satoguya mentioned.

After Satogua finished answering the first question, his heavy eyelids sank slightly.

Qin Zhibo seized the time and asked the second question.

"Please ask the great Tsathogya to give us magic, such as ordinary magic of retrieving objects from the air, teleportation, resurrection from the dead, and out-of-body magic! There are even ultimate magics that transcend time and space,"

Koizumi Hongzi in the back was startled when she heard this question. This question was asked for her.

But Satogua paused for a moment and responded with a rumble in a rough voice.

"You can find all the common magic in the world on the stone pillars here..."

Satugua didn't even bother to raise his hand to give instructions, but Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi knew that he was talking about the stone pillars supporting the temple, with many words engraved on them.

"But you cannot use the ultimate magic that transcends time and space."

"The time and space of this world have been restricted by a powerful force. As the natives of this world, you cannot tamper with them..."

The amount of information given by Satugua was very large, which made Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi feel very puzzled.

What does "time and space are prohibited" mean?

And what kind of power can control even time and space?

"What kind of power is that?"

Facing Qin Zhibo's questioning, Satoguya's sticky eyes flickered, but he did not answer, rarely choosing to remain silent.

It was as if someone as powerful as him was trapped in this restriction and could not escape.

Qin Zhibo's question didn't get an answer, so Koizumi Hongzi beside him couldn't wait to ask, "Satogua, I want to know if my mother has been here before. How is she now?"

Koizumi Hongzi did not use honorifics to Satogua, but Satogua was too lazy to care about anything and replied happily: "A woman with the same bloodline as you has been here before."

"If you ask her how she is doing now, you can go look for her in the pile of bones..."

"Because I've eaten her."

As soon as Satugua finished speaking, Koizumi Hongzi's brain felt like it was struck by lightning.

She froze on the spot for a while, then fell straight to the ground, staring at the dark ground in disbelief.

In fact, after figuring out how to use the Panest fragment, Qin Zhibo didn't want Koizumi Hongzi to ask this question.

Obviously, anyone who does not have the Panest fragment enters Enkai, and there is a high probability of a dead end.

Unless Tsathoggua was in a full state at the time.

But today, when no one takes the initiative to offer sacrifices, Tsathogya obviously rarely has enough to eat.

After answering this question, Satogua's eyelids seemed to be unable to hold up any longer and gradually began to close.

He is going to sleep again.

Unless there is a new intruder, Tsathoggua can be awakened from the state of the statue.

Qin Zhibo took advantage of this last moment and immediately took out the letter he had brought from Kunyang's apartment from his pocket and shouted to Satogua.

"Who on earth wrote this letter?!"

Satogua glanced at the letter in Qin Zhibo's hand for the last time, and his rough voice murmured.

"Karasuma Renye..."

After the words fell, Tsathogya closed his eyes completely and fell into a deep sleep.

Qin Zhibo looked at the letter in his hand and murmured the name "Karasuma Renye" ​​in his mouth.

In his brain, a line of logic was vaguely pieced together.

Karasuma Renye arrived in Kunyang a long time ago and lived in Kunyang for a long time.

But unlike others, Karasuma Renye was not under house arrest in Kunyang, but took the initiative to stay here to study.

He learned the advanced virtualization technology of the Kunyang people, and possibly even the Kunyang people's technique of overcoming natural death.

Until he learned all the techniques and chose to take the Panest fragment with him to Enkai.

And before he left, he left this letter advising new intruders.

The letter focused on the depravity of the Kunyang people, making the intruders fear the existence of the Kunyang people, and indicated that the way to escape from Kunyang was Enkai.

But in fact, without the Panest fragment, heading to Enkai is a dead end.

And once a new intruder sees the contents on the envelope and becomes resistant to the Kunyang people, the Kunyang people will be prompted to execute the intruder.

In other words, this letter was left by Karasuma Renye in order to prevent latecomers from staying in Kunyang and learning the incredible skills of the Kunyang people.

That apartment should have been the place where the Kunyang people captured and placed outsiders a hundred years ago.

Because only that apartment was built very much like a building above the ground.

It was Karasuma Renye who proposed to the Kunyang people to build that apartment that fit the aesthetics of the people on the ground, and then left a letter advising the intruders to escape on their own initiative behind the wall of the apartment.

This is a trap set by Renya Karasuma for hundreds of years.

…

In the dim temple, everything gradually returned to calm.

As Sathoggua fell into a deep sleep like a statue, many of the invisible heirs inside the temple also disappeared.

They slowly flowed back into their own sacrificial basins and stone troughs, as if nothing had happened, quietly waiting for the next sacrifice to come.

Qin Zhibo used a searchlight to illuminate the stone pillars on both sides of the temple and saw the words describing magic written by Satugua.

It can be seen that these words are all carved manually, and the twisted words record these ancient wisdoms.

It's a pity that the characters on it are not the characters used in modern times, so they cannot be easily learned. It is even difficult to distinguish what kind of characters they are.

After searching all the stone walls and pillars, Qin Zhibo finally found some familiar words.

This is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph, carved on a stone wall at the entrance of the temple by someone.

Qin Zhibo cannot read ancient Egyptian writing, but Koizumi Hongzi happens to be an expert in this field.

He returned to Koizumi Hongzi and saw that she was still sitting on the stone ground, looking at the ground absentmindedly.

"Are you feeling better?"

Koizumi Anko did not answer, still looking at the ground.

If it was just an understatement of "died on the road", Koizumi Hongzi would not have suffered such a huge blow.

The pursuit of ultimate magic is always accompanied by huge sacrifices. This is the eternal truth of the witch clan.

But Koizumi Hongzi saw Mr. Clock’s tragic situation with her own eyes.

Her mind couldn't help but think and imagine, fantasizing about the desperate situation in which her mother died.

Qin Zhibo looked at Koizumi Hongzi and sympathized with her plight.

In this situation, it is best to cry and vent your inner emotions.

But as a witch, Koizumi Anko's lifelong rule is not to cry, no matter if she is crying for anyone, otherwise she will lose her magic power.

This feeling of wanting to cry but not being able to cry is the most uncomfortable.

Qin Zhibo thought for a moment, then turned back to the pile of bones at the entrance of the temple.

The stench was so pungent that he had to tie a piece of cloth around his mouth and nose to make a simple mask.

He took out the [Holy Sword of Physics—Crowbar] from the toolbar, and used the length of the crowbar to rummage through the pile of bones.

If it was fifteen years ago, it shouldn't be too far away...

Probably right up there...

Qin Zhibo rummaged through the pile of bones for a while, and suddenly saw a dark silver thing hanging on a skeleton.

This is a silver photo pendant, but due to the baptism of time, the outermost silver layer has been oxidized and turned black.

Opening the lid of the pendant, there is a yellowed oval photo inside.

In the photo is a graceful and luxurious woman with short fiery red hair and a fiery red robe.

Qin Zhibo met Koizumi Hongzi at her home. This was Koizumi Hongzi’s mother.

…

In front of the pedestal of the temple, Koizumi Anko looked hopelessly at the ground.

Suddenly, a pendant fell in front of her eyes.

The photo inside the pendant is a half-length photo of a woman.

Seeing this photo, Koizumi Hongzi's eyes immediately brightened up, and she grabbed the pendant in her hand like a treasure.

"Where did you find this?!"

"That's..." Qin Zhibo paused, but still didn't say what was in the pile of bones, "on the ground of the temple."

Koizumi Hongzi was shocked for a moment, and then she cherished the pendant in her arms.

Seeing that she had regained consciousness, Qin Zhibo also told her the information he had just collected.

"I just searched around. There are a lot of incomprehensible characters carved on the stone walls and pillars here, but there are ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics at the entrance over there."

Koizumi Hongzi raised her head, her face returning to its usual confident smile.

"Then it seems I have to take action..."

…

The two came to the stone wall and stared at the content on it.

Within a moment, Koizumi Hongzi saw the origin of these words.

"These are the words carved here by Theron, the apprentice of the great magician Ebon."

"Um……"

"It says that this temple has a portal set up by Yibon, which can directly travel between Enkai and the outside world..."

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