The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Kuroba Kaito watched dumbfoundedly as Nancy suddenly transformed from a little sister into a ghoul that was over two meters tall even with a stooped back.

What's happening here?

Nancy, who turned into a ghoul, easily swatted away an oncoming demon with a slap, and rushed into the demon like crazy.

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

Nancy was like a wild beast that had lost its mind. It roared "hissingly" and the claws on its arms were clawing around randomly, making no distinction between friend and foe.

But soon, the monster found a flaw in this completely irrational style of play.

A demon jumped up on Nancy's rickety back from behind, biting at the rubbery gray skin with dirty yellow teeth.

The severe 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 away the monster behind her.

But the demon's claws had penetrated deeply into the rubber skin, and its lower body was swaying from side to side as Nancy moved, and for a while it was impossible to break free.

And the shrill scream she made caused more demons to rush out from the darkness.

…

Qin Zhibo was holding the [Oath-Keeping Sword], and with each strike he struck a little demon, and before he knew it, there was a mountain of corpses under his feet.

But even so, the number of demons and ghosts has not decreased at all, and he is not even afraid because he has killed countless demons and ghosts.

If this continues, you will be completely trapped.

Qin Zhibo knew that the situation was critical now, and he also knew that something was wrong with Nancy at the rear. She seemed to have lost too much reason and turned into a ghoul.

However, Qin Zhibo couldn't take care of the rear now. The monsters in front of him jumped out from the invisible darkness one by one, and he might be hit if he was distracted at the slightest moment.

If he enters the ashes space again next time, Qin Zhibo vows to use the blue-fire Gatling to impose iron and blood sanctions on these beasts!

At this moment, several roars like a woman crying came from the darkness.

In front of Qin Zhibo, several demons and ghosts that were jumping and rushing towards him suddenly stopped and stood still to listen.

Woo...

Woo——

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

Kuroba Kaito was startled for a moment, with an expression on his face that made him want to cry.

Are there any experts?

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

In the darkness, several ghouls suddenly rushed out.

The slightly smarter demons and ghosts had already begun to run away. Those who had not had time to escape were bitten by the ferocious ghouls and kept wailing.

Although the body shape of the demon ghost is similar to that of the ordinary ghoul, the ghoul is more flexible, and the dog-like mouth shape greatly increases the ghoul's biting ability.

And for some reason, the demon ghost had no desire to fight when faced with a smaller number of ghouls than itself. He retreated as quickly as possible, faster than Sima Yi retreated when he saw Zhuge Liang.

Soon, the few monsters that didn't have time to escape were bitten to death by the ghouls, while the other monsters disappeared like a tide.

Matsumoto Ryohei walked out, passed by the demon who was hacked to death by Qin Zhibo, and met Qin Zhibo.

"Mr. Qin, we meet again."

"Yeah, it would be nice if the meeting time could be earlier..."

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

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

Now the only difference between him and ordinary ghouls is the clothes on his body and his less stooped figure.

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

"Not yet. I am bringing a few friends here to find 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 ghoul companions.

But one of the figures immediately caught his attention.

It was a huge ghoul with a shrug and a hunched back. Its majestic body surpassed all the ghouls he had seen in the Tombs of Xin.

"Who is that lady?"

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

Matsumoto Ryohei's green pupils shone brightly, "She is so beautiful, the light cannot cover it up..."

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

"Beautiful lady, I, Matsumoto Ryohei, hope to get to know you."

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

This is the most unacceptable thing about Nancy, that is, her ugly self after transforming into a ghoul.

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

As soon as Matsumoto Ryohei heard that the other party was speaking English, he immediately switched the language to English and introduced himself in the same way again.

Nancy raised her head in surprise when she heard the familiar language.

"Are you...human?"

"Yes, once human."

Nancy looked at the little ghoul in front of her in surprise. He was dozens of centimeters shorter than herself, but his figure was not as stooped or ugly as ordinary ghouls.

It's actually somewhat elegant.

"Hello...my name is Nancy."

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

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

"No." Matsumoto Yoshihin showed an inexplicably funny smile on his dog face and shook his head, "You are so noble and beautiful, how could you have such unconfident thoughts?"

Nancy was a little surprised and slowly lowered her huge palms covering her face.

As a 41-year-old lady, she can tell that the other person is interested in her.

But she didn't expect that there were creatures that liked such an ugly self.

The atmosphere in front of Qin Zhibo was getting worse and worse, so he quickly stood up and fought.

"Everyone, we are not having a blind date here, so let's go up first and talk about it!"

Hearing this, Kuroba Kaito and Terai Kinosuke were stunned at the same time. Is this a blind date?

There is one more person in the relationship, it is for the ghoul to get out of singles!

…

Under the escort of Matsumoto Ryōping's ghouls, several people arrived at the huge stone steps leading to the ground in the northwest without any danger. Climbing the stone steps was the Tombs of Xin.

Along the way, Matsumoto Ryohei was very considerate and caring to Nancy.

Nancy also gradually let down her guard and communicated with Matsumoto Lianghei due to his gentlemanly consideration.

Kuroba Kaito looked at the two "people" with just the right atmosphere in front of him and felt that his previous behavior was like a clown.

As a top love arsonist, it has become his daily habit to flirt with pretty girls when he sees them.

This is not lustful or flirtatious, because Kuroba Kaito really doesn't expect any stories to happen with the young lady, he just wants to be cool.

What is the most important thing about being a magician?

Just being cool.

If you can't even act cool, then what kind of magician do you have?

But this time, he was completely wrong, and he hadn't flirted with a ghoul yet.

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

This time, Kuroba Kaito was relieved.

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

Qin Zhibo looked at the two of them and was a little surprised. How could his unintentional act be accomplished?

Nancy looks 24 years old in her human form, but is actually 41 years old.

And Matsumoto Ryohei's age, if I remember correctly, should be 46 years old and single.

The two of them are quite similar in age...ah!

You are already a ghoul, why should you consider your age?

As Qin Zhibo climbed up, he saw several other ghouls following Nancy, and he obviously had that intention.

The ghoul race regards strength as beauty, not to mention Nancy's strength which the ghouls in the camp have never seen before.

But no matter the language barrier, it is not as good as Matsumoto Ryohei.

…

After climbing through the huge stone steps, the light at the entrance of the cave finally made the eyes of several people shrink.

Qin Zhibo and others and the ghouls emerged from the hole like gophers.

"This is the Tombs of Xin." 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 actually exactly the same as the scene depicted in "Sunflower"!

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

The breeze was blowing, and something dark seemed to be drifting across the gray foothills on the distant horizon.

When they arrived at Xin's Tombs, Qin Zhibo stopped Matsumoto Ryohei, who was having a lively chat with Nancy, and asked.

"We are here to find someone...maybe a ghoul."

"His name is Richard Upman Pickman."

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

Matsumoto Ryohei heard the name and thought for a moment, "I remember when I first arrived at the camp, there was an English-speaking ghoul elder who called himself 'Pickman'."

Kuroba Kaito and Terai Huangnosuke heard this and immediately walked up.

"where is he?"

"It's hard to say, this elder has a weird temper and won't stay in the camp most of the time..."

…

Under the leadership of Matsumoto Ryohei, several people came to the ghoul camp.

Matsumoto Ryohei went to the cave below to look for someone, while others were waiting on the ground to be "inspected" by the eyes of many ghouls.

Kuroba Kaito looked at the shabby living environment around him and the ghouls entrenched on the tombstones, and couldn't help but feel a little scared.

However, Qin Zhibo explained to Kuroba Kaito that the ghoul in the dreamland is a highly intelligent creature that only eats corpses, not living creatures.

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

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

Moreover, ghouls do not eat demons and ghosts, and they will kill the demons and ghosts in the ashes space by killing them.

"Did you see it?" Qin Zhibo pointed to the holes in the ground, "Many of those holes are space passages leading to various places in the world."

"As long as they pass through these passages, ghouls will appear in places where corpses exist in the real world, such as cemeteries and suicide forests."

"Wow!" Kuroba Kaito exclaimed in disbelief and suddenly had a good idea.

"If I use this channel, wouldn't I be able to send out notices and perform magic in different places around the world at the same time?"

Before Kuroba Kaito could get excited about his novel creation, Qin Zhibo poured a basin of cold water on him.

"Even if you use this channel, you will only make people around the world think that Kaito Kidd is not one person, but many people, and it will not achieve the effect of magic."

Kuroba Kaito thought this way, "That's right..."

At this moment, Matsumoto Ryohei came back, bringing a ghoul behind him.

As soon as the impatient Kuroba Kaito stepped forward to talk to him, Matsumoto Ryohei said: "He is not Pickman, just one of the ghoul elders."

"He can take you to Pickman."

Qin Zhibo immediately captured the key hidden information, "What about you?"

"I'm going to stay here and apply medicine to the injured Miss Nancy."

Qin Zhibo: "..."

What a shame!

…

Qin Zhibo and others had no choice of guide, so under the leadership of this ghoul elder, they headed towards the southwest of the plain.

This ghoul could not speak human language, but Qin Zhibo vaguely remembered that this elder was the one who asked him to join the crusade against the ancient giant.

People are old and refined, horses are old and slippery, and they are equally applicable to ghouls.

After a long trek, everyone crossed the plains and came to the edge of a landscape similar to the Grand Canyon.

The elder ghoul pointed to one of the places in the canyon and made a gurgling sound, which probably meant that he wanted several people to go there.

After saying that, the ghoul elder left.

So naughty...

Qin Zhibo and others still had no choice but to continue moving in the direction indicated by the elder.

When several people came to the edge of the rock wall, they discovered that this place was hundreds of meters deep.

In the deepest part of the canyon, countless animal bones are piled up.

These bone piles are composed of countless bones of various creatures, including those of ghouls, humans, gug giants, and other unknown winged creatures.

Between the empty structures of the pile of bones, huge, fat worms were squirming disgustingly.

Seeing this scene, Kuroba Kaito and Terai Kinosuke's eyes widened unconsciously, and the food in their stomachs was constantly churning and stirring.

Qin Zhibo pulled the two people who had difficulty adapting back from the cliff and said: "This may be a place where ghouls throw the leftover bones. After all, they eat corpses..."

"Okay, let's go find Pickman."

Now it was Qin Zhibo's turn to be the guide, leading Heiyu and the two towards the mountain peak.

The three of them walked around to the outer edge of the canyon, waited until they were closest to the mountain peak, and then used rope guns to fire hooks at the rocks on the mountain peak.

Click.

The hook rope was firmly tied to the stone, and the three of them climbed up one after another.

After climbing another dozen feet, the group finally reached the highest point of the mountain.

Everyone looked around and saw a ghoul drawing on the edge of the mountain.