The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

On the edge of the rooftop, Goemon Ishikawa pressed his right foot back against the edge of the low wall, holding the Zantetsu Sword tightly with one hand, resisting Qin Zhibo's stormy slashes.

For a moment, Ishikawa Goemon was at a disadvantage!

When the onlookers saw this scene, they all showed incredible expressions.

Especially the Sengata Police Department, Lupine III, and Daisuke Jigen, who were familiar with Ishikawa Kendo's strength, were even more surprised.

"This person actually pushed the teacher to this extent..."

Daisuke Jigen held his hat with one hand, and the eyes exposed from the gap in the brim of the hat were staring at the two sides of the duel.

With the current situation, he was ready to help Ishikawa Goemon when the masked man was about to kill him.

Next to him, Lupine III also had an unusually serious expression and carefully analyzed the situation on the field.

"No, Goemon did not use all his strength..."

As his companion, Lupine naturally knew that the strongest swordsmanship of Ishikawa Goemon was holding the sword in his backhand.

But now, he just holds the sword in his upright hand like an ordinary swordsman.

But even so, it is really not easy for this masked man to be able to put him at a disadvantage in a short period of time.

The spectators on the other side were relieved to see Qin Zhibo gain the upper hand from the beginning of the duel.

Mao Lilan asked: "Are you going to win?"

Qianxing Police Department, who carefully observed the situation on the field, frowned slightly and said solemnly: "It's still early..."

As an opponent who has fought against him countless times, he also knows how strong Ishikawa Goemon is.

Sure enough, before everyone's shock could calm down, Ishikawa Goemon suddenly caught the moment when Qin Zhibo put away his strength and put the sword away, and pushed the blade of the Oath Keeper away with his Zantetsu Sword.

Immediately afterwards, he jumped on the spot with both feet and jumped over Qin Zhibo's head!

Qin Zhibo's inner OS: You're a scumbag!

It is impossible for normal humans to have such a jumping ability, but it is not difficult for Ishikawa Goemon.

In an instant, the two men were attacking and defending in different positions, and Qin Zhibo was fighting with his back to the rooftop.

"ha!"

Ishikawa Goemon burst out with a roar, the veins on his temples and wrists were exposed, and the Zantetsu Sword struck Qin Zhibo's head heavily.

Looking at the blade that was about to fall, Qin Zhibo's pupils shrank suddenly, and then he twisted and moved away.

And the iron-cutting sword happened to fall at this moment, and the blade was inserted directly into the concrete low wall, and the blade was submerged to a depth of 3cm!

Seeing this moment, Qin Zhibo was shocked.

It turns out that the sharpness of the Iron Cutting Sword is far beyond my imagination. If it weren't for my [Oath Keeping Sword], which is also a divine weapon, it might have been chopped down in one encounter.

"ha!"

Ishikawa Goemon roared again, and the Zantetsu sword inserted into the concrete was like picking up from tofu, and continued to cut across half of Qin Zhibo's waist.

Qin Zhibo quickly retreated, avoiding the sharp edge with his body. At the same time, he raised the Oath Keeper sword in his hand high above his head. The moment he landed, he slashed towards Ishikawa Goemon.

But at this time, Ishikawa Goemon saw through Qin Zhibo's thoughts and suddenly shouted.

"I won't give you a chance!"

Before Qin Zhibo landed and swung his sword, the faster Ishikawa Goemon suddenly retracted his sword. Instead of using a larger and slower horizontal sword to defend, he stabbed the blade straight forward.

This move caught Qin Zhibo off guard, because in these days of teaching, Ishikawa Goemon had only used slashing, but never stabbing.

And generally speaking, the strengths of a sword are cutting and stabbing, which should be the strengths of the sword.

Faced with this stabbing attack that came faster, Qin Zhibo had to give up the idea of ​​attacking with a sword, turned his head to one side, and the Oath Keeper sword also switched to a defensive posture.

The edge of the Zhan Tie Sword grazed the left side of Qin Zhibo's cheek, and a sharp long beam slid across the golden mask, directly making a hole in the mask.

Click...

Qin Zhibo's ears faintly heard the sound of the mask breaking.

"Wait a moment!"

Qin Zhibo took a few steps back and suddenly raised his hand to call for a timeout.

Ishikawa Goemon, who was about to force him forward, suddenly stood still and froze on the spot.

Qin Zhibo raised his hand to hold the lower part of his mask and explained: "My mask is broken. I want to apply for intermission and change my mask first."

"Change the mask?"

Everyone was puzzled by this inexplicable request. Even if it was to hide their identity, it wouldn't go to this extent, right?

But no matter how suspicious everyone feels, as long as the person dueling with him has no objections, it's completely fine.

Ishikawa Goemon stood there with his sword put away, silent for a second, and nodded expressionlessly.

"Can."

After hearing this, Qin Zhibo immediately turned around and left, slipping into the dim staircase with his legs and feet.

Ishikawa Goemon quietly put the sword back into its scabbard, closed his eyes, and sat cross-legged on the low wall.

Lupine the Third stretched his head and looked at the man's leaving figure, wondering: "Isn't this guy running away because he saw that he couldn't be beaten?"

Daisuke Jigen turned his head and glanced at Conan who was still standing on the other side, "But he doesn't even want his son?"

Lupine III raised his eyes, "Could it be that the original plan was to keep his son here as a hostage and then escape?"

"You shouldn't be so callous, right?"

At this point, Daisuke Jigen's tone became a little uncertain.

Conan, who was standing on the other side, was also puzzled by Qin Zhibo's sudden call for a timeout and then went downstairs to change his mask.

Although the mask was scratched, it was only a cut of less than 10cm. There should be no need to change the mask, right?

And he bought two masks in total, one for each of the two people. Where would he change them?

…

At this moment, Qin Zhibo was standing in the room downstairs, taking out a brand new mask from his black backpack.

This is a pale mask. Qin Zhibo specially ordered it from the mask maker at the Visbania market when he was buying medicine last night.

The mask maker worked all night and only got it back this morning.

The mask is made of white walnut wood, and there are no patterns on it. It is just a simple carving of some undulations based on Qin Zhibo's facial features.

But even such a simple, pale mask without any decoration can give people an extremely weird feeling.

Qin Zhibo replaced the damaged golden mask with a pale mask.

Immediately afterwards, he materialized the [Indescribable High Priest's Robe] from the item list.

This item was obtained from the previous "fishing" mission. As long as you put it on, you can harvest the faith of the followers of the King in Yellow.

But this prop also has a hidden effect, that is, even if ordinary people see it, their hearts will be greatly shocked.

He wouldn't want to do it if he could win easily.

But Ishikawa Goemon's understanding of "20 years of skill" is really different from normal people.

How can any ordinary person who has been practicing swordsmanship for 20 years be able to leap on the spot and fly over the heads of adults?

You are practicing sword practice, not dunking!

If Ishikawa Goemon's agility was not too high, the first wave of sneak attacks + strong attacks with poor information were very reasonable tactics and would have been enough to establish a victory.

But now, the fighter opportunity is fleeting, and a good opportunity like that just now is unlikely to appear again.

He had to use Plan B - the method of psychological shock.

…

On the rooftop, the patience of the onlookers was still being worn away.

Qin Zhibo said he was going down to change his mask, but he actually disappeared for 5 minutes as soon as he left, far exceeding the normal time for changing his mask.

Everyone whispered, and most of them came to the conclusion that this guy escaped.

Because judging from the previous confrontation, although Qin Zhibo had the upper hand at the beginning, he even pushed Ishikawa Goemon to the edge of the rooftop.

But Ishikawa Goemon's particularly beautiful move from defense to offense, coupled with the reasonable use of swordsmanship and sword skills, has already overwhelmed his opponent.

Being pierced through the mask is proof of that.

If this duel was not a battle of life and death, but just an ordinary kendo duel, the outcome would have been decided between the two.

Even if you change the mask now, it won't change the situation.

Escape is the wisest choice.

Of all the people on the rooftop, the calmest one was Ishikawa Goemon, a duelist.

He sat cross-legged on the edge of the low wall, with his iron sword flat on his knees. Even though there was more than ten meters in the air behind him, he still meditated with his eyes closed without changing his expression.

As for the most nervous person, naturally Conan was still watching the battle.

At this time, Conan was like a child who was left to eat breakfast in a breakfast shop. The parents just said "pay when I come back" and then left.

Qin Zhibo, on the other hand, is like that parent who "will be back soon", but ends up leaving for a long time...

Conan stood there, his little hands hanging on his sides with nowhere to rest, and his eyes under the mask stared directly at the dim staircase.

"..."

"..."

This... couldn't really run away, right?

In fact, even running away is still a rational choice.

Now it seems that it is almost impossible to defeat Ishikawa Goemon. If you come back, you will die.

But the key is that you tell me in advance!

Say - this is your escape route!

This time people disappeared without saying a word, and I was not mentally prepared!

Conan is feeling a little panic now, very panic, very panic.

Although Ishikawa Goemon will not be able to find the "small-headed father" and vent his anger on the "big-headed son".

But this feeling is very uncomfortable.

Everyone was looking at their "abandoned" child with pitiful eyes.

Just when Conan was on pins and needles, footsteps came from the empty corridor.

Everyone looked around, wondering why they had returned to die, when a huge figure emerged from the narrow corridor.

This is a strange man who is more than two meters tall. He is covered in a smart yellow silk robe, and under the hood is a strange, expressionless pale mask.

"Forehead……"

Seeing this image, everyone's mouths could not help but open slightly, and the surprised expressions on their faces were not concealed at all.

"what is this?"

A few seconds later, someone in the crowd asked.

But the obvious question remains unanswered, because no one knows what this new guy is here to do.

The majestic yellow figure passed between the stunned Lupine III and Daisuke Jigen and walked to the battle position.

"continue."

The weirdo announced with a heavy voice.

Coupled with the double-edged stainless steel sword in his hand, the identity of this strange man in yellow was revealed to everyone.

Or Qin Zhibo...

He just changed his mask and clothes, but no one really recognized him anymore.

At this time, Ishikawa Goemon also held the sword in his hand, jumped down from the low wall, and frowned as he observed his duel opponent.

Where is the mask only changed?

The whole image has changed drastically...

The key is that Ishikawa Goemon just stood facing this image, and he had a very ominous premonition in his heart.

A swordsman's intuition is often stronger than that of ordinary people, and as the pinnacle of swordsmen, Ishikawa Goemon's intuition is even more acute.

Especially in catching danger, he is the strongest among the Lupine gang.

In front of this image, Ishikawa Goemon felt like a small human being looking up at an indescribable great thing.

This kind of behavior that was extremely inconsistent with human identity made him feel intense depression and uneasiness in his heart, and he was even so nervous that his breathing accelerated.

He is dangerous...

Ishikawa Goemon's brain came to this conclusion, although his reason told him that the man in front of him was the man who had just left.

There is no difference between the two.

"you……"

Ishikawa Goemon calmed down and asked coldly: "Why have you grown taller?"

Yes, Ishikawa Goemon found that his opponent had become even taller than him after leaving for just a moment.

The two of them were still the same height just now, but now Ishikawa Goemon actually needs to look up to his opponent...

"..."

Qin Zhibo didn't answer, and he didn't want to wait until the other party got used to his image.

His figure swayed and his body suddenly sprinted forward.

coming!

Ishikawa Goemon also immediately tensed up his nerves, and the Zantetsu sword in his hand subconsciously took a defensive posture.

When the strange man in yellow rushed over, the sword in his hand had no extra skills and struck directly on the iron sword.

This sword actually caused Ishikawa Goemon's shoulders to sink, which he had defended in advance, and his whole body jerked downwards.

The sword's edge was instantly close to Ishikawa Goemon's face!

Ishikawa Goemon secretly thought that something was wrong, his own strength was not as good as the opponent's.

Although it is true that Ishikawa Goemon has a power of 150, in order to suppress the skill of an ordinary person for 20 years, he only used his power to the level of 100.

In previous duels, 100 power was greater than 90 power.

But now, the weirdo in yellow uses his height advantage to directly convert part of his body weight into strength.

Like superior overcoming inferior, the strange man in yellow's oath-keeping sword firmly suppressed Ishikawa Goemon's Zantetsu sword.

Ishikawa Goemon's proud heart did not allow him to use all his strength, so he could only tilt the blade and use technical power to swing the Oath Keeper Sword away.

Then taking advantage of this gap, he instantly got away a few meters.

Although Ishikawa Goemon suppressed his own power, the agility of a swordsman is innate, similar to fighting instinct, and it is indeed difficult to suppress it by force.

But the strange man in yellow turned his head and chased after him with a sword as well.

The majestic figure looks clumsy, but every move is extremely flexible, revealing the elegance of an extraordinary creature.

At this time, it seemed that he was not a swordsman fighting, but an evil spirit who was seeking his life!

Ishikawa Goemon was startled. The intuition in his brain immediately turned his attention to the lower body of the strange man in yellow, and judged his position by observing his legs.

But the yellow robe perfectly covered his feet, and its unusually loose fabric prevented him from capturing any movement information at all.

Not only that, he saw that the yellow robe seemed to be alive and was actually moving!

The tattered silk at the end of the robe is like the tentacles of an octopus, each one and each strand is performing a different rhythm.

And the surface of the silk is like a yellow sea. There is a terrifying sea monster hidden under the sea. His huge tentacles are brushing under the water.

ah……

Ishikawa Goemon's eyes widened, his pupils shrank, and his heart almost stopped.

If it weren't for his excellent dynamic vision, which could even catch every flying bullet, he wouldn't be able to observe so clearly.

But precisely because he observed it so carefully, he maximized the shock of this image to the soul.

Just like an investigator, the more you know, the more dangerous you are...

Ishikawa Goemon was in a trance for a moment.

When he came to his senses again and instinctively raised his sword to resist, the edge of the Oath Keeper sword was already at his throat.

"you lose……"