The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Above the sea in the distance, an orange-red flare bloomed in the night sky.

The blonde woman, wearing a transparent raincoat, stood quietly on the deck, watching the lifeboats floating on the sea indifferently.

And on the temporary radio behind her, the lifeboats kept receiving distress signals.

"SOS! SOS!"

"Aphrodite is about to sink, urgent help! Urgent help!"

The woman stood on the edge of the deck with her hands in her pockets, not paying any attention.

At this time, a man in black came from behind and bowed and asked, "Sir Shirley, shall we start the ceremony?"

"Yes."

The woman wearing round-framed glasses responded in a low voice and continued to stare at the sea.

On the deck behind the woman, an altar built of ancient stones shone brightly on the deck.

As the light of the altar became brighter and brighter, several strange lines were separated from the hole in the center of the altar, forming a huge hexagram magic circle.

At the same time, the black-robed people standing at the six corners of the magic circle opened their arms at the same time and began to chant.

"The dark offspring displayed in the ancient temple, the mother of all things, the god of fertility, the great mother goddess, the wife of the unspeakable, the goddess of dark abundance, the mother of Nag and Yeb..."

"With the delicacies of blood and flesh as a treat, with the black goat kid as a medium, please listen to our call and come here..."

"Yeah! Shabu Nicholas! The black goat of the forest that gave birth to millions of offspring!"

The black-robed man's voice suddenly rose.

At the same time, a large amount of blood suddenly gushed out of the stone altar that was originally ordinary, and there seemed to be a blood fountain in the stone hole.

The bright red blood flowed on the deck, and the raindrops on it could not dilute it at all.

At this moment, the crescent moon above his head also emerged from the clouds and mist, illuminating the stone altar in the center of the deck.

The black-robed man paused for a moment and continued to speak.

"Black goat of the forest that gave birth to millions of offspring, please listen to our wishes..."

"Ah! Shab Nicholas! Through the filthy sea, you can know their service!"

"Their hands are already at your throat, and you can also see them!"

"The great Cthulhu is also their servant, and is also the brother of the unspeakable! He is also your husband!"

"In the womb of the dark woman, let's give birth together!"

"This blood and flesh are also the wedding gift for us!"

As the dark sacrificial ceremony reached its climax, in the deep of the dark Pacific Ocean, an indescribable huge shadow released a terrifying mental wave.

This mental wave crossed the many seas blocked by the sea water at a very fast speed and reached the bottom of the sinking Aphrodite's cabin.

At this time, Qin Zhibo was climbing down along the iron wall outside the hull.

Suddenly, a terrifying brain wave made his body suddenly startled, and the movements of his hands and feet suddenly stopped.

Losing control of his strength, he began to fall.

Fortunately, the feeling of weightlessness is most likely to stimulate the most primitive instinct in humans. His body subconsciously grabbed the rope, which stopped his body from falling to the sea.

"Hu... Hu..."

He kept panting, staring, but his mind was thinking about what happened just now.

What happened?

Why did the picture of an underwater city appear in his mind?

The strong palpitations made him freeze for more than ten seconds, and then he slowly came back to his senses.

This kind of terrifying mental fluctuation is not the first time he has encountered it.

It is the eternal existence from Ralley...

It may be that the various abnormalities that occurred on this ship have alarmed the great man in the depths of the Pacific Ocean.

But now the ship is about to sink, and now is not the time to think about these.

Qin Zhibo calmed down a little and hurriedly continued his rescue operation.

He followed the rope lowered by the [Flying Claw] and descended directly from the outside of the hull to the floor where the infirmary is located.

The elevator on the ship has long stopped running, and the stairs have been flooded. This is the fastest way to reach the lower cabin.

The infirmary was in the lower cabin near the bow.

As most of the stern had sunk into the water, the bow of the entire ship was like a seesaw, lifted to a height of more than ten meters above the sea surface.

Qin Zhibo grabbed the rope with one hand, and then flexibly wrapped the rope between his feet to fix the position.

Then, he took out the [Physics Holy Sword - Crowbar] from the prop column and smashed it hard against the porthole.

Bang, bang...

The glass of the porthole was extremely strong. Even after hitting it more than ten times in a row, Qin Zhibo's palms were painful, and he finally pried a gap at the edge.

But that was all.

But this was enough for Qin Zhibo.

He changed to holding the rope with both hands, and kicked the porthole with his feet, using this force to swing his body away from the hull.

Under the action of gravity, he stepped back on the porthole.

Under the action of this force, the gap at the edge of the porthole widened a little bit.

Seeing that this method worked, Qin Zhibo swung several more times. Every time he stepped hard on the glass of the porthole, the glass would fall off more.

After ten times, the porthole was completely knocked open.

Qin Zhibo quickly climbed in through the porthole and found himself in the infirmary.

But now there was no one in the infirmary.

Could it be that Cheng Shi had left?

Qin Zhibo ran out of the infirmary and came to the corridor.

I saw that most of the corridor was almost submerged in water, including the staircase.

Qin Zhibo looked into the depths of the corridor, and all he saw was the turbid sea water and the flashing lights due to poor contact.

Just as he was about to use the Finding Spell to confirm Cheng Shi's location, a pair of shoes at his feet attracted his attention.

He had an impression of this pair of shoes, which were Cheng Shi's shoes.

In other words, Cheng Shi had already left the infirmary.

However, with the current situation on the ship, Qin Zhibo was not sure whether he could safely pass through the flooded staircase.

At this moment, a voice came from the sea water in the corridor ahead.

"Hello..."

"Where... in...!"

"Doctor... Cheng!"

The intermittent voice came from the water surface, and Qin Zhibo hurried into the water and walked towards the deep water area ahead.

When he came to the place where the voice came from, he saw a detective badge floating alone on the water.

This is...

This thing can only be left here by Cheng Shi.

Qin Zhibo picked up the badge, held it in his hand and tried to answer twice.

"Hello? Conan?"

"I'm Qin Zhibo..."

Perhaps because the line was damaged by water ingress, the sound here could not be transmitted to the other side.

Qin Zhibo could only put the badge in his pocket and continued to look around.

Suddenly, the water in front of him rippled.

The next second, a dark shadow slowly emerged from the bottom of the sea water, causing huge ripples on the water surface.

I saw a tree-trunk-like body instantly floated up from the water, occupying almost the entire cross-section of the corridor.

The thick body that seemed to be made of a huge mass of meat had black whip-like tentacles growing on it.

There were also huge mouths around the mass, which were full of dark yellow fangs dripping with mucus.

And right below this deformed monster, there were three legs as thick as elephants, and the bottom of the legs were huge feet like sheep's hooves.

Qin Zhibo was frightened by the sudden emergence of the behemoth and subconsciously stepped back a few steps, raised his terrified head, and stared at the behemoth with wide eyes.

This is...

The knowledge he had just gained after understanding the contents of the box emerged in his mind, and he immediately knew the information about this monster.

This is the Black Young!

It came out of the box!

Qin Zhibo realized that the situation was not good and wanted to escape from here before the monster made any move, but he saw a figure floating in the shallow water in front of the Black Young's feet.

It was Cheng Shi!

Qin Zhibo recognized the floating person, and then scanned his body, but did not see any investigation points related to the corpse investigation.

The person is not dead yet!

Qin Zhibo was delighted and immediately stepped towards that direction.

However, as soon as he moved two steps, the waves caused startled the Black Young on the water.

The monster's huge mouth suddenly opened wide, and a piercing roar came from the hole that exuded a foul smell.

Roar——!

Qin Zhibo did not cover his ears this time.

He continued to move forward, while taking out the [Sword of the Oath Keeper] with his other hand.

When it was two meters in front of the monster, a black tentacle of the Black Young suddenly attacked.

Qin Zhibo also seized the opportunity and swung the Oath Keeper with all his might.

The cold sword edge collided with the black flesh, and a spiral tentacle was easily cut off.

Perhaps it was because he could feel the pain, or the humiliation brought by being hurt by humans, the Black Young burst into an even more piercing roar.

The roar even broke through the glass and the cabin and reached the sea.

In the lifeboat, people heard the roar of the monster coming from the "Aphrodite" and were frightened to shiver all over.

"Hey, did you hear it?"

"Yes, it seems that something is shouting on the ship..."

"Is there anyone else on the ship?"

"How is it possible? How can humans make such a sound..."

Conan's life raft was relatively close to the "Aphrodite", and the sound was particularly real.

He stared in surprise, looking at the luxury cruise ship that was about to sink in front of him in disbelief.

Just now in the Black Forest Restaurant, there was such a sound under the floor.

At first, he thought that the steel of the hull was squeezed and deformed by the sea water, which made such a distorted sound.

But now, listening carefully, this sound is very different from the sound of steel being squeezed.

It is more like an angry roar from something with life...

What is this sound?

Conan adjusted the black technology glasses to telescope mode and looked back and forth on the cruise ship.

Suddenly, he looked at the area at the rear of the ship that had not been completely submerged by the sea water, and saw some shadows swimming quickly in the corridor.

Because the shadow was too fast, he couldn't see clearly what it was.

But it was definitely not a shadow formed by the lights going out.

All kinds of abnormalities made Conan understand that this shipwreck was definitely not simple.

This made him sweat for Qin Zhibo's safety again.

But he must survive!

...

In the cabin, Qin Zhibo had to cover his ears this time in the face of the more piercing roar and scream of the black goat kid.

As the Black Goat Young screamed, the dozen tentacles moved at the same time, attacking Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo wielded the Oath Keeper Sword and cut off the approaching tentacles one by one.

The cut tentacles fell on the water with a crackling sound.

However, such an attack was useless.

The cut tentacles grew new tentacles in a spiral growth manner, and the whole process took less than five seconds.

If this continued, it would be endless.

Just as Qin Zhibo was trying to figure out how to get rid of the monster and take away Chengshi under the monster's feet, a tentacle actually attacked from underwater.

Qin Zhibo did not catch this information immediately.

When he noticed it, it was too late.

Qin Zhibo's feet were entangled by the black tentacles, and with a little force, the whole person was caught in mid-air.

The situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and the Oath-Keeping Sword accidentally slipped from his hand.

Damn it!

Qin Zhibo thought to himself that it was not good.

The black goat kid opened its mouth in the center as wide as possible, and one hand hung Qin Zhibo's feet upside down, intending to send Qin Zhibo into its mouth.

Although the throat of the black goat kid is not big enough to swallow a whole person alive.

But the black goat kid does not eat prey raw, but sucks the prey's body fluids and drains the prey completely.

Those sharp teeth will cut the prey's skin, and then a tentacle with a mouthpart will extend from the depths of the throat to suck, just like a small alien extending from the mouth of an alien.

Qin Zhibo was caught and sent to the vicinity of the mouth, and at the same time, the tentacle that looked like a spider mouthpart also stretched out from the abyss-like throat.

The tentacle exuded a terrible stench like an excavated grave. If you were bitten, even if you could escape, you would definitely die of bacterial infection.

No!

There must be a more powerful means of attack!

Qin Zhibo found a briefcase from the prop column, and while hanging upside down, he took out a strange-shaped pistol from it.

This is not an ordinary pistol, but a unique weapon of the Kunyang people-a ray gun!

Although only three bullets can be stored with human energy replenishment technology, the power of this one is particularly terrifying!

At this time, the tentacle with the mouthparts also stretched to a position less than 30cm away from Qin Zhibo's head, and it was about to start enjoying its prey.

Qin Zhibo, who was hung upside down by the tentacles, took the ray gun, aimed at the tentacle, and connected it with the huge mouth behind.

The moment the trigger was pulled, a weak electric current flashed through the gun handle.

The terrifying energy gathered in the barrel and then sprayed out from the muzzle.

A blue ray instantly penetrated the body of the black goat kid, and even penetrated the sea water behind for a moment.

The body of the black goat kid shook first, and then the tentacles fell down weakly, and the whole body piled up on the water like a pile of abstract meat structures.

Snap!

Qin Zhibo, who was suspended in the air, also fell back into the water.

He quickly climbed out of the water, untied the tentacles that were weakly wrapped around his feet, and then pulled Chengshi from in front of the black goat kid's feet.

But as soon as he took a look at his little brother's face, he found something wrong.

How come this face has become more delicate than before?

Hmm?

Name, Masashi...

Gender, female?

Thanks to Chaos and Nothingness for the reward!