The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

This gender... is it written wrong?

Qin Zhibo stared at the identity information that appeared above Cheng Shi's head.

Although Cheng Shi had always dressed as a woman before, in Qin Zhibo's eyes, the gender column was all male.

But this time...

Just as he was thinking, ripples appeared on the water again.

Qin Zhibo's ears trembled, and he turned his head quickly.

Under the water, countless black rolling huge pieces of meat emerged like black clouds, wrapping the body of the black goat kid.

Under the bath of the meat, the gap in the middle of the black goat kid's body that was pierced by the ray gun was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

What is this?

Qin Zhibo widened his eyes, and a large number of black cloud-like pieces of meat suddenly emerged in the narrow corridor, with a large number of tentacles on the meat, and a huge mouth protruding outward.

Even under his feet, he felt something moving...

Qin Zhibo realized that he had stepped into a field of monster creation from the beginning.

The part of the ship that was submerged by the sea water has been parasitized by monsters!

This new monster is very similar to the Black Young, with tentacles and a mouth.

It's just that this monster has no fixed shape, and the huge piece of meat rolling like a black cloud is its body.

His name is the Supreme Mother Goddess - Shab-Niggurath!

Qin Zhibo's expression was completely stunned, staring at the meat that kept flooding in the corridor with wide eyes, and his willpower was also rapidly decreasing.

When was the summoning successful?

The Eighth Generation Yingren and the others should have no chance to summon Shab-Niggurath...

The Black Young is the human agent of the Supreme Mother Goddess and the most important medium for summoning the Supreme Mother Goddess.

But I should have stopped the summoning ceremony in time...

Could it be that someone else completed the ceremony?

At this moment, the hull suddenly trembled violently, and the tilting speed of the entire ship suddenly accelerated.

This means that the amount of water entering the ship has reached the critical point, and then the "Aphrodite" will completely sink into the sea within a minute!

Qin Zhibo reacted immediately, carrying Cheng Shi on his shoulders and moving towards the infirmary.

This action also alarmed the flesh that was spreading in the corridor.

As if they had found a target to attack, they stretched out countless tentacles at the same time and chased in the direction of Qin Zhibo.

There were still a lot of black cloud flesh wrapped in a lot of sea water behind them, surging and rolling like a tsunami.

Qin Zhibo rushed into the infirmary with Cheng Shi on his shoulders and closed the door with his backhand.

This monster was not afraid of sea water at all, and even jumping into the sea could not ensure escape.

So, Qin Zhibo took out the [briefcase] again and took out two plastic bombs from it.

These two plastic bombs were removed from the distribution room and installed by Kusaka Hiroaki to implement the murder plan.

He adjusted the countdown of the bomb to 30 seconds and stuck it on the door of the infirmary.

As soon as the bomb was stuck, the reinforced door of the infirmary made a loud "bang" sound, and was actually deformed by the impact.

Bang!

There was another loud bang, and the door frame of the reinforced door was knocked open with a 10cm hole.

The terrifying black tentacles came out of the hole and stretched out towards Qin Zhibo like earthworms.

Qin Zhibo had taken off his windbreaker and tied himself and Cheng Shi's waists together with the [shroud], then jumped out of the window and jumped into the sea.

The tentacle also seemed to have eyes, and quickly followed out of the window and chased the two people falling towards the sea.

The speed of the tentacle was even faster than the speed of falling, and it was about to catch up from behind. The countdown of the bomb just returned to zero at this moment.

Boom!

The bomb exploded instantly, releasing a huge amount of light and heat, engulfing the tentacles in the corridor along with the black cloud meat.

On the sea, Conan and others were on the life raft, looking nervously at the "Aphrodite" that had tilted 45 degrees on the water.

The whole ship had reached the critical point, but no one escaped from inside.

Just as everyone was waiting anxiously, an explosion was heard at the high bow position, and the instantaneous burst of fire attracted everyone's attention.

"What is that?"

"Explosion?"

Conan stared at the location of the explosion in a daze, because in the fierce firelight, he vaguely saw something inexplicable.

What is that?

Wires?

No, wires can't move like that...

But this weird scene didn't last too long.

As the stern of the cruise ship completely plunged below the sea surface, the balance of the entire cruise ship was completely broken.

A huge whirlpool with a diameter of over 100 meters formed on the dark sea, completely engulfing the "Aphrodite".

The goddess "Aphrodite", born from the foam, eventually returned to the sea.

…

In the Pacific Ocean, the warning lights on the lifeboats were like lonely lights, lighting up the dark sea.

The luxury cruise ship that was still singing and dancing two hours ago sank in front of everyone's eyes, and everyone felt an indescribable heaviness in their hearts.

Mouri Kogoro stood on the edge of the life raft, staring blankly at the gradually calm sea surface, with an extremely solemn expression on his face.

It is impossible to survive being sucked into the sea by such a whirlpool...

And Conan is still scanning the sea area with the telescope function of the black technology glasses, gritting his teeth, still refusing to give up.

Impossible!

That man can definitely create a miracle!

He absolutely cannot die!

However, there was no trace of living things on the calm sea surface. Everything about the "Aphrodite" seemed to be completely wiped out by the hand of God, leaving no trace.

Even those things that might float up, under the sweep of the huge vortex, sank forever into the sea.

In other lifeboats, some passengers, in addition to feeling a little heavy and the huge shock of seeing the cruise ship sinking, felt more fortunate to have survived the disaster.

Most passengers had no other losses except for the loss of their luggage.

However, everyone's ticket included a high-value insurance, which could be compensated in case of accidents, so there was no loss of property.

Especially those children, under the comfort of their parents, did not realize that this was a terrible disaster, and thought that all this was just a game.

A little girl with twin ponytails leaned half of her body out of the lifeboat, holding the edge of the lifeboat with both hands, and staring at the dark sea with curiosity.

In the originally calm sea, a black shadow rose from the depths and became clearer and clearer.

The little girl was startled and became even more curious.

The black shadow emerged from the sea water, and it was a slender black tentacle.

The little girl was more curious when she saw this unknown creature. She leaned her head towards the tentacle.

The innocent pupils were less than 10cm away from the black tentacles.

"Kyoko! What are you doing?"

The mother sitting next to her noticed the abnormality of her child and shouted.

"Mom, there is something in the water..."

The girl with twin ponytails named Kyoko pointed to the sea surface and turned her head to her mother.

The mother frowned, leaned over, and looked in the direction her daughter pointed.

But there was nothing there, but there were circles of ripples on the water surface, as if something in the water had just been startled.

"It might be a sea fish or something... Kyoko, don't get so close to the water surface, I'm worried."

"Yes, Mom."

The little girl sat back next to her mother and continued to wait for rescue.

But at the tail of the lifeboat, a black tentacle had quietly climbed onto the orange rubber surface...

From a higher bird's-eye view, on the sea where all the lifeboats were staying, an extremely huge black shadow was gradually rising from the bottom of the sea, becoming more and more real.

...

On the giant ship, the blonde woman continued to look at the sea in front of her indifferently.

Although the "Aphrodite" sank, the plan was not affected.

These hundreds of lives will eventually become a sacrifice to the Supreme Mother Goddess.

At this moment, as if she had sensed something in her heart, her eyes suddenly froze.

She hesitated for a few seconds, and then hurriedly shouted to the man in black who was on standby next to her.

"Give me the telescope!"

The man in black was stunned for a moment and handed the telescope to the woman.

The woman held a high-tech telescope, and there was no need to manually adjust the focus. The chip inside automatically clarified the position she wanted to see.

In a lifeboat floating on the sea, a brown-haired girl poked her head out and shouted at the sea with all her might.

The woman frowned and recognized the girl's identity.

Then she quickly turned her head and ordered the ceremony behind her: "Stop the ceremony immediately!"

The six black-robed people around the magic circle were stunned and turned to look at her in confusion.

The black-robed man also stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Lady Shirley, the ceremony has begun. If we stop it now, I'm afraid..."

"It doesn't matter. Our goal has been achieved. Even if we don't complete all the sacrifices, it's enough."

"But..." The black-robed man looked embarrassed, "'That lord' requires that no one should be left alive..."

The woman turned her head and showed a fierce look under the shining glasses.

"I am the person in charge of this ship. I don't need you to remind me what to do."

"Do as I say. If 'that lord' wants to investigate, I will take responsibility."

The black-robed man's eyes moved slightly, and under the woman's more powerful eyes, his upright shoulders relaxed slightly.

He turned his head and signaled the black-robed man behind him, and everyone put down their hands one after another.

As the input of magic power stopped, the light of the magic circle immediately went out, and the stone altar returned to calm.

However, the blood that had already flowed out of the stone altar could not be taken back, because it was real blood.

Seeing that the magic ceremony had ended, the woman turned her head and continued to watch the sea.

…

"Ah——!"

On the lifeboat, Huihara Ai screamed at the sea.

Unfortunately, the ruthless sea water would not respond to her prayers. Only the people on the boat heard the sound and felt uncomfortable.

Mao Lilan shed tears and hugged Huihara Ai's young body from behind, wanting to give this painful child as much comfort as possible.

Yuanzi and the three little ones also had tears in their eyes, looking at Huihara Ai silently.

They all knew what it meant when the "Aphrodite" sank completely.

It meant that the life that once existed was gone forever.

Unexpectedly, the other side on the lifeboat became a farewell to Cheng Shi.

On the life raft, Conan heard the roar from behind, and recognized it as the desperate voice of Huihara Ai.

Damn it!

Conan gritted his teeth and continued to search on the sea.

He hadn't given up yet.

He didn't believe that man would die so easily.

Although this situation is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to survive, he is Qin Zhibo who has created miracles again and again!

Please!

Let’s create a miracle again!

Conan glanced at the sea nervously, and suddenly, Mouri Kogoro next to him spoke.

"What seems to be over there?"

"Uncle! Where!"

"there……"

Conan looked in the direction pointed by Kogoro Mouri and saw a bulge floating on the sea.

Although I couldn't see what it was specifically, it had just been sucked into the whirlpool. If there was something still floating there, it must have just risen from the water.

"Hurry over there, maybe it's Uncle Qin!"

Upon hearing this, Mouri Kogoro immediately picked up the oar, and Kaito Wataru took control of one side respectively, and rowed quickly in that direction.

When the boat slowly approached, I picked up a flashlight and looked at it, and found that it was indeed Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo was seen with Cheng Shi tied in front of his body, his hands gently swaying on the water, floating on the water with minimal effort.

"Qin Zhibo!"

Mouri Kogoro and Kaito Wataru worked together to pull the two people from the water to the life raft.

At this time, Qin Zhibo had completely lost his strength. He was so tired that he closed his eyes just two seconds after boarding the boat.

Conan looked at Qin Zhibo and finally breathed a sigh of relief, with a knowing smile on his lips.

As expected of you!

…

The storm at sea did not subside until about 3 o'clock in the morning.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, three Coast Guard ships arrived belatedly.

The rescue operation lasted about two hours and finally all the victims were rescued on board.

After a preliminary head count, it was confirmed that the number of people missing in the shipwreck was 9, all of whom were staff on the ship, including deputy captain Ize.

Including Chairman Yatsushiro and Takae Yatsushiro who died before the shipwreck occurred, there were 11 people.

This number is far less than the 800 people on the entire ship.

Qin Zhibo was wrapped in a blanket, leaning on the guardrail with his back, and a weak smile on his lips.

Although the reward for this main mission is average, only 10,000 general proficiency points, it is no less dangerous than those 30,000 missions.

If I didn't have an [Underwater Breathing Valve] in my inventory, it would really be impossible to swim up.

However, although the mission was completed, the truth of the matter was not completely clear.

"What? There were no ships around that sea area at that time?"

"Yes……"

On the deck, a Coast Guard crew member was briefing Captain Kaito Wataru on the situation, "We had contacted all ships at that time, but it was confirmed that no ships were near that area of ​​water, and no ships passed through there."

"How is it possible..." Haiteng Du was shocked.

"Then what happened to that ship?"

Thanks to Chaos and Nothingness for the reward!