The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Old Zadok stepped on the sea water with his already somewhat webbed feet, and fled away in embarrassment.

Qin Zhibo looked at Zadok's back, then looked back at the hillside by the seaside.

There was nothing worth paying attention to on the bare, charred hillside, not even a human figure.

What is he afraid of?

Qin Zhibo probably understood something from Zadok's drunken remarks just now.

Obed Marsh, the bringer of Innsmouth's unique local culture, created the Secret Cult here, turning the locals into hybrids with the Deep Divers.

But after the Great Purge of 1927, Innsmouth became a "dead city".

Entering a more advanced modern society, the descendants of Obed Marsh established STK Company, dedicated to developing targeted drugs to treat "Deep Diver Syndrome" and providing them to Innsmouth, which had been contaminated by the blood of Deep Divers. People take it.

The current head of STK Company, Walter Marsh Jr., should be a member of the Marsh family that Zadok mentioned back then.

As usual, this should be good news, as targeted drugs can correct mistakes in the bloodline, and Innsmouth people can live with relatively normal appearances.

But it is not ruled out that there are old stubborn people like Zadok who do not want to take medicine and just want to return to the embrace of their "ancestors".

Mark Allen said that the final destination of hybrid deep divers is the eternal sea.

What surprised Qin Zhibo was that Zadok mentioned Cthulhu again.

Not only that, but there is also "Dagon", which seems to be the beliefs of the local esoteric sect in Innsmouth.

At present, Qin Zhibo doesn't know what these are.

Qin Zhibo shook his head, temporarily put aside these confusing and dirty words, and concentrated on the matter at hand.

Casting his eyes on the deep blue sea, Qin Zhibo saw the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

The water here is not as dangerous as the Pacific Ocean, but it can still give Qin Zhibo a clear sense of discomfort and depression at noon.

At the mouth of the river about 3 miles from the coastline, there is a large, dark and devilish rock fort.

"Okay, now let's see where we can find 'fantastic beasts', shall we?"

If you want to catch deep divers, you have to go into the sea, but before going into the sea, you must first overcome your fear of sea water.

Qin Zhibo materialized [Fear in a Bottle] in the palm of his hand, bent down on the shore and put some water in the bottle.

Suddenly, Qin Zhibo felt as if something in his brain was misplaced.

This feeling is very mysterious and magical. When I raised my head and looked at the sea again, the discomfort with the sea water completely disappeared!

"It's really good!"

Qin Zhibo couldn't help but cheer excitedly, and even sang a happy song in the depth of his love.

"I'm not afraid when I encounter sea water~"

"I'm quite nervous~I'm not afraid, not afraid, not afraid~"

Qin Zhibo danced like a snake, and after a long time he stopped and was about to put the cork back into the mouth of the bottle.

But during the operation, Qin Zhibo's eyes accidentally caught sight of the seawater in the bottle.

At this moment, Qin Zhibo felt an unprecedented depression and uneasiness approaching his heart, and his body's breathing function even became difficult at this moment.

Qin Zhibo was so frightened that he stumbled to the ground. The brown bottle containing sea water also fell on the sand, spilling some sea water.

The Atlantic Ocean water moistened the plain sand, and Qin Zhibo stared in fear.

Qin Zhibo: Will -15

After a while, the sea water on the beach either leaked or evaporated, and Qin Zhibo came back to his senses from his trance.

Only now did Qin Zhibo realize why this was called "fear in a bottle."

Although this prop can block all fears of the same kind of items in the bottle, it will also focus all fears on this one item in the bottle.

This means that if there is a mouse inside, you are not afraid of any mouse in the world, but you are extremely afraid of the mouse in the bottle.

This is what “fear in a bottle” really means.

Qin Zhibo quickly picked up the cork on the ground, closed his eyes and groped for the general location of the bottle, put the cork on the mouth of the bottle again, and put it back into the system. Only then did he dare to open his eyes.

After "overcoming" his fear of sea water, Qin Zhibo took out the [Deep Diving Potion] from the system, which he relied on to fight against deep divers underwater.

After uncorking the bottle, Qin Zhibo drank the bottle of oral liquid-sized liquid with a bold gesture of blowing on the bottle.

This is to prevent the liquid inside from touching the taste buds on the tip of your tongue, leaving you with a bad experience.

Facts have proved that this is the right thing to do. The liquid only left a pungent and irritating pain when it passed through Qin Zhibo's throat.

Immediately, he felt his throat burning, and something indescribable was spreading in his throat.

"Cough, cough——"

Qin Zhibo coughed violently and desperately wanted a glass of water to soothe the pain. His eyes happened to see the Atlantic water flowing slowly in front of the sand.

But the reason in his heart told him that this water was not drinkable.

So he quickly ran back to the Buick parked not far away, picked up the mineral water and poured it down his throat.

After drinking a bottle of mineral water, in addition to the obvious feeling of bloating, my throat also felt much better.

But the change was not over yet. Immediately afterwards, Qin Zhibo felt that his body was undergoing some kind of change from the inside out.

The bones all over his body squirmed and banged like maggots under his skin.

This feeling was a bit comfortable at first, like doing "horse killing chicken", but as time went by, I felt exhausted.

The skin began to become hot and scalding, and Qin Zhibo saw with his own eyes that flesh webs were growing between his fingers at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Then came the eyes and back, as if something was trying to break open the back, tear the skin, and spurt out.

"I'm cracked!"

"Gaia!"

Qin Zhibo roared on the sand and suddenly fainted.

After an unknown amount of time, Qin Zhibo woke up again.

I got up and looked around. I was slumped on the sand in front of the Buick door. Everything around me was still a familiar scene.

what time is it.

"Quack——"

Qin Zhibo was about to get into the car and check the time, but he noticed that there was a gap between what he wanted to say and what he actually said.

My name is Qin Zhibo.

"Yee——"

Making a strange noise again, Qin Zhibo quickly raised his hand and touched his neck.

The smooth skin before has disappeared, replaced by extremely rough leather, and some gaps that feel awkward to the touch.

Touching his face again, he saw the same rough skin and eyes that couldn't be closed no matter what.

this……

Qin Zhibo quickly looked in the mirror at the car window, and his current appearance was reflected on the transparent glass.

A deep one.