The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

This story undoubtedly has an element of meaning, which makes Qin Zhibo have to doubt its authenticity.

However, this may also be some kind of clue provided by the person behind the scenes, so Qin Zhibo will not discuss it here.

The detectives accepted this story setting quickly, and they all discussed that because the victims were all big people, the official suppressed the matter to avoid shaking the social status of these people.

At this time, the maid followed the dinner procedure and brought black tea for everyone and poured it for everyone one by one.

"Now, you all should understand why I used this annex as the stage for this time, right?"

"My purpose is to let you detectives re-enact the tragic tragedy 40 years ago."

"I want to see your ugly behavior of robbing and even killing each other for treasure!"

"But searching for treasure in this huge annex is like looking for a needle in a haystack, so I'll just give you a hint here."

"Two travelers were walking in a hurry, looking up at the sky at night; the devil suddenly descended on the castle; the king took the treasure and fled; the princess shed tears on the Holy Grail and prayed for mercy; the soldiers were so angry that they killed themselves with swords, and the color of the earth changed."

This prompt looks somewhat similar to the story told by the trumpet dummy just now, but it is just a poetic version of the story.

Qin Zhibo even felt that the real clue should be this, and the story just now was fabricated based on this to heighten the atmosphere.

It's just that this prompt was spoken. Qin Zhibo couldn't see the secret word investigation point in the non-physical words, and couldn't decipher the code immediately.

In addition, Qin Zhibo felt that the story behind this code sounded familiar.

Why does it look so much like "The King in Yellow"?

In the script "The King in Yellow", members of the Yellow Seal Brotherhood who claimed to be from afar came to the castle like demons and were warmly received by everyone in the royal city, but they brought a terrible end to the royal city.

The final outcome was that the eldest prince fled the royal city with his lover; the queen prayed for the King in Yellow's forgiveness; the soldiers who could not accept the arrival of the King in Yellow drew their swords and committed suicide.

The royal city collapsed and the earth changed color.

From this point of view, this code is simply a replica of "The King in Yellow"!

Does this incident have anything to do with the King in Yellow?

Are the strange things in the castle also the power of the King in Yellow?

If this is the case, I feel confident...

Qin Zhibo didn't know, so he could only continue to wait and see.

"Don't you realize that using this poem to describe what is about to happen in this annex is so appropriate?"

Gunda Ikumi was a little disdainful. She put her hands on her chin and said in a lazy tone: "Don't be stupid. If you want to kill each other, you must not only see who the opponent is, but also see if we have that intention."

The trumpet dummy did not directly answer Gunada Ikumi's words, but continued to announce in a high-pitched tone.

"None of you can even think about quitting this game midway. This is because you have already been deceived by the magic I used, and there is no way to escape!"

"Now just wait for one of you to scream for the first time, and this game of wisdom will begin."

"Listen, whoever finds the treasure must go to the room in the center of the fourth floor and input the location of the treasure into the computer."

"At that time, I will fulfill my promise and tell the winner half of the treasure and the way to leave this place."

After the words fell, painful sobs sounded around Qin Zhibo.

Turning around, he saw Motegi Haruhi holding his throat with both hands and struggling to stand up. His eyes were wide open and the pupils were trembling.

Woo——woo——

"What!"

Everyone made a sound of surprise, thinking that the words of the mastermind came true so quickly.

But after a few seconds, Motegi Haruhi released his hands from holding his throat, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Hehe. Do I act like it?"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but only Qin Zhibo looked at Motegi Harushi's neck and felt that it was no longer a question of resemblance.

I saw a few scratches on Motegi Harushi's neck, and the skin where he had been pinched was even a little discolored and blue.

If he didn't stop in time, Qin Zhibo had no doubt that he could strangle himself to death with the force he "performed" just now.

It's just a prank, do you need to be so serious?

Do you have masochistic tendencies?

But at this moment, the same voice came again.

This time it was the foodie detective Ogami Zhushan who was sitting opposite. He was also clutching his throat in pain. Without a few whimpers, he leaned back and fell to the ground.

After everyone had experienced Motegi Haruka just now, they all felt that it would be boring to play the same prank twice.

"Have you had enough fun?"

"Get up when you've had enough fun. The ground is cold."

Everyone was dissatisfied with Zhu Shan's "performance". Only Qin Zhibo knew that the situation was different from the light of the investigation point emerging from his head.

Qin Zhibo walked to the side, pretended to feel his pulse, and announced: "He is not playing a prank, he is indeed dead."

"What!"

The faces of the detectives changed color, and they all came over to perform an autopsy on Zhu Shan.

"At 22:34 minutes and 51.45 seconds, it was confirmed that cardiopulmonary function had stopped."

"His lips were not blue or purple in any way, but they smelled of potassium cyanate, bitter almonds."

Qin Zhibo stood behind and silently started the corpse investigation.

【Corpse Investigation√】

[Name of deceased: Dashang Zhushan]

[Death time: 10 seconds ago]

[Cause of death: potassium cyanate poisoning]

[Corpse investigation completed, skills acquired: Arts and Crafts (Culinary Skills)]

Art and Craftsmanship (Culinary Skills): This refers to your chef skills. Improving this skill will lead to a higher cooking level and master a variety of cooking styles.

Grade 1

Proficiency: 100/500

(Our slogan is - learn to be a chef and never be unemployed!)

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The skill dropped from the foodie detective is cooking, which is expected.

I had the opportunity to buy this skill in the store before, but I didn’t. It seems I did the right thing.

Next, there are system task prompts.

Side mission: Find out the murderer of this case

Mission requirements: Just reach a consensus with other detectives, time limit is 2 hours

Task reward: 200 general skill proficiency, 150 social credit

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For some reason, the rewards for this side mission are particularly small.

Is it because there are so many detectives here that the mission itself is easier to complete?

Things turned out just as Qin Zhibo imagined. The detectives began to look for clues individually. Those who checked the corpse, those who checked the black tea, and those who stood and watched the excitement.

Qin Zhibo had nothing to do, so he walked to the speaker dummy, stretched out his hand, pulled out the dummy's head, and saw the structure inside.

There are two tapes connected to the bottom of the speaker head, as well as a timer device, which means that the sound is recorded in advance and played back at a specific time.

In addition, the maid said that the serving order and time of all dishes were strictly prescribed by the master, which made Conan, who did not plan to act again, come to a conclusion.

"The murderer may be one of us present."