The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

After the case was solved, the drizzle over New York continued.

Yukiko, who has become addicted to talking, is naturally obliged to go to the police station to cooperate in recording a confession.

"This is the Hilton hotel key card."

"Call a taxi and go back to the hotel by yourself first."

Kudo Shinichi took the room card and was unaware of his old mother's good intentions.

Yukiko smiled playfully, sat in the police car and rolled down the window, and warned: "Oh, by the way, you must be careful about that road devil. I heard that he is Japanese and has long hair."

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Kudo Shinichi responded feebly. As soon as Yukiko left, he complained helplessly: "Really, you always treat me like a child."

Qin Zhibo looked at the only room card in Kudo Shinichi's hand and felt that Yukiko did not treat him as a child.

Due to the identity of the original owner, Qin Zhibo probably knows the age of consent in various states in the United States, which is generally above 16 years old, or based on the age difference between the parties.

But in any case, Kudo Shinichi and Maori Ran are not illegal.

The two took a taxi on the roadside.

American taxis have a glass partition in the middle, making it inconvenient to talk between the front and rear seats, so the two of us sat in the back seat together.

In the taxi, Kudo Shinichi showed his character as a straight man and praised Sherlock Holmes endlessly.

However, Mao Lilan's eyes were a little complicated, as if she was worried, and she didn't listen at all.

This made Kudo Shinichi think that Mao Lilan understood what Rose just said, and quickly asked if he heard something.

Mao Lilan came to her senses when asked, "Eh? What did she just say?"

“She spoke English too fast, so I didn’t hear her clearly.”

"Haha." Kudo Shinichi could only laugh and deal with it casually, "Forget it if you didn't hear it. It's not an important thing anyway."

"By the way, you'd better close the window. It would be bad if you catch a cold. Didn't you complain that you had a cold this morning?"

Mao Lilan shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "If I had a cold, I would have recovered a long time ago."

"Besides, if you close the windows, you won't be able to see the night view of New York."

As she spoke, Mao Lilan turned her head towards the window, and the colorful shop windows slowly passed by the street.

Suddenly, the shop windows turned as dark as an abyss.

In the darkness that seemed not to belong to this world, a figure in yellow clothes floated past.

The head of that figure could not be seen clearly, but the ragged robe moved without any wind, revealing a divine temperament that far surpassed anything in the mortal world.

Mao Lilan's eyes widened slightly and she looked at the window in disbelief.

But after the taxi passed a bus stop sign, everything in the window seemed to be refreshed and restored to its original state.

Mao Lilan looked back hard, but the window remained the same until it was completely invisible.

That seems to be

"Xiaolan, what's wrong with you?"

Kudo Shinichi's voice interrupted Mao Lilan's thoughts, and Mao Lilan quickly came back to her senses.

"It's okay, I seem to have made a mistake."

Kudo Shinichi on the side also saw that Mao Lilan was not in a good state today. Who could survive two consecutive murders?

So, Kudo changed the topic again, saying that it would be better to close the window to prevent the rain from outside from blowing in and getting the seats wet, making the driver unhappy.

"Don't worry, I wiped all the wet places with a handkerchief."

Mao Lilan smiled and held up the only trophy of the theater trip, a pink handkerchief.

This handkerchief belongs to Sharon, who gave it to Mao Lilan to wipe the scratches caused by saving people.

Although there is no signature on it to prove its value, it is already very important to Mao Lilan.

But it was such an important handkerchief. When Mao Lilan raised it to the window, her fingers unconsciously loosened, and the handkerchief floated out of the window with the wind and flew towards the street behind her.

"Eh?"

Even Mao Lilan herself was surprised by the sudden looseness of her fingers. She had obviously held on tightly.

She stretched her head and looked back, then quickly asked the driver in the front seat to stop.

"Stop! Please!"

Mao Lilan's loose English successfully stopped the taxi, and the two quickly got out of the car and went back to search.

After walking back for a while holding an umbrella, the two finally found the handkerchief.

The handkerchief was blown by the wind to the railing of the fourth-floor escape stairway of a building, like a pink flag.

"Don't move around here, I'll get it back for you."

Kudo Shinichi left a father-like figure behind, got into the dark rolling shutter door, and broke into the abandoned building.

While waiting, Mao Lilan once again thought of the scene she had just seen in the window, and her eyes were a little dazed.

And Qin Zhibo, who could only see the pictures in Mao Lilan's memory, naturally knew what Mao Lilan saw in the window.

The yellow robe is slightly different from the yellow king played by actor Keith, and it doesn't look like a spiritual product based on reality.

Is it true?

The situation is a bit dangerous, but Qin Zhibo is not too anxious.

Since this is a past memory, and Mao Lilan is still safe and sound, it means that the King in Yellow did not do anything to Mao Lilan.

According to Qin Zhibo's understanding of "The King in Yellow", this script is not a simple text, but a medium for contacting the King in Yellow, similar to psychics.

After reading "The King in Yellow" in any form, the reader will unconsciously establish a trace that can be connected with the King in Yellow.

The King in Yellow will continue to send dominating dreams, eventually dominating the reader to go crazy.

Perhaps the King in Yellow has some purpose in dominating mankind, but this purpose itself is often not something ordinary people can bear.

Only people like Qin Zhibo with high willpower can understand the meaning of the King in Yellow and carry out some missions to hunt MI-Go.

This kind of magic similar to contact with the medium is possessed by even the abridged version of "The King in Yellow", but it is milder than the original.

From my previous reading research on "The King in Yellow", I can tell that there were Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan in the theater——

When you are watching "The King in Yellow", the King in Yellow is also watching you and recording you

Mao Lilan can see the figure of the King in Yellow. It may be that her low will and strong inspiration make her more susceptible to the influence of the King in Yellow.

Before, Mao Lilan could always inexplicably feel that there were some "dirty things" in the surrounding environment, such as the Medieval Art Museum where Konggui's paintings once hung.

Mao Lilan's physique is too easy to come into contact with the "truth" of the world, and because of her physical problems, she is unable to come into contact with these terrifying "truths".

She is the goddess of luck with double A speed and speed. She always has a healing smile on her face, but she is the one who needs to be cared for the most.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo felt a little pity for the little girl with horns on her head.

In the dark alleys, on the rain-soaked roads.

Mao Lilan held a black umbrella and stood silently at the door of the abandoned building, waiting for Kudo Shinichi.

When Mao Lilan was full of thoughts, a tall figure gradually approached.

This is a human being, and the black trench coat on his body can prove it.

Mao Lilan, who heard the sound of shoes hitting the rain, turned her head and saw this figure.

He raised his gaze from bottom to top and fixed his gaze on the yellow-skinned face.

The angular face has handsome features, and the cold expression has a hint of chill.

Behind the black knitted hat is a head of waist-length hair.

Seeing this person, Mao Lilan looked shocked, thinking of Yukiko's warning just now.

Japanese, long hair. All hits.

Mao Lilan, who had been frightened just now, was frightened again, and her body stood there, unable to move for a while.

However, Qin Zhibo glanced around and after a moment's thought, he recognized this man as Akai Shuichi.

Qin Zhibo had met this man in a previous bus hijacking case. Later, through eavesdropping on Teacher Judy, he learned that this man's name was Akai Shuichi and he was an FBI agent.

Strictly speaking, this is still his former colleague.

Akai Shuichi put his right hand in the pocket of his windbreaker, with the pistol slightly exposed from the pocket, and slowly approached Mao Lilan.

The taxi driver on the other side of the alley saw something was wrong through the rearview mirror and quickly told Mao Lilan to get in the car in English.

"Miss, get in the car quickly! He is the road devil!"

But Mao Lilan was so frightened that she lost control of her body and could only watch Akai Shuichi walking over.

"Shit!"

The driver couldn't make much money in a month, so he stepped on the accelerator and drove away without risking his life.

After the taxi left, Mao Lilan became even more frightened and her eyes widened.

Qin Zhibo: It scares the child to see

When Shuichi Akai came over, he opened his mouth to ask Mao Lilan if he had seen a suspicious man with silver hair and a beard.

Mao Li was stunned for a moment and shook his head.

At this time, another car drove over, and the person who got out of the car was wearing an FBI blue vest.

The two communicated in English. Mao Lilan might not understand it well, but Qin Zhibo could.

It probably means that the Road Devil is nearby, and the FBI's large forces have cordoned off the neighborhood to make arrests.

After talking to his subordinates, Akai Shuichi took Mao Lilan's arm and walked out to send the person to a safe place.

But Mao Lilan refused, saying that she still had to wait for her friends.

As soon as he finished speaking, Akai Shuichi turned around and scolded him.

"Warning again, get out of here immediately!"

After the warning, Akai Shuichi left with his colleagues under Qin Zhibo's shocked eyes.

Hello!

Didn't you say it's dangerous here? Why don't you bring people out and go together?

Akai Shuichi seems to think that the Road Demon cannot be here, but Qin Zhibo feels that as a case investigator, it is not advisable to be confident!

After Akai Shuichi left, Mao Lilan also realized the danger here and wanted to enter the building to find Kudo Shinichi.

As soon as I entered the building, I saw blood stains on the cement floor.

The impatient Mao Lilan did not go out to notify the FBI who had just left, but rushed into the building and came to the side escape stairs.

While walking, as expected, I bumped into the Road Demon who was about to go downstairs.

The two looked at each other, and Mao Lilan saw the striking silver hair.

This time Mao Lilan did not admit his mistake.

"Xiaolan, run away!"

"He's the road devil!"

Kudo Shinichi's shouts came from upstairs, but Mao Lilan's body shut down again.

The Road Demon had been shot in the abdomen, and in order to feel more relaxed, he leaned on the iron railing of the escape staircase.

"He's right, miss."

"I thought I had hidden well, but I didn't expect to be discovered by this kid."

"If you want to hate, just hate God for why he arranged such a tragic end for you."

The FBI was nearby, and the Road Demon didn't dare to make too much noise, so he could only take out the silencer of his pistol and screw it down on the muzzle.

But at this moment, the railing he was leaning on suddenly aged and broke.

The Road Demon, who had no time to adjust his balance, fell downstairs.

However, Mao Lilan suddenly rushed over and caught the road demon who was about to fall.

The Road Demon was stunned. He couldn't believe that the person whose life was threatened by him actually wanted to save him.

The slender arms grabbed the Road Demon's clothes tightly and shouted: "What are you doing? Why don't you grab my hand quickly!"

At this time, Kudo Shinichi also extended a helping hand and captured the Road Demon together.

The two tried to work together to pull the Road Demon up, but the Road Demon held the pistol in his mouth, grabbed the railing with both hands, and easily jumped back to the landing of the stairs with a strong effort on his arms.

Seeing this scene, Qin Zhibo frowned slightly.

There is something wrong with this person.

With his feet on solid ground, the Road Demon took off the pistol from his mouth, the pain and confusion in his eyes mixed together.

"Why? Why do you want to save me?"

"Why exactly?"

Kudo Shinichi put on a handsome pose and replied: "What's the reason for this?"

"A person may have a motive to kill another person, but when it comes to saving someone in a desperate situation, you wouldn't think so much about it, right?"

Faced with these words, Qin Zhibo fell silent, and so did the Road Demon.

But then, the Road Demon's eyes became stern, and he wanted to kill him with a gun and play out the story of the farmer and the snake.

"I advise you to forget it. There is no silencer on your gun, but the soldiers chasing you are nearby. The consequences of shooting can be imagined."

Kudo Shinichi's eyes were full of fighting spirit, maybe he still wanted to arrest the criminal in front of him, but Mao Lilan's condition behind him dropped sharply.

In her eyes, in the night sky behind the Road Demon, a yellow strand of clothing was slowly appearing from the empty night sky.

The dark stars that had been dormant for a long time became deeper and deeper, like a huge abyss in the sky, too dark to gaze into.

The time of the world suddenly stopped at this moment, Kudo Shinichi, Road Demon, and even the rain were stagnant in mid-air.

And in this lonely world, that unattainable figure is the only one coming.

It's the King in Yellow!

Qin Zhibo frowned slightly and looked at the approaching yellow figure, suddenly looking shocked.

wrong!

This is not Mao Lilan's dream!

This is true!

As soon as Qin Zhibo realized this, his pale mask suddenly turned around and looked directly at Qin Zhibo.

The sight from the void seemed to have the ability to look directly into human souls, making Qin Zhibo tremble physically and mentally.

Everything around him quickly receded until it turned black.

When the vision became bright again, Qin Zhibo had been forced offline and returned to the real world.

There were footsteps outside the ward. It was Conan and Mouri Kogoro who had returned after eating and drinking.

"Kid, where will you sleep tonight? There are no empty beds in the ward. Otherwise, you and Qin Zhibo can stay in a hotel."

"No, I want to stay with Sister Xiaolan!"

The two were discussing how to spend the night tonight. As soon as they opened the door and walked in, they saw doctors and nurses surrounding the hospital bed.

"The patient's condition is deteriorating, prepare the intensive care unit immediately!"