The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

"I said I was lost, do you believe me?"

Looking at the playful Conan, the smile on Qin Zhibo's face softened a lot, and his eyes narrowed into slits.

"Uncle believes you, so uncle will take you to find your sister Xiaolan now."

Conan: "..."

In this way, Conan was lifted up like a little chicken by Qin Zhibo with one hand, just like Mouri Kogoro often did.

"Um...where are uncle Qin and brother Yingyou?"

"He's on the phone, he'll have to wait a while."

"Oh, then who is he calling?"

"Here..." Just when Conan thought his "answer every question" skill was activated, Qin Zhibo changed the topic and said, "I'll tell you if you guessed it right."

Conan rolled his eyes half a moon.

Here we go again.

…

Back at the Suzuki family's villa, Sonoko had almost heated up dinner.

Suzuki Ayako dragged the sick body and put dinner on the table, and Qin Zhibo also went over to help.

Halfway through the set, Mao Lilan and the long-haired handsome guy ran in from the entrance, panting.

"There's a bandage monster in the forest!"

"He's back! It's Takahashi who's back!"

The two said their lines according to the script one after another and screamed.

"What? Takahashi actually dares to come back!"

"What should we do now? He must be back for revenge..."

Everyone else in the villa knew it was a script, so they acted relatively calmly. Only Suzuki Ayako was so frightened that she dropped the plate in her hand.

Snap.

A good plate of sushi fell to the ground and was shattered.

"ah!"

Yuanzi quickly ran over to comfort the elder sister, and said at the same time: "There are so many of us here, I'm sorry he doesn't dare to come over!"

"Let's eat first, then go down the mountain and let the police come and arrest him..."

Yuanzi was very stubborn, and everyone else agreed.

…

The sky outside the window has completely darkened, and the time perfectly restores the time when Takahashi Ryoichi controlled the puppet that looked like a bandaged man and flashed past the window.

The next plan was the same as before. An actress who looked like Chikako was hired by the Suzuki family, pretending to be wrapped up by the bandage monster, and flashed in front of the window.

Then Qin Zhibo chased him out, caught the bandage weirdo, and saved him for Suzuki Ayako to see.

In this way, a picture of justice defeating evil was formed in her mind, which might be able to replace the original bad memory.

When everyone sat down at the dinner table, only Suzuki Ayako still looked distracted.

But at this time, everyone also discovered that there was still an empty chair.

"Eh? Where is Yingyou-san?"

"Didn't he go out with Mr. Qin?"

Mao Lilan looked at Qin Zhibo, but Qin Zhibo didn't know either.

According to time, he should be back by now.

"Is it possible that in addition to being confused, he is also a bit road-crazy?"

"That child may be possible. Let's go out and look for him first..."

A big living person was lost invisibly, and everyone had no intention of eating, so they immediately went out to look for him.

…

In the forest, Yuanzi called his men lurking in the forest, but no one saw where the young man went.

There is no choice but to cancel the original plan and turn it into a search for the missing person.

Since Suzuki Ayako had limited mobility and could only wait at home, Sonoko asked one of her men to guard the villa to protect her.

The remaining people worked in pairs and all went to find the missing Hondo Eyou.

Qin Zhibo and Conan took the lead in arriving at the open space where Bentang Yingyou made the call, and found that there was no one in the open space.

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo put on his gloves and started to use the finding spell.

Conan, who was next to him, saw Qin Zhibo put on gloves and thought he had found the body of Bentang Yingyou, so he prepared for an autopsy.

Conan, whose eyesight was not that good, immediately looked serious and ran forward to check.

But after walking around in the grass, no body was found.

Looking back, Qin Zhibo was still standing there, but he closed his eyes.

"Um?"

Qin Zhibo here closed his eyes and recalled the appearance of Bentang Yingyou in his mind, a young man wearing glasses, blue cat eyes, and two locks of hair hanging on his ears...

But when the magic extractor prompted [Magic Power -1], Qin Zhibo did not receive any inspirational feedback.

No such person found.

Can't find the finding spell?

Normally, the object-finding spell is very useful for searching for unique things within a radius of several kilometers.

What's more, there aren't as many people here as in downtown Tokyo, so if you have a public face like Kudo Shinichi, you can search for several similar ones at once...

It should be easy to find here.

unless……

Qin Zhibo's eyes became serious and he thought of the worst idea.

Unless, I am no longer in this world.

The so-called not being in this world does not mean that the person is dead, because even if the person is dead, the finding spell can still find it, but it will only find the body.

But if the main hall Yingyou leaves this dimension, it will be different.

The only strange place in this area is the cemetery on the back hill.

Hondo Eyou probably went there!

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo didn't dare to delay and hurriedly ran in that direction.

Conan, who was behind, saw that Qin Zhibo seemed to have a certain direction and wanted to catch up with him, but he didn't have enough walking distance and lost him not far away.

…

Under the guidance of the navigator, Qin Zhibo ran almost in a straight line on the [Golden Chelsea] and soon reached the slope of the back mountain.

Seeing the darkness in the valley, Qin Zhibo knew that he had arrived at the cemetery.

He put away the [Golden Chelsea] that could easily cause body deformation, and first observed it on the hillside.

In the weeds on the edge of the hillside, Qin Zhibo used his night vision device to see someone stepping on the weeds until there was a gap at the edge.

These weeds are highly resistant to lodging, and these signs of overpowering can only be left recently.

It's possible that Hong Yingyou got lost and accidentally rolled down the hillside.

Qin Zhibo hurried down the hillside and came to the cemetery that he originally planned to explore in the middle of the night.

…

The air around was cold and damp, and ankle-high mist hung above the cemetery. If it weren't for the simple tombstones erected in the soil, you might have thought you were in some fairyland on earth.

The mist does not settle in a certain place, but slowly flows in one direction, like dry ice on the stage.

The source of all the white mist is the cellar where the ghoul crawled out last time.

A small half of the cellar was built on the ground, and the other half was buried in the soil. There were clumps of weeds growing in the gaps between them.

Dark green moss was mixed with unknown white velvet-like mold spots, which were spread layer by layer on the broken wooden boards.

This makes it difficult to feel anything other than "disgusting".

White mist flowed like a trickle from the opened cellar door.

And in the cellar, there is endless darkness.

From these darknesses came the endless silence and the unpleasant smell caused by the fermentation of fishy rot.

Qin Zhibo stared into the cave and had some bad thoughts in his mind.

When he left here last time, he obviously closed the cellar door.

But now the cellar door is open, and not only that, the hidden space under the cellar is also revealed.

Qin Zhibo raised his head and glanced at the sky. The bright full moon hung in the night sky.

This burrow may only appear on full-moon nights, and at other times it may be an ordinary solid ground.

It is very likely that Eiyu, the main hall, entered here...

Although Hondo Yingyou often seems confused and has poor luck, his curiosity and desire to explore are still very strong.

But as the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat.

But the matter has come to this, and he must find a way to get the person back.

Qin Zhibo turned on the night vision goggles and tentatively stretched his feet into the darkness.

As his right foot stepped on a solid ground, the system issued a new task prompt.

【The mission has started】

Ignoring the mission prompts, Qin Zhibo stepped firmly into the crypt.

From the perspective of a third party, his body "snorted" into the darkness, as if he had crossed an invisible door that isolated the world.

…

After entering the darkness, Qin Zhibo heard a slightly harsh whistling sound in his ears, accompanied by some kind of glimmer of light that kept shuttling in front of his eyes.

This state may only last for a moment, or it may last for a long time.

In short, when Qin Zhibo's vision returned to calm, he was already in a huge and endless dark space.

What's even more strange is that the night vision vision actually fails here!

Qin Zhibo's eyes could only see clearly within 2 meters with the help of a dim light that came from nowhere.

Further outside, no matter upward, left or right, more than 2 meters away is a darkness with floating dust.

"here it is……"

Qin Zhibo tried to use the [Nuclear Energy Lighter], but still to no avail.

This is very much like the world of the original "Cocoon" game, which prohibits all system props whose effects are directly fed back to the real world.

If that's the case, isn't this the real world?

Qin Zhibo had some guesses in his mind, but he couldn't verify them yet.

However, if it is a real-world object, it should be able to be brought in.

Because Qin Zhibo checked his body and found that he did not come in naked, which meant that the real items he carried with him could come in instead.

If I had known better, I would have brought a torch...

Qin Zhibo complained in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. He didn't know that this would be the situation below.

Even if I exit now and start again, there is no door to leave the space behind me.

However, since the system task allowed him to come in and explore, there must be a way to leave. Qin Zhibo was very sure of this.

…

In the darkness, Qin Zhibo walked forward cautiously.

Even though he knew that Bentang Yingyou should be here, he didn't dare to walk too fast.

First of all, this place also has a map in the navigator.

It's just that the map is a huge, empty white box without any markers.

Qin Zhibo had never encountered such a situation before, and could only think that the terrain here was similar to a square, with an unknown area and no obstructions.

This is both good news and bad news.

The good news is that when you walk inside, you won't hit the wall easily, which is a major benefit to the main hall Yingyou.

The bad news is that without cover, there are no markers and it’s easy to get lost.

In addition, the magic extractor cannot be materialized in this space, so Qin Zhibo cannot use the finding spell and can only rely on the blind cat to kill the mouse.

There was no need to search for a specific direction. He could only keep walking straight ahead after entering the space.

Because if you and Hondo Yingyou enter this space in the same position and direction, then there is a high probability that Hondo Yingyou will also walk forward.

…

Qin Zhibo advanced alone in the endless space, surrounded by darkness and dust floating in the air.

At first, he thought it was just ordinary dust, possibly even mixed with the ashes of decayed human bones.

But he gradually discovered that the dust was not really dust.

This thing is similar to the snowflakes on the TV. You can see it but you can't touch it.

Walking in the darkness, Qin Zhibo did not dare to make a big figure, let alone call out the name of his friend Yingyou.

Because if the ghouls are here, they will be attracted.

With his bare hands and limited vision, Qin Zhibo did not dare to fight those dog-headed beasts in close combat.

But the strange thing is that after walking for a while, Qin Zhibo didn't find anything related to ghouls.

Even the stench in the air just now disappeared from the nasal cavity unconsciously.

In terms of sound, the surroundings are also eerily silent.

After walking aimlessly for a while, an unusual light suddenly appeared in front of Qin Zhibo's eyes.

He hunched over, approaching in a lurking posture, cautiously.

It wasn't until he was less than 10 meters away that he could see what it was.

This is actually a villa!

Qin Zhibo couldn't believe his eyes. His eyes widened, but the thing reflected in his pupils was indeed a villa.

And this villa is very familiar.

It turned out to be the Suzuki family's villa!

Why does the Suzuki family's villa appear here?

Qin Zhibo looked around. There was still boundless silence and darkness around him, except for this villa standing here strangely.

Weird, weird.

There was a faint light from the windows of the villa, but it still couldn't dispel the gloom that enveloped the entire building.

Although he noticed something strange here, this was the only special place he had encountered so far, and Qin Zhibo had to go in.

He came to the door of the villa, pushed the door gently, and the door opened by itself.

In the entrance hall, all the lamps on the ceiling were on, but it was still dim, and there was untouchable dust floating everywhere in the air.

Not only that, the density of dust seems to be higher.

Turning into the living room from the entrance, Qin Zhibo saw a horrifying scene in front of the sofa.

I saw a strange man in a cloak, holding a white stick, forcing the two people in front of the sofa.

One of the two people was Suzuki Ayako with a frightened face, and the other was Hondo Eiyu who was unconscious on the ground.

As if he sensed someone coming in, the weirdo slowly turned around.

A worn bandage was wrapped around half of the weirdo's head, while the remaining half of his head was exposed to dust.

Although the half of the head was covered with traces of erosion and gnawing, Qin Zhibo could still vaguely recognize the identity of this person from the covering of flesh and skin.

This is the bandage weirdo, Ryoichi Takahashi!