Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1292 The decision is yours!

"Mother……"

"Have you ever heard of the name 'Sera Elena'?"

Masumi Sera, who was lying on the bed, asked a question seemingly casually, but in fact her eyes were secretly glancing at Mary by the window.

Mary, who was facing away from Sera, trembled slightly, her pupils shrank suddenly, and she looked nervous.

But two seconds later, she asked back in her usual calm tone.

"Why did you suddenly mention this name?"

So you know each other after all?

After hearing Mary's answer, Sera Masumi also confirmed the answer in her heart.

And if his mother knew her, then it could only be that "sister outside the field".

Shira lay on the bed and continued, "Today when we were cracking the code, the man named Kudo Shinichi called from Blychester and said that there was a case over there involving her..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Mary turned around and said in a very stern tone: "This is impossible!"

"Because that person is dead!"

Mary's reaction was so strong that Shiliang was startled. He quickly sat up from the bed and looked at Mary in surprise.

Looking at her daughter's shocked pupils, Mary knew that she had overreacted. She took a deep breath and her tone became a little calmer.

"Majun, what's going on? Please tell me in detail..."

Shira also shook his head in confusion, "I don't know either. Kudo Shinichi just said on the phone that there was a case over there involving a person named 'Shira Elena'..."

After listening to Sera's explanation, Mary frowned slightly, and suddenly remembered that the "Kudo Shinichi" just now happened to meet Qin Zhibo on the Vauxhall Bridge.

Mary was somewhat surprised that the two people knew each other.

But now that Kudo Shinichi is with him, he can just ask what's going on.

She quickly picked up the phone on the table and dialed Qin Zhibo's number.

On the other side, Qin Zhibo and Kuroba Kaito were on their way back to their residence.

Suddenly, the phone rang.

"Hello, Mary..."

Qin Zhibo was just about to tell Mary about Sera Elena's affairs, but Mary took the initiative to ask.

"That boy named Kudo Shinichi is next to you now, right?"

"Oh, yes."

"Have him answer the phone immediately."

Mary's tone was firm and tolerant of any rebuttal, which was rare for a woman.

Qin Zhibo also had a head full of question marks.

Mary was not surprised to know that Kuroba Kaito was with her and that she mistook him for Kudo Shinichi.

After all, he had just met up with Kuroba Kaito right under Mary's nose.

But this tone of accusation was as if Kuroba Kaito had offended her in some way.

  Did Kuroba Kaito take advantage of her daughter?

Qin Zhibo gave Kuroba Kaito a questioning look, and Kuroba Kaito responded with an innocent expression with his hands spread out.

After Kuroba Kaito answered the phone, Mary asked about the case during the day.

Kuroba Kaito was an eyewitness to the case, so he narrated the case that took place at the Astronomical Institute of the University of Brychester in the voice of Kudo Shinichi.

Now, Mary was even more certain that the "Sera Elena" was her sister.

Because her sister did go to Brychester University.

Back then, Elena ignored the opposition of her family, gave up the two top universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and resolutely chose this university.

Later, she took the opportunity to go to the United States as an exchange student and ran away with a Japanese man who was studying in the United States, and since then she has lost contact with her family.

By the time she learned about the situation again many years later, Elena had become an "angel fallen into hell" and was expelled from the scientific community along with her husband, ruining her bright future.

After this incident, the Sera family completely expelled Elena from the family, leaving her to fend for herself outside, and she became a "sister outside the domain."

Only Mary has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and occasionally contacts the Miyano couple.

However, ever since Miyano Atsushi asked her to help investigate the Karasuma Group, the Miyano couple has completely disappeared.

Later, after receiving a warning from Akai Tsutomu, Mary and her family moved to Japan.

While in Japan, Mary was also secretly investigating the whereabouts of the Miyano couple, but Japan was not as powerful as Britain, and without the powerful intelligence network of MI6, it was difficult for her to obtain useful clues.

It was not until yesterday when she met Qin Zhibo that she finally learned that the Miyano couple had died 17 years ago.

That was probably what happened not long before Mary and her family fled to Japan...

But now, a case that happened at the University of Blythechester has revealed that Elena might still be alive.

This was too much of a shock for Mary.

"Are you telling the truth, Kudo Shinichi?"

"Ah I……"

Kuroba Kaito was stunned. How could he know if it was true? Anyway, that's what Hakuba Detective and Conan, who were in charge of solving the case, said.

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo quickly took the phone from Kuroba Kaito.

"Mary, I don't think this matter is as simple as it seems..."

"If Miyano Elena is really still alive, she wouldn't kill anyone, right?"

"And have you forgotten the member of the organization who can disguise himself that I told you about before?"

After being reminded by Qin Zhibo, Mary suddenly remembered the existence of "Vermouth".

It is because of the existence of such a thousand-faced witch in the organization that it has become difficult for her to recognize her husband.

Because if this person is Vermouth, then it would be very dangerous for me to show up on my own initiative.

Mary frowned. "You mean, that Elena might be..."

"I think the probability is about 99 percent."

Qin Zhibo said in a very affirmative tone: "Think about it, if we use Elena's identity, the police will not be able to track down any clues about her..."

"Besides, Elena once joined the organization, so it's normal for Vermouth to obtain her identity information."

After Qin Zhibo's analysis, Mary felt relieved.

After all, she didn't want to accept that her sister, who suddenly "came back from the dead", was actually a killer.

"What you said makes sense..."

"I am a little uneasy."

Mary's voice also returned to calm, and she took the initiative to admit her gaffe.

"That's understandable..."

"But since Vermouth can appear in Blychester, it means she is indeed in the UK now. There is a high probability that our plan will succeed."

"We'll continue tomorrow."

"it is good."

After hanging up the phone, Mary stood in front of the window and breathed a sigh of relief.

But facing the gleaming glass, her brows still did not completely relax. Although this Elena should be Vermouth in disguise, using the identity of a dead person to kill someone is itself an act of stigmatizing that person.

Belmode...

You are unforgivable!

Mary clenched her fists and did not conceal the anger in her eyes.

Shira also noticed that her mother was in a bad mood, so she could only keep her doubts to herself for the time being.

Looks like Mom is calling that old friend of Dad’s…

But Kudo Shinichi was beside that person, and Conan clearly said that Kudo Shinichi did not return to London.

Could it be that these two people have known each other for a long time?

……

After returning to the hotel, Qin Zhibo took off the heavy disguise he had been wearing all day and went to take a shower first.

Most of the morning was spent going to London City Hall to find Judy Hopper to explain the current situation and ask her to remain on high alert.

In the afternoon, I cosplayed as Michael, a former member of the organization, and strolled around Vauxhall Bridge.

Although the bridge is very long and the scenery on both sides is remarkable, it is still quite boring to spend half a day on the bridge.

And although you can just stroll around, you must stay highly focused throughout the whole process. Otherwise, once you are discovered by the organization, they will kill you, the traitor who once killed a model worker of the organization, without saying a word. Then you will have no way to complain.

When Qin Zhibo thought about continuing to "fish" tomorrow, he couldn't help feeling a little more tired physically and mentally.

After taking a shower, Qin Zhibo walked out of the bathroom in a bathrobe and asked Kuroba Kaito.

"How is the London code incident going today?"

Kuroba Kaito looked a little surprised, "Uncle, you also know about the Hades incident?"

"Hades?"

Qin Zhibo was stunned for a moment, but then nodded, "I guess so. I met Xiaolan and the others in the restaurant before and helped them."

"Oh!" Kuroba Kaito suddenly said in surprise: "So the blond man I met in the restaurant on the phone was you, uncle!"

Qin Zhibo nodded while blowing his hair with a hair dryer.

After his hair was dried a little, Kuroba Kaito also introduced the secret code incident.

At present, all the codes have been deciphered. The hidden information in the codes is the time of the crime, which is tomorrow.

As for the location, it may be one of the six locations in the code.

Qin Zhibo did not immediately agree with Kuroba Kaito's guess.

Because the multiple-choice questions about the six locations are so vague, if you don't want to provide a single correct answer at all, it is better not to send a secret code letter from the beginning and do it in secret.

Moreover, the criminal's move this time was so big that he took great pains to plant many clues and distribute coded letters in London. It seemed that he had other ulterior motives.

Just as Qin Zhibo was thinking, Kuroba Kaito suddenly remembered something and took out a diary from his arms.

"Uncle, this is the diary I got from Ingalls' office. Can you take a look at the contents inside to see if they are of any use?"

Qin Zhibo put down the hair dryer and took the diary that looked a little old.

When you open it, you will see the author's own description of his dreams, with text and hand-drawn pictures.

Qin Zhibo sat on the bed and read the book carefully.

However, as he read further, he felt something was not right.

This notebook records some strange dreams, but most of them are related to the "return of the stars".

For example, it mentions "the full moon rises over the sea", "the coming of Ghroth will cause the stars to return to their correct positions", and "some existence in the depths of the ocean is looking forward to rebirth".

There is also a city in the depths of the ocean, and "the womb of the sea gently laps against the ancient prison."

Qin Zhibo knew that there was a city deep in the ocean, which should be the legendary R'lyeh.

In the eternal mansion of R'lyeh, the sleeping Cthulhu awaits your dreams.

This is a saying circulated among Cthulhu's believers, which also proves that the relationship between R'lyeh and Cthulhu is bound to each other.

  But what is the “womb of the sea”?

If R'lyeh is the prison where Cthulhu is imprisoned, the womb of the sea should be some other existence.

  The...womb of the sea?

When we talk about the uterus, we have to think of women.

But the being that gave birth to Cthulhu could not be a woman.

So this is still an anthropomorphic approach...

Qin Zhibo shook his head slightly. It was already such a late hour and he was still using rhetoric.

However, judging from the contents of this diary, the person who wrote it was on the verge of mental collapse and should not be Ingles who was still able to perform complex scientific calculations.

Considering the age of the diary, it should be Ingles' father.

"I see...Apart from that, is there anything else?"

Qin Zhibo put the diary away and asked again.

Kuroba Kaito shook his head. This was all he had gained for the day.

Let me summarize the current situation.

Ingalls is dead, and the murderer is most likely Vermouth.

Since Vermouth did this, it further proves that Ingels' research is very important and related to the organization's plans.

Now that Ingels is dead and the hard drive in his computer has been taken away, it is obviously too late for people from other astronomical institutes to continue his research.

It is difficult for Qin Zhibo to study on his own. Even if he goes to Blichester to obtain the "Astronomy" skill from Ingles' body, it is only a level 1 skill.

By the time I train my skills to a usable state, it might be too late.

Is there any other way to know the answer?

At least we need to know how far Ghros has come and how much time is left...

Qin Zhibo's brain was working at high speed, trying to come up with a feasible solution.

Suddenly, his face froze as he recalled that this was not the first time he had heard about using distorted planetary orbits to measure unknown planets outside the solar system.

The last time I heard about this was in a game.

  It’s a “cocoon”!

Qin Zhibo suddenly had an epiphany and long-lost memories came flooding back to him.

In the London chapter of the Cocoon game, the University of Blythe appeared.

The character in the game, James Moriarty, is a professor at the University of Bristol and has written a book called "Asteroid Mechanics".

The content is that the distorted planetary orbits are used to predict the existence of a Planet X that is gradually approaching outside the solar system.

  It’s exactly the same as Ingels’ research!

Moriarty in the cocoon is of course a virtual game character and does not exist in reality.

But the one who created this character was the artificial intelligence that manipulated the game system and thus changed the entire game content.

At this moment, Qin Zhibo thought of a solution.

Since human power is not enough, let’s use the power of AI.

The decision is yours!

Hiroki Sawada!

(End of this chapter)