Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1454 Ksira

Come back soon?

Back to where?
Qin Zhibo looked through all the postcards and did not find any writing on any other postcards.

So, considering the address the postcard was sent from, I had no choice but to return to Hawaii as soon as possible.

Not only does the sender know his current address, but he also lives in Hawaii for a long time.

In this case, it can be basically concluded that the person is someone who has a close relationship with the "original owner".

Because the purpose of the "original owner" coming to Japan was to follow in the footsteps of CIA agent Ethan Hondou to investigate the organization, and he also used a pseudonym to hide his identity.

If you are not a very close person, you will definitely not reveal your whereabouts to the other person.

Could it be parents, or even a wife?
Qin Zhibo thought about it and felt that this was unlikely.

If the "original owner" was married and had a wife, James and Yasuharu Haneda, as old friends, would at least ask about his family's recent situation during this period.

Moreover, this strange way of communication doesn't feel like the way a family would communicate.

It seems that in order to keep it confidential, they chose to send postcards.

And I sent postcards more than once, and it has even become a fixed habit.

But why did the sender ask me to "reply quickly" this time only?

On the way to Haneda Airport, Qin Zhibo kept thinking and making many assumptions in his mind.

But in the end, there was still no clue.

The only way now is to go back to Hawaii to meet the sender in person.

Of course, this must wait until after meeting up with Kudo Yusaku and others.

……

Fifteen hours later, the plane landed at General Edwards Airport in Boston, Massachusetts.

Qin Zhibo came to the Marriott Hotel near Boston's Inland Bay according to the address provided by Kudo Yusaku.

Here, he met the Kudo couple, and the Kuroba couple.

"Thank you for your hard work. Please take a seat."

In the luxurious presidential suite, Kudo Yusaku arranged Qin Zhibo to sit on the sofa, while Yukiko was responsible for preparing drinks for everyone.

As soon as Qin Zhibo sat down, he looked at Heiyu Daoyi and asked impatiently.

"Mr. Kuroba, what did you find out in Innsmouth?"

"Mr. Qin, please don't be anxious. We still need to wait for a guest to come before we can start this meeting."

Hei Yu Daoyi responded politely, and his gentlemanly demeanor made Hei Yu Qianying next to him stare blankly.

I believe that during this period of investigation, the couple, who had been separated for several years, must have spent many unforgettable nights together.

This is also the reason why Kuroba Kaito was not brought to the United States.

Seeing what Hei Yu Daoyi said, Qin Zhibo temporarily suppressed his anxiety, took the coffee handed to him by Yukiko, and took a sip to refresh himself.

Just then, the doorbell rang from the guest room door.

Ding--

"The last guest has arrived."

Yusaku Kudo put down the coffee cup in his hand, stood up and went to open the door.

Although Qin Zhibo was sitting on the sofa, he looked over curiously.

When the door opened, a familiar figure stood outside.

This person is none other than Luc Villiers, a high-ranking official of the Nine Angels.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Kudo."

"Welcome, Monsieur Villiers, come in."

Luc Villiers took off his hat and nodded to Kudo Yusaku, then entered the suite leaning on a thin black cane in his right hand.

Seeing Qin Zhibo and Hei Yu Daoyi sitting on the sofa, he nodded and greeted them.

"Mr. Qin, Mr. Hei Yu, good afternoon."

The two nodded in response.

Yukiko stepped forward and took the windbreaker and hat that Luc Villiers had taken off. Just as she was about to take his cane, Luc Villiers smiled slightly and declined.

"Sorry, Mrs. Kudo, I'm still getting used to having it close at hand."

"It's ok."

Yukiko smiled politely and hung Luc's clothes on the coat rack in the corner.

Qin Zhibo looked at Luc Villiers who was seated, and then looked at the other people present.

The last time there was such a lineup was at the ceremony at Stonehenge in London.

It seems that Kuroba Touichi has indeed investigated something remarkable this time.

When everyone sat down on the sofa, Hei Yudao glanced at everyone and said solemnly, "Then I will begin to tell you about my investigation in Innsmouth this time."

"First, my investigation concluded that someone is currently trying some means to resurrect 'Cthulhu'."

"And this person's goal may be close to being achieved..."

Kuroba Touichi's face was serious and he paused for a moment before continuing.

"As for the method of resurrecting 'Cthulhu', after I disguised myself as an Innsmouth believer and investigated the cult, I believe that the most likely method is 'Ksira'."

“She is the daughter of Cthulhu and the key to Cthulhu’s resurrection. She is called ‘the hidden one’ among believers.”

"Among those believers, there is a legend - the great Cthulhu will be born from the womb of Ksira, and will reign over this world again."

"While believers firmly believed in this legend, I also found out a very crucial piece of information."

"About 20 years ago, Ksira did exist in the Devil Reef area near the mouth of Innsmouth."

"But at some point in time, the Devil's Reef was completely destroyed, and Ksira mysteriously disappeared at that time."

When Hei Yu Daoyi told this story, Qin Zhibo suddenly remembered that he had once dived into the so-called Devil's Reef.

In that underwater city made of reefs, there is an unexploded atomic bomb.

However, the underwater city was indeed severely damaged, as if it had suffered a major attack, but there are still a small number of deep divers active in that area.

Qin Zhibo immediately told everyone about his discovery.

After hearing this, Kudo Yusaku didn't care why Qin Zhibo had been to the Devil Reef. Instead, he held his chin up and said in a deep voice: "It seems that the organization has started planning at least a dozen years ago..."

"But since Ksira is needed to revive Cthulhu, why attack Him with weapons?"

At this time, Hei Yu Daoyi said: "In the esoteric religion, some believers claim that they can sense the existence of Ksira."

"And the weapon can only injure Him at most, but it is impossible to kill Him."

"But if we can find Ksira, we will definitely have the upper hand..."

After Kuroba Toichi finished speaking, there was silence in the air for a while.

Qin Zhibo thought to himself, if Ksira is the organization’s means of resurrecting Cthulhu, then there should be no reason to attack Him.

And is it possible for humans to conceive an Old One?
According to common sense, if you want to impregnate an Old One, you need an Old One of equal power. Suddenly, a thought flashed through Qin Zhibo's mind.

When it comes to conception, it is nothing more than the power to give birth to life.

Speaking of this, the person who deserves the most recognition is none other than the Supreme Mother Goddess - Shub-Niggurath.

And in the Aphrodite incident some time ago, it was a summoning ceremony centered around the Supreme Mother Goddess.

Although the summoning ceremony on the Aphrodite was blocked by himself, it seemed that the power of Shub-Niggurath still arrived, and fulfilled Chengshi's wish.

In other words, the ritual was actually completed.

At that time, apart from the ship designer and the deputy captain on the Aphrodite, the ceremony was only held on the ship that was likely organized.

The organization's ship has maintained a low profile over the years, but this time it appeared in the waters near the shipwreck site, was witnessed by hundreds of passengers, and was also reported on the news.

Such a huge risk must be taken in order to obtain a corresponding return.

And the summoning ceremony of Shub-Niggurath is most likely the purpose of the ship coming to that sea area.

And there is another piece of evidence, that is, I felt a terrifying mental fluctuation at that time.

That spiritual fluctuation came from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, and it might even be the underwater city of R'lyeh.

Qin Zhibo expressed his thoughts again.

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes became serious as if they were facing a great enemy.

Because if Qin Zhibo's guess is correct, it means that the organization has even completed the stage of making Ksira pregnant.

At this moment, Yukiko asked, "But there was no 'Ksira' on the sea at that time, right?"

"If conception is achieved, shouldn't the sound be very loud?"

“Many people will probably notice it, right?”

"Didn't anything else happen on the sea at that time except the sinking of the Aphrodite?"

Yukiko is trying to use anthropomorphism to understand how the Old Ones reproduce.

But Kudo Yusaku shook his head and denied his wife's statement.

"Do not."

"Maybe the process of Ksira's conception is not what you imagined..."

"Besides, Ksira doesn't have to stay in the ocean."

As soon as Kudo Yusaku finished speaking, the expressions of Qin Zhibo, Kuroba Toichi, and Luc Villiers who were present suddenly changed.

But Yukiko still looked puzzled and asked, "Yusaku, what do you mean by not having to stay in the ocean?"

“Isn’t He a sea creature?”

Qin Zhibo took a deep breath and said, "The ship of the organization is very large, so there is another possibility..."

"That means Ksira is on the ship of the organization."

After these words were spoken, except for Yukiko and Kuroba Chikage who looked a little dazed, the expressions of everyone else became more solemn.

This is the most troublesome possibility, but also the greatest possibility.

More than a decade ago, Ksira was not expelled from that sea area, but was captured.

As Yukiko said, as the daughter of Cthulhu, although she is an Old One, the power she possesses should still be infinitely close to that of a marine creature.

The organization used weapons to weaken Ksira and the Deep Ones, then captured Ksira and imprisoned him on the ship.

Over the years, the ship has been drifting in the oceans of the world, with its whereabouts unknown.

The purpose should be to wait for the most important time node.

That's when the stars come together.

When the stars return to their positions, Cthulhu will be reborn from the womb of Csira.

For a moment, everyone fell into silence.

Because if this is the organization's plan, then the organization is infinitely close to success.

Once Ksira has successfully conceived, the organization will just need to use the ship to carry Ksira around the world to delay time.

Although Kudo Yusaku had developed a method to search for the whereabouts of the ship in a previous video conference with the FBI, it would take some time before the global cross-age recognition system was officially put into use.

Moreover, even if that system is put into use, it is unlikely to find the location of the ship in a short time.

After all, the whereabouts of organization members are very secretive, and it is unlikely that they would allow their faces to be photographed by others or recorded by surveillance cameras.

At this moment, Luc Villiers, who had been silent, broke the silence.

"There is one more thing I need to tell you."

Everyone looked at him.

Luc Villiers looked very serious, with his slightly wrinkled brows, seeming to be a little confused.

But two seconds later, he made up his mind and spoke.

"The current boss of the organization was once a member of the Nine Angels."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present showed an expression of surprise on their faces.

Luc Villiers seemed to have guessed that these people would have such a reaction, so he didn't pay much attention and continued talking.

"Strictly speaking, Karasuma Renye's father, Mr. John Spencer, is the founder of the Nine Angels Organization and a member of the 'Nine-Man Choir'."

"In 1877, after Mr. Spencer's death, Karasuma Renye inherited his father's position among the Nine Angels and became one of the leaders of the Nine Angels."

"However, in the seventh year after he inherited the position of the Nine Angels, he created an incident and took the opportunity to kill the other eight leaders. He also took away an important item from the organization and has been missing since then."

"After that, the nine angels called this person the 'fallen angel'."

"It was only after I learned about the identity and background of the organization's boss from Mr. Qin that I investigated this person's past experiences from the historical records of the Nine Angels Organization."

After listening to Luc Villiers' statement, everyone's expressions gradually turned from shock at the beginning to calm.

Such a resume is just a brief mention in Karasuma Renya's long life.

Qin Zhibo crossed his fingers, looked up at Luc Villiers and asked, "What important item did he take away from the Nine Angels back then?"

"It's a disk called the Panester disk."

Hearing this familiar term, Qin Zhibo's expression suddenly changed.

That way, everything fits in.

After joining forces with the Shagai Zerg and murdering his biological father, Karasuma Renye inherited the title, fiefdom, and position in the Nine Angels Organization.

Using the vast network of the Nine Angels, he collected the Paneste Discs, the only token that could allow him to reach the Abyss Enkai and safely meet the Toad God Tsathoggua.

Here in Tsathoggua, he most likely obtained the formula for the elixir of immortality, which would allow him to live a long life.

At this moment, Yusaku Kudo turned to Luc Villiers and asked.

"So Amanda Hughes is..."

Luc Villiers said solemnly: "Ms. Amanda is the heir of the Hughes family. Her father was one of the leaders of the Nine Angels who was killed by Karasuma Renye."

"Ms. Amanda is an honorable person whose lifelong wish is to avenge her father."

"It's a pity that 17 years ago, Ms. Amanda also died at the hands of the organization..."