Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1528 Popular Culture Symbols - "Cthulhu"

As Kshira disappeared, the green signals on electronic device screens around the world disappeared one after another.

Shibahama Stadium in Japan.

As the green on the large central screen above the stadium gradually faded, the green in people's pupils disappeared as well.

The people in the audience recovered from their stiff postures one after another, as if time had resumed flowing.

Ran Mouri blinked her dry eyes, was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at "Kudo Shinichi" beside her.

And Kuroba Kaito also looked at Mao Li Ran.

The two looked at each other, not knowing where to start.

"Shinichi, I seem to have had a long dream..."

"Me too……"

……

Outside the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, citizens who were participating in the "riot" stopped what they were doing and looked around in confusion.

On the other side of the corridor, the police officers who were still guarding the Metropolitan Police Department saw that the citizens' emotions seemed to have calmed down, and they lowered their riot shields slightly.

"It should be Qin and his team that succeeded..."

Kudo Yusaku turned his head to look at Megure on the side, and a forced smile appeared on his tired face.

"It's time for us to counterattack..."

……

It was four days later that the rescue team returned to Tokyo, Japan from the South Pacific.

Through the concerted efforts of all sectors of society, the damaged city began to be rebuilt.

All efforts are being made to rescue those injured in this incident.

It may be because most of the world's human beings share the "green signal", that is, Cthulhu's ego will, so the weakening of will borne by individuals is not as serious as imagined.

Almost everyone in the world who has been controlled by the "Green Signal" will have their willpower permanently reduced by 1 to 3 points.

It’s just that the content of Cthulhu’s dream began to spread widely around the world.

In order to appease the public, international officials issued a global notice on the third day after the incident, attributing everything to a new type of information bomb used by terrorists.

A terrorist organization stole the relevant technology of "Cocoon" and used it to create a super information bomb, which was widely released through the global broadcasting channels of the opening ceremony of the World Games.

This evidence has greatly increased the credibility of this announcement around the world, but it has also in disguise postponed indefinitely the period for lifting the ban on commercialization of related technologies of the "Cocoon" project.

After returning to Tokyo, Qin Zhibo went to Chengshi Hospital as soon as possible.

As the incident happened suddenly, nearby residents also suffered minor injuries to varying degrees.

Chengshi Hospital is now overcrowded.

When Cheng Shi saw the familiar figure standing in the corridor, he was stunned for a few seconds, then put down the work at hand and ran towards the other person desperately.

She opened her arms and hugged Qin Zhibo, burying her head in the man's broad shoulders and crying.

Qin Zhibo raised his hand and stroked the soft long hair, soothing her.

"Don't cry yet..."

"Look, who did I bring back?"

Cheng Shi turned his head away, his tearful eyes covered with a layer of water, but he could still see the quiet figure in the blur.

"Little sorrow!"

Cheng Shi rushed over, knelt on the ground, and hugged the small body in his arms.

Haibara Ai was stunned at first, then she opened her arms and hugged Cheng Shi as well.

"So warm..." Conan, who was standing behind the two of them, put his hands in his pockets, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a knowing smile.

……

Time flies, and another month has passed in a flash.

Although the incident seems to be over, this month has not been peaceful.

The topic of "Cthulhu" has been hotly discussed around the world and has been at the top of the hot topic list for a month.

As more people discuss the issue, it is inevitable that some people who know the "truth about the world" will start to tell others what they know.

At the beginning, international officials tried to block the news and refute rumors to prevent the spread of related incidents and avoid causing panic among people again.

But the effect of doing so is counterproductive, and more and more conspiracy theorists are beginning to regard "explanation is cover-up, and cover-up is fact" as the truth.

In response to this situation, Qin Zhibo came up with a countermeasure.

That is to make things related to "Cthulhu" entertaining and popular, so that it loses its authenticity and divinity in people's cognition.

So, under the personal pen of Yusaku Kudo, a novel called "Call of Cthulhu" came into being in just one week.

The novel tells the story of a policeman who discovered the evil sacrificial rituals of local villagers during an investigation and thus discovered the ancient god "Cthulhu".

As soon as this novel was published, it became a best-seller worldwide.

Originally, "Cthulhu" was the core of the conspiracy theory, but after being re-conceived by a world-class best-selling writer, it was turned into a "myth" that has no authenticity.

"Cthulhu" and "Night Baron" are equated to a certain extent, and both are artificially fabricated.

In addition, Yusaku Kudo has also opened up Cthulhu-related secondary creations to the world.

Anyone can add the literary image of "Cthulhu" to the content of all forms of works, including literary works.

No copyright fees are charged!
With copyright open in this state and related topics remaining hot, more creators are investing in related creations.

For a time, the topic of "Cthulhu" became a hot topic again.

However, those conspiracy theories have been drowned out by the overwhelming secondary creations.

Some of these secondary creations are serious in nature, but since everyone has a different creative style, the tone naturally cannot be consistent.

Creative platforms dominated by young people have completely transformed "Cthulhu" into a pop culture symbol for memes.

For example, "Cthulhu·Candy", "Foreign Bodhisattva"...

"Please take a moment of your time to introduce you to our great Father and Savior - Cthulhu".

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

Not only do these memes have no divinity in the mouths of young people, but as more people play with them, they have become "rotten memes".

As a result, those who want to publish the Cthulhu conspiracy theory on the Internet will be labeled as people who play with bad memes.

In addition, since the authorities did not intervene to stop it, no one believed it anymore.

In addition to the war of public opinion, the organization behind this incident must also be arrested.

Pacific Buoy has locked onto the facial information of most of the cult's members by retrieving surveillance footage from the incident.

Based on this information, investigative organizations around the world worked together to quickly arrest a large number of pagans, dealing a heavy blow to these organizations.

It is only because these pagan organizations have been deeply rooted in various countries for many years that they have become well-established.

Especially during the period when the whole world was controlled by the Green Signal, the leaders of these organizations had never been openly exposed to surveillance, making it difficult to completely eradicate them in a short period of time.

Of course, it's only a matter of time.

However, for Qin Zhibo at the moment, what he is most concerned about is the instigator of all this.

The whereabouts of Karasuma Renya...