Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 513 Innsmouth, I TM Reiner!

Returning to the room after dinner, Qin Zhibo opened the system interface.

After various experiences in the United States during this period of time, my general skill proficiency has reached 10570, successfully breaking through the 10000 mark.

Currently, the props that can be purchased in the prop shop include [Deep Dive Potion], [Bottled Fear], and [Star Fishing Rod].

But Qin Zhibo couldn't buy them all, because the total value of them was 11000, which just exceeded a little.

The deep dive potion reminded Qin Zhibo of the deep diver.

Qin Zhibo turned on the navigator and looked up the location of Innsmouth, which happened to be about a hundred kilometers away from Arkham Town.

There should still be time to go to Innsmouth tomorrow to take a look, maybe you can complete the task of hunting the deep divers.

If this is the case, [Deep Dive Potion] and [Bottled Fear] are essential items.

[Deep Diving Potion], which allows the person who takes this potion to move freely underwater for 30 minutes, improving the ability to move underwater.

Qin Zhibo has seen deep divers in the waters near Ghost Turtle Island. This thing is very flexible underwater. It is basically impossible to fight against it underwater with only humans + diving suits.

[Bottle Fear] can make the owner no longer afraid of the things in the bottle. If you put sea water in the bottle, you should be able to overcome your sea fear.

And [Starry Sky Fishing Rod] is an item with unknown income, and the starry sky fisherman who has not activated this fishing rod cannot use this item.

After weighing it, Qin Zhibo immediately chose [Deep Diving Potion] and [Bottled Fear].

[Successful redemption, congratulations on getting the Deep Dive Potion and Bottled Fear! 】

Qin Zhibo stretched out his right hand, and first visualized [Deep Dive Potion] in his hand.

This is a bottle of green solution medicine, which is packed in a glass bottle the size of oral liquid.

Qin Zhibo lifted it up and looked at the light. It was cloudy and had gossamer-like floating objects inside, which looked a little disgusting.

Looking at this thing, Qin Zhibo felt a little uncomfortable in his throat, so he took it back.

Next is 【Bottled Fear】

This is a brown glass bottle with a volume of about 1L, with a slightly larger mouth closed by a wooden cork.

Qin Zhibo shook the inside, but didn't hear any sound, which meant that it was indeed an empty bottle.

Qin Zhibo wanted to experiment immediately to see if this bottle could eliminate fear, but it was really not easy to verify.

Because Qin Zhibo basically has nothing to be afraid of except sea water, whether it is snakes, scorpions, lizards, toads, spiders, centipedes, bats, clowns, scarecrows, etc., he has no obvious sense of fear.

And they couldn't be found in this hotel either.

Looking around the room, Qin Zhibo suddenly saw the toilet.

Toilet (chè) - Lao Ba's home
hi hi hi~
Ok?
Qin Zhibo's brain suddenly had a brilliant idea.

Although I have nothing to fear or not adapt to other than the sea water, I still have a basic dislike for some things.

For example, Lao Ba's rations - Ollie.

Human beings are born with fear and incompatibility with Ollie, just like Stephen Chow's classic movie "Return to the Soul Night", the ghost-catching expert played by Master Xing uses Ollie to test his courage.

Maybe if you lightly poke Ollie with your finger, you don't panic, and you even want to increase your position?
But what if you apply it all over your face?

Therefore, Lao Ba who dares to give Ollie as rations is a brave man who truly overcomes the fear in his heart and realizes true fearlessness.

And this kind of courage, Qin Zhibo thinks he doesn't have it.

But now that I have this [Bottled Fear], can I try my own weakness?

Qin Zhibo: "..."

After thinking in silence for a long time, Qin Zhibo still felt that this test was somewhat anti-human.

People can't, at least they shouldn't.
Anyway, I can go to Innsmouth tomorrow, so don't be the "old eight".

Innsmouth, I'm TM Rainer!

……

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Zhibo got up early.

Today's plan is to go to the town of Innsmouth, which is [-] kilometers away, and there must be back and forth, so as not to delay the trip to go out with Carl Sanford tomorrow.

So time is still very tight.

After "chewing" his breakfast, Qin Zhibo first bought a harpoon gun in Arkham's fishing tackle shop.

The single-shot power of this harpoon gun is good, but the disadvantage is that one shot is one shot, and the bow and arrow need to be manually loaded after firing, which is equivalent to only one chance.

Qin Zhibo's skills include firearms skills. Although harpoon guns are not included, aiming and shooting are actually interoperable.

Seeing that there were still daggers on the counter of the fishing tackle shop, Qin Zhibo bought another 25cm long dagger and stuck it around his waist for self-defense.

After purchasing the basic equipment, Qin Zhibo went to the car rental agency in Arkham Town and rented a Buick lesabre.

During this period, the staff of the car rental company will also check the driver's license.

Of course, Qin Zhibo didn't have an American driver's license, or he didn't bring it with him.

So Qin Zhibo had no choice but to move out again that he belonged to Carl Sanford, and the car rental company immediately skipped this step.

"Don't you want to check whether what I said is true?" Qin Zhibo asked.

The staff of the car rental company quickly shook their heads, "No one would be so reckless as to pretend to be Mr. Carl's person."

In this way, Qin Zhibo successfully rented a car and drove to Innsmouth.

Innsmouth is located in the northeast of Massachusetts, facing the Atlantic Ocean to the east.

According to the information Qin Zhibo searched on the Internet before, this town was once prosperous in the 19th century and could be called a city.

But since the authorities' purges and mass arrests of Innsmouth in 1927, it has become a dead city.

When Qin Zhibo drove here, he realized that the term "dead city" was exaggerated.

Innsmouth is not as dead and silent as imagined. The whole town is still inhabited by humans, but the number of houses is far greater than the number of people.

The Buick slowly drove through the dilapidated streets that smelled of fish, and Qin Zhibo felt that the atmosphere here was a bit weird.

People here are used to staying in the dark, watching people from other places furtively. Behind the windows and in the deep alleys, their people are everywhere.

They were watching Qin Zhibo quietly, and Qin Zhibo was also watching them quietly through the car window.

These people did not have what Mark Allen called "Innsmouth face", but there were some characteristics that were different from normal people.

Their foreheads are generally narrow, their eyelids are slightly swollen, their pupils are gray and blue, and the bridge of their noses is flat and narrow.

The locals all looked gloomy and expressionless, staring at Qin Zhibo's car like a sculpture with only a movable neck.

After driving on the street for a while, a man in police uniform stopped Qin Zhibo's car in front.

"What's the matter? Sir?"

After leaving the scope of Arkham, Qin Zhibo is still relatively honest, worried that the other party will check the driver's license if he disagrees.

But the indifferent policeman didn't do that, but asked Qin Zhibo why he came here.

"I'm here to fish, Sir"

As he spoke, Qin Zhibo gestured to the harpoon placed on the back seat of the car.

The policeman was silent for a moment, and put his hand on the roof of the car, "It seems that the fish you want to catch must not be too small."

"But you have to be careful with everything here, especially the locals, they are a bit xenophobic."

"Okay, I won't delay you, I wish you a happy life."

The policeman let go of his hand on the roof of the car, Qin Zhibo also replied "thank you", and drove away.

The Buick gradually drove to the beach, and Qin Zhibo finally got rid of those gloomy "observers".

Innsmouth's seafront is a deserted area, most of which are burned or bombed houses, and a few are dilapidated houses that are about to collapse, full of maggots and filth.

This should be the focus of the authorities' raid on Innsmouth in 1927. The brutal modern methods have made it no longer possible for people to live here.

The Buick gradually drove through the narrow streets and came to the abandoned port by the sea.

As soon as Qin Zhibo got out of the car, he saw a decadent figure sitting on the edge at the end of the long and narrow trestle bridge.

Qin Zhibo walked over, wanted to say hello, and asked where there were more fish nearby, because where there were many fish, there might be deep divers hunting nearby.

"Hi~"

Hearing Qin Zhibo's voice, the people sitting on the edge of the trestle slowly turned their heads.

It doesn't matter if you look back this time, Qin Zhibo almost staggered in shock.

The man had an Innsmouth face.

Severely protruding eyeballs, eyelids that barely close, and rough, thick creases on the neck.
This is a freak that God swayed freely during the period of rebellion.

Qin Zhibo didn't expect that the face of Innsmouth could not be seen in the town of Innsmouth, but he could see it here.

In his head, Qin Zhibo saw his status symbol as a human, named Zadok, 76 years old.

Zadok held a wine bottle in his hand, and he was not ashamed of his face when he saw strangers.

"Hi~ hello, stranger!"

Zadok greeted Qin Zhibo in a drunken tone, and Qin Zhibo had no choice but to nod in response.

"Are you here?"

"I'm drinking, hiccup—" Zadok lifted the bottle in his hand, "Can't you see it?"

"It can be seen, and I can tell that you are already drunk." Qin Zhibo said.

"No! I'm not drunk! Not drunk!" said Zadok.

"Yes, everyone who is drunk says that," Qin Zhibo continued.

"It's them!"

Zadok suddenly changed the subject as if he had lost his mind, and smashed the wine bottle into the air in front of him with an angry expression, as if he was venting his anger at something.

"It's Obed Marsh!"

"It was he who brought the faith! It was he who established the secret religion! He brought the blood of those fish! But now his descendants want to destroy everything!"

"The evil Marsh family! I can't be played like this, I will never drink these devilish drugs!"

Saying that, Zadok took out a few green and white capsules from his shabby pocket, and Qin Zhibo could recognize the eye-catching colors on the capsules at a glance.

It is a targeted drug manufactured by STK!
Before Qin Zhibo reached out to stop him, Zadok angrily threw the capsule in his hand into the sea.

"Damn! I will not bend to the devil's will!"

"I want to return to Father God Dagon and serve our Heavenly Father and Savior forever!"

"In the eternal mansion R'lyeh, the sleeping Cthulhu awaits you in your dreams!"

Old Zadok was panting heavily, and the thick folds of his neck trembled.

Suddenly, his eyes turned to the hillside by the sea, and the bulging eyeballs were instantly covered with a layer of panic.

"Quick! Let's go!"

"It's the Marsh family! They found me! They all know!"

"They've come to take me away from God the Father - I'm running for my life!"

Zadok's voice trembled, and before he could finish speaking, he spread his bony claws and fled frantically along the coastline.

(End of this chapter)