Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 559

Seeing Qin Zhibo, Ru Yuefeng was stunned.

After thinking for a while, he moved away from the entrance.

"Please come in."

Under the guidance of Kizuki Minesui, Qin Zhibo and Conan came to his painting studio. A huge panoramic floor-to-ceiling window faced the direction of Mount Fuji, but the curtains were drawn tightly.

The three sat on the ground, and Ru Yuefeng Shui spoke first.

"I have already told the police what I want to say. Even if a detective like you comes to ask, what I want to say is the same."

Ru Yuefengshui's tone was not very patient, but Qin Zhibo expressed his understanding.

"Actually, the purpose of my visit this time is not to ask you about the case, but to ask you to make a painting for me."

When Conan next to him heard this, he immediately looked at Qin Zhibo next to him in surprise.

This is not the same as what was said!
Didn't you come to investigate the case?
Ru Yuefeng Shui was also a little surprised, and asked suspiciously, "Aren't you here to investigate the case?"

Qin Zhibo changed the subject and said with a smile: "Of course, if you want to talk about the case, I will be disrespectful."

"Stop." Ru Yuefeng Shui stretched out his hand to stop him, "Since you are all here, I don't want you to leave empty-handed, so let's make a small painting for you two."

"But don't expect how much money this painting can sell, it's just a souvenir"

Qin Zhibo bowed humbly.

"Just to my liking."

Next, Ru Yuefengshui prepared various painting tools, fell on the ground and began to create.

During this period, Qin Zhibo really kept his promise, never said a word, and never mentioned anything about the case.

This broke Conan's heart a little.

Come and investigate the case, what are you doing? !

But what Conan didn't know was that Qin Zhibo had already started "investigating the case".

Looking around, Qin Zhibo was observing whether there were any investigation points in the studio of tens of square meters.

However, the cabinets on both sides are filled with various paints, brushes, drawing boards, canvases, and drawing papers, and there seems to be nothing related to the case.

If that's the case, look elsewhere.

"Excuse me, where is the toilet?" Qin Zhibo asked.

"Turn right out the door."

Ruyue Fengshui, who was painting, didn't even raise his head.

When Qin Zhibo left the studio, he didn't go into the toilet, but quickly searched the courtyard for an investigation point.

If it was an ax or something, it might be buried in the courtyard, and I should be able to see the investigation point.

But after searching around, there was no investigation point on the land, but a small warehouse was found next to the mansion.

Qin Zhibo pushed open the warehouse door, and the sunlight penetrating from the roof formed a Tyndall effect, and there were a lot of dusty old drawing boards inside.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is a useless utility room.

But in Qin Zhibo's eyes, there was a bright investigation point flashing on the innermost workbench of the warehouse.

Qin Zhibo walked over carefully and took a closer look, only to find that the investigation point was shining on a thin stone slab.

The stone slabs have a simple texture, and there are white particles pressed into the rough stone gaps, which look like salt grains.

On the slate was sketched with an extremely rough brushwork some kind of monstrosity resembling a lizard, but on closer inspection it was completely different from any kind of reptile on earth.

Next to it is a text inscription twisted like a reptile.

After careful identification, Qin Zhibo found that it turned out to be the language he learned after transforming into a deep diver——Laliyah.

It's actually R'lyeh!

What the hell is this?
Qin Zhibo's heart was a little inexplicably excited, as if a huge and unknown treasure was presenting in front of him.

【Investigation√】

【Luoyan City Textbook (fragment): It was written by an unknown author before 3000 BC.

The book records the things about the deep diver, the father god Dagon and the mother god Hydera, the family of Cthulhu star, Cthulhu himself and the descendants of Cthulhu.

It also records the destruction of the original continent of Mu and the sinking of R'lyeh. 】

[Loss of willpower after reading this book is 10~40, proficiency of mystical knowledge and myth skills + willpower lost by reading × 100]

[fragmented volume, unreadable]

The long-lost mythology book appeared, but Qin Zhibo did not expect it to be in this form.

This isn't even a book in the traditional sense.

Although the book was unreadable because it was a fragment, Qin Zhibo's eye-opening was the loss of willpower from reading it. He could lose 40 points at most!
If it was an ordinary person with 50 will points, he would go crazy on the spot after reading it!

A veritable cult!
And judging from the introduction, Cthulhu is mentioned again.

Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu again
What the hell is this disgusting word?
Qin Zhibo had searched for information about Cthulhu on the Internet before, but there was very little introduction to him on the webpage. He only said that he was one of the gods of old mythology and lived in the underwater city "Laliyah".

If you want to thoroughly understand the concept of "Cthulhu", at present, the only way is to use this Luoyan city textbook in front of you.

Qin Zhibo stretched his hands forward, wanting to take away the "treasure" that was not easy to find, but reason finally prevailed and he did not take it away directly.

Qin Zhibo glanced around and found some old drawing paper and pencils.

Putting the drawing paper on the slate, Qin Zhibo quickly traced the pictures and words on the slate and put it in his pocket.

After doing this, Qin Zhibo hurriedly restored everything to the original state and left the warehouse.

Back in the studio, the two paintings of Ru Yuefengshui were almost finished.

The content of the painting is very simple, it is the stick figure of Qin Zhibo and Conan's head, and the style of painting is somewhat similar to comics.

No wonder Kizuki Fengshui said that he couldn't sell it for a little money, because this is not the Japanese painting he is best at.

With the painting in hand, Qin Zhibo and Conan have no reason to stay at Ruyuefengshui's house, they can only leave.

Conan held the painting in his hand and glanced at it, then looked up at Qin Zhibo, his big blinking eyes seemed to be able to speak.

Meaning: what did you find?
Conan can still tell whether Qin Zhibo's bathroom visit is fake, and the clues he secretly investigated are true.

But Qin Zhibo didn't answer at all, and walked down the mountain with big strides while holding the painting.

Conan: "."

Back at the hotel where he was staying, Qin Zhibo called Koizumi Hongzi.

"I found a rare thing, I hope you can help me take a look."

Koizumi Hongzi, as a witch, has the inheritance and accumulation of the Red Magic family, so maybe she can find some reliable information.

In this regard, Hongzi Koizumi did not refuse.

In the evening, Koizumi Hongzi flew away, but actually arrived in Nishitama City on a broomstick.

Koizumi Hongzi took a look at the lithograph traced by Qin Zhibo for a while.

"The image of this lizard monster is very rare, and it is not easy to judge what it is."

"However, the text next to it seems to have some shadows of ancient Egyptian cuneiform characters. I will check it after I go back. Maybe I can find some clues."

After sending Koizumi Hongzi off on the balcony of the hotel, Qin Zhibo went back to bed to sleep.

For some reason, Qin Zhibo felt extremely tired today.

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