Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 632 Stand Messenger + Puppet Doll (4k)

Since Qin Zhibo was a regular customer, he ate the takeaway from this restaurant more than ten days a week, so the meals were delivered to Zhibo Detective Agency very quickly.

The dumplings in Chinese restaurants in Japan are not boiled, but fried dumplings, spring rolls are also fried, and mango juice is blended.

After Qin Zhibo finished eating the junk food and solved the problem of food and clothing, he called Koizumi Hongzi and explained the reason for the late night disturbance.

"Voodoo doll?"

Koizumi Hongzi thought for a while, "I have some impressions, you wait for me to look for it first."

When in doubt, turn to the book first.

Qin Zhibo didn't know how Koizumi Hongzi's academic performance was in the class, but judging from this, the exams involving opening books should not be bad.

Because in less than five minutes, Koizumi Hongzi returned to the phone.

"I found it!"

"How?" Qin Zhibo asked.

Koizumi Hongzi cleared her throat, and said solemnly: "Vodoo dolls are a kind of evil magic medium in Voodoo, and they are mostly used in rituals of revenge, hatred, and harm."

"There are many ways to make it. Straw, paper, cloth strips, etc. have the same effect, but there are also voodoo dolls made from parts of living people. Such voodoo dolls have stronger curse effects and mana."

"For this kind of voodoo doll, the soul of the victim will be imprisoned in the voodoo doll, and a life needs to be sacrificed every once in a while to prevent the soul from going to hell."

"Or voodoo dolls will bring evil people to hell, resurrect another soul on voodoo dolls, and just wait for a suitable body to reshape life."

"In short, voodoo dolls are an extremely evil practice, and voodoo itself is an evil religious sect."

"You should know this, we have met before."

When Koizumi Hongzi reminded him, Qin Zhibo's brain also recalled those some distant memories.

I once solved some problems for the popular actress Yoko Okino.

During that time, Yoko Okino had very bad luck. She fell down the stairs, fell from the ceiling when she went to the toilet, and dropped a flower pot while walking upstairs by the side of the road, and she was injured all over her body.

It was Koizumi Hongko who saw the abnormality in her body and proposed to go to her home to take a look, only to find the magic circle left by Okino Yoko's ex-boyfriend with fluorescent paint before committing suicide.

After searching for information, it was determined that this magic circle is a voodoo spell that originated from Voodoo.

As long as you grab the target's hair when you die, no matter where the target is, you will be affected by this spell.

Because the ex-boyfriend sacrificed his life, Okino Yoko must also pay the price of his life.

It's just that this process is not an instant death, but a period of torment. Maybe some bad luck will kill Yoko Okino.

In the end, Koizumi Hongzi used magic to concoct a lethal potion, and asked her manager to give it to Okino Yoko to drink.

When the power of two different systems exists in the same body, they will compete with each other for the power to kill the target, which is regarded as fighting fire with fire.

"Is that voodoo? The one from Yoko Okino's ex-boyfriend."

"You finally remembered, it hasn't been long." Koizumi Hongzi complained about Qin Zhibo's memory.

But in fact, in Qin Zhibo's place, that incident has indeed passed for a long time.

Koizumi Hongzi continued: "Vodoo originated in West Africa. It is a primitive religion that combines ancestor worship, animism and spiritism. Voodoo in Voodoo means 'soul' in the Fang language."

"That's why most voodoo spells in voodoo revolve around the soul."

"In addition to voodoo dolls, there is also a kind of "revenant corpse" that is also a feature of voodoo. It can make people fall into a state of suspended animation by ingesting tetrodotoxin, making them unconscious and able to work. A 'living dead' that can be controlled by its master."

Koizumi Hongzi, like a teacher who proposed after-school development to students, also mentioned "resurrected corpse".

But Qin Zhibo is more concerned about voodoo spells at this time.

"Voodoo spells can curse others at countless distances. Is there any voodoo spell that can instantly kill a person without leaving any trace?"

"Like a heart attack or something"

Koizumi Hongzi on the other side of the phone was silent for a while, then said weakly, "How do I know?"

"But maybe there will be"

Qin Zhibo thought for a while, if Dingjin Fangxiong died of voodoo spells, then everything would be much more reasonable.

Fangxiong Dingjin put forward his wish to "Curse of the Dead", and the person of "Curse of the Dead" provided him with the identity of his enemy and the method of making voodoo dolls.

However, when Dingjin Fangxiong was caught by the police, he was killed by the "curse of the dead" with voodoo spells to prevent the police from following the clues to track them down.

There is also Okino Yoko's ex-boyfriend, the channel through which he obtained voodoo spells should also be "curse of the dead".

Qin Zhibo looked at the chat history on the computer screen, and the time pointed to midnight.

It seems that the only way to log in to this site in person is at midnight.

But before midnight, Qin Zhibo still has 4 hours to do other things.

Qin Zhibo disposed of the food waste on the table, closed the shutters on the second floor, and summoned his [Stand-In Messenger].

There are no secondary lines, no cool light effects.

The pitch-black stand-in messenger sneaked out from Qin Zhibo's body and stood behind Qin Zhibo.

The main function of this stand-in messenger is to learn, and Qin Zhibo summoned it, of course, for the purpose of learning.

But before that, Qin Zhibo still had an idea to verify.

The substitute messenger cannot be seen in the mirror, which means that other people's eyes cannot see the substitute messenger.

But the actions made by the stand-in messenger can indeed affect the actual object, but these actions are often slow and clumsy.

Therefore, Qin Zhibo guessed that the stand-in messenger should be a semi-material or energy body between material and non-material.

Just like the Roiger encountered by the twin skyscrapers, it is usually invisible to the human naked eye.

If this is the case, is there a way for the stand-in messenger to sneak into a certain body and control its actions?

It just so happened that Qin Zhibo's inventory contained something that could be called a "body" - a puppet.

Qin Zhibo summoned the puppet doll, and a scale doll that was exactly the same as Qin Zhibo stood beside Qin Zhibo with his ass pouted.

Qin Zhibo has never studied this thing carefully.

With a little touch with your fingers, whether it is the texture of the fabric or the touch of the skin, it is like a real person.

It's just that this thing can't move, it can only stand like a fool, making humans or other animals unable to resist the desire to hammer it.

"If it weren't for how handsome you look, I couldn't help but punch you."

Qin Zhibo complained to the puppet who couldn't speak, and then began to manipulate the stand-in messenger, walking towards the puppet.

When the two touched together, an incredible scene happened.

The dark body of the stand-in messenger soaked into the body of the puppet doll like ink, causing a layer of black ripples on the surface.

Immediately afterwards, the black submerged into the body surface, and the entire stand-in messenger disappeared completely.

However, from the status of the props in the props bar, Qin Zhibo knew that the stand-in messenger had not been recovered, but existed in the body of the puppet.

"go ahead."

The puppet took a step forward.

"Back up."

The puppet took a step back.

In fact, Qin Zhibo doesn't need to use words to order the stand-in messenger, he just needs to express his thoughts silently in his heart.

After mastering the technique a bit, Qin Zhibo ordered the stand-in messenger to control the puppet to make more complicated movements.

"Pour me a glass of water."

The stand-in messenger walked to the table, poured the water from the kettle into the cup, and brought the cup to Qin Zhibo.

Although this movement is a bit blunt, the hands and feet seem to have just grown out, but at least it is usable.

It is very difficult for a stand-in messenger to complete the action alone, and slightly more complicated actions, such as pouring water, are almost impossible tasks.

Unless you start to learn a certain skill, the actions of the stand-in messenger can become proficient.

But why is it so much easier to do the action alone after putting on the puppet doll?

Qin Zhibo thought for a while, and felt that the original setting of the stand-in messenger should never change, and the double zero speed is its characteristic.

Perhaps, the combination of substitute messenger + puppet doll takes advantage of the high growth of the substitute messenger?
Qin Zhibo browsed through the skills he had so far. If the stand-in messenger wants to learn, he can only choose one of these skills to learn.

Suddenly, a skill came into view——

Arts and Crafts (Puppets)
This skill was obtained by Qin Zhibo at the Spider House in Puppet Ridge, Tottori Prefecture.

The Takeda family there is an aristocratic family that made puppets. The dead boss of the Takeda family dropped this skill, which allows him to make and manipulate puppets.

It's just that Qin Zhibo thinks this skill is useless, and has not been specially trained, so he has been shelving it.

Is this skill working?
"Pour the water in the glass into the toilet, then pour another glass of water."

Qin Zhibo changed to a more complicated order this time and asked the stand-in messenger to execute it.

I saw the puppet in my own shape slowly picking up the water glass and walking into the toilet, and there was a "crash" sound from inside.

Walking out with an empty water glass, the puppet doll picked up the kettle and poured some water into it.

After completing this set of continuous movements, Qin Zhibo watched helplessly as the skill proficiency of arts and crafts (puppet) jumped up.

Proficiency +1
Now Qin Zhibo can confirm that the stand-in messenger is not acting alone, but this process is regarded as a kind of "learning".

The stand-in messenger is the embodiment of one's own will, and the puppet is a kind of puppet, so the stand-in messenger is learning puppetry with the help of the puppet.

This process just took advantage of the high growth of the stand-in messenger in terms of learning, ignoring the lack of action of the stand-in messenger itself.

"I really don't poke~"

This wonderful coincidence made Qin Zhibo a little excited, because the significance of this discovery is too great.

Originally, the stand-in messenger was just a learning machine, unable to do anything except study.

But now, as long as there is a puppet doll as the body of the substitute messenger, he can use the learning growth of the substitute messenger to do some things.

Theoretically speaking, as long as one's puppet art proficiency level is high enough, the strength and agility of the stand-in messenger will reach double A in speed in another sense!

Sure enough, high growth attributes are king!

It's just that the puppet doll also has a bad point, that is, the puppet doll has a blood bar. Once the blood bar is emptied, it will enter a 7-day cooling-off period.

Qin Zhibo didn't calculate how resistant the puppet is, but it has "died" three times.

Once was bitten to death by a spider in the spider lair in Puppet Mountain, Tottori Prefecture, once was bitten to death by the bear Jubei in the mountains, and the most recent time was scratched to death by Roiger in the twin skyscrapers.

It can also be said that the puppet saved Qin Zhibo's life three times.

Qin Zhibo patted his brother on the shoulder, and put the puppet back into the system.

With the disappearance of the puppet, the stand-in messenger remained in place as if filtered through filter paper.

Although the puppet art is very useful for the combination of [substitute envoy + puppet doll], Qin Zhibo does not intend to let him practice this tonight.

In fact, since returning from the United States, the publishing house has been urging the revealing chapter of "Crazy Mountains".

To be honest, Qin Zhibo is not too short of money now, if he really writes novels to make money - yes, but it is not necessary.

But with a stand-in messenger, everything is different.

This thing can completely write a book for yourself, after all, your skills and the stand-in messenger are shared when learning.

And Qin Zhibo lost the lives of three writers by "sacrificing" and obtained a level 3 art and craft (writing), which is enough for the stand-in messenger to complete a novel of good quality.

Of course, the theme of the novel should be based on Qin Zhibo's ideas, just like a composition with a proposition.

Qin Zhibo gave the boss chair to the stand-in messenger, took out the paper and pen from the drawer, and put them on the table.

"Just write a mountain of madness"

The stand-in messenger expertly picked up the ballpoint pen on the table and started writing.

[Target Skill: Art and Craft (Writing)]

【Learning begins】

【Currently learning.】

The proposition given by Qin Zhibo was "Crazy Mountain", and sure enough, the stand-in messenger wrote a title of "Crazy Mountain" at the beginning of the paper.

It's just that the stand-in messenger's handwriting is very ugly, distorted like a chicken's claws, it's pretty good if you can read it clearly.

Qin Zhibo guessed that this should be because he still lacks a skill in calligraphy, which makes the writing of the stand-in messenger very unattractive.

Unable to find the dying calligrapher, Qin Zhibo could only make do with it and print it out after the stand-in messenger finished writing.

Fortunately, the content written by the stand-in messenger is indeed the Mountain of Madness, which is similar to what Qin Zhibo asked Danforth in the Arkham Asylum in the United States.

This is not a simple story narration, but with some rhetorical techniques and artistic processing, enough to be called a novel story.

The writing level of level 3 is really not covered.

Qin Zhibo nodded reassuringly, walked to the chair opposite the desk and sat down.

Just now Qin Zhibo not only took out the pen and paper, but also took out "Kyosuke Senken's Notes" from the drawer.

(End of this chapter)