Conan's grammatical investigator

Qin Zhibo stood on the open floor, looking at the chaotic creation in the sky in disbelief.

It was a snake, maybe a python, but it was bigger than a python, closer to the legendary "dragon".

It is about ten meters long, and the diameter of the thickest part of its body is more than two meters. There are two pairs of flying wings on its back.

Qin Zhibo looked up at the big snake, and the big snake looked down from a high altitude.

Is this the horror hunter?
This thing is bigger and more frightening than what Hongko Koizumi described. It is not ugly, but it is extremely dark.

Just like its name, it looks like a hunter stalking its prey. Compared to its body, its very small eyeballs emit a dark red light.

Qin Zhibo: Will -10
On that weird and distorted head, there are two rows of gums and teeth protruding outward like aliens in the wide open mouth, which are obviously more conducive to attacking prey.

In the bloody mouth, the building bitten off from the villa has turned into a cloud of dust, dispersed in the air.

Only the body of the bandage monster Takahashi is the only "real", chewed repeatedly by those spike-like teeth, and the dirty blood flows on the pink gums.

In the end, Takahashi was swallowed, and one can imagine how his broken limbs slipped into the snake's belly cavity.

Takahashi is dead, and he is so dead that he cannot die again.

But now the problem is how to send away the invited "God".

Suddenly, the giant snake's black body began to twitch strangely, and the long, twisted body at high speed actually produced a phantom, like a gray fog covering the body.

That weird head no longer stared at Qin Zhibo, but from another direction under the balcony.

Qin Zhibo thought for a while, and thought it was Suzuki Ayako who had regained her sanity and ran out from the first floor of the villa, causing the horror hunter to divert her target.

Qin Zhibo turned his head to the balcony and looked downstairs, but he didn't see Suzuki Ayako running out of the villa.

Instead, a figure is standing in the dark and dusty space.

He put his hands in front of him, and under his palms was a pitch-black cane. His body was a darkness deeper than this space.

That man in black!

Qin Zhibo's face was startled, unexpectedly meeting him here again.

Who is it?

Qin Zhibo didn't dare to move, and stared at the owner of the body carefully.

For some reason, Qin Zhibo's intuition felt that this unknown existence was a threat to him.

What's more unfavorable is that the terrifying hunter floating in the air seems to be ordered by him. In front of the dark man, even the fangs of his mouth are restrained a little, waiting for the master's order like a servant.

Suddenly, the dark figure opened its mouth.

The pitch-black teeth were protruding from under the same pitch-black lips, which made his expression a bit hearty, but also a bit playful, which was very weird.

Kaka.

The teeth of His upper and lower jaws collided twice, making a "click" sound of teeth clenching in this silent space.

Although the principle of the sound is very simple, it is piercingly cold to Qin Zhibo's ears, like fingernails rubbing against a blackboard.

Different from Qin Zhibo's reaction, the horror hunter floating in the air seemed to get some order from this voice.

The giant snake was beating its long body, and there was a huge and ear-piercing hissing sound from its foul-smelling snake cavity.

hiss - hiss -

Although the sound was very loud, it did not cause any reverberation in this unknown space.

The giant snake suddenly aimed at Qin Zhibo's body and flew towards him, its height dropped rapidly, and its huge alien-like mouth actually wanted to swallow Qin Zhibo in one gulp!
Qin Zhibo quickly dodged to dodge, and barely rolled to dodge the moment the attack came.

But the villa was knocked out by a giant snake, and even a corner of the first floor was knocked open, and the knocked-out parts turned into dust.

The villa lost most of its structure and began to disintegrate and crumble rapidly.

In just a few seconds, a two-storey villa of hundreds of square meters was completely reduced to dust floating in the air.

Qin Zhibo jumped to the ground before he lost his foothold.

Without the cover of the obstacle, Suzuki Ayako also saw the giant snake in the air, and screamed instantly.

"what--!"

Although her scream was very shrill, it still couldn't attract half of the horror hunter's attention.

The hunter swooped down towards the ground, intending to attack Qin Zhibo again.

Qin Zhibo looked around with a solemn expression. At this critical moment of life and death, he had no choice but to run towards the dark man.

Since the horror hunter was ordered by him, the hunter would definitely not attack him himself.

Now that there is no shelter around, this is the only hope!

Qin Zhibo went crazy and ran towards the pitch-black man, while the giant snake behind him kept hissing loudly and chased him.

When Qin Zhibo was less than five meters away from the man, the man leisurely raised his cane and pointed at Qin Zhibo.

Suddenly, Qin Zhibo felt that his body could not move.

Turning my eyes around, I realized that this was not an illusion. My body seemed to have been hit by a hold spell, and I couldn't move while maintaining a running posture!
A smile appeared on the dark man's face again, and Qin Zhibo's terrified face was reflected in his black agate-like eyes.

And the horror hunter behind him is desperately seizing this opportunity, and swoops towards Qin Zhibo's back!

If you are bitten by that thing, you will definitely die!

This thought exploded in Qin Zhibo's mind, but even so it was useless.

His body was firmly fixed, and his muscles couldn't resist this unknown magic at all.

The huge gap in strength made Qin Zhibo feel a little desperate for a moment!
This kind of despair was only found when facing Baron Samedi...

Qin Zhibo: Will -25
But at this moment, the dark sky in the space seemed to be torn apart by the outside world, and several nearly elliptical light spots shone down.

The spot of light shone on the horror hunter's body, and the giant snake's body quickly stopped, screaming and twisting its body, as if scorching hot water had been poured on it.

The giant snake twitched and twisted crazily, its figure gradually blurred until it suddenly collapsed into a small black mass and disappeared completely.

Without the cooperation of the giant snake, the dark man also put down his cane.

With the fall of the cane, Qin Zhibo's body suddenly released the shackles, and fell freely to the ground.

At this moment, due to too much force just now, his body lost strength for a moment, so he could only lie on his stomach and look up at the dark man who was still standing.

"We'll meet again..."

"For I am one of the myriad incarnations of Nyarlathotep, and I am the crouching Chaos."

The rumbling statement pierced his heart, like the sound of magic pouring into his brain, making Qin Zhibo feel dizzy, and there were all kinds of indescribable screams lingering in his ears.

When his sanity recovered, Qin Zhibo supported the ground with one hand and looked around, only to find that the figure of the dark man had disappeared.

The incarnation of Naia... Latopep?
In Qin Zhibo's mind, he thought that he had heard this ancient and taboo name when he narrowly escaped from the hands of Baron Samedi.

Nyarlathotep, the crouching Chaos, the God of Thousand Faces.

A thousand appearances are no appearance...

Only then did Qin Zhibo realize it later, remembering that Koizumi Hongzi said that the horror hunter was the servant of the "God without a Face".

The faceless god is Nyarlathotep!
I came into contact with the magic circle that summoned the horror hunter, which unintentionally triggered the appearance of Nyarlathotep!

[Congratulations on gaining 100 Mysterious Myth Knowledge and Skill Proficiency! 】

The system's prompt just shows that Qin Zhibo's idea is correct.

That dark man is one of Nyarlathotep's avatars.

Qin Zhibo twisted his body and sat on the ground with his buttocks, his hands hanging limply on his sides, his empty eyes staring at the void.

At the edge of his field of vision, tentacle-like dead branches were showing slight signs of rising, which was a sign that the willpower was on the verge of collapse.

Nyarlathotep, God of Many Faces...

It is really a dangerous thing to be an enemy of such a god.

The key is that Nyarlathotep claims to have tens of millions of incarnations, and if he doesn't do it, he will provoke his old man without knowing it.

And I don't have a clear way to contend with it. The dark palm that appeared when I confronted Baron Samedi last time didn't help me this time.

I was being watched by the gods...

Just when Qin Zhibo was thinking about this matter over and over in his head, trying to find a way of redemption, a few hazy figures came running in the dark space.

Those figures were extremely fast, almost flying past the ground, accompanied by unpleasant grunting sounds.

A gray dog's head came into view first, and then others emerged from the darkness.

It's a ghoul!

Although Qin Zhibo's condition is not good now, he can still recognize the type of these monsters. They are ghouls whom he hasn't seen for a long time!

They all have rubber-like gray skin, and they are shaped like a rickety person. They can walk upright on two feet, but when they are faster, they run on all fours, like beasts.

Its most striking feature is the hideous dog's head.

I didn't expect that just after Hades was sent away, the kid came again!
And these brats are a hundred times more difficult than Hades!
I can't figure out the thoughts of the gods. They come and go as soon as they say, but these carnivorous monsters will definitely not leave without gaining something.

Qin Zhibo got up from the ground with strong support, his nerves were tense again, and he was ready to make a final resistance without weapons.

The kobolds also seemed to understand that the "food" in front of them would not submit obediently, and they all grinned, with sharp claws wandering around.

But at this moment, there was a sound of "gurgling" in the darkness.

"Cuckoo—ling—"

"Gulin, Gulin."

The ghouls froze for a moment, looked at each other, and retracted their fangs sticking out of their lips.

They retreated to the sides, and another hazy figure stepped out of the darkness.

This was probably a ghoul too.

The reason for "probably" is that its skin is different from the slightly translucent gray rubber of other ghouls.Its skin is opaque and somewhat rough in texture, ranging from flesh to gray.

Its dog's head is also different from the hideous dog's head of other ghouls. The upper and lower jaws of this dog's head are not too protruding, it looks more restrained, and there are many fewer folds on the skin.

It seems that there are some human characteristics!

Looking at the information floating above his head, Qin Zhibo was even more surprised.

"Ryohei Matsumoto?!"

"Mr. Qin, I didn't expect to meet you here."

The ghoul spoke human words, and it turned out to be fluent in Japanese.

"Are you really Matsumoto?"

Qin Zhibo couldn't believe it, he glanced up and down at him.

The personable curator of the art museum in the past has turned into this image, between a human and a ghoul.

His bones are slightly bent, and he wears simple clothes, which makes him less abominable in image compared to other ghouls.

"Why did this happen? You didn't leave suddenly..."

Qin Zhibo still couldn't believe the huge changes in Matsumoto Ryohei, and shook his head in disbelief.

But Matsumoto Ryohei was very relieved, and even showed a comfortable smile.

"If it was in the past, I wouldn't believe it."

"But this is the real me, whether you believe it or not, it's the truth..."

He looked around and said again: "But this is the territory of demons and ghosts, it's not a good place to talk, let's leave here first."

"Come, come with me, my friend, and go up there, and I will keep you safe."

Qin Zhibo thought for a while, he has not completed the task yet, and he still has many things to ask this old friend for advice.

"Okay then, but I'm going to take someone else with me."

The "others" Qin Zhibo mentioned were Hondo Eisuke and Suzuki Ayako.

He looked back and found that Eisuke Hondo was still lying there, but Ayako Suzuki disappeared for some reason.

Qin Zhibo looked around, but there was no sign of Suzuki Ayako.

There was no other way, Qin Zhibo could only carry Hondo Yingyou on his back, and follow the team of ghouls towards a certain direction.

……

Follow the ghouls around in the dark space, and there is an upward stone staircase in front of you.

This was something Qin Zhibo had never encountered when exploring this space before.

The ladder is slightly higher than the stairs that ordinary humans trek, and it takes a lot of strides to go up.

Qin Zhibo couldn't use his strength to carry Hondo Yingyou on his back, so he could only tie the person to himself with a coat, and then forcibly carried him on his back.

Originally, Matsumoto Ryohei said that two ghouls could help carry it, but Qin Zhibo was a little worried.

Have you heard of what is called meat buns beating dogs?
After climbing dozens of stairs, Qin Zhibo, who was almost exhausted, saw a glimmer of light.

At the very top of the stairs was a burrow that shimmered.

Qin Zhibo thought he had returned to the cemetery behind Suzuki Villa, because he had come down from there, and now he should go back to the cemetery if he went up from below.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be thankful that I could be said to have died and survived.

But when Qin Zhibo stuck his head out of the hole, he found that it was not as simple as he imagined.

The burrow is not in the familiar valley, but a dark green plain emitting endless twilight.

On the plain, there are a large number of strange relics from the earth-ancient tombstones.

Ryohei Matsumoto stood beside Qin Zhibo, extending his slender nails to introduce Qin Zhibo.

"Friends, welcome to Dreamland."

The chapter name cannot contain the word "kill". The last chapter blocked me.