Conan's grammatical investigator

dog fights...

Although this description is very apt, Qin Zhibo is still a little powerless to complain.

How about some respect?That's a kobold!
This task was triggered a little suddenly, Qin Zhibo looked at the countdown timer under the system task, and left immediately after taking a look at it.

【00:19:57】

【00:19:56】

……

Judging from this countdown, I must lie here and watch for at least 20 minutes.

It really echoes the old saying that wives often use to scold husbands who want to join in the fun-you can watch dogs fight for a long time!

But even if this mission doesn't happen, Qin Zhibo still wants to see where the traditional ghouls come from. Just now they seemed to come out of a shaft suddenly...

So, Qin Zhibo turned his head and whispered to Koizumi Hongzi and Hondo Eisuke.

"Let's go first, I'll watch here for a while..."

"Look?" The two showed puzzled expressions at the same time.

Can you join in the excitement?

But after thinking about it, isn't it the detective's instinct to join in the fun?

However, Koizumi Hongzi still reminded: "You can look at it, but you can't look at it too much... otherwise you will merge into them..."

In the magic book of the Red Magic family, the origin of the ghouls is recorded.

In addition to the original ghouls, human beings can also transform into ghouls. As long as they subtly contact, identify, and integrate into the living habits of ghouls and everything else, their bodies will naturally transform into ghouls.

The Witches once made a covenant with the ghouls, making them their servants.

But after a long period of time, the witch found that she had been in contact with ghouls for a long time and accepted their way of existence, and the witch would slowly transform into a kobold-like appearance.

This is also the reason why in some legends about witch hunting, the witch is described as extremely ugly, with a wrinkled face, as ugly as a dog.

In fact, not only ghouls, creatures that can sign a contract with a witch, or tricky gods summoned by magic spells, cannot be contacted or understood in depth.

Because of this, Koizumi Hongzi treats the summoned things as pure tools every time, and sends them away immediately when they are used up, without daring to delay for a moment.

"I see, you go first, I will follow up later."

Qin Zhibo nodded in response, watched the two leave, and lay down on the ground to watch the "dog fight".

……

The battle under the shaft was very protracted.

The physical strength of ghouls is much stronger than that of humans, and they seem to never tire. Qin Zhibo has a deep understanding of this in the dreamland.

The ghouls below bit each other and fought each other desperately for 10 to [-] minutes, until they were all covered in cuts and bruises, and the puddles were stained with blood, and then gradually subsided.

[Congratulations on completing: Watch "Dog Fights"]

[Get 1000 general skill proficiency]

They were separated from each other and made crying sounds, as if they were discussing a truce.

Qin Zhibo listened to a series of weird voices, but because he couldn't understand them, he could only make up their conversations in his mind.

"Everyone is a dog head, I can't tell the difference, what should I do?"

"Then make an appointment another day, let's withdraw!"

"How to withdraw?"

"Where do you come and go!"

"Okay, where do you come from and where do you go!"

"Ear! Pick up the ear!"

All the ghouls don't care whose ears are on the ground, they just pick them up and leave.

There was also the body of the subway driver, which was also carried away by a ghoul.

Two waves of ghouls, one running towards the sewer pipe in the shaft, the other coming up.

Qin Zhibo immediately put on the [Lord of the Rings], entered a state of invisibility, and was ready to escape at any time.

Because ghouls have an excellent sense of smell, just like dogs, they can still smell at close range.

Although traditional ghouls don't eat living people, they may still attack living people, but they don't have the purpose of eating.

But these ghouls did not come to the height of the iron bridge, but penetrated into a hole in the wall of the well halfway.

When the shaft returned to calm again, Qin Zhibo dared to stretch his head to check.

He fixed it on the iron frame bridge with [hook claw], grabbed the rope, and climbed down along the winding and straight abandoned pipes on the wall of the well.

At a height of only 10 meters from the deepest part of the shaft, there is an abandoned pipe opening on the side of the shaft.

The diameter of this pipe mouth is less than one meter, only allowing an adult to crawl in with his body curled up.

As for the inside of the pipe, it was pitch black, and nothing could be seen clearly.

Qin Zhibo snatched a small piece of cement from the side of the well and threw it into it to explore the way.

However, the cement block disappeared into the darkness without even making a sound of impact.

Obviously, this is the space passage leading to the dreamland, the same as the cellar in the cemetery of Suzuki's villa.

This kind of space channel is usually located in inaccessible ghoul lairs, tree seas, sewers, and cemeteries, and has a time limit, so it is difficult for humans to find.

Qin Zhibo looked around at the surrounding pipeline layout, recorded the position silently in his heart, and climbed back to the iron frame bridge along the rope.

After catching up with Hongzi Koizumi and Eisuke Hondo, the two of them had already finished calling for help, and the people from the Metro Operations Department would arrive soon.

Koizumi Hongzi was dissatisfied with Qin Zhibo's dissatisfaction with watching "Dog Fight" for 30 minutes without listening to his advice.

"Why did you come so late?"

Qin Zhibo waved his hands and said with a smile: "No man can refuse to watch a wonderful dog fight..."

"If there is, it must be that the excavator next to it has started construction."

……

When the three of them returned to the Hilton Hotel, it was already 2 o'clock in the middle of the night.

tomorrow……

No, today we have to go our separate ways, so the three of them hurried back to their respective rooms to sleep after washing up.

Qin Zhibo lay on the bed, and couldn't help thinking of the dreamland again.

There are three ways to enter the dreamland, the dreamer, the dreamer, and the physical body.

For Qin Zhibo, in addition to using the space channel to enter physically, entering a dream is a good way.

The dreamer is the way most people enter the dreamland, because this method is the simplest, which is to have a dream full of "down stairs".

The last time Qin Zhibo had this dream, he was interrupted by a phone call, and he never dreamed again for a long time.

He thought that if he used the dreamland to shuttle between various ghoul lairs in the real world, he would not dare to shuttle frequently.

To pass through the ghoul's lair, one must pass through the ashes space, as well as the dungeon of the Gug giants. Without the escort of the ghouls, it is almost impossible for humans to pass through.

And it is impossible for me to meet Matsumoto Ryohei every time and come out to look for food.

So the best way is to use the way of entering the dream to enter the dreamland, make an appointment, and let Matsumoto Ryohei pick him up and enter the dreamland.

The advantage of the dreamer is that although he does not enter the dreamland physically, he is not afraid of dying in the dreamland, and the price is only to lose the dreamland forever.

The difference between the dreamer and the dreamer is that the dreamer can create certain things in the dreamland, want to be a rich man in the dream, and be resurrected in the dream after dying in reality.

It's a pity that this ability to "daydream" is not possessed by everyone, but an innate ability...

As Qin Zhibo thought about it, his head fell into a lethargic sleep in a tired state.

When he "woke up" again, a downward staircase really appeared in front of him.

It was still the long, slanting staircase, and in the endless darkness, only the 3~5 steps in front could be seen clearly. This was the only passage here.

"This... is it really a dream?"

Qin Zhibo was a little pleasantly surprised, as he really "thoughts by day and dreams by night".

I didn't know the meaning of this dream before, and I didn't think about it again, so naturally it was not easy to dream again.

But this time is different, Qin Zhibo not only wants to go to the dreamland, but even went to the dreamland once.

With previous experience, this time he took a bold step down.

Going down 70 steps in this way, the familiar flame cave appeared in front of it.

On both sides of the cave entrance stood gatekeepers wearing double crowns and dressed as temple priests. After confirming Qin Zhibo's identity with a glance, the heavy stone gate behind him slowly opened.

"go in."

"The dream gods will bless you..."

The gatekeeper's voice gradually weakened as the stone gate closed until it disappeared.

Flames raging everywhere in the Flame Cave, but to Qin Zhibo, who was in the second week, it was just a psychological karma, just ignore it.

Pass through the flame cave, followed by a longer journey of steps.

Perhaps because of his psychological expectations and experience, Qin Zhibo is familiar with the road this time, and he is not worried about the jump scare that is suddenly output by riding his face in horror games.

The dark steps passed before his eyes step by step, making him dazzled.

Walking to the back, Qin Zhibo felt that the resolution ability of his eyes was declining sharply, as if he had night blindness, and he had to rely on muscle memory to go down the stairs.

In this way, about 700 steps passed, and a door appeared in front of me.

This door is similar to the guarded door in the Flame Cave, it is just a simple stone door without any decorative carvings.

But it is thicker than ever.

Qin Zhibo tried his best to push the door open just enough to pass sideways.

When he got through, the surrounding light exploded quickly, as if someone had thrown a flashbang in front of him.

The light shuttled around so fast that Qin Zhibo couldn't help raising his arms to block his eyes.

When the light converged, he found himself in a forest he had never seen before.

It's also night here now.

Surrounded by countless low oak trees coiled together, the thick branches are twisted into twists.

A strange kind of fungi can be seen everywhere in the forest. They emit a dim but unignorable phosphorescence, decorating this place as beautiful as a fantasy in a fairy tale.

"Is this also a dreamland?"

Qin Zhibo couldn't believe his glasses. This place is completely different from the lifelessness of Xinzhi's tomb.

This place is full of life, even beautiful and somewhat unreal.

The only thing that makes people feel a little uncomfortable is that the intertwined tree roots weave hidden tree holes on the ground, and there are some animals hiding in them like blind spots.

Qin Zhibo turned on the navigator, and the miracle is that the map can also be displayed here.

Navigator, YYDS!

Checking the map, Qin Zhibo found that the location he was in was called "Enchanted Forest", and the area was about the same as the mountains in Qunma County.

And outside the enchanted forest, there is a small town called Uzza.

The river flowing out of the Enchanted Forest happened to flow through Uzzah. As long as one could find the river and swim downstream, one would naturally be able to reach Uzzah.

Having made up his mind, he decided to go to the small town of Usha first.

……

Due to the phosphorescence emitted by the fungus plants, the light conditions here are only in the evening at best, which is more conducive to walking.

After a while, Qin Zhibo found the river flowing through Usa in the forest, which was called "Skye River" on the electronic map.

Walking down the river, the speed of travel is much faster, and there is no need to stop frequently to identify the direction.

Along the way the oak trees grew bigger and denser.

But correspondingly, there are more and more sights peeping at him in the holes formed by the roots.

Qin Zhibo could feel that something was following him.

Qin Zhibo didn't see the identities of these things until they became more and more numerous and could no longer cover up their sneaky tracks.

They are brown-furred rodents, slightly larger than a marmot, but with the mobility of an ape.

Their eyes exude a strange light, staring at them, as if they want to plot evil against themselves.

Qin Zhibo didn't dare to stop, so he could only rely on his feet to move forward, but these little four-legged beasts were also chasing after him, like a small black wave rushing back and forth in the grass, with no intention of letting go.

I really don't have emergency syrup!
Now, Qin Zhibo panicked a little.

Although the dreamland is as beautiful as a dream, it does not mean it is without danger.

Ryohei Matsumoto said that there are many dangers in this world, and some places are even a hundred times more dangerous than the waking world.

It is indeed a bit abrupt to enter the dreamland without making any preparations.

But the key is that I don't know what preparations to make, the system props basically cannot be used in dreams, let alone things in reality.

Fortunately, at this time, Qin Zhibo felt something strange about his body, his whole body was light, as if his stomach was filled with hydrogen.

The surrounding scenery became erratic, and colorful lights flew by.

Among them, Qin Zhibo saw the brown "groundhog" rushing towards his face, and he could clearly see a small pile of tentacles under the mule's nose.

"!"

Qin Zhibo was startled, and subconsciously raised his hand to block it.

But the scene changed suddenly, and he was already lying on the bed in the bedroom.

The soft and warm Simmons supported her back, reminding herself to leave without this bed.

But Qin Zhibo raised his hands in a daze, with a lot of cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

came back?
Qin Zhibo looked at the direction of the window in disbelief, the sunshine there was exceptionally bright, and outside were tall buildings like a forest in Manhattan.

"I woke up..."

Qin Zhibo sat up from the bed as if waking up from a dream, recalling what happened just now.

Obviously, the rodents in the enchanted forest are not friendly to him, and even want to attack him.

Although one or two of those things were not considered a threat, they couldn't hold up to too many.

Fortunately, I woke up in time, otherwise it was really possible to fold it inside.

Even if you don't really die in the dreamland, it definitely won't feel good.

It seems that there is a way to do it...