Conan Rick's Investigator

Qin Zhibo glanced at Zhihuang lying on the ground, and then looked at the flaming footprints stretching into the forest not far away.

It looked like the "demon dog" attacked Chiaki first, then fled straight into the forest.

But the problem is, the devil dog is fake.

First of all, the investigation points related to the devil dog this time have nothing to do with the main mission.

The main tasks are generally related to mysterious mythological knowledge, which most likely shows that the devil dog is not a magical creature.

Secondly, there are traces of breeding in the cabin, which almost declares that the devil dog is an ordinary dog ​​and is being raised by someone.

But since the demon dog is fake, why can it still burn Zhihuang's arm?

The answer is obvious, Zhihuang is the murderer.

Zhihuang did this so that everyone could see the appearance of the demon dog with their own eyes and believe in the curse of the demon dog and believe that the flame demon dog kills people.

But such a trick is self-defeating in the face of real materialist warriors.

Qin Zhibo looked at Hattori Heiji, and sure enough he saw the corners of his mouth rising mysteriously under the calm and enlightened eyes.

However, Hattori Heiji did not choose to expose him, but quickly restrained his lips and lifted up Inubushi who fell to the ground.

"Let's go back to the mansion first and treat the wound..."

"Hmm...Okay."

Zhi Huang didn't realize that the "child" in front of him had already figured out his trick. He made a painful expression and was slowly helped up.

……

Everyone drove back to the mansion and brought the news of the demon dog's reappearance to other people staying in the mansion.

The remaining three adopted children of the Inubushi family showed incredulous expressions.

Because more people saw the devil dog this time, including detectives and police.

All this seems to indicate that events are moving towards an uncontrollable mythical version.

At this time of crisis, Inufuchen, who had been relatively stubborn before and didn't believe in demon dogs at all, was also a little panicked and asked Yamamura Cao if he had any clues and what to do next.

"I'm planning to..."

Shancuncao's forehead and cheeks were covered in sweat. "After daybreak, let's ask the forensics department to go to that suspicious wooden house and conduct an inspection..."

"But there's a high chance we won't catch the murderer..."

Yamamura Cao slumped his shoulders dejectedly, looking resigned to his fate.

Zen was immediately furious and asked loudly, "Why? Aren't you a police officer?"

"But he's a black magician who can curse dogs!"

"We police officers are like rabbits that have strayed into a foggy forest. How can we possibly handle this?"

Yamamura Cao also became excited and expounded intensely.

"To be honest, I really want to evacuate this place right now..."

Yamamura Cao's words were really full of desire for survival. While adjusting his tie, he acted as if the matter had nothing to do with him and was high-spirited.

It also made Conan and the others who were watching on the side look speechless.

Where did this police scum come from?

Is there no one left in Gunma County? How could someone like this be promoted to the police department?

Qin Zhibo also shook his head slightly and thought: It's not your fault that your ability is mediocre, it's just that you were born in the wrong environment...

If you were born in Tokyo, you would be able to achieve results as steadily as Megure.

Hattori Heiji squinted at Yamamura Cao with disdain. The prisoner had already exposed himself, but this idiot couldn't see it and even wanted to escape?

If a police officer like this had served in the Osaka Police Station, his father would have fired him long ago...

This guy can only be blamed for this kind of thing.

Hattori Heiji glanced sideways at the short Conan. If he hadn't gone around solving cases in other people's names, he wouldn't have let such a person become the police force.

However, Hattori didn't know that the biggest reason why Yamamura Soo became a police officer was that he had made a success in the process of escorting prisoners, killed the escaping prisoners, and was the only survivor.

Forget it, there are Uncle Maoli and Uncle Qin here anyway...

Hattori Heiji patted Conan on the shoulder and motioned him to go somewhere else to talk.

Conan looked up and walked away obediently.

Qin Zhibo glanced at the two people's backs and knew that they were going to answer the question.

However, they probably haven't figured out the murderer's methods, otherwise they would definitely not give up the opportunity to "defeat" themselves.

But in fact, Qin Zhibo didn't really want to reason about the murderer of the case this time.

In other words, he didn't fully understand it.

He always felt that the murderer mentioned in the main mission was not Inubushi Chiaki.

However, all the clues found so far point to

Xiang Zhihuang.

To complete system tasks, the key is to understand the meaning of each investigation point.

There are three investigation points so far, the strange transformation of Kudo Shinichi's family, the strange beads with indistinguishable fragrance and smell, and the seven chapters of Xuanjun's secret scripture in the wooden house.

Now if we want to break through the information barrier, the breakthrough point should be found in the Seven Chapters of Xuanjun's Secret Scripture.

Therefore, the most important thing he needs to do now is to read.

Reading the classics can make investigators more powerful.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo patted Mouri Kogoro on the shoulder.

"Mr. Maori, I'll leave this to you. I'm a little tired, so I'll go take a rest first."

"Oh……"

……

After breaking away from the large army, Hattori Heiji took Conan to the corridor in the backyard and sat on the steps facing the lawn.

Although other people are afraid of demon dogs, Hattori Heiji is not afraid at all.

He even hoped that the devil dog would appear again so that he could personally decipher the murderer's method.

"From the current situation, the deception of burning footprints and Kazuha's testimony that she smelled 'rotten onions' when she fell, we can probably guess the reason..."

"And the flames seem to be jumping, and the 'crackling' sound is also because of that."

"And the one who started all this is that uncle."

Hattori Heiji smiled slightly.

As a staunch materialist, Zhihuang's "concealment of the truth" became an incrimination in his eyes.

Of course, a living dog cannot attack humans while wearing flames, even if it is wearing a fire-resistant dog suit with thermal insulation effect.

Because animals are not like humans, even if they are insulated, they cannot overcome their instinctive fear of fire.

But even so, Inufuzhiko was still burned.

Who is the murderer but you?

But the only problem at the moment is that they can't catch the "demon dog", so they can't confirm Zhihuang's guilt.

Moreover, Hattori was puzzled as to how the "flame-like" effect on the demon dog was created.

Seeing the time passing by, Hattori Heiji didn't want to waste any more time, so he decided to discuss a set of problem-solving ideas with Conan.

After all, he and Conan still have to hold high the grand chess game of "united to resist Qin"!

"Kudo, what do you think?"

Conan's eyebrows moved slightly, and then he murmured: "If it's as you think, the murderer should be him."

"But……"

"But?"

There was a hint of surprise in Hattori Heiji's eyes. He didn't expect that his good friend would actually say "but" for such an obvious case?

You must know that the two of them rarely disagree on cases.

"What's the 'but' about this? Isn't the murderer that person?"

Hattori Heiji turned sideways to face Conan, with a slightly excited expression on his face, trying to convince his friend.

But Conan's face dropped slightly, still thinking.

Of course, he also thought of the reasoning Hattori said.

But this thing always made him feel something was wrong, especially the large number of magic books and magic circles in the cabin.

In the past, he would have targeted the murderer without hesitation.

But after experiencing something, he actually hesitated.

Hattori Heiji also saw Conan's hesitation, frowned, and felt even more surprised.

"Hey, Kudo."

"Could it be that you..."

Just when Hattori Heiji was about to say, "I don't really believe in the existence of demon dogs," Mouri Ran and Toyama Kazuha walked down the corridor.

"Eh? So you really were daydreaming..."

"Just forget about the unpleasant things for a while~" Mao Lilan comforted.

"Yes, yes, there will always be something in this world no matter what.

Is it something unfathomable, something that cannot be fully understood no matter how hard you try?"

Toyama and Ye smiled and made some incomprehensible gestures, but Hattori Heiji didn't understand them.

"Something completely incomprehensible and incredible?"

"If you're talking about a case, I've already come close to figuring it out..."

Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha's expressions shuddered, "What! You already know the truth about the demon dog?"

The reason why the two of them came here was because when they asked Maori Kogoro just now, Maori Kogoro said that the two of them were probably frightened by the incomprehensible devil dog and were in a daze somewhere.

Unexpectedly, you already know the truth?

"Really? Heiji!"

Toyama Kazuha became a little excited because he was happy for Hattori.

"That's about right." Hattori Heiji didn't say anything too confidently, "But this kid seems to have some different opinions..."

Hattori Heiji glanced at Conan, who was still thinking deeply.

Something you can't understand?

Indeed, there are things in this world that are difficult to understand even if we spend our entire lives pursuing them.

Aliens, soul travel, parallel worlds...

These are things beyond human understanding.

If these are included in the discussion, perhaps there is no truth in the world.

The meaning of detective ceases to exist.

The age of detectives.

Maybe it's time to end...

……

On the other side, Qin Zhibo, led by Inufushi Yukihime, found a guest room where he could rest.

But he said he wanted to rest, but actually he wanted to find a quiet place to further perform [Book Investigation].

Although this survey function can greatly speed up the time of absorbing knowledge from books, it takes some time to get serious.

Qin Zhibo closed the sliding door, sat cross-legged on the ground, and carefully took out the Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Scripture from his arms.