Conan Rick's Investigator

Megure's eyes were determined and he knew the seriousness of the situation, so he could only let the captain, Kaito Wataru, leave to command the entire ship.

At the same time, Akiyoshi Miwako, who watched Kaito Wataru leave, also walked away quietly from the venue.

……

On the other side, Qin Zhibo was walking in the cargo passage at the bottom of the cabin.

The sudden explosion and the violent shaking of the ground forced him to hold on to the iron wall beside him, and only then did he manage to steady himself.

When the impact of the explosion subsided, a terrible sound of the hull being squeezed and deformed was heard from under the floor, and seawater began to flood into the cabin from the bottom layer.

All this was within Qin Zhibo's expectations.

Based on the results of the search in Akiyoshi Miwako's room, he had already guessed that she was using a countdown bomb.

The explosion happened to take place at the same time as the welcome reception.

The reason why he did not try to defuse these bombs was that only with these bombs could the possibility of casualties be minimized.

Only when it is confirmed that the damage to the ship is irreparable will the passengers on board be required to escape in a lifeboat.

As a result, the plans of the people behind this voyage came to nothing.

At this moment, a sound suddenly came from the long freight channel.

Qin Zhibo quickly put on the magic ring and entered invisible mode.

I saw four crew members in uniform coming to the passage and walking along the passage to the end.

There is a large cargo elevator that reaches outside the ship's hull to bring supplies from the port directly to the height of the cruise ship's cargo hold.

A large amount of supplies on the cruise ship were transported in through this channel.

But now there is no material transportation and the freight elevator is also external.

One of the crew members came behind the control panel and pressed the recovery button, and the huge motor began to hum.

As the elevator gradually emerged from the sea level and rose to the height of the cargo hold gate, a huge iron box slowly emerged.

Qin Zhibo hid in the dark and took a closer look. This should be the iron box that Cheng Shi saw in the dock.

Just as he had guessed before, the iron box was not hidden inside the ship, but was hidden below the sea surface outside the hull along the freight elevator.

In this case, it would be impossible for Minase Yangmeng to find the person by searching only inside the hull.

The four crew members had dark skin and looked like sailors.

They worked in perfect harmony and quickly unfastened the iron box and unloaded it from the freight platform.

But before they could push the iron box, a man quietly appeared among them.

"Who are you!"

A sharp-eyed crew member saw Qin Zhibo and just as he shouted, he was punched in the face by the latter and knocked unconscious.

The other three also came to their senses, and seeing Qin Zhibo suddenly appear, they immediately rushed over with fists raised.

But how could these people possibly be Qin Zhibo's opponents?

Qin Zhibo first kicked a crew member down with a crotch kick, then dodged a crew member's fist, and while dodging, he punched the crew member in the abdomen.

In just a few seconds, three crew members were knocked down by him.

The last person was still obsessed and rushed over like a madman.

Qin Zhibo shook his head lightly, took out a pocket pistol from his pocket and pointed it at the crew member's head.

Although the pocket pistol looks quite kawaii, the four black holes on the muzzle don't look like a joke prop.

The crew member instinctively regained his senses and stopped rushing forward in time.

Qin Zhibo used his "Inspiration Gun" to pretend it was a real pistol, pointing it at the crew member's head while asking, "Tell me what's inside this iron box?"

The crew member who was frozen in place glanced at the box next to him, with some hesitation on his face.

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo's face turned fierce, and he imitated Gin's cold expression and said, "Answer me, or I will shoot you to death!"

This sentence was quite intimidating, and thanks to Qin Zhibo's personal social skill (intimidation), the crew members were frightened and shuddered.

"Yes……"

"Dark Young..."

Hearing this unfamiliar term, Qin Zhibo frowned.

He continued, "Where did you come from? And who asked you to bring it up here?"

The crew member shook his head, "I don't know..."

"Tell the truth! Or I'll beat you to death!"

"It's Vice Captain Izawa!"

Qin Zhibo thought about it and realized that he had no impression of this person, because the person he met in public was Captain Hai Tengdu.

"Why bring this on this ship?"

"...Because of the Supreme Mother..."

The Supreme Mother Goddess?

Another word I haven't heard of.

At this moment, the hull suddenly shook violently.

Qin Zhibo staggered and almost fell.

The crew member also took the opportunity to rush over, knocked Qin Zhibo to the ground, and tried to snatch Qin Zhibo's pocket pistol.

But Qin Zhibo simply let go of the pistol and let him snatch it away.

However, just as he pulled the trigger at Qin Zhibo with a ferocious expression, the bullet fired did not cause any harm to Qin Zhibo.

Huh?

The crewman glanced at the gun in his hand in confusion.

But before he could figure out what was going on, a fist as big as a sandbag hit him in the face and knocked him unconscious.

"I bet your gun is empty..."

Qin Zhibo stood up, took back the [Inspiration Gun], and said something lightly to the crew member who had fainted on the ground.

Then he came to the iron box and carefully put his ear close to the box.

Although the crew member just said the name of the contents of the box, there was no completion prompt for the main task.

Qin Zhibo guessed that since he had not personally experienced the contents of the box, he could not truly "know" it.

As the ear got closer, a creepy sound became clearer.

Chapter 1370 Shady story

It was the sound of mucus sticking and separating between the iron plates, accompanied by some indescribable soft tissue slowly wriggling.

Although there was a thick iron plate between us, just by listening to the sounds, one could imagine how blasphemous and disgusting the things inside were.

[Congratulations on obtaining 500 Mythology Knowledge Skill Proficiency]

Dark Young...

In an instant, information about this mysterious creature emerged in Qin Zhibo's mind.

The Dark Young is the dark offspring of "Shub-Niggurath, who gave birth to millions of offspring." He accepts sacrifices from believers on behalf of his mother Shub-Niggurath and is also Shub-Niggurath's agent around the world.

Once the sacrificial part of the ritual begins, the Dark Young kills everyone except the faithful, sucking out the brains and bodily fluids of its victims.

Believers who offer sacrifices to the Black Young will be blessed by the Supreme Mother Goddess Shub-Niggurath and be reborn in a new life form...

Suddenly, Qin Zhibo's brain became clear.

He understood why the main quest also included saving at least half of the lives on the ship.

Someone wants to use the Dark Young to transform the Aphrodite into the site of an unprecedented sacrificial ceremony!

In this cage on the sea, no one can escape.

Everyone will die tragically as mummies.

Suddenly, a monster-like roar came from inside the iron box.

The black goat kid among them exploded with terrifying force, knocking the outer iron plate slightly out of shape and shocking Qin Zhibo so much that he quickly took a few steps back.

He stared at the iron box for a while and found that the Black Young inside would be more well-behaved if he stayed away from it.

Ringing——

The alarm on the ceiling suddenly rang.

Qin Zhibo looked up and knew that the bomb installed by Akiyoshi Miwako had begun to work.

She set the bombs with the intention of killing people, but accidentally saved all the passengers on the ship.

Now all the passengers had to do was disembark and take the lifeboats. No matter how powerful the Dark Young was, it would not be able to cross the sea and kill people.

Because according to the information in my mind, the Black Goat Kid mostly appears in forests or swamps, and its abilities are also applicable to ground environments.

The sea is not its home ground.

……

"Dear passengers, I'm Captain Kaito Wataru. Please put on your life jackets and assemble on the first deck. This is not a drill..."

"I repeat, this is not a drill."

"Please remain calm. All crew members are responsible for guiding passengers to the deck!"

The bomb caused irreparable damage to the hull, and the captain immediately ordered everyone to abandon ship.

All crew members took immediate action and a large number of life jackets were delivered to the restaurant and distributed directly at the restaurant entrance.

Conan and the Junior Detective Team, the Mori father and daughter, Sonoko, Professor Agasa, and Cheng Shi followed the flow of people and walked towards the first floor deck.

"No way? Is the ship really going to sink?"

Yuantai's big belly was pushing up the children's life jacket, and he could only hold his belly tightly with his hands to prevent the life jacket from stretching.

"It seems so..." Mitsuhiko said with a depressed look, "It seems that every time we go out to travel, it doesn't go smoothly..."

Yuantai screamed in shock, "What? But I can't swim yet!"

Sonoko smiled and said, "Don't be afraid. This voyage is not fully loaded with passengers, so there are more than enough lifeboats."

Conan followed the others at the back with a serious look on his face, looking back from time to time.

what happened?

Qin Zhibo had clearly dismantled the bomb installed by Kusaka Guangcheng, so why did the bomb still sink the ship?

Could it be that more than one person planted the bomb on this ship?

Conan was thinking in his mind, and unknowingly followed everyone to the deck.

Since there are enough lifeboats and enough time to escape, there is no need to follow the escape rule of the elderly, children, women and children getting on board first.

Then, everyone can line up to get on board.

However, when they got outside, everyone discovered that it had started to drizzle on the sea, and there were large, gloomy clouds overhead.

Amid the alternation between cold and heat, a thin layer of sea fog rose up from the sea surface in the distance, and there was a tendency for it to spread.

The rain mixed with a breeze soon soaked the passengers' clothes and brought people's mood to the bottom.

At the beginning, everyone was able to maintain basic order.

But as the time spent soaking in the rain continued and the passengers felt the ship beginning to tilt toward the stern, panic and anxiety immediately spread among the crowd.

Some people began to disobey the rules and cut in line, trying to get on the lifeboat first.

"Hey, why are you cutting in line?"

"I was originally standing here, but you stole my spot!"

"asshole!"