Conan Rick's Investigator

"Whose cup of coffee is this?" asked Ran Mao Li.

"It should be Mr. Qin's, right? I'll go upstairs and deliver it."

Just as Asami was about to reach for the coffee, he was stopped by Kento Toba who stood up from his seat.

"I'll do it..."

"I just happened to think of a method the murderer might have used, and I'd like to discuss it with Mr. Qin."

Kento Toba went upstairs with coffee, and this action attracted the attention of both Hakuba Tan and Conan.

He wants to get close to Qin Zhibo!

Chapter 290: A nuclear lighter is not a lighter...

Kento Toba offered to deliver the coffee upstairs, and Hakuba and Conan immediately became alert.

The two immediately followed Kento Toba out of the living room, quietly climbed the stairs to the second floor, and stuck their heads out to look around the corner of the stairs.

Bang, bang, bang...

Kento Toba knocked on the door with a cup of coffee in hand, and nothing seemed unusual.

After a few seconds, the study door opened and Kento Toba walked in with coffee.

With a bang, the door closed.

Hakuba Tan and Conan quickly tiptoed to the door and put their ears against it to eavesdrop.

The two people, one tall and one short, are just offset from each other, which is very harmonious.

……

In the room, Qin Zhibo had just closed the book "Study of Green Letters".

In terms of plot, this is the most distinctive and creative Sherlock Holmes fan fiction he has ever seen.

Especially the final plot twist was unexpected to Qin Zhibo.

The interchange of identities and positions creates an inverted world filled with chaotic logic.

For example, when Lestrade sighed, he did not say "my God" as Westerners often say, but "my stars", which has an unclear meaning.

Also, when meeting the queen, he saw a tentacle queen lurking in the dark shadows.

Wherever the queen's tentacles touched a human, their muscles would heal, as if the queen had some healing power.

These seemingly chaotic logics seem to be another "real" world deliberately portrayed by the innkeeper.

It's just that it's not humans who rule this world, but some indescribable things...

"The Black Lord of Egypt", "The Ancient Goat", "Father of All", "Czar of Holy Power", "Emperor of All China", "White Lady of the Antarctic Permafrost"...

These beings, called "Ancient Gods", seem to rule the world in the novel, and when these beings descend, the pale yellow moon of the original world turns into a "comfortable and pleasant" ruby.

The scarlet moon rises...

Qin Zhibo slowly put down "The Study of Green Letters" and turned to look at Kento Toba who came in with coffee.

"Why? Are you here to confess your crime?"

As soon as Qin Zhibo opened his mouth, Huye Kento was stunned by the shock.

But then, Toba Kento regained his composure and said casually, "Mr. Qin, you're joking. I'm just here to deliver coffee..."

As he spoke, Kento Toba placed the coffee on the table and saw the "Study of Green Letters" on the table.

Toba Kento's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he pulled out a white card from his pocket and whispered, "Actually, I wanted to tell you that I received this card when I was answering questions in my room this morning."

"I wonder if this thing will help solve the case..."

Qin Zhibo took the card, which read in printed letters:

If you want the book, go to the garage at 5:00 AM tomorrow. It's under the back seat.

The content on the card clearly indicated someone was heading to the garage. Judging from the tone, it did sound like the murderer, who was probably trying to bribe Kento Toba with the first edition of "A Study in Scarlet."

"I know about the note. Don't tell anyone else for now."

Kento Toba opened his mouth slightly, nodded with a slightly stunned expression, but he was actually secretly happy in his heart.

be cheated!

"Then there's nothing for me to do here, right? I'm leaving first..."

Kento Toba left the room, and Qin Zhibo also left the room with the card in his hand.

At this time, Hakuba Tan and Conan in the next room poked their heads out and watched quietly.

"Did you hear what they said in the room just now?" Bai Ma asked.

"No……"

Conan shook his immature head.

……

Qin Zhibo took the card and went through the back door of the hotel to the garage.

In the garage, the innkeeper's jeep had fallen off the cliff along with the innkeeper, and another car in the garage was in a scrapped state with its fuel tank leaking.

The back seat of the car...

Qin Zhibo opened the car door and a faint smell of gasoline hit his nose.

Qin Zhibo frowned and looked into the dark interior of the car.

It is not easy to find the first edition of "A Study in Scarlet" under the seat in such a dark environment. You need light.

So, Qin Zhibo took out his nuclear lighter...

Of course it's impossible!

Qin Zhibo turned on his night vision goggles and began searching in the slightly dim yellow-green field of vision.

However, there was nothing under the back seat of the car, and there was no promised first edition of "A Study in Scarlet".

This further proves that the entire card is the murderer's trick to kill.

There was printer font on the card, indicating that the murderer had prepared the card in advance and brought it with him.

As for the method used, it should be that when the target was looking for the book in the back seat of the car with a lighter, the volatile gasoline was ignited to kill the person.

However, according to the average person's IQ, the smell of gasoline here is not very strong, but it is not to the point where it cannot be smelled.

Using a lighter here is probably a bit "smart", right?

But at least that's how the murderer planned it.

In other words, the murderer's target must at least be someone who has a lighter.

Does Kento Toba have a lighter?

……

In the living room, Kento Toba was leisurely drinking coffee, mentally prepared to hear the "bang".

Just after handing the card to Qin Zhibo, Kento Toba noticed that Qin Zhibo quietly slipped out through the back door. He must have followed the instructions on the card to go to the garage to look for the first edition of "A Study in Scarlet".

No Sherlock Holmes fan can resist the allure of that book!

However, that precious first edition book certainly could not be in the garage. Waiting there was only a death trap that he had carefully set.

This trap was originally intended for another person, but now that someone has figured out the method of killing the innkeeper, they have no choice but to silence him first.

But just when Toba Kento was full of confidence, the main door of the hotel suddenly opened and Qin Zhibo came back.

Kento Toba widened his eyes and looked at Qin Zhibo in disbelief as he returned safely.

"Mr. Qin, when did you go out?"

Mao Lilan and Masami were a little surprised that Qin Zhibo suddenly came back from outside. Qin Zhibo walked directly in front of Toba Kento and asked, "The garage is too dark, I can't see clearly..."

"Do you have a lighter?"

When Toba Kento heard what Qin Zhibo said, his glasses almost fell off in shock.

As a detective, you don’t even have a lighter?

You fake uncle!

In Kento Toba's impression, all uncle-level detectives have the habit of smoking and carrying lighters with them.

In fact, Kento Toba's idea was not wrong.

It’s just that Qin Zhibo is not a qualified uncle. He has the appearance of an uncle, but his inner soul has not yet learned to smoke.

Conan, who was not far away, looked at Qin Zhibo with a confused look on his face.

Doesn’t Qin Zhibo have a lighter?

Conan clearly remembered that the last time Qin Zhibo rescued him in the secret passage of the Blue Castle, he was holding a glowing and hot object that looked like a lighter.

Isn't that a lighter?

To be precise, that is not a lighter, but a nuclear lighter...

Chapter 291 Reasoning Speed ​​Benchmark

Qin Zhibo wanted to borrow a lighter, but Toba Kento, who never smoked, shook his head in confusion.

Instead, Fujisawa Toshiaki and Toba Kento's girlfriend handed over the lighter.

Qin Zhibo looked at the two lighters handed to him and very honestly chose the lighter in the beautiful woman's hand.

Holding a lighter in his hand, Qin Zhibo began to greet everyone again.

"Everyone, I just received a card saying that the first edition of A Study in Scarlet is in the garage."

"I suspect this is a trap set by the murderer, so I'm calling everyone to go and check it out..."

When the first edition of "A Study in Scarlet" was mentioned, almost everyone's eyes became eager.

After all, once the innkeeper died, this first edition of the book became ownerless to some extent.

If you can quietly discover it and then secretly hide it, you can possess this precious book.

"Ahem... Since this might be the murderer's trap, let's go together. There's strength in numbers, and the murderer won't be able to pull any tricks."

"Correct!"

The Sherlock Holmes fans immediately agreed and rushed out to the garage, fearing that if they were a step slower, someone else would find the book first.

Although Hakuba Tan, Conan, Mouri Ran, and Masami Asanari did not want to possess the book in a dishonorable manner, they followed the others out. Only Toba Kento sat in his seat and refused to move.

Of course, Kento Toba didn't dare to go to the garage, because he knew that the gasoline concentration in the garage exceeded the standard and it was not a place for people to stay.

That Qin Zhibo actually dragged everyone to check the garage! Is he going to blow himself up?

Didn't he want to have the book for himself?

You fake fan!

Now Kento Toba could only pray that no one noticed him and that he could stay in this safe place.

If the gasoline vapor in the garage is ignited by the lighter, everyone will die and only you will survive.

When the police arrived, I could say that I was lying in the room to rest because I was not feeling well, and that was why I survived by chance.

If you are the only survivor, the police will only believe what you say.

However, after killing 11 people in one breath, including his girlfriend, and even an elementary school student, Kento Toba's insignificant conscience was still a little nervous.

But he soon came up with an idea that made his conscience feel a little better.

It's not me who's wrong! It's you, Qin Zhibo!

It was you who dragged those people to check the garage!

His hands were clenched tightly on the table, his head was lowered, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of cold sweat.