Conan Rick's Investigator

Jellal Tenma stood up from his seat, but Kanazawa, who had remained silent all along, suddenly stood up as well and said in a deep voice, "I'll take you there."

After taking a deep look at Kanazawa, Jellal Tenma said nothing and silently followed Kanazawa away.

However, not long after the two left, sounds of quarreling were heard upstairs.

Hideki's brother immediately jumped up from the sofa, "Oh no! They are arguing!"

Qin Zhibo rushed out first, and Conan, Mao Lilan, Michelle and others quickly followed.

As soon as I ran to the stairs in the hall, a hoarse shout echoed in the corridor on the second floor.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, but Qin Zhibo still walked up the stairs firmly.

When he reached the second floor, Qin Zhibo saw Kanazawa standing beside the piano with a panicked look on his face, staring at the floor with his eyes wide open.

Qin Zhibo quickly ran forward and saw the body of Jellal Tenma beside the piano, with the knight's sword stuck straight in his back.

At the same time, the system issues a prompt.

Side quest: Find out the murderer of this case

Task requirements: time limit 1 hour

Task reward: 1000 general skill proficiency, 200 social credits

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Qin Zhibo was a little surprised that the reward for an ordinary side quest was so generous.

Not only that, Qin Zhibo was also surprised about the death this time.

Isn't he one of the members of the love quadrangle?

【Corpse Investigation√】

[Name of the deceased: Tenma Junya]

[Death time: 30 seconds ago]

Cause of death: Cardiac puncture

[Corpse investigation completed, skill acquired: Art and Craft (Music)]

[Gaining a duplicate skill will convert it into 1000 points of proficiency in that skill]

As expected, Qin Zhibo gained musical skills from the musician, which allowed him to directly upgrade his own musical skills to level 2.

It's always like this. Qin Zhibo feels that if he really achieves mastery of all skills one day, it would be achieved by sacrificing millions of lives.

I stand on a million corpses!

At this time, others also hurried over and saw Jellal Tenma lying on the ground, dead.

"Jellal! Jellal!"

Michelle, who had lost a talented musician, knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, while others looked at Kanazawa Zensori with suspicion.

Sensing this suspicion, Kanazan quickly waved his hands and explained, "I didn't kill him! He was already like this when I came in!"

After hearing this feeble explanation, everyone's suspicions only deepened.

Only Qin Zhibo frowned, and he already had another suspicion in his heart.

Kanami put...

Chapter 390 "The King in Yellow"

In fact, when Kanazawa chased out to comfort Kanamifang, Qin Zhibo placed a guard totem foresight modification in the room they went to and heard the conversation between the two.

Kanazawa comforted Kanami and told her not to worry about being prosecuted by the police because he had never called the police. He also asked her to take some medicine and then go to sleep.

But after Kanazawa left, Kanamifang left alone again, and no one knew what he went out to do.

A quick glance at the investigation point at the murder scene revealed fine scratches on the tuning fork in Jellal Tenma's hand, and strange markings on the railing of the second-floor mezzanine above his head.

Qin Zhibo can investigate the investigation point above his head by standing in place, and he doesn't have to climb stairs.

This makes it more obvious that the one who killed Jellal Tenma should be a killing machine or something like that.

However, I had checked here before and didn't find anything suspicious.

During the time when Kanami was performing with a plaster statue of Beethoven, everyone had left alone, and in theory everyone had the opportunity to set up the mechanism.

But at that time, Kanami had just turned off the power switch, and it was impossible to set up the mechanism without seeing the situation in the piano room clearly. After the lights came on, everyone rushed over quickly.

In this case, it could only have been arranged by Kanami Fang and Kanazawa Zensuke, who later acted independently.

If it was Kanazon who set up the killing device, there would be no need for him to suddenly ask to go upstairs with Jellal Tenma.

Wouldn't it make Jellal Tenma less of a suspect if he died in the piano room on the second floor?

So if we exclude Kanazawa, only Kanami is left.

However, these are just Qin Zhibo's inferences and cannot be considered conclusive evidence.

Moreover, Qin Zhibo couldn't tell anyone that he had planted an eavesdropper in Kanami's room.

……

Kanazawa was repeatedly questioned by Hideki's brother and Michelle, and could only explain the reason for his quarrel with Jellal Tenma.

"Just now when I was tidying up my bedroom cabinet, I found a photo tucked inside a book."

"The photo was of Miho and Jellal Tenma, so I couldn't help but confront him..."

Female Aquaman?

Qin Zhibo stepped forward and asked, "Where is that photo?"

"I put it back in the closet..."

Qin Zhibo, sensing that he might find an investigation point, immediately went to the bedroom, and Conan, with his detective sense fully activated, followed him.

This isn't just copying the correct answer; any normal detective would check it out...

Conan comforted himself in his heart.

……

Coming to the master bedroom, Qin Zhibo took a look and saw the bookcase in the corner.

This bookcase is also filled with books. Judging from the fact that they are placed in the master bedroom, these are the books that Kanami usually reads.

The bookcase is designed in two sections, upper and lower. Due to their height differences, the two of them have a very good understanding. Qin Zhibo is responsible for the upper bookcase, and Conan is responsible for the lower bookcase.

Qin Zhibo opened the bookcase and took a quick look, but did not see the investigation point.

But the photos are sandwiched between books, so I need to check each book carefully...

But at this moment, Conan made an excited sound.

"found it!"

Conan, who had good luck, pulled out a book from the bookcase below and found a corner of a photo exposed.

Pulling out a photo, it showed a photo of Jellal Tenma and Kanami when they were young. Judging from the date on the lower right corner, it was taken ten years ago.

“That’s the photo.”

After checking the photo at a glance, Conan looked at Qin Zhibo proudly and reached out to hand the photo to Qin Zhibo to take a look.

But Qin Zhibo bent down and stretched out his hand but did not take the photo in Conan's hand, but picked up the book that was thrown on the ground.

Conan: "?"

I have already taken out the photos, why are you still picking up the book?

Conan didn't understand what was going on, but Qin Zhibo had already picked up the book and was holding it solemnly in his hands.

In Qin Zhibo's eyes, this is certainly not an ordinary book.

But it is a book with investigation points!

There is a horizontal white stripe in the upper middle part of the yellow cover, in which the title of the book is written, which is "The King in Yellow".

The King in Yellow...

Qin Zhibo suddenly remembered that he had seen her holding this book in the selfie photos he posted on Kanami.

【Survey√】

【…】

[The King in Yellow: A play written by an unidentified author, first appearing in France in 1895, which records a series of ambiguous and dreamlike plays.

The play is divided into two acts, the first of which is relatively mild, while the second has the greatest impact on the reader.

Whether readers, actors, or audiences, once they understand the contents of this book, they will gradually be dominated by the dreams sent by the King in Yellow, and will be subtly led to madness by these dreams.

This book is an abridged French version with relatively bland content.

[Reading this book will reduce your Willpower by 3-8 points. Proficiency in Mythology Knowledge and Skills + Lost Willpower × 100]

【We share the same language, do you want to read? 】

The King in Yellow...

Qin Zhibo held the book "The King in Yellow" tightly in his hands, recalling some of his experiences on Yueying Island.

Yellow blessings, yellow marks, tests from yellow, the great existence on Aldebaran...

Qin Zhibo vaguely felt that this book seemed to be able to explain some of his confusion about his previous experiences.

At this time, Conan, who was lower down, saw that no matter how he waved the photo in front of Qin Zhibo's eyes, it didn't work, so he simply climbed up Qin Zhibo's body like a monkey, and stuck his curious head out from Qin Zhibo's elbow.

The King in Yellow……

Conan's eyes moved slightly, and he felt a sense of déjà vu.

This... seems like I've heard of this somewhere before?

Just when Conan was about to fall into his memories, Qin Zhibo suddenly regained his movement, scaring Conan so much that he fell to the ground.

"Are you OK?"

Qin Zhibo very kindly pulled Conan up from the ground, and Conan also very kindly shared the photos he found with Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo took the photo and looked at the investigation instructions on it.

【Survey√】

【This is a group photo】

There is no need for further explanation. This should be a motivation-based investigation point.

From this point of view, it is further confirmed that Kanami Hou, who was photographed with Jellal Tenma, is the murderer.

The motive for the murder was most likely a crime of passion, but since Kanami had read "The King in Yellow", Qin Zhibo felt it necessary to conduct further investigation.

"Show this photo to everyone. I'm going to the bathroom first."

Qin Zhibo stuffed the photo back to Conan and rushed out of the room.

This made Conan frown and he was very confused.

So anxious?

Could it be that he was standing there motionless just now because... he pooped in his pants?

……

Of course Qin Zhibo did not go to the toilet, but went to a place where no one was around and put on the ring.

Entering invisible mode, Qin Zhibo quietly sneaked into the second bedroom, where Kanami was lying on the bed like a sleeping beauty.

Qin Zhibo first took a look at the medicine on the bedside table. It was sleeping pills.

Then, Qin Zhibo stretched out a finger and touched Kanamifang's ear.

【Survey√】

Name: Kanami

Gender: Female