Conan Rick's Investigator

The voice on the intercom was shrill and strange, saying that he was the messenger of the Cursed Mask, and that the Cursed Mask was now eager to drink blood, and that it would be too late if he didn't hurry up.

Based on their judgment during the day, Conan and Kogoro Mouri immediately thought that the other party's target was most likely the organizer of the charity gala, Ms. Soyoko Akako.

So, the Maori family rode their horses as fast as they could to the west wing to rescue people.

But when he arrived at the mask room that served as a connection, he found that the door was locked.

This time, the Maori family did not choose to break the door violently, but instead went to find someone to get the key...

In the east wing, Ran Mouri and Conan followed Kogoro Mouri's instructions and went to the first floor to look for the maid.

In the pitch-black darkness, neither of them turned on the lights because there was no need.

Mao Lilan, wearing slippers, jumped directly down from more than ten steps and easily landed on the ground on the first floor.

As expected of Xiaolan, she has great skills!

Conan admired in his heart, and not to be outdone, he jumped several steps and finally landed in a handsome posture.

Ran Mouri, who arrived on the first floor first, went to knock on the maid's room door. Conan felt that there was no need to have another person knock on the door, so he ran to the door to try the entrance hall.

I stepped on a chair and turned the door handle. The door was locked tightly, which meant that the criminals were most likely in the villa.

After Mao Lilan woke up the sleepy maid, the three of them went to the kitchen to get the key and ran to the third floor together.

When passing by the second floor, Conan took a look at Qin Zhibo's room.

Such a loud noise didn't wake him up?

Conan was a little confused and was about to knock on the door, but then he thought again and felt that this was a great opportunity for him to get ahead of Qin Zhibo.

If something really happened, if I started investigating and reasoning a few minutes earlier, I might be able to deduce the truth earlier than Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo looked frustrated...

Conan, the "scheming frog", turned around and continued running to the third floor.

……

A double chant echoed in the Mask Hall.

"No one can see me, for I am hidden in Lost Carcosa..."

"No one can see me because I..."

"A ragged mist hides me, and those who pass by me are blinded."

"Tattered Mist..."

When Qin Zhibo finished his chanting first, his body actually turned invisible in an instant.

Qin Zhibo looked at his transparent body in disbelief and was very surprised.

Originally, Qin Zhibo did not intend to rely on this spell to become invisible. Instead, he used this spell as a cover, quietly put on the magic extractor, and then relied on the magic ring to enter the invisible state after the spell was finished.

But unexpectedly, this was actually a real invisibility spell.

"Where have you been?"

"Where are you? Don't leave me alone..."

Koizumi Hongzi stood there trembling, looking around at a loss, and calling out softly.

Qin Zhibo's sudden disappearance, coupled with the possibility that the masked hall door could open at any time, made the witch lady a little panicked.

Qin Zhibo didn’t know how to cancel his invisibility for the time being, so he could only reach out to touch Koizumi Hongzi.

But just as his palm reached into the dark shadow where the moonlight could not reach, a hand covered with a blue-black pajamas sleeve appeared.

Chapter 404 When a Musician Meets a "Dark" Musician

Qin Zhibo was very surprised when he looked at his visible hand.

He retracted his hand into the moonlight outside the window and became invisible again.

This is a bit like the pirates in "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" who were cursed and turned into undead. They would become as scary as skeletons in the moonlight.

Qin Zhibo looked back out the window and realized that the moonlight was not the condition for invisibility, but Aldebaran in the sky.

This spell will only work if Aldebaran is clearly visible in the sky.

As for Koizumi Akako, who is an orthodox magician, she is unable to become invisible. It is probably because her identity is not recognized by the spell.

In "The King in Yellow", only the High Priest and the Crown Prince who believe in the King in Yellow can use the invisibility spell.

But Qin Zhibo didn't care about that at the moment. He immediately walked into the shadows and his figure immediately appeared.

"what……"

The frightened Koizumi Hongzi was about to scream, but Qin Zhibo immediately covered her mouth, signaling her not to speak, then picked her up by the waist and retreated back to the moonlight in front of the window.

Under the rags emitted by Aldebaran, Qin Zhibo became invisible again, and Koizumi Hongzi in his arms also became invisible.

At this time, Shimokasa Honami just opened the door of the mask room, and the Mori family rushed in.

"how come……"

"All of Shaubler's masks are gone!"

The Mori family looked around at the empty mask display racks, and everyone showed the same shocked expression as Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi before.

Kogoro Mouri was eager to save the people, so he hurried to turn the door on the west side of the Mask Hall, but he couldn't open it at all.

"This place is locked too!"

"I'll go get Minaho on the other side to open the lock..."

Shimokasa Honami picked up the intercom in the mask parlor and started dialing.

At this time, the rock singer Lan Chuandongshi, who also looked like he was still half asleep, came over and asked listlessly, "What are you guys arguing about? It's so late..."

"Ah! Shambler's mask..."

Lanchuan Dongshi also discovered the disappearance of Xiaobul's mask.

All of this was seen by Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi who were standing in front of the window.

Looking at Lan Chuandongshi who suddenly appeared, Qin Zhibo seemed to be thinking about something.

The people living in the east wing are myself, the Mori family, Shimokasa Honami, and Aikawa Fuyushi.

Neither the Mori family nor Shimokasa Honami could have crawled into the ventilation duct after him, so only Aichuan Dongshi was left...

While Qin Zhibo was thinking, the fingertips of his right hand moved slightly.

Koizumi Akako, who had never been hugged by any other man except Kaito Kid, immediately let out a slight cry as if she had been electrocuted.

"ah……"

Although the sound was very small, it still could not escape Conan's absolute pitch.

Standing in front of the west door, waiting for the maid to open the door from the other side, Conan's ears twitched and he looked back at the window.

"Ok?"

Conan walked to the window with his hands in his pockets and glanced left and right at the blind spot behind the display case, but there was nothing.

Is it behind the curtain?

Conan looked down at the floor under the curtains and saw no feet.

Did I hear it wrong?

At this moment, the door on the west side was opened from the other side by Minaho Shimogasa, and Kogoro Mori, Ran Mori and others rushed out first.

Conan, unwilling to fall behind, quickly switched to running mode and turned around to run.

In less than a few seconds, the mask room was empty.

Qin Zhibo quickly put Koizumi Hongzi down and quietly ran to the edge of the west door. He saw that Nagara Haruka, Katagiri Masaki and the female secretary were also awakened and were walking deep into the corridor with their backs to the mask room.

Qin Zhibo quietly put away the magic extractor and checked the magic power consumed by being invisible for a while.

[Magic value: 82]

It consumes 18 points of magic power, but minus the 2 points of magic power added by holding Koizumi Hongzi, it should be 20 points of magic power.

The consumption is at the level of medium magic.

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi quickly tidied up their pajamas, dusted themselves off, and joined the "farewell team" from the back.

……

Sofang Hongzi's bedroom was at the end of the corridor, and the Maori family arrived first.

After moving around in the dark for a long time, Mao Lilan finally remembered to turn on the corridor light.

Kogoro Mouri knocked on the door, but no one answered.

At this time, Qin Zhibo, who came up from behind, suggested: "The glass above the door..."

Kogoro Mouri looked up and immediately understood what he meant. He picked up the handicraft next to him and smashed the glass.

Conan felt a little disappointed when he saw Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi who appeared at the end.

It's not that late...

When Kogoro Mouri broke the glass on the door of the room and turned around to go up to check, Qin Zhibo took the lead and moved a chair and stood on it to check.

Maori Kogoro:"……"

There were a lot of Xiaobul's masks scattered around the room, there was a large amount of blood on the quilt covering Sufang Hongzi, and the light of the investigation point was floating above her head.

"Ms. Sufang seems injured, and there are some Xiaobul masks in the room..."

Out of humanitarianism and in order not to be suspected by Conan as the murderer, Qin Zhibo did not directly say that the person was dead.

"what!"

Everyone was surprised. In order to further confirm whether the person was dead or not, Kogoro Mouri decided to let Conan in through the air vent.

In the past, Conan was always thrown out of the murder scene, but this time he was thrown in...

After being thrown in, Conan immediately made sure that the person was dead before letting other people in.

……

The room was immediately sealed off by Kogoro Mouri, and only two registered private detectives and Conan were allowed to enter to investigate.

The three of them explored the dimly lit room, but no one thought to turn on the lights.

In fact, Qin Zhibo was more adept at finding investigation points in this dim environment without turning on the lights, so he did not ask to turn on the lights.

In this extreme environment, Conan took the lead and found the murderer's statement of crime.

There was no investigation point on the criminal statement that Conan found, so Qin Zhibo didn't care.

Qin Zhibo walked to the bed first and picked up the fixed income from each death.

【Corpse Investigation√】

[Name of the deceased: Sufang Hongzi]

[Death time: 5 minutes]

[Cause of death: Excessive blood loss due to a stab wound to the neck]

[Survey completed, congratulations on obtaining the skill: Art and Craft (Music)]

[Acquire repeated skills, converted into 1000 proficiency of that skill]

The two recent murders were both tragic deaths of musicians, and the ones who gained were also musical skills.

It seems that if a musician encounters a "sinister" musician like Conan, his fate will be death.

At the same time, a case prompt appears in the system.

Side quest: Find out the murderer of this case

Task requirements: time limit 1 hour

Task reward: 400 general skill proficiency, 150 social credits

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