Conan Rick's Investigator

Shimabukuro Kimie explained, "One night three years ago, the shrine's warehouse caught fire and burned someone to death. According to the police, it was the skeleton of a middle-aged woman."

As soon as Shimabukuro Kimie said this, Kuroe Naoko immediately refuted her and expressed the same views she had just said to Qin Zhibo.

"That person doesn't even have leg bones, how could he be human?"

Qin Zhibo: That person?

Fukuyama Rokuro, who was standing nearby, added, "Since then, rumors have been circulating that a mermaid's body was found here, and the reputation of the Longevity Lady has grown ever greater."

Conan asked his own question at this time, "But didn't the police say it was a middle-aged woman? Didn't anyone come to claim the body?"

Shimabukuro Junhui shook her head. "No one has come to claim the body, so the shrine has to manage the body."

"But during the celebration two years ago, some unscrupulous tourists tried to pry open the tomb and steal the remains."

"So, just before last year's celebration, my great-grandmother had someone secretly move the grave and bury it in this forest..."

Qin Zhibo: "..."

In fact, it would have been fine if Shimabukuro Kunie hadn't mentioned it before, but now that she mentioned it, someone came to steal the "mermaid" corpse, which made Qin Zhibo want to go and find out for himself.

What if it really is a mermaid?

Qin Zhibo looked around at the darkness, thinking about something.

……

Fukuyama Rokuro carried his fiancée Ebina Sumi down the mountain, and Ebina's father took his daughter's body and cried bitterly.

At this time, Ran Mouri and Kazuha Toyama also brought an expected news.

"The sea is too rough right now. The police say they can't reach the island for the time being..."

At this time, the joint deployment of Hattori Heiji and Conan also brought news. A lifebuoy stuck in the river between the waterfall and the sea completely changed the case from suicide or accident to homicide.

"The murderer must have first killed Miss Shoumei, then strangled her with a rope, placed her body on a swimming ring, and let her slide down with the current, naturally hanging on the waterfall."

"If this method is used, no one on the island will be free from suspicion..."

Hattori Heiji said this as he confidently turned the hat on his head to the front.

This means that he has to reason seriously with all his strength!

One of the reasons for being serious is, of course, to have a good fight with the older detective Qin Zhibo on this case.

But looking around, Hattori Heiji did not find any trace of Qin Zhibo. Just now, he and Conan were the only ones who went to the river to look for possible swimming rings.

He couldn't even think of gathering this much evidence. This doesn't seem like that uncle's ability...

Hattori Heiji and Conan were both a little puzzled.

……

At this time, Qin Zhibo was indeed collecting.

But it was not at the foot of the mountain, but in the dark forest on the mountain.

Chapter 453 The Smell of Dead Fish

Qin Zhibo was a little excited when he heard about the "Mermaid's Tomb" from Naoko Kuroe just now. He wanted to try to find out where the Mermaid's Tomb was.

It’s not that he really wants to dig up the mermaid’s grave, but Qin Zhibo feels that that place can be the key clue to solving the case.

From the current perspective, both Monkyo Saori and Ebina Sumire firmly believe in the existence of mermaids, which can be easily seen from their various actions.

Sumi Ebina has been killed, but Saori Monkyo's whereabouts are still unknown.

If Monkyo Saori was so scared that she hid because she lost the "Dugong Arrow", then according to her logic, she would definitely try her best to find the mermaid's grave and use the "mermaid's" bones to prolong her life.

This idea is exactly the same as that of tourists who stole the remains of a mermaid two years ago.

In that case, if we find the mermaid's grave, we might be able to find Monkyou Saori.

……

Under the dim moonlight, Qin Zhibo walked up along the river in the forest.

When they reached a position almost in the center of the forest, Qin Zhibo put on a magic extractor and cast a locating spell under the moonlight.

The object-finding spell can search for objects similar to the image imagined in the brain within a certain range.

For example, if you imagine Conan's face, you will search for Conan nearby.

However, this method does not work well for Kudo Shinichi. The last time Conan turned back into Kudo Shinichi, Qin Zhibo used the locating spell and vaguely felt that there was more than one "Kudo Shinichi".

The inspiration coming from all directions seems to be saying "I am Kudo Shinichi", "I am Kudo Shinichi"...

This shows that Kudo Shinichi's face is too common. At least Qin Zhibo knows one, Kuroba Kaito.

Back to the present, Qin Zhibo felt that since it was the tomb of the mermaid, there would at least be a tombstone.

He first imagined a square stone tablet in his mind and adjusted the scope of the locating spell to the entire forest.

After a long while, no inspiration came, which meant that there might be no square stone tablets in this forest.

The reason why it is only possible and not absolute is that the searching spell is not a true carpet search.

This spell simply elevates the inspiration that ordinary people call "intuition" to the extreme, allowing people to sense a certain direction.

That is to say, before actually finding it, this kind of finding spell only provides a superposition state of "existence" or "non-existence", and only when the person arrives at that place can the final result be determined.

This is a Schrödinger's spell.

But even so, Qin Zhibo still used this Schrödinger's locating spell to find many lost cats.

It seems Schrödinger really has a connection with cats...

After temporarily ruling out the square stone tablet, Qin Zhibo adjusted the target in his mind to a round stone.

Compared with square stone tablets, round stones are better concealed and are more likely to be used.

This time, Qin Zhibo sensed a certain direction.

Qin Zhibo was secretly delighted and quickly headed in the direction of Schrödinger.

……

At the foot of the mountain, although the ceremony was interrupted by the appearance of the corpse, the "Dugong Arrow" still had to be fired.

Shimabukuro Kimie gave two of them to Toyama Kazuha and Kuroe Naoko. Just when Hattori Heiji and Conan thought that the winner Ebina Sumi could no longer claim the prize, Kadokyo Saori's father appeared with the winning number plate.

This kind of activity only records the number plate and not the winner, so the father of the Menxie also successfully redeemed a "Dugong Arrow".

Looking at the old man from Menxie who was leaving with a strong smell of alcohol, even Maori Kogoro, who was also an alcoholic, felt a little disgusted. He felt that he would not be able to get any useful clues by asking him, so he decided not to go and make things difficult for himself.

So Conan suggested that everyone go to Shimabukuro Kimie's house to meet the longevity lady.

After all, Toyama Kazuha was one of the winners, so Shimabukuro Kimie had no reason to refuse and readily agreed.

However, just as everyone was about to follow Shimabukuro Kimie out of the Mermaid Falls, Mao Lilan stopped where she was and said worriedly, "I don't know where Mr. Qin has gone. Will something happen to him?"

Hearing Mao Lilan's concerns, Mao Li Kogoro waved his hands nonchalantly and said, "He is not a child. He knows exactly what he is doing. It is not worth it for you to worry about him."

"Maybe he's having diarrhea in the bushes right now, and he'll catch up with us when everything is over..."

Mao Lilan with crescent eyes: That's you!

Compared to Kogoro Mouri's open-minded and teasing attitude, Hattori Heiji and Conan were secretly worried.

But then I thought, Qin Zhibo was with everyone when we were performing the autopsy on the mountain just now, which means he disappeared on the way down the mountain.

This reminded Conan of the Bandage Monster case, when Qin Zhibo led everyone down the mountain, but disappeared halfway down.

Later I learned from Inspector Megure that Qin Zhibo had actually returned to the mountains to catch the escaped bandaged monster.

By the same token, Qin Zhibo should have disappeared on his own initiative this time in order to investigate the case.

As a result, Conan felt a little excited.

Because this time he and Qin Zhibo took completely different investigation routes, one on the mountain and the other at the foot of the mountain, so there was no suspicion of plagiarizing the "correct answer".

There are two ways to solve the case. It depends on who can find the only truth.

……

In the Mermaid Forest, Qin Zhibo used the night vision goggles to walk quickly.

Not long after, the electronic map showed that his location was at the edge of the forest, next to a river valley.

Before seeing the stone tablet, Qin Zhibo smelled a faint fragrance.

This fragrance is not natural, but artificial fragrance used as tribute.

Qin Zhibo removed the yellow-green night vision goggles and vaguely saw a faint red light in the darkness.

He took out a nuclear lighter and walked forward. An oval stone tablet placed on the stone platform burst into the dancing flames.

Qin Zhibo bent down to check and found that there was no inscription on the oval stone tablet, but a stick of incense lying on the stone platform was very telling.

Only one third of the incense stick has burned. Judging from the time, the incense was lit five minutes ago.

The person who lit the incense is likely still nearby!

Qin Zhibo was startled and calmly turned on the night vision goggles, constantly glancing at the surrounding situation.

Suddenly, amidst the scent of inferior sandalwood, Qin Zhibo smelled an unconcealable stench.

It's a disgusting, stench-like fishy smell that comes from dead fish washed up on the beach and undergoing various decay reactions.

However, the object that was emitting this foul smell was obviously much larger than a fish, otherwise Qin Zhibo would not have smelled such a strong odor without seeing any fish.

Qin Zhibo twitched his nose, slowly stood up, and turned his head in the direction of the strongest smell.

disturbing noise--

At this moment, something in the grass made a slight movement and then quickly ran towards the depths of the forest.

Chapter 454 Hattori Heiji: You have a bad conscience!

In the bushes surrounded by darkness, a hazy and huge silhouette suddenly stood up from the grass and ran towards the distance.

Qin Zhibo: Will -2

That thing was definitely not a rabbit, a squirrel or something like that, but a creature about the same size as a human.

As it started running, a fishy wind emanated from its previous hiding place, causing Qin Zhibo's stomach to churn as he had not yet fully adapted to the smell.

Qin Zhibo subconsciously chased after him, and his windbreaker made the surrounding leaves rustle.

During the chase in the forest, Qin Zhibo could vaguely see that the creature in front of him, which was emitting a fishy smell, was a human-like being.

It used its feet to step over the shorter bushes, moved extremely quickly, and was very familiar with the terrain.

In order to keep up with it, Qin Zhibo quietly put on the [Gift of the Golden Tree], which increased his agility by 10 points. Only when his speed reached 70 was he barely able to keep up with the speed of that thing.

Is that a human?

Or an animal?

Looking at the hazy outline in front of him that sometimes disappeared and sometimes reappeared, Qin Zhibo had two guesses in his mind.

For a moment, Qin Zhibo wondered if it was the missing Menxie Saori.

But if you think about it carefully, even if Monkyo Saori had been missing for several days and had been living in the wild without taking a bath, she shouldn't have smelled so bad.

Moreover, her agility is now too high. This is definitely not the agility that an ordinary girl should have.

At that time, this referred to ordinary girls, except for Mao Lilan.

Just as Qin Zhibo was tracking and thinking, the land under his feet suddenly lost its substance, and was replaced by a sense of emptiness and loss.

Oops!

By the time this signal reached his brain, it was too late. Qin Zhibo's body rushed out of the dark woods and emerged onto the moonlit cliff.

Immediately afterwards, the gravity of his body caused Qin Zhibo to fall towards the cliff.

Surrounded by a feeling of weightlessness, Qin Zhibo quickly took out the [Flying Claw] from the system's prop bar and threw it over the cliff.

The investigator's hand bones flew out and firmly grasped the edge of the cliff, which prevented Qin Zhibo's body from falling further.