Conan Rick's Investigator

“Now I see that this place is indeed very different from before.”

"Just like Urashima Taro coming back to reality..."

Chapter 466: Retreat! Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!

Next is free time, and everyone will go to the island to look for clues to solve the "puzzle".

Qin Zhibo naturally didn't say anything and went straight to searching for the treasure hidden on the island.

After a while, Qin Zhibo soon found a small boat in the grass beside the mountain road leading to the center of the island.

The tarpaulin covering the boat was very worn out. When the tarpaulin was lifted, a box was found inside the boat.

The box was a bit heavy. Qin Zhibo opened it and found a screen inside. The main elements on the screen were two egrets and golden flowing clouds. It looked very valuable.

"This should be the treasure..."

Qin Zhibo stared at the screen in front of him and talked to himself, then closed the screen.

It is impossible to keep it for yourself. After all, this thing is stolen goods, and it would be troublesome to take it out and sell it yourself.

Besides, it was impossible for me to carry such a large object back to the ship; it would be too conspicuous.

When I officially record the show tomorrow, I can find this screen in the show and defeat Kogoro Mouri in one fell swoop.

However, a more meaningful use of this golden screen is to lure out the members of the bandit gang from that time.

It has been more than four years since the robbery occurred. Now that the limelight has passed, the robbers must be still paying attention to the whereabouts of the treasure.

Maybe there are members of the bandit gang among the filming team this time?

After all, there are many unidentified local people in the filming team this time. If there are robbers from that year among them, they will definitely decipher the code and sneak over to check the condition of the golden screen.

If that's the case, I just need to hide in the bushes on the side...

While Qin Zhibo was planning this in his mind, he put the box containing the gold screen back on the boat, covered it with waterproof cloth, and pushed the boat out of the bushes to reduce its concealment.

After doing all this, Qin Zhibo looked around, found a bush with a good observation angle, found a relatively comfortable position to lie down, and concentrated on being "Voldemort", "Old Sinister"...

……

At the same time, diagonally opposite the bush where Qin Zhibo was, another "old bitch" was lying in another bush.

Seeing Qin Zhibo lying calmly in the bushes opposite after finding the golden screen, Daito Kanhiko's heart almost collapsed.

Ever since his colleague and fiancée, who also worked as a maid in the mayor's house in Jincheng, was killed by a gang of robbers who broke into the house late at night four years ago, he has been trying his best to track down the murderer.

It wasn't until a year ago that he finally saw a turning point after having no clues.

The man who starved to death on Ghost Turtle Island left a secret code. It took him half a year to decipher it by chance and find the golden screen hidden in the center of the island.

Thinking that the TV station's filming might attract members of the bandit gang, he also infiltrated the filming crew and gave the hint "Urashima Taro" when everyone gathered just now.

After hearing this hint, any member of the bandit group with a little bit of intelligence should be able to guess that the golden screen is hidden on the island.

So, as soon as everyone dispersed, he quickly ran to the place where the golden screen was hidden and hid there. If the robbers dared to come, he would kill them with his own hands...

But he never expected that the first person to crack the code was not the robber, but Qin Zhibo.

When Qin Zhibo appeared on the forest path and discovered the golden screen in the boat, Daito Kanhiko thought that Qin Zhibo was one of the robbers back then, but he had done well in recent years and became a famous detective.

It's normal for a bandit group to have a think tank-type figure.

But just when Daito Mikiyasu was eager to avenge his fiancée, Qin Zhibo suddenly said those words.

This should be the treasure...

This made Daito Kanhiko immediately understand that Qin Zhibo had only cracked the code and come to him after listening to his hints.

Judging from his tone, Qin Zhibo should also know that this treasure is related to the robbery case that year.

This reminded Daito Mikiyasu that yesterday, Mayor Kanejo personally hosted the two famous detectives who were filming the show.

The golden screen is a family heirloom in the mayor's family of Jincheng Town. Although four years have passed since the incident, it is impossible to say that he doesn't care at all.

Therefore, Daito Mikiyasu guessed that the mayor must have commissioned the two famous detectives to secretly investigate the robber gang and retrieve the golden screen.

However, Qin Zhibo's "Voldemort" behavior is now hindering Daito Kanhiko's own revenge plan.

He didn't dare kill anyone in front of the famous detective.

Therefore, Daito Kanhiko could only look at the direction of another "old pervert" in the bushes across the street with a resentful look, and kept shouting in his heart.

What are you doing——?

You win!

Retreat! Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!

……

After being "cloudy" for almost half an hour, Qin Zhibo's patience gradually disappeared.

In Qin Zhibo's opinion, it is possible that there are no members of the bandit group in the filming team, or even if there are, the bandits are not smart enough to decipher the code.

After all, even Conan couldn't decipher the code, so it's normal that the robber couldn't do it either.

Based on this situation, Qin Zhibo plans to do this today, and then give some small hints that ordinary people cannot detect during the official recording of the program tomorrow.

The members of the bandit gang will at least pay attention to this TV program and will definitely come to the island to look for treasure after hearing the hint.

By then, I can catch the robbers and get clues all by myself.

Having made up his mind, Qin Zhibo stood up from the bushes, dusted himself off, straightened his stiff body, and walked down the mountain along the forest path.

But not long after Qin Zhibo left, a slender figure came over following the secret signal.

When he saw this figure, Daito Kanhiko, who was still lying in the bushes, was shocked for a moment, and then a fierce look appeared in his eyes.

……

At dusk, brilliant clouds of fire spread across the dancing sea horizon.

The people on the boat held the railing and looked at the waves and seagulls on the distant sea in silent silence. Only Conan was racking his brains to think about the secret code.

Generally speaking, Jia Yi refers to A, B, C, and D, which means that the place where the princess slept was the first place, not the second place...

What is a “princess”?

What is the place of sleeping?

Damn it! What on earth does this code mean?

Conan held a small notebook in one hand and rubbed his hair with the other, his thoughts as messy as his hair.

Looking up at Qin Zhibo who was leisurely enjoying the scenery, Conan was 100% convinced that this detective uncle had cracked the code.

If I can't solve it today, Maori Kogoro will be embarrassed again tomorrow...

There was no other way, Conan could only think of telling Hattori Heiji about the secret code at night and see if the Osaka boy could provide him with some ideas to solve the problem.

At this moment, the people on the boat had seen enough of the scenery and finally began to worry about the brown-haired girl, Pingliang Yinjiang, who had not yet boarded the boat.

Chapter 467 Scored twice

After all, they were on the same boat with the Death God Elementary School Student, so Qin Zhibo was still conscious and suggested that everyone get off the boat to look for him.

After getting off the boat, Qin Zhibo and Conan, the second most self-aware person on the boat, split into two groups and searched along the coastline in two directions respectively.

Eventually, the two met on the beach on the other side of the island, and as expected, they saw Pingliang Yinjiang with the investigation points emerging from his body.

The diving girl died peacefully, with her eyes closed and hands clasped together, and it looked like she had not been treated brutally before her death.

Kogoro Mouri is missing here for a long time. Conan goes forward to perform the autopsy without restraint, while Qin Zhibo still uses the "standing autopsy method".

【Corpse Investigation√】

[Name of deceased: Pingliang Yinjiang]

[Time of death: 2 hour ago]

[Cause of death: strangulation]

[Corpse investigation completed, skill obtained: Special skill (diving)]

Special Skill (Diving): This refers to your ability to swim deep underwater. Improving this skill will allow you to maintain diving equipment, increase your descent weight, speed, and duration, and improve your deep-diving skills, strengthening your ability to respond to emergencies.

Rating: 1

Proficiency: 100/500

(Improve your deep diving ability and you will become a qualified deep diver)

……

This time he drew a skill he had never seen before. Before this, Qin Zhibo thought that the ability to dive and swim were all reflected in one skill.

At this moment, the task prompt appeared on the side of the field of vision.

Side quest: Find out the murderer of this case

Task requirements: 24 hour

Task reward: 1000 general skill proficiency, 200 social credit

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Judging from the mission rewards, this case is a big one, the kind that cannot be solved in a short time.

In addition to the investigation point on the body, there are two other investigation points on Pingliang Yinjiang's body. The first one is on his hands.

【Survey√】

[The murderer put his hands together, making him look like a gentle murderer?]

He killed someone and still wanted to pretend to be gentle. Isn't he a psychopath?

The second investigation point was at Pingliang Yinjiang's elbows and calves.

【Survey√】

[There are many scratches on the body caused by weeds and branches]

The information provided by this investigation point is more intuitive, indicating that the murderer did not kill Pingliang Yinjiang on the beach, but in the forest.

Thinking in his mind, Qin Zhibo glanced at the forest which was getting darker as the sun sank below the sea level.

At this moment, Conan, who was looking at the beach, made a heavy sound.

"I am a messenger from the underworld..."

Qin Zhibo was stunned for a moment, nodded, and replied: "Yes..."

Conan: "..."

Conan quickly pointed to the side of Pingliang Yinjiang's head and explained: "I'm talking about the words next to this sister."

Qin Zhibo glanced at the side of the beach and saw some deliberately distorted handwriting. However, he focused on the investigation point first and ignored such obvious content.

It seems that we can't rely too much on investigation points...

But on the other hand, the investigation points do not appear on these words, which means that they are neither clues that can help solve the case nor have any connotations. They are simply used by the murderer to scare people.

At this time, the other people who followed behind also arrived late, and were very surprised to see the corpse on the beach.

"what--"

"Ms. Taira! How could it be…"

"This is how the same thing?"

Since these people asked questions sincerely, Conan began to reason out of mercy.

"She was killed about two hours ago. Someone strangled her with a string or something."

"Judging from the various small scars on her body, she must have been killed in the forest and then brought to the seaside."

"Judging from the position of the wet sand on the beach, the waves must have covered the body at high tide, but in fact the hair and upper body clothes of the body were dry, and the words left on the beach were not washed away by the water."

"We were all back on the boat an hour ago, and it was high tide."