Conan Rick's Investigator

The scarred man reacted for a second, then quickly turned around and ran away, hiding in the bushes behind him.

……

In the lush and messy bushes, the scarred man was running frantically in front, and Qin Zhibo was chasing him from behind.

Soon, the two arrived at a cave one after the other.

The gloomy cave was filled with thorns and wooden sticks, which were piled up in the shape of a tripod, seemingly blocking the way.

Qin Zhibo had seen such a structure before. It was a tripod made of thorns placed near the Dora Lan murder scene.

Carefully avoiding these roadblock-like decorations, Qin Zhibo finally stopped at a place that looked like a small palace.

This is an open space of about 20 square meters with a scarecrow in the middle.

The scarecrow is covered in a ragged yellow coat, and its ribs and head are made from the real bones of some large animal.

The light source projected from the dome of the open space produced a Tyndall effect, as if a layer of gray holy light was blessing the yellow dress.

This is……

Qin Zhibo's eyes shrank slightly, and he felt an incomparable sacred feeling deep in his heart. Even the hand holding the nuclear lighter trembled slightly.

Suddenly, the scarred man came quickly from the shadows behind, raised the sickle in his hand and slashed at Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo reacted quickly, dodging the sickle attack by turning sideways, and taking advantage of the moment when the scarred man was stunned after the attack, kicked him in the crotch again.

However, the scarred man was too tall, and Qin Zhibo's kick missed the target and only hit the inside of his thigh.

The scarred man, still feeling the pain, roared angrily, turned around and swung his sickle at Qin Zhibo again.

Qin Zhibo subconsciously took a step back. Although he avoided the deadly cold light, he accidentally bumped into the yellow scarecrow in the middle of the open space.

As Qin Zhibo felt pain in his back, the yellow-clothed scarecrow that was hit immediately collapsed to the ground, and its broken bones cracked on the ground.

"No!"

"what have you done!"

Seeing the man in yellow clothes fall to the dirty ground, the scarred man was furious and immediately raised the sickle in his hand and rushed towards Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo, who was lying on the ground, had not yet stood up when the scarred man pounced on him and grabbed his neck with a strong hand, while raising the sickle in his other hand high.

In a hurry, Qin Zhibo quickly used his knee to hit the scarred man's crotch.

Peng, Peng...

Muffled sounds came from the scarred man's crotch, but at this time the scarred man seemed to be possessed by the god of war, and his body did not move even though he was enduring the severe pain that no man could bear.

His brain seemed to have fallen into a state of complete madness, and no pain could wake him up from this crazy rage.

"what!"

The scarred man roared like a beast and pointed the cold sickle in his hand at Qin Zhibo.

Finished!

Barbie is qing!

Faced with the imminent crisis, Qin Zhibo's brain had no time to think of more combat methods, because the next second, death would be waiting for him.

No matter how you react at this time, it will be ineffective!

But just as the sickle was about to swing down, the scarred man's eyes suddenly turned red, and the expression on his face was instantly distorted with fear.

"No!"

"How can it be!"

"You are the King in Yellow!"

Chapter 503: Nameless Sacrifice

"You are the King in Yellow!"

The scarred man's eyes were swollen to the extreme, and his bloodshot eyeballs stared at the scene in front of him that was driving him into endless madness.

The yellow rags that fell to the ground with the scarecrow actually fluttered in the air without any wind, and layers of smooth silk, like silk full of vitality, covered the man in front of him.

The animal bones scattered on the ground around were crushed into powder by an invisible force and flowed towards the man's face, forming a pale mask on it.

That supreme elegance was actually tainted by my own dirty skin!

"No!"

"What have I done!"

The scarred man loosened his hands tremblingly, and the sickle in his hand fell beside Qin Zhibo's head with a snap.

Qin Zhibo looked at the scarred man who was retreating in fear and felt very strange. He clearly had the opportunity to kill him just now.

When Qin Zhibo got up from the ground, the scarred man became even more frightened and terrified.

He hunched backward like a humble and pitiful elf servant, a cowardly image that was totally inconsistent with his height of over two meters.

Qin Zhibo didn't understand what he saw in his eyes, but when Qin Zhibo looked around, there was nothing else except the yellow scarecrow lying on the ground.

In order to prevent the scarred man from suddenly attacking again, Qin Zhibo glanced at the sickle that fell on the ground, and still felt that the crowbar was more convenient.

So Qin Zhibo took out the crowbar from behind and held it with both hands.

But just this magic trick-like action scared the scarred man so much that he fell to his knees.

Because in his eyes, the Yellow King under the holy light pulled out the ugly and malleable tentacle from his sleeves.

"I confess my sins to you!"

"The Supreme Ineffable One, the God Who Cannot Be Named!"

"Please forgive me! I am your most devout believer!"

The scarred man's huge body knelt on the ground, like a staircase made of flesh.

Qin Zhibo looked back again to confirm that there was nothing behind him that could allow him to take advantage of the situation.

But from his words, it can be heard that the scarred man regards himself as the King in Yellow.

"Get down on your knees, don't stand up."

"Yes! I will follow your wishes!"

"Don't even lift your head!"

"As you wish!"

The scarred man's voice trembled with fear and excitement, because this terrifying and beautiful whisper was exactly what countless believers longed for.

And he had the good fortune to hear it! What a journey's end that was worthwhile!

Now, he could feel the terrifying tentacles moving across his body, and the sinister flesh and blood was actually gently caressing his neck like a mother's hands.

In just a moment, he reached an unprecedented climax and obtained the ultimate pleasure.

At this moment, he was so high!

But from Qin Zhibo's perspective, he just used the crowbar to tentatively poke the fat and swollen body twice.

Nothing happens...

Next, Qin Zhibo's movements became bolder. He slowly extended his palm towards the rough neck where dirt had sunk deep into the flesh.

nausea……

【Survey√】

Name: William Lee Childress

……

Power: 85

Agility: 45

Constitution: 85

Body type: 95

Appearance: 30

Intelligence: 50

Will: 15

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[Progress: (1/2)]

When the prompt for the main task appeared, Qin Zhibo didn't want to stay for even a second and quickly pulled his hand back.

At this moment, an idea suddenly appeared in Qin Zhibo's mind, and he looked up at the dome above.

A darkness from deep space flowed along the ancient stone walls until it covered the entire dome.

In the star-studded universe, a pale blue storm arose in the vast universe, and the rumbling sound echoed in the gradually changing dark blue gaps.

The unknown celestial body emitted a light orange light, like the holy light surrounding God, crowning Qin Zhibo's face.

Afterwards, Qin Zhibo felt as if something on his face, which was not restrained but real, was peeling off like peeling off silk threads from an onion.

I quickly looked down and found a small pool of pale bone powder scattered under my feet.

When he turned around and looked again, all the animal bones that had been dotted on the yellow scarecrow had disappeared.

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo raised one hand and grabbed his face in fear.

The skin on his face was almost deathly cold.

Qin Zhibo: Will -20

……

Detectives Cole and Martin soon arrived with a large police force to search the Childress home thoroughly.

They soon discovered physical evidence linking them to a large number of previous disappearances, sufficient to justify various charges.

As Yusaku Kudo followed the police into the scene for investigation, he casually found a notebook on the pile of books next to the entrance of Childress's house.

Nameless Sacrifice...

Opening the cover of the old notebook, Kudo Yusaku saw a ritual array and many instructions written in distorted handwriting.

The thornwood tripod symbolizes the crown, the antlers represent the coronation...

The ceremony required kneeling and offering sacrifices...

When the sacrificial ceremony begins, the area within a hundred meters will become the border between Carcosa and Earth, and the King in Yellow will descend upon the sacrifice in holy light...

The sacrifice must be someone who has unwavering faith in the King in Yellow. Those who do not believe cannot be sacrificed...

The sacrifice that pleases the Yellow King most is the one that leads from disbelief to belief. This is the "Ceremony of Advent"...

Yusaku Kudo glanced at Cole Laster who was investigating on the other side of the living room, and quietly tore off the page of notebook paper and put it in his pocket.

At this time, Qin Zhibo returned and called on the police to go to the newly opened map.

……

In the cave near Childress's home, the police were all shocked as they looked at the scarred man kneeling reverently on the ground.

"What's wrong with him?" Detective Martin asked Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo shook his head and pretended that he had just arrived here.

Other policemen tried to pull the scarred man up from the ground, but he refused to comply and shouted that he was obeying her orders and could not get up from the ground.

"she?"

The police looked at each other, but didn't buy it.

Six policemen each grabbed a part of the scarred boy and dragged him out.

Because the scarred man was too tall to be squeezed into the police car, the police called a small tow truck, tied him to the trailer and prepared to tow him away.

During the process, no matter who told him not to kneel, he refused to obey.