Conan Rick's Investigator

In addition to this ritual magic circle, there are four piles of candles in the four corners of the room, as well as some papers scattered around the room.

Qin Zhibo picked up one of the papers, and the ink-black words on it said:

"I have seen with my own eyes that Kanaloa is rising in the Pacific Ocean... The Sleeper is about to awaken, and the world is about to collapse!"

He picked up another piece of paper, which read:

"Transcend time and space, and change the world..."

I picked up another piece of paper. It had a bunch of irregular lines on it, and I couldn't tell what the meaning was.

After taking two steps forward, I saw another piece of paper with a bunch of lines forming circles of different sizes. I had no idea what they meant.

There were other pieces of paper, each with only one sentence written on it.

"I'm going crazy! She's driving me crazy!"

"It's her again. We met in my dreams and made love like crazy, even though I didn't want it to be like this..."

“The distant Hawaiian Island is my hometown, but I can never go back.”

"I have a feeling she'll devour me if I appear at sea."

"Damn it! Nothing can stop her anymore!"

"Before I completely lose my mind, I want to go back and take one more look, even if it costs me my life..."

……

When the last piece of paper was picked up, Qin Zhibo could tell at a glance that it was not written by the original owner.

The paper is made of parchment, the surface is ancient and the color of the ink on it looks a little dull due to the erosion of time.

The drawing on the paper was exactly the same ritual magic circle that the original owner had drawn on the ground, without any difference.

Judging from the rough edges on the left side of the paper, this parchment seems to have been torn from a reading material.

Since there was only a piece of paper, Qin Zhibo couldn't determine its source, let alone use the "reading investigation" function.

Qin Zhibo lifted the black curtains and scanned the entire room again to confirm that this was the entire view of the room.

Black ritual magic circle, bloody dagger, paper, pile of candles...

For a moment, Qin Zhibo felt that the amount of information was a bit overwhelming, so he returned to the relatively clean living room, wiped the dust off the coffee table with his hand, sat down on it, and thought about everything.

First of all, the original owner was indeed not a serious detective. In addition to helping the Nine Angels Organization collect antiques, he also conducted some evil research.

Secondly, the original owner seemed to be suffering from some kind of mental distress, constantly troubled by the existence of "her." Could it be "Kanaloa"?

Finally, the original owner wanted to leave Japan and return to Hawaii.

Chapter 606: The Symbol of the Oneness of All Things

In the original owner's troubled mental world, he seemed to believe that something bad would happen if he returned to Hawaii.

But Qin Zhibo had flown to the United States before, and nothing special happened on the way.

Of course, if "she" is troubling the original owner's soul and has nothing to do with the human body, then it naturally has nothing to do with Qin Zhibo.

However, Qin Zhibo's body seemed to still have some muscle memory, such as fear, disgust, aversion, and even vomiting when he saw the sea?

And the original owner seemed to have tried to make some effort to change the status quo, but he failed, otherwise he would not have written the words "nothing can stop her anymore".

Now the only thing Qin Zhibo couldn't figure out was what kind of ritual magic circle the original owner had drawn on the floor of his house?

What kind of being was he trying to connect with?

Qin Zhibo took out the parchment with the magic circle drawn on it and prepared to go find Koizumi Hongzi to ask.

She is quite good at magic circles.

……

Having his own sports car is convenient. Qin Zhibo quickly drove to the Witch's House on the outskirts of Jianggutian Town.

The witch's house, as always, exudes a strange atmosphere, with all kinds of specimens of eyeballs, snake skins, and sheep heads.

But after all the things that happened during this period, these strange and bizarre collections could no longer scare Qin Zhibo.

Sprinkle some water~

Koizumi Hongzi's dwarf butler brought Qin Zhibo to Koizumi Hongzi's secret magic room, where Koizumi Hongzi, wearing a purple robe, seemed to be concentrating on developing some kind of potion.

"Master Hongzi, Mr. Qin is here."

"Wait a moment..."

Without even turning her head, Koizumi Hongzi looked at the heavy magic book on the bookshelf beside her, and put each material on the eucalyptus table next to her into the huge crucible one by one.

"Goatee, octopus tentacles, ground oyster shells, gecko tails, carp eyes..."

As the last material was added, a wicked and arrogant smile appeared on Koizumi Akako's lips, which reminded Qin Zhibo of the evil queen in Snow White.

"Haha! Come out! My..."

"Eh? Um..."

"I failed again! Damn it! Ahhhhh!"

The brewing of the potion seemed to have failed, and Koizumi Hongzi was so angry that she gritted her teeth. She grabbed the edge of the crucible with both hands and stared at the crucible angrily, which looked quite cute.

After venting her emotions for a few seconds, Koizumi Hongzi returned to her normal state and turned to look at Qin Zhibo.

"What's matter?"

Koizumi Hongzi is no longer at all shy towards Qin Zhibo.

Of course, Qin Zhibo was not shy. He took out the parchment from his arms and asked Koizumi Hongzi, "Can you understand what the magic circle on it is?"

After washing her hands, Koizumi Hongzi took the parchment and stared at the magic circle on it, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

"This magic circle is very complicated, more complicated than any other I have ever seen..."

"Where did you get it?"

Qin Zhibo thought for a moment and then made up a story: "I happened to see it in a second-hand shop and bought it. There was only this piece of parchment, so the shop sold it as an antique."

Koizumi Hongzi stroked the paper with her fingers and nodded, "This paper is indeed quite old, and it looks like it was torn from a book."

"It's too complicated. What I can confirm is that this magic circle definitely doesn't exist in any of the grimoires or ancient texts passed down by the Red Magic Clan..."

Just as Koizumi Hongzi was about to continue speaking, the butler behind her suddenly took several steps back, and his feet made a discordant squeaking sound on the floor.

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi cast their concerned glances and saw that the butler, who usually had a gloomy face, now had a frightened look on his face, as if he had seen something terrible.

His eyes were fixed on the parchment in Koizumi Hongzi's hand.

The butler's attitude aroused Koizumi Hongzi's suspicion, and she asked tentatively, "Do you recognize the magic circle above?"

The butler kept his mouth tightly shut and shook his head like a rattle.

This aroused Koizumi Hongzi's suspicion even more. She came to the butler with the parchment and commanded with the aura of a queen: "As the future heir of the Red Magic Clan, I command you to tell me everything you know!"

Under the powerful aura and authority of Koizumi Hongzi, the butler finally gave in and pointed to the upper middle part of the magic circle on the parchment.

"All I know is that the chaotic, overlapping circles above... they are symbols of 'Oneness of All'."

"The One to Which All Things Return?" Koizumi Hongzi was puzzled and frowned. "What is that?"

The butler cleared his throat and said solemnly, "Those who have unified all things are also known as 'transcendents.'"

"Legend has it that she is a powerful, omniscient deity. The order of the universe is established by her, and her power far exceeds even that of the God of the Witch Sabbath."

The God of the Witch's Banquet is a god currently commonly worshipped by witches. It is said that he is a black-skinned man, but Koizumi Hongzi has only heard of him and has never seen him in person.

"Is it so powerful?"

The housekeeper's words piqued Koizumi Hongzi's interest, and she continued, "So this magic circle must be related to this 'Oneness of All Things'?"

"If I use this magic circle to summon 'Oneness of All Things'..."

There was a glint of eagerness in Koizumi Hongzi's eyes, which made the butler beside her quickly stop her.

"Absolutely not!"

"Such a powerful deity is simply beyond the reach of mortals like us. If she truly responds to your call, I'm afraid even the world we know will be destroyed!"

The housekeeper's words shocked Koizumi Hongzi a little. Her eyes widened slightly and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

As the heir of the Red Magic Clan, Koizumi Hongzi has been dealing with gods and ghosts since she was a child. The fallen angel Lucifer in Western mythology is essentially just a familiar demon waiting to be dispatched by the witch.

These gods do have powers that are beyond the reach of mortals, but they do not belong to this world. Once they descend into this world, their power will be greatly restricted, not to mention destroying this world.

When dealing with these familiars like gods and ghosts, the only thing you need to be careful about is not to be deceived by them and dragged into another world.

As one of the people who inspired Koizumi Akako to become a witch, the butler should know all this.

But the housekeeper actually said that once this "One of All Things" descends, it will destroy the world. How strange...

Qin Zhibo, who was standing by, understood it more clearly. If what the housekeeper said was true, then the one to whom all things return to one is the founder of the order of the universe.

Since he is the founder of order, he can certainly transcend order itself, otherwise he would not be called a "transcendent".

At the same time, this reminded Qin Zhibo of the words on the other papers.

Transcend time and space, turn the world around...

So... "I" also want to surpass?

Chapter 607 The end of science is theology

The One to whom all things are one, the One who transcends...

Traveler...

Ok?

A bit similar?

"Um...Excuse me, this 'One Who Returns All Things to One' you mentioned, can she travel through time?"

The housekeeper looked puzzled and asked gloomily, "What do you mean by 'travel through time'?"

"Simply put, time travel is when one person's soul possesses another person, also known as 'body possession'..."

After Qin Zhibo's explanation, the housekeeper paused for a few seconds and replied, "Perhaps... After all, the One Who Returns All Things to One is the creator of the universe's order. She can control any natural law in the universe."

"The natural laws of the universe include matter, which is made up of the universe's fundamental particles and fields; energy, which is made up of the strong force, weak force, electromagnetic force, gravity, and space; information, which is made up of symmetry, entropy, and time; and some other unknown...

The human soul changes over time, so strictly speaking, the human soul is information.

As long as one is within the laws of nature, one is governed by the One to whom all things are one."

The butler's answer surprised Qin Zhibo. He didn't expect that the butler actually knew such advanced physics knowledge.

Even Koizumi Hongzi was surprised and asked in amazement, "How do you know so much about science?"

The housekeeper turned to Koizumi Hongzi, bowed slightly, and said in a humble tone: "Lord Hongzi, because the end of science is theology, the two cannot be separated strictly speaking."

"So-called magicians and witches are merely the first to encounter the 'unknown others' that are beyond the absolute scope of mathematical logic..."

"Even the world-renowned scientist Einstein, after pushing science to its limits, became a deist. He believed that there was no such thing as a personal God, but rather a natural God that existed according to the laws of nature, and that humans were nothing in the face of natural God."

The housekeeper's remarks really shocked Koizumi Hongzi.

All along, she has been learning pure magic, and therefore believes that the so-called "science" learned in school is actually "pseudoscience."

Who says that combustion must meet the three elements? Red magic can easily create combustion, and even light a flame out of thin air on your finger.

But what makes these possible is actually "something else" beyond the three components of the universe: matter, energy, and information.

They exist according to natural rules, but also go beyond ordinary rules.

For example, just as the laws of nature dictate that combustion must occur, how it occurs is not certain.

This thing beyond the scope of normal physics is "other", and it is also the lifelong pursuit of magicians and witches.

Koizumi Hongzi is reconsidering the meaning of magic, while Qin Zhibo is considering something simpler, that is, whether the magic circle used by the original owner was successful?

This magic circle should be about "the one who makes all things one", after all, the butler said so solemnly, but what is its specific function?