Conan Rick's Investigator

Shuichi Akai put his right hand in the pocket of his windbreaker, with the pistol slightly exposed from the pocket, and slowly approached Ran Mouri.

The taxi driver on the other side of the alley saw that something was wrong through the rearview mirror and quickly told Mao Lilan to get in the car in English.

"Miss, get in the car! He's the highway demon!"

But Ran Mouri was so scared that she lost control of her body and could only watch Shuichi Akai walk over.

"Shit!"

The driver didn't make much money in a month and didn't want to risk his life, so he stepped on the accelerator and drove away.

After the taxi left, Mao Lilan became even more frightened and her eyes widened.

Qin Zhibo: Look how scared the child is...

When Akai Shuichi came over, he asked Mao Lilan if she had seen a suspicious man with silver hair and a beard...

Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment and shook her head hesitantly.

At this time, another car drove over and the person who got out of the car was wearing an FBI blue vest.

The two communicated in English. Mao Lilan might not understand it very well, but Qin Zhibo could understand it.

The general meaning is that the highway demon is nearby and a large FBI team has blocked the block to carry out the arrest.

After talking with his subordinates, Shuichi Akai took Ran Mouri's arm and was about to walk out to take her to a safe place.

But Mao Lilan refused, saying that she still had to wait for her friend.

As soon as he finished speaking, Akai Shuichi turned around and scolded him.

"I'm warning you again, get out of here immediately!"

After giving the warning, Shuichi Akai left with his colleagues under Qin Zhibo's shocked gaze.

Hey!

Isn't it dangerous here? Why don't you bring the others with you?

Shuichi Akai seems to think that the highway devil cannot be here, but Qin Zhibo feels that as an investigator, it is not advisable to be too confident!

After Shuichi Akai left, Ran Mouri also realized the danger here and wanted to go into the building to find Shinichi Kudo.

As soon as I entered the building, I saw bloodstains on the cement floor.

The anxious Ran Mouri did not go out to inform the FBI who had just left, but rushed into the building and came to the escape stairs on the side.

As I was walking, as expected, I ran into the road demon who was about to go downstairs.

The two looked at each other, and Mao Lilan saw the eye-catching long silver hair.

This time Mao Lilan did not admit her mistake.

"Xiaolan, run away!"

"He's the highway demon!"

Kudo Shinichi's shouts came from upstairs, but Ran Mouri's body stopped functioning again.

The highway demon had been shot in the abdomen, and in order to feel more relaxed, he leaned his body against the iron railings of the escape stairs.

"He's right, miss..."

"I thought I had hidden well, but I didn't expect to be discovered by this kid."

"If you want to hate someone, then hate God for arranging such a tragic end for you..."

The FBI was nearby, so the Highwayman didn't dare make too much noise. He could only take out the silencer of his pistol and screw it on the muzzle.

But at this moment, the railing he was leaning on suddenly aged and broke.

The road demon fell down the building without having time to adjust his balance.

However, Mao Lilan suddenly rushed over and grabbed the road demon who was about to fall.

The Highway Demon was stunned. He couldn't believe that the person whose life he threatened would actually save him.

The slender arm tightly grasped the highway demon's collar and shouted, "What are you doing? Hurry up and grab my hand!"

At this time, Kudo Shinichi also lent a hand and together they caught the road devil.

The two men wanted to work together to pull the highway demon up, but the highway demon simply held the pistol in his mouth, grabbed the railing with both hands, and with a force of his arms, he easily jumped back to the platform of the stairs.

Seeing this scene, Qin Zhibo frowned slightly.

There's something wrong with this person...

With his feet on the solid ground, the road demon took the pistol out of his mouth, and his eyes were filled with a mixture of pain and confusion.

"Why? Why did you save me?"

"Why exactly?"

Kudo Shinichi, on the other hand, struck a cool pose and replied, "What's the reason for this?"

"A person might have a motive for killing another person, but saving someone in an emergency wouldn't require that much thought, right?"

Faced with these words, Qin Zhibo fell silent, and the road demon also fell silent.

But then, the road demon's eyes became fierce, and he wanted to shoot and silence the witness, playing out the story of the farmer and the snake.

"I advise you to forget it. Your gun doesn't have a silencer, but the pursuers are nearby. You can imagine the consequences of shooting..."

Kudo Shinichi's eyes are full of fighting spirit, perhaps he still wants to arrest the criminal in front of him, but the condition of Mouri Ran behind him has suddenly dropped.

In her eyes, in the night sky behind the highway demon, a yellow thread of clothing was slowly emerging from the void of the night sky.

The long-silent dark star became deeper and deeper, like a huge abyss in the sky, too dark to stare into.

The time of the world suddenly stopped at this moment. Kudo Shinichi, the road devil, and even the rain stopped in mid-air.

And in this lonely world, the only existence that is approaching is that unattainable figure.

It’s the King in Yellow!

Qin Zhibo frowned slightly, looked at the yellow figure approaching, and suddenly his face was startled.

wrong!

This is not Mao Lilan's dream!

This is true!

Just as Qin Zhibo realized this, the pale mask suddenly turned around and looked directly at Qin Zhibo.

The sight from the void seemed to have the ability to look directly into the human soul, causing Qin Zhibo to tremble both physically and mentally.

Everything around him quickly receded until it turned black.

When the vision became clear again, Qin Zhibo had been forced to log off and return to the real world.

……

There were footsteps outside the ward. It was Conan and Kogoro Mouri who had returned after eating and drinking.

"Kid, where are you going to sleep tonight? There are no empty beds in the ward. Why don't you and Qin Zhibo stay in a hotel..."

"No, I want to accompany Sister Xiaolan!"

The two were discussing staying overnight tonight. As soon as they pushed the door open and walked in, they saw doctors and nurses all gathered around the bed.

"The patient's condition is deteriorating, prepare the intensive care unit immediately!"

Chapter 731 A new week begins!

Hearing the doctor's words, Kogoro Mouri and Conan were shocked and ran over quickly.

"I'm a family member of the patient. What happened?"

The doctor glanced at Maori Kogoro, then looked at Qin Zhibo in confusion, and replied, "The patient just had a severe convulsion. We have already administered a sedative to calm her down temporarily."

"But now the patient's body temperature is extremely unstable, and he also has rapid eye movements."

"This situation is very special. We need to do further physical examination to determine the cause..."

The doctor's explanation was very vague, because it was the first time he had seen a case of a child with a cold suddenly develop into this kind of case.

At this time, the emergency cart was sent over.

Kogoro Mouri quickly carried the patient from the bed to the cart and followed the nurse out of the ward.

Conan also anxiously followed the emergency cart and left the ward.

In the huge ward, Qin Zhibo was the only one left.

Qin Zhibo was still thinking about what had just happened, the King in Yellow who suddenly appeared in Mao Lilan's dream.

The strange condition of Ran Mouri is probably related to the King in Yellow.

But why did the Yellow King suddenly appear in Maori Ran's dream?

According to Qin Zhibo's understanding of the Yellow King, she rarely appears in the real world, but she can send dreams of domination to those who have inadvertently come into contact with her.

For example, the yellow seal in the haunted house. The transvestite's son became crazy because of contact with the yellow seal.

Another way is through the medium of The King in Yellow.

Ran Mao Li once watched the performance of "The King in Yellow".

Even if it is an abridged version, it only avoids the impact of the script itself on people, but the connection between people and God has been established.

When Mao Lilan dreams of that past time, watches the stage play again in the dream, and thinks of the King in Yellow that she saw in the window, things become extremely dangerous.

Dreaming of the King in Yellow is equivalent to summoning the King in Yellow into your dream.

Now the only way to save Ran Mouri is to find a way to "invite" the Yellow King out of Ran Mouri's dream.

However, it is easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away.

Ran Mouri's dream is now occupied by a more powerful being, and even the soul-searching technique can no longer enter Mouri's dream.

Moreover, the function of soul-searching is only to see other people's memories and dreams, and it cannot affect the content inside.

How to do it?

Qin Zhibo checked his prop bar to see if there were any usable props in it.

Navigator, nuclear lighter, inspiration gun, guard totem, shroud...

There are many props, but there are no props that can affect the mind.

It turns out there was a will-boosting drug, but it was used on Moon Shadow Island in order to help Ma Chengshi escape the trouble from Aldebaran.

Aldebaran...

Qin Zhibo thought for a moment, isn’t Aldebaran the symbol of the King in Yellow?

This means that the Yellow King almost plunged Masashi into eternal madness, but the will-boosting drug saved Masashi's life.

According to this logic, the will-boosting drug might also be useful for Mao Li Ran?

But after thinking about it, Qin Zhibo felt that something was still wrong.

The main symptom of the Yellow King's effect on Ma Chengshi is a significant decline in his willpower.

But after being forced to exit Mao Lilan's dream just now, Qin Zhibo checked Mao Lilan's willpower and found that it had not declined much.

Mao Lilan's initial willpower was 40, it became 37, and then remained at this number.

This is because although both of them were influenced by the King in Yellow, the principles were somewhat different.

Masanobu was actually affected in the real world, and the light of Aldebaran in the real world contains the power from the dark star.

Ran Mouri felt the domination of the Yellow King in her dreams, not in the real world.

If we make an analogy, Mao Lilan's situation is more like that of Mrs. Ghana who was influenced by "The King in Yellow" in the Yellow Fantasy case.

Mrs. Garner came across "The King in Yellow" while she was abroad and was subtly influenced by this magic book.

Her willpower did not decline rapidly in a short period of time, but rather went through a fairly long period, gradually declining to a level far below that of a normal person.

Ultimately, her will was twisted by dreams, and she killed another person who was dominated by the Yellow King's dreams, and was herself thrown into a mental hospital.

If this is the case with Mao Lilan, there shouldn't be any problems in the short term.