Conan Rick's Investigator

One of the two people was Suzuki Ayako, who was terrified, and the other was Hondou Eisuke, who had fainted on the ground.

As if sensing that someone had come in, the strange man slowly turned his head.

A worn bandage was wrapped around half of the monster's head, while the remaining half was exposed to the dust.

Although that half of the head was covered with marks of erosion and bites, Qin Zhibo could still vaguely recognize the person's identity from the covering skin.

This is the bandage weirdo, Ryoichi Takahashi!

Chapter 972: The Hunt in the Mysterious Space

Real world, Suzuki Villa.

Everyone went out to look for Hondou Eisuke. Suzuki Ayako stayed in the villa due to exhaustion, with a bodyguard protecting her.

After a while, she fell asleep on the sofa.

The bodyguard stood nearby, his hands behind his back, stealing glances at Suzuki Ayako's dark circles, making his own assessment.

The young lady is too tired...

Suzuki Ayako has been suffering from nightmares recently, causing the servants of the Suzuki family to spread rumors privately that the eldest lady has been possessed by some dirty creature.

Although President Suzuki, also known as Shiro Suzuki, ordered a ban on discussing the matter, it was difficult to stop the public from talking.

In fact, the servants of the Suzuki family still very much hope that Suzuki Ayako can get better, and they will go to the temple to pray for her privately.

Although Suzuki Ayako is the daughter of the Suzuki family, she never treats her servants harshly and has a gentle temperament, like a girl who grew up in an ordinary family.

Also, because Suzuki Ayako is too gentle and not suitable for fighting in business wars, it is difficult for her to inherit the huge Suzuki Group.

In comparison, although Suzuki Sonoko is not a big shot, she is sharp and decisive in her actions, more like Suzuki Tomoko, and is suitable to inherit the family business.

From the fact that Shiro Suzuki and his wife have been intentionally taking Suzuki Sonoko to various social occasions over the years and have also decided on a fiancé for Suzuki Ayako early on, it is clear who the future true heir to the Suzuki Group will be.

Adding to this matter, I'm afraid it's even more impossible for the young lady...

The bodyguard shook his head helplessly, feeling sorry for the fate of this rich young lady.

At this moment, Suzuki Ayako frowned slightly and her body began to tremble.

At first, the bodyguard thought that the young lady was cold, so he found a blanket to cover her, but it was still useless. Suzuki Ayako's reaction became even stronger.

He knew that the young lady was having a nightmare again.

At this time, the best way is to wake the person up.

The servants had tried this before, and it worked at first.

But later, Suzuki Ayako had to wait until the nightmare was over before she could wake up.

This situation is very strange, even the doctor said he had never encountered such symptoms.

At this moment, the door of the room suddenly opened and hit the wall with a dull sound.

The bodyguard thought that the person who was out looking for him had returned, so he ran out to find someone to help, but no one came in from the entrance.

"Ok?"

"anyone there?"

Arriving at the porch, the bodyguard glanced around, but the only response he got was silence.

The bodyguard frowned, but Suzuki Ayako inside screamed in pain again, so he could only run back to the living room.

"Miss!"

I saw that Suzuki Ayako had sat up on the sofa at some point, waving her hands in resistance.

"do not come……"

"do not come……"

……

Another world, Suzuki Villa.

After opening the door, Qin Zhibo saw the frightened Suzuki Ayako, the unconscious Hondou Eisuke, and a strange man who looked like Takahashi Ryoichi in the living room.

In order to make sure he was not mistaken, Qin Zhibo confirmed the information above his head again.

【Name: Takahashi Ryoichi】

Qin Zhibo couldn't believe it, it was actually him.

He is still alive...

The bandaged man also noticed the person behind him at this time, and stared at the person with his eyes emitting yellow light.

"I recognize you..."

"You're the famous detective."

The bandaged man slowly turned around, and the darkness on the other side of his body gradually faded away, allowing Qin Zhibo to see clearly what he was holding in his hand.

It was not a simple stick, but a complete human calf.

It's quite slender, like a woman's legs.

The right half of his body was covered with bite scars. The light gray skin was curled outward, and the flesh inside was only a very pale blood color.

The tattered cape hanging on his back was the only visible thing on his body.

"Hehe... God has mercy on me, letting me meet you here..."

"go to hell!"

There seemed to be a big sticky phlegm stuck in Gaoqiao's throat, making a strange coughing sound, and then he suddenly pounced on Qin Zhibo.

He swung the human leg club and hit Qin Zhibo's head.

Qin Zhibo dodged sideways and kicked him in the crotch with lightning speed.

But when he kicked it, he didn't feel like he was sinking into something, but instead kicked something hard.

Is your cock hard?

Qin Zhibo glanced at Takahashi's body and found that the lower part of his body had undergone some strange changes.

His legs seemed to have undergone a genetic mutation, changing from human legs to kangaroo-like legs with bent knees and feet standing upright as if wearing invisible high heels.

Gray strips of muscle are densely distributed on the thick thigh muscles.

Qin Zhibo: Will -5

Just when Qin Zhibo was stunned, Gaoqiao suddenly jumped up with both legs, and with an incredible forward bend in the air, kicked Qin Zhibo into the wall several meters away with both legs.

puff.

Qin Zhibo felt a dull pain in his chest, but did not vomit blood. It seemed that his injury was not as serious as he had imagined.

When Takahashi jumped, the other half of the bandage on his head, which was not wrapped tightly, fell to the ground.

The other half of Takahashi's face was even more filthy than the exposed half.

It was a half-fleshed face with nostrils but no nose, a few strands of hair hanging on the gray-black scalp, and eyes full of hatred staring at the person in front of it.

"It's all thanks to you that I'm living here, neither human nor ghost!"

"I'm going to pay you back double now!"

Takahashi kept coughing and choking as he continued to rush forward.

Qin Zhibo was quick-witted and quick-handed. He pulled the photo frame off the wall and threw it towards Gaoqiao.

Takahashi also swung the calf stick in his hand and hit the photo frame.

The moment the large photo frame touched the calf stick, it suddenly turned into ashes and dispersed into a cloud of dust that was the same as the dust floating in the air.

"Cuckoo..."

Gao Qiao laughed and mocked Qin Zhibo, "Only the 'real' things are the most powerful here!"

After he finished speaking, he licked the calf stick in his hand, and a dirty expression appeared on the remaining half of his face.

At this moment, Qin Zhibo seemed to remember what the calf stick in his hand was.

There were gnawed wounds on the ankle and Achilles tendon of the calf, and it seemed to be the calf that Chikako Ikeda lost in the last bandage monster incident.

This calf was originally discarded by the ghouls near the cellar because there was very little meat on it.

If that calf is the so-called "real", then everything here is "fake"?

While Qin Zhibo was thinking about the rules here, Takahashi had already raised his calf and attacked again.

Qin Zhibo seized the opportunity, bent down, and dodged Takahashi's calf.

Qin Zhibo then tried to snatch the calf from Takahashi's hand. Since he had no weapon, he would snatch it from him.

But Takahashi saw through his thoughts and grabbed Qin Zhibo's body with his left arm.

After this grab, Qin Zhibo's arm was covered in blood, and several bloodstains flowed down his arm.

Qin Zhibo was shocked when he realized that Gaoqiao's left arm hidden under the cloak had also mutated, with sharp and twisted beast claws growing on his hand.

"Great Detective, what's wrong?"

"Are you scared? Haha..."

Takahashi brandished his hook claws and laughed arrogantly. At this moment, after the transformation, he had the upper hand.

Qin Zhibo frowned and stared at him, his nerves were extremely tense, but he was not afraid at all.

Although this strange shape was almost unhuman, the shock it brought was far less than that of the dark man encountered during the day.

This cellar should be connected to the world of ghouls, but Takahashi is obviously different from the ghouls.

He didn't have the ghoul's trademark dog head, and his skin wasn't the gray rubbery skin that the ghouls had.

Qin Zhibo glanced at the frightened Ayako and the unconscious Hondou Eisuke in the living room. Both of them were in very bad condition.

But he could lead Takahashi away, because it was obvious that Takahashi's hatred for him was the strongest.

Qin Zhibo dodged and quickly fled towards the stairs on the side.

When he reached the second floor, he quickly pushed open the door of a room and turned around to lock it.

If this villa is "fake", this door will definitely have no blocking effect, and I must think of other ways.

He quickly looked around and found that this was his room.

On the table in the guest room was a plate brought from the villa where the previous murder occurred.

At the bottom of the plate, a magic circle was depicted, exactly like the one from the other world.

Magic circle...

Qin Zhibo thought for a moment and wondered if he could use magic to defeat magic.

Although he couldn't use magic power right now, this space was inherently strange, and with the help of the magic circle, perhaps he could...

……

Outside the door, Gaoqiao did not rush to chase after him. Instead, he let Qin Zhibo choose a room to hide downstairs before jumping up to the second floor.

"Hehe, are you hiding well?"

"Then I'm going to start looking..."

Takahashi's dirty and filthy figure was walking in the dim corridor. Suddenly, he swung the calf in his hand and chopped it into the door next to him.

This calf was even more powerful than the axe in the hands of the male protagonist of The Shining. With just one strike, it chopped a hole in the door, and a lot of dust floated out of the hole.

He stuffed his torn, deformed head into the hole, and his yellow glasses scanned inside with a "glub" sound.

"No... well, I'm lucky."

"But it's only temporary."

Takahashi seemed to be completely immersed in the pleasure of killing as if he was hunting prey, just like how he treated Suzuki Ayako in the past two months.

Suzuki Ayako's body is not in this world, so he can't really kill Ayako.

But he was able to abuse Ayako's soul, torturing her until she had a mental breakdown.