Conan Rick's Investigator

Iron will + steel body =?

=Paul Korchagin!

"I understand. I won't drink anymore, okay?"

"Well, that's more like it~"

Seeing Qin Zhibo agreed, Cheng Shi smiled with satisfaction.

……

At 9:30 in the evening, Qin Zhibo said goodbye to Cheng Shi at the hospital gate.

"It's so late, can't you stay overnight?"

"No, I still have some things to deal with when I get back, and I have to get up early tomorrow, so I won't disturb you..."

Hearing this, Cheng Shi nodded sensibly and did not try to persuade him to stay.

"Be careful on the road there."

"Well, you should go back too. Good night."

Qin Zhibo said goodbye to Cheng Shi, dragged the suitcase and mouse cage in one hand, carried the mouse Jerry on the other shoulder, and walked away along the street.

Cheng Shi looked at Qin Zhibo's back and sighed softly.

Back in the office, Qin Zhibo placed the mouse Jerry on the third floor, and then began to sort out the "precious things" he brought back from the United States this time.

The first is a disintegration ray gun, a high-tech weapon of the Kunyang people. It is extremely powerful and can replenish bullets by charging.

But the disadvantage is that with the current level of human electrical technology, the speed of charging this gun is very slow, and it can only charge enough to fire three guns in a day.

Qin Zhibo took out the rectifier and connected it to the socket with a wire. The lights in the room immediately began to flicker.

Fortunately, it was already late, and the nightlife in Japan, especially in Japan, was not that rich, so no one noticed the flashing lights of this office.

If this were Conan and the Junior Detective League's imagination, seeing the flashing lights, they would definitely think that someone was sending out a Morse code for help.

After a while, the power supply returned to normal and the ray gun could be charged normally.

Next, Qin Zhibo carefully took out a few small glass bottles, which contained several medicines specified by Sathoggua for making resurrection potions.

The first bottle, Ghoul Blood.

The second bottle contained Ippo Zitel's black milk.

The third bottle contains nail clippings from the giant Gug.

Qin Zhibo placed the three bottles in the cold snow area of the refrigerator. Although these things should not be restricted in storage conditions, it is always better to be careful.

Now that Koizumi Akako is unable to become the Supreme Witch, Qin Zhibo's only hope to resurrect Akai Shuichi is the potion formula given by Tsathoggua.

resurrection.

What an unrealistic topic it was. Now when Qin Zhibo thought about it again, he actually wanted to laugh. He even wanted to laugh at himself for thinking of such an unrealistic thing.

But in fact, the crooked handwriting on the small notebook is always reminding me of what I have experienced.

In addition to the above three materials, you also need a puffer fish venom gland.

This is easy. Qin Zhibo plans to go to the street to buy a fresh puffer fish tomorrow and get the ingredients himself.

Another is the eye of the daughter of Itakua.

Qin Zhibo didn't know how to get this thing at first, but after thinking about it for a few days, he finally figured out the answer.

Isn’t the daughter of Itakuya the “Snow Woman” encountered in the previous case?

In the previous case, Qin Zhibo met the female star Akiko Kinoshita and her stand-in Yoko Asanuma who were traveling to the hot spring village, and Conan's family was also there.

Asanuma Yoko planned to kill Kinoshita Akiko in the snowy mountains, but when she was burying the body, she was seen by Qin Zhibo who was looking for the "Snow Woman" in the mountains and was rescued.

So, Yoko Asanuma fled for fear of punishment and escaped into the mountains on a night when a snowstorm hit.

When Qin Zhibo found her again, she had turned into a creature that looked neither human nor human. Her body was covered in ice and snow, and her body was frozen stiff, but she could move like a zombie.

Although Qin Zhibo couldn't understand what was going on at that time, he only guessed that she was attacked by some great being.

But later, Qin Zhibo read in the mysterious book "The Secret of the Worm" written by Ludwig Prin that the "Wendigo", a snow monster legend that was once popular in the United States and Canada, was actually Itaqua and his descendants.

Itakuya captures people who are lost in a blizzard, and uses the storm to confuse their minds, turning them into zombie-like creatures.

Considering that he was attacked by a great being after discovering the "Snow Girl", there is reason to believe that it was Itakuya.

And Yoko Asanuma, who was frozen into a "snow girl" by Itakuya, is naturally Itakuya's daughter.

Fortunately, the body was not disposed of.

If it hadn't been discovered by others, the body would probably still be tied to the spruce wood.

"Pick a time and go over there to get this material."

"Let's do it tomorrow..."

Qin Zhibo thought about it and decided that this matter could not be delayed.

Let’s talk about going to the pet hospital to study after I come back.

……

The next day at dawn, Qin Zhibo drove to Sanri Town.

It is 300 kilometers away from Tokyo, which is a very long distance for an island country.

A few hours later, around noon, he arrived at the hot spring village where he had originally stayed.

I saw people coming and going on the street, wearing all kinds of ski and cold-proof equipment. The number of people was several times more than the sparse flow when I first came here.

"Why are there so many people?"

Qin Zhibo drove forward slowly, and after seeing a public parking space, he finally squeezed the car in.

After getting off the bus, Qin Zhibo did not waste any time. He had a quick meal at a local restaurant, then went to the ski resort to rent a set of cold-proof clothing and prepare to go into the mountains.

When renting clothes, he casually asked the aunt who was renting clothes why there were so many tourists now?

The old lady smiled and replied, "So you didn't know? There are snow monsters in the snowy mountains near Sanri Town!"

"A snow monster?"

"Yeah, I'm not kidding! We found Yeti footprints here, and it was all over the newspapers and on TV news!"

As the aunt spoke, she pointed to a newspaper clipping framed in a frame on the wall next to her.

The front page of the newspaper featured a photo of a giant footprint in the snow, with a person squatting next to it for comparison.

When Qin Zhibo saw this photo, he remembered that when he was going down the mountain after the last incident, he did see some people discover a huge footprint. Many local residents were so excited about this that they even forgot the mission of going into the mountains for rescue.

For the locals, the existence or non-existence of the yeti is secondary. What is important is that the strange rumors here will attract tourists and boost the local economy.

"I understand. Thank you, Auntie."

Qin Zhibo put on his winter clothes, said goodbye to the aunt, and walked towards the ski resort alone.

The aunt looked at Qin Zhibo's back and felt a little strange.

If a foreigner comes to such a remote place to travel, what is the purpose if not to see the snow monster?

I remember that it had just been a while since the news of the "snow monster" appeared here, but many foreigners came from far away saying that they were here to conduct an investigation.

Suddenly, the aunt remembered that the boy had only rented winter clothes and snow boots, but not skis.

"Boy! Your skis!"

Qin Zhibo in front stopped and turned around and said.

"No, your skis."

Aunt: “?”

……

Qin Zhibo doesn't need skis because he's not here to ski.

Arriving at the ski resort, Qin Zhibo walked directly towards the direction he remembered.

The ski resorts in Wenquan Village are mainly concentrated on the slopes of a snow-capped mountain, and another snow-capped mountain opposite it is the place where the legendary "snow monster" appears and is also the location of the "snow girl".

After an hour's walk, Qin Zhibo arrived at the foot of another snow-capped mountain, passing by the place where the yeti's footprints were found last time.

The footprints have now been covered by the wind and snow, and no trace can be seen.

At that time, public opinion generally believed that the footprint was left by a yeti. One of the important reasons was that the footprint was so large, and there were neither footprints of other people nor trees around it. It was impossible for humans to create such an effect.

The shortcoming of this logic is that only one footprint is left there.

If it was a "snow monster" that walked on two or four legs, it should have left a continuous series of footprints.

But in fact, Qin Zhibo's personal experience proves that the great existence named "Itakuya" can fly, and the footprints in the snow may just be his occasional stop.

Fortunately, Itakuya only appears in blizzards, and the probability of appearing in clear skies is close to 0.

And today's weather happens to be very sunny.

Qin Zhibo mustered up his courage and climbed to the top of the not-so-high snow-capped mountain.

It was all white here, and a long time had passed, so Qin Zhibo couldn't remember where he had tied Asanuma Yoko.

So he put on the magic extractor and imagined in his mind the body of a woman whose body was frozen dark blue and stiff.

After a moment, a specific direction emerged in my mind.

Guided by this direction, Qin Zhibo found the original spruce tree behind a rock.

Next to the Yuanshan tree, a "Snow Girl" was tied.

Chapter 1035 Far ahead!

As soon as Qin Zhibo jumped down from the rock, he startled Yoko Asanuma who was "resting".

"Wow……"

"Well--"

Yoko Asanuma's head turned slowly, and a zombie-like mumbling came from the bottom of her dry throat.

After at least a month, Yoko Asanuma's skinny body was frozen black, the outline of bones was visible under the skin, and tiny ice chips formed in key positions.

As for the clothes, it was definitely not taken away by Qin Zhibo.

The last time I came here, my clothes were all torn. I guess this Itakuya is not very serious.

In The Secret of the Worm, Ludwig Prin wrote that Ithaqua had a particular preference for human women, attempting to use them to produce powerful offspring that would transcend their own limitations.

Can gods and humans reproduce?

Qin Zhibo was not sure.

But at least for now, Yoko Asanuma did not do as Itakuya wished. Her shriveled belly between her two rows of ribs looked like a big pit.

Qin Zhibo clasped his hands together, walked up to him and bowed sincerely, then took out the dagger from his waist.

Looking at Yoko Asanuma's eyes that had mutated into ice-blue amber, Qin Zhibo felt a little nervous.

Even if Yoko Asanuma becomes less human now, she was once a living human being after all.

Gouging out a "person's" eyes...

Qin Zhibo took a few deep breaths and put down the dagger first.

He took out some [Shrouds] from the prop bar, tied Yoko Asanuma's body to the spruce tree, and then wrapped her head, leaving only the eyes exposed.

"Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. You did so many bad things in your life, so after your death, you've done one good thing..."

"Don't worry, I'll send you off after I'm done with this."

"excuse me……"

Qin Zhibo aimed the dagger at the "blue amber" and inserted it into the gap between the eyeball and the eye socket. With a little force, he felt that the fragile optic nerve inside had fallen off.

Then use tweezers to remove the eyeball completely.

He put the eyeball into the glass bottle he brought, and then focused his gaze on the other eyeball of the "Snow Girl".