The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

"Ho ho ho..."

Koizumi Hongzi's special laughter echoed in the cave.

"Do you think these ghouls are as innocent as the snake men?"

"Many of the ghouls are transformed from humans, and they are very familiar with human strategies..."

Koizumi Hongzi was right. Although these ghouls understood what Qin Zhibo said, they also understood that outsiders wanted to restore the passage to the outside world as soon as possible, so they incited them to go to war with the ancient leather giant.

And just now the ghouls had seen the scene of Qin Zhibo fighting all the monsters underground, so naturally they would not let go of this powerful fighting force.

Facing Koizumi Hongzi's ridicule, Qin Zhibo replied angrily.

"Don't laugh either. If the passage cannot be restored, you will be forced to live with those ghouls."

"As time goes by, you will become like them, and eventually you will become a ghoul..."

"Wait a minute! Don't move!" Qin Zhibo suddenly shouted in shock, "I think your mouth seems to be a little more protruding than when you came here..."

"Ah? Really!"

Koizumi Anko immediately went to rummage through her backpack, took out a simple handheld vanity mirror from the inside, and looked at her face in the mirror.

Seeing this mirror, Qin Zhibo felt helpless.

Didn’t he ask her to bring as few useless things as possible? What's going on with this mirror?

…

Not long after, Matsumoto Ryohei came down and called Qin Zhibo, saying, "The Nightmare has arrived."

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi followed together and saw a creature called "Night Dire".

When they came to the ground, in the small square of the camp cemetery, the two of them saw those strange creatures at a glance.

This is a group of huge winged creatures. Their skin is as smooth and oily as whale skin. They have a slender humanoid body, large horns that curve inward, and leathery wings like bat wings.

Their image is very close to the gargoyles popular in the European Middle Ages, but the biggest difference between them and gargoyles is that they have no faces.

The long and narrow cheek that should have been a face had no facial features or undulations, and was completely blank.

This adds a sense of mystery, making it impossible to tell whether it is in a peaceful state or ferocious.

Qin Zhibo: Will -10

The willpower that had just recovered was lost again, but Qin Zhibo didn't care.

Because he discovered another important question: If there is no mouth, how can the night dire eat?

But soon, Qin Zhibo found the answer.

Among the medicinal ingredients that Tsathoggua mentioned was the milk of Ibo Zitor that remained in the tail of the dire.

In other words, Night Dire has a way to eat, but not with its mouth, but with its tail.

Qin Zhibo's eyes focused on the tail of the night dire, which was a whip-like tail with a barb at the end.

Look carefully at the tips of these tail barbs. There are concave structures on them that look like suckers.

The Night Dire cannot eat and can only use its tail to suck Ibo Zitor's milk.

Although Qin Zhibo didn't know what "Ibo Zitel" was, he was now very close to the first potion material.

With the arrival of the night dire, the ghouls crawled out of the hole one after another, all gurgling excitedly.

All the ghouls gathered close to the night dire. The elder ghouls spoke a few words of ghoul language to the night dire, and the night dire took the initiative to bow down and let the ghoul ride on them. On the body.

This is the classic battle formation of Ghoul + Dire. One ghoul rides on the back of Dire, and the other ghoul is held by a Dire. It can launch effective air strikes on the ground.

Before going into battle, Qin Zhibo made a request to the elder ghoul through Matsumoto Ryohei.

I just hope that the ghoul elder will tell Night Dire that he wants to study its tail.

Although the ghoul elder was puzzled, he still conveyed Qin Zhibo's request to Night Dire.

The Night Dire did not answer, but placed its wagging whip-like tail on the ground, which was regarded as acquiescence.

Qin Zhibo walked to the tail, picked up the spikes on the tail and studied it.

The surface of these spikes is moist, and there is a small depression at the tip, which may be where milk is absorbed.

He took the empty kettle prepared around his neck and wanted to squeeze the remaining milk into the kettle just like milking a cow.

But after trying it for a while, Qin Zhibo found that this method didn't work.

The hardness of this spike is harder than expected, and it cannot be pinched by human hands.

He looked at the hollow of the spiked head, his eyes lost in thought.

At this time, the ghouls standing around waiting for the expedition were also watching Qin Zhibo's every move.

They looked at Qin Zhibo's unusual behavior and whispered to each other, thinking it was some ancient and mysterious human expedition ceremony.

But the next second, they saw Qin Zhibo put the spiked end into his mouth and sucked something inside hard.

At this moment, all the ghouls were stunned, wishing they could collectively send out "Oh——!" emoticons.

On Qin Zhibo's side, he sucked hard with his mouth and actually sucked out some liquid from the spikes.

This is a viscous juice with a salty and fishy smell. The taste is a bit weird to the human taste system, and it is absolutely not something you want to drink.

After a brief taste, Qin Zhibo quickly spit the juice into the kettle, then spit out the remaining juice mixed with his own saliva on the ground, and cleaned his mouth with clean water.

Only then did Qin Zhibo realize that the juice was not white, but black, like a thinner black sesame paste.

Under the disapproving eyes of many ghouls, Qin Zhibo, who was worried that the amount was not enough, took another sip of juice and spit it into the kettle.

After several sips, the kettle had accumulated a noticeable amount, and Qin Zhibo left "satisfied."

At this time, the ghoul, who was a scavenger, looked at Qin Zhibo and couldn't help but feel a little more admiration.

Because once a playful ghoul did this, he was immersed in terrible nightmares for days, and finally fell into endless madness.

…

With the completion of Qin Zhibo's mysterious expedition ceremony, all the ghouls formed a battle formation with the Night Dire.

According to the agreement, Qin Zhibo, as the leading charge, was caught in the hands of a night dire, while Matsumoto Ryohei acted as the jockey behind the night dire.

The Night Dire is unable to burrow into the ground due to its size, so it can only take a long way to sneak into the ground through an abyss some distance away from the camp.

Qin Zhibo was grabbed by the wet and rubbery claws of the night dire, surrounded by the howling wind and the gray-green scene that was rapidly retreating.

This gave Qin Zhibo the feeling of an Avatarina beauty riding a Banxi beast and soaring through the sky and earth.

In the wilderness, the breath of freedom blows against our faces.

But this feeling soon disappeared. With the dive of the Night Dire troops, all the Night Dire and Ghouls dived into the dark abyss.

In the vertical darkness, dozens of night-gaunts swooped, swooped, and swooped endlessly.

It wasn't until Qin Zhibo felt dizzy and swollen due to brain congestion that the Night Dire troops made another 90° turn and flew parallel to the ground, which relieved some of the uncomfortable feeling.

They flew past the gates of the abyss, guarded by winged lions, and entered the dungeon where the dream gods had banished them.

…

When the Night Dire suddenly descended upon the dungeon, the gug giant was still resting lazily in the dungeon.

They were lying scattered in every corner of the city, seemingly not expecting that the ghouls would take revenge on them so quickly this time.

Dozens of night-gaunt and ghoul battle formations took the lead in flying towards the ancient leather giant within sight. Matsumoto Ryohei and Qin Zhibo also selected an ancient leather giant as their attack target.

When Night Dire grabbed Qin Zhibo and swooped down to the ground, the slow-moving Gu Ge Giant just got up from the ground, with its bloody mouth piercing the top of its head and opened towards Night Dire in the sky.

The gug giant cannot make a sound and can only express its anger to its enemies in this way.

But Qin Zhibo moved faster, showed the [Oath-Keeping Sword] in his hand, and slashed hard at the head of the ancient leather giant.

With one strike, the pink eyeball on the right side of the ancient leather giant was chopped open, and the protruding bone around the eyeball was also chopped into pieces.

The smelly blood splashed in the air, and the pained Gug giant immediately fell into madness, grabbing at the air above his head with both arms and hands.

But Qin Zhibo had already been taken by Night Dire into the air where the ancient giant could not catch him, and he was observing the situation from a distance.

When the ancient leather giant slowed down a bit, Qin Zhibo asked Matsumoto Ryohei above to order the Night Dire to dive down again.

This time, Qin Zhibo found the right position and slashed open the eye on the other side of the ancient giant's head with a knife.

Losing all its light, the Guge giant fell into madness and was unable to make a sound. He could only rely on his arms to grab at the surrounding air to vent the anger in his heart.

The mad giant is even more difficult to approach in such a state.

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo did not plan to attack from the air anymore, and directly asked Nightmare to put him down.

"After I get down, you continue to feint in the air!"

Nightmare slowly landed on the ground, put Qin Zhibo on the ground, then rose back into the air, and continued to feint attack dives towards the ancient giant.

If it is a human-sized creature, Night Dire can directly grab the target into the air and then throw it to the ground to death.

But the Gug Giant is too big to catch, and even Night Dire himself may be caught if he is not careful.

Qin Zhibo took advantage of Matsumoto Ryohei and Nightmare to attract the ancient leather giant in the air. He held the oath-keeping sword and walked around behind the ancient leather giant and approached quietly.

Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, Qin Zhibo held swords in both hands and cut off the tendons behind the ancient leather giant's feet.

Losing the strength to support his body, the heavy figure of the Guge giant staggered and finally fell forward.

The ancient giant was still struggling, and the four hands that were separated from its two arms were still trying to grab Qin Zhibo.

But how could he sit still and wait for death?

Qin Zhibo was seen holding the sword forward with both hands, and stabbed the ancient Ge giant between the legs.

At this moment, the ancient giant knew what "eye-opening pain" meant.

It couldn't make a sound and could only beat the ground in pain, and the ground was stained red with the smelly blood.

Although there were many wounds on his body, his strong vitality prevented him from dying easily.

But even so, its lower body could no longer move.

Seeing that the opportunity was good, Qin Zhibo first went to the heel of the ancient leather giant and cut off a piece of the thick nail.

The second flavor ingredient, get it!

After doing this, Qin Zhibo was caught in the air by the Night Dire again and went to help the ghouls elsewhere.

…

The battle lasted for more than an hour and ended with the ghoul's victory.

In this battle, three Guge giants died, and a dozen others were injured to varying degrees.

Nearly a quarter of the members on the ghoul side were also injured, one died, and one night dire was slightly injured.

According to the ancient custom of ghouls, ghouls kill and eat the wounded in battle.

But in recent history, ghouls have slowly abolished this bad habit, under the call of a ghoul sage.

From the perspective of battle loss ratio, Qin Zhibo thought that this battle was not particularly good, but the ghouls were extremely happy and thought that they had won a complete victory.

Matsumoto Ryohei explained that this was because the number of Gug giants was scarce. With the same number of casualties, the ghouls must have an advantage.

Moreover, this crusade successfully rescued three captured ghouls, and also severely damaged the spirit of the Gug giant.

In the next period of time, the ghouls could freely enter and leave the dungeon, and the Gug giants did not dare to have any thoughts of resistance.

That is to say, he was defeated.

This is definitely good news for Koizumi Hongzi, because if the ancient giant is still dishonest, he must take off his clothes like Qin Zhibo and Hondo Eyou did when they sneaked into the dungeon last time...

…

Back at the ghoul camp, Qin Zhibo told Koizumi Hongzi the news of the successful crusade.

Koizumi Hongzi immediately jumped up happily and quickly asked if she could leave here.

Ever since Qin Zhibo said that her face had developed into a ghoul-like appearance, Koizumi Hongzi spent a long time looking in the mirror in the cave and used a magic crystal ball to tell her fortune.

But this is what it is, the more you care about it, the more you think you have been tricked, and it becomes a problem in your heart.

Under Koizumi Hongzi's strong request, Qin Zhibo could only refuse the ghouls' celebration banquet, pack their bags and prepare to leave.

When Matsumoto Ryohei came to see him off, Qin Zhibo took out a small bottle and asked Matsumoto Ryohei to get some pure ghoul blood.

Although Matsumoto Ryohei has now begun to transform into a ghoul, neither blood nor blood is pure, and Qin Zhibo is worried that it will affect the final effect of the potion.

Soon, Matsumoto Ryohei got the ghoul's blood, which was obtained from the ghoul that died in the battle.

At tonight's celebration banquet, in addition to the meat of the ancient gug giant brought back, the meat that the ghouls will enjoy will also be turned into food for their companions.

…

After everything was cleaned up, the ghouls gathered in front of the cave entrance and held a grand farewell ceremony for Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi.

During the ceremony, the ghoul muttered something. Qin Zhibo couldn't understand anything, while Koizumi Hongzi prayed in her heart to leave here quickly.

After all the ghouls finished talking, the two finally set foot on the road back.