The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

My house!

Where is my house?

Qin Zhibo got off his bicycle with a look of disbelief on his face and walked to the front of "Jintian Financial Co., Ltd." to take a closer look.

Not only has the office disappeared, but even the women's clothing store on the first floor has been replaced by a pawn shop, which should be integrated with the financial company upstairs.

The women's clothing store on the first floor originally had ordinary glass doors and windows after closing, but now it has been replaced by a pawn shop, and the windows and doors are blocked by rolling shutters.

The blinds on the second and third floors were closed, making it difficult to see clearly inside.

Conan, who was standing at the back, held his chin solemnly and looked back behind him.

Although the Sunday convenience store is closed at this time, judging from the style of the sign, it should be the convenience store that has always been open opposite Zhibo Detective Office.

The location is correct...

But why did the firm become a financial company?

Could it be done by criminals who have a hatred for Qin Zhibo?

While Conan was thinking, Qin Zhibo had already taken the side stairs to the second floor and inserted the office key on his body into the keyhole.

However, the good key couldn't be inserted at all, and even the original door was replaced.

The same goes for the third floor. I can't insert the keyhole, let alone open the door.

how so?

Qin Zhibo fumbled with his hands for the security door in front of him that blocked him from returning "home", feeling even more confused.

Judging from the condition of this door, it is an old door that has been used for a long time, and it does not look like it was newly installed today.

But this place is obviously his office, and the house was bought by the original owner of the body. How could someone else "occupy the magpie's nest"?

And it’s been since a long time ago...

Suddenly, his eyes flickered and blurred, and something seemed to come to his mind.

Since the flash of white light created by Mi-Go, many unusual things have happened.

Cherry blossoms bloom out of season, another "Conan", a skateboard made exactly like Dr. Agasa, money cannot be withdrawn from the bank card, the office is occupied by others...

Is all this because...

Have I traveled through time?

…

Outside the office, Conan stood there, still thinking that someone had a grudge against Qin Zhibo and wanted to use this method to prank Lao Qin.

If this is the case, the prisoner should be guarding here in order to see the moment when Qin Zhibo was frightened and stunned.

Thinking of this, Conan's eyes darkened, and he had to use his observation skills to find the "real murderer" nearby.

The best place to observe is not too far away, it should be right...

Conan looked suspiciously at a building not far away.

But at this moment, Qin Zhibo suddenly rushed out of the dark corridor and lifted Conan onto the back seat of the bicycle.

"Hey!" Conan was caught off guard, "Where are you going?"

If he hadn't considered that the prisoner might be nearby and speaking out rashly would alert him, Conan would have said that he planned to help Qin Zhibo find the prisoner responsible for the prank.

But Qin Zhibo stepped on the bicycle hard and said in a hurry: "Don't ask yet, come with me."

Conan: "?"

…

Qin Zhibo's bicycle rode very fast, gliding through the silent Mihua streets with a rustling sound.

Soon, he took Conan to the 2-chome of Yoneka Town, which is the neighborhood where Dr. Agasa's home is located.

Conan was stunned for a moment, thinking that Qin Zhibo was looking for a place to stay.

"Are you going to stay at Dr. A Li's house first?"

"But this skateboard is a complete imitation of Dr. Ali's invention. I'm afraid Dr. Ali's house is also being monitored by my impostor."

"We can only find a way to secretly tell Dr. A Li the truth, otherwise..."

Conan in the back seat was reasoning naturally, but the bicycle suddenly stopped, causing his chin to hit Qin Zhibo's solid back, and he almost bit his tongue.

"what are you doing?"

Conan adjusted his glasses and complained slightly.

Qin Zhibo didn't pay attention to Conan at all, but turned to look at a building on the side of the road.

There is no plaque at the door of the building, just a notice on the glass door - "House for Sale".

The surprise in Qin Zhibo's eyes was not concealed at all. Although he was mentally prepared before coming, he was still shocked when he actually saw this scene.

Because this is supposed to be...

"Is this... Chengshi Hospital?"

Conan also glanced at the familiar building on the roadside and said in a somewhat uncertain tone.

Although Narumi Hospital is a newly opened hospital in 2-chome, he has been here several times before. Even though the plaque is no longer there, he can still vaguely recall the situation here.

"The house is for sale?" Conan was a little surprised. "When did Dr. Cheng Shi move away? Why didn't that guy Haiyuan say anything today?"

Haibara Ai and Cheng Shi have a very good relationship, so Conan doesn't believe that Cheng Shi didn't even tell Haibara Ai.

"No……"

At this time, Qin Zhibo, who was sitting in the front seat, looked at the empty house waiting for sale expressionlessly and murmured: "It's because there is no such thing as him in this world..."

Conan: "Huh?"

Qin Zhibo continued to murmur: "I'm afraid we are..."

He paused for a moment before speaking out his true thoughts.

"I'm afraid I've traveled through time..."

"Time travel?"

Conan looked stunned. As a Japanese high school student in 1996, he didn't quite understand the concept of "time travel".

Even though science fiction movies such as "Back to the Future" have shown the content of traveling into the past and traveling into the future, no one in this era will connect it with reality, unless they are crazy.

But as a "future person" whose soul has traveled to this world, Qin Zhibo is quite aware of the authenticity of "time travel".

But he didn't expect that he would travel through time again in a daze.

"Time travel? What does this mean?" Conan frowned slightly and asked.

"Time travel is..."

Qin Zhibo was at a loss for words and didn't know how to use convincing language to explain the concept of time travel to the "materialistic" Conan.

Besides, even he himself doesn't know how he came into this world.

"Suppose there is a person traveling from one world to another. This is called space travel."

"There is also time travel, such as when a person goes back to the past, or travels to the future..."

"But if my guess is correct, we should be in a parallel world now."

Qin Zhibo tried his best to explain to Conan in a simple and easy-to-understand way, but what he got in return was an even more confused expression from Conan.

Now Conan is not only wondering what "time travel" is, but also curious about why Qin Zhibo's mind suddenly became abnormal.

"never mind……"

Seeing that Conan didn't understand, Qin Zhibo waved his hand.

He also knows that this concept is difficult to understand to someone who has not experienced it.

"Let's find a place with Internet access first. After we find the evidence, we will tell you. You will understand..."

It was not difficult for Conan to find a place with Internet access.

Although there are no advanced business establishments like Internet cafes in this world, Ni-chome has been Conan's home base for 17 years.

"Let's go to my house."

"My family is quite big..."

…

Qin Zhibo took Conan on his bicycle to Kudo's house located in 2-chome section 21.

When passing by the wooden horse village on the 23rd floor, he glanced into the courtyard of the apartment and did not see Toru Amuro's white Mazda RX-7 parked in the courtyard.

Sure enough, this is not the original world...

This is a parallel world.

The so-called parallel world is another dimensional world that has almost the same history and the same people as the original world.

There are also concepts of parallel worlds proposed in some movies and novels, which means that when one thing develops in two directions, two parallel worlds will be born.

In any case, there are extremely high similarities between parallel worlds, but there are also some differences in some details.

For example, this world does not have its own detective agency.

Do you not exist in this world?

Qin Zhibo felt that this was not necessarily the case. There might be a "Qin Zhibo" or a "Vince Qin" in this world.

It's just that the "Qin" in this world may have never been to Japan, nor has he come to Tokyo's Mihua, nor is it possible to open a detective agency.

Without a detective agency, the bank card used to open an account in Japan would naturally not be used.

The original owner of the body came to Japan, but accidentally got involved in Ethan Hondo's mission, assisted in the investigation, and accepted the invitation out of curiosity, so he came to Japan.

Even if there is a deviation in one link, the original owner of the body will not appear in Japan, and may still be an American FBI agent.

Because of this, just now, in order to confirm his thoughts, Qin Zhibo immediately went to the location of Chengshi Hospital.

When he came to this world, Qin Zhibo believed that the thing that changed the trajectory of his life the most was Aso Miki.

If he had never been to Japan, would Aso still open a private hospital in Tokyo?

Qin Zhibo even found the start-up capital for Narumi's private hospital by finding the suicide note of Narumi's father, Keiji Aso, and found the US dollars left to his son.

And it turns out that Aso is indeed not in Tokyo.

It also indirectly proves that this world is a parallel world with many differences from the original world.

…

Passing through the Trojan Manor on the 23rd lot and Dr. Agasa's house on the 22nd lot, we will find the Kudo House on the 21st lot, a super-stylish bungalow.

This place has not changed, and the house sign still says "Kudo House".

The iron gate in Kudo's yard is always unlocked. Just pull the handle down and push it open.

Qin Zhibo took advantage of Conan not paying attention, put the bicycle into the prop rack, and followed him into the gloomy mansion.

The next most important thing is the door of the bungalow.

Conan walked to the door, took out the key, inserted it, and twisted it, and there was a clicking sound from the lock cylinder.

The door is open.

Conan pushed the door open and walked in. Like a master, he turned around and said to Qin Zhibo, "Please come in."

With this move, Conan admitted in disguise that he was Kudo Shinichi.

Although Conan believed that Qin Zhibo knew his true identity early on, this was the first time he admitted it in person.

Only then did Conan notice that the bicycle Qin Zhibo had been riding was missing.

"Where did that bike go?"

"By the way, where did you get the bicycle?"

"Yes..." Qin Zhibo thought for a moment and replied, "It's a shared bicycle."

"What is shared bicycle?" Conan was a little confused, why Qin Zhibo always came up with some new terms.

Just now it was "travel", and now there is "shared bicycle".

"It's a bicycle shared by everyone on the roadside. This kind of bicycle cannot be locked privately. You can just ride on it..."

"I put that car outside, and passers-by in need will ride away on their own."

"Oh, that's it..." Conan nodded as if he understood. This concept of sharing is quite advanced and sounds good.

Conan put his dirty clothes and Qin Zhibo's dirty clothes into the washing machine and stirred them first. He also put aside the water-soaked skateboard dropped by the fake "Conan" and took Qin Zhibo to the study.

"This is my dad's study, the computer is over there."

In a birdcage-shaped room, a large number of books are densely arranged on the ring-shaped bookshelf, most of which are mystery works and case information collected by Kudo Yusaku over the years.

In the middle of the birdcage room is a desk with a desktop computer on it.

Qin Zhibo sat on the chair and turned on the computer skillfully.

Conan also moved a chair over and sat next to Qin Zhibo, intending to see what "evidence" Qin Zhibo could find.

The computer entered the desktop. After the network was successfully connected, Qin Zhibo first looked at the time in the lower right corner.

23:28:10.

1996/4/11

"Look at the time first. Is there anything wrong?"

Qin Zhibo, who is not sensitive to time, can only let Conan, a "normal person", check the time.

Conan glanced at the time in the lower right corner and immediately noticed something was wrong.

Today is the day when Dr. A Li is looking for his first love. The first love lady and the childhood Dr. A Li made an appointment to meet at the agreed place every 10 years, so Conan remembers this day very clearly.

"No, today is November 4th!"

The time difference is several months, but the climate in spring and autumn is similar, so I don't feel it at all.

But Qin Zhibo noticed it at the entrance of the cherry blossom hotel. Cherry blossoms usually only bloom in March and April.

"What exactly is going on?"

Conan picked up the mouse and operated it for a while, but finally determined that this time was the result of the computer network update, and was not a problem of the computer not turning on for a long time.

Qin Zhibo opened the webpage silently and entered two keywords in the search bar.

Moon Shadow Island, murders, cases.

Soon, the webpage responded again and several related pages popped up.

[Yueying Island serial murder case solved! The prisoner set himself on fire and died! 】

[Sleeping Kogoro Mori breaks the record! Presenting the wonderful reasoning of Moon Shadow Island! 】

[The Yueying Island case has been solved! The murderer turned out to be the son of a famous musician! 】

Qin Zhibo just glanced at it, and his mood suddenly sank.

Although it is just a news headline, the most explosive news has been announced. There is no need to read the specific content.

But Conan next to him gave a sharp look and immediately shouted: "Wait a minute!"

"I remember this case..."

Conan's face was full of doubts. He clearly remembered that the final result of the Moon Shadow Island case was the uneven distribution of stolen goods within the bad guy group, and the infighting led to two deaths and one madness.

Why is it written in the news that a prisoner set himself on fire? And Kogoro Mori solves the case?

He didn't solve the case, so what kind of case did Kogoro Mouri solve?

Conan grabbed the mouse and clicked into the news page.