The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

After returning to the room after dinner, Qin Zhibo opened the system interface.

After various experiences in the United States during this period, my general skill proficiency reached 10,570, successfully breaking through the 10,000 mark.

The props currently available for purchase in the prop mall include [Deep Diving Potion], [Bottled Fear], and [Star Fishing Rod].

But Qin Zhibo couldn't buy them all because their total value was 11,000, which was just a little more.

The deep-diving potion reminded Qin Zhibo of deep-diving people.

Qin Zhibo turned on the navigator and looked up the location of Innsmouth, which happened to be almost a hundred kilometers away from Arkham Town.

There should be time to go to Innsmouth tomorrow to take a look, and maybe we can complete the mission of hunting the Deep Ones.

If this is the case, [Deep Diving Potion] and [Bottled Fear] are indispensable props.

[Deep Diving Potion] allows people who take this potion to move freely underwater for 30 minutes, improving underwater mobility.

Qin Zhibo has seen deep divers in the sea near Ghost Turtle Island. This thing is very flexible underwater. It is basically impossible to fight against it underwater with just humans and diving suits.

[Bottled Fear] can make the owner no longer afraid of what is in the bottle. If you put sea water in the bottle, you should be able to overcome your thalassophobia.

The [Starry Sky Fishing Rod] is a prop with unknown benefits. Moreover, if there is no Starry Sky Fishing Guy who activates this fishing rod, this prop cannot be used.

After weighing it, Qin Zhibo immediately chose [Deep Diving Potion] and [Bottled Fear].

[Successfully exchanged, congratulations on getting the deep dive potion and bottled fear! 】

Qin Zhibo stretched out his right hand and first embodied the [Deep Diving Potion] in his hand.

This is a green-colored solution in a glass bottle the size of an oral solution.

Qin Zhibo lifted it up and looked at the light. It was turbid and had gossamer-like floating objects inside, which looked a little disgusting.

Looking at this thing, Qin Zhibo felt a little uncomfortable in his throat, so he took it back.

Next is [Bottled Fear]

This is a brown glass bottle with a volume of about 1L. The slightly larger bottle mouth is blocked by a wooden cork.

Qin Zhibo shook the inside and heard no sound, indicating that it was indeed an empty bottle.

Qin Zhibo wanted to immediately test whether this bottle could eliminate fear, but it was really not easy to verify.

Because Qin Zhibo basically has nothing to fear except sea water. Whether it is snakes, scorpions, lizards, toads, spiders, centipedes, bats, clowns, or scarecrows, he has no obvious fear.

And you can't find these things in this hotel.

Looking around the room, Qin Zhibo suddenly saw the toilet.

Toilet (chè)——Lao Ba’s home

Hi hi hi~

Um?

Qin Zhibo suddenly had an idea in his mind.

Although I am not particularly afraid of or uncomfortable with anything other than sea water, I still retain a basic aversion to some things.

For example, Lao Ba’s rations are given by Oli.

Human beings are born with fear and discomfort with Ollie. Just like in Stephen Chow's classic movie "The Night of the Soul", the ghost-catching expert played by Xingye uses Ollie to test his courage.

Maybe if you press Ollie lightly with your finger, you won’t panic, and you may even want to increase your position?

But what if you apply it all over your face?

Therefore, Lao Ba, who dares to give Ollie as food rations, is a brave man who truly overcomes the fear in his heart and realizes true fearlessness.

Qin Zhibo thinks he does not have this kind of courage.

But now that I have this [Bottled Fear], can I try my own weakness?

Qin Zhibo: "..."

After thinking silently for a long time, Qin Zhibo still felt that this test was a bit anti-human.

People can't, at least they shouldn't.

Anyway, we can go to Innsmouth tomorrow, so it’s better not to be an old man.

Innsmouth, I'm Rainer!

…

The next morning, Qin Zhibo got up early.

Today's plan is to go to the town of Innsmouth, a hundred kilometers away, and there must be a return trip. We can't delay tomorrow's trip with Carl Sanford.

So time is still very tight.

After "chewing" breakfast, Qin Zhibo first bought a harpoon gun in Arkham's fishing gear store.

The single shot of this harpoon gun is very powerful, but the disadvantage is that it takes one shot. After firing, you need to manually load the bow and arrow, which is equivalent to only one chance.

Qin Zhibo's skills include firearms skills. Although it does not include harpoon guns, aiming and shooting are actually interoperable.

Seeing that there were daggers on the counter of the fishing gear store, Qin Zhibo bought another dagger about 25cm long and stuck it on his waist for self-defense.

After purchasing the basic equipment, Qin Zhibo went to the car rental agency in Arkham Town and rented a Buick Lesabre.

During this period, the staff of the car rental agency will also check the driver's license.

Of course Qin Zhibo didn't have an American driver's license, or he didn't bring it with him if he did.

So Qin Zhibo could only move out again that he was Carl Sanford's person, and the people at the car rental agency immediately skipped this step.

"Don't you want to check whether what I said is true?" Qin Zhibo asked.

The staff at the car rental agency shook their heads quickly, "No one would be so reckless and dare to pretend to be Mr. Karl's person."

In this way, Qin Zhibo successfully rented a car and drove to Innsmouth.

Innsmouth is located in northeastern Massachusetts, facing the Atlantic Ocean to the east.

According to the information Qin Zhibo found on the Internet, this town was once prosperous in the 19th century and could be called a city.

But since the authorities' purges and collective arrests in 1927, Innsmouth has become a dead city.

When Qin Zhibo drove here, he found that the term "dead city" was exaggerated.

Innsmouth is not as dead as expected. The entire town is still inhabited by humans, but the number of houses is far greater than the number of people.

As the Buick drove slowly through the dilapidated streets that exuded a faint fishy smell, Qin Zhibo felt that the atmosphere here was a bit strange.

The people here are accustomed to staying in the dark and furtively observing people coming from other places. Their people are everywhere behind the windows and in the deep alleys.

They were quietly observing Qin Zhibo, and Qin Zhibo was also quietly observing them through the car window.

These people do not have what Mark Allen calls "Innsmouth faces," but they do have some features that are different from normal people.

Their foreheads are generally narrow, their eyelids are slightly swollen, their pupils are somewhat gray and some are light blue, and their nose bones are flat and narrow.

The locals all looked gloomy and expressionless, staring closely at the car Qin Zhibo was riding in like a sculpture with only a movable neck.

After driving on the street for a while, a man in police uniform stopped Qin Zhibo's car in front.

"What's the matter? Sir?"

Outside the scope of Arkham, Qin Zhibo is still relatively honest, worried that the other party will check his driver's license if he disagrees with him.

However, the indifferent policeman did not do this. Instead, he asked Qin Zhibo the purpose of coming here.

"I'm here to fish, Sir"

As he said that, Qin Zhibo glanced at the harpoon placed on the back seat of the car.

The policeman was silent for a moment and put his hand on the roof of the car. "It seems that the fish you want to catch must not be too small."

"But you have to be careful about everything here, especially the locals, they are a bit xenophobic."

"Okay, I won't delay you anymore, I wish you a happy life."

The policeman released his hand on the roof of the car, and Qin Zhibo said "thank you" in reply and drove away.

The Buick gradually drove to the seaside, and Qin Zhibo finally got rid of those gloomy "observers".

The waterfront of Innsmouth is an abandoned area, most of which are burned or bombed houses, and a few are dilapidated houses that are about to collapse and are full of maggots and filth.

This should be the area of ​​focus for the authorities' raid on Innsmouth in 1927. Brutal modern methods have made it impossible for people to live here.

The Buick gradually drove through the narrow streets and arrived at the abandoned port on the seaside.

As soon as Qin Zhibo got off the car, he saw a decadent figure sitting on the edge at the end of the long and narrow trestle.

Qin Zhibo walked over and wanted to say hello and ask where there were more fish nearby, because where there were many fish, divers might be hunting nearby.

"Hi~"

Hearing Qin Zhibo's voice, the person sitting on the edge of the trestle slowly turned around.

It didn't matter that he turned around, Qin Zhibo almost staggered in surprise.

This man actually has an Innsmouth face.

Severely protruding eyeballs, eyelids that can hardly be closed, and rough and thick folds on the neck.

This is a freak that God unleashed during his rebellion.

Qin Zhibo did not expect that the Innsmouth face could not be seen in Innsmouth town, but he could actually see it here.

On his head, Qin Zhibo saw his identity symbol as a human being, named Zadok, 76 years old.

Zadok was holding a wine bottle in his hand, and he was not at all ashamed of his face when he saw a stranger.

"Hi~ Hello, stranger!"

Zadok greeted Qin Zhibo in a drunken tone, and Qin Zhibo had no choice but to nod in response.

"Are you...?"

"I'm drinking, hiccup-" Zadok raised the wine bottle in his hand, "Can't you see?"

"I can see it, and I can see that you are drunk." Qin Zhibo said.

"No! I'm not drunk! Not drunk!" Zadok said.

"Yes, everyone who is drunk says that," Qin Zhibo continued.

"It's them!"

Zadok suddenly changed the subject as if he was mad, and smashed the wine bottle into the air in front of him with an angry expression, as if venting his anger on something.

"It's Obeid Marsh!"

"It was he who brought faith! It was he who established the Secret Cult! He brought the bloodline of those fishes! But now his descendants want to destroy it all!"

"The evil Marsh family! I can't be played like this, and I will never drink these devilish medicines!"

As he spoke, Zadok took out a few green and white capsules from his worn pocket. Qin Zhibo recognized the eye-catching colors on the capsules at a glance.

It is a targeted drug manufactured by STK Company!

Before Qin Zhibo could reach out to stop him, Zadok angrily threw the capsule in his hand into the sea.

"Damn it! I will not succumb to the will of the devil!"

"I want to return to Father God Dagon and serve our Heavenly Father and Savior forever!"

"In the eternal mansion of R'lyeh, Cthulhu sleeps in your dreams!"

Old Zadok gasped, and the thick folds on his neck trembled.

Suddenly, his eyes looked towards the hillside of the seaside, and his bulging eyeballs were instantly covered with a layer of panic.

"Quick! Let's go!"

"It's the Marsh family! They found me! They all know!"

"They are here to take me away from God the Father - I am running for my life!"

Zadok's voice trembled, and before he could finish speaking, he opened his bony claws and ran away frantically along the coastline.