The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Several people came to the living room and sat down on the sofa.

Matsumoto Ryohei wanted to make tea, but Qin Zhibo waved his hand and said that time was tight and there was no need.

"But making tea for guests you meet for the first time is the most basic etiquette."

When Matsumoto Ryohei said this, he looked at Minase Yomu, but Minase Yomu avoided his eyes.

Qin Zhibo also glanced at the girl, turned around and said, "Don't worry, she will be your regular customer from now on."

Next, Qin Zhibo explained the purpose of his visit, but because the story was a bit complicated, he did not explain the future clearly.

A minute later, Matsumoto Ryohei nodded with general understanding.

"In other words, this girl is being threatened by bad guys, and you want her to stay with me temporarily, right?"

Qin Zhibo: "Yes, can you help me with this?"

Matsumoto Ryohei thought for a moment and replied after a few seconds, "Yes, yes, but do you rest assured that she is here with me?"

There was something in Matsumoto Ryohei's words. Qin Zhibo knew what it meant and whispered back: "Of course you don't have to worry about that. She doesn't have much flesh on her body."

There is no water in this statement. You can tell whether it is true or false by putting it on a scale.

However, Qin Zhibo didn't know that since Matsumoto Ryohei learned about the existence of prions, he has basically carefully selected ingredients and the era of winning by quantity has long passed.

Did this sentence arouse his curiosity?

Matsumoto Ryohei turned his head and looked at the girl up and down, his eyes seemed to be staring at a fine piece of steak.

Minase Youmeng swallowed nervously, reached out and tugged on Qin Zhibo's sleeve, and whispered: "Uncle, I feel a little scary here. Can you not be here?"

"No." Qin Zhibo replied decisively.

"But I felt that the way the uncle looked at me seemed wrong. He seemed to be looking at a piece of cake."

Qin Zhibo was a little surprised. Minase Youmeng was so good at reading people, he could even tell it on the cake.

However, he still patted the girl on the shoulder and comforted her, "Don't worry, he sees everyone like this, and this is already the most suitable place for you."

What Qin Zhibo said is quite true, because in this world, people who live in big houses in the suburbs of Tokyo are somewhat mentally ill.

The rich and unkind president, the narcissistic middle-class witch who talks to the crystal ball all day long

Mi-GO, who performs ventriloquism in human skin, and the hostess who loves to read "pornographic books".

There is also the plastic surgery old lady who chooses to kill people all over her house just to go up to the tower and see the scenery.

Look, as a pica, Matsumoto Ryohei has no other shortcomings except having no pleasure in "meat".

Seeing that his words still couldn't make the girl feel relieved, Qin Zhibo could only use his ultimate killing move.

"By the way, haven't you had dinner yet?"

Qin Zhibo turned his head and greeted: "Uncle Ba, show her your hand!"

Half an hour later.

“It smells so good!”

At the long European-style dining table, Minase Yomu was performing the famous scene of feasting and eating while cosplaying.

Vegetable salad, honey-glazed steak, and fruit honey pot. It was already past dinner time, and Matsumoto Ryohei couldn't make too elaborate dishes, so he simply dealt with seven plates.

People say that if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach, but it's actually the same thing if you replace the man with a girl.

With the Law of Moka, Minase Yomeng immediately expressed his willingness to stay, as long as he was given food every day.

Matsumoto Ryohei narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile: "I dare not say anything else here, but there is enough food."

"Yeah~" Minase Youmu made a victory gesture.

Before leaving, Qin Zhibo called Matsumoto Ryohei aside and warned: "Don't feed her strange things."

"And try not to irritate her emotionally. This girl's identity may be unusual."

If the investigation system cannot detect an existence, can it be an ordinary person?

Qin Zhibo made this suggestion for the sake of the two of them.

Matsumoto Ryohei nodded and accepted the suggestion, "I will try my best."

"By the way, how is the research on that Kaitou boy's painting going?"

Previously, under the guidance of Qin Zhibo, Kuroba Kaito scanned his father's portrait under the art museum's dedicated art X-ray scanner, and obtained a picture-in-picture with a "Kobold" painting.

Matsumoto Ryohei praised it on the spot as a beautiful piece of art and wanted to bid for it.

But how could Kuroba Kaito sell the portrait left to him by his father, so the matter was settled.

However, Matsumoto Ryohei was still obsessed with that painting and believed that it was impossible for an artist to paint just one painting of such a "trend and avant-garde" subject.

Qin Zhibo shook his head, "I don't know how his research is going. I'll ask you when I meet him someday."

"gone."

Qin Zhibo waved his hand gracefully, turned and walked towards his Mustang convertible.

The next day, it was another sunny morning.

Qin Zhibo woke up later than usual, it was already eight o'clock in the morning.

First, he went to the refrigerator and picked out food that could be used for breakfast. Then he turned on the TV, sat on the boss's chair, chewed the food, and watched the morning news.

On the TV screen, the cold and charming Mizuno Reina looked solemn as she announced the number of abnormal deaths in the entire Tokyo area yesterday.

Since Conan didn't create any murders yesterday, Yoneka Town's record was not outstanding, that is, there were four mediocre murder cases.

After reporting the daily cases, Mizuno Reina released information about a missing person.

"A few days ago, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department issued a missing person notice. The missing person was a criminal police officer from the Metropolitan Police Department's Search Section."

"Name is Chiba Kazunobu, male, age 24, height 174 centimeters, short black hair, slightly chubby, and fair skin."

"The missing person was last seen in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo. When he was lost, he was wearing a light blue shirt, brown loose trousers, and Masked Superman peripheral slippers."

"Anyone with information please contact Police Officer Takagi at phone number 00813-XXXX."

Seeing this news, Qin Zhibo fell silent.

If you are an ordinary person, you will definitely not be able to help complaining about the world today when you see this news, even the police can disappear.

What the hell is wrong with letting the police delay catching a criminal and instead get themselves lost?

However, as an insider, Qin Zhibo believes that Chiba Kazunobu is really not to blame for this incident.

After all, the other party is an existence beyond the known dimensions of mankind. It is a spiritual life form that is visible and intangible, and it is beyond the knowledge of the police.

However, the police will not easily publish missing persons notices for police officers on public platforms. Now that they have done so, it can only be said that "Chiba" has indeed blended into the crowd.

"Is." Qin Zhibo murmured.

The rest of the news was lackluster. Qin Zhibo looked at the time in the lower right corner, noticed that today was Saturday, and turned off the TV.

Turning on the computer, Qin Zhibo clicked on the Nine Angels website in the website favorites and entered the administrator conversation page.

Since joining the black organization, the Nine Angels organization has almost never issued tasks to itself. This should be the arrangement of the A-level agent, Haneda Yasuharu.

Although there are fewer channels for making money, it is still possible to use this channel to help yourself complete some surveys.

Qin Zhibo quickly tapped the keyboard and entered his request.

[Qin: I need to know something here. 】

After waiting for a minute, news came from the other side.

[Guan: Please tell me. 】

[Qin: Are there any new organizations that have emerged in Tokyo recently? Similar to some kind of sect]

Ten seconds later, the administrator responded.

[Guan: No. Did you get any news? 】

[Qin: It’s just some random conjecture. These people seem to have some staff in Mihua’s Didan High School and Rooms 502 and 305 of Jiudaomen Apartment. 】

[Guan: I will send someone to investigate. 】

In just a few lines, the two of them finished communicating.

Although the communication was anonymous, Qin Zhibo guessed that this very capable and efficient communication method should be Haneda Yasuharu.

As old friends who had a party with the original owner in Hawaii seventeen years ago, the two now have basically no personal communication except for work within the organization.

But this just goes with Qin Zhibo's wishes.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be awkward if everyone sat together and talked about past events, but acted like they didn't know anything about it?

Eh?

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo suddenly had an idea and formed a hypothesis in his mind.

He traveled through time and possessed the body of the original owner "Qin Zhibo", became the current Qin Zhibo, and inherited the detective agency.

And "Is" parasitized into the body of Chiba Kazunobu and became the current "Chiba Kazunobu", becoming a lost person.

So, is there a possibility?

In fact, he and "Iss" are the same thing, they are both alien life forms whose spirits are parasitic in other people's bodies.

The evidence is that "Is" can feel the abnormal passage of time in this world, and he can also feel it.

If you were a native of this world, even the most knowledgeable detective would not be able to detect this.

"Is" is actually myself?

Am I a stranger myself?

Qin Zhibo scratched his head and felt that although this idea was good, it was just an open mind.

First of all, I still know very well that my brain circuit is not as rigid as "Yis". As a human being, my words and deeds tend to be normal.

Secondly, my self-perception clearly stays at the level of "I am a human being". Even "Iss" probably won't be in a situation where it possesses a human being for a long time and feels like a human being.

However, the current situation we are facing is that the real "Iss" is observing the world as an observer of time and space.

If the world meets their evaluation criteria for a livable environment, their species will migrate here on a large scale.

More "Iss" will possess human bodies and become complete "Issians".

It would be quite troublesome if there were far more "Iss" than humans.

In order to prevent the world from being destroyed and to protect the peace of the world, shouldn't I...

Just when Qin Zhibo was thinking about whether to go out and find "Qianye" himself, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Dude, dunk, dunk.

Qin Zhibo's heart trembled, and his eyes immediately became alert.

Minase Harumu has disappeared all night. If the group wants to find her, it's time to take action.

And he, the detective, must be the first to be investigated.

At this time, not only could I not stop my business, but I had to act like everything was the same as usual.

"Please come in, the door is unlocked."

At Qin Zhibo's greeting, an old man with white hair and beard walked in, wearing a straight black suit with a slight bow.

"Hello, Mr. Qin."

"I am the butler of the Suzuki family, and I am here to give you the fishing contest prize money."

Qin Zhibo wondered, "Bonus?"

Under the old man's explanation, Qin Zhibo learned that the Suzuki Cup Fishing Competition the day before yesterday was not completely cancelled.

Although the fishing competition on the first day was interrupted due to the case, the competition organizers believed that it would not be easy for the contestants who came from all over the country, so they distributed rewards based on the results of the first day.

The first place in fishing results on the first day was Ayukawa Saori, the second place was Mao Lilan, and the third place was Qin Zhibo.

However, due to Saori Ayukawa's attempted murder during the competition and his involvement in last year's murder case, his qualification to win the award was revoked.

So according to the order, Mao Lilan was first, Qin Zhibo was second, and the white-faced fishing guy was third.

For this reason, the Suzuki family came to reissue Qin Zhibo's runner-up bonus of 5 million yen and a certificate.

"This is a cashier's check for 3.9 million rice flowers. The relevant taxes and the certificate of honor for the fishing competition have been deducted. Please accept it."

The old man handed over the two things, then said goodbye and left.

Qin Zhibo was a little confused as he held two things.

ah? Is this okay?

I originally thought that the prize money from the fishing competition was completely gone, but it turned out to be a turn of events.

However, Qin Zhibo also guessed that Suzuki Sonoko should be involved in this to keep the bonuses distributed as they are.

But more importantly, he won a championship bonus of 5 million yen, and Mao Lilan received 10 million yen!

Mao Lilan's luck is too good, right?

Isn’t this huge sum of money just like picking it up for free?

"Ah ha ha!"

"Isn't this ten million the same as picking it up for free? Hahaha——"

In the Mori Detective Agency, behind the desk, Kogoro Mori looked up to the sky and laughed, with the long tongue sticking out of his mouth cosplaying the same expression as Venom.

Kogoro Mouri doesn't often show this kind of expression, after all, it's too destructive to his character.

"Dad, can you stop doing this?"

Mao Lilan couldn't help complaining about her father. She remembered that the last time Maori Kogoro showed such an expression was when he received 10 million in child support from Conan's mother Edogawa Fumiyo.

Conan on the sofa was holding the Literary Times magazine in his hand, squinting at the smug Mouri Kogoro, and secretly complaining in his heart.

The uncle who is jealous of money.

After laughing for more than a minute, Mouri Kogoro gradually restrained his sore abdominal muscles and said with a smile: "Great! I must go out and spend some time tomorrow!"

As he spoke, Mouri Kogoro's eyes gradually narrowed, as if he was thinking about something astringent.

Conan continued to complain in his heart: He must have gone to find those moms in the izakaya.

At this time, Mao Lilan said sternly: "No! Dad, did you forget that you still have work tomorrow and promised to attend the opening ceremony of Tianbu Mountain's aerial cable car?"

After being reminded by Mao Lilan, Mao Li Kogoro felt a little depressed for a moment, but then he started to quibble.

"It's okay if you don't do that kind of work~ Anyway, the appointment was made over the phone. No one was sent to entrust it, and no deposit was paid."

"I'll tell them later that I have other work tomorrow and forget about it."

"No!" Mao Lilan clenched her hands and said angrily: "If this happens, dad's credibility will get worse and worse!"

Mouri Kogoro said aggrievedly: "But..."

When the father and daughter were in a stalemate, Conan's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the catalog of the Literary Times magazine in his hand.

Thanks to Mageman for the tip!