Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 25 The main task triggered by a book

"To be honest, the existence of prions kind of surprised me."

"It seems that I can only choose to become a refined 'meat eater' in the future..."

Since Qin Zhibo proposed the concept of prions last time, Matsumoto Ryohei, who was tossing and turning, collected information everywhere, visited medical professors in major medical schools, and finally found the information about prions.

The concept of prions was proposed by American biochemists 14 years ago, but it was first discovered in humans in a primitive tribe more than [-] years ago.

This primitive tribe has been spreading the practice of religious cannibalism. At that time, 80% of the tribe members suffered from an incurable tremor disease.

The tremors, scrapie, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and the "mad cow disease" that began to spread in the UK this spring are all likely caused by prions.

The virus causes astrogliosis in the cerebellar region, spongiform lesions in the gray matter nerves, and progressive vacuolization of astrocytes and dendritic cells.

In the end, the professor of medicine showed Matsumoto Ryohei a photo of a prion patient's brain slice that was riddled with holes, and Matsumoto Ryohei almost vomited.

For "meat eaters" like Ryohei Matsumoto, the existence of this disease is simply a desecration of "ingredients".

In order to avoid such a situation from happening to him, Matsumoto Ryohei, who knew the horror of prions, made up his mind.

Evolved from ordinary "meat eaters" to refined "meat eaters".

I will only eat static products in the future.

On the dining table, Qin Zhibo swept away the sausages, eggs and vegetable salad cooked by Ryohei Matsumoto. As for the dishes that seemed to be cooked with some kind of animal meat, Qin Zhibo did not take a bite.

Although Ryohei Matsumoto assured that the meat was not that kind of meat, Qin Zhibo still had no intention of using chopsticks.

After dinner, Matsumoto Ryohei took Qin Zhibo to visit his study.

There are at least tens of thousands of books in the quaint study room, some of which belong to his father and some of which are his personal collection.

Qin Zhibo had no interest in reading, but out of politeness, he picked up a book on the desk and took a look.

The Gods of the Sea, Author: Kazuyuki Tanaka
Seeing Qin Zhibo pick up the book, Matsumoto Ryohei introduced: "This is a book I'm reading recently."

"This book has a unique style of writing. The author Tanaka Kazuyu made his debut with this book and won the Literary Newcomer Award that year in one fell swoop, attracting the attention of the literary world."

"But since this book, I have never heard of any good works by him."

"Mr. Qin?"

Qin Zhibo stared at the book in a daze, causing Matsumoto Ryohei to ask questions.

At this time, Ryohei Matsumoto didn't know that in Qin Zhibo's field of vision, the system suddenly released a new task.

Main Quest: Investigate "Gods of the Sea"

Task requirements: scope Tokyo, no time limit requirements.

Task reward: 3000 general skill proficiency, skill training acceleration card (7 days), 400 mysterious myth knowledge skill proficiency
...

Is it so sudden?
Qin Zhibo never expected that he would be able to trigger a mission by picking up a book at random, and it was the main mission.

So Qin Zhibo put the book into his arms directly.

"Lend me this book to read all night."

"Oh that's fine."

The next day.

Qin Zhibo stretched his waist and walked out of the room, just as Matsumoto Ryohei was making breakfast in the kitchen.

Qin Zhibo stayed directly in Matsumoto Ryohei's big villa last night, anyway, there are many vacant rooms here.

After spending the whole night, Qin Zhibo finished reading "Gods in the Sea".

It's not a very thick book, and what's in it is a fairy tale, but that kind of fairy tale.

The story is about a young fisherman who once lived by the sea.

One day, the fisherman's beloved girl fell ill and died.

The fisherman was heartbroken, until a strange-looking wandering monk came to the fishing village, saying that there was a god in the sea, and as long as he prayed to him, he could resurrect his beloved girl.

So the fisherman drank the medicine given by the monk, dived into the deep sea, found the mermaid palace, and asked the elder mermaid for the specific location of the sea god.

After some adventures, the fisherman finally got his wish and met the god in the sea.

The fisherman knelt in front of the god and prayed for resurrection, and the fisherman's beloved girl really came to the fisherman.

But when the fisherman hugged the girl's body tightly, the cold and slippery touch suddenly woke up the fisherman's brain.

The fisherman found himself hugging a group of green tentacles.

Frightened out of his wits, the fisherman swam desperately upstream.

But when the fisherman came ashore, all those who saw him on the shore ran away in fright.

The fisherman was puzzled, but when he walked to a small calm puddle on the reef, the fisherman saw his own face in the reflection of the water.

After these incredible adventures, the fisherman has turned into an ugly mermaid monster.

At the same time, more mermaids came from the coast, and one of the mermaids was still wearing the clothes worn by the wandering monk before.

These mermaids brought the fisherman back to the sea.

(Finish)

Regarding this story, Qin Zhibo didn't have any special emotions in his heart, he just felt that this was a story that was completely unsuitable for children to read.

Perhaps there is also some educational value in this, such as not drinking strange drinks given by strangers?
However, even if Qin Zhibo read the story carefully, the investigation of the main mission "Gods of the Sea" still has no progress.

If he wanted to investigate next, Qin Zhibo's only thought was to contact the author of the book himself.

Sitting on the long table, Qin Zhibo pushed "The God of the Sea" to Matsumoto Ryohei and asked, "Is there a way to contact the author of this book?"

"Contact Kazuyu Tanaka? Can I ask why?"

This is the art of speaking. Although Matsumoto Ryohei meant to ask why, he put it in a euphemistic way.

This is like the difference between asking a girl "Can you be my girlfriend?" and "Can I chase you?" You can express yourself clearly without being easily rejected.

"About some content in the book, I want to ask him personally."

Matsumoto Ryohei thought for a while, took the book and left.

After 10 minutes, Ryohei Matsumoto came back and gave Qin Zhibo an address at the same time.

"This is the present address of the writer."

"Well how did you do it?"

"It's very simple. Just call the publishing house and say that a newspaper wants to interview him and needs his current address."

Matsumoto Ryohei handed a piece of meat of unknown type to his mouth, "For a writer like him whose reputation is fading, the publishing house very much hopes that someone will take the initiative to interview him."

After listening to Matsumoto Ryohei's explanation, Qin Zhibo was very pleased.

Ryohei Matsumoto was surprisingly easy to use.

Taking Matsumoto Ryohei's car back to Mihua Town, Qin Zhibo got off near the writer's current address.

Matsumoto Ryohei went directly to the art museum to work.

Using the navigator in his brain, Qin Zhibo quickly found the current address of Tanaka Kazuyu.

But outside Tanaka Kazuyu's house, Qin Zhibo saw an acquaintance.

I saw a Conan sitting cross-legged on the phone booth with his arms folded, and at the same time staring at the house in the courtyard with a serious face. There were three children standing under the phone booth.

For some reason, Qin Zhibo had a bad feeling in his heart.

(End of this chapter)