Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 587 What did the king in yellow do?

There is no doubt that this story has a sinister element, which makes Qin Zhibo have to doubt its authenticity.

However, this may also be some kind of clue provided by the people behind the scenes, so Qin Zhibo will not make any discussion here.

The detectives were quick to accept the setting of this story, and they discussed that it was because the victims were all big shots that the authorities suppressed the matter so as not to shake the social status of these people.

At this time, the maid brought black tea for everyone according to the steps of dinner, and poured it for everyone one by one.

"Now, you should all understand why I used this annex as the stage for this time, right?"

"My purpose is to let you detectives re-enact the tragic tragedy 40 years ago."

"I want to see the ugly gestures of you guys plundering and even killing each other for treasure!"

"However, looking for treasure in this huge annex is like finding a needle in a haystack, so I will give you a reminder here."

"Two travelers in a hurry, looking up at the sky at night; the devil came to the castle suddenly; the king fled with a treasure; the princess wept the Holy Grail, praying for mercy; the soldiers killed themselves with swords, and the earth changed color."

This hint looks somewhat similar to the story told by the trumpet dummy just now, but it is just a poetic version of the story.

Qin Zhibo even felt that the real clue should be this, and the story just now was fabricated based on this to enhance the atmosphere.

It's just that the prompt was spoken, Qin Zhibo couldn't see the secret language investigation point in the non-substantial words, and couldn't immediately decipher the code.

In addition, Qin Zhibo felt that the story told by this code sounded familiar.
Why is it so like "The King in Yellow"?

In the script "The King in Yellow Clothes", members of the Brotherhood of the Yellow Seal, who also claimed to be from afar, came to the castle like demons and were warmly received by the whole city, but brought a terrible end to the city.

The final outcome is that the eldest prince fled the royal city with his lover; the queen begged for forgiveness from the king in yellow; and the soldiers who could not accept the king in yellow drew their swords and killed themselves.

The royal city collapsed, and the earth changed color.
From this point of view, this code is simply a replica of "The King in Yellow"!

Does this incident have anything to do with the King in Yellow?

Is the weirdness in the castle also the power of the king in yellow?

If this is the case, I have a bottom line in my heart...

Qin Zhibo didn't know, so he could only continue to wait and see what happened.

"Don't you realize that using this poem to describe what's about to happen in this annex can't be more appropriate?"

Gun Tian Yumei was a little disdainful, put her hands on her chin, and said in a lazy tone: "Don't be stupid, if you want to kill each other, not only depends on who the opponent is, but also whether we have that intention."

The trumpet dummy did not answer Gunda Ikumi's words directly, but continued to announce in a high-pitched tone.

"Don't any of you think about quitting this game halfway, because you have already been confused by the magic I used, and there is no way to get out!"

"Now just wait for one of you to make the first scream, and this game of wits will begin."

"Listen, whoever finds the treasure must go to the room in the middle of the fourth floor and enter the location of the treasure into the computer."

"At that time, I will fulfill the agreement and tell the winner half of the treasure and the way to leave this place."

After the words fell, painful sobs sounded beside Qin Zhibo.

Looking back, I saw Motegi Haruki holding his throat with both hands, struggling to stand up, his eyes widened, and the pupils in them were constantly trembling.

Woo-woo-woo-

"what!"

Everyone made a surprised sound, thinking that the words of the mastermind behind the scenes came true so quickly.

But a few seconds later, Motegi Haruki let go of his hands pinching his throat, and a weird smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Hey. Do I look like it?"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but only Qin Zhibo looked at Mogi Haruki's neck and felt that it was no longer a matter of appearance.

There were a few scratches on Motegi Haruki's neck, and the pinched skin was even discolored and blue.

If he didn't stop in time, with the strength of his "performance" just now, Qin Zhibo had no doubt that he could strangle himself to death.

It's just a prank, is it necessary to be so serious?

Are you masochistic?
But at this moment, the same voice came again.

This time it was Zhu Shan, the foodie detective who was sitting across from him. He was also clutching his throat in pain, and without whimpering, he leaned back and fell to the ground.

With the experience of Motegi Haruki just now, everyone felt that it would be boring to do the same prank twice.

"Have you had enough?"

"Get up when you've had enough fun, it's cold on the ground"

Everyone didn't take Dashang Zhushan's "performance" seriously, only Qin Zhibo knew that the situation was different from the light of investigation point emerging from above his head.

Qin Zhibo walked to the side, felt his pulse pretendingly, and announced: "He is not playing a prank, he is indeed dead."

"what!"

The faces of all the detectives changed color, and they came over one after another to perform the autopsy on Dashang Zhushan.

"At 22:34:51.45 seconds, it was confirmed that the cardiopulmonary function stopped"

"His lips didn't have any livid or purple color, but they smelled of potassium cyanate, bitter almonds"

Qin Zhibo stood behind and silently started the investigation of the corpse.

[Corpse investigation √]

[Name of the deceased: Dashang Zhushan]

[Death time: 10 seconds ago]

[Cause of death: potassium cyanate poisoning]

[The investigation of the corpse is completed, and the skill acquired: Arts and Crafts (cooking)]

Arts and crafts (cooking skills): Refers to your chef skills. Improve this skill to obtain a higher level of cooking and master a variety of cooking styles.

Rating: 1
Proficiency: 100/500
(Our slogan is - learn to cook, never lose your job!)

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The skill dropped from Foodie Detective is cooking, which is to be expected.

I had the opportunity to buy this skill in the store before, but I didn't buy it myself. It seems that I did the right thing.

Next, is the system task prompt.

Side task: find out the murderer of this case
Task requirements: Just reach a consensus with other detectives, and the time limit is 2 hours
Task reward: 200 general skill proficiency, 150 social credit
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For some reason, the rewards for this side mission are particularly small.

Is it because there are too many detectives here, making the task itself easier to complete?
Things really happened as Qin Zhibo imagined, and the detectives began to look for clues by themselves, those who inspected the dead body, those who inspected the black tea, and those who stood and watched
Qin Zhibo, having nothing to do, walked to the trumpet dummy, stretched out his hand, pulled out the dummy's head, and saw the structure inside.

There are two tapes and a timer device attached to the head of the speaker, which means that the sound was recorded in advance and played at a specific time.

In addition, the maid said that the order and time of serving all the meals were strictly stipulated by the master, which made Conan, who did not plan to act again, come to a conclusion.

"The murderer may have been one of us present."

(End of this chapter)