During the time he lived in the office, Conan had long been accustomed to Moori Kogoro's inactivity.
Every time he received the balance of the commission fee, Mouri Kogoro had to go to izakayas and clubs to have a good time, and find vulgar fans who were far worse than Fei Eri to accompany him.
For this reason, Mao Lilan, who was looking for someone, had kicked down the doors of many clubs.
As time went by, these clubs and izakayas wanted to join forces to put Mao Lilan on the blacklist, but they were also afraid of Mao Lilan's high martial arts value. None of the waiters in the store dared to provoke this "horned girl".
Don't let Mouri Kogoro enter. Moori Kogoro is also a detective.
If you don't guarantee that one day someone is killed in your business premises, you may be able to blame others for your troubles.
Therefore, the nearby izakayas and clubs could only succumb to the silver power of the two Mori clans, daring to be angry but afraid to speak out.
But this time, Kogoro Mouri really didn't choose to give up work just to slow down work.
...
Conan raised his head, looked at the father and daughter who were pinching each other, and said with a harmless expression: "I remember isn't Uncle Maori the most afraid of heights?"
"If you attend the opening ceremony of the cable car, you must try to ride the cable car, right?"
After Conan reminded her, Mao Lilan also remembered her father's problem, "Yes, I forgot about this..."
Mouri Kogoro's face was a little red behind the desk, but he couldn't deny it.
After all, everyone around me, including my old colleagues from the Metropolitan Police Department, knew that I was afraid of heights, so I couldn't rely on him.
Immediately, Mao Lilan murmured again: "But I have already promised to others, wouldn't it be too rude to regret it now?"
Conan smiled slightly, picked up the Literary Times magazine in his hand, pointed his index finger at the subtitle in the upper right corner of the magazine cover, and reminded: "If we find a famous detective with the same status as a replacement, wouldn't it be a perfect solution?"
Mao Lilan walked over and picked up the Literary Times magazine, and the author's name on it made her eyes light up.
...
Zhibo Detective Agency.
Qin Zhibo was fishing at work when he suddenly received a call from Mao Lilan.
"You want to invite me to the opening ceremony of the Tenbu Mountain Ropeway?"
Qin Zhibo frowned, feeling that the problem was not simple, "But why didn't their staff contact me, but you, Xiaolan?"
"Have you, Xiaolan, applied to work in the other party's company?"
"Ha, no~" Mao Lilan laughed and could only tell the truth, "Actually, the other party originally invited my father, but my father is afraid of heights and it is not convenient, so I asked you to help."
"Of course, I can give you whatever remuneration was originally agreed upon..."
Money...
Having just picked up a huge sum of money for nothing, Qin Zhibo didn't have a very strong desire to make money.
Moreover, the first person the other party entrusted was Moori Kogoro, and he appeared as a substitute detective. It seemed a bit embarrassing to go there, giving people the feeling that "Qin Zhibo is Moori Kogoro's lower-ranking substitute."
But Mao Lilan's good luck has just made him a lot of money, and he has no choice but to help.
"It doesn't matter whether it's money or not... I just want to know, if I go, will Conan go too?"
Mao Lilan on the other side of the phone was startled. What's the matter with Conan?
When Conan, who was eavesdropping on the phone, heard Qin Zhibo mentioning himself, he quickly showed an "I do" expression, his eyes full of anticipation.
Seeing this, Mao Lilan had no choice but to reply: "Conan is willing to go..."
Qin Zhibo replied without hesitation: "That's okay with me."
"Tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock, Mihua Station, see you there."
After saying that, Qin Zhibo hung up the phone at the speed of light, as if he was afraid that someone would regret it.
In fact, it does not matter whether you have money or not, but the situation is different.
Wherever Conan appears, there are often dead people.
without.
However, Conan's triggering probability for daily events has been a bit low recently. They are basically main quests, or nothing is triggered at all.
Side tasks are like rice in a bowl. Although the quantity is small, it is filling, one bowl after another.
The main mission is like rice in a pot. Although the quantity is large, it needs to be cooked fresh and is still in limited supply.
The most ideal and happy state for a person is to eat from the bowl and look at the food from the pot.
Otherwise, there would be no side mission rewards, and I would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey to get through this week.
Therefore, Qin Zhibo is planning to try as much as possible on Conan's KPIs recently.
On the side of the Mori Office, Conan was a little excited, looking forward to tomorrow's trip to Tianbu Mountain.
In his hand, he held the latest issue of Literary Times Magazine, which published Qin Zhibo's first work - "Crazy Mountains Part 2".
As the reveal chapter of the entire "At the Mountains of Madness", Conan has been looking forward to it for a week.
The new issue of Literary Times was supposed to be released on Monday, but the Mihua Printing Factory responsible for printing the magazine was maliciously set on fire by an unknown person, causing a delay in the release, which was postponed until Saturday.
After learning about the new issue of Conan, I went to the bookstore to buy it as soon as possible in the morning. When I came back and was about to read it, I encountered a strike by Kogoro Mori.
Now that the problem is solved, Conan wants to temporarily suppress his inner expectations and wait until he meets Qin Zhibo tomorrow to read the contents carefully in front of the original author.
The advantage of this is that if you have any doubts in your heart, you can ask them in person.
Except for reading comprehension questions, no speculation can be more convincing than the author's own personal statement.
Especially the subtitle on the cover of the magazine - Mountains of Madness Part 2, a wonderful collision of grotesqueism and reality!
This caused Conan to have a lot of guesses.
Could it be that Qin Zhibo described an absolutely shocking compositional technique, so much so that he used the word "weird" to describe it.
Who was the murderer of that camp?
Someone from the camp? Biologist Lake?
If a large number of corpses are dismembered and severely damaged, it is theoretically possible to hide one of them.
As for the five-pointed star grave and the dragging marks towards the cave, they should be smoke bombs released by the murderer for the purpose of...
In short, the truth about the Crazy Mountains is now in Conan's hands.
But in order to get the best reading experience, Conan plans to wait until he meets the author tomorrow before unwrapping this surprise.
Today, I will just endure it.
Just like the patience and Mao Lilan stickers, endure it first.
...
The next day, Sunday.
At 6:30 in the morning, Qin Zhibo sacrificed an issue of the morning news and set off from the office to Mihua Station.
After waiting for a while, two familiar figures walked into the station entrance, a spire and a dome coming towards them.
"Good morning, Ran...and Conan."
When talking about Conan, Qin Zhibo also deliberately bent his body, put his palm on Conan's shoulder and patted it twice, with expectation in his eyes, which meant "I'll leave it to you today."
"Good morning, Mr. Qin."
"I'll leave it to you today."
With an infectious smile on her face, Mao Lilan bowed to Qin Zhibo.
I have to say that Mao Lilan's clothes are very good. She wears a rice-colored jacket with a blue turtleneck sweater and gray-green trousers. She looks youthful and beautiful without losing her solemnity.
Although she doesn't have any famous brand items on her body, she can still look like a female star.
Of course, this is more due to the fact that Mao Lilan is a clothes hanger, and it makes sense to wear whatever she wants.
With perfect body proportions and 90% good looks, Conan has a good sense...
Qin Zhibo turned his attention to Conan. Today, Conan is still the one who has appeared the most.
A blue shirt, but with a small brown school bag behind him.
"Eh? Why is Conan still carrying his schoolbag?" Qin Zhibo joked, "Isn't it because he hasn't finished his holiday homework yet?
Conan shook his head for a month and a half. Although his body has become smaller, his IQ has not declined. As for the fact that he can't even handle elementary school students' homework?
Mao Lilan on the side explained: "It contains books that Conan really wanted to read, so I brought them with me."
"oh....."
Qin Zhibo nodded, understanding, and patted Conan's head again, "It's good for children who love reading. The future is bright."
Conan was helpless again.
So I want to read what you wrote!
...
Amabe Mountain is located in Shizuoka Prefecture. From Tokyo, you need to take a train to Shizuoka Prefecture and then transfer to Amabe Mountain.
The whole journey took a total of 2 hours, whether it was far or close.
The current charging price for detectives of Qin Zhibo's level, if it is not for finding pets, catching affairs, etc., the starting price for commissions within Tokyo is 200,000, and the starting price outside Tokyo is 500,000.
If you travel to places as far away as Shikoku Island in the south and Hokkaido in the north, the charges will be even higher.
Therefore, the residents of these places generally do not recognize the famous detectives in Tokyo, and rarely receive invitations from there.
Although Qin Zhibo's social credit is slightly lower than that of Moori Kogoro, they are in the same position, and even have the same market positioning, and they both follow the path of an uncle and a handsome man.
So it stands to reason that the commission Mouri Kogoro received this time to attend the event was a standard job worth 500,000 yuan.
But Mao Lilan said that this time Iyasu generously promised a commission fee of 1 million.
As a detective, Qin Zhibo knows that there must be something wrong when something goes wrong.
Besides, Conan was brought here on a special trip this time, so I’m afraid there’s something wrong with him.
But the question now is, how to get 1 million in fees before something goes wrong?
Although there is no shortage of money now, if Minase Youmeng is really adopted in the future, she will cost much more than a mouse.
As a man who manages a house, I have to plan for the future!
While Qin Zhibo was staring at the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers, thinking about how to collect the bill in advance, Conan, who was sitting opposite, took out the Literary Times magazine from his schoolbag.
finally come!
Conan looked at the latest issue of the Age of Literature and Art on the table, with a hint of excitement in his eyes and a rippling smile on his lips.
"At the Mountains of Madness Part 2"!
I can finally watch it!
What is it like to sit in front of the original author and read an extraordinary article?
In the past, when he was still Kudo Shinichi and the Kudo couple didn't go abroad, he could often experience this feeling.
But that was a long time ago.
This reveal chapter is a chapter that Conan has been waiting for for a long time. It was finally released after many twists and turns. It is really not easy to see it now.
Conan rubbed the cover of Literary Times with both hands and looked up at Qin Zhibo, wanting to signal to the original author that he was about to start reading.
However, Qin Zhibo didn't look here, just stared out the window blankly.
"...cough, cough..."
Helpless, Conan had to cough twice to attract the attention of the original author.
But Mao Lilan, who heard the cough, turned around first and asked with concern: "Conan, what's wrong with you? Do you have a cold?"
"Ah ha? No..." Conan hurried over to the lake, "I want to read a book."
After Conan reminded her, Mao Lilan noticed that the book Conan brought was the magazine of Literary Times.
"Conan, is this the magazine you want to read?"
"Yeah." Conan nodded vigorously.
Mao Lilan glanced at the cover of the magazine twice and then said in surprise: "This "Crazy Mountains Part 2" seems to be Mr. Qin's work, right? It has now been
Have you logged out? "
"Yeah, yeah!" Conan nodded vigorously twice.
Qin Zhibo then turned his head, his eyes a little confused, "Oh, it turns out to be the Crazy Mountains."
"This is a work I wrote a long time ago, and I have almost forgotten the contents..."
As soon as these words came out, Conan was immediately shocked.
What does "a long time ago" mean? Wasn't this published just yesterday?
Although it's delayed a bit, didn't you say last week that you were writing it now?
Conan was curious about the follow-up content before, so Hattori Heiji asked insinuatingly on behalf of his good brother.
As a result, Qin Zhibo said that the content of the secret chapter was still being conceived, so he didn’t know it yet.
So, Qin Zhibo wrote it last week and forgot about it this week?
Is this your attitude towards your own work?
In fact, Qin Zhibo is not to blame for this. After all, the time span of a week is too long, and "Crazy Mountains Part 2" was written by a substitute messenger + a puppet.
It was not written by me, so I naturally have no impression of it.
"Okay, I'm going to start reading~" Conan announced out of politeness.
Out of good intentions, Qin Zhibo also reminded: "Although it is good that you like to read, you are riding in a car after all, and it is easy to get dizzy when reading at this time."
"..." Conan weighed it in his mind and couldn't wait any longer.
"It's okay, I can handle it."
With an attitude of appreciation, Conan immediately turned to the page where "At the Mountains of Madness" was located.
Although I resisted reading it yesterday, my curiosity tempted me to keep turning the pages of the book. As a result, this page has become a memory and I can reach it as soon as I turn it.
The opening chapter continues the plot of the previous chapter.
Professor Dale discovered a large number of broken limbs and broken arms in the camp, as well as dragging traces extending deep into the cave, so he decided to rescue possible survivors...
As the reading continued, the expression on Conan's face gradually became complicated.
This complexity includes five parts of case-related thinking, three parts of inexplicable doubts, one part of social thinking, and one part of anxiety about the "high energy ahead".
What kind of trick can be called "the collision of grotesqueism and reality"?
As his little hands turned over page after page, Conan gradually became fascinated.
When the text gradually unfolds the background of the plot, a tense scene of intensive fear rushes towards the face, and the sharp turn of the text performance makes Conan's eyes overwhelmed.
Different from the kind of excellent "cannot bear to read", this is a plot that starts slowly and gradually, climax and ends in one go. Once you enter the reading state, you cannot interrupt it.
The last word "End" is a perfect ending, which brings a rest to the entire text of "At the Mountains of Madness".
It wasn't until this moment that Conan understood why the editor's comment was "grotesque."
I never expected it...
This is the Shoggoth!
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