Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 61 The Way Back After the Mission

Qin Zhibo took out a nuclear lighter, and under the beating light of the flame, Qin Zhibo could clearly see what kind of object this investigation point was attached to.

This is a right calf. There are signs of gnawing on the skin, and the Achilles tendon on the back of the calf has been basically gnawed away.

At this time, the calf seemed to be too thin and there was no meat on it, so it was simply bitten and discarded at the mouth of the crypt.

On the ground at the mouth of the crypt, there are other animal bones of various kinds.

Most of these skeletons belonged to small animals, and some decomposed animal furs hung on these skeletons like tattered rags.

"No wonder I couldn't find Chikako Ikeda's right leg. It turned out to be here."

"These should be the leftovers from the kobolds just now?"

Having seen the scenes in "Corpse Eater", Qin Zhibo naturally had such thoughts, and he didn't feel any discomfort at all.

Qin Zhibo stretched his hand holding the nuclear lighter a little further, so that the flame could shine further away.

On the ground a little further away, he saw something familiar.

It was a floor made of broken bones, with fragments of a light blue sweater strewn across it.

Qin Zhibo was no stranger to these pieces of light blue sweater.

I remember that Ryoichi Takahashi was wearing a light blue sweater when he ran away yesterday.

"It looks like Ryoichi Takahashi was also captured by these kobolds."

Qin Zhibo searched near the entrance of the crypt with a nuclear lighter, but did not find the body belonging to Ryoichi Takahashi.

If the corpse cannot be found, the corpse investigation cannot be carried out, which is equivalent to one less skill.

But even so, Qin Zhibo didn't dare to go any further.

This black throat-like cave has no end in sight, and the stench of decay is continuously emitted from it, presumably it is very dangerous inside.

"I'm not the kind of person who takes the initiative to kill."

After repeating his character design, Qin Zhibo retreated outside the crypt and closed the wooden door of the crypt.

For peace of mind, Qin Zhibo moved several big stones from nearby to suppress it.

After the arrangement was almost done, Qin Zhibo returned to his coffin.

By the time Qin Zhibo got up from the coffin again, it was already 3:55 in the morning.

Since the kobolds were repulsed by him, those kobolds never came out to attack again.

Qin Zhibo guessed that it might be that the kobolds had eaten more in the past two days, so their desire to prey on him was not so strong?
Walking out of the coffin, Qin Zhibo came to the east side of the cemetery again to check the dark crypt from last night.

He removed all the stones that were holding down the wooden door of the crypt, opened the wooden door, and a surprising scene appeared.

The black throat-like crypt behind the wooden door has disappeared!
Instead, there was an unremarkable piece of dirt, and there was nothing unusual in it, including the large number of animal bones that Qin Zhibo saw with his own eyes last night, and Chikako Ikeda's right calf was also missing.

Qin Zhibo grabbed the edge of the wooden door with one hand, and knocked on the ground with the crowbar in the other.

Ouch!
Ouch!
The sound from the ground is tamping, indicating that the inside should not be hollow.

The most extreme piece of soil under the crypt still has a few stale moss and mushrooms growing on it.

What is the principle?
It was obviously a bottomless crypt yesterday, why did it become a solid ground today?
Qin Zhibo didn't understand the principle of this, but what was certain was that there was some kind of supernatural power in it.

The mouth of the crypt should only appear at night, when the white mist spreads over the cemetery.

And the kobolds crawled out of that crypt.

As for what is in the depths of the crypt, perhaps only the gods know
While thinking, the countdown to the challenge task ended completely, and a new text appeared on the left side of Qin Zhibo's field of vision.

[Congratulations on completing the main task of the challenge]

[Mission exploration level: 50%]

[Get 2500 general skill proficiency]

[Get 1 lottery draw]

[Get 250 proficiency in strange mythology knowledge and skills]

Qin Zhibo's jaw almost fell to the ground when he saw the rewards of the challenge task being settled.

Because these three rewards are [-]% discounted compared to the rewards promised when the previous challenge mission was released.

The general skill proficiency of 5000 has become 2500.

2 draws turned into 1 draw.

500 Weird Myth skill proficiency has been changed to 250.

"Hey, this is different from what you said."

Qin Zhibo waited patiently for the system to continue the settlement, but the system fell silent.

After waiting for no results, Qin Zhibo began to reflect on himself.

The exploration level of this challenge mission is 50%, and the actual mission reward is also 50% of the previous promise. It is impossible if there is nothing to do with it.

It seems that the "survive until dawn" of this challenge mission is only an indicator of rewards.

This is also a natural indicator, after all, the dead cannot be rewarded.

How many rewards can be obtained depends on the exploration of the entire mission.

As for why his mission exploration rate is only 50%, Qin Zhibo can probably guess.

I didn't personally explore the situation inside that dark crypt.

But after thinking about this logic, Qin Zhibo didn't regret his choice anymore.

Judging from the disappearance of this crypt during the day and its appearance at night, this crypt must have been built by some kind of extraordinary power, and there is a high probability that it is the old lair of the kobolds, or some other unimaginable space.

If you think about it this way, then giving up the hardest part of the challenge mission in exchange for 50% of the mission reward is enough to earn.

After all, an extremely arrogant gangster once said: "It's only a few hundred yuan a month, what are you doing?"

"That's right, the skill proficiency is only 2500, what fate am I playing?"

Qin Zhibo comforted himself in this way, then turned around to pack his things and prepared to go down the mountain.

Back on the road from the mountains, Qin Zhibo inevitably ran into the police.

Faced with the police's interrogation, Qin Zhibo directly stated that he was a person involved in the murder and dismemberment case in the villa the night before yesterday.

So the police cooperated and took Qin Zhibo to the Metropolitan Police Department in a police car.

In the Metropolitan Police Department, Qin Zhibo was personally interrogated by police officer Mumu.

In addition to the routine statement recording, Megure also asked other things.

"Brother Qin, Xiaolan said that you disappeared suddenly when you went down the mountain. Where did you go after that?"

Qin Zhibo sat upright, and said with a straight face: "As a good citizen of Mihua Town, of course I went to arrest Takahashi Ryoichi."

"And if he escapes, he may take revenge on me, the detective who exposed his plot."

Qin Zhibo's reason is very good, and Qin Zhibo has won the Good Citizen Award several times this month, and his social credit has soared rapidly, but Mu Mu still feels that something is weird.

"Forehead"

"Let's leave this dangerous matter to our police in the future. Don't worry, I have arranged for my men to set up a net, and I believe he will be caught."

Regarding Mu Mu's swearing guarantee, Qin Zhibo nodded meaningfully.

"Well, I hope so"

(End of this chapter)