After dinner, everyone sat in the living room and chatted for a while.

According to Qin Zhibo's observation, Hattori and his wife were in good spirits and did not look sick.

Saying that you are sick and unable to go when invited is probably just a way of declining.

After all, if Hattori Heizo personally went to the venue every time a hotel opened, then he, the police chief, wouldn't have to do this anymore.

After the chat, Hattori Shizuka arranged two guest rooms, one for Maori's family and one for Qin Zhibo.

Lying in the middle of the huge guest room, Qin Zhibo stretched out his hand, and what he touched was not a warm quilt, but a slightly cool tatami.

Occasionally when he couldn't sleep at night, some melancholy would naturally arise in Qin Zhibo's heart.

I have been in this world for more than a month, and although I have made many friends, I still feel lonely sometimes.

This loneliness may come from the habit of living alone.

A person closes his eyes.

Enjoying the first ray of sunshine in the morning alone.

Tasting food alone.

It seems that there is no concern, but in fact it is just for self-entertainment.

Therefore, sometimes Qin Zhibo admires Matsumoto Ryohei, a 46-year-old middle-aged man who still insists on living single in a forest villa.

Qin Zhibo has not deeply explored his psychological world, but he still has those "exquisite" loves, food, and art, which can make him happy.

On the other hand, I feel like I have done everything and yet nothing.

Qin Zhibo stared blankly at the ceiling. When he came to his senses, it was already dark.

From the time he lay down until now, Qin Zhibo insisted on letting his brain think about something so as not to fall asleep.

To stay awake, there are naturally some things to confirm.

Qin Zhibo took out a condiment bottle from the pocket of his folded coat, unscrewed the mouth of the bottle, and pointed it at the tatami.

With a slight tilt, a spider was slowly sent out.

This is not an ordinary spider, but [Guardian Totem-Foresight Transformation].

After the case at the 3K Hotel was solved, Qin Zhibo used the condiment bottle brought from the cocktail party table to put the guard totem away.

The guard totem will take on different images in different places.

Theoretically, as long as these images do not meet specific "destruction conditions", they can always be used.

At this moment, Qin Zhibo put the spider on the ground and closed his eyes.

Under his control, the little spider quickly crawled through the groove of the sliding door and got into the guest room of the Maori family.

In the field of vision, Kogoro Mouri is on the left, sleeping soundly.

Conan was sleeping in the middle, and his lower body was firmly suppressed by one of Mouri Kogoro's furry trouser legs, making him unable to move.

Although Conan felt uncomfortable occasionally, he probably got used to it and slept soundly.

The one sleeping on the far right is Mao Lilan.

The temperature in the room was obviously not low, but her body was curled up and her head was turned to the other side.

Under the horns formed by the hair, there are two slightly frowning eyebrows.

In stark contrast to the comfortable expressions of Mouri Kogoro and Conan, the expression on Mouri Ran's face was one of discomfort.

Suddenly, the corners of her mouth opened slightly and she exhaled a breath of white air.

Exhaling white gas is so disharmonious in this room with a suitable temperature.

Next, Mao Lilan's few gasps were exhaled through the mouth, something like cold air.

Qin Zhibo knew that this was unusual.

It is very likely that Mao Lilan is now troubled by the dream of the King in Yellow.

Today is a trip, and of course Mao Lilan will not carry the "old seal" with him.

And this is what Qin Zhibo is worried about.

Without the protection of the "old seal", the dream of the King in Yellow would probably be even more unscrupulous.

Qin Zhibo has not yet thought of a solution to this problem.

Koizumi Anko said that there was nothing she could do. Maybe a miko with exorcism-related magic could do it.

When he mentioned shrine maidens, Qin Zhibo thought of the shrine maiden on the American island, Shimabukuro Kimie.

With the help of Qin Zhibo, Shimabukuro Kimie was still able to live a normal life on the American island and continued to take care of her father, Shimabukuro Keikan.

Ever since he went to Los Angeles, USA, and found the person in charge of the research unit of "Deep Diver Syndrome", Qin Zhibo had a rough understanding of what a deep diver is.

Some islanders on the American island acquired some shallow deep diver blood due to the human experiment program of White Dove Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of STK.

This bloodline will cause some islanders to develop an attack at an unspecified age, transforming from humans into deep divers.

Keikazu Shimabukuro is one of the islanders who was unfortunate enough to be targeted.

However, after contacting the research leader, Qin Zhibo threatened him to regularly mail the drug that can cancel the transformation to Japan.

I believe that the medicine Shimabukuro and his daughter received will not only help people who have entered the transformation period return to normal, but also prevent Shimabukuro Kimie from turning into an ugly deep diver.

There is no doubt that Shimabukuro Kimie has deep diver blood in her body.

Qin Zhibo also learned before that the deep divers are an advanced race whose intelligence is not weaker than that of humans, and they will gather together to carry out some summoning and sacrificial activities.

Does this mean that deep divers have magical powers?

In other words, Shimabukuro Kimie actually has the potential to become a witch?

Koizumi Anko once said that she had the idea of ​​cultivating witches in order to promote the red magic clan.

But she visited all the shrines in Tokyo and could not find a shrine maiden with magical potential.

Maybe you can introduce Shimabukuro Kime to her and give her a try.

However, even if Shimabukuro-kun Kei could learn magic, he would only learn red magic and have nothing to do with exorcism.

This still doesn't help Mao Lilan.

The next day, morning.

Neither the Maori family nor Qin Zhibo plan to stay in Osaka for a long time, and today is the day to return.

As for the means of transportation back, I took the Shinkansen when I came here, and of course I have to take the Shinkansen when I go back.

After breakfast, a few people took the bus to the station.

There were still more than 20 minutes before the Shinkansen arrived at the station, so several people split up and started doing their own things.

Mouri Kogoro bought a morning newspaper and sat on the bench, reading to himself.

Qin Zhibo read the newspaper of Mouri Kogoro and also saw the news about the handling of yesterday's case.

News headline: World Cup hero arrested!

The content was as Qin Zhibo expected, and Ray Katis admitted to the police about smoking and killing people.

However, Lei Katisi's motive for killing was slightly different from Qin Zhibo's guess.

He didn't kill someone because he was a drug addict or was threatened by an unscrupulous reporter.

Instead, an unscrupulous reporter made up a false report that damaged Ray Carter's reputation.

Although Ray Carter won the lawsuit against the unscrupulous journalist, the damage to his reputation was irreparable.

His beloved wife committed suicide because she could not bear the harassment. This was the motive for the murder.

As for smoking, on the one hand, it is to attract unscrupulous reporters to come to Japan all the way, and on the other hand, it is to comfort the pain in the heart.

Qin Zhibo: What kind of Zhu is this, right?

Conan also read the news in the newspaper, silently left the bench, went to the corner of the platform and dialed Mao Lilan's phone.

At this time, Mao Lilan was browsing the souvenir shop at the station with Toyama and Ye, when a call suddenly came.

"Long time no see, Xiaolan."

Hearing the familiar voice on the other side of the phone, Mao Lilan was startled for a moment, and the corners of her eyes became sore unconsciously.

Yuan Shan and Ye, who were nearby, saw this and immediately left knowingly.

"New One"

Conan, who was hiding on the other side of the platform, heard something was wrong with Mao Lilan's voice, and quickly asked with concern: "Xiaolan, there seems to be something wrong with your voice. Did something happen?"

"I"

Mao Lilan subconsciously wanted to talk about the bizarre dreams that had been bothering her recently and the recurring incidents in New York.

But when he thought about what happened to Ray Katis just now, Kudo Shinichi, who had always regarded Ray as his idol, must have felt uncomfortable.

Don't say anything more to distract him at this time.
To be continued...