Next came some familiar voices.

The police broke in and found the remains of the church.

"Brother Qin! Why is brother Qin here?"

"You're still alive, call an ambulance right away!"

As expected, the person who answered the call was a model worker from the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Section. Brother Memu was very considerate and called an ambulance for him.

"There's still one alive here!"

"Send us to the ambulance together!"

Brother Mumu's process-oriented command made Qin Zhibo drowsy. In addition, he had consumed a lot of energy and physical strength today, and he fell asleep before the ambulance arrived.

...

In the gray clouds and mist, Qin Zhibo was walking aimlessly.

Suddenly, the mist was stirred up into a whirlpool by an invisible presence, attracting him to stop.

I saw a human-shaped shadow looming in the fog, which seemed to give people the feeling of slowly approaching.

Not only that, more humanoid silhouettes appeared one by one, eight of them, walking towards the middle in an octagonal shape.

Qin Zhibo looked around, his head felt hot, and he randomly chose a direction and rushed over.

His steps were light, and the mist was running wildly around his feet, until the outline of the human figure in front became more and more solid, transforming into other colors.

Minase Harumu!

Breaking through the fog, Qin Zhibo felt happy when he saw the face of an acquaintance.

But the next second, a malicious smile appeared on the delicate little face in front of him, a shadow suddenly appeared on his forehead, and his body gradually collapsed.

Muddy black gushes out from the eyeballs and mouth, and crazy tentacles are squirming on them, like tiny fluff on the surface of vegetation.

Oops!

Qin Zhibo was startled, and punched out with his right hand in response to stress.

However, it was a good thing that the punch did not go out. Instead, the black liquid was wrapped around the arm after the punch, and a steady stream of liquid stretched up along the curve of the arm.

And among those rolling liquids, Senbai's bones flowed slowly...

"call--"

Qin Zhibo suddenly opened his eyes. In front of him was a white ceiling and clean cotton sheets. A slight sniff with his nose revealed the iconic smell of hospital disinfectant.

It’s a hospital again, so why do you feel that the hospital is your rebirth point?

As a not-so-serious private detective and a fairly serious investigator, it is commonplace for me to go to the hospital.

Qin Zhibo moved his slightly sore body and accidentally twitched the quilt, which just happened to disturb Asami who was taking a nap.

Feeling the quilt twitching, Cheng Shi woke up sleepily. Seeing that the person he missed was awake, he hugged Qin Zhibo excitedly.

"Great! You're awake!"

Qin Zhibo looked down at Cheng Shi's single ponytail, with some confusion in his eyes, "Did I sleep for a long time?"

"It's not too long, just a whole night..." Cheng Shi let go of his hands and poured water into the cup while replying: "But Officer Megure said you were involved in an extremely dangerous incident.

in the case, so I’m worried..."

This is not the first time that Qin Zhibo has been involved in dangerous incidents. The last time he suffered an abdominal injury, he has not fully recovered yet, which made Chengshi very worried.

Today, Qin Zhibo is no longer alone in this world.

"Um...Did Officer Megure say anything else?"

"He also said that when you wake up, you will notify him as soon as possible."

Chengshi handed over a glass of warm water, and Qin Zhibo drank it in one gulp, moistening his thirsty throat.

After taking the water glass that Qin Zhibo had finished drinking, Chengshi, who had already taken out his phone, asked for permission, "Can I call Officer Memu now?"

"Well, let's fight."

...

By the time Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi arrived, Qin Zhibo had already compiled a suitable confession.

For example, those people in the church are the people I have been secretly investigating, a mysterious organization of believers.

Because it was a secret investigation, we knew immediately that they had kidnapped hostages tonight and seemed to be holding some kind of ceremony.

"That means that the anonymous police call received by the Metropolitan Police Department last night was made by Mr. Qin?"

"right."

"Then did you see who the murderer was?"

"...No, someone used a bomb at that time. I was knocked unconscious by the shock wave. I can't remember what happened before."

Gao Mushe was responsible for recording and recorded Qin Zhibo's confession verbatim.

After taking notes, Qin Zhibo asked Takagi about the police's handling of the case yesterday.

According to police statistics, a total of 87 people died in the church yesterday. The two injured were Qin Zhibo and Matsumoto Ryohei. The remaining people were either killed by explosions or headshots.

The most shocking death is a pale human skeleton. Since the cause of death cannot be determined yet, the forensic department is still conducting an autopsy.

There were so many casualties in this incident that it almost reached the one-week "indicator" of Mihua Town. The Metropolitan Police took this very seriously, and the top management held a meeting all night long, believing that it was the most likely terrorist attack.

Although murderers are rampant in Mihua, terrorist attacks are not common. The last time such an incident occurred was when the police chief's son was attacked and an international criminal who had been successfully arrested was kidnapped.

Although even the Whitehorse Police Chief himself gave a public speech on television after the terrorist attack, it had little effect. So far, the police have not found any trace of the terrorist gang.

After listening to the report, Qin Zhibo murmured in his heart.

87 people, so many... I feel like I missed 100 million.

...

After sending Sato and Takagi away, the Mori family also came to visit.

"Actually, I wasn't injured at all. It would be very polite of me to bring flowers..."

Although Qin Zhibo said this, he still asked Chengshi to accept the carnation from Xiaolan's hand.

"Uncle, I heard from Officer Memu that this case seems to be very serious. What is going on?" Conan, who was curious, couldn't help but ask.

"Hey! Kid, don't ask nonsense!" Mouri Kogoro hurriedly stopped him from the side.

Because he had heard from Mu Mu that this might be a terrorist attack, which was very dangerous. For security reasons, the top police officials decided not to allow people other than the police to investigate privately.

Qin Zhibo also knew that there was a black organization behind this incident and could not reveal this matter to "Reckless Master" Conan, so he affectionately stroked his round little head twice.

"Uncle Qin is very happy that you can ask Uncle Qin; but Uncle Qin doesn't know the question you asked~"

Conan: "..."

After a few more pleasantries, the Maori family was about to leave.

"Mr. Qin, we also want to visit Mr. Matsumoto, he is also in this hospital."

Mao Lilan bowed slightly and was about to leave when Qin Zhibo stopped her.

"Xiaolan, do you still remember Minase Yangmeng? She..."

"Minase Yangmeng?" Mao Lilan looked startled, "...who is it?"

Seeing Mao Lilan's confused reaction, Qin Zhibo was also surprised, as if she didn't know who Minase Yangmeng was.

Looking at the other people aside, not only Mouri Ran, but also Mouri Kogoro and Conan didn't know why. They had met Minase Yomu in the cooking class not long ago!

"you......"

Qin Zhibo wanted to ask more, but felt that the expressions of these people had completely answered his question.

They really don’t remember Minase Yomu.

Qin Zhibo thought about the possibility. Tulpa was originally a void existence constructed by human thoughts. Once her existence disappeared, the "traces" she made with the people around her would also disappear.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo felt a little lonely in his heart.

To be honest, I am not a sentimental person. Perhaps because of my iron will, my reaction to many things is much calmer than that of ordinary people.

Although he is not completely indifferent, he is also quite calm and indifferent.

But when I think about Minase Harumu's disappearance, his complete disappearance without leaving any trace or impression, I still feel a little emotional.

But such disappearance is one less thing to worry about for ordinary people like Mao Lilan, unlike herself...

Yes! Why do I still remember?

Qin Zhibo suddenly realized why he could remember the existence of Minase Yomeng?

Is it because I took her soul?

Qin Zhibo checked his item inventory, and sure enough, there was a glass bottle he purchased, with the number of souls collected next to it marked.

[A glass bottle (number of souls: 67)]
To be continued...