"To be honest, the existence of prions kind of shocks me."
"It seems that in the future I can only choose to become a sophisticated 'carnivore'..."
Since Qin Zhibo proposed the concept of prions last time, Matsumoto Ryohei, who was tossed and turned, collected information everywhere, visited medical professors at major medical schools, and finally found information on prions.
The concept of prions was proposed by American biochemists 14 years ago, but it was first discovered in humans more than 40 years ago among a primitive tribe.
This primitive tribe has always spread the religious practice of cannibalism. At that time, 80% of the tribe members suffered from an incurable tremor.
Tremors, scrapie, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and the "mad cow disease" that started to spread in the UK this spring are all likely caused by prions.
This virus causes astrocytic gliosis in the cerebellar region, cavernous lesions in gray matter nerves, and progressive vacuolation of astrocytes and dendritic cells.
Finally, the professor of medicine showed Matsumoto a photo of a sliced brain of a prion patient riddled with holes, which made Matsumoto almost vomit.
For "meat eaters" like Matsumoto Ryohei, the existence of this disease is simply a blasphemy against "food ingredients".
In order to prevent such a situation from happening to him, Matsumoto Ryohei made up his mind after understanding the horror of prions.
Evolve from an ordinary "carnivore" to a refined "carnivore".
From now on, I will only eat static products.
...
At the dinner table, Qin Zhibo swept away the sausages, eggs and vegetable salad cooked by Matsumoto Ryohei. As for the dishes that seemed to be cooked with some kind of animal meat, Qin Zhibo did not touch a bite.
Although Matsumoto Ryohei assured that the meat was not that kind of meat, Qin Zhibo still had no intention of using chopsticks.
After dinner, Matsumoto Ryohei took Qin Zhibo to visit his study room.
There are at least tens of thousands of books in the quaint study room, some of which belong to his father and some of which are his personal collection.
Qin Zhibo had no interest in reading, but out of politeness he picked up a book on the desk and took a look.
"The Gods of the Sea", author: Tanaka Kazuyo...
Seeing Qin Zhibo pick up the book, Matsumoto Ryohei introduced: "This is a book I am reading recently."
"This book has a unique style of writing. The author Kazuyu Tanaka made his debut with this book and won the Newcomer Award in Literature that year, attracting the attention of the literary world."
"But since this book, I haven't heard of any good works by him."
"Mr. Qin?"
Qin Zhibo looked at the book blankly, causing Matsumoto Ryohei to ask questions.
At this time, Matsumoto Ryohei did not know that in Qin Zhibo's field of vision, the system suddenly issued a new task.
...
Main mission: Investigate "The Gods of the Sea"
Mission requirements: Scope: Tokyo, no time limit.
Mission reward: 3000 general skill proficiency, skill training acceleration card (7 days), 400 mysterious mythological knowledge skill proficiency
…
So sudden?
Qin Zhibo never expected that just picking up a book would trigger a mission, and it was the main mission.
So Qin Zhibo took the book into his arms without ceremony.
"Lend me this book to read for one night."
"Oh...that's not a problem."
...
The next day.
Qin Zhibo stretched himself out of the room, and Matsumoto Ryohei happened to be making breakfast in the kitchen.
Last night, Qin Zhibo stayed directly in Matsumoto Ryohei's large villa. Anyway, there were many empty rooms here.
It took Qin Zhibo a whole night to read "Gods of the Sea".
This book is not too thick. The content is a fairy tale, just that kind of fairy tale.
The story is about a young fisherman who lived by the sea.
One day, the fisherman's beloved girl fell ill and died.
The fisherman was heartbroken until a strange-looking wandering monk came to the fishing village and said that there was a god in the sea and that as long as he prayed to him, he could bring his beloved girl back to life.
So the fisherman drank the potion given by the monk, dived into the deep sea, found the mermaid palace, and asked the mermaid elder about the specific location of the sea god.
After an adventure, the fisherman finally got his wish and met the god of the sea.
The fisherman knelt before the god and prayed for resurrection. Sure enough, the fisherman's beloved girl came towards him.
But when the fisherman hugged the girl's body tightly, the cold and slippery touch suddenly woke up the fisherman's brain.
The fisherman found that what he was hugging was a group of green tentacles.
The fisherman was so frightened that he desperately tried to swim upstream.
But when the fisherman came ashore, everyone who saw the fisherman on the coast ran away in fright.
The fisherman was puzzled, but when he walked to a small, calm puddle on the reef, he saw his own face reflected in the water.
After experiencing these incredible adventures, the fisherman has turned into an ugly mermaid monster.
At the same time, more mermaids came from the coast, and one of them was still wearing the clothes worn by the wandering monk before.
These mermaids took the fisherman back to the sea.
(over)
Regarding this story, Qin Zhibo didn't have any special feelings in his heart. He just felt that this was a story that was completely unsuitable for children to read.
Maybe there is some educational value in this, like not drinking strange drinks given by strangers?
However, even after Qin Zhibo carefully read this story, there was still no progress in the investigation of the main mission "Gods of the Sea".
Wanting to investigate next, Qin Zhibo's only idea was to contact the author of the book himself.
Sitting on a long table, Qin Zhibo pushed "Gods of the Sea" in front of Matsumoto Ryohei and asked: "Is there a way to contact the author of this book?"
"Contact Kazuyuki Tanaka? Can I ask why this is?"
This is the art of speaking. Although Matsumoto Ryohei meant to ask why, he put it in a euphemistic way.
This is like asking a girl "Can you be my girlfriend?" and "Can I pursue you?" The difference is that you can express your meaning clearly without being easily rejected.
"I want to ask him personally about some of the contents in the book."
Matsumoto Ryohei thought for a moment, took the book and left.
Ten minutes later, Matsumoto Ryohei came back and gave Qin Zhibo an address.
"This is the writer's current address."
"Um...how did you do that?"
"It's very simple. Just call the publishing house and say that a newspaper wants to interview him and needs his current address."
Matsumoto Ryohei put a piece of meat of unknown type into his mouth, "For a writer like him whose reputation is gradually declining, the publishing house very much hopes that someone will take the initiative to interview him."
After listening to Matsumoto Ryohei's explanation, Qin Zhibo was very pleased.
Matsumoto Ryohei is surprisingly easy to use.
...
Returning to Mihua Town in Matsumoto Ryohei's car, Qin Zhibo got off the car near the writer's current address.
Ryohei Matsumoto went directly to the art museum to work.
Using the navigator in his brain, Qin Zhibo quickly found the current address of Tanaka Kazuki.
But outside Tanaka and Yu's house, Qin Zhibo saw an acquaintance.
I saw a Conan sitting cross-legged on the phone booth with his arms folded, while staring at the house in the courtyard with a serious face. There were three children standing under the phone booth.
For some reason, Qin Zhibo had a bad feeling in his heart.
This chapter has been completed!