In the car on the way back, Qin Zhibo was still driving, and Koizumi Hongzi was sitting in the passenger seat, playing with the Xiaobul Mask in her hand.
"Are you sure this is the 'pale mask' you call it?"
Qin Zhibo, who was driving, glanced at the navigator in his brain and saw that the red dots on the electronic map were moving with him.
"Yes" Qin Zhibo replied calmly as he twisted the steering wheel and turned a sharp corner.
"But this mask doesn't look like there's anything special about it?"
Koizumi Anko put her head close to the inside of the mask and observed it carefully, but from Qin Zhibo's perspective, it looked like she was about to put on the mask herself.
"Don't wear it!"
Koizumi Hongzi was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "I'm not a three-year-old child, so of course I won't wear such a mask of unknown origin on my face. What if I can't take it off like in "The Man in Disguise"?
"
The movie was made in 1994, Koizumi Hongzi knew it in 1996, and it makes sense.
"But there seems to be some words engraved on the mouth of this mask, doesn't it?"
Koizumi Hongzi handed the mask to Qin Zhibo, and lightly tapped the blood-stained area on the inside of the mask with her fingertips. A series of inconspicuous small characters were indeed engraved on it.
Qin Zhibo looked at it carefully and could not recognize the words on it.
But Koizumi Anko, after observing carefully for a while, judged: "It seems to be Spanish Me volvió loco"
"He drove me crazy."
Chobre was a Spanish sculptor, so it was normal for him to use Spanish.
However, this "he" can be understood as the brother who ruined Xiao Bol's reputation, or other existences that made him crazy.
After having enough fun with Xiao Bol's Mask, Koizumi Anko threw the mask into the back seat of the car and said seriously: "What are you going to do next? Send the mask directly to MI-GO?"
Qin Zhibo looked at the mission time and saw that the countdown was over in less than 14 hours.
"Well, the mask must be sent over today."
Koizumi Anko crossed her arms in front of her chest, looked at the snowy scene outside the car window, and said casually: "Do you need me to go with you?"
Faced with Koizumi Hongzi's concern as a friend, Qin Zhibo was somewhat moved.
Apart from being a bit arrogant, willful and narcissistic, Koizumi Hongzi is quite good in nature.
but
"Don't worry, Mr. Clock won't do anything to me."
Qin Zhibo comforted him in a relaxed tone: "It once said that modern human civilization is developing rapidly, and even their species is not willing to get into unnecessary trouble easily."
Faced with Qin Zhibo's persistence, Koizumi Hongzi had no choice but to give up arrogantly.
"Then do whatever you want."
"But I will keep an eye on your situation in the crystal ball at any time."
Qin Zhibo sent Koizumi Hongzi to the junction of Mihua Town and Ekoda Town. The butler was already standing next to the extended Maybach waiting.
The two looked at each other deeply, and then the two cars parted ways.
This time when he visited Mr. Clock, Qin Zhibo was of course prepared. There was a sprayer in the trunk of the car that could kill MI-GO.
The content of the mission is to bring the "Pale Mask" to MI-GO, but Qin Zhibo doesn't know what the consequences will be if he takes it there?
The name of the mission is "The Test of the King in Yellow". According to previous missions about the King in Yellow, it seems that his attitude towards creatures like MI-GO is not friendly.
So will the Pale Mask make Mr. Clock angry?
After the sun went down, Qin Zhibo finally drove into the Dongdu Valley.
Originally, Qin Zhibo wanted to make an appointment with Mr. Clock to meet during the day, but Mr. Clock insisted that Qin Zhibo wait until night to come over.
As the Mazda 929 drove into the mountains at night, looking at the deep and secluded forest outside the car window, Qin Zhibo thought of the characters who had appeared in this area.
A museum director with cannibalism, a nagging old woman in a blue castle, and a MI-GO disguised as a human
The keywords of these people are all related to disguise. One is to disguise from the personality, the other is to disguise from the face, and the other is to pretend to be human in all aspects from personality to face.
They are really more talented than the other!
Mr. Clock, or Nakamura Cao's villa is in the deepest part of Dongdu Valley. Qin Zhibo drove for more than an hour to get there.
The lights of the villa were on. Qin Zhibo put the "pale mask" on him and went to knock on the lion metal knocker on the door.
Dang, Dang, Dang——
"Please come in, the door is unlocked."
The voice of a human woman, Nakamura Soo, came from behind the door. The voice was harmonious and natural, and there was no difference between it and humans at all.
Qin Zhibo turned the door handle and first checked the dining room and living room. No one was there.
So Qin Zhibo walked to the study again and saw Mr. Clock who was writing at his desk.
"Please sit there and wait a moment, I'm working on my novel."
"Mystery novels are really complex things. We have to consider setting up puzzles and how to solve them at the same time. How can humans be stumped by problems set by their own kind? It is really difficult to understand."
"If possible, I would very much like to have the 'brain in a vat' of a mystery writer to help me complete this complex work."
Mr. Clock kept talking in human language, and the pen in his hand never stopped, swiping at a writing speed that was far beyond the reach of human beings.
After waiting for almost 10 minutes, Mr. Clock put down the pen and sorted out the thick pile of manuscripts on the desktop.
"Did you write all of this today?" Qin Zhibo asked.
"Yes."
Mr. Clock put the manuscript away in the drawer, showed a professional smile, and said: "The human thinking in my brain is still relatively fragile, so forgive me for not letting you interrupt me during the day. You humans call it '
Inspiration' stuff."
"So Mr. Qin, why did you come to see me?"
Qin Zhibo got straight to the point, "Actually, I'm here to let you identify this thing. I don't know if you know it."
With that said, Qin Zhibo took out the "pale mask" from his arms and placed it on the table.
The moment the "Pale Mask" was placed in front of Mr. Clock, the system immediately issued a notification sound.
[Congratulations on completing the main challenge mission]
[Quest exploration level: 100%]
[Acquire 4000 general skill proficiency]
[Acquire 400 mysterious mythology knowledge and skill proficiency]
The task prompt appeared so quickly that Qin Zhibo had no time to react.
At this moment, Mr. Clock had already held up the "Pale Mask" with trembling hands.
"It's it. It's it!"
"The Mask of Juth Tragon!"
Although the expression on Mr. Clock's face is still stiff and there is no trace of excitement at all, on the skin that shapes the female face, the bumps are arching out in an orderly manner.
This disgusting-looking ups and downs is caused by the tentacles on MI-GO's oval head trembling crazily!
"My star! You actually found it!"
Mr. Clock spread the mask on his hands and placed it tremblingly in front of him, as if he was admiring the mask.
At this time, Qin Zhibo was also surprised to find that the wooden mask, which was originally relatively simple in workmanship, had completely changed its appearance.
It turned into a platinum mask!
This chapter has been completed!