Chapter 168: Your diamond experience card in the human world has expired
Last time, Qin Zhibo specially studied French in order to read "The Rituals of Corpse Food".
Now, this new "Secret of Worms" is written in Latin. If you want to read it, you have to learn another Latin language.
Compared with the four languages that Qin Zhibo has mastered: Japanese, English, Chinese, and French, Latin is a language that has become extinct in daily spoken language.
Until now, the use of Latin has been limited to the study of ancient documents and the introduction of some Latin words into other pronunciations.
For example, "Novem Angelus" of the Nine Angels quotes Latin.
It is precisely because the current daily practical value of Latin is poor and it is only used by scholars in related fields for research and use. As a result, it is much more difficult to learn Latin from beginner to proficient than French.
Even if Qin Zhibo has a good talent for language learning, it is still difficult to learn this niche language.
Without professional teachers to teach, it will be difficult to master in a short period of time.
In addition, there is a more practical problem.
How can I take "The Secret of the Worm" away with me?
Could it be that, like the original owner, he stole the book while the party was being held?
Qin Zhibo looked around at the people next to him and felt that it was unlikely.
There were many guests at the dinner party at Suuha's house last time, and Suuha Zuntoku himself didn't usually pay attention to those books. Even if he stole a copy of "The Book of Corpse Food", he would not be able to find it for a long time, let alone investigate it.
But now there are only 11 people in the entire mansion. Excluding the owner's family, there are even fewer people left.
If you find that the book is lost, you can easily doubt yourself.
Besides...
Qin Zhibo glanced to the side and saw that Shuichi Hamura was paying attention to him.
"Mr. Qin, are you interested in this book?"
Qin Zhibo nodded, pretending not to know and asked: "What is the name of this book? It seems quite special."
Hamura Shuichi smiled and introduced: "Mr. Qin is indeed a famous detective, and his eyesight is indeed extraordinary. This book is indeed one of the most special books in the entire library."
"The name of this book is "The Secret of Worms", and the whole book is written in Latin."
"The strange thing is that I could not find the name of the author of this 700-page book in other historical documents."
"There is also this book, which seems to be an only one. I have not found information about it anywhere else."
"Maybe there is only one copy in the world..."
Qin Zhibo nodded and then asked: "Then have you read the content?"
Having said this, Shu Hamura shook his head in shame.
"Unfortunately, I am not very proficient in Latin, so it is still a bit difficult to read this book."
"oh..."
Putting "The Secret of the Worm" back on the bookshelf reluctantly, Qin Zhibo could only think of another path.
Now Shuichi Hamura has seen that he has touched this book. If this book is stolen in the near future, the police will first investigate Shuichi Hamura who often comes here to read.
Then Shuichi Hamura will reveal who touched this book here.
By then, the police will definitely doubt themselves.
It seems that if you want to get this book, you have to find another way.
Buy it?
It doesn't seem very realistic either.
The "Corpse Canon" that was discovered last time in Souha's house was an abridged version in French and was a reprint of a later book.
And this book "The Secret of Worms" was first published more than 400 years ago.
For such a precious book, it is definitely not a small sum to purchase.
Assume that after studying this book, you can also obtain a task like the last "Corpse Eating Ceremony". The task reward is 5000 general skill proficiency.
According to the previous exchange rate for general skill proficiency in Japanese yen in the store, 5,000 general skill proficiency is 500,000 yen.
In other words, judging from the monetary value alone, if the price of this book exceeds 500,000, it will not be worth it to me.
What's more, learning Latin also costs money. The task may not appear 100%, and even if it appears, it may not be 100% completed...
In short, paying for it yourself is definitely not a good idea.
Then there is only one last option left.
Just let the Nine Angels organization pay for the books.
One of the purposes of the Nine Angels organization is to collect these books and cultural relics that record mysterious myths. If you can reveal the existence of this book to the Nine Angels, the organization will definitely allocate funds to buy the book.
You can buy it with your own money first, and then sell the book to Nine Angels.
With Jiutang Angel's wealth, he might be able to make quite a bit of difference.
This is the best solution Qin Zhibo can think of so far...
...
After coming out of the library, Toshiya Tadokoro took everyone to visit the collection room next to him.
Daisuke Tokura's collection room is full of vampire-related props, such as vampire masks, vampire claws, swords, wooden stakes, etc.
There are shelves full of vampire movie films on one wall.
After the visit, everyone returned to the living room and continued various entertainment activities until the clock struck midnight.
Dang~dang~dang...
"Dad, it's very late, let's go to bed first."
Mao Lilan took Conan to ask Maori Kogoro for instructions, and then headed towards the bedroom.
Qin Zhibo, who was sitting on the sofa, looked at the two people leaving and felt a little incredible.
There will be no murder this time?
No way, no way...
Qin Zhibo glanced at the people left in the living room and found that those who were not yet confirmed to be alive included Matsumoto Ryohei, Aso Minoru, Tokura Etsuko and Tokura Daisuke.
These four people all left before midnight.
So, Qin Zhibo immediately went to confirm.
The first is Aso.
Qin Zhibo was found directly in the bedroom, lying peacefully on the bed sleeping.
Confirm survival.
Followed by Matsumoto Ryohei.
Qin Zhibo didn't find him in the bedroom, but found him in the kitchen.
Ryohei Matsumoto is making a midnight snack.
Confirm survival.
Then there is Etsuko Tokura.
It was inconvenient for Qin Zhibo to knock on the door, so he put a guard totem in and took a look.
The lady inside didn't sleep either, and was staring blankly in front of the mirror on the dressing table.
Confirm survival.
Finally, there is Daisuke Tokura.
At Qin Zhibo's suggestion, student Toshiya Odasho made a call to Daisuke Tokura using the internal phone.
Toot—toot—
After waiting for tens of seconds, just when Qin Zhibo thought he could identify the deceased, a voice suddenly came from the other side of the phone.
"Hello?"
"Teacher, Mr. Matsumoto has made a midnight snack. Do you want it?"
"Well, okay, bring it over."
After hanging up the phone, Toshiya Tadokoro went to work.
The last one, Daisuke Tokura, is confirmed to be alive.
Huh?
Is today a Christmas Eve?
Or is it that the law that Conan will die wherever he goes is purely a psychological effect and is not valid?
...
The next morning, when Qin Zhibo woke up naturally before falling asleep, the chaotic sound outside the door woke Qin Zhibo.
After asking around, it turns out that the diamond experience card of the respected Mr. Tokura Daisuke in the human world has expired and he was forced to go offline...