Genshin Player in the World of Detective Conan

The improvement was quite significant compared to the previous situation where he was running around naked with only a [Black Tassel Spear].

"One, two, three..."

As Zhongli counted, one narrow ghost shadow after another was pinned down by golden rock spears descending from the sky, revealing their true forms on the spot.

The weak monsters that had been surrounding them, acting as accomplices, immediately scattered in a panic.

In the blink of an eye, this terrifying black tide had disintegrated, leaving only the narrow ghost shadows emitting pained screeches on the ground.

Clearly, these monsters were extremely resilient.

The golden rock spears had only managed to restrain their movements, not enough to kill them in one blow.

"...Eight, nine, ten."

Zhongli's gaze shifted slightly. If he wasn't mistaken, there should be twelve such narrow ghost shadows, corresponding to those twelve cursed Maple Leaf Gold Coins.

But now, he had only found ten.

Just then, the narrow ghost shadows pinned to the ground by the Geo Archon, completely unable to move and only able to struggle and wail, exploded one by one, turning into masses of black mist.

These black mists, exuding an ominous aura, were drawn by an unseen force, eventually condensing and taking shape in the center of the storage room, ultimately forming a brand new pitch-black behemoth—

[Ogre's Calamity] Lv45.

This was a black giant dog with three heads and a mouth full of sharp teeth.

Upon its appearance, all three heads let out furious roars at Zhongli. Its six red eyes held both fear of the golden rock spears and an extreme craving for flesh.

"As expected?"

Seeing this, Zhongli immediately raised his right hand and formed a hand seal in front of his chest.

Only then did Yin Kong suddenly realize that the golden rock spears the Geo Archon had thrown earlier had not only pinned down these demons and monsters but had also formed a giant Demon-Quelling Incantation on the ground.

The golden seal instantly erupted with dazzling light, illuminating the entire storage room.

At the same time, it trapped the [Ogre's Calamity] in the center, causing it to let out a desperate roar.

Unfortunately, by this point, it was clearly impossible for it to escape, and it vanished into nothingness within the light of the Demon-Quelling Incantation.

"Is it over?"

Seeing this, Yin Kong couldn't help but ask.

Zhongli gently shook his head and looked towards a shadowy corner of the storage room.

There, a small black shadow was cautiously wriggling towards the window.

Although it thought it was hidden perfectly, how could it possibly escape the eyes of the Geo Archon?

"As long as I can reach that place..."

However, just as it touched the gap in the window, thinking it was about to escape to safety, it saw a pitch-black night raven outside the window speaking to it:

"Sorry, we're full here."

"It seems this is another demon that has gained sentience."

Looking at this ghost shadow being intercepted by Oz, Yin Kong sighed inwardly.

Compared to the performance of those narrow ghost shadows, this shadow's actions were clearly much smarter.

Yet, its level was the lowest, only eighteen.

Perhaps it was because of this that it wasn't the leader among the many ghost shadows; otherwise, their actions would never have been so reckless.

Could this guy be like [Young Barbatos]?

Just as Yin Kong was thinking this, the shadow had already transformed into its original form—

A lizard covered in tiny mouths.

At the same time, it opened its largest red mouth and spat out a long, barbed tongue at Oz.

Fortunately, Oz was prepared. With a flap of its wings, it dodged the sneak attack and retaliated with a Lightning Bullet.

Although Fischl's level was only ten, Oz's Lightning Bullet accurately hit the lizard's left eye, causing it to writhe on the spot in pain.

It seemed that after gaining intelligence, while understanding how to avoid harm, one also becomes more sensitive to pain.

Seeing this, Yin Kong understood.

If it were a normal monster, let alone just having an eye poked out, even if Yin Kong had churned its brains into mush with a sword, it would only continue to attack with pained roars.

In the end, it was Zhongli who pierced its body with a spear, helping it to finally end its unbearable suffering.

This time, it should be over, right?

Zhongli looked around the storage room and checked carefully again. After confirming that no Malevolent Spirits remained, he dispelled the rock spears he had thrown earlier.

Although it was unavoidable that some holes were left in the ground, compared to him using Vortex Vanquisher and blowing up the entire company building, it should be considered quite restrained, right?

It was a pity that this Mankind game company used wooden floors.

If it were ordinary ground, Zhongli could naturally use Elemental Power to fill these gaps with soil or stone.

Of course, if Yin Kong had the chance to pull Albedo in the future, with the alchemy of the Child of the Chalk, he could also fix it with one click, without needing to worry about the aftermath.

"Those gold coins must be here?"

No need for reminders, as soon as Yin Kong and the others entered the storage room, they had already locked onto the storage compartment surrounded by the most narrow ghost shadows.

"Good thing, it's just a simple mechanical structure."

It was evident that Lu, in his past detective career, had also done his fair share of lock-picking. With just a few simple manipulations, he opened the old-fashioned mechanical lock on the storage cabinet.

Yin Kong opened the box and, as expected, found his objective for this trip—

Twelve cursed Maple Leaf Gold Coins.

At the same time, the event interface immediately changed:

[Twelve Trials] has begun. Traveler can choose between [Easy Mode], [Normal Mode], and [Challenge Mode] to challenge the trials separately.

Chapter 68: Ogre's Calamity

Yin Kong opened the quest description and studied it carefully. He discovered that the rewards for passing the trials in the three difficulty levels were the same.

Or rather, the reward for this limited-time event was originally just the two Anemo characters.

If this were in the game, he might have tried the highest [Challenge Mode] first to test the waters.

But now, Yin Kong, without a second thought, directly chose the lowest [Easy Mode].

Thank goodness Genshin Impact is a notoriously "weak-protected-soft" game. Weak-protected-soft is great, it's his favorite.

After opening the first dungeon, Yin Kong quickly found himself teleported into a completely unfamiliar mist.

Beneath his feet was a rough gravel path.

"Where is this?"

Just as Yin Kong was curiously observing his surroundings, his ears suddenly twitched.

He heard footsteps slowly approaching from behind him.

Although the footsteps were very faint, suggesting the person had undergone relevant training, they were clearly no match for Yin Kong, who had also received professional training.

When the footsteps reached about three to four meters behind Yin Kong, the person paused for a moment, as if gathering strength.

Immediately, he lunged fiercely at Yin Kong, a gleaming dagger aimed at his lower back, stabbing down with all his might.

However, what the attacker never expected was that the moment he lunged, Yin Kong suddenly turned around. At the same time, the [Black Tassel Spear] in his hand turned into an afterimage, and a powerful sweeping strike smashed directly into the attacker's face.

Yin Kong also clearly saw the attacker's appearance. It was a young and beautiful foreign woman, her face filled with shock, disbelief, and several teeth knocked out from the blow.

So, the first trial was to deal with an enemy attacking from the mist?

Yin Kong suddenly understood, feeling a slight sense of relief.

Fortunately, he had just undergone special training.

Otherwise, he might not have been able to react in time to the surprise attack from behind.

However, just as Yin Kong was bracing himself for new enemies, the words "[Challenge Successful]" appeared out of thin air.

Wait, it's over already?

Only then did Yin Kong snap back to reality, staring in shock at the beautiful female assassin he had swept away with his spear, now lying unconscious on the ground.

So, this person was the only enemy in the first trial?

"As expected of Easy Mode."

Yin Kong was silent for several seconds before finally exclaiming this.

From his experience just now, the opponent was a complete ordinary person. Perhaps they had undergone some training and mastered some stealth techniques, but they were far from Kuki Shinobu's level.

Even if Yin Kong hadn't reacted and had been stabbed in the back, he would have lost at most four to five hundred HP, and then he could have retaliated with a slap, turning the attacker into a pulp?

The subsequent trials were all similar.

Rainy night, underwater, secret room, ballroom...

Knives, swords, poison, crossbows...

In each trial, Yin Kong would be transported to a different environment and encounter one to two assassins armed with different weapons.

Of course, like the beautiful assassin in the first trial, they were all just ordinary people who had received training.

The only ones that could be considered somewhat difficult were perhaps the eleventh and twelfth trials, the last two.

One was a professional gunman wielding a revolver, and the other did not allow the assassin to "sneak attack from the front" like in the previous stages, but instead had planted bombs in the ballroom beforehand.

However, for these two stages, the system had provided very direct hints, understandable even by Paimon, which was quite thoughtful.

In short, just ten minutes later, Yin Kong had successfully cleared [Easy Mode].

Just as he was excitedly about to invite Kazuha to join his party, he was surprised to find the system interface go black and change again.

"In the past, there were twelve cursed gold coins—"

What the heck, there's even an animation?

Yin Kong was taken aback. While it was normal for limited-time events to have animations, he hadn't expected his limited-time event to feature new animation.

However, he quickly suppressed his shock and focused on watching the content of the animation.

"Some individuals with special physiques discovered with surprise that upon holding these gold coins, they could see phantom images of demons."

The so-called demons varied in appearance, but they clearly corresponded to the "Narrow Ghost Shadows" that Zhongli had previously pinned to the ground one by one with his spear.

Of course, in the animation, they were noticeably more blurry.

It seemed that even holding the coins didn't allow one to see these "demons" as clearly as Yin Kong could.

"They were drawn by the demons' whispers and made a deal with them—"

It was obvious that the one guiding these people was the lizard "demon" that was the lowest in level but the only one with intelligence.

"The demons bestowed blessings upon humans, allowing them to touch powers that did not originally belong to them. In return, they would also inherit the demons' fervent desire for human flesh and blood, and offer sacrifices to them in this manner..."

The screen flashed, showing scenes of various people making deals with demons after touching the Maple Leaf Gold Coins.

Yin Kong also saw the "assassins" he encountered during the Twelve Trials. Now, it seemed they weren't assassins at all; these trials merely recreated the scenes of them committing murder.

Was there truly extraordinary power?

At least, Yin Kong felt he hadn't discovered any. Could it be because he had only chosen [Easy Mode]?

As he pondered, the animation continued:

"They soon formed a secret organization and, relying on the demons' power, ran rampant in the shadows, slaughtering their own kind like pigs and dogs. Verona Creek Town gradually turned into a paradise of sin..."

The animation had clearly undergone some processing, adopting a relatively gentle art style, using pigs and dogs to represent the slaughtered victims.

But even so, Yin Kong could imagine the bloodshed that had once occurred.

"However, these people did not know that what the demons wanted from the very beginning was not the so-called sacrifices offered, but their souls, which had already fallen to the extreme. Some members sensed the increasingly fervent, greedy gazes of the demons and wanted to escape, but were caught and devoured by them...

But soon, more and more members disappeared inexplicably, finally arousing the vigilance of the remaining members.

Among the demons, there were also cunning ones who wanted to persuade their brothers and sisters to restrain themselves, but with little success..."

Yin Kong understood in his heart. How could those irrational demons possibly grasp the principle of playing the long game to catch a big fish?