Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

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"No, you've gone astray. In fact, Kidd has already written it very clearly, as you can see."

As he spoke, Zhiyong took out the sheet of paper that had been photocopied as a notice.

He placed the notice on the table, and then pointed to the twelfth character, "he".

Everyone gathered around, looking at the twelfth character that Zhiyong had pointed to.

"Look at my watch again."

Zhiyong then showed the watch to everyone and explained, "The 'clock without seconds has reached the 12th character' that Kidd wrote is the 12th character of the notice, 'he'. Its shape is also very similar to 'L', both of which only have an hour hand and a minute hand. Therefore, the real time should be 7:20 tonight."

"Just as I thought."

"That's true, we were only thinking about the meaning of the twelfth character."

“This ‘he’ is the twelfth character on the notice. Things can’t be that coincidental. Therefore, the most likely time is 7:20 tonight,” Kogoro Mouri replied.

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Chapter 287 It's Not the Castle Keep, It's the Tower of Heaven.

PS: Thank you for your support, Han Hailan. Here's an extra chapter.

Everyone gathered around, looking at the twelfth character that Zhiyong had pointed to.

"Look at my watch again."

"Just as I thought."

"That's true, we were only thinking about the meaning of the twelfth character."

“This ‘he’ is the twelfth character on the notice. Things can’t be that coincidental. Therefore, the most likely time is 7:20 tonight,” Kogoro Mouri replied.

While Kogoro Mouri may not be good at deduction, he is exceptional at correcting mistakes.

In many cases, even if he has basically concluded something, he will overturn his accusations as soon as someone raises doubts.

It could be said that his identification of criminals was quite casual.

Zhiyong greatly admired this.

After all, who else could do what he did, accusing someone of committing a crime in the previous sentence?

But in the next sentence, the wording changed.

Nakamori Ginzo shouted, "Alright, 7:20 PM tonight, at Osaka Castle Keep, I'll definitely catch Kid this time."

“Officer Nakamori, if it were at Osaka Castle’s keep, you definitely wouldn’t have been able to wait for Kid tonight,” Tomoyuki said with a smile.

"What? Why?" Nakamori Ginzo asked, puzzled.

"That day you said 'descending from the bright sky pavilion,' not Osaka Castle's keep, that would be too simple a code. Have you already figured out the case?" Sonoko asked in surprise.

“Yes,” Zhiyong replied.

"'Descending from the bright sky pavilion,' isn't that the castle tower of Osaka Castle? Then where is it?" Nakamori Ginzo asked in confusion.

Zhiyong explained, “Officer Nakamori, when we were talking about the twelfth character, which is the twelfth character of the Japanese syllabary, you said, ‘Kid’s code wouldn’t be that simple.’ Now, you think ‘descending from the bright sky pavilion’ means the castle tower. The literal meaning of that is too straightforward.”

“But this statement only makes sense if it is interpreted as referring to the castle tower, right?” Nakamori Ginzo replied.

“Isn’t there an even more reasonable place?” Zhiyong replied.

"Where?" Nakamori Ginzo asked in confusion.

“Tongtian Pavilion,” Zhiyong explained.

"Why would Tsutenkaku be reasonable?" Nakamori Ginzo asked, utterly puzzled.

Hattori Heiji slammed his hand on the table and said, "That's right, that's exactly what Tsutenkaku is all about. At the top of Tsutenkaku, there are neon lights used to forecast the weather."

None of them were from Osaka.

Therefore, it can only be understood literally as the castle tower.

Now, after hearing Hattori Heiji's explanation, they all suddenly understood.

Chaki Shintaro said, "Thank you so much for deciphering the code written by Kid. Otherwise, we would have really missed the chance to capture Kid."

“But now that it’s out in the open, Kidd probably knows too, so the outcome is uncertain,” Zhiyong replied.

"Could it be that Kidd is disguised as someone among us?"

This speculation is not entirely wrong.

After all, Kidd has done such things before.

As he spoke, Nakamori Ginzo then grabbed the faces of each of the people around him.

He walked over to Zhiyong's side.

Zhi Yong dodged it and said, "I don't know if any of us are Kidd, but if Kidd wanted to find out, he wouldn't need to come here and risk his life."

Seeing that Zhiyong had given him a look, Nakamori Ginzo didn't pay any attention and said, "What do you mean? Are you saying that Kidd installed a bug here? That's impossible. We just checked this morning."

“No, it’s available now,” Zhiyong replied.

"Could it be that one of those four people was actually Kid in disguise?" Hattori Heiji replied.

“I didn’t notice that,” Zhiyong replied.

"What do you mean? You're not actually Kid, and that's why you won't let me check, are you?" Nakamori Ginzo questioned.

“I already said, Kidd didn’t need to come in person. Look at the ventilation shaft over there,” Zhiyong said, pointing to the upper left.

"There's nothing there. Just a pigeon. Do you think a pigeon is a spy? Hahahaha." Nakamori Ginzo laughed at the end.

“But have you ever seen a pigeon with a camera strapped to its leg?” Zhiyong replied.

"what?"

Are you sure there's something on the pigeon's leg?

In fact, Zhiyong had also figured it out: Kidd learned about the police's entire plan through pigeons.

Therefore, the map function is enabled.

Sure enough, a pigeon was spotted near a ventilation opening not far away, with a camera strapped to its leg.

Nakamori Ginzo found a pair of binoculars and stood in a spot where he could see the pigeons from head to toe.

"There really are cameras on the pigeons' legs."

After listening to what Nakamori Ginzo said.

This surprised everyone.

Nakamori Ginzo took out his pistol, aimed at the pigeon, and was about to shoot it when...

Suddenly the pigeons took flight and left.

"Kidd is really cunning; he actually sent a pigeon to spy on us this time," Kazuha said in surprise.

Nakamori Ginzo also said, "If Sato-kun hadn't discovered it, our plan would probably have ended in failure again."

Zhiyong thought to himself, "Even if Kidd doesn't know the truth, you still can't catch him, otherwise you would have caught him long ago."

Zhiyong said so much this time mainly to impress Suzuki Shiro.

After all, other women are easier to deal with.

After so much time, as long as they can marry them, Zhiyong doesn't care if he has a few more women.

However, the Suzuki family's situation is special.

Because they are too powerful.

Zhiyong now has some ability to protect himself.

However, if he were to clash with the Suzuki Group, he would be powerless to stop them and would have everything destroyed by them.

Of course, wisdom and courage can guarantee one's own life, as well as the lives of family and friends.

After all, there is space for them to live in.

But the space is still too small, and it's impossible to live there forever.

Therefore, it's best not to provoke the Suzuki family for now.

Zhiyong didn't use too many illusions on Suzuki Ayako in order to temporarily maintain their relationship.

We'll wait until the space is further improved.

Zhiyong's power became more solid, so even if they encountered the Suzuki family, they would at least not be suppressed to the point of being unable to fight back.

I just didn't expect things to happen so suddenly.

Their relationship was completely exposed because of the robbery that occurred on the cruise ship.

Plans really can't keep up with changes.

Zhiyong was no longer involved in the police's subsequent arrangements.

Just give it a try.

He didn't actually intend to capture Kidd.

After all, the two had a good relationship.

Kogoro Mouri was a consultant hired by the police, so naturally he stayed.

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Chapter 288 Leaking Information to Kidd (1/2)

Zhi Yong and his group of young people left the art museum.

It's only 3:20 now, still a long way from 7:20 pm.