Conan Rick's Investigator

"In fact, we asked you to continue writing this series of stories four years ago, but you believed that once Samonji was dead, he was dead and there was no way he could be brought back to life."

"But two months ago, Mr. Shinmei called me out of the blue and said he wanted to continue the story of Samonji."

"Of course, we were more than happy to do so, so the stories in the Samonji series began to be published soon."

Maori Kogoro nodded and said in a deep voice: "I see, what else?"

The editor continued, "Also, the teacher specifically requested that this paragraph be added to the first chapter of the new work..."

"Attention all detectives across the country, great and small! If you think your intellect surpasses mine, then try to solve this mystery!"

Just as the editor uttered this powerful declaration, Qin Zhibo, who was silently holding the manuscript next to him, suddenly spoke.

"Please save me quickly... Shinname Rentaro..."

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

"What's going on! What are you talking about?"

Kogoro Mouri stared at Qin Zhibo in surprise, while Qin Zhibo showed the manuscript of the first chapter in his hand to everyone.

"The title of this new work is called The Vertex of Half. Actually, this is not only the title, but also the decryption rule of the entire code."

"As long as we follow this decryption rule and combine the top words of this sentence in pairs, we can get a complete sentence."

After Qin Zhibo finished his interpretation, he picked up the second manuscript and began to investigate, while Maori Kogoro picked up the first manuscript on the table to proofread it.

"Assist...け...て...ㄑ...レ..."

"Please save me quickly!"

After reading the secret code on the manuscript of the first episode, Kogoro Mouri quickly leaned over Qin Zhibo's right shoulder to look at the secret code on the second manuscript.

And on Qin Zhibo's left shoulder, Conan is sitting there.

The father-in-law and son-in-law detective team looked at the manuscript of the second episode, but the meaning of it could not be explained based on the code deciphering method of the first episode.

"Eight… leisurely… two… mouths…" Maori Kogoro scratched his head angrily, "What the hell is going on here!"

Conan gave a disdainful look to Kogoro Mouri who couldn't even beat him in the open book test.

The content of this code only appears in the dialogue between the French writer character played by Shinmei Rentaro himself in the book, rather than at the beginning of each episode.

In other words, the real secret code is actually...

I, he, ke, I, He, today, live.

Um? What does it mean?

Did I understand it wrongly too?

Just when Conan fell into self-doubt, Qin Zhibo spoke again.

"The correct solution to this part of the code is to remove the H from the code text according to the rule that H is silent in French, and the correct meaning will be read."

"In other words, the place where I am currently..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Zhibo glanced at Maori Kogoro, who was resting half of his body weight on his right shoulder, and Conan, who was resting his entire body weight on his left shoulder, and said calmly:

"Although Newton said that one can see farther by standing on the shoulders of giants, but..."

"Even giants get tired if they stand for too long..."

Chapter 189 Returning to the old place

The giant is tired...

Kogoro Mouri and Conan looked at the position of their bodies and understood what Qin Zhibo was talking about.

"Cough cough..."

The two of them got down from Qin Zhibo's shoulders tacitly, and Qin Zhibo spread out the manuscript of the novel in his hand on the coffee table for everyone to see.

In the original manuscript of the third episode, the newly named Rentaro wrote himself into the dialogue of the novel as a character, and combined with the code solution of fusing the first letters of the characters in pairs and removing the silent H, new content was obtained.

"Wood, city, big, restaurant..."

"Where's the restaurant?"

Unable to act cool in front of a beautiful woman, Kogoro Mouri scratched his head angrily again.

Qin Zhibo next to him gave the correct solution to the secret code at the right time.

"The Japanese romanization should be used to interpret this, with the first "木" being read as "Fu". This way, the "不" next to "木" doesn't need to follow the silent H rule and can be removed."

"In other words, the correct answer is the (Kibu)to City Hotel."

Qin Zhibo only took a glance and figured out the answer, which shocked Conan next to him.

The new name Rentaro adds new rules to the code in each episode. The purpose is probably to make his kidnappers unable to understand the true meaning of the code and thus let down their guard.

But Qin Zhibo was able to decipher such complicated rules and layers of codes at a glance!

Fortunately, Qin Zhibo is a good person. If he used his talent to do evil...

In the few remaining manuscripts, there is only one dialogue in which the character Shinname Rentaro appears.

Based on this conversation, Kogoro Mori finally understood the correct meaning without being tricked.

"Room 2, 4, 0, 7..."

"I understand! Mr. Niname is in room 2407 of the Beihu Hotel right now!"

"Youxi, let's rush over now!"

Just as Kogoro Mouri stood up full of energy, he found that Qin Zhibo, Shinname Kaori, followed by Conan and Mouri Ran had already arrived at the door of the publishing house.

It turned out that the others had already followed Qin Zhibo, who had deciphered the code at a glance thanks to the investigation points, and were preparing to leave.

"Dad, we're leaving."

Ran Mouri at the door turned around and called out to Kogoro Mouri.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Maori Kogoro quickly stood up, walked to the door, and turned back to tell the editor, "Call the police immediately!"

After Kogoro Mouri left, the editor walked to the table and was about to pick up the phone to call the police when it suddenly rang.

The editor picked up the phone as usual, and the person on the other end of the line started talking to himself in a Kansai accent.

"I've deciphered the code left by Shinname Rentaro. Call the police immediately!"

"In the first chapter of the book, in the dialogue where Mr. Niname appears, the hidden message is 'Please save me quickly.'"

"I haven't deciphered the code at the end yet, but I can basically confirm that Mr. Xinming is currently being held captive somewhere, being forced to write this novel."

"Since this is a brand new masterpiece rebooted after several years, the criminal is likely an avid mystery fan..."

Hattori Heiji held "The Peak of Half" in one hand and a landline phone in the other, and spoke his reasoning confidently.

But before he could finish his reasoning, the editor from the publishing house opposite interrupted Hattori Heiji.

"Actually... we already know what you said."

"Not only that, we also know that the subsequent code refers to Mr. Niname being imprisoned in a room in the Haido Hotel."

"The detectives are heading that way now."

Hattori Heiji: "Huh?"

I was confident that I had deciphered the code, and that it should be the only one in Japan, but I didn't expect that someone else had gotten there a little bit earlier.

And not an avid reader, but a detective…

The publishing house is in Tokyo, could it be that guy?

"Is the detective you're talking about Kudo..." Hattori Heiji realized he had made a mistake again and quickly corrected himself, "It's Maori Kogoro!"

"And there's a primary school kid wearing glasses next to him! Right?"

The editor replied hesitantly, "Detective Maori was indeed accompanied by a bespectacled elementary school student, but the one who cracked the code was another detective named Qin..."

Detective Qin...

Hattori Heiji rubbed his messy hair, but still couldn't figure out who this detective named Qin was.

But since Kudo is here, it must be...

"Is this detective named Qin reasoning while sleeping?" Hattori Heiji asked again.

The editor was a little confused, but still replied: "No, Mr. Qin was very clear-headed when he was reasoning. Not only could he speak, but he could also move..."

amount……

Hattori Heiji immediately thought of another possibility and said, "That means someone gave him a hint, right?"

"Is that the kid with the glasses? He says that cute 'ah-ha-ha' tone..."

The editor replied, "No... Actually, it was Mr. Qin who kept reminding Detective Maori and that elementary school student..."

When he heard the editor's answer, Hattori Heiji was completely shocked.

There was actually a detective who, without accepting Kudo's hint, deciphered all the codes before himself.

This is impossible!

Not scientific either!

"Hello? Hello!"

Hattori Heiji picked up the phone to continue asking for details about the detective named Qin, but the other party had already hung up.

The reason is very simple, because the male editor also wanted to call the police immediately.

……

Beihu Municipal Hotel is actually Beihu City Hotel.

Qin Zhibo was not unfamiliar with this place. He had been here once when he was an "undercover" on the food club website.

Now I am revisiting the old place.

The taxi had just stopped when the police vehicle arrived.

The group took the elevator to the 24th floor. Officer Megure first stood by the side of the door, and the remaining police officers drew their guns and prepared. Takagi Shigeru was used as bait to get the criminals inside to open the door.

Takagi Wataru took a deep breath and pressed the doorbell.

Ding Dong~ Ding Dong~

"Who?"

A man's voice came from behind the door.

No FBI, Open the door. Takagi Shigeru replied gently, "The room service you ordered has arrived."

"Oh, here we come."

The person behind the door didn't doubt it, which made everyone feel relieved.

With a click, the inner door lock was turned. Before the door handle could be completely turned, Inspector Megure grabbed the door handle and pushed the door open.

The police rushed forward, Officer Megure was responsible for taking out the police manual, and the other police officers were responsible for taking out their guns.

however……

Niina Rentaro, who was lying in bed, first saw Niina Kaori standing behind the policeman and exclaimed in surprise, "Kaori!"

Then, next to his daughter, Shinname Rentaro saw an even more unexpected person.

"Qin!"

Conan, who was sitting low, moved his ears and heard...

Gin!

Chapter 190 French Encrypted Conversation

Gin!

Gin!