Conan Rick's Investigator

Name: Pu Siqinglan

Gender: Female

Age: 27

Occupation: Historical researcher

Social Credit: 2500

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Both gender and age fit the description of Tanaka Takahisa very well.

The only difference is that Pu Siqinglan has short dark gray hair, while the woman Tanaka Kikue mentioned has long brown hair.

Hair can be changed with a wig, but most people will not change the color of their pores when they disguise themselves.

Could she be the one who assassinated Chun Jing Feng Chuan?

And the non-standard Chinese that Pu Siqinglan spoke was not unfamiliar, but very standard...

Magic City dialect!

In just one encounter, Qin Zhibo obtained a lot of information, but at this time Suzuki Shiro was still introducing, so Qin Zhibo could only pretend that he knew nothing and continue to follow the process.

"This is Mr. Ryu Samukawa, the freelance video writer who applied to film this."

"Please give me your guidance..."

Hanchuan Long, the only one who remained seated on the sofa, raised his video camera cynically and filmed the surroundings.

Conan: This guy is kind of annoying...

Qin Zhibo: A look of a short life...

The characters were almost introduced, and Kogoro Mouri went straight to the point, asking about the appraisal and price of this treasure - the Emperor's Easter Egg.

The art dealer, Qian Jiang, who was hunched over, replied in a deep voice, "Eight hundred million yuan."

"If Mr. Suzuki is willing to sell, I can raise the price a little more."

Qian Jiangyi looked very wealthy, which made Qin Zhibo somewhat interested.

I remember that the mission of the Nine Angels was to acquire some historical relics of "special value", usually at any cost.

Could this Qian Jiangyi be one of the Nine Angels?

Then, Qin Zhibo glanced at Conan next to him and said nonchalantly: "Novem Angelus..."

Conan was stunned and looked up at Qin Zhibo, "What is Uncle Qin talking about?"

Qin Zhibo did not respond to Conan's question, but glanced at Qian Jiang's reaction when he heard the Latin.

Nothing happens...

It seems that he is not from the Nine Angels.

At this time, seeing that someone was willing to bid for the Tsar's secret treasure, the Russian secretary Sergei could no longer sit still.

"President! The Tsar's Easter Egg is a Russian treasure. Instead of selling it to an unidentified art dealer, it should be donated to the Russian Art Museum."

“We’ll give you a certificate!”

In addition to Sergei, the conversation between Pu Siqinglan and Hanchuan Long also shows that they are also interested in Easter eggs.

It's just that these two people are a little poor, and Hanchuan Long only has a mere 200 million.

In the end, Shiro Suzuki ended the meeting by saying that they would talk again another day, rejected everyone's request, and sent everyone away. Then he invited Mori and his group to appreciate this "easter egg" that Sonoko had used as a toy when she was a child.

Shiro Suzuki personally opened the wooden box, and inside was an exquisite green egg-shaped craft.

Open the Easter egg and you will see a whole family inside.

"Inside this is a model of Emperor Nicholas's family, made entirely of gold."

"And this Easter egg has a very interesting mechanism..."

Shiro Suzuki took out a silver key, inserted it into the shell of the toy carver and twisted it. The family model inside slowly rose a few centimeters, and the owner slowly turned the pages of the book.

Everyone was admiring this magnificent work of art. Conan and others were responsible for asking questions, and Shiro Suzuki was responsible for answering them.

At this moment, Hattori Heiji had already entered the reasoning mode.

"The most important thing to focus on now is Kaito Kid's announcement letter. Why is Osaka Castle glowing?"

Hattori Heiji was talking about the contents of the notice letter, leaving Mori Kogoro and others confused.

Hattori Heiji was also a little surprised and said, "Don't you know the contents of the notice?"

Kogoro Mouri and Conan shook their heads in confusion.

In order to keep himself in the leading position in the group, Officer Nakamori deliberately did not tell these "amateur radical practitioners" the contents of the notice letter in advance.

However, Hattori Heiji took the back door and directly placed the copy of the notice letter on the table.

At the same time, Hattori Heiji looked at Qin Zhibo with interest.

This is the code decryption you're good at. Come on, let me see your...

Before Hattori Heiji could finish his thoughts, Qin Zhibo spoke.

"Osaka Tsutenkaku, 7:20 pm..."

Chapter 214 Conan: You'll get used to it...

Qin Zhibo's mumbling made Hattori Heiji glare at him.

It's not just Hattori Heiji, there's also Conan, Mouri Kogoro and others, as well as Officer Nakamori and Officer Chaki who just entered the president's office to report on their guard work.

"what are you saying?"

"Speaking of Osaka's sky tower, it must be Osaka Castle!"

Inspector Nakamori waved his arms with great vigor, because it was he who deduced that Kaito Kid would appear in Osaka Castle.

"But the content of the notice is 'descending from the glowing sky tower'. How do you explain that the sky tower glows?" Qin Zhibo asked back.

Qin Zhibo's question is also the doubt in Hattori Heiji's mind.

As a native of Osaka, Hattori Heiji could not understand why Osaka Castle was glowing.

Is Kidd planning to set off fireworks? Using physics to illuminate Osaka Castle?

Toyama Kazuha, who was standing nearby, tapped her chin with her fingertips and offered a rather humanistic interpretation. "Perhaps it's because Taiko, the man who built Osaka Castle, believed that the castle would bear witness to the development of Osaka, just like the Osaka Light."

Upon hearing this somewhat reliable interpretation, Officer Nakamori immediately pointed at Toyama and Ye as if he had grabbed a lifeline and shouted, "You're right, little girl!"

"That's it!"

Hattori Heiji covered his mouth with his index finger, agreeing with this interpretation in his heart, but his eyes turned to Qin Zhibo, and he was looking forward to how this private detective would respond.

Qin Zhibo was too lazy to use distributed teaching and directly published the complete interpretation.

"The first sentence of the preview letter, 'From the dusk of the lion to the dawn of the maiden,' refers to the time period, meaning the period from the last day of Leo to the first day of Virgo tomorrow."

"The second sentence, 'When the clock without a second hand reaches the 12th word,' is a further supplement to the time prediction in the previous sentence, and actually refers to the 12th word in the first sentence."

"The 12th character in the previous sentence is ヘ, which looks like the time 7:20."

"Given Kaito Kid's habit of committing crimes at night, this should be 7:20 p.m."

"'Descending from the glowing sky tower' refers, of course, to the location where Kidd appeared, but it wasn't Osaka Castle, it was Tsutenkaku, because there's a glowing weather observation device at the top of Tsutenkaku."

Qin Zhibo's reasoning was smooth and seamless, leaving everyone present stunned.

Hattori Heiji looked at Qin Zhibo in surprise, unable to believe that Qin Zhibo had cracked the entire code in just a few seconds after seeing the preview letter.

This speed...

It’s as if he is Kaito Kid himself!

Thinking of the fact that Kaito Kidd could disguise himself, Hattori Heiji believed this idea even more.

Kidd must have disguised himself as Qin Zhibo in order to eavesdrop on the police's deployment in advance, sneaking in and then...

Did you crack your own notice?

This is obviously unreasonable. Will Kidd crack his own notice letter?

Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji put down his hands that were eager to pinch her face.

But in this case, Hattori Heiji had to admit that Qin Zhibo did have an amazing talent in deciphering codes.

But this talent is also...

This is too outrageous!

At this time, Conan, who was sitting next to Hattori Heiji, patted Hattori's strong thigh.

Hattori Heiji looked at Conan and understood the meaning from his talking eyes.

You just get used to it...

"As expected of a famous detective! He's truly amazing!"

Shiro Suzuki was the first to break the silence and was generous with his praise.

After hearing Qin Zhibo's interpretation, Chaki Shintaro also thought it was more convincing, so he changed his tune and said, "This interpretation is correct! Nakamori, deploy all police forces to the vicinity of Tsutenkaku immediately!"

Officer Nakamori no longer insisted on his own opinion and ran out to make arrangements in a swift and decisive manner.

At this time, Suzuki Sonoko, a veteran Kidd fan, raised new questions.

"So what does 'The Magician of the End of the Century' mean on this preview letter?"

"Kid... I think you've never used this name before?" Considering the impact in front of her father, Suzuki Sonoko paused and did not call Kidd "Mr. Kidd".

Qin Zhibo did not answer this question, because there was no interpretation of this in the secret language investigation.

Conan, who was standing by, suddenly had an idea and remembered that when he parted with Kaito Kidd last time, Kidd said something like "the bell of the end of the century is ringing."

and so……

"This year is 1999, the end of the th century. Is that why he calls himself that?"

"This pretentious look really doesn't resemble Shinichi-nii at all, does it? Ran-nii?"

Conan cured Mao Lilan, but Mao Lilan instead thought of the time when Kudo Shinichi was interviewed by the media after solving the case...

Shinichi Kudo strikes a cool pose: "If you have any problems, just come to me, the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era!"

In terms of pretentiousness, it seems...

On the other side, Qin Zhibo was repeatedly struggling with another matter.

1999...

This time is getting ridiculous. It was 96 just a few days ago...

At the same time, on the inconspicuous ventilation window sill in the president's office, a white-feathered pigeon with red feet was staring blankly into the conference room.

On the pigeon's claws, there was a miniature wireless eavesdropping device produced by Agasa tied to it.

On the other end of this wireless eavesdropping device, Kuroba Kaito was also shocked.

"I spent several nights coming up with this code, but..."

Last time, Qin Zhibo easily cracked his own name code. He had thought that he could completely stump him with the code next time, but it turned out to be easily cracked again.

The police now have a complete grasp of the contents of the notice. If they continue to descend on Tsutenkaku, another chase is bound to break out.

Should we change the location to Osaka Castle?

This would not only make the police deployment completely fail, but also make Qin Zhibo embarrassed.

After thinking about it, Kuroba Kaito shook his head and rejected this plan.

On the one hand, the principle of the gentleman thief is that once a notice letter is sent, the clues in the notice letter must be followed.

Otherwise, he would be destroying the character of a phantom thief that was established by his father.

On the other hand, from Terai Huang's previous wiretapping, he had learned that the police were preparing to use counterfeits to deal with the theft and hide the real thing in an inconspicuous place.

In response to this, Kuroba Kaito came up with the idea of using a power outage to determine where the real thing was hidden.