The meaning of the numbers has been fully revealed.
Conan still hasn't explained why he went to Teitan Elementary School.
"The Chono family that keeps golden hamsters, the Noi family that keeps dogs, the Teitan Elementary School that keeps chickens, and the Kinoshita family that no longer keeps pets."
After recounting the four locations, Mitsuhiko was somewhat puzzled:
"But why did you say Teitan Elementary School, instead of one of the other three places, Conan?"
"Even if the Doctor has been to the Chono family and the Noi family before, let's exclude those two places."
"But the professor knows where that girl named Kinoshita used to live."
"And we can't completely rule out the possibility that the girl wasn't waiting in the other three places this year, right?"
"Try to read these four locations together," Conan said casually without explanation.
Upon hearing this, Ayumi and the other two began to repeat these four places under their breath:
"Kinoshita, Noi, Choye, Teidan Elementary School..."
"Let's change the order," Conan said to the three of them.
"Chipye, Teidan Elementary School, Noi, Kinoshita..."
"Let's change the order."
“...”
Despite changing the order many times, the four people, including Professor Agasa, patiently repeated the four place names.
"Elementary school, Noi, Choye, Kinoshita..."
I don't know how many times this has happened, but the four of them have just finished reading in this order and suddenly paused for a moment.
The three of them, Ayumi and her companions, exchanged glances, seemingly in disbelief.
Then, the three of them repeated these four places again:
"primary school..."
"Noi..."
"Dieye..."
"Under the tree..."
When the three of them quickly read the four place names together, a complete sentence appeared.
The three of them looked delighted and said the words in unison:
"Under the ginkgo tree at the elementary school?"
...
Considering that some readers may not understand Japanese and therefore may not be able to understand the meaning of this sentence, a transliteration is provided here, similar to pinyin (Romanization would be more complicated, hence the transliteration):
School: sho ga ko
Noi: no i
Dieye:cho no
Kinoshita: ki no shi ta
Under the ginkgo tree in elementary school: sho ga ko no i cho no ki no xi ta]
...
Seeing that everyone had given their answers, Conan said:
"I think she was waiting for the doctor in that place."
"As long as her feelings from forty years ago haven't changed."
Everyone was excited when they learned the answer.
Amidst his excitement, Dr. Agasa was also a little nervous.
After all, he was about to meet the girl he hadn't seen for forty years, a girl he still harbored feelings of joy for.
It would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.
...
The code isn't actually difficult. First, you need to think like a child, and second, you need to consider the other person's family environment.
Since Kinoshita is of mixed race, with one of her parents being a foreigner, it is highly likely that English is frequently spoken at home.
Kinoshita's language habits, cultivated since childhood, led him to habitually come up with this "animal sound" code in English.
It's no wonder they didn't initially realize that their surroundings were in Japanese.
It's normal that you can't translate it into English right away.
Even Conan didn't think of this at first; he couldn't figure it out.
But when he learned that Kinoshita was of mixed race, he realized that this might be the reason.
As he predicted, things turned out just as he had expected.
The codes deciphered using this method are correct no matter how you look at them.
"A place full of memories" is indeed an apt description.
...
Twenty minutes later, the group arrived at the road lined with ginkgo trees behind the Teitan Elementary School.
This road is the only road near Teitan Elementary School with ginkgo trees planted on it.
Therefore, no one was afraid of going to the wrong place.
There is still about half an hour until sunset.
The horizon was already bathed in a golden-orange hue, which contrasted beautifully with the golden ginkgo leaves.
The group walked along the road, stepping on the ginkgo leaves that had been blown to the ground, their feet crunching as they looked around.
After walking for quite a while, we didn't see a single person, let alone Kinoshita.
"Conan, there's not a soul in sight here!" Genta wondered if they'd come to the wrong place again. "Could you have made a mistake?"
Even Conan himself didn't understand it.
He stopped, looked around, and said:
"Strange, I'm certain this is the place, there's absolutely no mistake."
His solution is absolutely correct.
It is correct from any perspective, and there is absolutely no other, more perfect way to interpret it.
Either Kinoshita didn't wait for Professor Agasa, otherwise they would definitely have found her here.
Dr. Agasa had already mentally prepared himself for the possibility that he might not see the other person at this meeting.
Keep in mind, forty years have passed.
He smiled and said to the group:
“I think we should just let it go. It’s only natural that she’s not here anymore; it’s been forty years.”
"Doctor, I'm not so sure," Ai said, arms crossed. "I think she'll definitely be waiting for you here."
The reason she was so certain was not because of that interpretation.
It was a message from Guangyou.
After they set off, Guangyou sent her a text message with the address.
This is it, under the ginkgo tree at the elementary school, that's right.
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