Chapter 1325 1333 [Are you a Kidd supporter? ]
As Inspector Nakamori spoke, he couldn't help but look at Jiang Xia: As far as I can remember, this detective who is highly praised in the Investigation Division often hangs out at crime scenes involving Kidd.
But unlike when he encountered a murder case, when Jiang Xia was helping them, he was basically checking in and visiting the tourist attractions - he didn't do any work, he was just slacking off. Inspector Nakamori even saw him sleeping on the sofa out of boredom.
"..." If being a detective wasn't considered voluntary work for them, and if Jiang Xia's legend that resounded throughout the Metropolitan Police Department made other police officers unable to help but have illusions that he had caught Kid, Inspector Nakamori would have thrown him out of Kid's scene long ago.
And this time, Jiang Xia really came.
…
Inspector Nakamori looked at this "limited edition salted fish against Kid" and couldn't help but murmur suspiciously in his heart: Could it be that Jiang Xia is actually on Kid's side? For example, he thinks that the profession of Phantom Thief is very cool, so he doesn't want to catch him - just like the bad boy in his next-door neighbor's house who praises Kid every day.
Jiang Xia noticed Inspector Nakamori's gaze and looked back in confusion.
Inspector Nakamori met his innocent gaze and was silent for a moment: "..." However, no matter what, compared to other detectives, such as that annoying British turtle, Jiang Xia at least does not cause trouble for the police, and his attitude is always gentle. Except for not working, there are no shortcomings.
Moreover, if a murder occurred in the surrounding area, Jiang Xia would be able to deal with it quickly and would not let the scene remain in chaos for too long, making it easier for their Second Search Section to focus their attention on Kidd.
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Maybe it was because the old policeman had a stern face and stared at Jiang Xia for too long.
Several other high school students also vaguely sensed something unusual.
Suzuki Sonoko recalled Inspector Nakamori's enthusiasm for "catching Kid" and Jiang Xia's daily slacking off at Kid's scene, and she vaguely felt that she understood something.
She took the initiative to change the subject, interrupting Inspector Nakamori's thoughts, and made a random guess: "The sentence in the notice, 'When the clock without a second hand reaches the 12th letter', could it be referring to the 12th letter of the 50-sound system, 'し', which means four o'clock?"
The Gokudō is something similar to phonetic symbols, which can be used to mark the pronunciation of Chinese characters. It is also often written directly as a word, and can be regarded as the basic unit of Japanese sentences. Therefore, when they mention the word "which character", they will inevitably think of this basic pronunciation first.
And if you associate the twelfth kana "し" with numbers, it becomes "four".
Because this way of solving puzzles is too common, Inspector Nakamori immediately denied it: "Impossible! Kidd wouldn't come up with such a simple puzzle."
Toyama Kazuha also joined in the fun: "Is that English? The twelfth letter is 'L', three dots."
Inspector Nakamori was startled, then he slammed his hands and suddenly realized: "Three points... So that's it!"
If it refers to three o'clock in the morning, then it is indeed before dawn, which fits the time period of "from the lion at dusk to the maiden at dawn" in the first sentence of the trailer.
Jiang Xia looked at him, a little curious about the police chief's train of thought: "Isn't this the same principle as the 50-character chart just now? Why is it more difficult when it comes to English?"
"?" Inspector Nakamori glanced at this lazy fellow, slapped the table, and said, "Then what do you mean?"
"..." Jiang Xia thought about the righteous classmate Kidd and his inexhaustible energy cores, then slowly sat back on the sofa and said perfunctorily, "I think it refers to the 12th word in Japanese."
Suzuki Sonoko was stunned. She didn't expect that she had the same idea as Jiang Xia. She straightened her back and looked at Inspector Nakamori: "I said my guess was right!"
Inspector Nakamori snorted. His already uncertain heart suddenly became even more uncertain after being disturbed by this. He muttered to himself, "It doesn't matter. There is only an hour difference between three and four o'clock. At most, we can just wait a little longer."
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Whether it is three o'clock in the morning or four o'clock in the morning, it is still a long way from now.
It's really boring to stay in the Suzuki Art Museum which is not open yet and wait for people.
So a few high school students couldn't wait and slipped out again.
As soon as Yuanshan Heye went out, he stretched his body with great fighting spirit, and then snapped out a travel guide: "Let's travel! This is the area with the lowest crime rate in recent years that I specially found. With my amulet, there will be no problem this time!"
"..."Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran both looked suspicious, obviously doubting this.
The detectives didn't care where to go - they were not afraid of murder, nor did they find it troublesome, and they had little interest in traveling. If they really encountered a case, the worst that could happen was to solve it.
So they nodded indifferently and discussed Kidd as they walked.
"I always feel that the police didn't figure out the code correctly, but there is no better solution for the time being." Conan remembered something and whispered to Hattori Heiji, "Why did Jiang Xia think the code was the 50-character kana?"
Hattori Heiji couldn't figure it out either: "Maybe he's just trying to fool the inspector. I heard that Jiang Xia never really caught Kid. Maybe he's just not good at solving Kid's crossword puzzles?"
Conan once thought that Jiang Xia was not good at solving riddles. At that time, he took Kidd's riddle and walked in front of Jiang Xia to challenge him. Thinking of this not-so-wonderful history, he was strangely silent for a while.
After a moment, he shook his head: "I don't think that's the problem."
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The two discussed for a while but could not come to a conclusion.
So he turned around and looked at Jiang Xia, who was a few steps behind him: If you want to know the answer, you can just ask him.
However, soon, looking at their colleague who was whispering something with Pu Siqinglan, Hattori Heiji and Conan said nothing and looked away at the same time.
"……"never mind.
It's rare that something else attracts Jiang Xia's attention, so it's better not to disturb him for now and enjoy the rare puzzle-solving time alone.
Although the time guessed by the police may not be accurate, one thing is certain - Kidd, the "magician under the moonlight", will definitely act after dark, and now, there is still some time before dark, and it is not yet time to go looking for Jiang Xia.
In addition to the specific time of Kidd's appearance, there are other details that are worth paying attention to.
"Why did Kidd suddenly want to steal the Egg of Memory?" Conan pondered, "I remember that his main target was gems, and when he stole other things, he had clear reasons. But now, the gem on the Egg of Memory is glass. I just checked the promotional page of the Suzuki Museum of Modern Art. Mr. Suzuki did not deliberately conceal this information. Kidd must have heard the news a long time ago. So this 'Egg of Memory' may have some story behind it..."
(End of this chapter)
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