Chapter 2758 2770 [Refresh Anywhere]
This pieced-together sentence startled Inspector Megure: "Could it be that he was imprisoned somewhere and had to resort to this method to secretly seek help from the outside world?... That's right, I remember that Mr. Niname has a lot of fanatical fans, and the editorial department even called the police before, saying that someone threatened to burn this place down.
"Also, it is possible that some lawless lunatics coveted Mr. Xinming's royalties, so they arrested him and locked him up, forcing him to work. This way, he could read the novel and get the royalties at the same time...hiss, it's like killing two birds with one stone."
When the editor heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt quietly: "But we haven't paid the manuscript fee yet - Mr. Xinming said that the manuscript fee should be remitted to him after the whole book is completed."
Next to him, Conan silently dialed the phone, but the other end didn't answer.
Conan looked at his phone suspiciously: "…" Why didn't he answer it? Didn't Hattori trust his brother?
While continuing to dial, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice: Fortunately, he had already seen through what Jiang Xia had just said.
Compared to this, what is more confusing are the second and third paragraphs of dialogue - it seems that they can no longer simply use "1/2 of the apex" as the key to solving the puzzle, because if they do so, what emerges is a strange line of dialogue that makes no sense at all.
"I'm here, Bai re no, the prisoner is...what is this?"
"I wanted to call Hattori to discuss this, but he hid away so quickly." Conan snorted in his heart, "But you underestimate me too much. I will call you today until you are willing to answer the phone."
Thinking of this, he changed his number and started secretly calling Hattori Heiji's home landline - the mobile phone can be easily dodged, but the landline is not so simple.
Of course, Conan was not idle during the intervals between dialing. He found a pen and wrote and drew on the lines, trying various combinations and even using a lot of sophisticated formulas.
However, no matter how it is arranged, it still cannot give a coherent meaning.
"Could it be that these two paragraphs actually have no other meaning?" Conan touched his chin and speculated secretly, "Come to think of it, if the criminal who kidnapped Mr. Niname is his fanatical fan, then he must be very familiar with the author's writing style and have a certain ability to reason... Maybe he understood the first code, so he stopped Mr. Niname from passing on the message in time."
Just as he was thinking, Jiang Xia's voice came from the side. He said to Inspector Megure: "In addition to '1/2 of the top', to solve the code sent by Mr. Niname, we actually need a second key - France."
Inspector Megure was at a loss: "France?"
Jiang Xia nodded: "Mr. Xinming often travels to France, so he should know some French. And he happens to be in France in the novel - there is an unpronounced 'H' in French, so when interpreting the crossword puzzle, all the letters beginning with H, that is, the five letters in the 'ha' row, must be removed from this paragraph."
Shinna Kaori held the second copy of the script and softly interpreted the message her father wanted to convey: "'Where I am now is'..."
There is nothing more after that.
Shinname Kaori: "..." At this time, my father actually wants to interrupt the chapter! Why don't you just write the location directly? Of course we can guess that's where you are!
She clenched her fists, but could only grit her teeth as she took the third script and began to read it out: "'Kido City Hotel'... Kido? Where is this?"
After a moment of confusion, she suddenly thought of something and said to Jiang Xia, "Could this be a Japanese romanization mark? 'hu' should be written as 'fu', so what Dad wants to express is not '木戶', but '杯戶'!"
Conan, who hadn't gotten through yet, fell silent.
A second later, he stared at the phone silently: "…" Damn it, hurry up and get through! Let Hattori also hear the fresh answer to this mystery!
While dialing, Conan grabbed the fourth manuscript next to him and spelled out: "Room 2407."
"Together it's Haido Municipal Hotel, Room 2407." Inspector Megure breathed a sigh of relief. With a specific location, things became simple. He waved his hand and said, "Go and have a look! Takagi, call Sato and ask her to dispatch people to prepare for the rescue!"
…
Two cars rushed out of the street and drove quickly towards the Beihu Municipal Hotel.
In the car, Conan pressed a button and quietly sent an email to Hattori Heiji.
After doing the bad thing, he put away his phone guiltily and looked around.
Suddenly, his eyes stopped at the side, and he was slightly startled: "..." Was it an illusion? An author was captured by kidnappers and was about to die, but why did Jiang Xia seem to be not in a hurry at all?
As he was watching, Jiang Xia suddenly asked, "What's wrong?"
"!" Conan's heart skipped a beat for some reason. He changed the subject as if nothing had happened, "I don't know when Hattori will see the email I sent."
Jiang Xia: "What email?"
Conan: “…” Oops, I let the cat out of the bag while being distracted.
He cleared his throat and said seriously, "Of course it's an email discussing how to solve the case."
While chatting, the group arrived at the hotel and went straight to the front desk.
Jiang Xia's eyes moved to another place. He reached out and grabbed a dark-skinned employee who was trying to pass by in a hurry: "Boss? This is also your workplace."
Toru Amuro: "..."
...Why are you everywhere!
He took a deep breath, took a second to calm down, then glanced at the police officers who came over with some confusion: "What are you doing?"
Jiang Xia: "Playing a mystery game with a writer."
"Writer?" Amuro Toru recalled the suspicious guests coming and going in this hotel. "The one on the 24th floor?"
As he was talking, the elevator door suddenly opened, and a slightly older woman walked out with a USB flash drive and a worried look on her face.
When she looked up and saw the police all over the hall, she was stunned and instinctively wanted to retreat back into the elevator. However, at this moment, Shinname Kaori happened to look over here. Their eyes met, and the young woman blurted out: "Mom?!"
"Huh?!" Inspector Megure was shocked: How could Mrs. Niname, who was kidnapped along with her husband, appear here alone?
But no matter how surprised he was, since Kaori Niina had already shouted that, it must be correct. Inspector Megure strode forward, grabbed Mrs. Niina and threw her back: "Protect her!"
"Yes!" Officer Takagi and several police officers who had just arrived surrounded the man.
"No, I..." Mrs. Xinming waved her hands anxiously, as if she wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.
Before she could think of her words, several policemen filed in and rushed into the elevator.
Jiang Xia walked in before the door was closed, and Conan followed quickly.
Amuro Toru looked at the situation and hesitated for a moment, but curiosity finally got the better of him. He leaned aside and squeezed into the elevator through the gap of the door that was about to close.
(End of this chapter)
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