Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Speaking of which, what Miss Anzhi said..."

Not very happy to listen to these people talking anymore, Kudo Shinichi asked about the purpose of coming here.

"That code is placed with Nishiki, the screenwriter." Anzhi Keiko looked at her group of friends in confusion: "Strange, why didn't he come with you?"

Several people got up and followed Miss Anchi. Because the screenwriter didn't like many people crowding into his room, everyone except Kudo Shinichi and Keiko Anchi were blocked from the door.

Kudo Shinichi just watched Nishiki, who had a somewhat broad question, take out a piece of paper from his carry-on bag, and then began to explain.

"This code was sent to me anonymously last week. In the envelope was a dried leaf of an octagonal gold plate."

"Leaving aside the accessories, Mr. Nishiki, can you tell me what the four black square blocks at the front of the code are?"

"This." Nishiki was silent for a moment, and after glancing at Anachi Keiko at the door, he slowly said, "Actually, it's Izuri's logo."

"Izuri?" Shinichi was the first to suspect the man named Izuri: "Does this sign have any special meaning?"

"You will know if you look carefully. Since you are a detective, you can't even see this." Nishiki pointed at the sign, and found that Kudo Shinichi smiled after taking a glance, and sighed: "Sure enough, this sign is too Is it easy?”

"You can't tell if you just focus on the black square. In fact, the white next to it is the word "出." Kudo Shinichi put away his small smile: "Then could this code be sent by Mr. Izuri?"

"This is impossible." Miss Anzhi couldn't help but interjected: "Because Wei Zhinan has already..."

"Could it be..."

"The person we are here to worship this time is Deri." Nishiki nodded at Kudo Shin, answering his doubts.

"He jumped off the Qingshui stage a while ago. Although I don't know why, I suspected that these were his last words for me, so I have been hoping that someone can answer it for me."

Anchi Keiko put her hand on Kuroba Rise's head and rubbed it: "Actually, I called Mr. Kudo at the beginning and took a picture of the code to show him, but he explained that Yukiko was not feeling well, so he didn't decline, and instead told him I, Yuji-kun, came to visit his grandmother’s grave on behalf of the Kudo family, and I should be in Kyoto now. I said that I can find him, but I also said that if the code is not cracked in two days, he will come directly.”

"You just happened to see me on the Qingshui stage, right?" Shinichi rolled his eyes dejectedly: "I'm obviously in Kyoto, why is it that only Yuji goes to visit the grave?"

Several adults proposed to go to a high-end restaurant and invited these minors but were rejected. The high school students took the children back to the restaurant on the school floor to have dinner, and then sat on the sofa to discuss.

"Actually, I want to ask clearly about the motive behind Tomio Deguri's death first." Sera Masumi stuffed a banknote into the vending machine and sat down on a bench with the spit out green tea: "But the environment at that time was really... I can’t ask.”

"This code word is not complete, it is also twisted."

Kudo Shinichi pinched his chin and felt a big ball in his arms that kept getting drilled. He hurriedly sat back: "Hey, you little girl, what are you doing!"

"Hmph." Kuroba Rise stuck out his tongue at Kudo Shinichi: "I also want to see the code, uncle!"

"What! Just call me Brother Shinichi! You bastard!"

"I don't want to! Uncle is uncle!"

"You two! Don't argue!"

Not surprisingly, he was scolded. After adjusting his sitting position on the big detective's lap, Kuroba Riyo obediently tugged on Kudo Shinichi's sleeve: "What are the words on this code?"

"Do I still have to teach you how to read? Xiaolan! Xiaolan! Get this stinky girl away quickly!"

In the end, Kudo Shinichi gave in, because his fiancée suggested that there might be other inspirations in the process of teaching calligraphy, so he had to point to Kuroba Riyo word by word, and then teach her how to read.

"If you look carefully, these words all have their positions." Kuroba Roshi pointed at the code note: "Up, middle, up, right, left."

"Really, I thought it was a messy code." Xiaolan and Sonoko both came over, and the two detectives who heard Kuroba Rise's analysis directly replaced it with southeast, northwest, and northwest.

"It's the same as the Buddha statue, it's a place name again." Kudo Shinichi held his chin and said unhappily: "I probably know why dad recommended Yuji to come."

"Hey, so Uncle Kudo can tell the answer to the mystery at a glance." Masumi Sera noticed the three girls looking over and explained: "Because Kaori-chan is next to Yuji, and there is a Kyoto person who can tell the secret at a glance. Out."

"But why is Shinichi's father so familiar with Kyoto? He should be from Tokyo, right?"

"No, it seems that my father still lived in Kyoto before entering junior high school." Shinichi blinked: "He doesn't talk much about his childhood, but I heard that he moved to Tokyo after my grandmother died, and then he moved to Tokyo. Dan is studying in high school.”

"Why would a Kyoto native go all the way to Tokyo to study?" Masumi Sera moved her chair forward and asked, "Does it mean that you actually have relatives in Tokyo?"

"It's impossible. I haven't seen any relatives on my father's side since I was a child. Our relatives in Kyoto are pretty much the same." Kudo Shinichi looked at Sonoko's expression and suddenly became confused: "Have you genetically mutated into a gorilla?"

"You are the gorilla. I suddenly thought of that." Sonoko took out her phone and searched for it, then put the photo in front of several people: "Okita Souji, a talented kendo boy from Kyoto, looks exactly like Shinichi. of this.”

"You mean, this guy might be a relative of Kudo?" Sera Masumi's gaze switched back and forth between the faces of Kudo Shinichi and Okita Souji: "They really look alike."

"Aren't you trying to crack the code? Why are you talking about these nonsense again?" Shinichi said to bring everyone back from their thoughts.

"Let's call Yuji first. He should have just finished dinner at this time."

The phone was beeping but no one answered it. Several people looked at each other and took turns calling.

"What are you doing? Is your phone muted?"

"We have to rely on ourselves first. No matter what, we finally have some guesses. Let's go to the fifteenth floor and tell Mr. Nishiki our guesses."

After taking the elevator, a few people stood at the door of screenwriter Ximu's room again, looking at the door that was still not opening.

"Have they not come back from dinner?" Suzuki Sonoko crossed her chest impatiently: "It doesn't mean they don't care about the code at all."

"Sonoko, they just believe that Shinichi can crack the code." Xiaolan used her eyes to signal her best friend to stop complaining in front of the little girl.

"No, I just heard from the waiter that the guests on the fifteenth floor asked for the ashtray to be replaced." Shinichi frowned: "There is only one smoking room on each floor of this hotel, so Mr. Nishiki must have returned."

Bad premonitions followed, and Shinichi immediately dodged the door and shouted: "Xiaolan! Kick the door open!" (End of Chapter)