[Conan] I just want to be a magician quietly

"I won't go with you."

Ryo Wakagi flipped through the bookshelf and found the latest serialized Samonji series. It was probably bought by Jingguang when he went to the supermarket to buy daily necessities.

Mystery series works are really popular in this world.

"But, Wakagi brother..."

"Have you read the latest serialization?"

"Uh, no." If he hadn't seen the remake of the Samonji series on TV today and Xiaolan happened to mention it, he wouldn't have known that this series had started to be serialized again.

Conan heard the sound of pages turning on the other side of the phone.

"Room 2407 of the Haido Municipal Hotel. If you go now, you should still have time to see Mr. Niname Rentaro for the last time."

His memory was not good enough to remember even such trivial things clearly, but at least he remembered the key steps of the decryption, and he managed to interpret the article stumblingly.

Conan: !!!

"Brother Wakagi, you...ah, uncle, what are you doing?"

Mouri Kogoro snatched the phone from Conan and asked into the microphone: "Wakagi, are you sure? The criminal locked Mr. Niname in the Haido Hotel?"

Wakagi Ryo simply clicked on Conan's first-person perspective and watched the live broadcast.

"The latest serial is called Half of the Peak. The title is actually a hint to solve the puzzle. Just extract the lines of the character played by Mr. Niname in the article, and then take half of the two words at the top of two consecutive lines to solve the hidden information.

And, because the character he played is French, considering the pronunciation habits of French, if you encounter a word with H pronunciation during spelling, just skip it."

Conan heard this and suddenly took out a magazine from his pocket. It was the one that Xiaolan gave him before, which serialized the latest episode of Samonji.

God knows how he rolled such a big magazine into his pocket.

Then, following the hint given by Wakagi Ryo, the hidden information in this article was quickly deciphered.

"I am currently at a place that is..."

Conan climbed onto Maori Kogoro's lap and said, "But, Wakagi-san, the book I have in my hand now is the latest serialization. Logically, the address you deciphered should be in the chapter after this.

That one should not have been published yet."

Wakagi Ryo: "I asked my screenwriter to visit the novel department and asked for the latest manuscript that was just faxed over."

Conan: ...

Wakagi Ryo raised his eyebrows. Although he was from the comics department, he was still the cash cow of the publishing house, so he still had some face.

Maori Kogoro punched Conan on the forehead, leaving a ancestral bump, and then pulled him off his lap with disgust.

"Ruomu, you just said we'll see each other for the last time. But if the criminal is really a fanatical fan of the novel, or if he's after Mr. Niname's royalties, he probably won't do anything to him before the novel is finished."

"There's no criminal. If I'm not mistaken, this kidnapping should have been planned by Mr. Niname Rentaro and his wife. Of course, considering the old man's health problems, his attending physician should have been involved."

"What?!"*3

Ruomu Ryo continued, "Looking at the layout of the article and the mix of numbers and Chinese characters, I think it's unlikely that there are criminals."

Japanese people are very rigorous in this regard, especially for publications like novels. If it's not the original author's strong request, the publisher will directly unify the text style when typesetting.

This kind of mix will never happen.

Conan: "Indeed, Mr. Shinname is a famous writer. If there really is a criminal, he will definitely be suspicious when he sees such words and layout...

Ahahaha, Wakagi Gege, this is what you mean, Conan guessed it right, right?"

Wakagi Ryo:...

Wakagi Ryo nodded silently, then reluctantly agreed.

Yes, yes, you are right.

Shinname Kaori woke up from a dream at this moment.

"My father's health has indeed been poor. The family doctor comes to check his physical condition almost every day. Dr. Hirata has known my father for more than 40 years, and his work attitude is very serious. It doesn't make sense that my father has been missing for two months, but he has never contacted me once."

Mouri Kogoro also reacted at this time.

"So, the doctor must have known about it, and it is impossible that he was kidnapped, otherwise the doctor's family would definitely have called the police."

Thinking of this, Shinname Kaori hammered her palm in annoyance. Why didn't she see such an obvious thing?Come out!

However, after knowing that her father was not kidnapped by some dangerous person, her nervous and worried mood was relieved by half.

In fact, in the end, when it was confirmed that the time for Niina Rentaro was approaching, the doctor thought about contacting Kaori. However, she was not used to the bulky mobile phone, so she did not carry it with her, and because she was worried about the safety of her parents, she was always running around.

As a result, the doctor almost blew up the landline of the Niina family, but failed to contact Kaori.

This led to the father and daughter not being able to see each other for the last time.

So, when will the smart phone of the Karasuma Group be developed? Damn!

I have been waiting for so long, you guys are not just slacking off, right?

Wakagi Ryo thought about it seriously. Considering the current situation of the winery being almost poked into a sieve by undercover agents, he reasonably suspected that there were also many salary thieves in the Karasuma Group.

If I have time in a few days, I will go to the current Neon headquarters of the Karasuma Group for a walk.

"By the way, Uncle Maori. When you meet Mr. Niina Rentaro later, remember to tell him that I solved the puzzle in your book."

"Huh?" Maori Kogoro was confused and didn't understand what Wakagi Ryo meant at the first time.

Conan next to him looked out the window thoughtfully.

"Uncle Maori, just remember it."

Because Conan and his team didn't waste time going to the publishing house, but after asking for the consent of Niina Kaori, they asked the taxi driver to drive to the Beido City Hotel, so they successfully checked the time.

At the critical moment when Niina Rentaro was dying and Mrs. Niina couldn't contact her daughter for a long time and cried with red eyes, they rushed to the scene.

At this time, Niina Rentaro couldn't speak anymore. He could only look at his daughter and trembled and barely moved his fingers.

He was actually scared.

If I had known that the puzzle would not be designed so difficult, I would have fixed it.

I'm almost dying. There are so many detectives and mystery enthusiasts in the country, but no one can solve it? Isn't it just a crossword puzzle?

I almost died with my eyes open (╯︵╰)

Shinname Kaori rushed to her father's bedside and cried uncontrollably.

Mouri Ran and Conan watched this scene quietly, and they knew not to disturb the last time the father and daughter were reunited.

Suddenly, Conan seemed to have thought of something and reached out to pull Kogoro's trouser leg.

Then Kogoro Mouri hit Conan's forehead with a fist reflexively, and the round head of the death god elementary school student was immediately swollen.

Conan: (▼へ▼メ)

I can't bear it !

He covered the bag on his forehead, looked at Maori Kogoro eagerly, and then lowered his voice and said, "Uncle Maori, do you remember what Brother Wakamu asked you to say?"

Mauri Kogoro subconsciously touched his fist twice, as if he was savoring the feel.

Hearing this, he said "oh" half a beat late, and then took advantage of the gap between Shinname Kaori's crying, walked to the side of the bed, and bowed slightly to Shinname Rentaro.

"Mr. Shinname, I have solved all the puzzles in your book. "

The cloudy eyes of Shinname Rentaro moved slightly. In fact, at this time, he could not see clearly, but his eyes slowly fell on Maori Kogoro.

The Shinname Rentaro tried hard to curl the corners of his mouth, and a relieved smile appeared on his old face. Then he used all his strength to raise his hand and touched his daughter's hair.

The next moment, the old man left the world with a smile.

Wakagi Ryo, who was watching the live broadcast, opened a can of happy water thoughtfully. Before his death, Shinname Rentaro saw his long-cherished daughter and fulfilled his long-cherished wish. In general, the ending of the story was a happy one.

Except for Conan, who was covered with bruises.

But it is reasonable to suspect that Maori Kogoro's two punches were intentional. Who asked Conan to climb onto Xiaolan's legs while sitting in the taxi?

At that time, the uncle's face was murderous.

Well, the world where only Conan was injured was achieved.

Wakagi Ryo drank a sip of carbonated drink with satisfaction.

Puff!

Cough cough! I choked to death!