Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1283 Sera Elena?

"Sera...Elena?"

"The name is a bit strange..."

Detective Baima picked up the information, confirmed the information on it, and found that it was British.

It's just that the name does sound like a Japanese surname.

He handed the information to Bert, and after staring at the photo for a while, Bert's eyes lit up.

"It feels like it's her..."

"very good!"

Detective Baima waved his hand, and his police officers immediately went to investigate this person's information and invited him here as quickly as possible.

Conan, on the other hand, raised his chin with a serious face, thinking about the name he seemed to have heard somewhere.

Elena...

Sera Elena?

If I remember correctly, the girl who suddenly came over to strike up a conversation yesterday was named Seriang.

Are these two people related?

And the strangest thing is that if the woman I saw this morning is the same person as the one in the information, that would be incredible.

Because there is almost no obvious aging in this woman's appearance.

You must know that this is a photo from the university archives, more than 20 years ago.

But the woman's appearance was probably that of someone in her 25s, and she didn't look like someone in her 40s at all.

And she also said that she once had children in Japan.

What is going on?

……

City of London.

After more than half an hour of walking, Sera and Maori arrived at the next coded location.

The building they came to was called "Gherkin", so named because the shape of the building looked like a pickled cucumber.

This corresponds to the fourth line of the code - in the end it is enough to just eat the pickled cucumber.

The group began to search the surroundings and easily found markers scattered around the building.

These markers were deliberately scored with a knife, and the title "Dancing Men" was written on the pen barrel.

Dancing Men is the title of an article in Sherlock Holmes, called "Dancing Men".

Mao Lilan held a pen she had picked up in her hand. No matter how hard she thought about it, she couldn't think of any clues.

After all, she herself has never read Sherlock Holmes, and her knowledge of Sherlock Holmes only comes from Kudo Shinichi.

Kogoro Mori is a fan of Agatha Christie and is not very fond of Sherlock Holmes.

Not to mention Dr. A Li, the part of his life that is closest to reasoning is telling funny riddles.

"Zhenchun, do you see anything?"

Mao Lilan turned to look at Sera Masumi who was standing beside the trash can.

At this time, Serang held two markers in his hands and looked at them quietly.

One of the pens she picked out from the trash can.

Since the markers were covered with scratches, they were often thrown away as garbage by passers-by.

Hearing Mao Lilan's call, Sera Masaki turned away with a smile and shook his head.

"I can't figure it out at all~"

"Haha~"

When Mao Lilan heard this, she could only take out her phone and prepare to seek help from Kudo Shinichi, who is a Fu fan, again.

And Seriang continued to turn around and look at the pair of markers in her hand.

Although she is also a reader of Sherlock Holmes, she is not as obsessed as Kudo Shinichi, who regards every word of Sherlock Holmes as a wise saying.

But as a quasi-detective, I still learned a lot from Mary about the basic rules of reasoning.

One method of reasoning is to put yourself in the position of the murderer.

For example, if the current pen did not cause scratches on it, it might not be regarded as useless garbage and thrown into the trash can.

In this way, it can stay on people's hands for a longer time, allowing more people to detect abnormalities.

But the murderer deliberately made scratches on it, doing something that seemed to be a "waste of time" and not a good thing, which can only mean that he did it for ulterior motives...

Sera held the marker and examined the scratches on it.

The scratches on the two markers are different and seem to have been made randomly.

But if you look carefully, you will find that the scratches on the caps at both ends of the two pens are exactly the same.

Could it be...

Seriang removed the two pen caps according to what he had in mind, and then aligned them with each other.

When the cap is aligned in the correct position, the fixed scratches form the letter "N".

this is……

"Have it!"

"It's the English letter N!"

On the other side, Mao Lilan also removed the pen cap at the prompt of Kudo Shinichi and found the letter N.

"How did you find out?!"

Mao Lilan instantly turned into a little fan girl, causing a satisfied smile to appear on Conan's face on the other side of the phone.

"cough……"

"It's because Sherlock Holmes once said in this story that all the intermediate reasoning processes should be omitted, and only the starting point and conclusion should be explained to the other party. Although this method seems simple and crude, it is enough to achieve amazing results."

Standing next to Conan, Kuroba Kaito glanced down with disdain and thought to himself: Even memorizing such obvious words word for word is so boring...

And isn’t that how magic shows work?

No matter how wonderful a magic trick is, it will be overshadowed if the secrets of magic are revealed to the audience.

Saston’s Three Principles…

Kuroba Kaito looked stunned, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have memorized some content that seemed "boring" to a layman.

The passage that Conan memorized was, to put it bluntly, to teach the detective how to create the effect of the show.

But children, don’t imitate easily~

Because there is no point in just writing about the results and not about the process!

……

On the other side, Mao Lilan suddenly realized after listening to Conan's explanation.

"That's it~"

"Then Shinichi, please do your work first. If we need your help at the next location, we will call you again..."

But just when Mao Lilan didn't want to delay Zhuma's work and wanted to hang up the phone, Conan immediately called her.

"Wait a minute! Xiaolan."

"Eh?" Mao Lilan was stunned, "What's the matter?"

Conan held a bow-tie voice changer in one hand and a phone in the other, and asked seriously: "Is that person named 'Sera Masumi' with you now?"

Mao Lilan raised his head and glanced at Seriang not far away, nodded, "Yeah, what's wrong?"

"Give her the phone. I need to ask her something..."

Mao Lilan's expression was a little confused, but she still came to Seriang and handed her the phone.

"Zhenshun, it's Shinichi who is looking for you..."

"Looking for me?"

Sera Masumi looked stunned and pointed at her face in disbelief.

The next second, her brain suddenly reacted.

Could it be that Shinichi is enlightened? I remembered that I was the little girl who was with him at the beach 10 years ago.

Will the next drama be...

I'm sorry that I only think of you at this time.

I have a lot to say to you right now. Let's have a good chat in the evening when we have time.

Thinking of this, Seriang's face turned slightly red.

Mao Lilan, who was standing opposite her, could see Shiliang's nervous expression, and her right eyebrow frowned slightly.

Suspicious expression...

"Then, um, do you have anything to do with me? Shin-Shinichi..."

When Seriang answered the phone, his words were a little stuck because of nervousness.

But the first thing Conan said when he came up to her was that she couldn't stop him.

"Miss Sera, is your mother's surname also Sera?"

"Uh...huh?"

Sera's pure expression seemed to be frozen, and she didn't look like she was crying or laughing.

Conan on the other side also realized that the intention of this question was too direct, so he changed the question and continued to ask: "What I want to know is whether there is anyone in your family named 'Sera Elena'?"

Sera's pure pupils trembled slightly, "No, no..."

"Excuse me, what happened?"

"Nothing, it's just that there is a case here involving this person..."

Conan quickly ended the topic, "If you don't know, forget it. I'll hang up."

After saying that, he really hung up the phone.

Sera Masumi on the other side wanted to say more, but the phone was already beeping.

Mao Lilan looked at Sera's slightly startled expression and asked, "Did Shinichi hang up the phone?"

"Um... I'll call you."

Seriang returned the phone to Mao Lilan, but the expression on his face still couldn't calm down.

Kudo Shinichi who was on the phone just now mentioned the name "Sera Elena".

Although she doesn't know who the owner of this name is, the surname "Sera" is not common in the UK, and is even extremely rare.

The name Elena is the same as the "sister outside the realm" that her mother once mentioned.

It can't be her, right?

……

University of Brightchester.

Conan and Kuroba Kaito walked out of the toilet and just returned to the conference room when they heard the latest investigation content from the police.

Sera Elena's family situation is relatively simple, with one pair of parents, but they passed away many years ago.

Apart from this, there are no other relatives.

According to the whereabouts known to the police, Elena Sera went abroad after graduating from the University of Brightchester, and her destination was the United States.

I never came back to the UK after that.

At least that's the case based on entry and exit records.

Bai Ma raised his chin and said thoughtfully: "Then who is here today?"

"Is it...a ghost?"

At this time, Conan reminded again in a childish voice: "She said she had been to Japan! And she also had children in Japan!"

"Japan?"

Hearing this familiar place name, Tan Baima showed a confident smile on his lips.

"If it were Japan, it would be easier..."

He took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Afu, please contact your uncle's research institute and ask them to help investigate a woman named 'Sera Elena'."

"...He is a British national, 47 years old, who once gave birth to a child in Japan."

"Yes, let me know the results immediately."

Seeing the white horse detective's calm expression, Conan couldn't help but frown slightly, thinking about who is this?

Although he is a famous high school detective active in the UK, he seems to have quite a lot of connections in Japan...

Kuroba Kaito's eyes were full of disdain.

Yep, he is indeed the son of the Japanese police chief...

After hanging up the phone, Hakuba turned to look at Conan and Kuroba Kaito.

"I believe there will be results soon..."

"You two, it's almost noon now. If you're interested, can we have lunch together?"

Kuroba Kaito looked at Hakuba Tan's meaningful smile and knew that the other party was not hiding any good intentions.

But just as he was about to refuse, Conan jumped excitedly and shouted "Yes!"

Kuroba Kaito glanced at Conan who was standing low without leaving any trace, and thought to himself: Did this kid do this on purpose?

Detective Bai Ma secretly remembered this series of micro-expression changes in his mind, but on the surface he still looked like a gentleman.

"Then please come with me..."

"I happen to know a restaurant nearby that does good French food. We can chat while eating."

……

"A little hungry..."

After coming out of the London City Hall building, Qin Zhibo touched his shriveled belly and looked around subconsciously for something to satisfy his hunger.

Since I was in a hurry in the morning and my schedule was tight, I bought a hot dog from a roadside fast food restaurant throughout the morning.

But fortunately, things on my side are going relatively smoothly, and I didn't starve in vain.

Just now on the top floor of City Hall, I saw the "Crimson Tears" safe and sound in the hands of Judy Hooper.

Since the incident in Japan, Judy Hooper has been following Qin Zhibo's instructions and wearing "crimson and the like" brooches everywhere when performing.

Nothing too unusual happened during this period.

The only unusual thing is that the popularity of the Hobo Thaumaturgy Troupe has increased a lot compared to before the performance in Japan, and the audience is obviously much larger.

But this doesn't mean anything.

So Qin Zhibo told her the information he currently had and told her to be more careful when performing.

At the same time, we must also be wary of the approach of the world's number one illusionist, Günter von Goldberg II.

Judy Hooper said that Günter never took the initiative to approach her, but that she had gone to Günter before.

At that time, she went to Günter to discuss using the top floor hall for rehearsals.

However, she did not see Günter himself. The person who received her was the female assistant of the world's number one illusionist, named Natsumi.

Speaking of Xia Mei, Qin Zhibo was also impressed by her.

This person is one of the twin sisters who once attacked the Egg of Memory, and is also what most people think of as the international killer "Shi Kaobing."

Their ancestor was the famous Russian demon monk Rasputin, and they both inherited the gray pupils of their ancestor.

It was also by eavesdropping on her conversation with Pu Siqinglan that Qin Zhibo learned for the first time that the boss of the zoo organization was called "Baron Hauptmann"...

After withdrawing his thoughts, Qin Zhibo now urgently needs to find a place to fill his stomach.

It doesn’t matter if you eat well or not, Britain is a food desert anyway.

Just when he was thinking about checking the navigation system to see if there were any nearby restaurants, the phone suddenly rang.

Could it be that there is news from Kuroba Kaito?

Qin Zhibo picked up the phone and answered it, but what came from the phone was a woman's voice.

"Qin, where are you now? Do you have time?"

This voice is relatively cold, but without losing a hint of sexy femininity.

"Mary... I'm here in the city hall. I have time, but I'm getting ready to solve the lunch problem now."

Mary replied coldly: "That's just right. I know a good restaurant. Come to Big Ben."

"We need to discuss our plans for the afternoon..."

(End of this chapter)