Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1286 Sera Masaki: I won’t allow you to insult my idol!

Originally, the Kudo couple should not have appeared in London.

But just the night before yesterday, a little girl from across the ocean called and explained her identity to the couple.

And asked them to go to London and give their precious son a temporary antidote of APTX-4869.

The reason is that Kudo Shinichi will definitely be unable to restrain his youthful and impulsive hormones and do something outrageous in London, causing the antidote for the return trip to be consumed in advance.

After all, in the little girl's mind, the famous detective seemed wise and calm, but many times he was also a reckless guy who acted recklessly.

So, Kudo and his wife quickly packed their luggage and went to Japan first to take the medicine from the little girl's hand.

Then we drove non-stop to the UK.

Fortunately, this morning, I finally arrived in London.

"Honey, if Shinichi isn't here now, we won't be able to give him the medicine, right?"

"Well, it's possible that Shinichi hasn't used the antidote for the return journey as the girl said."

Wearing a western cowboy hat, Kudo Yusaku stuck his head out from the corner and observed the movements of Maori and others.

A few seconds later, he turned back and analyzed: "It seems that Xiaolan and the others came here for the secret code, and are now looking for this thing left by the murderer nearby... right?"

As he spoke, Kudo Yusaku took out a pink envelope from his arms, which was wrapped in a plastic bag.

"This envelope is undoubtedly the key clue used by the murderer to prompt the final crime location..."

"But they arrived a little late. Since throwing them on the ground affected the appearance of the city, those envelopes have already been collected by the cleaners here."

"Yukiko, it's up to you to give this to them."

"After all, if I go out like this, I will definitely be recognized..."

There is almost no disguise on Kudo Yusaku's face, except for a hat on his head.

But in comparison, Yukiko wore a wig, a women's top hat and sunglasses, making it difficult for people to recognize her as the big star she once was.

Yukiko took the envelope and asked doubtfully: "But if we give this to them, how can we unlock the code? According to your reasoning just now, shouldn't we give it a try?"

"Just trust Shinichi about the secret code..."

Kudo Yusaku said with a slightly serious look, "What I'm worried about now is not just the code, but the person behind Hades."

"The person behind this?" Yukiko's eyes were a little confused, "Isn't the prisoner named Hades the same person? It seems that he wanted to avenge his mother who died of illness..."

"No." Kudo Yusaku shook his head, "Hades is not alone."

"Hades has an accomplice, a retired mercenary named Hestia, who is the woman responsible for making bombs for Hades."

"Not long ago, the police surrounded Hestia's hiding place, and the other party detonated a bomb and died."

"However, afterwards, based on DNA comparison, the police found that it was not Hestia's body at all, but a completely unrelated person..."

Yukiko's face was shocked, "You mean, Hestia is not dead yet?"

"Yes." Yusaku Kudo nodded calmly, "This is what my friends at Scotland Yard told me. I was worried about causing a panic in London, so I didn't announce it to the public."

"And judging from the code incident created by Hades, Hestia may not be the only one who has Hades' helpers..."

Kudo Yusaku unfolded the map of London in his hand, and all the locations were marked on it according to the content of the seven-sentence code.

The seven code words correspond to six locations in London and are scattered in various locations in central London.

"In just two days, Hades not only had to disseminate a large number of code notes and crime notices in London, but also continued to distribute key clues and props in these six densely populated locations."

"From a time perspective, it's really too tight."

"Not only that, no one has discovered him during this process, not even a suspicious target."

"Unless he is the 'elusive' Phantom Thief Kidd, the only explanation is that he is a 'helper'..."

Kudo Yusaku's reasoning caused a worried expression to appear on Yukiko's face.

She quickly suggested: "Then let's go and notify Scotland Yard..."

But Kudo Yusaku shook his head, "No, this is just my speculation now, and there is no evidence to prove it..."

"And Scotland Yard is now prepared for the worst and has deployed a large number of police officers in various public places to defend it."

"I think even if there are many 'helpers' behind Hades, Hades should be the only one who ultimately implements the plan."

"What they need is the image of Hades as a martyr to achieve some ulterior purpose."

Yukiko's nervous brows relaxed, "Then what can we do now?"

Kudo Yusaku explained: "You go and give this envelope to Xiaolan first, and leave the secret code to them."

"I believe that with Shinichi's reasoning ability, he should be able to find the final location."

"We have to meet someone first..."

"A person?" Yukiko put her fingertips on her chin and tilted her head, "Who is that person?"

Kudo Yusaku, who had always maintained a serious expression, finally raised the corners of his mouth in relief.

"An old friend I haven't seen in eight years..."

……

Around the Church of the Holy Bride, Mao Lilan, Shiliang and others began to look for key clues left by the murderer.

However, the surrounding places were extremely clean, and when I asked passers-by if they had picked up any strange "props", they all received negative answers.

"what happened?"

Seriang scratched his head and sighed, "Is my mother's reasoning wrong?"

"The 'cake' mentioned in the fifth code sentence is not this place?"

"But in the restaurant just now, the old man who was good at solving puzzles didn't deny this inference..."

"Don't be discouraged~" Mao Lilan comforted her with a smile, "Maybe you can find it if you look carefully..."

Just when everyone was at a loss, a woman with brown and rose-pink curly hair came over and handed an envelope to Mao Lilan.

"Eh?"

Mao Lilan's expression was stunned, and she subconsciously reached out and took the envelope.

However, after the woman handed the envelope into her hand, she turned around and left without saying anything.

Mao Lilan looked at the woman's graceful back as she left, then lowered her head to look at the envelope.

I saw that what was wrapped in the plastic bag was not an envelope, just a piece of paper.

The paper was pink, with "A Scandal in Bohemia" written in black handwriting.

"A Scandal in Bohemia?"

Mao Lilan relied on his impression of Sherlock Holmes to correctly read the English meaning of this paragraph.

Sera also murmured: "This is also one of the famous stories in Sherlock Holmes. It seems that this is the key clue left by Hades."

"If there are any clues, they should be hidden on this piece of paper..."

Seriang took the paper from Mao Lilan's hand, raised it and glanced at the sun. Suddenly his face was shaken, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"It seems that this paper also needs some method to crack..."

"What should we do? Why don't we call the high school detective and ask?"

Faced with Shiliang's proposal, Mao Lilan thought the same, and quickly took out her mobile phone and called the usual contacts on the phone.

……

Blichester Town. Conan, Kuroba Kaito, and Hakuba Tanjiro finished their meal at a French restaurant in town and returned to the reception room of Blichester University.

Since there is an eight-hour time difference between London and Japan, researchers at the White Horse Institute have not officially started work yet, so it will take some time to collect information.

During this period, the three of them were sitting on the sofa in the living room, enjoying English afternoon tea.

"Drink, why don't you drink?"

"This is Darjeeling black tea that I asked my servant to go to China to buy. It is truly top-quality..."

The white horse detective crossed his legs leisurely and held an exquisite tea cup with two fingers. His leisurely expression was no different from that of a noble prince.

But compared to Hakuba Tan, Conan and Kuroba Kaito sitting on the sofa opposite looked a little cramped, neither sitting nor standing.

"Haha~ We don't need it, we were already full in the restaurant just now!"

"Right? Conan?" Kuroba Kaito turned to look at Conan.

Conan also forced a smile and nodded, "Yeah!"

The reason why the two of them were so nervous was because Baima Tan asked them many sensitive questions at the dinner table just now.

For example, when facing Kudo Shinichi, he asked questions such as "Why did you disappear for so long?", "There are rumors that you were in trouble, is that true?", "What is the purpose of coming to the UK?" and other questions. .

Facing Conan, he asked, "Who are you related to Kudo Shinichi?", "Who did you come to the UK with this time?", "Where are the guardians who are traveling with you?"

Detective Hakuba used his sharp prisoner interrogation skills, and made Conan and Kuroba Kaito sweat.

In order to make a lie look more real, people often need to make up for it with countless lies.

Fortunately, the two of them had prepared some standard answers in advance to deal with Mao Lilan, and finally finished the meal without any danger.

Now they no longer dare to drink the black tea in front of them, for fear that the white horse detective has added "truth serum" or something in it.

And the fact is just as they thought, Bai Ma Tan's suspicion has not been dispelled.

He was holding the tray in one hand and holding the tea cup in the other hand. He seemed to be sipping afternoon tea, but in fact he was looking at the two people with dark eyes.

Could these two be distant relatives?

Don't be kidding, they are obviously two people who can't be compared with each other...

That Kudo Shinichi should be Kuroba Kaito.

I just don’t know why, but Kuroba Kaito pretends to be Kudo Shinichi and acts with this kid.

Why is it?

And why did they come to the University of Brightchester?

Just when the conference room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, the buzzing of the phone suddenly broke the silence.

Conan felt the vibration in his trouser pocket, and his body trembled slightly.

The white horse detective sitting opposite immediately caught this detail and secretly thought that the opportunity had come.

"Conan, aren't you answering the phone?"

"Maybe it's your guardian calling, maybe he's a little worried about your current situation..."

"Ah I……"

Conan looked a little embarrassed, because he knew clearly that what he had in his left trouser pocket was the "large" Kudo Shinichi's royal phone.

At this time, Kuroba Kaito next to him also realized from Conan's embarrassment that the ringing phone was for "him".

"Conan, is my phone ringing?"

"Yeah! It's Brother Shinichi's phone that's ringing!"

Conan also reacted quickly. He took out the phone from his trouser pocket and handed it to Kuroba Kaito's hand.

Kuroba Kaito also took a brief moment to look at Hakuba opposite, "This kid is curious about my phone, so I let him carry the phone when I went to the toilet..."

Detective Bai Ma frowned slightly, not sure whether he believed his somewhat clumsy lies.

However, Kuroba Kaito still answered the phone and said to the voice on the other side: "Moses Moses..."

"Shinichi, I'm Xiaolan."

Mao Lilan on the other side of the phone did not ask why the call was answered so slowly, but went straight to the point, "We have found the key clues left by the murderer near the cake-shaped Church of the Holy Bride..."

"It's a piece of paper, wrapped in a plastic bag, with 'A Scandal in Bohemia' handwritten on it."

Kuroba Kaito on the other end subconsciously echoed this unfamiliar word.

"A Scandal...in Bohemia?"

It doesn't matter that this echo, it instantly attracted the attention of the two Fu fans present.

Conan's expression immediately became serious, knowing that the secret signal was making progress.

The White Horse Detective on the other side also put down his tea cup, curious as to why he mentioned Sherlock Holmes' famous novel on the phone.

"Yeah, I remember this is not the story you used to tell me, Scandal in Bohemia, where Irene Adler comes on the scene, right?"

"Uh...yeah, right~"

There were a few drops of sweat on Kuroba Kaito's forehead, but he was actually quite nervous inside.

"Then Shinichi, tell me what to do next?" Mao Lilan asked seriously: "How can we find the clues left by the murderer..."

This question completely stumped Kuroba Kaito.

Even if he had read Sherlock Holmes before, he had long forgotten the things he wasn't interested in.

Not to mention using the stories in Sherlock Holmes as clues to deduce some bullshit clues.

"Um, well..."

"The clue is..."

For a moment, Kuroba Kaito couldn't say Ziwu Maoyou.

The short Conan was so anxious that he was sweating, but under the sight of the white horse detective, he couldn't accept the call openly.

At this moment, Hakuba Tan approached from behind and took the phone from Kuroba Kaito's hand.

"People on the phone, can you tell me your problem? Maybe I can help you..."

Mao Lilan on the other side of the phone was surprised by the new voice on the phone, and asked the other party's identity in confusion.

Hakuba Tan glanced at Kuroba Kaito, who was trying to get the phone back, and said with a smile: "Let's just call him Kudo Shinichi's friend..."

"What questions do you have? As long as it's about Sherlock Holmes, I can answer it."

Here, Mao Lilan just regarded the White Horse Detective as someone who worked with Kudo Shinichi, and without thinking much, he directly told the current situation.

As soon as Mao Lilan finished speaking, Baima Tan thought for a few seconds, and a confident smile immediately appeared on his lips.

"I see, I understand..."

"I thought it was a difficult question, but it turns out it's just a small puzzle that can be solved easily."

"But even this simple puzzle seems to be unable to be solved by a person known as the famous detective of Kanto high school students..."

Hakuba glanced sideways at Kuroba Kaito who was standing next to him, obviously irritating him as a fake.

Regarding this, the deflated Kuroba Kaito did not dare to speak, because he really did not know.

But at this moment, Sera Masumi, who had been listening to Mao Lilan's ear, couldn't bear it anymore.

Angrily, she snatched the phone from Mao Lilan's hand and yelled inside.

"I won't allow you to insult my idol!"