Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1302 Cooperation

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Conan felt the vibration in his trouser pocket and quickly took out his cell phone. It was indeed a call from Qin Zhibo.

Mao Lilan, who was standing next to him, also saw Conan take out his cell phone and asked, "Is there a call?"

"Yes! It's Agasa..."

Conan wanted to use Dr. Agasa as an excuse, but when he thought of the doctor watching the game on the court, he quickly changed his words and said, "It's a call from Huiyuan. I'll go out and answer it!"

Conan quickly left with the phone in his hand, and as soon as he reached the aisle of the auditorium, he quickly answered the call.

"Conan, did you just call me?"

On the other side, Qin Zhibo was walking on the sidewalk on the street, holding a mobile phone in one hand.

"Well, I wanted to ask you, how is your reasoning about the code going?"

"Am I overthinking it?"

More than an hour ago, Conan called Qin Zhibo, who was far away in Japan, and asked him to decipher the last key content of Hades' code.

At that time, Qin Zhibo was on the bridge, using Michael's identity to attract Vermouth to appear, while thinking about the secret code.

But just when he had some ideas in his mind, the fake Akai Tsutomu, disguised as Vermouth, appeared on the bridge, causing him to be unable to take care of the matter for a while.

It was not until I checked my phone just now and found a missed call from Conan that I remembered this matter again.

"About the secret code..."

Qin Zhibo was just about to make inferences when several police cars sped past on the street. The shrill sirens made passers-by frown and look sideways.

Qin Zhibo followed the police cars whizzing past and found that they were heading towards the intersection where the car crash happened.

It is estimated that there is a gun hidden in the car, and passers-by have called the police.

At the same time, the sound of sirens also reached Conan's ears.

Conan's eyes changed, and he immediately asked alertly: "Is it a case?"

"Yes, a case just happened here, so I didn't have time to tell you..."

Qin Zhibo was not lying. After all, the situation just now could be considered a case.

"Regarding the code, since you have already deciphered the meaning of each of the seven codes, you should understand that the final message the prisoner wants to express can only be composed of the content of the entire code."

"Combined?" Conan asked in confusion, "But how?"

Qin Zhibo said calmly: "It's very simple. According to the order in the code, connect all the locations expressed by the code in sequence, and that is the final information that this code wants to express."

"what?!"

Qin Zhibo's words were like enlightenment to Conan. His eyes widened immediately, and he did not hide the realization in his eyes at all.

Yup!

How could I have forgotten this!

Conan gritted his teeth and looked around, trying to find a map of London.

  But this is a tennis court, how could there be people selling maps?

At this moment, Qin Zhibo, who guessed that Conan was looking for a map, said directly on the phone: "I have already marked the map points here..."

“The entire route starts from Big Ben, makes a big circle back to Big Ben, and then extends a line to Mason’s China Shop below.”

"Judging from this figure, it might be a balloon..."

"But if it is related to a certain place in London, it should be a long-handled racket, similar to a badminton racket, or..."

"Tennis racket."

  Tennis racket!

Woo——!

As Conan walked out of the ticket gate, excited cheers came from the stadium behind him.

He had already prepared to leave the stadium and head to the target location to stop the crime as soon as he learned the final location of Hades' crime.

I had already thought of an excuse for Mouri Ran and others, saying that it was a sudden call from "Kudo Shinichi" who said he had cracked the code or something.

But now, when he heard the keyword "tennis racket", he stopped immediately.

  Tennis racket?

that is not……

Qin Zhibo on the other side continued: "If I remember correctly, the Wimbledon tennis tournament is being held in London today, right?"

"And today seems to be the finals. I think the murderer's final crime scene should be there."

Qin Zhibo raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was now 2:30 in the afternoon and the game had already started for half an hour.

Even if Conan rushes over now, he can't get in without a ticket.

The only way is to report it to Scotland Yard and let the police deal with it.

But just when he thought so, Conan murmured on the other end of the phone.

"Actually, I'm at the Wimbledon tennis match right now..."

Upon hearing this, Qin Zhibo's face was shocked.

  What kind of disaster-befalling physique is this!

He quickly asked, "Why are you there?"

Conan replied: "The ticket was given by the rich lady who invited Uncle Maori to visit London. Uncle Maori, Xiaolan, and the doctor are all in the audience now..."

"Rich woman?"

  Qin Zhibo was a little surprised. Are all rich women nowadays so generous?

Not only are the air tickets and accommodation included, but tickets to such a heavyweight event are also included.

However, he did not pay much attention to this, and continued to ask: "Then did you find anything unusual on the court?"

"abnormal?"

Conan was puzzled, because he was busy thinking about the secret code and didn't pay attention to what was happening on the court.

At this moment, a number of spectators walked out from the entrance behind him.

The audience gathered in groups of two or three, discussing the content of the game with slightly regretful expressions on their faces.

"I didn't expect the first set to end so quickly, and the crushing victory was so great..."

"Yes, she is the world's number one queen of grass court. I didn't expect her to score 0:6..."

"Maybe I'm not in good shape today. I'm afraid this game will be difficult..."

The audience passed by Conan, but what they said entered Conan's ears.

Conan suddenly remembered what was broadcast on the London news that morning, saying that Minerva Glass was the favorite to win this year, and 70% of people believed that she would win the women's singles championship.

  But this is only the first game and the score is already 0:6?

Could it be...

An idea suddenly occurred to Conan, and he quickly said to Qin Zhibo on the phone: "I think I have some clues..."

"I'll contact you later!"

After saying that, Conan immediately hung up the phone and ran towards the stadium against the flow of people coming out to the bathroom.

When Qin Zhibo heard that Conan decided to solve the incident alone, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Although he has not paid attention to this matter in the past two days, he cannot help but watch the news on TV.

Hades is an extreme revenger who is seeking revenge for his deceased mother. Not only did he kill friends who advised him to buy stocks and gamble, he even blew up a hospital last time.

The target this time is the tennis court, and judging from the scale, the method of retaliation should also be a bomb.

If not handled properly, Hades could very well detonate the bomb prematurely, causing heavy casualties.

And maybe Conan himself didn't care that his greatest reliance - the watch-shaped anesthetic needle - had been used up when he was fighting Kuroba Kaito at the airport.

"Um……"

Qin Zhibo pondered for a moment and thought about his current situation.

The "fishing plan" failed. Vermouth was rescued, and Mary is now unconscious. She must be sent to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

After waking up, he would have to use his MI6 identity to get rid of the police investigation, so he couldn't meet up with her right away. The performance of the Hobbs Magic Group would not officially start until 3pm, which was still half an hour away.

But with Kuroba Kaito watching over there, there shouldn't be any problem.

After much thought, Qin Zhibo decided to go to the Wimbledon tennis court first to resolve the bomb incident.

……

Centre Court, Wimbledon.

Conan ran back to the center of the aisle of the stadium's audience seats and looked around the entire stadium with a serious face.

This is a super large stadium that can accommodate 15000 people. Judging from the area, Hades’ bomb should not be able to flatten the entire stadium.

In other words, he should have placed the bomb somewhere separately.

Who will be the target?

  Audience seats?

VIP viewing area?

Or...Minerba Glass herself?

At this moment, the big screen on the sidelines also showed the location where each ball landed for both players in the first set.

The moment he saw where the serve landed, Conan suddenly understood.

So this is ah……

The target is indeed Minerva!

When Conan was studying in Hawaii, he studied Braille.

In addition to the initial interest, I also learned Braille considering that I might need to use this special language in a case in the future.

Unexpectedly, I finally came across this skill today.

Based on the serve landing point statistics displayed on the big screen, Conan quickly analyzed it in his mind.

The first letter is H.

Then comes E, L...P.

Put together it means, help.

  This is a call for help!

Conan lowered his right hand from where his chin was resting, and quickly turned his gaze to Minerva below.

It was the break between games, and Minerva was drinking water and wiping her sweat.

There were two chairs next to her, one of which was covered with a towel, and the racket was placed against the chair next to it.

Apart from this, there are no other eye-catching objects around.

The players' preparation area is independent of the audience seats and is located at a relatively far distance to prevent spectators from behind from interfering with the players during the competition.

  If the bomb was intended for Minerva, how would the killer have placed it?

And how did Minerva know on the field that the murderer was targeting her?

Just as Conan was concentrating on thinking, a pair of figures stood beside him.

"Conan?"

"What are you doing standing here?"

Conan looked back and saw that it was Ran Mouri and Masumi Sera who came over.

"Sister Xiaolan?" Conan was a little surprised, "Why are you here?"

"Of course, I was worried that you were lost, so I came out with Masumi to look for you..."

As she was talking, Mao Lilan took Conan's hand and walked towards the seat, saying as she walked, "The second game is about to start, let's go back to our seats..."

  When Conan heard this, he wanted to sit back down. How could he find the bomb and the criminal then?

So he quickly acted cute and put on a pitiful look, "Sister Xiaolan, I need to go to the toilet!"

"To the restroom?"

Mao Lilan turned around, surprised and a little angry, "Didn't you just go to the toilet? Why are you going to the toilet again?"

In just half an hour, Conan ran out twice. Ran Mouri was certain that he just wanted to sneak out and play alone.

If this happened in Japan, people would turn a blind eye to this behavior.

But this is England, and it's a tennis court full of people of all kinds. If he gets lost here, he won't be able to explain to Conan's mother, Edogawa Fumiyo.

"No! Go back and watch the game!"

Seeing that his method of avoiding peeing didn't work, Conan started to squat on the ground and act like a spoiled child.

"No~ I just need to go to the bathroom!"

However, when Mao Lilan saw Conan's uncharacteristic behavior, she became more certain of her thoughts.

"no!"

Mao Lilan dragged Conan, who was squatting on the ground, with one hand. Under the terrifying force, Conan was dragged easily like a sled.

At this moment, Sera Masumi on the side took the initiative to say: "Xiaolan, how about I take Conan to the bathroom?"

"It just so happens that I also feel like going to the toilet..."

"Eh?" Mao Lilan turned her head in surprise and glanced at Sera Masumi, "Is this okay?"

"Oh~ It's nothing, just looking after the kids~"

Masumi Sera looked down at Conan, showing her two little canine teeth and smiled: "Conan, are you willing to go to the bathroom with your sister?"

Conan knew that this was the only way to get away from Xiaolan at the moment, so he could only smile and nod.

"Ok!"

"Yoshi! Let's go!"

Just like that, Sera Masumi took Conan's little hand and walked towards the exit.

When the two of them walked to the corridor outside the exit, Conan immediately began to think of how to get rid of Sera Masumi.

Fortunately, Sera Makoto is a girl, so the other person had to go to the women's restroom while she went to the men's restroom.

The moment the other person goes into the bathroom, you quickly come out and do your business.

But just when Conan had already planned his next move, Sera let go of Conan's little hand.

"Conan, you didn't come out to use the bathroom? Right?"

Sera lowered her head and smiled at Conan with squinting eyes.

Conan looked surprised for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

Because from the girl in front of him, he had a feeling that his disguise had been seen through.

And now Masumi Sera does have some doubts about him.

Although Kudo Shinichi and Conan appeared at the same time on the first day of their encounter at Baker Street, to this day, she still feels that the boy in front of her is the boy she met at the beach 10 years ago.

Especially the way he looks when he's thinking, it's exactly the same as it was before.

If there is any difference between the two, it is that the boy in front of him seems to be more mature than before.

So when Sera saw Conan strongly asking to go to the bathroom again, she realized that the boy might know something.

It might be related to the code incident...

"Um...what are you talking about, Sister Sera?"

Seeing that his purpose had been seen through, Conan could only play dumb as usual.

But Shira didn't give him any face and said directly: "The phone call just now should be from Kudo Shinichi, right? The content is related to the secret code incident, right?"

Although she had some doubts in her heart, Sera did not ignore the existence of Kudo Shinichi and believed that there was a high probability that Conan accepted Kudo Shinichi's guidance.

Conan saw that Sera's guess was very close to the correct answer, and it was indeed difficult for him to stop Hades by himself.

no solution anymore……

Conan could only tell Masumi Sera everything that had happened.