Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 929 Scattered Actions
Although Mr. Zhong said "sorry" first, his tone was unquestionably tough.

Yuan Tai was taken aback by Mr. Zhong's attitude. He was fearless, but at this moment he felt a little fear in his heart.

"If you don't eat, don't eat..."

Yuan Tai looked at Mr. Clock with an indifferent face under the sunglasses, and withdrew his hand embarrassingly.

Mr. Clock followed the trend and took the remaining half of the steak and buns on the table to the dining car on the side, obviously not letting anyone in the Boy Detective Team eat more.

Haibara glanced at Conan, and found that Conan also had a surprised expression on his face.

If "Mr. Clock" is the housekeeper of the Angel's Pavilion, and also has a nutrition consultant and the like, it may restrict Yuantai's diet.

After all, from a physical point of view, Yuantai really should lose weight.

But for this trivial matter, Conan did not expect to restrict eating to such an extent.

Moreover, the purpose of Mr. Clock's doing this seems not to be for Yuantai's health, but to not affect his ability to think about puzzles.

Could it be that he also provides such "thoughtful" service to other puzzle challengers?
……

After the episode, the boy detective team didn't dare to eat too much.

Mr. Clock collected all the remaining meals and pushed them away in the dining cart, not even a piece of bread.

After a while, Mr. Clock returned to the dining room and made a final announcement to everyone.

"Please be cautious when you act, because the security system installed by the master before his death has even more terrifying functions..."

"If it affects everyone's solution to the puzzle because someone is injured, that's not good."

After speaking, Mr. Clock turned and left the restaurant.

Conan wanted to ask, "Where are you staying tonight?" but Mr. Clock left without looking back, his figure was overwhelmed by the darkness of the corridor.

what a weirdo...

Conan complained silently in his heart.

Seeing that Mr. Zhong left, Yuan Tai's heart that had been suppressed just now came alive again, and asked tentatively: "That is to say, we can move freely now?"

Hui Yuanai walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looked at the beam of light passing by outside the window, and said calmly: "From what that person said, it should be."

Yuan Taiyi was overjoyed, "Great! I can go to the kitchen to eat!"

"Please..." Conan sighed helplessly, "You just finished eating, why are you hungry so quickly?"

Yuan Tai patted his stomach aggrievedly, "But I'm not full, now my stomach is only sixty percent full."

Before Conan could reply, Mitsuhiko next to him said, "This is not good, if Mr. Zhong finds out, you might be scolded by him, right?"

Ayumi also nodded, agreeing: "I also think Mr. Clock is quite scary sometimes..."

As soon as Mr. Clock was mentioned, "Emperor Fat Tiger" Yuan Tai was instantly deflated again, with his hands hanging down on his sides.

Seeing that Genta had given up the idea of ​​going to the kitchen to steal food, Conan was also relieved.

After all, Mr. Clock is an unknown person to them. Although he is not necessarily a bad person, he is definitely not the kind of person who is easy to fool.

This can be seen from the fact that he reminded Yuriko Matsunaka to find the Detective Boys, and notified the parents of the Detective Boys in advance.

In this case, it is better to solve the puzzle as soon as possible and leave the place.

Thinking in his heart, Conan took out his notebook and wrote down the riddles he had memorized after listening to it once.

[When the horns on the bull's head disappear and the tail turns into a head, an angel will descend from the sky and blow the horn, and the tone is exactly where the treasure is]

First of all, it is necessary to figure out what is "when the horns on the bull's head disappear".

Conan thought for a while, and the most straightforward understanding is to interpret the "bull head" as the bull statue in the Angel Pavilion, and the "horn" is the horn on the head of the bull statue.

But the problem is that there are too many cow statues in the Angel Pavilion, and it is really troublesome to find a "cow" without horns.

Moreover, most adults can understand this meaning. If the puzzle is really related to the "hornless cow statue", I am afraid that the puzzle has been solved long ago.

So it should be understood from another angle...

Conan sat cross-legged on the carpet with a small notebook in his hand, and began to decrypt.

……

Outside the North Pavilion where the Detective Boys were located, Qin Zhibo hid behind the angel lighthouse of the North Pavilion, sitting on a slightly hidden step.

He wrote down the puzzle verbatim on the paper, and immediately saw the investigation point.

[Secret language survey √]

[When the horns on the head of the ox disappear, it means that the Chinese character "Niu" removes the upper part of the head, and the Chinese character "午" is obtained; Southern Angel at 12:00 noon...]

This puzzle seems to be very short, but it is very troublesome to decipher it.

Among them, the traditional Chinese anagrams are used, and the division of the twelve earthly branches and the twelve hours is used.

But when Qin Zhibo saw these contents, what he thought of was the southern angel pedestal that was accidentally opened when he came here at noon today.

At twelve o'clock at noon, the high-voltage electricity at the southern angel base was just released, and he let the decoy doll enter it by accident, and obtained the Panest fragment.

Turns out that was part of the puzzle.

That is to say, Isekawa Gozo did not realize the true function of Panest's fragments, and used the fragments as part of the will puzzle.

But Mr. Clock is just not good at solving human puzzles. Even the first sentence of this puzzle can never be solved by itself.

Now it has found the "help" of the Boys Detective Team, especially Conan, and it is only a matter of time to solve the mystery with Conan's reasoning ability.

But this is exactly in line with Qin Zhibo's wishes.

【… When the tail becomes the head, the angel will come down from the sky and blow the trumpet, and that tune is where the treasure is.

This means that the northern angel corresponding to the southern angel will descend from the sky, and use other searchlights to shine on the northern angel, and the horn-shaped shadow formed will indicate the final treasure location]

This sentence is not easy to understand, but to Qin Zhibo, it is not so important.

As long as there is the first sentence, it is enough for oneself to "treat others in the same way".

Qin Zhibo got up and was about to leave, but his stomach let out a grunt.

Qin Zhibo hasn't eaten since he briefly ate some convenience store instant food in Gunma County at noon.

Originally, he didn't have the option of staying overnight in the Angel's Pavilion, so he didn't prepare any food or anything.

People are iron, and rice is steel, so you panic if you don't eat a meal.

Let's get something to eat first...

……

North Pavilion.

Although Mr. Clock didn't arrange accommodation for him, Conan and the Boy Detectives found a clean servant's room on the second floor.

There are six beds in a room, which is just enough for everyone to live in, and they can take care of each other when they sleep together.

Conan sat cross-legged on the bed, drew a plan view of the entire Angel Pavilion on a piece of straw paper, and then continued to analyze the puzzle.

But even though he thought about it for another half an hour, he still had no clue about the first sentence of the puzzle.

If there is no previous heir to the will, Conan may try to find it according to the clues of the cow sculpture.

But now that there are other testamentary heirs, the puzzle cannot be so simple.

Moreover, it is too dangerous to take a group of primary school students to search for the cattle sculptures one by one in the courtyard with security system at night.

Although Conan is a primary school student, in this small team, he has always regarded himself as a parent who is both a father and a mother.

Fortunately, since Hui Yuanai joined, the pressure on Conan has been shared, and now he mainly needs to be a father.

Mitsuhiko: "Conan, haven't you solved the mystery yet?"

Yuan Tai: "Conan, when do we have to wait? I can't wait to go out and find the treasure!"

Ayumi: "Conan, don't worry, we still have time, right?"

Mitsuhiko: "Conan, I think the puzzle may be related to the sculpture of the cow, why don't we go outside and look for sculptures related to 'cow', maybe..."

Conan burned his own brain cells on the bed, and the three little ones sat by the bed and watched, eagerly looking forward to Conan's answer.

Even Yuriko Matsunaka, who is the heir of the will, was not as excited as the three of them. She was lying on the bed early, but she didn't close her eyes, thinking about something in her mind.

But after half an hour passed, the few people lost their patience and started chatting and discussing.

This made Conan, who was already clueless, even more irritable, and raised his head and yelled at several people.

"Could you please give me some peace?"

The three little ones shook their shoulders in fright from Kuang Ke, they all hissed, and walked away from the bed.

Seeing this, Hui Yuanai, who had been staying far away, came over voluntarily, with one leg crossed beside the bed, leaning towards Conan.

"If I were that rich man named Isekawa, I might focus on using the four angels in the four directions to make a fuss..."

Haibara Ai leaned her body, and lightly confided her suggestion, which made Conan's eyes shine.

Indeed, after all, this place is the Pavilion of Angels, and the possibility of building four angels has some great meaning in itself.

And the mention of "angel" in the second sentence of the puzzle should be some kind of hint...

Conan's brain was digesting Haibara Ai's suggestion, but he smelled a faint sweet orange fragrance in his nose.

This is the shampoo scent, from Haibara Ai's hair.

Conan squinted his eyes, and caught a glimpse of Haibara Ai's patchwork brown hair.

The hair tip is further down, under the thin and curved eyebrows are wise and sad eyes, and the beautiful face is carefully aimed at the bird's-eye view on the straw paper.

If you look closely, this guy is really pretty...

The distance between the two's bodies was less than five centimeters, and Conan realized that Haibara Ai was also a beauty.

At this moment, Haibara Ai looked up and saw Conan staring at her eyes.

In the pupils of the two, there is me in you, and you in me.

But immediately, Hui Yuanai closed his eyes indifferently, and calmly retreated to the window, with a sense of distance and sense of proportion just right.

Conan was also taken aback, turned his head, and continued to analyze the puzzle.

But at this time, Yuan Tai started acting like a demon again.

"I want to go to the bathroom."

Mitsuhiko also echoed, "I want to go to the bathroom too..."

The two of them clutched their crotches, and it looked like that.

It's rare that these two are sensible and know how to ask Conan for instructions.

Just as Conan was about to respond, Hui Yuanai stood up and said, "Do you want me to go with you?"

Yuantai and Mitsuhiko quickly shook their heads like a rattle drum, "No, no, we can go by ourselves."

With that said, the two pushed open the door to leave the room.

Conan on the bed was worried, turned his head and told him, "Don't forget to go and come back."

"understood!"

Bang.

The door closed and the two left.

With the two words missing, the room became much quieter.

Conan continued to solve the puzzle, gesturing on the straw paper.

And Ayumi quietly came to Haibara Ai's side, and whispered something into Haibara Ai's ear.

After finishing speaking, Huibara thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Ok."

"Thank you, Xiao Ai."

The two women didn't know what agreement they had reached, so they opened the door and wanted to leave.

Conan noticed the actions of these two people, so he asked, "It's so late, what are you doing out there?"

"Go to the toilet." Hui Yuanai replied.

"Oh……"

Conan simply responded and didn't give any other instructions. After all, Hui Yuanai followed him, so he was quite at ease.

Bang.

The door closed again, and there were only two people left in the room of six people.

Conan glanced at another person across the bed. Yuriko Matsunaka was lying on her side facing the other direction, and she hadn't made a sound for a long time.

Probably already asleep?
Conan didn't think too much, and continued to analyze the puzzle.

But even with Hui Yuan Ai's reminder, he still didn't understand what the meaning of the riddle was.

Cows, horns, what do these have to do with "angels"?
And why do angels fall from the sky?Is it possible that the angel statue built by Gozo Isekawa can fly?
The dejected Conan rubbed his hair, fiddling with the pencil with his fingers bored.

If there is no hint, this puzzle is really hard to solve...

But if Qin Zhibo is here, it may be untied soon, right?
Conan, who couldn't think of an answer, suddenly drifted to Qin Zhibo who was "far away".

In addition to his terrifying observation and reasoning abilities, Qin Zhibo's decryption ability has also been demonstrated many times, which amazed Conan.

If the 24-hour time limit is coming soon, can you consider calling Qin Zhibo?

Conan carries an earring-shaped pocket phone with him, so he can contact the outside world at any time.

Although calling for foreign aid is a bit of a foul, but from the most basic human feelings, Conan still hopes that Yuriko Matsunaka can get the inheritance of her great-grandfather, so that her future life will be easier.

Besides, according to the order of succession, the puzzles and challenges have all been carried out to a child as young as Yuriko Matsunaka. If it goes down, it is hard to imagine what kind of relatives they are.

When the challenges of the relatives are over, it should be the turn of the non-relatives who were close to Isekawa Gozo before his death.

Mr. Clock is probably also one of the heirs in the will...

Conan's eyes became serious, thinking of all the weird things about Clock, he couldn't help but feel a little more wary.

Just as Conan was thinking, a scream suddenly came from the corridor outside the door.

"what--!"

The ear-piercing male duck's voice shocked Conan's pupils who were sitting on the bed.

It's Yuanta!
(End of this chapter)