I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 208 Josephine

—How should I view this situation?
Chen En immediately answered affirmatively.

"I stood and watched."

Conan:?
What are you saying, Chen En?
The Grim Reaper Elementary School Student smirked as he listened to the person inside the letter discussing the magazine's contents and their possible connection to the disappearance of Shinjiro Nijinarou. Suddenly, Chen En reached out and ruffled Conan's hair, saying...
"This case is not a criminal case."

"To be more precise, this can't even be considered a case. It's just a show that Shinmei Nittarou has orchestrated himself. He's currently lying in his hotel room, waiting for the famous detective who can decipher his code to come and see him."

Conan looked at Chen En beside him in surprise.

He didn't know where Chen En got this information from. Could it be that Chen En had already obtained so much important information from Shinmei Kaori during the short time he was waiting at the door?
No, if Shinmei Kaori knew this information, she wouldn't need to ask Uncle Mori for help.

When it comes to deciphering codes, Kogoro Mouri is a detective with a clear weakness. If he knew there was a code, it would be more likely that Kaori Shinmei would use other methods to decipher its meaning.

Conan asked in a low voice,

What exactly do you mean?

"A code? What code? Where can we find Shinmei Nittaro's code? If Mr. Shinmei is hiding even the riddle itself, then this riddle can never be solved, right?"

In response, Chen En simply pointed to the books that Shinmei Kaori and Kogoro Mouri had taken out of their bags while they were talking.

Conan just saw this book on Ran's bookshelf. It's the sequel to Detective Samonji by Shinmei Nittarou, titled "Detective Samonji ~1/2's Peak." Ran also mentioned that Shinmei Nittarou himself made a cameo appearance as a character.

Wait, the coded message, the pinnacle of 1/2, Shinjiro Nittarou himself makes a cameo appearance in the book...

Chen En merely nodded, and Conan had already guessed how to find the mystery of Shinmei Nittaro, and how to decipher the code to find Shinmei Nittaro himself.

Conan's eyes lit up, and he rushed into the office's meeting room, just before getting hit by Kogoro Mouri's Mouri God Fist.

He grabbed Conan by the back of his collar first, and then said,
"All I remember is that the mystery ends with Shinmei Nittarou in a hotel room. He is very ill and could die at any time, so you have to solve the case quickly so you can see him one last time."

"It's a pity I don't usually pay attention to these things, otherwise I would have found his location last night as well."

Conan turned and glanced at Chen En.

Although he felt that Chen En's words were a bit unreliable, he still acknowledged Chen En's reasoning method, which seemed to be based on a script and the answer. He reluctantly believed that if Chen En knew in advance, he could easily confirm the location.

However, if the situation is really as Chen En said...

Therefore, he must speed up the process of solving the mystery. As one of the mystery writers he had read since childhood, Shinmei Nittarou would be devastated if he didn't get to meet the famous detective in his book before he died.

That would be a pity!

"I understand. Leave the rest to me!"

Conan struggled to jump back to the second-floor platform of the internal staircase, and then rushed into the reception room.

Startled by Conan, Kogoro Mouri predictably delivered a powerful punch to Conan's head, leaving a large, anime-style bump. Only then did Conan, with tears in his eyes, express his desire to read Kaori Shinmei's book.

Then, the Grim Reaper Elementary School Student sat down next to him with the book in his arms and quickly flipped through the pages.

In less than ten minutes.

Conan then returned to the meeting room, avoiding yet another attack from Kogoro Mouri's "Mouri God Fist," and shouted loudly,
"Sister, Uncle, I've figured out what Master Xinming's code means!"

"The novel's title is 'The Pinnacle of Half,' which means to merge the top two characters of the original manuscript. The answer can be found in the five places where Shinmei Nittaro appears in the book, and it seems that the master Shinmei is used to using French letters."

"The French letter H is silent at the beginning of a word, so words that begin with the Roman letter H must be removed before interpretation."

“By spelling out the special features of the five places according to the method I just described, we can immediately get the code phrase, ‘Help me! I’m in room 2407 of the Beika City Hotel! Hurry, there’s no time!’” Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri, who was planning to catch Conan who was trying to escape and unleash a double punch from Mouri’s God Fist, and Kaori Shinna, who was about to persuade Kogoro Mouri not to hit the child, both froze.

It seems that this logic can indeed be used to solve the problem.

But is it really possible to crack such a complex puzzle in just ten minutes? Isn't that speed a bit too impressive? Could a child really do that?
He sensed the surprised looks from Kogoro Mouri, Ran Mouri, and Kaori Shinmei.

Conan quickly said,

"It was Brother Chen En who was at the door who told me the solution!"

"I just played a word puzzle game using the method that Brother Chen En taught me!"

That's not surprising.

Kogoro Mouri and Ran Mouri nodded, suddenly realizing what was going on.

Indeed, Chen En's reasoning style is more like reading the script than deducing the answer.

It seems there is truly no mystery in this world that can stop Chen En.

Only Shinmei Kaori, who was standing next to her, was puzzled by this.

She didn't know Chen En.

In addition, Chen En has never been featured on television, and there isn't even a single photo of him on television. Shinmei Kaori not only doesn't know anything about Chen En, but she has never even heard of his name.

However, seeing that Kogoro Mouri seemed to approve of Conan's solution, which he had heard from Chen En, he was quite impressed.

She could only guess that Chen En, who had just been chatting with her at the door, was probably some kind of great detective visiting as a guest.

"I didn't expect Mr. Rentaro to be at the Beika City Hotel. However, judging from the code, Mr. Rentaro's situation seems to be quite dangerous. We must speed things up!"

"Miss Kaori, kid, let's go!"

Kogoro Mouri hurriedly grabbed Conan and rushed outside.

Shinmei Kaori was a little surprised, but still jogged to catch up. Only Ran Mouri, who was a step behind and came out, watched the three disappear quickly into the inner staircase and felt a little helpless. However, she saw Chen En next to her.

Ran Mouri suddenly remembered something and asked curiously,
“Mr. Chen En, Miss Maki Shuri visited the firm yesterday.”

"She told us that she had received a notice from Kaito Kid and hoped that her father could come to the theater to help her deal with Kaito Kid and protect the Destiny Jewel. Then she gave us a big stack of tickets and told us to distribute them as we pleased."

"Since there are so many tickets, my dad, Conan, and I are going together. We still have five or six extra tickets. Do you and Sonoko want to come with us to see the show? That way we won't have to buy extra tickets!"

—Are the tickets given away in stacks? This Mu Shuli is a character.

To this, Chen En merely raised an eyebrow and said,

"That night, Sonoko and I were going to the Suzuki Foundation's exhibition hall to confront Kaito Kid."

"It's highly unlikely we'll be able to go to the Space Theater. However, Ai and Professor Agasa seem quite interested in this kind of high-end art. You can ask them about it later. Maybe if we include the Detective Boys, we'll be able to use up all the tickets?"

However, he originally wanted to talk to Conan about the antidote for APTX-4869.

It seems there's no chance now.

Forget it, I'll talk to Conan when he and the others come back this afternoon. It's not like the emperor isn't worried while the eunuch is, right? Besides, he's not a eunuch, and Conan isn't the emperor, so there's even less reason for them to be anxious!
(End of this chapter)