Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

The next morning, when Maori got the latest issue of Nichimi Shimbun, there was a photo of him and Conan. Conan, with dead eyes, was eating a lollipop and making a victory sign to the camera with a look of disgust, while Maori put one hand in his pocket and smiled.

This is the pose the reporter specifically requested them to pose for a headline he wrote:

"The confident detective and the innocent child are guarding the dark star! Kaito Kid is missing!"

Originally, from Mao Li's point of view, this title was really terrible, especially the "innocent child", which was meaningless and outrageous. But considering that the other party had given him a considerable amount of portrait fees for this photo, Mao Li suddenly felt that the other party was very talented.

Journalists are also literati, and the art of literati is not understood by ordinary people.

By the way, Mori kept a copy of the high-definition photo of Kaito Kid in women's clothing for himself, and gave another copy to Officer Nakamori as a gift. In fact, he had originally planned to submit these photos to the Nichiuri Shimbun, but after seeing the complicated expression on Officer Nakamori's face after he admired the photos, Mori gave up the idea.

How should I put it? As a former policeman, Mao Li could understand the other party's feelings. After all, he had been chasing an international thief for many years, and he had not succeeded yet. Psychologically, he must have hoped that the other party would be extraordinary, only in this way could he justify his efforts over the years. But he didn't expect that he turned out to be a perverted young man dressed as a woman...

We should wait until Officer Nakamori catches him before handing him over to the newspaper.

……

Time quickly came to a week later.

As night fell and Mao Li was about to close the business, a young brown-haired beauty stood at the stairs of the detective agency.

"Excuse me……"

"Can you still listen to my commission today, Detective Maori?" The woman said with a tired look on her face, "I have something I want to talk to you, the famous detective, about no matter what!"

"……no problem,"

Mao Li noticed the other party's state and reopened the office without any hesitation, "Come in."

……

Taking out the tea bag, Mao Li made a cup of tea for the woman: "Here, please have it."

"thank you,"

The woman looked a little better, chuckled and nodded, pulling out a business card from her bag, "Detective Maori, my name is Niina Kaori, and I'm here mainly because of my parents."

"Shinname Kaori?" Mao Li took the business card and frowned slightly, "I remember the Detective Samonji series..."

"My father is Shinmei Rentaro,"

Kaori took over the conversation and explained, "The Detective Samonji series is my father's work."

"So your father is the author of Sawamonji!"

Mao Li nodded in understanding. "The Detective Samonji series is indeed an excellent work... But I wonder what Miss Kaori wants to talk to me about? Does your father want to see me?"

"No,"

Shinname Kaori's expression darkened. "To be honest, my father has been missing for almost two months..."

"Missing?"

Mao Li was stunned, "But I remember that Detective Samonji has recently resumed serialization, right?"

"What I said is true,"

Shinname Kaori said anxiously, "My father and mother disappeared a week before the serialization started. They only left a note saying 'I'll be out for a while'. I asked all my relatives and friends, but no one knows their whereabouts! Only at midnight every Saturday, the manuscripts will be faxed to the editorial department."

Mao Li's expression became serious: "Is there no information about the place of origin on the fax?"

"Nothing,"

Shinname Kaori clenched her fingers and said worriedly, "They haven't contacted me for nearly two months. This has never happened before. I was worried that something had happened to them, so I called the police. But because there were no threatening calls and the manuscripts were faxed regularly, they told me not to worry..."

"I have also asked other detective agencies, but their answers are all similar. I can only ask you, Detective Mori, whom my father once mentioned... To be honest, my father once said that among all the current detectives in Japan, he thinks you are the best one..."

Shinna Kaori choked up and shed tears, "So if even you can't do it..."

"no?"

Mao Li raised his eyebrows, slammed the table, stood up, and said sternly, "I don't like this kind of talk! Anyway, since your father sends manuscripts regularly, let's go to that editorial office and take a look!"

"what?"

Shinname Kaori looked at Maori in a daze, then after she came to her senses, she wiped her eyes happily.

"Thank you, Detective Maori."

Chapter 60: Kogoro Mori was written into the novel

University Library Press, Editorial Office.

Although it was already late, the lights were still on in this famous publishing house, with no signs of leaving get off work. Especially in the editorial office that Mao Li and Shinna Kaori were going to, there were many editors holding manuscripts and talking on the phone at this time - since many literary creators like to write and submit manuscripts in the relatively quiet and inspiring evenings, the working hours of these editors have also changed accordingly.

Maori and his companion quickly found the editor of the Detective Samonji series, a slightly plump and honest young man.

"Yes, Mr. Xinming's manuscripts are sent over every week."

The young man was quite excited when he saw Maori: "You are Detective Maori, right? I read the report about the battle against Kidd a few days ago. I heard that you confronted Kidd at close range and saw through his disguise at a glance!"

"One look is too much, two looks, two looks,"

Mao Li smiled awkwardly and continued to ask, "By the way, Mr. Editor, are those manuscripts really written by Mr. Xinming?"

"yes,"

The young man affirmed, "Although it was typed using a word processor, the font is exactly the same as the one the teacher used in the past, and there is his autograph next to each title. Do you want me to show you the manuscript?"

"Is it okay? Thank you very much."

Maori said politely.

The Detective Samonji series stopped being serialized ten years ago, and Maori stopped following the novel at that time. The title of this new work is "Half of the Peak", and the name really makes Maori feel like he was following this famous series back then.

After Mao Li received the manuscript, Niina Kaori sat next to him and said, "I checked it the last time I came here. It is indeed my father's signature."

"If you ask me,"

Editor Asaka Hosato smiled and said, "Your father must have been so engrossed in his writing that he forgot to contact you. Don't worry. Many writers are like this. Once they get into work mode, they completely isolate themselves from everything around them..."

"But……"

"What the editor said is indeed very common, but even if Mr. Xinming has forgotten, Mrs. Xinming will not forget it too, right?"

Mao Li took the manuscript and looked at it carefully, and asked in a deep voice, "Excuse me, when was the last time you and Mr. Xinming met?"

"Well, I met him a few times before the series started, but I really didn't see him a week before the series started..."

"Was there anything unusual about Mr. Niname at that time?"

"Something unusual? I don't think there's anything wrong with that."

The editor recalled, "To be honest, it's a bit strange to re-serialize Detective Samonji. We asked the teacher to serialize it four years ago, but the teacher always said that Samonji was dead and there was no way he could be resurrected..."

"We had almost given up, but unexpectedly the teacher called about two months ago and said he wanted to resume the series," the editor said with a smile, "I think he must have seen your great activity as Detective Maori, and got inspiration and rekindled his motivation to write... Our editor-in-chief was even thinking about whether to interact with you in the weekly magazine."

"Thank you for your recognition of me,"

Mao Li briefly mentioned the cooperation that might bring him huge fame and benefits, and asked about the issue that he was most concerned about at the moment: "But is there anything else strange about Mr. Niname?"

"Well, this... the teacher who is apparently very kind has rarely added a provocative statement in the preface. I wonder if this is unusual."

The young editor pointed to the beginning of the manuscript and said, "Look, this is it. 'I would like to inform all the famous detectives in the country, if you think your brains are superior to mine, please come and find out the truth of this incident!'"

"The truth of the incident? Could it be that Mr. Niname deliberately disappeared because of this?"

Maori frowned.

"No, I think the teacher wants to make the new work more attractive, because recently there have been many calls and letters guessing who the culprit is in the work."

The young editor said happily, "Oh, there's one more thing. Mr. Niname is also in the series this time! He appears as an old friend of Samonji, and he is a slow-selling novelist living in France... Samonji's entire series has nearly 40 books, and this is the first time that Mr. Niname has arranged for himself to make a guest appearance!"

"That's it."

Mao Li nodded slightly - something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary, especially at this moment when the new name Rentaro is missing, he thinks there must be some clues in these manuscripts, "Can you help me make a copy of these manuscripts?"

The editor was stunned: "Ah? Of course."

While the editor was away photocopying the manuscript, Mao Li looked at Niina Kaori again: "Ms. Kaori, were those manuscripts really written by your father? Or was someone forcing him to write them?"

Shinname Kaori shook her head and said, "It is indeed my father's style. If there is any difference, it is that when my father appears in the film, the dialogue is weird."

"dialogue?"

"Well, the wording is different from the other dialogues, and it looks a bit messy," Xiang Baoli nodded, "At first I thought it was a typo by my father..."

"It's not a typo,"

The young editor came back with a pile of manuscripts. Hearing what Shinna Kaori said, he explained, "We were planning to revise it, but the teacher told us not to make changes before the serialization. He also said that if we don't publish it this way, we will stop writing immediately."

Mao Li took the thick stack of manuscripts in surprise: "You finished the photocopying so quickly? It seems that you have a bear..."

"Because I happened to have a copy, I brought it to you, Detective Maori."

"Thank you so much, this fee..."

"Nothing, just some photocopies," the young editor asked expectantly, "If possible, can I talk to you about cooperation next time?"

"Then let's wait until we find Mr. Xinming."

Mao Li exchanged business cards with the sincere young editor, and then left with all the manuscripts.

On the way back, Mao Li did not continue to be with Shinmei Kaori, but agreed to contact each other later. He felt that the mysterious novelist Shinmei Rentaro might have left some message in the manuscript, which he needed to think about carefully.

"Ms. Kaori, don't worry. I will contact you as soon as I find any clues."

"Thank you!"

Kaori was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes again. Maori was her last hope. If she couldn't even help Maori, she felt that she might never see her father again.

……

The next morning.

At the Haido City Hotel, a taxi stopped on the side of the road, and Maori and Shinna Kaori got out in a hurry. Just as the two got out of the car, several police cars also rushed to the front of the hotel, and Officer Megure met Maori with a solemn expression.

"Brother Maori, is everything you said true? Was that famous writer really kidnapped?"

"We don't know whether he was kidnapped or not, but it is true that there is a code inside. It is a message for help from Mr. Xinming!"

Maori said with certainty.

"Well, let the police handle it from now on!"

Officer Megure showed his ID to the hotel lobby manager with a serious face, and quickly led the team to take the elevator upstairs: "Be careful, the criminals are likely to be carrying weapons, everyone be alert, and be sure to protect the hostages later!"

"Yes!"

Maori and Shinna Kaori followed Inspector Megure closely. It was obvious that the writer's daughter was very nervous and her face was full of worry.

"Don't worry, Miss Kaori," Maori comforted, "your father and mother will be fine."

"Well," Shinname Kaori clenched her fingers tightly and said gratefully, "I also want to thank Detective Maori for deciphering those codes... If it weren't for you, I really don't know what I would do!"

"It should."

Maori nodded slightly.

To be honest, compared to the codes that Mori had encountered before (especially the joking warning code of Kaito Kid), the code that Nimei Rentaro inserted in the manuscript this time was particularly clever, and he is worthy of being a famous detective novelist.

One of the keys to the code is actually the title of the chapter of this reboot, "The Vertex of Half". The top words in each column of the dialogue are only half, that is, two words together form a word. Considering that Mr. Xinming arranged his own character to appear in France every time, according to the rule of French silent h, similar words in the combined word are removed, and the code content appears.

The first time was "Come and save me", the second time was "My current location", the third time was "Haito City Hotel", and the fourth time was "Room 2407"...

……

In Room 2407, the room designated in the code, Niina Rentaro lay weakly on the bed, almost unable to move, with his wife and an old attending physician guarding him.

"No news yet?" Niina Rentaro said with difficulty, "I'm running out of time..."..

Mrs. Niname looked at her husband distressedly and said, "Hubby, forget it. Xiang Baoli must be very worried now."

"Kaori will understand," Niina Rentaro sighed and looked up at the ceiling, lost in memories, "I feel the happiest moment when my completed work is praised by readers. However, I have been a writer for 40 years, but there is still a kind of happiness that I have not enjoyed. Even if it is only once in this life, I hope to see it in person..."

A smile appeared on the face of Shinname Rentaro: "I really hope that someone can rush to me and tell me that he has solved the mystery before I reveal it... This is my last wish."

"husband……"

Mrs. Xinming grabbed her husband's dry fingers in pain.

Because of cancer, Shinmei Rentaro has reached the end of his life. He can only write by dictation. I am afraid he will not be able to keep going for much longer.