Detective Conan: The System Takes Me to Zero's World

Wakita Kensuke frowned, as if trying to fish out some key clues from the mist of memory. He looked at Okino Yoko and asked solemnly, "By the way, I want to confirm with you again. When I turned the corner of the corridor, near where the bloodstain disappeared, I didn't find the ladder leading to the attic. Am I right?"

Yoko Okino seemed to be reminded of the horrific memories of that night. Her body trembled slightly, and then she nodded vigorously.

"Yes. Go a little further inside and turn a corner. There is a ladder leading to the attic on the ceiling. The scene at that time was really terrifying. I still remember the tension and fear."

Mao Lilan was full of doubts. She raised her doubts: "When you were looking for someone, you called Mr. Guankang several times, right?"

"Yes. Mr. Feng Wu's phone was running out of battery, so he used his wife's phone to make the call."

Yoko Okino recalled that panicked moment. "Everyone was really worried at the time and tried desperately to find someone. Mr. Hiroshima, who was in my group, never stopped, and Mr. Fugo and his wife were even more anxious and kept shouting loudly."

After learning about the case to this point, the few people still felt like they were groping in the dark, with no clues. Everyone was immersed in their own thoughts, trying to find the key from these messy clues.

At this time, Kogoro Mouri, who was in the bathroom, was facing a difficult problem that made him extremely embarrassed.

He had been sitting on the toilet for a while, looking extremely uncomfortable. He looked at the toilet paper hanging place with a sad face, and kept muttering: "How could this happen? No matter how careless I am, there must be a limit."

His eyes seemed to be glued together as he stared at the empty toilet paper holder, his eyes full of helplessness and regret.

"Under normal circumstances, I would just yell, Xiaolan. But today, Ms. Okino Yoko is in the detective agency. How can I say that the toilet paper in the bathroom is used up? If Yoko knew about this, I would be embarrassed."

"By the way, you can make a phone call." Kogoro Mouri's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he saw a ray of light in the darkness.

He hurriedly took out his cell phone, but his brows were instantly furrowed, and his eyebrows were like two tangled caterpillars. He was thinking about various possibilities in his mind.

"No, I just don't think it's good. If I call or message Xiaolan, I think Miss Yoko will know. If she sees my message for help, she will definitely guess my predicament in the bathroom, and I won't be able to hold my head up in front of her anymore."

All kinds of embarrassing scenes emerged in his mind, and each one made him wish he could find a hole to crawl into.

He touched the place where toilet paper was stored with one hand and made a difficult decision. "I'm in urgent need of toilet paper. So I have no choice but to ask for help from that smart but arrogant four-eyed kid. Although it's a bit embarrassing to ask a kid for help, there's no other way now."

In the living room, Kudo Yuki, Conan, Mao Li Ran and Okino Yoko were sitting around the table.

Wakita Kanenori stood nearby, folding his arms and thinking.

The atmosphere was a bit depressing as everyone was still worried about the case.

Suddenly, Conan's phone rang with a brisk text message ringtone. He turned on the phone and saw a message from Maori Kogoro on the screen:

19 1 9 East, West, South, White Hair, Middle

1112234567999

Conan looked at this strange message and fell into deep thought.

Seeing his focused expression, Mao Lilan couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong with you, Conan?"

Conan slowly raised his head and placed his phone flat on the table so that everyone could see the message, "Uncle Kogoro just sent me a message like this."

Everyone's eyes were focused on the phone screen, and the originally dull atmosphere suddenly became solemn. Everyone stared at the strange characters on the screen, trying to find some clues from them.

Wakita Kanenori said bluntly: "This looks like a secret code."

Okino Yoko blinked and said, "But Mr. Maori should be in the bathroom now."

Mao Lilan leaned closer to the phone and observed it carefully for a while. Her eyes lit up and she laughed: "Why do I think this looks like a mahjong tile?"

Okino Yoko was surprised: "Xiaolan, you can play mahjong!"

"There was a time when I really liked playing mahjong."

Conan's little brain was working quickly, and he said to himself, "But why did Uncle use a code to explain it? He could have just shouted. There must be some special reason behind this."

Kudo Yuki silently said in her heart: [Sign in.]

"Ding, congratulations to Xiaoxue for signing in successfully today. She has obtained +150 mall points and the skill of analyzing secret codes.

The current mall points are 3050, and the system space has: healing elixir, anti-risk floating tool, water-resting stone, winery organization status information, winery base location distribution map, and intelligence analysis code language skills. Please continue to sign in every day, Xiaoxue. "

"The Wisdom Analysis Secret Language skill has been incorporated into the skill attributes."

Then, the system announced: "The skill of intelligent code analysis is specially used to solve cases and collect clues. It can decipher all codes."

Kudo Yuki leaned over slightly and looked closely at the two codes. After a moment, she knew the message the codes were meant to convey.

Seeing this, Conan hurriedly pulled Kudo Yuki's clothes, his little face full of confusion.

He stroked his chin and thought, whispering softly: "Sister Xue, this situation looks like he is trapped somewhere and can't get out. He can only use his mobile phone to send a distress signal. Why did he do this? What does he want to say?"

Kudo Yuki lowered her head slightly, looked at Conan's serious expression, and whispered softly: "Conan, look carefully at the known information on the playing cards, what can you think of?"

Conan lowered his head and pondered, various possibilities flashing through his mind.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, "I understand. So Mr. Guan Kang did not call or send a direct message, but chose to send the photos of these playing cards, but he didn't know that this code was used by others. In the end, he was nailed to death in the attic."

Mao Lilan leaned forward, "You have solved the code of the playing cards. Is this true, Conan?"

Conan looked up, "Yeah. Uncle Kogoro just sent me a coded picture on his cell phone in the Misano room."

He held up his phone to show them: "This code of numbers and Chinese characters, plus what Sister Xue said just now, gave me a clue."

Okino Yoko opened her mouth in surprise, her eyes full of disbelief: "Did you figure out the code, too?"

Conan put his phone on the table and smiled easily: "Just think about it for a while, even a child can figure out this code."

Mao Lilan frowned and was still a little confused: "But why did he send that code to Conan?"

Conan pondered for a moment and explained, "Uncle Kogoro is in the bathroom right now and has something he wants to ask me, but he doesn't want Sister Yoko to know about it.

So, in this case, Uncle Kankang, who was shot in the back by a crossbow arrow and hid in the attic, sent a poker card code to his brother, and he did so for the same purpose as Uncle Kogoro. "

After listening to Conan's explanation, everyone was thinking about the truth behind the case and trying to piece together a complete picture from these new clues.

After seeing Yoko Okino's expression, Conan understood the troubles in Kogoro Mori's heart.

He muttered in his heart: "I'm afraid that Miss Yoko will see me. Uncle Kogoro is really so concerned about his image in front of Miss Yoko."

Wakita Kanenori looked at the siblings and asked, "So how did you figure out the code on the playing cards?"

Conan's heart tightened. He knew that he couldn't reveal too much, otherwise it might cause unnecessary trouble.

So, I just said the method: "Change the suit on the card into English, and then according to the number on the card, take the letter of the suit in the corresponding position, and you can solve it. Sister Xue reminded me of this method, but I don't know those words."

Kudo Yuki could only act with Conan. She looked at everyone and explained in detail: "The first card on the far left is the Ace of Hearts, and the English word for hearts is heart, so we take the first letter H. The second card is the 2 of Hearts, so we take the letter E. The third card is the 2 of Clubs, and the English word for clubs is club, so it is L.

The fourth card is the 2 of spades, and the English word for spades is spade, which is the letter P. Putting the letters of the first four cards in the upper left corner together is HELP. "

Conan interrupted: "That means saving lives, right?"

Mao Lilan smiled and agreed: "You are right."

Wakita Kanenori didn't notice anything unusual and agreed with a smile: "You are right, there is indeed such a possibility."

Mao Lilan looked at the playing cards and thought: "Diamond is the English word for diamond. If we interpret the second set of cards according to this rule, spades 3, hearts 5, hearts 5, diamonds 2, clubs Ace, together it is ATTIC, what does this mean?"

Okino Yoko shook her head: "I don't know, I remember the English word for attack is attack."

The curve of Wakita Kensuke's mouth widened, as if he had solved the puzzle. "That's pronounced attic in English, which means attic. Help and attic are both English words."

"Well, in that case, the following 6 of Diamonds, 2 of Diamonds, and 2 of Diamonds, 4 of Hearts, 3 of Clubs, the two sets of cards are NI and IRU respectively."

Wakita Kanenori began to decipher the second half: "If you read it directly in romanization, it's here, and if you put it together, it's in the attic. So what he wanted to say is that he is in the attic, and you have to find a way to save him quickly. Because he can only use 16 characters, so he had to mix English and Japanese."

"So this is ah."

Wakita Kensuke continued: "We interpret the following cards in the same way. It seems that they are all Japanese words spelled in romanization."

Hearing this, Okino Yoko picked up her phone and looked at it with Mao Lilan, thinking about it. She connected the letters and was shocked. "The criminal is Hime!"

Mao Lilan's face was full of confusion: "Isn't Ms. Feimei the wife of Mr. Fengwu?"

Yoko Okino answered: "But she came here in a wheelchair."

Kudo Yuki remained silent. She didn't want to show off too much at this time. She just looked at Wakita Kensuke from time to time. She looked alert, as if she was thinking about the deeper secrets behind this case.

Seeing that no one knew the reason behind this, Wakita Kanenori could not help but feel proud. He regarded this case as the highlight of his reasoning.

He cleared his throat and began to reason in detail: "You can use a crossbow to shoot arrows while sitting in a wheelchair. As long as you put the crossbow on your knees and cover it with a blanket, you can get close to the person you want to kill without being discovered by the other party.

So, the complete meaning of this code is 'Brother, your wife is the one who wants to kill me, don't let her find out. Quickly sneak into the attic and rescue me.'

I think it was Ms. Feimei who called Mr. Guankang to the corridor at midnight, and then took out a crossbow. Mr. Guankang was so scared that he turned around and ran away, but was shot in the back by a crossbow arrow.

But he did not die, but escaped with his survival instinct. Ms. Hime was chasing after him in a wheelchair, and at this time Ms. Yoko followed the blood trail of Mr. Kan's.

In order to stop Miss Yoko from chasing after him, Ms. Hime placed a blanket under the footrest of the wheelchair and stepped on it. While tracking Mr. Kankang, she used the blanket to wipe away the bloodstains on the corridor.

Yoko Okino suddenly realized: "So when I walked to the corner of the corridor, the bloodstains on the ground suddenly disappeared."

Wakita Kensuke continued to reason: "Ms. Hime wanted to prevent you from interfering with her killing Mr. Nukuyasu, and because of this, some time was wasted, and Mr. Nukuyasu was able to escape to the attic.

After Ms. Hime found out that Mr. Kankang had fled to the attic, she pretended nothing had happened and returned to the bathroom to meet up with Ms. Yoko and the others.

"But, Ms. Hime was desperately looking for Mr. Guan Kang at that time? She was shouting very loudly, it didn't seem like she was acting at all."

Wakita Kanenori smiled and continued, "Actually, she didn't do that to find someone, but to threaten, 'If you have the guts, come down, I will kill you with this crossbow immediately.' That's what she meant. Do you understand?"

"No, it can't be!"

Mao Lilan was confused: "In that case, Ms. Hime actually knew that Mr. Kan'yasu was hiding in the attic, right?"

Wakita Kanenori nodded and said, "Yes. Because the bloodstain of Mr. Nukuyasu stops at the entrance of the ladder leading to the attic, you only need to think about it a little bit to know it."

Mao Lilan asked back: "If that's the case, why don't you just call his brother, Mr. Feng Wu, and tell him directly?"

"That's right, tell him that your wife shot me with a crossbow and you should catch her quickly."

Seeing that Mao Lilan and Okino Yoko were nervously retorting, Kudo Yuki tried to comfort them: "Ms. Hime has a crossbow on her knees. What if she does the same to his brother?"

After hearing this, the tension between the two gradually faded away.

To be continued...