The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

"Sera...Elena?"

"The name is a bit strange..."

Detective Baima picked up the information, confirmed the information on it, and found that it was British.

It's just that the name does sound like a Japanese surname.

He handed the information to Burt. After staring at the photo for a while, Burt's eyes lit up.

"It feels like it's her..."

"very good!"

Detective Baima waved his hand, and his police officers immediately went to investigate this person's information and invited him here as quickly as possible.

Conan, on the other hand, raised his chin with a serious face, thinking about the name he seemed to have heard somewhere.

Elena...

Sera Elena?

If I remember correctly, the girl who suddenly came over to strike up a conversation yesterday was named Seriang.

Are these two people related?

And the strangest thing is that if the woman I saw this morning is the same person as the one in the information, that would be incredible.

Because there is almost no obvious aging in this woman's appearance.

You must know that this is a photo from the university archives, more than 20 years ago.

But that woman's appearance was probably that of someone in her 25s, and she didn't look like someone in her 40s at all.

And she also said that she once had children in Japan.

What is going on?

…

City of London.

After more than half an hour of walking, Sera, Maori and his party arrived at the next coded location.

The building they came to was called "Gherkin", so named because the shape of the building looked like a pickled cucumber.

This corresponds to the fourth line of the code - in the end it is enough to just eat the pickled cucumber.

The group began to search the surroundings and easily found markers scattered around the building.

These markers were deliberately scored with a knife, and the title "Dancing Men" was written on the pen barrel.

Dancing Men is the title of an article in Sherlock Holmes, called "Dancing Men".

Mao Lilan held a pen she picked up in her hand. After thinking about it this time, she couldn't think of any hints.

After all, she herself has never read Sherlock Holmes, and her knowledge of Sherlock Holmes only comes from Kudo Shinichi.

Kogoro Mori is a fan of Agatha Christie and is not very fond of Sherlock Holmes.

Not to mention Dr. A Li, the part of his life that is closest to reasoning is telling funny riddles.

"Zhenchun, do you see anything?"

Mao Lilan turned to look at Sera Masumi who was standing beside the trash can.

At this time, Serang held two markers in his hands and looked at them quietly.

One of the pens she picked out from the trash can.

Since the markers were covered with scratches, they were often thrown away as garbage by passers-by.

Hearing Mao Lilan's call, Sera Masaki turned away with a smile and shook his head.

"I can't figure it out at all~"

"Haha~"

When Mao Lilan heard this, she could only take out her phone and prepare to ask Kudo Shinichi, a Fu fan, for help again.

And Seriang continued to turn around and look at the pair of markers in her hand.

Although she is also a reader of Sherlock Holmes, she is not as obsessed as Kudo Shinichi, who regards every word of Sherlock Holmes as a wise saying.

But as a quasi-detective, I still learned a lot from Mary about the basic rules of reasoning.

One method of reasoning is to put yourself in the position of the murderer.

For example, if the current pen did not cause scratches on it, it might not be regarded as useless garbage and thrown into the trash can.

In this way, it can stay on people's hands for a longer time, allowing more people to detect abnormalities.

But the murderer deliberately made scratches on it, doing something that seemed like a "waste of time" and thankless, which only shows that he had an ulterior motive...

Sera held the marker and examined the scratches on it.

The scratches on the two markers are different and seem to have been made randomly.

But if you look carefully, you will find that the scratches on the caps at both ends of the two pens are exactly the same.

Could it be...

Seriang removed the two pen caps according to what he had in mind, and then aligned them with each other.

When the cap is aligned in the correct position, the fixed scratches form the letter "N".

this is……

"Yes!"

"It's the English letter N!"

On the other side, Mao Lilan also removed the pen cap at the prompt of Kudo Shinichi and found the letter N.

"How did you find out?!"

Mao Lilan instantly turned into a little fan girl, causing a satisfied smile to appear on Conan's face on the other side of the phone.

"cough……"

"It's because Sherlock Holmes once said in this story that all the intermediate reasoning processes should be omitted, and only the starting point and conclusion should be explained to the other party. Although this method seems simple and crude, it is enough to achieve amazing results."

Standing next to Conan, Kuroba Kaito glanced down with disdain and thought to himself: Even memorizing such obvious words word for word is so boring...

And isn’t that how magic shows work?

No matter how wonderful a magic trick is, it will be overshadowed if the secrets of magic are revealed to the audience.

Saston’s Three Principles…

Kaito Kuroba was stunned, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have memorized some content that seemed "boring" to outsiders.

And the passage that Conan memorized was, to put it bluntly, also teaching detectives how to create program effects.

But children should not imitate easily~

Because only writing the results without writing the process will not get any points!

…

On the other side, Ran Maoli also suddenly realized after listening to Conan's explanation.

"I see~"

"Then Shinichi, you should focus on your work first. If we need your help when we arrive at the next location, we will call you..."

But just when Ran Maoli didn't want to delay her childhood sweetheart's work and wanted to hang up the phone, Conan immediately called her.

"Wait a minute! Xiaolan."

"Eh?" Mao Lilan was stunned, "What's the matter?"

Conan held the bow voice changer in one hand and the phone in the other hand, and asked seriously: "The person named 'Sera Masumi' is with you now, right?"

Maury Ran looked up at Sera not far away and nodded, "Yes, what's wrong?"

"Give her the phone, I need to ask her something..."

Maury Ran's expression was a little confused, but she still came to Sera and handed her the phone.

"Masumi, Shinichi is looking for you..."

"Looking for me?"

Sera Masumi was stunned and pointed at her face in disbelief.

The next second, her brain suddenly reacted.

Could it be that Shinichi got it? She remembered that she was the little girl who was with him at the beach 10 years ago.

Will the next scene be...

I'm sorry that I only thought of you at this time.

I have a lot to say to you at the moment.

When we have time in the evening, let's have a good chat alone.

Thinking of this, Sera's face flushed slightly.

Standing opposite her, Ran Maoli saw Sera's nervous expression and her right eyebrow was slightly wrinkled.

Suspicious expression...

"Um, um, what do you want to talk to me about? Shin, Shinichi..."

Sera answered the phone, and her words were a little stuck because of nervousness.

But Conan on the other side was stumped by the first sentence he said.

"Miss Sera, is your mother's surname also Sera?"

"Um...ah?"

Sera Masumi's expression seemed to be frozen, and she looked like she was neither crying nor laughing.

Conan on the other side also realized that the intention of this question was too direct, so he changed the question and continued to ask: "What I want to know is whether there is anyone in your family named 'Sera Elena'?"

Sera Masumi's pupils trembled slightly, "No, no..."

"Excuse me, what happened?"

"Nothing, but there is a case here involving this person..."

Conan quickly ended the topic, "Forget it since you don't know, I'm hanging up."

After saying that, he really hung up the phone.

On the other side, Sera Masumi wanted to get more words out, but the phone had already beeped.

Ran Maoli looked at Sera's slightly stunned expression and asked, "Did Shinichi hang up?"

"Well... I'll give you the phone."

Sera returned the phone to Ran Maoli, but the expression on her face was still not calm.

Kudo Shinichi mentioned the name "Sera Elena" on the phone just now.

Although she didn't know who the owner of this name was, the surname "Sera" was not common in the UK, and was even extremely rare.

And the name Elena was the same as the "sister outside the field" mentioned by her mother.

Could it be her?

...

University of Bristol.

Conan and Kuroba Kaito came out of the toilet and just returned to the conference room, they heard the latest investigation content from the police.

Sera Elena's family situation is relatively simple. She has a pair of parents, but they passed away many years ago.

There are no other relatives besides this.

According to the whereabouts of the police, Sera Elena went abroad after graduating from Blythe University, and her destination was the United States.

She never came back to the UK after that.

At least that's the case from the entry and exit records.

Bai Ba Tan held his chin up and thought: "Who is the person who appeared here today?"

"Is it... a ghost?"

At this time, Conan reminded again with a childish voice: "She said she had been to Japan! And she had a child in Japan!"

"Japan?"

Hearing this familiar place name, Bai Ba Tan showed a confident smile at the corner of his mouth.

"If it's Japan, it's easy..."

He took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Afu, contact your uncle's research institute and ask them to help investigate a woman named 'Sera Elena'."

"... She is a British national, 47 years old, and she once gave birth to a child in Japan."

"Yes, notify me as soon as there is a result."

Looking at Bai Ba Tan's relaxed expression, Conan couldn't help but frown, thinking about who this person is?

Although he is a high school student detective active in the UK, he seems to have a lot of connections in Japan...

Kuroba Kaito's eyes are full of disdain.

Tsk, he is indeed the son of the Japanese Superintendent General...

After hanging up the phone, Hakuba turned his head to look at Conan and Kuroba Kaito.

"I believe there will be results soon..."

"You two, it's almost noon now. If you'd like to honor us, can we have lunch together?"

When Kuroba Kaito saw Hakuba Tan's meaningful smile, he knew that the other party had no good intentions.

But just as he was about to refuse, Conan jumped up and down excitedly and shouted "Yes!"

Kuroba Kaito glanced at Conan who was lower than him without leaving a trace, and thought to himself: This kid did it on purpose, right?

Hakuba Tan secretly remembered this series of micro-expression changes in his heart, but on the surface he still had the demeanor of a gentleman.

"Then please come with me..."

"It just so happens that I know a restaurant nearby that does good French food. We can eat and chat."

...

"I'm a little hungry..."

Coming out of the London City Hall building, Qin Zhibo touched his shriveled stomach and subconsciously looked around to see if there was anything he could eat to fill his stomach.

Because he was in a hurry to leave in the morning and his schedule was tight, he spent the whole morning buying a hot dog at a fast food restaurant on the roadside.

But fortunately, things on his side were going smoothly, and he didn't starve in vain.

Just now on the rooftop of the City Hall, I saw the "Scarlet Tears" in Judy Hopper's hand that was safe and sound.

Since the incident in Japan, Judy Hopper has been following Qin Zhibo's instructions and wearing the "Scarlet Tear" brooch as usual when performing everywhere.

Nothing too unusual has happened in the meantime.

The only unusual thing is that the popularity of the Hopper Magic Troupe has increased a lot compared to before the performance in Japan, and the audience has obviously increased a lot.

But this doesn't mean anything.

So, Qin Zhibo told her the information he currently has and told her to be more careful when performing.

At the same time, we must also be wary of the approach of the world's number one illusionist Günter von Gothenburg II.

Judy Hopper said that Günter had not approached her actively, but she had gone to find Günter before.

At that time, she went to find Günter to discuss the time to use the top floor hall for rehearsal.

However, she did not see Günter himself. She was received by the female assistant of the world's number one illusionist, named Xia Mei.

Speaking of this Xia Mei, Qin Zhibo also had an impression of her.

This person is one of the twin sisters who once attacked the Egg of Memory, and is also the international killer "Scott Bing" that most people think of.

The ancestor of the two was the famous Russian demon monk Rasputin, and both inherited the gray pupils of their ancestor.

Qin Zhibo also learned about the boss of the zoo organization for the first time by eavesdropping on her conversation with Pu Siqinglan, called "Baron Hauptmann"...

Retracting his thoughts, Qin Zhibo now urgently needs to find a place to fill his stomach.

It doesn't matter whether the food is good or bad, anyway, Britain is a food desert.

Just when he was thinking about checking if there are any restaurants nearby on the navigation system, the phone suddenly rang.

Is there any news from Kuroba Kaito?

Qin Zhibo picked up the phone and answered it, but a woman's voice came from it.

"Qin, where are you now? Do you have time?"

The voice was relatively cold, but it did not lose a hint of sexy femininity.

"Mary... I'm at the City Hall, I do have time, but I'm just about to go and solve the lunch problem."

Mary replied coldly: "That's great, I know a good restaurant, come to Big Ben."

"We need to discuss the afternoon plan..."