Conan reborn as a detective

Chapter 831 London Famous Detective

"How can I get lost with a map?"

Gao Cheng rolled his eyes, pointed to the connection line on the map and continued: "At present, I still think Wimbledon is the most dangerous tennis match. From the boy you met who has a sister who is a tennis queen, it is the same. To prove that the prisoner has his eye on this game, the problem lies in the time of the crime, and whether the prisoner only has this goal, after all, the prisoner has contact with many children."

Kudo Shinichi became serious, and carefully studied Gao Cheng's inference.

"In this case, we must first figure out the meaning of these titles. The prisoner left these things related to Holmes. If the title is a reminder..."

"Oh!"

Kudo Shinichi suddenly pulled out the head of the "Magellan Gem" doll found outside the city hall, and saw a capital "T" letter on the doll's neck, and his expression suddenly dawned on him.

"I see. In the story of "The Jewel of Magellan" or "The Jewel of the Crown", Holmes said that 'except for the mind, everything else is just an accessory'. The title left by the prisoner means this. The key lines of Holmes are the clues."

"T?"

Seeing the letters hidden by the doll, Gao Cheng picked up the old pen found near the Gherkin building.

"That's right, the title engraved on the pen is "The Dancing Man". In this story, Holmes said, 'Omit all the reasoning in the middle, just tell the other party the starting point and conclusion. Although it is very simple, it will surprise the other party. But very nice...'."

Looking at the old fountain pen full of nicks, Gao Cheng unscrewed the caps at the head and tail, removed the pen body in the middle and put them together. After turning it slightly, several nicks joined together to form a letter "N" .

"It is true that the letters are hidden. That is to say, if the criminal hides the letters in the places mentioned in the code, can they be combined into any words if they are all found?"

"Probably, but," Kudo Shinichi looked at Gao Chengdao again with his eyes widened, "strange, you are not a fan of Sherlock Holmes, how come you are so familiar with Holmes' lines?"

"What's so strange, not only his lines, but also his reasoning ideas and methods are very familiar to me."

Gao Cheng continued to look at the photos of the other two places.

Big Ben and that station, the relevant line in "Uncanny Valley" is "If something heavy disappears by the water's edge, it's never wrong to first see if something sinks under the water", and "The Missing Groom" is It is "When I observe women, I first pay attention to the cuffs. If it is a man, it is better to look at the knee part of the trousers."

"The knee part of the trousers... no wonder even the clothes have to be prepared. It seems that we have to run again tomorrow." Gao Cheng patted his forehead.

I actually missed it during the day. It is estimated that the letters are written on the inside of the pants. Fortunately, the problem is not serious. There should be more than one prisoner, and it will not be too late to wait until tomorrow morning.

However, the prisoner is quite experienced. Except for the station, other places seem to pay people to act according to the instructions. It can be said that they are thoughtful.

Gao Cheng frowned secretly, not as excited as Kudo Shinichi because of the progress in solving the puzzle.

There is probably no problem in unlocking the password, the key is whether the prisoner can be solved, this point needs to be carefully considered.

Although it was Kudo Shinichi who caused the trouble without authorization, it is no longer a simple matter from the moment the case may happen. Preventing crimes is one of the responsibilities of all detectives.

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The next morning, when Gao Cheng had breakfast and was about to go out, the suspect's information was published in the morning newspaper. According to the information released by the police, the suspect's fingerprints were found on the coded paper.

He was a serial murderer on the run, named Hades Sabara. The newspaper also included a profile picture with a strangely distorted and dangerous expression, which was quite different from the ordinary serial murderers in the past.

Kudo Shinichi stayed in the hotel to investigate the prisoner's information. Although Gao Cheng had to go outside, he also contacted Xiao Ai in Japan and asked Xiao Ai to help collect information as much as possible. is very important information.

The streets of London on this day are not much different from those in the past, except that more police patrols can be seen occasionally. Gao Cheng took the uncle and Xiao Lan who accompanied the investigation, first went to Big Ben, and found the police by the bridge. The line was hoisted into the scupper cover in the river, where the letter "A" was found, and then went to St. Brad's Church.

As the Fat Lady and her team said, the upper part of the church is in the shape of a wedding cake, and it is the first choice for many people in London for their wedding location.

There are also a lot of thick papers in plastic bags scattered around the church, but after asking people around, no one knows who left them.

"A Scandal in Bohemia" is written in black pen on pale pink thick paper, which is also a well-known story in the Sherlock Holmes series.

In the story, Holmes shows Watson a pale pink letter, and the line is "You don't understand because you are just seeing with your eyes, not observing".

"But," Xiaolan asked puzzled, "how to interpret this? It seems that there is nothing strange..."

"So you can't just see with your eyes."

Gao Cheng took out the paper in the plastic bag, snatched the mineral water that the uncle was drinking, soaked the paper and said, "Packing in a plastic bag should mean to remind you to wet the paper with water, and it will come out..."

As the paper was soaked by water, the letters on the paper gradually became blurred, and finally only the "S" remained clearly.

"Only the S is written with an oil-based pen, so there are only two places left."

After Gao Cheng took the photo, he continued to the Elephant Castle Station.

That man went to nowhere yesterday, but today there was also a man walking around the station exit with a suitcase.

Xiaolan was surprised: "It's true, Identity is written on the box, and then."

"Look at the knee part of the trousers."

Gao Cheng stepped forward, exchanged a few words with the man, squatted down and rolled up the man's trousers, and found the letter U on the inner knee part of the trousers.

"U..."

"A for Big Ben, U for the station, T for the egg-shaped city hall, N for the Gherkin Building, and S for the Cake Church. The combination of the six lines in front is AUTNSA...does this have any special meaning?" Uncle Maori wondered.

"I don't know," Gao Cheng looked at the last location on the map, Mason Porcelain Store, "one letter is missing..."

Mason Porcelain is known as the No.1 Porcelain in Europe, and there is indeed only one specialty store in London. When Gao Cheng came all the way, he found out that in the past two days, children had played tricks and pasted strange decorations on the outside.

The decoration looks pretty good, silk threads of various colors are tied together, and there are small bells hanging from below, but it is not clear what is written on the silk thread.

"What should I do?" Xiaolan looked at the dirty silk thread and asked worriedly, "I don't know the title this time..."

"It's okay," Gao Cheng rummaged through the bells, "It's probably "A Study of Scarlet Letters", because in the line there is 'on the colorless spool of life, the red thread of killing is wrapped around it. , our job is to untie this silk thread, separate it, leave not even an inch, and expose it to the scorching sun'...

"Yes, there is a letter on the red wire bell."

"R?"

Uncle Mao Li looked at the bell and said in a daze: "Adding this is AUTNSAR. What does this mean? It seems that it is not easy to combine into words."

"Ah."

Gao Cheng held the bell silently and looked around, but unfortunately he still didn't see any suspicious person, or the prisoner hid himself very deeply.

"Ah! It's here!" A car stopped in front of the specialty store, and a little boy ran down in a hurry. It happened to be the little boy Glass that Conan met before.

Xiaolan asked unexpectedly: "Are you the kid named Apollo who gave Conan the code paper?"

"Conan?" The boy noticed Gao Cheng and his party now, and asked, "Do you know any of Holmes' disciples?"

"A disciple of Holmes?" Xiao Lan was stunned, and smiled, "He caught a cold and slept in the hotel today, so we came out to investigate instead of him, but we also have two famous detectives."

"A famous detective?" The little boy subconsciously looked at Gao Cheng and the uncle at the back, with an expression of obvious unfamiliarity on his face, "But I haven't seen any of them."

"It's a famous Japanese detective..." Xiaolan looked awkwardly at a dignified woman sitting in the car, and then asked the child, "Why did you come here?"

The little boy proudly said: "Because my mother has unlocked the code, the last sentence refers to this Mason's store. My mother is a Sherlock Holmes fan!"

"Yes, is it?"

"Okay, Apollo, don't be rude," the woman in the car was wearing sunglasses and seemed to be blind, and shouted to the boy following the voice, "Let's go back to the hotel quickly, and we have to cheer for your sister's game tomorrow." Woolen cloth!"

"But," the little boy anxiously argued, "the code hasn't been fully unlocked yet, so we don't even know what will happen there!"

"Apollo..."

"Ma'am," Gao Cheng looked at the side for a while, then suddenly stepped forward and said, "Can you give this child some time? I'm afraid only Apollo has the key clue to this incident."

Although the woman couldn't see it, she still turned her head to Gao Cheng: "Who are you?"

(End of this chapter)