Conan kissed me again and again, and Huiyuan was stunned

"Perhaps the cuckoo clock represents some other secret code?"

Xiaolan dropped her hands to her sides, looked at Maori Kogoro with a bold guess, and added elegantly:

“I feel like there’s something special about a cuckoo clock.”

"Well, what you said may make sense, but..."

Maori Kogoro looked at Xiaolan in agreement, turned his head, lowered it slightly, looked straight ahead without focusing on anything, and pondered:

“What does a cuckoo clock really mean?

The demon statue that appeared at 1:10 pm had L, N and R on its forehead...

Wait, at 1:10…"

Maori Kogoro closed his eyes, trying to capture the few inspirations wandering in his mind, and analyzed seriously:

"The [イチ (one)] and [トオ (ten)] of 1:10 can be simplified to イ and ト, which together form イト, which is pronounced as [伊藤].

So......"

Maori Kogoro opened his eyes, turned to look at Nakamura So who was quietly waiting, and confirmed rationally:

"Mr. Monjiro, do you have a friend named Ito?"

"Actually...I haven't met my grandfather's friends."

Nakamura Cao hesitated for a moment and shook his head helplessly.

"what......"

Kogoro Mori was confused.

He looked at Nakamura Cao in silence, not knowing what to do and said:

"I was thinking... if Monjiro-san doesn't have a friend named Ito, then I could add a single syllable in front of イト and change the name to Naito or Saito.

But you have never met any of Grandfather’s friends, so it’s meaningless for me to mention more names…!”

Having said this, Kogoro Mori held the flashlight down to his right side, supported his forehead with his left hand, and felt a severe headache.

Seeing that Kogoro was at a loss, Kudo Shinichi decided to hint at him again. He lowered his head slightly, smiled secretly with his hands covering his mouth to attract attention:

"Haha~"

"Ok?"

Maori Kogoro let out a light "Oh!", knowing that Kudo Shinichi wanted to give another hint, he put down his left hand, looked down at him, and pretended to be speechless and complained:

"why are you laughing?"

at the same time.

Xiaolan, Princess Mira and Nakamura So folded their hands in front of them and looked at Kudo Shinichi in confusion.

Dongfang Haoyue held his hands together and let them hang down at his sides. He looked at Shinichi expectantly, and in his heart he jumped up and down with joy as he said:

“Here it comes, here it comes!!

Shinichi's final hint!

We will soon be able to solve the mystery and go home to play the new game cartridges that were released yesterday~~~!"

“Because it’s fun!”

Kudo Shinichi put his hands behind his head, looked up at Maori Kogoro, and said with an innocent smile:

"Just adding a syllable in front of イト will change it from a homophone of Ito to a homophone of any other name~"

"Humph!"

Maori Kogoro still didn't understand what Kudo Shinichi was hinting at. He curled his lips in dissatisfaction and complained unhappily:

"What's so funny about that?"

"So, the demon statue also has separate English letters painted on its forehead."

Kudo Shinichi put down his hands, turned to the left, looked up at the empty night sky, tapped his cheek with his right index finger, and added nonchalantly:

“And all three statues look exactly the same.”

"The three statues are exactly the same..."

Maori Kogoro was slightly stunned, turned his head, looked forward without focusing on anything, and thought carefully in his mind:

"If we convert イト into its homophone in English and put it after L, N and R, then..."

Maori Kogoro thought about it, looked back at the night sky, held the flashlight in front of his chest, looked down at the beam of light emitted by the flashlight, and suddenly looked at the lion statue on the right door panel. He smiled and said with sudden enlightenment:

“I see, so that’s how it is!”

"Eh?"

Xiaolan, Princess Mira and Nakamura So turned around and looked at Kogoro Mori. They couldn't understand why he was looking at so many places in such a short time, and they all made sounds of surprise at the same time.

"In fact."

Maori Kogoro put his left hand in his trouser pocket, holding a flashlight in his right hand and hanging it to the right. He looked at Xiaolan, Princess Mira and Nakamura So one by one, and explained confidently:

“The L, N and R in the cuckoo clock can be paired with the English word [ight], which sounds the same as イト, to form Light, Night and Right.”

Maori Kogoro pointed his left index finger at the lion statue on the right door panel and said confidently:

"If my guess is correct, something special will happen to the lion statue that provides light to the right door panel at night!"

"What a smart dad!!"

Xiaolan clenched her fists and waved them until her waist softened, praising sincerely.

Princess Mira spread out her hands, tilted her head to look at Maori Kogoro, and reminded him in a sarcastic manner:

"You were shining a flashlight on the lion statues one by one, but they didn't react at all."

"S-That's true."

Kogoro Mori's spirits suddenly dropped and he felt extremely embarrassed.

Nakamura So witnessed this scene and felt that Kogoro's reasoning had failed again. He couldn't bear to look at it and covered his innocent face.

Kudo Shinichi withdrew his helpless gaze from Mouri Kogoro and turned to look at Dongfang Haoyue who was eager to try. Knowing that she wanted to give further hints, he grasped the door handle lovingly, turned it gently, and opened the door one-third of the way.

Haoyue looked at Shinichi with a smile on his face, jumped into the door nimbly, turned in the air, and landed on the smooth floor of the entrance. He looked up at the small rectangular wooden cover corresponding to the back of the lion statue, pretended to be surprised to attract attention and said:

"How strange!"

"what?"

Xiaolan and Princess Mira looked at Dongfang Haoyue in surprise.

Nakamura Cao walked lightly to the middle behind Xiaolan and Mira, leaned forward slightly, put his hands upright behind his back and clasped them together, looking at Haoyue curiously.

Kudo Shinichi held his left hand loosely to support his face, and his right hand hung down to his right side, admiring Dongfang Haoyue's fair face with interest.

Maori Kogoro knew that Haoyue also wanted to give a hint, so he leaned to the left, blocking part of the moonlight that illuminated Shinichi. He grabbed the door with his left hand, poked his head into the door, looked down at Haoyue, and cooperated with confusion:

"what happened?"

"Look, the back of the lion statue on the right door panel!"

Dongfang Haoyue pointed at Xiao Mugai, looked up at Maori Kogoro, and revealed in a pure and simple tone:

"On closer inspection, I realized I could open it~!"

"let me see."

Before Mouri Kogoro finished his words, he casually grabbed the soft arm of the bewildered Kudo Shinichi, pushed him to the left with a little force, reached out to grasp the door handle, and completely opened the door.

Kogoro let go of the door handle, turned around and looked at the small wooden cover, opened it carefully, and found the concave and convex interior of the lion statue inside the wooden cover as expected, and approved with a little surprise:

"Oh, it's true!"

"Can it really be opened~?"

Dongfang Haoyue put his hands behind his back, clasped them together, looked at Maori Kogoro with a smile, and said happily:

"This is what Conan and I discovered together!"