Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

Morning, nine o'clock sharp.

The referee announced the start of today's game, took out the envelope used to seal the chess game last night, and asked the participating parties, the supervisory team, and the scorer to check the seal of the envelope. After confirming that the seal had not been opened, he cut the seal of the envelope in public and took out the paper inside. strip.

"The move Feng Qi made last night was worth five or six silver..."

As the referee made his announcement, the current celebrity also placed the silver checker piece in its corresponding position on the chessboard.

The surrounding reporters immediately picked up their cameras and took pictures of the current distribution of chess pieces on the chessboard.

Haneda Hideyoshi looked at the chessboard and stood up with an ugly expression on his face, "I request a long exam!"

The current celebrities and others looked at Haneda Hideyoshi with blank expressions.

This move... shouldn't be difficult to deal with, right?

This is just the most basic way of playing chess. If a new chess player comes to play it, they won’t feel like they can’t make the next move. Why take a long exam? Is it because you feel unwell?

Haneda Hideyoshi did not explain, turned around and walked out of the Japanese-style room where the competition was held. Seeing Ike Feichi and Koshimizu Nanatsuki waiting at the door, he said hello in a low voice, "Sorry, I have to leave for a while."

"Haneda Six Crowns!" The person in charge of the organizer chased out of the Japanese room. When he saw Haneda Hideyoshi walking straight to the lobby, he quickly caught up and asked, "What happened?"

"I have some personal matters to deal with..."

Haneda Hideyoshi did not explain too much to the organizers. He put on his shoes in front of the lobby, quickly walked out of the hotel lobby, walked through the front yard to the gate.

A red Lexus SC followed him out of the gate and stopped on the road next to Haneda Hideyoshi.

Chi Feichi sat in the car, lowered the window and asked, "Where do you want to go?"

Koshimizu Nanatsuki sat in the passenger seat and cast a questioning look at Haneda Hideyoshi.

Haneda Hideyoshi looked at the nearby taxis and then at the car driven by Chi Feichi. He compared the performance of the two cars in his mind. Without hesitating for too long, he opened the back seat door of Chi Feichi's car and took charge of the organizer. With doubtful eyes on his face, he slid into the back seat, closed the car door, and said with a heavy expression, "Go to Tokyo, please hurry up!"

"Wait, wait a minute!" the person in charge said in surprise. Before he could ask Haneda Hideyoshi what he was doing in Tokyo, the red car in front of him was already speeding toward the intersection. He was stunned for a second, then turned around and walked back with a look of helplessness. , said to the staff behind him, "Since Haneda Rokugan has personal matters to deal with, let's wait!"

In the Lexus SC driving away from the hotel, Koshimizu Nanatsuki looked up at Haneda Hideyoshi from the rearview mirror. Seeing a trace of concern on Haneda Hideyoshi's face, he asked aloud, "Mr. Haneda, what's going on? You suddenly have to go to Tokyo during the competition. Is anyone you know in trouble?”

"This..." Haneda Hideyoshi looked troubled. He thought of the letter he received that said 'not to be disclosed', and he didn't know whether he should tell the matter.

"Wait a minute!" Koshimizu Nanatsuki opened his carry-on bag, rummaged through it, took out a palm-sized instrument, pulled out the antenna inside the instrument, and pressed the green button on the instrument, " This is a signal detection device that can detect the signals of all types of common eavesdroppers. The detection range is one meter around..."

As he spoke, Koshimizu Nanatsuki turned slightly sideways and probed the instrument antenna into the back seat. Seeing that there was no movement from the instrument, he said to Haneda Hideyoshi, "If the instrument does not beep, it means there is no bug in the car!"

Haneda Hideyoshi: "..."

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As expected of a detective, he actually carries a signal detection device with him when he goes out...

"So what happened?" Chi Feichi asked aloud.

In the original plot, Conan didn't ask much, and Haneda Hideyoshi still told Conan the situation. This shows that Haneda Hideyoshi did not have enough confidence to handle the incident, and was still inclined to find helpers...

In this case, after confirming that there was no bug in the car and that their words would not be heard, Haneda Hideyoshi should not hesitate anymore.

Haneda Hideyoshi was silent for a moment, took out an envelope from his arms, and told the story, "Before the game started this morning..."

Before the start of the game, the hotel staff handed a letter to Haneda Hideyoshi, saying that it was a letter sent by a man yesterday morning, and asked them to hand the letter to Haneda Hideyoshi before the start of the game today. In addition, the letter came from People also said that as long as the letter is given to Haneda Hideyoshi, after Haneda Hideyoshi sees the signature on the letter, he will definitely accept it.

Haneda Hideyoshi saw Miyamoto Yumi's name written on the envelope, and the handwriting was consistent with Miyamoto Yumi's writing habit. He guessed whether this letter might have been sent by Miyamoto Yumi from someone, and he opened the envelope expectantly. , but inside the envelope was a letter with a strange code and a photo of Miyamoto Yumi being kidnapped.

There are two cards in the envelope.

There is a sentence printed on the first card:

【Your woman is in my hands. If you want to save her, please read my game record. I'll wait until the moment your time runs out. This matter is not allowed to be spread outside, and it is forbidden to call the police. ——Headless chess player]

On the second card, another paragraph was printed:

【First round

One of the seven shrines was attacked by thieves. The treasures in the palace were looted within two days, and even the daughter of the shrine hidden in the well was taken away. 】

In addition to these two cards, the letter also contained a photo of Miyamoto Yumi being tied with ropes, her mouth taped, and unconscious on the sofa.

Haneda Hideyoshi explained what happened, handed the entire letter to Koshimizu Nanatsuki, and asked Koshimizu Nanatsuki to look at the two cards and photos.

After reading the card and photo, Nanatsuki Koshimi read the content on the card aloud so that Chi Feichi, who was driving the car, could also know the content of the card. Then he put the card and photo into an envelope and handed it back to Haneda Hideyoshi in the back seat. "The other party asked you to interpret the chess record, which should be a secret code. Calling the police is a forbidden move, which means that if you call the police, you will violate the rules, and you will be eliminated directly, right?"

"Yes," Haneda Hideyoshi took the envelope, took out the photo of Miyamoto Yumi from it, looked down at the photo, and his face was full of worry. "Violating the rules will lead to being eliminated directly. In addition, the letter also mentioned that it will wait until my time is up. Recently, the only time that is meaningful to me is the time for the chess game of this celebrity title match, and the letter also mentioned the chess record, chess players, and forbidden moves. "The time the opponent is referring to should be the time for me to play chess in this game. The opponent will only wait until my time for playing chess is over."

Koshimizu Nanatsuki carefully recalled the time taken by Haneda Hideyoshi in the game, "I remember that you used three hours and two minutes for playing chess yesterday. Each side has nine hours for each game of the celebrity title match, which means that you have five hours and fifty-eight minutes left for playing chess today..."

"It takes about two hours to drive from here to Tokyo. If you speed up, it will take about an hour and a half," Haneda Hideyoshi looked up at Chi Feichi in the front seat and said seriously, "So I would like to ask Mr. Chi to drive faster."

"Isn't it fast enough now?" Chi Feichi asked.

Haneda Hideyoshi looked at the blurred road view outside the car window due to the speed of the car, and sweated a little, "No... Sorry, I was too worried about Yumi just now, and I didn't look out the window. Looking at the current speed, it is indeed very fast..." "There are often cars on the nearby roads. It is easy to have an accident if you drive too fast," Chi Feichi said calmly, "I know a road with few cars and it is not easy to encounter traffic police. Although the distance from that road to Tokyo is a little longer than the normal road to Tokyo, the speed can be increased to the fastest on that road, so it will be faster. I will definitely reach Tokyo in an hour and a half. If you don't mind, I will choose that road later." "Are you sure?" Haneda Hideyoshi asked seriously. "I am sure," Chi Feichi said affirmatively, "There will be no traffic jams on that road, and the road has not been closed for any reason in the past two days. As long as the road is unobstructed, I am sure that I can reach Tokyo in an hour and a half."