Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

Conan looked at the pattern on the back of the shogi chess piece, and then looked at the words 'Second Game' on the lower side of the shogi chess piece. He frowned and asked, "Is this why Mr. Haneda left the competition venue and came to Tokyo? This chess piece doesn't look like it." Something like an amulet, the pattern looks like a code... Is Mr. Haneda in trouble?"

Chi Feichi reached out and handed the chess pieces back to Haneda Hideyoshi, and also gave Haneda Hideyoshi the task of explanation. He started the car and drove towards the port area.

Seeing that Conan was staring at him, Haneda Hideyoshi looked hesitantly at Koshimizu Nanatsuki in the front seat, "Miss Koshimizu, that signal detector..."

Koshimizu Nanatsuki took out the signal detection instrument from his bag and checked whether there were any abnormal signals in the car.

After confirming that there was no bug in the car, Haneda Hideyoshi told Conan what happened, starting from when he received the letter, until the three of them rushed to Meiji Shrine and got the chess pieces from Kiyomasa Well.

During this period, Haiyuan Ai also called Chi Feichi.

Koshizui Nanatsuki helped Chi Feichi, who was driving the car, answer the phone. Faced with the inquiries from the three children, Koshimizu Nanatsuki directly used the excuse Haneda Hideyoshi had used before.

"Mr. Haneda had a nightmare last night and couldn't calm down to compete today, so he came to the shrine to pay homage..."

"Compared to the shrines in Yamanashi Prefecture, he feels that Meiji Shrine can make him feel more at ease... That's right, because he is more familiar with Tokyo..."

"He still has to participate in the competition. We will rush back to Yamanashi Prefecture soon. The time of shogi players during the competition is very precious. We want to cherish every second, so we did not say hello to you. I'm sorry..."

"Huh? Conan is missing?"

Koshizui Nanatsuki was dealing with the problems of his three children. He listened to the phone and looked sideways at Conan in the back seat. When he saw Conan hurriedly waving to him, he immediately replied, "I don't know, will he?" Went to the bathroom?"

Conan breathed a sigh of relief, took out his mobile phone, and sent an email to Dr. Agasa. After Nanatsuki Koshizui finished dealing with the children and hung up the phone, he said, "I have sent an email to the doctor and asked him to tell everyone that I I remembered that I had put the novel I bought two days ago on the sofa. I was worried that Uncle Kogoro would accidentally crush my book, so I wanted to rush back to the Mori Detective Agency to take a look. Although this excuse is not very reasonable, but hold on They should be fine!"

Haneda Hideyoshi returned his attention to the chess piece in his hand and murmured in confusion, "But what does the pattern on this chess piece mean?"

Conan put away his mobile phone and looked at the chess pieces in Haneda Hideyoshi's hand. He couldn't understand it for a moment, "There are the numbers seven and three on it. If seven represents the seven titles of shogi, what does the number three mean?"

"All I can think of is the three-dan game in shogi," Haneda Hideyoshi thought, "the seventh title and the three-dan game...there seems to be no way to decipher this code..."

Koshizui Nanatsuki also thought about it, "If this interpretation doesn't make sense, then think about it from other angles. This chess piece is the fragrant rook in shogi. Why did the prisoner leave the fragrant rook and not other chess pieces?" The car should also have an important meaning in this code, right?”

"Speaking of the fragrant car," Conan pondered, "this chess piece can only move in a straight line according to the rules of shogi, and cannot move left and right, right? If it must be represented by a symbol, it should be a vertical line... …”

"In addition, a long time ago, incense carts also had the meaning of praying for a smooth childbirth and Buddha's kindness," Haneda Hideyoshi held his chin with his right hand and recalled seriously, "Some people used to use 'incense carts' to call the madams of Fireworks Alley... "

"squeak!"

The car stopped on a quiet street.

Only then did Haneda Hideyoshi notice that the car had driven to a strange place, and turned to look out the window, "Mr. Chi, this is..."

"Get out of the car and let's talk as we walk."

Chi Feichi opened the car door first and got out of the car. After the other three people got off the car, he locked the car door and took the lead to walk up the steep slope next to the street.

Conan looked at the wooden sign in front of the steep slope and read out the words on the sign, "Ghost Saka?"

"The chess piece can only move in a straight line, so it is also called a 'gun'." Chi Feichi took the lead and walked up the steep slope and gave a hint. "This chess piece was found from the well dug by Kato Kiyomasa. Kato Kiyomasa and the gun..."

Haneda Hideyoshi's eyes lit up, "It's the 'Seven Spears of Shigatake' who made great contributions in the Battle of Shigatake! Those seven people are Kato Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori, Kato Yoshiaki, Wakisaka Anji, Hirano Nagayasu, Zaiya Takenori, Katagiri and Yuan!”

"When it comes to 'three' and 'gun'," Conan also thought of the key to answering this secret code, "the only three guns that can come to mind are the three guns in the world, that is, the three guns of the Goshuki, Nippon Horn and Dragonfly Kiri... …”

"On the pattern on the back of the Xiang Che chess piece, the circles surrounding seven and three have an overlapping part in the middle, which is penetrated by the vertical lines in the pattern. It should mean that we find the person who is related to both seven and three. ," Koshizui Nanatsuki said the final answer energetically,

"The man who is one of the Seven Guns of the Mountains and one of the three guns in the world is Masanori Fukushima who got the Japanese gun from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and the upside down 'T' symbol is usually used on maps Means graveyard!”

"In other words, the answer to the second round is 'Fukushima Masanori's graveyard,'" Haneda Hideyoshi said. "Fukushima Masanori has graveyards in Nagano, Kyoto, Wakayama, Hiroshima and other places. If we rush to other places now, I definitely don't have enough time. The person who kidnapped Yumi deliberately gave me these clues, probably to let me find a certain place. In this case, it is impossible for the other party to prompt me to a place that I can't reach no matter what, so what the other party said The place he is referring to should be in Tokyo. Tokyo also has Fukushima Masanori’s support tower, which is located at the top of the Phantom Saka slope..."

Soon, the four of them reached the top of the steep slope and saw the offering tower of Fukushima Masanori and Fukushima Masanori's son Masatoshi.

The four of them searched around the two offering towers and found a shogi board behind the small offering tower.

This is a shogi board that meets the specifications in terms of shape and size. It has 'Third Game' written on one side of the board.

There are 9 chess pieces stuck on the chessboard, 4 of them overlap in pairs, occupying two squares on the chessboard, and the remaining 5 chess pieces are stuck on the chessboard alone.

9 chess pieces occupy 7 grids.

The topmost flying car and horns are stacked together and penetrated by a nail.

"The opponent probably wants Mr. Haneda to go to the place represented by the nail, right?" Conan looked at the chessboard, turned to ask Haneda Hideyoshi next to him, "Is this some kind of classic shogi layout?"

"No," Haneda Hideyoshi looked at the chess pieces on the board in confusion, "I don't remember such a layout."

Koshizui Nanatsuki squatted half-crouched on the side of the chessboard and reminded aloud, "It seems that there are small words written on the chess pieces. The corner chess piece that was crushed by the speeding car has 'Death to save face' written on the side..."

Conan quickly looked at the side of the chess piece, "There are also small words on the gold general below the silver general that was fooled, which is 'lazy man'. Apart from these two places, there are no other words on the other chess pieces."

Seeing that he had found enough clues, Chi Fei leaned over to pick up the chessboard and handed it to Haneda Hideyoshi, "Talking as we go."

"Ah, okay..." Haneda Hideyoshi took the chessboard and hugged it. Seeing Conan looking up at the bottom of the chessboard, he asked seriously, "Is there anything else at the bottom?"

"No," Conan shook his head at Haneda Hideyoshi, "There are no words or marks on the bottom. This chessboard should be a new chessboard, and the bottom is very clean."

The four of them walked down the steep slope again.

Along the way, Haneda Hideyoshi, Conan and Koshimizu Nanatsuki were all discussing how to solve the riddles on the chessboard.

Chi Fei knew the answer sooner or later and did not participate in the discussion.

The four of them returned to the roadside down the steep slope and got into the car.

Haneda Hideyoshi placed the chessboard between himself and Conan, closed the car door, and watched Chi Feichi fasten his seat belt. A question suddenly occurred to him, "Mr. Chi, where are we going next?"

Looking at Mr. Chi, he doesn't seem to want to go back to the car to discuss the chessboard puzzle, but to go directly to a certain place... Could Mr. Chi have solved the puzzle?

But he has no clue now. Conan and Miss Yueshui are almost the same as him. The three of them have been discussing for a long time but still can't find an answer. Mr. Chi actually already knows? This guess made him feel outrageous!

"If I say it directly, you may lose the fun of solving the puzzle," Chi Feichi reminded, starting the car and driving in the direction of Cupido Town, "On the way to the target location, you will not try again. Solve the puzzle yourself?"

Conan: "..."

Hey, hey, Brother Chi means...

Haneda Hideyoshi: "..."

Sure enough... wait, Mr. Chi has really solved the mystery? !