Stay away from Conan

Chapter 1008 Unlocked in advance

Holding the magazine he just bought called "Literary Times" in his hand, Gao Yuan pointed to the title of the novel titled "Half of the Peak" and asked the new name Kahori.

In this regard, facing Gao Yuan's sudden inquiry, Shinname Kahoori had tears in the corners of his eyes. He couldn't help but froze for a moment, then nodded and replied:

"That's right."

After thinking about it for a while, Niina Kahori explained the manuscript status of this novel:

"I also went to the publishing house to inquire about the manuscript of the novel. Because the other party deliberately hid the sender's phone number and other information, I didn't know where the fax came from. However, since the title of the manuscript had My father’s autograph, so I can confirm that the manuscript is handwritten by my father…”

In this way, just when Niina Kahori was very worried and wanted to tell all the clues she could explain, she saw that Takato at this time did not pay much attention to listen to her story.

At this moment, Gao Yuan was just reading one book at a time, and he quickly flipped through the newly bought books he had just bought. Those books from two months ago to the present, all the new works of the "Detective Zuo Wenzi" series, "Half of the All the "Literary Times" magazines that have been released.

However, with Gao Yuan's browsing speed, it was obvious that he was not reading, but rather looking for something in a very targeted manner.

In this regard, Niina Kahori, who was sitting opposite Takato, was very confused and didn't understand what Takato's intention was.

However, after a while, after Gao Yuan finished flipping through the last book, Gao Yuan suddenly closed all the magazines, nodded slightly, as if to confirm something, and replied to Shinna Kahori:

"Okay, then let's go meet your father now!"

"Why?"

Immediately, when he heard Gao Yuan's words, Niina Kahoori was greatly surprised. It seemed that he had not yet realized what Gao Yuan had just said. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he reacted and said in shock:

"What! Mr. Mingzhi, do you know where my father is?"

"That's right."

Gao Yuan nodded affirmatively and replied affirmatively. Then, with a slightly helpless expression, he closed his eyes slightly and sighed:

"I hope I can catch up..."

…

At the same time, in the publishing house called University Hall, in the editorial office of the magazine "Literary Times", Conan, Mouri Kogoro, Xiaolan, and Officer Megure were looking at the editorial office seriously at this moment. In the office, the staff looked confused about the arrival of the police and detectives——

"Officer, what's going on..."

Facing the police and the famous detective Mouri Kogoro who arrived at this moment, the editor-in-chief of the editorial department asked in deep confusion.

"Regarding the novel titled "The Peak of Half" that was serialized by Mr. Rentaro in your magazine two months ago, didn't the opening line say, 'A warning to famous detectives all over the country! You think your mind is superior to mine. Come and find out the truth of this incident! '. And my detective Mouri Kogoro has uncovered the truth, which is - the distress signal of Mr. Shin-named Rentaro!"

Looking a little serious, Mouri Kogoro said this.

But regarding this, Xiaolan on the side couldn't help but muttered:

"It was obviously the doubt that Conan discovered first when he was reading the novel..."

"What? A distress signal?"

Surprised, the editor couldn't help but ask.

"Yes. Regarding his new name, Mr. Rentaro, does your publishing house know his recent whereabouts?"

Officer Megure on the side, because he had learned about the distress signal hidden in the novel, could not help but ask seriously at this moment.

"If you say so..."

In this regard, when Officer Megure asked this question, the editor seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but said nervously:

"I heard from Teacher Xinming's daughter that she has indeed been unable to contact Teacher Xinming in the past two months, but the weekly update manuscripts are still sent to us via fax on time..."

As he was talking, the phone in the office suddenly rang, so another editorial staff member present picked up the phone.

Later, when Officer Megure and others were planning to discuss in detail the issue of being “unreachable” with the editor, the staff member who answered the phone suddenly said in surprise:

"Police officer! A young man with a Kansai accent. He also said that he had unlocked the distress signal in the teacher's novel! He wants us to call the police to save the teacher..."

"A young man with a Kansai accent?"

Immediately, Conan and others present were shocked when they heard this description. Then in the editorial office, everyone began to discuss the undeciphered code in the novel "The Vertex of Half". Serious thinking...

…

"The key to the problem lies in the declaration at the beginning of the novel. It seems that your father is provoking the readers and wants them to unravel the truth of the case in the story, but in fact, what your father wants the readers to unravel is another question, and The key to this problem lies in the title of this novel, the so-called 'Top Half'."

At this moment, on the other side, Takato and Niina Kahori, who had arrived at the Aido City Hotel, Takato calmly began to explain the situation——

"In this work, there is a character based on your father himself. When looking at the dialogue of this character, treat each word at the top of the dialogue as one-half of a complete word, that is, two words Viewed as one word, the first dialogue can be interpreted as 'hurry up and save me'!"

Immediately, after hearing this, Shinna Kahoori seemed extremely nervous, but Gao Yuan continued calmly:

"Of course, this is only the first code, so it is very simple to interpret... Although at first glance it looks like a code for a distress signal, it will make the person who interprets it very worried, thinking that your father has been in danger. However, If your father is really in danger, then he doesn't actually need to release the subsequent codes bit by bit through weekly updates. He can publish all the distress signals in the earliest manuscript, so that He can also be the first to get the person who deciphers the code to come to him.

"But, he didn't do this. In fact, in the chapter that was released a few weeks later, the difficulty of deciphering the code was upgraded. This is obviously a problem... Rather than saying this is a distress signal, I feel that this is you. A real challenge from my father to readers..."

Listening to Takato's further explanation, Niina Kahori felt even more confused. Following Takato's footsteps, he further asked:

"Then...what's going on..."

"For specific questions, please ask your parents directly..."

But Gao Yuan didn't say it directly. He just said this. After taking his new name, Kahoori, to the door of Suite 2407 of Aido City Hotel, he sighed slightly and knocked on the door——

"Mr. Shinname, I have already solved the answer before you gave it!"

Gao Yuan, who originally looked a little sad, deliberately made a proud expression after the door was opened by the people inside, and deliberately said to the people in the room...