The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Several people at the table looked away and saw a man standing in the aisle next to the table.

The man was dressed in black casual clothes, with blond hair hanging down by his ears, and a pair of light-colored sunglasses covering his face.

"Excuse me, are you..." Mao Lilan asked with some confusion.

The corners of the blond man's mouth raised, and the wrinkles on his face deepened a bit, "I'm sorry, I'm a guest sitting near you, and I just heard that you seemed to be stumped by some problem..."

"I happen to like solving puzzles, can you let me give it a try?"

Sitting nearby?

Sera glanced at the surrounding tables warily, and saw a woman with short blond hair wearing a hat looking diagonally opposite, two tables away.

Mother!

Sera opened her mouth slightly and looked surprised, but was quickly stopped by Mary's sharp eyes.

That look meant to keep quiet.

Seriang swallowed and had no choice but to close his mouth and pretend he didn't see it.

But since my mother is here and there is a set of cutlery across the table, it means that the man in front of me is...

Dad's friend?

Mao Lilan and Mao Li Kogoro looked at each other. Although they didn't understand why a person suddenly came to chat with them, the other person might be a local in London, and the probability of unlocking the code was higher.

Mao Lilan handed the photo of the code paper to the blond man at the table and explained the origin of the matter.

While listening to Mao Lilan's story, Qin Zhibo stared at the photos on his mobile phone and quickly figured out the ins and outs of the incident.

It turns out that Conan's death physique is really good, and he can still get into such trouble when he comes to London.

He concluded slowly: "In other words, now only by following the prompts on the code and going to the corresponding location can the prisoner's next crime location be revealed in advance, right?"

"Yes." Mao Lilan nodded seriously, "We have now solved four of the codes, three locations, and got hints of the letters A, N, and T respectively."

"We're just not sure about the second and last sentences of the code..."

Qin Zhibo stared at the code, and an investigation point appeared on it.

【Secret Word Survey√】

[Each line of the code represents a location, which can be considered from the perspective of function, name, shape, and icon]

The secret word survey did not directly announce the answer this time, and you still need to think about it yourself to get the answer.

However, judging from the several locations Mao Lilan and the others solved, pickled cucumbers and boiled eggs all refer to the shape of the building, and the roaring bells refer to the function of the building.

Then all that's left is the name and icon.

[I am a long-nosed magician who lives in the castle]

The valuable images extracted from this code are the castle and the long-nosed magician.

If it's more precise, it's a castle and a long nose.

Because if having a long nose makes no sense, the murderer could just say "I am a magician who lives in the castle."

When it comes to the famous long nose, it is easier to think of the fairy tale character Pinocchio and the animal elephant.

Elephant and Castle…

Qin Zhibo opened the navigator in his mind and searched for the keywords "elephant" and "castle" on the map.

A second later, the navigator's position jumped to a certain location in London.

The name of this location is "Elephant and Castle Station".

"It's Elephant and Castle station..."

"The location of the second prompt should be Elephant and Castle Station in London."

Seriang on the side quickly took out his mobile phone to check, carefully compared the words on it, and realized that it was so reasonable.

yes!

Affected by preconceptions, I thought that each of the murderer's passwords described the shape of the building.

But omitting the name of the place may also be a hint!

Although Kogoro Mouri and Dr. Agasa sitting opposite didn't know much about London, they thought it made sense when they heard the place name "Elephant and Castle Station" and nodded involuntarily.

"Even if this is solved..."

Mouri Kogoro tilted his head and looked at the blond man, "What about the last sentence, 'End everything, pierce the snow-white back with two swords'?"

"There can't be a place in London called 'Two Swords and a White Back', right?"

Qin Zhibo chuckled and shook his head, "How could there be such a place?"

"But now that you have extracted the most valuable information from this code, you should be able to guess what it means, right?"

Mouri Kogoro was stunned and said in surprise: "What did you say? Two swords and a snow-white back?"

"Yes." Qin Zhibo nodded.

"Actually, the clues given by the murderer are very obvious. When it comes to snow-white backs, what people most easily think of is the back of a beautiful woman..."

"But if the back is penetrated by two swords, it cannot be still white, but bright red."

"In other words, the 'snow-white back' here has nothing to do with people, but refers to a certain snow-white item..."

At this moment, the waiter came back and brought four teacups and a teapot to the four people at the table.

This is the drink Sera ordered just now. Although it was in a French restaurant, it was British black tea.

"Everyone, please use it slowly."

After the waiter left with the dinner plate, Qin Zhibo pointed to the tray under the black tea cup and said with a smile: "It seems that God has taken the initiative to send us the answer..."

"Aren't these two swords piercing the snow-white back?"

Following the direction of Qin Zhibo's finger, several people saw that Dr. Agasa had already picked up the teacup and started to sip.

On the teacup tray in front of him, a pair of crossed blue Western swords were painted on the snow-white ceramic surface.

Everyone leaned over to look, and then they suddenly realized.

"I see!"

"It's two swords!"

"But..." Maori Kogoro looked a little puzzled, "What does this mean? It's impossible that all places with this kind of tableware are the places in the code, right?"

At this time, Shira raised his mouth confidently and said, "This symbol has a great origin, because it is the symbol of Meissen porcelain, the first porcelain in Europe."

"Messen porcelain is made by imitating Chinese porcelain. It was very popular in the royal family throughout Europe at that time. It is also a very expensive high-end porcelain now."

"I know that Meissen porcelain has a specialty store in London's boutique flea market. It should be that place."

The three Maori nodded, "I see..."

Qin Zhibo saw that the code had been solved. The rest could only be solved by them going to the location in person. It was time for him to retire.

"It seems that the code has been solved. I wish you good luck..."

After that, Qin Zhibo turned around and left, returning to the seat opposite Mary.

Before Maori Ran could thank him, she looked back and could only see Qin Zhibo's back.

It would be impolite to go after him and thank him at this time, and disturb his date.

Mao Lilan could only turn back and sigh: "What a pity, I haven't had time to say thank you..."

"But I always feel like I've seen that man somewhere before?"

Just then, the waiter brought two main dishes, and the delicious dishes instantly attracted the attention of several people at the table.

...

Here, Qin Zhibo sat down again, and his and Mary's dishes were all served.

"How is it? The secret code has been solved?"

"Well... I'll give you the sunglasses back."

Qin Zhibo took off his sunglasses and gave them back to Mary.

His Michael face had been drawn as a criminal in the underground parking lot of Mihua before, so in order to prevent being recognized, he borrowed Mary's sunglasses to cover it up.

But this is Europe, and his face doesn't look out of place, and it's far away from Japan, so Mao Li and his daughter are not very vigilant in this regard.

Mary picked up a piece of ray with a fork, put it into her lips painted with dark red lipstick, and chewed it gently.

She was thinking while eating.

After getting the code from Sera Masumi yesterday, although it took her a few minutes to guess more than half of it, the rest was beyond her comprehension.

Unexpectedly, he had only been there for a short while and had already solved the rest of the code.

It seems that after three days of absence, one can look at someone with new eyes...

"Then I will cover you from a distance in the afternoon."

"I got some equipment from MI6 overnight, which should be useful."

"After dinner, let's go back to the hotel room to have a look..."

"Okay."

Qin Zhibo nodded in response.

...

Twenty minutes later, Qin Zhibo finished his meal second.

"Here."

Mary reached out to hand over a tissue, Qin Zhibo took it and wiped his mouth, then stood up and left the restaurant with Mary.

Before leaving, Sera cast a questioning look.

Mom, where are you going?

Mary also returned a look.

Children should not ask about adult matters.

Just like that, Qin Zhibo and Mary walked out of the restaurant and returned to the hotel near Vauxhall Bridge.

In the hotel room, Mary took out a long and thick box from the wardrobe, opened the lid of the box, and inside was a dark green sniper.

AWP sniper rifle...

Is this the equipment Mary mentioned?

Qin Zhibo looked at the familiar gun body and immediately knew the model of the gun without [Item Survey].

After all, this is the most famous sniper rifle in the FPS game.

"I will use this gun to cover you in the afternoon..."

Mary took the AWP out of the box and said while checking the gun: "But I can't keep the sniper rifle on the window, it may attract the attention of passers-by."

"So we need to keep in touch at any time. When you find a suspicious person approaching you, you can use the wireless microphone to tell me."

Mary took out a pair of wireless headphones from the gun box and handed one pair to Qin Zhibo.

"I will use this gun to incapacitate the opponent, and then you will quickly take the target away from the bridge."

"Fortunately, Vauxhall Bridge is not a famous tourist attraction. There are not many pedestrians on the bridge, so it should not cause too much commotion..."

Mary packed up her equipment and went into the bathroom to change clothes.

When she came out of the bathroom, her top had become a thin vest without restraining her arms, and her head was also replaced with a beret.

On her arms without the cover of the clothes, you can see the vaguely bulging muscle lines, which allows her to easily pick up the AWP sniper rifle like a toy.

I didn't expect Akai Shuichi's mother to be so hardcore...

Qin Zhibo retracted his gaze, put on the headphones, confirmed with Mary that all functions were normal, and walked out of the room.

Go downstairs, cross the road, and come to Vauxhall Bridge.

Qin Zhibo began to wander on the bridge with Michael's face on.

Looking back at a window on the upper floor of the hotel, through the telescope, you can see Mary looking at you through the telescope and observing the situation on the bridge.

Next to Mary is the AWP sniper rifle, but it is covered with a layer of black cloth and the muzzle is not pointed outside.

It's really familiar...

This situation reminds Qin Zhibo of the last time he captured Gin, he was a sniper and Akai Shuichi was an actor.

This time the situation is completely reversed, Akai Mary is a sniper and he is an actor.

And this time the fish to be caught is also replaced by Vermouth.

I hope everything goes well...

Qin Zhibo prayed in his heart, and then turned on the sly mode on the Vauxhall Bridge.

...

In the restaurant, the Maori family also finished lunch.

Since all the locations on the code have been solved, it is only a matter of time to go to where.

So Sera Masumi planned the route of action, starting from the nearest St. Bride Church.

The Church of the Holy Bride corresponds to the fifth line of the code - by the way, let's order a cake for celebration first.

When everyone walked to Fleet Street, they looked up and saw that it was true.

The spire of the church was stacked up, and from a distance it looked like a large cake.

At this time, Sera took on the role of a guide again, explaining to everyone who came from afar.

"This is the Church of the Holy Bride!"

"This church was designed and built by the famous British architect Sir Christopher Wren in 1672. It was the second tallest church building in London at the time. Even the layered design of the wedding cake was inspired by this church..."

"And I heard that people who have a crush on each other will have a high success rate if they confess here~"

Sera's last sentence triggered Mao Lilan's reverie, and a blush appeared on her cheeks.

If Shinichi and I could come here...

"Ran, what are you doing?"

"We have to keep going forward..."

Mouri Kogoro, who was walking in front, looked at Ran with some disdain, and saw at a glance that his girl must be hallucinating about a certain bad boy.

"Ah? Oh... here she comes."

Ran quickly came to her senses and caught up with the main group.

Not far from them, a couple was standing at the corner of the wall. The wife lowered her sunglasses and looked at Maori and his group with some surprise.

"Honey, why are Ran and the others here?"

"Well, maybe they are here for sightseeing, or for the secret code."

"Really? But why didn't I see Shinichi?"

The couple stuck their heads out of the corner and whispered.

This couple is the parents of Kudo Shinichi, the fairy couple of Kudo Yusaku and Kudo Yukiko.

The reason they appeared in London was because Haibara Ai suddenly called them and contacted them to come to support Conan.

But in addition to this reason, Kudo Yusaku has a deeper reason...