Maplehara continued:
"Kuranosuke believed Tengu's words and jumped off the stage of Kiyomizu-dera Temple. Then he turned into a shining golden Tengu and rescued Mana who was almost eaten by a demon. He fought off the demon, but Mana also Kuranosuke who turned into a Tengu can no longer be seen.
Facing the tearful Mana, Kuranosuke's voice turned into a mantra. He said that if he wanted to see him, he should come to the stage of Kiyomizu Temple with the Tengu Flower at dusk when the red leaves were the most beautiful.
Mana followed the instructions and picked a Tengu flower and went to the stage of Kiyomizu Temple. Kuranosuke, who turned into a tengu, really showed up and told her the cause and effect. Mana asked why she had to wait until dusk.
Kuranosuke replied that his face turned red because of his anger towards the demon, and his body was stained red by the demon's blood. If the surrounding area was also red, it would be somewhat hidden. "
"Then they kissed goodbye, and Kuranosuke disappeared into the night sky." Maplehara concluded and commented, "A sad story."
"Hmm... It doesn't sound like anything special. There doesn't seem to be anything in the story that could be a motive for the murder..."
"Yeah, so the reason should be outside the story."
"However," Haiyuan Ai changed the topic, "The protagonist in this story is quite similar to Sherlock Holmes."
As Holmes said at the Reichenbach Falls, he was happy to die for the sake of the public good. The same goes for the protagonist in the story.
But unlike Holmes who was finally resurrected, Kuranosuke's story ended just like that.
"Yeah, it's a pity that it's a tragedy. The tragic ending can impress readers, but I don't like it."
"If I were to write a script," Kaedehara thought for a moment, "the story would probably be that after the kiss, Kuranosuke returned to his original self and lived happily with Mana..."
"A clichéd ending." Haihara Ai commented unceremoniously.
but…
I also like this ending.
"It's so cliché." Maplehara defended, "Maybe we can add a line to Kuranosuke at the end——"
Feng Yuan paused slightly.
"——You are more important than this world."
The room fell into darkness again.
Because there had been no operation for a long time, the mobile phone placed between the two of them turned off the screen at this moment, so the light source in the room was lost again.
Hui Yuan Ai turned her head and looked at Feng Yuan's eyes, feeling that those eyes were shining brightly at this moment. The way Kudo said that sentence was almost exactly the same as when he said that sentence in German a few months ago...
"In this way, won't it be less cliché?"
"No, it's still very cliché, but not bad." Haiyuan Ai looked away and focused on Fengyuan's phone again, "Where's the password?"
At this time, if Kudo continued to talk, it would definitely make him push forward, so Haibara Ai decided to move the topic back.
She touched Fengyuan's phone lightly, letting the screen light up again, and then skillfully entered the password to unlock the screen. What caught my eyes was still the photo of the code.
"There are two secret codes..."
Of course Fengyuan didn't forget about the case, so he also focused his attention back. He swiped his phone to switch between photos, "This is the secret code that Miss Anchi Keiko said she sent in the first place. The latter one was found on Mr. Nishiki's body..."
He filmed it all on his phone.
Huihara Ai moved closer.
Because Fengyuan was also looking at his phone, their heads touched again. As if struggling, Haihara Ai gently pushed there with her head, and then found that she couldn't push.
Then she chose to give up.
So the two primary school students huddled in their respective quilts, their heads pressed together, looking at the same mobile phone screen, and thinking.
Huihara Ai soon discovered that he had no ideas.
"I can't understand it, but," Haiyuan Ai recalled, "this time it was separated from top to bottom... I remember there was a time before where it was separated from left to right..."
"Separated on the left and right?" Feng Yuan also thought about it, "Ah... you are talking about the secret code you solved with Hattori..."
A few weeks ago, the young detective team accidentally obtained a piece of code paper that seemed to have a trading address for addictive drugs. The code on the paper was separated from the left and right.
Later they discovered that the left side of the code refers to the station name in Tokyo, and the right side refers to the station name in Osaka.
It is worth mentioning that it was also during this incident that Hattori Heiji, who was on the phone with the Junior Detective Team, shouted to others in front of Kazuha, "What are you going to do to my Kazuha?"
Fengyuan's cell phone still has the recording of this sentence.
However, this matter is not important now...
"Yes," Haihara Ai then tried to come up with an idea, "This is Kyoto, maybe it's the name of the station in Kyoto or something like that..."
Feng Yuan felt that what Hai Yuan Ai said made sense.
"Yes, those people seem to be from Kyoto, and the story in the movie also takes place in Kyoto," Fengyuan cheered up, "If these words are all station names..."
He decided to give it a try.
He was not familiar with Kyoto, and he only remembered the street names from the ball songs he knew from the last time he came to Kyoto, so he still needed to look up the information.
The phone was showing the picture of the code again, so Haihara Ai took out the tablet from under the pillow and helped bring up the map of Kyoto.
Soon Maplehara discovered a connection.
"It's not the name of the station, but the place name of Kyoto."
"Place name?"
"Yeah. I think the meaning of the four black squares at the beginning of the code should be the enclosed white cross part, which is used to represent the five directions of the middle, up, down, left, and right."
"This represents the various districts of Kyoto, and the characters are part of the place names of Kyoto." Maplehara continued, "If these characters are separated using a three-by-three grid..."
"Kun refers to Kundaka Town in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto..."
"Mantis refers to Mantis Mountain in Nakakyo District, Suji refers to Sujibashi Town in Kamikyo District, Ye refers to Kaino in Ukyo Ward, and Sumima refers to Kamizumi Town in Sakyo Ward..." Maplehara reasoned, "Let's change the meaning of these words. If the first kana at the beginning is read together..."
"KO-RO-NO-HA..." Haiyuan Ai muttered softly.
"It means - the person to be killed is..."
"So," Haiyuan Ai continued to look at the secret code, "What about the word "Xian" at the end? It's the other way around."
"The other way around is to choose the pseudonym at the end, right? In this case, the code is - there are three people to be killed. Let's start with the script." Maplehara said, "Mr. Nishiki is the script."
"So that's it..." Hui Yuan Ai suddenly realized.
"Next..." Maplehara switched photos, "The meaning of the second code is - there are two more people to kill, and next is the leading actor. I remember the leading actor is Mr. Isabusa..."
Huiyuan Ai didn't speak and looked at Fengyuan quietly.
Although it was only a short moment, she still captured Fengyuan's expression when he unlocked the code. This was one of the few expressions this facial paralysis would show, and she liked to see it.
And if you know the prisoner's next target, you can catch the prisoner by following him. So Maplehara directly told Conan the content of the code and asked Conan to use Kudo Shinichi's mobile phone to contact Officer Ayanokouji, and then he felt relieved.
The night was already deep at this time.
Putting away his phone, Fengyuan looked at Haibara Ai.
Hui Yuan Ai had already laid down, facing the ceiling, as if preparing to fall asleep.
Quiet.
It was so quiet that Fengyuan, who had excellent hearing, felt as if Haibara Ai was breathing next to his ear.
My heartbeat couldn't help but start to speed up again.
"Haiyuan..."
"What's the matter?" Haiyuan Ai turned her head to look at him, "It's already so late -"
Feng Yuan hesitated.
Although the excitement of unlocking the code had almost faded, Fengyuan still decided to express his gratitude. After all, the unlocking of the code was inseparable from Haibara Ai's prompt.
With this thought in mind, he stood up slightly, said - "Thanks, Haiyuan", and then launched a surprise attack.
This was already the second time he had launched a surprise attack like this, and he was quite familiar with it, so the next moment, he successfully felt the softness between his lips.
His brain shut down for a moment, and a thought came to Hui Yuan Ai's mind.
She knew it...
Kudo was indeed in danger tonight.
She responded.
…
Its daybreak.
The thin morning light sprinkled softly on the windowsill, illuminating the quiet room along the gaps in the curtains, and also awakened Haihara Ai.
She didn't open her eyes immediately.
The two of them slept in a normal state last night, and she wasn't sure whose quilt they were covering now. However, she still slept extremely soundly. In fact, she had never slept so peacefully in my memory.
The soft breathing was right next to her head. In addition, the clear touch on her head also told her that the head of the person next to her was still touching her.
She didn't know whether they had been leaning together like this last night, or whether they had just been like this not long ago...
Hui Yuan Ai opened her eyes.
There was only so much light coming into the room, so she didn't have to adjust to the light. However, she still stared blankly for a while before she finally woke up. She didn't even know what she was looking at.
Then she wanted to turn her head and look at Feng Yuan.
But all that came out was a slight tugging feeling——
"Stop pretending to be asleep!" Hui Yuan Ai said angrily, "You've hit my hair!"
Her hair wasn't long, but their heads were touching now. However, this also made Haiyuan Ai realize that Fengyuan must have woken up long ago and was just pretending to sleep, so she pushed Fengyuan.
Feng Yuan opened his eyes with an innocent look.
"Good morning, Haiyuan."
…
On the other side, Edogawa Conan also opened his eyes.
Unlike some people who can only squeeze two people into the same bed, he comfortably occupied a single bed last night and slept well.
After yawning and looking at the time, Conan took off his pajamas under the quilt, and then took the antidote.
Severe pain was felt, and he soon transformed back into Kudo Shinichi.
Then, the snoring from the bed next door reminded him that Hattori Heiji slept in the same room as him. But before he could call Hattori Heiji, Kudo Shinichi's cell phone rang.
Ms. Anzhi Jingzi sent a new message:
"Shinichi, help! Something happened to Agata this time! Come to room 1504 quickly!"
"Huh?" Conan was a little surprised.
The code clearly stated that the murderer's next target would be Mr. Hayabusa I, the leading actor. Officer Ayanokouji should have sent someone to secretly watch his room last night, but how could it be Mr. Agada...
Without any time to think about it, Conan quickly stood up, put on his other high school uniform, and then ran to lift the quilt of Futbe Heiji.
"Hey! Hattori, get up!"
"I can't eat anymore." Hattori Heiji murmured in his sleep.
What are you dreaming about, guy?
Conan resisted the desire to complain, and quickly reached out to grab Hattori Heiji's collar and shook it, "Something happened!"
"Huh?" Hattori Heiji opened his eyes in a daze.
The two of them didn't even wash up, and ran all the way out of Mr. Agada's room.
The door to the room seemed to be still closed, and a large group of people gathered at the door.
Kurachi Keiko and three other people, as well as Officer Ayanokouji, were all here. There was also a waiter who looked like he was about to open the door.
"Miss Keiko!" the Conan version of Kudo Arata shouted as he ran.
"Shinichi!"
"You are Kudo Shinichi," Officer Ayanokouji did not intend to mention the secret code in front of everyone, "Huh? That one behind you is..."
"ah…"
"Hattori Heiji, the son of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters Chief," before Conan could answer, Officer Ayanokouji remembered, "Why are you here?"
"Yes, it was Kudo who asked me to come to the hotel to hang out with him. I came across this incident by chance!" Hattori Heiji quickly explained, "By the way, what happened?"
"It is said that Mr. Agata in this room made a strange noise," Officer Ayanokouji watched as the waiter opened the door. "We asked the hotel waiter to come over with the spare key and were about to open the door. He probably saw yesterday's murder. At the scene, I must have had a nightmare or something..."
When the words came to the end, Officer Ayanokouji showed a shocked expression on his face, but he still finished the words instinctively.
Next to him, other people looking into the room also looked shocked.
A giant tengu stood upside down on the ceiling.
"T-Tengu..."
"P-please spare me," Agata Riki was right under the tengu, falling to the ground with a look of horror on his face, "please let me go!"
"Hey, do you have any weapons?" Hattori Heiji, who came back to his senses, quickly asked Officer Ayanokouji.
"No, no."
"What the hell."
With no other choice, Hattori Heiji had no choice but to bite the bullet and rush into the room, and so did Conan.
At this time, Agada seemed to be more awake. He shouted in horror and backed away, then picked up the ashtray on the table and threw it at the Tengu.
The next moment, the tengu that was hit suddenly burst into flames, and burned completely very quickly.
"Disappeared?"
"Burned and disappeared?"
"is that a lie?"
"Hey, Kudo..." Hattori Heiji stared at the ceiling blankly, a little confused, "We... aren't we still awake?"
"..." Conan didn't want to speak.
After learning the situation from Mr. Agada, Conan separated from Hattori Heiji and went to the restaurant to have a buffet breakfast alone.
Xiaolan and Yuanzi hadn't arrived yet, and he didn't know many people, so he sat at a table by himself. It wasn't until Sera Masumi arrived that he was no longer alone and told her about the case.
"Tengu?" Masumi Sera was also surprised, "A tengu appeared in Agada's room?"
"Yeah, it's just like a special effects movie."
"Then what? How about that Tengu?" Sera Masumi put the tray with food on the table and sat next to Conan.
"After Agata threw an ashtray at it, the Tengu burst into flames and disappeared."
"It burned up and then disappeared? This is really special photography!"
(End of chapter)
