Chapter 57 Puzzle Solving Sniper Information
Situ Xiu thought to himself, judging from the backward numbers and English letters Conan deduced on the calculator, the 291 in front might be the time.
The following English letters are probably the location. It’s just a question of what locations can be described in English.
"Judging from the messages left behind, and the fact that the man just pointed at a gun by three other people, it means that today is a practice shooting, and tomorrow will be a real assassination," Conan said the conclusion he derived.
Then I looked at the calculator in my hand. I knew the time, but the English letters behind it were the location or the target of the assassination.
Or both are possible.
"Ah..." Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta were frightened.
"It's better to call the police first." Situ Xiu pondered for a while. Shooting a rifle was not a trivial matter. This kind of thing must be reported to the police.
"Yeah" Conan nodded.
Situ Xiu turned around and touched the dog. He originally wanted to use the dog's keen sense of smell to help, but he thought that each of the other people had a gun in their hands, and these children would definitely follow.
For such a dangerous matter, I finally thought about it and let it go and left it to the police.
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Half an hour later!
Situ Xiu and others were waiting downstairs in the abandoned building. They were still pondering the information on the calculator. At this time, a police car drove over and stopped in front of the building. The police immediately got out of the car.
After Conan explained in detail, several people went to the roof of the building again. The Mumu Police Department looked upstairs and asked: "Is the gunshot really coming from here?"
"Yes." Conan nodded, and then said: "Although I didn't see the shooting, I saw through the binoculars that they were holding guns. There were four of them, and three of them pointed their guns at the man holding the rifle."
"There is a calculator left here, probably left by the man who was forced to do so." Situ Xiu handed over the calculator.
The Mumu Police Department took a look at the calculator and saw a series of numbers, but could not tell what they meant. He was confused.
"Officer Memu, you can turn it over and look at it." Conan smiled, and then said: "Do these fonts look like English...291...hei.i...e".
"Huh?" Police Department Megure pinched his chin and looked at the calculator in his hand. Listening to Conan's words, it really happened.
"291 refers to the time. The gunshot heard just now was 1 o'clock, which means that among the three numbers, 1 is 1 pm, and 29 is probably the 29th." Situ Xiu said the information deduced by several people.
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"What do the letters at the end mean?" Police Department Mumu frowned slightly and looked at Situ Xiu.
"I don't know." Situ Xiu shook his head.
"Uh..." Police Department Megu's mouth twitched.
"Officer Megure, the situation is very urgent now, tomorrow will be 29," Conan said.
"Tomorrow?" Memu Police Department frowned, and then shook his head: "But the Police Department did not receive the alarm. What you said was only based on a calculator, which can hardly be regarded as important information."
"Police uncle, you can investigate, we really heard gunshots," Mitsuhiko shouted.
"Kids, it's unfortunate that the Metropolitan Police Department is on vacation these days, and most of the investigators are on vacation and not at work," the Megu Police Department said helplessly.
"Then you can't just sit idly by, someone may be assassinated tomorrow," Situ Xiu said casually.
"Let's do this. I'll take the calculator back and check it out to see if anyone can decipher this message." The police department in Mumu left, taking the calculator with them.
"Damn it, this old policeman definitely doesn't believe it," Yuantai said angrily.
Conan frowned and remained silent, thinking about the meaning of the English letters. Only by understanding the answer can Officer Megure believe it.
Several people searched the roof again and found no clues. They had no choice but to leave the abandoned building, returned to the river, picked up their backpacks and left.
On the way, several people had a good meal. When the time came at 5 pm, everyone went back to their homes.
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Mori Detective Agency!
Conan sat on the sofa and wrote .291..hei.i..e with a pen, thinking about its meaning secretly.
"Kid, don't think about it. It's just something someone forgot to take away. It's not a message at all." Mouri Kogoro picked up the beer on the table and drank it.
"Dad..." Xiaolan glared at Mouri Kogoro, then turned to comfort Conan and said: "Suppose that man was forced to do sniper gun practice in that building, and left the calculator as information for Conan."
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"But what do these letters mean? Is it a place of assassination, or is it imprisoned somewhere, or is it an assassination of someone?" Conan sighed, thinking about it almost made his head spin.
"Come on, let me take a look." Mouri Kogoro picked up the note on the table and looked at it.
"Huh?" Mouri Kogoro frowned as he looked at the English letters, and then said, "I seem to have seen it somewhere."
Conan's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said: "Uncle, where did you see it?"
"Let me think about it..." Mouri Kogoro frowned. He had really seen these letters somewhere, but he couldn't think of them at the critical moment.
"Dad, think faster," Xiaolan urged.
"Uncle..." Conan looked nervous.
Mouri Kogoro closed his eyes, put his hands on his chest, and kept tapping with his fingers, recalling the letters he had seen.
"dad..."
"uncle..."
"Yes..."
Mouri Kogoro suddenly stood up, walked to the desk, picked up a book, and flipped through it.
"That's it..." Mouri Kogoro happily walked back to the sofa and put the book on the coffee table.
Then he said: "Heisei Express... Look at the front of this train with these letters."
"It's true." Xiaolan was surprised.
Conan suddenly realized that the original letters meant that the assassination target would board the Heisei Express, which meant that the people on the Heisei Express would be assassinated at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Where will the assassination take place?
"Jingle bell"
When she heard the phone ringing, Xiaolan hurriedly ran to answer it: "Hello, hello, this is the Maori Detective Agency."
"Hey, Sister Xiaolan, I am Situ Xiu, and the target of the assassination is the Heisei Express." On the other hand, Situ Xiu saw a poster on the way home, which is the Heisei Express. From it, he saw the letters on today's calculator.
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"Xiao Xiu, we understand," Xiao Lan smiled.
"As for the place, do you know?" Situ Xiu asked.
"I haven't figured this out yet," Xiaolan said.
"Sister Xiaolan, pick it up for me," Conan said, taking the phone from Xiaolan's hand and asking, "Do you know where it is?"
"I don't know" Situ Xiu deliberately wanted to disgust Conan.
"Then what are you doing..." Conan's mouth twitched.
"I had an idea, following the route of the Heisei Express, to check which high-rise buildings in the area can be sniped at. The river route seen from the abandoned building at that time can be seen as the place where the Heisei Express will pass..." Situ Xiu
smiled.
"I just thought of this, Situ Xiu, you have been a big help."
"You're welcome. I'm a good person. Nothing good will happen if I go out with you. I was almost hit by a sniper gun."
"..." Conan's face suddenly darkened, this guy is quite disgusting.
"You're 88, please tell Officer Megure immediately."
"Situ Xiu" Conan curled his lips.
What happened next was just as they deduced. The criminals kidnapped a police officer who was a sharpshooter with a rifle, threatened the police officer with his girlfriend, and shot a senior official to death.
Officer Megure took Kogoro Mori and Conan on a plane and followed the Heisei Express route early in the morning to look for places similar to the abandoned buildings at that time.
After they found a similar place, they arranged the police to wait in advance, and finally arrested the three criminals safely and without danger.
These are all afterthoughts, and Situ Xiu did not get involved anymore. Anyway, everything that can be deduced has been said.
Chapter completed!