Chapter 224 Extra Map

Saturday, August 17.

In the afternoon, on an unknown mountain in Nishitama Town. The four members of the treasure hunt group walked all the way to a grassland according to the map. The grass in the grassland was very tall and dense.

Yuan Tai asked: "Is this the place where the treasure is hidden?"

Ayumi said: "The secret word is, start five steps from the junction of the water of the sky and the stone of the sky."

"What does the water of the sky refer to?" Yuan Tai guessed, "Could it be rainwater?"

Mitsuhiko said: "Your answer is too simple."

Looking at the five stone pillars erected on the grass and the shape of their arrangement, Conan immediately said, "Genta, lend me your shoulder." Before he could agree, he climbed onto Yuanta's shoulder.

The stone pillars are arranged in a W shape, W, WEST, by the way, refers to the west, Conan thought as he got off Genta's shoulders, what is the water of the sky?

Yuan Tai asked: "Conan, have you figured it out yet?"

Conan said: "It should be five steps west from the stone pillar?"

Mitsuhiko ran over immediately, and then shouted: "Conan, there's nothing here." Then there was a sudden scream "ah", and the person disappeared.

Seeing this, Genta, Ayumi, and Conan immediately called Mitsuhiko's name and ran over, and then found Mitsuhiko lying on the grass with his head covered.

Ayumi asked, "What's the matter, Mitsuhiko?"

Mitsuhiko said: "It hurts, I tripped over a tree trunk, and after I fell down, I hit my head on a stone again."

Trees and rocks? Conan touched it, the trees and stones seemed to have not been moved for a long time, hey, this shape... Conan ran around the trees and stones, could it be that?

Thinking of this, Conan looked for it and found a tree about 15 meters high beside the grass in a good location, so he ran and climbed to the highest place he could climb, which was about 7 meters high.

Those logs and stones were connected to form the shape of the Big Dipper. Conan thought, yes, the Great Bear constellation is the shape of a spoon, and the water of the sky refers to it. Then, those stone pillars refer to the constellation Cassiopeia. In other words, the intersection point of the water of the sky and the stone of the sky refers to the North Star, and the position of the North Star is exactly the place where the distance between the top two stars of the Big Dipper is extended by five times. The point of intersection where the stars on both sides of the constellation extend, connects the central star, and extends five times.

Thinking of this, Conan was about to go down the tree, but suddenly found that the smoke column rising from the camp was not too far away, so he took a look and found that the camp was at the bottom of the mountain, and the straight-line distance was less than two hundred meters away. Looking through the binoculars, Conan found that Dr. Ali, Yamazaki, and Mei Daizi were baking something, and he couldn't help sighing: "These guys are really leisurely."

Um? What's this? Just after putting away the binoculars, Conan looked up inadvertently, and found that there was a piece of bark about four meters above the branch where he was standing.

Taking a closer look at the whole big tree, Conan found that there were many similar traces on it, and they pointed directly at the crown of the tree. Conan thought, this should be the trace of someone climbing the tree, and there were no traces more than four meters up from where he was standing. The branch, that is, the guy jumped over two meters here, reached there, and climbed up. That's amazing, who is this? Also, what is this person doing up there? How weird.

Conan fell down the tree,

I told the reasoning of the constellations to the three Yuantai who were resting, and then found the position of the North Star, and then determined the direction.

The four of Conan lined up in a row, and Conan smiled and said, "Listen, we only need to walk five steps."

The four walked and counted: "One, two, three, four, five."

When he arrived at the place, Yuan Tai asked, "Strange, why is there nothing?"

Mitsuhiko asked: "Conan, did you make a mistake?"

"Uh," after thinking for a while, Conan laughed dryly, "Well, maybe our steps are too small, we should take two more steps."

Ayumi immediately took two steps, and then exclaimed in surprise: "There is a secret door under the grass."

"Ah? That must be the entrance to the treasure." Yuan Tai said excitedly.

Mitsuhiko asked, "But how to open this door?"

"Isn't there a handle?" Conan said, "It should be pulled, but...huh?"

Conan found that Yuan Tai easily opened the door, and was immediately taken aback. If the door hadn't been opened for a long time, not to mention the rust, it's just the floating soil stuck in the crack of the door... that is to say, it won't be long. Who opened this door before?

Behind the door is a vertical hole with iron stairs for climbing. The entrance of the cave is circular, about one square meter, and the depth of the cave is more than three meters. There is a ledge at the bottom of the cave, and there is a treasure chest on it.

The four members of the treasure hunting group huddled at the bottom of the cave with flashlights, and Yuan Tai asked, "Is this the treasure we are looking for?" Then he opened the box.

"What?" Mitsuhiko said discouragedly, "There are no treasures."

"Here is a piece of paper and a file bag." Ayumi asked, "Could it be a new treasure map?"

"Let me see." Conan said and picked up the paper.

At this time, a voice came from the entrance of the cave, "Little friend, the treasure hunt is over. Climb up obediently, otherwise you will not come up."

It was the tall man's voice, Conan thought, what's in here? Thinking of this, Conan quickly put the paper and file bag into Mitsuhiko's backpack while Genta climbed up and blocked his sight, and then followed Mitsuhiko, the last one to climb up.

The four members of the treasure hunting group came out of the cave, and found that they were the two men in suits they met in the mountains today, the tall man and the man with glasses.

The tall man said to his companion: "Look at them, I'll go down and have a look." He climbed down after saying that.

"Uncle," Conan asked, "aren't you in front of us? Are you responsible for the snake and the road sign?"

"It can't be helped, who made you so good," the person wearing glasses said with a smile, "We all tried one way and one way."

Conan asked: "So, you can't solve the last code word, so you have been waiting for us?"

"Yeah," said the man wearing glasses, "thanks to you all."

At this time, the tall man's angry cry came from the cave, "Damn it, there's nothing in this treasure chest."

"What?" The man wearing glasses immediately stood at the entrance of the cave and asked.

A good opportunity, Conan immediately raised his hand and brought down the man wearing glasses with an anesthetic needle.

Seeing that his companion fell down suddenly, the tall man shouted, "What's wrong with you?"

"Uncle," Conan said while gesturing Yuanta to close the door, "this uncle seems to be asleep." Then he saw the tall man took out a pistol, and said with a smile, "Uncle, if you shoot in such a small place, you will be shot." You're stunned, maybe your ears will be damaged too."

Dazed for a moment, the tall man put the gun away, and then began to climb up, and then the gate was closed, and he shouted: "Little devil, what are you doing, let me out quickly."

Conan smiled and said, "Uncle, let's wait for the police to come." As he spoke, he stuck the shovel of the two men on the door, and asked Yuantai to sit on the protruding pole. Tai pressed the door, and the tall man's gun could not hit Yuantai.

Ayumi asked, "Conan, who are these two?"

"I don't know either." Conan said and took out the paper and file bag from Mitsuhiko's backpack.

Yuan Tai asked: "What is written on it?"

Conan was stunned when he saw it. This is a letter addressed to him, Kudo Shinichi, and he is very familiar with this handwriting. It is the handwriting of his father Yusaku Kudo, and the last signature is also unique to him, and the time is 1981, May 4th.

"I don't know when Dr. Ari will remember that map. This letter is for ten-year-old Shinichi and your friend. If you can get this letter when you are ten years old, it means that your detective level is passing." Yes. Laugh. And the so-called treasure..."

"Well," after thinking for a while, Conan read directly, "The so-called treasures are all the processes you have experienced on the way to this place. You may fall from the bridge into the river, you need to make a fire yourself, and sometimes you need a friend's help." Only with help can we overcome numerous obstacles. These are valuable experiences. You may not be able to experience it now, but I think that one day in the future, all these will become your priceless treasures and your eternal wealth. I hope You can pass on this experience to future generations.”

Mitsuhiko said, "I don't seem to understand."

Ayumi smiled and said, "Forget it, that's it."

After thinking for a while, Yuan Tai sighed, "Okay." Then he asked, "What's in that file bag?"

Conan poured it out and saw that it was a letter to his father Yusaku Kudo and a manuscript. The letter said, I am very sorry to have read the letter you wrote to Mr. Ling. I’m also very sorry. I couldn’t help but take your manuscript back and read it, which made you unable to publish it. Later, I couldn’t find the manuscript and couldn’t return it to you. Now I found it, but I can’t return it to you personally. . Fortunately, I remembered the place you drew back then, and it is the same to borrow Master Ling's future hand to return it to you. There is no signature at the end of the letter, only the date, August 10, 1986.

Conan said: "It's a letter of apology and a manuscript that cannot be published."

"Ah?" Yuan Tai said discouragedly: "What are these things?"

Ayumi said, "Let's go back."

Mitsuhiko asked: "But, how do we go back?"

Conan pointed to the front and said with a smile: "Yamazaki, Mei Daizi, and Dr. Ali are all under this mountain, and they can know it just by shouting."

Yamazaki stood up from the grass not far away and said with a smile: "Don't shout, I'm here earlier."

Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi shouted, "Brother Yamazaki!"

Conan asked in surprise, "When did you..."

"While you are counting." Yamazaki said with a smile, "I know everything, and I have already called the police. The police should be here soon."

Conan asked: "Then you already know who these two are?"

"The jewel thief from many years ago." Yamazaki laughed, "They came to find the jewels hidden by another jewel thief."

Yuan Tai asked excitedly: "Is there really a treasure?"

"It's a pity, you didn't even see it, don't even think about it if you see it." Yamazaki said with a smile, "In the future, each of you will take one back as a souvenir."

"Ah!" Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi shouted together.

"Wait a minute," Conan said, "this is stolen goods, how can you..."

"I'm really sorry," Yamazaki said with a smile, "I've already called to check, and the time for recovery has passed, and whoever digs it now will own it. Of course, we pay every cent of the tax that should be paid." I won't pay less."

At this time, the sound of a police car came from a distance, and Yamazaki asked the treasure hunting team to wait here, while he walked to the edge of the cliff and waited.

Conan ran to Yamazaki and asked, "When did you take the jewelry and a map?"

"What else?" Yamazaki asked, "What do you mean?"

After thinking for a while, Conan showed the two letters to Yamazaki.

Yamazaki said: "It seems that this happened when you were about to turn one year old. Your father did not put away the map after drawing it. The person who stole the manuscript saw it and remembered it. And this person is the other jewel thief."

"'No way' should mean dying, maybe Dad was abroad at that time, and he was dying again," Conan said, "so he drew a map in his memory, found here, and put the apology letter and The manuscript was placed in the treasure box given to me, and I want to lend my hand to return it to Dad."

"I also put the jewelry here, and I wanted to borrow your hand to hand them over to the police," Yamazaki said with a smile, "It wasn't time yet, but you never came."

"It should be said that Dr. Li completely forgot about it," Conan said, "and Dad thought I had been here before."

"But why did this map appear only now?" Yamazaki said, "This is a problem."

"This is indeed a problem." Conan asked again, "When did you take the jewelry away?"

Yamazaki said with a smile: "Mei Daizi said that she found the hole when she was catching rabbits. She probably stepped on the door and found that the sound and the feeling under her feet were not right."

"Catch, catch the rabbit?" Conan was speechless. Then thinking of the marks on the tree, he asked again, "By the way, she didn't dig out the bird's nest, did she?"

Yamazaki said with a smile: "I even brought back the birds, eggs and nests."

"..." Conan rolled his eyes, completely speechless.

"You should thank Mei Daizi," Yamazaki said with a smile, "She also caught three snakes, two of which are poisonous snakes."

"No way?" Conan was taken aback, "Here?"

"Yes." Yamazaki smiled.

Conan complained: "Dr. Li..."

At this time, four police cars drove up to the river beach. Conan looked through the binoculars and said with a smile: "The ones getting out of the car are Police Department Megure, Officer Sato, and Officer Shiratori."

Not long after, Mei Daizi was at the bottom of the cliff. When she called them to the police, one end of the long rope brought by the police was thrown up. Yamazaki caught it and tied it around her waist, and then Officer Sato climbed up first. ...