Chapter 584: The Writer Who Left the Code

April 28, Tuesday, less than 6 p.m., Literature and Art Times Publishing House.

The staff obviously knew Shinna Kabori, Mori and his party were invited in smoothly, and the editor of Shinna Rentaro received them.

The editor said: "Miss Xiangbaoli, don't worry, I think the teacher must be too involved in writing novels, so he forgot to contact you. In fact, there are quite a few writers like him."

Lan said: "But Mr. and Mrs. Xinming also forgot to contact him, which seems unlikely."

"Well," said the editor, "that seems to make sense."

Maori asked, "Excuse me, how did you get in touch with Mr. Xinming?"

"No, the teacher hasn't contacted me since the serialization." The editor said, "It's just that the teacher's manuscript will come from time to time."

"No time?" Molly asked.

The editor said: "Maybe, there is actually an interval of seven to eight days each time. Speaking of it, it is almost the time when this manuscript is delivered."

Maori asked, "Are you sure those manuscripts were really written by Teacher Xinming?"

"Yes, although it is printed out, the font is exactly the same as what the teacher used in the past, and the language habits are also the teacher's fault, and the teacher will autograph next to the title every time." The editor said, "Well, I Let me show you the manuscripts passed by the teacher before." Then he went to fetch a few manuscripts, "The title of this novel is "The Vertex of 1/2", and the signature is next to the title."

Maori asked: "Miss Xiangbaoli, can you be sure that these handwritings are from your father's hand?"

Xinna Xiangbaoli said: "Yes, I have confirmed it when I came here before."

Conan asked: "Hey, which country are the numbers above?"

"At first it was France, and then the surrounding countries." The editor said, "I checked, and they are all at noon local time, which should be around lunch time."

Yamazaki asked: "Miss Xiangbaoli, what did the police say, can you confirm that Mr. and his wife are still in the country?"

"No." Shinna Kabori shook his head and said.

"That's it," Maori said, rubbing his chin, and then asked the editor, "Then you should have met, right? Mr. Xinming can't just fax the manuscript like this."

The editor said: "Yes, we did meet before the series started and had a rough talk about related issues."

Maori asked: "Then do you think there is anything abnormal about Mr. Xinming?"

"An abnormal situation?" The editor thought for a while and said, "I don't think there is anything wrong."

"You can say anything you think is weird," Maori said.

"If you say that, there is indeed one thing that makes me feel strange, and that is the re-serialization of the Detective Zuowen series." The editor said, "In fact, the new story of this series, we started four years ago. At first I asked the teacher to write, but the teacher's answer was always 'Zuozi is dead, it is impossible to bring it back to life', since the teacher said so, we had no choice but to give up. But more than two months ago, the new teacher suddenly called On the phone, he hoped to start writing the stories of the Detective Zuowen series again, and asked if we could publish in the magazine. Of course, this is something we couldn't wish for, so we stopped the new serialization work very quickly. ,

We started publication of new story of left letter series. "

"That's right," Molly said.

Yamazaki asked: "So, may I ask, do you think there is such a possibility that the author of the work that was suspended by you is going to trouble Mr. Shinna?"

"This should be impossible," the editor said.

"Should? It seems necessary to investigate this person." Maori said.

"If this is the case, there will be a lot of people who need to be investigated." The editor smiled wryly, "And I think it's a bit abnormal for a teacher to be that kind of gentle person."

"Why is that?" Molly asked.

The editor found the first manuscript, opened it and said, "Look, the teacher wrote such a paragraph at the beginning of the story."

"Famous detectives all over the country pay attention, if your wisdom wants to surpass mine, please try to solve the mystery of this story." Maori read, and then said, "This passage is indeed full of It's provocative."

The editor said: "Because of this, we received thousands of phone calls and letters in the first issue of the serial, and there were many dissatisfied people among them."

"Well, that's definitely a problem," Maury said.

"Also, about half a year ago, a radical fan called and said that if we didn't re-serialize, our publishing house would be set on fire, and we have received many such harassing calls over the years." said the editor.

Mao Li sighed: "These people are too fanatical."

"Oh, by the way, speaking of abnormal things, I remembered one more thing," said the editor, "that is, the teacher himself also appeared in the novel. In the story, the teacher narrates himself as a novelist who lives in France but his works are not selling well. There are more than forty books in this series of stories. This is the first time that the teacher appears in a novel, and only In terms of characters, if the left character is Sherlock Holmes, then the teacher is Watson."

Conan asked: "Where is this scene, can we see it?"

"Yes," the editor found the manuscript and handed it to Conan, "but can you understand Chinese characters, little brother?"

"I understand a little bit." Conan took the manuscript and read it. After a while, he pointed to a place and said, "This is so strange, you can see for yourself. The twelve here at twelve o'clock is a Chinese character, but the next one o'clock here The 1 becomes a number, I think this uncle is really a bit confused."

"It's really not right," Maori asked. "Could it be that this is a typo? It shouldn't happen."

"Of course, this is absolutely impossible." The editor said, "Although I don't understand why there are two different expressions, but the teacher called us several times before the serialization and told us that if we don't If he publishes the novel according to what he wrote, he will immediately stop the serialization of the novel."

At this time, the fax machine rang, and the editor said, "Ah, it must be the teacher's new manuscript has arrived." Then he went to stand in front of the fax machine, and Mori, Ran, and Shinna Kabori followed.

"Hey," Yamazaki asked Conan, "Did you find anything?"

"I think there are some secrets hidden in these articles, and the most suspicious thing is the autographs of the new teacher, the signatures of the last few times are exactly the same," Conan said, "If my reasoning is correct, the new teacher may already……"

"No, probably not yet. Mystery novels often don't give enough clues until the end. If Mr. Xinming was really captured by gangsters, and the gangsters didn't make blackmail calls, that means he or they want to The only thing you need is Mr. Xinming, and if you want a mystery novelist who is writing a mystery novel, the goal is for this novel, so until the end of the novel, the author Mr. Xinming will be safe." Yamazaki said.

"In that case, what Teacher Xinming left in this novel is a code for help." Conan said.

"It should be like this." Yamazaki took out his mobile phone and notified the Megure Police Department.

At this time, Conan heard the editor say that the new manuscript sent from the fax machine was really a new manuscript named Ren Taro, and immediately grabbed the front page and compared it with other manuscripts.

"Bring me the manuscript, you little brat," Molly said.

"I think this signature is very strange," Conan handed the manuscript to Moli, "The signatures of the sixth to eighth chapters are exactly the same."

Maori made a comparison, and said in surprise: "It's, it's true." Then he looked at other manuscripts, "The signatures from the first chapter to the sixth chapter are all a little different."

"Why is that?" Conan asked.

Maori said: "Of course it's because Mr. Xinming copied all the previous signatures."

"But why did Xinming teacher do this?" Conan asked again.

"I think maybe he doesn't want to sign it anymore." Lan said, and then said in surprise, "Maybe he can't sign it."

"If it cannot be signed, it means that the new teacher may now..." Mao Li said in surprise.

"How, how could it be!" Xinming Xiangbaoli exclaimed.

"Yamazaki, call the Megure police department immediately," Mori said, "We must race against the clock."

"It's already been played." Yamazaki said.

Seeing Xinming Xiangbaoli's face look ugly, Lan comforted: "Your father may not really be dead, he is very likely to be alive, it's just that his hand was injured."

"Thank you." Xinna Xiangbaoli said reluctantly.

"I'm going to Xinmingjia to see the situation." Yamazaki asked Conan, "Do you want to come?"

"No." Conan said holding the manuscript, "This novel should be able to save Mr. Xinming. The information he wants to convey should be in the novel, and that is the clue he really wants to tell us detectives. .”

"That's good." Yamazaki said, and then stepped forward to ask the new name Xiangbaoli, "Miss Xiangbaoli, where is your house? Can you give me the key, maybe I can find some clues."

"Yes." Xinming Xiangbaoli handed over the key and reported to the house.

"Uncle, I'll try it over there." Yamazaki said.

Hearing the sound of a police car in the distance, Maori said, "Take some policemen there."

"Understood." Yamazaki said. ...

Before seven o'clock in the evening, the Literature and Art Times Publishing House is downstairs.

After Yamazaki waited for a while, the Megure police department arrived.

"Megure Police Department, Uncle Mori is waiting for you upstairs," Yamazaki said, then looked at Police Officer Chiba and asked, "I'm going to Xinmingjia to see, can Police Officer Chiba bring a few people with me there."

"Okay." Megure Police Department said. ...

Go to the new famous police car.

Police officer Chiba who was driving asked, "Mr. Yamazaki, what are we looking for?"

Yamazaki asked: "How is your police investigation of Mr. Nina?"

Officer Chiba said: "There is no clue."

Yamazaki said: "No, it's not about this matter, but Mr. Xinming himself, some of his necessary habits, such as whether there is any disease that requires special medicine every day."

"Well," Police Officer Chiba said, "I only know that Mr. Shinna is a very fat man."

"Then, let's first look for Mr. Xinming's bedside table and other places that may be used to store medicine." Yamazaki said.

Police officer Chiba said: "I see, I need to find special medicine, so I can know whether Mr. Xinming needs to go to the hospital regularly."

Yamazaki said: "Not bad."...

After seven o'clock in the evening, Literature and Art Times Publishing House.

After listening to what Maori said about the incident, Mumu Police Department frowned and thought about it, and said, "As far as the current situation is concerned, I'm afraid there is no way to launch a large-scale search."

"However, the police department, Miss Xiangbaoli's father, also known as Mr. Ren Taro, a well-known mystery novelist, has been missing for two months now, and his wife has also disappeared with him." Mao Li said .

"But the manuscripts of the novel written by Mr. Xinming will be faxed to this publishing house, and although it is a fax, the handwriting and grammar of this novel have been confirmed by her daughter and the staff of the editorial department. It is Mr. Xinming. I am right." Megure Police Department said.

"Because of this, the question I'm talking about now is quite strange. The signature next to the title on the handed manuscript is more or less different from the first to the sixth chapter, but from the sixth chapter The signature of the eighth chapter is exactly the same, and we can easily deduce that this is a photocopy of the previous signature and printed next to the title." Mao Li said, "This means that something must have happened to Mr. Xinming now. Things, otherwise, he wouldn't even sign a single signature."

"Then let me ask you, who do you think will harm Mr. Xinming? If his family members have received extortion calls, then you can say that something happened to Mr. Xinming, but nothing has happened so far. "The police department said, "As for the signature, this novel will not be limited to eight chapters. People find it too troublesome to sign every chapter, so they simply use photocopies to avoid trouble."

"Well, there is indeed some truth." Maori thought for a while and said, "However, if it is said that Mr. Xinming and his wife are really hiding somewhere to concentrate on his writing, then there is no need to hide from their daughter Miss Xiangbaoli Ah, two days of no contact is still a thing of the past, but now it's been a full two months, and it's not that there is no phone, but there is a fax machine."

"There is indeed some truth to this." Mumu Police Department said.

Conan said, "What if it wasn't him who used the fax machine."

"By the way, that's it, it must be that way, every time you use a fax machine, it's used by gangsters, so even though there is a fax machine, they can't send out information." Mao Li said excitedly, "That is to say , Mr. Xinming was imprisoned by gangsters, and then he left a code in the novel that allows us to find him."

"Code?" Mumu Police Department asked.

"Mr. Xinming plays a role in the novel. The words and vocabulary used in each appearance are different from those in other places in the novel. Not only are there Arabic numerals but also often mixed with English, so the code must be in the lines spoken by this character. Inside," Molly said.

"That's it," Mumu Police Department said to the editor, "You must have read this novel, please find and copy these scenes immediately."

"I'll go right away," said the editor. ...