Chapter 21: The Legacy of Kazukosuke Kaneda

President Suzuki took out a document, turned to the page where the Easter egg was written, and said, "With this one, there are a total of 51 Easter eggs, each of which is said to have a different name, and this one is named the Egg of Memory." โ€

"Why was it called the Egg of Memory?" Conan asked.

Kogoro may have felt that it was a shame for Conan to ask such an unskilled question, and said angrily: "Stupid, the emperor took the children to read together, of course, it is the most precious memory." โ€

Although there was nothing wrong with this explanation, Conan always felt that something was wrong.

The inside of the egg was inlaid with a ring of shiny crystals, and Xiaolan asked, "Is this glowing gem?" โ€

"No, it's just glass." Chairman Suzuki said.

Conan was surprised: "I heard that the Easter egg is a gift from the emperor to the empress, wouldn't it be too strange to decorate it with glass?" โ€

"I heard that when the 51st egg was made, the Russian royal family was in financial crisis, so I had no choice but to replace the gem with glass."

Just as Conan was about to ask again, the Metropolitan Police Department, which was in charge of the arrest of the strange thief, the Metropolitan Police Department, the Second Detective Division, the Kantaro Chaki Police Department and the Nakamori Ginzo Police Department, walked in.

"President Suzuki, we'd like to talk to you about Kidd the Thief again...... Well? Why are there so many people again? When the Nakamori Police Department saw a bunch of people in the room, he said dissatisfiedly, "President Suzuki, we have all told you, the strange thief Kidd is good at disguise, and he should try not to let outsiders enter the museum, especially not to let them enter this director's room." โ€

"They're all trustworthy people, so you don't have to worry too much." Although Chairman Suzuki's tone was very flat, there was a majesty that had been in the top position for a long time, which made the momentum of the Nakamori Police Department stagnant.

When the Chamu police saw Zero and Ah Yi, they were slightly stunned at first, and then waved their hands to the two of them: "Are you Zero and Ah Yi?" โ€

Ah Yi said hello very casually: "Yo, isn't this Uncle Chamu, hello." โ€

Lingzi bowed slightly: "Greetings for a long time, Chamu is watching." โ€

Don't think that Zero and Ah Yi's connections in the police are limited to a few police officers such as Twilight Thirteen and Jian Zhiyong. Thirty or forty years ago, Kaneda Kazukosuke assisted the police in cracking countless difficult cases, and today's high-ranking officials and bigwigs in their fifties and sixties in the Metropolitan Police Department have basically received the benefits of Kaneda Ichikosuke when he was still a small police officer in his early twenties. It is said that when Kazukosuke Kaneda died a few years ago, a group of Japanese police bigwigs came to the memorial service. Although it is said that people go to tea and cool, it has been a few years since Kaneda Ichikosuke passed away, and there will definitely be people among those police bigwigs who will gradually forget the favor of the year, but even if only some of the bigwigs still pay attention to affection, then it is a very reliable help for the Kaneda family.

Of course, if you have been relying on your previous affection, then the day when your favor will eventually run out. So Zero has always been trying to build his reputation, instead of relying on the legacy of Kaneda Ichikosuke to rely on the old love that doesn't know when it will disappear. This is also one of the reasons why Zero doesn't let Ah Yi take the swear of his grandfather, because if you hang your grandfather all day long, others will always have the impression of you as the grandson of "Kaneda Ichikosuke". Like in "Kanedaichi 37-year-old incident book", others introduced 37-year-old Ah Yi, and he still said "Kaneda Ichikosuke's grandson", not that this is Kaneda Ichi, although Ah Yi has been silent for a long time, but at the age of 37, he has not been able to get rid of the name of his grandfather, which is too sad after all.

Although Kaneki Kantaro did not have any contact with Kaneda Ichikosuke when he was young, he followed his boss to visit the patient when Kaneda Ichikosuke was seriously ill, and at that time he met Zero and Aichi. Although Zero and Ah Yi were still young at that time, their appearance has changed a lot after a few years, but as a police officer, Kantaro Chaki still has good observation, so he can still recognize the two.

Zero and Chaki met before he crossed over, but with the memories left by his body, he could still recall the situation at that time.

Chamu Police has also seen Ersan, but Ersan was just over a year old at the time, and now he naturally can't recognize it, and Ersan can't have an impression of Chamu. However, after Zero introduced the identity of Ersan, Chaki Police also behaved very enthusiastically, and said to Ersan something that many elders would say that they had never seen before, such as "I hugged you when you were a child" and so on.

"Chaki Police, do you know them?" Seeing Chamu's appearance, the Nakamori Police Department couldn't help but ask.

While asking, Nakamori's eyes also aimed at Zero.

This girl is so beautiful, I don't know how to have a good relationship with her...... No, no, Nakamori Ginzo, what are you thinking! Your daughters are about the same age as this girl, how can you still have such an unbelievable idea!

It seems that this is another male fool who is attracted by Zero's beauty.

Chaki explains his relationship with Kaneda's siblings, but Nakamori, who fell into a cranky mind after meeting Zero, doesn't listen much.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zero naturally wanted to observe the attributes of Chaki and Nakamori.

Kantaro Chaki โ€“ Force: C+, Intelligence: B-, Intimacy: D-.

Nakamori Ginzo - Force: B-, Intelligence: C+, Intimacy: E+.

All right...... There's not much to say, it's not too bad, it's not a very good rating.

After that, the rest of the people introduced themselves to the two policemen one after another, and when the Nakamori Police Department entered the door, he originally wanted to drive people, but after looking at it this circle, he found that it seemed that he couldn't catch people?

Needless to say, a group of people with the surname Kaneda Ichikosuke are the grandsons and granddaughters of Kaneda Ichikosuke, and they are also the old acquaintances of his top boss Chaki Police. Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama are the sons of Heizo Hattori, the head of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, and the daughter of Ginjiro Nagayama, the head of the Osaka Prefectural Police Criminal Department, respectively. As for Mori Kogoro himself, he had seen it before, a stupid detective, who had come to arrest Kidd at the invitation of Chairman Suzuki, and he had also attended a special meeting of the Metropolitan Police Department against Kidd in Tokyo yesterday. Others, like Miyuki Nanase, Moriran, and Conan Edogawa, are also very close to some of the people in front of them.

The Nakamori Police Department hates the most idlers and others interfering in the case of the strange thief Kidd, but he finds that he can't drive people away at the moment except for dry stare, which makes him feel quite depressed.

"There's a good chance that Kidd the thief will be disguised and get in, so in order to prevent this from happening, each of you has to let me pinch my face to see if Kidd is dressed in disguise!" The Nakamori Police Department said to Kogoro and others.

I'm out of safety precautions, not to vent the unhappiness in my heart, hum!

Hearing this, Kogoro strode towards the Nakamori Police Department, pinched the Nakamori Police Department's cheeks with both hands and pulled them to the sides, and said as he pulled: "Since the strange thief Kidd is proficient in disguise, then it is possible to disguise yourself as the police department and you can sneak in, so you must also check it." You're right, Nakamori Police Department. โ€

"How can it be!" After the Nakamori Police Department broke free of Kogoro, he immediately pulled the other party's face, "I think this guy of yours is very likely to be Kidd in disguise!" โ€

So the two tore apart......

"That's enough, Nakamori, stop me!" Seeing the embarrassment of the Nakamori Police Department, Chaki Police also felt gloomy.

Chairman Suzuki also said to Kogoro, "Mori-kun, please stop it." โ€

Hearing his boss's words, although Nakamori was still resentful in his heart, he could only stop his movements. And Kogoro's side also followed President Suzuki's instructions and stopped entanglement with each other.

Chaki Vigilant coughed lightly and said, "Let's discuss the code on Kidd's notice first. โ€

After saying that, he took out a copy of the advance notice letter from his bosom and put it on the table.

From water crabs at dusk to lions at dawn

(้ปƒๆ˜ใฎๆฐดcrabใ‹ใ‚‰ๆšใฎ็…ๅญใธ)

There are no seconds for the hour hand to go to the 12th character

(็ง’้‡ใฎใชใ„ๆ™‚่จˆใŒ12็•ช็›ฎใฎๆ–‡ๅญ—ใ‚’ๅˆปใ‚€ๆ™‚)

From the glowing pavilion in the sky

(ๅ…‰ใ‚‹ๅคฉใฎๆฅผ้–ฃใ‹ใ‚‰)

Come and take the egg of memory

(ใƒกใƒขใƒชโ€”ใ‚บยทใ‚จใƒ„ใ‚ฐใ‚’ใ„ใŸใ ใใซๅ‚ไธŠใ™ใ‚‹)

Kidd, a magician and a thief at the end of the century

(ไธ–็ด€ๆœซใฎ้ญ”่ก“ๅธซยทๆ€ช็›œใ‚ญใƒ„ใƒ‰)

Seeing this notice letter, Zero couldn't help but think, the time of daring to love was advanced by a month, and the first article of the notice letter was changed from "lion at least female" to "water crab to lion".

Water crabs naturally refer to Cancer, and today, July 22, happens to be the last day of Cancer.

"It is certain that only sometime between this evening and tomorrow dawn will Kidd the Strange Thief appear from the castle tower. โ€

"Why does the glowing sky tower refer to the castle tower?" Heiji asked.

Before Nakamori and Chaki could speak, Kazuha had already taken the lead in taunting him and said, "You are stupid, Taiko Hideyoshi, who built Osaka Castle, he thinks that the development of Osaka is like the light of Osaka, don't you understand?" โ€

Chaki Detective also affirmed Kazuha's statement: "Indeed, as the girl said, the strange thief Kidd will appear from the Osaka Castle Castle Tower, and this is not wrong." โ€

Although Heiji still vaguely felt that something was wrong, he didn't have a clue, so he kept silent.

Nakamori continued Chaki's words and said, "The problem now is the phrase 'the clock without a second hand goes to the 12th character,' which is supposed to refer to the specific time when Kidd appeared, but I haven't been able to understand the meaning of this sentence yet." โ€

Conan, Heiji, and Aichi each fell into thought when they looked at this code, and while they were thinking, Tsutozo suddenly burst out of a sentence: "Could this be the twelfth tone of the fifty tones in Japanese?" โ€

Except for Zero, Aichi and Miyuki, the three who already knew how smart Two-Three were, everyone else was surprised by Two-Three's words, and although they knew that Two-Three's guess might not be accurate, they were still surprised that a nine-year-old girl could have such reasoning ability.

โ€œใ‚ใ€ใ„ใ€ใ†ใ€ใˆใ€ใŠโ€ฆโ€ฆ The twelfth is ใ—...... Does that mean four o'clock in the morning? Xiaolan counted fifty tones and said.

"No, Kidd's code can't be so simple, and it seems a bit ......far-fetched to think of ใ— as four points," Nakamori said, touching his chin.

Mori Kogoro suddenly had an idea, if the Japanese fifty tones don't work, then can't it be replaced with the English alphabet?

However, just as Kogoro was about to speak, Ersan took the lead and said: "If the fifty tones are wrong, what about the English alphabet?" โ€

"The twelfth letter is L......, which means three o'clock in the morning...... Seems to make some sense. โ€

If the answer to the previous four points was too reluctant, then the answer to the current three points seems to be reasonable.

"It's worthy of being the youngest granddaughter of Mr. Kazukosuke Kaneda, and it can be said that she is extraordinarily smart." The Chaki Police did not hesitate to praise the second and third, and apparently accepted this answer.

Kogoro looked very frustrated, obviously he had thought of this answer, but there was no way, he wouldn't compete with the little girl.

Conan, Ah Yi, and Ping all felt that three o'clock in the morning might not be the right answer, but they didn't think of any other answer for a while.

Ersan looked at Zero happily, with an expectant expression on his face, "I'm great, my sister praise me".

Zero smiled and touched Ersan on the head, but said in his mouth: "Actually, I think the correct answer should be seven twenty points." โ€

As soon as Zero's voice fell, Conan and Ah Yi had a flash of inspiration, and the four big words "I see" flashed in their minds. Heiji was a beat slower than them, but then he reacted.

All three of them are brilliant geniuses, and with a little hint they can figure out the crux of the matter.