"It's a code!" Hattori Heiji grinned and took the book in his hand and said with a smile: "I have solved the code hidden in "1/2 Apex" in this novel! When I first saw the preface in the book, I was also angry with this stinky old man's words, but I understood when I looked at it! In fact, the lines spoken by the author Mr. Shina who appear in the novel are a kind of code that leads us into this puzzle. ”

"Lines are codes?" The Twilight Police Department said, looking back at Taku Yamamoto, who had already come over to listen to the phone call.

Taku Yamamoto nodded and motioned for him to continue listening to the phone.

Hattori Heiji didn't know what was going on here, and continued to smile and say: "That's right, that is to say, this prologue is not intended to provoke us readers, but the author has hidden some kind of information in this novel, and it is a signal for help in the hope that someone will crack it!" ”

The eyes of the Twilight Police Department lit up, and hurriedly said, "Hattori-kun, in this way, you have already solved this code?" "Although Taku Yamamoto didn't say it too clearly just now, but Taku Yamamoto only unlocked the first code and heard it clearly, and now Hattori Heiji has unraveled the entire code, how can the Twilight Police Department be unhappy?

"That's right! I've unraveled the first part of the code," Hattori nodded and said, "The key to the first chapter is the title of this novel, "1/2 Vertex", you can see that the top word of all the lines is all 1/2, which means that two words can be combined into one word!" ”

Hattori Heiji's words made the originally disappointed Twilight Police Department hurriedly listen carefully, after all, Yamamoto Taku's explanation was interrupted just at the beginning, and when I looked at it at this time, I saw Yamamoto Taku nodding over there, obviously, Hattori Heiji's explanation was the same as her thoughts.

"Two words into one word?"

Hattori Heiji smiled confidently: "Yes, Twilight Police Department, you remember this rule, and then you will find that the author's lines can be combined into one sentence when you look at it from the beginning!" ”

The Twilight Police Department had already taken the manuscript, quickly put it together, and shouted, "Come and save me!" Sure enough, this is the sentence, Xiao Tuo, Hattori-kun and your solution are the same! ”

"Gah?" Hattori Heiji was confused by the words of the Twilight Police Department, right? Is that guy also in the editorial department of Literary Times?

Taku Yamamoto smiled faintly: "Yes, it can be deduced from this sentence that the new teacher must have been managed somewhere, and he was forced to write this novel!" ”

"I see," the Twilight Police Department understood, "that's why Mr. Shina will do this way, so that he will not attract the attention of the gangsters, and he can transmit his distress signal to the reader!" ”

Taku Yamamoto continued: "Mr. Editor also said before that there are radical fans threatening and intimidating and the like, so this is a good direction to investigate, and besides, the novel of Shinna Teacher is the latest masterpiece of Shinna Teacher after a gap of ten years, and it is not clear that this gangster is either an radical fan or a person who is trying to steal the manuscript fee and thus seek ill-gotten gains!" ”

Hearing Takushi Yamamoto's words, the Twilight Police Department directly put down the phone, completely ignoring Hattori Heiji's shout over there, "Hey, is that called Taku Yamamoto really over there?" Feed? The police department? Dusk Police Department, are you there? Did you listen to me? He turned his head and asked, "Have you already paid for the manuscript of this novel?" ”

The editor shook his head and said, "Not yet, before we started serializing this novel, the new teacher said that he would tell us the remittance account after writing it!" ”

"Yo Xi!" The Twilight Police Department shouted, "Let's start with suspicious letters!" ”

"Hey!" Takagi turned to check the letters.

The phone that hasn't hung up next to it has been ringing, and Hattori has been screaming non-stop.

Taku Yamamoto glanced at the meaning of not being reasonable, he didn't have a good impression of this guy since the last time he contacted Hattori Heiji.

However, Taku Yamamoto didn't stretch out his hand, but Conan next to him stretched out his hand, because he, like Taku Yamamoto, just figured out the initial code, although Hattori Heiji seems to have only partially unraveled it, but it's always right to ask more!

"But, I convince the Ministry! Have you noticed the other lines of the new teacher? ”

As soon as Conan spoke, Hattori was overjoyed and exclaimed, "Wow, it's Kudo!" So you're there too! How could you be in that editorial office with that guy! ”

"Nothing, pure coincidence." Conan pursed his lips, and then he felt a cold back, and when he turned his head, he saw Takushi Yamamoto looking at him expressionlessly, and Conan was just about to hide something, Taku Yamamoto turned away.

At this time, Yamamoto Taku's heart was very complicated, on the one hand, he was shocked, he had never touched the black charcoal head after Conan in his image, but now the black charcoal head had already known Conan's true identity, and this kind of thing beyond his own control made him feel uneasy. On the other hand, he was unhappy with Conan's attitude of preferring his friends to his family, and let others know his identity, and even didn't confess to Xiaolan, who was in danger because of him......

Originally, Taku Yamamoto wanted to question, but after looking at his surroundings, he walked away so that he would not be affected by anger......

Taku Yamamoto's walk away made Conan sigh, and at this time, Hattori on the other end of the phone also began to speak.

"That's right!" Hattori Heiji smiled: "We're all the same kind of people, that's why we had the opportunity to meet again by such a coincidence, eh...... Of course, that guy doesn't count, although her reasoning ability should also be quite good, but his personality is really bad, and he hasn't said anything just now, just so that I can help him explain, right? "I have to say that Hattori Heiji also knows Taku Yamamoto quite well.

The corners of Conan's mouth twitched, and he glanced up at Taku Yamamoto, who continued to look down at the manuscript, and didn't seem to put his experience here at all, pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "Let's say the code!" ”

As if he hadn't heard Conan's words, Hattori Heiji continued, "By the way, do you want to come to Osaka?" If you come to me, you can have as many delicious udon noodles as you want! The taste of your Tokyo is too strong, and it's hard to eat! ”

In the face of Hattori's sudden unreliable words, Conan's response is simple.

"I'm going to hang."

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, let's talk about the code!" I have to say that threatening Shenma is very effective in any situation!

Conan listened carefully.

Hattori Heiji Masasei said: "Although I completely unraveled the code at the beginning, the next lines can't be explained by the principle of "1/2 Vertex", and the words at the beginning are completely unwritten. ”

"yes!" Conan looked at the manuscript and frowned slightly: "This is nothing more than a combination of words!" ”

"That's right," Hattori Heiji also said, "Even if these words are removed, they can't be combined, by the way, how about that guy?" Didn't she figure it out either?! ”

"Yes, there are no clues at all, so if we want to solve this code, we still need a lot of necessary auxiliary chess pieces!" Conan's face darkened.

"Yes! It's an important pawn that has escaped the eyes of our two detectives! It must still be hidden somewhere! "Hattori Heiji is also a little upset when he says this. But immediately he said lazily: "Since you are all there, why do you want me to worry about it here in Osaka!" Alright, Kudo, I'll leave it to you! If you know anything, please contact me! But you have to keep going! Don't lose to that guy, he's a successful person, not a detective! ”

As he spoke, he hung up the phone directly.