Looking at the graffiti numbers on the cover, Gao Yuan fell into doubt.

"Miss Toyama, did this magazine use this design on its cover before?"

"Huh? Let me see. ”

Hearing Gao Yuan's inquiry, He Ye was a little confused, so he took back the magazine and looked at it, saw the graffiti painting on the cover, and thought about it carefully.

"It seems that there has never been a design like this on the cover before."

Listening to Kazuha's words, Hattori couldn't help but come up, looking at this graffiti painting composed of digital graffiti, and also felt a little strange.

"This graffiti is not aesthetically pleasing, but also a little abrupt."

Hattori muttered to himself, "And this picture ...... These strokes ...... It looks like numbers! ”

Hattori began to be surprised when he found this.

"It won't! What a code! ”

Hattori began to take a closer look at the seemingly scribbled strokes filled in the graffiti drawing, and soon saw that it was indeed several numbers: 9, 53, 60, 75, 57, 22, 23, 99.

"These numbers ......"

Although he saw the numbers, Hattori was also confused, and he really couldn't see what the numbers represented.

"Numbers? What a number? ”

Kazuha looked at the graffiti on it, combined with the numbers mentioned by Hattori, and quickly recognized the numbers implied in the graffiti.

"Numbers! But what does this mean? ”

He Ye asked puzzled.

"Such a random number may have been drawn by the person who drew this graffiti."

"Stupid, how can a fashion editor put such an inconsequential picture on such a fashion cover. This is too different from the style of the characters on the cover! ”

Hattori retorted.

"So no matter how you think about it, it feels very suspicious, this picture should not be put on by the editor meaninglessly, there must be some special meaning. And Miss Toyama, as you said, this magazine would not have put this kind of graffiti design on the cover before, so it seems strange that such a graffiti is suddenly put on this issue. ”

Gao Yuan said.

"yes, maybe it's a prize contest designed by this fashion magazine! I remember that this magazine had collaborated with 'Fusa-e' on a similar project before. ”

Talking to Ye, he became a little excited.

"It's different, in the previous project, the puzzle was clearly written in the content of the magazine, and this ......"

Hattori reminisced about the planning event with Ha, and then thought of something and began to flip through the entire magazine.

"If that's the case, would there be any hints in the magazine's content?"

But after flipping through the entire magazine twice, Hattori didn't see what he was looking for.

Somewhat unwilling, Hattori put down the magazine and scratched his head, "In other words, if it's really a puzzle, then this graffiti is all the puzzle?" But what exactly does this set of random numbers mean? ”

Takato looked at Hattori, who had no clue, and felt the same way.

"When it comes to numeric passwords, it is more common to convert them into something else, for example, if the number is within 26, you can analogize it to the English alphabet in order. But several of these figures clearly exceed this range. ”

Hattori muttered to himself.

"Or you can look for the pattern of these numbers and convert them into numbers within 26."

Gao Yuan proposed a possibility.

"But it obviously doesn't work whether it's bad or smaller."

Hattori denied.

"It could also be an algorithm that requires key cryptography. For example, there is a very abrupt number '9' that is a single digit, while everything else is a ten-digit number. ”

Gao Yuan looked at the numbers again, and felt a little strange that there was only one of them, the single digit "9".

"But even if you think of '9' as the secret key, the possibilities are still endless if you don't know the encryption algorithm it actually uses."

Hattori pondered for a moment, then felt helpless.

"Damn, this thing doesn't prompt? If you don't have any hints, you can't solve it at all! ”

He Ye on the side looked at Hattori and Gao Yuan helplessly but kept thinking about the numbers on the graffiti, and they didn't even eat much of the food on the table, looking at the two of them very devoted, and Ye couldn't help but feel helpless.

Originally, I just came to this famous restaurant with Hattori for dinner, but I didn't expect to encounter a live murder incident on TV, and finally the show ended, and now I am interested in the graffiti of magazines.

A little depressed, Kazuha picked up the magazine and looked at the graffiti.

"Do you really think this monster-like graffiti is a code? Maybe it's just a special idea for editing. ”

"It's because I don't think it's like it, so I think it might be a code. As a layman, I think this graffiti is too inappropriate for this cover, how can an editor who specializes in art design make such a thing? ”

Listening to Hattori's conversation with Ye, Takato seemed to think of something.

"Art? Monster? ”

Just now, Kazuha used the word monster instead of transliterating the English word "Monster", nor the kanji "monster" written as "monster", but "ba ke mo no" - "化け物".

For Gao Yuan, whose mother tongue is Chinese, when he thinks of "化け物", it is natural to pay attention to the Chinese characters "化" and "物". In the face of these two words, Gao Yuan's first thought was "chemistry and physics".

When Gao Yuan thought of chemistry, he looked at these numbers again, and suddenly he had an idea!

"You guys keep eating first, I'll go to the bookstore!"

Gao Yuan shouted excitedly, and ran out of the store quickly.

Hattori watched Takato's actions and knew that he had unlocked the code, and then he lay down in his chair as if giving up and sighed.

"Lost to him again!"

I found the nearest bookstore, and Gao Yuan turned to the textbook with the periodic table.

Element 9 fluorine, element 53 iodine, element 60 neodymium, element 75 rhenium, element 57 lanthanum, element 22 titanium, element 23 vanadium, and element 99 eintothenium.

Convert it all into elemental symbols, which is:

F I Nd Re La Ti V Es

Find relatives – Find relatives.

Although it is only two short words, it is not easy to form an English sentence with element symbols, and these two words have made the meaning very clear - someone is asking for help! And the person who sent this signal for help must be the relevant personnel of the editorial department of the magazine!

Back at the hotel, Takato informed Hattori and Kazuha of the results, and when Takato mentioned the periodic table, Hattori understood, and then looked at Kazuha.

"Kazuye, do you know where the editorial office of this magazine is?"

"Huh? This is a local fashion magazine in Osaka, and the editorial office is located in Osaka. It seems to be quite close from here. I was there during the last Fusa E! ”

"Then without further ado, let's hurry up and ask who asked for this code to be printed on the cover of this magazine!"

Hattori preemptively said what Takato wanted to say, but Takato felt that something was wrong.