"Yes, yes."

Standing behind Gao Yuan, a man with an elegant mustache and a pair of glasses said indifferently.

"I've admired my name for a long time, Mr. Yusaku."

Turning around, Takato greeted - there is no doubt that the person in front of him is Kudo Shinichi's father, a world-renowned reasoner, Mr. Kudo Yusaku.

"I didn't expect that you already know about Mr. Su Yongyangbei."

"Hey."

Somewhat stunned, Yusaku Kudo said, "When I went back to Japan this time, I just wanted to get some old materials. But I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived in Japan, I saw the news of Mr. Sunaga's death. So, I went to visit the president of the publishing house I knew, and I saw Mr. Suyong's unpublished manuscript. ”

"Just look at a posthumous manuscript and you realize the truth of the matter?"

Gao Yuan asked with some surprise.

"Because,I've long been aware of it.,About the secret hidden in Mr. Suyong.,Non-series works.。

Yusaku Kudo said, "You can already see it. ”

"Well, yes, but I only found out after seeing the first edition date of all of Mr. Suyong's works."

Gao Yuan said, "All of Mr. Suyong's works, as long as they are in the same series, their first publication dates are all in the same month, and this is the case for the twenty-two series. And if you look at it according to this rule, you will find that those non-series works are also published in the same month, so, according to the previous rule, these non-series works may also be self-contained! ”

In response, Yusaku Kudo nodded, but did not speak, motioning for Takato to continue explaining.

"However, all the non-series works, at first glance, the protagonists are different, the main characters are different, and the themes and genres are completely different. The first time I watched all the non-series, I didn't notice any connection at all. ”

Gao Yuan said helplessly, "But when I noticed the clue of the publication date, I began to deliberately look for the connection in the non-series works, and the hidden connection in it came to my eyes - there is a supporting role that appears in all the non-series works!" ”

Saying that, Gao Yuan couldn't help but sigh a little - if this is just an easter egg, it will inevitably be too careful!

"In the first work, there is a girl who appears in the class of the protagonist's sister, and it is an almost brush-off character, only hinting that the student number is close to the protagonist's sister, and the surname is starting with m. In the second work seven years later, a young woman appears as an eyewitness to the murder, but because she is only an eyewitness, she does not describe it in detail, and only identifies the surname 'Momota'. ”

After a pause, Gao Yuan recalled the details.

"Nine years later, in the third work, the female policeman protagonist has a pen pal surnamed 'Kuwatian'. In the fourth work of the following year, the protagonist asks for directions with a housewife named 'Asami' at the destination of his trip. Nine years later, in the fifth work, a character known as 'Aunt Counter' appeared. Seven years later, in the sixth installment, the protagonist's children give way to an elderly woman who calls herself 'Ah Chao'. Finally, in this posthumous manuscript after 12 years, an old peasant woman who distributes corn flour to the protagonist's family appears. ”

After talking about the supporting roles that appeared in the seven non-series works at once, Gao Yuan began to summarize and say:

"Seven works, seven seemingly unrelated supporting characters, but if you link all the publication years, you will find a wonderful detail: the first book is a schoolgirl girl, seven years later the second book is for young women, and the third and fourth books nine or ten years later are housewives in their thirties...... Then after another nine years, in the fifth book she became an 'aunt' in her forties, seven years later, in the sixth book she was an old woman in her fifties, and twelve years later in the seventh book she became an old woman in her sixties. ”

Somewhat shocked, Gao Yuan continued:

"If you look at these characters as the same person, this is simply the life of an ordinary woman who has grown up with real time and lives in the story in the book - the surname 'M' in the first part can correspond to the surname 'Momota' in the second part. Nine years later, in the third part, he changed his surname to 'Sangtian' because of marriage, and it was not until the fourth part that the character's name finally appeared, and the name 'Asami' can correspond to the 'Ah Chao' ...... in the sixth part."

As a supporting role in the story, a girl named Asami Momota did not go wrong in her life in the story, just making friends, getting married, working, entering the family, and having children...... In this way, he has lived in the works of Mr. Suinaga Hiyobei for more than 40 years. ”

Kudo Yusaku also said with some amazement.

"So, Asami Momota...... Does this character really exist? ”

Puzzled, Gao Yuan asked this question.

With a sigh, Yusaku Kudo said slowly:

"It was when Mr. Sunaga was seventeen years old, and a woman of his age lived near his house. At that time, they had promised each other for life, but Asami Momota died of a terminal illness after that. Since then, Mr. Suyong has never married. ”

Hearing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel a little sad - in the book, continuing to write about the rest of her life, romance in the world, is probably nothing more than that.

"Twelve years ago, I visited Mr. Sunaga Hiyobei and asked him about the easter egg in the non-series, and he was silent for a long time and calmly told me the story."

Yusaku Kudo said, "The month in which the non-series was published was the month of Asami Momota's birthday. ”

In the posthumous manuscript, Ms. Asami is still very healthy, if you want to write about a person's life, it will not be the end of her life until she dies. Therefore, the non-series work is not finished, and Mr. Suyong's wish has not yet been fulfilled, so it will never be a suicide, but just a ......"

"Teacher Su Yong Bingwei himself, but he can't hold out until that time."

Yusaku Kudo completes Takato's words.

"There's a catch, though."

Gao Yuan said, "How do you know that I am investigating the matter of Mr. Xu Yong. ”

"Today I went to the publishing house, and the president told me that they commissioned a white-haired female detective to investigate this time six days ago, and it just so happened that the female detective left your house today, I think you should be together to investigate this matter."

Yusaku Kudo said.

In other words, the answer to the things we investigated these days, Yusaku Kudo already knew the answer twelve years ago......

Gao Yuan felt very helpless about this.

"Hey! Yusaku! You haven't come back to dress up, didn't you say that you want to surprise Xiaoxin together! ”

At this time, in Kudo's house, the voice of Kudo Yukiko was heard, but the person who came out was a middle-aged woman with obesity, glasses, and black curly hair.

"Ahh Xiao Gaoyuan, you are also there! ”

With this face, Kudo Yukiko couldn't help but say when she saw Takato who was talking to Kudo Yusaku.

"You...... Is there Sister Kiko? ”

Slightly surprised, Takato greeted him like this - this is the face of Edogawa Fumiyo who was later transformed into makeup by the Kudo couple in order to scare the smaller Kudo Shinichi after Kudo Shinichi became smaller?

"Yes, it's me!"

For Takato taking the initiative to call herself sister, Kudo Yukiko is very satisfied.

"By the way, don't tell Xiaoxin about our return to China! Otherwise, you won't be able to surprise him! ”

Yukiko Kudo reminded.

In this regard, Gao Yuan naturally nodded in agreement, and then after a few words of greeting with the Kudo couple, they said goodbye to each other.

But after returning to the room, Takato locked himself in the basement - wait a minute, at this time, I met Kudo Yusaku to return to China to get old information, if I didn't remember the original plot by mistake, according to the current time, it will be tomorrow when Kudo Shinichi becomes smaller!

In this case, tomorrow, I have to do something myself!

However, after thinking all night, Takato didn't come up with any good way, and the next morning, when he was about to secretly follow Kudo Shinichi and them to set off together, the appearance of a character disrupted all of Takato's assumptions-

In the morning, a figure came to the door of Gao Yuan's house and rang the doorbell.

Takato, who was woken up, looked out of the window and saw the person standing at the door of his house, it was actually Akemi Miyano!