Holding the magazine he just bought called "Literary Times" in his hand, Gao Yuan pointed to the title of the novel titled "Half of the Peak" and asked the new name Kahori.
In this regard, facing Gao Yuan's sudden inquiry, Shinname Kahoori had tears in the corners of his eyes. He couldn't help but froze for a moment, then nodded and replied:
"That's right."
After thinking about it for a while, Niina Kahori explained the manuscript status of this novel:
"I also went to the publishing house to inquire about the manuscript of the novel. Because the other party deliberately hid the sender's phone number and other information, I didn't know where the fax came from. However, because there was another fax next to the title of the manuscript.
My father’s autograph, so I can confirm that the manuscript is handwritten by my father…”
In this way, just when Niina Kahori was very worried and wanted to tell all the clues she could explain, she saw that Takato was not paying much attention to what she said.
At this moment, Gao Yuan was just reading one book at a time, and he quickly flipped through the newly bought books he had just bought, those books from two months ago to the present, all the new works of the "Detective Zuo Wenzi" series "One Half of
All the "Literary Times" magazines that have been released for "Vertex".
However, with Gao Yuan's browsing speed, it was obvious that he was not reading, but rather looking for content in a very targeted manner.
Regarding this, Niina Kahori, who was sitting opposite Takato, was very confused and didn't understand what Takato's intention was.
However, after a while, when Gao Yuan finished flipping through the last one, Gao Yuan suddenly closed all the magazines, nodded slightly, as if to confirm something, and then replied to Xianna Kahori:
"Okay, then let's go meet your father now!"
"Why?"
Immediately, when he heard Gao Yuan's words, Niina Xiangbaori was greatly surprised. It seemed that he had not yet realized what Gao Yuan had just said. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he reacted and said in shock:
"What! Mr. Mingzhi, do you know where my father is?"
"That's right."
Gao Yuan nodded affirmatively and replied affirmatively. Then, with a slightly helpless expression, he closed his eyes slightly and sighed:
"I hope I can catch up..."
…
At the same time, in the publishing house called University Hall, in the editorial office of the magazine "Literary Times", Conan, Mouri Kogoro, Xiaolan, and Officer Megure were looking at the editorial office seriously at this moment.
In the office, the staff looked confused about the arrival of the police and detectives——
"Officer, what's going on..."
Facing the police and the famous detective Mouri Kogoro who arrived at this moment, the editor-in-chief of the editorial department asked in deep confusion.
"Regarding the novel titled "The Peak of Half" that was serialized by Mr. Rentaro in your magazine two months ago, didn't the opening line say, 'A warning to famous detectives all over the country! You think your mind is superior to mine.
"Please, come and find out the truth about this incident!'. And my famous detective Mouri Kogoro has solved the truth, which is - the distress signal about the new Mr. Rentaro!"
Looking a little serious, Mouri Kogoro said this.
But in response, Xiaolan on the side couldn't help but muttered:
"Obviously Conan first discovered the doubt when he was reading the novel..."
"What? A distress signal?"
Surprised, the editor couldn't help but ask.
"Yes. Regarding his new name, Mr. Rentaro, and his recent whereabouts, does your publishing house know?"
On the other hand, Officer Memu, who had already learned about the distress signal hidden in the novel, couldn't help but ask seriously at this moment.
"If you say so..."
In this regard, when Officer Megure asked this question, the editor seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but said nervously:
"I heard from Teacher Xinming's daughter that she has indeed been unable to contact Teacher Xinming in the past two months, but the weekly update manuscripts are still sent to us via fax on time..."
As he was talking, the phone in the office suddenly rang, so another editorial staff member present picked up the phone.
Later, just as Officer Memu and others were planning to discuss in detail the issue of being “unreachable” with the editor in chief, the staff member who answered the phone suddenly said in surprise:
"Police officer! A young man with a Kansai accent, he also said that he has unlocked the distress signal in the teacher's novel! He wants us to call the police to save the teacher..."
"Young man with Kansai accent?"
Immediately, Conan and others present were shocked when they heard this description. Immediately in the editorial office, everyone began to discuss the undeciphered code in the novel "The Vertex of Half".
Serious thinking...
…
"The key to the problem lies in the declaration at the beginning of the novel. It seems that your father is provoking the readers and wants them to unravel the truth of the case in the story, but in fact, what your father wants the readers to unravel is another issue, and
The key to this problem lies in the title of this novel, which is the so-called 'Top Half'."
At this moment, on the other side, Takato and Niina Kahori, who had arrived at the Aido City Hotel, Takato calmly began to explain the situation——
"In this work, there is a character based on your father himself. When looking at the dialogue of this character, treat each word at the top of the dialogue as one-half of a complete word, that is, two words
Viewed as one word, the first dialogue can be interpreted as 'hurry up and save me'!"
Immediately, upon hearing this, Shinname Kahoori seemed extremely nervous, but Gao Yuan continued calmly:
"Of course, this is only the first code, so it is very simple to interpret... Although at first glance it looks like a code for a distress signal, it will make the person who interprets it very worried, thinking that your father has been in danger. However,
If your father is really in danger, then he doesn't actually need to release the subsequent codes bit by bit through weekly updates. He can publish all the distress signals in the earliest manuscript, so that
He can also be the first to get the person who deciphers the code to come to him.
"But, he didn't do this. In fact, in the chapter that was released a few weeks later, the difficulty of deciphering the code was upgraded. This is obviously a problem... Rather than saying this is a distress signal, I think it is better to think that this is you.
A real challenge from my father to readers..."
Listening to Gao Yuan's further explanation, Shinna Kahoori felt even more confused. Following Gao Yuan's footsteps, he further asked:
"Then...what's going on..."
"For specific questions, please ask your parents directly..."
But Gao Yuan didn't say it directly, he just said this, and took his new name Kahori to the door of Suite 2407 of Aido City Hotel. He sighed slightly and knocked on the door——
"Mr. Shinname, I have already solved the answer before you gave it!"
Gao Yuan, who originally looked a little sad, deliberately made a proud expression after the door was opened by the people inside, and deliberately said to the people in the room...