Chapter 115: Still Saying You're Not Good at Solving Ciphers?
"Uh, but I feel like I've seen this pattern before…" Doctor Agasa turned back to the cipher problem again.
"Really?" Conan stopped dwelling on the video issue. What was done was done, dwelling on it was useless. He simply pestered Doctor Agasa and asked, "Doctor, think hard! Where have you seen it before?"
"Don't rush me…" Doctor Agasa was trying to recall when Mitsuhiko interrupted him.
"Conan, you should also help think about the cipher on the floor!"
Conan had no choice but to first solve the cipher on the ground, reminding the three children to follow the arrow and find the box in the Bedroom.
The box was opened, but inside was a pile of toys that had been stabbed to pieces with a knife, even the Kamen Rider cards were slashed.
The expectant expressions of the three children instantly froze.
Hassashi poked its head out, remained silent for two seconds, "Master, the Souvenir you bought has also been completely ruined!"
"Yeah," Chi Feichei walked over, "The direction of the knife is on the same side, right-handed, stabbed very deeply, the knife marks are messy, it should have been stabbed out of anger or resentment."
"Could it be Doctor playing a Prank on us?" Ayumi turned her head to look at Doctor Agasa in disappointment.
"No, it was indeed someone who found this place after Doctor hid the box," Conan stroked his chin, Chi Feichei was indeed keen, "Because they found out it was just toys, they angrily started Destruction."
"In that case, that person should be looking for something, that's why they came here," Haibara Ai calmly analyzed.
"Then what exactly are they trying to find?" Genta asked.
"I don't know, maybe it's related to those sun, star, and moon ciphers," Conan said.
"Those randomly drawn patterns are really ciphers?" Mitsuhiko was surprised.
"Yeah," Conan pondered, "I think this Villa might really be hiding some priceless Treasure!"
The three children instantly became excited, and once again started looking for ciphers and searching for Treasure.
Doctor Agasa went out to Report to Police, and just happened to receive a Phone Call from Kudo Yusaku, "Huh? You're back?"
"Yeah, we've already arrived in Japan…" Kudo Yusaku mentioned the Phone Call with Zhi Ming Fukuyama.
"That should be the Doctor overthinking it," Doctor Agasa lowered his voice, "You also know about Shinichi's Situation…"
"Even so, I think it's better to have an Inspection," Kudo Yusaku said, "Doctor, where are you now?"
Doctor Agasa told him the Location and the current Situation, "Are you coming over?"
"Since there are other people, it might be inconvenient for us to show up directly," Kudo Yusaku considered for a moment, "Let Yukiko Disguise herself and pick him up, as for that cipher…"
"Right," Doctor Agasa remembered, "You've seen that cipher, right? It was several years ago, those strange letters I asked you to look at, the edges of the letters also had that Pattern, you were as excited as Shinichi at the beginning, and after a day you told me that I was like the sun, sweeping away all your previous frustration…"
"Let's leave that cipher for the Young Man to solve, we can give them a little hint," Kudo Yusaku laughed, "We hope Doctor will keep our return Confidentiality from Shinichi for now, let him solve the cipher properly, I'm also curious to see whether Shinichi or that Mr. Chi can solve it first, hmm… with a hint, it should be a bit faster than I was back then, I look forward to their performance."
"Uh, okay…"
After Kudo Yusaku hung up the Phone Call, Doctor Agasa called the Police again.
Someone had obviously broken into the Villa, and had also done something like stabbing toys with a knife to vent their anger, it was better to Report to Police and tell the Police…
In the Living Room, the three children found another pile of Things with the same cipher.
"Playing Cards, French Dictionary, Record, Airplane, Glass Wine Glass, Portrait, Puppet Doll…" Conan looked at the Things and pondered, "Adding the Vase, Candlestick, and Plate we found before, that's 10 in total."
"But just relying on these, we simply don't know what it means," Ayumi said.
Conan pondered for a moment, saw Doctor Agasa enter the Door, and asked, "Doctor, what did the Police say?"
"They said it's probably a Thief who broke in," Doctor Agasa said, "They'll come over to take a look later."
"Hmm…" Conan still wanted to solve the cipher, turned his Head to look at Chi Feichei, not knowing if that guy had any… huh?
Chi Feichei was looking up at the Chandelier on the Ceiling. He didn't remember what the cipher meant, but he remembered that after searching and searching, the final center point was on the Ceiling, and there was an Attic above, and that old man had died in the Attic.
Haibara Ai walked over, "What's wrong with the Chandelier?"
"Brother Chi, you wouldn't have already solved the cipher, would you?" Conan asked uncertainly.
"I'm not good at ciphers," Chi Feichei was also telling the truth.
He could solve ciphers, but he wasn't very good at it, he just vaguely remembered some key points of the Plot.
Conan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Although Chi Feichei had said before that he wasn't good at ciphers, he still solved Kaito Kid's cipher one step ahead of him, but this time it shouldn't be that fast, right? He didn't even have a Clue yet.
Doctor Agasa mentioned that Kudo Yusaku had seen similar letters, and also said that the letters only had hiragana written on them, giving Conan a hint.
Conan started to decode the cipher, and as a result, he found that the ciphers were all items in the house, and directly drew the Decoding Table, sitting on the Ground and writing and drawing, "This way, all the ciphers can be restored… it's like this!"
"Let me see," Ayumi read, "Pay attention to the Vase, pay attention to the Candlestick, pay attention to the propeller, pay attention to the oil painting…"
"Pay attention to the Record, pay attention to the Doll, pay attention to the Glass Wine Glass, pay attention to the Playing Cards…" Mitsuhiko also followed along and read.
"Pay attention to the French Dictionary, pay attention to the Fireplace!" Genta said, "Then the Treasure is in the Fireplace, right?"
Conan and the three children immediately ran to look at the Fireplace.
Haibara Ai didn't follow, looked up at the Ceiling, and whispered to Chi Feichei, "What exactly is on the Ceiling? You were distracted looking at it for quite a while just now."
"The Answer to the cipher," Chi Feichei didn't hide it.
"But the Fireplace…" Haibara Ai looked towards the Fireplace.
"There's also a cipher inside the Fireplace," Conan drilled into the Fireplace, "The same cipher is also engraved, Ayumi, help me get the Decoding Table!"
"Okay!" Ayumi immediately went to get it.
Conan compared it to the Answer, but the result was…
"Pa-Pay attention to the Plate?!"
"Look at the Plate? Are you talking about the Plate from the beginning? Isn't that going in a circle and coming back again?" Doctor Agasa was surprised, was this cipher playing tricks on people?
Conan didn't believe it was a Prank, and stared at the Paper Strip that had been decoded for a long time.
"Then, before the Police arrive, let's first restore the Things in the Villa to their original positions!" Doctor Agasa greeted the group of children.
Conan swayed to Chi Feichei's side, looked at Chi Feichei who was calmly watching the show in confusion, looked up at the Ceiling, and then continued to stare at the Paper Strip. Soon, he noticed that the three children restoring the items kept passing by his side, paused, and looked at Chi Feichei with half-moon eyes, "You still say you're not good at solving ciphers? I won't believe your nonsense again in the future!"
"Huh?" Doctor Agasa was surprised.
"Could it be that this cipher…" Haibara Ai looked up at the Chandelier above her Head.
"Have you already solved it? Conan!" Mitsuhiko immediately ran over.
"Yeah, you guys are restoring the items, constantly passing by my side. If you link up the Locations of all the items in the order of 'pay attention to a certain item', starting from the Plate, Vase, Candlestick, propeller…" Conan sat on the Ground, linked up the Locations of the Things on the Paper Strip, and couldn't help but look up at Chi Feichei again, extremely resentful, "All the lines are focused on the very center, which is the Location where Brother Chi has been standing!"
"Could the Treasure be under Brother Chi's Foot?" Genta curiously leaned over, "Hidden by Brother Chi?"
"No, the Switch should be on the Chandelier on the Ceiling…" Conan looked at Chi Feichei with frustration, "Not going to help?"
Chi Feichei didn't say anything, and directly picked up Conan and lifted him up.
After Conan turned the Chandelier, a rumbling and clicking Mechanism sound came from the house.
(End of Chapter)