mynovelonline Chapter 728 (4k) Little Corgi cleverly cracks the code
Chapter 728 (4k) Little Corgi cleverly cracks the code
Chapter 728 (4k) Little Corgi cleverly cracks the code
After Apollo translated the code into Japanese, Maori Kogoro, who was still confused, looked at Martin and said, "Boy, can you decipher this code?"
"Of course, I'm Sherlock Holmes. And since the code is for children, there's no need to think too much about it. Just use a child's way of thinking to understand it." Martin said, looking at the little Corgi next to him: "But in order to give the great detective some chance, you can let the great detective speak first before I announce the answer."
"Huh?" Maori Kogoro was speechless: "It's ok that this dog can discover the method of committing the crime, but do you think it can understand the secret code?"
Dogs speak better English than me?
"Ah!" The little Corgi cleared his throat and began his chattering: "Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah..."
"It seems like it is really saying something...what did it say?" Maori Kogoro stared at the little Corgi suspiciously, then turned to look at Martin.
"Hmm... I didn't understand this time either." Holmes Martin shrugged, then took out the bow translator made by Dr. Agasa that Xiaolan gave him before they parted, and put it on the little Corgi.
"What were you doing earlier?" The little Corgi, who finally got the right to speak, complained loudly.
Kogoro Maori jumped in fright and Apollo took a step back.
"Speak up!" ×2
"This is the animal language translator made by Dr. Agasa." The little Corgi introduced it while smoothing the bow on its neck.
"I see..." With the scientific explanation, Maori Kogoro was no longer afraid of the 'corgi spirit'. He looked at it carefully and found: "Why is this bow so similar to the bow that the little boy with glasses wears every day?"
"It...what is it?" Apollo still stared at Conan, very shocked.
Martin introduced: "This is Holmes' right-hand man, his name is..."
Hi, call Shinichi... The little Corgi had mixed feelings, but he was also an assistant to Sherlock Holmes, although the core was Martin. After rounding it off, he could also say "Kudo Shinichi once assisted Sherlock Holmes in solving cases." So the little Corgi still held his head high and waited proudly...
"…It's called Gou Fugui."
The little Corgi turned his head and glared at him at such speed that his neck cramped.
Then the little Corgi realized that he could speak and looked at Apollo: "Don't listen to him, my name is Martin."
"Pfft..." Maori Kogoro turned his head and sneered, muttering in a low voice: "It really is a thing that resembles its owner."
His words were heard by Martin, who poked Maori Kogoro gently with his elbow: "Uncle, the great detective is your dog now."
The boomerang hit Maori Kogoro on the head. Maori Kogoro pointed at the little corgi and said angrily: "You must be like me in the future, a gentleman who speaks politely and humorously, understand?"
The little Corgi really wanted to bite Kogoro Mouri's finger.
Should I confess to this uncle and tell him that Martin made me like this? But what is my real identity? If I say I am Conan, the uncle will probably just laugh at me, and then I will continue to support him with peace of mind? If I say I am Kudo Shinichi... then the uncle will laugh at me even more, and then he will strictly guard me and restrict my contact with Xiaolan?
Thinking this way, I might as well continue to be a Corgi. At least I can turn back into Conan after returning from London.
"Go rich." Apollo Gervas looked at the little Corgi very seriously: "Do you understand this code?"
"【My name is... Never mind." The little Corgi was too lazy to correct this question, and from now on he changed his name to Gou Fugui: "【Regarding this code... The first and sixth sentences mentioned the sound of bells, the second sentence mentioned a castle, the third, fourth, and fifth sentences mentioned boiled eggs, pickled cucumbers, and cakes, respectively, and the seventh sentence mentioned swords... Will there be a castle-like building surrounded by two alarm clock shops, a large number of food shops, cake shops, and weapon shops?】"
"That makes sense..." Maori Kogoro nodded: "The next step is to find a building that looks like a castle and has these shops around it. This is the place that the weirdo who wrote the note hinted at!"
"That's all?" Martin mocked the little Corgi, "It seems that we really can't expect too much from your brain capacity, Fuguier."
"Really? Then please let me hear your opinion, Mr. Holmes!"
The little Corgi said this while baring its teeth, but because it was speaking through a translator, baring its teeth did not affect the sound of its voice.
"Fuguier, you've changed." Martin pinched his fingers together and pretended to cry: "You don't respect me at all now, and you even bare your teeth at me."
Apollo looked disillusioned: "Holmes... is this the kind of person he is?"
"Child, you have grown up. There are some things I must tell you." Maori Kogoro patted the little boy on the shoulder: "Sherlock Holmes does not exist at all. People like this kid wearing Sherlock Holmes' clothes appear every day in the Sherlock Holmes Museum behind you."
Little Corgi: "[There is one in the souvenir shop as well.]"
"!" Apollo had an expression as if the sky had fallen. At this moment, he would rather believe that Tiga did not exist than believe that Sherlock Holmes did not exist.
Oh, what a pity, Tiga doesn't exist either.
Martin finally began to give his answer: "If you talk about 'clock' in London, the only thing worth mentioning is that clock." As he spoke, he raised one hand and pointed his index finger directly at the sky above his head.
The two men and the dog looked in the direction his finger was pointing, but saw nothing but a gray sky.
If this happened decades ago when the fog was so heavy, not only would you not be able to see the sky, you wouldn't even be able to see the people.
But even Maori Kogoro could understand what Martin meant: "Are you talking about Big Ben?"
Big Ben is a clock tower attached to the Palace of Westminster, the British Parliament. Its official name is Elizabeth Tower, and Big Ben is just a common name. This clock tower is not only the most famous in London, but also the second most famous in the world.
Therefore, even if Martin's inference has no basis, it is more difficult to refute than Corgi's idea.
"In that case, let's go to Big Ben first." Maori Kogoro decided, and then looked at the surrounding roads: "Is it difficult to get a taxi here..."
"Sir! Sir!" At this time, a middle-aged man in a neat suit and somewhat wealthy ran over: "Do you need a car? I can drive it over right away." The man spoke Japanese, and Maori Kogoro thought he looked familiar: "I remember you are... the manager of the hotel?"
He is Martin's employee. When they went to the hotel to put their luggage, it was this man who greeted them at the door and carried their luggage.
It seems that this person is extremely "considerate". Seeing that the boss and his group came by taxi, he guessed that they might need a car, so he immediately drove a hotel reception car to follow them here. When he noticed that Kogoro Mouri was looking for a taxi, he immediately came forward to confirm.
Otherwise he could be a manager. Not only did he become a manager, he also wanted to be the general manager.
"Okay, go ahead." Martin had seen all kinds of people, and was not surprised by the other party's appearance. As the other party's highest superior, he accepted the courtesy calmly: "If you do a good job, I will promote you to driver."
The manager was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned around and drove.
"You don't look like a big boss at all," Kogoro Mouri complained.
"I'm not a big boss anyway." Martin didn't care. He didn't care about wealth, especially when it was given by the vest. After he got it, he never cared about the business situation. He loved to make money or lose money. Anyway, compared with the vest and their father, an industry that could not exceed one planet was nothing.
And if you want to talk about the style of the big boss, you have to watch the performance of this group of decadent aristocrats in London.
What do the old London Union Jack gentlemen value most when looking at luxury cars? It is not whether the car's appearance is luxurious enough, nor whether the leather seats are comfortable enough. Instead, it is a two-meter-wide luxury car with a spacious interior that can turn around on a small two-way single-lane road.
In less than a minute, the manager drove a luxury business car and took them to Big Ben. On the way, the manager, as an excellent tour guide, talked about various information about Big Ben, but Martin interrupted him and ordered the hotel to send another car to serve Dr. Agasa and his friends.
When they were still two hundred meters away from Big Ben, everyone got off the bus and walked towards Big Ben, leaving time for observation and thinking, so as not to miss any clues around them.
"By the way, you seem to look down on this dog's reasoning." Walking on Westminster Bridge, Kogoro Mouri wondered why Martin took the dog away from Xiaolan as an assistant.
"'If you really can't solve it, go find Sherlock Holmes', that's what the prisoner said to him." Holmes Martin pointed at Apollo: "Although I am the real Sherlock Holmes, the Sherlock Holmes in that sentence should not be me."
"It's a novel!" The little Corgi, who had been silent in the car, finally spoke. It suddenly realized and said excitedly: "That sentence is the criminal's hint. The 'code book' to crack the code is The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes!"
Martin only has the knowledge of Sherlock Holmes but not his memory. He only roughly remembers the cases in Holmes' novels. If he wants to crack the code, it is obviously better for him to fully understand the contents of the book.
The little Corgi who can memorize "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" word for word can be used as a living dictionary, which is much more useful than buying a set of books and looking through them at short notice.
"But... I don't think this code has anything to do with Sherlock Holmes. Of course, I'm not talking about you." The little Corgi looked up and said as he looked at the Big Ben that was getting closer and closer: "As far as I can remember, there was no mention of Big Ben in the entire book - Ouch! "
The little Corgi suddenly missed a step.
On both sides of Westminster Bridge, there is a sewer every few meters to drain rainwater into the Thames under the bridge. The sewers, which are smaller than the palm of a hand, should have been covered with metal gratings, but one of the gratings was missing.
The loss of a manhole cover that is smaller than the palm of a hand may at most cause a child like Apollo to sprain his ankle, but it is completely fine for a little Corgi who looks up at the sky instead of the road when walking to step on empty air.
The upper body of the little Corgi went straight into the sewer. Fortunately, its chubby butt was big enough to get stuck outside the sewer. Its two short legs fluttered around: "[Help!]"
Between the thousand-year killing and tickling the soles of his feet, Martin chose to imitate a human and lifted the little corgi out by its tail.
"Look, isn't Fuguier's usefulness revealed? Here's the clue." Martin pointed to the sewer where the little Corgi fell.
The special thing about the sewer is that it has no cover, and there is a line of small words written next to it: {the valley of fear}
This is also the title of a story in the Sherlock Holmes collection: "The Valley of Fear".
Not only did the little Corgi discover the code by chance when he stepped on empty air, but it also depended on it to crack the code.
"【"Uncanny Valley"... Sherlock Holmes... sewer... water..." The little Corgi, who had figured out the current situation, turned around in circles while thinking, and then suddenly realized: "【If a heavy object disappears near the water, it's always a good idea to look under the water first to see if there is anything sunken there! This is one of Sherlock Holmes' famous quotes in this story!】"
"Are you asking us to jump off the bridge into the Thames?" Maori Kogoro leaned over the railing to look into the river, but found a rope tied to the railing on the side of the bridge, and the rope was submerged in the water: "Huh?"
He grabbed the rope and pulled it up. At the end of the rope was a piece of iron grating, which was the missing sewer cover, and someone had carved a letter 'A' on the cover with a knife.
In this way, the pattern of the code becomes clear: in addition to the bell mentioned twice, the seven sentences of the prisoner's code refer to six specific locations. Each location will have a case from "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". According to Sherlock Holmes' reasoning principles in the case, a letter can be found.
Next, just follow the same method and find the remaining five locations and corresponding letters.
Martin picked up the phone and prepared to call the manager to pick them up.
"I'm sorry, sir." The manager said on the phone, "Because the royal carriage is traveling, I need to wait until the road is restored before I can get to you."
"The royal carriage? The Queen?" Just as they were thinking, the sound of horse hooves reached everyone's ears, and they saw a royal guard riding black horses, wearing red clothes and tall hats, coming from behind them. Behind them was a golden carriage pulled by four white horses.
The people on the bridge retreated to both sides of the bridge and watched the guards escort the carriage across the center of the bridge.
Suddenly, an orange, furry head popped out of the window of the carriage and made eye contact with the little Corgi on the ground among the crowd.
That's also a corgi.
Martin said: "The Queen has more than ten royal corgis, and she will bring a few of them with her whether she attends important celebrations or welcomes dignitaries from various countries."
(End of this chapter)