Saturday, April 28, Saitama Prefecture.

After climbing eight or nine buildings, the Maori group still did not find that the county road downstairs was similar to the shape of the river on that floor yesterday.

"Almost, how about it end here?" said Maori, climbing up another building, impatiently, "In my opinion, the idea that the river and the road are the same shape is not right at all. ”

"What, you said it yourself yesterday afternoon that the flow of water is against the flow of traffic," Lan asked rhetorically, "Have you forgotten?"

"Did I mention this?" asked Maori rhetorically.

"Alas!" the three of them sighed heavily in disappointment.

"Let's go, the road is almost over," Yamazaki laughed, "Let's finish this road and go back." ”

After going downstairs and walking a little further, Maori said, "Look, there's no similar curve ahead of here, it's almost time to turn around." Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped, it turned out that it was the relationship of construction, there was no road ahead, and he needed to make a detour, and after looking carefully at the signs, Maori turned into the side road.

After walking for a while, Conan, who kept shaking his head and looking out of the windows on both sides, suddenly shouted, "Stop, stop." Then he got out of the car and ran towards a building in a residential area, and Lan immediately took Yuan Tai and the three of them to chase after him.

When I got to the front of the building, it turned out that the building was also next to the county road, but it was blocked by the construction site. Climbed to the top of the building and looked at the crooked county road downstairs, Lan and the four of the detective group were overjoyed, this is it.

When the five of them returned to the car, Lan said, "Found a place, Dad, you can tell the Twilight Police Department for us." ”

"Found it?" said Maori, "but how can I tell me?"

"It's not because you're a detective and have a brilliant record," Conan said, "that's why he believes you. ”

"Brilliant, I don't think you know how to use these words," Maori laughed, "Well, I can't help it, I'll help you make this call." ”

However, after the phone was connected, the Twilight Police Department asked them to come over.

After arriving at the Metropolitan Police Department, in a small conference room, the Twilight Police Department took out a photo and said: "This police officer suddenly disappeared when he was on vacation with his girlfriend. ”

"That's him. Yuan Tai shouted.

Conan said, "That's this man, the Dusk Police Department." ”

"Sure enough, we sampled the fingerprints on the calculator, and after comparing them, it also showed that it was him. "His name is Koichi Yamabe, and he used to be an Olympic rifle shooter. ”

"The shooter of the Olympic rifle?" asked Maori in surprise.

"I'm afraid the gangsters kidnapped Yamabe and his girlfriend, Eri-sama," the Twilight Police Department said, "and then take Eri-sama hostage, threaten and force Yamabe to use a gun to snipe someone." ”

"Well," said Ran, "Conan, what they saw was an exercise in sniping. ”

Touching Conan's head, the Twilight Police Department complimented, "The case is just as you reasoned." "However, the point now is that we don't know the time and place, so we don't know where to start." ”

"If it's a sniper location," Mitsuhiko, Motota, and Ayumi laughed together, "we know that." ”

"What, you know?" the Dusk Police Department asked in surprise.

Maori smiled, "We just found the location and wanted to tell you." ”

"So what are you waiting for," the Twilight Police Department laughed, "take me to see it." ”

Returning to the top of the building, looking at the county road below, the Twilight Police Department said, "I see, it's really similar, it should be right here." Then he turned to the four members of the detective group and complimented, "You guys did a great job. ”

"Well," Maori said, as he walked to the front of the detective group, "I drove them here." ”

Turning his head, the Dusk Police Department said, "However, the important date and time are still unclear. ”

Conan said, "The balloon burst around one o'clock. ”

"Well, it's one o'clock," the Twilight Police Department asked, "but what day is it?"

The gangsters escorted him to test the firing, saying that there was no time to drag it out now, and it seemed that the time was just two days. Looking at his watch, Maori said, "It's past two o'clock now, there is no news yet, it seems that the sniper is probably tomorrow." ”

"Very well, Brother Maori," said the Dusk Police Department, "I'll make arrangements along the route then." ”

Seeing that Conan still looked pensive, Lan asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing. Conan replied.

"Okay, let's go back. Maori said. ……

In the evening, Mei Dai Restaurant.

At eight o'clock, Yamazaki came back from delivering beer, and when he saw Conan take out a piece of paper, he thought about the numbers on it, and asked with a smile, "What else do you want to be in, isn't there a result?"

"Does that number really mean that way?" said Conan, "if it were me, I would have put the place or time in the signal, and the other thing is, no matter how I think about it, I still don't know the meaning of the numbers in front of me." ”

"I'm only sure that if it's there, if I see a number on this calculator that says the location, I'll care. So I don't think it's valid to cover it up. "However, if he really stayed, in his state at the time, there should not be a useless number." ”

"You mean he didn't leave this behind?" Conan asked rhetorically, "How is this possible, didn't the police compare the fingerprints on the calculator?"

"The calculator itself is a suspicion, what is he doing with an ordinary arithmetic calculator on his travels, how did he hold a calculator bigger than the palm of his hand without being noticed by those people, you know, according to you, if four people look at him together, how can they not notice his small movements. "It is impossible for him to bend down and put the calculator under the stone just like that, and there will be at least two people behind him, can't he see him putting his hand in his pocket?" ”

"This," Conan said, holding his chin, "is indeed a problem. ”

"Also, they have to have a sniper target," Yamazaki asked, "something must be there at that time?"

"It should be people," Conan said, "they should know the man's itinerary." ”

"If you know the itinerary, then do it yourself," Yamazaki said, "Fei is such a big deal, robbing a policeman to snipe people, these two people will definitely be killed, this is for fear that the police will not make great efforts to find them." ”

"Then what do you say, is it another cash truck, sniping at the tires and rushing up. Conan asked angrily, "Isn't that going to be wiped out?"

"How do I know this, I'm just speculating on some possibilities, I just think these people are behaving abnormally. But maybe it was for revenge. Patting Conan on the shoulder, Yamazaki said, "It's up to you, the detective, to find out." ”

After thinking about it, Conan, who was not at ease, went to tell Mori about the sniper target, and Mori immediately told the Twilight Police Department. ……

The next day, on the edge of the Saitama Prefecture Road, near the building, the Twilight Police Department arranged for people to wait at various intersections, and at the same time, a group of snipers and helicopters were also left on standby on the nearby river embankment, ready for everything.

In a seven-seater car, the Twilight Police Department said: "I asked people to investigate what you said last night, and the investigation of the Qiu family in the mountain department, because he has been on a lot of missions before, and there is no result for the time being." And if the sniper target is not against people, then there is indeed a cash truck today, which will pass by here at about one o'clock. ”

"I'll just say, such an obvious homonym, it's just for the money," Maori laughed, "and if the sniper time is one o'clock, the gangsters should be there in an hour, that is, around twelve o'clock." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "But isn't the time of the homonym May 1st?"

"So," asked Maori, "will there be a cash truck passing by on the first of May?"

"Not really. The Dusk Police Department said.

"Well, maybe he knew that the gangsters gave him fake time," Maori said, "so the time he left was fake." ”

"Definitely. The Twilight Police Department replied, then turned his head to the side and asked angrily, "But what's going on behind this?"

"Well, those imps came on their own initiative," Maori smiled sheepishly, then turned back and said, "You guys are definitely not allowed to leave this car." Then he saw that the three of them looked away and ignored him, so they stretched out their heads and asked, "Got it?"

Motota, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko, who were sitting in the last row, stretched out their heads together and shouted, "We know." ”

"My ears. Maori immediately covered her ears and groaned. And Yamazaki and Ran, who were sitting in the middle, smiled and put down their hands covering their ears together. When they looked at the three little ones, they knew that they might do this, so they covered their ears to avoid the fish pond. ……

An hour and a half later, at half past twelve, the Dusk Police Department, who had been looking at the building opposite with a telescope, asked suspiciously, "There are still thirty minutes, strange, why hasn't it appeared yet?"

Standing by the window on the right with Genta and Ayumi, he looked at Mitsuhiko outside and asked, "Could it be that Conan's reasoning went wrong?"

Yuan Tai immediately shouted, "What did you say?"

"That's not the case. Ayumi immediately retorted.

"It must be, that's right," Maori said, looking back, "I shouldn't have believed what you little devils say in the first place." ”

"Dad. Lan shouted angrily.

Seeing that no one was coming, Mitsuhiko took out a calculator, sat sideways against the left window, and pressed it on it.

As the numbers appeared on the calculator one by one, Conan, who was sitting next to him, suddenly found that in this position, he seemed to be able to read the numbers upside down, so he borrowed them and took them in his hand and looked at them carefully.

Seeing Conan take the calculator upside down, Ayumi asked, "Conan, you took it upside down, how do you look at it upside down?"

"Really," Conan laughed, "but it's fun to look at the calculator upside down." ”

"What are you talking about?" asked Maori.

"You see, 162 is 291," Conan said, "and the numbers behind it always feel like the English alphabet." With that, he handed the calculator over.

"SHOW ME, 291, HEISEIE, YOU CAN REALLY READ IT. "It's strange that these letters look like they've been seen somewhere." ”

"The Heisei Express," Yamazaki said, "is yesterday's magazine." ”

"If so, this signal must have been read backwards in the first place," Maori said, holding his chin, "and if so, the time is one o'clock today." ”

"Really?" asked the Dusk Police Department.

"You see, this is it. "Mr. Yamabe, I'm afraid he was in a place where he was imprisoned, and he found a calculator that he could look at upside down, and then he left the signal when he had the opportunity." With that, he handed the calculator to the Twilight Police Department.

When the Twilight Police Department took a look, Conan immediately shouted, "Twilight Police Department, hurry up, hurry up and call the helicopter." ”

"Okay. As he spoke, the Dusk Police Department put the calculator in his mouth and started the car. ……