Vol 20 Chapter 264: Xiao Xiaozhi

"Then I will ask you, who would do anything against this new-named gentleman."

Officer Mumu said impatiently: "If his family members receive a blackmail call, what you said is still valid, but before that, nothing happened."

"Besides, people might think that having to sign every episode is too cumbersome, so they just use photocopying to save some time."

What he said was speechless, and it is true.

If this weird mystery novelist really hides somewhere with his wife and devotes himself to his writing career, there is really nothing suspicious.

Xie Chen always felt that something was wrong. Just saying that inscription didn't look like him. Judging from the gentleness of the new name Rentaro in the past, the declaration was too provocative.

In addition, the author will appear at the beginning of the series, as well as Arabic numerals, Chinese character numbers, and English lines from time to time.

"police officer."

Takagi Shiba walked in, "Mr. Mori thinks I have photocopied all the suspicious lines in this work."

Although the police said that the investigation could not be made public, they still did some things within their power in view of Kogoro's face.

Officer Megome nodded, took the photocopied manuscript from Takagi Shibuya, and read it roughly.

"So far, Mr. Xinming has played four times."

Officer Megome watched and said, "The author's first appearance was the detective who played the leading role. Mr. Zuo Wenwen made a phone call and was picked up by the new-named gentleman living in France."

"The second time was also in France, the third time was in France, and the fourth time was the same."

Officer Megome put down the manuscript and turned to Xinming Kabori and asked, "Does Xinming like France very much?"

"Yes, my father and my mother often travel to France."

Shinna Kabori nodded. Although his beautiful face was still haggard, his eyes had calmed down. No matter what, it is good to start the investigation.

Kogoro Mori is worthy of being a detective. In this case, he can still help himself enthusiastically, and until now, he has not mentioned payment.

The editor walked over at this time and asked cautiously: "Excuse me, can the story of the half of the apex passed by the teacher just now allow us to start editing?"

"Half of the apex?"

"The apex of the half is the title of the work you are looking at, officer."

Xie Chen's pupils began to shrink, picked up the manuscript paper on the desk, and quickly flipped through it.

Noting Xie Chen's sudden move, Mao Lilan leaned forward and asked, "Did you think of something again?"

Xie Chen smiled lightly and said, "In fact, it's not a big deal."

As he was about to go down, the publisher's phone rang.

"Hello, Literary Times Publishing House." The editor picked up the phone.

Xie Chen glanced at him and said to Mao Lilan holding the manuscript: "The beginning of every sentence in this manuscript is all one-half..."

auzw.com Before he finished speaking, the editor who answered the phone suddenly shouted, "Do you know the secret code?"

Xie Chen had to stop, and the editor shouted to the other end of the phone, "Who are you anyway?"

There didn't seem to be a word on the other end of the phone. Officer Mumu stood aside and asked, "What is going on."

The editor covered the handset of the phone, "He said he had solved the secret signal and asked me to call the police here. He is a young man with an accent."

Xie Chen curled his lips and thought of an acquaintance, and was quite sure it was him.

Officer Megome took the call from the editor, "Who are you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a deafening sound on the other end of the phone.

"Please, you want me to say it several times! Fool! I told you to call the police quickly! Hear you!"

Officer Mumu took the phone aside, and after he finished yelling, he took it, shaking his mouth and said, "You are the Hattori brother, I'm Officer Mumu."

Hattori Heiji on the other end of the phone seemed to have found the righteous master, and immediately smiled and said, "Officer Megome, where are you? It's been a long time."

Officer Mumu didn't have time to talk nonsense with him, and asked directly, "What is the matter with you."

Hattori Heiji said, "It's about the secret code. I have already solved the secret code that hides one-half of the apex in this novel."

"It was the first time I saw the declaration in the book. Although I also thought that what this stinky old man said was full of excitement, I understood it by looking at it."

"In fact, the words of the author Xinming, who appeared in this novel, are a kind of code that guides us into this puzzle."

Officer Mumu asked in confusion, "What he said was a secret signal?"

"Yes." Hattori Heiji continued.

"In other words, this statement is not actually intended to provoke readers like us, but rather a petition that the author has hidden certain information in this novel and hopes someone can read it through."

Officer Megome asked: "So, have you solved the content of this code?"

"Yes, I have already solved some of the secret codes at the beginning. The main key in the first episode is the top half of the title of this novel."

Hattori Heiji said: "You can find that the top character of all lines is one-half, which means that two characters can be combined into one character."

"Two words into one word?" Officer Mumu asked in confusion.

Hattori Heiji said, "If you remember this rule and look at it from the beginning, you will find that Rigame is a help... if you connect these words together..."

"Please hurry up and save me..." Officer Mumu exclaimed: "If you connect up, go and save him! Is it for help?"

"Yes, I think this writer must be locked somewhere and forced to write this novel."

"That's the case, that's why he would adopt this method, so as not to attract the attention of gangsters, and to convey his distress signal to readers."

"I personally think that since this is the author's latest masterpiece after a lapse of ten years, the gangster may be a fanatical fan of reasoning, or someone who is trying to seize the manuscript of a best-selling novelist and seek ill-gotten wealth."

After learning this information, Officer Megome put down the phone, turned around and asked, "Have you paid for this novel?"..

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