Chapter 122: Numbers Looking Upside Down

Saturday, April 28, Saitama Prefecture.

Maori and his party, after climbing eight or nine buildings, still didn't find the place where the shape of the county road downstairs was similar to the river seen from the upstairs yesterday.

"It's almost over, how about it?" Climbing up another building, Maori said impatiently, "In my opinion, the idea that rivers and roads have the same shape is simply wrong."

"What, you clearly said yesterday afternoon that the flow of water is compared to the flow of traffic," Lan asked, "Have you forgotten?"

"Have I said this?" Maori asked back.

"Alas!" The three of Yuan Tai sighed heavily in disappointment.

"Let's go, the road is coming to an end," Yamazaki said with a smile, "let's go back after finishing this road."

After going downstairs, he walked another distance, and while driving, Maori said, "Look, there is no such curve in front of us, so it's time to turn around." At this point, he stopped suddenly, and it turned out that Due to the construction, there is no road ahead, and a detour is needed. After carefully looking at the signs, Maori turned into the side road.

Not long after driving, he kept shaking his head, looking out of the windows on both sides, and Conan suddenly yelled: "Stop, stop." Then he got out of the car and ran towards a building in a community. Lan immediately led Yuantai and the others to catch up.

When I got to the front of the building, I found that the building was also next to the county road, but it was blocked by the construction site. Climbing to the top of the building and looking at the winding county road downstairs, Lan and the detective team were overjoyed that this was it.

When the five returned to the car, Lan said, "We found the place, Dad, please tell the Mumu Police Department for us."

"Found it?" Maori said, "But how can I tell you?"

"That's not because Uncle, you are a detective and have made brilliant achievements," Conan said, "That's why he trusts you at the Police Department."

"Brilliant? I didn't expect you to know how to use these words," Mao Li said with a smile, "Okay, I can't help it, so I'll make this call for you."

However, after the call was connected, the Mumu Police Department asked them to go over instead.

After arriving at the Metropolitan Police Department, in a small meeting room, the Mumu Police Department took out a photo and said, "This police officer suddenly disappeared while he was on vacation with his girlfriend."

"It's him." Yuan Tai shouted.

Conan said: "This is the person, Meguro Police Department."

"Sure enough, we took a sample of the fingerprint on the calculator, and after comparison, it also showed that it was him." Megure Police Department introduced, "His name is Koichi Yamabe, and he used to be an Olympic rifle shooter. .”

"Olympic rifle shooter?" Maori asked in surprise.

"I'm afraid those gangsters kidnapped Yamabe and his girlfriend, Ms. Eri," Megure Police Department said, "and then took Ms. Eri as a hostage, threatening and forcing Yamabe to use a rifle to snipe someone."

"Then," Lan said, "what Conan and the others saw was practice for sniping."

Touching Conan's head, the Mumu Police Department praised: "The case is just as you reasoned." Then he said, "However, the point now is that we don't know the time and place, so we don't know where to start. gone."

"If it's the location of the sniping," Mitsuhiko, Genta and Ayumi laughed together, "We know that."

"What,

you know? "Mu Mu Police Department asked back in surprise.

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

"Then what are you waiting for?" Mu Mu Police Department said with a smile, "Take me to have a look."

Going back to the top of the building, looking at the county road below, the Mumu Police Department said: "It turns out that it is indeed very similar. It should be right here." Then he turned his head and praised the four members of the detective team, "You have done a good job. very good."

"Well," Molly said, stepping up to the front of the detective team, "I drove them here."

Turning around, the Mumu Police Department said: "However, the important date and time are still unclear."

Conan said, "The time when the balloon popped was around one o'clock."

"So, it's one o'clock," Megure Police Department asked, "but what day is it?"

"The gangsters escorted him to try shooting, saying that there is no time to procrastinate. It seems that the time is only these two days." Looking at his watch, Mao Li said, "It is already past two o'clock, and there is no news yet. It seems that the sniping will probably be tomorrow."

"Very good, brother Maori," Megure Police Department said, "I will make arrangements along the route then."

Seeing that Conan was still in deep thought, Lan asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Conan replied.

"Okay, let's go back." Maori said. ...

In the evening, Mei Dai Restaurant.

After eight o'clock, Yamazaki came back from delivering the beer. Seeing that Conan took out a piece of paper and thought about the numbers on it, he asked with a smile, "What else are you thinking about? Isn't there a result?"

"Does this number really refer to that road?" Conan said, "If it were me, I would definitely put the location or time in the signal. Another point is that no matter how I think about it, I still don't know the previous numbers. mean."

"I can only be sure that if it is really there, if I see the numbers on the calculator that indicate the location, I will definitely pay attention to it. So I don't think it is true to hide it." Yamazaki said, "However, If he really stayed, in terms of his state at the time, there should be no useless numbers."

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

"The calculator itself is a suspicious point. What is he doing with an ordinary arithmetic calculator on his travels? How did he keep the calculator bigger than the palm of his hand without being noticed by those people? You know, press According to you, if four people look at him together, how could they not notice his small movements." Yamazaki said, "It's impossible for him to just bend down and put the calculator under the stone, and at least there will be someone behind him. The two of you, can't you see him putting his hand into his pocket? Or, he was walking well, and suddenly slipped and sat on the steps. under the block."

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

"Also, they must have a target to attack," Yamazaki asked, "What will appear there at that time?"

"It should be a person," Conan said, "They should know the itinerary of that person."

"If you know the itinerary, then do it yourself," Yamazaki said, "For such a big effort to rob a policeman to snipe people, these two people will definitely be silenced. This is because I am afraid that the police will not make great efforts to find them."

"Then what are you talking about? Could it be another armored vehicle that swarmed up after sniping the tires." Conan asked angrily, "Wouldn't that be silenced?"

"How would I know this? I'm just speculating on some possibilities. I just think that these people's behavior is abnormal. But maybe they did it for revenge." Patting Conan on the shoulder, Yamazaki said, "Specifically Anyway, it depends on you, a detective, to find out."

After thinking about it, Conan, who was not at ease, went to tell Maori about the sniping target, and Maori immediately told the Megure Police Department. ...

The next day, on the side of the county road in Saitama County, near the building, the Megure Police Department arranged for people to wait at various intersections. At the same time, a group of helicopters with snipers were left on standby on the nearby river embankment. Made all the preparations.

In a seven-seater car, the Mumu Police Department said: "I asked someone to investigate what you said last night, the investigation of the Yamabe Chou family, because he has done many missions before, and there is no result yet. And if the target of the sniping is not the person, then there is indeed a cash transport truck that will pass by around one o'clock today."

"Let me just say, such an obvious homonym is for money," Mao Li laughed, "Then if the time for the sniping is one o'clock, the gangster should show up in an hour, that is, around twelve o'clock .”

The Mumu Police Department asked: "But the homophonic time, isn't it May 1st?"

"So," Molly asked, "is there going to be a cash truck passing here on May 1st?"

"That's not true." Mumu Police Department said.

"So, maybe what he knows is the fake time that the gangster gave him to know," Maury said, "so the time he left is fake."

"Indeed." Mumu Police Department replied, then turned his head and asked angrily, "But, what's going on behind this?"

"Uh, those brats came here on their own initiative," Mao Li smiled embarrassedly, then turned around and said, "You guys must not leave this car." Then Yuan Tai and the other three turned their heads away and ignored them. He stretched out his head and asked, "Do you understand?"

Genta, Ayumi and Mitsuhiko who were sitting in the last row raised their heads together and shouted, "We know."

"My ears." Maori moaned immediately covering his ears. Yamazaki and Ran, who were sitting in the middle, smiled and put down their hands covering their ears. Looking at the three little guys, they knew that they might do this, so they covered their ears to avoid the disaster of the fish pond. ...

An hour and a half later, at 12:30, Mu Police Department, who had been looking at the opposite building with a telescope, asked suspiciously: "There are still 30 minutes, it's strange, why hasn't it appeared yet?"

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

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

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

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

"Dad." Lan shouted angrily.

Seeing that no one came, Mitsuhiko took out a calculator, sat sideways and faced the left window, and pressed the light on it.

As the numbers appeared on the calculator one by one, Conan, who was sitting next to him, suddenly found that he could read those upside-down numbers in this position, so he borrowed it and held it in his hand to read it carefully. up.

Seeing Conan holding the calculator upside down, Ayumi asked: "Conan, you are holding it upside down, how do you read it upside down?"

"Really," Conan said with a smile, "but you can even turn the calculator upside down. It's so interesting."

"What are you talking about?" Molly asked.

"Look, 162 is 291," Conan said, "The numbers behind it always feel like English letters." He passed the calculator over as he spoke.

"Show me, 291, HEISEIE, you can really read it." Mao Li said, "It's strange, these English letters seem to have been seen somewhere."

"Heisei Express," Yamazaki said, "is the magazine from yesterday."

"In this way, the signal must be read backwards from the beginning," Maori said while holding his chin. "If so, the time is one o'clock today."

"Really?" Meguro Police Department asked.

"Look, this is it." Maori said, "Mr. Yamabe may have found the calculator in the place where he was imprisoned, so he could read it backwards, and then he left this signal when he had the opportunity." Handed it over to the Megure Police Department.

After the Meguro Police Department took a look, Conan immediately shouted: "Megure Police Department, hurry up, hurry up and call the helicopter."

"Okay." Meguro Police Department said, put the calculator in his mouth, and started the car. ...