picture!

Originally, the Kudo couple should not have appeared in London.

But just the night before yesterday, a little girl from across the ocean called and explained her identity to the couple.

And asked them to go to London and deliver a temporary antidote to APTX-4869 to their precious son.

The reason is that Kudo Shinichi will definitely be unable to restrain his youthful and impulsive hormones and do something outrageous in London, causing him to consume the antidote for the return trip in advance.

After all, in the little girl's mind, the famous detective seemed wise and calm, but often he was also a reckless guy who did things without regard for the consequences.

So, Kudo and his wife quickly packed their luggage and went to Japan first to take the medicine from the little girl's hand.

Then we drove non-stop to the UK.

Fortunately, I finally arrived in London this morning.

"Husband, if Shinichi isn't here now, we won't be able to give him the medicine, right?"

"Well, it's possible that Shinichi hasn't used the antidote for the return journey as the girl said."

Wearing a western cowboy hat, Kudo Yusaku stuck his head out from the corner to observe the movements of Mori and others.

A few seconds later, he turned back and analyzed: "It seems that Xiaolan and the others came here for the secret code, and are now looking for this thing left by the murderer nearby... right?"

As he spoke, Kudo Yusaku took out a pink envelope from his arms, which was wrapped in a plastic bag.

"This envelope is undoubtedly the key clue used by the murderer to prompt the final crime location..."

"But they arrived a little late. Since throwing them on the ground affected the appearance of the city, those envelopes have already been taken away by the cleaners here."

"Yukiko, it's up to you to give this to them."

"After all, if I go out like this, I will definitely be recognized..."

There is almost no disguise on Kudo Yusaku's face, except for the hat on his head.

But in comparison, Yukiko wore a wig, a women's top hat and sunglasses, making it difficult for people to recognize her as a former big star.

Yukiko took the envelope and asked doubtfully: "But if we give this to them, how can we unlock the code? According to your reasoning just now, shouldn't we give it a try?"

"Just trust Shinichi about the secret code..."

Kudo Yusaku said with a slightly serious look, "What I'm worried about now is not just the code, but the person behind Hades."

"The person behind this?" Yukiko's eyes were a little confused, "Isn't the prisoner named Hades the same person? It seems that he wanted to avenge his mother who died of illness..."

"No." Kudo Yusaku shook his head, "Hades is not alone."

"Hades has an accomplice, a retired mercenary named Hestia, who is the woman responsible for making bombs for Hades."

"Not long ago, the police surrounded Hestia's hiding place, and the other party detonated a bomb and died."

"However, afterwards, based on DNA comparison, the police found that it was not Hestia's body at all, but a completely unrelated person..."

Yukiko's face was shocked, "You mean, Hestia is not dead yet?"

"Yes." Kudo Yusaku nodded calmly, "This is what my friends at Scotland Yard told me. I was worried about causing a panic in London, so I didn't announce it to the public."

"And judging from the code incident created by Hades, Hestia may not be the only one who has Hades' helpers..."

Kudo Yusaku unfolded the map of London in his hand, and all the locations had been marked on it according to the content of the seven-sentence code.

The seven codes correspond to six locations in London and are scattered in various locations in central London.

"In just two days, Hades not only had to disseminate a large number of code notes and crime notices in London, but also continued to distribute key clues and props in these six densely populated locations."

"From a time perspective, it's really too tight."

"Not only that, no one has discovered him during this process, not even a suspicious target."

"Unless he is the 'elusive' Phantom Thief Kidd, the only explanation is that he is a 'helper'..."

Kudo Yusaku's reasoning caused a worried expression to appear on Yukiko's face.

She quickly suggested: "Then let's go and notify Scotland Yard..."

But Kudo Yusaku shook his head, "No, this is just my speculation now. There is no evidence to prove it..."

"And Scotland Yard has now prepared for the worst and deployed a large number of police forces in various public places to defend it."

"I think even if there are many 'helpers' behind Hades, Hades should be the one who ultimately implements the plan."

"What they need is the image of Hades as a martyr to achieve some ulterior purpose."

Yukiko's nervous brows relaxed, "Then what can we do now?"

Kudo Yusaku explained: "You go and give this envelope to Xiaolan first, and leave the password to them as well."

"I believe that with Shinichi's reasoning ability, he should be able to find the final location."

"We have to meet someone first..."

"A person?" Yukiko put her fingertips on her chin and tilted her head, "Who is it?"

Kudo Yusaku, who had always maintained a serious expression, finally raised the corners of his mouth in relief.

"An old friend I haven't seen in eight years..."

…

Around the Church of the Holy Bride, Mao Lilan, Seriang and others began to look for key clues left by the murderer.

However, the surrounding places were extremely clean. When I asked passers-by if they had picked up any strange "props", they all received negative answers.

"what happened?"

Shiliang scratched his head and sighed, "Is my mother's reasoning wrong?"

"The 'cake' mentioned in the fifth code sentence is not this place?"

"But in the restaurant just now, the old man who was good at solving puzzles didn't deny this inference..."

"Don't be discouraged~" Mao Lilan comforted her with a smile, "Maybe you can find it if you look carefully..."

Just when everyone was at a loss, a woman with brown and rose-pink curly hair came over and handed an envelope to Mao Lilan.

"Eh?"

Mao Lilan's expression was stunned, and she subconsciously reached out and took the envelope.

However, after the woman handed the envelope into her hand, she turned around and left without saying anything.

Mao Lilan looked at the graceful back of the woman leaving, and then looked down at the envelope.

I saw that what was wrapped in the plastic bag was not an envelope, just a piece of paper.

The paper is pink, with "A Scandal in Bohemia" written in black handwriting on it.

"A Scandal in Bohemia?"

Mao Lilan relied on his impression of Sherlock Holmes to correctly read the English meaning of this paragraph.

Sera also murmured: "This is also one of the famous stories in Sherlock Holmes. It seems that this is the key clue left by Hades."

"If there are any clues, they should be hidden on this piece of paper..."

Seriang took the paper from Mao Lilan's hand, raised it and glanced at the sun. Suddenly his face was shaken, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"It seems that this paper also needs some method to crack..."

"What should we do? Why don't we call the high school detective and ask?"

Faced with Seriang's proposal, Mao Lilan thought the same, and quickly took out her mobile phone and called her frequently used contacts.

…

Bleechester Town.

Conan, Kuroba Kaito, and Hakuba Tan returned to the reception room of Brightchester University after enjoying a meal at the French restaurant in the town.

Since there is an eight-hour time difference between London and Japan, researchers at the White Horse Institute have not yet officially started work, so it will take some time to collect data.

During this period, the three of them were sitting on the sofa in the living room, enjoying English afternoon tea.

"Drink, why don't you drink?"

"This is Darjeeling black tea that I asked my servant to go to China to buy. It is truly top-quality..."

The white horse detective crossed his legs leisurely and held an exquisite teacup with two fingers. His leisurely look was no different from that of a nobleman.

But compared to Hakuba Tan, Conan and Kuroba Kaito sitting on the sofa opposite looked a little cramped, neither sitting nor standing.

"Haha~ We don't need it, we were already full in the restaurant just now!"

"Right? Conan?" Kuroba Kaito turned to look at Conan.

Conan also forced a smile and nodded, "Yeah!"

The two of them were so nervous because Baima Tan asked them many sensitive questions at the dinner table just now.

For example, when facing Kudo Shinichi, he asked questions such as "Why did you disappear for so long?", "There are rumors that you were in trouble, is that true?", "What is the purpose of coming to the UK?" and other questions.

.
To be continued...