Chapter 140 Don't suffer labor before disinfection
Conan was startled.
Cats and canines can communicate simply with humans, but it is impossible to master human language. They can only respond to some specific instructions after training - this is what is written in popular science magazines.
So what’s going on with the two creatures in front of you!
Could it be that they have been specially trained to nod to show approval after others have finished speaking?
Such a crazy thing...it really fits the style of "Black Cat".
Conan thought that it was miserable enough for him to be caught for no reason and work for free, but he never expected that Black Cat's subordinates would actually force even animals to obey.
In order to verify this guess, Conan tentatively said something that was obviously wrong: "But I am more inclined to believe that the pattern is just an anti-counterfeiting mark printed on the bottom of the object by the manufacturer."
He stared at the two ordinary-looking animals in front of him, but this time, no one nodded.
The fox looked at him with a shocked expression for a moment, then suddenly let out a humane sigh.
Then it stretched out its paws, pulled Conan's notebook behind itself, and moved the pen over, holding it skillfully with its mouth, turned its back to Conan, and read the words on the paper with the black cat, a pair of
Don't play with the attitude of being a scumbag.
"..." Conan's eyes twitched twice. This is unscientific!
When you get back, you should write to the popular science column editorial department and ask them to re-examine whether animals can understand human speech. It is best to publish reliable experimental data together!
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No matter what kind of impact the worldview has received, the mysteries that need to be solved still need to be solved.
Conan shamelessly asked for the pen back and began to guess the kana represented by each symbol one by one based on the known information found in the living room and Japanese writing habits.
After a while, a complete password list was listed in the notebook, and the passwords on various objects were also deciphered.
The words at the bottom of the plate are "Please look at the vase", and below the vase are "Please look at the candlestick"... After searching around, Conan finally picked up a French dictionary and it said "Please look at the fireplace".
Conan climbed into the fireplace, turned on the flashlight on his watch, and finally found a string of code patterns in the corner. He immediately compared and deciphered them, but what he found out was:
"...please look at the plate."
Back to the starting point again, a group of items were connected in a circle, with no final direction at all.
Conan felt as if he had been slapped with cold water, his expression calmed down, and he glanced at the fox subconsciously: "Wrong solution?"
The fox didn't know what the problem was, so he tilted his head and looked at him innocently, as if he didn't understand what he was saying.
"..." The pen in Conan's hand squeaked, and his temples jumped twice.
Shiraishi looked away from the fireplace and looked back at the living room.
He remembered that there was no mistake in deciphering the code, and he also remembered that this seemed not to be a sorting question, but a connecting question.
By connecting several items in order, you can find the mechanism.
Shiraishi looked at the pile of objects with cipher text printed on them, but he couldn't remember exactly where they were originally placed.
But the living room is only so big in total, and a few things are placed in a haphazard manner. As long as you remember the key word "connection", the rest is very simple - the intersection point is 80% in the center of the room.
He raised his head and looked at the chandelier at the top of the living room. After visually checking the positions of the tables and chairs, he ran higher and higher, jumped into the air, and hooked his claws on the lamp.
The moment he hugged the branch of the chandelier, Shiraishi felt keenly that the lamp seemed to be pulled down a little by it.
At the same time, Shiraishi's enhanced hearing in this form allowed him to vaguely hear the sound of the machine rotating, but the movement was very inconspicuous.
...the cat is too light to trigger the switch?
Just as he was about to instruct the fox to turn Conan's eyes away, he changed into a human form and flipped the switch, but at this moment, Conan also noticed that the cat was missing. When he looked up, he saw it hanging on the lamp and was startled.
His first reaction was that the black cat had climbed to a high place and could not get down again.
But soon, recalling what happened at the diplomat's house, Conan felt that it was not that simple - how could this ghostly cat climb up the lamp for no reason.
Even a fox can understand the password. There is no reason why the black cat from which the code name "Black Cat" comes, is just an ordinary cat.
Is there something wrong with the light?
Conan thought for a moment, pushed a table over, put a chair on it, and climbed up to take a closer look.
Soon, he discovered an inconspicuous groove on the base of the lamp.
A groove often means it can be pulled up and down... No wonder the cat suddenly wants to hang itself on the lamp!
Conan stood up on tiptoes, grabbed the chandelier, and pulled it down hard.
He weighed much more than the cat. After he was pulled ten centimeters in, there was a loud thud, as if something heavy fell from upstairs.
The ceiling shook twice, and Conan looked up in shock, assessing the situation.
Before he could guess what was happening, the black cat stepped on him and jumped all the way to the ground, then trotted towards the second floor.
Conan quickly followed.
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From the outside, this villa only has two floors.
However, after arriving at the corresponding room on the second floor, Conan actually saw a staircase - this staircase was originally hidden in the ceiling, but now that the mechanism was activated, it was completely revealed.
Shiraishi raised his head and saw a head poking down from the top of the stairs.
The old soul with disheveled hair sighed quietly, looking very pleased, but there were tears in the corners of his eyes. He didn't know if he regretted that he had set the password too complicated.
Shiraishi looked away again and glanced at the screen. The task was not completed yet, and he didn't know how it would be over.
When he came back to his senses, he saw that Conan had climbed up the stairs, and Shiraishi followed.
This hidden staircase leads to the attic.
From the outside, the villa only has two floors, but its roof has a gently sloping spire, so it has a little more space.
It was very dark in the attic, but Conan soon saw a window leaking light. He walked over and pushed the window open. This process encountered considerable resistance, and the ivy outside had almost blocked the window.
After opening the window, the room finally became a little brighter.
There were many painting utensils scattered on the floor of the attic. Conan was lowering his head to check when he suddenly heard a frightened "squeak!" from something behind him.
He turned around vigilantly and saw the fox staring at the desk, so frightened that his hair exploded.
It panicked and fell back, got up and squeezed hard against the black cat. The tip of the black cat's ears twitched, he looked down at the dirt on his body, and slapped his paw to the side.
Conan quickly picked up the miserable fox, patted it twice comfortingly, and rubbed a few handfuls of fur along the way.
He straightened up and looked at the desk, and found a skeleton lying on it, with its hair and clothes still there.
After letting go of the fox, and taking a closer look at the letter on the table and the posture of the body, Conan concluded that the man must have died suddenly.
It’s just that the content on the letter is concerning. One of the sentences is:
I don't want to hand over this piece of art to Noriaki Okuda!