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Heart of beauty in everyone!
What's the matter!
Xia Ye could tell what he was thinking just by looking at his expression. This guy hadn't even remembered that he was an eight or nine-year-old boy, barely out of his teens, yet he was already looking at pretty women with those kinds of eyes. Wasn't he afraid his body couldn't handle it?
But forget it.
Xia Ye didn't bother with it.
Anyway, it seems his biological mother and godmother are planning a huge surprise for him, and hopefully he'll be moved to tears!
.........
It's approaching noon.
0 ······Requesting flowers·· ··
Ayumi's piano lesson ended.
"Finally, we can go out and play!" Mitsuhiko and Genta cheered loudly.
The piano does sound beautiful, but for boys their age, it's definitely better to play outside!
Ayumi and Conan, on the other hand, seemed a little unsatisfied. Ayumi had genuinely developed an interest in the piano, unlike before when she was just learning for the sake of learning. Conan, however, wanted to appreciate Natsume's performance. After all, there were only a handful of live performances by a master, and it was uncertain whether they would ever encounter one. Now that they could hear it at Ayumi's house, it was such a treat!
"Then let's go~"
Xia Ye closed the piano and smiled slightly.
"Ayumi's mom just gave us money for lunch, let's go eat lunch now~"
"Yay! I want to eat eel rice!" Genta still really loves his eel rice.
"Let's go then!"
"it is good!"
Xia Ye was driving.
Take the little devils to the East Capital Iron Tower.
"This car is so spacious!"
Ayumi sat in the massage chair that almost enveloped her and exclaimed, "It's much more spacious than my car, and it's very comfortable!"
"Yeah, I want a car like that too!" Mitsuhiko sighed slightly. "After riding in Natsume's car, I don't even want to ride in our family's sedan anymore!"
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Genta was still lost in his fantasy about eel rice and didn't join in with his friends.
Xia Ye glanced at the rearview mirror.
The kids in the car, except for Genta's family which was only middle-class, all came from wealthy families.
The upscale apartment in the heart of East City that Ayumi's family just owned is priced slightly higher than Eri Kisaki's apartment. I'm not sure about Mitsuhiko's family, but as for Conan's family, well, Yukiko just donated five million yen to her charity fund.
"Ok?"
Xia Ye's hand reached out of the car window at a speed the kids couldn't see, and then she pulled it back.
A piece of paper, torn from some notebook, appeared between his fingers, bearing a row of various patterns.
"Brother Xia Ye, what is this?"
Conan, with his sharp eyes, quickly noticed the paper in Natsume's hand and asked curiously.
You mean this?
Xia Ye smiled and handed the "treasure map" behind her. "This is a treasure map. If you decipher the codes on it, you can obtain valuable treasure!"
"real!?"
Conan took the coded paper, and the other three heads immediately crowded around.
"It really seems to be true!" Genta exclaimed excitedly. "Then let's go find it! From now on, we're the Junior Detective Club!"
"The Junior Detective League is so cool!"
Ayumi held her hands, quite pleased with the name.
And so the Detective Boys were formed. Conan was reluctantly forced to join, and Natsume, too, was charmed by Ayumi's cute pout and a soft kiss on the cheek, agreeing to be their safety advisor...
"Alright, let's find a place to eat and chat while we eat~" Xia Ye started the car and drove towards a nearby restaurant that she and Yukiko had been to together.
A moment later, a black sedan quietly followed Xia Ye's Ford Raptor.
Inside the black sedan.
The three men in black suits looked anxious.
"The Cabana cipher paper was blown to the car window, and I saw a hand take it inside!"
"It's good that you've seen it. We'll follow them now and find a chance to take it back!"
"That's right, we chased them all the way from Italy to Japan just for those 15,000 maple leaf gold coins!"
"It's all Cabana's fault for betraying us and coming up with this incredibly difficult coded message paper! How despicable!"
"Stop talking nonsense, what's the use of complaining now?"
"You!" Dao.
Chapter 101 A Very Outrageous Buff
In a family-run restaurant.
Conan frowned as he stared at the coded paper, his food in front of him untouched.
Ayumi and Mitsuhiko, however, were not as focused as he was, and were discussing the meaning of the symbols while eating.
As for Genta, he had already finished one bowl of eel rice in front of him, and now his second bowl was almost empty.
"I can't believe it! Damn it!"
Conan scratched his head in frustration. These symbols were too simple, and he didn't know how to decipher them. Moreover, he had no idea what the three specially marked letters "ORO" meant.
Let's eat first~
Xia Ye snatched the coded paper from Conan's hand, "After we finish eating, I'll take you to find this treasure~"
"what?!"
Conan was taken aback and quickly asked, "Could it be that, Brother Xia Ye, you have already deciphered the secret of these symbols?"
"That's right~"
Xia Ye took a bite of the steak rice on her plate, her expression calm. "Actually, I've seen maps made up of these symbols in other places before."
"Then tell us quickly!" Ayumi's eyes were full of anticipation, eager to know the location of the mysterious treasure.
"Eat first~"
Xia Ye smiled without saying a word, keeping everyone in suspense.
"Brother Xia Ye is so mean!"
Ayumi pouted. Just a moment ago, he was her favorite older brother, and now he's turned into a big bad guy...
However, because of Natsume's words, the children ate very quickly. Even Conan, who hadn't touched his food before, finished his tonkatsu set meal in a few bites and then urged Natsume to leave quickly with his eyes!
...“703”...
Under the Dongdu Tower.
Xia Ye parked the car.
"Brother Xia Ye, can you tell us now?" As soon as they got off the car, Mitsuhiko and Genta were already impatient. Ayumi also used her innocent big eyes to launch a starry-eyed attack. As for Conan, although he really wanted to use his abilities to decipher the code, his ears still stood up honestly.
"First, there's ORO, which is the Italian word for gold or money."
Xia Ye pointed to the symbols on the cipher paper and explained:
"That iron tower has been confirmed to be the Dongdu Iron Tower. The moon represents nighttime, and the series of symbols below represent something that can only be seen at night. Can you guess what they are?"
"Something that can only be seen at night?" Conan frowned as he pondered, while the three little ones also racked their brains, counting on their fingers.
"Let me give you another hint. Take a look around. What changes might occur on this street tonight?" Xia Ye wasn't in a hurry to get the 600 million yen worth of maple leaf coins. He told those guys with poor tracking skills to wait a bit longer. Haste makes waste!
"Variety?"
"I see!"
Mitsuhiko glanced at the chandelier in a nearby shop and suddenly realized, "It's lighting! When it gets dark at night, the lights on this street will turn on!"
"And these aren't ordinary lights either~" Conan realized, pointing to the coded paper in Natsume's hand, "These strange symbols are the neon lights of various shops. For example, this one is the arched neon light on the building across the street!"
"that is true!"
Ayumi and Genta finally understood, and they looked at Conan and Mitsuhiko with a hint of admiration:
"You two are amazing!"
"We only discovered it after Xia Ye reminded us, so he's the most amazing!"
Conan looked at Natsume with a complicated expression. He must have already deciphered the secret of these symbols when he saw the coded paper. Although he said he had seen similar ones before, Conan didn't really believe him!
This guy is handsome, a master pianist, and can easily match the Japanese champion in karate. Now he's even good at deduction. Even Conan, who is very confident in himself, feels a little inferior. Ran practices karate with him every day. I wonder if he will steal her away.
Wait, why am I worrying about this?
Ran has moved out of the agency and is living with her mother. She is getting further and further away from her. She needs to solve the problem of her body shrinking first. Otherwise, even if Ran doesn't fall in love with someone else, would she date an elementary school student?
"Let's go find that treasure!"
Xia Ye didn't feel anything about Conan's praise. He was just familiar with the plot. When it came to real reasoning, he still couldn't beat Conan. He had to admit that he was inferior to others, and he was magnanimous enough to do so!
Once you understand the pattern of the neon signs, finding the coins becomes much easier.
Although it's daytime and the neon lights aren't on, you can still get a general idea from the outline.
Soon, Xia Ye led the children to a riverbank.
"Look over there, that's the final fish-shaped symbol!" Ayumi pointed excitedly at the winding light strips on the bridge in the distance. "I imagined that when those neon lights come on, their reflections in the water will look just like fish swimming in the water!"
"that is true!"
Several children, including Conan, walked a few steps towards the river and observed the steel bridge over the river. Sure enough, they saw the curved light strips.
"Ayumi, you're so observant!"
"Hehe~"
Ayumi looked a little embarrassed, but she was secretly delighted that she had solved the mystery herself!
"Not bad~"
Xia Ye smiled and praised them, then added, "Remember, since you're the Junior Detective Club, you need to use your brains more. Don't just rush in recklessly whenever something happens. Be careful, cautious, calm, and resourceful, understand?"
"Know it!"
The three children answered in unison, and Conan nodded silently.
However, Xia Ye knew that they hadn't really listened to him. But that didn't matter. He was now considered the safety consultant for the Junior Detective Club, so he could educate them slowly. These kids were all good kids. If he could educate them to be obedient, sensible, and not cause trouble, they would be even more likable!
but--
Why haven't those three idiots made a move yet?
I've been chatting with the kids by the river for ages, why haven't they sneaked into that abandoned building yet?
rustle~
I heard the rustling sound of footsteps.
Xia Ye's lips curled up, and she suddenly turned around.
"Who?!"
"What's wrong, Natsume-nii?" Conan asked seriously. Had Natsume also noticed something was amiss?
"Someone sneaked into that abandoned building!"
After Xia Ye finished speaking, he lightly stepped forward, covering a distance of seven or eight meters. His voice echoed in Conan and his group's ears, "You guys wait here! Don't come over unless I tell you to!"
Seeing that Natsume had reached the foot of the abandoned building, Conan couldn't resist trying to sneak away, but was firmly held back by a pair of strong arms. Genta said in a deep voice, "Natsume-nii was talking about you, Conan. Be good, it's too dangerous for a child to run over there!"
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