Chapter 1009: Haneda Hideyoshi's Love Defense War (To be continued)
The two adults and one child pretended to be fans of a famous person in Taiko who asked for his autograph, and secretly exchanged information. Only then did they know that it was Yumi Miyamoto who was kidnapped.
The letter left by the kidnappers stated that one of the seven shrines was attacked by thieves, the treasure house was looted in two days, and the shrine's daughter who was hiding in the well was also taken away.
Attached to the post is a photo of Yumi Miyamoto tied up with ropes and her mouth blocked.
In order to rescue Yumi Miyamoto, Hideyoshi Haneda had to come to this shrine to look for clues as requested by the kidnappers.
Yuya carefully read the letter left by the kidnapper, then asked with his chin pinched: "So, what did you find in the well?"
Haneda Hideyoshi was stunned: "I haven't found where the well is yet..."
He suddenly realized that Youye was not asking where the well was, but what he found in the well, so he quickly asked, "Do you know where the well is?"
Yuya nodded slightly: "Of course, there is only one well in this shrine, and it is also a famous tourist attraction. After all, it is a well that is said to improve fortune."
"We just came from there too."
Now that they knew where the well was, they all walked there together.
This well is said to have been dug by architectural expert Kato Kiyomasa and was named Kiyomasa Well.
The reason why Qingzheng Well became famous is that an artist who appeared on a variety show used the photo of Qingzheng Well as his mobile phone wallpaper. As a result, it was somehow spread that it was a well that could improve fortune, and it suddenly became popular.
Now many people come here to visit and pray every day.
After Yuya explained the origin of Kiyomasa Well to Haneda Hideyoshi, the three little kids raised questions one after another.
Kato Kiyomasa was a retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and the Taiko in Taiko Meijin refers to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Haneda Hideyoshi, as a Taiko Meijin, did not even know about the Kiyomasa Well here.
Haneda Hideyoshi was stumped by the question, and he explained awkwardly: "Taiko is just my nickname..."
The reason why Haneda Hideyoshi was called Taiko Meijin was actually because his name was very similar to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, so his fans called him "Taikoku", the special name of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
It does not mean that he had any actual connection with Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Miyano Shiho poked her head out and asked in confusion: "But why does this passage allude to this shrine?"
You couldn't help but rub the head that was so close to him, which earned a roll of the eyes from the latter.
He smiled before explaining, "This actually has something to do with the terminology of shogi."
"Do you know the seven major titles of shogi?"
Miyano Shiho nodded: "I know - celebrity, dragon king, chess king, king general, throne, chess saint, throne."
Conan had just given everyone a brief introduction when they were in the car, and she still remembered it very clearly.
Yuya turned to the first letter left by the kidnapper and said, "In the first letter, the criminal called himself the headless chess player and wrote about deciphering my chess record. In fact, he was hinting that his code should be interpreted using the terminology of shogi."
"According to the rules of shogi, it is a process of fighting for the opponent's king. The king is also called the jade. The treasure mentioned in the letter was looted, which means the jade, that is, the king, disappeared."
"Among the seven titles, only the Celebrity and Chess Saint do not have the character 'king'. The thieves took two days to rob the treasure, which means that the game takes two days. Among them, the only one that meets both conditions is the Celebrity."
"The answer is shrines with celebrities in their names or with similar pronunciations."
Miyano Shiho suddenly realized: "So that's it, the name of this shrine is Meiji Jingu."
Haneda Hideyoshi looked at Yuya in surprise. This code was obviously for people who play shogi. He didn't expect that Yuya, an amateur, could deduce the answer so smoothly.
I couldn't help but agree, "Kamiya-kun is right. Also, the letter mentioned that the shrine's daughter was abducted, so I speculated that there might be clues about Yumi's kidnapping near this shrine."
Yuya looked at the letter and said, "The prisoner wrote that he will only wait for you until the competition time limit is up. How much time is left?"
Haneda Hideyoshi glanced at his watch and replied, "About 3 hours and 50 minutes left."
Yuya pondered and said, "That means we have to solve it before 3pm. There is no time to waste. Let's go back to Qingzhengjing and check the situation."
After hearing what Yuya said, the three little brats immediately shouted excitedly: "Yoshi, Junior Detective Team, let's go!"
Yuya glared, "Keep your voice down, do you want the criminal who might be watching from behind to hear you?"
The three little brats were startled and quickly covered their mouths, blinking their eyes and looking at Youye guiltily.
Youye shook his head and sighed, he was really impressed by them.
"Let's go quickly."
Several people came to the Qingzheng Well, which is said to improve fortune.
This well is several decades old. It was built by Kato Kiyomasa, a famous general in the Warring States Period. It used the most advanced technology at the time. Even now, it can still maintain a water output of 60 liters per minute, and the water temperature is stable at 15 degrees all year round.
To some extent, it can be considered a miracle. No wonder it is said to be a tourist attraction that can improve one's fortune.
There was a security guard guarding the Qingzheng Well, and there was a long line in front of it. It seemed that everyone came here to pray for good fortune. Yuya and his friends were not allowed to cut in line as it would be too conspicuous and might attract the attention of those who were secretly monitoring them.
Although they were not sure whether someone was monitoring Haneda Hideyoshi.
It will probably take a while to get in line.
With nothing else to do, Yuya looked at Haneda Hideyoshi with a smile: "Master, how did you get to know Yumi-san?"
Hideyoshi Haneda looks weak and gentle, while Yumi Miyamoto is the kind of carefree woman. I wonder how they got together?
As soon as Youya opened his mouth, the others looked over with gossip.
Haneda Hideyoshi blushed, but he didn't hesitate. He pinched his chin and began to recall.
Ten years ago, Hideyoshi Haneda had just finished the ranking battle and was taking the Touto Loop Line train home. He fell asleep because he was too tired.
When he regained consciousness, he found himself sleeping soundly on a young girl's shoulder, with his saliva all over her clothes.
The girl saw the ticket in his hand and pulled him off the bus, but she walked to the inner ring line to transfer.
Only then did Hideyoshi Haneda realize that in order not to wake him up, the other party had let him lean on his shoulder and stayed with him for several stops.
Hideyoshi Haneda was shocked and asked her why she did that.
The girl's answer hit him right in the heart - she said he looked cute when he slept.
And that girl was the eighteen-year-old Yumi Miyamoto.
Haneda Hideyoshi touched the back of his head sheepishly, blushing as he said, "Although it's a bit embarrassing to say this, but for me, who is in the world of shogi where there is no regret for a move, her smile at that time was really very..."
Haneda Hideyoshi's words came to an abrupt halt, because he suddenly realized that the three little brats were looking at him with tearful eyes.
"Sister Yumi is really a good person!"
"Ayumi is touched!"
Mitsuhiko even yelled, "I'm telling you, you must save Sister Yumi! You're risking your celebrity status!"
Ayumi yelled, "Celebrities can't lose!"
"Ah!" Haneda Hideyoshi quickly explained, "So, I'm not a celebrity yet..."
Yuya twitched his lips. Is this the point? Shouldn't the point be that you quickly rescue Yumi Miyamoto, maybe you can rekindle your relationship?
At this time, Miyano Shiho reminded the team that it was their turn.
Several people walked to the Qingzheng Well.
According to the prisoner's letter, the clue should be hidden by the well. After careful searching, they soon found a chess piece - Xiangche - under the cobblestones.
"The chariot?" Youya held the chess piece in his hand, thinking, "The chariot is also a piece in shogi. You can move forward to any square, but you can't move backward, so it's also called a spear."
But just knowing how the luxury car moves doesn't seem to have any meaning.
Yuya turned to Haneda Hideyoshi and asked, "Have you thought of anything about the car?"
Haneda Hideyoshi shook his head.
At this moment, Conan suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the back of the Xiangche: "Brother Yuya, there seems to be something on the back of the chess piece."
Yuya was stunned when he heard this, and quickly turned the chess piece over, then squatted down so that others could see it clearly.
The numbers seven and three were written on the back of the chess piece, surrounded by a large circle and a small circle respectively. The poor parts of the circles were painted black, and a "丄" passed through the middle.
"What does this mean?" Mitsuhiko touched his head, confused.
Yuan Tai thought about it and shouted, "Doesn't this look like a face?" As he said this, he stared with his eyes and put his fingers in front of his nose to make a face.
You know what, they are quite similar.
Conan: ... Stop making trouble, okay? It's too far away!
Miyano Shiho crossed her arms and looked at Yuya's confident expression. She couldn't help but ask, "So, you already know the answer?"
Yuya turned around and smiled, "Yeah, celebrity, what about you?"
Haneda Hideyoshi's face froze: "I've already told you that I'm not a celebrity yet...but I've already deciphered the code."
"So fast?" The three little kids were shocked and shouted for the answer.
Yuya was about to answer when he suddenly thought of something and said to Miyano Shiho, "Mio, drive the car to the exit first. It will be a waste of time if you walk to the next place."
Miyano Shiho nodded slightly and turned to drive the car.
Yuya gave the three little brats a sly smile and said, "I'll tell you the answer later. If you want to know, just follow me."
"But let me warn you in advance that it's a place with a very scary name." After saying that, he turned and left.
"Huh?" The three little kids couldn't help showing frightened expressions, but their curiosity overcame all their fear at this moment, and they followed happily.
When they arrived at the second location and saw the place name on the signboard, the three little kids were so scared that their faces turned pale.
"You, Ghost Saka?!"
The three little brats hid behind Youye tremblingly, carefully sticking their heads out to observe the ramp in front of them: "Why, why is this ramp called such a scary name!"
"Of course..." Youya paused, then suddenly shouted, "Because this is the ramp to hell!"
"Alas!"
"ah?!!!"
The other three people looked at the three little brats screaming in fear and fell into silence.
Finally, Miyano Shiho couldn't stand it anymore and stood up to explain: "Okay, stop scaring them. This place is called Ghost Slope because there are many temples on both sides of it, and the scenery is desolate, so it is called this name. It doesn't really lead to hell."
The three little brats were stunned, blinking their eyes, and looked at Youye who was trying to hold back his laughter with resentful eyes.
"Brother Yuya, you are such a bad guy!"
"Okay, okay," Youya rubbed the heads of the three little brats at once, pointed to the top of the slope and said, "The place we are going to next is a tomb on this slope."
Mitsuhiko was a little surprised: "Why do you come here to look for a grave?"
Yuya explained as everyone climbed upwards.
"The secret code on the chess piece just now was specially written on the Xiangche. As I just said, the Xiangche is also called a gun because of its special movement."
"That is to say, the numbers seven and three above both refer to guns."
"When it comes to Kato Kiyomasa, spears and seven, the only ones that come to mind are Kato Kiyomasa, who became famous in the Battle of Kengatake and were called the Kengatake Seven Spears, Fukushima Masanori, Kato Yoshiaki, Wakisaka Yasuharu, Hirano Nagayasu, Kasaya Takenori and Katagiri Katsumoto."
"And the spears associated with the number three are the three great spears of the world: the Mitegaki, the Nihon-go, and the Tonomakiri."
"The only one who meets both of these conditions is Fukushima Masanori, who was granted the Nihonkai title by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and is also the leader of the Seven Spears of Kanegaku."
"But Fukushima Masanori died a long time ago, so the 丄 that runs through seven and three represents the symbol of a cemetery, which refers to Fukushima Masanori's grave."
After hearing Yuya's reasoning, the three little kids' eyes lit up in admiration: "As expected of Brother Yuya, he cracked the code in one go, so amazing!"
Conan on the side curled his lips. What's the big deal? He solved it right away, okay? Of course, he would not admit that he thought of the answer because he heard Yuya say another name for the luxury car.
"But..." Yuya suddenly looked at Haneda Hideyoshi, "Don't you have any guesses about the criminal who kidnapped Sister Yumi? Since the other party set up such a secret code, he should also be a chess player in the shogi world, right?"
Haneda Hideyoshi was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "I don't have any idea either."
Although he said this, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face. It was obvious that he actually had some guesses about who the criminal was.
I just don't know why I don't want to say it.
Soon, everyone arrived at their destination.
Fukushima Masanori's tomb is not a tomb in the traditional sense, but a pagoda. There are five such pagodas, and this is just one of them.
Since the criminal asked Haneda Hideyoshi to come to the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, he should not be allowed to go to the memorial pagoda in a local location, otherwise he would not be able to arrive before the deadline.
While Yuya was looking around, trying to find any clues, the most restless Genta had already moved a wooden box out from behind Fukushima Masanori's grave.
Yuya grumbled with his eyes half-mooned, "...Yuanta, if you do this, be careful that Fukushima Masanori will crawl out of his grave and beat you up!"
"Huh?" Yuan Tai was startled and subconsciously looked at the offering tower next to him.
Just then, a gust of cold wind blew and penetrated into Yuantai's collar.
He shuddered suddenly, screamed in fear, and the box in his hand fell to the ground with a thud.