Chapter 1022: Secret Code and Paper Crane

Chapter 1022: Secret Code and Paper Crane

Yumi Miyamoto explained: "You see, the fan is made of bamboo, and the fan was inserted into the pen holder at the time, so only the front part could be seen.

So I told him, 'You couldn't find the fan because you were so focused on it, but if you think about it, it's almost hidden, you can find it easily.'"

"Just like a bamboo shoot, the only part you can see is the front part, and the rest is almost hidden in the soil, right?"

"Oh, that's true."

After listening to Miyamoto Yumi's words, Sato Miwako just found it interesting, but Yazuka Toraroku's expression became serious.

He recalled a famous quote from a famous shogi player: Don't be limited by appearances, the most important thing is to see through the essence of things.

This is similar to what Yumi Miyamoto said.

He couldn't help but wonder, did this woman know this famous saying and deliberately said it to the Taiko master?

However, the next second, Miyamoto Yumi said with a smile: "However, in fact, I took advantage of Xiong Ji's going to the toilet and inserted the fan he left on the table into the pen holder, but he didn't notice it."

Yazuka Toraroku couldn't help but frown - was it just a coincidence?

Miwako Sato asked a question she had always wanted to ask: "The Taiko Master is clearly called Haneda Hideyoshi, why do you keep calling him Kumayoshi?"

Yumi Miyamoto smiled and said, "Because that idiot usually looks sloppy, but very cute..." When she talked about cute, Yumi Miyamoto couldn't help but lower her voice.

"What, ka?" Sato Miwako didn't hear clearly.

Miyamoto Yumi shook her head: "No, nothing. He usually likes to eat sweets. When we first started dating, he kept eating cheese so that he could eat it with his bare hands without getting his hands dirty."

"Come to think of it, I've also heard that chess players often need to eat sweets when playing chess, saying that it can replenish nutrients for the brain." Sato Miwako couldn't help laughing, "But eating cheese all the time sounds like a mouse."

"That's right," Miyamoto Yumi also laughed, "but I was worried that eating cheese all the time would be bad for his health, so I bought him a strawberry cake, and he immediately fell in love with the taste after eating it."

Shit, strawberry cake? Yazuka Toruroku looked a little dazed.

He clearly remembered that Taiko Meijin started to win the seven major titles of shogi when he began to eat strawberry cake during the game.

Could it be that it was this girl... Yazuka Toraroku's eyes began to change when he looked at Miyamoto Yumi, but he immediately denied himself, no, it was just a coincidence.

Youya leaned against the desk, frowning and thinking as he looked at the code paper in his hand.

Miyano Shiho searched around but still couldn't find the other code paper. She sighed and walked over to Yuya, asking quietly, "How is it, still no clue?"

Youye shook his head: "No, this code is too abstract, as if it was never intended to be cracked."

Not only is there no connection between the graphics, but there is also no regularity in their distribution. In this case, there is no way to decipher the code using just this piece of coded paper.

There must be other clues.

However, Yuya recalled what Yazuka Toraroku said at the beginning. He set up this puzzle in order to see whether Miyamoto Yumi was determined to accompany Haneda Hideyoshi until old age.

If that's the case, the other coded paper should be easy to find.

After all, wasting time on searching is completely contrary to Yazuka Toruroku's original intention.

But... Yuya glanced around the room, but still showed no sign of finding anything. The three little brats had lost the motivation to continue searching and had already started playing shogi on the side.

Youya glanced at it and ignored it. Anyway, he didn't think of relying on them to decipher the code.

But where is the code paper hidden? Or is there something wrong with the thinking?

Yuya lowered his head and continued to look at the code paper, and subconsciously pinched it.

As soon as he pinched it, he realized something was wrong and immediately turned to look at Yazuka Toruroku: "Old man, did you write this code yourself?"

Yazuka Toruroku was stunned, and said coldly: "Of course, I wrote this myself."

"But," Youya showed the code paper, "this code should have been printed or photocopied, right?"

Yazuka Toraroku snorted, "I wrote it myself anyway."

Yuya fell into deep thought, he looked around the room and saw at a glance that there was no copier here, and if he wanted to make a copy, he could only go to a convenience store.

However, the nearest convenience store is several minutes' walk away. In addition, the paper provided by convenience stores is generally rectangular, while the code paper in his hand is square, and the marks left by cutting can be clearly seen.

Why did this old man go to so much trouble to make a piece of code paper like this?

Is it to cover up something? A draft? A trace of revision? Or... a crease?

Speaking of this, the first things that come to mind are paper airplanes and paper cranes. Of course there are many others, but is it that simple?

Yuya's eyes couldn't help but fall to the trash can - this piece of paper was originally found in the trash can... There was nothing else in there except this code paper.

Hide important things in the trash can...

Wait, speaking of paper cranes, isn’t there an idiom that fits the current scenario perfectly?

Thinking of this, Youya sat down at the desk and began to fold the code paper in his hand.

Seeing Yuya's actions, the others couldn't help but gather around.

Miyamoto Yumi looked at it for a while, and couldn't help showing a confused expression. She lowered her eyes and said, "Yuya, why are you playing origami at this time?"

Compared to Miyamoto Yumi, Sato Miwako had seen more scenes of Yuya solving cases, and immediately said, "Yuya-kun must have his reasons for doing this."

Yumi Miyamoto glanced sideways for a moment, but then she shut her mouth and watched.

As Yuya continued to move, the code paper slowly began to change into the shape of a paper crane. The originally chaotic and abstract code actually began to turn into a few katakana.

"Ah, this!" Yumi Miyamoto and Miwako Sato shouted in unison.

Yuya smiled slightly, knowing that they also saw the disaster, so he made way for them, "Okay, Yumi-san, please enter the code."

Yumi Miyamoto nodded, sat down, pulled over her laptop, and quickly typed eight numbers on the keyboard.

The three little kids were looking at this scene with a lot of questions in their heads. Although the code paper was folded in a way that the words could be seen, they still couldn't figure out what it meant.

Yuan Tai was the first to ask, "What does this mean? These aren't numbers, are they?"

Mitsuhiko echoed, "Is it Katakana?"

Conan smiled slightly, and when Yuya started to fold the paper crane, he understood the meaning.

He smiled and said, "It's no problem. Any adult who has been to school can recall the eight-digit number when they see that."

"Ah?" The three little kids were even more confused, with question marks all over their little heads.