Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Class 1-B was assigned

assistant homeroom teacher Wakasa Rumi out of season.

Wakasa Rumi (37) Class 1-B Assistant Homeroom Teacher

We went to the old storage shed to look for lime

at the request of said clumsy and fearful teacher, but...

Heave ho...

Ayumi-chan!

You picked up a schedule in the storage shed, right?

Yeah, I still have it.

See?

Did you figure something out, Conan-kun?

I see. So that's how it is.

Now that I take a closer look,

there's something wrong with this schedule, isn't there?

Surely not even upperclassmen

have seven class periods in grade school.

Then what is this chart?

Since it was in the storage shed

where we found the skeleton holding the code,

this is probably...

Probably?

Feel that bright morning sunlight!

Saturday is when the love and cases start!

A basement, a skeleton, and a code on a string.

Keep your eyes on Wakasa-sensei!

Always determining the one truth

with the body of a child and the mind of an adult,

his name is Detective Conan!

The New Teacher's Skeleton Case

"The New Teacher's Skeleton Case, Part Two!"

It's probably what?

It's probably the key to the code.

The key...

...to the code?

What's that?

A hint to help us read the code.

Huh?

Look closely at the code.

The characters on the right side are the days of the week.

Every day of the week is represented.

You're right.

Oh, but the "water" for Wednesday is missing.

Oh, that's the water radical.

River, lake, swim.

River - Lake - Swim

A lot of characters that incorporate the water radical are related to water.

Really?

Then what are the characters on the left?

They're parts of characters for school subjects.

Language is "ware."

Math is "nobun."

Social studies is "kai."

Science is "sato."

Art is "ko."

Physical education is "hon."

Homeroom is "shita."

So knowing that,

we can fill in the forty-nine spaces on this seven by seven grid with Chinese characters.

And if you apply the Japanese alphabet to them starting at the top left...

You get this chart.

Wow!

It seems like we should be able to read it when we wrap it around a pen now.

I'll read out the code, so you guys check it against the key.

Understood!

The first character is the earth radical and nobun.

Um...

It's the earth radical and nobun, so...

Su!

Next is the water radical and ko.

That's ma!

Next is the fire radical and ko.

Ho.

It's sumaho (smartphone)!

Sumaho

Looks like it really is a key.

Yeah.

What's next?

Tree radical and ko.

Me!

Water radical and ware.

U!

Sumahomeu...

Soneareta...

Ebuemua...

What does that mean?

Is it some kind of incantation?

Damn it.

I was so sure this was it.

Thanks for waiting, everyone.

We're finished with classes for the day.

We'll play dodge ball in our next PE class.

All right!

Okay, everyone.

Let's clean up and go home.

Okay!

Even if you apply the Japanese alphabet vertically

instead of horizontally to the key,

you still get "yuteshiriso, utsuawoko, movunimua."

Maybe it's not the Japanese alphabet but the English alphabet.

The English alphabet has twenty-six characters.

Most of the forty-nine spaces would be leftover.

I suppose you're right.

The other things that's bothering me

are these X's drawn here and there on the chart.

What do they mean?

I'm disappointed, though.

We couldn't crack the code.

Yeah.

Who cares?

I doubt there's any point in cracking the code

we found in the hand of a thief who died in an accident ten years ago.

Yeah, but...

That was quick.

Huh?

There's already a story online about the skeleton we found in the storage shed.

They even included a photo of the headband with the code.

Skeleton Found At Grade School Mysterious Code →

Seriously?

Seriously.

They're calling it a "mysterious code."

Um, children...

Oh, Wakasa-sensei.

The teacher of another class asked me

to get some lime for their science class tomorrow.

I see...

I-I saw three line markers

next to the skeleton in the storage shed.

There's probably lime inside those.

So?

So, um, if you don't mind...

Yeah, yeah.

You want us to come with you because you're scared, right?

Well, yes.

Sorry for making you come with me again.

Wakasa-sensei, you really are a scaredy cat.

Well, there was a skeleton in there until recently.

In any case, let's get the lime and leave before it gets dark.

This room has been ransacked.

It was tidy earlier, right?

Could forensics have left this mess while investigating?

No, they weren't investigating.

It's more like they were searching for something.

Could someone have come after the police left?

B-But why?

Hey, Mitsuhiko.

What time was that news story posted?

Huh? Um...

Two hours ago.

Two hours ago?

That's plenty of time to come here after seeing the code online.

Wait. You don't think...

Yeah.

The guy who wrote that code may have died ten years ago,

but the purpose of the code still lives.

Then we have to solve the code!

Let's check the basement where we found the skeleton first.

The person who searched the storage shed could be hiding down there.

What?

Sensei, can you open this trapdoor?

What?

But what if someone jumps out?

It's okay.

I'll put them to sleep using my tranquilizer gun.

Tranquilizer?

I'm opening it.

Okay.

Here goes.

The basement hasn't been ransacked.

So they haven't been down here to search yet.

Or they noticed us coming.

And ran away.

Well, they wouldn't be able to run if we discovered them in the basement.

Maybe they're planning to return once the students and teachers leave

and it's dark outside to resume their search for something.

So? What is this "something?"

We'll have to crack the code to find out.

Damn.

I know I can solve it if I figure out what those three X's mean.

Normally you'd think it's the

redundant "iue" characters in "waiueo,"

but then the X's should be in the third

through fifth squares on the bottom row.

What do those X's mean?

Conan-kun, let's carry the lime out.

Huh? Oh, sure.

Today was the worst.

I want to go home, have a drink, and go to sleep.

Wakasa-sensei, you drink?

Yes, I do.

My favorite is whiskey.

One glass, and I can sleep with an Ebisu-like smile on my face.

Whiskey... Ebisu...

That's it!

This code isn't in modern alphabetical order.

Then the three phrases of the code are...

That code really is connected to that ten year old case.

Hey, Conan.

What are you doing?

Can't find the lime?

I'm hungry now.