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Chapter 18 The Secret Code
Looking at the graffiti numbers on the cover, Gao Yuan fell into doubt.

"Miss Yuanshan, did this magazine have such a design on the cover before?"

"Huh? Let me see."

Hearing Gao Yuan's inquiry, He Ye was a little confused, so he took the magazine back and looked at it, saw the graffiti on the cover, and thought about it carefully.

"It seems that the previous cover has never had such a design."

After hearing Kazuha's words, Hattori couldn't help but lean over, looking at the graffiti composed of digital graffiti, he also felt a little strange.

"This graffiti is neither aesthetically pleasing nor awkward."

Hattori muttered to himself, "And this picture...the strokes...look like numbers!"

Upon discovering this, Hattori was startled.

"It won't! It's some kind of code!"

于是，服部开始对涂鸦画的中填充的看似胡乱涂的笔画进行详细查看，也很快看出了这确实是几个数字：9、53、60、75、57、22、23、99。

"These numbers..."

Although he saw the numbers, Hattori also fell into confusion, and really couldn't see what these numbers represented.

"Numbers? What numbers?"

Kazuha looked at the graffiti on it, combined with the numbers mentioned by Hattori, and quickly recognized the numbers implied in the graffiti.

"It is indeed a number! But what does it represent?"

He Ye asked inexplicably.

"Such random numbers may have been drawn by the person who drew this graffiti."

"Idiot, no fashion editor would put such a nonsensical picture on this fashion cover. This is too different from the style of the characters on the cover!"

Hattori retorted.

"So no matter how I think about it, I feel very suspicious. This picture should not be put on it meaninglessly by the editor. It must have some special meaning. And Miss Yuanshan, you also said that this magazine would not put it on the cover before. This kind of graffiti design, it seems strange that this issue suddenly puts such a graffiti."

Gao Yuan said.

"That's right, maybe it's a prize quiz designed by this fashion magazine! I remember that this magazine has cooperated with 'Fu Sae' in a similar project before."

Talking to Ye, he became a little excited.

"This is different. In the previous project, the puzzle was clearly written in the content of the magazine, but this..."

Hattori recalled the planning event He Ye mentioned, and then thought of something, and began to read the entire magazine.

"If this is the case, will there be any hints in the content of the magazine?"

But after flipping through the entire magazine twice, Hattori didn't see what he was looking for.

Somewhat reconciled, Hattori put down the magazine and scratched his head, "That is to say, if it is really a puzzle, then this graffiti is the whole mystery? But what is the meaning of this set of random numbers?"

Gao Yuan looked at the clueless Hattori, and felt the same way himself.

"When it comes to digital passwords, it is more common to convert them into other content. For example, if the numbers are within 26, they can be compared to English letters in sequence. But several of these numbers obviously exceed this range."

Hattori muttered to himself.

"Or you can look for the rules of these numbers and convert them into numbers within 26."

Gao Yuan proposed a possibility.

"But no matter whether it is a difference or a proportional reduction, it is obviously not feasible."

Hattori denied.

"It may also be an algorithm that requires a secret key to encrypt. For example, there is a very abrupt number '9' that is a single digit, while the others are all tens digits."

Gao Yuan looked at these numbers again, and felt a little strange that there was only one single digit "9".

"But even considering '9' as a secret key, the possibilities are endless without knowing what encryption algorithm it actually uses."

Hattori thought for a moment, then felt helpless.

"Damn it, doesn't this thing have hints? If there is no hint at all, it can't be solved at all!"

On the side, Heye looked at Hattori, and Gao Yuan looked helplessly at the numbers on the graffiti but kept thinking there. He didn't even eat much of the food on the table. Seeing the two of them very devoted, Heye couldn't help feeling have no choice.

Originally, I just came to this famous restaurant with Hattori to eat, but I didn't expect to encounter a live murder incident on TV. Finally, the show ended, and now I became interested in the graffiti in the magazine.

A little depressed, He Ye picked up the magazine and looked at the graffiti.

"Do you really think this monster-like graffiti is a secret code? Maybe it's really just a special idea of ​​editing."

"It's because I don't think it looks like it, so I thought it might be a code. As a layman, I think this graffiti is too inappropriate for this cover. How could an editor who majored in art design come up with such a thing?"

Listening to the conversation between Hattori and Kazuba, Gao Yuan seemed to think of something.

"Art? Monster?"

Just now He Ye did not use the transliterated English "Monster" or "ka i bu tsu" which is written as "monster" in Chinese characters, but "ba ke mo no" - "化け物".

For Gao Yuan, whose native language is Chinese, when he thought of "Hua け Wu", he naturally focused on the Chinese characters "Hua" and "Wu".Facing these two words, Gao Yuan first thought of "chemistry and physics".

When Gao Yuan thought of chemistry, and then looked at these numbers, he suddenly had an idea!

"You guys continue to eat first, I'll go to the bookstore!"

Gao Yuan cried out excitedly, and ran out of the store quickly.

Hattori watched Gao Yuan's actions, knowing that he had unlocked the code, and then lay down on the chair as if giving up, and sighed.

"I lost to him again!"

Looking for the nearest bookstore, Gao Yuan found a textbook with the periodic table of elements.

Element 9 is fluorine, element 53 is iodine, element 60 is neodymium, element 75 is rhenium, element 57 is lanthanum, element 22 is titanium, element 23 is vanadium, and element 99 einsteinium.

Converting it all into element notation is:

FI Nd Re La Ti V Es
find relatives - find relatives.

Although there are only two short words, it is not easy to use element symbols to form English sentences, and these two words have already expressed the meaning very clearly - someone is asking for help!And the person who sent out the signal for help must be someone from the editorial department of the magazine!
Back at the hotel, Gao Yuan told Hattori and He Ye the results. When Gao Yuan mentioned the periodic table of elements, Hattori understood, and then looked at He Ye.

"He Ye, do you know where the editorial office of this magazine is?"

"Ah? This is a local fashion magazine in Osaka. The editorial office is in Osaka. It seems to be quite close to here. I went to the event of 'Fusa-e' last time!"

"Then without further ado, let's hurry up and find out, who asked for this code to be printed on the cover of this magazine!"

Hattori said what Gao Yuan wanted to say first, but Gao Yuan felt that something was wrong.

(End of this chapter)