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Chapter 1087: This Broken Charm Isn't Effective!
Tsumagari Kurenai finished packing up the violin and said to Mori Kogoro, "Mr. Mouri, please follow me. I'll take you to the Main Building."
Conan continued to secretly watch Chi Feichei.
Okay, once Brother Chi brings Haibara and catches up, he'll fall behind, then secretly double back and ask Haga...
"Decided?"
Chi Feichei lowered his head, looking at the sheet music placed on the window sill. He had no intention of following Mori Kogoro.
Haga Kyosuke nodded, looking at the sheet music and said, "Changing the BPM to 120-123 would make it a bit livelier..."
Mouri Ran, who had gone out, saw Conan still standing in place and called out, "Conan, we're leaving!"
"Okay~!" Conan turned around and followed.
Never mind, he'd find an opportunity later.
After a group of people left one after another, Haga Kyosuke and Chi Feichei discussed for a bit longer before putting away the draft. Haga smiled and said, "That's about it. We should head over to the Main Building too. But I still need to take the draft to the next room."
"Then we'll wait for you outside," Chi Feichei cooperated and left the Annex Building first with Haibara Ai.
Outside, the sky had gradually darkened. Behind the lit windows of the Main Building, the figures of maids could be seen moving back and forth from time to time.
Not long after, Haga Kyosuke came out and returned to the Main Building with Chi Feichei and Haibara Ai. Hearing that Mori Kogoro and Setara Renxi were talking about matters, they didn't go in to disturb them and instead asked Tsumagari Kurenai about the procedure for the birthday banquet.
Haibara Ai listened for a while nearby, then looked up and asked Chi Feichei, "Aren't you going to check what Miss Renki needs from Uncle?"
"Probably a commission," Chi Feichei had no intention of going over. "Teacher can solve it."
Haibara Ai yawned, suddenly remembering something.
Wait, there weren't many people who commissioned Uncle Mori for an investigation whose homes didn't end up having incidents happen...
"Tap tap tap..."
At the end of the corridor, Mori Kogoro, Setara Renxi, and Conan ran over with anxious faces.
Tsumagari Kurenai was startled and paused the discussion. He turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Pull back the curtains and look!" Mori Kogoro didn't stop, running past in a hurry. "The Annex Building is on fire!"
The others stirred. Tsumagari Kurenai quickly said, "I'll put away the violin and be right there!"
Before, Setara Genjiro had said he would rest in the room in the Annex Building. When a group of people rushed to the second floor room, Haga Kyosuke reached out to twist the door handle but couldn't open the door. After he and Mori Kogoro broke open the door together, there was a big fire raging inside the room, and a human-shaped black shadow could vaguely be seen in the fire.
Seeing that the person couldn't be saved, Mori Kogoro stopped Setara Renxi, who was about to rush in. Setara Choichiro coughed and crawled downstairs from upstairs, saying that Ayane Shitara was still in the Audio-Visual Room on the third floor.
"But, didn't I tell you to go back to the Main Building after listening to the tape?" Setara Renxi was anxious.
"Ayane fell asleep," Setara Choichiro coughed. "Cough cough cough... I couldn't leave her alone and go back."
"Where is that Audio-Visual Room?" Conan quickly asked.
"On the third floor..." Setara Choichiro looked up. "The innermost room."
The staircase leading to the third floor was already on fire, with thick smoke rolling.
Haga Kyosuke immediately turned around, opened the washroom door behind him, went in to find a bucket and fill it with water.
Conan anxiously looked towards Chi Feichei, asking with a bit of expectation, "Brother Chi, did you bring anything fire-retardant..."
At the key moment, ask Doraemon-Chi for help!
Haga Kyosuke waited for the bucket to fill with water, then turned his head in doubt to look at Chi Feichei.
Chi Feichei had already pulled down a curtain blackened by smoke, spread it on the ground, and took out a bottle from his pocket. He sprinkled the liquid from the bottle onto the curtain. "Although the fire defense effect isn't that good, it should last for ten minutes."
"Using this little bit of chemicals to manufacture fire-retardant cloth probably isn't enough, right? I have some here too." Haibara Ai found three small bottles from her coat pocket. She looked at the tag on the bottle, opened one bottle, and splashed the liquid inside onto the curtain.
"I have more here too." Chi Feichei continued to find another bottle and splashed it.
Haibara Ai found another bottle and splashed it, proving with her action that she also had more than one bottle on her.
Haga Kyosuke: "..."
This bizarre feeling of a brother and sister carrying chemical liquid...
Conan: "..."
Was Haibara infected by Chi Feichei?
Haibara Ai sprinkled one bottle, looked at the tag on the other bottle in her hand, and put it in her pocket. "I don't have any usable ones here."
This bottle was volatile hypnotic gas. She should keep it safe.
She also felt that she had been infected by Chi Feichei. When going out, she would think about bringing emergency supplies, such as a multi-tool knife, fire-retardant chemicals, hypnotic gas, tear gas, a small oxygen tank modified by Doctor Agasa, compressed chocolate, cold medicine, and Band-Aids.
It's just that her pockets couldn't hold much, making her consider whether or not to buy two children's windbreakers as spares, or ask Doctor Agasa to help modify her clothes pockets...
Chi Feichei took the third bottle and sprinkled it on, put away the empty bottle, and accidentally brought out the Exorcism Charm from his pocket.
The Exorcism Charm flew into the flames that had ignited nearby and quickly burned up.
Chi Feichei: "..."
He wasn't intentionally.
Haibara Ai: "..."
This...
Never mind, people are already dead anyway.
This broken Charm isn't effective, it actually couldn't hold the fort. Might as well burn it!
Conan's eyelids twitched. Seeing that it was just a Charm, he breathed a sigh of relief with a cold sweat. Fortunately, it wasn't some weird chemicals. "Brother Chi, Haibara, you two should go out first!"
These two dangerous individuals didn't know how many weird chemicals they carried. If any bottle exploded from heat or accidentally fell into the fire, he worried that the living would also all go to Hell...
He must drive these two people out!
"Splash..."
The sound of water overflowing brought Haga Kyosuke back to his senses. Seeing the bucket full of water, Haga Kyosuke lifted the bucket and poured the water all over his whole body, then ran towards the burning staircase. "I'll leave this place to you!"
Conan bent down to pick up the curtain on the ground, put it on without thinking, and followed him upstairs. "Uncle, park the Van you rented under the Audio-Visual Room window! Also, tell Brother Chi and Haibara to hurry out, they have chemical liquid on them!"
"Huh? Che- chemical liquid!" Mori Kogoro was startled. He turned his head to look and found that Chi Feichei and Haibara Ai were already walking downstairs.
Haibara Ai put her hand in her pocket, gripping the small bottle inside tightly. "Brother Hichiji, Edogawa is really burning the bridge after crossing the river, isn't he?"
Chi Feichei nodded. "Uh-huh."
When they needed help, they asked if they had anything fire-retardant. When they didn't need help, they thought they were dangerous individuals carrying weird chemicals.
There was no one who burned the bridge after crossing the river and discarded the donkey after the grinding was done more than a Famous Detective.
Haibara Ai: "My bottle is specially made, but it won't explode from heat."
Chi Feichei: "Mine too."
Mori Kogoro always felt that the calm style of this brother and sister was a bit out of place. He was flustered for a moment before remembering there was serious business to do. He quickly helped up the coughing Setara Choichiro and entrusted him to Setara Renxi. "Miss Renki, I'll go drive the car. You take Mr. Choichiro out!"
By the time Mori Kogoro drove the car under the Audio-Visual Room window, Haga Kyosuke was holding Ayane Shitara, and together with Conan, they broke the window and jumped down directly from the third floor, landing on the roof of the Van.
Mori Kogoro saw that Ayane Shitara was awake and felt relieved in his heart, but his face still showed disdain. "So that's it. Utilizing the height of the Van to shorten the falling distance and use it as a buffer. Only a kid could think of such a method!"
Mouri Ran put Conan on the ground and smiled, "That's great, Dad happened to rent a Van this time."
"Yeah," Mori Kogoro looked at the big pit that was dented in on the car roof. "I guess it's going to cost a lot in repair fee!"
"Uncle!" Setara Renxi saw Haga Kyosuke getting down from the car roof and ran forward crying.
As Haga Kyosuke turned his head to look over, Chi Feichei captured the calmness in Haga Kyosuke's eyes and withdrew his line of sight thoughtfully.
Setara Renxi faced this messy situation, just like a child desperately seeking reliance, throwing herself into Haga Kyosuke's arms and crying uncontrollably.
Haga Kyosuke lowered his head and comforted her softly until Setara Renxi's emotion calmed down.
Afterwards, the ambulance and fire department arrived.
Ayane Shitara had seen her son who fell downstairs being taken away by an ambulance and never returning. She was fearful and resistant towards ambulances, yelling crazily and refusing to get into the ambulance to go to the hospital for inspection and treatment.
After the doctor's inspection, confirming that Ayane Shitara had not injured any bones, they agreed to simply handle some of the burns on Ayane Shitara's body in the Main Building.
"Little Younger Brother, thank you very much," Setara Choichiro said before leaving, patting Conan's shoulder with his Walking Stick. He also said to Haga Kyosuke, "Kyosuke, you too. This time, it's thanks to you."
"Not at all," Haga Kyosuke said politely.
"By the way, Young Master Kyosuke," Tsumagari Kurenai asked, "Did you get injured anywhere?"
"I'm fine," Haga Kyosuke smiled, his smile a bit helpless. "Also, I've said it to you many times, don't call me Young Master anymore. That was 30 years ago."
After saying that, Haga Kyosuke turned around and left.
"Huh?" Mouri Ran was in doubt.
"Butler Tsukuba originally worked at Uncle Kyosuke's home," Setara Renxi explained to Mouri Ran in a low voice. "But Because of the Robbery Incident 30 years ago, Uncle Kyosuke's Father, Grandpa Danjiro, and Mother, Grandma Chinami, were killed. Uncle Kyosuke, this orphan, was adopted by the Haga Family as an adopted son, and Butler Tsukuba transferred to work at our home..."
Chi Feichei originally planned to return to the Main Building first, but seeing Haibara Ai secretly listening intently, he also stood aside and lit a cigarette, watching the fire department team members extinguish the fire.
Remembering the case too clearly, he lacked the expectation. This time, he didn't really want to flip the table and destroy Conan's fun of reasoning. Moreover, there were still too few clues at the moment, so even if he wanted to flip the table, he couldn't come up with a reasonable basis for judgment.
Afterwards, the fire department team members extinguished the fire and informed a group of people including Mori Kogoro that the point of origin of the fire was on Setara Genjiro's bed in his room. And because the door was broken open by Haga Kyosuke and Mori Kogoro, the fire department team members speculated that it was a secret chamber inside, and the cause of the fire was probably Setara Genjiro smoking while lying on the bed.
After the Fire Department Personnel and Medical Staff left, a group of people returned to the Main Building. Haga Kyosuke also came over after changing into clean clothes.
Mori Kogoro wrote down the names of Setara Danjiro and his wife who died 30 years ago, and the people who died in the Setara Family in recent years in a notebook.
Conan found the pattern in the first letter of the names and also saw the cigarette butt in the ashtray on the table. It was neither the brand Mori Kogoro smoked nor the brand Chi Feichei smoked. After confirming with Tsumagari Kurenai that it was the cigarette Setara Genjiro smoked, he ran out without a word.
Immediately following, Mouri Ran and Mori Kogoro also chased after him.
Only Chi Feichei, Haibara Ai, Haga Kyosuke, and Setara Renxi were left in the room.
Setara Renxi looked at the entrance and asked, "What's wrong with that child?"
"He just likes to run around everywhere, But..." Haibara Ai withdrew her line of sight and looked towards the cigarette butt in the ashtray on the table. "Brother Hichiji, is there a problem with this cigarette butt?"
(End of Chapter)
Tsumagari Kurenai finished packing up the violin and said to Mori Kogoro, "Mr. Mouri, please follow me. I'll take you to the Main Building."
Conan continued to secretly watch Chi Feichei.
Okay, once Brother Chi brings Haibara and catches up, he'll fall behind, then secretly double back and ask Haga...
"Decided?"
Chi Feichei lowered his head, looking at the sheet music placed on the window sill. He had no intention of following Mori Kogoro.
Haga Kyosuke nodded, looking at the sheet music and said, "Changing the BPM to 120-123 would make it a bit livelier..."
Mouri Ran, who had gone out, saw Conan still standing in place and called out, "Conan, we're leaving!"
"Okay~!" Conan turned around and followed.
Never mind, he'd find an opportunity later.
After a group of people left one after another, Haga Kyosuke and Chi Feichei discussed for a bit longer before putting away the draft. Haga smiled and said, "That's about it. We should head over to the Main Building too. But I still need to take the draft to the next room."
"Then we'll wait for you outside," Chi Feichei cooperated and left the Annex Building first with Haibara Ai.
Outside, the sky had gradually darkened. Behind the lit windows of the Main Building, the figures of maids could be seen moving back and forth from time to time.
Not long after, Haga Kyosuke came out and returned to the Main Building with Chi Feichei and Haibara Ai. Hearing that Mori Kogoro and Setara Renxi were talking about matters, they didn't go in to disturb them and instead asked Tsumagari Kurenai about the procedure for the birthday banquet.
Haibara Ai listened for a while nearby, then looked up and asked Chi Feichei, "Aren't you going to check what Miss Renki needs from Uncle?"
"Probably a commission," Chi Feichei had no intention of going over. "Teacher can solve it."
Haibara Ai yawned, suddenly remembering something.
Wait, there weren't many people who commissioned Uncle Mori for an investigation whose homes didn't end up having incidents happen...
"Tap tap tap..."
At the end of the corridor, Mori Kogoro, Setara Renxi, and Conan ran over with anxious faces.
Tsumagari Kurenai was startled and paused the discussion. He turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Pull back the curtains and look!" Mori Kogoro didn't stop, running past in a hurry. "The Annex Building is on fire!"
The others stirred. Tsumagari Kurenai quickly said, "I'll put away the violin and be right there!"
Before, Setara Genjiro had said he would rest in the room in the Annex Building. When a group of people rushed to the second floor room, Haga Kyosuke reached out to twist the door handle but couldn't open the door. After he and Mori Kogoro broke open the door together, there was a big fire raging inside the room, and a human-shaped black shadow could vaguely be seen in the fire.
Seeing that the person couldn't be saved, Mori Kogoro stopped Setara Renxi, who was about to rush in. Setara Choichiro coughed and crawled downstairs from upstairs, saying that Ayane Shitara was still in the Audio-Visual Room on the third floor.
"But, didn't I tell you to go back to the Main Building after listening to the tape?" Setara Renxi was anxious.
"Ayane fell asleep," Setara Choichiro coughed. "Cough cough cough... I couldn't leave her alone and go back."
"Where is that Audio-Visual Room?" Conan quickly asked.
"On the third floor..." Setara Choichiro looked up. "The innermost room."
The staircase leading to the third floor was already on fire, with thick smoke rolling.
Haga Kyosuke immediately turned around, opened the washroom door behind him, went in to find a bucket and fill it with water.
Conan anxiously looked towards Chi Feichei, asking with a bit of expectation, "Brother Chi, did you bring anything fire-retardant..."
At the key moment, ask Doraemon-Chi for help!
Haga Kyosuke waited for the bucket to fill with water, then turned his head in doubt to look at Chi Feichei.
Chi Feichei had already pulled down a curtain blackened by smoke, spread it on the ground, and took out a bottle from his pocket. He sprinkled the liquid from the bottle onto the curtain. "Although the fire defense effect isn't that good, it should last for ten minutes."
"Using this little bit of chemicals to manufacture fire-retardant cloth probably isn't enough, right? I have some here too." Haibara Ai found three small bottles from her coat pocket. She looked at the tag on the bottle, opened one bottle, and splashed the liquid inside onto the curtain.
"I have more here too." Chi Feichei continued to find another bottle and splashed it.
Haibara Ai found another bottle and splashed it, proving with her action that she also had more than one bottle on her.
Haga Kyosuke: "..."
This bizarre feeling of a brother and sister carrying chemical liquid...
Conan: "..."
Was Haibara infected by Chi Feichei?
Haibara Ai sprinkled one bottle, looked at the tag on the other bottle in her hand, and put it in her pocket. "I don't have any usable ones here."
This bottle was volatile hypnotic gas. She should keep it safe.
She also felt that she had been infected by Chi Feichei. When going out, she would think about bringing emergency supplies, such as a multi-tool knife, fire-retardant chemicals, hypnotic gas, tear gas, a small oxygen tank modified by Doctor Agasa, compressed chocolate, cold medicine, and Band-Aids.
It's just that her pockets couldn't hold much, making her consider whether or not to buy two children's windbreakers as spares, or ask Doctor Agasa to help modify her clothes pockets...
Chi Feichei took the third bottle and sprinkled it on, put away the empty bottle, and accidentally brought out the Exorcism Charm from his pocket.
The Exorcism Charm flew into the flames that had ignited nearby and quickly burned up.
Chi Feichei: "..."
He wasn't intentionally.
Haibara Ai: "..."
This...
Never mind, people are already dead anyway.
This broken Charm isn't effective, it actually couldn't hold the fort. Might as well burn it!
Conan's eyelids twitched. Seeing that it was just a Charm, he breathed a sigh of relief with a cold sweat. Fortunately, it wasn't some weird chemicals. "Brother Chi, Haibara, you two should go out first!"
These two dangerous individuals didn't know how many weird chemicals they carried. If any bottle exploded from heat or accidentally fell into the fire, he worried that the living would also all go to Hell...
He must drive these two people out!
"Splash..."
The sound of water overflowing brought Haga Kyosuke back to his senses. Seeing the bucket full of water, Haga Kyosuke lifted the bucket and poured the water all over his whole body, then ran towards the burning staircase. "I'll leave this place to you!"
Conan bent down to pick up the curtain on the ground, put it on without thinking, and followed him upstairs. "Uncle, park the Van you rented under the Audio-Visual Room window! Also, tell Brother Chi and Haibara to hurry out, they have chemical liquid on them!"
"Huh? Che- chemical liquid!" Mori Kogoro was startled. He turned his head to look and found that Chi Feichei and Haibara Ai were already walking downstairs.
Haibara Ai put her hand in her pocket, gripping the small bottle inside tightly. "Brother Hichiji, Edogawa is really burning the bridge after crossing the river, isn't he?"
Chi Feichei nodded. "Uh-huh."
When they needed help, they asked if they had anything fire-retardant. When they didn't need help, they thought they were dangerous individuals carrying weird chemicals.
There was no one who burned the bridge after crossing the river and discarded the donkey after the grinding was done more than a Famous Detective.
Haibara Ai: "My bottle is specially made, but it won't explode from heat."
Chi Feichei: "Mine too."
Mori Kogoro always felt that the calm style of this brother and sister was a bit out of place. He was flustered for a moment before remembering there was serious business to do. He quickly helped up the coughing Setara Choichiro and entrusted him to Setara Renxi. "Miss Renki, I'll go drive the car. You take Mr. Choichiro out!"
By the time Mori Kogoro drove the car under the Audio-Visual Room window, Haga Kyosuke was holding Ayane Shitara, and together with Conan, they broke the window and jumped down directly from the third floor, landing on the roof of the Van.
Mori Kogoro saw that Ayane Shitara was awake and felt relieved in his heart, but his face still showed disdain. "So that's it. Utilizing the height of the Van to shorten the falling distance and use it as a buffer. Only a kid could think of such a method!"
Mouri Ran put Conan on the ground and smiled, "That's great, Dad happened to rent a Van this time."
"Yeah," Mori Kogoro looked at the big pit that was dented in on the car roof. "I guess it's going to cost a lot in repair fee!"
"Uncle!" Setara Renxi saw Haga Kyosuke getting down from the car roof and ran forward crying.
As Haga Kyosuke turned his head to look over, Chi Feichei captured the calmness in Haga Kyosuke's eyes and withdrew his line of sight thoughtfully.
Setara Renxi faced this messy situation, just like a child desperately seeking reliance, throwing herself into Haga Kyosuke's arms and crying uncontrollably.
Haga Kyosuke lowered his head and comforted her softly until Setara Renxi's emotion calmed down.
Afterwards, the ambulance and fire department arrived.
Ayane Shitara had seen her son who fell downstairs being taken away by an ambulance and never returning. She was fearful and resistant towards ambulances, yelling crazily and refusing to get into the ambulance to go to the hospital for inspection and treatment.
After the doctor's inspection, confirming that Ayane Shitara had not injured any bones, they agreed to simply handle some of the burns on Ayane Shitara's body in the Main Building.
"Little Younger Brother, thank you very much," Setara Choichiro said before leaving, patting Conan's shoulder with his Walking Stick. He also said to Haga Kyosuke, "Kyosuke, you too. This time, it's thanks to you."
"Not at all," Haga Kyosuke said politely.
"By the way, Young Master Kyosuke," Tsumagari Kurenai asked, "Did you get injured anywhere?"
"I'm fine," Haga Kyosuke smiled, his smile a bit helpless. "Also, I've said it to you many times, don't call me Young Master anymore. That was 30 years ago."
After saying that, Haga Kyosuke turned around and left.
"Huh?" Mouri Ran was in doubt.
"Butler Tsukuba originally worked at Uncle Kyosuke's home," Setara Renxi explained to Mouri Ran in a low voice. "But Because of the Robbery Incident 30 years ago, Uncle Kyosuke's Father, Grandpa Danjiro, and Mother, Grandma Chinami, were killed. Uncle Kyosuke, this orphan, was adopted by the Haga Family as an adopted son, and Butler Tsukuba transferred to work at our home..."
Chi Feichei originally planned to return to the Main Building first, but seeing Haibara Ai secretly listening intently, he also stood aside and lit a cigarette, watching the fire department team members extinguish the fire.
Remembering the case too clearly, he lacked the expectation. This time, he didn't really want to flip the table and destroy Conan's fun of reasoning. Moreover, there were still too few clues at the moment, so even if he wanted to flip the table, he couldn't come up with a reasonable basis for judgment.
Afterwards, the fire department team members extinguished the fire and informed a group of people including Mori Kogoro that the point of origin of the fire was on Setara Genjiro's bed in his room. And because the door was broken open by Haga Kyosuke and Mori Kogoro, the fire department team members speculated that it was a secret chamber inside, and the cause of the fire was probably Setara Genjiro smoking while lying on the bed.
After the Fire Department Personnel and Medical Staff left, a group of people returned to the Main Building. Haga Kyosuke also came over after changing into clean clothes.
Mori Kogoro wrote down the names of Setara Danjiro and his wife who died 30 years ago, and the people who died in the Setara Family in recent years in a notebook.
Conan found the pattern in the first letter of the names and also saw the cigarette butt in the ashtray on the table. It was neither the brand Mori Kogoro smoked nor the brand Chi Feichei smoked. After confirming with Tsumagari Kurenai that it was the cigarette Setara Genjiro smoked, he ran out without a word.
Immediately following, Mouri Ran and Mori Kogoro also chased after him.
Only Chi Feichei, Haibara Ai, Haga Kyosuke, and Setara Renxi were left in the room.
Setara Renxi looked at the entrance and asked, "What's wrong with that child?"
"He just likes to run around everywhere, But..." Haibara Ai withdrew her line of sight and looked towards the cigarette butt in the ashtray on the table. "Brother Hichiji, is there a problem with this cigarette butt?"
(End of Chapter)
