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Chapter 1100: Kuroba Kaito: Fatten Him Up and Sell Him?
While Conan was doing his reasoning, Chi Feichei was still in East Beika, walking Kaka and carrying Feichi in the alley, incidentally observing if there was anywhere suitable for an ambush or to shake off pursuers.
"Buzz... Buzz..."
Sensing his phone vibrate, Chi Feichei leaned against the wall, took out his phone, checked the number, and answered the call.
"Mr. Terai?"
"It's me, Brother Hassashi," Kuroba Kaito's energetic voice came through. "I'm at Mr. Terai's place."
Feichi was no longer dozing. With a whoosh, it suddenly peered out from Chi Feichei's collar, leaning against the phone to eavesdrop.
"Before, you mentioned that you could try making realistic disguise masks that bleed when injured, right?" Kuroba Kaito continued. "I've already figured it out, and I can even control the amount of blood that seeps out based on the wound size. Even the wounds are very realistic, yo. Do you want to come over and take a look?"
"One hour."
"I still have one thing..."
"Beep... Beep..."
Kuroba Kaito listened to the busy tone on the other side of the call and fell silent.
Couldn't he wait for him to finish speaking? Argh!
Chi Feichei hung up the call, turned back to the Tangmoto Family with Kaka, entrusted Kaka to the old maid who stayed home, and took a taxi to Egota.
Since they were meeting, they could take their time to say whatever needed to be said when they met. There was no need to waste time on the phone; they could say it more clearly... Nothing wrong with that.
...
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant's billiard hall still had the 'Temporarily Closed' sign hung up, completely becoming a Kaito Kid base.
Chi Feichei pushed the door open and entered. After the hanging bell at the entrance rang 'ding-a-ling', he casually closed and locked the door.
Behind the bar counter, Terai Kiichirou, Assistant greeted with a smile, "Young Master Hassashi, you're here!"
Feichi shot out of his collar with a whoosh, darting towards Kuroba Kaito, who came out from the basement, like an arrow.
"Alright, Feichi, today..."
Kuroba Kaito quickly reached out and grabbed Feichi's... mouth.
Feichi, who had just opened its mouth: "..."
What was Kaito saying just now?
Kuroba Kaito put Feichi onto the bar counter, lowered his head and looked at the tooth mark on the web of his hand.
Feichi, this kind of hidden weapon, plays dirty! Even though he was grabbed, he still couldn't avoid getting bitten!
"Mr. Terai."
As Chi Feichei stepped forward, he greeted Terai Kiichirou, Assistant, and incidentally, found the syringe containing serum in his coat pocket.
"Feichi, next time, can you let me finish speaking?" Kuroba Kaito sat on a high stool at the bar counter, skillfully rolled up his sleeve, and complained speechlessly, "Our school will organize a physical examination in a month. If the doctor discovers I have so many needle marks on my body, I might be closely observed."
Feichi looked towards Chi Feichei with doubt.
"They'll suspect he's injecting contraband." Chi Feichei skillfully gave Kuroba Kaito an injection. Now, Kuroba Kaito was much more cooperative, and giving him an injection wasn't troublesome.
Feichi silently reflected a bit, then flicked its snake tongue at Kuroba Kaito, "If someone suspects you, just find me. I'll bite that person several times, making the needle marks on that person's body more than yours. This way, that person won't suspect you anymore!"
Chi Feichei finished injecting and pulled out the needle, pressing a ball of cotton onto Kuroba Kaito's arm. He felt it was necessary to relay Feichi's concern for Kuroba Kaito, "Feichi said, if someone suspects you, find it to bite them. It promises that the other party will have more needle marks on their body than you."
"Your auditory hallucination hasn't gotten better yet?" Kuroba Kaito pressed down on the cotton himself. He didn't think Feichi could say these words. Most likely, his Brother Hassashi was having auditory hallucinations again, treating his own thoughts as sounds from the outside world. He said after careful consideration, "Thank you, but there's no need to let Feichi bite people."
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant sighed inwardly, then quickly cheered up. Treating illness couldn't be rushed. "Young Master Hassashi, would you like something to drink?"
Chi Feichei was too lazy to explain. He threw the syringe into the trash can. "Iced coffee is fine."
"You're actually not drinking alcohol today?" Kuroba Kaito started smiling. He took out a fake face from his coat pocket and shook it, saying smugly, "Or do you want to see my new achievement?"
A black card flew with a whoosh, slashing across the fake face and nailing onto the wall next to the billiard table.
A white mark appeared on the fake face Kuroba Kaito was holding, and then bright red slowly seeped out, flowing down the fake face and dripping onto the bar counter surface.
"I just wanted to hear what other matters you have," Chi Feichei observed a bit, then reached out a finger and wiped a bit of the bright red. He couldn't smell it, but he could also guess what it was. "Pigment?"
"Yes, I originally wanted to try using ketchup to make fake blood, and the fake face would be made of flour," Kuroba Kaito spread his hands, saying with a morbid taste, "Then use edible sugar or adhesive to adhere it. This way, you could even eat it when you're hungry. But unfortunately, it failed. The face made of flour couldn't hold up."
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant imagined the scene of tearing off the face and eating it and felt the taste was a bit heavy.
"Adding powdered sugar can help set the shape," Chi Feichei seriously considered a bit. "But the breathability isn't good. If the disguise time is long, it's easy to cause damage to the facial skin."
"So I'm considering other materials..." Kuroba Kaito stroked his chin and thought a bit, then took the newspaper placed on the bar counter. "I'll try again another day, Brother Hassashi. Did you see yesterday's newspaper?"
Chi Feichei didn't take the newspaper. "Are you saying the matter about someone impersonating July?"
"Yes, although the police saw through it quickly, someone should be suspecting you're already dead now, right?" Kuroba Kaito chuckled. "You haven't been active for a long time, oh. Do you want to do something?"
"Say what you mean directly. What matters do you have looking for me?" Chi Feichei unceremoniously exposed him.
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant said, "Young Master Kaito is being targeted..."
"That's not the key point! There are so many people targeting me, I don't care how they are! It's just that this time, the one targeting me is a bounty hunter. I want to ask if you recognize him. If you recognize him, I won't send that fellow into..." Kuroba Kaito looked towards Chi Feichei and suddenly stopped.
What is Brother Hassashi doing taking out his phone?
Chi Feichei checked Kaito Kid's bounty, silently added up all the bounty, "For catching him alive, it increased by 9.81%. For killing him, it increased by 2.3%..."
Kuroba Kaito sweated. Just like that, he checked his bounty, making him suspect that Brother Hassashi just wanted to fatten him up and sell him. "Cough, actually, it didn't increase much. It's just that I've been a bit more active recently. It is because of this that the jewel that hunter was looking for was snatched by me first, and I accidentally saw his face. Afterwards, he targeted me."
"Do you know that person's code name?" Chi Feichei prepared to start doing a check on that person's bounty.
If suitable, then incidentally, catch and sell him.
"I'm not clear on the code name. He's a male, probably around forty years old," Kuroba Kaito recalled. "His height is between 1.75 meters and 1.8 meters, thin and tall body shape, doesn't look very strong, right-handed. His hair is kept just below his neck. Asian facial features, eyes are relatively large, but the corners of his eyes droop downwards, somewhat triangular eyes, nasolabial folds are very deep. His personality is still considered steady. Although he used jewels to set up traps for me twice, he never directly confronted me. Similarly, I also don't have evidence saying he wants to catch me..."
Chi Feichei started the search using the two conditions: 'Japanese mainland' and 'active for more than ten years'. There weren't many bounty hunters on the Japanese mainland. Plus Kuroba Kaito's described characteristics, he quickly locked onto two people. He raised his phone to let Kuroba Kaito see the screen, "Which one?"
No matter what type of hunter, they might all inexplicably offend people and also carry a bounty themselves. They wouldn't easily let their front face photo be revealed. The photos found on the bounty forum were just captured by someone from surveillance video, only showing a blurry figure.
Kuroba Kaito looked and said with certainty, "The second one! I remembered his walking appearance, it can't be wrong!"
Chi Feichei put away his phone and continued checking data. "Code Name Jade. Wait a moment, I'll calculate how much he's worth."
Kuroba Kaito: "..."
No matter how he looked at it, Brother Hassashi seemed like a human trafficker!
"But Young Master Hassashi, is a treasure hunter also a type of bounty hunter?" Terai Kiichirou, Assistant asked doubtfully.
"Actually, within bounty hunters, each person has a different tendency in their method of making money," Chi Feichei calculated the price inwardly and incidentally explained. "For example, in the treasure hunting aspect, it's generally composed of people familiar with history, good at mechanisms, knowledgeable about tomb structures, and who understand the excavation of antiques. This is what you say is a treasure hunter. Internally, there are appellations like 'Gold Seeker' and so on. This type of person appears more in the outside world. Their worth is determined according to the treasure they deal with, and they have more contact with factions like antique buyers and black market auction houses.
Besides treasure hunting, there are those mainly engaged in assassination, mainly engaged in intelligence gathering, and mainly engaged in protection. Internally, they are also called 'Assassination Hunters', 'Intelligence Hunters', 'Protection Hunters', or 'Assassin', 'Hunter', 'Peeper', 'Guardian', etc. In short, there are many appellations. Some of these three types of people focus on keeping their identity confidential, while others are very high-profile. The people they contact are mostly private employers.
Then there's my type, mainly relying on catching people for money. Internally, there are also appellations like 'Cleaner Hunter' and 'Cleaner' and so on. The people they contact are mostly private employers and the police."
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant had a clear expression. "Then treasure hunters, guardians, and your type should be the most harmless."
Kuroba Kaito's corner of mouth twitched slightly.
Harmless? Mr. Terai has a big misunderstanding about Brother Hassashi's danger level!
"No, Scorpio, who has done countless murder and treasure snatching, is also considered a treasure hunter. She's not that harmless. And among guardians, there are also people who don't just do guarding. Occasionally, they will also be employed for assassination bounties. Saying that bounty hunters can do anything for money isn't wrong either. The tendency is just a consideration based on individual expertise, but in fact, every bounty hunter might take on other types of bounties..." Chi Feichei, staring at his phone, said, "Sometimes it's even some small matters, for example, helping people deliver things, helping students solve problems. Once, there was even an assassination hunter who was employed by a terminally ill employer. The content was to act as the other party and deceive the other party's blind mother. He was employed for two years, and the bounty was only fifty US dollars."
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant didn't know how to comment for a moment. He said with a sigh, "It really is complex."
"In the bounty hunter's world, black and white are not so clear-cut. People cannot be defined as 'not good equals bad', and vice versa," Chi Feichei said.
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant nodded a bit. Although he couldn't understand it completely, he probably understood. He laughed, "Saying it's for money, actually, that might not be the case. It should say they are a group of people who do as they please and are too willful."
"Then do I count as a 'Gem Hunter'?" Kuroba Kaito self-proclaimed himself a 'Gem Hunter', then asked with a smile, "Then what about that assassination hunter who took on the impersonation task? Brother Hassashi, you should recognize him, right? He's a very interesting fellow. If there's an opportunity, I'd like to go see him!"
"Dead," Chi Feichei said.
That was a hunter he knew from his previous life. He was already completely dead a few years before he transmigrated.
Kuroba Kaito was choked a bit by Chi Feichei's calm, almost indifferent tone. "D-Dead?"
"The content of a private employer's bounty mission is rarely exposed. If he hadn't died, other people might not have known what he was doing," Chi Feichei explained. "Previously, he had assassinated people with high status. When others investigated and found out he took on such an abnormal bounty as 'Fifty US Dollar', his weakness was naturally seized. It seemed because of his already deceased mother. Afterwards, he was killed. I wasn't familiar with him, but his matters were treated as a negative example for vigilance by quite a few bounty hunters, and I also incidentally heard a bit about it."
While Conan was doing his reasoning, Chi Feichei was still in East Beika, walking Kaka and carrying Feichi in the alley, incidentally observing if there was anywhere suitable for an ambush or to shake off pursuers.
"Buzz... Buzz..."
Sensing his phone vibrate, Chi Feichei leaned against the wall, took out his phone, checked the number, and answered the call.
"Mr. Terai?"
"It's me, Brother Hassashi," Kuroba Kaito's energetic voice came through. "I'm at Mr. Terai's place."
Feichi was no longer dozing. With a whoosh, it suddenly peered out from Chi Feichei's collar, leaning against the phone to eavesdrop.
"Before, you mentioned that you could try making realistic disguise masks that bleed when injured, right?" Kuroba Kaito continued. "I've already figured it out, and I can even control the amount of blood that seeps out based on the wound size. Even the wounds are very realistic, yo. Do you want to come over and take a look?"
"One hour."
"I still have one thing..."
"Beep... Beep..."
Kuroba Kaito listened to the busy tone on the other side of the call and fell silent.
Couldn't he wait for him to finish speaking? Argh!
Chi Feichei hung up the call, turned back to the Tangmoto Family with Kaka, entrusted Kaka to the old maid who stayed home, and took a taxi to Egota.
Since they were meeting, they could take their time to say whatever needed to be said when they met. There was no need to waste time on the phone; they could say it more clearly... Nothing wrong with that.
...
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant's billiard hall still had the 'Temporarily Closed' sign hung up, completely becoming a Kaito Kid base.
Chi Feichei pushed the door open and entered. After the hanging bell at the entrance rang 'ding-a-ling', he casually closed and locked the door.
Behind the bar counter, Terai Kiichirou, Assistant greeted with a smile, "Young Master Hassashi, you're here!"
Feichi shot out of his collar with a whoosh, darting towards Kuroba Kaito, who came out from the basement, like an arrow.
"Alright, Feichi, today..."
Kuroba Kaito quickly reached out and grabbed Feichi's... mouth.
Feichi, who had just opened its mouth: "..."
What was Kaito saying just now?
Kuroba Kaito put Feichi onto the bar counter, lowered his head and looked at the tooth mark on the web of his hand.
Feichi, this kind of hidden weapon, plays dirty! Even though he was grabbed, he still couldn't avoid getting bitten!
"Mr. Terai."
As Chi Feichei stepped forward, he greeted Terai Kiichirou, Assistant, and incidentally, found the syringe containing serum in his coat pocket.
"Feichi, next time, can you let me finish speaking?" Kuroba Kaito sat on a high stool at the bar counter, skillfully rolled up his sleeve, and complained speechlessly, "Our school will organize a physical examination in a month. If the doctor discovers I have so many needle marks on my body, I might be closely observed."
Feichi looked towards Chi Feichei with doubt.
"They'll suspect he's injecting contraband." Chi Feichei skillfully gave Kuroba Kaito an injection. Now, Kuroba Kaito was much more cooperative, and giving him an injection wasn't troublesome.
Feichi silently reflected a bit, then flicked its snake tongue at Kuroba Kaito, "If someone suspects you, just find me. I'll bite that person several times, making the needle marks on that person's body more than yours. This way, that person won't suspect you anymore!"
Chi Feichei finished injecting and pulled out the needle, pressing a ball of cotton onto Kuroba Kaito's arm. He felt it was necessary to relay Feichi's concern for Kuroba Kaito, "Feichi said, if someone suspects you, find it to bite them. It promises that the other party will have more needle marks on their body than you."
"Your auditory hallucination hasn't gotten better yet?" Kuroba Kaito pressed down on the cotton himself. He didn't think Feichi could say these words. Most likely, his Brother Hassashi was having auditory hallucinations again, treating his own thoughts as sounds from the outside world. He said after careful consideration, "Thank you, but there's no need to let Feichi bite people."
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant sighed inwardly, then quickly cheered up. Treating illness couldn't be rushed. "Young Master Hassashi, would you like something to drink?"
Chi Feichei was too lazy to explain. He threw the syringe into the trash can. "Iced coffee is fine."
"You're actually not drinking alcohol today?" Kuroba Kaito started smiling. He took out a fake face from his coat pocket and shook it, saying smugly, "Or do you want to see my new achievement?"
A black card flew with a whoosh, slashing across the fake face and nailing onto the wall next to the billiard table.
A white mark appeared on the fake face Kuroba Kaito was holding, and then bright red slowly seeped out, flowing down the fake face and dripping onto the bar counter surface.
"I just wanted to hear what other matters you have," Chi Feichei observed a bit, then reached out a finger and wiped a bit of the bright red. He couldn't smell it, but he could also guess what it was. "Pigment?"
"Yes, I originally wanted to try using ketchup to make fake blood, and the fake face would be made of flour," Kuroba Kaito spread his hands, saying with a morbid taste, "Then use edible sugar or adhesive to adhere it. This way, you could even eat it when you're hungry. But unfortunately, it failed. The face made of flour couldn't hold up."
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant imagined the scene of tearing off the face and eating it and felt the taste was a bit heavy.
"Adding powdered sugar can help set the shape," Chi Feichei seriously considered a bit. "But the breathability isn't good. If the disguise time is long, it's easy to cause damage to the facial skin."
"So I'm considering other materials..." Kuroba Kaito stroked his chin and thought a bit, then took the newspaper placed on the bar counter. "I'll try again another day, Brother Hassashi. Did you see yesterday's newspaper?"
Chi Feichei didn't take the newspaper. "Are you saying the matter about someone impersonating July?"
"Yes, although the police saw through it quickly, someone should be suspecting you're already dead now, right?" Kuroba Kaito chuckled. "You haven't been active for a long time, oh. Do you want to do something?"
"Say what you mean directly. What matters do you have looking for me?" Chi Feichei unceremoniously exposed him.
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant said, "Young Master Kaito is being targeted..."
"That's not the key point! There are so many people targeting me, I don't care how they are! It's just that this time, the one targeting me is a bounty hunter. I want to ask if you recognize him. If you recognize him, I won't send that fellow into..." Kuroba Kaito looked towards Chi Feichei and suddenly stopped.
What is Brother Hassashi doing taking out his phone?
Chi Feichei checked Kaito Kid's bounty, silently added up all the bounty, "For catching him alive, it increased by 9.81%. For killing him, it increased by 2.3%..."
Kuroba Kaito sweated. Just like that, he checked his bounty, making him suspect that Brother Hassashi just wanted to fatten him up and sell him. "Cough, actually, it didn't increase much. It's just that I've been a bit more active recently. It is because of this that the jewel that hunter was looking for was snatched by me first, and I accidentally saw his face. Afterwards, he targeted me."
"Do you know that person's code name?" Chi Feichei prepared to start doing a check on that person's bounty.
If suitable, then incidentally, catch and sell him.
"I'm not clear on the code name. He's a male, probably around forty years old," Kuroba Kaito recalled. "His height is between 1.75 meters and 1.8 meters, thin and tall body shape, doesn't look very strong, right-handed. His hair is kept just below his neck. Asian facial features, eyes are relatively large, but the corners of his eyes droop downwards, somewhat triangular eyes, nasolabial folds are very deep. His personality is still considered steady. Although he used jewels to set up traps for me twice, he never directly confronted me. Similarly, I also don't have evidence saying he wants to catch me..."
Chi Feichei started the search using the two conditions: 'Japanese mainland' and 'active for more than ten years'. There weren't many bounty hunters on the Japanese mainland. Plus Kuroba Kaito's described characteristics, he quickly locked onto two people. He raised his phone to let Kuroba Kaito see the screen, "Which one?"
No matter what type of hunter, they might all inexplicably offend people and also carry a bounty themselves. They wouldn't easily let their front face photo be revealed. The photos found on the bounty forum were just captured by someone from surveillance video, only showing a blurry figure.
Kuroba Kaito looked and said with certainty, "The second one! I remembered his walking appearance, it can't be wrong!"
Chi Feichei put away his phone and continued checking data. "Code Name Jade. Wait a moment, I'll calculate how much he's worth."
Kuroba Kaito: "..."
No matter how he looked at it, Brother Hassashi seemed like a human trafficker!
"But Young Master Hassashi, is a treasure hunter also a type of bounty hunter?" Terai Kiichirou, Assistant asked doubtfully.
"Actually, within bounty hunters, each person has a different tendency in their method of making money," Chi Feichei calculated the price inwardly and incidentally explained. "For example, in the treasure hunting aspect, it's generally composed of people familiar with history, good at mechanisms, knowledgeable about tomb structures, and who understand the excavation of antiques. This is what you say is a treasure hunter. Internally, there are appellations like 'Gold Seeker' and so on. This type of person appears more in the outside world. Their worth is determined according to the treasure they deal with, and they have more contact with factions like antique buyers and black market auction houses.
Besides treasure hunting, there are those mainly engaged in assassination, mainly engaged in intelligence gathering, and mainly engaged in protection. Internally, they are also called 'Assassination Hunters', 'Intelligence Hunters', 'Protection Hunters', or 'Assassin', 'Hunter', 'Peeper', 'Guardian', etc. In short, there are many appellations. Some of these three types of people focus on keeping their identity confidential, while others are very high-profile. The people they contact are mostly private employers.
Then there's my type, mainly relying on catching people for money. Internally, there are also appellations like 'Cleaner Hunter' and 'Cleaner' and so on. The people they contact are mostly private employers and the police."
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant had a clear expression. "Then treasure hunters, guardians, and your type should be the most harmless."
Kuroba Kaito's corner of mouth twitched slightly.
Harmless? Mr. Terai has a big misunderstanding about Brother Hassashi's danger level!
"No, Scorpio, who has done countless murder and treasure snatching, is also considered a treasure hunter. She's not that harmless. And among guardians, there are also people who don't just do guarding. Occasionally, they will also be employed for assassination bounties. Saying that bounty hunters can do anything for money isn't wrong either. The tendency is just a consideration based on individual expertise, but in fact, every bounty hunter might take on other types of bounties..." Chi Feichei, staring at his phone, said, "Sometimes it's even some small matters, for example, helping people deliver things, helping students solve problems. Once, there was even an assassination hunter who was employed by a terminally ill employer. The content was to act as the other party and deceive the other party's blind mother. He was employed for two years, and the bounty was only fifty US dollars."
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant didn't know how to comment for a moment. He said with a sigh, "It really is complex."
"In the bounty hunter's world, black and white are not so clear-cut. People cannot be defined as 'not good equals bad', and vice versa," Chi Feichei said.
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant nodded a bit. Although he couldn't understand it completely, he probably understood. He laughed, "Saying it's for money, actually, that might not be the case. It should say they are a group of people who do as they please and are too willful."
"Then do I count as a 'Gem Hunter'?" Kuroba Kaito self-proclaimed himself a 'Gem Hunter', then asked with a smile, "Then what about that assassination hunter who took on the impersonation task? Brother Hassashi, you should recognize him, right? He's a very interesting fellow. If there's an opportunity, I'd like to go see him!"
"Dead," Chi Feichei said.
That was a hunter he knew from his previous life. He was already completely dead a few years before he transmigrated.
Kuroba Kaito was choked a bit by Chi Feichei's calm, almost indifferent tone. "D-Dead?"
"The content of a private employer's bounty mission is rarely exposed. If he hadn't died, other people might not have known what he was doing," Chi Feichei explained. "Previously, he had assassinated people with high status. When others investigated and found out he took on such an abnormal bounty as 'Fifty US Dollar', his weakness was naturally seized. It seemed because of his already deceased mother. Afterwards, he was killed. I wasn't familiar with him, but his matters were treated as a negative example for vigilance by quite a few bounty hunters, and I also incidentally heard a bit about it."
