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Chapter 1101: This is Food, It Would Be a Pity Not to Eat It
"Then the one who killed him was also a Bounty Hunter, right?" Kuroba Kaito's mood was complex. These people weren't just willful; they were so willful they could be said to have no feelings, no sympathy, and no empathy. He couldn't help but complain, "Are you all sick?!"
Chi Feichei nodded, "Uh-huh, yes."
Kuroba Kaito: "..."
"In other words, there's also serious internal strife," Terai Kiichirou, Assistant tried to say something, "Actually, if the Bounty Hunters united..."
Chi Feichei interrupted, "Do you think that's possible?"
"Why not..." Terai Kiichirou, Assistant was doubtful for a bit, then understood, and didn't continue.
Among a group of extremely willful people, some will always hold deep grudges against each other, making it difficult for them to unite.
Moreover, various circles wouldn't want this group of people to unite.
If such a group of dangerous individuals united, where would they make money if not by expending internal resources?
A united group of Bounty Hunters would be a large criminal group, with a high possibility of becoming a terrorist organization, and their combat power would also be astonishing. So, various circles wouldn't want Bounty Hunters to unite. Even without internal consumption, they would find methods to manufacture internal consumption.
"There is short-term cooperation within Bounty Hunters. It's not just two or three fixed partners, but also one or two instances of cooperative behavior. It's possible for partners to stab each other in the back, and no one will accuse them, no matter what kind of person they are. For example, Cleaners, everyone's default assumption is that capturing other Bounty Hunters is normal behavior. Otherwise, they would have long been called police lackeys and been isolated," Chi Feichei said, putting down his mobile phone. "The official bounty for 'Jade' is only 500,000 Japanese Yen, alive. In addition, there is a private bounty of 3,000,000 Japanese Yen. The employer requires the person to be handed over alive and complete."
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant was puzzled, "Complete?"
"Cannot maim, cannot make them stupid," Chi Feichei explained, then analyzed, "It should be that a certain group values one of his abilities and wants to recruit him."
"Compared to the bounty you take on, this fellow's price is quite a bit lower," Kuroba Kaito said, feeling like he was being led astray by Chi Feichei, this human trafficker. He quickly threw away those random thoughts. "Are you interested? If you're not interested, I'll find a method to throw him into the police department, so he doesn't keep chasing me and tripping me up."
"I want to see," Chi Feichei looked at Kuroba Kaito. "He's recruiting companions at the Bounty Hall."
Kuroba Kaito choked. Once again, he felt that these Bounty Hunters didn't play by the rules. If one person felt they couldn't handle it, they would actually recruit partners to deal with him. "Do you know who the companion he's recruiting is?"
"I can't check, so I want to see if the other one is valuable," Chi Feichei said. "Although the expected level is about the same as him, he can't afford too skilled hunters, but two or more 500,000s added up is still quite a bit."
Don't look down on 500,000 Japanese Yen.
Whether a bounty is valuable depends on the difficulty and the bounty amount. If it's easy to handle and the price is reasonable, then it's valuable.
"Why are you making so much money..." Kuroba Kaito muttered speechless. His Brother Hichiji wasn't short on money, yet he wouldn't even let go of 500,000. That's enough. "Do you want to send him to the police department? Aren't you considering the private employer?"
"From your description, he's a very vengeful person. Even if he's not vengeful, if he wants to grab you, it should be for your ability to steal or because he thinks you have a tempting jewel collection," Chi Feichei said. "So he cannot go to the private employer. Otherwise, afterwards he joins a certain group, you and I might both encounter trouble."
Weighing the pros and cons, the extra 2,500,000 is not worth affecting his and Kuroba Kaito's mood. Moreover, this number is also quite unpleasant to hear, so he chose 500,000.
"That's right... Since you want to go, I'll share intelligence with you," Kuroba Kaito got up and went behind the counter, found a newspaper, placed it in front of Chi Feichei, and pointed to one column. "I've also been paying attention to his movements recently, and he will definitely be very interested in this..."
Chi Feichei looked down at the newspaper.
This was news from a week ago, occupying only a very small portion. It roughly said that someone had discovered a stone suspected to have been left by Sansui Kichiemon and wanted to auction it, but there was not much description, and the historical source was unclear. The character engraved inside the stone was also not Sansui Kichiemon's handwriting, so it was questioned as fake.
The reason the seller was so confident that it was left by Sansui Kichiemon was because there was a sentence inside the stone:
'The Niō's Nest is only a stone's throw from the sun. Many elders are gathered in a prosperous place. There is the Niō Stone. People who are not afraid of the Niō's anger, acquire stones that are difficult to hold in a handful, and recognize the eternal truth. - Sansui Kichiemon.'
"I secretly went to check that stone," Kuroba Kaito rested his right hand elbow on the bar counter, turned sideways to face Chi Feichei, and said with a serious expression, "It should be the fire box of an ancient stone lantern. It's been quite a few years, and creating such a mysterious cipher, plus the signature of Sansui Kichiemon, basically confirms it's real. Niō refers to Vajra Warrior, and Niō Stone is Vajra, which is Diamond! In other words, at the place where the stone lantern was discovered, there must be a large diamond that is difficult to hold in one hand! Not just me, that fellow with the code name 'Jade' must also be very interested. This news has been published for a week, and he should already be there with his companion."
"He posted the recruitment information six days ago."
Chi Feichei assumed Kuroba Kaito's speculation was correct. 'Jade' must have been attracted there. Moreover, he remembered that this part was also a plot point in Conan.
By then, not only 'Jade' and 'Jade''s companion would be there, but there should also be another treasure hunter, as well as Doctor Agasa and the Trouble-Making Detective Team...
"Have you gone to see?" Chi Feichei asked again.
"No," Kuroba Kaito spread his hands with a casual attitude. "These two days, school has club activities. Not only does the Karate Club have the Kanto Tournament, but the Baseball Club and Magic Club also happen to have activity. It also coincided with the School Greening Day Event, everyone goes to school every day and is incredibly busy! Moreover, I also wanted to confirm whether it was someone you knew, so I kept delaying until now - Ah, by the way, Brother Hichiji, just now I went to buy some high-quality food ingredients..."
What treasure hunters, Bounty Hunters, big diamonds, none of that is important. Eating comes first!
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant also smiled, "Yes, Young Master Kaito bought a lot of meat and vegetables. Tonight's food ingredients are definitely abundant!"
Chi Feichei: "..."
The next step is probably for him to go into the kitchen directly?
"Brother Hichiji, actually, I'm not very picky about food," Kuroba Kaito smiled and scratched his head. "As long as it's not Stargazy Pie or fish, that's enough. Of course, if it's fish you made, then I can still consider trying it..."
"I'm still the same, I don't have any food restrictions!" Terai Kiichirou, Assistant said with a smile.
Chi Feichei was too lazy to tease the two people. He went to the kitchen in the back to check the food ingredients and then choose a recipe. Suddenly, he saw a fat rabbit...
A farmed rabbit that was placed on the kitchen counter, packed in a plastic bag, and was gnawing on a vegetable leaf.
Then the problem arises, is this rabbit one of the food ingredients?
Meat purchased from a meat shop in Tokyo is generally handled, such as meat like beef, chicken, and pig. Meat shops will cut it into different parts and price it accordingly. Fish is also mostly killed and cleaned. Rabbits should be the same.
But then again, if it wasn't intended as food ingredients, there would be no need to put it on the kitchen counter, nor would it be put in a plastic bag. And neither Terai Kiichirou, Assistant nor Kuroba Kaito raise rabbits; raising pigeons is more likely. So...
This is food!
Chi Feichei boiled water in a pot, picked up the rabbit and looked at it. He confirmed that this rabbit's fat degree was very suitable for food ingredients, it was also suitable for food ingredients because it wasn't shedding fur, and it was even more suitable for food ingredients because it looked silly and lacked intelligence. He grabbed the rabbit's hind foot with his left hand, grabbed the rabbit's head with his right hand, pulled hard, and at the same time quickly twisted the rabbit's head to dislocate its neck joint, causing death.
The rabbit's body tensed for an instant, then quickly went limp.
Feichi peeked out from his collar, imagining the situation of his own head being twisted off. He felt he wouldn't die that easily and immediately felt relieved. "Master, I haven't eaten rabbit before, I really want to try it!"
"I'll save you two pieces later."
Chi Feichei put the motionless rabbit into the sink, turned on the water tap, let the water soak the rabbit's whole body, found a knife suitable for skinning from the knife rack, and bled the rabbit while he was at it.
Soaking the rabbit's whole body with cold water was to prevent the rabbit's skin from being scalded or damaged when scalding the fur with boiled water later...
Handling food ingredients, he is professional.
"By the way, Brother Hichiji, I bought a rabbit for a classmate. Just now Grandpa said there were vegetable leaves in the kitchen, so I..." Kuroba Kaito poked his head into the kitchen and was stunned when he saw the wet white rabbit being held upside down by Chi Feichei, bleeding and motionless, "put it on the kitchen counter..."
Chi Feichei looked back at Kuroba Kaito.
Now that it's already killed, what else can be done?
"Brother Hichiji, you... you..." Kuroba Kaito stared at Chi Feichei, and after a long while, he said, "Such a cute rabbit, you actually treated it as food ingredients?!"
"You haven't eaten rabbit before, have you?" Chi Feichei heard the sound of water boiling, withdrew his line of sight, turned off the fire, and used hot water to scald the rabbit's fur.
Rabbit rabbit is so cute, why eat rabbit rabbit?
Of course, because it's delicious.
It's not like no one eats rabbit in Japan. Rabbit meat is even called 'beauty meat' and is quite popular with some girls.
"I think I ate it at a banquet when I was a child..." Kuroba Kaito recalled a bit, then looked at the dead rabbit that was put into the boiled water, his face full of deep distress. "But I brought this for a classmate! He was planning to take it home and raise it!"
"You can just buy another one," Chi Feichei lowered his head, patiently scalding the difficult-to-remove fur on the rabbit with boiled water for a while longer. "This one is so fat, it would be a pity not to eat it."
Kuroba Kaito: "..."
Hearing Brother Hichiji say it so calmly, he actually felt it made a lot of sense?
An hour later, dry-fried rabbit meat and braised rabbit leg were served, along with two vegetable dishes and a soup.
Chi Feichei then turned around and went into the kitchen to serve fruit and the raw rabbit meat he left for Feichi, reminding him, "Rabbit meat is cold and cool, do not eat it with oranges, mustard, eggs, ginger, or bok choy, it is easy to get diarrhea. Additionally, do not eat it with celery, it will cause skinning and hair loss."
"Ah, understood!"
Kuroba Kaito responded without raising his head, his eyes staring straight at the rabbit meat on the plate on the table, whose color was very tempting and made him have an appetite. Smelling the meat fragrance emanating from it, he felt his mouth water. Seeing Chi Feichei went to the kitchen, he quietly reached out with his chopsticks.
Brother Hichiji is right, this one is indeed more suitable for eating.
Also, he's not stealing food, he just wants to help Brother Hichiji and Grandpa Terai taste it...
End of Chapter
"Then the one who killed him was also a Bounty Hunter, right?" Kuroba Kaito's mood was complex. These people weren't just willful; they were so willful they could be said to have no feelings, no sympathy, and no empathy. He couldn't help but complain, "Are you all sick?!"
Chi Feichei nodded, "Uh-huh, yes."
Kuroba Kaito: "..."
"In other words, there's also serious internal strife," Terai Kiichirou, Assistant tried to say something, "Actually, if the Bounty Hunters united..."
Chi Feichei interrupted, "Do you think that's possible?"
"Why not..." Terai Kiichirou, Assistant was doubtful for a bit, then understood, and didn't continue.
Among a group of extremely willful people, some will always hold deep grudges against each other, making it difficult for them to unite.
Moreover, various circles wouldn't want this group of people to unite.
If such a group of dangerous individuals united, where would they make money if not by expending internal resources?
A united group of Bounty Hunters would be a large criminal group, with a high possibility of becoming a terrorist organization, and their combat power would also be astonishing. So, various circles wouldn't want Bounty Hunters to unite. Even without internal consumption, they would find methods to manufacture internal consumption.
"There is short-term cooperation within Bounty Hunters. It's not just two or three fixed partners, but also one or two instances of cooperative behavior. It's possible for partners to stab each other in the back, and no one will accuse them, no matter what kind of person they are. For example, Cleaners, everyone's default assumption is that capturing other Bounty Hunters is normal behavior. Otherwise, they would have long been called police lackeys and been isolated," Chi Feichei said, putting down his mobile phone. "The official bounty for 'Jade' is only 500,000 Japanese Yen, alive. In addition, there is a private bounty of 3,000,000 Japanese Yen. The employer requires the person to be handed over alive and complete."
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant was puzzled, "Complete?"
"Cannot maim, cannot make them stupid," Chi Feichei explained, then analyzed, "It should be that a certain group values one of his abilities and wants to recruit him."
"Compared to the bounty you take on, this fellow's price is quite a bit lower," Kuroba Kaito said, feeling like he was being led astray by Chi Feichei, this human trafficker. He quickly threw away those random thoughts. "Are you interested? If you're not interested, I'll find a method to throw him into the police department, so he doesn't keep chasing me and tripping me up."
"I want to see," Chi Feichei looked at Kuroba Kaito. "He's recruiting companions at the Bounty Hall."
Kuroba Kaito choked. Once again, he felt that these Bounty Hunters didn't play by the rules. If one person felt they couldn't handle it, they would actually recruit partners to deal with him. "Do you know who the companion he's recruiting is?"
"I can't check, so I want to see if the other one is valuable," Chi Feichei said. "Although the expected level is about the same as him, he can't afford too skilled hunters, but two or more 500,000s added up is still quite a bit."
Don't look down on 500,000 Japanese Yen.
Whether a bounty is valuable depends on the difficulty and the bounty amount. If it's easy to handle and the price is reasonable, then it's valuable.
"Why are you making so much money..." Kuroba Kaito muttered speechless. His Brother Hichiji wasn't short on money, yet he wouldn't even let go of 500,000. That's enough. "Do you want to send him to the police department? Aren't you considering the private employer?"
"From your description, he's a very vengeful person. Even if he's not vengeful, if he wants to grab you, it should be for your ability to steal or because he thinks you have a tempting jewel collection," Chi Feichei said. "So he cannot go to the private employer. Otherwise, afterwards he joins a certain group, you and I might both encounter trouble."
Weighing the pros and cons, the extra 2,500,000 is not worth affecting his and Kuroba Kaito's mood. Moreover, this number is also quite unpleasant to hear, so he chose 500,000.
"That's right... Since you want to go, I'll share intelligence with you," Kuroba Kaito got up and went behind the counter, found a newspaper, placed it in front of Chi Feichei, and pointed to one column. "I've also been paying attention to his movements recently, and he will definitely be very interested in this..."
Chi Feichei looked down at the newspaper.
This was news from a week ago, occupying only a very small portion. It roughly said that someone had discovered a stone suspected to have been left by Sansui Kichiemon and wanted to auction it, but there was not much description, and the historical source was unclear. The character engraved inside the stone was also not Sansui Kichiemon's handwriting, so it was questioned as fake.
The reason the seller was so confident that it was left by Sansui Kichiemon was because there was a sentence inside the stone:
'The Niō's Nest is only a stone's throw from the sun. Many elders are gathered in a prosperous place. There is the Niō Stone. People who are not afraid of the Niō's anger, acquire stones that are difficult to hold in a handful, and recognize the eternal truth. - Sansui Kichiemon.'
"I secretly went to check that stone," Kuroba Kaito rested his right hand elbow on the bar counter, turned sideways to face Chi Feichei, and said with a serious expression, "It should be the fire box of an ancient stone lantern. It's been quite a few years, and creating such a mysterious cipher, plus the signature of Sansui Kichiemon, basically confirms it's real. Niō refers to Vajra Warrior, and Niō Stone is Vajra, which is Diamond! In other words, at the place where the stone lantern was discovered, there must be a large diamond that is difficult to hold in one hand! Not just me, that fellow with the code name 'Jade' must also be very interested. This news has been published for a week, and he should already be there with his companion."
"He posted the recruitment information six days ago."
Chi Feichei assumed Kuroba Kaito's speculation was correct. 'Jade' must have been attracted there. Moreover, he remembered that this part was also a plot point in Conan.
By then, not only 'Jade' and 'Jade''s companion would be there, but there should also be another treasure hunter, as well as Doctor Agasa and the Trouble-Making Detective Team...
"Have you gone to see?" Chi Feichei asked again.
"No," Kuroba Kaito spread his hands with a casual attitude. "These two days, school has club activities. Not only does the Karate Club have the Kanto Tournament, but the Baseball Club and Magic Club also happen to have activity. It also coincided with the School Greening Day Event, everyone goes to school every day and is incredibly busy! Moreover, I also wanted to confirm whether it was someone you knew, so I kept delaying until now - Ah, by the way, Brother Hichiji, just now I went to buy some high-quality food ingredients..."
What treasure hunters, Bounty Hunters, big diamonds, none of that is important. Eating comes first!
Terai Kiichirou, Assistant also smiled, "Yes, Young Master Kaito bought a lot of meat and vegetables. Tonight's food ingredients are definitely abundant!"
Chi Feichei: "..."
The next step is probably for him to go into the kitchen directly?
"Brother Hichiji, actually, I'm not very picky about food," Kuroba Kaito smiled and scratched his head. "As long as it's not Stargazy Pie or fish, that's enough. Of course, if it's fish you made, then I can still consider trying it..."
"I'm still the same, I don't have any food restrictions!" Terai Kiichirou, Assistant said with a smile.
Chi Feichei was too lazy to tease the two people. He went to the kitchen in the back to check the food ingredients and then choose a recipe. Suddenly, he saw a fat rabbit...
A farmed rabbit that was placed on the kitchen counter, packed in a plastic bag, and was gnawing on a vegetable leaf.
Then the problem arises, is this rabbit one of the food ingredients?
Meat purchased from a meat shop in Tokyo is generally handled, such as meat like beef, chicken, and pig. Meat shops will cut it into different parts and price it accordingly. Fish is also mostly killed and cleaned. Rabbits should be the same.
But then again, if it wasn't intended as food ingredients, there would be no need to put it on the kitchen counter, nor would it be put in a plastic bag. And neither Terai Kiichirou, Assistant nor Kuroba Kaito raise rabbits; raising pigeons is more likely. So...
This is food!
Chi Feichei boiled water in a pot, picked up the rabbit and looked at it. He confirmed that this rabbit's fat degree was very suitable for food ingredients, it was also suitable for food ingredients because it wasn't shedding fur, and it was even more suitable for food ingredients because it looked silly and lacked intelligence. He grabbed the rabbit's hind foot with his left hand, grabbed the rabbit's head with his right hand, pulled hard, and at the same time quickly twisted the rabbit's head to dislocate its neck joint, causing death.
The rabbit's body tensed for an instant, then quickly went limp.
Feichi peeked out from his collar, imagining the situation of his own head being twisted off. He felt he wouldn't die that easily and immediately felt relieved. "Master, I haven't eaten rabbit before, I really want to try it!"
"I'll save you two pieces later."
Chi Feichei put the motionless rabbit into the sink, turned on the water tap, let the water soak the rabbit's whole body, found a knife suitable for skinning from the knife rack, and bled the rabbit while he was at it.
Soaking the rabbit's whole body with cold water was to prevent the rabbit's skin from being scalded or damaged when scalding the fur with boiled water later...
Handling food ingredients, he is professional.
"By the way, Brother Hichiji, I bought a rabbit for a classmate. Just now Grandpa said there were vegetable leaves in the kitchen, so I..." Kuroba Kaito poked his head into the kitchen and was stunned when he saw the wet white rabbit being held upside down by Chi Feichei, bleeding and motionless, "put it on the kitchen counter..."
Chi Feichei looked back at Kuroba Kaito.
Now that it's already killed, what else can be done?
"Brother Hichiji, you... you..." Kuroba Kaito stared at Chi Feichei, and after a long while, he said, "Such a cute rabbit, you actually treated it as food ingredients?!"
"You haven't eaten rabbit before, have you?" Chi Feichei heard the sound of water boiling, withdrew his line of sight, turned off the fire, and used hot water to scald the rabbit's fur.
Rabbit rabbit is so cute, why eat rabbit rabbit?
Of course, because it's delicious.
It's not like no one eats rabbit in Japan. Rabbit meat is even called 'beauty meat' and is quite popular with some girls.
"I think I ate it at a banquet when I was a child..." Kuroba Kaito recalled a bit, then looked at the dead rabbit that was put into the boiled water, his face full of deep distress. "But I brought this for a classmate! He was planning to take it home and raise it!"
"You can just buy another one," Chi Feichei lowered his head, patiently scalding the difficult-to-remove fur on the rabbit with boiled water for a while longer. "This one is so fat, it would be a pity not to eat it."
Kuroba Kaito: "..."
Hearing Brother Hichiji say it so calmly, he actually felt it made a lot of sense?
An hour later, dry-fried rabbit meat and braised rabbit leg were served, along with two vegetable dishes and a soup.
Chi Feichei then turned around and went into the kitchen to serve fruit and the raw rabbit meat he left for Feichi, reminding him, "Rabbit meat is cold and cool, do not eat it with oranges, mustard, eggs, ginger, or bok choy, it is easy to get diarrhea. Additionally, do not eat it with celery, it will cause skinning and hair loss."
"Ah, understood!"
Kuroba Kaito responded without raising his head, his eyes staring straight at the rabbit meat on the plate on the table, whose color was very tempting and made him have an appetite. Smelling the meat fragrance emanating from it, he felt his mouth water. Seeing Chi Feichei went to the kitchen, he quietly reached out with his chopsticks.
Brother Hichiji is right, this one is indeed more suitable for eating.
Also, he's not stealing food, he just wants to help Brother Hichiji and Grandpa Terai taste it...
End of Chapter
