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Chapter 1102: This Isn't Scientific...
That evening, Terai Kiichirou, Assistant helped the two prepare the tools needed for tomorrow's travel.
The three were busy until night. Chi Feichei was too lazy to run back from Egota, so he stayed over at Kuroba Kaito's place by the way.
The next morning, Kuroba Kaito ate breakfast contentedly. He took a taxi with Chi Feichei to the roadside outside Tokyo. Each of them used a hang glider and flew directly to their destination.
The place where the stone lantern was discovered was hidden among the forest.
An old, large house stood there. A pond was situated in front of the door, and many stone lantern lamp posts stood beside the pond.
Originally, this should have been a leisurely residence fit for a recluse, but because no one maintained it, the open ground in front of the door was overgrown with weeds. After being exposed to wind and sun, the walls were covered in cracks, leaving patches of gray and yellow. The wall corners and lamp posts were covered with a layer of green moss, making it look very desolate and old.
"It's up ahead," Kuroba Kaito landed on a tree, put away his hang glider, and his gaze passed through the tree trunk and foliage, looking towards the house not far away. "Brother Feichi, be careful. Although it looks like an old house that would collapse with a gust of wind, this might be the house left by Sansui Kichiemon. There are definitely many mechanisms inside. And historically, Sansui Kichiemon was also a person with a very twisted sense of humor, and he also researched lethal mechanisms. You must be careful after going inside. Also, there are traces of human activity left in more than one place here. There's also a buried pit over there. Someone should have lived here and carefully handled the household waste they left behind..."
Chi Feichei put away the spare hang glider given by Terai Kiichirou, Assistant, threw a capsule containing snakeskin into his mouth, and then tucked a specially treated capsule inside his teeth. "Then let's finish this quickly."
In this plot, Sansui Kichiemon left behind a large diamond, but that large diamond cannot be taken. Once taken, a large flood will wash people down the valley.
He wasn't interested in the diamond, but he was interested in the worth of the hunters who came here, as well as this house with many interesting mechanisms. He wanted to figure out the mechanisms thoroughly and seize all the hunters he could.
"Are you feeling unwell? Or..." Kuroba Kaito looked ahead and was stunned for a moment. He didn't ask further, but reminded him in a low voice, "Brother Feichi, look over there."
Chi Feichei took out a bandage and raised his eyes to look.
They were in the tree. Just then, their line of sight was blocked by a corner in front of the side of the house, so they could only see half of the pond in front of the house. But now, there was a figure who was clearly female standing behind a man, wearing gloves on both hands, pulling a rope wrapped around the man's neck taut. The rope was pulled taut and straight due to the force.
By the time he looked, the man was already motionless. The woman slowly loosened her hand, and after putting away the rope, she bent down and dragged the man to the edge of the pond, then threw him forcefully into the pond.
"We actually stumbled upon someone else committing murder and disposing of the body, and that man seemingly is 'Yu'. There are no others beside him, so the one who killed him might be the companion he recruited," Kuroba Kaito said in a low voice, then turned his head to ask Chi Feichei, "Do you know him?"
"It's normal for bounty hunters not to know each other," Chi Feichei said.
"What a dangerous woman," Kuroba Kaito smiled, found his disguise tools, and put on a disguise mask. "Let's go check the situation first, in case their accomplice is still lying in ambush nearby. If you can't handle it, we'll call the police."
"Her companion didn't help her with the murder and body disposal. Either they are on lookout, at most one or two people, or she has no other accomplices," Chi Feichei closed his eyes, wrapping the bandage around his face. "I can solve it."
"Brother Feichi, you won't be able to see what's happening outside like this, right?" Kuroba Kaito looked at Chi Feichei's weird action, was stunned for a moment, and joked, "If you fall down later, it will be very embarrassing!"
"No need for you to worry. Last time I faced the Spider, I didn't use my eyes to see the outside world either," Chi Feichei fixed the bandage, took out a black robe and put it on, pulled up the hood, and then covered his face with the No-Face Mask. He returned to serious business, "Don't alarm the others. Let's sneak in and check first."
Kuroba Kaito was stunned. "Uh, okay..."
He knew that last time, Chi Feichei used music throughout the entire process to interfere with the Spider's sound and avoid being subdued by the Spider's illusion art. That was already crazy enough, but he never realized that Chi Feichei actually gave up using his eyes to see the outside world throughout the entire process.
How should someone act when their eyes are completely blocked and their hearing is obscured by outside world music? By memory? But for fighting, relying solely on memory isn't sufficient. Moreover, the Spider is very agile when fighting, running around in the air with spiderwebs, which makes it even harder to handle.
If Brother Feichi also blocked his eyes like this when dealing with the Spider last time, then there would be no need to worry about Brother Feichi not being able to see where he's going or falling down.
But he couldn't figure it out. This isn't scientific...
Chi Feichei observed his surroundings using the heat vision ability provided by the snakeskin.
This time he used the snakeskin that Feichi shed this time. The effect was no different from the one shed last time.
His heat vision detection range was also farther than Feichi's. He could see any slight disturbance behind the trees, and he could also see the shape of the things buried under the pit on the ground, using this to speculate what was buried.
In places with open line of sight, the observation distance of heat vision is not as good as human eyes. It won't see the end with a glance like human eyes. But in this kind of jungle, in a house full of mechanisms, it is very suitable to use heat vision for observation and detection.
Kuroba Kaito couldn't help but raise his hand and waved it in front of Chi Feichei's mask. "Brother Feichi, I'm almost done here. Are you feeling stuffy like this?"
Chi Feichei was too lazy to explain further. He jumped onto the tree branch in front, didn't stay long, and then leaped steadily onto the next tree branch, opening up the distance in just a few moves.
"Huh?"
Kuroba Kaito looked at the black robe's shadow moving away and quickly followed.
Wait for him!
Now, he felt that questions like 'How does Brother Feichi act?', 'Will covering his face with a bandage and mask be stuffy?', and 'Will Brother Feichi trip?' were very curious.
In the forest on the other side, Doctor Agasa took five elementary school students into the forest, found a suitable place to set up tents, helped the five children set up the tents, and then arranged for the children to pick up firewood. He himself took the other camping supplies out of the car.
"Seriously," Mitsuhiko was walking into the forest, bending down to pick up a dry tree branch. "Conan isn't picking up firewood with us again."
Ayumi smiled, "Doctor also needs help over there."
"If Brother Chi doesn't come over, will everyone prepare dinner together tonight?" Genta said unwillingly and with regret, "Before I came, I was still guessing what Chinese cuisine we could eat today."
Ayumi and Mitsuhiko followed with a sigh, feeling a great loss.
Haibara Ai gave a yawn. "He also has work to do. It will be okay to call him next time."
Last night, when she knew Chi Feichei wasn't coming camping with them, she was still worrying whether Chi Feichei was becoming withdrawn because of Haga Kyosuke's matter. But soon, Chi Feichei sent her an email - 'There is a specified bounty', and she didn't worry much anymore.
Since she said it last time, Brother Feichi hasn't pursued bounties anymore. Even things like 'Fake July' made the news. Someone should probably suspect that July is already dead again. It's no wonder Brother Feichi wanted to come out and have some activity.
Having some activity is also okay, in case Brother Feichi bottles things up and his illness gets worse.
"That's what you say..." Ayumi hesitated.
"But the scenery here is very good, and there are no other people disturbing us," Mitsuhiko interjected. "We chose such a quiet campsite, we thought he would like it."
Genta nodded, "Even if he doesn't cook, coming over to relax a bit and see nature is also okay!"
"Then that counts as him letting down everyone's good intention. Next time we go camping, we'll make him cook the most special delicious food for everyone as compensation..." Haibara Ai was handling the three children when she suddenly stopped, turned around and walked back. "I forgot to bring my mobile phone... You guys go first. I'll get my mobile phone and come find you. Before I come back, I hope you all find plenty."
"Huh?"
"Ah... Yes!"
Haibara Ai listened to the answering sound behind her, didn't turn her head, waved her hand, and continued walking towards the tent.
In this case, the three children should not follow.
That Edogawa fellow was secretive and stayed with Doctor Agasa by the tent. Guess he had something else to say. She had to go confirm it.
Currently, the famous detective got the key email clue. Today, he has been holding his mobile phone and spacing out from time to time. She has to prevent the famous detective from carelessly sending the email. If everyone gets taken down because of it, that would be terrible...
In front of the car, Doctor Agasa put the luggage next to the tent. Hearing Conan sneezing inside the tent, he crawled into the tent. "It's a pity Chi Feichei didn't come... Shinichi, do you have a cold?"
"No..." Conan sat inside the tent, his right hand resting on his leg, tightly clutching his mobile phone. "It's also okay if he doesn't come. Otherwise, with him wandering around next to me, I probably would have to wait until I go back to tell you about that matter."
"That matter?" Doctor Agasa was in doubt for a moment, then remembered. "Oh, oh! Just then, when I was moving things, you asked me whether I knew the song 'Seven Children'. I know it..."
"Huh?" Conan looked at Doctor Agasa in surprise.
Doctor Agasa closed his eyes and started singing, "Crow, why are you crying..."
Conan had half-moon eyes. Doctor's singing was so off-key... could it compete with his?
"This is the one, right?" Doctor Agasa sang a line, feeling a bit embarrassed. "Previously, on our way home from school dismissal, everyone often sang this song together... What is this? Is it homework assigned by your music teacher?"
"No," Conan handed the mobile phone to Doctor Agasa. "It's the 0858 I mentioned to you last time. If you match it with the rhythm button on the mobile phone, it becomes the first measure of this song, isn't it?"
Doctor Agasa received the mobile phone, pressed '0858' once, and listened carefully. "Ah, it indeed sounds a bit similar."
"I only realized it after a lot of effort," Conan said with certainty. "At that time, when Belmode sent an email to their boss, I felt a feeling of a bit of nostalgia and a bit of sadness. It wasn't because of her expression, but because of the email address key tone."
"Huh? You say their boss's email address is from the song 'Seven Children'..." Doctor Agasa was startled, and soon laughed again. "Hahaha... How is this possible! Why would they use a children's song as an email address?"
Whether the boss felt the mockery behind him wasn't important. Conan also didn't care about whether it was a children's song. He was seriously analyzing.
"What if they use music to remember? In this case, they wouldn't have to save the email address on their mobile phone," Conan analyzed. "Even if the mobile phone is taken, the boss's email address won't be exposed to the outside world. Choosing this melody is probably because famous melodies are relatively easy to remember..."
(End of Chapter)
That evening, Terai Kiichirou, Assistant helped the two prepare the tools needed for tomorrow's travel.
The three were busy until night. Chi Feichei was too lazy to run back from Egota, so he stayed over at Kuroba Kaito's place by the way.
The next morning, Kuroba Kaito ate breakfast contentedly. He took a taxi with Chi Feichei to the roadside outside Tokyo. Each of them used a hang glider and flew directly to their destination.
The place where the stone lantern was discovered was hidden among the forest.
An old, large house stood there. A pond was situated in front of the door, and many stone lantern lamp posts stood beside the pond.
Originally, this should have been a leisurely residence fit for a recluse, but because no one maintained it, the open ground in front of the door was overgrown with weeds. After being exposed to wind and sun, the walls were covered in cracks, leaving patches of gray and yellow. The wall corners and lamp posts were covered with a layer of green moss, making it look very desolate and old.
"It's up ahead," Kuroba Kaito landed on a tree, put away his hang glider, and his gaze passed through the tree trunk and foliage, looking towards the house not far away. "Brother Feichi, be careful. Although it looks like an old house that would collapse with a gust of wind, this might be the house left by Sansui Kichiemon. There are definitely many mechanisms inside. And historically, Sansui Kichiemon was also a person with a very twisted sense of humor, and he also researched lethal mechanisms. You must be careful after going inside. Also, there are traces of human activity left in more than one place here. There's also a buried pit over there. Someone should have lived here and carefully handled the household waste they left behind..."
Chi Feichei put away the spare hang glider given by Terai Kiichirou, Assistant, threw a capsule containing snakeskin into his mouth, and then tucked a specially treated capsule inside his teeth. "Then let's finish this quickly."
In this plot, Sansui Kichiemon left behind a large diamond, but that large diamond cannot be taken. Once taken, a large flood will wash people down the valley.
He wasn't interested in the diamond, but he was interested in the worth of the hunters who came here, as well as this house with many interesting mechanisms. He wanted to figure out the mechanisms thoroughly and seize all the hunters he could.
"Are you feeling unwell? Or..." Kuroba Kaito looked ahead and was stunned for a moment. He didn't ask further, but reminded him in a low voice, "Brother Feichi, look over there."
Chi Feichei took out a bandage and raised his eyes to look.
They were in the tree. Just then, their line of sight was blocked by a corner in front of the side of the house, so they could only see half of the pond in front of the house. But now, there was a figure who was clearly female standing behind a man, wearing gloves on both hands, pulling a rope wrapped around the man's neck taut. The rope was pulled taut and straight due to the force.
By the time he looked, the man was already motionless. The woman slowly loosened her hand, and after putting away the rope, she bent down and dragged the man to the edge of the pond, then threw him forcefully into the pond.
"We actually stumbled upon someone else committing murder and disposing of the body, and that man seemingly is 'Yu'. There are no others beside him, so the one who killed him might be the companion he recruited," Kuroba Kaito said in a low voice, then turned his head to ask Chi Feichei, "Do you know him?"
"It's normal for bounty hunters not to know each other," Chi Feichei said.
"What a dangerous woman," Kuroba Kaito smiled, found his disguise tools, and put on a disguise mask. "Let's go check the situation first, in case their accomplice is still lying in ambush nearby. If you can't handle it, we'll call the police."
"Her companion didn't help her with the murder and body disposal. Either they are on lookout, at most one or two people, or she has no other accomplices," Chi Feichei closed his eyes, wrapping the bandage around his face. "I can solve it."
"Brother Feichi, you won't be able to see what's happening outside like this, right?" Kuroba Kaito looked at Chi Feichei's weird action, was stunned for a moment, and joked, "If you fall down later, it will be very embarrassing!"
"No need for you to worry. Last time I faced the Spider, I didn't use my eyes to see the outside world either," Chi Feichei fixed the bandage, took out a black robe and put it on, pulled up the hood, and then covered his face with the No-Face Mask. He returned to serious business, "Don't alarm the others. Let's sneak in and check first."
Kuroba Kaito was stunned. "Uh, okay..."
He knew that last time, Chi Feichei used music throughout the entire process to interfere with the Spider's sound and avoid being subdued by the Spider's illusion art. That was already crazy enough, but he never realized that Chi Feichei actually gave up using his eyes to see the outside world throughout the entire process.
How should someone act when their eyes are completely blocked and their hearing is obscured by outside world music? By memory? But for fighting, relying solely on memory isn't sufficient. Moreover, the Spider is very agile when fighting, running around in the air with spiderwebs, which makes it even harder to handle.
If Brother Feichi also blocked his eyes like this when dealing with the Spider last time, then there would be no need to worry about Brother Feichi not being able to see where he's going or falling down.
But he couldn't figure it out. This isn't scientific...
Chi Feichei observed his surroundings using the heat vision ability provided by the snakeskin.
This time he used the snakeskin that Feichi shed this time. The effect was no different from the one shed last time.
His heat vision detection range was also farther than Feichi's. He could see any slight disturbance behind the trees, and he could also see the shape of the things buried under the pit on the ground, using this to speculate what was buried.
In places with open line of sight, the observation distance of heat vision is not as good as human eyes. It won't see the end with a glance like human eyes. But in this kind of jungle, in a house full of mechanisms, it is very suitable to use heat vision for observation and detection.
Kuroba Kaito couldn't help but raise his hand and waved it in front of Chi Feichei's mask. "Brother Feichi, I'm almost done here. Are you feeling stuffy like this?"
Chi Feichei was too lazy to explain further. He jumped onto the tree branch in front, didn't stay long, and then leaped steadily onto the next tree branch, opening up the distance in just a few moves.
"Huh?"
Kuroba Kaito looked at the black robe's shadow moving away and quickly followed.
Wait for him!
Now, he felt that questions like 'How does Brother Feichi act?', 'Will covering his face with a bandage and mask be stuffy?', and 'Will Brother Feichi trip?' were very curious.
In the forest on the other side, Doctor Agasa took five elementary school students into the forest, found a suitable place to set up tents, helped the five children set up the tents, and then arranged for the children to pick up firewood. He himself took the other camping supplies out of the car.
"Seriously," Mitsuhiko was walking into the forest, bending down to pick up a dry tree branch. "Conan isn't picking up firewood with us again."
Ayumi smiled, "Doctor also needs help over there."
"If Brother Chi doesn't come over, will everyone prepare dinner together tonight?" Genta said unwillingly and with regret, "Before I came, I was still guessing what Chinese cuisine we could eat today."
Ayumi and Mitsuhiko followed with a sigh, feeling a great loss.
Haibara Ai gave a yawn. "He also has work to do. It will be okay to call him next time."
Last night, when she knew Chi Feichei wasn't coming camping with them, she was still worrying whether Chi Feichei was becoming withdrawn because of Haga Kyosuke's matter. But soon, Chi Feichei sent her an email - 'There is a specified bounty', and she didn't worry much anymore.
Since she said it last time, Brother Feichi hasn't pursued bounties anymore. Even things like 'Fake July' made the news. Someone should probably suspect that July is already dead again. It's no wonder Brother Feichi wanted to come out and have some activity.
Having some activity is also okay, in case Brother Feichi bottles things up and his illness gets worse.
"That's what you say..." Ayumi hesitated.
"But the scenery here is very good, and there are no other people disturbing us," Mitsuhiko interjected. "We chose such a quiet campsite, we thought he would like it."
Genta nodded, "Even if he doesn't cook, coming over to relax a bit and see nature is also okay!"
"Then that counts as him letting down everyone's good intention. Next time we go camping, we'll make him cook the most special delicious food for everyone as compensation..." Haibara Ai was handling the three children when she suddenly stopped, turned around and walked back. "I forgot to bring my mobile phone... You guys go first. I'll get my mobile phone and come find you. Before I come back, I hope you all find plenty."
"Huh?"
"Ah... Yes!"
Haibara Ai listened to the answering sound behind her, didn't turn her head, waved her hand, and continued walking towards the tent.
In this case, the three children should not follow.
That Edogawa fellow was secretive and stayed with Doctor Agasa by the tent. Guess he had something else to say. She had to go confirm it.
Currently, the famous detective got the key email clue. Today, he has been holding his mobile phone and spacing out from time to time. She has to prevent the famous detective from carelessly sending the email. If everyone gets taken down because of it, that would be terrible...
In front of the car, Doctor Agasa put the luggage next to the tent. Hearing Conan sneezing inside the tent, he crawled into the tent. "It's a pity Chi Feichei didn't come... Shinichi, do you have a cold?"
"No..." Conan sat inside the tent, his right hand resting on his leg, tightly clutching his mobile phone. "It's also okay if he doesn't come. Otherwise, with him wandering around next to me, I probably would have to wait until I go back to tell you about that matter."
"That matter?" Doctor Agasa was in doubt for a moment, then remembered. "Oh, oh! Just then, when I was moving things, you asked me whether I knew the song 'Seven Children'. I know it..."
"Huh?" Conan looked at Doctor Agasa in surprise.
Doctor Agasa closed his eyes and started singing, "Crow, why are you crying..."
Conan had half-moon eyes. Doctor's singing was so off-key... could it compete with his?
"This is the one, right?" Doctor Agasa sang a line, feeling a bit embarrassed. "Previously, on our way home from school dismissal, everyone often sang this song together... What is this? Is it homework assigned by your music teacher?"
"No," Conan handed the mobile phone to Doctor Agasa. "It's the 0858 I mentioned to you last time. If you match it with the rhythm button on the mobile phone, it becomes the first measure of this song, isn't it?"
Doctor Agasa received the mobile phone, pressed '0858' once, and listened carefully. "Ah, it indeed sounds a bit similar."
"I only realized it after a lot of effort," Conan said with certainty. "At that time, when Belmode sent an email to their boss, I felt a feeling of a bit of nostalgia and a bit of sadness. It wasn't because of her expression, but because of the email address key tone."
"Huh? You say their boss's email address is from the song 'Seven Children'..." Doctor Agasa was startled, and soon laughed again. "Hahaha... How is this possible! Why would they use a children's song as an email address?"
Whether the boss felt the mockery behind him wasn't important. Conan also didn't care about whether it was a children's song. He was seriously analyzing.
"What if they use music to remember? In this case, they wouldn't have to save the email address on their mobile phone," Conan analyzed. "Even if the mobile phone is taken, the boss's email address won't be exposed to the outside world. Choosing this melody is probably because famous melodies are relatively easy to remember..."
(End of Chapter)
