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Chapter 1105: Genta: Why is it me again?
"Ah, this..."
Ayumi was about to speak, but Conan interrupted her.
"We didn't find anything!" Conan acted cute in a child's voice.
The situation here was becoming more and more complex. Besides the high possibility of Kaito Kid being here, July had also arrived. Moreover, we don't know who murdered the man in the body-dumping pond outside.
Kaito Kid seemingly doesn't murder. As for July...
Considering July had saved them previously, he didn't want to suspect July, but he couldn't let emotion interfere with judgment.
A Cleaner appearing at a Treasure Hunter's treasure spot was originally very weird. It's possible someone employed July to come over.
In the notebook left by that murdered man, it mentioned 'Together with a capable partner', 'Lure out that thief putting on a pretense'... July definitely counts as a 'capable partner', and Kaito Kid's bounty is also enough for July to take action. So, it's also possible that man outside and July acted together, one taking the treasure and one seizing Kid, but the two of them turned against each other and became enemies.
Is July the type to take action against a companion?
Before confirming the remaining content in the notebook of the dead man, July has this suspicion.
And even if it's not July, there are other dangerous people hiding here. So, they couldn't say anything about discovering that Magatama-like stone. Otherwise, the murderer would know they have already discovered the corpse and suspect they have already reported to police.
No matter if the murderer escapes or acts out of anger and takes action against them, neither is the outcome he wants to see.
...
While Conan quietly explained his intentions to the rest of the Junior Detective League, the burly man also approached Chi Feichei.
"Hey, July, do you know those five kids?"
"These kids have strong curiosity. Previously, I was tracking a group of robbers into the mountains and ran into them," Chi Feichei spoke in a lazy tone, using a fake voice, appearing very casual. He looked back at the five children huddled together, whispering. "That kid wearing glasses was even hit in the abdomen by a stray bullet last time. He was lucky to be alive."
The man really wanted to tell the black-robed man before him, 'Be a bit gentle with children, don't use knives or guns,' but he also worried about causing conflict if he said it, so he hesitated a bit. "Do you dislike children?"
"I didn't use a gun last time." Chi Feichei said.
The man understood. That meant it wasn't that July disregarded the children's lives, but rather that this group of children were courting death, actually running into the battle circle of armed robbers and July. As a result, one of them took a stray bullet. "Since you don't dislike children, then let's bring them along. If we let them run around inside the room, maybe it won't take long before we're helping them collect their corpses. Moreover, we can also prevent them from running around and triggering some mechanism, causing all of us to fall into danger together."
Chi Feichei didn't consider much. "Then take them."
The man sighed in his heart, 'Big shots are just so casual,' and turned his head to call out, "Hey, kids! If you don't want to encounter danger, you'd best follow us and don't run around everywhere!"
Conan looked up and smiled. "Thank you, Uncle~!"
It seems these two people have pretty much figured out the mechanisms here. Since we can hitch a 'ride', why not? It's much better than them running around everywhere.
The group of people walked inside the room. Along the way, the children couldn't help but chatter.
"...So July saved you," the man listened to the children recount how they met 'July', scratching his head and smiling. "But you really were too reckless!"
Mitsuhiko looked towards a certain black-robed man who was always not facing them. "July, you haven't appeared for a long time!"
Ayumi nodded. "There are even swindlers impersonating July now!"
Haibara Ai yawned, looking sideways at Conan, who was still lowering his head in deep thought.
After the Royal Express last time, she said she'd let Brother Hichiji rest a bit, and afterwards there was no news of 'July'. But it seems Brother Hichiji still likes hunting bounties; resting for a while didn't make him lose his interest in bounties.
As for what Edogawa was thinking, she could probably guess a bit.
It was nothing more than thinking whether 'July' was the murderer of that man outside. But she had more clues than Edogawa, and her judgment should also be closer to the truth—
That murdered man found a certain 'capable partner', wanting to seek the treasure and by the way lure out Kaito Kid to deal with him. And Kaito Kid, on the other hand, found her Brother Hichiji, who is July.
Simply put, this time was just like an arranged 2v2 fight. Just that the other side seemingly had internal conflict, and before the fight even started, one of them killed the other.
She was a bit curious if Brother Hichiji knew that one of the people they were 'arranged fighting' with had already died?
"It's the same as what Conan said..." Mitsuhiko murmured, speaking out. Seeing the burly man and his little partners look at him, he looked towards a certain black-robed man who was always not facing them. "Conan said before that July seemingly wasn't accustomed to using his eyes to look at people, but rather had the habit of turning his head sideways and using his ear towards the person speaking. Then it's possible... uh..."
"July, can you not see?" Ayumi asked softly and carefully.
The burly man was somewhat surprised, and turned his head to look towards the black-robed man walking beside him. "No wonder when I was speaking with you before, I always felt something was a bit weird..."
Thinking carefully now, the weird place was just that July seemingly never looked at them with his front face.
Chi Feichei chose silence.
This problem is not easy to answer. His eyes now indeed cannot see, they are all covered, but he can detect with Heat Vision.
Then the problem came, does using thermal eye detection count as seeing?
Seeing the black-robed man beside him in silence, the burly man knew this is what he meant by being unwilling to say. Scratching his head, he said, "It's also possible he was blocked by the mask, right? Your mask seemingly doesn't have punched holes on top. But no matter how, being able to rely on hearing to move freely just in this kind of environment, you're truly worthy of being July!"
Conan, who had been distracted along the way, suddenly raised his head and speaking out, asked, "July, were you employed by some talent to come here?"
"Do you think I will reveal this information?" Chi Feichei counter-asked in a gentle and casual tone.
Conan choked, and continued to ask curiously, "Then how did you start fighting with the Spider last time? Fought to that kind of extent, disregarding whether the public would or would not be hit by stray bullets, chasing the Spider all the way? Do you have enmity with that fellow?"
Chi Feichei's tone became a bit more lazy again. "The Spider provoked me, and it was valuable."
Famous detectives sure have a lot of problems, how annoying.
If not for worrying that an awkward silence would make Conan associate it with 'Chi Feichei', he really didn't want to answer.
Conan: "..."
Provoked... valuable... Just because of this?
See? Bounty Hunters are indeed very lawless.
"By the way," Mitsuhiko looked towards the burly man, "We haven't yet asked Uncle his surname!"
"I definitely can't say this, oh," the burly man smiled. "Other Bounty Hunters, if they want to conceal their true identity, mostly conceal their appearance or other characteristics, letting their code name spread out is convenient for employers to contact them. And we Treasure Hunters are usually all on the road seeking treasure or in a certain enclosed place, we don't need too much reputation. As long as we have good stuff in hand, that's enough. Moreover, sometimes I need to contact buyers, and in order to not let others only recognize the code name and recognize the wrong person, I also usually haven't concealed my appearance. So, I absolutely will not tell you my code name. July has already seen my appearance now, I don't want him knowing my code name as well."
"Uncle, did you do many bad deeds?" Genta asked curiously.
Mitsuhiko added, "So you worry about being seized by July?"
The burly man broke out in a sweat, and hurriedly waved his hand, saying, "How is it possible, I absolutely didn't do any bad deeds!"
In the front, one pond blocked the path ahead. Within the dimness, seemingly there were still quite a few alive Koi swimming in the water.
Three children couldn't help but run to the pond's edge, open their watch flashlights, and illuminate the clear pond water.
"Inside the room actually has a pond!"
"There are still alive fish, could it be connected to that pond outside?"
"Actually there's still a bridge!"
Genta used his watch flashlight to illuminate the small wooden bridge built on the pond, seeing that at the bridge surface's end, one piece of wooden board had sunk in a bit. Saying triumphant, "That's also a trap hole, right? This time I definitely won't be fooled again!"
"No, it looks like it, but actually it's not..." The burly man stepped forward and directly stood on that piece of sunken wooden board. Looking towards Chi Feichei, "July, let's go find that upstairs first!"
"Click."
The wooden board under the man's foot sank downwards, the deck board overhead opened, and the wooden board next to it also sprang open along with it. The iron chain pressed under the wooden board swung out, pulling the wooden board under the man's foot upwards.
Chi Feichei stepped forward and got on that piece of wooden board that was being pulled upwards by the iron chain, slowly rising.
Genta and Mitsuhiko also got on the wooden board, and by the way pulled Haibara Ai and Ayumi a bit.
"That's so amazing!"
"It's just like an elevator!"
"Conan, you also hurry up!"
"Ah, okay!" Conan, standing aside and looking at the wall surface, responded, and also jumped onto the wooden board. Looking towards the burly man, "You said just now about upstairs..."
The burly man looked towards the deck board opening above. "Just now you were noisy, someone upstairs was alerted, and deliberately emitted footsteps, thereby telling us someone is upstairs."
Conan gave a dry laugh. Okay, it seems the movement they emitted when they came in was too big. The people originally hiding inside the room should all know that children have come in.
"Here, if you want to go upwards, then seek a place that looks like it's downwards; if you want to go downwards, then seek a place that looks like it's upwards," Mitsuhiko analyzed. "That's correct, right?"
Genta smilingly said, "As long as you know the rule set by Sansui Kichiemon, it's also very simple!"
"Whoosh!"
The wooden board just brought a group of people to the second floor, one dagger flew over, and with a 'thud', it was nailed a bit into the wooden board beside Genta's head.
"Ah!" Ayumi was scared and screamed.
Conan also hurriedly stepped forward one step, blocking in front of the children.
Genta froze stiffly with a pale face, suddenly feeling grievance in his heart.
Damn it, why is it me again?
Today is already the second time a sharp blade has flown past brushing him!
"Idiot, if it really was that simple, then there would be no need to spend that much strength to go seek treasure," standing on the second floor is one thin and tall short-haired woman. When speaking, she still had one same style dagger in hand. Looking towards a group of people, "Right? The Treasure Hunter with children, and also... July."
"These children were definitely not brought by me," the burly man pulled out the dagger nailed in beside Genta's ear, turned his head and said to the woman, "Moreover, you use a knife towards children, saying that wouldn't be very pleasant to hear, right?"
The woman put the dagger into her sleeveless denim jacket, and reminded with a face full of indifference. "You carefully check the dagger tip!"
The burly man lowered his head and once seeing, discovered that one dead Spider was nailed on the dagger tip, and speaking out in surprise, "Poisonous Spider?!"
"Ah, this..."
Ayumi was about to speak, but Conan interrupted her.
"We didn't find anything!" Conan acted cute in a child's voice.
The situation here was becoming more and more complex. Besides the high possibility of Kaito Kid being here, July had also arrived. Moreover, we don't know who murdered the man in the body-dumping pond outside.
Kaito Kid seemingly doesn't murder. As for July...
Considering July had saved them previously, he didn't want to suspect July, but he couldn't let emotion interfere with judgment.
A Cleaner appearing at a Treasure Hunter's treasure spot was originally very weird. It's possible someone employed July to come over.
In the notebook left by that murdered man, it mentioned 'Together with a capable partner', 'Lure out that thief putting on a pretense'... July definitely counts as a 'capable partner', and Kaito Kid's bounty is also enough for July to take action. So, it's also possible that man outside and July acted together, one taking the treasure and one seizing Kid, but the two of them turned against each other and became enemies.
Is July the type to take action against a companion?
Before confirming the remaining content in the notebook of the dead man, July has this suspicion.
And even if it's not July, there are other dangerous people hiding here. So, they couldn't say anything about discovering that Magatama-like stone. Otherwise, the murderer would know they have already discovered the corpse and suspect they have already reported to police.
No matter if the murderer escapes or acts out of anger and takes action against them, neither is the outcome he wants to see.
...
While Conan quietly explained his intentions to the rest of the Junior Detective League, the burly man also approached Chi Feichei.
"Hey, July, do you know those five kids?"
"These kids have strong curiosity. Previously, I was tracking a group of robbers into the mountains and ran into them," Chi Feichei spoke in a lazy tone, using a fake voice, appearing very casual. He looked back at the five children huddled together, whispering. "That kid wearing glasses was even hit in the abdomen by a stray bullet last time. He was lucky to be alive."
The man really wanted to tell the black-robed man before him, 'Be a bit gentle with children, don't use knives or guns,' but he also worried about causing conflict if he said it, so he hesitated a bit. "Do you dislike children?"
"I didn't use a gun last time." Chi Feichei said.
The man understood. That meant it wasn't that July disregarded the children's lives, but rather that this group of children were courting death, actually running into the battle circle of armed robbers and July. As a result, one of them took a stray bullet. "Since you don't dislike children, then let's bring them along. If we let them run around inside the room, maybe it won't take long before we're helping them collect their corpses. Moreover, we can also prevent them from running around and triggering some mechanism, causing all of us to fall into danger together."
Chi Feichei didn't consider much. "Then take them."
The man sighed in his heart, 'Big shots are just so casual,' and turned his head to call out, "Hey, kids! If you don't want to encounter danger, you'd best follow us and don't run around everywhere!"
Conan looked up and smiled. "Thank you, Uncle~!"
It seems these two people have pretty much figured out the mechanisms here. Since we can hitch a 'ride', why not? It's much better than them running around everywhere.
The group of people walked inside the room. Along the way, the children couldn't help but chatter.
"...So July saved you," the man listened to the children recount how they met 'July', scratching his head and smiling. "But you really were too reckless!"
Mitsuhiko looked towards a certain black-robed man who was always not facing them. "July, you haven't appeared for a long time!"
Ayumi nodded. "There are even swindlers impersonating July now!"
Haibara Ai yawned, looking sideways at Conan, who was still lowering his head in deep thought.
After the Royal Express last time, she said she'd let Brother Hichiji rest a bit, and afterwards there was no news of 'July'. But it seems Brother Hichiji still likes hunting bounties; resting for a while didn't make him lose his interest in bounties.
As for what Edogawa was thinking, she could probably guess a bit.
It was nothing more than thinking whether 'July' was the murderer of that man outside. But she had more clues than Edogawa, and her judgment should also be closer to the truth—
That murdered man found a certain 'capable partner', wanting to seek the treasure and by the way lure out Kaito Kid to deal with him. And Kaito Kid, on the other hand, found her Brother Hichiji, who is July.
Simply put, this time was just like an arranged 2v2 fight. Just that the other side seemingly had internal conflict, and before the fight even started, one of them killed the other.
She was a bit curious if Brother Hichiji knew that one of the people they were 'arranged fighting' with had already died?
"It's the same as what Conan said..." Mitsuhiko murmured, speaking out. Seeing the burly man and his little partners look at him, he looked towards a certain black-robed man who was always not facing them. "Conan said before that July seemingly wasn't accustomed to using his eyes to look at people, but rather had the habit of turning his head sideways and using his ear towards the person speaking. Then it's possible... uh..."
"July, can you not see?" Ayumi asked softly and carefully.
The burly man was somewhat surprised, and turned his head to look towards the black-robed man walking beside him. "No wonder when I was speaking with you before, I always felt something was a bit weird..."
Thinking carefully now, the weird place was just that July seemingly never looked at them with his front face.
Chi Feichei chose silence.
This problem is not easy to answer. His eyes now indeed cannot see, they are all covered, but he can detect with Heat Vision.
Then the problem came, does using thermal eye detection count as seeing?
Seeing the black-robed man beside him in silence, the burly man knew this is what he meant by being unwilling to say. Scratching his head, he said, "It's also possible he was blocked by the mask, right? Your mask seemingly doesn't have punched holes on top. But no matter how, being able to rely on hearing to move freely just in this kind of environment, you're truly worthy of being July!"
Conan, who had been distracted along the way, suddenly raised his head and speaking out, asked, "July, were you employed by some talent to come here?"
"Do you think I will reveal this information?" Chi Feichei counter-asked in a gentle and casual tone.
Conan choked, and continued to ask curiously, "Then how did you start fighting with the Spider last time? Fought to that kind of extent, disregarding whether the public would or would not be hit by stray bullets, chasing the Spider all the way? Do you have enmity with that fellow?"
Chi Feichei's tone became a bit more lazy again. "The Spider provoked me, and it was valuable."
Famous detectives sure have a lot of problems, how annoying.
If not for worrying that an awkward silence would make Conan associate it with 'Chi Feichei', he really didn't want to answer.
Conan: "..."
Provoked... valuable... Just because of this?
See? Bounty Hunters are indeed very lawless.
"By the way," Mitsuhiko looked towards the burly man, "We haven't yet asked Uncle his surname!"
"I definitely can't say this, oh," the burly man smiled. "Other Bounty Hunters, if they want to conceal their true identity, mostly conceal their appearance or other characteristics, letting their code name spread out is convenient for employers to contact them. And we Treasure Hunters are usually all on the road seeking treasure or in a certain enclosed place, we don't need too much reputation. As long as we have good stuff in hand, that's enough. Moreover, sometimes I need to contact buyers, and in order to not let others only recognize the code name and recognize the wrong person, I also usually haven't concealed my appearance. So, I absolutely will not tell you my code name. July has already seen my appearance now, I don't want him knowing my code name as well."
"Uncle, did you do many bad deeds?" Genta asked curiously.
Mitsuhiko added, "So you worry about being seized by July?"
The burly man broke out in a sweat, and hurriedly waved his hand, saying, "How is it possible, I absolutely didn't do any bad deeds!"
In the front, one pond blocked the path ahead. Within the dimness, seemingly there were still quite a few alive Koi swimming in the water.
Three children couldn't help but run to the pond's edge, open their watch flashlights, and illuminate the clear pond water.
"Inside the room actually has a pond!"
"There are still alive fish, could it be connected to that pond outside?"
"Actually there's still a bridge!"
Genta used his watch flashlight to illuminate the small wooden bridge built on the pond, seeing that at the bridge surface's end, one piece of wooden board had sunk in a bit. Saying triumphant, "That's also a trap hole, right? This time I definitely won't be fooled again!"
"No, it looks like it, but actually it's not..." The burly man stepped forward and directly stood on that piece of sunken wooden board. Looking towards Chi Feichei, "July, let's go find that upstairs first!"
"Click."
The wooden board under the man's foot sank downwards, the deck board overhead opened, and the wooden board next to it also sprang open along with it. The iron chain pressed under the wooden board swung out, pulling the wooden board under the man's foot upwards.
Chi Feichei stepped forward and got on that piece of wooden board that was being pulled upwards by the iron chain, slowly rising.
Genta and Mitsuhiko also got on the wooden board, and by the way pulled Haibara Ai and Ayumi a bit.
"That's so amazing!"
"It's just like an elevator!"
"Conan, you also hurry up!"
"Ah, okay!" Conan, standing aside and looking at the wall surface, responded, and also jumped onto the wooden board. Looking towards the burly man, "You said just now about upstairs..."
The burly man looked towards the deck board opening above. "Just now you were noisy, someone upstairs was alerted, and deliberately emitted footsteps, thereby telling us someone is upstairs."
Conan gave a dry laugh. Okay, it seems the movement they emitted when they came in was too big. The people originally hiding inside the room should all know that children have come in.
"Here, if you want to go upwards, then seek a place that looks like it's downwards; if you want to go downwards, then seek a place that looks like it's upwards," Mitsuhiko analyzed. "That's correct, right?"
Genta smilingly said, "As long as you know the rule set by Sansui Kichiemon, it's also very simple!"
"Whoosh!"
The wooden board just brought a group of people to the second floor, one dagger flew over, and with a 'thud', it was nailed a bit into the wooden board beside Genta's head.
"Ah!" Ayumi was scared and screamed.
Conan also hurriedly stepped forward one step, blocking in front of the children.
Genta froze stiffly with a pale face, suddenly feeling grievance in his heart.
Damn it, why is it me again?
Today is already the second time a sharp blade has flown past brushing him!
"Idiot, if it really was that simple, then there would be no need to spend that much strength to go seek treasure," standing on the second floor is one thin and tall short-haired woman. When speaking, she still had one same style dagger in hand. Looking towards a group of people, "Right? The Treasure Hunter with children, and also... July."
"These children were definitely not brought by me," the burly man pulled out the dagger nailed in beside Genta's ear, turned his head and said to the woman, "Moreover, you use a knife towards children, saying that wouldn't be very pleasant to hear, right?"
The woman put the dagger into her sleeveless denim jacket, and reminded with a face full of indifference. "You carefully check the dagger tip!"
The burly man lowered his head and once seeing, discovered that one dead Spider was nailed on the dagger tip, and speaking out in surprise, "Poisonous Spider?!"
