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**Chapter 1120: Incompetent, and has a bad Personality**
Ran Mouri, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko quickly followed Conan. Ai Haibara and Genta stayed behind, following Chi Feichei to the morgue, where they found a crew member and opened the freezer used for storing bodies, sending Sonoko Suzuki, who had regained consciousness, to the infirmary.
Sonoko Suzuki woke up before even reaching the infirmary. After being settled onto the bed by the infirmary doctor, wrapping herself well in the quilt, and drinking a bit of warm water, she sighed energetically, "Phew—I'm alive again!"
"Don't worry," the doctor appeased the others who had gathered at the infirmary. "As long as you keep your body warm and rest quietly for a while, you can be active."
"Thank you so much," Ran Mouri said, her voice still trembling a bit, as she looked towards Sonoko Suzuki. "That's great, Sonoko."
Sonoko Suzuki grinned cheerfully at Ran Mouri, "Don't worry, I knew that with Brother Hichiji here, there would definitely be no problem. I wasn't scared at all!"
Chi Feichei retorted in a flat tone, "So it wasn't you who was screaming like a pig being slaughtered over by the Detective Badge before?"
The others' mouths twitched, and the heavy atmosphere eased up.
Ai Haibara silently compared for a bit and also had to admit that Brother Hichiji was much more sarcastic than her.
Sonoko Suzuki smiled awkwardly and retorted, "Come on, Brother Hichiji, what do you mean 'like a pig being slaughtered'? It's very rude to describe a girl's voice like that! I just woke up and found myself locked in a pitch black and cold place, of course I'd be scared!"
The administrator of the morgue frowned, "Who would pull such a prank?"
"A prank?" Kogoro Mouri, who had been alerted and rushed over, was a bit angry and said with a serious expression, "This is not a prank, it's undoubtedly attempted murder! Please contact the police immediately!"
"U-Understand!" The administrator quickly nodded and went out to contact the police.
Kogoro Mouri asked Sonoko Suzuki about the events again.
According to what Sonoko Suzuki said, she was looking for Ran Mouri, who was hiding for hide-and-seek, and found the underground dockyard. But suddenly, she was hit next to the shoulder by a stick and fainted. When she woke up again, she was in the freezer. As for the criminal's appearance, she seemingly caught a glimpse but couldn't remember.
Kogoro Mouri and Conan decided to check the underground dockyard.
Chi Feichei went out but didn't follow. He turned around in the aisle outside the infirmary with his back to the wind and lit a cigarette.
According to the plot development, the Yashiro father and daughter should be dead by now. Entaro Yashiro's corpse should be found on the sea, and the items on his body were probably also washed away by the seawater. But the most crucial key was still left in the room...
"Aren't you going to check the underground dockyard?"
Ai Haibara's voice came from behind him.
Chi Feichei turned his head and found Ai Haibara standing at the entrance, and the three kids were also peeking out from behind the door to look at him. "It's enough for Teacher Mouri and Conan to go."
Ai Haibara pondered for a bit and guessed that Chi Feichei might be worried that Sonoko Suzuki would be attacked again. She stepped forward and said, "I really can't think of anyone on the ship who would attack Sonoko. If it was aimed at her, then it's possible she could be attacked again. But it's also possible she unintentionally stumbled upon something and ruined someone's plans. Then, that indicates there are other secrets hidden on the ship..."
"How could Sonoko make anyone hate her?" Mitsuhiko said assertively, "Definitely not!"
"But her luck isn't very good, that's all," Ai Haibara remarked.
Half an hour later, Kogoro Mouri and Conan finally rushed back.
Professor Agasa and Ran Mouri heard the commotion and also arrived at the entrance to ask about the situation.
"We discovered President Entaro Yashiro's Iron Fan in the underground dockyard, but didn't find President Yashiro. Instead, we discovered that President Takie Yashiro had been killed in her room! Inspector Megure and the others are arriving soon, I'll go wait for the police on the top deck first!"
After saying that, Kogoro Mouri rushed towards the staircase.
"Conan! Really..." Ran Mouri was a bit helpless seeing that Conan followed. She then said to Professor Agasa and Chi Feichei, "Professor, Brother Hichiji, you guys take the children to eat lunch first. I can watch Sonoko here by myself."
"Might as well," Professor Agasa looked towards Chi Feichei. The more chaotic things got, the more they had to worry and take good care of the children. "Looking at it this way, the other party wasn't targeting Sonoko, and Sonoko is also fine now. Then we might as well take the children to fill their bellies first."
The others didn't insist. They went to the dining room and ate lunch, and also brought food to the infirmary for Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri, before returning to the room.
Chi Feichei saw that the three kids and Ai Haibara were all yawning, so he let the four kids go take a nap.
"Go take a nap?" Mitsuhiko couldn't help but say, "But, with something like this happening, how could we possibly still sleep?"
"That's right," Genta said, "There's still a murderer hiding on the ship!"
"We also want to go catch the murderer," Ayumi said.
Chi Feichei's voice became a bit colder, "You'll only have the energy to catch the murderer after getting enough rest."
Silence...
Mitsuhiko was sweating under his gaze. He forced a smile and scratched his head, "Th-That's true."
"Ahahaha..." Genta smiled even more stiffly and got up, "Then let's go take a nap."
Ai Haibara yawned and glanced at a certain authoritarian fellow whose gaze was threatening the children, but also had to help persuade them, "After getting enough rest, maybe you'll just happen to catch the murderer. By then, when Edogawa and the others are tired, we can help instead."
The three kids were persuaded. Due to staying up until midnight last night, they were indeed sleepy and fell asleep shortly after arriving at the room.
Professor Agasa gathered the children in his own room. After confirming everyone was asleep, he only then went to the living room, breathed a sigh of relief, and said softly to Chi Feichei, "Thankfully, they were calmed down. Now there's a murderer on the ship. If they were allowed to run around randomly, they might encounter danger."
"They went to bed quite late last night, right?" Ai Haibara followed him out of the room without him knowing when. "They should also rest a bit."
Professor Agasa was surprised, "A-Ai?"
"Don't be so surprised," Ai Haibara leaned against the door frame. "I also intend to sleep for a while, but I want to ask Brother Hichiji whether you intend to go over to Uncle Mori's side? If you're going, don't forget that the evening banquet requires formal wear. Although something like this has happened, it seems inappropriate for me to mention this again, but there are quite a few people staring at the Chi Family and assessing the Chi Family's situation, right? Especially this time, many of the guests invited by the Yashiro Family are considered their allies. If the banquet isn't canceled, you'd better not forget to prepare your evening gown. If you're too busy, I can help you prepare."
"No need, I don't intend to go find Teacher," Chi Feichei got up and said to Professor Agasa, "Professor, I'll go back to my room to pack up first and by the way, rest a bit too. See you at the banquet hall."
"Ah, okay..."
Professor Agasa nodded, watched Chi Feichei go out, turned his head and looked, and found that Ai Haibara had also gone back to her room. He raised his hand and touched the top of his head.
Listening to the two of them have such a calm communication, even he didn't feel the slightest bit of worry or anxiety anymore...
Never mind, he'll also go take a nap.
...
Kogoro Mouri and Conan followed the police, busying themselves with the case.
Chi Feichei returned to his room and had Xiao Mei take the plasticine to make an impression of the key Entaro Yashiro left in the room. He himself went to take a shower.
With Xiao Mei's carefulness when doing housework, looking for stains, coupled with his reminder, she shouldn't leave too obvious traces.
And even if Xiao Mei left traces, the worst outcome would just be that someone from the Yashiro Conglomerate discovers the key was copied and transfers some documents or changes the plan early. Xiao Mei won't leave fingerprints, and he himself didn't come into contact with that room at all. Others wouldn't be able to direct suspicion towards him no matter what...
In the evening, the helicopter searching on the sea discovered Entaro Yashiro's corpse.
Although such a big incident occurred, the news was only known to a few people. Moreover, no one notified that the evening banquet was canceled, so everyone still changed into more formal evening gowns than the previous day's banquet and headed to the banquet hall.
The banquet was held as usual. The male attendees were uniformly in black evening gowns, and the female attendees were also all wearing formal dresses. They were clinking glasses and exchanging toasts, and the atmosphere was so harmonious it was as if nothing had happened.
But the harmony only lasted until the second half of the banquet. After the host took the stage and introduced the cruise ship designer Minako Akiyoshi and the ship staff, when introducing Captain Wataru Kaitou, someone finally couldn't help but speak out and ask whether Entaro Yashiro had been murdered.
Soon, the others rushed towards Inspector Megure and the others who had come to attend the banquet together. People were asking questions and complaining, creating a chaotic mess.
Kogoro Mouri immediately took the stage and accused Minako Akiyoshi of being the murderer, but because he couldn't produce evidence, he was instead stumped by questions.
Conan utilized the voice changer and had Professor Agasa cooperate. He used reasoning to deduce that Hiroshige Kusaka was the murderer and also pointed out that something splashed onto his hair during the crime, causing black hair to appear among his dyed red hair.
After Wataru Takagi inspected, fingerprints left by Entaro Yashiro were also found on Hiroshige Kusaka's neck.
"Mr. Kusaka," Inspector Megure stepped forward and looked at Hiroshige Kusaka with a serious expression. "Let's go to another room and have a good talk!"
"Wait a moment, I still have this ace up my sleeve!" Hiroshige Kusaka took out something like a black handle and shouted loudly, "Don't move randomly! Otherwise, I'll detonate the bomb! If you don't want the ship to sink, then obediently listen to me!"
The surrounding crowd became agitated, and many people stepped back in panic.
Chi Feichei silently watched the development of the situation. He wasn't surprised seeing Hiroshige Kusaka's behavior. He picked up his cup, lowered his gaze, and took a sip of liquor.
Knowing the incident's entire development was the most boring. It always made him feel detached, feeling whether it exploded or not had nothing to do with him.
In fact, seemingly, it indeed had nothing to do with him. Hiroshige Kusaka just intended to explode the ship; they had plenty of time to evacuate...
"It's him!" Sonoko Suzuki pointing at Hiroshige Kusaka, "He's the one who attacked me!"
Hiroshige Kusaka let out a cold laugh, "You finally remembered, huh?"
Chi Feichei glanced at Hiroshige Kusaka and then looked away.
Incompetent, and has a bad personality.
"Alright, calm down for a bit," Inspector Megure sweated a bit and didn't dare to step forward and provoke Hiroshige Kusaka anymore. "Why exactly are you doing this?"
"To avenge my father! Fifteen years ago, the crew member who died in the Yashiro Conglomerate cargo ship accident was my father..." Hiroshige Kusaka began to talk about his murder motive.
Conan staring at the remote button Hiroshige Kusaka was holding with his finger, felt it was a bit tricky. He subconsciously looked towards Chi Feichei next to him.
Before, busy with case solving, he hadn't even noticed. This time, Chi Feichei really wasn't getting involved at all. Not only did he not follow them to the crime scene, but when something like this happened, he also had an appearance of indifference, as if it had nothing to do with him.
What's wrong with this fellow again?
You can tell just by thinking about it. If the ship was really going to explode, Chi Feichei might also encounter danger. Even the most indifferent person couldn't be this indifferent.
This isn't the first time. It has happened off and on previously. Sometimes Chi Feichei seemingly had decent interest and a higher desire for case solving, other times he was so indifferent it seemingly didn't care about anything.
He suspected that Chi Feichei couldn't control his 'illness' at all, with onset at irregular intervals and without warning. The symptom is losing interest in all matters, including his own life. Now is the onset period, and moreover, other symptoms might be hidden.
For example, a manifestation of depression is losing interest in things in the outside world. Then, it's possible it's accompanied by symptoms like a depressed mood. It's just that his little partner is used to hiding his emotions with a stern face, so they can't tell.
If matters are really as he speculated, then the problem is quite serious. He still needs to make further observation...
(End of Chapter)
Ran Mouri, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko quickly followed Conan. Ai Haibara and Genta stayed behind, following Chi Feichei to the morgue, where they found a crew member and opened the freezer used for storing bodies, sending Sonoko Suzuki, who had regained consciousness, to the infirmary.
Sonoko Suzuki woke up before even reaching the infirmary. After being settled onto the bed by the infirmary doctor, wrapping herself well in the quilt, and drinking a bit of warm water, she sighed energetically, "Phew—I'm alive again!"
"Don't worry," the doctor appeased the others who had gathered at the infirmary. "As long as you keep your body warm and rest quietly for a while, you can be active."
"Thank you so much," Ran Mouri said, her voice still trembling a bit, as she looked towards Sonoko Suzuki. "That's great, Sonoko."
Sonoko Suzuki grinned cheerfully at Ran Mouri, "Don't worry, I knew that with Brother Hichiji here, there would definitely be no problem. I wasn't scared at all!"
Chi Feichei retorted in a flat tone, "So it wasn't you who was screaming like a pig being slaughtered over by the Detective Badge before?"
The others' mouths twitched, and the heavy atmosphere eased up.
Ai Haibara silently compared for a bit and also had to admit that Brother Hichiji was much more sarcastic than her.
Sonoko Suzuki smiled awkwardly and retorted, "Come on, Brother Hichiji, what do you mean 'like a pig being slaughtered'? It's very rude to describe a girl's voice like that! I just woke up and found myself locked in a pitch black and cold place, of course I'd be scared!"
The administrator of the morgue frowned, "Who would pull such a prank?"
"A prank?" Kogoro Mouri, who had been alerted and rushed over, was a bit angry and said with a serious expression, "This is not a prank, it's undoubtedly attempted murder! Please contact the police immediately!"
"U-Understand!" The administrator quickly nodded and went out to contact the police.
Kogoro Mouri asked Sonoko Suzuki about the events again.
According to what Sonoko Suzuki said, she was looking for Ran Mouri, who was hiding for hide-and-seek, and found the underground dockyard. But suddenly, she was hit next to the shoulder by a stick and fainted. When she woke up again, she was in the freezer. As for the criminal's appearance, she seemingly caught a glimpse but couldn't remember.
Kogoro Mouri and Conan decided to check the underground dockyard.
Chi Feichei went out but didn't follow. He turned around in the aisle outside the infirmary with his back to the wind and lit a cigarette.
According to the plot development, the Yashiro father and daughter should be dead by now. Entaro Yashiro's corpse should be found on the sea, and the items on his body were probably also washed away by the seawater. But the most crucial key was still left in the room...
"Aren't you going to check the underground dockyard?"
Ai Haibara's voice came from behind him.
Chi Feichei turned his head and found Ai Haibara standing at the entrance, and the three kids were also peeking out from behind the door to look at him. "It's enough for Teacher Mouri and Conan to go."
Ai Haibara pondered for a bit and guessed that Chi Feichei might be worried that Sonoko Suzuki would be attacked again. She stepped forward and said, "I really can't think of anyone on the ship who would attack Sonoko. If it was aimed at her, then it's possible she could be attacked again. But it's also possible she unintentionally stumbled upon something and ruined someone's plans. Then, that indicates there are other secrets hidden on the ship..."
"How could Sonoko make anyone hate her?" Mitsuhiko said assertively, "Definitely not!"
"But her luck isn't very good, that's all," Ai Haibara remarked.
Half an hour later, Kogoro Mouri and Conan finally rushed back.
Professor Agasa and Ran Mouri heard the commotion and also arrived at the entrance to ask about the situation.
"We discovered President Entaro Yashiro's Iron Fan in the underground dockyard, but didn't find President Yashiro. Instead, we discovered that President Takie Yashiro had been killed in her room! Inspector Megure and the others are arriving soon, I'll go wait for the police on the top deck first!"
After saying that, Kogoro Mouri rushed towards the staircase.
"Conan! Really..." Ran Mouri was a bit helpless seeing that Conan followed. She then said to Professor Agasa and Chi Feichei, "Professor, Brother Hichiji, you guys take the children to eat lunch first. I can watch Sonoko here by myself."
"Might as well," Professor Agasa looked towards Chi Feichei. The more chaotic things got, the more they had to worry and take good care of the children. "Looking at it this way, the other party wasn't targeting Sonoko, and Sonoko is also fine now. Then we might as well take the children to fill their bellies first."
The others didn't insist. They went to the dining room and ate lunch, and also brought food to the infirmary for Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri, before returning to the room.
Chi Feichei saw that the three kids and Ai Haibara were all yawning, so he let the four kids go take a nap.
"Go take a nap?" Mitsuhiko couldn't help but say, "But, with something like this happening, how could we possibly still sleep?"
"That's right," Genta said, "There's still a murderer hiding on the ship!"
"We also want to go catch the murderer," Ayumi said.
Chi Feichei's voice became a bit colder, "You'll only have the energy to catch the murderer after getting enough rest."
Silence...
Mitsuhiko was sweating under his gaze. He forced a smile and scratched his head, "Th-That's true."
"Ahahaha..." Genta smiled even more stiffly and got up, "Then let's go take a nap."
Ai Haibara yawned and glanced at a certain authoritarian fellow whose gaze was threatening the children, but also had to help persuade them, "After getting enough rest, maybe you'll just happen to catch the murderer. By then, when Edogawa and the others are tired, we can help instead."
The three kids were persuaded. Due to staying up until midnight last night, they were indeed sleepy and fell asleep shortly after arriving at the room.
Professor Agasa gathered the children in his own room. After confirming everyone was asleep, he only then went to the living room, breathed a sigh of relief, and said softly to Chi Feichei, "Thankfully, they were calmed down. Now there's a murderer on the ship. If they were allowed to run around randomly, they might encounter danger."
"They went to bed quite late last night, right?" Ai Haibara followed him out of the room without him knowing when. "They should also rest a bit."
Professor Agasa was surprised, "A-Ai?"
"Don't be so surprised," Ai Haibara leaned against the door frame. "I also intend to sleep for a while, but I want to ask Brother Hichiji whether you intend to go over to Uncle Mori's side? If you're going, don't forget that the evening banquet requires formal wear. Although something like this has happened, it seems inappropriate for me to mention this again, but there are quite a few people staring at the Chi Family and assessing the Chi Family's situation, right? Especially this time, many of the guests invited by the Yashiro Family are considered their allies. If the banquet isn't canceled, you'd better not forget to prepare your evening gown. If you're too busy, I can help you prepare."
"No need, I don't intend to go find Teacher," Chi Feichei got up and said to Professor Agasa, "Professor, I'll go back to my room to pack up first and by the way, rest a bit too. See you at the banquet hall."
"Ah, okay..."
Professor Agasa nodded, watched Chi Feichei go out, turned his head and looked, and found that Ai Haibara had also gone back to her room. He raised his hand and touched the top of his head.
Listening to the two of them have such a calm communication, even he didn't feel the slightest bit of worry or anxiety anymore...
Never mind, he'll also go take a nap.
...
Kogoro Mouri and Conan followed the police, busying themselves with the case.
Chi Feichei returned to his room and had Xiao Mei take the plasticine to make an impression of the key Entaro Yashiro left in the room. He himself went to take a shower.
With Xiao Mei's carefulness when doing housework, looking for stains, coupled with his reminder, she shouldn't leave too obvious traces.
And even if Xiao Mei left traces, the worst outcome would just be that someone from the Yashiro Conglomerate discovers the key was copied and transfers some documents or changes the plan early. Xiao Mei won't leave fingerprints, and he himself didn't come into contact with that room at all. Others wouldn't be able to direct suspicion towards him no matter what...
In the evening, the helicopter searching on the sea discovered Entaro Yashiro's corpse.
Although such a big incident occurred, the news was only known to a few people. Moreover, no one notified that the evening banquet was canceled, so everyone still changed into more formal evening gowns than the previous day's banquet and headed to the banquet hall.
The banquet was held as usual. The male attendees were uniformly in black evening gowns, and the female attendees were also all wearing formal dresses. They were clinking glasses and exchanging toasts, and the atmosphere was so harmonious it was as if nothing had happened.
But the harmony only lasted until the second half of the banquet. After the host took the stage and introduced the cruise ship designer Minako Akiyoshi and the ship staff, when introducing Captain Wataru Kaitou, someone finally couldn't help but speak out and ask whether Entaro Yashiro had been murdered.
Soon, the others rushed towards Inspector Megure and the others who had come to attend the banquet together. People were asking questions and complaining, creating a chaotic mess.
Kogoro Mouri immediately took the stage and accused Minako Akiyoshi of being the murderer, but because he couldn't produce evidence, he was instead stumped by questions.
Conan utilized the voice changer and had Professor Agasa cooperate. He used reasoning to deduce that Hiroshige Kusaka was the murderer and also pointed out that something splashed onto his hair during the crime, causing black hair to appear among his dyed red hair.
After Wataru Takagi inspected, fingerprints left by Entaro Yashiro were also found on Hiroshige Kusaka's neck.
"Mr. Kusaka," Inspector Megure stepped forward and looked at Hiroshige Kusaka with a serious expression. "Let's go to another room and have a good talk!"
"Wait a moment, I still have this ace up my sleeve!" Hiroshige Kusaka took out something like a black handle and shouted loudly, "Don't move randomly! Otherwise, I'll detonate the bomb! If you don't want the ship to sink, then obediently listen to me!"
The surrounding crowd became agitated, and many people stepped back in panic.
Chi Feichei silently watched the development of the situation. He wasn't surprised seeing Hiroshige Kusaka's behavior. He picked up his cup, lowered his gaze, and took a sip of liquor.
Knowing the incident's entire development was the most boring. It always made him feel detached, feeling whether it exploded or not had nothing to do with him.
In fact, seemingly, it indeed had nothing to do with him. Hiroshige Kusaka just intended to explode the ship; they had plenty of time to evacuate...
"It's him!" Sonoko Suzuki pointing at Hiroshige Kusaka, "He's the one who attacked me!"
Hiroshige Kusaka let out a cold laugh, "You finally remembered, huh?"
Chi Feichei glanced at Hiroshige Kusaka and then looked away.
Incompetent, and has a bad personality.
"Alright, calm down for a bit," Inspector Megure sweated a bit and didn't dare to step forward and provoke Hiroshige Kusaka anymore. "Why exactly are you doing this?"
"To avenge my father! Fifteen years ago, the crew member who died in the Yashiro Conglomerate cargo ship accident was my father..." Hiroshige Kusaka began to talk about his murder motive.
Conan staring at the remote button Hiroshige Kusaka was holding with his finger, felt it was a bit tricky. He subconsciously looked towards Chi Feichei next to him.
Before, busy with case solving, he hadn't even noticed. This time, Chi Feichei really wasn't getting involved at all. Not only did he not follow them to the crime scene, but when something like this happened, he also had an appearance of indifference, as if it had nothing to do with him.
What's wrong with this fellow again?
You can tell just by thinking about it. If the ship was really going to explode, Chi Feichei might also encounter danger. Even the most indifferent person couldn't be this indifferent.
This isn't the first time. It has happened off and on previously. Sometimes Chi Feichei seemingly had decent interest and a higher desire for case solving, other times he was so indifferent it seemingly didn't care about anything.
He suspected that Chi Feichei couldn't control his 'illness' at all, with onset at irregular intervals and without warning. The symptom is losing interest in all matters, including his own life. Now is the onset period, and moreover, other symptoms might be hidden.
For example, a manifestation of depression is losing interest in things in the outside world. Then, it's possible it's accompanied by symptoms like a depressed mood. It's just that his little partner is used to hiding his emotions with a stern face, so they can't tell.
If matters are really as he speculated, then the problem is quite serious. He still needs to make further observation...
(End of Chapter)
