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Chapter 474 Immersed in Research, Unable to Extricate Oneself
Chi Feichei discovered that every time Fei Li mentioned ‘Hissashi’, the displayed graph was the same. He cut out that section of the curve and used equipment that emits Ultrasonic Waves and Infrasound to play it, simulating Fei Li's sound, "Hissashi, listen to this."
Played it twice.
"Hissashi, did you hear anything?"
Chi Feichei could confirm that he couldn't hear this Machine-synthesized, imitated sound.
"Yes," Hissashi said, "The mechanical sound was calling my name, it called it twice."
"Wait a moment..." Chi Feichei then extracted the recorded sound of Fei Li and played it.
"Hissashi..."
"Fei Li's sound," Hissashi confirmed, "It's calling my name."
"Mhm..."
Chi Feichei nodded. This time, he heard it too.
Continued the experiment for a while, then switched to using two Seagulls to cooperate with the experiment.
After the Seagull experiment was done, he had Fei Li find a Sea Turtle and an Octopus to cooperate with the experiment.
Until evening, Chi Feichei temporarily stopped. He brought a waterproof playback machine, recorded Fei Li's threatening sound directed at Fish, and went into the Sea with Fei Li to hunt.
This time, he didn't need to work hard to drive away the school of fish. Once the recording was played, the school of fish immediately got scared and swam towards Fei Li, then were all knocked unconscious by Fei Li's tail.
After driving them twice and collecting enough Food for Fei Li, Chi Feichei boarded the Yacht.
"Fei Li, tonight is all yours."
"Huh? Master, aren't you eating?" Fei Li asked, showing Doubt.
"I don't want to eat Fish anymore. There's other Food in the Yacht Refrigerator," Chi Feichei said as he entered the Cabin, "Hissashi only needs to eat once every four or five days."
"I See," Fei Li said, looking at Hissashi nodding on the Deck, "Hissashi eats so little. No wonder he's so small. Maybe if he eats more, he can grow bigger."
"No, no," Hissashi corrected, "It's not about appetite. Even if I eat more, I can't eat anymore."
Chi Feichei was too lazy to cook. He went to the Refrigerator, took out Fast Food, and went to the Deck. He printed out the Test Report from the daytime experiment and ate while reading.
From the experiment, it seemed Fei Li wasn't 'able to emit the sound of other Animals', but rather his own vocal system was special. It could emit two kinds of Sound Wave, which fused into a Sound Wave that other Animals could receive as Information, and transmit it to the other party's Brain.
The Wavebands of Snake Language and Birds Language differ greatly, and even within the same Language, different meanings have corresponding Wavebands.
Fei Li's vocalization method can be considered a kind of Communication Cipher. As long as Humanity masters this Cipher and uses equipment that emits and receives Ultrasonic Waves and Infrasound, they can achieve Communication with other Animals and command them.
Humanity currently has the equipment, but lacks the Codebook.
To obtain this Codebook, Fei Li needs to cooperate in conducting massive experiments to figure out the meaning represented by each Change node. They also need to analyze, deduce, and combine based on the existing Data.
He was temporarily too busy to research this Codebook. What concerned him was his own Problem.
He had always believed that he could hear the sound of Plant and Animal. He thought it was because his Ears could capture special Sound Waves and automatically translate and feedback the content to his Brain.
But in the previous experiment, he could Understand Fei Li's Words and the Machine-recorded Words of Fei Li, but he couldn't Understand the Machine-synthesized Sound Wave.
And it was the same for Hissashi and the other Seagulls. The Difference was between the sound emitted by living beings and the sound combined by non-living beings.
In other words, he could hear Sounds that the Human ear could capture, but he could only Understand the meaning of Sounds emitted by living beings. Sounds simulated by non-living beings didn't work.
His Ability was unrelated to Sound Waves.
Moreover, he had just now done an Inspection of his own Brainwave. When he heard the sound emitted by the Machine and the sound emitted by different Animals, his Brainwave showed no Abnormality fluctuations.
That is to say, his Ability wasn't due to Brainwaves either.
Is it really because of Metaphysics?
...
After Dinner, Chi Feichei continued his Research.
The following Research didn't involve Fei Li much. Chi Feichei was Researching Oneself.
He continued to inspect his own Brainwave, experimenting on how his Brainwave changed under interference means. He even used Ultrasonic Waves inspection means to take an X-ray of his oral cavity's Venom Gland, confirming that this was something that scientific means could Inspection...
He became addicted to Researching Oneself, unable to break free.
1 AM, went to sleep.
Early morning The Next Day, Chi Feichei wasn't in a hurry to continue his Research. He had to return to Tokyo because Tomorrow he still had to help Fulante Disguise.
Fei Li Intended to Leave this Place and go Check out other Places.
Originally, he should have prepared a Communication Tool to prevent Fei Li from losing contact and getting lost. However, the Sea was too vast, the Internet might not connect, and Radio Waves walkie-talkie communication had distance limitations.
Having no choice, Chi Feichei spent another whole morning teaching Fei Li how to read a Map and memorize Maps. He then spent an entire day instilling various anti-fraud, anti-capture, and anti-abduction Knowledge into Fei Li.
In the evening, Fei Li cheerfully said farewell, "Master, Hissashi, I'll come back here to Check in some Time. Don't worry, I won't get lost!"
Chi Feichei: "Mhm."
Hissashi: "Mhm..."
The person and the snake watch leave Fei Li swim away. Afterwards, Fei Li submerged, and even his Dorsal Fin, which had been visible on the Sea Surface, disappeared.
Hissashi sighed, "I'm so worried Fei Li will get lost like this. Master, why do you think they like to run off so much?"
"Pets that are free-roaming in the Sky and Sea are just like that."
Chi Feichei summarized in a sentence, then turn around and returned to the Cabin.
With Non-Ink having done it before, it wasn't so difficult to accept. However, Fei Li was more difficult to Connection than Non-Ink, and this time he might really run off and get lost...
When the Yacht docked, Chi Feichei asked Da Shan Mi to arrange for people to Receive the Yacht and, incidentally, help him book a Plane Ticket.
After returning to Tokyo, it was already past 3 AM. After sleeping for only a short while, Chi Feichei got up and went Out again to help Fulante Disguise.
A little after 8 AM, Tokyo Street.
The Blonde Hair, blue-eyed Woman saw the familiar Car, hung up her Phone Call, and walked forward along the Street. Seeing that the Passenger Seat was empty, she immediately got into the Passenger Seat.
The Black Car drove away from the spot.
"After the Disguise is done, how about you drop me off near the Port Area?" Fulante asked, smiling as she turn head.
Before coming, Chi Feichei had also changed to that Freckles European Youth Face. Driving the Car, he nodded and said in a hoarse sound, "I'll take you to Aoyama Park."
"Ok!" Fulante, used to that indifferent face, didn't mind it. After replying, her Expression became more serious, and she lowered her voice, "The Explosives Information Wataru Ichiro revealed to me before is indeed Problematic. It's not a Freighter arriving in three days, but a Freighter that departed from an American Port two weeks ago. It will probably arrive in the Vicinity of Chiba Prefecture in about 20 days. Afterwards, they'll have a Fishing Boat unload the Explosives, passing through a remote Coast of Chiba Prefecture to avoid Inspection, and then transport them back to Tokyo. The specific Arrival Time is still uncertain."
"Has it been confirmed?" Chi Feichei asked.
"It's confirmed. This time it should be true," Fulante nodded and whispered, "Last night, TomoDa called me and told me that there's a Freighter setting sail Tomorrow. It will also bring back some Munitions when it returns. He's going to escort the ship and asked Whether or Not I wanted to go with him. If I went, maybe I could get other Clues..."
"Temporarily, No Need." Chi Feichei rejected the Proposal of going with him.
From a Japanese Port to the US East Coast by Freighter, it probably takes around 40 days of voyage. The Disguise fundamentally cannot last that long.
If Fulante wanted to Disguise and go with him, he would also have to sneak in and drift on the Sea for 40 days.
It wasn't that he was unwilling to take a stroll on the Sea. Maybe he could even incidentally take Fei Li to America to find Non-Ink.
However, for two Humans wearing Disguises to eat and live with other people on a Freighter for 40 days, the Risk of exposure was too high.
Fulante was using the fact that TomoDa liked Koizumi Kumi to infiltrate the Smuggling Ring. So, on the ship, TomoDa would certainly watch Fulante, who was Disguised as Koizumi Kumi, closely. And if he helped Fulante change her Disguise, the two of them would have to meet up secretly, making the Risk of exposure even higher.
Furthermore, if Fulante was Problematic, whether she was betraying the Organization or was an Undercover Agent herself, once they determined that the Organization was letting her join the ship, they would also guess that 'Raki' and Belmode, the two people who can Disguise, would send one person to join the ship to help her Disguise and deploy Personnel at the American Port to Capture them. Whoever went would be doomed.
Considering everything, this ship travel might get them more Clues, but the Risk was too high and not worth it.
In 40 days, the Organization's Investigation from other directions might also be able to obtain some Clues.
Not going—This Is the Decided he made. He guess The Boss would make the same Choice.
"Can you try to find out more accurately where the Goal is in Massachusetts?"
"I'll do my best," Fulante frowned, "They're keeping the News about the Goal very secret. I've sounded out TomoDa and even tried to get him drunk, but he says nothing when he's drunk. And every time I mention the Arms Source, he changes the topic. I don't dare to press too much."
"Look for another Opportunity to probe and strive to narrow down the scope further," Chi Feichei pondered for a moment. "Besides, organize their voyage information from these years and send it to me afterwards. Get as much as you can."
Fulante was taken aback for a moment and reminded him, "Every time they travel between America, the Port they Choice isn't the same one. Ports from the Boston to Quincy area are all possible. And there's too much Information. I can get hold of voyage information from the past five years. Do you Need all of it?"
"All of it." Chi Feichei found a remote Place to stop the Car, helped Fulante Disguise, and then dropped Fulante off at the Port Area. After returning to the Vicinity of Shinjuku Ward, he checked the Time. It was already past 10 AM. He sent an Email to The Boss, briefly mentioning the Matter of going with the ship.
[No Need to join the ship. Try your best to pinpoint the general location and proceed with the Investigation from other directions.]
The Answer The Boss gave was consistent with what he had anticipated.
[Understood. --Raki]
Chi Feichei sent a Reply and then sent an Email to Gin about the Explosives Matter.
[Fulante confirmed that the Freighter transporting that batch of Explosives departed from Massachusetts Port two weeks ago. It will transfer the Explosives in the Vicinity of Chiba Bay. The specific Time and Location of the transfer are unknown. --Raki]
After waiting for probably more than ten minutes, Gin's Phone Call finally came through.
"Hello?"
"I'm alone on the Street. It's convenient to talk on the Phone."
Gin confirmed Chi Feichei's Situation and didn't dawdle. "The Intelligence is accurate. According to a sailor from their Smuggling Ring, they indeed have some plans in Chiba Prefecture Recently. As for the specific Time and Location of the transfer, we'll wait until the Freighter probably enters Japanese Waters, and then proceed with the Investigation."
"Understood."
Chi Feichei understood. He guess Gin had again Grabbed Leverage over some sailor, making the sailor keep an eye on the gang's Recent Movements.
On his side, he had Fulante confirm the Details of the Freighter carrying smuggled Explosives from the upper echelon, including the departure time, estimated arrival time, and probably action plan.
And on Gin's side, he was casually Threatening two Underlings, using Movements and other News to make a Judgment on whether or not the Intelligence Fulante provided was accurate. Afterwards, they would also Continue to follow up and confirm.
In this way, they could basically confirm that the Intelligence was accurate.
(End of Chapter)
Chi Feichei discovered that every time Fei Li mentioned ‘Hissashi’, the displayed graph was the same. He cut out that section of the curve and used equipment that emits Ultrasonic Waves and Infrasound to play it, simulating Fei Li's sound, "Hissashi, listen to this."
Played it twice.
"Hissashi, did you hear anything?"
Chi Feichei could confirm that he couldn't hear this Machine-synthesized, imitated sound.
"Yes," Hissashi said, "The mechanical sound was calling my name, it called it twice."
"Wait a moment..." Chi Feichei then extracted the recorded sound of Fei Li and played it.
"Hissashi..."
"Fei Li's sound," Hissashi confirmed, "It's calling my name."
"Mhm..."
Chi Feichei nodded. This time, he heard it too.
Continued the experiment for a while, then switched to using two Seagulls to cooperate with the experiment.
After the Seagull experiment was done, he had Fei Li find a Sea Turtle and an Octopus to cooperate with the experiment.
Until evening, Chi Feichei temporarily stopped. He brought a waterproof playback machine, recorded Fei Li's threatening sound directed at Fish, and went into the Sea with Fei Li to hunt.
This time, he didn't need to work hard to drive away the school of fish. Once the recording was played, the school of fish immediately got scared and swam towards Fei Li, then were all knocked unconscious by Fei Li's tail.
After driving them twice and collecting enough Food for Fei Li, Chi Feichei boarded the Yacht.
"Fei Li, tonight is all yours."
"Huh? Master, aren't you eating?" Fei Li asked, showing Doubt.
"I don't want to eat Fish anymore. There's other Food in the Yacht Refrigerator," Chi Feichei said as he entered the Cabin, "Hissashi only needs to eat once every four or five days."
"I See," Fei Li said, looking at Hissashi nodding on the Deck, "Hissashi eats so little. No wonder he's so small. Maybe if he eats more, he can grow bigger."
"No, no," Hissashi corrected, "It's not about appetite. Even if I eat more, I can't eat anymore."
Chi Feichei was too lazy to cook. He went to the Refrigerator, took out Fast Food, and went to the Deck. He printed out the Test Report from the daytime experiment and ate while reading.
From the experiment, it seemed Fei Li wasn't 'able to emit the sound of other Animals', but rather his own vocal system was special. It could emit two kinds of Sound Wave, which fused into a Sound Wave that other Animals could receive as Information, and transmit it to the other party's Brain.
The Wavebands of Snake Language and Birds Language differ greatly, and even within the same Language, different meanings have corresponding Wavebands.
Fei Li's vocalization method can be considered a kind of Communication Cipher. As long as Humanity masters this Cipher and uses equipment that emits and receives Ultrasonic Waves and Infrasound, they can achieve Communication with other Animals and command them.
Humanity currently has the equipment, but lacks the Codebook.
To obtain this Codebook, Fei Li needs to cooperate in conducting massive experiments to figure out the meaning represented by each Change node. They also need to analyze, deduce, and combine based on the existing Data.
He was temporarily too busy to research this Codebook. What concerned him was his own Problem.
He had always believed that he could hear the sound of Plant and Animal. He thought it was because his Ears could capture special Sound Waves and automatically translate and feedback the content to his Brain.
But in the previous experiment, he could Understand Fei Li's Words and the Machine-recorded Words of Fei Li, but he couldn't Understand the Machine-synthesized Sound Wave.
And it was the same for Hissashi and the other Seagulls. The Difference was between the sound emitted by living beings and the sound combined by non-living beings.
In other words, he could hear Sounds that the Human ear could capture, but he could only Understand the meaning of Sounds emitted by living beings. Sounds simulated by non-living beings didn't work.
His Ability was unrelated to Sound Waves.
Moreover, he had just now done an Inspection of his own Brainwave. When he heard the sound emitted by the Machine and the sound emitted by different Animals, his Brainwave showed no Abnormality fluctuations.
That is to say, his Ability wasn't due to Brainwaves either.
Is it really because of Metaphysics?
...
After Dinner, Chi Feichei continued his Research.
The following Research didn't involve Fei Li much. Chi Feichei was Researching Oneself.
He continued to inspect his own Brainwave, experimenting on how his Brainwave changed under interference means. He even used Ultrasonic Waves inspection means to take an X-ray of his oral cavity's Venom Gland, confirming that this was something that scientific means could Inspection...
He became addicted to Researching Oneself, unable to break free.
1 AM, went to sleep.
Early morning The Next Day, Chi Feichei wasn't in a hurry to continue his Research. He had to return to Tokyo because Tomorrow he still had to help Fulante Disguise.
Fei Li Intended to Leave this Place and go Check out other Places.
Originally, he should have prepared a Communication Tool to prevent Fei Li from losing contact and getting lost. However, the Sea was too vast, the Internet might not connect, and Radio Waves walkie-talkie communication had distance limitations.
Having no choice, Chi Feichei spent another whole morning teaching Fei Li how to read a Map and memorize Maps. He then spent an entire day instilling various anti-fraud, anti-capture, and anti-abduction Knowledge into Fei Li.
In the evening, Fei Li cheerfully said farewell, "Master, Hissashi, I'll come back here to Check in some Time. Don't worry, I won't get lost!"
Chi Feichei: "Mhm."
Hissashi: "Mhm..."
The person and the snake watch leave Fei Li swim away. Afterwards, Fei Li submerged, and even his Dorsal Fin, which had been visible on the Sea Surface, disappeared.
Hissashi sighed, "I'm so worried Fei Li will get lost like this. Master, why do you think they like to run off so much?"
"Pets that are free-roaming in the Sky and Sea are just like that."
Chi Feichei summarized in a sentence, then turn around and returned to the Cabin.
With Non-Ink having done it before, it wasn't so difficult to accept. However, Fei Li was more difficult to Connection than Non-Ink, and this time he might really run off and get lost...
When the Yacht docked, Chi Feichei asked Da Shan Mi to arrange for people to Receive the Yacht and, incidentally, help him book a Plane Ticket.
After returning to Tokyo, it was already past 3 AM. After sleeping for only a short while, Chi Feichei got up and went Out again to help Fulante Disguise.
A little after 8 AM, Tokyo Street.
The Blonde Hair, blue-eyed Woman saw the familiar Car, hung up her Phone Call, and walked forward along the Street. Seeing that the Passenger Seat was empty, she immediately got into the Passenger Seat.
The Black Car drove away from the spot.
"After the Disguise is done, how about you drop me off near the Port Area?" Fulante asked, smiling as she turn head.
Before coming, Chi Feichei had also changed to that Freckles European Youth Face. Driving the Car, he nodded and said in a hoarse sound, "I'll take you to Aoyama Park."
"Ok!" Fulante, used to that indifferent face, didn't mind it. After replying, her Expression became more serious, and she lowered her voice, "The Explosives Information Wataru Ichiro revealed to me before is indeed Problematic. It's not a Freighter arriving in three days, but a Freighter that departed from an American Port two weeks ago. It will probably arrive in the Vicinity of Chiba Prefecture in about 20 days. Afterwards, they'll have a Fishing Boat unload the Explosives, passing through a remote Coast of Chiba Prefecture to avoid Inspection, and then transport them back to Tokyo. The specific Arrival Time is still uncertain."
"Has it been confirmed?" Chi Feichei asked.
"It's confirmed. This time it should be true," Fulante nodded and whispered, "Last night, TomoDa called me and told me that there's a Freighter setting sail Tomorrow. It will also bring back some Munitions when it returns. He's going to escort the ship and asked Whether or Not I wanted to go with him. If I went, maybe I could get other Clues..."
"Temporarily, No Need." Chi Feichei rejected the Proposal of going with him.
From a Japanese Port to the US East Coast by Freighter, it probably takes around 40 days of voyage. The Disguise fundamentally cannot last that long.
If Fulante wanted to Disguise and go with him, he would also have to sneak in and drift on the Sea for 40 days.
It wasn't that he was unwilling to take a stroll on the Sea. Maybe he could even incidentally take Fei Li to America to find Non-Ink.
However, for two Humans wearing Disguises to eat and live with other people on a Freighter for 40 days, the Risk of exposure was too high.
Fulante was using the fact that TomoDa liked Koizumi Kumi to infiltrate the Smuggling Ring. So, on the ship, TomoDa would certainly watch Fulante, who was Disguised as Koizumi Kumi, closely. And if he helped Fulante change her Disguise, the two of them would have to meet up secretly, making the Risk of exposure even higher.
Furthermore, if Fulante was Problematic, whether she was betraying the Organization or was an Undercover Agent herself, once they determined that the Organization was letting her join the ship, they would also guess that 'Raki' and Belmode, the two people who can Disguise, would send one person to join the ship to help her Disguise and deploy Personnel at the American Port to Capture them. Whoever went would be doomed.
Considering everything, this ship travel might get them more Clues, but the Risk was too high and not worth it.
In 40 days, the Organization's Investigation from other directions might also be able to obtain some Clues.
Not going—This Is the Decided he made. He guess The Boss would make the same Choice.
"Can you try to find out more accurately where the Goal is in Massachusetts?"
"I'll do my best," Fulante frowned, "They're keeping the News about the Goal very secret. I've sounded out TomoDa and even tried to get him drunk, but he says nothing when he's drunk. And every time I mention the Arms Source, he changes the topic. I don't dare to press too much."
"Look for another Opportunity to probe and strive to narrow down the scope further," Chi Feichei pondered for a moment. "Besides, organize their voyage information from these years and send it to me afterwards. Get as much as you can."
Fulante was taken aback for a moment and reminded him, "Every time they travel between America, the Port they Choice isn't the same one. Ports from the Boston to Quincy area are all possible. And there's too much Information. I can get hold of voyage information from the past five years. Do you Need all of it?"
"All of it." Chi Feichei found a remote Place to stop the Car, helped Fulante Disguise, and then dropped Fulante off at the Port Area. After returning to the Vicinity of Shinjuku Ward, he checked the Time. It was already past 10 AM. He sent an Email to The Boss, briefly mentioning the Matter of going with the ship.
[No Need to join the ship. Try your best to pinpoint the general location and proceed with the Investigation from other directions.]
The Answer The Boss gave was consistent with what he had anticipated.
[Understood. --Raki]
Chi Feichei sent a Reply and then sent an Email to Gin about the Explosives Matter.
[Fulante confirmed that the Freighter transporting that batch of Explosives departed from Massachusetts Port two weeks ago. It will transfer the Explosives in the Vicinity of Chiba Bay. The specific Time and Location of the transfer are unknown. --Raki]
After waiting for probably more than ten minutes, Gin's Phone Call finally came through.
"Hello?"
"I'm alone on the Street. It's convenient to talk on the Phone."
Gin confirmed Chi Feichei's Situation and didn't dawdle. "The Intelligence is accurate. According to a sailor from their Smuggling Ring, they indeed have some plans in Chiba Prefecture Recently. As for the specific Time and Location of the transfer, we'll wait until the Freighter probably enters Japanese Waters, and then proceed with the Investigation."
"Understood."
Chi Feichei understood. He guess Gin had again Grabbed Leverage over some sailor, making the sailor keep an eye on the gang's Recent Movements.
On his side, he had Fulante confirm the Details of the Freighter carrying smuggled Explosives from the upper echelon, including the departure time, estimated arrival time, and probably action plan.
And on Gin's side, he was casually Threatening two Underlings, using Movements and other News to make a Judgment on whether or not the Intelligence Fulante provided was accurate. Afterwards, they would also Continue to follow up and confirm.
In this way, they could basically confirm that the Intelligence was accurate.
(End of Chapter)
