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Chapter 599 Feeling Provoked
Chi Feichei put down his Coffee Cup and turned his head to look.
Never mind, the Organization will definitely investigate the traitor Sherry to the end. Belmode's investigation cannot be stopped, and because of Kudo Shinichi, she has already locked onto the people around Conan. Something will happen sooner or later.
However, the showdown on the night of the full moon, where Haibara Ai was safe but in danger, can also make Belmode understand that her godson and Mouri Ran are both standing on Haibara Ai's side, making it difficult to act against her. In the future, her actions will be somewhat restrained, and she will even help cover up things for the sake of Conan and Mouri Ran's safety.
Overall, maintaining this Plot direction is still more beneficial than harmful for Haibara Ai.
For the sake of his Younger Sister, he should refrain from causing trouble. At most, he can slightly guide things and make some small changes that are beneficial to himself…
Conan also curiously looked at the weird Man who was making a Phone Call.
"Where are you now?" The Man in Suit making a Phone Call at the next Table also realized that he had been too loud in his excitement just now, attracting the attention of the people around him. He turned sideways, facing away from the others, and lowered his voice to say to the other end of the Phone Call, "I, I understand! I'll offer three times… no, four times the price, so you hurry up and come over, and bring me that Fellow's Name and Evidence…"
"Pa…"
All the lights inside and outside the Cafe suddenly went out, and the surroundings were Pitch Black.
Mouri Ran, who was happily eating Strawberry Crystal Cake, was stunned.
"No way!" Suzuki Sonoko was startled.
Jodie looked around in confusion, "Blackout?"
Hassashi, hiding in Chi Feichei's Sleeve, poked its Head out, "Master, no Danger."
"Thank You…" Chi Feichei responded softly.
After the Power Outage, Hassashi's first thought was to confirm whether there were any dangerous people approaching him and whether he would be in Danger. It was worth his serious thanks.
Jodie heard a rustling sound coming from Chi Feichei's direction in the Darkness. For a moment, she couldn't judge what the sound was. Just as she was looking towards Chi Feichei in confusion, the power came back on.
The Lamplight turned on again, accompanied by screams.
Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko were startled again and huddled together, looking towards the Shopping Mall Lobby outside the Glass Door where the screams came from.
"Look over there at the Entrance!"
"A lot of people are gathering there."
Conan was taken aback and trotted out.
Chi Feichei also put down his Coffee and got up to follow.
With Conan like this, every time he encounters a Trace that seems to be related to a Case, he rushes over more actively than him or Mori Kogoro, who is a Detective. It would be strange if he wasn't suspected.
Does Conan even know that he is a 'Child' now?
Even if a Child is not afraid of corpses, he shouldn't react so quickly to look at the Crime Scene without even saying nonsense like 'What's going on?' or 'It seems like something happened.'
…
Half an Hour later, Inspector Megure arrived with his team and led people to investigate the Scene.
The Deceased was leaning against the Elevator Escalator, sitting on the edge above the Elevator, with his Head hanging low. His Body was stained with Blood and he was tightly holding a File Bag in front of him. As the Elevator moved upwards step by step, it pushed his Body, and his Body would shake from time to time.
On the File Bag, the ○╳△ Pattern was written in Blood.
"The Deceased was stabbed in the Abdomen with a Kitchen Knife…" Inspector Megure squatted down in front of the Deceased, observing the Deceased's Situation.
"That's right," Wataru Takagi looked at the Notebook and reported the Investigation Situation, "The Deceased is Mr. Nakajo Katsunori, 43 years old. According to the Business Card on him, he runs a Detective Agency."
"A Detective," Inspector Megure stood up, stroking his chin and pondering, "But what's puzzling is, what does this weird dying massage mean?"
Chi Feichei: "…"
Why does Inspector Megure have to show off his English at this time?
Doesn't he know there's an English Teacher here? Even if it's a temporary side job, there might be a bit of… Occupational Disease.
"No, No, No…" Jodie spoke up from behind to correct him, "The correct Pronunciation should be dying message!"
"Ah?" Inspector Megure turned his Head back in surprise, "I remember you are…"
"Judy Saint-Emilion!" Jodie introduced herself with a smile, her Japanese also sounding very awkward, "Nice to meet you again, Police Officer!"
Inspector Megure chuckled dryly for a while. Before correcting his English, could this Teacher please learn Japanese properly? "Speaking of which, you really do easily encounter Murder Cases…"
"Yes!" Jodie turned her Head to look at Chi Feichei and the others who were previously standing in the Crowd, "However, compared to others, I am still slightly inferior!"
Inspector Megure's Line of Sight moved, first automatically filtering out Conan, who was too short to enter his Line of Sight, and then among Chi Feichei, Mouri Ran, and Suzuki Sonoko, his mind automatically highlighted Chi Feichei, who was dressed in All Black and liked to provide Help to the Police. Half-Moon Eyes glanced at Chi Feichei, "Brother Chi, so it's you guys. I think if this continues, it won't be long before you can surpass your Teacher…"
Here, he specifically meant the Plague God Degree!
Chi Feichei knew that he was going to take the Plague God Responsibility for Conan, and said Expressionless, "Oh, then sorry."
Inspector Megure: "…"
(*￣m￣)
Feeling provoked.
Mouri Ran broke out in a sweat and spoke up with a smile to smooth things over, "We were chatting in the Cafe over there at the time, and then suddenly there was a Power Outage…"
"When the lights came back on, we heard a Girl scream," Suzuki Sonoko added, "When we rushed over, we saw that person lying there covered in Blood."
"Power Outage?" Inspector Megure looked at Wataru Takagi.
Wataru Takagi looked down at the Record in the Police Handbook, "Yes, it is said that when the Building Management Company was inspecting Electrical Equipment, a small error occurred, causing a Power Outage. The Power Outage time was less than 15 seconds."
"So, the Murderer took advantage of the Power Outage to kill Mr. Nakajo, and then escaped, while Mr. Nakajo left behind that dying…" Inspector Megure paused, Speechless as he looked at Jodie, "message, right?"
Jodie nodded with a smile, indicating that Inspector Megure's Pronunciation was correct this time.
Inspector Megure picked up the File Bag from the Deceased's arms and looked at the Blood Pattern on it, "But, what does this ○╳△ mean?"
"These Marks are often used when there are missing Characters," Wataru Takagi also leaned closer to look, and guessed, "Could it be because he couldn't tell others his Name, so he used these Marks?"
Jodie touched her chin and recalled, "By the way, those few Marks, I seem to have Saw them somewhere…"
"Oh?" Inspector Megure immediately turned his Head back to look at Jodie and asked, "Where exactly did you See them?!"
"Please try to recall quickly!" Wataru Takagi also looked at Jodie seriously.
"It's a Game Controller," Conan said, "Aren't there ○╳△□ Marks on Game Controllers? But I think that should have nothing to do with this Case."
Don't ask him why he could think of it. He has been playing Game Controller Games like crazy in the past few days. Jodie is a Gamer, so what she thought of should be a Game Controller…
Chi Feichei did not participate in misleading the Police and looked at his Mobile Phone aside.
10 seconds ago, he felt his Mobile Phone vibrate.
There was no new Email, but the Memo in his Mobile Phone was opened, and it showed a Sentence:
【Godfather, I can let Ark invade the Surveillance Camera here, find the people beside this person before the Power Outage, and filter out suspicious people!】
Chi Feichei typed in the next line: 【No Need, don't Spoiler.】
Soon, new Text appeared in the next line: 【Spoiler?】
Chi Feichei typed: 【It means revealing the Final Answer in advance. This easily makes people lose Joy, and it's not that Troublesome.】
Sawada Hiroki, who was trying hard to show off: "…"
Chi Feichei cleared the Memo and put his Mobile Phone back in his Pocket.
Hassashi Saw the whole process from his Cuff, "Wait, Master, switch to your left Hand to hold your Mobile Phone, and put it in your Pocket for a while. I want to chat with Hiroki!"
It and Sawada Hiroki also cannot speak out to interfere in the Case. They can just chat together.
Chi Feichei switched to his left Hand to hold his Mobile Phone, put his Mobile Phone back into his Coat Pocket, and also opened the Memo for Hassashi. Then he didn't Take Out his Hand again.
Hassashi poked its Head out of his Sleeve, and under the cover of his Pocket, used its Head to press the Button, typing words in the Memo: 【Hi! Hiroki… I am… Hassashi!】
In the next line, new Text: 【Hello, Hassashi, long time no See…】
The new Text stopped, and the next second, it all disappeared.
Sawada Hiroki: 【Hassashi?!】
Godfather's Pet Snake is chatting with him using Memo? Are you kidding me!
Hassashi typed: 【If you don't believe it… you can… turn on the Camera to Look…】
Sawada Hiroki turned on the Mobile Phone camera and saw from the Camera a space that looked like a Clothes Pocket. Hassashi's Snake Head was very close, happily spitting out its Snake Tongue, using its Head to press the Button…
That's right, Godfather's Hand didn't move, it was indeed Hassashi who typed out the Text.
Hassashi: 【How is it? Did you See it?】
Sawada Hiroki: 【Saw it, you… you can actually chat with me? Does Godfather know…】
Damn, Godfather's Pet has become a spirit!
Hassashi: 【Of course he knows, Master also bought me a Notebook. I also have my own Mobile Phone, e-ink too… By the way, do you play Online Games? e-ink and I both play Online Games. It has a Legion, and there are many Crows in it. You can use Master's Computer, let's play together…】
While Hassashi was refreshing Sawada Hiroki's Worldview, outside, the Police discovered that the Last Phone Call on the Deceased's Mobile Phone was made more than 30 minutes ago, which was just around the Time of the Crime Scene.
And when the Police dialed that Phone Call, among the Onlookers around, the Mobile Phone of the Man in Suit who was sitting at the Table next to Chi Feichei and the others rang.
The Man in Suit flusteredly Take Out his Mobile Phone and hung up the Phone Call. He looked up and found that he was surrounded by Police.
A Group of people entered the Cafe again, but this time Inspector Megure and Wataru Takagi also followed.
According to the Man in Suit's account, his Name is Kisho Norihisa, and he is the General Manager of a Company. Last month, an Employee of their Company secretly Embezzlement Company Funds. His Superior wanted him to find the person before the President knew about it, so he Commissioned the Deceased to investigate.
Inspector Megure sat at the Table and asked Kisho Norihisa, who was sitting opposite him, "Where is your Company located?"
"It's on the 8th to 11th Floor of this Building." Kisho Norihisa honestly confessed.
"I see, later the Deceased told you that he had already found out the Identity of the Employee who Embezzlement Company Funds, so you arranged to meet him at this Cafe," Inspector Megure summarized Kisho Norihisa's previous Testimony, "But when it was Time to meet, he never showed up, so you made a Phone Call to him?"
"Yes." Kisho Norihisa nodded.
(End of Chapter)
Chi Feichei put down his Coffee Cup and turned his head to look.
Never mind, the Organization will definitely investigate the traitor Sherry to the end. Belmode's investigation cannot be stopped, and because of Kudo Shinichi, she has already locked onto the people around Conan. Something will happen sooner or later.
However, the showdown on the night of the full moon, where Haibara Ai was safe but in danger, can also make Belmode understand that her godson and Mouri Ran are both standing on Haibara Ai's side, making it difficult to act against her. In the future, her actions will be somewhat restrained, and she will even help cover up things for the sake of Conan and Mouri Ran's safety.
Overall, maintaining this Plot direction is still more beneficial than harmful for Haibara Ai.
For the sake of his Younger Sister, he should refrain from causing trouble. At most, he can slightly guide things and make some small changes that are beneficial to himself…
Conan also curiously looked at the weird Man who was making a Phone Call.
"Where are you now?" The Man in Suit making a Phone Call at the next Table also realized that he had been too loud in his excitement just now, attracting the attention of the people around him. He turned sideways, facing away from the others, and lowered his voice to say to the other end of the Phone Call, "I, I understand! I'll offer three times… no, four times the price, so you hurry up and come over, and bring me that Fellow's Name and Evidence…"
"Pa…"
All the lights inside and outside the Cafe suddenly went out, and the surroundings were Pitch Black.
Mouri Ran, who was happily eating Strawberry Crystal Cake, was stunned.
"No way!" Suzuki Sonoko was startled.
Jodie looked around in confusion, "Blackout?"
Hassashi, hiding in Chi Feichei's Sleeve, poked its Head out, "Master, no Danger."
"Thank You…" Chi Feichei responded softly.
After the Power Outage, Hassashi's first thought was to confirm whether there were any dangerous people approaching him and whether he would be in Danger. It was worth his serious thanks.
Jodie heard a rustling sound coming from Chi Feichei's direction in the Darkness. For a moment, she couldn't judge what the sound was. Just as she was looking towards Chi Feichei in confusion, the power came back on.
The Lamplight turned on again, accompanied by screams.
Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko were startled again and huddled together, looking towards the Shopping Mall Lobby outside the Glass Door where the screams came from.
"Look over there at the Entrance!"
"A lot of people are gathering there."
Conan was taken aback and trotted out.
Chi Feichei also put down his Coffee and got up to follow.
With Conan like this, every time he encounters a Trace that seems to be related to a Case, he rushes over more actively than him or Mori Kogoro, who is a Detective. It would be strange if he wasn't suspected.
Does Conan even know that he is a 'Child' now?
Even if a Child is not afraid of corpses, he shouldn't react so quickly to look at the Crime Scene without even saying nonsense like 'What's going on?' or 'It seems like something happened.'
…
Half an Hour later, Inspector Megure arrived with his team and led people to investigate the Scene.
The Deceased was leaning against the Elevator Escalator, sitting on the edge above the Elevator, with his Head hanging low. His Body was stained with Blood and he was tightly holding a File Bag in front of him. As the Elevator moved upwards step by step, it pushed his Body, and his Body would shake from time to time.
On the File Bag, the ○╳△ Pattern was written in Blood.
"The Deceased was stabbed in the Abdomen with a Kitchen Knife…" Inspector Megure squatted down in front of the Deceased, observing the Deceased's Situation.
"That's right," Wataru Takagi looked at the Notebook and reported the Investigation Situation, "The Deceased is Mr. Nakajo Katsunori, 43 years old. According to the Business Card on him, he runs a Detective Agency."
"A Detective," Inspector Megure stood up, stroking his chin and pondering, "But what's puzzling is, what does this weird dying massage mean?"
Chi Feichei: "…"
Why does Inspector Megure have to show off his English at this time?
Doesn't he know there's an English Teacher here? Even if it's a temporary side job, there might be a bit of… Occupational Disease.
"No, No, No…" Jodie spoke up from behind to correct him, "The correct Pronunciation should be dying message!"
"Ah?" Inspector Megure turned his Head back in surprise, "I remember you are…"
"Judy Saint-Emilion!" Jodie introduced herself with a smile, her Japanese also sounding very awkward, "Nice to meet you again, Police Officer!"
Inspector Megure chuckled dryly for a while. Before correcting his English, could this Teacher please learn Japanese properly? "Speaking of which, you really do easily encounter Murder Cases…"
"Yes!" Jodie turned her Head to look at Chi Feichei and the others who were previously standing in the Crowd, "However, compared to others, I am still slightly inferior!"
Inspector Megure's Line of Sight moved, first automatically filtering out Conan, who was too short to enter his Line of Sight, and then among Chi Feichei, Mouri Ran, and Suzuki Sonoko, his mind automatically highlighted Chi Feichei, who was dressed in All Black and liked to provide Help to the Police. Half-Moon Eyes glanced at Chi Feichei, "Brother Chi, so it's you guys. I think if this continues, it won't be long before you can surpass your Teacher…"
Here, he specifically meant the Plague God Degree!
Chi Feichei knew that he was going to take the Plague God Responsibility for Conan, and said Expressionless, "Oh, then sorry."
Inspector Megure: "…"
(*￣m￣)
Feeling provoked.
Mouri Ran broke out in a sweat and spoke up with a smile to smooth things over, "We were chatting in the Cafe over there at the time, and then suddenly there was a Power Outage…"
"When the lights came back on, we heard a Girl scream," Suzuki Sonoko added, "When we rushed over, we saw that person lying there covered in Blood."
"Power Outage?" Inspector Megure looked at Wataru Takagi.
Wataru Takagi looked down at the Record in the Police Handbook, "Yes, it is said that when the Building Management Company was inspecting Electrical Equipment, a small error occurred, causing a Power Outage. The Power Outage time was less than 15 seconds."
"So, the Murderer took advantage of the Power Outage to kill Mr. Nakajo, and then escaped, while Mr. Nakajo left behind that dying…" Inspector Megure paused, Speechless as he looked at Jodie, "message, right?"
Jodie nodded with a smile, indicating that Inspector Megure's Pronunciation was correct this time.
Inspector Megure picked up the File Bag from the Deceased's arms and looked at the Blood Pattern on it, "But, what does this ○╳△ mean?"
"These Marks are often used when there are missing Characters," Wataru Takagi also leaned closer to look, and guessed, "Could it be because he couldn't tell others his Name, so he used these Marks?"
Jodie touched her chin and recalled, "By the way, those few Marks, I seem to have Saw them somewhere…"
"Oh?" Inspector Megure immediately turned his Head back to look at Jodie and asked, "Where exactly did you See them?!"
"Please try to recall quickly!" Wataru Takagi also looked at Jodie seriously.
"It's a Game Controller," Conan said, "Aren't there ○╳△□ Marks on Game Controllers? But I think that should have nothing to do with this Case."
Don't ask him why he could think of it. He has been playing Game Controller Games like crazy in the past few days. Jodie is a Gamer, so what she thought of should be a Game Controller…
Chi Feichei did not participate in misleading the Police and looked at his Mobile Phone aside.
10 seconds ago, he felt his Mobile Phone vibrate.
There was no new Email, but the Memo in his Mobile Phone was opened, and it showed a Sentence:
【Godfather, I can let Ark invade the Surveillance Camera here, find the people beside this person before the Power Outage, and filter out suspicious people!】
Chi Feichei typed in the next line: 【No Need, don't Spoiler.】
Soon, new Text appeared in the next line: 【Spoiler?】
Chi Feichei typed: 【It means revealing the Final Answer in advance. This easily makes people lose Joy, and it's not that Troublesome.】
Sawada Hiroki, who was trying hard to show off: "…"
Chi Feichei cleared the Memo and put his Mobile Phone back in his Pocket.
Hassashi Saw the whole process from his Cuff, "Wait, Master, switch to your left Hand to hold your Mobile Phone, and put it in your Pocket for a while. I want to chat with Hiroki!"
It and Sawada Hiroki also cannot speak out to interfere in the Case. They can just chat together.
Chi Feichei switched to his left Hand to hold his Mobile Phone, put his Mobile Phone back into his Coat Pocket, and also opened the Memo for Hassashi. Then he didn't Take Out his Hand again.
Hassashi poked its Head out of his Sleeve, and under the cover of his Pocket, used its Head to press the Button, typing words in the Memo: 【Hi! Hiroki… I am… Hassashi!】
In the next line, new Text: 【Hello, Hassashi, long time no See…】
The new Text stopped, and the next second, it all disappeared.
Sawada Hiroki: 【Hassashi?!】
Godfather's Pet Snake is chatting with him using Memo? Are you kidding me!
Hassashi typed: 【If you don't believe it… you can… turn on the Camera to Look…】
Sawada Hiroki turned on the Mobile Phone camera and saw from the Camera a space that looked like a Clothes Pocket. Hassashi's Snake Head was very close, happily spitting out its Snake Tongue, using its Head to press the Button…
That's right, Godfather's Hand didn't move, it was indeed Hassashi who typed out the Text.
Hassashi: 【How is it? Did you See it?】
Sawada Hiroki: 【Saw it, you… you can actually chat with me? Does Godfather know…】
Damn, Godfather's Pet has become a spirit!
Hassashi: 【Of course he knows, Master also bought me a Notebook. I also have my own Mobile Phone, e-ink too… By the way, do you play Online Games? e-ink and I both play Online Games. It has a Legion, and there are many Crows in it. You can use Master's Computer, let's play together…】
While Hassashi was refreshing Sawada Hiroki's Worldview, outside, the Police discovered that the Last Phone Call on the Deceased's Mobile Phone was made more than 30 minutes ago, which was just around the Time of the Crime Scene.
And when the Police dialed that Phone Call, among the Onlookers around, the Mobile Phone of the Man in Suit who was sitting at the Table next to Chi Feichei and the others rang.
The Man in Suit flusteredly Take Out his Mobile Phone and hung up the Phone Call. He looked up and found that he was surrounded by Police.
A Group of people entered the Cafe again, but this time Inspector Megure and Wataru Takagi also followed.
According to the Man in Suit's account, his Name is Kisho Norihisa, and he is the General Manager of a Company. Last month, an Employee of their Company secretly Embezzlement Company Funds. His Superior wanted him to find the person before the President knew about it, so he Commissioned the Deceased to investigate.
Inspector Megure sat at the Table and asked Kisho Norihisa, who was sitting opposite him, "Where is your Company located?"
"It's on the 8th to 11th Floor of this Building." Kisho Norihisa honestly confessed.
"I see, later the Deceased told you that he had already found out the Identity of the Employee who Embezzlement Company Funds, so you arranged to meet him at this Cafe," Inspector Megure summarized Kisho Norihisa's previous Testimony, "But when it was Time to meet, he never showed up, so you made a Phone Call to him?"
"Yes." Kisho Norihisa nodded.
(End of Chapter)
