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Chapter 768: Just a Farce [Thank you Patron Gao Leng Jiyong Xuan Xiaohua]
"Hey?"
Ayumi, who was just about to pretend to cry and scare the others, was surprised.
Chi Feichei explained, "I'll give you a new set and exchange it for that Plush Toy."
This made Ayumi hesitate, "But that Doll..."
"Ayumi," Chi Feichei walked up to Ayumi, squatted down in front of her, and looked directly at her. His gaze and expression were very serious as he began to coax, "Once upon a time, there was a Little Boy who loved collecting Toy Soldiers and Toy Tanks. He even collected an Army. What he liked most was playing General himself, commanding his Soldiers to conquer cities and strongholds. Every time, he could play for a long time without getting tired..."
Ayumi looked at Chi Feichei, listening intently to the Story. Those Purple Eyes, usually calm to the point of indifference, now seemed to carry a peaceful Charm that pulled people into the Story.
Genta and Mitsuhiko stopped talking and listened quietly. Even Conan and Haibara Ai looked curiously at Chi Feichei telling the Story.
"As he slowly grew up, the Soldiers were put into Boxes, then into the Warehouse, and gradually placed in the innermost part of the Warehouse. Until one day, when he had become a Father and was Packing Up the Warehouse, he found that Box," Chi Feichei continued to coax. If he took a fancy to something, he had to get it by hook or by crook. This was a basic law. Adding a bit of sentimentality, asking for a Toy again wouldn't easily make people suspect his Mentality was twisted. "After the Box was opened, a group of Soldiers still stood upright and asked him, 'Have you seen our General?' He said, 'He won't be back'..."
Ayumi's eyes welled up with Tears. She wanted to cry... No, she had to hold back.
"The Soldiers anxiously asked him again, 'Did he Sacrifice himself?' He replied, 'No, he just grew up'," Chi Feichei Say. "I don't believe Toys are cursed. They have always been with young Children. As long as they are not discarded, they will not leave and should not be placed in the Warehouse. Ayumi's Plush Toy may have just borne the Disaster for Ayumi, and it is not a cursed Plush Toy itself..."
Ayumi burst into tears with a 'wah', "I'm... I'm sorry..."
Conan, whose Mood was also feeling melancholy and low, was startled, "Ayumi..."
Genta also couldn't hold back his tears and broke down, "Wuu... Me too... I'm sorry..."
Mitsuhiko lowered his head and wiped away Tears, "I'm bad, I threw away the Plush Toy that had been with me for so many years..."
Looking at the three Children crying messily, Haibara Ai stood stunned in place. She didn't have many Toys, so she was just a little touched by the Story, so...
Conan looked up at Chi Feichei, what should he do now?
Chi Feichei silently reflected for a moment, concluding that the three Kids' Emotions were too rich. Before Passersby looked over, he moved away from the three Children, "They'll be fine after crying for a while."
Conan looked at Chi Feichei's extremely irresponsible Statement and Behavior, stunned for a moment. Noticing that Pedestrians on the Street were casting doubtful and curious Gaze, he quickly stepped forward to coax the Children, "Hey, hey, don't cry..."
Haibara Ai didn't have time to follow Chi Feichei, and didn't guess Chi Feichei's Reaction at all. Being watched by Passersby, she also braced herself and stepped forward to join the Queue of coaxing the Children.
Twenty seconds, crying stopped. Forty seconds, sobbing stopped. Fifty seconds, Tears were wiped dry.
Chi Feichei lowered his eyes to look at the Cigarette in his hand that he had just lit not long ago. Children's Emotions really came and went quickly.
Conan and Haibara Ai breathed a long sigh of relief, then looked at Chi Feichei with resentment, who had made the Children cry and then hid aside, leisurely lighting a Cigarette and waiting.
There really was no one more terrible than this!
Chi Feichei saw Ayumi wipe away her Tears and look over, then extinguished the Cigarette in the Trash Can beside him, "Ayumi, I like Toys with Stories and want to exchange with you."
Ayumi hesitated for a moment, "I originally wanted to ask my Papa to Take Out it from the Warehouse and send it for repair, but since Brother Chi wants it, I'll give it to you. No need for a new Doll. Bichi's Master felt that it had damaged my Plush Toy, so he asked his acquaintance to give me that set of Dolls that his Home no longer needed..."
"Really, Ayumi?" Mitsuhiko perked up.
"Uh-huh," Ayumi Nod, Smilingly Say, "It's much bigger than the previous one, and it's also seven tiers like Haibara's. That Household Say, as long as I remember the Location of the Dolls and can arrange all the Dolls correctly without looking at the Handbook, they will give them all to me!"
Saying that, Ayumi Turn Head to look at Chi Feichei again, seriously Say, "I won't forget the previous Dolls either. I will ask my Papa Mama to Ask if there are any Children who want Dolls. If there are, I will send them out to let the Dolls have new Friends."
Chi Feichei could only Nod. What else could he Say? A promising Child.
"But, isn't there a lot of Dolls in a seven-tiered set?" Mitsuhiko Ask.
"Can you do it alone?" Conan also Ask.
"No Problem!" Ayumi Smilingly Say, "I've already memorized all the arrangement methods these days, and it's not just me alone. The Aunt of that Household Say I can Call Friends to Go Together to arrange them!"
"Then I'll go Packing Up Ai's Girl's Day Doll," Chi Feichei Turn Around Say, "I'll pick you up later to Go Together for dinner."
"Hey..." Ayumi saw Chi Feichei Leave Immediately and without any hesitation, feeling a little regretful, "I still wanted Brother Chi to Go Together with us."
Conan could only force a Smile, "He wouldn't be Interested in things like arranging Girl's Day Dolls!"
...
On the way Chi Feichei drove away, he sent an Email to Kurahashi Kenichi.
[Arrange a meeting for you and Uryu on March 3rd. --Raki]
[I understand, Thank You!]
After reading the Reply, Chi Feichei put away his Mobile Phone.
At five o'clock in the Afternoon, Chi Feichei moved the Box containing the Dolls from the Chi Family Old Residence onto the Car. He even dismantled the Display Stand and packed it together. When he pulled up downstairs at that Apartment Building, a Police Car was already parked at the Stairwell Entrance.
"Another Incident happened?" Hassashi curiously poked his head out from his Collar, "Conan is really amazing..."
Chi Feichei was speechless. He parked the Car Rear of the Police Car. After getting out of the Car, he took out his Mobile Phone to look at the UL Message he hadn't finished reading Just Now.
Haibara Ai had sent him many Photos, including embarrassing Photos of the Doll arranging Process, as well as Photos after the Dolls were arranged and a Group Photo of the five Children kneeling and sitting in front of the Display Stand...
There were only two Text Messages. One was sent twenty-five minutes Before: [I have memorized the arrangement method. I shouldn't arrange them wrong on March 3rd.]
The other one was sent ten minutes Before: [When we went out to Help buy Sake Lees, it seems a Thief broke into the Kano Household. A Scroll of considerable Value was stolen. We have already Report to Police and probably need to wait until the Police Investigation is over before we can leave.]
Chi Feichei did not Reply. He put away his Mobile Phone and Go Upstairs. Listening to the Movement, he went directly to the Household with the most Excitement.
He vaguely remembered that there were no Corpses in this Incident, Just a Thief Farce.
The Door of a Household on the Third Floor was wide Open, and a Police Officer was standing at the Entrance. Sensing someone Go Upstairs, the Little Police Officer immediately Turn Head to Look.
Chi Feichei's Footstep did not pause. He walked past the Little Police Officer and entered the Door, "I'm here to pick up those five Children."
"Hey..." The Little Police Officer Subconsciously wanted to stop him, but Chi Feichei had already entered the Door.
Inside the Room, five Children, an Old Lady, a Middle-aged Woman, and two Middle-aged Man gathered at a Room Entrance. There were also two Police Officers Searching in the Kitchen, living Room and other Places.
"So, let's sort out the Situation again," Inside the Room, the Police Officer in charge of leading the team squatted on the Floor, looking at the contents recorded in the Police Handbook, and Confirm the Situation with the Children standing at the Entrance, "First of all, these Children came to the Kano Household to arrange Girl's Day Dolls. When the Dolls were arranged, Mr. Tsumugi, a resident of the same Apartment, came. He wanted to buy the stolen Scroll, which is worth at least 20 million. Mr. Mie, an appraiser, also came along..."
"Po-Police Officer, please don't Say things that are so easily misunderstood," the fat, bald Middle-aged Man quickly waved his hand with a Smile, "I wanted them to sell the Scroll to me, so I asked Mr. Mie to come with me to persuade them..."
Saying that, he also Turn Head to Ask the bespectacled Man next to him, "Right? Mr. Mie?"
Chi Feichei Go To the Entrance, raised his eyes to Look at the Display Stand for Dolls. In the Photos Haibara Ai sent him, there was a Scroll next to the Display Stand, but now it was gone. That should be the stolen one... Hmm? Wait... The Location of these Dolls...
"Yes," the bespectacled Man with a Moustache Nod, "I heard that their Household's Method of keeping the Scroll was not good, and I felt it was a Pity, so I came..."
"Then..." Inside the Room, the Police Officer in charge of leading the team just raised his head to Look at the two Men, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and rubbed his Eyes. He remembered that when he first arrived, there was no Young Man in Black Clothes who was handsome in Appearance, straight in posture but indifferent in Expression, and exuding Coldness all over his Body, right? When he raised his head, he found that there was one more person in the Crowd. He suddenly thought of some Ghost Legends...
"Police Officer, What's Wrong?" Ayumi looked at the Police Officer in front of her rubbing his Eyes and Face Changing, and Turn Head back with some Doubt, "Huh?"
Conan Turn Head: "..." Elusive Chi Feichei!
"The Location of the Dolls has changed," Chi Feichei Take Out his Mobile Phone, lowered his head to find the Photos Haibara Ai sent him, compared them, and Go To Inside the Room. Seeing the Police Officer staring blankly at him, he turned his Hand over so that the Police Officer could See the enlarged Photos on the Mobile Phone, and explained in a calm Tone, "My Younger Sister sent me Photos of the Dolls arranged Before. The top tier, viewed from the front, is male on the left and female on the right. Now it has become male on the right and female on the left. Moreover, the Left Minister and Right Minister on the fourth tier also look a little different from the Photos..."
"Ah..." That Police Officer Turn Head again to Look at the Girl's Day Dolls arranged behind him, completely confused. This... What does arranging Dolls have to do with him?
Conan was stunned for a moment, looked at the Doll Display Stand, and quickly Understood. He ran Inside the Room, "Genta, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Help move the Dolls away!"
"Ah?" Ayumi hesitated and looked at the Middle-aged Woman, "But..."
"Hurry up!" Conan had already started to Take Out the Dolls on the Display Stand Downwards, "The Scroll should be under the Cloth of the Display Stand!"
The three Children quickly stepped forward to Help Take Out the Dolls.
Haibara Ai saw the flurry of activity over there and didn't go up to join in. She walked to Chi Feichei's side.
"Someone here hid the Scroll under the Cloth of the Display Stand, and then put the Dolls back on," Conan explained while quickly Taking Out the Dolls, "However, that person swapped the Location of the Dolls on the top tier. The Left Minister and Right Minister look different from Before because the round shaft part of the Scroll happened to rest behind them, causing these two Dolls to lean forward slightly after being placed on, and the original Smile looked like it had turned into a sneer, making them look a bit gloomy..."
Saying that, Conan saw that the Dolls on the Display Stand had been moved to the Ground. He grabbed the lower corner of the red Cloth spread on it with both hands and pulled hard.
The red Cloth was lifted, and a Scroll was laid on the Steps of the Display Stand below.
Thank you Patron [Gao Leng Jiyong Xuan Xiaohua]
End of Chapter
"Hey?"
Ayumi, who was just about to pretend to cry and scare the others, was surprised.
Chi Feichei explained, "I'll give you a new set and exchange it for that Plush Toy."
This made Ayumi hesitate, "But that Doll..."
"Ayumi," Chi Feichei walked up to Ayumi, squatted down in front of her, and looked directly at her. His gaze and expression were very serious as he began to coax, "Once upon a time, there was a Little Boy who loved collecting Toy Soldiers and Toy Tanks. He even collected an Army. What he liked most was playing General himself, commanding his Soldiers to conquer cities and strongholds. Every time, he could play for a long time without getting tired..."
Ayumi looked at Chi Feichei, listening intently to the Story. Those Purple Eyes, usually calm to the point of indifference, now seemed to carry a peaceful Charm that pulled people into the Story.
Genta and Mitsuhiko stopped talking and listened quietly. Even Conan and Haibara Ai looked curiously at Chi Feichei telling the Story.
"As he slowly grew up, the Soldiers were put into Boxes, then into the Warehouse, and gradually placed in the innermost part of the Warehouse. Until one day, when he had become a Father and was Packing Up the Warehouse, he found that Box," Chi Feichei continued to coax. If he took a fancy to something, he had to get it by hook or by crook. This was a basic law. Adding a bit of sentimentality, asking for a Toy again wouldn't easily make people suspect his Mentality was twisted. "After the Box was opened, a group of Soldiers still stood upright and asked him, 'Have you seen our General?' He said, 'He won't be back'..."
Ayumi's eyes welled up with Tears. She wanted to cry... No, she had to hold back.
"The Soldiers anxiously asked him again, 'Did he Sacrifice himself?' He replied, 'No, he just grew up'," Chi Feichei Say. "I don't believe Toys are cursed. They have always been with young Children. As long as they are not discarded, they will not leave and should not be placed in the Warehouse. Ayumi's Plush Toy may have just borne the Disaster for Ayumi, and it is not a cursed Plush Toy itself..."
Ayumi burst into tears with a 'wah', "I'm... I'm sorry..."
Conan, whose Mood was also feeling melancholy and low, was startled, "Ayumi..."
Genta also couldn't hold back his tears and broke down, "Wuu... Me too... I'm sorry..."
Mitsuhiko lowered his head and wiped away Tears, "I'm bad, I threw away the Plush Toy that had been with me for so many years..."
Looking at the three Children crying messily, Haibara Ai stood stunned in place. She didn't have many Toys, so she was just a little touched by the Story, so...
Conan looked up at Chi Feichei, what should he do now?
Chi Feichei silently reflected for a moment, concluding that the three Kids' Emotions were too rich. Before Passersby looked over, he moved away from the three Children, "They'll be fine after crying for a while."
Conan looked at Chi Feichei's extremely irresponsible Statement and Behavior, stunned for a moment. Noticing that Pedestrians on the Street were casting doubtful and curious Gaze, he quickly stepped forward to coax the Children, "Hey, hey, don't cry..."
Haibara Ai didn't have time to follow Chi Feichei, and didn't guess Chi Feichei's Reaction at all. Being watched by Passersby, she also braced herself and stepped forward to join the Queue of coaxing the Children.
Twenty seconds, crying stopped. Forty seconds, sobbing stopped. Fifty seconds, Tears were wiped dry.
Chi Feichei lowered his eyes to look at the Cigarette in his hand that he had just lit not long ago. Children's Emotions really came and went quickly.
Conan and Haibara Ai breathed a long sigh of relief, then looked at Chi Feichei with resentment, who had made the Children cry and then hid aside, leisurely lighting a Cigarette and waiting.
There really was no one more terrible than this!
Chi Feichei saw Ayumi wipe away her Tears and look over, then extinguished the Cigarette in the Trash Can beside him, "Ayumi, I like Toys with Stories and want to exchange with you."
Ayumi hesitated for a moment, "I originally wanted to ask my Papa to Take Out it from the Warehouse and send it for repair, but since Brother Chi wants it, I'll give it to you. No need for a new Doll. Bichi's Master felt that it had damaged my Plush Toy, so he asked his acquaintance to give me that set of Dolls that his Home no longer needed..."
"Really, Ayumi?" Mitsuhiko perked up.
"Uh-huh," Ayumi Nod, Smilingly Say, "It's much bigger than the previous one, and it's also seven tiers like Haibara's. That Household Say, as long as I remember the Location of the Dolls and can arrange all the Dolls correctly without looking at the Handbook, they will give them all to me!"
Saying that, Ayumi Turn Head to look at Chi Feichei again, seriously Say, "I won't forget the previous Dolls either. I will ask my Papa Mama to Ask if there are any Children who want Dolls. If there are, I will send them out to let the Dolls have new Friends."
Chi Feichei could only Nod. What else could he Say? A promising Child.
"But, isn't there a lot of Dolls in a seven-tiered set?" Mitsuhiko Ask.
"Can you do it alone?" Conan also Ask.
"No Problem!" Ayumi Smilingly Say, "I've already memorized all the arrangement methods these days, and it's not just me alone. The Aunt of that Household Say I can Call Friends to Go Together to arrange them!"
"Then I'll go Packing Up Ai's Girl's Day Doll," Chi Feichei Turn Around Say, "I'll pick you up later to Go Together for dinner."
"Hey..." Ayumi saw Chi Feichei Leave Immediately and without any hesitation, feeling a little regretful, "I still wanted Brother Chi to Go Together with us."
Conan could only force a Smile, "He wouldn't be Interested in things like arranging Girl's Day Dolls!"
...
On the way Chi Feichei drove away, he sent an Email to Kurahashi Kenichi.
[Arrange a meeting for you and Uryu on March 3rd. --Raki]
[I understand, Thank You!]
After reading the Reply, Chi Feichei put away his Mobile Phone.
At five o'clock in the Afternoon, Chi Feichei moved the Box containing the Dolls from the Chi Family Old Residence onto the Car. He even dismantled the Display Stand and packed it together. When he pulled up downstairs at that Apartment Building, a Police Car was already parked at the Stairwell Entrance.
"Another Incident happened?" Hassashi curiously poked his head out from his Collar, "Conan is really amazing..."
Chi Feichei was speechless. He parked the Car Rear of the Police Car. After getting out of the Car, he took out his Mobile Phone to look at the UL Message he hadn't finished reading Just Now.
Haibara Ai had sent him many Photos, including embarrassing Photos of the Doll arranging Process, as well as Photos after the Dolls were arranged and a Group Photo of the five Children kneeling and sitting in front of the Display Stand...
There were only two Text Messages. One was sent twenty-five minutes Before: [I have memorized the arrangement method. I shouldn't arrange them wrong on March 3rd.]
The other one was sent ten minutes Before: [When we went out to Help buy Sake Lees, it seems a Thief broke into the Kano Household. A Scroll of considerable Value was stolen. We have already Report to Police and probably need to wait until the Police Investigation is over before we can leave.]
Chi Feichei did not Reply. He put away his Mobile Phone and Go Upstairs. Listening to the Movement, he went directly to the Household with the most Excitement.
He vaguely remembered that there were no Corpses in this Incident, Just a Thief Farce.
The Door of a Household on the Third Floor was wide Open, and a Police Officer was standing at the Entrance. Sensing someone Go Upstairs, the Little Police Officer immediately Turn Head to Look.
Chi Feichei's Footstep did not pause. He walked past the Little Police Officer and entered the Door, "I'm here to pick up those five Children."
"Hey..." The Little Police Officer Subconsciously wanted to stop him, but Chi Feichei had already entered the Door.
Inside the Room, five Children, an Old Lady, a Middle-aged Woman, and two Middle-aged Man gathered at a Room Entrance. There were also two Police Officers Searching in the Kitchen, living Room and other Places.
"So, let's sort out the Situation again," Inside the Room, the Police Officer in charge of leading the team squatted on the Floor, looking at the contents recorded in the Police Handbook, and Confirm the Situation with the Children standing at the Entrance, "First of all, these Children came to the Kano Household to arrange Girl's Day Dolls. When the Dolls were arranged, Mr. Tsumugi, a resident of the same Apartment, came. He wanted to buy the stolen Scroll, which is worth at least 20 million. Mr. Mie, an appraiser, also came along..."
"Po-Police Officer, please don't Say things that are so easily misunderstood," the fat, bald Middle-aged Man quickly waved his hand with a Smile, "I wanted them to sell the Scroll to me, so I asked Mr. Mie to come with me to persuade them..."
Saying that, he also Turn Head to Ask the bespectacled Man next to him, "Right? Mr. Mie?"
Chi Feichei Go To the Entrance, raised his eyes to Look at the Display Stand for Dolls. In the Photos Haibara Ai sent him, there was a Scroll next to the Display Stand, but now it was gone. That should be the stolen one... Hmm? Wait... The Location of these Dolls...
"Yes," the bespectacled Man with a Moustache Nod, "I heard that their Household's Method of keeping the Scroll was not good, and I felt it was a Pity, so I came..."
"Then..." Inside the Room, the Police Officer in charge of leading the team just raised his head to Look at the two Men, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and rubbed his Eyes. He remembered that when he first arrived, there was no Young Man in Black Clothes who was handsome in Appearance, straight in posture but indifferent in Expression, and exuding Coldness all over his Body, right? When he raised his head, he found that there was one more person in the Crowd. He suddenly thought of some Ghost Legends...
"Police Officer, What's Wrong?" Ayumi looked at the Police Officer in front of her rubbing his Eyes and Face Changing, and Turn Head back with some Doubt, "Huh?"
Conan Turn Head: "..." Elusive Chi Feichei!
"The Location of the Dolls has changed," Chi Feichei Take Out his Mobile Phone, lowered his head to find the Photos Haibara Ai sent him, compared them, and Go To Inside the Room. Seeing the Police Officer staring blankly at him, he turned his Hand over so that the Police Officer could See the enlarged Photos on the Mobile Phone, and explained in a calm Tone, "My Younger Sister sent me Photos of the Dolls arranged Before. The top tier, viewed from the front, is male on the left and female on the right. Now it has become male on the right and female on the left. Moreover, the Left Minister and Right Minister on the fourth tier also look a little different from the Photos..."
"Ah..." That Police Officer Turn Head again to Look at the Girl's Day Dolls arranged behind him, completely confused. This... What does arranging Dolls have to do with him?
Conan was stunned for a moment, looked at the Doll Display Stand, and quickly Understood. He ran Inside the Room, "Genta, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Help move the Dolls away!"
"Ah?" Ayumi hesitated and looked at the Middle-aged Woman, "But..."
"Hurry up!" Conan had already started to Take Out the Dolls on the Display Stand Downwards, "The Scroll should be under the Cloth of the Display Stand!"
The three Children quickly stepped forward to Help Take Out the Dolls.
Haibara Ai saw the flurry of activity over there and didn't go up to join in. She walked to Chi Feichei's side.
"Someone here hid the Scroll under the Cloth of the Display Stand, and then put the Dolls back on," Conan explained while quickly Taking Out the Dolls, "However, that person swapped the Location of the Dolls on the top tier. The Left Minister and Right Minister look different from Before because the round shaft part of the Scroll happened to rest behind them, causing these two Dolls to lean forward slightly after being placed on, and the original Smile looked like it had turned into a sneer, making them look a bit gloomy..."
Saying that, Conan saw that the Dolls on the Display Stand had been moved to the Ground. He grabbed the lower corner of the red Cloth spread on it with both hands and pulled hard.
The red Cloth was lifted, and a Scroll was laid on the Steps of the Display Stand below.
Thank you Patron [Gao Leng Jiyong Xuan Xiaohua]
End of Chapter
