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Chapter 816 Rum's People Have Failed Again
Mouri Ran was also used to Brother Hichiji's 'no-nonsense, straight to the point' pace and asked directly, "Brother Hichiji, is Hattori with you?"
Chi Feichei: "No."
Mouri Ran sweated a bit, Brother Hichiji isn't even going to ask what happened to Hattori?
Never Mind, I'll take the initiative.
"It's strange, Hattori said he would come to Tokyo with Kazuha today, and they agreed to arrive at the Mouri Detective Agency at one o'clock in the afternoon, and then contact you to come over. But it's already two o'clock, and they haven't arrived yet, and they're not answering their phones. I was wondering if they might have gone to look for you first."
"They haven't contacted me either," Chi Feichei said.
"Is that so..." Mouri Ran said, "I called Hattori's mother, and she said they took the 8 AM airplane this morning, but they were going to visit Kazuha's father's former subordinate first. That person is now working as a Detective at a Detective Agency in Tokyo. My father happened to know him when he was horse racing and playing cards. I called the Beika Detective Agency where he works, and the people at the Agency said they haven't been able to contact him for two or three days. We're planning to go to that person's Home in Beika Town 4-chome to see if Hattori and Kazuha are there. Do you want to come with us?"
As soon as Chi Feichei heard this, he smelled the aura of an incident and refused directly, "I'm not going."
Why are these Detectives always bringing disaster to their Beika Town? Beika Town's annual Crime Rate is already high enough, definitely not going.
"Then we'll go take a look. If Hattori contacts you, please let us know."
"Okay."
The Phone Call ended, and Chi Feichei reopened the Eavesdropping Sound on the Computer.
Vodka suddenly laughed gossipy, "Raki, is that Mori Kogoro's Daughter? She seems to have a lot of Connection with you!"
Chi Feichei: "..."
What's with Vodka being so gossipy!
...
The contact between Yingqu Yan Nan and Takayama Otome continued for more than an Hour, from Lunch to finishing Afternoon Tea, testing each other, and chatting about a lot of nonsense.
In the end, just as Chi Feichei guessed, neither of them talked much about smuggled goods, but Takayama Otome invited Yingqu Yan Nan to visit her Tattoo Shop next week, it seems she has confirmed that Yingqu Yan Nan has channels and wants to make contact again.
Chi Feichei turned off the Computer Eavesdropping, and when he received an Email confirming Yingqu Yan Nan had left, he sent a 'retreat' Email to Calvados.
He didn't know if Yingqu Yan Nan's Disguise Mask had been targeted. Wataru Ichiro and Takayama Otome were not easy people to deal with. It's best to be careful when meeting, and find someone to be a Lookout.
As for him and Gin, they were considered to be patrolling Tokyo Street, sharing progress. If Yingqu Yan Nan and Calvados had an accident, they could also respond in time.
Furthermore, Gin had arranged two Tasks on the side. Responding to one is responding, and responding to two is also responding, so they might as well do them together.
More than ten minutes later, Calvados sent an Email saying 'safe withdrawal', and Chi Feichei also withdrew the people who were Staring in the Vicinity.
Afterwards, Vodka received an Email, and Rena Mizunashi (Kir), who went to get Things for Gin, also began to withdraw.
After everyone had almost withdrawn, Chi Feichei received a Phone Call from Hattori Heiji.
"Idiot! Stop messing around, I'm on a Call with Brother Hichiji..."
As soon as the Phone Call connected, it was noisy on Hattori Heiji's side, as if he was arguing with Kazuha Toyama, and Siren Sound could be faintly heard.
"Hey, Brother Hichiji, it's me, it's Hattori. Kazuha and I ran into a little Trouble before. Originally, we planned to find Kazuha's father's former subordinate, but we couldn't contact him. We waited at his Doorstep for a long time, and then I realized that he hadn't been Home for a long time. Based on the Notebook he left at Home, we found a woman named Ito in Kenkyo Town, and she was also imprisoned like him. That woman is still a famous Lawyer, it's really... hiss..." Hattori Heiji said, suddenly sucking in a breath of cold air, complaining on the Phone, "Idiot! Can you stop touching my back suddenly, it hurts!"
"I just wanted to check your Injury, who are you calling Idiot?" Kazuha Toyama's complaint faintly came from the Phone, "If it weren't for your Old Mom asking me to take care of you, I wouldn't bother with you!"
"Okay, stop talking for a moment..." Hattori Heiji's voice became clear again, "Brother Hichiji, are you listening?"
"Got beaten up?" Chi Feichei indicated that he was listening, even to the argument, and hearing Hattori Heiji's energetic voice, he guessed it wasn't a big deal.
Beaten up...
Hattori Heiji suddenly had bean eyes, "W-Well, I guess so... cough, anyway, we're fine here. After we go to the Hospital to treat the Injury and then go to the Metropolitan Police Department to explain the Situation, we'll go to Uncle Mori's Office. You should come too, let's have Dinner together, I'll show you some Good Stuff!"
"Then we'll talk about it when we meet."
"Okay, see you then!"
After hanging up the Phone, Chi Feichei wasn't in a hurry to put away his Mobile Phone.
He remembered this Plot. Hattori Heiji and Kazuha Toyama were imprisoned, and then joined hands with Conan to arrest the Bad Person. Combined with the recent sensational serial arson Incident, the next should be the 'Red Horse' Incident where a red toy horse is left at every Fire Crime Scene.
Because it was two consecutive Incidents solved jointly by Kanto and Kansai High School Detectives, he remembered the general Events.
But that's not the point. The point is the Words 'Ito', 'female Lawyer', 'Kenkyo Town'. He seemed to have seen them in the Organization Data, not in the member Archive, but in some Investigation Archive...
"Are you going to retreat In Advance?" Gin, who was driving, asked.
Chi Feichei came back to his senses, "I'm not in a hurry, I'll go over later. Do you know a female Lawyer named Ito who lives in Kenkyo Town? Is she a Member of the Organization?"
"No Impression," Gin's answer was straightforward, "What's her full Name?"
Chi Feichei failed to recall. There were so many Names in the Investigation Archive. If she wasn't a very Important Person, he wouldn't deliberately remember her, "Five Characters, Ito Mi... her Name also has the Character 'Sha', I don't remember the last one."
"Lawyer Ito?" Vodka recalled for a moment, "It seems like I've seen it somewhere, she should be Rum's person."
"What happened to that female Lawyer named Ito?" Gin asked.
"Imprisoned High School Detective Hattori Heiji, and has already been arrested," Chi Feichei said.
"Humph, looks like she's not a very Important Person," Gin said, "Send an Email to Rum and tell him to ignore it."
Chi Feichei also had this Intention, and used his Mobile Phone to send an Email to Rum:
【Is Lawyer Ito of Kenkyo Town your person? Imprisoned High School Detective Hattori Heiji, has been arrested. ——Raki】
【Understood, I will handle it. ——Rum】
Chi Feichei didn't Reply again.
There was no denial, probably... Rum's people have failed again.
...
After Rena Mizunashi (Kir) made a Phone Call to Gin to indicate that she had safely withdrawn, Chi Feichei also found a remote Place to get out of the Car and took a taxi to Beika Town.
When he arrived at the Mouri Detective Agency, it was already completely dark. Hattori Heiji and Kazuha Toyama had arrived not long before Chi Feichei.
Mouri Ran made a Table full of Dishes, and Mori Kogoro also put Beer on the Table. After everyone was seated, he pulled Chi Feichei to have a Glass of Beer first.
Hattori Heiji had a Band-aid on his Face and was still excitedly talking about what happened during the day, "...so that's why I taught that old woman a Lesson! I told her at the time that in This Situation, she had absolutely no Winning Chance... and that's it~!"
Kazuha Toyama looked at Mori Kogoro smilingly, "But honestly, this time it was all thanks to Uncle!"
"Wh..." Hattori Heiji was Stunned.
Conan was also startled, "What?"
"Isn't it Uncle Mori who solved the Cipher and came to rescue us?" Kazuha Toyama looked at Mori Kogoro gratefully, "Wasn't it also Uncle you who knocked down the Bad Person who Kidnapping us and called the Police Officer?"
"Huh?" Mori Kogoro was confused.
Why doesn't he remember doing such a Matter?
"Ah, let's not mention the past Matters anymore," Hattori Heiji quickly picked up the Beer Bottle on the Table and poured Beer for Mori Kogoro, smilingly diverting Mori Kogoro's Attention, "Come on, have another Glass!"
Conan glanced at Hattori Heiji with Half-Moon Eyes. Wasn't it Hattori who brought up these Matters first? The Matter of him secretly slipping out of the Dining Room Restroom to help Hattori Heiji escape almost got discovered.
"Come on, Brother Hichiji, have another Glass too!" Hattori Heiji smiled again and poured a Glass of Beer for Chi Feichei. After putting down the Beer Bottle, he took out his Mobile Phone, "By the Way, I must show you that Cipher..."
Hattori Heiji flipped out the Email with the Cipher written on it from his Mobile Phone, put it on the Table, and looked at Chi Feichei expectantly, "How is it? Mr. Kusukawa... that's the Uncle who works at the Beika Detective Agency now, he came up with it. It's the seven-digit Bank Locker Password!"
Hassashi slipped out of Chi Feichei's Sleeve and stared curiously at the Screen of the Mobile Phone on the Table.
The Cipher is a string of arranged Letters and Numbers:
Q52A252
K332Q44
4KQQKJ6
AQJ96J3
355533Q
6246426
2KK53K1
When Chi Feichei saw 'K', 'Q', 'J', 'A', he thought of Playing Cards. Then, thinking of Mouri Ran saying that Kusukawa knew Mori Kogoro when he was horse racing and playing cards, he was sure of the Answer in his Heart.
K Points to 13, Q Points to 12, J Points to 11, and A Points to 1.
After conversion, the Numbers became—
12521252
133321244
413121213116
1121196113
35553312
6246426
2131353131
Among all the Numbers, only '9' appeared once, and it was in the middle, very conspicuous.
Moreover, besides 9, there are 63 Numbers. To solve for 7 Numbers, 7×9=63, so these Numbers should be divided into groups of 9, and find one Number for each group.
If the Bank Locker Password is composed of 7 Numbers between 0 and 9, it is impossible to add each group, otherwise, if each group adds up to Numbers like '11' or '16', it will exceed 7 Numbers.
The first group is 125212521...
Chi Feichei eliminated the methods of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing Numbers in his Heart, and tried to change the arrangement Method.
If we talk about the arrangement Method, the original Cipher is square and upright, with 7 Numbers and Letters in each row, no more, no less. And if you want to arrange 9 Numbers squarely, you can arrange them in a 3×3 format.
The first group of Numbers is:
125
212
521
Dice?
What Chi Feichei noticed first was the Number '1' in a diagonal line. Dice fits Kusukawa's Cipher setting idea as a gambling enthusiast, and it also matches Playing Cards.
Then, after arranging the second group of Numbers, it is:
333
212
444
Dice 1 Point.
The following are arranged in a 3×3 Method, in order:
131
212
131
(Dice 5 Point)
161
121
161
(Dice 6 Point)
133
555
331
(Dice 2 Point)
262
464
262
(There is no Number 1, so that's 0)
131
353
131
(Dice 4 Point)
"3156204."
At the same time as Chi Feichei gave the Answer, Hassashi, who was peeking his head out, also Speak Out, "3156204, ah, this is Simple."
(End of Chapter)
Mouri Ran was also used to Brother Hichiji's 'no-nonsense, straight to the point' pace and asked directly, "Brother Hichiji, is Hattori with you?"
Chi Feichei: "No."
Mouri Ran sweated a bit, Brother Hichiji isn't even going to ask what happened to Hattori?
Never Mind, I'll take the initiative.
"It's strange, Hattori said he would come to Tokyo with Kazuha today, and they agreed to arrive at the Mouri Detective Agency at one o'clock in the afternoon, and then contact you to come over. But it's already two o'clock, and they haven't arrived yet, and they're not answering their phones. I was wondering if they might have gone to look for you first."
"They haven't contacted me either," Chi Feichei said.
"Is that so..." Mouri Ran said, "I called Hattori's mother, and she said they took the 8 AM airplane this morning, but they were going to visit Kazuha's father's former subordinate first. That person is now working as a Detective at a Detective Agency in Tokyo. My father happened to know him when he was horse racing and playing cards. I called the Beika Detective Agency where he works, and the people at the Agency said they haven't been able to contact him for two or three days. We're planning to go to that person's Home in Beika Town 4-chome to see if Hattori and Kazuha are there. Do you want to come with us?"
As soon as Chi Feichei heard this, he smelled the aura of an incident and refused directly, "I'm not going."
Why are these Detectives always bringing disaster to their Beika Town? Beika Town's annual Crime Rate is already high enough, definitely not going.
"Then we'll go take a look. If Hattori contacts you, please let us know."
"Okay."
The Phone Call ended, and Chi Feichei reopened the Eavesdropping Sound on the Computer.
Vodka suddenly laughed gossipy, "Raki, is that Mori Kogoro's Daughter? She seems to have a lot of Connection with you!"
Chi Feichei: "..."
What's with Vodka being so gossipy!
...
The contact between Yingqu Yan Nan and Takayama Otome continued for more than an Hour, from Lunch to finishing Afternoon Tea, testing each other, and chatting about a lot of nonsense.
In the end, just as Chi Feichei guessed, neither of them talked much about smuggled goods, but Takayama Otome invited Yingqu Yan Nan to visit her Tattoo Shop next week, it seems she has confirmed that Yingqu Yan Nan has channels and wants to make contact again.
Chi Feichei turned off the Computer Eavesdropping, and when he received an Email confirming Yingqu Yan Nan had left, he sent a 'retreat' Email to Calvados.
He didn't know if Yingqu Yan Nan's Disguise Mask had been targeted. Wataru Ichiro and Takayama Otome were not easy people to deal with. It's best to be careful when meeting, and find someone to be a Lookout.
As for him and Gin, they were considered to be patrolling Tokyo Street, sharing progress. If Yingqu Yan Nan and Calvados had an accident, they could also respond in time.
Furthermore, Gin had arranged two Tasks on the side. Responding to one is responding, and responding to two is also responding, so they might as well do them together.
More than ten minutes later, Calvados sent an Email saying 'safe withdrawal', and Chi Feichei also withdrew the people who were Staring in the Vicinity.
Afterwards, Vodka received an Email, and Rena Mizunashi (Kir), who went to get Things for Gin, also began to withdraw.
After everyone had almost withdrawn, Chi Feichei received a Phone Call from Hattori Heiji.
"Idiot! Stop messing around, I'm on a Call with Brother Hichiji..."
As soon as the Phone Call connected, it was noisy on Hattori Heiji's side, as if he was arguing with Kazuha Toyama, and Siren Sound could be faintly heard.
"Hey, Brother Hichiji, it's me, it's Hattori. Kazuha and I ran into a little Trouble before. Originally, we planned to find Kazuha's father's former subordinate, but we couldn't contact him. We waited at his Doorstep for a long time, and then I realized that he hadn't been Home for a long time. Based on the Notebook he left at Home, we found a woman named Ito in Kenkyo Town, and she was also imprisoned like him. That woman is still a famous Lawyer, it's really... hiss..." Hattori Heiji said, suddenly sucking in a breath of cold air, complaining on the Phone, "Idiot! Can you stop touching my back suddenly, it hurts!"
"I just wanted to check your Injury, who are you calling Idiot?" Kazuha Toyama's complaint faintly came from the Phone, "If it weren't for your Old Mom asking me to take care of you, I wouldn't bother with you!"
"Okay, stop talking for a moment..." Hattori Heiji's voice became clear again, "Brother Hichiji, are you listening?"
"Got beaten up?" Chi Feichei indicated that he was listening, even to the argument, and hearing Hattori Heiji's energetic voice, he guessed it wasn't a big deal.
Beaten up...
Hattori Heiji suddenly had bean eyes, "W-Well, I guess so... cough, anyway, we're fine here. After we go to the Hospital to treat the Injury and then go to the Metropolitan Police Department to explain the Situation, we'll go to Uncle Mori's Office. You should come too, let's have Dinner together, I'll show you some Good Stuff!"
"Then we'll talk about it when we meet."
"Okay, see you then!"
After hanging up the Phone, Chi Feichei wasn't in a hurry to put away his Mobile Phone.
He remembered this Plot. Hattori Heiji and Kazuha Toyama were imprisoned, and then joined hands with Conan to arrest the Bad Person. Combined with the recent sensational serial arson Incident, the next should be the 'Red Horse' Incident where a red toy horse is left at every Fire Crime Scene.
Because it was two consecutive Incidents solved jointly by Kanto and Kansai High School Detectives, he remembered the general Events.
But that's not the point. The point is the Words 'Ito', 'female Lawyer', 'Kenkyo Town'. He seemed to have seen them in the Organization Data, not in the member Archive, but in some Investigation Archive...
"Are you going to retreat In Advance?" Gin, who was driving, asked.
Chi Feichei came back to his senses, "I'm not in a hurry, I'll go over later. Do you know a female Lawyer named Ito who lives in Kenkyo Town? Is she a Member of the Organization?"
"No Impression," Gin's answer was straightforward, "What's her full Name?"
Chi Feichei failed to recall. There were so many Names in the Investigation Archive. If she wasn't a very Important Person, he wouldn't deliberately remember her, "Five Characters, Ito Mi... her Name also has the Character 'Sha', I don't remember the last one."
"Lawyer Ito?" Vodka recalled for a moment, "It seems like I've seen it somewhere, she should be Rum's person."
"What happened to that female Lawyer named Ito?" Gin asked.
"Imprisoned High School Detective Hattori Heiji, and has already been arrested," Chi Feichei said.
"Humph, looks like she's not a very Important Person," Gin said, "Send an Email to Rum and tell him to ignore it."
Chi Feichei also had this Intention, and used his Mobile Phone to send an Email to Rum:
【Is Lawyer Ito of Kenkyo Town your person? Imprisoned High School Detective Hattori Heiji, has been arrested. ——Raki】
【Understood, I will handle it. ——Rum】
Chi Feichei didn't Reply again.
There was no denial, probably... Rum's people have failed again.
...
After Rena Mizunashi (Kir) made a Phone Call to Gin to indicate that she had safely withdrawn, Chi Feichei also found a remote Place to get out of the Car and took a taxi to Beika Town.
When he arrived at the Mouri Detective Agency, it was already completely dark. Hattori Heiji and Kazuha Toyama had arrived not long before Chi Feichei.
Mouri Ran made a Table full of Dishes, and Mori Kogoro also put Beer on the Table. After everyone was seated, he pulled Chi Feichei to have a Glass of Beer first.
Hattori Heiji had a Band-aid on his Face and was still excitedly talking about what happened during the day, "...so that's why I taught that old woman a Lesson! I told her at the time that in This Situation, she had absolutely no Winning Chance... and that's it~!"
Kazuha Toyama looked at Mori Kogoro smilingly, "But honestly, this time it was all thanks to Uncle!"
"Wh..." Hattori Heiji was Stunned.
Conan was also startled, "What?"
"Isn't it Uncle Mori who solved the Cipher and came to rescue us?" Kazuha Toyama looked at Mori Kogoro gratefully, "Wasn't it also Uncle you who knocked down the Bad Person who Kidnapping us and called the Police Officer?"
"Huh?" Mori Kogoro was confused.
Why doesn't he remember doing such a Matter?
"Ah, let's not mention the past Matters anymore," Hattori Heiji quickly picked up the Beer Bottle on the Table and poured Beer for Mori Kogoro, smilingly diverting Mori Kogoro's Attention, "Come on, have another Glass!"
Conan glanced at Hattori Heiji with Half-Moon Eyes. Wasn't it Hattori who brought up these Matters first? The Matter of him secretly slipping out of the Dining Room Restroom to help Hattori Heiji escape almost got discovered.
"Come on, Brother Hichiji, have another Glass too!" Hattori Heiji smiled again and poured a Glass of Beer for Chi Feichei. After putting down the Beer Bottle, he took out his Mobile Phone, "By the Way, I must show you that Cipher..."
Hattori Heiji flipped out the Email with the Cipher written on it from his Mobile Phone, put it on the Table, and looked at Chi Feichei expectantly, "How is it? Mr. Kusukawa... that's the Uncle who works at the Beika Detective Agency now, he came up with it. It's the seven-digit Bank Locker Password!"
Hassashi slipped out of Chi Feichei's Sleeve and stared curiously at the Screen of the Mobile Phone on the Table.
The Cipher is a string of arranged Letters and Numbers:
Q52A252
K332Q44
4KQQKJ6
AQJ96J3
355533Q
6246426
2KK53K1
When Chi Feichei saw 'K', 'Q', 'J', 'A', he thought of Playing Cards. Then, thinking of Mouri Ran saying that Kusukawa knew Mori Kogoro when he was horse racing and playing cards, he was sure of the Answer in his Heart.
K Points to 13, Q Points to 12, J Points to 11, and A Points to 1.
After conversion, the Numbers became—
12521252
133321244
413121213116
1121196113
35553312
6246426
2131353131
Among all the Numbers, only '9' appeared once, and it was in the middle, very conspicuous.
Moreover, besides 9, there are 63 Numbers. To solve for 7 Numbers, 7×9=63, so these Numbers should be divided into groups of 9, and find one Number for each group.
If the Bank Locker Password is composed of 7 Numbers between 0 and 9, it is impossible to add each group, otherwise, if each group adds up to Numbers like '11' or '16', it will exceed 7 Numbers.
The first group is 125212521...
Chi Feichei eliminated the methods of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing Numbers in his Heart, and tried to change the arrangement Method.
If we talk about the arrangement Method, the original Cipher is square and upright, with 7 Numbers and Letters in each row, no more, no less. And if you want to arrange 9 Numbers squarely, you can arrange them in a 3×3 format.
The first group of Numbers is:
125
212
521
Dice?
What Chi Feichei noticed first was the Number '1' in a diagonal line. Dice fits Kusukawa's Cipher setting idea as a gambling enthusiast, and it also matches Playing Cards.
Then, after arranging the second group of Numbers, it is:
333
212
444
Dice 1 Point.
The following are arranged in a 3×3 Method, in order:
131
212
131
(Dice 5 Point)
161
121
161
(Dice 6 Point)
133
555
331
(Dice 2 Point)
262
464
262
(There is no Number 1, so that's 0)
131
353
131
(Dice 4 Point)
"3156204."
At the same time as Chi Feichei gave the Answer, Hassashi, who was peeking his head out, also Speak Out, "3156204, ah, this is Simple."
(End of Chapter)
