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At six in the morning, not long after dawn, Chi Feichei returned to the Guesthouse Second Floor Room and found Mori Kogoro, Conan, Mitsuhiko, and Genta still asleep. He took out his Yukata from his Backpack and went out to take a bath.
After running all night, he still wasn't sleepy. Indeed, he had been lying in Bed for too long Recently...
By the time Chi Feichei finished his bath and came out, Conan and A Group of People had already finished their simple Wash Up and were sitting together eating Breakfast.
"Rustle."
Hearing the sound of the Door being pulled open, Conan listlessly raised his Head. Seeing Chi Feichei enter wearing a white Yukata, he was Stunned for a moment, his Gaze gradually becoming resentful.
That Fellow made him Curious until after three in the Early Morning before he fell asleep, and he didn't even know when he came back. He actually looked like he was in a good Mood?
Although Chi Feichei didn't show any Emotion on his Face, that Fellow actually wasn't wearing Black.
Wearing such an eye-catching white Yukata, with light green Branches and Leaves-like woven patterns on it, it looked full of vitality, seemingly expressing a subtext to him like, 'I'm very energetic, I'm in a good Mood'.
"Brother Hichiji, good morning!" Mouri Ran greeted him Smilingly, "So you went to take a bath."
"Good morning." Chi Feichei ignored Conan's resentful Gaze and sat down at the big Table.
Genta stared intently at Chi Feichei's entire Action. After Chi Feichei sat down, he exclaimed in amazement, "It's really true!"
"Ai said it just now," Ayumi explained to Chi Feichei with a smile, "Just now when we came to the Dining Room, when Mitsuhiko sat down, he mentioned that Brother Chi, every time you sit down, you bend your leg back, then Drag Half-Step your right foot back, and your left Knee touches the Floor first, before you put your right Knee down flat. Ai said that's a habit left over from learning Archery, and it's called Drag Half-Step!"
Kimiko Nagakura brought out a Tray, knelt down Aside, and then placed the Tray on the Table, smiling, "Your Breakfast. I didn't expect you to have learned Archery."
"Brother Hissashi's Horseback Archery is amazing!" Mouri Ran said, noticing that among A Group of People energetic Kid, only Conan was Yawn and looking listless. She asked with concern, "Conan, didn't you sleep well? Was Father's snoring too loud last Night?"
Conan finished Yawn, glanced at Chi Feichei resentfully again, and lowered his Head to eat, "I'm fine..."
Never Mind, he wouldn't expose Chi Feichei's sinister Intention for now.
After Breakfast, Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi excitedly prepared to investigate the Weird Matter Ayumi encountered last Night, and also pulled Conan and Haibara Ai along.
Conan originally wanted to ask Chi Feichei what he went out to do last Night, but before he could open his mouth, he was dragged away by Genta.
"Don't run too fast, be careful of Safety!" Mouri Ran shouted to remind them.
"Got it!" Genta and Mitsuhiko dragged Conan and ran along the Road without turning their Heads.
"Honestly..." Mouri Ran smiled helplessly, then turned her Head to ask Chi Feichei, "What about you, Brother Hissashi? What are you Intention to do later?"
Chi Feichei had just finished Breakfast and put down his Chopsticks, "I'll Go Out for a walk and bring the Children back later."
Although Ark had collected Network Information, it was too little. In this Enclosed Place, he still had to Go To the Crime Scene to Check.
"Then the Children are in your Troublesome~" Mouri Ran Smilingly Watched Leave Chi Feichei.
Brother Hissashi really cares about the Children. Saying he's going out for a walk is actually because he's worried and concerned that the Children will encounter Danger, right?
Nice Guy Card +1!
...
After the Junior Detective League five Children went to ask the Villager and investigate separately, they met up again at the Main Entrance of Otozawa House.
"Otozawa House..." Mitsuhiko raised his Head and Looked at the loose Wooden Block on the Door, "It seems that this is the House where Mami and the others lived ten years ago."
Ayumi straightened her Expression and firmly Walked Inside the Room.
"I heard she was also the only Child in their Family," Genta said.
Conan noticed Ayumi Walking Inside and quickly asked, "Ayumi, where are you going?"
"I'm going to find Mami!"
Ayumi pushed the Door and entered the House. The other four quickly followed Inside and searched around on the First Floor.
Otozawa House had been abandoned for a long time. The Water at Home was cut off, and broken Bowls were thrown in the sink. Many Newspapers and Wooden Board that were unrecognisable were scattered on the Floor.
"Everyone says Mami seemed to have died of Illness." Mitsuhiko turned his Head and looked around.
Haibara Ai lay prone in front of the Hearth, using a Small Wooden Stick to poke the Ash in the Hearth.
"Not long after, her Father and Mother seemed to have moved away from this Place," Genta continued.
"I wonder if there are any Photos left here," Mitsuhiko Walked To the Table covered in Accumulated Dust, "But ten years have passed, it's a bit difficult to find Photos."
Haibara Ai was still poking and poking in front of the Hearth, "Whether what Yoshida saw is real or not, we'll know if we compare it with Photos."
"You're right!" Mitsuhiko smiled and flattered, "Haibara is really amazing!"
"You don't really think there's a Ghost, do you?" Conan Speechless approached Haibara Ai and whispered, "Request, how can even you Say such Words..."
"Don't you believe it? Conan." Mitsuhiko asked.
Over There, Ayumi, who was looking at the Wall, was Be Stunned and didn't Turn Head.
"Request, I'm a Detective who makes Judgments based on Theory and Reasoning," Conan Half-Moon Eyes said, "How could I believe in Ghosts?"
"What Mitsuhiko asked wasn't that Intention." Genta couldn't help but Say.
"Actually, the two of them are asking you," Haibara Ai explained, "Whether you believe what Yoshida said."
Conan broke out in a cold sweat, and only then did he Sense that the Atmosphere was Wrong. He quickly said, "This... Actually, I..."
Ayumi looked back at Conan with a Grievance Expression, turned around and Run Away.
"Ayumi!"
Genta and Mitsuhiko were about to chase after her when they suddenly stopped, surprised to See Chi Feichei Walking down from the Stairs at the Entrance and blocking Ayumi's way.
"Brother Ike?"
"Why are you here?"
Haibara Ai threw away the Small Wooden Stick and Looked at the Stairs Chi Feichei came down from, "It seems someone arrived even earlier than us."
"Don't use the Appellation 'someone' for your Older Brother," Chi Feichei reminded her, then Looked at the Teary Ayumi, "If Ayumi Lie..."
The Tears Ayumi was holding back almost burst out.
Grievance...
"Then it must be out of Goodwill, and seeing Mami is obviously not in this category, so she doesn't need to Lie," Chi Feichei Walked past Ayumi with a Neutral Face and Walked Towards Conan, "This is also a Judgment made based on the Information obtained from Ayumi's past Performance, Age, Style of doing things, and Personality."
Ayumi: "..."
Suddenly she didn't feel Grievance anymore.
Conan was Stunned for a moment, then said helplessly, "It's not that I don't believe Ayumi's Words, but I suspect if someone is playing tricks, Intentionally using some Means to pretend to be a Ghost. Last Night I heard a very Weird sound in the Village, like a crying sound, and it was drifting and elusive, I couldn't hear it very clearly..."
"Ah?" Genta's Face became terrified, and he hugged Mitsuhiko Beside him, "Cry, crying sound?"
Mitsuhiko also felt scared, and stammered, "B-But I didn't hear it."
Ayumi had Tears in her Eyes, but Looked at Conan with Doubt, "Ayumi didn't hear it either."
"Neither did I." Haibara Ai said.
"That's Because you were all asleep, it was probably after three in the Early Morning, but Brother Chi Should have heard it," Conan Half-Moon Eyes Looked at Chi Feichei, "He Ran Out after you fell asleep last Night, and Should have come back in the morning, and then went straight to take a bath."
Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta all raised their Heads to Look at Chi Feichei.
"I See, you're listless this morning, Could it be that you waited for him until Midnight before you slept?" Haibara Ai stood up from in front of the Hearth, "Then, what were you Discussing to investigate, that you needed to investigate all Night?"
Conan said sullenly, "We didn't Discuss anything..."
"He was too Curious to fall asleep." Chi Feichei explained for Conan.
Last Night he didn't Go Out to find Clue, just wanted to Test his own Transformation. Originally, he Intention to leave after Conan fell asleep, but Conan suddenly started talking to him, so he thought that since he couldn't sleep anyway, he might as well find a companion...
"W-What do you mean?" Mitsuhiko was confused.
"This..." Haibara Ai deliberately thought seriously, "Edogawa was taken care of by Brother Hissashi using Curiosity, Should be Say So."
"Hey hey," Conan was Speechless at Haibara Ai's gloating, turned his Head to Look at Chi Feichei, and asked the Problem he had been pondering all Night, "Then what exactly did you Go To do last Night?"
"Night run." Chi Feichei said.
Conan was Stunned, "Huh?"
"Go Out for a Night run because you can't sleep, Just like that," Chi Feichei said with a straight Face, "As For the sound you mentioned, I didn't hear it. Probably you were too sleepy and had Auditory Hallucination."
"Is that so..." Conan frowned and thought for a while. He was very sleepy when he heard that sound last Night, but Even If it was Auditory Hallucination, it was also Because Chi Feichei deliberately mystified and made him think too much, "Brother Chi, do you really not have any Clue there? About Mami, and also Mr. Nagakura, his Attitude is very Weird..."
"Mami's Clue, you Children have grasped almost everything, you only know that she died of Illness ten years ago," Chi Feichei Looked at the Floor with Accumulated Dust, and still gave up sitting down to talk, turned around and Walked Outside the Door, "Tuberculous Meningitis. It was already very late when she went to the Hospital. There are Records of a lot of Medicine being prescribed. Death Should not be a Wrongful Accusation."
Conan followed up with his hands in his pockets, "You even know that she had Tuberculous Meningitis, and you still Say you didn't investigate?"
"Last Night was indeed a Night run, but in the morning I asked a Doctor Friend. The Hospital where Mami sought medical treatment ten years ago happened to be hers. She checked the Network Information entered into the Computer," Chi Feichei continued, "As For Mr. Nagakura, his son, Eiji Nagakura, is twenty years old This Year. There was a relevant Report half a year ago. Eiji Nagakura held a Gun to Robbery a Jewelry Store, killed a Security Guard with a Gun, plundered some Jewelry, and kidnapped a Jewelry Appraiser to escape. Afterwards, Because his Fingerprint were all over the Crime Scene, he was quickly Investigation by the Police. In the End, he committed Suicide by raising his Gun."
"Suicide?" Conan asked.
"Uh-huh, that's what the Report said. His Corpse was found under the Cliff in Seishin Village, which is a Village Vicinity," Chi Feichei stopped at the Entrance, "Because the Police compared the Ballistics of the Bullet Mark that penetrated his Head with the Bullet Mark on the Security Guard and in the Jewelry Store, and they were consistent. And there were no suspicious Fingerprint left at the Robbery Scene, it can be Confirm that he was the Hijacker, so it was also determined that he committed Suicide."
"What about those Jewelry?" Conan immediately grasped the Key Point, "Were they found?"
"No." Chi Feichei said.
"Since the Jewelry he Robbery was not found, then it is Possible that someone killed him with his Gun and Abandoned Corpse on the Cliff for those Jewelry," Conan touched his chin and Analysis, "That person must be someone familiar with him, who can know his Location during his escape, which means it was premeditated, and it's Unlikely to be an accidental encounter..."
"The Jewelry Appraiser he kidnapped has been missing since then. The Police suspect that the Appraiser has been killed by him and the Corpse Abandoned somewhere," Chi Feichei continued, "I suspect that the Jewelry Appraiser is not dead."
Conan was Stunned, and asked Chi Feichei with Doubt, raising his Head, "Why? According to what?"
Chi Feichei lowered his Eyes to Look at Conan, his Gaze as calm as a deep Pond, "Because we have a Jewelry Appraiser Beside us."
Haibara Ai felt a chill down her Back when she heard this, let alone Conan, who met Chi Feichei's Line of Sight.
If Eiji Nagakura was not Suicide, but was killed, then the Jewelry Appraiser he kidnapped and then went missing would be very Suspicion. Now Chi Feichei said that there was a Jewelry Appraiser Beside them, uh... this way of narrating is too scary!
(End of Chapter)
After running all night, he still wasn't sleepy. Indeed, he had been lying in Bed for too long Recently...
By the time Chi Feichei finished his bath and came out, Conan and A Group of People had already finished their simple Wash Up and were sitting together eating Breakfast.
"Rustle."
Hearing the sound of the Door being pulled open, Conan listlessly raised his Head. Seeing Chi Feichei enter wearing a white Yukata, he was Stunned for a moment, his Gaze gradually becoming resentful.
That Fellow made him Curious until after three in the Early Morning before he fell asleep, and he didn't even know when he came back. He actually looked like he was in a good Mood?
Although Chi Feichei didn't show any Emotion on his Face, that Fellow actually wasn't wearing Black.
Wearing such an eye-catching white Yukata, with light green Branches and Leaves-like woven patterns on it, it looked full of vitality, seemingly expressing a subtext to him like, 'I'm very energetic, I'm in a good Mood'.
"Brother Hichiji, good morning!" Mouri Ran greeted him Smilingly, "So you went to take a bath."
"Good morning." Chi Feichei ignored Conan's resentful Gaze and sat down at the big Table.
Genta stared intently at Chi Feichei's entire Action. After Chi Feichei sat down, he exclaimed in amazement, "It's really true!"
"Ai said it just now," Ayumi explained to Chi Feichei with a smile, "Just now when we came to the Dining Room, when Mitsuhiko sat down, he mentioned that Brother Chi, every time you sit down, you bend your leg back, then Drag Half-Step your right foot back, and your left Knee touches the Floor first, before you put your right Knee down flat. Ai said that's a habit left over from learning Archery, and it's called Drag Half-Step!"
Kimiko Nagakura brought out a Tray, knelt down Aside, and then placed the Tray on the Table, smiling, "Your Breakfast. I didn't expect you to have learned Archery."
"Brother Hissashi's Horseback Archery is amazing!" Mouri Ran said, noticing that among A Group of People energetic Kid, only Conan was Yawn and looking listless. She asked with concern, "Conan, didn't you sleep well? Was Father's snoring too loud last Night?"
Conan finished Yawn, glanced at Chi Feichei resentfully again, and lowered his Head to eat, "I'm fine..."
Never Mind, he wouldn't expose Chi Feichei's sinister Intention for now.
After Breakfast, Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi excitedly prepared to investigate the Weird Matter Ayumi encountered last Night, and also pulled Conan and Haibara Ai along.
Conan originally wanted to ask Chi Feichei what he went out to do last Night, but before he could open his mouth, he was dragged away by Genta.
"Don't run too fast, be careful of Safety!" Mouri Ran shouted to remind them.
"Got it!" Genta and Mitsuhiko dragged Conan and ran along the Road without turning their Heads.
"Honestly..." Mouri Ran smiled helplessly, then turned her Head to ask Chi Feichei, "What about you, Brother Hissashi? What are you Intention to do later?"
Chi Feichei had just finished Breakfast and put down his Chopsticks, "I'll Go Out for a walk and bring the Children back later."
Although Ark had collected Network Information, it was too little. In this Enclosed Place, he still had to Go To the Crime Scene to Check.
"Then the Children are in your Troublesome~" Mouri Ran Smilingly Watched Leave Chi Feichei.
Brother Hissashi really cares about the Children. Saying he's going out for a walk is actually because he's worried and concerned that the Children will encounter Danger, right?
Nice Guy Card +1!
...
After the Junior Detective League five Children went to ask the Villager and investigate separately, they met up again at the Main Entrance of Otozawa House.
"Otozawa House..." Mitsuhiko raised his Head and Looked at the loose Wooden Block on the Door, "It seems that this is the House where Mami and the others lived ten years ago."
Ayumi straightened her Expression and firmly Walked Inside the Room.
"I heard she was also the only Child in their Family," Genta said.
Conan noticed Ayumi Walking Inside and quickly asked, "Ayumi, where are you going?"
"I'm going to find Mami!"
Ayumi pushed the Door and entered the House. The other four quickly followed Inside and searched around on the First Floor.
Otozawa House had been abandoned for a long time. The Water at Home was cut off, and broken Bowls were thrown in the sink. Many Newspapers and Wooden Board that were unrecognisable were scattered on the Floor.
"Everyone says Mami seemed to have died of Illness." Mitsuhiko turned his Head and looked around.
Haibara Ai lay prone in front of the Hearth, using a Small Wooden Stick to poke the Ash in the Hearth.
"Not long after, her Father and Mother seemed to have moved away from this Place," Genta continued.
"I wonder if there are any Photos left here," Mitsuhiko Walked To the Table covered in Accumulated Dust, "But ten years have passed, it's a bit difficult to find Photos."
Haibara Ai was still poking and poking in front of the Hearth, "Whether what Yoshida saw is real or not, we'll know if we compare it with Photos."
"You're right!" Mitsuhiko smiled and flattered, "Haibara is really amazing!"
"You don't really think there's a Ghost, do you?" Conan Speechless approached Haibara Ai and whispered, "Request, how can even you Say such Words..."
"Don't you believe it? Conan." Mitsuhiko asked.
Over There, Ayumi, who was looking at the Wall, was Be Stunned and didn't Turn Head.
"Request, I'm a Detective who makes Judgments based on Theory and Reasoning," Conan Half-Moon Eyes said, "How could I believe in Ghosts?"
"What Mitsuhiko asked wasn't that Intention." Genta couldn't help but Say.
"Actually, the two of them are asking you," Haibara Ai explained, "Whether you believe what Yoshida said."
Conan broke out in a cold sweat, and only then did he Sense that the Atmosphere was Wrong. He quickly said, "This... Actually, I..."
Ayumi looked back at Conan with a Grievance Expression, turned around and Run Away.
"Ayumi!"
Genta and Mitsuhiko were about to chase after her when they suddenly stopped, surprised to See Chi Feichei Walking down from the Stairs at the Entrance and blocking Ayumi's way.
"Brother Ike?"
"Why are you here?"
Haibara Ai threw away the Small Wooden Stick and Looked at the Stairs Chi Feichei came down from, "It seems someone arrived even earlier than us."
"Don't use the Appellation 'someone' for your Older Brother," Chi Feichei reminded her, then Looked at the Teary Ayumi, "If Ayumi Lie..."
The Tears Ayumi was holding back almost burst out.
Grievance...
"Then it must be out of Goodwill, and seeing Mami is obviously not in this category, so she doesn't need to Lie," Chi Feichei Walked past Ayumi with a Neutral Face and Walked Towards Conan, "This is also a Judgment made based on the Information obtained from Ayumi's past Performance, Age, Style of doing things, and Personality."
Ayumi: "..."
Suddenly she didn't feel Grievance anymore.
Conan was Stunned for a moment, then said helplessly, "It's not that I don't believe Ayumi's Words, but I suspect if someone is playing tricks, Intentionally using some Means to pretend to be a Ghost. Last Night I heard a very Weird sound in the Village, like a crying sound, and it was drifting and elusive, I couldn't hear it very clearly..."
"Ah?" Genta's Face became terrified, and he hugged Mitsuhiko Beside him, "Cry, crying sound?"
Mitsuhiko also felt scared, and stammered, "B-But I didn't hear it."
Ayumi had Tears in her Eyes, but Looked at Conan with Doubt, "Ayumi didn't hear it either."
"Neither did I." Haibara Ai said.
"That's Because you were all asleep, it was probably after three in the Early Morning, but Brother Chi Should have heard it," Conan Half-Moon Eyes Looked at Chi Feichei, "He Ran Out after you fell asleep last Night, and Should have come back in the morning, and then went straight to take a bath."
Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta all raised their Heads to Look at Chi Feichei.
"I See, you're listless this morning, Could it be that you waited for him until Midnight before you slept?" Haibara Ai stood up from in front of the Hearth, "Then, what were you Discussing to investigate, that you needed to investigate all Night?"
Conan said sullenly, "We didn't Discuss anything..."
"He was too Curious to fall asleep." Chi Feichei explained for Conan.
Last Night he didn't Go Out to find Clue, just wanted to Test his own Transformation. Originally, he Intention to leave after Conan fell asleep, but Conan suddenly started talking to him, so he thought that since he couldn't sleep anyway, he might as well find a companion...
"W-What do you mean?" Mitsuhiko was confused.
"This..." Haibara Ai deliberately thought seriously, "Edogawa was taken care of by Brother Hissashi using Curiosity, Should be Say So."
"Hey hey," Conan was Speechless at Haibara Ai's gloating, turned his Head to Look at Chi Feichei, and asked the Problem he had been pondering all Night, "Then what exactly did you Go To do last Night?"
"Night run." Chi Feichei said.
Conan was Stunned, "Huh?"
"Go Out for a Night run because you can't sleep, Just like that," Chi Feichei said with a straight Face, "As For the sound you mentioned, I didn't hear it. Probably you were too sleepy and had Auditory Hallucination."
"Is that so..." Conan frowned and thought for a while. He was very sleepy when he heard that sound last Night, but Even If it was Auditory Hallucination, it was also Because Chi Feichei deliberately mystified and made him think too much, "Brother Chi, do you really not have any Clue there? About Mami, and also Mr. Nagakura, his Attitude is very Weird..."
"Mami's Clue, you Children have grasped almost everything, you only know that she died of Illness ten years ago," Chi Feichei Looked at the Floor with Accumulated Dust, and still gave up sitting down to talk, turned around and Walked Outside the Door, "Tuberculous Meningitis. It was already very late when she went to the Hospital. There are Records of a lot of Medicine being prescribed. Death Should not be a Wrongful Accusation."
Conan followed up with his hands in his pockets, "You even know that she had Tuberculous Meningitis, and you still Say you didn't investigate?"
"Last Night was indeed a Night run, but in the morning I asked a Doctor Friend. The Hospital where Mami sought medical treatment ten years ago happened to be hers. She checked the Network Information entered into the Computer," Chi Feichei continued, "As For Mr. Nagakura, his son, Eiji Nagakura, is twenty years old This Year. There was a relevant Report half a year ago. Eiji Nagakura held a Gun to Robbery a Jewelry Store, killed a Security Guard with a Gun, plundered some Jewelry, and kidnapped a Jewelry Appraiser to escape. Afterwards, Because his Fingerprint were all over the Crime Scene, he was quickly Investigation by the Police. In the End, he committed Suicide by raising his Gun."
"Suicide?" Conan asked.
"Uh-huh, that's what the Report said. His Corpse was found under the Cliff in Seishin Village, which is a Village Vicinity," Chi Feichei stopped at the Entrance, "Because the Police compared the Ballistics of the Bullet Mark that penetrated his Head with the Bullet Mark on the Security Guard and in the Jewelry Store, and they were consistent. And there were no suspicious Fingerprint left at the Robbery Scene, it can be Confirm that he was the Hijacker, so it was also determined that he committed Suicide."
"What about those Jewelry?" Conan immediately grasped the Key Point, "Were they found?"
"No." Chi Feichei said.
"Since the Jewelry he Robbery was not found, then it is Possible that someone killed him with his Gun and Abandoned Corpse on the Cliff for those Jewelry," Conan touched his chin and Analysis, "That person must be someone familiar with him, who can know his Location during his escape, which means it was premeditated, and it's Unlikely to be an accidental encounter..."
"The Jewelry Appraiser he kidnapped has been missing since then. The Police suspect that the Appraiser has been killed by him and the Corpse Abandoned somewhere," Chi Feichei continued, "I suspect that the Jewelry Appraiser is not dead."
Conan was Stunned, and asked Chi Feichei with Doubt, raising his Head, "Why? According to what?"
Chi Feichei lowered his Eyes to Look at Conan, his Gaze as calm as a deep Pond, "Because we have a Jewelry Appraiser Beside us."
Haibara Ai felt a chill down her Back when she heard this, let alone Conan, who met Chi Feichei's Line of Sight.
If Eiji Nagakura was not Suicide, but was killed, then the Jewelry Appraiser he kidnapped and then went missing would be very Suspicion. Now Chi Feichei said that there was a Jewelry Appraiser Beside them, uh... this way of narrating is too scary!
(End of Chapter)
