Chapter 21: A Group of Self-Indulgent Guys

Chapter 21: A Group of Self-Indulgent Guys

"He..." Chi Feichi was wondering if he should smooth things over for Kuroba Kaito, but after noticing a subtle change in Conan's expression from the corner of his eye, he looked up and preemptively sold out Kuroba Kaito, "He is Kaito Kid. If you rearrange the name Doito Takagi using Katakana, it becomes Kaito Kid."

Conan, who was just about to say the same thing: "..."

Kuroba Kaito had been listening to the reasoning with interest from the side, and was momentarily stunned by those words.

Damn it, to distance himself, did he have to sell me out personally?

Even if he was going to sell me out, he should have given me some warning!

However, Kuroba Kaito's reaction speed was top-notch. While his mind was blanking out, he dropped the Smoke Bomb in his hand at his feet, quickly completing his Disguise, transforming from a round, fat man into the familiar figure in white, Phantom Thief Kid, and struck a polite pose, "I also think Mr. Harui Fūden is a very lovable old man, but this Gathering isn't very lovable. Now that the matter is resolved, I'll take my leave first. Goodbye, everyone!"

Conan ran over, but the Smoke around Kuroba Kaito not only didn't dissipate, but became even thicker, quickly filling the entire Living Room.

Chi Feichi sat on the Sofa and yawned. Kuroba Kaito, that guy isn't afraid the culprit will take the opportunity to escape...

However, the only Suspension Bridge leading down the Mountain had been burned down. Even if Tanaka Kikue was still in the mood to run, even if she ran out of the house, she couldn't escape this Snowfield Summit.

It's a pity Tanaka Kikue hasn't been put on the wanted list yet, so there's no Bounty, and catching her won't make any money.

He trained too late last night and got up early this morning, and now in the middle of the night, he was really a bit sleepy...

On the Second Floor Balcony, Conan had already caught up with Kuroba Kaito, "Wait!"

"What's wrong, Little Detective?" Kuroba Kaito stood on the windowsill, his cloak fluttering in the wind, and teased, "Do you still want to catch me?"

"No, this time I just want to ask you a question," Conan said seriously, "Do you know who that guy is? That man named Chi Feichi..."

Kuroba Kaito almost thought their pretense with Chi Feichi had been seen through by Conan, but his expression remained calm, "Isn't he a member of your Detective Boys? This Reasoning was really brilliant. I was also wondering if you knew where this guy came from."

"You don't know either?" Conan pondered, "Red Herring and Straw Man are both famous Logical Fallacies. Red Herring refers to shifting Attention, while Straw Man is distorting to falsehood. The two are very similar, and many people can't distinguish the Difference between them. I thought you would know him..."

"Who knows what that Straw Man refers to. This guy hasn't been in the Chatroom for long, and I've only chatted with him casually a couple of times." Kuroba Kaito was a little glad for Chi Feichi's previous caution.

Conan, that Creature, is too sharp.

However, the Chat Nickname is still Chi Feichi's lazy Responsibility. Chi Feichi has to bear this Responsibility well.

Conan nodded thoughtfully. Straw Man indeed has many meanings, and it doesn't necessarily refer to Logical Fallacy.

Kuroba Kaito was also a bit curious about Chi Feichi. Apart from knowing that Chi Feichi came from a Mental Hospital, he didn't really know anything else, and proactively gossiped, "Why are you paying so much Attention to him? Does he have some Secret?"

Conan believed eight or nine tenths of their claim of not knowing each other, and said seriously, "I'm not sure either, I only met him today..."

"Just because you're both Detectives but you're unwilling to lose to someone else, Detectives are really strange..." Kuroba Kaito immediately lost interest, and spread his Hang Glider to fly away.

"Hey!" Conan stepped forward, but could only watch a white Figure leave a sentence behind and fly away.

"When the Bell proclaiming the End of Century rings, we will meet again!"

"What the heck..."

Conan gave a half-moon eye. What does he mean by Detectives are strange?

He was a little unwilling, but he admired that guy's Reasoning Ability.

He had also thought—Chi Feichi solves cases quickly, perhaps because he had been in that Chatroom before, and grasped some Clue he didn't know, and also understood the people in the Chatroom.

But Chi Feichi's speed in discovering the Crime Method, his Insight in discovering that the Bathroom and Second Floor Window were connected, his Carefulness in noticing Tanaka Kikue's disappearance midway, plus his Investigation Ability and Reasoning Ability...

All of these were enough to prove that guy's Reasoning Ability should not be underestimated.

Although he didn't seem like a dangerous person with any Action, he would definitely not take it lightly!

Not everyone in that Organization is necessarily a bad person. Conversely, people who are not so bad may not necessarily not be people from the Organization, and may even be the other party's Disguise and infiltration...

...

A group of people couldn't contact the outside world. Without Conan leaving and then running back halfway, Mori Kogoro also didn't realize the Crisis here, drove home and slept soundly. When he came to pick up his daughter, he found that the Suspension Bridge had been burned down.

Fortunately, Kuroba Kaito helped to call the Police when he went back.

When Mori Kogoro arrived, Inspector Megure had already led a team to the Mountain by Helicopter, and was planning to try and see if the Crime Method would work.

Conan also acted cute and begged, "Sis Ran, let's stay and watch! I'm very curious about how Mr. Hamano's Corpse was moved over there."

"Ah?" Mouri Ran hesitated, "But you have a Cold, it's better to go back earlier..."

"It's okay, I feel much better already!" Conan said quickly.

"Let's watch together, it would be a shame to leave like this!" Suzuki Sonoko said, moving closer to Mouri Ran, "Also, I think Mr. Chi is very good, maybe even more amazing than your reasoning maniac..."

Mouri Ran was speechless, "Weren't you saying you came this time to see that Mr. Doito Takagi?"

"He's already gone," Suzuki Sonoko, who hadn't been taken down by Conan's Tranquilizer Needle, had seen Kaito Kid, and was quite satisfied, saying happily, "But I really didn't expect him to be Kaito Kid. I got to see my Prince Charming, and also a handsome guy with super Reasoning Ability. This trip was really worth it!"

Mouri Ran could only force a smile. Who was it that looked disappointed when they saw Doito Takagi's chubby appearance earlier...

"Sigh... it's really hard to choose," Suzuki Sonoko said to herself, still intoxicated, and stared at Chi Feichi for a while. Her gaze suddenly became puzzled, and she recalled, "Hmm? Why do I suddenly feel like I've seen Mr. Chi somewhere before..."

Mouri Ran just assumed Suzuki Sonoko was overthinking, and sweat-dropped again and again.

"Where was it?!" Conan hurriedly asked sternly.

"Co-Conan?" Mouri Ran was startled by Conan's serious expression.

On the other side, Inspector Megure, who was communicating with a group of people from the Chatroom, turned his head in confusion.

Chi Feichi also looked over, and seeing Conan put on an innocent smile again, his intuition told him there was something else to record. He took out his Mobile Phone, turned on the Video Recording Function, put it in his pocket, and pointed the Camera at Conan.

"Speaking of where, I know!" Conan forcibly explained, and then sang a Nursery Rhyme in a cute childish voice, "Red Dragonfly in the sunset glow, where are you, I met you in childhood, which day was that, carrying a small basket to the Mountain, Mulberry Tree green as shade, picking Mulberry Fruit into the small basket..."

Finding that Conan suddenly started singing a Nursery Rhyme, Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran were bewildered.

Children's thinking, they really couldn't understand!

Chi Feichi, who had always been expressionless, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. After the Great Detective became a child, every day is really so joyful...

However...

Listening to someone singing out of tune, even if it's a simple Nursery Rhyme, but that melody that's out of whack, accompanied by the Wind in the Snowfield, also makes people feel the temperature drop quite a bit.

Inspector Megure shuddered, clenched his fist and coughed into it, "Cough!"

Mouri Ran came back to her senses and quickly covered Conan's mouth, "Okay, Conan, don't disturb the Police Officers solving the case!"

Conan once again had a lifeless expression, and became even more determined to absolutely not let Ran know that he was Kudo Shinichi.

Moreover, he saw it again...

Chi Feichi had just pulled his Mobile Phone out of his pocket a bit, and the Camera was pointed directly at him the whole time.

This guy is indeed investigating him!

However, the direction of the Investigation seems to be a bit problematic...

Chi Feichi ignored Conan's thoughts, took out his Mobile Phone to check, confirmed that it was recorded, and put it back in his pocket.

"Police Inspector! We've brought the Rope!" A Police Officer ran over carrying a bag.

"Very good," Inspector Megure nodded seriously, looked at Chi Feichi. He had heard from others about Chi Feichi's case-solving process before. No matter how he looked at it, he was at the level of a Great Detective, no less than Kudo Shinichi. "Mr. Chi, please demonstrate Ms. Tanaka's Crime Method yourself!"

"This is the Step-by-step Diagram." Chi Feichi handed the Diagram he had prepared last night to Inspector Megure.

Inspector Megure subconsciously took it, looked down at the Diagram, and felt that something was wrong.

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't Chi Feichi take the Rope brought by the Police Officer, and then start explaining and demonstrating? What's the point of just giving him a Diagram like this?

But I must say, this Diagram is really detailed. How to thread the Rope in each step, and where the Crossbow Bolt will be shot afterwards, are all clearly marked.

It gave him the feeling of reading furniture assembly instructions...

"The Demonstration should be done by the Police Officers." Chi Feichi added.

Inspector Megure thought Chi Feichi felt a little restrained, and couldn't help but feel emotional. Detectives with such a reserved Personality are rare. In the past, at crime scenes, when did that kid Kudo Shinichi not run around and do whatever he wanted?

"It's okay, you can demonstrate too. We just want to confirm whether the Method is feasible, to facilitate closing the case..."

"Demonstration is troublesome, I want to go back first," Chi Feichi said.

Inspector Megure looked at Chi Feichi's calm face, without a hint of embarrassment, and was speechless with black lines on his forehead: "..."

He was too naive. Detectives are indeed a group of self-indulgent guys!

There was no way. If Chi Feichi wouldn't demonstrate, Inspector Megure couldn't force him to demonstrate either. He asked a Police Officer to look at the Diagram, while keeping Chi Feichi's Contact Information, and arranged for Chi Feichi to take the Helicopter down the Mountain first.

Conan was secretly anxious in his heart. He was planning to have more contact with Chi Feichi to see if he could discover anything, "Um... Sis Ran..."

"What's wrong, Conan?" Mouri Ran asked in confusion.

Conan suggested cutely, "I suddenly feel a bit cold, why don't we go down the Mountain first~"

"Kid, you've been very restless lately!" Suzuki Sonoko complained.

Conan: "..."

What could he do? Who told that guy to play by unconventional rules, and even come up with a method like drawing a Step-by-step Diagram...

But the other party is in a hurry to leave, there must be some important reason!

(End of Chapter)