Chapter 148 Mysterious Email
Chapter 148 Mysterious Email
"It's still early, actually, it's already quite free now," Chi Feichei said, looking at his Mobile Phone screen, waiting for a reply.
Non-Ink replied quickly: [I won't go, Master can go alone. I'm in Tokyo adjusting and test-running the Intelligence Network. When you come back, it can be officially used. By the way, don't notify them when Master returns, I want to test how long it takes for them to find the Goal without me watching]
Chi Feichei: "..."
Is he treating him like an Experiment Tool?
Non-Ink followed up with another message: [Please try the Command again when the time comes, Master]
After that, Zhi Ming Fukuyama's reply arrived, expressing support for Chi Feichei to Travel, but reminding him to pay attention to Safety, remember to take Medicine, and so on. Attached were some Chicken Soup for the Soul poems, suggesting he could read them when he was at Sea.
"Mr. Amuro, would you like to come along?" Chi Feichei asked proactively after replying to the Email.
Anyway, this time he decided to give up the Bounty, and setting up a hellish game for the Wanted Criminal group was also pretty good, lively.
"I'll stay here," Amuro Toru refused with a smile, "Besides, I can take care of Hissashi."
"What's wrong with Hissashi?" Hattori Heiji looked curiously at the Glass Tank, "Is he sick?"
"Not sick, just Hibernation." Chi Feichei then said to Mr. Amuro, "Mr. Amuro, I'll put Hissashi at the Hospital Foster Care. After all, they have experience taking care of Animals, you can just take a vacation."
"Alright." Mr. Amuro nodded, his Mood subtle.
Actually, he really wanted to go with him, more contact would make it easier to figure out Chi Feichei's Situation, but the Organization had things going on recently, and he couldn't leave Tokyo for too long.
Thinking carefully, he was getting paid too easily for this job. There was almost no Work, he was idle all day, and it was okay to run around. He only worked for two days and started taking a vacation…
…
At the Port, Hattori Heiji took the Cash and Letter, and found a Staff member.
The Staff member looked at the Letter and laughed, "I see, so you are the Detective Mr. Furukawa found, you really don't look like one."
"Don't underestimate me, I'm quite famous in Osaka, and this one too," Hattori Heiji raised his hand and put it on Chi Feichei's Shoulder, looking at Chi Feichei with a grin, but when he saw Chi Feichei looking over calmly, he couldn't bring himself to say 'he's my Assistant', "He's also a very capable Detective, although not very famous, but he has also helped the Police solve Incidents, I specially asked him to come and help."
"Ah, no, I'm not doubting you, please come with me, both of you," the Staff member led the way to board the ship, "Mr. Furukawa called to explain that the person brought by the Detective he hired doesn't count as a person."
"Doesn't count as a person?" Hattori Heiji followed.
"Yes, this Tour Group only accommodates ten people," the Staff member explained, "Others have to answer questions to board the ship, but everything on the ship is free."
"Pfft!" Hattori Heiji couldn't help but chuckle, turning his head to look at Chi Feichei, "You don't count as a Human, huh."
Staff member: "..."
Chi Feichei glanced at Hattori Heiji, had he become this mischievous after not seeing him for a while?
"I just couldn't help but tease you, if I could see a different Reaction, I'd make a profit!" After Hattori Heiji entered the Cabin, he looked around, then walked to the Front Desk, "But this ship is really nice, just like a Hotel."
The Staff member asked for their Names, registered them, and handed over the Room Card with a smile, "Here, this is the Room Card, you two will stay in Room 102, it happens to have two Beds!"
When they got to the Room, the two of them comfortably leaned back on the Bed, chatting idly.
"Let's rest for a while, when the ship arrives at Ogasawara, we should be able to meet the Client."
"Why didn't you call Kazuha to come along?"
"That girl, she's going to visit someone with her Mother, she doesn't have time to come with me… But speaking of which, you're really polite to your Assistant, always calling him Mr. Amuro?"
"He's a capable person."
"Huh? You consider that Praise? Then what do you think of me? Do you think I'm a capable person?"
"Yes."
"What about Conan?"
"Also yes."
"What about Uncle Mori?"
"Also yes."
"...Don't you think everyone is a capable person?"
"Being able to live is a Ability."
"..."
While chatting, Hattori Heiji fell asleep.
Chi Feichei also decided to take a nap, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep at Night.
"Buzz——"
It seemed like he hadn't slept for long when the Mobile Phone vibration woke Chi Feichei up. He sat up, took out his Mobile Phone and looked, it was already past 9 PM.
There was a new Email in his mailbox, the Email Address was unfamiliar, and the content was very long, a large string of English Language at first glance.
[Do you know? In Field Group, Purple Eyes are also known as Cursed Eyes.
About seventy years ago, Baron Field in England originally had a happy Family. He had a beautiful Wife and a pair of lovely Children, until he adopted an Asian Girl with Purple Eyes.
Within ten years, his Wife and Children passed away one after another, and finally the Assets could only be passed on to that Girl. He called those Eyes the most beautiful Jewel in the world, but he would not have thought that it was just the beginning of a series of Nightmares.
...]
Chi Feichei frowned, he knew about these things.
Because that Baron was the founder of Field Group, and that Asian Girl was his Grandmother.
Back then, there were other Relatives of the founder who divided the inheritance, and they always felt that his Grandmother brought Bad Luck. Up to now, the Relationship between the Shareholders of Field Group is very chaotic.
Did those people send this to disgust him?
No, Field Group's headquarters is in England, and most of those Shareholders are also British. There are Differences in some Details between American English and British English.
Judging from this Email, the other party should be more accustomed to using American English.
Continue reading:
[When the Girl reached marriageable Age, she returned to Japan and found an excellent husband. The elderly Baron Field was very happy, witnessed their Wedding, and welcomed a New Life, a smart Boy, a Cursed Boy who inherited the curse...]
The other party's Tone was like telling a Fairy Tale, but the content was chilling.
That Boy had a Genetic Disease, went blind in both Eyes after the age of five, and also suffered from Mental Illness. In addition, his Parents were pregnant with a Second Child, and his Mentality was severely unbalanced. One day, in the Castle, he doused himself in Gasoline, lit a Fire, and dragged Baron Field, who loved him the most, to die together.
Attached to the Email were old Photos of the Boy and Baron's Family, as well as Photos of Baron's Funeral.
[The Baron is dead.
In the same year as his Funeral, the Girl gave birth to a Second Child. This Child did not inherit the Purple Eyes, but was born with Albinism.
As he grew up, the Child with Albinism also developed Mental Illness.
...]
One Email clarified the entire Family history.
In the Memory Chi Feichei inherited, the original Consciousness asked his Mother if he had any other Relatives, and his Mother's answer was no.
But according to this Email, his Mother originally had four Elder Brothers.
His first Uncle, blind and mentally ill, Suicide at the age of 5!
His second Uncle, who did not inherit the dominant trait of Purple Eyes, but had Albinism and Mental Illness, died in an Accident at the age of 21!
His third Uncle, also blind and mentally ill, Suicide at the age of 20!
His fourth Uncle, who did not inherit the dominant trait of Purple Eyes, but the result was even worse, erythropoietic protoporphyria, also known as vampire disease, Mental Illness pending, died at the age of 17!
Until his Mother, Kana Field, from birth to now, her Body has not shown any Abnormality.
Chi Feichei sorted it out.
It was likely that his Grandmother's Genetic Mutation was not benign, or rather, not just the benign side. Judging from some of the content in the Email, the Children who got sick were all very intelligent.
But high Intelligence is useless if you don't have a life.
The Boys born would develop Mental Problems one after another.
As for the Physical Illness, those with the dominant Heredity trait of Purple Eyes would definitely go blind, and those without the dominant Heredity trait would be even worse, perhaps there would be some kind of congenital enzyme deficiency, causing more terrible Illnesses.
There was an old Photo of his fourth Uncle in the Email. Porphyria not only did not give him Longevity, but because of repeated rashes, his face, the back of his Hands and other parts had atrophic scars. In the old Photo of the Castle Room in the background, the figure was wrapped in black cloth, the faintly exposed face was covered with scars, gaunt and gloomy, like an Old Person walking out of hell, one Photo could scare Children to tears.
But in fact, his fourth Uncle passed away at the age of 17, and he wouldn't have been older than that when the Photo was taken. A Young Man turning into this appearance was simply a Torture, not only Physical Illness, but also Mentality.
So, the Problem is, why didn't he go blind?
He has dominant Heredity traits, he should have gone blind around the age of five, and then developed Mental Illness…
Okay, the original Consciousness did have Mental Illness, but his Body was very healthy.
Then there are only two possibilities:
First: When the Genetic Disease reached his Mother, the Gene mutated again in a benign direction, making it easier for future generations to survive, or the Gene change that occurred in him allowed him to avoid Physical Illness.
Second: He or his Mother had received Gene Treatment.
His Parents leaving after he turned five also made him quite concerned. He previously guessed that it was probably to take care of him until he was five years old, but now it seemed that it might also be to confirm whether there was a Problem with his Eyes.
Reading to the end, the Email did not give an Answer, it seemed to be telling a story centered on his Grandmother's adoptive father and his Grandmother, ending in the year his Grandmother passed away.
His birth was after his Grandmother's death, and he was not mentioned in it.
After Chi Feichei finished reading, he was silent, noted down the Email Address, and started to Reply, but when he pressed the Email Address, he stopped again, turned up the Key Tone volume of the Mobile Phone, pressed it once, deleted it, and then pressed it again at a different Pace.
This time the Key Tone had a hint of Melody.
Chi Feichei deleted the edited [Who are you?], and changed it to [Why am I alright?].
Sent.
No need to ask who the other party was. When he looked at the Email Address before, he hadn't reacted yet. After pressing and hearing the Key Tone, he realized that it was very similar to the Melody of the Japanese Nursery Rhyme "Seven Children"!
He had heard the Nursery Rhyme "Seven Children" when he was a Child, or rather, many Children in Japan had heard it, and he would not misremember the Melody.
In other words, the sender is the BOSS of some dangerous Organization!
Late at Night, this discovery was quite terrifying…
(End of chapter)