Chapter 152: Hattori Heiji: Those are my Gloves!
On the Deck, the flag was lit by Fire and was still fluttering in the air.
After Mori Kogoro and Samezaki Toji, Conan, Hattori Heiji, Chi Feichei, as well as Isobe Nagisa and Kujirai Sadao also arrived one after another.
"What happened?" Ebina Minoru also rushed over, "I just heard a sound like Fireworks..."
"What do you think?" Hattori Heiji turned his head to look at Chi Feichei, his expression strange, "Brother Chi, do you think this is purely a Prank?"
Conan: "..." He felt squeezed off the boat of Friendship again, but come to think of it, he also wanted to ask Chi Feichei first, after all, Chi Feichei's Ability...
"Are your Eyes alright?" Chi Feichei asked back as subtly as possible, looking at the large Box of people in front.
"Huh?" Hattori Heiji also followed his gaze. On that Box, a Ten Thousand Yen Old Bill was nailed with a Small Knife, and there were Characters written on it. This... he really didn't see it!
Conan chuckled in his heart, putting aside Ability, asking this Fellow Chi Feichei is definitely asking for a blow to his ego...
Beside them, Samezaki Toji sighed in a low voice to Mori Kogoro, "This Young Man is really a capable and Keenness Detective, but I wonder who taught him..."
Mori Kogoro immediately felt proud, straightened his expression, "Actually, he is my Disciple!"
"Didn't you teach him how to get along with people? That's so irresponsible!" Samezaki Toji almost simultaneously said those Words.
Mori Kogoro: "..."
Samezaki Toji: "..."
The two were speechless for a moment, a little awkward.
"Brother Chi, aren't your Words a bit too harsh?" Hattori Heiji didn't take it to heart, walked to the Box, squatted down, he knew what Chi Feichei's Personality was, but he still had to complain, "What do you mean 'Are your Eyes alright?', I just didn't see it for a moment..."
"I have already tried to be subtle," Chi Feichei said.
"If it wasn't expressed subtly, the meaning of this sentence would be..." Conan gloated from the side, "Are you blind?"
Hattori Heiji: "..." Then he should thank Chi Feichei for expressing himself subtly?
Mori Kogoro also sweated a bit, seeing the three people crowding around, he also stepped forward, "Hey, don't touch that Knife!"
"Please, who would touch that Knife," Hattori Heiji stared at the Old Bill, "We are not laymen."
Samezaki Toji also leaned forward to take a look, turned his head and said, "Excuse me, who will get..." Chi Feichei had already silently taken out an Evidence Bag.
Samezaki Toji: "..."
Chi Feichei saw Samezaki Toji staring at him, and took out a pair of Gloves from his Pocket again, "Do you need this?"
Samezaki Toji came back to his senses, took out Gloves from his own Pocket, "I have this, a Plastic Bag is enough, thank you..."
Conan: "..."
Hattori Heiji: "..."
Mori Kogoro: "..."
Suddenly felt very unprofessional...
"I've just gotten into the habit," Samezaki Toji explained while wearing Gloves, and then looked at Chi Feichei, "But what about you? Have you ever served as a Detective? That Evidence Bag of yours is for police use, right? But looking at your Age, it doesn't seem like it, you should have just Graduated High School not long ago..."
"I asked for it from a Friend who is a Detective," Chi Feichei explained with a calm Face, "This time I came with Hattori because of a Commission, so I brought it along."
"What is written on it?" Mori Kogoro asked, leaning closer.
Samezaki Toji carefully took down the Knife and Old Bill, put them into the Evidence Bag, and read aloud, "Sea God Poseidon has given me Life again, and my Shadow will be resurrected again!"
"Ah..." Kujirai Sadao exclaimed in panic.
"Mr. Kujirai?" Mori Kogoro turned back in surprise.
"So he is still alive... I knew it... he must... must..." Kujirai Sadao walked stiffly to the railing, turned around and leaned against it, his expression terrified, "Still alive in this world!"
Boom!
Behind Kujirai Sadao, Firelight and thick smoke soared into the sky.
Chi Feichei quietly watched Kujirai Sadao's Performance, his Facial Expression was good, but the act of walking to the railing, isn't it a bit too deliberate?
Of course, everyone's Reaction to being frightened is different, and the others didn't think too much about it.
The whole Ship immediately became chaotic.
"What's going on?"
"Why is there an explosion? Captain!"
The Safety Bell rang, and the captain's Sound also came out through the Loudspeaker, "An explosion occurred at the Stern, the Engine has stopped! Extinguish the Fire immediately!"
"Engine stopped!"
A group of people ran to the Stern again, looking at the Box burning in the Fire.
"What is on Fire?" Hattori Heiji identified the Things in the Fire.
Chi Feichei was silent, this time, he really doubted whether Hattori's Eyes were not working well...
"It's the Box for storing the Emergency Life Ladder!" Conan stared at the Fire.
Hattori Heiji also noticed something was wrong, "Damn it! There's someone in the Fire!"
The Fire was extinguished, revealing a Charred Corpse.
"Damn it, it's all charred! Now there's no way to know the Time of Death and who this Charred Corpse is," Samezaki Toji stepped forward to check the Corpse, turned his Head to look at Chi Feichei, "You..."
"No, bags for putting Corpses are not easy to borrow," Chi Feichei said.
Something so big, even if folded, would take up a lot of Place, who would carry it around? Moreover, wearing Gloves and Evidence Bags is understandable, some Detectives also carry them around, but carrying a bag for Corpses, what's that about?
Samezaki Toji also reacted, and said awkwardly, "Sorry, I subconsciously treated you as my former subordinate!" It's really that you have Evidence Bags when you need Evidence Bags, and Gloves when you need Gloves, it's easy to give people the wrong impression!
"It's okay," Chi Feichei replied with a calm Face, and put on his own Gloves.
"Even if you have a treasure chest, you can't conjure up a bag for Corpses," Hattori Heiji complained.
"Um... Brother Chi," Conan looked up at Chi Feichei, suddenly thought of something, Chi Feichei is really like a treasure chest when going out, remembering to consider the Temperature and Season to bring mosquito repellent when going to Izu, and also bringing his own Gloves when investigating cases with Wataru Takagi, "This time you came with Brother Hattori, you should have prepared for him, and brought an extra pair..."
Chi Feichei took out a pair of new Gloves, "Do you want them?"
Conan nodded decisively, this insane Fellow Chi Feichei really would remember to prepare Gloves for Hattori!
Hattori Heiji protested as soon as he heard this, "Hey, hey, I say, that should be..."
Mori Kogoro took the Gloves from Chi Feichei's Hand, and requisitioned them with confidence, "You two Kids just watch quietly from the side!"
Hattori Heiji: "..." A bunch of Robbers, those were prepared for him!
Conan looked up at Chi Feichei again.
"None left," Chi Feichei explained, "Didn't consider that we would meet you and Teacher Mouri." Even if he knew the Plot, he wouldn't bring them. Otherwise, Conan wouldn't think he was prescient, but might suspect that he was Surveillancing Mouri Detective Agency, and then imagine what Purpose he had, what intentions he harbored...
"I say," Samezaki Toji was exasperated, what are these people arguing about Gloves for, "Even if you don't look at the Corpse, please keep quiet, okay?"
"Those Kids are just noisy," Mori Kogoro said, wearing the Gloves and then facing the Corpse, "Maybe it's that missing Mr. Kame Da? Or maybe, Mr. Kame Da is not actually Ye Caisan, Ye Caisan sneaked onto the Ship, hid, and then killed Mr. Kame Da who was holding his Seal, or maybe, Mr. Kame Da killed Ye Caisan, or maybe, it's someone else..."
Samezaki Toji: "..." What's the Difference between saying this and not saying anything?
"Watch," Chi Feichei said, wearing Gloves, pointing to the Watch on the Corpse's Hand, "It's Mr. Kanie's."
"Huh?" Samezaki Toji's expression suddenly became serious, "Are you sure?"
"Ah, yes, I also remember!" Ebina Minoru stepped forward, staring at the Watch for a moment, "I noticed his Watch when I asked Mr. Kanie for the Time before, because this kind of gold-made Watch is very conspicuous, this Detective Young Man also noticed it at that Time, right? He seemed to be staring at us all the time..."
"Speaking of which, although the Corpse is burned beyond recognition," Samezaki Toji looked at the Charred Corpse, "but the Sweater on his body is indeed the one Mr. Kanie was wearing!"
"I remember the Pants are also these, that's right!" Mori Kogoro also said.
"What?" Mouri Ran murmured, "How could Mr. Kanie..."
"However, it's really funny," Isobe Nagisa suddenly said, seeing the others look over, she explained, "Look at his Posture, he deliberately bent his Arms and upper body, as if he wanted to show off that Gold Watch to us."
Mori Kogoro was speechless, "You're talking about this..."
"This is called Heat Stiffening," Hattori Heiji didn't have Gloves, so he simply interrupted Mori Kogoro from the side, "When a Corpse encounters Fire, Bones and Muscle will undergo Heat Coagulation and then contraction under the effect of Heat, triggering Heat Stiffening, the Muscle after the Arm is bent is much stronger than the Muscle when stretched out, so the Joint parts will all appear bent, and what is presented is this appearance somewhat similar to a Boxer, that is to say, Corpses burned by Fire will naturally present this appearance."
"Oh, so that's how it is, Detectives are all amazing," Isobe Nagisa said with a smile, praising them.
"Watch Band is wrong," Chi Feichei reminded.
"Yeah," Hattori Heiji walked towards the Corpse, squatted down next to Chi Feichei, glanced at the Gloves in Mori Kogoro's Hand, those should have been his Gloves, it's a waste to give them to this Uncle, "The Watch Band of the Watch is already loose."
"What's so strange about that?" Mori Kogoro looked at the Iron Can beside him, "That Iron Can rolled to the vicinity of the Corpse at that Time, I think the explosion just now was probably because the Gasoline inside leaked out, which caused the Fire and explosion, since it was an explosion caused by the Iron Can, it's normal for the Watch Band to be blown open and loosened."
"I think so too," Samezaki Toji agreed, "The Plastic Sheet originally covering the Box should also have been blown open at that Time."
"Plastic Sheet?" Hattori Heiji repeated.
"Yeah, my team leader and I came here before to look for Ye Caisan, at that Time there was a Plastic Sheet covering it," Mori Kogoro pointed to the Box on the other side, "Just like the one on that Box."
"Did you investigate the Things inside the Box at that Time?" Hattori Heiji pressed.
"No, you can tell by looking at the Box over there," Mori Kogoro looked at the Box on the other side, and explained seriously, "The Plastic Sheet was tightened from the Outside by someone, I thought at that Time that no one would be stupid enough to hide inside, besides, Mr. Kanie would definitely not be in that Box, when we returned to the Lounge, Mr. Kanie was still there, wasn't he?"
(End of Chapter)