Reading settings
Chapter 1099: The Famous Detective Has Such a Rich Imagination
Soon, the police, having finished their investigation, disguised themselves as workers delivering electrical appliances and knocked on the Domoto family's door.
Chi Feichei thought that since he was idle anyway, he might as well treat it as a walk and follow along to see, so he followed Mori Kogoro and Conan to the Domoto family's home.
As soon as they entered the main gate, Mori Kogoro laughed heartily, "Long time no see! Your university senior is here to bother you again!"
Conan ran in front of Mori Kogoro and smiled sweetly at the young hostess of the house, acting cute, "Hello, Auntie, I'm his son, please take care of me!"
Chi Feichei glanced at Conan.
The performance was too flashy.
Moreover, ever since the incident where he was mistaken for Kataoka Jun and kidnapped, the famous detective was once again randomly claiming someone as his father.
Mori Kogoro said in a low voice, full of disdain, "Why did you come over too?"
"It's less likely to be met with suspicion if we bring a child," Conan replied in a low voice. Suddenly, he realized that Chi Feichei's gaze towards him held a hint of disdain, and immediately felt black lines on his forehead. "It's still better than someone who doesn't cooperate at all."
"Woof! Woof woof!"
A golden retriever peeked out from behind the door, wagging its tail and barking towards Chi Feichei.
The young woman who opened the door looked up and was a little surprised, "Hey? Are you... Doctor Chi?"
Conan: "..."
Mori Kogoro: "..."
Okay, they didn't need to cooperate with the disguise at all.
If they had known this house kept a dog earlier, they would have also used Chi Feichei's identity as a veterinarian to come over.
"Excuse us."
Chi Feichei didn't remember the woman's name, but he remembered the golden retriever's innocent sound. He stepped forward and stroked the golden retriever's head, and by the way, flipped its ear, "Kaka."
"Woof!" The golden retriever Kaka barked happily, its tail wagging so hard it was almost like a fan.
A group of people entered the Domoto family's home. The police connected recording and other equipment to the landline phone and explained to the daughter of the kidnapped person, Domoto Mitsuko, and her husband, Domoto Akinari, the reason why the police had shown up even though they hadn't reported it.
As soon as the two people heard that the criminal had died in a car accident, they immediately became worried.
According to what the two people said, the kidnapped person needed a medication injection every six hours, and it had already been more than six hours. Although they wouldn't die immediately without the injection, their life would be in danger if it exceeded eight hours.
There was only an hour and a half left!
Chi Feichei squatted in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass window, lifting Kaka the golden retriever's paw and looking at its teeth...
This golden retriever had a physical examination at the hospital before and, by the way, got this year's vaccine.
He just saw the dog briefly at the time. Kaka could understand his words and express simple words like 'eat', 'hurt', 'master', etc., but couldn't speak coherent sentences. Before leaving, he saw the dog getting a shot, and it was very docile.
After the inspection, Chi Feichei patted Kaka's head.
Its body was still very healthy, and its wide, flat head was still so easy to pat.
Kaka probably understood that the inspection was finished. It turned around, ran inside the room, and fetched a small ball, placing it in front of Chi Feichei. It wagged its tail expectantly and whined towards Chi Feichei as if acting cute, "Master, warehouse, not at home, no play."
Chi Feichei connected the dots. The meaning was—'Master went to the warehouse, is not at home, and hasn't played with me today'?
Mori Kogoro's words were interrupted by the dog's barking. He really wanted to get angry, but thinking of his own disciple's indifferent face, he couldn't help it and instead turned it into disdain, "Hassashi, why don't you take the dog out to play? Don't let it cause trouble here."
Chi Feichei picked up the small ball, got up, and looked towards the old maid who brought the tea, "Does Old Mr. Domoto usually play with Kaka?"
Even though he knew asking this might result in another 'successful animal spoiler', he still wanted to confirm it.
"Ah?" The old maid was stunned. "No, the one who usually plays with Kaka is Mr. Akinari."
Mori Kogoro and Inspector Megure: "..."
(▼へ▼メ)
What time is it now, and you're still asking who usually plays with the dog?
Domoto Akinari, the Domoto family's husband, explained, "Originally, I should have played with it, but I needed to finish the work I had on hand at home in the morning. Afterwards, my father-in-law had an incident, so..."
Inspector Megure finally couldn't help it, "Brother Chi..."
"I'm going to walk the dog." Chi Feichei said the words one step ahead of Inspector Megure.
Domoto Mitsuko was in no mood to care about the dog's matter. She got up and gave the rope and collar to Chi Feichei, "Then I'll trouble you, Doctor Chi."
Chi Feichei received the collar and rope, helped Kaka put them on, and took the dog out.
He remembered that Domoto Akinari had just said that he had been working at home all day. Given Kaka's mind, it was unlikely to lie.
In other words, Domoto Akinari intentionally concealed his movements in the morning, and the place 'warehouse' was relatively special...
Then, this kidnapping was possibly orchestrated behind the scenes by Domoto Akinari, and the hostage was in a certain warehouse that Domoto Akinari had been to.
Inside the room, Mori Kogoro and Inspector Megure exchanged a glance, trying to remember where they had been in their conversation just now.
"You've really gone to a lot of trouble, police officers," Domoto Mitsuko thanked them. "Actually letting Doctor Chi help take care of Kaka... To be honest, we really don't have the mood to play with Kaka right now."
"Ah, no, Brother Chi he..."
Inspector Megure was just about to explain 'the reason for calling Chi Feichei was because Chi Feichei's reasoning ability was very strong, and they hoped Chi Feichei could help with the investigation, which is why they came together', but he stopped halfway through his sentence.
Wait... wasn't Brother Chi here to solve the incident? Everyone still had no clue, so why did Brother Chi just leave and help walk the dog?
Conan quietly slipped out and chased after Chi Feichei, "Brother Chi, wait for me!"
Something's wrong, he suspected that Chi Feichei had already made some discovery.
Chi Feichei stopped, waited for Conan to come over, and then continued walking towards the street corner with Kaka on the leash.
"Brother Chi, did you discover something?" Conan asked curiously. "Is that why you avoided that family and came out with Kaka to find people?"
Chi Feichei: "..."
The famous detective's imagination is truly rich.
"Then are you suspecting there's an inside man in that family?" Conan pondered, stroking his chin. "But among the three people in that house, the maid is old and has worked for the Domoto family for a long time, so it's unlikely she would do something like kidnapping. And Mrs. Mitsuko, as Old Mr. Domoto's only daughter, doesn't seem to have any father-daughter conflict, so that's also unlikely. As for Mr. Akinari, although the maid said Old Mr. Domoto was very harsh towards Mr. Akinari, it's normal for him to be a bit strict with him as the successor of Domoto Metal Manufacturing. And after Old Mr. Domoto was kidnapped this time, he was also the first one to step forward, actively appease the family, and go to raise money..."
Chi Feichei was silent.
He just wanted to come out and walk the dog.
Conan raised his wrist and looked at his watch. "Now there is only one hour left. If Old Mr. Domoto doesn't get the medication injection within an hour, he will be in great danger. If there is an inside man for the kidnapper among the three of them, then, at this time, they should be unable to keep calm and actively confess to the police. After all, judging by their relationship, it's unlikely they would watch Old Mr. Domoto die..."
Chi Feichei: "..."
"No, wait. If Old Mr. Domoto dies, Mr. Akinari benefits the most. Moreover, coupled with the usual conflict, it is possible that he intentionally let Old Mr. Domoto die," Conan said, tilting his head to look towards Chi Feichei. "Are you suspecting Mr. Akinari? What's the evidence?"
Chi Feichei was expressionless: "..."
Did he say he suspected Domoto Akinari?
Yes, he did suspect Domoto Akinari, but he didn't say it, because he had no evidence.
If he said something like 'Because Kaka said...', he would be sent to Aoyama Fourth Hospital to check if his illness had worsened.
Before Chi Feichei could answer, Conan withdrew his line of sight. While following Chi Feichei, he continued to analyze, stroking his chin. "Kaka brought the small ball to you. Before, you asked who usually played with Kaka, and the maid said it was Mr. Akinari. This is because you saw that Kaka hadn't played with the small ball today like it usually does, right? Although Mr. Akinari's explanation is reasonable, he worked at home in the morning, and then the kidnapping incident happened, so he didn't have time to care for Kaka. But it is also possible that he used the excuse of working in the morning and actually secretly went out. Then..."
After saying that, Conan suddenly stopped, turned around, and ran towards the Domoto family's home.
"He definitely left behind some trace! The trace of him secretly going out!"
Kaka was startled by Conan's sudden action. It looked at Chi Feichei with doubt and worry, "Woof?"
"Nothing," Chi Feichei withdrew his line of sight and continued walking forward with Kaka. "Where do you usually go to play?"
Kaka no longer cared about Conan and barked repeatedly, "Here! Seaside! Big garden!"
Chi Feichei looked at the nearby buildings. This area was a residential area with many small alleys. The houses were built very grandly, but seemingly not many households lived there; it was very quiet. "Is there any surveillance nearby?"
"Surveillance?" Kaka was in doubt.
Seeing that Kaka didn't understand, Chi Feichei didn't ask further. "Let's walk around the alleys. Help me check where there are few people entering and exiting."
This kind of place was quite suitable for assassination. It was the routine of 'luring someone out, finding someone to look out at the alley entrance, killing the person, and collective withdrawal'. Since he was idle anyway, he might as well get some knowledge of the terrain and personally check the situation in this area. Maybe it would be useful later.
Sometimes, looking at a map is not as clear as walking through it oneself.
...
An hour later...
Conan led people to find the original old warehouse of Domoto Metal Manufacturing and found Old Mr. Domoto inside, who had already fallen unconscious.
As the ambulance lifted Old Mr. Domoto onto the ambulance, Conan looked around with doubt.
Weird, he could even look at the map and deduce that the hostage was tied up here, based on the extension point of the route from Hirano Takeshi taking the ransom to the car accident. That fellow Chi Feichei is so good at finding the location of kidnapped people from a map, he should have arrived long ago.
Moreover, Chi Feichei had already started suspecting Domoto Akinari a long time ago, and he was even with a dog. He shouldn't have failed to find this place yet...
Inspector Megure said to Domoto Akinari, "Your wife is now intending to send Old Mr. Domoto to the hospital, so you go together too! As for the criminal's matter, we the police will..."
Conan immediately turned his head and gave Mori Kogoro a needle, took off his Bow Tie Voice Changer, and hid behind the box.
Never mind, I won't wait anymore. Anyway, Chi Feichei won't step forward to deduce. Having Uncle Mori here is enough.
"Mr. Akinari, please wait a bit!"
(End of Chapter)
Soon, the police, having finished their investigation, disguised themselves as workers delivering electrical appliances and knocked on the Domoto family's door.
Chi Feichei thought that since he was idle anyway, he might as well treat it as a walk and follow along to see, so he followed Mori Kogoro and Conan to the Domoto family's home.
As soon as they entered the main gate, Mori Kogoro laughed heartily, "Long time no see! Your university senior is here to bother you again!"
Conan ran in front of Mori Kogoro and smiled sweetly at the young hostess of the house, acting cute, "Hello, Auntie, I'm his son, please take care of me!"
Chi Feichei glanced at Conan.
The performance was too flashy.
Moreover, ever since the incident where he was mistaken for Kataoka Jun and kidnapped, the famous detective was once again randomly claiming someone as his father.
Mori Kogoro said in a low voice, full of disdain, "Why did you come over too?"
"It's less likely to be met with suspicion if we bring a child," Conan replied in a low voice. Suddenly, he realized that Chi Feichei's gaze towards him held a hint of disdain, and immediately felt black lines on his forehead. "It's still better than someone who doesn't cooperate at all."
"Woof! Woof woof!"
A golden retriever peeked out from behind the door, wagging its tail and barking towards Chi Feichei.
The young woman who opened the door looked up and was a little surprised, "Hey? Are you... Doctor Chi?"
Conan: "..."
Mori Kogoro: "..."
Okay, they didn't need to cooperate with the disguise at all.
If they had known this house kept a dog earlier, they would have also used Chi Feichei's identity as a veterinarian to come over.
"Excuse us."
Chi Feichei didn't remember the woman's name, but he remembered the golden retriever's innocent sound. He stepped forward and stroked the golden retriever's head, and by the way, flipped its ear, "Kaka."
"Woof!" The golden retriever Kaka barked happily, its tail wagging so hard it was almost like a fan.
A group of people entered the Domoto family's home. The police connected recording and other equipment to the landline phone and explained to the daughter of the kidnapped person, Domoto Mitsuko, and her husband, Domoto Akinari, the reason why the police had shown up even though they hadn't reported it.
As soon as the two people heard that the criminal had died in a car accident, they immediately became worried.
According to what the two people said, the kidnapped person needed a medication injection every six hours, and it had already been more than six hours. Although they wouldn't die immediately without the injection, their life would be in danger if it exceeded eight hours.
There was only an hour and a half left!
Chi Feichei squatted in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass window, lifting Kaka the golden retriever's paw and looking at its teeth...
This golden retriever had a physical examination at the hospital before and, by the way, got this year's vaccine.
He just saw the dog briefly at the time. Kaka could understand his words and express simple words like 'eat', 'hurt', 'master', etc., but couldn't speak coherent sentences. Before leaving, he saw the dog getting a shot, and it was very docile.
After the inspection, Chi Feichei patted Kaka's head.
Its body was still very healthy, and its wide, flat head was still so easy to pat.
Kaka probably understood that the inspection was finished. It turned around, ran inside the room, and fetched a small ball, placing it in front of Chi Feichei. It wagged its tail expectantly and whined towards Chi Feichei as if acting cute, "Master, warehouse, not at home, no play."
Chi Feichei connected the dots. The meaning was—'Master went to the warehouse, is not at home, and hasn't played with me today'?
Mori Kogoro's words were interrupted by the dog's barking. He really wanted to get angry, but thinking of his own disciple's indifferent face, he couldn't help it and instead turned it into disdain, "Hassashi, why don't you take the dog out to play? Don't let it cause trouble here."
Chi Feichei picked up the small ball, got up, and looked towards the old maid who brought the tea, "Does Old Mr. Domoto usually play with Kaka?"
Even though he knew asking this might result in another 'successful animal spoiler', he still wanted to confirm it.
"Ah?" The old maid was stunned. "No, the one who usually plays with Kaka is Mr. Akinari."
Mori Kogoro and Inspector Megure: "..."
(▼へ▼メ)
What time is it now, and you're still asking who usually plays with the dog?
Domoto Akinari, the Domoto family's husband, explained, "Originally, I should have played with it, but I needed to finish the work I had on hand at home in the morning. Afterwards, my father-in-law had an incident, so..."
Inspector Megure finally couldn't help it, "Brother Chi..."
"I'm going to walk the dog." Chi Feichei said the words one step ahead of Inspector Megure.
Domoto Mitsuko was in no mood to care about the dog's matter. She got up and gave the rope and collar to Chi Feichei, "Then I'll trouble you, Doctor Chi."
Chi Feichei received the collar and rope, helped Kaka put them on, and took the dog out.
He remembered that Domoto Akinari had just said that he had been working at home all day. Given Kaka's mind, it was unlikely to lie.
In other words, Domoto Akinari intentionally concealed his movements in the morning, and the place 'warehouse' was relatively special...
Then, this kidnapping was possibly orchestrated behind the scenes by Domoto Akinari, and the hostage was in a certain warehouse that Domoto Akinari had been to.
Inside the room, Mori Kogoro and Inspector Megure exchanged a glance, trying to remember where they had been in their conversation just now.
"You've really gone to a lot of trouble, police officers," Domoto Mitsuko thanked them. "Actually letting Doctor Chi help take care of Kaka... To be honest, we really don't have the mood to play with Kaka right now."
"Ah, no, Brother Chi he..."
Inspector Megure was just about to explain 'the reason for calling Chi Feichei was because Chi Feichei's reasoning ability was very strong, and they hoped Chi Feichei could help with the investigation, which is why they came together', but he stopped halfway through his sentence.
Wait... wasn't Brother Chi here to solve the incident? Everyone still had no clue, so why did Brother Chi just leave and help walk the dog?
Conan quietly slipped out and chased after Chi Feichei, "Brother Chi, wait for me!"
Something's wrong, he suspected that Chi Feichei had already made some discovery.
Chi Feichei stopped, waited for Conan to come over, and then continued walking towards the street corner with Kaka on the leash.
"Brother Chi, did you discover something?" Conan asked curiously. "Is that why you avoided that family and came out with Kaka to find people?"
Chi Feichei: "..."
The famous detective's imagination is truly rich.
"Then are you suspecting there's an inside man in that family?" Conan pondered, stroking his chin. "But among the three people in that house, the maid is old and has worked for the Domoto family for a long time, so it's unlikely she would do something like kidnapping. And Mrs. Mitsuko, as Old Mr. Domoto's only daughter, doesn't seem to have any father-daughter conflict, so that's also unlikely. As for Mr. Akinari, although the maid said Old Mr. Domoto was very harsh towards Mr. Akinari, it's normal for him to be a bit strict with him as the successor of Domoto Metal Manufacturing. And after Old Mr. Domoto was kidnapped this time, he was also the first one to step forward, actively appease the family, and go to raise money..."
Chi Feichei was silent.
He just wanted to come out and walk the dog.
Conan raised his wrist and looked at his watch. "Now there is only one hour left. If Old Mr. Domoto doesn't get the medication injection within an hour, he will be in great danger. If there is an inside man for the kidnapper among the three of them, then, at this time, they should be unable to keep calm and actively confess to the police. After all, judging by their relationship, it's unlikely they would watch Old Mr. Domoto die..."
Chi Feichei: "..."
"No, wait. If Old Mr. Domoto dies, Mr. Akinari benefits the most. Moreover, coupled with the usual conflict, it is possible that he intentionally let Old Mr. Domoto die," Conan said, tilting his head to look towards Chi Feichei. "Are you suspecting Mr. Akinari? What's the evidence?"
Chi Feichei was expressionless: "..."
Did he say he suspected Domoto Akinari?
Yes, he did suspect Domoto Akinari, but he didn't say it, because he had no evidence.
If he said something like 'Because Kaka said...', he would be sent to Aoyama Fourth Hospital to check if his illness had worsened.
Before Chi Feichei could answer, Conan withdrew his line of sight. While following Chi Feichei, he continued to analyze, stroking his chin. "Kaka brought the small ball to you. Before, you asked who usually played with Kaka, and the maid said it was Mr. Akinari. This is because you saw that Kaka hadn't played with the small ball today like it usually does, right? Although Mr. Akinari's explanation is reasonable, he worked at home in the morning, and then the kidnapping incident happened, so he didn't have time to care for Kaka. But it is also possible that he used the excuse of working in the morning and actually secretly went out. Then..."
After saying that, Conan suddenly stopped, turned around, and ran towards the Domoto family's home.
"He definitely left behind some trace! The trace of him secretly going out!"
Kaka was startled by Conan's sudden action. It looked at Chi Feichei with doubt and worry, "Woof?"
"Nothing," Chi Feichei withdrew his line of sight and continued walking forward with Kaka. "Where do you usually go to play?"
Kaka no longer cared about Conan and barked repeatedly, "Here! Seaside! Big garden!"
Chi Feichei looked at the nearby buildings. This area was a residential area with many small alleys. The houses were built very grandly, but seemingly not many households lived there; it was very quiet. "Is there any surveillance nearby?"
"Surveillance?" Kaka was in doubt.
Seeing that Kaka didn't understand, Chi Feichei didn't ask further. "Let's walk around the alleys. Help me check where there are few people entering and exiting."
This kind of place was quite suitable for assassination. It was the routine of 'luring someone out, finding someone to look out at the alley entrance, killing the person, and collective withdrawal'. Since he was idle anyway, he might as well get some knowledge of the terrain and personally check the situation in this area. Maybe it would be useful later.
Sometimes, looking at a map is not as clear as walking through it oneself.
...
An hour later...
Conan led people to find the original old warehouse of Domoto Metal Manufacturing and found Old Mr. Domoto inside, who had already fallen unconscious.
As the ambulance lifted Old Mr. Domoto onto the ambulance, Conan looked around with doubt.
Weird, he could even look at the map and deduce that the hostage was tied up here, based on the extension point of the route from Hirano Takeshi taking the ransom to the car accident. That fellow Chi Feichei is so good at finding the location of kidnapped people from a map, he should have arrived long ago.
Moreover, Chi Feichei had already started suspecting Domoto Akinari a long time ago, and he was even with a dog. He shouldn't have failed to find this place yet...
Inspector Megure said to Domoto Akinari, "Your wife is now intending to send Old Mr. Domoto to the hospital, so you go together too! As for the criminal's matter, we the police will..."
Conan immediately turned his head and gave Mori Kogoro a needle, took off his Bow Tie Voice Changer, and hid behind the box.
Never mind, I won't wait anymore. Anyway, Chi Feichei won't step forward to deduce. Having Uncle Mori here is enough.
"Mr. Akinari, please wait a bit!"
(End of Chapter)
