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Chapter 1114: Conan: There's a Heretic Beside Me
Aikawa Etsuko straightened up, lowered her head to prevent others from seeing her tears, and turned around to leave the room without a sound.
"She's gone."
Chi Feichei called out to Conan, who was stunned in place, and walked outside, taking out his mobile phone to check the time.
It was past four in the afternoon. He hadn't managed to eat lunch today either, but he could probably still catch Mouri Ran after her competition and have dinner together.
Conan followed Chi Feichei speechless. Seeing Chi Feichei call Mori Kogoro to arrange a meeting after going out, he didn't know whether to say Chi Feichei's heart lacked an emotional string or that Chi Feichei was carefree.
Thinking of such a young, beautiful life vanishing just like that, never again able to enjoy the care of someone like a mother, and unable to walk on the street under the setting sun like them, his heart felt stifled.
She must have been a gentle, sincere, and fantasy-filled girl. In the photo, she smiled shyly and happily, but she was gone before she could see more of this world...
Chi Feichei hung up the phone and said, "Let's meet outside the competition venue."
"Okay~"
Conan responded. Realizing that they had at least given Ozawa Fumie and Aikawa Etsuko the truth, which was more or less a bit of comfort for the still-living Aikawa Etsuko, his heart didn't feel so heavy anymore. This was probably the meaning of a detective getting to the bottom of things and finding out the truth. "By the way, Brother Chi, do you know what Holmes' favorite color is? It's black and dark red."
Chi Feichei: "..."
Was the Famous Detective so sentimental that he had entered self-questioning and answering mode?
Well, he would listen, as long as the Famous Detective didn't feel like he was being overly dramatic after recovering later.
"Actually, he has quite a few black clothes," Conan walked beside Chi Feichei, looking at the street dyed red by the setting sun. "As for furniture and things, he tends to choose dark red..."
Having interacted with him until now, he found that as long as Chi Feichei got serious, his observation skills at the crime scene were really strong. Combined with logical thinking, he could easily sense flaws and then go uncover the truth.
He didn't want to admit it, but he had actually started comparing Chi Feichei with Holmes.
Because of that organization, he had been quite paranoid about black clothes before, so much so that he forgot Holmes was also a black clothes enthusiast.
This fellow beside him was the same. He chose black clothes, but chose a flashy bright red car.
Holmes was usually calm and aloof, unwilling to reveal his great achievements. He was proficient in sword and fist arts, had interest in horror literature, was familiar with paranormal events of the past hundred years, had knowledge of psychology and anatomy, and was also proficient in deciphering code. Of course, his personality also had bad aspects, for example, sometimes being arrogant to the point of being mad, and admitting himself that he was enthusiastic about pranks...
It's over. Comparing them like this, a certain fellow really had quite a few similarities with his idol.
Moreover, he was clear that his comparison of Chi Feichei with Holmes indicated that he was starting to feel that Chi Feichei solving cases faster than him was normal, just like his dad. Because his dad had beaten him many times since childhood, he wouldn't feel weird no matter which time his dad solved the case before him.
There was a bit of unwillingness. His old dad was so much older than them, it was normal for him to be a bit more capable. Chi Feichei was only a few years older than him...
"You think I'm like Holmes?" Chi Feichei heard Conan's intention of comparing him and Holmes together. "I have no interest in being compared with Holmes."
He appreciated Holmes, but even if he was a detective, he wouldn't expect himself to be like Kudo Shinichi and be called 'Holmes of the Heisei era'.
Even if this is a recognition and praise of reasoning ability, he hopes more that what others say is just 'Chi Feichei'. No matter the level of ability, whether others praise or criticize, no matter if it's honor or stigma, he doesn't need to be named after others' names. The three characters 'Chi Feichei' are enough to represent him.
"With Holmes..." Conan choked, half-moon eyes glancing at Chi Feichei. "Are you serious? Holmes is such an intense person, you don't have to worship him, but when being compared together by others, you don't need to say things like 'no interest', right?"
"Just no interest." Chi Feichei was very honest.
Conan: "..."
(▼□▼メ)
There's a 'heretic' beside him!
Thinking carefully, Chi Feichei and Holmes weren't that similar after all. When Holmes was bored, he liked to do chemical experiments, had knowledge of British law, possessed strength beyond ordinary people, had genius-like stage makeup art and acting skills, and the musical instrument he was good at was also the violin, while Chi Feichei should be more interested in making money and treating illness.
He, Kudo Shinichi, was the one who had been working hard towards that legendary level detective...
...
The next day, the Aphrodite, built by the Yashiro Conglomerate, set sail for the first time.
A group of people met up at the wharf, boarding the ship holding their boarding passes and invitation letters.
The staff responsible for checking credentials and registration politely arranged the rooms, explained the itinerary and the time of some activities, and then handed over to each person a gift box.
After the group of people received the gift boxes, they took the elevator together to the 5th floor.
"There are a total of four suites and eight bedrooms. How should we distribute this?" Suzuki Sonoko took out the two room cards under the Suzuki family's quota and said with a conflicted expression, "I originally thought Brother Chi wouldn't come for the first voyage. In that case, it would be enough for us girls to live in one suite and the remaining smelly men to live in one suite..."
Mori Kogoro, Conan, Doctor Agasa, Mitsuhiko, and Genta all gave Suzuki Sonoko a neat half-moon eyes glance. Chi Feichei also turned his head and looked at Suzuki Sonoko.
Who did the men offend?
Mouri Ran, seeing Suzuki Sonoko anger everyone with one sentence, sweated a bit and smiled at Haibara Ai and Ayumi, "Ai and Ayumi, why don't you still go together with us? You're all girls, it will be a bit more convenient to live together. As for how to distribute the bedrooms at night, it depends on your ideas, how about it?"
"Okay," Ayumi smiled and nodded.
Haibara Ai also nodded. "I have no opinion."
"As for Conan, I think he should..." Mouri Ran said, looking towards Chi Feichei.
Conan looked at the indifferent-faced Chi Feichei and said with half-moon eyes, "No, I'm not living with Brother Chi!"
Mouri Ran was stunned and asked doubtfully, "Did you guys quarrel?"
Mitsuhiko's expression was complex. "Conan, you wouldn't be thinking of sticking to Sister Ran, would you?"
"You're a boy," Genta said with a stern face, "You're not allowed to go to the girls' side!"
Haibara Ai seized the opportunity to kick him while he was down, glancing at Conan and saying, "Pervert."
Conan: "..."
What did he do?
How did he suddenly become the target of everyone?
He just didn't want to be in the same room as Chi Feichei, and he didn't say he was going to the girls' side...
"Alright, alright," Mori Kogoro received the room card Chi Feichei handed to him. "This kid will be taken care of by me!"
Conan chuckled dryly in his heart. At that time, he still didn't know who would take care of whom, but following Uncle was fine. Anyway, there were two bedrooms, and Uncle's snoring at night wouldn't bother him.
Genta looked at Chi Feichei, imagined the life of living together with Chi Feichei and constantly facing his cool gaze, got scared, and moved a bit towards Doctor Agasa's side. "Uh, I'm with Doctor..."
Suzuki Sonoko handed the remaining room card to Doctor Agasa. "Then Mitsuhiko will be with Brother Chi. Is this arrangement okay?"
Chi Feichei and Mitsuhiko neither had any opinion. They took their respective luggage and went to the room to distribute bedrooms and put things away.
Mitsuhiko effortlessly packed up his luggage, found the formal dress he needed to change into for the evening party and put it on the bedside, and also put the toiletries he brought into the bathroom. He found that Chi Feichei's toiletries were already put away. He came out and, seeing that Chi Feichei had indeed taken a book to the living room, he said somewhat reservedly, "Brother Chi, I'm done packing up over here."
He couldn't say why. Clearly, everyone was already very familiar, but staying together with Chi Feichei in a sealed room, he still wasn't quite used to it. It seemingly felt like others could be reinforcements, and now that others were gone, his heart felt inexplicably tense.
"Feichi is looking at the scenery by the room window. I won't be participating in the afternoon island landing activity. Lunch will also be sent over," Chi Feichei said his arrangements, holding the book and sitting on the sofa, saying in a calm tone, "If you feel bored, you can go find Doctor and them. The wind is strong on the sea, remember to put on a coat. If you catch a cold or get seasick, you can come find me for medicine."
"Okay..." Mitsuhiko turned his head and looked. He found that Feichi was indeed lying on the window in Chi Feichei's bedroom looking at the scenery, not rushing to leave. He stood in place hesitating. "Actually... actually, I want to ask Brother Chi for advice on how I can make my reasoning as intense as yours?"
"Usually look at mystery novels more, observe matters in life more, pay attention to details when a case happens, and afterwards recall the places you need to pay attention to. That's probably about it," Chi Feichei opened the book in his hand, turned his head and looked at Mitsuhiko, saying, "The remaining experience needs time to accumulate. Sherlock Holmes also said, 'If you know the details of a thousand cases like the back of your hand, and cannot solve the one thousand and first case, then that would be strange.' You are only seven years old, and your reasoning is already very logical. No need to be too anxious, but what needs attention is that reasoning must be based on a certain basis, instead of oneself guessing."
"But, Conan is also only seven years old, yet he knows many things and is more capable than all of us..."
"When looking at matters, you cannot only look at the appearance," Chi Feichei patiently said to Mitsuhiko. "The things he knows are not imprinted in his brain out of thin air. He definitely spent a lot of time looking and understanding."
Let alone that Conan's real age was ten years older than these children, just having Kudo Yusaku, someone who would be requested by others to solve incidents and who could write mystery novels, was a much higher starting point than many people. And the Kudo couple also liked to take Conan to various places to understand various matters and study various skills in their early years. Conan was influenced since childhood, and the age he contacted cases was much younger than Mitsuhiko. He himself also longed for being a detective and had the motivation to study and think. After more than ten years, not being weak, that would be a strange occurrence.
And him, he had fused the skills and experience of two people. Although the original consciousness didn't contact detectives much, he also liked to research mystery novels.
Finding the truth by tracing clues is not just the specialty of detectives.
His thinking angle was also more complex and varied than Conan's. Sometimes he would stand from the detective's angle, sometimes he would stand from the murderer's angle to guess the murderer's intention, and sometimes he would also stand from the hunter's angle, treating the victim as a bounty target to observe the victim's life trajectory.
Initially, when facing cases, he had the feeling of not knowing where to start, but after finding some patterns and finding methods suitable for oneself, becoming a detective also quickly got the hang of it.
This itself was also the outcome of experience accumulation in various aspects.
Mitsuhiko's first time personally contacted a murder case was probably that time at Tropical Land roller coaster. Before that, no one led him to solve cases, and he was still ignorant about the profession of 'detective'.
In less than a year's time, Mitsuhiko could make some decent reasoning. It was clear that Mitsuhiko also usually reflected and researched. There was absolutely no need to worry.
Experience accumulation cannot be rushed. Moreover, following Conan, completing a thousand cases in a year should not be a problem...
(End of Chapter)
Aikawa Etsuko straightened up, lowered her head to prevent others from seeing her tears, and turned around to leave the room without a sound.
"She's gone."
Chi Feichei called out to Conan, who was stunned in place, and walked outside, taking out his mobile phone to check the time.
It was past four in the afternoon. He hadn't managed to eat lunch today either, but he could probably still catch Mouri Ran after her competition and have dinner together.
Conan followed Chi Feichei speechless. Seeing Chi Feichei call Mori Kogoro to arrange a meeting after going out, he didn't know whether to say Chi Feichei's heart lacked an emotional string or that Chi Feichei was carefree.
Thinking of such a young, beautiful life vanishing just like that, never again able to enjoy the care of someone like a mother, and unable to walk on the street under the setting sun like them, his heart felt stifled.
She must have been a gentle, sincere, and fantasy-filled girl. In the photo, she smiled shyly and happily, but she was gone before she could see more of this world...
Chi Feichei hung up the phone and said, "Let's meet outside the competition venue."
"Okay~"
Conan responded. Realizing that they had at least given Ozawa Fumie and Aikawa Etsuko the truth, which was more or less a bit of comfort for the still-living Aikawa Etsuko, his heart didn't feel so heavy anymore. This was probably the meaning of a detective getting to the bottom of things and finding out the truth. "By the way, Brother Chi, do you know what Holmes' favorite color is? It's black and dark red."
Chi Feichei: "..."
Was the Famous Detective so sentimental that he had entered self-questioning and answering mode?
Well, he would listen, as long as the Famous Detective didn't feel like he was being overly dramatic after recovering later.
"Actually, he has quite a few black clothes," Conan walked beside Chi Feichei, looking at the street dyed red by the setting sun. "As for furniture and things, he tends to choose dark red..."
Having interacted with him until now, he found that as long as Chi Feichei got serious, his observation skills at the crime scene were really strong. Combined with logical thinking, he could easily sense flaws and then go uncover the truth.
He didn't want to admit it, but he had actually started comparing Chi Feichei with Holmes.
Because of that organization, he had been quite paranoid about black clothes before, so much so that he forgot Holmes was also a black clothes enthusiast.
This fellow beside him was the same. He chose black clothes, but chose a flashy bright red car.
Holmes was usually calm and aloof, unwilling to reveal his great achievements. He was proficient in sword and fist arts, had interest in horror literature, was familiar with paranormal events of the past hundred years, had knowledge of psychology and anatomy, and was also proficient in deciphering code. Of course, his personality also had bad aspects, for example, sometimes being arrogant to the point of being mad, and admitting himself that he was enthusiastic about pranks...
It's over. Comparing them like this, a certain fellow really had quite a few similarities with his idol.
Moreover, he was clear that his comparison of Chi Feichei with Holmes indicated that he was starting to feel that Chi Feichei solving cases faster than him was normal, just like his dad. Because his dad had beaten him many times since childhood, he wouldn't feel weird no matter which time his dad solved the case before him.
There was a bit of unwillingness. His old dad was so much older than them, it was normal for him to be a bit more capable. Chi Feichei was only a few years older than him...
"You think I'm like Holmes?" Chi Feichei heard Conan's intention of comparing him and Holmes together. "I have no interest in being compared with Holmes."
He appreciated Holmes, but even if he was a detective, he wouldn't expect himself to be like Kudo Shinichi and be called 'Holmes of the Heisei era'.
Even if this is a recognition and praise of reasoning ability, he hopes more that what others say is just 'Chi Feichei'. No matter the level of ability, whether others praise or criticize, no matter if it's honor or stigma, he doesn't need to be named after others' names. The three characters 'Chi Feichei' are enough to represent him.
"With Holmes..." Conan choked, half-moon eyes glancing at Chi Feichei. "Are you serious? Holmes is such an intense person, you don't have to worship him, but when being compared together by others, you don't need to say things like 'no interest', right?"
"Just no interest." Chi Feichei was very honest.
Conan: "..."
(▼□▼メ)
There's a 'heretic' beside him!
Thinking carefully, Chi Feichei and Holmes weren't that similar after all. When Holmes was bored, he liked to do chemical experiments, had knowledge of British law, possessed strength beyond ordinary people, had genius-like stage makeup art and acting skills, and the musical instrument he was good at was also the violin, while Chi Feichei should be more interested in making money and treating illness.
He, Kudo Shinichi, was the one who had been working hard towards that legendary level detective...
...
The next day, the Aphrodite, built by the Yashiro Conglomerate, set sail for the first time.
A group of people met up at the wharf, boarding the ship holding their boarding passes and invitation letters.
The staff responsible for checking credentials and registration politely arranged the rooms, explained the itinerary and the time of some activities, and then handed over to each person a gift box.
After the group of people received the gift boxes, they took the elevator together to the 5th floor.
"There are a total of four suites and eight bedrooms. How should we distribute this?" Suzuki Sonoko took out the two room cards under the Suzuki family's quota and said with a conflicted expression, "I originally thought Brother Chi wouldn't come for the first voyage. In that case, it would be enough for us girls to live in one suite and the remaining smelly men to live in one suite..."
Mori Kogoro, Conan, Doctor Agasa, Mitsuhiko, and Genta all gave Suzuki Sonoko a neat half-moon eyes glance. Chi Feichei also turned his head and looked at Suzuki Sonoko.
Who did the men offend?
Mouri Ran, seeing Suzuki Sonoko anger everyone with one sentence, sweated a bit and smiled at Haibara Ai and Ayumi, "Ai and Ayumi, why don't you still go together with us? You're all girls, it will be a bit more convenient to live together. As for how to distribute the bedrooms at night, it depends on your ideas, how about it?"
"Okay," Ayumi smiled and nodded.
Haibara Ai also nodded. "I have no opinion."
"As for Conan, I think he should..." Mouri Ran said, looking towards Chi Feichei.
Conan looked at the indifferent-faced Chi Feichei and said with half-moon eyes, "No, I'm not living with Brother Chi!"
Mouri Ran was stunned and asked doubtfully, "Did you guys quarrel?"
Mitsuhiko's expression was complex. "Conan, you wouldn't be thinking of sticking to Sister Ran, would you?"
"You're a boy," Genta said with a stern face, "You're not allowed to go to the girls' side!"
Haibara Ai seized the opportunity to kick him while he was down, glancing at Conan and saying, "Pervert."
Conan: "..."
What did he do?
How did he suddenly become the target of everyone?
He just didn't want to be in the same room as Chi Feichei, and he didn't say he was going to the girls' side...
"Alright, alright," Mori Kogoro received the room card Chi Feichei handed to him. "This kid will be taken care of by me!"
Conan chuckled dryly in his heart. At that time, he still didn't know who would take care of whom, but following Uncle was fine. Anyway, there were two bedrooms, and Uncle's snoring at night wouldn't bother him.
Genta looked at Chi Feichei, imagined the life of living together with Chi Feichei and constantly facing his cool gaze, got scared, and moved a bit towards Doctor Agasa's side. "Uh, I'm with Doctor..."
Suzuki Sonoko handed the remaining room card to Doctor Agasa. "Then Mitsuhiko will be with Brother Chi. Is this arrangement okay?"
Chi Feichei and Mitsuhiko neither had any opinion. They took their respective luggage and went to the room to distribute bedrooms and put things away.
Mitsuhiko effortlessly packed up his luggage, found the formal dress he needed to change into for the evening party and put it on the bedside, and also put the toiletries he brought into the bathroom. He found that Chi Feichei's toiletries were already put away. He came out and, seeing that Chi Feichei had indeed taken a book to the living room, he said somewhat reservedly, "Brother Chi, I'm done packing up over here."
He couldn't say why. Clearly, everyone was already very familiar, but staying together with Chi Feichei in a sealed room, he still wasn't quite used to it. It seemingly felt like others could be reinforcements, and now that others were gone, his heart felt inexplicably tense.
"Feichi is looking at the scenery by the room window. I won't be participating in the afternoon island landing activity. Lunch will also be sent over," Chi Feichei said his arrangements, holding the book and sitting on the sofa, saying in a calm tone, "If you feel bored, you can go find Doctor and them. The wind is strong on the sea, remember to put on a coat. If you catch a cold or get seasick, you can come find me for medicine."
"Okay..." Mitsuhiko turned his head and looked. He found that Feichi was indeed lying on the window in Chi Feichei's bedroom looking at the scenery, not rushing to leave. He stood in place hesitating. "Actually... actually, I want to ask Brother Chi for advice on how I can make my reasoning as intense as yours?"
"Usually look at mystery novels more, observe matters in life more, pay attention to details when a case happens, and afterwards recall the places you need to pay attention to. That's probably about it," Chi Feichei opened the book in his hand, turned his head and looked at Mitsuhiko, saying, "The remaining experience needs time to accumulate. Sherlock Holmes also said, 'If you know the details of a thousand cases like the back of your hand, and cannot solve the one thousand and first case, then that would be strange.' You are only seven years old, and your reasoning is already very logical. No need to be too anxious, but what needs attention is that reasoning must be based on a certain basis, instead of oneself guessing."
"But, Conan is also only seven years old, yet he knows many things and is more capable than all of us..."
"When looking at matters, you cannot only look at the appearance," Chi Feichei patiently said to Mitsuhiko. "The things he knows are not imprinted in his brain out of thin air. He definitely spent a lot of time looking and understanding."
Let alone that Conan's real age was ten years older than these children, just having Kudo Yusaku, someone who would be requested by others to solve incidents and who could write mystery novels, was a much higher starting point than many people. And the Kudo couple also liked to take Conan to various places to understand various matters and study various skills in their early years. Conan was influenced since childhood, and the age he contacted cases was much younger than Mitsuhiko. He himself also longed for being a detective and had the motivation to study and think. After more than ten years, not being weak, that would be a strange occurrence.
And him, he had fused the skills and experience of two people. Although the original consciousness didn't contact detectives much, he also liked to research mystery novels.
Finding the truth by tracing clues is not just the specialty of detectives.
His thinking angle was also more complex and varied than Conan's. Sometimes he would stand from the detective's angle, sometimes he would stand from the murderer's angle to guess the murderer's intention, and sometimes he would also stand from the hunter's angle, treating the victim as a bounty target to observe the victim's life trajectory.
Initially, when facing cases, he had the feeling of not knowing where to start, but after finding some patterns and finding methods suitable for oneself, becoming a detective also quickly got the hang of it.
This itself was also the outcome of experience accumulation in various aspects.
Mitsuhiko's first time personally contacted a murder case was probably that time at Tropical Land roller coaster. Before that, no one led him to solve cases, and he was still ignorant about the profession of 'detective'.
In less than a year's time, Mitsuhiko could make some decent reasoning. It was clear that Mitsuhiko also usually reflected and researched. There was absolutely no need to worry.
Experience accumulation cannot be rushed. Moreover, following Conan, completing a thousand cases in a year should not be a problem...
(End of Chapter)
