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Mori Kogoro saw Chi Feichei still calmly reminding him, and felt a dull pain in his chest, but when he saw the car about to be washed away by the river water, he instantly became anxious. Without much thought, he pulled back hard on the fishing rod, "My rented car! Come back, come back to me!"
"Don't pull, Father," Ran quickly stepped forward to advise, "It's impossible to pull it up!"
Mori Kogoro refused to let go, still pulling back hard, "Hissashi, hel..."
The next second, the fishing line snapped, and Mori Kogoro fell backward, successfully bumping into Ran behind him. Ran then bumped into Conan, who was watching the excitement behind her, pushing Conan into the river.
Conan: "!" (Splash) Ran: "!" (Splash) Suzuki Sonoko: "!" (Splash) Haibara Ai: "!" (Splash)
Chi Feichei reached out to pull Mori Kogoro and Ran, but really didn't have a free hand to pull Conan up. He watched helplessly as Conan plopped into the river, a series of thoughts quickly flashing through his mind.
First thought: Conan, this troublemaker, finally got his retribution for bumping into him twice.
Second thought: Conan's stunned and dumbfounded expression when he fell into the water was really interesting. It's a pity there was no time to take a picture to commemorate it.
Third thought: With Conan's current child's body weight, he could fish Conan up. This is the 'smallest loss - no need to wet other people's clothes, fastest speed - in the current situation, it can be pulled up in two seconds' method.
As the third thought emerged, Chi Feichei grabbed the fishing rod that was placed beside him, recast the rod, and let the fish hook accurately hook into the back collar of Conan's clothes. He reeled in the line and pulled Conan up.
The whole set of actions was smooth and flowing, completed in one go.
Before the others could recover, Conan, who hadn't been washed away yet, was dragged to the shore by the fishing line, and then Chi Feichei bent down, reached out, and lifted him up.
Chi Feichei removed the fish hook from Conan's collar and put Conan to one side.
Sure enough, as long as the casting technique is good, Conan can also be fished up.
Conan stood stunned in place, water dripping down along the hem and cuffs of his clothes with a 'pitter-patter' sound.
The method he was rescued by was slightly peculiar.
Haibara Ai was also speechless.
Brother Hichiji has gained something this time, right? And it's a big fish.
Mori Kogoro, Ran, and Suzuki Sonoko continued to be dumbfounded, belatedly sighing in their hearts at Chi Feichei's quick reaction.
Ran was stunned for a second, then stepped forward and crouched down, looking at Conan who had been placed down by Chi Feichei, "Co-Conan, are you alright?"
Chi Feichei took off his coat and threw it to Conan, "Change out of your wet clothes."
Conan, whose head was covered by the coat: "Thank you, Brother Chi..."
With this fellow Chi Feichei's attitude, he had no choice but to say thank you, how depressing.
The key is, if he didn't say thank you, he wouldn't feel right in his heart, depressing.
... After Conan changed his clothes, a group of people searched along the river all the way down, but the car was nowhere to be found.
The search failed, and they decisively gave up.
Seeing the setting sun descend the mountain, the group of people walked again in the direction of Suzuki Sonoko's Villa.
"Ah-choo! Ah-choo!" Conan sneezed in succession, wrapping Chi Feichei's coat tightly around himself.
Ran, holding Conan's wet clothes, asked with concern, "Conan, is your cold getting worse?"
"It's okay," Conan tried to pull himself together, his voice hoarse, said, "I'm alright."
Haibara Ai reached out and touched Conan's forehead, "No fever, but if your throat is uncomfortable, it's best not to talk anymore."
Suzuki Sonoko took out her mobile phone and looked at the time, "It's already past seven in the night, and there's no signal here. Otherwise, I could have my Villa's driver come pick us up."
"At your speed, it will probably take another forty minutes to walk." Chi Feichei estimated the distance.
Uh-huh, he's lost contact with the outside world again, but this time it won't be too long.
"It's a good thing Brother Hichiji is here, or Father would have led us who knows where." Ran teased with half-moon eyes.
Mori Kogoro retorted, "Initially, it was Sonoko who didn't explain clearly!"
Conan saw a house not far away, and reminded in a hoarse voice, "There are lights... look, over there..."
Suzuki Sonoko instantly imagined many horror legends, and nervously hugged Ran, "Wh-why would anyone live in these Remote Mountains?"
"It's a Mountain Spirit!" Ran said with a terrified expression, "It must be a Mountain Spirit!"
"No way, let's still go over and take a look," Mori Kogoro said speechlessly as he walked towards the lit-up house, "If that family doesn't mind, they can let Kid Conan drink some hot water and dry his clothes."
Haibara Ai looked up at Suzuki Sonoko and Ran, so...
"Le-let's go!" Ran said, summoning her courage.
Mori Kogoro stepped forward and knocked on the door, shouting loudly, "Sorry to disturb you, excuse me, is anyone home?"
A short black shadow was cast on the wooden door of the Japanese-style Residence. Soon, the wooden door was pulled open a door crack, and an Old Man with sparse white hair, a face full of wrinkles and Age Spot stood Behind the Door, looking out with one eye.
"Ah!" Mori Kogoro retreated in fright, "It appeared!"
"Ah!" Ran and Suzuki Sonoko screamed in unison.
Chi Feichei had an indifferent face.
Wouldn't it have been better to let him knock on the door earlier?
"You're the ones who appeared!" The Old Man pulled the door open completely, glaring at the group of people outside with dissatisfaction, "You're trying to sell something again, aren't you? Don't think that just because you brought a child I'll be fooled by you, hurry up and go back! This place is not a place for swindlers like you to come!"
"Who is it? Father?" Inside the Room, the Young Man who had been standing with an umbrella at the Tennis Court walked to the Entrance, "Huh? It's you..."
Successfully entered the House.
The Young Man enthusiastically welcomed the group of people inside, and even found clothes from his Childhood for Conan to change into.
The Old Man grumbled a few words in dissatisfaction, and angrily returned to his Room.
The Young Man reintroduced himself, Akashi Hiroto, 32 years old, a Tennis Coach, but he's resting at Home during this time.
Akashi Hiroto busied himself at the Kitchen Counter. After hearing Suzuki Sonoko explain the reason for Conan falling into the water, he couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Hahaha... that's really a Masterpiece! Trying to fish up a car that was washed away by the water, but a child fell into the river instead, and then you fished the child up again."
Conan had a wooden face. Let him laugh, he also felt that today had been very absurd.
"We weren't joking," Ran said helplessly.
"Sorry, sorry," Akashi Hiroto rummaged through the Cabinet and took out a piece of Ginger, "Since the Kid has a cold, Whether or Not you want to drink some Ginger Soup?"
"Ah, well..." Ran was just about to agree when she was interrupted by Chi Feichei.
"It's best not to drink it." Chi Feichei stood by the Window away from the others, leaning against the Wall and smoking. Seeing the others look over in surprise, he lowered his head and pressed the Cigarette into the Ashtray placed on the windowsill, explaining, "Conan has a sore throat with swelling and pain, thick yellow Snot, a red tongue tip, and a thin yellow tongue coating. It's a wind-heat type cold. Ginger is pungent and warm in nature, which is useful for wind-cold colds, but for wind-heat colds, it will only worsen the internal heat."
"I-is that so?" Akashi Hiroto said apologetically with a smile, "Sorry about that, because when I was a Tennis Coach, whenever someone on the team caught a cold, we would prepare Ginger Soup. If it was too serious, we would go to the Hospital to see a Doctor, so..."
"It's okay," Ran said with a smile, "I don't understand either."
Suzuki Sonoko nodded, "And you also had Good Intention!"
Akashi Hiroto turned his head again and asked Chi Feichei, "Then the Kid can't eat Curry either, right?"
Chi Feichei nodded. Curry is full of warm Food Ingredients like Ginger Powder, Pepper, Cinnamon, and Clove, so he definitely can't eat it.
'Small House in the Mountain', 'Man on the Tennis Court in the Rain', 'Father and Son Living Together', 'Curry Rice'. Connecting these four key points, he remembered. Another Incident.
That Old Man will be hanged to death, and the Murderer is naturally Akashi Hiroto, excluding them.
He doesn't remember Akashi Hiroto's face, but he remembers that Old Man's face. Even now, when he closes his Eyes, he can still recall the scene he saw in his previous Life of the Old Man being hanged by the Light String.
It's just that he had always thought Before that it was an Incident in Izu, but Unexpectedly it was in Karuizawa.
So, this time Mori Kogoro's car being washed away by the river water Should be Akashi Hiroto's doing.
It really is... He Should buy a bag of Dried Small Fish when he gets back to thank Nameless.
The car has scratches, just touching up the Lacquer will be enough, but if it was driven here and washed away by the river water, even if it can be found, the car will be waterlogged and Fault. Maybe he'd have to change cars again.
Then he would want to Murder someone...
"Uh..." Akashi Hiroto was made uneasy by Chi Feichei's calm, almost icy Gaze. He sweated in his Heart, always feeling that in this Black Clothes Young Man's Eyes, he was just like a pile of lifeless pork. He scratched his Head and said, "But I only have Curry Rice at Home, and I was still planning to invite everyone to eat together..."
"No Need, no Need," Ran said quickly with a smile, "It's already Troublesome enough for you."
Akashi Hiroto saw Chi Feichei shift his Gaze, relaxed a little, and said with a smile, "It's okay, there's a lot of curry left over from last night. As for the Younger Brother... let me see if I can find anything else. There Should still be other Food Ingredients at Home, I'll prepare something else for him to eat."
"Oh dear, how could we?" Mori Kogoro said this with his mouth, but his body had already honestly stood up and walked to the Table Front.
"Father..." Ran had Black Lines on Forehead, but considering Akashi Hiroto was there, she was too embarrassed to expose her Old Dad's shortcomings, and took over the Task of finding Food Ingredients in the Cabinet.
Akashi Hiroto took Plates to help serve Rice, then poured Curry and cooked Beef on top, and brought it to the Table.
"Brother Hichiji, are Carrots okay?" Ran picked up a Carrot and turned her Head to ask Chi Feichei.
Chi Feichei: "Warm." "It's not okay?" Ran turned her Head back to Look at the Bag, "Then what about Pumpkin? There's still a small chunk here."
Chi Feichei: "Warm." "Then there are no other Food Ingredients," Ran said helplessly, "There are still two Oranges..."
"Oranges are even worse." Chi Feichei took the Curry Rice that Akashi Hiroto brought over and said, "Thank You."
"You're too Polite," Akashi Hiroto said to Ran, "Because it's just me and my Father at Home, there isn't much Food at Home."
"Huh? Isn't your wife here?" Suzuki Sonoko asked.
"My wife passed away three years ago," Akashi Hiroto said.
"Then the Curry was made by you?" Suzuki Sonoko took a bite, her Eyes lighting up, "The Flavor is great! Just like a chef in a restaurant made it."
Chi Feichei raised his Eyes to Look at Suzuki Sonoko. He doesn't make Curry Rice, but the Dishes he makes...
Suzuki Sonoko broke out in a sweat, and said with a smile, "Brother Hichiji doesn't make Curry Rice, but other Food is like something out of Legends!"
Chi Feichei withdrew his Line of Sight and tasted a bite of Curry.
Conan chuckled in his Heart, that Fellow is really childish, even This Is needs to be argued about...
"It's spicy, Conan can't eat it," Chi Feichei said, looking up at Ran, "He can't eat Beef either."
Conan's Belly rumbled, and he looked resentfully at the fragrant Curry Rice on the Table. He was Hungry and wanted to eat Rice.
"Don't be so Troublesome, just let him rinse the Potato Chunk in Clear Water, and then eat it with Rice, a Child's recovery Ability is very strong," Mori Kogoro said happily while eating Curry Rice, "This spiciness is really delicious!"
Conan continued to be resentful, looked up at Ran, his voice extremely hoarse, "Ran..."
Visiting relatives for New Year... In our place, the second day of the new year is like this. We go to see my grandpa and grandma.
(End of Chapter)
"Don't pull, Father," Ran quickly stepped forward to advise, "It's impossible to pull it up!"
Mori Kogoro refused to let go, still pulling back hard, "Hissashi, hel..."
The next second, the fishing line snapped, and Mori Kogoro fell backward, successfully bumping into Ran behind him. Ran then bumped into Conan, who was watching the excitement behind her, pushing Conan into the river.
Conan: "!" (Splash) Ran: "!" (Splash) Suzuki Sonoko: "!" (Splash) Haibara Ai: "!" (Splash)
Chi Feichei reached out to pull Mori Kogoro and Ran, but really didn't have a free hand to pull Conan up. He watched helplessly as Conan plopped into the river, a series of thoughts quickly flashing through his mind.
First thought: Conan, this troublemaker, finally got his retribution for bumping into him twice.
Second thought: Conan's stunned and dumbfounded expression when he fell into the water was really interesting. It's a pity there was no time to take a picture to commemorate it.
Third thought: With Conan's current child's body weight, he could fish Conan up. This is the 'smallest loss - no need to wet other people's clothes, fastest speed - in the current situation, it can be pulled up in two seconds' method.
As the third thought emerged, Chi Feichei grabbed the fishing rod that was placed beside him, recast the rod, and let the fish hook accurately hook into the back collar of Conan's clothes. He reeled in the line and pulled Conan up.
The whole set of actions was smooth and flowing, completed in one go.
Before the others could recover, Conan, who hadn't been washed away yet, was dragged to the shore by the fishing line, and then Chi Feichei bent down, reached out, and lifted him up.
Chi Feichei removed the fish hook from Conan's collar and put Conan to one side.
Sure enough, as long as the casting technique is good, Conan can also be fished up.
Conan stood stunned in place, water dripping down along the hem and cuffs of his clothes with a 'pitter-patter' sound.
The method he was rescued by was slightly peculiar.
Haibara Ai was also speechless.
Brother Hichiji has gained something this time, right? And it's a big fish.
Mori Kogoro, Ran, and Suzuki Sonoko continued to be dumbfounded, belatedly sighing in their hearts at Chi Feichei's quick reaction.
Ran was stunned for a second, then stepped forward and crouched down, looking at Conan who had been placed down by Chi Feichei, "Co-Conan, are you alright?"
Chi Feichei took off his coat and threw it to Conan, "Change out of your wet clothes."
Conan, whose head was covered by the coat: "Thank you, Brother Chi..."
With this fellow Chi Feichei's attitude, he had no choice but to say thank you, how depressing.
The key is, if he didn't say thank you, he wouldn't feel right in his heart, depressing.
... After Conan changed his clothes, a group of people searched along the river all the way down, but the car was nowhere to be found.
The search failed, and they decisively gave up.
Seeing the setting sun descend the mountain, the group of people walked again in the direction of Suzuki Sonoko's Villa.
"Ah-choo! Ah-choo!" Conan sneezed in succession, wrapping Chi Feichei's coat tightly around himself.
Ran, holding Conan's wet clothes, asked with concern, "Conan, is your cold getting worse?"
"It's okay," Conan tried to pull himself together, his voice hoarse, said, "I'm alright."
Haibara Ai reached out and touched Conan's forehead, "No fever, but if your throat is uncomfortable, it's best not to talk anymore."
Suzuki Sonoko took out her mobile phone and looked at the time, "It's already past seven in the night, and there's no signal here. Otherwise, I could have my Villa's driver come pick us up."
"At your speed, it will probably take another forty minutes to walk." Chi Feichei estimated the distance.
Uh-huh, he's lost contact with the outside world again, but this time it won't be too long.
"It's a good thing Brother Hichiji is here, or Father would have led us who knows where." Ran teased with half-moon eyes.
Mori Kogoro retorted, "Initially, it was Sonoko who didn't explain clearly!"
Conan saw a house not far away, and reminded in a hoarse voice, "There are lights... look, over there..."
Suzuki Sonoko instantly imagined many horror legends, and nervously hugged Ran, "Wh-why would anyone live in these Remote Mountains?"
"It's a Mountain Spirit!" Ran said with a terrified expression, "It must be a Mountain Spirit!"
"No way, let's still go over and take a look," Mori Kogoro said speechlessly as he walked towards the lit-up house, "If that family doesn't mind, they can let Kid Conan drink some hot water and dry his clothes."
Haibara Ai looked up at Suzuki Sonoko and Ran, so...
"Le-let's go!" Ran said, summoning her courage.
Mori Kogoro stepped forward and knocked on the door, shouting loudly, "Sorry to disturb you, excuse me, is anyone home?"
A short black shadow was cast on the wooden door of the Japanese-style Residence. Soon, the wooden door was pulled open a door crack, and an Old Man with sparse white hair, a face full of wrinkles and Age Spot stood Behind the Door, looking out with one eye.
"Ah!" Mori Kogoro retreated in fright, "It appeared!"
"Ah!" Ran and Suzuki Sonoko screamed in unison.
Chi Feichei had an indifferent face.
Wouldn't it have been better to let him knock on the door earlier?
"You're the ones who appeared!" The Old Man pulled the door open completely, glaring at the group of people outside with dissatisfaction, "You're trying to sell something again, aren't you? Don't think that just because you brought a child I'll be fooled by you, hurry up and go back! This place is not a place for swindlers like you to come!"
"Who is it? Father?" Inside the Room, the Young Man who had been standing with an umbrella at the Tennis Court walked to the Entrance, "Huh? It's you..."
Successfully entered the House.
The Young Man enthusiastically welcomed the group of people inside, and even found clothes from his Childhood for Conan to change into.
The Old Man grumbled a few words in dissatisfaction, and angrily returned to his Room.
The Young Man reintroduced himself, Akashi Hiroto, 32 years old, a Tennis Coach, but he's resting at Home during this time.
Akashi Hiroto busied himself at the Kitchen Counter. After hearing Suzuki Sonoko explain the reason for Conan falling into the water, he couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Hahaha... that's really a Masterpiece! Trying to fish up a car that was washed away by the water, but a child fell into the river instead, and then you fished the child up again."
Conan had a wooden face. Let him laugh, he also felt that today had been very absurd.
"We weren't joking," Ran said helplessly.
"Sorry, sorry," Akashi Hiroto rummaged through the Cabinet and took out a piece of Ginger, "Since the Kid has a cold, Whether or Not you want to drink some Ginger Soup?"
"Ah, well..." Ran was just about to agree when she was interrupted by Chi Feichei.
"It's best not to drink it." Chi Feichei stood by the Window away from the others, leaning against the Wall and smoking. Seeing the others look over in surprise, he lowered his head and pressed the Cigarette into the Ashtray placed on the windowsill, explaining, "Conan has a sore throat with swelling and pain, thick yellow Snot, a red tongue tip, and a thin yellow tongue coating. It's a wind-heat type cold. Ginger is pungent and warm in nature, which is useful for wind-cold colds, but for wind-heat colds, it will only worsen the internal heat."
"I-is that so?" Akashi Hiroto said apologetically with a smile, "Sorry about that, because when I was a Tennis Coach, whenever someone on the team caught a cold, we would prepare Ginger Soup. If it was too serious, we would go to the Hospital to see a Doctor, so..."
"It's okay," Ran said with a smile, "I don't understand either."
Suzuki Sonoko nodded, "And you also had Good Intention!"
Akashi Hiroto turned his head again and asked Chi Feichei, "Then the Kid can't eat Curry either, right?"
Chi Feichei nodded. Curry is full of warm Food Ingredients like Ginger Powder, Pepper, Cinnamon, and Clove, so he definitely can't eat it.
'Small House in the Mountain', 'Man on the Tennis Court in the Rain', 'Father and Son Living Together', 'Curry Rice'. Connecting these four key points, he remembered. Another Incident.
That Old Man will be hanged to death, and the Murderer is naturally Akashi Hiroto, excluding them.
He doesn't remember Akashi Hiroto's face, but he remembers that Old Man's face. Even now, when he closes his Eyes, he can still recall the scene he saw in his previous Life of the Old Man being hanged by the Light String.
It's just that he had always thought Before that it was an Incident in Izu, but Unexpectedly it was in Karuizawa.
So, this time Mori Kogoro's car being washed away by the river water Should be Akashi Hiroto's doing.
It really is... He Should buy a bag of Dried Small Fish when he gets back to thank Nameless.
The car has scratches, just touching up the Lacquer will be enough, but if it was driven here and washed away by the river water, even if it can be found, the car will be waterlogged and Fault. Maybe he'd have to change cars again.
Then he would want to Murder someone...
"Uh..." Akashi Hiroto was made uneasy by Chi Feichei's calm, almost icy Gaze. He sweated in his Heart, always feeling that in this Black Clothes Young Man's Eyes, he was just like a pile of lifeless pork. He scratched his Head and said, "But I only have Curry Rice at Home, and I was still planning to invite everyone to eat together..."
"No Need, no Need," Ran said quickly with a smile, "It's already Troublesome enough for you."
Akashi Hiroto saw Chi Feichei shift his Gaze, relaxed a little, and said with a smile, "It's okay, there's a lot of curry left over from last night. As for the Younger Brother... let me see if I can find anything else. There Should still be other Food Ingredients at Home, I'll prepare something else for him to eat."
"Oh dear, how could we?" Mori Kogoro said this with his mouth, but his body had already honestly stood up and walked to the Table Front.
"Father..." Ran had Black Lines on Forehead, but considering Akashi Hiroto was there, she was too embarrassed to expose her Old Dad's shortcomings, and took over the Task of finding Food Ingredients in the Cabinet.
Akashi Hiroto took Plates to help serve Rice, then poured Curry and cooked Beef on top, and brought it to the Table.
"Brother Hichiji, are Carrots okay?" Ran picked up a Carrot and turned her Head to ask Chi Feichei.
Chi Feichei: "Warm." "It's not okay?" Ran turned her Head back to Look at the Bag, "Then what about Pumpkin? There's still a small chunk here."
Chi Feichei: "Warm." "Then there are no other Food Ingredients," Ran said helplessly, "There are still two Oranges..."
"Oranges are even worse." Chi Feichei took the Curry Rice that Akashi Hiroto brought over and said, "Thank You."
"You're too Polite," Akashi Hiroto said to Ran, "Because it's just me and my Father at Home, there isn't much Food at Home."
"Huh? Isn't your wife here?" Suzuki Sonoko asked.
"My wife passed away three years ago," Akashi Hiroto said.
"Then the Curry was made by you?" Suzuki Sonoko took a bite, her Eyes lighting up, "The Flavor is great! Just like a chef in a restaurant made it."
Chi Feichei raised his Eyes to Look at Suzuki Sonoko. He doesn't make Curry Rice, but the Dishes he makes...
Suzuki Sonoko broke out in a sweat, and said with a smile, "Brother Hichiji doesn't make Curry Rice, but other Food is like something out of Legends!"
Chi Feichei withdrew his Line of Sight and tasted a bite of Curry.
Conan chuckled in his Heart, that Fellow is really childish, even This Is needs to be argued about...
"It's spicy, Conan can't eat it," Chi Feichei said, looking up at Ran, "He can't eat Beef either."
Conan's Belly rumbled, and he looked resentfully at the fragrant Curry Rice on the Table. He was Hungry and wanted to eat Rice.
"Don't be so Troublesome, just let him rinse the Potato Chunk in Clear Water, and then eat it with Rice, a Child's recovery Ability is very strong," Mori Kogoro said happily while eating Curry Rice, "This spiciness is really delicious!"
Conan continued to be resentful, looked up at Ran, his voice extremely hoarse, "Ran..."
Visiting relatives for New Year... In our place, the second day of the new year is like this. We go to see my grandpa and grandma.
(End of Chapter)
