Chi Feichi nodded silently. Officer Sato's explanation was indeed correct, but for elementary school students whose worldview was black and white, it was probably still hard to understand.
Sure enough...
"Uh... that's really complicated," Mitsuhiko scratched his head. "Is there such a person?"
"Then is he a good person or a bad person?" Genta was a bit confused.
Ayumi thought for a moment. "Anyway, he's a strange person!"
"He knew Officer Sato was in the restroom but didn't say which one. Could he be intentionally hiding something? Did we see him at that time?" Conan stroked his chin, recalling the people he saw. "When we left with Officer Takagi, we indeed encountered a staff member..."
"It has nothing to do with that staff member," Sato Miwako said. "Inspector Megure questioned him last night. He said he only saw a young man leave with a few children. Worried about disturbing Takagi's search for clues, I didn't tell Inspector Megure that he saw you guys. In other words, July didn't disguise as a staff member; such a staff member truly exists, and he didn't seem to be July in disguise. I attacked him suddenly last night to test his skills; he was completely an ordinary person. Judging by his reaction during questioning, he doesn't seem to be July himself either..."
Conan nodded in agreement. "If it were July, he probably wouldn't stay there waiting to be questioned by the police. However, Officer Sato, when you were chasing Mr. Higashida, he must have seen it, maybe even followed all the way!"
Sato Miwako recalled distressingly. "But at that time, I was only focused on chasing Mr. Higashida and didn't pay attention to who was around..."
"Mn... He should have seen you enter the Haido Art Museum. We were there too..." Conan also recalled the people he met, his thoughts completely led astray.
Chi Feichi was happy to see this happen. After the criminal was taken away, he drove the group of children to find Professor Agasa and incidentally watched Professor Agasa's Tropical Rainbow explosion.
The bomb didn't make a loud noise but blasted out a seven-colored rainbow, and the Haido Art Museum vanished within the rainbow.
A beautiful and shocking scene, which made Conan sweat profusely. "If we had caught the criminal a step late, and Officer Sato didn't know the Haido Art Museum was about to be demolished and was still inside..."
"She would probably have turned to ashes along with the Haido Art Museum," Haibara Ai said calmly. "Speaking of which, July really helped a lot."
"Sort of," Conan turned to look at Chi Feichi, feeling that together with Chi Feichi, they shouldn't have been unable to solve this case. "Brother Chi, aren't you curious about who that July is?"
"Not curious." Chi Feichi answered decisively.
It was one thing for Conan to want to expose his secret identity, but dragging him along? Impossible!
Conan was speechless for a moment. Okay, he knew this guy Chi Feichi had little curiosity. But it was very uncomfortable for a person with strong curiosity to meet someone with none. "Curiosity is the driving force of human progress. A person without curiosity has a normal psychological deficiency, indifferent to the surroundings. It could be an early sign of depression or schizophrenia. I feel your condition is very serious... When are you going for a re-examination?"
Chi Feichi raised his hand and gave Conan's head a bonk.
Conan held his head aggrievedly. "Why hit me suddenly..."
"Master-apprentice tradition. I want to keep up with Teacher Mouri's pace," Chi Feichi said calmly. "And I held back."
Conan was instantly speechless. He knew Chi Feichi held back; otherwise, this punch wouldn't have failed to even raise a bump. Judging from Chi Feichi's fight with Kyogoku Makoto that day, it was more likely to be a concussion or coma leading to hospitalization...
Looking at it this way, Chi Feichi was much more lenient with children than Uncle Mouri, but...
What the hell is master-apprentice tradition?
He understood now. This guy Chi Feichi looks like he doesn't care about anything, but is actually full of bad ideas and petty!
The three children watched the Tropical Rainbow and planned to go to Professor Agasa's house to play games.
Chi Feichi declined the proposal to go together. Considering he didn't sleep all night yesterday, the group of children didn't pester him much.
On the way back, Feichi poked his head out from Chi Feichi's collar, watched the road for a while, then turned to look at Chi Feichi. "Master, was our act of helping others for joy not very successful this time? Although we helped, Officer Takagi is so pitiful..."
Chi Feichi thought for a moment. Since Sato Miwako was found and Takagi Wataru resisted to the end, it was indeed a bit more miserable than the original plot. "No, very successful. Helping the MPD officers for free and watching Takagi and Sato having headaches, I am very happy. This is 'helping others for joy'."
Feichi was dumbfounded: "..."
Helping others, making oneself happy. There's nothing wrong with saying that.
But why does he feel that watching Takagi and Sato suffer is Master's source of happiness?
Master did it on purpose from the beginning, right?
Chi Feichi indeed did it on purpose. Recently, there were quite a few people in love around him. He felt that what he should have would come eventually, so he wasn't in a rush. But not being jealous didn't mean eating dog food (PDA) was comfortable. Even non-sour dog food could be choking if eaten too much. He had to learn to find a glass of water named 'I'm relieved seeing you sad' to make himself more comfortable. "Feichi, aren't you going to hibernate?"
It was summer when they went to Izu, but a few days after returning, it turned into winter. This time jump was a bit excessive.
"I don't want to hibernate; sleeping for so long is boring," Feichi was conflicted. "Let's hold on for two more days. I'll try to stay inside Master's clothes. It's not that cold yet. We'll see if I can't hold on."
Chi Feichi also noticed Feichi's plan; otherwise, Feichi would have run to the passenger seat as soon as he got in the car. But holding on for two days was fine; maybe it would be summer again in two days.
Two days passed. The temperature didn't rise much, but at least it changed from winter to autumn.
The previous director of the pet hospital had already left with the money.
After the Zhenchi Group took over, the pets originally admitted were kept. Two professionals in business and management were added to the management level, but a director was still lacking, and several people needed to be recruited for the lower levels.
Regarding the choice of director, Chi Feichi didn't know anyone suitable, but he had connections. However, before he could contact his professor, the professor took the initiative to invite him, choosing a high-end Japanese restaurant for the meeting.
The restaurant had blue stone floors, embellished with green bamboo and leaves. A red wooden bridge spanned an artificial canal, and various wooden rooms were built around the canal.
The water flowed gently, and the zither music curled upwards. Not magnificent, but sufficiently beautiful and exquisite.
At least this natural environment and the recent temperature made Feichi very satisfied. He lay comfortably on the floor listening to the water, not caring about the old man in the room.
Soma Taku had seen Feichi in the laboratory before and knew Chi Feichi carried a pet snake. Having never seen Feichi bite anyone, he didn't pay much attention to Feichi.
What made him nervous was Chi Feichi's attitude...
Chi Feichi sat at the table, looking down at a printed document, remaining silent.
Soma Taku invited him over and let him see this document as soon as he entered. An unpublished paper in the same direction as his thesis, with data recording times consistent with his.
The difference was that his thesis was unfinished, while this was a completed paper, signed with another person's name.
No need to ask; this only meant one thing—using someone else's paper to help him cheat.
He also knew that despite Conan and his group being righteous, and even Kuroba Kaito, though a thief named Kid, being purely just at heart, there were still many dark and dirty things in this world. Some of the people killed didn't die unjustly at all.
He just didn't expect that before he even opened his mouth, someone proactively wanted to help him cheat...