While waiting for Conan and Takagi Wataru to return, Haibara Ai was tricked into joining Chi Feichi for morning exercises.
At first, Haibara Ai planned to follow through until the end. Later, she gritted her teeth and persisted. Finally, she decisively chose to give up, hugging Feichi and watching from the side.
Running around the park for so long was just a warm-up? She was done. Whoever wants to do it can do it!
"Giving up is right. Children are not suitable for overloaded training. If you feel you've reached your limit, you can give up."
Chi Feichi did some more exercises appropriately and stopped decisively.
Actually, his state was similar to Kyogoku Makoto's. He couldn't make rapid progress in the short term. It was just that Kyogoku Makoto couldn't find the path forward, while his physical fitness temporarily couldn't grow rapidly anymore.
Now both of them could only settle down and accumulate.
Exercise is addictive, especially with his method of extra training. Feeling his growth day by day gave him a thrill of rebirth.
But when the extra training reached its limit and the results slowly diminished, that feeling was maddening.
In his previous life, he experienced several peaks and troughs in physical improvement and also felt the feeling of exercise addiction, which he controlled. Walking the same path again in this life, his coping experience would be richer, knowing when to stop.
After a while, Conan and Takagi Wataru returned and reported the investigation situation. It seemed they had recovered from the ghost stories.
As for whether they would still be scared at night, Chi Feichi didn't care. When the three children woke up, he drove the group to find the real culprit, Kitagawa, for a talk.
At 9 AM, Kitagawa confessed. Takagi Wataru called Sato Miwako.
In less than ten minutes, more than ten police cars arrived, and ferocious-looking police officers got out one by one.
Kitagawa was startled. "Officers, I... I killed her because she forced me to marry her... No, no, I'm not quibbling, I've already confessed! Huh?"
Except for two officers who came to handcuff him, the other officers slowly approached Takagi Wataru on the side, looking gloomy.
"Takagi—"
"W-Wait..."
"Takagi, you've been caught. Give up resistance!"
"You brat, accept your punishment!"
The surroundings were chaotic, occasionally mixed with Takagi Wataru's weak explanations.
The three children of the Detective Boys were dumbfounded. "So, so scary..."
"I wondered why Takagi was so fast. Turns out he invited special external help!" Sato Miwako walked over from the side, smiling at Chi Feichi.
"This time it wasn't my deduction." Chi Feichi decisively cleared his relationship.
"Eh?" Sato Miwako was somewhat surprised.
"It was Officer Takagi and Conan who deduced it!" Mitsuhiko explained.
"Brother Chi saw through it long ago," Ayumi smiled and exposed Chi Feichi's little scheme. "But he didn't want to give a statement!"
Sato Miwako had black lines dropping down her forehead. To avoid giving a statement, he saw through it but didn't deduce it. Sure enough, he was still the Chi Feichi who drew pictures for the police to reconstruct the crime method themselves.
"How cunning," Genta sighed helplessly. "We'll have to give the statements. Who asked us to be with him?"
"But, Officer Sato," Mitsuhiko pointed towards Takagi Wataru, "Aren't you going to help?"
Sato Miwako sweated and lowered her voice. "I can't do anything either. Besides, Inspector Megure is still waiting for him at the MPD..."
"But, if you hadn't been caught first, Officer Takagi wouldn't be this pitiful, right?" Genta complained with half-moon eyes.
Sato Miwako put her hands on her hips, full of resentment. "I didn't want to either. Who told that bastard July to find out my location!"
Feichi poked his head out of Chi Feichi's collar and reminded, "Master, she called you a bastard..."
Chi Feichi remained expressionless, listening quietly.
"July?" The three children were puzzled.
Conan couldn't help but look sideways. He thought Sato Miwako was caught because the museum staff patrolled, found the two, and called the police. He didn't expect this matter to be related to July. "Officer Sato, did you meet July?"
"No," Sato Miwako's face darkened a bit. "I don't know why he knew I was there. Just waiting and waiting, a large group of police rushed in. Later, hearing Inspector Megure, I learned it was July who provided the intelligence."
"What exactly did he say?" Conan pressed. "Did he provide the exact location of the restroom? If July reminded you of the specific location, then July must have been near us at that time."
"He mentioned the restrooms at Haido Art Museum and told the police to search floor by floor themselves," Sato Miwako stroked her chin and recalled. "We aren't sure if he knew my exact location."
"He?" Conan heard Sato using masculine pronouns. "Has the MPD confirmed July's gender?"
"Not yet," Sato Miwako waved her hand. "I just feel that someone who does this kind of thing must be a bastard man. I hid it so Mr. Higashida could make it to his daughter's wedding!"
Feichi: "Master, she called you a bastard again..."
"In other words," Mitsuhiko looked thoughtful, "Officer Sato getting caught and Officer Takagi being so miserable is because of that July?"
"He must be a big bad guy!" Genta said.
"Selling Officer Sato's information directly to the MPD, and we don't even know when we were discovered," Haibara Ai also joked with a straight face. "Also a very formidable bastard."
"Everyone says he's a bad guy," Ayumi was a bit confused and turned to ask Chi Feichi, "Brother Chi, is that so?"
Feichi: "Master, they are scolding you..."
"Looking at it this way, he is pretty much a bastard." Chi Feichi looked calm, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Feichi: "..."
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How does Master manage to watch others scold him calmly and even agree with a sentence?
To avoid suspicion of being July, does he have to sacrifice to this extent?
"Uh, alright, actually he isn't a bad guy either," Sato Miwako saw the children joining in the scolding and quickly explained to the group. Although she had resentment, she didn't think July did anything wrong. If it were a situation where the police were held by criminals, having July's intelligence gathering ability providing news would be a big help. "Actually, us hiding the investigation from Inspector Megure was wrong in the first place. It has nothing to do with whether July told or not."
"Then who exactly is he?" Ayumi was puzzled.
"Well..." Sato Miwako hesitated. "He helps the police catch criminals and then gets rewards from the police. Besides that, he also provides intelligence in exchange for rewards. Of course, not just the police; he also accepts tasks from others, as long as the reward is sufficient..."
"Isn't that a detective? A very formidable detective, right!" Ayumi turned to look at Chi Feichi. "As formidable as Brother Chi?"
Chi Feichi originally wanted to hear how the MPD viewed him. Hearing Ayumi suddenly involve him, he remained calm on the surface but sweated internally.
Sometimes, what children say innocently might actually be the truth...
"Then, will we get rewards for helping the police catch criminals in the future?" Genta asked actively.
"It's different," Sato Miwako didn't think about Chi Feichi and quickly smiled to explain. "The criminals he catches have been on the run for a long time, so the police commission him. Some criminals are very dangerous; if you encounter them, you must stay far away! No, it's best not to encounter them!"
"Fighting against dangerous criminals, much like Kamen Yaiba," Mitsuhiko asked seriously. "Then he is actually a good person, right?"
"Hard to say, because he might also help others commit crimes, walking between good and evil..." Sato Miwako felt she couldn't explain clearly to a group of children. "Anyway, a very mysterious person who might help the police but might also cause trouble for the police!"