Hissashi, who had been leaning up and eavesdropping, immediately perked up. "I want long fish, short fish, big fish, small fish. Oh, and the eels Genta often talks about, I want ten eels. Oh, and the fish kept in fish tanks for viewing, gold ones, white ones, black ones, patterned ones, red ones... two of each."
As he spoke, he turned his head to ask Chi Feichi. "Master, can we keep them?"
Chi Feichi was a little speechless. He felt it was necessary for Hissashi to look at more biological diagrams or something in the future. He said to the person on the phone. "Two of each type of fish commonly found in dishes, ten eels, and two of each common color of goldfish."
"No problem," Kikuto Morizono agreed readily. "Shall I send them to your place?"
"Send them to Beika Town..." Chi Feichi gave the address of the Beika Town breeding point. As for whether those people could raise fish, he didn't care. If they couldn't, they could find someone who could.
"Okay," Kikuto Morizono thought for a moment. "It's late now, but they can be delivered tomorrow morning."
"Oh dear, that's wonderful, so many fish," Hissashi laughed up at the sky. "I have so much to eat now, hahahahaha..."
Seeing Hissashi laughing with his mouth wide open, Chi Feichi reached out and pressed it shut. A snake suddenly opening its mouth wide is quite scary, isn't it? Didn't he see the police over there looking over?
On the phone, Kikuto Morizono added.
"Feichi, Uncle Shigematsu's leg might have some lingering effects, and I'll also need to stay in the hospital for observation for a while. Could I trouble you to tell Miss Kaede and Sakuraba about that matter? I've already told my father to postpone the wedding. This way, they don't need to find an excuse. We can tell others we've separated after some time."
"I'll tell them." Chi Feichi agreed.
"Okay, I appreciate it. I need to go for tests now. We'll get together after I'm discharged. I know some pretty girls, I'll introduce you to them then!"
Chi Feichi decisively hung up the phone. Thinking about girls even when he's in the hospital, there's no hope...
To the side, Yuji Sakuraba and Kaede Katagiri breathed a sigh of relief, hearing Shin-ichiro Morizono telling reporters outside the door that the wedding was canceled.
After experiencing such a big event, and Kaede Katagiri almost being treated as a suspect, they instinctively stood very close, as if they could find some comfort that way.
Conan glanced, then glanced again, and couldn't help but walk over. He looked up and asked in a low voice. "Are Big Sister Kaede and Big Brother Sakuraba dating?"
"Ah?" The two were startled and quickly moved apart slightly.
"No wonder I always felt something strange between Miss Kaede and Mr. Kikuto before," Heiji Hattori also walked over. "Is it because Miss Kaede and Mr. Sakuraba are dating? But isn't Miss Kaede supposed to marry Mr. Kikuto?"
"Uh, no..." Kaede Katagiri was flustered and didn't know how to explain.
"It seems Mr. Kikuto also knows. Did the three of them agree to put on a play? Or..." Conan stroked his chin, guessing, when he suddenly felt his collar tighten. Before he could react, he was lifted to the side by Chi Feichi grabbing the back of his collar.
"Kids shouldn't meddle in adult matters," Chi Feichi said, then turned to Heiji Hattori, who had come closer, looking eager to join in. "Minors are the same."
Heiji Hattori choked and muttered as he turned his head. "He's only two or three years older than me, honestly..."
Chi Feichi didn't respond again. He called Kaede Katagiri and Yuji Sakuraba aside to talk.
"A secret talk with Butler Shigematsu and Mr. Kikuto, the relationship between Mr. Sakuraba and Miss Kaede..." Conan stared at their backs. "Could the thing Chi Feichi isn't saying be related to Mr. Sakuraba and Miss Kaede? This wedding..."
Heiji Hattori squatted down, put an arm around Conan's shoulder, and leaned in to whisper. "Hey, Kudo..."
"What is it?" Conan turned his head, speechless. "I'm telling you, can you stop calling me Kudo all the time from now on?"
"That's not important," Heiji Hattori picked up a phone, shook it in front of Conan, and chuckled. "What's important is this!"
"This phone..." Conan couldn't take his eyes off the phone. Isn't this Chi Feichi's phone?
"When I got close to him just now, I took it while he wasn't paying attention," Heiji Hattori smiled, showing his white teeth, and handed the phone over. "Shouldn't you thank me?"
"Nice job, Hattori!" Conan excitedly took the phone, flipped it open, and focused on entering the password...
9001.
Password incorrect.
And when the password incorrect message was displayed, the lock screen wallpaper also changed, becoming a simple drawing: a knife piercing through the screen and positioned over the head of an animal resembling a Shiba Inu. Next to it was a line of text:
[Touch my phone, knife cuts off dog head]
Heiji Hattori: "..."
Conan: "..."
Their smiles gradually froze.
"Hey, I mean..." Heiji Hattori looked at Conan, speechless. "You don't know the password?"
"I knew the original password, but he changed it," Conan looked at the image, feeling completely unwell. He decisively prepared to remove the back cover to find the memory card. "It's alright, his photos and videos should all be stored on the memory card. As long as I get the memory card..."
The back cover was removed, and under the battery was a thin piece of paper:
[Stop looking, there isn't even a phone card]
The two looked, and indeed, the card slot was empty. Not to mention a memory card, there wasn't even a phone card inside.
Heiji Hattori: "..."
Conan: "..."
On the other side, Hissashi was having a great time, peeking out from Chi Feichi's collar, happily watching the show. "Master, Master, they're completely dumbfounded!"
Chi Feichi didn't turn to look, continuing to tell Kaede Katagiri about Kikuto Morizono's plan.
Ever since Conan tried to aim a tranquilizer dart at him, he knew the kid hadn't given up. He originally just wanted to tease Conan, but he didn't expect Heiji Hattori to get involved too...
"Master, their faces are dark..."
"Huh, something's not right. Why do they have sinister smiles... There must be a conspiracy, I'll go see!"
Hissashi retracted his head, slid down from the hem of his clothes, and quickly approached Conan and Heiji Hattori.
"Thank you!" Kaede Katagiri was immediately excited upon hearing that Kikuto Morizono was willing to cancel the wedding. "Thank you so much!"
"We should go see Young Master Kikuto tomorrow and thank him too!" Yuji Sakuraba also looked grateful.
Your fiancé became yours, and you're even going to the hospital specifically to thank him?
Chi Feichi's gaze was complicated for a moment. "Go ahead, but for now, be discreet externally."
"That's right," Yuji Sakuraba scratched his head and looked at Kaede Katagiri. "Then let's go separately tomorrow. I also need to go see Uncle Shigematsu..."
On the other side, Conan was whispering to Heiji Hattori.
"It's not impossible," Heiji Hattori chuckled. "Just find something on him, and then you can openly negotiate an exchange, right?"
"Like this..." Conan turned to look at Heiji Hattori, met his gaze, and also smiled. "That's a good idea too!"
"But since the wedding is canceled, I'll be going back to Osaka tomorrow," Heiji Hattori said, patting Conan's shoulder with a smile. "If you discover any little secrets about that guy Chi Feichi, be sure to share them with me!"
"Alright," Conan was speechless at Heiji Hattori's eagerness to watch the drama unfold. "I'm not sure when I can get my video back. As you saw, he's figured out all my ideas, and I can't even get the memory card, let alone find something on him..."
"Anyway, good luck!" As Heiji Hattori was laughing, he felt a cold gaze staring at him. He lowered his head and saw Hissashi lying at their feet.
Hissashi: "..."
It seems I've heard something incredible again...
"How did Hissashi get here?" Heiji Hattori didn't pay it much mind. Seeing that Chi Feichi had finished talking, he picked up Hissashi and whispered to Conan. "I'll go help you stall for some time. Quickly restore the phone. Try to find more opportunities to interact with him in the future, maybe you'll discover something. But Hissashi is really well-behaved! If only we could ask it, it definitely knows a lot of things..."
"Even if you ask me, I won't tell you..." Hissashi muttered. Seeing Chi Feichi walking over, it immediately wagged its tail. "Master, those two are plotting to find something on you to exchange for Conan's video!"
Chi Feichi took Hissashi from Heiji Hattori's hand. After Hissashi slithered into his sleeve, he kept his hand extended.
Heiji Hattori was stunned for a moment, then gave a dry laugh. He took the phone from Conan, who had followed him, and placed it in Chi Feichi's hand. "Here, your phone dropped just now!"
Chi Feichi nodded. After taking back his phone, he put in the phone card and memory card, turned it on, and glanced at it. There was one missed call and one unread message, both from his cheap dad.
Heiji Hattori: "..."
He really isn't asking anything...
Juzo Megure left with Sachiko Eguchi, and Wataru Takagi also looked at the others. "Everyone, regarding the statements..."
"I'll be going back to Osaka tomorrow," Heiji Hattori found an excuse to leave and pointed at Chi Feichi with a smile. "Actually, he was the first to discover the culprit. Regarding the statements, he can do it, right!"
"Al-Alright then!" Wataru Takagi maintained a polite smile, silently praying in his heart: Please don't let me be the one taking the statement, please don't let it be me...
As the police cars left, the reporters outside the gate also dispersed one after another.
Chi Feichi also received a call from his cheap dad. "Hello..."
"I'm outside, come out," Shin-ichiro Ike said simply and then hung up.
Outside the gradually quieting main gate, two cars, one black and one white, drove up.
When Chi Feichi came out and saw the cars, Shin-ichiro Morizono had already gone over with Yurie Morizono.
A young man wearing glasses got out of the white car and was chatting with Shin-ichiro Morizono.
On the black car, only the back seat window was lowered, and a vague glimpse of a tall figure wearing a black suit could be seen.
After Chi Feichi came out, he looked around and saw Fei Mo flapping its wings among the bushes before walking towards the cars.
Fei Mo, with tacit understanding, flew out of the main gate first, found a wall to perch on, ready to follow the car.
"...I will first go to the hospital tomorrow to understand the condition of your distinguished son," the young man in glasses said to Shin-ichiro Morizono. "Before the case is sent for indictment and trial, I might come back to confirm some details to ensure the perpetrator has no possibility of getting a reduced sentence."
End of Chapter