Half an hour later...
Chi Fei arrived at Dr. A Li's house late. He changed his shoes and went into the house to sit down. He took the tea cup from Haibara Ai and listened to Conan's story about what happened before and after the explosion.
"Doctor thinks I have a memory error, but I don't think I would be able to fail to observe the suspect's characteristics at such an important moment, and even see the suspect as a black person..." Conan sat on the sofa opposite, He held his head with both hands irritably, scratched his hair, and quickly raised his head again, looking directly at Chi Feichi across the distance from the coffee table, "I remember Brother Chi said before, you have seen black people, right? "
Chi Feichi lowered his eyes and glanced at the drawing paper on the table and nodded.
Conan quickly leaned over the table, pointed at the pure black figure on the drawing paper, and raised his eyes to confirm with Chi Feichi, "Is it the same as this one? It is complete black, a black that can swallow up all colors, and is not affected by light."
Chi Feichi held the tea cup in one hand and nodded again, "Under the sun, all people are black."
"In other words, isn't this the first time he has appeared..." Conan thought seriously and then asked, "Brother Chi, when was the last time you saw that black man?"
Dr. A Li looked at Conan with a subtle expression.
Has Shinichi been under too much stress lately and is he sick?
"Last time... I can't remember clearly. I haven't paid attention to the shadow for a long time," Chi Feichi recalled, "However, in the case where police officers were killed in succession, Dr. Fengdo, who was planning to attack Xiaolan, When I caught up with him, I saw him as a pure black figure.”
Conan quickly remembered the case and asked doubtfully, "Dr. Fengdo? When Brother Chi chased him, he was in the hospital and also chased him on the street, right? But if it was a black figure walking in the hospital corridor and street Running up should have attracted a lot of attention long ago..."
"Conan, can you come with me?" Mitsuhiko interrupted Conan and reached out to pull Conan's clothes.
Seeing Mitsuhiko's serious expression, Conan jumped off the sofa in confusion and followed Mitsuhiko to the cooking table.
Ayumi and Genta also followed, looking at Conan with strange expressions of confusion and seriousness.
"You guys..." Conan looked at the three children surrounding him, feeling terrified at being stared at, "What's wrong?"
"Conan, can you please stop being like this?" Mitsuhiko looked at Conan with complicated eyes and said softly, "It doesn't matter if you are joking with us. We know you are not the kind of bad boy who likes to tease others, but..."
"But please don't talk to Brother Chi anymore, okay?" Bumi looked at Chi Feichi on the sofa over there with a look of unbearability. When she looked back at Conan, there were already tears in her eyes, " It’s okay to joke with us, but Brother Chi will be very serious, and I, I will think you are going too far..."
Conan looked at the tears in Ayumi's eyes and felt like he was going to cry first.
Understand, these three children thought he was exaggerating and saying this as a joke. If he was really like this, then it was indeed a hateful and excessive joke for Chi Feichi who took it seriously.
However, he is also very serious.
"Conan, although Brother Chi sometimes scares us with his fierce eyes and likes to carry us around by our collars," Yuantai said with a serious face, "But, he is actually very good to us, isn't he? Really? So please stop it in moderation!"
Conan opened his mouth, but looked at the three children who were looking at him expectantly, and at Dr. Ali who looked at him with a complicated and worried expression. He fully understood that it was difficult for him to explain clearly, and nodded, "I understand."
"Don't be angry," Mitsuhiko vaguely caught a trace of helplessness in Conan's eyes and comforted him, "We are friends, aren't we? Because we are good friends, when we think something is wrong with you, we have to directly Bring it up, no matter you are wrong or we are wrong in the end, only by raising it can we understand each other's thoughts."
"Okay, I don't take it to heart!"
Conan laughed and saw the three children heaving a sigh of relief and walking back to the sofa.
How could he be angry with a child?
Moreover, these three brats were originally worried that he would tease Chi Feichi too much, so they wanted to remind him to stop his wrong behavior. There was no malice at all, and it was even less likely that he would be angry.
After feeling unexplainable irritability and powerlessness, he recognized the reality and knew that unless these people saw the black man with their own eyes, no one would believe him no matter what he said. After all, it was too contrary to common sense.
It's just that this feeling of not being understood made him a little aggrieved.
And those who don't understand him are not one person or a certain group, but the vast majority of people. When he makes serious efforts to clarify the situation, those people will think he is joking.
What does that feel like?
Although he was clearly living in this world and standing among his friends, he also felt disheartened and depressed.
It was as if he was alone on an isolated island. The things he needed were displayed in front of him, seemingly within reach. He could grab them as long as he stretched out his hands, but when he stretched out his hands, there was no obstruction from his fingers. The ground penetrates those things, and even if you close your fingers, you can't grasp the nothingness.
Empty, just like Chi Feichi's eyes that were sometimes so calm and emotionless...
The heating was on in the room, and Fei Chi followed the three children all the way, recounting the conversation between Conan and the three children loudly, twisting his body to follow Conan's footsteps, and jumped onto the sofa before Conan.
Conan carried Feichi aside, sat next to Chi Feichi, and looked up into Chi Feichi's eyes.
Chi Feichi should be able to understand the feeling of being on an isolated island, and even experience it more deeply than he did.
Now he still has Chi Feichi and Haiyuan who believe in him, but Chi Feichi is delusional. Whenever he says something bizarre, everyone thinks it is a delusion and does not even take it seriously.
The children were right. One party was joking nonchalantly, but the other party took it seriously. It was a very excessive joke.
On the other hand, if one party tries hard to express something, but no one takes it seriously, it is equally cruel to that person.
When he walked over, he was thinking, would Chi Feichi feel uncomfortable when he found out that his words were not taken seriously by anyone? Could that kind of overly calm gaze be the silence after complete despair?
Chi Feichi lowered his eyes and drank the hot tea. His purple eyes reflected the teacup and the tiny ripples of tea, but it seemed to only be reflected on the surface of the eyes, never penetrating deep, just like the inside. Emotions could not penetrate the surface of his eyes. He found Conan staring directly at him and turned to look at Conan.
What does the detective want to do?
"Uh..." Conan met Chi Feichi's cold gaze, sweated, turned to look at the drawing paper on the table, and spoke carefully, "Speaking of which, it seems that I have never asked Brother Chi about paranoia. Things... I think some of your ideas might be wonderful..."
Chi Feichi tried hard to understand what Conan meant, "You want to hear my delusional thoughts? About what?"
"Anything is possible," Conan looked up at Chi Feichi again, "For example, you can hear the voices of animals and plants. What kind of sounds are they? Do they have gender and age like humans?"
Yes, they had never cared about these issues. They had swept these things into the trash can at the beginning on the grounds that they were all delusions. Now he wanted to ask.
Regardless of whether it is a delusion or something, whether they approve it or not, they need to take the world in the eyes of their friends seriously.
"The voice..." Chi Feichi put down the tea cup and looked at Feichi, who was crawling over Conan's lap and towards him, "For example, Feichi is the voice of a teenage boy..."
"Huh?" Conan smiled and reached out to poke Fei Chi's twisting waist, "Based on the snake's age, Fei Chi is indeed older than a seven or eight-year-old human child."
Haibara Ai vaguely guessed Conan's thoughts based on the fact that Conan saw the 'black shadow' but was not believed or understood. Thinking that she, as a younger sister, did not seem to have asked these questions seriously, she felt a little heavier. He walked forward and stretched out his hand to rub Fei Chi, "What about the other animals and plants? Are there any animals that speak like girls?"
"Wuming and Feili are girls..." Chi Feichi looked at Conan, "Conan, were you scared today?"
"Ah? No," Conan asked in confusion, "Why does Brother Chi ask that?"
"You're a little weird," Chi Feichi looked at Conan and paused, "If you're tired, go to bed early and don't think too much. If you're still worried about Mr. Asakura's safety... I'll be free tomorrow."
Conan: "?"
No, no, he and Chi Feichi didn't seem to be thinking at the same level.
Hey, Chi Feichi seems to think that his current mental state is not normal. How should we continue to communicate?
However, Chi Feichi actually gave up his rest and hinted that he could help investigate the incident where Mr. Asakura received the threatening letter. Thank you very much.
Chi Feichi looked at Dr. Ali again, "Doctor, you sent a text message this morning saying that Xiao Ai's household registration certificate has been printed..."
"Ah, that's right!" Dr. Ali turned and walked towards the basement, "Wait a moment, I'll get it."
"Proof of household registration?" Bumi asked curiously, "Which one does Xiao Ai need?"
As soon as the three children heard that Haiyuan Ai was going to the UK with Chi Fei, the conversation instantly turned into knowing the departure time, saying goodbye, looking forward to travel souvenirs, etc.
Chi Feichi got Hui Yuan Ai's household registration certificate, didn't stay long, and stood up to leave.
The next day, the police called Mouri Kogoro and held a press conference at the Metropolitan Police Department.
With such a big event happening, it is impossible for the police to pretend that nothing happened. It is necessary to explain the current casualties and investigation progress to the public.
As for the reason for calling Mouri Kogoro...
"Excuse me, how did the Edogawa Conan child who discovered the bomb notice the bomb?"
Facing the reporter's question, Megure Thirteen looked at Mouri Kogoro sitting next to him and said seriously, "He heard Mr. Moori Kogoro next to me say before that there is a possibility that the prisoner may use a bomb!"
"Me?" Mouri Kogoro pointed at himself in confusion.
Below, the reporters were already amazed.
"As expected of a famous Maori detective!"
"yes……"
"Mr. Mori, could you please say a few words about the prisoner?"
Mouri Kogoro straightened his expression quickly, cleared his throat with a dry cough, "Uh-huh! The purpose of this crime is to take the life of the governor of Asakura and destroy the key project in his second term of office, the new Toei Subway Line. It’s an unforgivable crime!”
"So, are there any clues about the prisoner's identity?" Another reporter asked.
(End of chapter)
