Conan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the others didn't notice his little move. He lowered his voice and explained to Haibara Ai, "Yes, I collected the powder from the gaps in the suspicious flower shovel, the powder from the raw materials for firing the bricks, and the powder from the gaps in the quilt." After we go to school, Brother Chi will send the powder to a laboratory for comparison. Some well-equipped laboratories should be able to compare whether the powder on the bricks is on the bricks. When was it scratched? If the powder in the cracks of the flower shovel is consistent with the powder on the three bricks that were pried out by the vandals, and the powder was left in the cracks of the flower shovel last night, then It can prove that the flower shovel was the one used by the saboteur last night."
"But when you were in the storage room, you also said..." Haiyuan Ai reacted and said with a clear face, "At night, the door of the regional center building will be locked, and the storage room will also be locked, and There is no sign that the door lock has been broken. If the prisoner used the flower shovel when he came to destroy the flower garden at night, it means that the prisoner used the key to open the storage room. He is probably an employee here. In this case, Miss Kosaki There is also a suspicion that you are worried about alerting others, so you are deliberately pretending that you will not investigate those powders anymore, am I right?"
Conan smiled and said, "Yes, although sending the powder to the laboratory is a bit fussy, there are no big or small puzzles."
"Conan, Haibara," Mitsuhiko looked at the two of them with inquiring eyes, "What are you whispering about? It's time for us to set off!"
Seeing Genta and Ayumi paying attention, Conan quickly said, "We are just making fun of the doctor's bad jokes. Let's go quickly. If we don't hurry up, we will be late!"
"Ah, by the way, Ayumi..." Okamura Saki took out a small cloth bag from his apron pocket, bent down and handed it to Ayumi, and said with a smile, "Here, this is for you! I told you before , I want to give you the seeds of flowers that bloom at night. I have collected the seeds from my yard and will give them to you today."
Ayumi happily took the small cloth bag, "Thank you, Miss Kosaki!"
"I have another one here," Okamura Sakumata took out a small cloth bag of the same shape from his apron pocket and handed it to Haibara Ai with a smile, "I'll give it to you. You can plant it in the yard. The soil doesn't need to be too wet. , this kind of flower is very easy to grow!”
Hui Yuan Ai didn't expect that he was also involved. He was stunned for a moment, then quickly accepted the small cloth bag and thanked him, "Thank you very much."
"You're welcome," Okamura Saki straightened up and raised his arms with a smile, "Everyone, please work hard for school!"
"yes!"
The three children responded happily, dragging Conan and Haibara Ai to school.
"Ms. Kosaki, please do your best too!"
"Goodbye, Miss Kosaki!"
Chi Feichi stayed at the door of the yard and said goodbye to Okamura Saki politely, "Ms. Okamura, I've really troubled you today, so I won't bother you..."
"Are you leaving too?" Okamura Saki's smile stopped and turned a little regretful, "I have always been interested in detectives, incident investigation and other things, and I was originally thinking about whether there would be a chance to do it today. Let me tell you about a special incident you encountered..."
On the road not far away, Hui Yuan Ai followed the three children with her schoolbag on her back, continuing the whispering topic with Conan, "Speaking of which, why did you and Brother Fei Chi agree to send the powder for identification? I have been I'm nearby, but I didn't see you communicating quietly..."
"There was communication, but it was just a couple of sentences," Conan said with a smile. "When we were about to enter the studio, I followed at the back and pulled Brother Chi's clothes. I originally wanted to tell him about the identification of powder. But before I even started talking about it, he knew what I meant and told me that he knew a laboratory. I also told him that he could leave the powder collection to me... We both had the same plan, no need to You can communicate well by talking too much.”
"I see," Haiyuan Ai looked back at Chi Feichi and Okamura Saki at the entrance of the courtyard, "After you saw the flower shovel in the storage room, did even Miss Kosaki become suspicious... …”
Conan also looked back at the two people at the entrance of the courtyard, looked strange for a moment, and said vaguely, "That's right, because no one knows what others are thinking."
Haiyuan Ai noticed the change in Conan's expression just now and asked directly, "Do you have any other plans to hide from me?"
Conan continued walking forward, hesitated for a moment, and then said truthfully, "It's not a plan, it's just that when I went to collect brick powder, I noticed traces in the flower bed... It was where Miss Kosaki was standing when she was pushed away by Mr. Okuda. There were her footprints there. The footprints were different from the normal ones when she was pushed down. It should have been that she deliberately controlled the direction of her fall after losing her balance, which caused Miss Kosaki to fall in front of us. In fact, carefully Think about it, Mr. Okuda used his right hand to push Ms. Kosaki to the right and back. Ms. Kosaki should have fallen into the flower bed, not the edge of the flower bed where we were standing. Of course, it was possible that she was worried about falling and getting hurt. , I wanted to see if Brother Chi could hold her up, so I did this, but I think it’s a bit suspicious for her to behave like this, so it’s better to pay attention..."
Hui Yuan Ai suddenly felt that the flower seed cloth bag in his pocket was a bit hot. He stopped, turned around and walked back, "You go first, I will remind Brother Fei Chi when I go back."
Conan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly chased after him, "Hey, Haiyuan, if we don't hurry up and go to school, we will really be late! There is no need to remind Brother Chi about this kind of thing. We can talk to him later. Just say it..."
"Really?" Haiyuan Ai saw Chi Feichi and Okamura Saki still talking at the entrance of the courtyard, and his eyes became more determined, "I think it is necessary."
Not to mention that she has a good relationship with Sister Nanatsuki, even from the perspective of brother Fei Chi, she does not want brother Fei Chi to suffer in matters such as relationships, including but not limited to "temporarily greedy for novelty and other women" This is a situation where you have too many contacts, get broken up with by your girlfriend angrily, and feel deep regret and pain.
If her reminder could avoid that bad situation, why didn't she do it?
Besides, given Brother Chi's situation, he might not be able to withstand the painful emotional impact.
For the sake of Brother Chi's life, she had to remind her that being late for school was nothing in comparison.
At the entrance of the yard, Okamura Saki handed a business card to Chi Feichi and said with a smile, "This is the ordering business card for my coffee shop. It has the specific address and the landline phone number of the coffee. My parents left Tokyo today for something. , I won’t be back until tomorrow, so after I finish working here at six o’clock in the evening, I will go back to take care of the business in the store. Then I will go back to prepare and wait for your visit tonight!”
Haiyuan Ai stopped next to Chi Feichi, his eyelids twitching.
Arranged to meet outside so soon?
Or is it Ms. Kosaki’s coffee shop?
Is this speed of familiarity a bit abnormal for Brother Fei Chi?
"Then we'll see you in the evening," Chi Feichi responded to Okamura Saki. He also noticed that Haibara Ai and Conan came to the side one after another, and looked at the three children following behind, "Why are you back again?"
Conan looked at Haiyuan Ai and sweated when he saw Haiyuan Ai's expressionless and cold face, "It's Haiyuan..."
Hui Yuan Ai calmed down the overly solemn expression on his face for a second, looked up at Chi Feichi calmly and said, "We are almost late for school, and I want you to take us to school."
Chi Feichi felt that Haiyuan Ai's excuse was so low-level that it was difficult for him to convince himself to cooperate. "But I didn't drive here today. Even if I see you off, I can't prevent you from being late."
While talking, the three children Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Genta also arrived nearby.
"Yes, being late is inevitable," Haiyuan Ai found a new excuse without changing his expression, "But if you send us there, I should feel more at ease on the way. Even if I think about being scolded by the teacher, I will Have more courage to face it."
Conan: "..."
Haiyuan's ability to tell lies with open eyes is not bad either.
The logic of the new excuse passed the test, and Chi Feichi cooperated and agreed, "Then I will send you there."
Haibara Ai was not in a hurry to leave, and looked at Okamura Saki, "I just heard Miss Kosaki say that you are going to her coffee shop in the evening, but aren't we going to come here to catch the flower garden vandals at night?"
"Miss Okamura's coffee shop is not far from here, it can be reached by car in ten minutes," Chi Feichi explained his plan, "I will prepare the auxiliary tools for the evening and go to her coffee shop later. After having dinner there, you can come here directly from her coffee shop.”
"I made an agreement with Mr. Chi that I will come with everyone to catch the saboteur in the evening," Okamura Saki smiled at the children, then looked at Chi Feichi and said, "Mr. Chi, let me go and get busy first. , see you later.”
Chi Feichi nodded and left the regional center with the five members of the Junior Detective Team.
The three real children were happy about the growth of the arresting team, and excitedly discussed the addition of Okamura Saki and the arrest plan for the night.
Haiyuan Ai followed Chi Feichi, looked back at the door of the yard, and made sure Okamura Saki was not behind, then stretched out his hand to pull the corner of Chi Feichi's clothes, and decided to remind him more bluntly, "Brother Feichi, Edogawa just said that when Miss Kosaki was pushed by Mr. Okuda and almost fell, she left footprints in the flower bed. Judging from the state of the footprints, she might have adjusted the angle of her fall when she lost her balance and deliberately hit us. Falling in front of..."
"I know, she feels a bit strange to me..." Chi Feichi paused, "I'm not sure yet whether there is something wrong with her, but since she has made suspicious behavior, it is worth paying attention to."
Haibara Ai:"……"
If Brother Chi said "suspicious", could it be that he suspected that Miss Kosaki was the saboteur and deliberately made some moves to cover up or destroy evidence?
It's not that she thinks Brother Fei Chi's guess is wrong. Now they can't determine the reason why Miss Xiaosaki did this, but...
Didn't Brother Fei Chi ever think that Miss Xiaosaki might also want to attract his attention?
"Is that why Brother Chi plans to visit Miss Xiaosaki's coffee shop?" Conan expressed understanding with a clear face, "Just to see if there is anything suspicious about her."
"That's right, she just mentioned that she was curious about the story of detectives solving crimes, and she also took the initiative to talk about her coffee shop and invited me to her coffee shop for a while," Chi Feichi confessed, "I'm not that kind of person. Passionate person, so I’m equally suspicious of anyone who is overly enthusiastic about me when we first meet, and always feel like the other person is planning something, which is probably why I think she’s a little weird.”
Conan laughed inwardly.
Be equally suspicious of every over-enthusiastic person…
He suspected that the 'over-enthusiasm' that Chi Feichi identified was not necessarily really 'excessive'. He might just be a relatively enthusiastic person. Isn't his little friend really suffering from delusions of persecution?
(End of chapter)
