Chapter 25: Except for Chi Feichi, None of Them Are Normal
Snakes are definitely masters of infiltration.
Secret Doors in the Castle aren't perfectly sealed, and Secret Passages must have Vents.
People can't get into those places, but snakes can easily crawl in.
Hissashi has explored almost all the Secret Passages and Mechanisms, and some places even Mamiya Masuyo probably hasn't figured out.
After listening, Chi Feichi instructed Hissashi, "Go to the Dining Room first. Come back immediately after you see Mamiya Masuyo enter the Dining Room. I'll be waiting for you at the Secret Door of the second Room on the Second Floor... Oh, right, in the future, provoke that Little Girl you call silly less. If a bottle of Chemical Agent goes down, you'll be lucky if you have a Skeleton left."
Hissashi immediately straightened up and stared at Chi Feichi with a blank look.
That scary? Lying to people... No, lying to snakes, right?
Chi Feichi didn't say anything unnecessary, opened the Washroom door, "Action."
...
In the Dining Room on the First Floor, the old and young were sitting around the Dining Table.
"Wow! So lavish!"
Genta couldn't take his eyes off the Food.
A Maid entered the Room and whispered to Mamiya Mitsuru, "Master Mitsuru, we can't find Mr. Chi anywhere."
"You guys look again," Mamiya Mitsuru nodded woodenly, looking at Doctor Agasa, "Then let's eat first. Let the Servants look for Mr. Chi on their side."
"Ah?" Doctor Agasa hesitated, "But..."
"It's okay, he's probably gone to find that Little Boy who's hiding. When he finds him, he'll bring the child to eat." Mamiya Mitsuru habitually made up a 'Daily Routine' for Chi Feichi.
Haibara Ai was startled in her heart, and thought that Chi Feichi had been seen when he went to find Conan, secretly observing Mamiya Mitsuru's expression: "..."
This Uncle also has a cold, expressionless face...
Mamiya Mitsuru's expression was unwavering.
Sure enough, making up Daily Routines for Chi Feichi, once you're familiar with it, it's completely effortless.
He was a bit numb already. If this Scientist also can't find the Treasure, he should still leave...
No, can't give up! But it's so hard to persevere...
Beside them, Mamiya Masuyo, sitting in a Wheelchair, felt uneasy. Although she had knocked out and locked up that glasses-wearing brat who entered the Secret Door, Chi Feichi had lived in the Castle for a while, and it was hard to guarantee he wouldn't discover something.
No! She has to go take a look!
"Help me send the Food to the Room. I want to go to the Room to dine."
"Grandmother?" Mamiya Takato was a little surprised.
"Hmph, what Scientist Friend, I think he wants to find a smart person to solve the Mystery. He's staying here just for the Castle's Treasure," Mamiya Masuyo pushed her Wheelchair and turned to leave, "Tell my Daughter when she comes back, I need to have a good talk with her. How could she be deceived by this kind of guy!"
Mamiya Takato was a little embarrassed, but when he looked up and saw that Mamiya Mitsuru didn't seem angry, he didn't say anything more.
"Help Grand Madam send the Food over." Mamiya Mitsuru just instructed the Maid with a flat expression.
Haibara Ai had been secretly observing this Family. The Grandmother occasionally forgot that her Daughter had already passed away, and the Grandson, seeing his own Grandmother arguing with his Stepfather, just asked a question and that was it. And Mamiya Mitsuru was even stranger, his face was frighteningly haggard, as if he didn't care about anything other than the Castle Treasure. She couldn't help but move closer to Doctor Agasa and whispered, "Doctor..."
"Hmm?" Doctor Agasa also cooperated and lowered his voice, "What's wrong?"
"Find a chance to secretly call the police later. Edogawa is probably in trouble, and Chi Feichi has gone to find him," Haibara Ai's voice was very low, "Be vigilant, don't trust this Family."
Even Mamiya Takato was excluded by Haibara Ai.
It's not that she didn't trust Chi Feichi, but she suddenly felt that Mamiya Takato also seemed a bit abnormal...
"Ah?" Doctor Agasa was surprised.
"Don't you think this Family is all abnormal?" Haibara Ai said, "In comparison, Chi Feichi seems like the only normal person."
Doctor Agasa recalled his experiences after entering the Castle, and looked at the two people at the Dining Table again. He nodded. He didn't know if it was psychological, but he suddenly felt that the atmosphere here was filled with a strange feeling, and could only silently sympathize with Chi Feichi.
It's not easy. He finally got out of a place like Aoyama Fourth Hospital, and the Family he's temporarily staying with is like this again...
"Let's eat first." Mamiya Mitsuru turned his head to greet everyone. If he knew Haibara Ai and Doctor Agasa's thoughts, he would probably jump up from his Chair excitedly.
He is the only normal person in this Family, okay?!
However...
In the cheerful atmosphere of the three children eating happily, Mamiya Mitsuru talked about the Castle Fire, his complex appearance of being occasionally absent-minded, conflicted, and haggard, and Mamiya Takato's silent eating, all fell into Doctor Agasa's eyes, making Doctor Agasa even more certain that his feeling was right.
And before Mamiya Masuyo returned to her Room, Chi Feichi and Hissashi had already entered the Secret Passage.
Hissashi, tracking the scent of fresh blood left by Conan all the way, coiled around Chi Feichi's neck and spoke to guide the way.
Chi Feichi didn't use a Flashlight or other Light Source. He just listened to Hissashi's words, leisurely walking in the Secret Passage, his footsteps so light that they were almost inaudible.
At the same time, Mamiya Masuyo returned to her Room, always feeling uneasy in her heart. She opened the Secret Door and entered the Secret Passage, checking several Secret Passage entrances.
Unfortunately, Chi Feichi has a habit of reducing and cleaning up the Traces he leaves behind when taking Action, and the Traces of entry and exit were not something she could find.
After searching around, Mamiya Masuyo didn't find anything unusual, and went to the Secret Room where Conan was locked up again.
In the dim and stuffy space, Conan had already woken up, but he was tightly bound by Rope. Hearing the sound of the Mechanism being opened, he could only move in a direction while lying on the ground, and look towards the direction of the sound.
The door opened, and the dazzling light of a Flashlight shone directly in, stinging his eyes so he couldn't open them.
Mamiya Masuyo used the Flashlight to shine around the Secret Room, and then retreated out.
"Hey...!" Conan shouted, but the only response he got was the sound of the Mechanism closing the door in the darkness. He frowned and pondered.
He had thought that the other party was afraid of some accident and couldn't wait to rush over to silence him, but now it seemed that the other party still preferred him to 'die naturally'.
And the other party's actions just now were like confirming whether he was still there, or looking for someone...
Someone is coming to find him! And maybe they have already entered inside!
Doctor Agasa? Haibara? Or those three children... No, the most likely is...
Behind him, there was another faint sound of a Mechanism.
How could it be behind him? Is there another Mechanism behind him?
Conan was puzzled, and silently moved, moved, moved again, and moved in another direction.
In the pitch darkness, Conan was as conspicuous as a glowing light bulb in Hissashi's thermal vision, and even his Actions were clearly visible. "Two steps to the left, six steps forward, if you squat down you can touch that Little Boy's head. That Little Boy is lying on the ground, moving to face our side."
Conan's eyes are not Infrared Detectors. He only heard the sound of the Mechanism door in the darkness, and then it became quiet... No, if you listen carefully, there seems to be a slight sound.
The sound was just too faint for him to tell what was going on.
About five or six seconds later, a hand pressed on his head, and Chi Feichi's usual calm voice also sounded above his head.
"Conan, are you awake?"
"Mm..." Conan breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice, "That person was here just now, and has already left. This is a closed Secret Room."
After listening, Chi Feichi didn't understand, "So...?"
Conan was stunned for a moment. According to Chi Feichi's mind, he should understand what he meant. He took the initiative to explain, "It's okay to turn on the Flashlight now. As long as she doesn't come in, she shouldn't notice. I'm tied up..."
To untie him, you have to be able to see, right?
Chi Feichi: "Flashlight? I didn't bring one."
Conan choked. He came to the Secret Passage without bringing a Light Source...
Wait! So, Chi Feichi came all the way in the dark?
"On my Watch..."
'There is a small Flashlight, which can illuminate. Untie the Rope for me first.' Before these words could be spoken, Conan felt Chi Feichi's hand accurately touch the Rope on his wrist: "..."
"What's wrong with your Watch?" Chi Feichi asked.
"N-nothing..." Conan looked at the pitch black in front of him, and wondered if the strong light from Mamiya Masuyo's Flashlight just now had caused some problem with his eyes.
In a situation Conan couldn't hear, Hissashi continued to tell Chi Feichi about the Situation, "Dead knot, tied quite tightly, probably can't untie it, use a Knife..."
"Don't move around." Chi Feichi reminded, and took out a Spring Knife from his pocket and opened it.
Conan was wondering, when he felt a coolness between his wrists that were tied behind his back, and then the feeling of restraint disappeared. He realized that Chi Feichi was using a Knife to cut the Rope, and his scalp suddenly tingled, and he dared not move.
Hissashi: "There's another one about twenty centimeters to the left of Master's left hand... Stop, the Rope is already broken, if you cut again you'll stab that brat's back. Okay, the last one is behind the brat's ankle..."
Conan felt another Rope break, "The rest I can..."
Chi Feichi had already followed Hissashi's instructions and cut the last Rope that was tied in four knots, "What?"
"Nothing..." Conan sat up, and while feeling conflicted, he pulled off the Rope that was wrapped around his body layer upon layer, and still couldn't help but ask, "Um... Elder Brother Chi, am I blind?"
Chi Feichi was silent for a moment, "What do you think?"
Conan's heart skipped a beat, and then he suddenly realized that he seemed to have been foolish. The Rope is untied, wouldn't it be enough to check it himself?
He turned on the Flashlight on his Watch and found that he could see. He was silent for two seconds, and turned to look at Chi Feichi.
"How did you feel your way over here?"
"Just by feeling my way over here..." Chi Feichi paused, picked up Conan, quickly entered the Secret Door he had come from before, and closed the Mechanism.
Conan's Watch was still illuminating the closed door seam, and suddenly he noticed that a beam of light was gradually widening on the opposite side of the Secret Room, and couldn't help but turn to look at Chi Feichi again.
Although he didn't see clearly who opened the door on the other side, the only person who would run over would probably be the one who replaced Mamiya Masuyo and lived here...
If it weren't for Chi Feichi's quick reaction, they would probably have been trapped inside.
But this reaction is a bit too fast, isn't it?
Calculating the Time he was picked up, the Time he arrived at the Secret Door, plus the Time the Secret Door closed, it's about when the other party arrived at the Secret Door, Chi Feichi already noticed?
(End of Chapter)