Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

Seeing that other people didn't notice his small movements, Conan breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his voice and explained to Hui Yuanai, "That's right, I collected the powder from the cracks of the suspicious flower shovel, the powder of the raw materials for brick firing, and the The powder on the three destroyed bricks, after we go to school, Brother Chi will send those powders to the laboratory for comparison. Some well-equipped laboratory should be able to compare whether the powder on the shovel is from the bricks. What was scratched and when was it scratched? If the powder in the gap of the shovel is the same as the powder on the three bricks that were pried out by the vandals, and the powder was left in the gap of the shovel last night, then It can prove that the flower shovel was used by the saboteur last night."

"But when you were in the storage room, you still said..." Hui Yuanai reacted, and said with a clear face, "At night, the gate of the district center building will be locked, and the storage room will also be locked, and There is no sign that the door lock has been picked. If the prisoner used the flower shovel when he came to destroy the flower garden at night, it means that the prisoner opened the storage room with a key, and it is probably the staff here. In this case, Miss Xiaosaki There are also suspicions, you are worried that you will scare the snake, so you deliberately pretend that you will not investigate those powders, am I right?"

Conan smiled, "That's right, although it's a bit of a fuss to send the powder to the laboratory, but the puzzles don't matter how big or small they are."

"Conan, Haibara," Mitsuhiko poked his head at the two of them, his eyes inquiring, "What are you whispering again, it's time for us to go!"

Conan saw that Genta and Ayumi were also paying attention, and hurriedly said, "We are just making fun of the doctor's cold joke, let's go, if you don't hurry up, you will be late soon!"

"Ah, yes, Ayumi..." Saki Okamura took out a small cloth bag from her apron pocket, bent over and handed it to Ayumi, and said with a smile, "Here, this is for you! I told you earlier , I want to give you the seeds of flowers that will bloom at night, I have already collected the seeds from my yard, and I will give them to you today."

Ayumi happily took the small cloth bag, "Thank you, Miss Kosaki!"

"I have another one here," Okamura Saki took out a small cloth bag of the same shape from her apron pocket, and handed it to Hui Yuanai with a smile, "I'll give it to you, it can be planted in the yard, the soil doesn't need to be too wet , this kind of flower is very good to feed!"

Hui Yuanai didn't expect to have a part in it, she was taken aback for a moment, then quickly took the small cloth bag and thanked, "Thank you very much."

"You're welcome," Okamura Saki straightened up, raised her arms with a smile, "Everyone, please go to school!"

"yes!"

The three children responded happily, and dragged Conan and Haibara Ai to school.

"Miss Kosaki, please do your best too!"

"Goodbye, Miss Kosaki!"

Chi Feichi stayed at the gate of the yard and said goodbye to Saki Okamura, "Miss Okamura, I really troubled you today, so I won't bother you..."

"Are you leaving too?" Okamura Saki stopped smiling and became a little regretful, "I have always been yearning for things like detectives and incident investigations, and I was wondering if there was a chance today Listen to you talk about the special incident you encountered..."

On the road not far away, Hui Yuanai followed behind the three children with her schoolbag on her back, and continued the whisper topic with Conan, "Speaking of which, why did you and Brother Feichi agree to send the powder for appraisal? I have always I'm next to you, but I didn't see you guys communicating quietly..."

"There is communication, but it's just a few words," Conan said with a smile, "When we were about to enter the studio, I followed at the end and pulled Brother Chi's clothes. I wanted to tell him about the identification powder. As a result, he knew what I meant before I said it, and told me that he knew a laboratory, and I also told him that I could leave the collection of powder to me... We all have the same plan, no need Talking too much can communicate well.”

"So that's how it is." Hui Yuan 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, even Miss Xiaosaki suspected it... ..."

Conan also looked back at the two people at the gate of the courtyard, looked strange for a moment, and said vaguely, "That's right, because no one knows what other people think."

Haibara Ai noticed the change in Conan's face just now, and asked directly, "Do you have any plans to hide from me?"

Conan continued to walk 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 garden...that's where Miss Kosaki was standing when Mr. Okuda pushed her away. The place, where her footprints were left, the footprints were different from the ones that were knocked down normally, it should be that after she lost her balance, she deliberately controlled the direction of the fall, which caused Miss Xiaosaki 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 fall into the flowerbed instead of the edge of the flowerbed where we are standing. Of course, she might be worried that she would fall and get hurt in a hurry , I wanted to see if Brother Chi could support her, that's why I did this, but I think her behavior is a bit suspicious, so it's better to pay attention..."

Hui Yuanai suddenly felt that the flower seed cloth bag in his pocket was a little hot, stopped, turned and walked back, "You go first, I'll remind Brother Feichi when I go back."

Conan was stunned for a moment, and quickly set off to chase after him, "Hey, Huiyuan, 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, and we will talk to him later Just say it..."

"Really?" Seeing that Chi Feichi and Okamura Saki were still talking at the gate of the courtyard, Hui Yuanai's eyes became more determined, "I think it's necessary."

Leaving aside the fact that she has a good relationship with Sister Nanatsuki, even from the standpoint of Brother Feichi and her sister, she does not want Brother Feichi to suffer hardships in matters such as relationships, including but not limited to "temporary covetousness and other women Too close contacts, being broken up by his girlfriend in anger, and deeply troubled and painful' This kind of situation.

If her reminder can prevent that bad situation, why doesn't she remind her?

Besides, in Brother Feichi's situation, he may not be able to withstand the emotional impact of too much pain.

For the sake of Brother Feichi's life, she had to remind her. Compared with that, what was being late for school worth?

At the gate of the courtyard, Saki Okamura handed a business card to Chi Feichi, and said with a smile, "This is the order card of my coffee shop. It has the specific address and the landline phone number of the coffee shop. My parents left Tokyo today. , I won’t be back until tomorrow, so after I finish my work here at six o’clock in the evening, I will go back to take care of the business in the store, and then I will go back to prepare and wait for your visit tonight!”

Hui Yuanai stopped beside Chi Feichi, her eyelids twitching.

Meet outside so soon?

Or the coffee shop at Miss Kosaki's house?

Isn't this kind of familiarity speed a bit abnormal for Brother Feichi?

"Then let's see you tonight," Chi Feichi responded to Saki Okamura, and also noticed that Hui Yuanai and Conan came to her side one after another, and looked at the three children who followed behind, "Why are you back again?"

Conan looked at Huiyuan Ai, seeing that Huiyuan Ai was expressionless and cold, sweating, "It's Huiyuan..."

Hui Yuanai calmed down the overly serious expression on his face for a second, looked up at Chi Feichi calmly and said, "We are going to be late for school soon, I want you to send us to school."

Chi Feichi felt that Hui Yuanai's excuse was very low-level, and his level was so low that it was difficult for him to persuade himself to cooperate, "But I didn't drive here today, so even if I send you off, there is no way to keep you from being late."

While speaking, the three children of Yuantai, Mitsuhiko, and Yuantai also came nearby.

"Yeah, being late is already inevitable," Hui Yuanai made a new excuse without changing his face, "But if you send us there, I should feel more at ease on the way, even if I think about being reprimanded by the teacher, I will Have more courage to face it."

Conan: "..."

Huiyuan's ability to open his eyes and tell nonsense is not bad.

After the logic of the new excuse passed, Chi Feichi cooperated and agreed, "Then I'll send you there."

Hui Yuanai didn't leave in a hurry, and looked at Saki Okamura, "I just heard Ms. Saki say that you are going to her coffee shop at night, but don't we have to come here to catch the flower garden destroyers at night?"

"Ms. Okamura's coffee shop is not far from here, and it takes ten minutes by car." Chi Feichi explained his plan, "I'll go and prepare the auxiliary tools for the evening, and go to her coffee shop later. You can have dinner here, and then you can come here directly from her coffee shop."

"I made an agreement with Mr. Chi, and I will come with everyone to catch the saboteur at night," Okamura Saki smiled at the children, then looked at Chi Feichi and said, "Mr. Chi, I'll go get busy first." , see you later."

Chi Feichi nodded, and took the five members of the Boy Detective Team to leave the district center.

The three real children were happy for the growth of the capture team, and excitedly discussed the addition of Saki Okamura and the capture plan for the evening.

Hui Yuanai followed Chi Feichi, looked back at the gate of the yard, and made sure that Saki Okamura was not behind, then reached out and tugged on the corner of Chi Feichi's clothes, and decided to remind him more bluntly, "Brother Feichi, Edogawa just said that when Ms. Kosaki was pushed by Mr. Okuda and almost fell, she left footprints in the flower garden. Judging from the state of the footprints, she may have adjusted the angle of her fall when she lost her balance, and deliberately fell towards us. Fall in front of..."

"I know, she feels a bit strange to me..." Chi Feichi paused, "I'm still not sure if there is something wrong with her, but since she has acted suspiciously, it deserves attention."

Haibara Ai:"……"

Brother Feichi said 'suspicious'. Could it be that he suspected that Miss Xiaosaki was the saboteur and deliberately took some actions to cover up or destroy the evidence?

It's not that she thinks Brother Feichi's guess is wrong, and now they can't determine the reason for Miss Xiaosaki's actions, but...

Didn't Brother Feichi think that Miss Xiaosaki might also be trying to attract his attention?

"That's why Brother Chi plans to visit Miss Xiaosaki's coffee shop?" Conan expressed his understanding with a clear face, "Just to see if there is anything suspicious about her."

"That's right, she mentioned just now that she was curious about the stories of detectives solving crimes, and she took the initiative to talk about her coffee shop and invited me to her coffee shop for a while," Chi Feichi said frankly, "I'm not that kind of person. Passionate people, so I'm equally skeptical of anyone who's overly warm to me the first time they meet, always feels like they're figuring something out, and that's probably why I find her a bit weird."

Conan laughed dryly.

Equally suspicious of everyone who is overzealous...

He suspects that the 'excessive enthusiasm' that Chi Feichi identified may not be really 'excessive', it may just be a more enthusiastic person. Is his little friend really suffering from persecution paranoia?

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