Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

"Jiang Shenyuan," the man fell into memories, "that was more than forty years ago..."

The restaurant is located in the corridor on the right side of the foyer. The three of them turned right and walked a few steps to the door of the restaurant.

Jian Dai reached out and pushed open the restaurant door, walked in first, turned on the lights in the room, and stood at the door waiting for Chi Feichi to push the man in.

The restaurant is the same as the corridor outside. The decoration is mainly black, red, and wooden brown. There are thick floor-to-ceiling curtains in front of the window. Not a ray of sunlight shines through. However, the floor is covered with a brand new light brown carpet, and the dining table is covered with printed The white tablecloth with a light gold pattern, illuminated by the crystal lamp above, makes the interior tone brighter and softer than that of the corridor.

Chi Feichi saw that there was no chair at the main seat beside the dining table, so he pushed the wheelchair to the main seat.

The man pulled away from his memories, turned to Jane at the door and said, "Margaux, bring the tea over and go to the kitchen to see how dinner is being prepared."

"Yes." Jane responded and closed the restaurant after going out.

"Sit aside," the man looked at Chi Feichi who released the handle of the wheelchair again, his voice still gentle and calm, "No one will come here except Margaux before the dinner is over, you can Take off your fake face."

Chi Feichi reached out and tore off the raki mask, put the mask into his coat pocket, pulled out the chair next to him and sat down.

Feichi poked his head out of Chi Feichi's collar and looked at the man in the wheelchair curiously.

The man focused all his attention on Chi Feichi's face, and a smile quickly appeared at the corner of his mouth, "You look very similar to Mitchell, but your habit of making a bad face is more like your father. Some...are you not surprised at all to see me here?"

"Actually, I had some guesses before," Chi Feichi looked directly at the man calmly, "Although I can't be 100% sure, there are two possibilities: you have a relationship with the Karasuma family and I will see you sooner or later. I I had expected it before, so I wasn’t really surprised.”

"You said before that you would bring that girl to meet me when you had the chance. At that time, I was thinking that you probably already knew about the relationship between me and you." The man looked at Chi Feichi with interest, "I just didn't expect it." You've even guessed 'Karasuma'."

When the man said this, it was equivalent to admitting that he was the person who had been contacting Chi Feichi behind his back.

Although Chi Feichi had doubts in his heart, he still explained his reasoning first.

"The things you asked me to take out from the Twilight Pavilion are a kendama carved with a crow, and a log sign that looks like a necklace pendant. Both of these things are placed in the secret room of the annex of the rich man Karasuma Renye. , and the emblem of the Karasuma family is a crow, and the kendama and log cards also have crow patterns, so I think that even if these two things were not put by Renya Karasuma in the secret room, they are at least the same thing as Karasuma. Someone close to Renye put it there, and that person is probably a member of the Karasuma family... The kendama is carefully carved from precious wood, and is a fine work of art in itself. This thing is collected It's not surprising, but the carving technique of that wooden sign is not professional. It looks like the work of a child. The carving technology of that wooden sign is not worth it for the Karasuma family to store in the secret room. It's not worth it for you to ask me to go to the Dusk Pavilion to take it out, unless it has other meanings."

"So do you know what it means now?" the man asked with a smile.

"At first, I guessed that its meaning was commemoration. It was carved by someone from the Karasuma family when he was young. It was treasured as a memory." Chi Feichi paused, "Until One day, I was drinking in the lounge of the underground training ground. I took the wooden sign to the table, looked at it, and put it on the table. Then Feichi wanted to drink the wine in the cup and accidentally spilled some of the wine. It spilled on the table, and the wine flowed to the bottom of the wooden sign. When I picked up the wooden sign and wiped it, I found that the wine that flowed to the bottom of the wooden sign printed a sketch of a crow on the paper. The wooden sign resembled It was something a child carved casually, but the crow sketch it printed out looked much more regular. The graphics were simple but had a feeling of being carefully designed, so I went to investigate the pattern... Actually, it is not available to outsiders. I learned too much information about the Karasuma family, but forty years ago, Karasuma Renye invited many scholars to the Dusk Annex. Some scholars left the envelopes of the invitation letters at home. I was lucky enough to find some fragments of the envelopes. The sketch of the crow seal printed on it is 99% similar to the crow pattern printed on the log sign, so I wonder if the log sign is a seal, but the sketch on the envelope is ordinary. Crow, the simple picture printed on the log sign is that of a three-legged crow. This is the only difference between the two. Of course, whether it is the seal of the Karasuma family or not, you know that it is in the secret room of the Dusk Annex, And asking me to bring it out is enough to prove that you have a close relationship with the Karasuma family. Even if you are not a member of the Karasuma family, you will be someone who knows the Karasuma family very well."

"I see," the man smiled, "the log sign you took away can indeed be used as a seal. It was made by my grandfather Renye Karasuma when he was young. For a long time, it They were all personal seals used by my grandfather and were kept by him. As for the letters sent to scholars, I think they were just the ordinary seals of the Karasuma family..."

Chi Fei had made many assumptions and speculations early on, so he wasn't too surprised to hear his grandfather call Karasuma Renye 'grandfather'.

His grandfather's full name, which has never been mentioned, is indeed...

Hideya Karasuma.

"Since you got the private seal, it belongs to you," the man added, "I hope you can keep it well, you may need it in the future."

"I understand." Chi Feichi nodded in response.

"Boom!"

There was a knock on the restaurant door, and Jane said outside the door, "Sir, I brought the tea."

"Bring the tea in." Karasuma Hideya responded in a gentle tone.

Jian carried the teapot and teacup on a tray, and carefully brought Feichi a bowl of water. After pouring tea for Karasuma Hideya and Chi Feichi, she left the teapot and water on the table, and immediately took the Tray turned and left.

After Jane closed the door of the restaurant, Karasuma Hideya smiled at Chi Feichi again, "You should have a lot of questions that you want to confirm with me. We can talk slowly today."

"I do have a lot of questions to ask," Chi Feichi put Fei Chi, who climbed out of his collar, to the water bowl to drink. "But because there are so many questions, I don't know where to start, so I just find someone." Now, the question is...did you keep in touch with the Karasuma family during those years when you were young and lived in England?"