Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

In the public restroom, the male secretary saw Chi Feichi stopping in front of the sink and asked hesitantly, "Don't you want to use the restroom?"

Chi Feichi turned around and looked behind the male secretary. When he saw that no one was following him, he said, "I just want to find a place to exchange information with you."

The male secretary suddenly raised the corner of his mouth and closed the bathroom door, "I really can't hide it from you... So, have you also found out about the person who wants to entrust the monster thief to steal things?"

"Gongtai Natsumi." Chi Feichi said the answer directly.

Kuroba Kaito looked at the male secretary's face, and when he heard Chi Feichi say the name, his expression became serious, "I also think it's her. Although she deliberately made her tone deeper when she concealed her identity and contacted me, but Her speaking habits and changes in tone are consistent with the person who contacted me. As a painting history researcher, she should often visit some art galleries and museums. She also has the opportunity to learn about the security and anti-theft arrangements of many museums, so she contacted me before. It must be her... But I can't figure out why she entrusted me to steal Van Gogh's second and fifth "Sunflowers". Is it because she likes those two paintings so much that she wants to keep them for herself? ?"

"This still needs further investigation," Chi Feichi reminded, "However, I mentioned before that I contacted two appraisers to come and stand by. She suddenly became anxious and didn't look like she was acting..."

"In other words, she is probably planning to do something with the "Sunflower" painting after the auction ends tonight when the appraiser is appraising the painting. This also shows that she does not completely put her hope in the Phantom Thief. , even if Kaitou Kidd doesn't accept her commission, she will do it herself," Kuroba Kaito quickly reacted, frowning and thinking, "But when the painting is appraised tonight, Mr. Azuma, Charlie Police Department, Suzuki Consultant, etc. Everyone should be present, and there will be people guarding outside the appraisal room. Why is she confident to steal the painting under such circumstances? I always feel that things are not that simple... By the way, you just said that you want to go back and rest. "You also said that you won't go to the press conference tonight. Do you have any plans?"

Facing Kuroba Kaito's curious gaze, Chi Feichi told the truth, "I don't have any plans. I really feel unwell and want to go back and rest."

"This, that's it..." Kuroba Kaito was stunned for a moment, then he quickly smiled dryly and raised his hand to scratch his hair, "Since you are not feeling well, you should go back and rest first! I will stay here to continue the investigation. See Let’s see if we can find out what Miss Gongtai is planning to do, what preparations she has made, and whether she has any accomplices. If I find out, I will contact you again!”

Chi Feichi declined without any pretense, "Then please keep an eye here. If you need help, you can call me or Yueshui."

"I understand!" Kuroba Kaito nodded happily and asked again, "But are you okay with your health? Do you really don't need to see a doctor?"

"No," Chi Feichi felt that he no longer had the energy to appease others, so he turned on the faucet and washed his hands, "Don't be so long-winded."

Kuroba Kaito choked, glanced at Chi Feichi speechlessly, and complained dissatisfiedly, "How can this be called nagging? I'm caring about you!"

Complaining is a complaint, Kuroba Kaito also felt that Chi Fei Chi was not in a good state, so he did not keep asking Chi Fei Chi to talk. He also washed his hands in front of the sink and adjusted the disguise mask on his face. Then he followed Chi Feichi and left the bathroom.

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3pm.

Chi Feichi returned to the apartment, took a pill with the number '2' engraved on it, lay on the bed and slept for two hours, barely regaining some energy.

While Chi Fei Chi was sleeping, Koshizui Nanatsuki asked the servants to prepare dinner and the dresses that the two of them would wear to attend the auction. When Chi Fei Chi woke up, he and Chi Fei Chi had dinner in the restaurant as soon as possible. After dinner, he went to the bedroom and changed into a dress, then took the car to the auction site.

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The auction starts at 7pm and is expected to last two hours, ending around 9pm.

In addition to Van Gogh's "Sunflowers", the auction also has some large and small works of art and jewelry as auction items. However, the entire auction still has "Sunflowers" as the finale. The value of other auction items is compared to "Sunflower" is even worse.

The auction was held at a famous auction venue in Manhattan, New York.

There are multiple large LCD screens on the big stage at the venue, which can display multi-angle shots of the auction items at the same time. When the auction starts, there is also an independent large screen that displays the quotations, which can display the bidding and network prices at the auction site in real time. bid on.

This auction will also be conducted through simultaneous offline and online bidding. At the same time, the auction will be broadcast live on TV and the Internet, and will be broadcast in Times Square in New York.

Ten minutes before the auction started, people who had received invitations started to enter the venue one after another, received their own number tags, and were led by the staff to sit down in the auditorium halfway around the stage.

In less than five minutes, more than 400 seats were occupied at the venue, and in the following three minutes, people continued to enter the venue.

Considering that these people are either rich or noble, and not everyone wants to be exposed to the spotlight, two minutes before the auction started, the host who presided over the auction came on stage to greet the people present, and then asked the staff to close the auditorium. The lights in the room plunged the auction room into darkness, and then the radio station was notified to start the live broadcast.

After the auction begins, the spotlights and cameras are focused only on the stage, which can ensure better live broadcast and display of the auction items, and also protect the privacy of the guests as much as possible. At least the guests don't have to worry about their gnashing teeth and rolling eyes being captured by the camera.

"Welcome everyone to today's auction, and thank you all for watching this auction in front of the TV. Thank you for your attention," the host on the stage officially began the hosting work, "Before the auction officially begins, I will introduce the auction bidding rules and several appraisal experts we invited for the auction..."

Chi Feichi and Yueshui Nanatsuki sat in a special seat at the back, not crowded with most of the guests. After the host introduced the bidding rules and took the opportunity to say some witty words to liven up the atmosphere, he lowered his voice and said, "Yueshui, if there are auction items you like in the middle, we can also bid to buy them."

"Let's take a look first. Knowing that the "Sunflower" is the finale, I am not so looking forward to other auction items," Yueshui Nanatsuki smiled and asked in a low voice, "But you, How do you feel now? During dinner today, you only ate half of what you normally eat. Do you feel hungry now? "

"No," Chi Feichi replied softly, "When I think about how jealous I was of that bowl of fish soup, those vegetable stews, and that roast duck, I can't feel hungry at all."

The light around was dim, and Yueshui Nanatsuki couldn't see Chi Feichi's expression when she looked up, but she could probably imagine Chi Feichi's stinky face, and she comforted him with a bit of laughter and tears, "Be patient, these are the last one or two days of the sin of jealousy, and it will definitely be a little harder than before, but now there is only one day left, and this time will pass quickly. "

Chi Feichi felt that he was comforted, and noticed someone approaching, and gently responded with a "hmm", and turned his head to look at the figure approaching.

Fei Chi hid under Chi Feichi's clothes, and quickly identified the identity of the visitor through thermal vision and smell, and reminded, "Master, it's Kaito." Kuroba Kaito, with a middle-aged man's face and wearing the uniform black dress of TV staff, came to Chi Feichi and said, "This guest..." Chi Feichi looked around and found that it was difficult to tell whether people nearby were looking at this side in the dim light, so he interrupted and said, "Sit down and talk."