"A certain detective has already received news of Scorpio's arrest, so this magic trick can be considered complete in the eyes of the audience." Kuroba Kaito continued, "Originally, there were only two people, but in the eyes of the audience, it became three people—Kaito Kid disguised as Chi Feichi, Chi Feichi who stayed in Osaka, and the Bounty Hunter disguised as Officer Shiratori."
"As for Chi Feichi and Kaito Kid, Chi Feichi deciphered Kaito Kid's cipher, and attacked and drove away Kaito Kid. Kaito Kid also disguised himself as Chi Feichi. Watching this scene, the audience will have the feeling of 'nemeses clashing, and this round is a draw.' Because of the 'nemesis' label, no one thinks Kaito Kid and Chi Feichi are in the same group."
"As for Chi Feichi and the Bounty Hunter, Chi Feichi, who didn't board the ship, couldn't possibly know the situation on the ship. Moreover, he was in Osaka and was a victim of Kaito Kid. On the other hand, the Bounty Hunter came from Tokyo, seemingly having discovered Scorpio's whereabouts through other channels and was after Scorpio. The two seem to have no connection."
"As for Kaito Kid and the Bounty Hunter, they just met by chance. Even that Bounty Hunter was completely uninterested in Kaito Kid and was determined to catch Scorpio."
"Step-by-step misdirection, turning two people into three, while silently distancing the relationships of the three people, eliminating worries," Kuroba Kaito walked to Chi Feichi's side, turned his head, his face with a bright smile, and a hint of meaningfulness, "A wonderful debut... Bounty Hunter, July!"
Hissashi darted out from Chi Feichi's cuff and bit Kuroba Kaito's arm with a snap.
The smile on Kuroba Kaito's face instantly froze.
Could he not suddenly attack? Is it easy for him to look cool?
Chi Feichi took out a syringe filled with antivenom. After Hissashi let go, he skillfully gave Kuroba Kaito a shot.
Hissashi had asked him to prepare some serum for Kuroba Kaito before, and he hadn't forgotten.
Kuroba Kaito looked down at his arm, momentarily speechless, "You... you guys..."
"Hissashi just missed you," Chi Feichi said, walking out, "That shouldn't count as a magic performance, right?"
Kuroba Kaito really didn't want Chi Feichi to change the subject so easily, but this new topic was indeed attractive to him, and he followed, "No, from the overall layout, misleading details, and final effectiveness, it can be considered magic, just lacking a bit of brilliant climax, insufficient dramatic effect, and there's also a flaw. When you appeared in Osaka, you could have actually let me help send Scorpio to the Metropolitan Police Department. Appearing in two places at the same time could have quickly reduced the suspicion that you are July..."
"Your idea is the same as those criminals who make alibis," Chi Feichi said, "But in fact, the more perfect the consideration, the more detailed the plan, the more flaws will be exposed. At that time, you were acting with the audience. If you jumped to another place to help, it would be easy to leave flaws. Once there are flaws, even if it's just one point, you will lose everything."
Kuroba Kaito thought for a moment, "I can ask Mr. Terai to help you."
"Scorpio is very dangerous, Mr. Terai may not be able to handle it. On the way to send Scorpio over, a negligence could be fatal. I think it's better for me to keep an eye on it myself." Chi Feichi rejected Kuroba's idea again.
"Just like before, you wanted to personally keep an eye on the development of the situation to prevent any accidents with Scorpio?" Kuroba Kaito guessed, "Otherwise, you could have completely let me disguise myself as you and board the ship from the beginning, and let me guide your plan. You don't seem to trust others very much?"
Chi Feichi: "No, it's that I trust my own abilities more, and I'm afraid you'll mess things up."
Kuroba Kaito: "..."
Speaking so directly, it's too disrespectful...
"Besides, there are no eternal secrets," Chi Feichi said, "Just act a little, so that Conan won't be suspicious for the time being, and it's enough to deceive others. I don't think I can hide it from him forever."
"You really think highly of him," Kuroba Kaito sighed, "But you're right, there are indeed no eternal secrets, just like his secret... When did you find out?"
Chi Feichi: "Confidentiality."
Hissashi recalled Hattori Heiji's address to Conan before, and poked his head out from his sleeve, "Secret? Kudo?"
Chi Feichi was speechless, even Hissashi knows?
Conan is really quite reckless...
"Yeah, he's high school student detective Kudo Shinichi."
"Oh, Ku... Kudo Shinichi?" Hissashi was dumbfounded.
Hissashi knew Kudo Shinichi. He had heard passersby mention him when they were at Pet Street, and more than once.
But wasn't he a high school student? How could he become a child?
Kuroba Kaito saw Chi Feichi talking to a snake again, and his face darkened. His little partner was good in every way, except his mind was a bit abnormal...
Chi Feichi commented, "That's truly amazing magic."
"Yeah, rejuvenation," Kuroba Kaito tried hard to maintain a calm expression. His little partner, no matter what, he couldn't dislike him. "He's still young and has a childhood sweetheart girlfriend, there's no reason to pursue rejuvenation. He must have encountered some trouble to become like this... By the way, speaking of trouble, don't you think this news leaked too quickly?"
"In one day, the police confirmed Scorpio's arrest and the Metropolitan Police Department issued a press release," Chi Feichi took out his mobile phone, opened the 'Bounty Hall' forum, and showed it to Kuroba Kaito. Two out of the ten latest posts were about July. In the worldwide Bounty Hunter forum, this ratio is already amazing. "Although the Metropolitan Police Department's announcement didn't mention July, and ordinary people also thought the police caught him, the bounty forum is already in an uproar. Scorpio is not an unknown person, and the popularity probably won't go down in the next day or two. I've even increased my price... Also, your news came from Conan. Conan knowing about July should also be from the Metropolitan Police Department. Combined with the Metropolitan Police Department's highly efficient announcement of Scorpio's arrest before..."
"They didn't intend to keep the Bounty Hunter July's matter confidential, and are even helping to build momentum," Kuroba Kaito analyzed, and asked doubtfully, "Did you offend the Metropolitan Police Department?"
"No, it's the Public Security Police of the National Police Agency who want to stir things up. Someone sent me an email, saying there was no malice, but if they help build momentum, it's good for me."
As soon as Chi Feichi said this, he thought of the '0' at the end of the email signature.
The person who sent the email should be Amuro Tooru. The other party also said, 'If you have any questions, you can contact me at any time.'
Judging from this, the person who wants to meet him to talk is probably also Amuro Tooru, from which it can be guessed... the other party is probably trying to test him further. If he is reliable, they will let him do some small actions on the Black Clothes Organization's side.
However, being targeted by that Organization is very troublesome. He is not a Bounty Hunter who lacks money, he just wants to happily climb the Reputation Ranking.
"Public Security Police, that's troublesome... Anyway, be careful yourself," Kuroba Kaito didn't dwell on it, "Are you still going back to the Old Castle?"
"It's too late today, I'll stay in Tokyo," Chi Feichi took out his mobile phone, checked the transfer record of his account, and 9.17 million US Dollar had been credited, "I promised to treat you to a big meal, shall we go tomorrow?"
Kuroba Kaito walked on the road with his hands behind his head, "Tomorrow is Monday, I have to go to school..."
A school day in Conan's world?
Chi Feichi suddenly found it very novel, "Then let's wait until the weekend."
Kuroba Kaito turned his head curiously, "By the way, how much did you earn this time?"
Chi Feichi didn't hide it and showed Kuroba Kaito the deposit record.
Kuroba Kaito stared at the string of numbers, calculated in his mind, and after a long silence, he raised his eyes to look at Chi Feichi, "Is Scorpio worth so much money?"
"It's not surprising. She offended a lot of people. She killed a hundred people, and the relatives of ten of them intended to retaliate. On average, each person threw 90,000 US Dollar into the Accumulated Bounty Pool, and that's how much it is," Chi Feichi cleared the query history and put away his mobile phone. "Moreover, she killed more than a hundred people, and some of them were wealthy people who had Romanov Dynasty Artifacts in their hands. If their relatives really want to retaliate, maybe one person can throw in millions of US Dollar to reward her."
Kuroba Kaito looked at Chi Feichi's expressionless face, "This is ten billion Japanese Yen, aren't you happy?"
Chi Feichi said calmly, "It's just enough to buy an egg that the Suzuki Foundation used to casually throw in the warehouse. Oh right, there will still be a little bit left."
Kuroba Kaito thought for a moment, and it was really the case. Moreover, the Suzuki Foundation casually gave away that egg. Instantly, he felt like it was just so-so, but he was still elated, "Thinking about it this way, I actually voluntarily gave up on a man worth 800 million!"
Chi Feichi corrected, "Boy."
Kuroba Kaito: "..."
...
The next day.
Chi Feichi woke up and went out for morning exercise. Just as he returned to the entrance of the Apartment Building, he saw two trucks parked in front of the Apartment Building. A Middle-aged Man saw him and walked straight up to greet him.
"Young Master Feichi, I am Oyama Wataru, the person in charge of the Hundred Truths Mall in Tokyo of the Shinchi Group. You can just call me Oyama," the man said with a smile in his self-introduction, "The Bamboo Rats you wanted, we bought them back from China as quickly as possible!"
Chi Feichi looked at the two trucks, suddenly having an ominous premonition.
From inside the truck, there was also a murmur from time to time:
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, I'm seasick, let me lie down for a while..."
"Eat, eat, eat, hungry, eat..."
Oyama Wataru saw Chi Feichi looking at the truck, beckoned people to open the Truck Bed door, and turned to Chi Feichi and said, "There aren't many people selling Bamboo Rats. We inquired with many people before we found a suitable seller. Because we didn't know how big of Bamboo Rats Young Master Feichi wanted, we bought a hundred young Rat Seedlings and two hundred adult Bamboo Rats. We bought some of each weight level. Please take a look first!"
The Truck Bed door opened, revealing rows of Iron Cages inside... and rows of Bamboo Rats lying down.
Chi Feichi: "..."
He wasn't sure what time point it was now, but there shouldn't be many people raising Bamboo Rats yet. It's hard to find a seller's market, and it's really not easy to buy.
However...
Because it's not easy to buy, they bought three hundred?
Where is he going to raise them?
Are these people toxic?!
Hissashi heard the movement, poked his head out from Chi Feichi's collar, and looked at the large gray Bamboo Rats at the Truck Bed entrance, also falling into a daze.
(End of chapter)