Chapter 86: Master Liar
Eleven o'clock in the morning.
The sun was shining brightly on Izu Beach.
Chi Feichi lay on a beach chair, wrapped tightly in long sleeves and trousers, watching a Little Boy chasing Haibara Ai over.
"Can't you swim?" The Little Boy hugged his Inflatable Dolphin. "It's okay, I can teach you! You can borrow my Dolphin too."
"No need..." Haibara Ai wasn't wearing a Swimsuit either, just a short-sleeved shirt and capri pants. After walking to Chi Feichi's side, she pulled Hissashi out from Chi Feichi's Sleeve and draped it over her arm. Turning her head, she said to the Little Boy, "I want to play with my pet."
The Little Boy retreated two steps with a pale face and ran away.
Hissashi: "..."
So, it's used to scare away children?
Chi Feichi continued to play dead, not even lifting his head. "Be careful not to scare the kid to tears."
"Hissashi won't scare kids to tears, but you, this Bandage monster, might," Haibara Ai glanced at Chi Feichi's bandaged fingers. Seeing someone looking over, and worried that Hissashi would be seen by others, she put Hissashi back near Chi Feichi's Sleeve, letting Hissashi crawl in. "In this hot temperature, will Hissashi feel uncomfortable?"
Chi Feichi looked at the Parasol above his head. "It should be fine, it looks quite energetic."
"You can't go swimming anyway, I knew we shouldn't have come. That Young Miss said she wanted you to take care of some Kid, but that Kid has no self-awareness at all, always crowding around them..." Haibara Ai teased softly, looking towards the trio by the Seaside. "Someone's hitting on them again... Hmm? This time the target is actually that Young Miss?"
Chi Feichi sat up and looked over, seeing a man in a yellow shirt with his arm around Suzuki Sonoko's shoulder. "The color of his Clothes isn't very good."
Haibara Ai turned her head to glance at Chi Feichi. Wearing black Clothes and trousers to the Beach, the color of his Clothes was the worst, wasn't it? "You're biased, aren't you? But, if you don't help, the girl your Junior likes is going to be taken away by another man for Private Time for Two..."
"Private Time for Two?" Chi Feichi wasn't worried at all. "Impossible."
Haibara Ai thought Chi Feichi was going to do something to stop it, but there was no need to do anything. Before long, Suzuki Sonoko came over with the man.
"Senior Feichi, this is Mr. Masahiko Michie..." Suzuki Sonoko said somewhat embarrassedly.
"Mr. Michie wants to invite Sonoko to Lunch," Mouri Ran explained with a smile, not explicitly saying that Sonoko had chickened out at the last minute. "But Sonoko felt it wouldn't be good to make us wait for her, so she asked us to come along."
Suzuki Sonoko had obviously mentioned Chi Feichi to Masahiko Michie before. Masahiko Michie didn't ask any further questions, and stood beside Suzuki Sonoko, smiling gently.
A group of people went to a Small Shop next to the Beach.
Masahiko Michie chatted with Suzuki Sonoko, claiming to be a Student at Beika University.
"Then you're Senior Mori's Junior!" Suzuki Sonoko said with a smile, looking at Mouri Ran.
Conan stealthily went to tug at the corner of Chi Feichi's Clothes, but ended up touching Hissashi, who had poked his head out: "..."
Chi Feichi: "..."
He had said not to pull at the corner of his Clothes randomly, it was easy to touch a Snake. Had Conan forgotten because he had pulled it a few times without incident?
Seeing that Chi Feichi had noticed him, Conan retracted his hand and whispered, "Your Junior is one step behind Uncle Mori's Junior, you should tell him, just following secretly won't lead to anything, it's more like a stalker..."
Chi Feichi didn't expect Conan to be so gossipy. "It's not certain until the end."
"You really don't worry at all..." Conan muttered in a low voice, feeling that Chi Feichi was too calm.
Bang!
A glass of Beer was heavily placed in front of Masahiko Michie, the loud noise attracting everyone's Line of Sight.
Kyogoku Makoto, wearing Glasses and long sleeves and trousers, with bandages wrapped around his fingers, said expressionlessly, "Hello, your Beer is here."
"Ah, okay, thank you..." Masahiko Michie thanked him.
Chi Feichi observed Kyogoku Makoto. His walking was a little awkward, but it didn't seem serious.
Judging from this Situation, Kyogoku Makoto should still be able to Handle a Serial Killer who only bullies women.
Although Masahiko Michie was a Serial Killer, the Police hadn't investigated it clearly yet, and he didn't have any Evidence in hand. It was better to leave it to Kyogoku Makoto for a hero to save the beauty moment.
Before Kyogoku Makoto left, he turned his head and said to Masahiko Michie with a straight face, "Sir, please don't flick Cigarette ash onto the Floor, okay? Otherwise, it will be troublesome to clean up later."
"Oh..." Masahiko Michie responded, and extinguished the Cigarette in the Ashtray, turning his head to look at Kyogoku Makoto leaving. "This Shop Assistant's attitude is really bad."
Conan also recognized Kyogoku Makoto, and chuckled inwardly. Not directly taking action was probably considered a relatively good attitude...
Mouri Ran retracted her gaze in confusion. "Hey, don't you guys think we've seen that Shop Assistant somewhere before?"
"Of course, he's the Boss of the Hotel we're staying at. Yesterday when we arrived at the Entrance, he kept staring at us. I asked the people at the Hotel, and heard that he came back to help out because of summer vacation, and also..." Suzuki Sonoko looked at Chi Feichi again. "You think he looks familiar, maybe because he and Senior Feichi are wearing such tight Clothes on the Beach and have bandages on their hands, is this the fashion this year?"
"I accidentally cut my Hand on the edge of a Mirror last night," Chi Feichi found a Reason.
Without him saying more, Suzuki Sonoko automatically associated it. "No wonder you suddenly decided not to go swimming today, it turns out it's because your Hand is injured... Could it be that the Little Boss's Hand was also cut by a Mirror? What's wrong with that Gawara Inn, not replacing Mirrors that can cut people."
Conan chuckled inwardly, sorting out Suzuki Sonoko's Logic.
Old and dilapidated Hotel = bad Environment = very likely to have Safety hazards.
Chi Feichi's Hand was cut by a Mirror, and they were staying at the same Hotel, so it wasn't impossible that the Little Boss's Hand was also cut by a Mirror.
As for why others weren't cut, probably because children couldn't reach the dangerous parts of the Mirror, and girls didn't have a certain habit so their Hands wouldn't be cut?
This guy Chi Feichi is a master liar, finding such a suitable Reason, and not even changing his Face.
If Uncle Mori had this level of skill when he went to Pachinko or Horse Racing, he wouldn't be so easily exposed, right?
"You're staying at Gawara Inn? It's not far from the Hotel I'm staying at..." Masahiko Michie suggested going to a Dining Room by the Seaside for dinner in the Night, and also talked about the Ghost of a woman who was killed last year appearing in the Dining Room, reminding Suzuki Sonoko to bring a Camera to take pictures.
Chi Feichi just quietly watched Masahiko Michie perform.
"Hey, have you heard?" Two people were chatting outside the Small Shop. "This morning, a Corpse was found in the Forest next to the train tracks again, this time the unlucky one is also a brown-haired girl..."
Conan immediately perked up, and asked Chi Feichi in a low voice, "It seems like something happened, do you want to go take a look?"
Chi Feichi glanced at the dazzling sunlight outside the Shop. "No."
Conan was speechless, and got up and ran out. "Then I'll go take a look!"
"Hey, Conan..." Mouri Ran quickly stood up.
"You guys go, Ai and I will go back to the Hotel later," Chi Feichi said.
Hearing this, Mouri Ran said sorry and chased after him. Suzuki Sonoko also left in a hurry with Masahiko Michie.
Kyogoku Makoto took the opportunity to clear the Table next to him, glanced at the four bowls of Cold Noodles on the Table that were basically untouched, and walked to Chi Feichi's side as if nothing had happened. "Senior Chi, is it because of my bad attitude just now...?"
"It's nothing, they went to watch the fun," Chi Feichi reminded him. "If you have time, keep an eye on that Mr. Michie, I can't explain it, but I just feel something is wrong."
Kyogoku Makoto hesitated for a moment, and didn't mention the matter of seeing Masahiko Michie hitting on other girls on the Beach a few days ago. He didn't have Evidence for this matter, and saying it would make him seem like he was talking badly about someone behind their back. He still admired this Senior Chi very much, and didn't want Chi Feichi to think he was a petty person, so he just nodded and said, "I will pay attention to him."
(End of chapter)