Chapter 389: Strong Desire to Survive [Bonus chapter for Silver Guardian huster with the wind]
5 minutes later…
The car was full of Elementary School Student.
"I see," Conan squeezed into the back seat, propping his chin up with one hand, Half-Moon Eyes, "You felt there was something fishy about this, so you specially asked Brother Chi to come and take a look…"
Was that necessary…
"Weren't you very troubled?" Ai snatched the Passenger Seat.
Because there was an extra first-grade 'Client', Ayumi also squeezed into the Passenger Seat.
"That's true, I just can't figure it out…" Conan looked puzzled.
Chi Feichei drove the car, pretending not to know the situation, "Tell me what's going on."
"This time it's Mitsuhiko's Deduction," Ayumi turned her head to look at the back seat, "Right?"
Becoming the center of attention all of a sudden, Mitsuhiko was immediately a little nervous. The thought of having to talk about Deduction in front of Deduction Expert Chi Feichei made him even more nervous, his face tightened, he took a deep breath, his gaze serious, "Okay, then I'll start explaining the situation and state my Deduction. Yesterday…"
Just like Ai said last night, a strange Uncle came to the Little Boy's house, saying he was there to repay a debt of gratitude and would work for their family for free.
"Because business was bad, he even paid for renovations and helped research new dishes, which improved the business of the Wine and Dine Restaurant. But he himself hid in his Room, saying he was researching new dishes, but we don't know what he was doing," Mitsuhiko seriously pointed his index finger upwards, "Brother Chi, don't you think it sounds a little familiar?"
""Red-Headed League" from Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories," Chi Feichei said.
"That's right," Mitsuhiko felt a little more confident, "In "Red-Headed League", there was a Man who infiltrated a Shop as a Shop Assistant, and after using sweet words to trick the Shop Owner into leaving, he took the opportunity to dig a Tunnel from the Shop's basement in the direction of the Bank, and finally stole the Bank's Money."
"But, there shouldn't be Thieves with enough patience to dig Tunnels to steal Things now, right?" Conan raised a Question, "And we investigated yesterday, the nearby Bank closed down as early as a week ago, so even if they wanted to steal Money, they couldn't. And the security facilities at the nearby Jewelry Store are also very comprehensive…"
"Didn't you confirm it yesterday too?" Mitsuhiko said, "There are indeed Callus and Blister on his hands left from digging Tunnels, and the nearby Jewelry Store was burglarized five years ago, and the Criminal has not been caught yet, nor has the stolen Jewelry been found. Five years ago, Mr. Rentaro's Shop was also under Renovation, so it would have been very convenient to bury Things there."
Conan was Speechless.
Mitsuhiko looked at Chi Feichei's Figure in the front seat again, and said seriously, "So, my Deduction is that this Man is the Great Thief who stole from the Jewelry Store five years ago. After stealing the Jewelry, for some Reason, he buried the Jewelry in the basement of that Shop, because he didn't know that although the Criminal Prosecution Period is only 5 years, the Civil Prosecution Period is 20 years. So after 5 years, he infiltrated that Shop, wanting to take the Opportunity to dig out the Jewelry!"
Completely correct.
Chi Feichei listened quietly.
Actually, Mitsuhiko is the real 7-year-old Child, and it's already not easy for him to have gotten this far.
"Yesterday we went to scare him, telling him that we are the Junior Detective League and we know about his Matter, wanting to force him to show an Opening, and last night, he proposed to pay for their Family to go Tourism, which is very likely to be to get that Family out of the way, so he can quickly dig out the Jewelry," Mitsuhiko was a little confused, "However, he disappeared this morning…"
Chi Feichei couldn't help but glance sideways at Haibara Ai.
Why did that person disappear? Wasn't it because they caught him last night.
Haibara Ai knew the inside story very well, and was still pretending to be ignorant and waiting to watch the Excitement, probably laughing secretly in her heart right now…
Haibara Ai also looked at Chi Feichei, watching Conan's puzzled expression, which was already quite interesting.
Chi Feichei withdrew his Line of Sight, "Let me ask a Question first, when you went to scare him yesterday, did you take any Defense measures?"
Silence.
Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, and Genta all Speechless, feeling Coldness spreading down their Back.
Crap, at that time they were only thinking about forcing that person to show an Opening and catch him, completely forgetting about the Safety Problem that Brother Chi had repeatedly mentioned…
Conan also felt a little uneasy in his heart, feeling as if he was being stared at by something terrifying.
Mitsuhiko raised his eyes, and in the Rearview Mirror in the Car, he found a pair of Purple Eyes staring at them with Coldness. Speechless, he explained with a dry laugh, "At that time, there were still other Guests in the Shop, I Don't Think he would do anything to us, even if he dared to attack, other people would definitely not sit idly by."
Ayumi nodded repeatedly, "Yes, we didn't stay on the Street for too long last night either, after scaring him, we went Home together, Ayumi was with Mom all Night, and didn't Go Out!"
Genta also hurriedly said, "Last night I was watching Television with my Father all the time, even when I went to the Restroom, I made him Keep Company me!"
Conan: "…"
Haibara Ai: "…"
These three Children's desire to survive is really strong.
The first-grade Little Boy next to them silently watched the few people.
Uh, is this Big Brother very fierce?
That's right, although he didn't lose his temper, didn't speak loudly, and doesn't look fierce, he still makes people feel like they can't provoke him, provoking him would be very scary…
"This time I'll let you off the hook." Chi Feichei said.
"Phew…"
The three Children breathed a long sigh of relief.
Genta muttered in a low voice, "Probably only Conan will run around everywhere…"
Conan was dumbfounded, they were already out of Danger and he still didn't forget to push him off a Cliff, Genta's operation is something else.
"That… I didn't run around last night either, I was at the Detective Agency all the time…"
He protects himself just fine, why does he have to explain with a group of Elementary School Student, hey…
"Mm," Chi Feichei continued, "Ai said before that Conan doesn't agree with Mitsuhiko's Deduction?"
"It's not that I don't agree," Conan became serious and explained, "From the current Situation, Mitsuhiko's Deduction is not a Problem, but I still feel that as a Jewel Thief, he should know that the Civil Prosecution Period is 20 years, right? Even if he doesn't know, he should have Specially learned about it after committing the crime. Also, paying for Renovation and working so hard to improve the Shop's business, just to make that Family busy so he has the Opportunity to dig for Jewelry, it seems too silly no matter how you Look at it, there's no need for it at all…"
"And the sudden disappearance is also confusing," Mitsuhiko added, "It looks like he really just came to repay a debt of gratitude, and as a Result, he was suspected by us yesterday, which made him feel disappointed, so he secretly left…"
Chi Feichei listened patiently before calmly saying, "Conan, you are below Standard this time."
Conan was a little surprised to see himself being named first.
"Mitsuhiko, you and Conan have a common Mistake," Chi Feichei said, "I'll talk about the Problem you both have in common first."
Conan and Mitsuhiko were puzzled, but they still listened seriously.
"Why are you getting hung up on his disappearance?
There are many Lines on a piece of Paper. To sort out the beginning and end of one of the Lines, in addition to patiently looking for it step by step, you also have to learn to eliminate other interfering Lines.
And disappearance is obviously a useless Line. It might be useful for Judging whether he is a Jewel Thief or not, but it's not the same beginning and end as the Lines you sorted out before. Getting too hung up on it will only cause interference."
Conan pondered and nodded.
Indeed, he seemed to be too hung up on a Line that was not necessarily useful for revealing the Truth and would only interfere with his train of thought…
"Mitsuhiko only has this Problem."
Chi Feichei continued, "Let's talk about Conan again, you feel that his Behavior is illogical, but this is based on your own subjective Judgment or the subjective Judgment of other Criminal you have seen.
When facing a logical Deduction Line, you suspect it because your subjective will feels it's impossible. This is not a Problem in itself. Any Suspicion and Difference are conducive to finding the Real Answer. However, after Suspecting, you didn't take the next step, you didn't go to find Things to prove or dispel your Suspicion.
I said you are below Standard, not because of correct or Mistake Judgment, but because of slackness in Behavior."
It doesn't matter if the Judgment is wrong.
Who doesn't have times when they make a Mistake?
And it doesn't matter if subjective will affects Judgment.
He and Haibara Ai had both made Mistakes because of 'Experience'. Haibara Ai made a Mistake in screening and let the Arsonist escape. He also made a Mistake last time he went to London because he thought too much, but Sautemes didn't think so much.
It can be said that they were too clever for their own good.
This is understandable, they didn't have much Time at that time to make more specific and accurate Judgments, but Conan is different this time, he has Time and Opportunity to verify.
He said Conan was below Standard because Conan, as a Famous Detective, did not further verify after discovering Suspicious Point, but instead got tangled up in a ball by himself, and didn't even consider whether his subjective will had influenced his Judgment, just thinking 'No way, how is it possible'…
This is not the Behavior a Famous Detective should have.
"I don't mean to criticize you, just to remind you," Chi Feichei added again.
"Mm… I Know." Conan didn't take it to heart.
If you want to Say So that he was serious this time, obviously not, he wasn't that serious.
But if you want to Say So that he didn't take it to heart at all, that's not true either, he was indeed tangled up, feeling that there were too many Things he couldn't figure out.
Chi Feichei's reminder was very correct.
Getting tangled up is useless. With that bit of Time spent getting tangled up, he should have seriously sorted out the Lines, or verified it, to give himself an Answer.
But he just kept getting tangled up, and there was indeed a Problem.
And being able to make Chi Feichei Say So much to remind him is in itself a kind of Optimistic View of him from Chi Feichei.
Or rather, Chi Feichei thinks too highly of him and has too high Request.
Then there's even less to care about.
Haibara Ai Speechless Looked at Chi Feichei, he made Conan get out of his tangled State and calm down, how is she supposed to watch the Play?
Chi Feichei: "…"
He forgot…
He couldn't help it for a moment.
These Words should have been said after Conan went Mad.
But it doesn't Matter, it probably won't hinder making Conan depressed for a while…
Conan didn't know that Chi Feichei and Haibara Ai were originally waiting to watch him go Mad. He was immersed in the Sigh of 'Chi Feichei is very Optimistic View of him' for a while. Seeing that the Car had driven to the Vicinity of the Wine and Dine Restaurant, he looked up and saw the Police Officer standing at the Entrance of the Shop at a Glance, "Huh? Why are there Police at the Entrance of the Shop?"
"Really!" Genta leaned over on the Car Window and Looked out, "Could it be that the Police already know about that person being a Jewel Thief?"
(End of Chapter)