Kojima Genta was frightened by Tabata Katsuo's ugly face.
"Ah, sorry," Professor Agasa hurriedly explained. "We just happened to pass by here and saw such a magnificent castle, so we wanted to take a look. If possible, I wonder if we can go in and visit?"
"Go back, all of you!" Tabata Katsuo continued to be irritable. "You outsiders are not welcome here!"
"What's wrong?" Mamiya Mitsuru stepped forward and asked with a wooden face.
Mitsuhiko couldn't help whispering, "This uncle looks so haggard..."
"Yeah." Ayumi nodded.
Mamiya Mitsuru, with dark circles under his eyes and a slightly pale face: "..."
It's good to be a child, without so many worries.
On the day Kuroba Kaito left, he was still glad that life should... probably... possibly... perhaps return to normal a little.
The result was that they agreed to call back, but neither of them called. Instead, Doctor Fukuyama from Aoyama Fourth Hospital called again to inquire about Chi Feichi's situation, and asked in such detail that he was about to get delusional disorder from making things up during this period.
When people returned, the house was also restless. The snake ran around, and the person didn't say a word.
He and Chi Feichi had only said a few words in the past two days:
'Why don't you talk today?'
'I talked too much when we went out to play that day. I don't have any desire to talk these two days.'
'Cough, that snake runs around the castle every day...'
'It's walking its food. Wild hamsters run at least twenty kilometers a day. Those hamsters staying in small cages lack exercise, become irritable, bite people, bite cages, and are difficult to care for. Over time, it also affects the taste.'
'...'
'However, I will tell it not to scare people.'
'That's good...'
'If I cause any trouble or inconvenience to you in the future, you can also tell me directly.'
'Uh, okay...'
The attitude was good, but facing that indifferent face and eyes devoid of any emotion like a snake, sometimes he wanted to raise objections but couldn't say them out.
For the past two days, he had been considering whether to leave or not, while reluctant to part with the castle treasure. He also considered how to communicate with Chi Feichi and how to perfunctorily deal with that doctor next time. He repeatedly tangled and had a headache.
He was anxious and suffered from insomnia...
"Master Mitsuru! This brat, who needs exercise more than a hamster, just climbed in without greeting," Tabata Katsuo pointed at Professor Agasa. "This old man with a stupid face also said he wanted to come in and visit..."
"Stupid face?" Professor Agasa retorted angrily. "Please, I'm a scientist!"
Kojima Genta mumbled, "And what do you mean by needing exercise more than a hamster..."
"He means, you need a snake... No, that's not important," Mamiya Mitsuru reacted, stepped forward two steps, and stared at Professor Agasa with burning eyes. "You are a scientist?"
Professor Agasa introduced himself. "My name is Professor Agasa, a small and famous inventor."
"Then your brain must be much smarter than ordinary people?" Mamiya Mitsuru felt like he saw a savior, and his whole person became more energetic. "Please come in! By the way, it's getting late now. Would you like to stay here for a night by the way?"
"That would be greatly appreciated!" Professor Agasa busily said.
Professor Agasa and the Junior Detective League successfully entered the yard and were led by Tabata Katsuo for a visit and introduction.
"...But Master Takahito and Master Mitsuru have lived here since then, as if they were possessed by something..." Tabata Katsuo looked up and saw Chi Feichi standing quietly at the door in a black tracksuit, and actively explained. "Young Master Chi! This is Professor Agasa, Master's scientist friend, who brought these few children here as guests today."
Chi?
This surname is rare...
Conan's face stiffened slightly, and he slowly raised his head. Sure enough, a familiar figure he had only seen two days ago came into his view. He couldn't help turning his head to look at Haibara Ai.
If this guy is investigating him, he will appear around him... Haibara said so before, right?
Haibara Ai didn't expect to meet Chi Feichi here either. She was stunned for a moment, but still calm when facing Conan's weird gaze.
Although it was decided long ago that they would come out for camping today, getting lost here was completely accidental. No one could have predicted it in advance. It was purely a coincidence.
Conan also reacted, but still laughed dryly in his heart. Haibara really has a bit of a jinx mouth. To encounter this guy like this...
"Brother Chi Feichi!" Ayumi recognized Chi Feichi when Conan was surprised, with a surprised smile on her face, and ran up the steps in two or three steps. "How come you are also here?"
Chi Feichi softened his voice. "It's Ayumi. I am temporarily staying here."
Seeing that Chi Feichi remembered her, Ayumi immediately became happy. "Last time I asked that nurse sister if I could visit you. She said children were not allowed to go alone. Later my mother agreed to take me there, but when we went to the hospital a few days ago, the doctor said you were discharged..."
Conan was still a bit confused.
Wait, how does Ayumi know Chi Feichi?
Hospital? This guy just got out of the hospital?
"My name is Haibara Ai." Haibara Ai stepped forward with a calm look, but her tone was a bit awkward.
She knew Chi Feichi's name. Conan came back and told her. The result was that everyone else knew it, but she was unclear...
Does this guy hate her?
Chi Feichi nodded. "The name on the delivery was not written incorrectly. Hmm... my name is Chi Feichi."
Speaking of the delivery, Haibara Ai instantly lost her temper.
After all, he didn't forget to send her a gift when he went to Osaka to play...
Thinking, Haibara Ai's tone also softened a little. "Yoshida-san said you were in the hospital before. Were you sick?"
"Kind of," Chi Feichi said calmly. "Aoyama Fourth Hospital."
"Aoyama..." Haibara Ai remembered what kind of hospital Aoyama Fourth Hospital was, and instantly understood why Chi Feichi specially mentioned which hospital it was.
This hospital... is relatively special.
Conan was even more stunned in place, all the clues in his mind strung into a line.
If it was Aoyama Fourth Hospital, the strange behavior of Chi Feichi knocking out his companion that Haibara told him before also made sense.
And being mysterious and indifferent is not very strange for patients there.
So, his suspicions during this period were all his own overthinking?
Seeing that the others instantly fell silent, Kojima Genta raised his hand and touched his head. "What's wrong with you? What happened to Aoyama Fourth Hospital?"
"Cough," Conan's mind was still a little chaotic, but he didn't forget to educate. "Aoyama Fourth Hospital accepts patients with mental and psychological diseases that affect their lives, such as severe depression, mania, schizophrenia, and disaster syndrome. These patients may cause harm to themselves or others."
Moreover, Aoyama Fourth Hospital has strict management and is known for being responsible—admission must be examined. If the patient does not need hospitalization, the hospital will not agree to hospitalization at all, and will not let people looking for loopholes live in. Similarly, discharge must also be examined and agreed by the doctor, confirming that the illness has been reduced to the point where they can leave the hospital and live.
Thinking this way, Chi Feichi is even less likely to be a member of that organization.
There is nothing worthy of calculation in a mental hospital. It's not worth organization members taking the risk of getting sick and possibly not being able to get out to infiltrate it.
As for Aoyama Fourth Hospital having problems?
That is also impossible. Since its establishment, Aoyama Fourth Hospital has had a very good reputation and prestige. For more than sixty years, nothing affecting its reputation has been exposed.
Kojima Genta weakly looked at Chi Feichi, just meeting Chi Feichi's indifferent gaze, scared pale and took two steps back. "Then this big brother is a mental patient!"
"Genta!" Professor Agasa stopped him and looked serious. "Psychological diseases are the same as physical diseases. Getting sick will be very uncomfortable, needing to go to a doctor for treatment, taking medicine, hospitalization and recuperation, and then recovery. Isn't this normal? People's bodies get sick, and the same goes for psychology. There is nothing surprising."
Kojima Genta was frightened by Professor Agasa's serious expression, but still weakly said, "But the mental patients in the TV series my dad watches are so terrible..."
"Brother Chi is not terrible! That day he also helped Ayumi pick up the ball, and..." Ayumi seemed about to cry, her tone softened. "And when I passed by the park that day to play, I saw Brother Chi sitting alone under the tree. Two hours later, when I went home and passed by there, Brother Chi was still sitting there alone. I think he must be very lonely alone, without family accompanying him, and getting sick is really uncomfortable, no matter what disease..."
"Ayumi..." Mitsuhiko didn't know how to comfort for a while.
"Besides, Brother Chi's reasoning ability is very powerful," Conan hugged the back of his head with both hands and pretended to be casual. "Two days ago, I went to the snowy mountain villa with Sister Ran and Sister Sonoko to play and encountered a murder case. He solved the case, only a little bit worse than Holmes."
"Only a little bit worse than Holmes?" Mitsuhiko was surprised.
Genta also didn't panic and said with surprise, "Even Conan said so, then he should be a very powerful person!"
These people...
Chi Feichi's eyes drooped slightly. Professor Agasa's three views were unexpectedly upright, and the other children were actually quite likable. He greeted, "Okay, come in first. Just as Professor Agasa said, don't be too afraid, but you still have to run when you encounter dangerous people. Don't rush forward stupidly. This point is the same whether you are a patient or not."
The three children:
"We won't be afraid of bad guys!"
"Because we are..."
"The Junior Detective League!"
Chi Feichi had a wooden face. With this mentality, 'The Death-Seeking Detective League' is worthy of its name...
Mitsuhiko didn't forget to add seriously, "Just like Holmes's Baker Street Irregulars, and we accept any commission!"
Professor Agasa followed behind, smiling like a 200-pound fat man.
Tabata Katsuo also smiled, feeling that the hostility accumulated during this period was reduced a lot. After entering the door, he introduced the character portraits hanging on the wall and talked about some past events. "Master Takahito who married into the family respected old master who was a historian, but Madam disapproved very much. She often said to Master Takahito..."
"She often said, 'Dad is just an intellectual full of fallacies'," Mamiya Masuyo pushed her wheelchair behind the group sometime. "Right?"