Conan's eyes lit up. The association between 'memory' and 'photo album' is indeed much stronger than with a book.
"Indeed, talking about memories, looking at a photo album makes more sense than reading a book," Hattori Heiji originally thought that Chi Feichi was just a young master who came to join the fun, and attributed the faint aggressiveness he felt to his comfortable life since childhood. Only now did he correctly regard this young master who didn't talk much, nodding in agreement, "Your deduction is much more reliable than Uncle Maori's theory!"
"Whether it's a photo album or a book, it's all the same, we can't see it anyway..." Maori Kogoro mumbled quietly.
"Um... Is that twinkling light inside the egg a gemstone?" Maori Ran asked again.
Suzuki Shiro explained, "No no no, that's just glass."
"It's a gift from the emperor to the empress," Conan transformed into a curious baby again, raising questions, "Don't you think it's strange?"
Suzuki Shiro nodded and thought for a while. "But when making the 51st egg, Russia was said to be in financial difficulties."
"Stranger than this should be Kid's advance notice," Hattori Heiji stroked his chin. "The glowing sky attic... Why would Osaka Castle glow?"
Later, two policemen entered the door, and together with Maori Kogoro, misunderstood Kid's code as 'appearing in the Tenshu at 3 am'.
The rest of the matter was left to the police. Suzuki Sonoko also called a group of people to go shopping, but mainly relied on the two locals Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha to recommend.
At the shrine's fortune-telling place, three girls gathered together. Chi Feichi, Hattori Heiji, and Conan were tactful enough not to go over.
Conan finally couldn't help but pull the corner of Chi Feichi's clothes, and then froze successfully.
Since becoming a child, he was used to pulling the corners of adults' clothes, and always forgot that Chi Feichi carried a snake...
"What's wrong?" Chi Feichi turned his head and saw Conan reaching out to signal whispering, so he squatted down.
"I say..." Conan leaned into Chi Feichi's ear, "Can that video be deleted?"
"No." Chi Feichi refused decisively and stood up decisively.
Conan: "..."
#>&@=^%...!
At least consider it, okay?
However, it seems that speaking directly doesn't work...
Hattori Heiji saw the two whispering, his intuition told him there was gossip, and joined in for fun, "What secret are you talking about? Add me!"
"No," Conan denied decisively, then looked at Chi Feichi, "We were talking about the code. It always feels a bit strange, right Brother Chi?"
For the sake of 'following Conan to get rich', Chi Feichi also nodded cooperatively, "It's a bit far-fetched, just like there is a subtle fit when a photo album and memories are linked together, and this way of interpreting the code lacks this kind of fit."
Eh?
Conan was a little surprised. He did have this feeling, just couldn't explain it clearly. Didn't expect Chi Feichi to describe it.
Doesn't this guy not understand how to decode?
If Chi Feichi could interpret the code, it wouldn't be his turn for the ancient castle's code. After all, Chi Feichi lived in the ancient castle for a while, saw the code countless days earlier than him...
Hattori Heiji didn't believe that the two were just talking about this, but his attention was also diverted. He nodded and said, "Have this feeling, then want to go see? Let the girls go shopping..."
Saying that, he directly said to that side, "Kazuha, please take care of the two ladies!"
Toyama Kazuha looked back in surprise, "What about you?"
"I'm responsible for entertaining them." Hattori Heiji pointed to Chi Feichi and Conan.
"Why?" Maori Ran was puzzled, "Come with us."
"Boys are better off with boys," Hattori Heiji didn't ask Conan, and turned to ask Chi Feichi, "Right?"
Chi Feichi nodded, although this kind of statement made him not want to agree...
"Brat, you also want to be with us, right?" Hattori Heiji asked Conan again with a smile.
"Yes~" Conan acted cute and nodded.
Then, he was decisively driven away by the three girls.
Hattori Heiji didn't take it to heart at all. After leaving the shrine, he said, "The 12th letter, if it refers to L, interpreted as 3 o'clock is correct, but it is not impossible to have other possibilities..."
"Yeah, the Russian L, pronounced as ka, which is K in English." Conan said.
"If it's K..." Hattori Heiji thought about it, "Can't tell what time it is."
"And doesn't Phantom Thief Kid always only target gems? Why steal that egg this time?" Conan raised doubts again, "The advance notice is signed as the Magician of the End of the Century, which he has never used before..."
"Anyway, let's go to the Tenshu to have a look, maybe we will find some overlooked details," Hattori Heiji said, feeling that walking like this was also a bit boring, asked, "By the way, what fortune did you draw before? Is it convenient to tell?"
"Daikichi (great fortune)," Chi Feichi pinched out a fortune slip with his fingers, "Do it with your heart, you can gain both fame and fortune."
Although Conan felt Hattori Heiji was bored, Chi Feichi already said his fortune, he couldn't hide it, and took out the fortune he drew. "Let me see, Shokichi (small fortune)..."
Hattori Heiji leaned close to look.
Fortune slip content: Travel, the secret will be revealed, don't go.
Conan subconsciously looked up at Chi Feichi. If the secret is revealed, he felt that Chi Feichi was very likely...
No, incorrect. He asked for a relationship fortune. In other words, the one who reveals his secret is Ran?
This result is even worse, okay!
"Ay... it's not strange for secrets to be revealed." Hattori Heiji said.
"Wh-what?" Conan was confused.
Hattori Heiji didn't know that Conan asked for a relationship fortune. Thinking that instead of being suspected, it is better to take the initiative first, he got up and said to Chi Feichi, "You also think this brat is very suspicious, right?"
Wait!
Conan looked at Hattori Heiji confusedly, What do you want to do?
"Clearly a brat, but very smart, and also knows the pronunciation of letters in Russian and the corresponding English translation," Hattori Heiji looked at Chi Feichi fixedly, "But you were not surprised at all just now..."
Conan calmed down.
Indeed, it seems that because he has never felt surprise from Chi Feichi, he has drifted in front of Chi Feichi so many times, and back and forth became somewhat used to it. Like just now, Hattori Heiji still remembered to observe Chi Feichi's reaction, but he completely forgot to cover up, and also forgot to observe whether Chi Feichi was surprised at his performance.
Is this guy not interested in these things and unwilling to think more? Or did he know something from the beginning?
Actually, he wanted to ask clearly, just haven't found a suitable opportunity.
This time taking the opportunity of Hattori Heiji's questioning to explore Chi Feichi's thoughts is not bad...
However, absolutely cannot let Hattori Heiji carelessly reveal the truth!
"Yeah, so strange," Conan used a child's tone to stop Hattori Heiji from continuing, "Brother Chi also treats me differently from other children..."
Hattori Heiji was speechless. No need to doubt his IQ like this. Now it is the process of two sides bluffing each other, seeing who gets more clues first. He won't give up when encountering a bluff, okay...
Conan concentrated on waiting for Chi Feichi's answer.
Chi Feichi also quickly went through a circle in his brain.
For him, whether this secret is revealed or not doesn't matter much.
Even if Conan asks him why he knows, he can refuse to answer. At most, Conan will start investigating him again. Anyway, Conan even used a wiretap once, more times are not a big deal.
But if it is not explained clearly, there will be a little problem to follow Conan to mix with bounties in the future. In this chaotic timeline, sometimes he doesn't know where Conan will run to, maybe miss some big deal.
Moreover...
Conan's serious face, forcibly concealing his nervousness, looks very interesting, and can be regarded as a good spice of life.
Bluffing twice more, and then 'normally discovering', is the best choice~
"You also have a mental illness, right?"
"Ha?" Conan was confused.
"You should also have split personality. The master personality is a normal child," Chi Feichi looked at Conan, "The sub-personality is precocious, smart, unlike a child, indicating that your subconscious hopes not to be treated as a child. Probably as a child suffered some unacceptable grievance, so the sub-personality was born to protect yourself or prove yourself. From the situation, your two personalities alternate very harmoniously and naturally. The two personalities should have reached a tacit understanding, which also proves that your sub-personality is protective."
Feichi couldn't help saying, "Master, I found a rule. You like to make long speeches when fooling people. When telling the truth, you are usually brief and concise. You are fooling him, right? I can see it. This brat doesn't look like a snake spirit disease. His pretending to be a child is all acting!"
Chi Feichi: "..."
What nonsense big truth...
Conan listened in the wind and was messed up. To make Chi Feichi not guess the secret he wanted to hide, he has to admit that he is a snake spirit disease...
But this saying is also quite good. Can use it if there is no other way in the future.
"Wait, wait!" Hattori Heiji looked even more confused. "What does 'also' mean in what you said?"
"I also had split personality before, just came out of the hospital." Chi Feichi said lightly.
Hattori Heiji stared at Chi Feichi dumbfoundedly for a moment, then turned his head speechlessly to look at Conan. What kind of people is this kid getting to know now...
Conan scratched his head and laughed dryly. "Brother Chi's reasoning is very powerful!"
"Ay..." Hattori Heiji looked up, examining Chi Feichi with interest. Not many people can make high school detective Kudo Shinichi say he is powerful. At least must be of the same level. "Then let's compete! See which one of the three of us finds Phantom Thief Kid first!"
Conan stopped him. "But Brother Chi is not good at de..."
"Act separately?" Chi Feichi asked.
"Of course!" Hattori Heiji said with high morale.
Conan was speechless. Can these two people listen to him say a word? "Hey, I say..."
"But the sun is about to set," Chi Feichi glanced at the sky, then took out his phone to check the time, it was almost time to speed up the process to see Kid. He still needed to get some small props from Kid. "It's 6:33 pm, less than an hour left..."
"What are you guys saying?" Hattori Heiji had black lines on his head.
"The lion at dusk until the maiden at dawn, the clock without a second hand goes to the 12th character, descends from the shining sky attic, receives the Egg of Memories, the Magician of the End of the Century, Phantom Thief Kid... This is the content of the advance notice left by Phantom Thief Kid," Chi Feichi said calmly, "'The lion at dusk until the maiden at dawn', counting from left to right, the 12th character is 'ヘ'..."
Hattori Heiji and Conan froze, a flash of inspiration in their minds.