Chapter 140: I Have a Motive for Murder
"Wait a minute, Chihiro," the Red-haired Woman asked, "I've felt something was off between you two for a while now. What's the issue between you?"
"No way, you don't know?" Itami Chihiro asked back, looking surprised.
The Man who initially pulled Itami Chihiro over said in confusion, "Um... I also don't understand what's going on between you two."
"Me too," Beanie Girl said in confusion, "Why would you want to exclude him?"
Itami Chihiro still looked surprised, "No way, that's impossible, how could you not know..."
"Then hurry up and tell us, you're killing us with suspense!" the Red-haired Woman said.
"Nope, I just won't tell you, I'm just not going to tell you!" Itami Chihiro stuck out her tongue and skated away, "Someone like you Young Misses who have no Curiosity will never understand..."
"Where are you going?" the Man asked.
"To the Restroom," Itami Chihiro said with a smile as she skated away, turning her head back to laugh, "When I come back, if you still can't figure it out, I'll give you another hint. Brother Chi, I have something to tell you later!"
Chi Feichei leaned against the edge of the Ice Rink platform, with no intention of responding.
"How infuriating!" the Red-haired Woman muttered under her breath.
"How is it going?" Mouri Ran turned her head to ask Suzuki Sonoko, "Our Young Miss from the Suzuki Foundation, full of Curiosity, have you figured it out?"
"No idea..." Suzuki Sonoko pondered for a moment, then turned her head to look at Chi Feichei, gossiping with Curiosity, "By the way, Brother Chi, what does she want to say to you? Do you know?"
"Yeah," Mouri Ran skated to Chi Feichei's side and asked in confusion, "Brother Chi, do you and that Miss Itami have some kind of issue? Hmm... it feels a bit strange..."
Conan also looked at Chi Feichei with Curiosity. In his Impression, although Chi Feichei's Personality was a bit cold and a bit petty... cough, but after getting along with him, he had never felt arrogance or disgust towards others from Chi Feichei, and he would also take care of Children and women.
Last time when they went to Izu to watch the Fireworks Festival, although the Reason for rejecting the girl was a bit bizarre, it was also a Reason that wouldn't make either side awkward and could make the girl leave, and it even had a bit of dark humor.
However, just now, that Miss Itami seemed to be intentionally getting close to Chi Feichei, but also seemed to have some resentment. Although Chi Feichei didn't show disgust, his Attitude seemed to be—
I don't want to bother with you!
"It's not considered an issue," Chi Feichei calmly asked back, "But don't you think her Tone when she calls me is weird?"
"Is it...?" Mouri Ran was confused.
Suzuki Sonoko and Haibara Ai recalled that kind of affectedly sweet Tone, exchanged a look, and understood.
"So Brother Chi doesn't like girls like that," Suzuki Sonoko chuckled, seeing that Mouri Ran was still clueless, she covered her face with her hands and acted coyly, "It's like... Eww~ Brother Chi, you're the best~ I really like chatting with you~ Could you help me get that Thing, please? I can't reach it~"
Chi Feichei: "..."
Conan: "..."
Haibara Ai: "..."
Sonoko, you dork!
Mouri Ran watched, breaking out in a sweat, "Is... it like that...?"
Chi Feichei nodded, "What she said at the Banquet that night was basically the same as what Sonoko just said."
There are girls who have a big fish pond with many Fish, and they want to bring anyone they are interested in or who is a bit outstanding into their fish pond, but they won't suffer any losses, coaxing them along, not even letting them hold hands...
From what he could tell, Itami Chihiro was pretty much this kind of girl.
In his previous life, he had changed female companions quite a few times, mostly mutually motivated, and he had seen all kinds of women. Not to mention Itami Chihiro wasn't some stunning beauty, even if she was, he couldn't be bothered to Handle such people.
It's better to stay away early and not waste everyone's Time.
"Girls who know how to act spoiled are actually not bad," Although Suzuki Sonoko realized that Itami Chihiro was deliberately acting spoiled, she didn't think too deeply about it. She just felt that she shouldn't say anything about Chi Feichei's love life, and she didn't really like Itami Chihiro either, so she simply turned her head to look around, changing the subject, "But there are really a lot of people here..."
"They're all here to watch the Fireworks, right?" Mouri Ran also shifted her Attention, "You can see both the Fireworks and that Castle over there from this Ice Rink, it's a premium spot."
"You seem to know a lot," Beanie Girl, who was bored from waiting, came over to join the conversation, "Actually, we came for this too!"
"But, I'm not going to watch," the Red-haired Woman skated away directly, "I've seen the Fireworks here many times already, I'm going to get a Coffee nearby."
"I suddenly feel a bit hungry," the Man who helped Itami Chihiro up also left, "I'm going to buy something to eat, I'll be back before the Fireworks start, wait for me at this Place."
"Why are you telling me to wait for you?" Beanie Girl said helplessly, "I've been wanting to go to the Washroom for a while now, but I've been holding it in!"
"Then go ahead and go now," Mouri Ran said kindly, "Anyway, we'll be staying at this Place skating."
Suzuki Sonoko also said, "When your Friend comes over later, we'll tell them to meet here."
"Thank you," Beanie Girl thanked them, "I'm really sorry, I'll be right back, thank you for your trouble!"
"Ai, do you want to go to the Restroom?" Chi Feichei asked Haibara Ai.
Haibara Ai broke out in a sweat, he really treats her like a Child, "No, I already went when I entered the Ice Rink."
After waiting for a while, Suzuki Sonoko said awkwardly, "Um... I'm going to go to the Restroom."
Haibara Ai looked at the Time, she felt that Miss Suzuki was the one who needed to be treated like a Child, "The Fireworks are about to start."
"Mm." Chi Feichei watched Suzuki Sonoko's Figure as she ran off.
Fireworks, Shotgun, Ice Rink, Restroom, Suzuki Sonoko... He remembered, it should be the Incident where Suzuki Sonoko found a Corpse in the Restroom, right?
Then the one who died should be Itami Chihiro, the Culprit...
"Brother Chi, do you guys want to drink Cola?" Mouri Ran suddenly asked.
Chi Feichei withdrew his Line of Sight, "I'll buy it after the Fireworks are over."
At this Time, shouldn't he just say 'I'll go buy it'?
No, no, staying together and providing each other with an Alibi is the real thing.
Two minutes later, red, yellow, and blue Fireworks exploded in the Sky.
Because Haibara Ai and Conan were short, Chi Feichei lifted them up and sat them on the Ice Rink platform.
Mouri Ran looked up at the exploding Fireworks, "Wow, so beautiful!"
Chi Feichei looked around, and found that Conan and Haibara Ai were also staring at the Sky with expectant Faces. He looked up, are Fireworks really that good-looking?
They had clearly just watched them together not long ago...
"Yeah," the Red-haired Woman, who had arrived at Mouri Ran's side at some point, propped herself up on the platform with one Hand, "For people seeing it for the first Time, it's definitely like that!"
"You still came to see the Fireworks!" Mouri Ran said with a smile.
"Yeah," the Red-haired Woman looked at the Sky, "I was thinking I haven't seen them in a long Time, it's quite nice to come see them once in a while."
"Finally made it! I thought I wouldn't make it!"
From the Rear, the Man who had helped Itami Chihiro up earlier and Beanie Girl also arrived.
"Where are Chihiro and your Friend?"
"Didn't you see her in the Restroom?" Mouri Ran asked in confusion.
"Could it be that we just missed each other?" Beanie Girl turned her head to look behind her, "The Restroom was being cleaned, so I just changed my Ice Skates and went to another Restroom."
"Strange, why is Sonoko so slow..." Mouri Ran had just finished muttering in confusion when Suzuki Sonoko's scream came from not far away.
Conan immediately jumped off the platform, wearing Ice Skates, and skated towards the Washroom where the Sound came from.
Chi Feichei also followed and rushed over, only realizing halfway there.
Why did he also run?
Never mind, never mind, let's go see the Crime Scene first...
Outside the Washroom, a lot of people had already gathered. Suzuki Sonoko stood in front of the Toilet Stall, staring into the Washroom with a terrified Expression.
Conan ran forward and anxiously asked, "What on earth happened? Sonoko!"
Suzuki Sonoko pointed her finger at the Washroom, too frightened to speak clearly, "Th-there..."
Inside the Compartment, large patches of bright red Blood Stain were splattered on the Wall, and a long trail of Blood Stain trailed down.
Itami Chihiro slumped in the Corner, her Eyes tightly closed, and next to her on the Wall, a 's' Pattern was drawn in Blood.
"She's already dead," Conan turned his Head, "Quickly, call the Police..."
Chi Feichei had already made the Phone Call, "...Yes, the Washroom in the Ice Rink at Tropical Land."
Conan turned his Head to look at the Scene again, right, Chi Feichei is here, he doesn't need to worry about Reporting to Police.
"Conan! Brother Chi! Sonoko!" Mouri Ran ran in with Haibara Ai.
Haibara Ai glanced at Chi Feichei with a half-moon eye, noticing something was wrong, she left the others and ran over. Chi Feichei has been infected by the Detective, hasn't he?
"C-Chihiro?"
Itami Chihiro's four Friends also followed and ran over.
"H-How could this happen?"
"Don't approach the Scene, wait for the Police to arrive." Chi Feichei calmly reminded them, feeling that he was becoming more and more professional.
Conan, who was about to speak, swallowed his Words back again and continued to look at the Scene.
"Conan," Chi Feichei said to Conan in a low voice, "Go ask for the Names of those four people."
He really didn't remember them, after all, there are so many passerby Names in Conan...
Conan turned his Head to glance at the four people, and asked in a low voice, "Do you think this 's' is a Dying Message left by Miss Itami? But it could also be left by the Culprit..."
"It's better to ask," Chi Feichei said.
"Yeah, you're right, but why don't you ask..." Conan muttered, and ran over to ask for the Names of the four people.
The Man who had helped Itami Chihiro up earlier, his Name was Misawa Kouji.
The Man with a cold and aloof Face who hadn't shown himself much, his Name was Oda Kuniyoshi.
The Red-haired Woman is called Sano Izumi, and Beanie Girl is called Komatsu Yoriko.
After Conan finished asking, he walked to Chi Feichei's side thoughtfully.
"Aren't you going to ask about the Matter from half a year ago that they are so afraid to talk about?" Chi Feichei asked.
"Hey, I said," Conan glanced at Chi Feichei speechlessly, "If you want to ask, then go ask yourself, why do you always make me ask?"
Chi Feichei had a calm Face, and even his Tone didn't change much, "If I have to say, I suppose you could say I have a Motive for Murder."
Conan was a little surprised, "You... you and Miss Itami have something else going on?"
"Let's not talk about that for now," Chi Feichei looked at the Shotgun at the Corpse's Foot, "When I was in High School, I won the Champion of the Clay Target Shooting Competition held in Tokyo."
Conan turned his Head to look at the 's' on the Wall, his Expression strange, "In the Romaji of your Name, 'Chi' also has 's'..."
No wonder this Fellow Chi Feichei only glanced from afar after coming in, and didn't even approach the Compartment...
(End of Chapter)