Kapitel 28: Chapter 28 Conan is a loser!
At the dining table, Imakuni Manji couldn't help but chuckle to himself, thinking about how easily he could leave.
The three children, Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, and Genta, ate their breakfast in silence, casting a weak glance at the chuckling Imakuni Manji, feeling that the jam bread on their plates wasn't as delicious anymore.
This man's behavior and demeanor were really scary.
"Is he crazy?" Hifumi couldn't help but mutter in Ichi's sleeve, "He startled me when he suddenly laughed."
Ichi remained calm throughout.
Is it strange to laugh while eating?
He had seen people split their bread in half and talk about the future trends of the world economy while eating. He had seen people pick out the rice from their sushi and arrange them on the table, one by one, as if in a prayer, saying it was a spirit summoning technique. He had even seen someone say that he could turn back time, using the food in his hands as an experiment, fooling everyone around him.
Even more so, when Fukunaga Shimine had lunch with him, he had asked him if he heard the seaweed in the soup talking.
At that time, a patient had come over and answered that seaweed wouldn't talk once it was cooked. He immediately saw Fukunaga Shimine staring thoughtfully at the person.
Offer your condolences to that fellow.
The correct answer is no.
Just these two simple words, the more you say, the more mistakes you make.
As for Imakuni Manji suddenly chuckling to himself, that wasn't a big deal at all. Let the man not fall into Fukunaga Shimine's hands, that was his final act of kindness.
Ichi finished his food, got up and said, "I'm full. Please enjoy yourselves."
"Ah, okay." Imakuni Manji tried to suppress his smile, his eyes filled with a strange anticipation.
Ichi shook his head, didn't say anything more, and went to the courtyard, where he called Hattori Heiji.
The phone rang for a few times before it was answered. Hattori Heiji's sleepy voice came through, "What's up? It's the weekend, I have a new target. I was researching information yesterday until late, so I only slept a little."
"The treasure in the castle was found yesterday." Ichi briefly explained what happened, not leaving out anything that Hattori Heiji should know.
For example, what the treasure was, for example, that a small boy named Conan found it, for example, that the grandmother was actually the maid who had plastic surgery, and for example, Imakuni Manji's abnormal behavior.
"I think you're responsible for Mr. Imakuni Manji's problem."
Hattori Heiji was still marveling at the whole thing's extraordinary nature in his heart, but when he heard this, he jumped up, "What does it have to do with me? I've been gone for days. He can't blame me for his problems!"
"While you were there, he had a smile on his face, but in his heart he must have cursed you a hundred times a day. That would have a huge impact on his mental state." Ichi helped Hattori Heiji shoulder the blame, and then reminded him, "To put it simply, he was just cooped up for too long and got a little messed up. But he's fine now, just relax for a while."
"That's good then," Hattori Heiji was a little guilty. Actually, he thought Mr. Imakuni was a pretty good person. "By the way, be careful of that little boy named Conan. The last time, he suspected we knew each other from the connection between the red herring and the scarecrow. Now he's gone to Imakuni's house."
"It's fine. The people at Imakuni's house haven't mentioned you, at least no one mentioned you while I was there." Ichi said.
He had originally analyzed the possibility of Hattori Heiji being exposed, but no one mentioned him at all.
Maybe he was distracted by the matter of the castle's treasure, or maybe Hattori Heiji had left a few days earlier.
He felt that the bigger possibility was that after meeting the above two conditions, Hattori Heiji triggered some kind of avoidance mechanism.
After all, Kid is the son of Aoyama.
"It's better to get that little boy to leave as soon as possible, to avoid him finding out anything," Hattori reminded him. "He seems to be investigating you, be careful, don't let him find out anything you can't let him know."
Ichi: "He doesn't seem to have such a big opinion of me after hearing that I came from a mental hospital."
Hattori Heiji suddenly burst out laughing, "Isn't it because you're acting shifty, he suspects you've done something bad? How sneaky do you have to be to be under his investigation?"
Ichi calmly said, "Hattori, Hifumi misses you."
Hattori Heiji didn't care, "Let it come over."
Hifumi heard Hattori Heiji say it and him, and crawled out from Ichi's collar, sticking his head out to eavesdrop on the phone, just in time to hear this sentence: "—"
Ichi glanced at Hifumi, "Akane is a type of snake that will prey on its own kind. It has been studying whether eating poisonous snakes can cause it to evolve."
"It's impossible for a snake to evolve by eating its own kind, you idiot," Hattori Heiji said, "Besides, how can a snake have so many thoughts, and how could it tell you? If I really believed your words, you should book a bed for me at Aoyama's Fourth Hospital."
Hifumi said gloomily, "Master, when you have time, go buy two vials of antitoxin and keep them for Hattori Heiji."
On the other end of the phone, Hattori Heiji suddenly sneezed, "Did you catch a cold? Okay, let's not talk about that. Are you going to be sent back to the hospital? Do you want me to ask Terui to get you out?"
"I definitely have to go back once. My father is not here. Mr. Imakuni Manji, as my temporary guardian, he thinks he can't fulfill his guardianship duties and will definitely send me back to tell the doctor first," Ichi explained. "And Mr. Terui, as the temporary guardian, needs to get my father's consent to take care of me. I'll ask my father if there is a suitable candidate."
"That's good, but you should try to spare two days, accept Ms. Suzuki's invitation," Hattori Heiji said with a laugh, "I'll treat you to a magic show featuring Kaito Kid."
"Understood."
"Aren't you curious what kind of magic show it is?"
"You'll find out when the time comes, I'm hanging up."
"Hey, hey..."
Ichi hung up the phone and called his cheap old dad.
"Father, Mr. Imakuni has something to do and can't be my temporary guardian."
"You don't want to go back to the hospital?"
"Yes."
"I understand. I'll find someone for you."
"I'm going out for a few days, please help me hide it from Dr. Fukunaga."
"For a few days?"
"Three days. Also, please help me order a batch of bamboo rats from China, any quantity."
"Got it."
The call was disconnected.
Such simple and direct communication, so efficient.
While Ichi was on the phone with Imakuni Manji, he received a call from Suzuki Sonoko.
Suzuki Sonoko invited him to visit the Suzuki Museum, which was opening in Osaka the day after tomorrow, and also told him about Kaito Kid targeting the Egg of Memories and sending out invitations.
After hanging up, Ichi opened a webpage.
Bounty lists were generally provided by countries, recording wanted criminals.
In the deep web, there was also a similar webpage like a task hall, logging in with the professional number given by each country.
Compared to the bounty list, this webpage called the Bounty Hall was much more interesting.
There were speculators posting criminal bounties, there were official personnel from various countries lurking there to enforce the law and fish, there were even people who entrusted things to be delivered, and even a cat-finding notice, with a not-so-low reward.
The entire webpage forum was neither completely black nor completely white, it was a chaotic mix, lively and bustling.
Ichi clicked into the accumulated bounty pool and searched for the code name of the Scout.
Since most bounty missions were not to be seen, and the difficulty could not be assessed, bounty hunters had no ranking list, just like detectives, they were recognized for their reputation.
He had been lurking in the forum for a while now, and he also knew some influential figures, including the Scout.
The Scout was also a bounty hunter, their age, appearance, and gender were unknown, very mysterious.
Most of their bounties were for assassinations, and the occasional requested reward was only Romanoff dynasty relics or treasures.
A very purposeful bounty hunter, very decisive and ruthless.
Ichi felt that there was a phrase that could describe him:
No one knows my identity, because anyone who knows my identity is already dead.
Bounty hunters themselves also had bounties, and they didn't care about the idea of "killing your own kind." If they fell into the hands of their peers, they had to be prepared to be exchanged for money.
In the bounty pool:
Find out the Scout's identity, provide appearance and location, $3 million.
Capture the Scout and deliver them to the police station, official bounty plus private accumulated bounty, totaling over $9 million.
In addition, there was a private bounty to capture the Scout and deliver them to a specific person, offering $30 million or an equivalent trade.
Ichi was silent.
He had recently captured Numabuchi Jiro, plus a criminal investigation, which in total only earned him $100,000.
And being able to capture Numabuchi Jiro actually relied on knowing the plot.
Such a valuable girl, Conan just called the police to arrest her and that was it. Didn't get a dime.
What a waste.
What a spendthrift. A real spendthrift.
Hifumi looked over, eyes wide, even his snake tongue wouldn't come out, "So many zeros, master, should we go catch this person?"
"No rush." Ichi searched for Kaito Kid.
In the bounty pool:
Provide identity information, $60,000.
Capture and deliver to the police, $310,000.
Taking advantage of this recent Egg of Easter theft, Hattori Heiji raised the price again, up by $5,000.
After all, Kaito Kid hadn't offended many people, so these bounties were accumulated by various countries' criminal departments.
The official bounty usually wasn't too high, high bounties were usually contacted privately.
High amounts in the bounty pool were generally accumulated from individual private bounties after someone was offended.
Besides, there were quite a few private bounty missions for Kaito Kid.
Things like investigating Kaito Kid's identity and only telling the employer, dating Kaito Kid for a day, capturing Kaito Kid and giving a bounty of $100,000 to $1 million, it was obvious that they were fans or idle rich people, without any hate value addition, they were completely incomparable to the Scout.
For example, Suzuki Jirokichi was just bored, it's just that the old man didn't post a bounty, he wanted people to challenge him. He was the type of guy who had his own food, so he wouldn't steal your food, he was just bored after eating and wanted to make you go hungry.
Cough, in a way, he was the type of guy who had his own food, but was bored and wanted to steal your food. Not only did he want to steal your food, he wanted to climb higher, suppress you, and play around. He was even more evil.
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