Chapter 375: 'Arranging' to Get Rid of Oneself
The next day.
The sky became even more gloomy, making it hard to distinguish between day and night.
Thunder rumbled in bursts, but the rain was late in coming.
Early in the morning, Chi Feichei, without disturbing the sleeping Conan and Hattori Heiji, took his Laptop Bag and Mobile Phone and left.
Probably because the sky was too dark, there weren't many Pedestrians on the road. He arrived at Shimabukuro Kimiie's Home, and after knocking on the Door for a short while, the Courtyard lit up. Shimabukuro Kimiie asked, "Who is it, please?"
"It's me, Chi Feichei," Chi Feichei said.
After a moment, Shimabukuro Kimiie opened the Door, peeked out, and stepped aside, "Please come in, Mr. Chi, you're here very early."
"It's almost eight o'clock already," Chi Feichei reminded her.
But eight in the morning was like eight at Night, the Weather today was indeed strange.
It seemed like the Weather was never too good for most Incidents related to the Organization...
"Really? I thought it wasn't even dawn yet," Shimabukuro Kimiie closed the Main Gate, led the way inside, and fell silent.
"Could you take me to see the Bathroom?" Chi Feichei suddenly asked.
Shimabukuro Kimiie hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and led the way to the Bathroom.
After Chi Feichei entered, he looked around. As expected, it was just as he had thought last Night, and there were even more Traces.
Shimabukuro Kimiie stood at the Entrance, "Didn't Mr. Chi bring anyone else with you?"
"No, there are just some Things I don't Understand and want to ask Miss Shimabukuro. Before I figure it out, I don't Plan to tell them, perhaps..." Chi Feichei turned around and left the Bathroom, "This is a Secret that Miss Shimabukuro wants to keep due to some unspeakable reason."
Shimabukuro Kimiie led Chi Feichei to a Room, poured Hot Tea, and knelt down opposite him before asking, "What did Mr. Chi discover?"
"Before that, I would like to ask Miss Shimabukuro a question," Chi Feichei looked directly at Shimabukuro Kimiie, "Has your Great-grandmother always been taken care of by you?"
"Yes..." Shimabukuro Kimiie lowered her Eyes.
She probably Guessed what Chi Feichei had discovered. It wasn't that she was the Culprit, but rather...
"The Bathroom has poor Ventilation, and excessively high Temperature and Humidity will cause the oxygen content in the air to be too low. Old Person are physically weak. Bathing in that kind of Bathroom, even if they are healthy and don't have Heart Disease, high blood pressure, or other Illnesses, they may still experience dizziness, Palpitation, chest tightness, and other Situations. If they are not careful, they may die suddenly, which is very dangerous," Chi Feichei said calmly, "The design of Miss Shimabukuro's Bathroom only has a barred Ventilation Window at the top. Last Night, when I saw the amount of hot air being discharged, I felt something was wrong. There was too little hot air. The Bathroom should have been filled with hot air. A 130-year-old Old Person taking a bath in this kind of Bathroom might survive the first time, but not necessarily the second time."
Shimabukuro Kimiie was silent, unable to refute.
She also felt stuffy when she took a bath in the Bathroom before, but because there was no real Older Person in the Home, she didn't take it to heart.
"Actually, it was also very strange that Miss Shimabukuro didn't take care of your Great-grandmother's bath last Night and came out to see us off. It's the most worrying Situation for family members when an Older Person bathes alone. A 130-year-old Old Person, whose great-granddaughter seems to be very filial, when she takes a bath, it's impossible not to worry that she might slip in the Bathroom or suddenly feel unwell in the Bathroom. Even if they don't Keep Company in the Bathroom, they should at least not be too far from the Bathroom Door in order to Handle various emergencies, let alone see Guests off to the Main Gate over there," Chi Feichei took a sip of Tea, looked calmly at Shimabukuro Kimiie, and continued, "Moreover, I just checked. A Bathroom that an Old Person would use for bathing doesn't have a non-slip mat, and it's still the kind of Wooden Floor that is easy to slip on when water is spilled. This is also unreasonable in itself. In other words, there is no 130-year-old Old Person living in this Home. Longevity Granny does not exist."
Shimabukuro Kimiie took a deep breath and nodded, "You're right."
"You only have this one Bathroom in your Home, and it seems that maintaining that design has been going on for a long Time," Chi Feichei paused, "Not just Recently, it should be said that Longevity Granny has not existed for a long Time. Otherwise, the family would have already realized the inconvenience and rebuilt the Bathroom..."
"You are really a amazing Person," Shimabukuro Kimiie lowered her Eyes and smiled bitterly, "You only came here once and discovered the Secret that our family has hidden for many years. That's right, in fact, Longevity Granny has not really existed for several years. It started with my Grandmother, who played Lady Mei, then it was my Mother, and then it was me again..."
The Teacup swept off the Table, and the Tea spilled all over the Ground, rolling around 'glug glug' on the Ground, rushing into Shimabukuro Kimiie's Line of Sight.
"Thank you very much for not rashly spreading it after discovering it, but coming to me to ask about my unspeakable reason..."
Shimabukuro Kimiie looked up, looked at the Man who had fallen on the Table, and sighed, "Although I'm really... Sorry."
Chi Feichei only saw through the Secret behind Longevity Granny, but didn't see that she was the Murder Culprit, so it was normal that he was unguarded.
She had been struggling all Night without sleep, worried that Chi Feichei had discovered that she was the Culprit, and also thought that Chi Feichei had only discovered that her Great-grandmother did not exist.
She had Considered the worst Outcome and had thought about killing Chi Feichei as well, but that was just a thought. She only wanted to avenge her Mother, and didn't want to kill Chi Feichei.
Especially this morning, knowing that Chi Feichei had only seen through the Longevity Granny Matter, and seeing Chi Feichei completely unguarded, she didn't want to hurt Chi Feichei even more.
"I hope you can sleep well here for a while..."
Shimabukuro Kimiie smiled, withdrew her gaze, got up and took out the Mobile Phone from Chi Feichei's Outerwear Pocket, removed the Battery, took the Battery out the Door, locked the Door with a Lock, and then turned to leave.
When everything is over, if the Matter of her being the Culprit is not exposed, then she will come to explain to Chi Feichei, only talking about the Longevity Granny Matter. If the other few Detectives investigate that she is the Culprit...
Then she will have at least avenged herself.
Before that, she didn't want such a Keenness Person to be wandering outside, even destroying her Plan for revenge.
There is still one more...
Only one left...
...
As the Room Door was locked and the Footsteps Outside the Door went away, the Room was silent and Pitch Black.
After a moment, Chi Feichei opened his Eyes, sat up straight, and took out a Handkerchief to spit out the Tea in his mouth.
When entering this Room, he Understood that Shimabukuro Kimiie had chosen this as the Location to take action.
The Window was very high and narrow, and it should have been a Storage Room before.
Looking at the Traces on the Floor in the Room, it was Guess that Things were moved away and Tables and Chairs and simple decorations were placed last Night to Disguise it as an ordinary Lounge.
The best Method is... Poisoning!
The 'warning' he gave last Night was a bit scary, and it was impossible for Shimabukuro Kimiie to choose close combat again.
And if Shimabukuro Kimiie chose to use Poison, as long as he was prepared, he could completely avoid it.
He held most of the Tea in his mouth and swallowed a small part. He distinguished whether it was a Medicine that caused unconsciousness or a Toxin from his own Feeling, and then calculated the Medicine content in the Tea based on the strength of his own Feelings, and acted out the most realistic scene of the onset Time and onset effect.
Even if it was Toxin, it didn't Matter. He had a lot of Toxin Antibody in his Body, and he wouldn't die from swallowing just a little bit.
But if it was Poison, he would Consider standing up and subduing Shimabukuro Kimiie to forcibly end this Case.
If Shimabukuro Kimiie chose to Murder him after he fell unconscious, then the Outcome would be the same.
But now it seems that Shimabukuro Kimiie doesn't want to harm other People, so he doesn't care.
According to the Time of the crime, Shimabukuro Kimiie had already killed Kadowaki Saori before they came. He didn't Plan to Intervene from the Beginning. Since revenge had already begun, then let that Girl avenge herself.
If his Mother was Murdered, he would not let those People go lightly, and he would not need Sanction. He just wanted to see the other party die miserably, the more miserable the better!
Of course, he would not help Shimabukuro Kimiie escape Punishment under the Law.
Conan and Hattori Heiji are not easy to fool. Even if the current Evidence and Clues are all destroyed, there will probably be other Clues.
If you do it, you will leave Traces. The more you want to eliminate Traces, the more Mistakes you will leave behind.
Actually, if it had been a little earlier, he would have suggested to Shimabukuro Kimiie: Don't do any Murder, when those few People gather together, arrange for them to be blown up...
Doing so would make it difficult to even pinpoint the Motive.
Revenge killing? Accidentally became scapegoats?
Next, it would take a long Time just to investigate the interpersonal Relationships of those few People.
The Matter of Shimabukuro Kimiie's Mother being Murdered back then, those few People did not dare to tell anyone. The only people who knew about it were themselves. The Possibility of being found out was very low. Shimabukuro Kimiie would always be good Friends who grew up with these few People since childhood.
Even if the grudges between the few People were found out, as long as they were careful in obtaining and placing Explosives, it would be difficult to find Evidence.
You can even say - 'Sorry, I didn't know about this Matter. I really didn't expect that my Mother was burned to death by being locked in a Warehouse by them back then.'
In the end, this Case can only be left unresolved.
Just like that sentence in the Holmes Detective series "The Red-Headed League" - Unusual phenomena can always provide some Clues, but Cases with no characteristics are difficult to solve.
But then again, if Shimabukuro Kimiie really did this, he would think this Woman was terrible, born to be in the Organization...
After Chi Feichei felt that the dizziness had completely disappeared, he took out his Laptop and turned it on.
So, it's better to be a little stupid.
Shimabukuro Kimiie probably deeply believed that he had been taken down, and only took away his Mobile Phone Battery to prevent others from Calling him and being found by following the Mobile Phone Ringtone, but she didn't think that he would get up by Oneself, so she didn't even search his Bag for Things.
If she knew that his Mobile Phone never had a Ringtone and was always on Vibration, she probably wouldn't even take away the Mobile Phone Battery...
...
Hotel.
In a Room on the Second Floor, Hattori Heiji and Conan woke up one after another.
Hattori Heiji looked at the Weather Outside, yawned, took out his Mobile Phone and looked at the Time, and immediately became energetic, "It's already 9 o'clock in the morning..."
"Huh? 9 o'clock?" Conan, rubbing his Eyes, also instantly woke up, looked at the Weather Outside, and then looked at the empty Tatami next to him, "Then Brother Chi should have gotten up long ago. At this Time, he might have already finished Morning Exercise and gone to the Dining Room for Breakfast."
"Then let's hurry over there too. He really has vigorous energy..." Hattori Heiji sighed and went to the Washroom to brush his teeth and wash his Face.
The two People busied themselves and went to the Dining Room Downstairs, and found that Mouri Ran and Kazuha Toyama had already arrived.
"Hasn't Brother Chi woken up yet?" Kazuha Toyama was surprised. She thought that the Boys would also come down in groups.
"He drank with my Father until after two o'clock in the morning last Night, so he probably hasn't woken up yet," Mouri Ran said to Kazuha Toyama with a smile.
"No," Hattori Heiji sat down opposite the two Girls, "He was no longer in the Room when we got up. Didn't you see him in the Dining Room?"
Conan climbed onto the Chair next to him and sat down, "Then he might have gone for Morning Exercise and hasn't come back yet..."
The four People had Breakfast together, and Mori Kogoro finished packing up and came Downstairs. After waiting for Mori Kogoro to finish Breakfast and preparing to attend Ebihara Sumi's Wake, Chi Feichei still hadn't returned...
Hattori Heiji made a Phone Call. Hearing the prompt tone over there, his Expression carried a trace of hesitation and solemnity, "Weird, the Phone Call can't get through at all..."
(End of Chapter)