Chapter 15: Terui Konojousuke: My life is so hard...

"I know. Even if you get caught by the police, your assistant, Terui Konojousuke, can perform a successful theft under the name of Kaito Kid to clear your name." Chi Feichi glanced at Kaito Kid.

He was an international thief with a higher bounty than Numabuchi Kiichiro. Even though he didn't kill anyone, his multiple provocations against the police and his international fame were enough for some wealthy people to add to his bounty and put out a wanted notice.

Someone so valuable, he naturally considered the possibility of catching Kaito Kid and selling him for money.

Kaito Kid felt a little uneasy under Chi Feichi's gaze. It was like the look a businessman gives to goods when buying inventory. It must be a hallucination, "Cough, since you know threats are useless"

"But even if you have a way to clear your name, being suspected and investigated is always a hassle," Chi Feichi calmly explained the pros and cons, "As long as you cooperate with me, if you ever get into trouble in the future, I can help you. Consider it payment."

Kaito Kid considered it carefully. On the one hand, more friends meant more options, on the other hand, getting into trouble. The choice was obvious, "Alright, let's keep it a secret between us. By the way, why do you want to learn disguise?"

"Because I need to use it." Chi Feichi said.

Kaito Kid was stunned.

Why do you want to learn it, because you need to use it?

The question and answer seemed to make sense.

If he didn't need to use it, he wouldn't have gone through so much trouble to find an opportunity to learn it.

Wait a second

He originally wanted to ask what he planned to do with the disguise after learning it, you bastard!

"You" Kaito Kid stared at Chi Feichi for three seconds, "By the way, what's your name?"

Chi Feichi: "Chi Feichi."

Kaito Kid took a deep breath, feeling like all his previous emotions had been worn down. He said helplessly, "Don't you usually introduce yourself when you meet someone for the first time?"

Chi Feichi: "Sorry, I'll try to do that from now on."

Kaito Kid: ""

Try to do it from now on?

Did this guy not introduce himself before? And he might not do it in the future either?

What kind of a weirdo is this?

Chi Feichi thought back. He really didn't introduce himself often.

In his previous life, he spent most of his time at a martial arts school, everyone knew each other, and they'd known each other for many years.

Later, he became a bounty hunter, the clients knew him as July. All he had to do was complete the bounty and receive the payment. As for the targets, there was no need to say, "I'm July, I'm here to capture you and sell you for money." Saving time to capture them and sell them quickly, wouldn't that be better?

It's not really a habit for him to introduce himself, let alone tell his real name.

Leaving the school, Chi Feichi had Mamiya Mitsuru drive them to Kaito Kid's house.

Kaito Kid went home alone. Finding that Chi Feichi wasn't following him, his initial idea to retaliate with some gadgets faded away.

The other party had threatened him, but it didn't seem like they were restricting his movements. They just wanted to learn disguise.

Of course, he still had to bring his tools. Besides the things he needed for disguise and some notes left behind by his father, he also brought along some other gadgets just in case he needed them for self-defense.

He didn't need to retaliate, but being suppressed by that guy all the time was really frustrating. He had to find a way to get back at him.

Terui Konojousuke followed behind, "Master, are you going on some important mission? Why did you rush back from school? Did you discover some gem that's difficult to steal and need to prepare beforehand?"

Kaito Kid returned to his thoughts, remembering that he had promised the other party not to tell anyone about learning disguise. He decided to keep his promise, "Nothing, I just need to go out for a bit."

"Do you need my help?" Terui Konojousuke asked.

"No, if the teacher calls home, just deal with it." Kaito Kid waved his hand and went out, carrying his backpack.

Bang

The door closed shut.

"Hey"

Terui Konojousuke swallowed the rest of his words and sat back on the sofa, deep in thought.

Master Kaito rushed back from school and even packed so many things. It must be something important.

Could it be that Master Kaito feels that he's not skilled enough, so he didn't bring him along?

His abilities weren't weak either, bringing him along would be an advantage.

And why did he specifically bring the notes left by Master Toichi?

Could it be that Master Kaito found important clues about Master Toichi's disappearance from the notes?

He didn't bring him along, did he really think he wasn't helpful enough?

As Terui Konojousuke was doubting himself and his expression became increasingly serious, the phone rang.

It was Kaito Kid's teacher calling.

"Hello, yes, what's up, brother?" Terui Konojousuke was prepared, but his composed expression froze.

"Yeah," the person on the other end sounded confused, "I asked the people guarding the entrance, and there was indeed a young man who came to school to look for Kaito. He said he was his brother. I told Kaito, and then he left with him. After that, Koizumi Aoko said Kaito wanted to go out with his brother and asked her to ask for leave for a while. I've never heard of Kaito having a brother, so I called to ask."

Terui Konojousuke's mind raced.

Master Kaito's brother?

He had been with Master Toichi before and had been taking care of Master Kaito for all these years. He could confirm that Master Toichi had only one son, but was what he knew the whole story?

Master Kaito seemed to have gone to see the other party willingly, and he also left willingly. If he was being coerced, he would have fought back long ago.

In other words, Master Kaito acknowledged this relationship?

In addition to taking the notes left by Master Toichi, and the fact that Master Kaito had kept it from him.

Hiss, he seemed to have discovered something huge.

Thinking about it carefully, Master Toichi, as the first Kaito Kid, had been wandering around in various places in his early years. It wasn't impossible for him to have accidentally fathered another son.

Then Master Kaito's mysterious departure makes sense.

It must be because Master Kaito found out about this and planned to show Master Toichi's notes to his brother. This is an important matter about inheritance.

"Hello, can you hear me?"

The question from the person on the other end pulled Terui Konojousuke back from his wandering thoughts. "Ah, yes, I can hear you. They have important things to do."

"Well, about Kaito's brother..."

"Master Kaito doesn't have a brother on the surface, but this matter is complicated. I hope you can keep it a secret for now, teacher."

"Uh... I understand. Don't worry, I just wanted to make sure Kaito was really busy with something important. Well, now it seems like it is indeed very important. I won't say anything."

After hanging up the phone, Terui Konojousuke's expression turned complicated.

If the mistress heard about this, she wouldn't know how sad she would be. Master Kaito probably didn't say it because he considered this, right?

Although he felt a little sorry for the mistress, he had to stand on Master Toichi's and Master Kaito's side.

He had no clue how to solve this problem in the future.

Sigh, his life was too hard.

"Achoo!"

Sitting in the car, Kaito Kid sneezed. Why did he feel something was off?

He then threw that inexplicable feeling to the back of his mind and looked out the window at the mountains.

"There are actually people living in these deep mountains?"

Silence in the car.

Chi Feichi didn't think there was anything to say about that sentence.

Mamiya Mitsuru was thinking about other things. Chi Zhenzhi had called and asked him to pick up a distant relative he had never met. Since the other party was a wealthy businessman, he agreed. Taking care of someone for a while wasn't a big deal.

Besides, he heard that the mental patient's way of thinking was very unique. Maybe he could find clues to the puzzles left by his father-in-law in the castle from a different perspective.

However, bringing one more person back, he wasn't sure if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

Seeing that no one was responding, Kaito Kid was a little speechless. He glanced at the silent Chi Feichi, but gave up on the idea of provoking him.

Forget it, he had heard along the way that this guy seemed to have just come out of a mental hospital. He had a bunch of diseases like dissociative identity disorder, time perception disorder, and so on. It's understandable if he's a little strange.

"Uncle Mamiya, are we going to stay in some kind of small wooden house next?"

"No," Mamiya Mitsuru was about to explain, but then he saw the castle at the end of the road, "We're here. You won't be disappointed."

As the car approached, Kaito Kid also saw the castle standing in the forest. Although he had seen a lot as Kaito Kid, he still couldn't help but be impressed by this ancient castle. "A castle!"

Chi Feichi saw the manicured lawn in the courtyard, looking like a chessboard, through the open iron bars of the gate, as well as the giant chess sculpture standing on the lawn. He immediately lost all interest.

He had only been looking at Mamiya Mitsuru before, so he hadn't noticed that the other party was a character from the plot. Now, looking at the castle, he remembered that it seemed to be the Blue Ancient Castle incident that appeared in the Conan plot.

The gardener opened the gate and the car drove in.

"What a strange sculpture," Kaito Kid also saw the strange chess sculptures, and went straight to them after getting out of the car.

"Ah, that is..."

Before Mamiya Mitsuru could finish his sentence, Kaito Kid fell to the ground headfirst.

Chi Feichi was stunned. He walked over and squatted down, checking Kaito Kid's breathing, and calmly said, "He's fine, still alive."

Mamiya Mitsuru: ""

The gardener who rushed over: ""

Kaito Kid who had just opened his eyes, feeling a little dizzy: ""

Do you have to say it in such a scary way? He just felt like he had no energy.

Considering that Kaito Kid was unable to move on his own, the gardener and Mamiya Mitsuru took him to his room.

"I'll go find a doctor. It'll take about half an hour," Mamiya Mitsuru's face was full of righteousness, but in his heart, he was helpless. He had been driving all morning and wanted to rest.

But the location of the castle was really remote. To find a doctor, he had to drive.

Kaito Kid lay on the bed, feeling that his future would be full of hardship, "It's going to take half an hour? You live in such a remote place, but you don't even have a doctor on standby. How do you guys usually get through illnesses?"

The gardener scratched his head, "I'm sorry, we've never had any emergencies. Although the old lady is getting older, besides her senile dementia, her body is still in good shape. For a normal cold, we just take some cold medicine that's always available in the castle."

Kaito Kid looked at the ceiling speechlessly. So, that means he's not in good health?

"Do you have a stethoscope and a thermometer?" Chi Feichi turned to Mamiya Mitsuru who was about to go out, "If you do, I can check on him."