Chapter 311 The Truth of the Monster Legend
Listening to the two of them complimenting each other, Mouri Ran felt her face flush slightly.
Morio Yakura and Mimura also immediately joined the ranks of commercial mutual praise, words like 'A famous teacher produces brilliant students', 'As expected of a Famous Detective', 'Today I finally got to see it' blurted out.
Conan listened, chuckling inwardly. With him and Chi Feichei around, Uncle was going to become a world-class Famous Detective at this rate…
"Master, I'm going to find the Monster. If she bullies me, you have to help me!" Flying Serpent took advantage of the others complimenting each other and slipped towards the Pond.
Suddenly, it realized that the Monster was not scary at all, not as scary as Master… It couldn't scare it.
"Sorry…"
Just as Flying Serpent left, the Housekeeper came over, kneeling and bowing, "Sorry to keep you waiting, everyone, please follow me to the Tea Room, we'll go meet the Grandmaster first."
"I won't go," Chi Feichei refused, "My Pet just slipped into the Pond, it will run around if it comes back and doesn't see me."
"Pet?" the Housekeeper asked, puzzled.
Miss Mimura sweated. She didn't want any Snakes running around, especially near her. She stood up and said, "Mr. Chi's Pet might be of the same kind as the Monster, In This Case, Mr. Chi can wait here, we can go over."
"Sorry about that," Mori Kogoro didn't complain at all. The key was that this Disciple was too respectful, he smiled and raised his hand, rubbing Conan's Head, "My Disciple's Pet is really too naughty, just like this Kid, if you don't keep an eye on him, he'll run off to play somewhere else."
Conan: "..."
What did this have to do with him? Why drag him into this?
Besides, he ran around not to play, but to solve cases! Solve cases!
"It's alright," the Housekeeper stood up, still calm, "Then Mr. Chi will wait here for a while, the rest of you, please follow me."
A group of people left the House.
Chi Feichei remained seated, picking up his Mobile Phone to check Gin's Reply.
Rather than going to see some Grandmaster, it was better to send Emails and chat with Gin.
[Keep an eye on Japan, tell me if there's any News, but you seem to be in Troublesome recently, someone posted a Bounty to attack and kidnap you? —GIN]
[I need helpers, preparing to fish. —Raki]
[How many do you want? —GIN]
Chi Feichei Considered for a moment and Replied:
[Estimate one or two elites —Raki]
The 'fish' he was talking about referred to the Bounty Hunter targeting him.
If there were Talents available, he would use himself as Bait, lure them over, catch them, and coerce them into joining his team.
Gin asking him how many he wanted meant that if he couldn't handle it, Gin was interested in taking a share.
[How many fish do you Guess you can get? —Gin]
[About 10. —Raki]
This was a Number Chi Feichei had calculated.
Looking at the Replies, there were quite a few people preparing to take Action against him.
However, if no one could get the Money after three or four Actions, no one would take this Bounty anymore.
Unless the other party increased the price, attracting more powerful people to Intervene.
But the other party obviously didn't want him dead, Guess they wouldn't increase the price again, unless the Situation reached a point of no return.
[What Action do you Intention to take? Can you lure them out? —Gin]
[No suspicious people have appeared around me Recently, I'll keep an eye on it myself first. —Raki]
[Okay, have you been Activity in Tokyo Recently? —Gin]
[I'm attending a Tea Ceremony Gathering in Shizuoka. —Raki]
[Don't forget your Health Check Report. —Gin]
[Are you very idle Recently? —Raki]
[Same as usual. —Gin]
[No wonder… Even The Boss isn't urging you, but you're anxious. —Raki]
[Goodbye! —Gin]
Chi Feichei didn't Reply anymore, and sent an Email to Non-Ink, asking Non-Ink to send a Letter to Amuro Toru, and arrange a Time to meet.
"Master! Master! Look what I found?"
Flying Serpent shouted loudly Outside.
Chi Feichei put away his Mobile Phone and Get Up to Go Out.
As the Sun slanted westward, the Pond Water no longer reflected golden light, becoming clear and green.
Flying Serpent was swimming on the Pond surface, with more than 20 Snakes following beside it, mostly Grey White Stone Block colored.
A group of Snakes gathered in one Place, wriggling and floating on the Water surface, sometimes intertwining together.
Even though Chi Feichei was used to Flying Serpent's appearance, he still felt Scalp Numbing when he saw this scene.
"You found them in the Pond?"
"Yes, they are Family!" Flying Serpent said excitedly, not forgetting to Turn Head to introduce to the other Snakes, "This is my Master, he's just like me in the Human world, super handsome!"
"Hello." The thickest White Snake greeted Chi Feichei, its Sound was honest and deep, probably a male.
The remaining Snakes greeted him one after another, although some stammered, but Chi Feichei Observationed, only the smallest Snake didn't Say anything, the other 23 had a certain Spirituality and could Speak.
"Master, let's help them," Flying Serpent said, "They don't want to live here, they want to find a Place with more flowing Water to live in."
"Our ancestors also lived here, for several generations already, if it wasn't for no other Method, we wouldn't want to move," the White Snake explained in a honest Sound, "Probably at the Time of my Father's Father's Father's Father's Father…'s Father, my Family originally had more than a hundred Snakes, they lived happily together, but someone built a House in the Pond, and half of them were smashed to death during construction, my ancestors climbed up, wanting to protest, but that person was so frightened that he didn't dare to Go Out, and finally hanged himself."
Chi Feichei: "..."
This was probably the Truth of the Monster Legend…
"Afterwards, the House was left idle, and then at the Time of my Father's Father's Father…'s Father, someone moved in, Renovationed it, and smashed many more Family Snakes to death, my ancestors went to protest again, and that Family moved away," the White Snake said with Grievance, "Probably after many, many years, Humans became even more excessive! Oh, By the Way, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the Humans my Father's Father's Father's Father's Father encountered, he not only occupied the Pond, but also fenced off the surrounding land, originally our Family had grown to more than 300 Snakes, but a group of Children were discovered by that person when they were playing by the shore, those people actually killed all those Family Snakes, and started cleaning up the Family Snakes in the Pond, killing a full 200 Snakes! Our Family almost went extinct, and in the end, only three hid, and that's how we continued to this Day."
Chi Feichei: "..."
That was indeed tragic…
According to the Life of Snakes, the 'Great Purge' Time was probably fifty or sixty years ago, which was when this House was built.
This Tea Ceremony Grandmaster might not be the first owner, but the first owner definitely cleared out a lot of Snakes…
"Over the years, we haven't dared to over-breed, carefully hiding in the Pond, but last year that House was renovated again, and six more Snakes were smashed to death," the White Snake sighed, "We want to move to another Place but we can't, we'll be killed if we Go Out, usually my wife and I can hide well, but I'm afraid the Children will be naughty and accidentally get discovered, maybe another massacre will come, this Place is really unlivable, please, you must help us!"
The other Snakes clamored in twos and threes.
"Too hateful, too hateful…"
"This Place was originally the Place we occupied first."
"We want to leave but we can't…"
"So scary, I don't want to be Killed…"
"Okay," Chi Feichei agreed, "As long as you trust me, I'll take you to find a Forest."
"Of course we trust you, I Feeling you are different from those people!" the White Snake immediately said, "Then…"
Chi Feichei heard voices faintly coming from the Rear, the White Snake didn't Say anymore, and together with the other Snakes, they swiftly dispersed and swam away, hiding.
Flying Serpent was still blankly staying in Place, "Their Speed of hiding is really fast…"
Chi Feichei Glanced at the Pond, "They hide quite well too."
Now the Pond was very clear, he Looked over at a Glance, and only found a small Grey Snake curled up Behind the Grey White Stone Block at the bottom of the Pond.
"What do you mean hide well? Dear Flying Serpent?" Mouri Ran walked forward, puzzled.
Behind them, Mori Kogoro, Conan, the Housekeeper and Morio Yakura also followed, only Miss Mimura, who liked to wave her fan, was missing.
"Hush——"
A group of Snakes spoke in unison, judging by the Sound, some were on this side of the Pond, and some were under the Bridge leading to the Tea Room.
Chi Feichei once again Suspicioned, once Snakes had Spirituality, was their Personality not even close to being aloof? "It's nothing, I'm playing hide-and-seek with Flying Serpent."
"Is that so?" Mouri Ran smiled and squatted down, Saying to Flying Serpent floating on the Water surface, "Flying Serpent, you've played enough, it's Time to come up."
Flying Serpent obediently climbed up.
Mouri Ran Looked at the Pond again, and said with Emotion, "The Color of the Pond Water has really changed, you can even See the bottom of the Pond."
The Housekeeper went inside to prepare to boil Water for Tea, and said with a smile as she introduced, "By the evening, the Pond Water will also turn red."
"Mrs. Hanaqi!" Ryoichi Aonogi ran over, still holding the Fishing Rod broken in two in his Hand, and asked with a nasty Face, "How could this Fishing Rod become like this?!"
"Actually…" the Housekeeper lowered her Head, finding it difficult to Say, "The Grandmaster asked me to burn it."
"I knew it…" Ryoichi Aonogi turned around and left with a livid Face.
The Housekeeper quickly stood up, anxiously Saying, "Please don't be impulsive, Young Master Ryoichi!"
"Ryoichi," Morio Yakura also spoke to persuade, "You should at least Consider the Guests here, whatever it is, wait until the Tea Ceremony Gathering is over before you Say anything."
"I know," Ryoichi Aonogi Go Downstairs, "I just want to Dispose of this Fishing Rod."
Morio Yakura Watched Leave Ryoichi Aonogi before sighing in a low voice, "The Grandmaster is really too much, fishing is clearly Ryoichi's only Interest, yet the Grandmaster actually treats his Son like this."
"To be honest, when that Tea Room was completed last year, the Madam just happened to pass away." Morio Yakura explained.
"The Madam believed in that Legend very much," the Housekeeper also said, "So until the very end, she was against building that Tea Room."
"Actually, we Disciples also often talk about the Legend of the Monster eating people…" Morio Yakura said.
"I See," Mori Kogoro understood, "It seems the Grandmaster became moody because he was afraid of that Monster."
"No," Morio Yakura said again, "The Grandmaster holds a dismissive Attitude towards those superstitions."
(End of Chapter)