Chapter 121 Mori Kogoro: Did I Go to the Wrong Hospital?
The next day, the temperature suddenly dropped again.
Chi Feichei went to the Pet Hospital in the morning. After returning to Niide Hospital for lunch, he didn't go out again, staying in the Patient Room next to the Consultation Room to look at models.
Hissashi, curled up under Chi Feichei's clothes, was too lazy to even poke its head out. "Master, is it almost winter?"
Chi Feichei: "..."
This question was no different from asking him what the date was tomorrow. He only remembered that it had recently become winter, and then it went back to autumn...
"Forget it, you definitely wouldn't know either," Hissashi realized on its own. "I'll just endure it a bit longer..."
"If it's really unbearable, just hibernate," Chi Feichei said. "I'll prepare a warm nest for you."
"No, no, no," Hissashi said firmly. "Hibernation is so boring, I can still hold on!"
Chi Feichei shook his head. *Oh well, if it wants to endure, let it endure. Maybe it'll warm up again tomorrow.*
*Click.* Shinde Tomoaki pushed open the door, entering with a cup of hot water in his hand. "Is it alright for you not to go to the Pet Hospital?"
Chi Feichei put down the book in his hand. "They only start admitting patients the day after tomorrow. Nothing much going on recently."
"That's right, you're supposed to be in the Operating Room recording data for your thesis. If there are no surgeries, you don't need to be there every day," Shinde Tomoaki said with a smile, handing Chi Feichei the hot water and medicine. "It's time for your medicine!"
Chi Feichei glanced at Shinde Tomoaki's smiling face, calmly took the medicine, and continued to use a Magic Trick to hide the Pill, pretending to swallow it before taking a sip of hot water.
Sometimes Magic is as useful as Disguise... Thank you, Teacher Toichi!
Next Door, the sound of hurried Footsteps and a Child's crying suddenly came from Next Door.
A Woman said, "Doctor, it's like this... this Child suddenly can't breathe through his nose."
Shinchide Yoshiteru: "Has it been going on for long? Let me take a look..."
Woman: "Since yesterday."
Shinchide Yoshiteru: "Hmm... both nostrils are blocked with cherry seeds, haven't you noticed?"
Woman: "Cherry... seeds?"
Shinchide Yoshiteru: "Did he choke on them while eating cherries? You're really lucky it only got coughed into his nostrils, not into his trachea, otherwise it would have been dangerous."
Child sobbed, "N-no, it's not... I put them in on purpose, but then I forgot... and didn't take them out."
Chi Feichei: "..."
Are kids these days all so mischievous?
Shinde Tomoaki: "..."
The Patient Room became quiet for a moment. Shinde Tomoaki smiled and said, "There are always situations like this..."
Chi Feichei nodded and put down his water glass.
"Sometimes Animals are just like Children," Shinde Tomoaki, having learned to find topics himself when chatting with Chi Feichei, asked with a smile, "Relatively speaking, Cats and Dogs are more likely to swallow foreign objects. Are most of your Surgeries to remove foreign objects?"
"No," Chi Feichei glanced at Shinde Tomoaki. "Most are spaying and neutering Surgeries."
Shinde Tomoaki was momentarily speechless, once again feeling that veterinarians and human Doctors were indeed different. But why did Chi Feichei look at him like that? It made him a little uneasy. "Y-yes, you're right, I forgot about Pet neutering... Um... do you want to come with me to Teitan High School later?"
Chi Feichei looked at the model. He still preferred to continue learning about the Musculoskeletal System...
"I promised a Friend to temporarily be the interim Coach for the Teitan High School Basketball Club," Shinde Tomoaki said with a smile, not forgetting to get Chi Feichei involved in exercise. "Do you play basketball? Anyway, there's nothing going on today, let's go take a look together. We should be back in about two hours."
Basketball... Chi Feichei thought about how long it had been since he last played basketball. *Getting some Exercise wouldn't be bad.* "Okay."
Shinde Tomoaki glanced at Chi Feichei's White Coat and smiled. "Then I'll wait for you at the Back Door. Just leave your Clothes in the Consultation Room, and we can have Miss Xiao Guang wash them for you."
After they separated, Shinde Tomoaki secretly called Zhi Ming Fukuyama to report. After spending time together, he felt that Chi Feichei was very normal, just with a Personality quirk, which made him a bit confused.
*Could Uncle Fukuyama's diagnosis be wrong?* But he had managed to build rapport, make a Friend, and encourage Exercise! Very successful!
...At the entrance of Niide Hospital, a Famous Detective entered and headed to the Consultation Room.
Chi Feichei came out of the Patient Room and noticed that the mother and Child from the Consultation Room earlier had already left. Seeing Shinchide Yoshiteru looking over, he explained, "Uncle Yoshiteru, Tomoaki and I are going to Teitan High School. I'll leave my Clothes here for now."
Shinchide Yoshiteru nodded with a smile. "Going to play basketball? I'll have Xiao Guang take your Clothes to be washed later. Remember to come back for Dinner..."
"Doctor..." Mori Kogoro walked into the Consultation Room, looked up, and saw Shinchide Yoshiteru in a White Coat, and Chi Feichei, also in a White Coat. He was taken aback.
*Why did I run into Chi Feichei again?* Wait, he remembered that Chi Feichei was a veterinarian, right? *Did I go to the wrong Hospital? Could it be that my Memory is acting up? Or are my Eyes playing tricks on me?*
The next second, Mori Kogoro silently turned around and left.
Shinchide Yoshiteru, who was just about to greet him: "???" *Why are today's Patients all a bit strange?*
Chi Feichei was also taken aback for a moment. After regaining his senses, he took off his White Coat. "He probably misunderstood. He knows I'm from the Department of Veterinary Medicine..."
A moment later, Mori Kogoro re-entered with a dark line on his forehead. "Could it be that this place has also been acquired by Shinchi Group and turned into a Pet Hospital? Really, if that's the case, you should put up a Sign to let people know, it made me think I remembered wrong!"
"Uh, no," Shinchide Yoshiteru quickly explained. "Hassashi is just staying at my Home. This place hasn't been turned into a Pet Hospital."
"Is that so?" Mori Kogoro looked at Shinchide Yoshiteru with suspicion. He suspected this was a black-hearted Doctor trying to make a quick buck before turning the Hospital into a Pet Hospital.
"I've been practicing medicine at Niide Hospital for over ten years," Shinchide Yoshiteru said helplessly. "I've seen more than just one or two Patients..."
"Alright..." Mori Kogoro was too lazy to change Hospitals again. He walked forward and sat down, turning his head to ask Chi Feichei, "Are you going out?"
"I'm going to Teitan High School with a Friend," Chi Feichei said, hanging his Clothes on the coat rack. "Didn't Conan and Ran come with you?"
Hearing Chi Feichei's still calm Tone, Mori Kogoro's expression became a bit more serious, mainly because he hadn't had any Liquor and felt sensitive to the cold. "Ran has School, and that Kid Conan went to participate in a puppet show training organized by the School. I just haven't had much Strength recently and came to see the Doctor. It shouldn't be a big Problem, so I didn't tell them. By the way, I received a Commission, and I'm going to Tottori Prefecture tomorrow, probably for two or three days. Do you want to come with me?"
"Conan and the others are going too?"
"Yeah, they have a holiday tomorrow..."
Chi Feichei thought for a moment. There hadn't been any valuable Wanted Criminals in recent Cases. He declined, "I won't go, maybe next time."
"Alright, then I'll ask you next time," Mori Kogoro said with a bit of regret. It was rare to get a decent Commission that wasn't about finding Cats or Dogs, and he wouldn't have the chance to show off in front of his Disciple. But then he thought again, his performance at the Flowing Water Pavilion was pretty good, right? Although he didn't remember how he solved the Case. "By the way, you're going to Teitan High School? Ran hasn't been Home after School recently. She said she's going back to School for Karate Club training. Could it be that you arranged to meet at School?"
"I'm only going to Teitan High School today, not in the past few days," Chi Feichei said, ignoring Mori Kogoro's increasingly strange gaze, and walked out of the Consultation Room. "Then I'll head out first."
*Bang.* The Door closed.
"Still that lukewarm attitude, that kid..." Mori Kogoro muttered. But since Chi Feichei had explained, he believed him. Chi Feichei looked like the kind of person who wouldn't lie.
After going out the Door, Chi Feichei took out his Mobile Phone and dialed Doctor Agasa's House.
*Since Conan is going to Tottori tomorrow and won't be in Tokyo, then...* "Hello... Ai? Is Doctor not there? No... I wanted him to contact the Children and ask them to help me with something tomorrow..."
(End of Chapter)