Chapter 1061 Hattori Heiji: That's Too Much!
Feimo didn't find it strange. "It's okay, we can talk about it again after some time."
"Feimo, what do you want to eat?" Chi Feichi put Feichi back into the Glass Tank and carried it to the Kitchen.
Feimo flew into the Kitchen and cawed twice, "Apple."
Chi Feichi sliced the apple that Feimo never seemed to tire of, then started making his own breakfast. He took out his mobile phone, opened a friend's chat window in the UL chat software, typed "Noah," and sent the message.
Before long, Sawada Hiroki's figure filled the mobile phone's display screen. "Godfather, did you need me for something?"
"Hongzi uploaded quite a few records from the Red Magic Family before. Help me transfer all the content related to 'Nature' and 'Child of Nature' to the computer."
"Okay!"
After breakfast, Chi Feichi brewed a cup of tea, sat in the Living Room looking at the Data, and chatted with Sawada Hiroki from time to time.
There were three pieces of Data related to the 'Child of Nature'.
One was Data from several centuries ago; 'Child of Nature' was an Appellation invented by a Small Church, and it lacked reference value.
One was a Picture, likely depicting a Religion that worshipped Nature, with a group of people kneeling and praying for Rain. It also didn't have much reference value.
The third was a yellowed page from a Book, with crooked, twisted Symbols drawn on it that were incomprehensible.
When Chi Feichi asked, Sawada Hiroki searched his memory. "Comparing and analyzing it with other Ancient Books, this is a Record left from the earliest period of the Red Magic Lineage. Because the Records were passed down from generation to generation, many were lost. Even the Witch Lady can't fully decipher it. What can be deciphered is..."
As he spoke, Sawada Hiroki copied the Picture on the computer and annotated the Text on the new image.
[Eternal Life... Day... Child of Nature... Seven... Encounter... Nature... Deity... Seven...]
Chi Feichi looked at the result. It was indeed difficult to decipher, but there were some Patterns.
For Example, 'Seven' appeared 7 times, 'Nature' appeared twice, 'Child of Nature' appeared once...
In any case, he could note it down for now.
There was much more Data related to 'Nature'. Sawada Hiroki helped screen most of the religious Information and magic Materials, but there were still some ambiguous records in the ancient books that needed to be read carefully.
For the entire day, apart from dealing with basic necessities, Chi Feichi was looking at Data. He tried to sleep at noon, but felt no Sleepiness at all and had to give up. After ten at Night, he took a Bath and went back to his room to Sleep.
It was the same Dream again. This time, there were three White Boxes. The extra Box contained Tuanzi, Jubei, Yueshi, and five Black and Brown Bears.
It was a little after five in the morning, July 5th, Summer.
Chi Feichi woke up, checked the Date on his Mobile Phone as part of his Daily Routine, left for his Morning Exercise by jumping from the building, and after coming back, started looking at Data related to 'Seven'.
There were many Things related to 'Seven'.
His Code Name was 'July', The Boss's Email Address was the Song "Seven Children", and Aoyama Gosho was also called 73... Ahem, these didn't count.
Humans have Seven Orifices, the Rainbow has seven Colors, a Week has seven Days, the Land is divided into Seven Continents, an Abacus has seven Beads in a Row, Music has the seven notes of the scale 'Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti', the PH Value of Water is seven, the Big Dipper has Seven Stars, the opposite faces of a Dice add up to seven...
There were also many 'Sevens' in Religion.
Buddhism has the Seven Dharmas, Seven Evil Branches, Seven Heart Realms, Seven Attendant Matters, 'saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-storied pagoda'...
In Daoism, the Number 'Seven' is also very special. The Number of the Great Dao is forty-nine, which is seven times seven; seven is the ultimate of calculation; seven is the number of the Heavenly Dipper; the seventh day of the first lunar month is Human Day; 'three begets all things, and a change must occur at seven'; the Seven Stars, the Seven Luminaries, the Seven Mansions, the Seven Emotions, the Seven Corporeal Souls, the Seven Fairies...
It seems some weird things got mixed in?
In addition, there were also Records in the Dao of Alchemy: Seven is the completion number of Fire, nine is the completion doctrine of Metal, 'returning' means returning to the Origin, which is the initial stage of Refining Qi to Become God, and the high stage is Refining Spirit to Return to Emptiness...
Chi Feichi scrolled through the Data on his computer, feeling that the vibe was a bit off. He got up, went to the Kitchen to eat Lunch, and then came back to continue browsing the Data.
Seven is also the completion number of Fire, heaven is seven and earth is eight, seven is a Yang Number and refers to lesser yang, seven...
"Godfather," Sawada Hiroki said Suddenly, "the World's only surviving Septuplets were born in America in 1997. What do You Say, should We send people to capture them?"
Chi Feichi replied expressionlessly, "Don't mess around."
Sawada Hiroki sounded helpless. "I Just Feel like I'm about to forget what the Number seven even is. Moreover, those religious Statements are so hard to understand, my Data Chain is going into Chaos."
"Then Rest for a while."
Chi Feichi continued browsing.
In the West's "Bible", God used 6 Days to create all things and rested on the 7th Day, so the 7th Day is the Holy Day...
God built a House using seven Pillars, and in God's Right Hand were Seven Stars and seven Golden Lampstands...
The Lamb had seven horns and seven Eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God...
In the Doctrine, there are the Seven Virtues and the Seven Sins...
Sawada Hiroki rested for a bit, then started to Cause Trouble again. "Godfather, Godfather, seven ones multiplied by seven ones, which is 1,111,111 × 1,111,111, equals 1,234,567,654,321, and one-seventh is 0.142857142857142857..."
"142857?" Feimo tilted its Head. "Sounds a little Familiar. I think I've heard Humans discussing it."
"The most mysterious string of numbers discovered in the Pyramids," Chi Feichi said without raising his Head.
142857 × 1 = 142857.
142857 × 2 = 285714, the same numbers in the same Order, Just starting with 2.
142857 × 3 = 428571, the same numbers in the same Order.
142857 × 4 = 571428.
142857 × 5 = 714285.
142857 × 6 = 857142.
142857 × 7, however, equals 999,999.
Also, 142 + 857 = 999, 14 + 28 + 57 = 99, and 142857 × 142857 = 20,408,122,449. If you add the first five digits of this result to the last six digits, 20,408 + 122,449 = 142,857, it comes back full circle...
In short, This Is a magical string of Numbers, and '7' is Also a magical Number.
"Bzz... Bzz..."
The Mobile Phone on the Table began to vibrate.
Chi Feichi picked up the Mobile Phone, looked at the Number, and answered, "Hattori."
*Such a chilly greeting...*
"Uh, Brother Feichi, it's me," Hattori Heiji said, sweating a little. "Kazuha and I have arrived in Tokyo, we're at the Mori Detective Agency right now! We're planning to Go Together for Dinner, and we're waiting for the Kid, Conan, to get back from his School Activity. If you're free, do you want to Go Together with us?"
Chi Feichi, scrolling with his Mouse, asked concisely and directly, "Time? Location?"
"Well... We haven't discussed that yet."
"Beep... Beep..."
Chi Feichi hung up the Phone Call directly and continued browsing the Data.
*They haven't even decided on a time or Place to meet, what kind of dinner invitation is that? They can Call back when they've Decided.*
Mori Detective Agency, Second Floor.
Hattori Heiji stared at the disconnected Phone Call, utterly flustered.
*What kind of Attitude is this... Excessive!*
Kazuha Toyama asked, "Heiji, what did Brother Feichi Say? Is there anything he'd particularly like to eat?"
"What did he Say? I didn't even have a chance to Ask him what he wanted to eat before he Just hung up on me!" Hattori Heiji's Face grew even darker than Before.
Mouri Ran gave a dry laugh. "Brother Feichi probably doesn't mind what he eats. I Think it's better if We Discuss it first and then Call him again."
"Click."
The Door opened, and Conan walked in with his schoolbag on his back. "I'm ho—"
Hattori Heiji, Kazuha Toyama, and Mouri Ran turned their heads.
"Hey, you're back!" Hattori Heiji stepped forward, squatted down in front of Conan, and looked up with a wide grin, vigorously ruffling Conan's hair.
*Kudo is Still the easiest to Bully~*
Conan, expressionlessly: "—me..."
After ruffling to his Heart's content, Hattori Heiji stood up, satisfied. "Okay, Since the Kid Conan is Also back, let's hurry up and Discuss what to eat!"
"Since it's Still early for Meals, why don't we find a Place a Bit farther away? How about it?" said Mori Kogoro, who was sitting on the Sofa. "We can do some sightseeing By the Way."
Hattori Heiji squatted in front of Conan again. "What do You Say? What do you want to eat?"
Conan remained expressionless.
*He didn't want to Go Out to eat at all, he Just wanted to hurry up and finish the Deduction Novel he Just bought...*
Hattori Heiji listed options with a grin, "Sushi? China Cuisine? Or..."
Conan, with Half-Moon Eyes: "Pass!"
"Pas... Pasta?" Hattori Heiji had a look of realization. "So you want to eat Italian food."
"Huh?" Conan was Stunned.
*What did I even Say?*
Mouri Ran said with a smile, "By the Way, I heard a really Good Italian Dining Room just opened in Beihu Town!"
"Really?" Kazuha Toyama looked a little expectant. "Then let's go there!"
"No—way!"
Hattori Heiji stood up, his Face dark. "Why Should We accommodate that Guy who Just hangs up on people whenever he feels like it!"
Conan continued to have Half-Moon Eyes.
*The Guy who hangs up whenever he feels like it, it couldn't be...*
...
An Hour later, in the newly opened Italian Dining Room in Beihu Town, six people were sitting around a Round Table.
"I said I'm not going, and I'm not going! Couldn't you guys have found a Place farther from Beihu Town?"
Kazuha Toyama smilingly imitated Hattori Heiji's Tone for Chi Feichi, then added, "Heiji was yelling that the whole way here."
Hattori Heiji rested his Chin on his Right Hand, not saying a Word with a dark Expression on his Face.
If Not for considering that going to a farther Place would mean having Chi Feichi come pick them up with his car, which would make him feel like he'd lost some standing, he wouldn't have wanted to Come Over here at all.
And Kazuha was even making fun of him. Excessive!
Chi Feichi looked at Hattori Heiji and offered an Explanation, "I was looking at Data at that Time."
"Huh?" Hattori Heiji was Stunned and sat up straight. "It's nothing, I didn't really Care About it, I was Just joking, Just a Joke!"
Chi Feichi looked at Hattori Heiji, his Gaze Still calm. "But... 'Guy'?"
Being stared at by Chi Feichi, Hattori Heiji felt inexplicably guilty. His survival instinct instantly maxed out, and he grinned, showing his white Tooth. "It's Just an Appellation, that's Normal! Only a good Friend would call someone that. It shows how Close we are!"
"Brother Feichi, are you busy with THK Company matters?" Mouri Ran asked curiously. "The News for the last two Days has been reporting on THK Company's Acquisition of the Old Brokerage Company. The Company's Scale has expanded a lot, so there Should be many Things to get Knowledge of, right?"
"Toshiya is worrying about those Things," Chi Feichi indicated that he wasn't handling them, took out his Mobile Phone, found a Portion of the Data, and placed it on the Table. "I was looking at this."
Hattori Heiji curiously craned his neck. "What is it?"
Conan also moved closer to Look.
Then, the two of them saw a string of phrases like 'the meaning of 'returning' is returning to the Origin', 'Refining Qi to Become God', 'Refining Spirit to Return to Emptiness'...
Hattori Heiji: "..."
*What the Ghost is this?*
Conan: "..."
*It feels so mystical and preachy.*
In History, any scientific Big Shot who turns to mysticism becomes preachy and weird. It's something that even the pioneers of Science couldn't Avoid. And this Guy Chi Feichi is Actually researching mysticism now? Does he Think he's not thoroughly neurotic yet?
(End of Chapter)