Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

"Coach Baishi doesn't know much. I heard from her that Brother Feichi came here to train during the summer vacation of 12 years ago, the winter vacation of 11 years ago, and the summer vacation of 10 years ago. He trained very hard and was also very restrained. People, the level seems to be not bad. Every time I will stay here for at least half a vacation. I eat lunch and dinner here. At night, there will be a driver to pick me up. However, many times I will stay here because the training is too late. In the dormitory, I ate breakfast here the next day, almost living here for a period of time," Hui Yuan said, "I asked her if Coach Dongtian hated Brother Feichi, and she smiled and said it was impossible, that At that time, Coach Dongtian was very concerned about Brother Feichi's training, and would stay with him until late, and would watch the cafeteria to change the menu according to Brother Feichi's physical condition. Sometimes Brother Feichi trained too late, and Coach Dongtian would still Bring him dinner."

"We asked the chef, and his answer was similar," Conan said. "The coaches communicated a lot, but they rarely talked about the training situation, and he didn't understand much. However, he had seen Coach Higashida and Makino back then. The coach asked the students to try the competition. At that time, the relationship between the two should be very good. In that competition, Brother Chi won all the opponents under the age of 16, but if you have to say hate, then Coach Makino is the one who hates Brother Chi. .”

"The relationship between Coach Makino and Coach Dongtian seems to have deteriorated since ten years ago, but it seems that their relationship was already bad when Brother Feichi was still training. According to Coach Shiraishi, the specific time was indeed in After that match," Hui Yuanai continued, "About a week later, Brother Feichi left the club, and he hasn't been back for the past ten years."

"Could it be because Brother Chi performed too well in the competition, which made Coach Makino lose face and didn't want to be friends with Coach Dongtian," Yuantai guessed after joining the detective armband discussion group? "Coach Dongtian lost his friend ? That's why you hate Brother Chi?"

Conan frowned, it's possible? But he always felt something was wrong? Coach Muye's attitude and Coach Dongtian's attitude didn't match the situation. As for Chi Feichi's attitude... Forget it? Chi Feichi's attitude doesn't need to be pondered .

"However, about the fact that Coach Dongtian hates Brother Chi? We have gained something here?" Guangyan said, "Ten years ago, that Mr. Captain of the Guard was just an ordinary guard, responsible for the security of the gate? He has met Brother Chi many times ? After Brother Chi stopped coming to the club, he asked Coach Dongtian, but Coach Dongtian said something like 'That kid had better never come'."

"Everyone seems to get very few clues." Ayumi said.

"Ten years ago is too long," Hui Yuanai said with emotion, "not only is it difficult to find someone who worked here ten years ago? Most of them are lost? Originally, coach Baishi planned to take me to the reference room to see the photos and training arrangements that brother Chi took when he was training here? Just head for the back door? It's almost there now."

"Ayumi and I have already arrived," Conan said, "It's almost nine o'clock, so come here quickly."

"I see."

"Yuantai and I are coming soon."

...

In the quiet corridor, after Hui Yuanai cut off the communication of the detective armband, after thinking about it, he thought it would be better to call and ask his godmother.

Although Ike Kana seems to be very busy, doesn't care much about the children, and is completely free, but maybe she will understand something.

On the other side, when Genta and Mitsuhiko were about to reach the back door, they saw Ma Yuan Gongping passing by, and thought it was a bit strange that Ma Yuan Gongping had not left the club at this time, so they followed decisively.

So at nine o'clock, only Conan and Ayumi were waiting at the back door.

"It's already 9:02, why haven't they arrived yet?" Conan felt strange, and quickly sorted out his thoughts. He felt that he was almost close to the truth ten years ago, but he was always a little bit closer...

"Crack."

The back door was opened.

Seeing a group of people getting off a cleaning company's car, Conan quickly regained his senses and found the oldest old woman among them to ask about the situation.

"That's right, I was in charge of the sanitation and cleaning work here ten years ago," the old woman spoke slowly, looking very kind, "To be precise, it has been fifteen years."

"Do you know Coach Higashida and Coach Makino?" Conan asked.

"They, I know," the old woman spoke slowly, but with a trace of dissatisfaction, "Everyone likes Coach Dongtian better, but I don't like him at all."

"Huh?" Conan was a little puzzled, "Why?"

The old woman shook her head, "He is not as kind in private as he appears on the surface."

Could it be that Coach Dongtian is a duplicity person?

Conan feels more lost, it shouldn't, it doesn't feel like it.

"Then do you remember the boy who came here to train ten years ago?" Ayumi tried her best to describe Chi Feichi's situation, "He is in charge of Coach Higashida, he is very handsome, um... the tennis skills are very good, and the training is also very good. Work hard, by the way, his eyes are purple!"

Such an obvious feature, she almost forgot.

The old woman obviously didn't need to remind her, "Oh! Of course I remember that child, and I remember it very clearly..."

...

The clubs in the past are not much different from today, but the various equipment are not as smart as they are now.

In the past, the door of the indoor tennis court was not replaced with an electronic door with a warning sign. In order to let others know that someone was using the training room, the people training inside would not close the door tightly so that the sound could pass through or the light could pass through.

It was nearly ten o'clock that night, a woman in her fifties was whispering to her colleague who was twenty years younger than her, and passed by with cleaning tools.

She loves the atmosphere here.

Here, there will be energetic young people sweating, staring at the tennis ball with firm eyes over and over again, and hitting the tennis ball with a 'bang', it seems that it is never too boring.

She still has to work, so she can only come here at night most of the time, and only occasionally when she rests, she can go to the outdoor tennis court during the day.

But it's not a pity, even at night there will be hardworking young people practicing here.

That night, she saw a boy who was only about seven or eight years old.

There are very few children here who are so young, and even fewer who train so late.

She comes here almost every day. Although she doesn't know how to play tennis, she knows how to watch.

She looked through the crack of the door and found that the child was standing in the bright room practicing swinging the racket. His movements were still a little jerky, and he kept correcting his movements. She has never seen anyone weak.

She thought, that kid must like playing tennis very much, maybe he also wants to become a professional tennis player, and he can become a professional tennis player too.

Without disturbing the child, she and her colleagues left quietly and went to clean the office first. When they came back, the lights there had been turned off.

Since that night, she has been able to see the child's training from time to time.

Sometimes I am alone, and sometimes I am accompanied by the smiling coach Higashida Koshi.

But not every night. After all, she came here too late. Moreover, she didn't know until later that the child was only here for a while during the holidays.

People come and go here, and after a year, when she almost forgot about that child, she saw that child training in the training room again at night.

The child was impeccable in both serving and returning the ball, as if he was pondering a certain skill, the tennis ball fell to the ground and was caught by his hand, and after a while, the tennis ball was thrown and hit out.

Just like countless nights, she watched for a while, then moved on, maybe lingering at a lighted doorway, when the people inside saw her, they would smile back and go to work.

On another night that year, the kid saw her, and when she smiled back, he froze for a moment, nodded at her, and continued training.

Another year, she saw the child again one night, and this time, she talked to Mr. Higashida Koshi.

"Mr. Dongtian, this kid is here again."

"Yeah, I arrived about a week ago, but I let him rest early and didn't train too late. Tonight is because there will be a duel match organized between coaches tomorrow. He wants to participate, so I will accompany him to train."

"He is still young, so he should pay attention to rest... By the way, I will rest tomorrow, can I come and watch him play?"

"Of course. Tomorrow's match will be at the No. 2 clay tennis court. It will start at nine o'clock in the morning, rest at noon, and start at one o'clock in the afternoon. It will last for three days in total."

She went to the game the next day.

Just like what she had predicted two years ago, that kid is very good, better than his peers and people who are much older than him, and maybe he is the champion of this sparring match.

On the third day, she was going to a company to clean during the day and did not go to the game. When she arrived at the club at night, she saw that the training room was lit again.

She thinks that she should ask the child's name, maybe the child will become a famous tennis player in the future, she still wants to chat with the child, ask how old the child is, how is the game today, and tomorrow , I should probably wish him the championship, she could tell that the others were no match for him...

Thinking of this, she walked towards the door quickly, and passed by the passing coach, but she heard Higashida Koshi inside talking, with a rare stern tone.

"I've already told you that you're not suitable for playing tennis, so leave early, I don't want to, and I won't teach you again!"

"Tomorrow is the final game. Besides, I will practice the skills you mentioned for a few more days before I leave." The child said softly. When he saw her when he was going out, he nodded to her and walked towards the dormitory. .

She couldn't figure out why Dong Tianyue said that, he was obviously a very good and hardworking child, so she also asked Dong Tianyue who was going out with him.

Higashida Koshi replied with a sullen face: "As a professional tennis coach, I know very well who is suitable and who is not!"

...

"Since that day, I haven't seen that kid again, and I don't know when he completely left the club," the old woman said, "I only know that he was indeed the champion of that practice match."

"How could this be..." Ayumi's eyes turned red when she heard that.

Conan felt a little touched in his heart, he didn't expect Chi Feichi to have such an experience before...

"I still have time to congratulate him on winning the championship. Although it is only the champion of the private practice match, someone should congratulate him. After all, he is a child." The old woman smiled, "However, he can go to other places when he leaves here It’s the same for such a powerful person, maybe in two years, you will be able to see him on TV.”

Ayumi pursed her lips.

She knew that Chi Feichi had never played tennis again, and it was impossible to see Chi Feichi on TV...

Hold back, hold back, hold back.

The more Ayumi thought about it, the sadder she became, and she burst into tears, which shocked Conan.

Conan froze for a moment, then his eyes lit up, "I understand!"