"Xiao Ai..." Dr. Ali saw Haibara Ai sit down and change his shoes disapprovingly. He smiled awkwardly at Oiya Subaru and answered Haibara Ai's question, "They think it will take a long time for you to come over, so they have already set off.
I went to the library to look for information, and they asked me to tell you that you are responsible for sorting out the materials needed for newspaper clippings, and they will come back with copies of the newspapers reporting on the case!"
"Really," Haiyuan Ai changed into slippers, put away her shoes, stood up and carried snacks into the house, "I want to slightly modify the homework topic, and I want to discuss it with them..."
"Revise the topic?" Dr. Agasa was a little surprised and reminded, "I went to Yamanashi Prefecture to catch beetles and was delayed for two days. If I change the topic now, your time to complete the group assignment will become even tighter!"
"I just want to change the subject to 'Phantom Thief Kidd's Observation Diary', increase the personal content related to Phantom Thief Kidd, and appropriately reduce the coverage of the Skywalk incident," Haibara Ai put the snack bag on the table, "
It’s not wrong for them to collect information related to Kaitou Kidd. If that’s the case, then I’ll discuss it with them after they come back.”
Dr. A Li smiled dryly, "Kid's observation diary..."
"It's Brother Chi's suggestion," Haiyuan lamented. "I think if we change the topic a little bit, it will be much easier for us to complete it, and it will also easily arouse the interest of other students. Yuantai and the others should not refuse."
Okiya Subaru wondered if Chi Feichi was in a good mood and was making fun of Kaitou Kid. When he saw Chi Feichi carrying a large cardboard box into the house from the entrance, he was stunned for a moment, then walked forward and asked,
"Do you need help?"
"No," Chi Feichi put the cardboard box next to the sofa, "it's just a drawing board and paints, it's not very heavy."
Koshimizu Nanatsuki put the bag containing cardboard and drawing tools on the table, and explained with a smile, "Xiao Ai said that the cardboard and colored pencils here are gone, and they might need them later. We are right at the intersection.
I bought them at a convenience store nearby. The drawing boards, oil paints and other painting tools were all bought by Mr. Chi in the store..."
Chi Fei belatedly saw Dr. Agasa and Subaru Okiya coming over, and took the initiative to explain, "When the children are doing group homework in the afternoon, I want to draw something to pass the time. Of course, you can also use these if you want to draw.
I bought a lot of things, and left the rest for the children to paint another day."
He felt that he could try to take advantage of his strange and jumping state of thinking today to see if he could cultivate alternative artistic inspiration.
…
Soon, Haihara Ai found all the materials needed for the group assignment of newspaper cutting. She specially cleared an area in the living room, put everything on the floor, and placed a circle of mats around it to make it easier to meet with other children later.
Make newspaper clippings.
Chi Feichi also found a brightly lit place in front of the window, set up a simple easel, and packed away the tools and paints.
After Koshizu Nanatsuki helped take care of the cooking table, Subaru Okiya put the soup aside and wandered around Ike Feichi with interest.
"Mr. Chi, have you ever learned oil painting before..."
"I knew a little bit about it before, but it wasn't professional enough."
"What does Mr. Chi want to draw?"
"I don't have a goal for the moment. I'll draw whatever comes to my mind. Do you want to try to draw one?"
"Eh? Me? I'm not very good at drawing, and I've never thought about drawing anything, so I'd better stop drawing..."
Haibara Ai packed up the materials for the group assignment, looked back at the two people who were chatting happily, and decided to move closer and take a closer look. At the same time, she called Conan and asked when Conan and his three children could be together.
return.
"Beep...beep..."
The phone rang twice and was answered.
"Edogawa...it's me...yes, we are already here. I have prepared the things we need to make newspaper clippings. The doctor will help us search some information on the computer and print it out...Nanatsuki-san is here for lunch.
help……"
Seeing that Chi Feichi and Okiya Subaru were still chatting, Haibara Ai stopped next to the sofa and did not come forward to disturb the two of them. He continued talking on the phone, "You should have arrived at the library, right?... Wha, what?!"
With such an unconsciously raised voice, even if Haibara Ai didn't want to disturb other people, Ike Feichi and Okiya Subaru were in front of the easel, Koshizui Nanatsuki behind the kitchen counter, and Dr. Agasa who was using the computer to help look up information.
They were all alarmed and cast questioning glances at Hui Yuan Ai.
Haiyuan Ai confirmed to Conan on the other end of the phone with an ugly face, "Didn't you go to the library at all?"
"Hey, hey, what's going on here?" Dr. Ali stood up from the computer and walked forward. "If they delay any longer, lunch time will be pushed back even further!"
"Edogawa, wait a minute," Haibara Ai saw that everyone else was paying attention to him, so he said to the other end of the phone, explaining the situation with a black line, "They picked up a leaflet on the road.
They found that there was a map of the neighborhood drawn on the back of the leaflet, and several areas were crossed out to indicate which households were there. They thought the thief might be going to those houses to steal things, so they did not go to the library.
, but went to investigate nearby."
Dr. Agasa was stunned for a moment, "In other words, there seem to have been several burglaries in Mihua Town recently. I heard that the culprit has not been caught yet..."
"And burglars will indeed investigate the suitable homes in advance and mark the doors of those homes with special symbols, or directly make a map," Nanatsuki Koshimizu walked out of the cooking table uneasy, "But, children
It is still too dangerous to investigate this kind of thing, and some burglars are very vicious when facing children."
Haibara Ai heard the noise of three naughty children coming from the other end of the phone, and had already pressed the speakerphone button, so that the other end could hear the last words of Koshimi Nanatsuki, and then issued her own threat,
"Did you hear that? Don't underestimate thieves. Some thieves will kill people when cornered. There is no psychological burden if you beat up a group of children. Don't just mess around."
Koshimizu Nanatsuki noticed that Haibara Ai turned on the speakerphone, leaned over and smiled at the mobile phone in Haibara Ai's hand, "So, you'd better go talk to the police officers about this matter. The Mihua Town Police Station has been there recently.
We are collecting clues on the burglary case. You have discovered this suspicious map. If you send the map over, the police will definitely take it seriously. If the map is just someone's prank, you don't have to waste time investigating. You can find it earlier.
information, and then go home for lunch. If this is really a map made by a thief, then the police will definitely catch the thief faster, and everyone will not forget the contribution of your young detective team!"
The three children were obviously fooled and did not rush to make a fuss.
After a while, Yuan Taicai said hesitantly, "I think this is not bad. I can go back to cook early..."
Koshimizu Nanatsuki pretended to be serious, "If you provide such important clues, the Mihua Police Station or the neighborhood committee in the town might issue a banner to the Young Detective Team..."
Ayumi suddenly became admiring, "The banner..."
Chi Feichi sat down in front of the easel and watched Yuesui Nanatsuki fooling the children.
Well, he has a bit of a fool-proof ability when it comes to crossing the water.
"If you go to investigate privately and encounter danger along the way and need the police to rescue you, you will definitely not get a pennant. But if you provide important clues, in order to encourage this behavior, you will probably get a pennant," Yueshui said.
Nanatsuki lied seriously, "With this kind of banner, when someone wants to entrust you in the future, they will feel that you are trustworthy. This kind of symbol of honor that can make the client feel at ease, the Young Detective Corps seems to be completely lacking...
"
"Yeah, that's right," Mitsuhiko hesitated, seeming to use all his strength to resist the temptation, "But... if this is just a prank map, if we send this kind of map over, it will actually disrupt the direction of the police investigation.
Well, that would cause trouble for the police officers..."
Koshizu Nanatsuki: "..."
She couldn't resist.
"Yes," Ayumi said with a worried tone, "Police officers are usually very busy at work and have many things to deal with. If we provide wrong clues, it will waste a lot of their time."
"But I'm a little hungry..." Yuantai retorted, his voice weakened, "However, we have already been to the first house that was crossed, and now we are going to the second house. We are almost there. All
It won’t take too much time to read it once. At worst, we can go back to eat first and then go to the library in the afternoon..."
Mitsuhiko's voice was serious, "Anyway, we don't have anything important to do urgently. Why don't we ask the residents nearby to see if anyone has seen anyone suspicious or found anything noteworthy. If anyone nearby has noticed
If there are suspicious people or things, it would be better if we send the map to the police station and give it to the officers, right?"
"That's right..." Koshizui Nanatsuki didn't expect that he would be persuaded by the child. But now, he can only warn, "Then you must pay attention to safety."
The voices of three children come to life.
"yes!"
"We'll be careful!"
"I'm sorry, Haibara-san, we can't go to the library for the time being, so you may need to wait a little longer!"
"That doesn't matter. After you ask the people nearby, you can come back for dinner first." Haiyuan Ai had no choice but to compromise and warned with a cold face, "But you guys don't just say nice things every time, you have to really pay attention.
Just be safe!”
"Yes, we know!"
The responding voices over there were neat and determined, but to Chi Feichi and Huiyuan Ai's ears, it sounded like 'we know but we won't do it'.
Koshimizu Nanatsuki was a little uneasy thinking about the courage of these children, "By the way, what kind of map is that?"
Mitsuhiko: "We picked up the map on the road. It was drawn on a laundry leaflet. On the front was an advertisement for Sakaeya Laundry. On the back was a map drawn with a ballpoint pen. There were lines representing the main streets and alleys.
The street name is also marked on the main street, which is in the area where we passed by the Mika-machi sanchome Ohashi convenience store..."
Ayumi: "Except for this, I only drew crosses on the positions of four families, and arrows marked the surnames..."
Gentai: "It's Oga, Eguchi, these kind of surnames look like the targets that thieves are planning to attack, don't they?"
"So, are the surnames marked on the label the same as those of the four families?" Koshimizu Nanatsuki asked again, "You have just been to the first family, right?"
"That's right," Conan said, "We went to the house marked 'Dahe' on the map. That family's surname was indeed Dahe, but that family said they had not been robbed, and nothing strange seemed to have happened recently...
…How about this, I’ll ask Mitsuhiko to take a photo of the map and pass it on to you, and if you take a look, you might be able to find something.”