Thunderous applause erupted in the classroom, which was a friendly welcome from the children.
After a few seconds, the applause stopped.
"Come on, Teacher Wakasa..." Teacher Kobayashi motioned to Rumi Wakasa next to him to come up and say a few words.
However, Rumi Wakasa looked timid, with a rosy face and her gaze downward.
He hesitated for a few seconds with slightly parted lips, and then said: "That..."
"Hello everyone, my name is Rumi Wakasa..."
"Ten years older than your teacher Xiao Lin..."
"Please, please take care of me!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she bowed forward.
As a result, I used too much force when I bowed, and my forehead hit the podium directly, making a muffled sound.
This reckless move first stunned everyone in the classroom, and then burst into laughter.
The classroom is full of cheerful atmosphere.
Seeing that Rumi Wakasa did not perform well during their first meeting, Kobayashi quickly walked over to comfort her.
Conan, who was sitting below, looked at Wakasa Rumi's reckless performance and once again confirmed in his heart that this could not be the "Elena" he met in London.
Although they look very similar...
"But at this time, a deputy head teacher came to the class, which is really rare..." Conan murmured.
Sitting next to her, Haibara Ai hugged her shoulders and looked coldly at Wakasa Rumi, who was making a fool of herself on the podium, and said calmly: "Because there are many transfer students like us in this class, that's why we need a deputy head teacher...
"
"Yeah?"
Conan, who had other answers in mind, put his chin with one hand and glanced in the direction of the three little ones.
I guess it's because these three are usually too troublesome, so the school has appointed another deputy head teacher, right?
…
The morning passed in the blink of an eye and it was lunch time.
The five members of the Young Detective Team put together the study table and sat down to eat together.
Facing the nutritionally balanced but light-tasting children's set meal, the other four people ate with gusto.
Only Conan looked at the milk, fried rice, bread, vegetable and corn platter on the plate, and he had no interest in eating at all.
Alas, when can I change back?
Conan poked the broccoli on the plate with a spoon and sighed softly.
Since returning from London, the impact of the organization's affairs on his heart has not only not weakened, but has become more profound.
Now that everyone is doing their part to fight against the organization, how can I sit here and eat the children's meal with peace of mind?
How about asking for a leave from school?
Xiaolan can also temporarily withdraw...
Anyway, now that Kuroba Kaito is there, no matter what he does, there is no way that Xiaolan will suspect him.
Now even if she reveals "I am Kudo Shinichi" in front of Xiaolan, Xiaolan will definitely laugh it off.
So, on the way back by plane with Kuroba Kaito, Conan made some arrangements with this "cousin".
For example, because Kuroba Kaito looks too much like "Kudo Shinichi", in order to avoid misunderstanding after Maori Ran saw it, Kuroba Kaito's future activity range in Tokyo was defined as the southwest area centered on Ekoda Town.
No more than Shibuya at most.
If you have any important reason to come to Mihua, you must report it in advance.
Secondly, if there is any need here, Kuroba Kaito can come over at any time to help play "Kudo Shinichi".
However, during the performance, Conan also made three chapters with him.
First, no physical contact is allowed.
Second, no physical contact is allowed.
Third, no physical contact is allowed.
Important things should be agreed three times.
The reason why Kuroba Kaito agreed to these agreements was because he felt that he had used Kudo Shinichi's identity before, which led to the two of them being targeted by the Beast Brotherhood, and he felt guilty.
At this time, Hui Yuan Ai next to me suddenly said: "There seems to be something wrong with you..."
"Me?" Conan looked stunned, "Yes?"
Haiyuan Ai did not turn to look at him, but said to herself, "You spent most of this morning lowering your head and thinking..."
"Did something happen when I went to London this time?"
Hearing Haiyuan Ai's guess, Conan's pupils trembled, and he sighed inwardly at his accurate intuition.
But I definitely couldn't let Haihara Ai know about those things in London, otherwise she would have to worry about it again.
"Haha~ What's the matter?"
"This trip to London was nothing special, really..."
Haibara Ai:"……"
She glanced at Conan, who was scratching his head and laughing, and knew he was lying.
Before Conan returned to Japan, she had seen photos of the Wimbledon bombing scene on the Internet, and Conan's presence was in them.
With Conan's habits, it is impossible for him to be completely uninvolved in the case.
But since Conan didn't want to talk, and the incident was over, she didn't want to ask any more questions.
Otherwise, it will appear as if you care about him...
At this moment, the newly appointed deputy head teacher Rumi Wakasa walked to the small dining table of the Junior Detective Team and asked cautiously: "Excuse me... do you know where there is lime?"
"Lime?" Ayumi put down the bread in her hand, "What does the teacher want lime for?"
Wakasa grabbed his hands randomly in front of his clothes and said coquettishly: "In the first physical education class in the afternoon, you are going to play dodgeball on the playground, right?"
"So I wanted to use lime to draw all the lines I needed during my lunch break, but the original lime for drawing the lines had just been used up, and I didn't find any spare ones in the warehouse..."
At this time, Conan, as an "old senior", took the initiative and said: "Then we should go to the old warehouse of the school and have a look. Maybe there is some lime there?"
Yuantai showed a wicked look, "Is it that dilapidated warehouse that is rumored to be haunted by ghosts?"
Mitsuhiko immediately followed the rhythm, "I heard that a long time ago, a teacher was locked up in that warehouse and starved to death..."
"Yes, I heard that there are still people near the warehouse. Please help me. I'm so hungry. I want to eat eel rice..."
Conan helplessly shook off his half-moon eyes. This is obviously something you want to eat, right?
However, just when the three children were just chatting and laughing, and had become accustomed to such topics about dead people, Haibara Ai saw the fearful expression on Rumi Wakasa's face.
She could see what the new teacher was afraid of.
"What's wrong? Don't you know where the old warehouse is?"
Haihara Ai did not ask the somewhat embarrassing question "What are you afraid of?", but changed the question to guide him to express his demands.
"I, I know where it is..."
Rumi Wakasa became even more coy, "Then, that...that's, that..."
"Is it because you are afraid that you want us to accompany you?"
Conan said it straight away without any loss of face.
"Well~ yes."
Wakasa Rumi admitted generously.
…
After the Young Detective Team finished lunch, they took Rumi Wakasa to the back of the school.
This is an abandoned vacant lot, not far from the garbage storage point.
In the middle of the open space, an abandoned warehouse stands.
Conan looked at the warehouse in front of him and couldn't help feeling that things were different and people were different.
When I went to elementary school here ten years ago, this warehouse was still in use, and it wasn't as shabby as it is now.
"Look, the door here is unlocked!" Yuantai pointed at the warehouse door and shouted.
Conan put his hands in his pockets and said nonchalantly: "There was no lock here 10 years ago..."
Before he finished speaking, Hui Yuan Ai next to him nudged him with his elbow.
Realizing that he had said the wrong thing, Conan quickly shut up.
But the three little ones who had heard what he said still turned around in surprise.
"Eh? How did Conan know?" Ayumi asked in a puzzled tone.
"Um... Sister Xiaolan told me, haha~" Conan scratched his head, his expression was exactly the same as when he lied to Haibara Ai just now.
But the three little ones still looked unbelieving.
Seeing this, Haiyuan Ai directly changed the subject, "Since it hasn't been used for such a long time, why didn't it be discarded earlier?"
Conan held his chin up, "I remember the principal said at the graduation ceremony that it couldn't be dismantled because of Feng Shui reasons..."
"No!" Realizing that he had said something wrong, he came back to his senses and quickly corrected him, "I said it during the opening ceremony..."
"Opening ceremony?" Mitsuhiko frowned and looked confused, "Conan, aren't you a transfer student? Have you ever attended an opening ceremony?"
Ayumi: "And it seems that the principal never said such a thing..."
Forehead……
Realizing that he was getting darker and darker, Conan hurriedly walked to the warehouse with a smile, "Ha~ I think we should hurry up and go in to find lime!"
Hui Yuan Ai hugged her shoulders and wondered to herself if Conan had been too careless about his identity recently, right?
Although Gin is dead now, other people in the organization may still remember Kudo Shinichi.
Fortunately, there is no one nearby who can trigger the organization's radar, otherwise those few words just now will definitely arouse suspicion.
However, Rumi Wakasa, who was standing behind like a transparent person, was already looking at the two of them thoughtfully.
…
When I opened the door and entered the warehouse, I was immediately hit by a musty smell in the air.
Because the warehouse has been abandoned for a long time, the lights inside can no longer be turned on.
Rumi Wakasa wanted to go back and get the flashlight, but all the members of the Boy Detective Team took out watch-shaped flashlights.
"No need for a flashlight, we have this!"
Rumi Wakasa looked at the watch-shaped flashlights in the three small hands and was slightly stunned, "You actually carry such a convenient tool with you..."
When someone praised him, Genta quickly showed off, "Dr. Ali made this for us!"
"There is also a detective medal that can be used as a walkie-talkie!"
The three little ones showed off their detective medals together again to Rumi Wakasa.
Rumi Wakasa looked at the little detective medal, which had a walkie-talkie function, and immediately grasped the key point, murmuring: "That doctor is so awesome..."
Next, several people began to search the warehouse.
Although this warehouse has been abandoned for a long time, there are several rows of shelves inside, dividing the warehouse into several areas.
There are many unused items on the shelves, so it will take some time to find them.
Of course, the premise is that there is lime here.
Conan was walking around the warehouse with a watch-shaped flashlight in his hand, seemingly looking for lime, but in fact he was still thinking about organizational matters.
Qin Zhibo said in London that he believed the real purpose of the organization was probably related to the existence of "Cthulhu".
Cthulhu is a god sleeping in the sea.
And the purpose of the organization is to revive it.
After experiencing all the previous parallel worlds, Conan has now fully realized that not everything in this world can be explained by science.
At least not in what humans think of as science.
However, Conan felt that Cthulhu itself should not be as evil as a "god".
First of all, alien life is indeed possible.
The so-called gods should just be some more powerful, mysterious, and unknown alien creatures.
Just like in ancient times, humans even regarded thunder, lightning, wind, rain, and solar eclipses as totems of gods. In fact, they gave a layer of lofty meaning to incomprehensible things.
The current Cthulhu is an existence that is incomprehensible to humans.
After returning to Japan, Conan tried to search for some relevant clues on the Internet, but did not gain much.
In addition to the rhetoric of the Old Ones, Cthulhu is sleeping in the underwater city of R'lyeh and will reappear when the stars return.
However, compared to previous searches on the Internet, Conan found that there was obviously more content related to "Cthulhu" on the Internet.
Previously, this entry was only available on the Noah's Ark knowledge website, but now many people are discussing it.
Some said they dreamed of Cthulhu; some said they had dived into the bottom of the sea; and some even said they were children of Cthulhu.
In short, one is more outrageous than the other...
So again, as a staunch materialist, Conan will only believe in what has been proven to exist.
While Conan was thinking, the three kids on the other side picked up a curriculum on the shelf in the warehouse.
The paper for the curriculum is in tatters and has many spaces left unwritten.
"Let me see……"
Haihara Ai came over and took the course schedule from Ayumi's hand.
I saw that the two horizontal and vertical columns on it were written with "Moon, Fire, Water, Wood, Metal, and Earth" representing the days of the week respectively, and only the first vertical column was written with courses.
However, Hui Yuan Ai could tell something was wrong at a glance and narrowed his eyes slightly.
But she didn't say anything, and planned to show it to Conan, an old friend from this school, later, maybe he would be able to remember what was going on.
Conan on the other side was walking and found a floor door.
Huh? Is this here?
The floor door is made of iron and is covered with mottled rust.
However, the rust on the floor door and door frame is somewhat worn and peeled off.
This made Conan suspicious.
Has someone opened this door recently?
Driven by curiosity, Conan bit the watch in his mouth, squatted in front of the door, held the welded handle on the iron door with both hands, and tried to open the door with a weightlifting gesture.
He used both hands together, and the height of the door slowly rose.
But when he maintained the posture of holding the door open and the light of the watch in his mouth shone into the basement, he saw a human skeleton lying directly opposite the stairs.
What?!
Surprised, Conan subconsciously opened his mouth slightly, but his watch fell down the stairs.
Others heard the sound and came over quickly, and saw Conan practicing weight lifting.
"Conan, what are you doing?"
"Yantai, come here quickly and hold the door open!"
Conan looked serious and quickly asked the top guy in the group to come over and hold the door open.