Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

"Xiao Ai..." Seeing that Hui Yuan Ai sat down and changed his shoes disapprovingly, Dr. Ali smiled awkwardly at Yasubaru, and answered Hui Yuan Ai's question, "They think it will take a long time for you to come, so they have already set off The library is looking for materials, and they asked me to tell you that you are responsible for sorting out the materials needed to make newspaper clippings, and they will come back with a copy of the newspaper that reported the case!"

"Really," Hui Yuanai changed into his slippers, put his shoes away, got up and went into the house with snacks, "I want to revise the assignment a little bit, and I want to discuss it with them..."

"Revise the topic?" Dr. Ali was a little surprised, and reminded, "I went to Yamanashi Prefecture to catch beetles before, and the time has been delayed for two days. If you modify the topic now, the time for you to complete the group assignment will become even tighter!"

"I just want to change the topic to 'Phantom Thief Kidd Observation Diary', increase the content related to Phantom Thief Kidd and appropriately reduce the report on the air walk event." Haibara put the snack bag on the table, " It’s not wrong for them to collect information about Kaitou Kidd, if that’s the case, I’ll discuss it with them after they come back.”

Dr. Ali smiled dryly, "Phantom Thief Kidd observes the diary..."

"Brother Chi's proposal," Hui Yuanai said, "I think it will be much easier for us to complete it if we change the subject a little bit, and it will easily arouse the interest of other students. Yuantai and the others should not refuse."

Okiya Subaru wondered in his heart if Chi Feichi was in a good mood and could even make fun of the Kaitou Kidd. Seeing Chi Feichi enter the room from the entrance carrying a big cardboard box, he froze for a moment, stepped forward and asked, "Do you need help?"

"No need," Chi Feichi put the cardboard box next to the sofa, "It's just a drawing board and paint inside, it's not very heavy."

Koshimizu Nanatsuki put the bag containing the cardboard and drawing tools on the table, and explained with a smile, "Xiao Ai said that there are no more cardboards and colored pencils here, and they might need them later, we are at the intersection I bought it at the convenience store next door, and Mr. Chi bought the drawing board, oil paints and those painting tools in the store by the way..."

When Chi Feichi saw that Dr. Ali and Okiya Subaru had come over, he also took the initiative to explain, "When the children are doing their 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 I left the rest for the children to paint another day."

He felt that he could try to take advantage of his strange jumping state of thinking today, to see if he could cultivate alternative artistic inspiration.

...

Soon, Huiyuan Ai found all the materials needed for the group homework clippings, and specially tidied up an area in the living room, put all the things on the floor, and put a circle of cushions around it, so that it would be convenient to meet with other children later. Make clippings.

Chi Feichi also found a brightly lit place in front of the window, set up a simple easel, and tidied up his tools and paints.

After Koshimizu Nanatsuki helped take care of the cooking table, Okiya Subaru put the soup cooking aside, and wandered beside Chi Feichi with interest.

"Mr. Chi, have you ever learned oil painting before..."

"I knew a little bit before, but I'm not professional enough."

"What does Mr. Chi want to paint?"

"I don't have a goal for the time being, so I can draw whatever comes to mind. Do you want to try to draw one?"

"Huh? Me? I'm not very good at drawing, and I've never thought about drawing anything, so I might as well not draw..."

Haibara Ai packed up the materials for the group homework, looked back at the two people who had a "happy conversation", and decided to leave for a closer look. By the way, he called Conan and asked when Conan and the three children would be able to return.

"Beep...beep..."

The phone rang twice and was answered.

"Edogawa...it's me...yes, we've arrived. I've prepared the things to make newspaper clippings. The doctor will help us search some information on the computer and print them out... Nanatsuki-san will be there for lunch help……"

Seeing that Chi Feichi and Okiya Subaru were still chatting, Huibara stopped by the sofa and continued talking on the phone without going up to disturb the two, "You should have arrived at the library, right?...Wh-what?!"

Such a subconsciously raised voice, even if Huihara Ai didn’t want to disturb other people, Ike Feichi and Okiya Subaru in front of the easel, Koshimizu Nanatsuki behind the cooking counter, and Dr. They were all startled, and all cast inquiring glances at Hui Yuanai.

Hui Yuanai confirmed to Conan on the other end of the phone with an ugly face, "Did you guys not go to the library at all?"

"Hey, what's going on here," Dr. A Li got up from the computer and walked forward, "If they delay any longer, the lunch time will be postponed!"

"Edogawa, wait a minute," Haibara saw that other people were also paying attention to his side, and 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 the map of the neighborhood was drawn on the back of the leaflet, and several areas were crossed out, marking which houses were there. They thought it might be thieves who were going to steal things from those houses, so they didn't go to the library. , but went to investigate nearby.”

Dr. Ali was stunned for a moment, "That being said, it seems that there have been several burglaries in Mihua Town recently. I heard that the criminals have not been caught yet..."

"Besides, burglars will indeed investigate the suitable homes in advance, mark the doors of those homes with special symbols, or directly make a map," Yueshui Nanatsuki walked out of the cooking table uneasy, "However, children go Investigating this kind of thing is still too dangerous, some burglars are very vicious when facing children."

Haibara Ai heard the yelling of three brats from the phone, and pressed the hands-free call so that the other end could hear Koshimizu Nanatsuki's last words, and followed up with her own threat, "Did you hear that? Don't underestimate thieves. Some thieves will kill if they are in a hurry. It's no psychological burden to beat a group of children. Don't do it casually."

Nanatsuki Koshimizu noticed that Haibara Ai was on the hands-free, leaned over and smiled at the mobile phone in Haibara Ai's hand, "So, you'd better talk to the police officers about this matter. Soliciting clues for the burglary case, you found this suspicious map, if you send the map over, the police officers will definitely pay attention to it, if the map is just someone's prank, you don't have to waste time investigating, you can go to it earlier information, and then go home for lunch, if this is really a map made by a thief, then the police will definitely be able to catch the thief faster, and everyone will not forget the contribution of your young detective team!"

The three children were obviously confused and did not rush to make a noise.

After a while, Yuan Taicai said hesitantly, "I think this is not bad, I can go back to cook earlier..."

Koshimizu Nanatsuki pretended to be very serious, "Providing such important clues, the Mihua Police Station or the neighborhood committee in the town might send a pennant to the Detective Boys..."

Ayumi looked forward to it instantly, "A pennant..."

Chi Feichi sat down in front of the easel, watching Yueshui Nanatsuki play tricks on the children.

Well, Yue Shui from his family is a bit foolish.

"If you go to investigate privately, encounter danger in the middle, and need the police to rescue you, then there will definitely not be a pennant, but if you provide important clues, in order to encourage this kind of behavior, you may get a pennant," Yue Shui Nanatsuki flickered solemnly, "With this kind of pennant, when someone wants to entrust you in the future, they will feel that they are trustworthy to find you. This kind of honor symbol that can make the client feel at ease, the Boys Detective Team seems to have no at all... "

"Yes, that's right," Mitsuhiko hesitated, as if he had exerted great strength to resist the temptation, "but...if this is just a prank map, if we send this map over, it will disrupt the direction of the police's investigation. Well, that will cause trouble for the police officers..."

Nanatsuki Koshimizu: "..."

She couldn't refute it.

"That's right," Ayumi said in a worried tone, "The police officers are usually very busy at work and have a lot of things to deal with. If we provide wrong clues, it will waste a lot of their time."

"But I'm a little hungry..." Yuan Tai retorted, her voice weakened, "However, we have already been to the first family that was marked with a cross, and now we are going to the second family, and we are almost here. It won’t take too much time to read it all over again, at worst, we’ll go back to eat first, and then go to the library in the afternoon..."

Mitsuhiko's voice was serious, "In short, we don't have anything important to do in a hurry. Why don't we ask the residents nearby to see if anyone sees suspicious people or finds anything worth noting. If someone nearby finds something If there is any suspicious person or thing, we will send the map to the police station and give it to the officers, wouldn't that be better?"

"That's right..." Nanatsuki Koshimi didn't expect that he would be persuaded by the child, but now, he can only tell him, "Then you must pay attention to safety."

The voices of the three children came back to life.

"yes!"

"We'll be careful!"

"I'm sorry, Huiyuan-san, we can't go to the library for the time being, maybe you need to wait a little longer!"

"That's okay, after you ask the people nearby, come back to eat first," Hui Yuanai reluctantly compromised, and then warned with a cold face, "But you guys don't just talk nicely every time, you must really pay attention Just be safe!"

"Yes, we know!"

The voice that responded over there was neat and firm, but to Chi Feichi and Hui Yuanai's ears, it sounded like 'we know but we won't do it'.

Nanatsuki Koshimi felt uneasy when he thought of the courage of these children, "Speaking of which, what kind of map is that?"

Mitsuhiko: "We picked up the map on the road. It was drawn on a laundromat leaflet. On the front was the advertisement of Sakae House Laundry, and on the back was a map drawn with a ballpoint pen, with lines representing the main streets and alleys. The name of the street is also marked on the main street, which is in the vicinity of the Mihuacho Sanchome Ohashi convenience store we passed by..."

Ayumi: "In addition to this, I only drew crosses on the positions of the four families, and there are arrows marking the last names..."

Yuantai: "It's Dahe, Eguchi, these kinds of surnames, it looks like a thief is going to target, doesn't it?"

"Then, are the surnames marked the surnames of those four families?" Yueshui Nanatsuki asked again, "You have already been to the first one just now, right?"

"That's right," Conan said, "We went to the family marked 'Dahe' on the map. That family's surname is indeed Dahe, but the family said that they hadn't been stolen, and nothing strange happened recently... …How about this, I asked Mitsuhiko to take a picture of the map and pass it on to you, take a look, maybe you can find something.”