Dr. A Li and Ye Gengyi were cleaning up the garbage and debris near the camp with large plastic bags. When they heard Conan say this, they could only explain with a smile:
"There's nothing we can do about it... People from nearby villages usually take turns to clean up, but yesterday's festival was held very late. Maybe everyone was too excited and didn't bother to divide the work."
"Huh? Festival?"
Conan recalled for a moment and asked with some confusion: "What day was yesterday?"
"Haha, no wonder you don't know, it is a festival called the 'Sky Lantern Festival', which is a unique festival in this village. After the sun goes down, the villagers will carry floats with many gods on them and parade along the street. You see... …”
Dr. Agasa pointed to the torii gate not far away, "The colorful floats set off from there, and there are gorgeous fireworks behind them. The scenery is simply beautiful!"
"Huh?"
Conan wondered, "Doctor, were you here yesterday?"
"oops……"
Dr. A Li knew he had made a mistake and was about to explain when three little heads came over at some point:
"Doctor, are you here alone?"
"Ah, no, this..."
"Too treacherous!"
"People also want to see fireworks!"
"I happened to have something to do, so I came here..." Dr. A Li quickly asked for outside help, "right, Xiao Ai?"
"Aha……"
Haiyuan Ai yawned, "Yes, it's because of this that I don't get enough sleep."
Don’t you get enough sleep every day?
Thinking about it, Conan couldn't help but glance at the figure beside him who was not disturbed by their chat at all and was cleaning up the garbage on the ground in a very efficient rhythm, and added in his heart:
And Brother Geng is also...
"Haihara-san, what are you and the doctor doing here? Catching unicorns and stag beetles?" Here, Mitsuhiko is still asking.
"Well, let's just treat it like that." Haihara Ai had an expression that said, "The secret hasn't been revealed yet."
"But are there really unicorns and stag beetles around here?" Ayumi looked around in confusion, "It seems like I can't see any of them."
"Of course you won't be able to find it if you search randomly." Conan got up from the ground.
"I'm not looking for it randomly!"
Mitsuhiko opened the insect column of the encyclopedia, "I noticed when I came here that this area is full of wax trees and oak trees that the unicorns particularly like."
"Then you can touch and see if the ground near the roots of the tree is hard, and besides some garbage thrown here, there are no fallen leaves or dead leaves, right?"
Conan is going to use the knowledge he learned in Hawaii to give a practical lesson that is not found in books.
Seeing that Mitsuhiko had already squatted down to confirm, he continued:
"The larvae of the rhinoceros beetle can survive on the ground with rotten leaves and soft soil, while the larvae of the stag beetle need to grow on dead trees. Therefore, it is not easy to live in this forest where people clean it regularly and the ground is hard. Maybe we can find it. If we really want to find it, we might as well go back to our tent and do it early in the morning."
"Then let's just start sleeping now!"
Yuantai suggested, "As long as you wait in the woods in the early morning until dawn, you can definitely catch them!"
"Haha... I advise you not to have too high expectations."
Conan poured a basin of cold water on it, "The best time to collect insects is from June to mid-July. The temperature has begun to drop recently, and the sap that insects like to eat has also begun to decrease..."
"Huh? It's the unicorn... and the stag beetle."
At this moment, Ye Gengyi's voice suddenly reached everyone's ears.
"Where, where!"
Before the three little heads could be disappointed, they immediately ran over with excitement on their faces.
Conan's expression froze while he was chatting, and he scratched his head and said awkwardly: "Occasionally, there are one or two who come out to hang out..."
"Yes, and then I happened to be met by Genichi." Dr. A Li said quietly.
"Let's go and take a look."
Hui Yuan Ai greeted the two people with depressed faces. The most important thing is that the children are happy, but the gifts and puzzles they stayed up late to prepare were... In short, I hope Geng Yi will not find too many unicorns and stag beetles. Bar.
"Eh……"
Just as he was thinking about it, not far in front of him, there suddenly came the regretful sighs of three little heads.
"What?" Haiyuan Ai ran over to ask about the situation, "Did the insects fly away?"
"They can't fly away, so you can carry them away."
Ye Gengyi pointed to the garbage bag surrounded by three little human heads. "The body looks quite complete. You can try feeding it Xue Li after you take it back to see if it suits its appetite."
Haibara Ai:"……"
What on earth was I worried about just now...
"This must have been accidentally trampled by someone last night." Mitsuhiko looked at the two 'worm corpses' that had been picked up by someone in a garbage bag with a depressed look.
"What I'm looking for are live insects." Ayumi said frustratedly.
"It's so boring... How about we just go exploring nearby!" Yuantai has given up on catching insects and is preparing to launch a new phase of the death-seeking operation.
Huh? Geng Yi’s cold start this time is very effective...
Seeing this, Dr. A Li came over happily and said, "Oh, don't be so disappointed. In fact, I and Xiao Ai have prepared treasures for you."
"treasure?!"
The children's emotions came and went quickly, and they immediately looked over expectantly:
"What treasure?"
"Is it a big diamond?"
"Ahem...it's not a diamond, but you will definitely like it."
Dr. Agasa took out a piece of paper with the word 'Malakura' written on it from his pocket, spread it out and said: "Of course, the premise is that this code needs to be solved!"
Pill bugs and...tents?
Conan glanced over, and since he couldn't decipher the code directly, he habitually took out his notepad and wrote it down.
"The term pill bugs probably refers to those woodlouse insects that like to move under rocks and shrink into a ball as long as they are touched with your fingers." Mitsuhiko conducted popular science.
"Eh? Do you want to use that kind of thing to build a tent?" Yuantai looked reluctant.
"I don't really want to catch that one..." Ayumi hesitated.
"It's definitely not going to make us practice it," Mitsuhiko held his chin with one hand, "but it doesn't make sense."
Yuantai gave up thinking immediately: "I usually encounter this kind of situation..."
Ayumi added: "Just go to Conan directly!"
After saying that, the three little figures turned to a certain detective for help.
"No," Haibara Ai stopped him, "We can't let Edogawa help."
"Eh? Why?" Yuantai was confused, "He is also a member of our young detective team."
Because at this time, the insects must not have gathered together yet, and the doctor actually took out the code so early...
After Haiyuan cursed sadly, he could only put on a serious face and preached:
“Don’t get into the habit of relying on others for help when you encounter problems.”
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