area51novel Chapter 174 The Seven Mysteries of the Campus
Chapter 174 The Seven Mysteries of the Campus
Chapter 174 The Seven Mysteries of the Campus
Recently, legends about the seven mysteries of the school have been circulating at Teitan Elementary School, such as a statue that stares at you, a human model running in the corridor, fewer and fewer students, a missing head teacher, and so on. In short, the stories are getting more and more bizarre.
The members of the Junior Detective Club naturally wouldn't give up the opportunity to find out the truth, so they stayed at school instead of going home after school.
Ai Haibara, who was being dragged along, sighed helplessly and mentally complained about how irresponsible parents are these days. She took out her phone and sent an email to Hiko Akutagawa and Dr. Hiroto, explaining the situation. Not long ago, a note suddenly appeared on her bedside table, stating that people who shrunk through APTX4869 could temporarily turn back into adults by drinking Lao Bai Gan (a type of Chinese liquor) when they had a cold.
Ai Haibara was so frightened that she wanted to hide next door and never come out until the organization was destroyed. No, she wouldn't come out until everyone in the organization was captured.
But then I thought about it again. If he could put the things by her bedside without disturbing her, killing her would be a piece of cake. And since he knows that APTX4869 can shrink people, he probably knows her identity as well.
Therefore, the content on this note is highly credible.
However, there are many types of colds, and it's unclear which one it is. She can only try them one by one. The experiment results are coming out soon, and if all goes well, she should be able to make some temporary antidotes.
However, what bothered her more was that the note mentioned that the temporary antidote should not be given to Conan without permission.
She actually had a good impression of Conan, but she felt that they didn't get along. It wasn't that the two were incompatible, not because they were members of an evil organization and righteous detectives.
When a cautious person encounters a reckless teammate who charges ahead without thinking, you'll also feel like you don't get along with them.
"Conan, aren't you going to tell your family so they don't worry?"
The trio seemed quite proud: "It's okay, Mom and Dad are probably used to it by now."
Ai Haibara gave Conan a reproachful look.
These three are children, and you're acting like a real child too? You should really show some responsibility as a high school student!
Conan selectively ignored Ai Haibara's gaze: "We definitely can't tell Ran-neechan, or we'll definitely be taken home."
Ai Haibara recalled the experiences that Genta Kojima and the others had shared when they invited her to join the Detective Boys, and thought about her seemingly troubled nature, so she sent another email to Hiko Akutagawa.
Although most of these "seven unbelievable things on campus" are compiled by people who are too bored with reading, or who happen to encounter events that they cannot explain due to their lack of knowledge, and then the stories become more and more bizarre.
But you can't be too afraid of the unexpected. If we encounter something real, that would be really bad.
When Akutagawa received the email from Ai, he was visiting the professor's house and was pulled aside by the professor to experiment with the tropical rainbow firework bomb that the professor had painstakingly invented.
It has to be said that the special effects are really beautiful. The colorful appearance makes it easy to overlook that it is explosives used to demolish buildings.
After reading the email, which seemed to have been carefully chosen in its wording, Akutagawa Hiko silently recalled what he had read.
He remembered the seven unbelievable things about the school, and there really were seven: the plaster statue in the art room, the mannequin in the health room, the masked villain, the missing headmaster, the dolls with everyone's names on them, the unlocked doors in the faculty classrooms, and the condensation on the windows. Although it seemed a bit far-fetched, if you included the Beika roving gang that appeared at Teitan Elementary School, it would definitely be enough.
Although there were no casualties and the incident was purely a series of misunderstandings, it was still very interesting, which successfully transformed the "tiger mom" Ms. Kobayashi into a cute character.
There's also the bald headmaster and the riddle-solving principal who hides his wig; they're all quite interesting.
Dr. Agasa was very satisfied with his invention. After cleaning up the explosion debris, he immediately contacted the relevant personnel at the Beika Museum.
Akutagawa Hiko also took his leave. He had originally intended to call Ran to explain the situation, but the person who answered the phone was a drunk Kogoro Mouri.
One has to admire this uncle who gets himself completely drunk all the time. An ordinary person drinking like that would at least suffer a host of health problems, if not die.
The roaring motorcycle transformed into a streak of light. Bourbon landed lightly in Akutagawa Hiko's pocket, Xiaolongbao lay on the fuel tank, and Tangbing transformed into a gray-white lightning bolt and suddenly jumped onto the back seat.
Even with the wind making it hard to open his eyes and his tongue flailing wildly in the air, his silly and handsome charm remained undiminished.
Parking his motorcycle on the side of the road, Akutagawa looked at the guards who were drunk and fast asleep in the guardhouse and expressed deep concern about the security of Teitan Elementary School. He then walked into the prestigious school with an air of nonchalance.
After skillfully prying open the lock, Akutagawa Hiko had just entered the teaching building when he heard a scream, which undoubtedly belonged to Ayumi.
"Ouch, that hurts—"
Ayumi was startled by the model that perfectly displayed the human body's texture. She screamed and ran away as if under a spell, crashing headfirst into a huge cardboard box.
Like a Sichuan opera face-changing act, the three real children rummaged through the cardboard box: "Ah, look! It says 'Tang Sanzang' on it, and it has my name on it!"
Akutagawa Hiko observed silently, thinking that using Tang Sanzang to represent Ayumi was actually quite reasonable. What a divinely chosen hostage!
Genta Kojima grumbled at the tattered Pigsy doll, "What's going on? Why is my name written on Pigsy's doll? And why is it so broken?"
Unexpectedly, Pigsy's head fell off directly, startling Genta Kojima.
"Could someone be trying to kill me?!"
Genta Kojima was so frightened that he trembled all over. Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and Ayumi Yoshida quickly comforted him, saying, "That must be the name of the person who played Pigsy when someone else's class was rehearsing a puppet show."
But Conan and Ai Haibara thought differently; they looked somewhat somberly at the dolls that also bore their surnames.
Edogawa is already a rather rare surname, and when combined with the surnames of Haibara and Genta Kojima, it's definitely not just a simple coincidence.
Ai Haibara whispered, "Could it be some kind of substitute curse? Did you sense anything?"
Conan shook his head: "No, but we can't rule out the possibility that I'm not skilled enough."
Although Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya was a bit timid, he was still a staunch materialist, and he laughed it off, saying, "They wouldn't be trying to kill us, we just happened to be here—"
As she spoke, she walked towards the window: "Moreover, the plaster statue is still perfectly fine in the art room, and the anatomical model is still in the infirmary—"
"Ahhh!!"