Science: The Little Shota of the Maori Family

And even if I wanted to refuse, it seemed I couldn't...

It was not until the bell rang that the three ignorant little guys returned to their seats reluctantly.

The homeroom teacher, Sumiko Kobayashi, walked into the classroom, followed by a little boy wearing glasses.

"Huh? Are there new classmates?" Ayumi said in a low voice.

Toru Watanabe glanced at Conan who was carrying his schoolbag, without much reaction.

"Everyone, we have a new student in our class," Kobayashi Sumiko said to the students below. "Now, please let the new student introduce himself."

Under the gaze of the whole class, Conan said awkwardly, "Hello everyone, my name is Edogawa Conan, please give me your guidance.

There was complete silence down there."

Then, laughter filled the classroom.

"Hahaha, this name is so funny..."

"The name Conan sounds foreign..."

"..."

Kobayashi Sumiko suppressed her smile and pointed to an empty seat. "Edogawa-san, please sit next to Kinoshita-san. Everyone, please get along well with the new student."

"Good~"

……

After class, many classmates gathered around Conan.

Ayumi also wanted to go over and say hello to Conan, so she said to Watanabe Toru, "Che, let's go get acquainted with our new classmates."

Watanabe Toru glanced at Conan's position and said, "Everyone is gathered around, and Edogawa-san can't handle it. Let's wait until the lunch break."

"Okay." Seeing Conan busy greeting his classmates, Ayumi gave up for the time being.

The last class in the morning is music class.

As Sayuri Matsumoto stepped into the classroom, Toru Watanabe felt that she was a little depressed. Compared with her previous enthusiasm for students after entering the classroom, she seemed to be thoughtful today and was quite silent.

Toru Watanabe guessed that it should be related to the matter of Takasugi Toshihiko. Before he returned to Tokyo, he revealed the matter between Takasugi Toshihiko and Yamazaki Tsuruta to Iori Muga. After knowing this information, the Ooka Group could not help but investigate and retaliate against the Takasugi Group.

The crisis of the Takasugi Group has just begun, and as Takasugi Toshihiko's girlfriend, Matsumoto Sayuri naturally cannot be unaware of it.

065. Tone-deaf

With ten minutes left in get out of class, Sayuri Matsumoto, as usual, had everyone sing the Teitan Elementary School anthem. However, today she changed the format, letting each student sing a line at a time, allowing them to experience a different atmosphere.

"Green burning ゆるhill, distant mountain びこも..."

Watanabe Toru has been in school for a month, and the school song is no longer a problem for him. After he finished singing his own line and sat down, Ayumi followed: "歌ってる笑颜で，まぶしい太阳，心に刻もう..."

It's Conan's turn: "みなぎる力で, try your courage..."

The piano music suddenly stopped. Sayuri Matsumoto frowned and looked over. Seeing the unfamiliar face, she was slightly startled and asked, "New classmate?"

"Yes." Conan answered awkwardly. He knew why Matsumoto Sayuri stopped.

Damn tone-deaf.

Matsumoto Kobato was surprised and asked, "You can sing the Teitan Elementary school song just after transferring here?"

Conan explained: "My sister taught me. She used to be a student at Teitan Elementary School."

Sayuri Matsumoto suddenly realized: "In that case, then sing well."

"Yes."

"みなぎる力で, try そう勇気を..."

The accompaniment stopped again.

Sayuri Matsumoto frowned and looked at Conan: "You are not deliberately messing with the teacher, are you?"

"No, no." Conan explained helplessly: "I just... just..."

I still don’t have the nerve to say that I’m tone-deaf.

“One more time…”

"..."

"Teacher will give you one last chance, sing well..."

"..."

Snapped--

Sayuri Matsumoto finally couldn't help herself and slammed the piano. She was already in a bad mood today, and now another student was messing with her. She felt wronged and irritated and burst out: "Are you bullying the teacher?"

The students below didn't dare to make a sound, and their eyes were focused on Conan.

"Teacher." Watanabe Toru raised his hand.

"what's up?"

"Edogawa-san might be tone-deaf."

Sayuri Matsumoto was stunned for a moment, looking at Conan who was hesitant and embarrassed to speak, she seemed to think of someone, shook her head and said, "Sit down."

"Tetsu, what is tone-deaf?" Ayumi asked Watanabe Toru quietly.

"I just can't find the tune when singing."

"How pitiful." Ayumi looked at the dejected Conan with sympathy: "He must be very sad."

……

Rest time after lunch.

Conan sat in his seat, holding his cheek with his hands, staring out the window in a daze.

"Hello, Edogawa-san."

The soft voice brought him back to his senses. Conan looked back at the four classmates who had come over at some point in time and responded, "Hello."

"My name is Ayumi, please give me your guidance."

"My name is Mitsuhiko."

"I'm Genta."

"Toru Watanabe."

After the four of them introduced themselves, Genta said, "Hey, do you want to join our Junior Detective Team?"

"Boy Detective Team?" Conan's expression was exactly the same as Watanabe Toru's when he first heard the name.

Ayumi said proudly: "We can help clients solve various difficult cases."

A difficult incident? Just you little guys?

Conan almost laughed out loud and declined politely: "Well... forget it."

"Hey, do you look down on our Junior Detective Team?" Conan's attitude made Genta very unhappy. He grabbed Conan's collar and said loudly: "If Ayumi didn't feel sorry for you, I wouldn't let you join."

"Yuanta, you can't do this." Ayumi said coquettishly.

Genta didn't dare to disobey Ayumi and let go of Conan awkwardly.

"Don't be afraid, Edogawa-san." Ayumi said softly, "As long as you join our Junior Detective Team, no one will dare to bully you in the future."

Why does this sound like coercion to join the Yakuza?

Watanabe Toru didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Conan probably felt the same way. He said helplessly, "Okay, I'll join."

"That's great." Ayumi said happily, "Then the ghost hunting team will be expanded tonight."

"Catch...catch ghosts?"

Conan was stunned. He thought he was just joining an organization formed by these kids on a whim, but he never expected that something so outrageous would happen.

"Where are you going to catch ghosts?" Conan couldn't help but ask.

Genta said proudly, "Ayumi discovered an old house. We saw ghost lights appearing last night, so we have to go catch the evil ghost. This is the first group activity of our Junior Detective Team. No one can be absent, otherwise I will not be polite."

Conan opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but finally closed it.

There are no ghosts in this world, but these children have to believe it.

066. Haunted House Adventure

After school, Toru Watanabe first returned to the Mori Detective Agency to put down his schoolbag, and then went to Beika Park to meet up with Ayumi and the others.

He was the last one to arrive. After he arrived, Yuan Tai announced on the spot: "The members of the Junior Detective League have gathered. Now, everyone, take out the things you brought. I brought a baseball... No, a ghost bat."

Ayumi held up her schoolbag: "I brought snacks for everyone to fill their stomachs."

"I prepared five flashlights and a compass." Mitsuhiko also took out the things he had prepared.

His eyes fell on Toru Watanabe and Conan.

"Xiao Tetsu, Conan, what did you bring?" Genta asked.

Conan scratched his head: "I haven't prepared anything."

"What!" Yuan Tai said dissatisfiedly: "How can you not prepare anything for such an important matter? I won't care whether you live or die when the time comes."

Conan laughed dryly in his heart.

"Toru, what did you bring?" Genta asked Watanabe Toru again.

Watanabe Tetsu was about to say that he was just like Conan and didn't bring anything with him, but Ayumi helped him and said, "Che is very smart. He just needs to figure out how to catch ghosts."

Watanabe Toru: “…”

Although Ayumi is young, she is very good at playing double standards.

If Conan doesn't prepare anything, he will just eat and wait to die.

He didn't bring anything with him because he kept everything in his head.

……

Led by Ayumi, everyone came to the abandoned house on 4th chome.

The iron gate outside the villa was rusty, the courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and crows flew into the sky from the green and red eaves, making creepy calls.

"This door can't be opened." Mitsuhiko went forward to push the door, but failed. He turned around and said to his friends.

"Then let's see if there is any other place to go in." Yuantai suggested.

The five people walked around the villa and finally found a big hole in a corner of the wall. The entrance of the hole was covered with wooden boards and weeds, and was big enough for an adult to get through.

Led by Yuantai, the five people crawled into the courtyard through the big hole and came to the front of the villa.

"I wonder if this place is locked." Yuan Tai grabbed the door handle and heard a click. Yuan Tai said in surprise, "Great, the door is not locked."

Everyone looked into the house. It was pitch black inside, like a black dye vat, with no light at all.

"It's so dark, I can't see anything."

"Are we really going in?" Ayumi hesitated, "Or, should we go back?"

Yuan Tai shrank his neck and refused: "No, we are already here, we must go in and take a look."

He was actually afraid in his heart, but he was the leader of the Junior Detective Team. If the first group activity ended in failure, how could he lead the team in the future?

"Mitsuhiko, give me the flashlight." Genta said to Mitsuhiko.

Mitsuhiko handed him a flashlight.

With the light, the situation inside the house could finally be seen clearly. Yuan Tai bravely took the lead and walked in, and the others followed him.

"Look, there are devil ornaments here." Yuan Tai shouted excitedly as the light shone on the ornaments in the front hall.

"Really? It looks so cool." Ayumi tilted her head back, a look of amazement on her face.

Mitsuhiko walked over and touched it, his hands covered in dust. "It seems that no one has been here for many years. There is dust everywhere... Ah, there is a washbasin here. I'm so lucky."

Seeing Mitsuhiko turn on the faucet to wash his hands, Watanabe Toru clearly heard Conan's soft "eh".

The group went up to the second floor again, and the fear seemed to have slowly dissipated from the children's hearts.