Conan: The Mechanic

"I'm already starting to regret why I acted with Conan," Sighing, Haibara Ai complained helplessly. "There's always trouble where he's around."

"I'll tell a ghost story," Qianyu sighed behind her, and said with an indescribable expression. "Even if we keep our distance from him now, we will meet again on the Aegis ship..."

"Thinking about it makes my head big." Haibara Ai shook her head and chose to continue the work at hand - after such a thing happened, neither Chiba nor Haibara Ai had the heart to continue the previous lap pillow, but nothing Not doing it seems to be a waste of time, so the work in Haibara Ai's hands is actually a handmade collar.

As for why Haibara Ai wanted to make a collar for Chiba, it was because of the weather: the current temperature is about 28 degrees, which is the peak period for mosquitoes. Before the whole summer season, Chiba and the others basically stayed in various cold places (the Pearl Tree airship that needed to rely on air conditioning to keep the temperature and various indoors.) The only time they appeared outside without protection was When investigating the zombie villa incident in Hokkaido——that time, everyone in the boy detective team was bitten by mosquitoes and had a psychological shadow.

Due to this reason, when traveling this time, Chiba and Haibara Ai made a mosquito repellent collar for Haibara Ai. Eight groups of slow-release patches are attached around the entire collar, each group of patches can absorb DEET (DEET) by soaking, and the outermost patch can faithfully complete the mosquito repellent work within 5 hours. After the outermost piece is approaching failure, just flip the second piece outside to regain the 4-hour repellent time limit. Each set of three stickers is perfect for repelling mosquitoes throughout the day - of course, the repellent effect is limited to the neck, but considering that Ai Haibara and Chiba's ankles are protected by trousers and socks, The exposed hands are not easy to attract mosquitoes because of frequent activities, so the only risk is the neck skin.

But I don't know why, Haibara Ai seems to be a little repulsive to such accessories, so she always uses DEET directly to repel mosquitoes. Until just now, Haibara Ai told Qianyu that she was going to wear a mosquito repellent collar.

In exchange, Chiba also needs to wear the same collar - considering that there is only one collar, Haibara Ai is now knitting a bracelet with great interest, preparing to install half of the patch box on the collar to this new collar.

"Speaking of which, do you want to ignore this case and leave the team for action?" Qian Yu said suddenly. "Just now, Fujiwara and the others asked us if we would like to go back to the hotel with them. The other suspects have already completed their transcripts and went back. Except for Uncle and the others, we are the only ones left."

"Is it too late?" Ai Haibara turned her head subconsciously to look at the clock next to her, but let out a painful cry. "what--"

"Uh..." Chiba, who was massaging Haibara Ai, stopped quickly. "Feel sorry……"

"It's alright," Ai Haihara shook her head. "Since they said they are going back, let's prepare and go back with them, otherwise it will take a lot of time to go back alone."

……

"What was thrown into Kamogawa?" Officer Ayanokouji who led the team frowned and looked into Suzuki Sonoko's eyes. "Are you sure?"

"Yes!" Sonoko nodded vigorously. "I heard the sound of something splashing into Kamogawa."

"..." Ayanokouji nodded thoughtfully and turned to the policemen beside him. "Go and check if there's anything in the river."

"Uh..." Hotaru, who was originally beside him, suddenly looked strange. After looking at Fujiwara unnaturally, the two who were slightly embarrassed finally chose to leave.

However, just as they were about to leave, unexpected people stopped them.

"Did you go to Kurama Temple today?" Conan asked Fujiwara.

"..." Fujiwara frowned slightly—because this kind of question is generally not a time-saving development, but he chose to tell the truth in the end, because it might be more troublesome not to do so. "Go, what's wrong?"

"Did you see a man wearing a driver's uniform and riding a motorcycle around there?" Conan asked. "He has two bamboo tubes on his back, and the license plate number should be...Beijing 92-48."

"92-48?" Fujiwara's expression changed immediately. "I think yes, we had a brush with him and we were still wondering how a motorcycle would go up the root road."

"Tree Root Road?" Conan turned his gaze to Hattori Heiji, who had come over at some point. "Does the location match?"

"Well," Hattori Heiji nodded. "If you come from there, the location is about the same."

"Why are you asking these?" Ying asked curiously~www.readwn.com~ Were you there at the time? "

"That man attacked Brother Heiji with a bow and arrow," Conan replied. "The kind that almost succeeded with genuine killing intent."

"Bow and arrow?" Ying was slightly stunned. "Is it the big one?"

"Yes," Conan nodded. "It's a wood-colored longbow."

"As for the longbow, we don't seem to see him carrying it with him," Ying murmured. "Could it be lost on the way?"

"Um—" Conan seemed to realize this problem too. "Yeah... where's his longbow?"

"Longbow..." Hattori Heiji also showed a somewhat confused look. "I don't seem to see it anyway... Are you sure he used a longbow to shoot at me, not a hand crossbow that is easy to put away?"

"For this kind of thing, it might be better to go to Kurama Temple tomorrow to confirm the specific material of the bow and arrow," Conan nodded. "If I'm not mistaken, maybe the arrow is still stuck in the tree when we go tomorrow and it hasn't been pulled out."

"Well, can we go back?" Hotaru asked again, looking at Hattori Heiji and the others, who didn't seem to want to ask any further. "It's a bit late now, and we want to go back to the hotel we're staying at as soon as possible."

"Oh, okay." Hattori Heiji nodded quickly. "Where do you live? Do you need us to show you the way? You may not be familiar enough with this area."

"Well..." Fujiwara and Hotaru looked at each other. "Can you tell us where the nearest station is? I think if we can get to the station, we should be able to go back by ourselves."

……

In a trash can near the tea house, a spherical plastic sleeve wrapped with many small plastic sleeves and a pebble lay quietly inside.