At the suggestion of Conan and Mr. Kobayashi, the trio of graduates agreed to work together to find the time capsule that Miyano Akemi buried thirteen years ago.

In order to increase the probability of finding it, Conan proposed dividing the 10 people present into three groups.

A group consisting of Conan, Ai Haihara, Ayumi, and Takumi Murata.

Kobayashi, Mitsuhiko, and a female doctor.

A group consisting of Wakasa, Genta and Yanagimachi.

After hearing this grouping, Mitsuhiko immediately grabbed his waist and asked Conan, "Why is Conan only grouped with girls?"

"Conan, are you too cunning?" Yuantai also echoed.

Conan could only show a helpless smile, secretly complaining: Is this the point?

He chose this lineup because the man named Murata seemed to be very familiar with Miyano Akemi.

In the process of searching for the time capsule, maybe I can tell you something about Miyano Akemi, which will make Ai Haibara happy, who has been in a bad state recently.

And our group also has the best chance of finding the time capsule, so Haibara Ai should always stay by his side.

Another point is that when the three people saw the code paper, their expressions changed.

The contents on the code paper seemed to have meaning, and the three people seemed to understand its meaning at a glance.

The grouping is also done so that each group can have an adult monitor their actions.

But before Conan could explain, Mr. Kobayashi and Rumi Wakasa came up from behind, held the two little ones' shoulders, and said with a smile.

"Oh~ the teachers are girls too~"

"Can't we just change teammates after a while?"

In response, Mitsuhiko and Genta could only droop their eyelids and show reluctant expressions.

…

In this way, everyone arrived at the school teaching building and wandered around the shoe cabinet on the first floor for a while.

The trio sighed at the slight changes here, and the capsule-hunting team officially started searching.

As the "strongest repeater", Conan looked at the photo of the code paper taken on his mobile phone and understood the meaning of the first sentence at a glance, and led the team members to the principal's office.

Facing Conan's suggestion, Ayumi said in confusion: "Huh? Why?"

Conan explained confidently: "Isn't the first sentence written 'let people see Monet'?"

"Because the principal of our school likes the painter Monet very much, there is a replica of Monet hanging in the principal's office, which is a very proud decoration for him."

"So that painting must be..."

Conan, Haibara Ai, Ayumi, and Murata Takumi happened to enter the principal's office at this time.

Conan looked up and found that the Monet imitation was gone, replaced by an ordinary watercolor painting.

The content of the painting is a small bridge and flowing water, and the label "6th Year Group A, Murata Takumi" is attached below the watercolor painting.

Takumi Murata from behind saw this and stepped forward, with memories in his eyes: "This is my previous award-winning work, I miss it so much..."

Conan walked to the painting at this time, opened the drawing board and took a look, but there was nothing inside.

But since Monet was mentioned in the code, Conan felt that the key information should be the imitation of Monet.

The principal had a day off today, so Conan took matters into his own hands and took Haibara Ai and Ayumi to search the office.

Seeing the three children searching recklessly in the principal's office, Takumi Murata, who was standing there, was a little at a loss.

Are all children today so unafraid?

"Hey, if you mess around like this, you'll get scolded~"

Conan lay under his desk and replied nonchalantly: "I'll be fine if I explain the reason well later..."

"By the way, I'm more curious about what kind of person Miyano Akemi is who left this code?"

Conan deliberately brought the topic to Miyano Akemi.

This made Hui Yuan Ai next to him look stunned and quickly looked back.

Murata Takumi was startled for a moment, then smiled and closed his eyes to remember.

"Let me think about it..."

"She is very cheerful and gentle, and she also knows how to consider others."

"Everyone in our class likes her... maybe all the male students in the class like her."

Hearing this, Haiyuan Ai, who was a little touched in her heart, turned around and confirmed: "Is that true?"

"Yes, actually I was one of them before..."

Murata Takumi scratched his head in embarrassment, "But she politely refused~"

"There is such a thing~"

Listening to her sister's past gossip, a sincere smile appeared on the corner of Haiyuan Ai's mouth.

Conan looked at the happy Haiyuan Ai and turned his eyes away.

Remember to thank me.

At this time, Takumi Murata turned back to the watercolor painting on the wall and murmured: "Speaking of this painting, actually..."

Haiyuan Ai took a step forward, "Actually?"

Murata Takumi stared at the painting and hesitated for a while, but finally smiled and scratched his head without answering.

"No, it's nothing..."

…

Conan and others searched the principal's room for 10 minutes, but found nothing.

After taking a look at the agreed gathering time, they went downstairs and went to the science classroom to look around, but still found nothing.

When the appointed time came, the three groups regrouped in front of the breeding hut next to the playground.

"Um……"

"So far, we have gone to the principal's office, the health room, the art room, the family classroom, the science classroom, and the rooftop."

"Although I visited many places, I found nothing."

Yanagi Dingue: "Me too."

Doctor woman: "Me too."

Looking at the trio of gloomy graduates, Conan also fell into thinking.

He asked Mitsuhiko and Genta where the other two groups went.

Mitsuhiko and Kobayashi, a team of female doctors, went to the health room to investigate.

The reason is that Mitsuhiko feels that the word "lie" in "Doctors Don't Lie" means "TELL A LIE" in English.

This is very similar to "washing hands" in Japanese, so Mitsuhiko thought of the sink in the health room.

However, after Conan heard this, he immediately rejected this idea in his heart.

Because there are many wash basins in the school, Miyano Akemi would not leave a code with such a high error rate.

On the other hand, the team of Genta, Rumi Wakasa, and Gaku Yanagi went to many places for no particular reason.

"We went to the family classroom, the art room, and the rooftop..."

Yuanta stretched out his fingers and counted the places he had been.

"Originally, Mr. Wakasa said that there was a fire in the music classroom 14 or 15 years ago and some paper cranes were burned, but Yanagimachi-nii said he didn't remember it, so he didn't go there."

"But we still didn't find anything. Teacher Wakasa went to the toilet in the middle, and Brother Yanamachi left alone to look for clues."

"alone?"

Conan looked at the trio of graduates who were still discussing not far away, and he still felt that the three of them were trying to hide some secret.

So, he decided to give it a try.

"How about we tell the other students in the class the secret code?"

"How about we all come together to help find it?"

The three people discussing not far away turned around and looked at the childlike Conan with slightly stunned expressions. Then the doctor woman took the lead and waved her hand.

"But, I, we can still try harder to find it, right?"

The doctor woman turned to look at Yanagi Dingue, who also echoed.

"Yes, yes, I also thought of some clues." Takumi Murata said in the same tone, "...I really feel like I'm about to figure out the code."

Seeing the strange reactions of the three people, Conan was already convinced that they knew some secret.

If that's the case, let's test them.

"Then the two teachers and I will continue to help find..."
To be continued...