"Really? If you look closely, there are so many..."
"I didn't even notice the carp when I looked at it before. I thought it was just a pile of rubble..."
"How come there are so many stone lanterns in this small lake..."
After getting Conan's reminder, the three little ones lay down in the lake and checked one after another. They found that there were piles of stone lanterns like small hills scattered on the bottom of the lake.
"Could it be that someone threw all the stone lanterns in the courtyard here into this lake?"
Looking at the empty courtyard in front of him, Gao Mu squatted down and looked at the clear lake bottom, and couldn't help but wonder: "But why do you do this?"
Who would be so bored as to throw all the stone lanterns in a dilapidated house to the bottom of the lake in such a sparsely populated place?
Although it only takes three little ones to fish a "lamp bag" out of the lake, this thing is the lightest component. After all, it is hollow and not very big in size.
However, the "umbrella top" above is solid, not to mention that the solid "base" below is taller than the "light bag" and "umbrella top" combined, so it's obviously not light in weight.
Considering the large number, Takagi really didn't know what the people who did this were planning.
"I think the person who threw the stone lanterns into the lake did so in order to prevent anyone who arrived at the mansion later from knowing about them."
Conan put his hands in his pockets and looked at the Chinese characters inside the "light bag" on the ground: "After all, this is a secret code that I finally noticed, how can I share it with others?
What if someone knows the secret code and steals the treasure in advance? "
"treasure!?"
When the three little ones heard Conan's words, their eyes immediately lit up. These two words had an absolutely irresistible attraction to them.
"Really? Is that true?!"
The three little ones chattered and discussed, and the longing looks on their faces showed that they had begun to imagine the wonderful life after getting the treasure.
“Bang!”
Tang Ze, who had been waiting for this sentence, immediately gave Conan a knife after Conan said it.
"Why did you hit me!"
Conan squatted down in pain, covering his head, and looked up at Tang Ze with confusion and anger and asked.
"Don't let them have unrealistic fantasies."
Tang Ze said angrily, "If you run into danger or even lose your life for some unknown 'treasure', it will be too late to regret it."
The reason why Tang Ze, who had known the plot for a long time, did not discover the body in advance was that he knew Conan might say something like this, so he waited patiently.
Then when Conan was a little bit overwhelmed and said this, he immediately imposed "sanctions" on Conan.
This isn't malicious revenge or anything like that; it's purely for the safety of the little ones.
Although it is true that they can escape danger many times in the comics, that is not reality after all. It is just a "dramatic" plot in the anime.
And now with the emergence of this "butterfly" of his, there are more and more changes, and he doesn't know what kind of changes will occur in the future.
Human thoughts are fundamentally unobservable by "quantum mechanics." He doesn't care whether his "butterfly" flapping its wings will change the mind of a criminal somewhere or in some case for any reason.
If this really put the little ones in danger, he would never want to see that.
That's why he took this opportunity today to give Conan a personal lesson in broad daylight.
After all, there are not many opportunities to legitimately instruct and "educate" Conan.
Although he also knew that Conan's reckless behavior would not change in the short term, repeated warnings would always make Conan remember... maybe...
No matter what, as long as he can make Conan learn his lesson and contact him when he encounters a case, so that he can prevent the case in advance, he will make a lot of money.
And the effect is quite good for now. After listening to Tang Ze's words, Conan couldn't help but smile awkwardly at Tang Ze.
Obviously, he also realized that he was a little "arrogant", which made the three little ones have unrealistic ideas, and this might very well become the cause of the three little ones' "recklessness" later.
And based on his understanding of the three little ones, they would definitely go treasure hunting because of what he said before...
But before Conan could say anything else, Genta, who was standing next to him, felt a little dissatisfied when he heard what Tang Ze said.
"It's not an unrealistic fantasy!"
Seeing Conan being taught a lesson, Genta on the side couldn't help but retort for his friend: "Our Junior Detective Team is very powerful. No matter what difficulties we face, we can overcome them and get the treasure in the end!!"
"So that's the reason."
Tang Ze looked at Conan with a bad temper, and sighed silently in his heart: "Having the ability to do the most incapable of guaranteeing one's own safety is no different from a child holding a gold brick."
That’s right, Conan’s reasoning ability is like a gold brick in a child’s hand. It can do many things, but it can also bring danger to himself.
Fortunately, Tang Ze was not without a way to deal with it. He looked at the lake with a serious face and said solemnly: "That is just your unrealistic fantasy. The real reality is crueler than you can imagine.
For example, the man at the bottom of the lake, perhaps he also dreamed of getting the treasure, but now he can only sleep forever at the bottom of the lake."
“Nani!!”
After hearing what Tang Ze said, Conan and Takagi were the first to react.
When they saw the scene at the bottom of the clear lake, their faces turned ugly.
Because under the pile of stone lanterns, a hand was swaying with the water flow.
"I'll go get some help!"
After realizing what was happening, Takagi turned around solemnly and ran towards the camp. It was not until this time that the three little ones, who were a beat slower, saw the arm in the lake after being reminded by Huibara.
This time, Tang Ze's education was really profound enough. The bloody and cruel reality instantly made the three little ones' previous dissatisfaction with Tang Ze disappear, and was replaced by a long silence.
"Don't look at it."
Tang Ze attracted the attention of the three children and taught them, "Actually, many things in this world do exist, but you just can't access them.
You are still children. There are some things you should not participate in, and you cannot bear the risk. I hope you will consider your own safety first before doing anything in the future."
“I understand…” ×3
Looking at the three little ones who answered honestly, Tang Ze did not continue to educate them excessively.
It’s enough to stop here. I hope the three of them can change and give themselves good feedback in the future.
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