Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

For the Boy Detectives, this joyful camping trip has now turned into a painful hell.

Especially now, they can only stand by, looking at the sumptuous food on the table, smelling the mouth-watering aroma, but unable to take a bite...

”Fang Zheng... it’s almost enough, I think these kids already know they were wrong...”

Looking at those suffering, pitiful kids, Dr. Agasa couldn’t help but speak up, but Fang Zheng shook his head.

”This won’t do, Dr. Agasa. A lesson is a lesson. I know you feel sorry for them, but overindulgence won’t end well!”

”That’s right, Doctor. This time just watch quietly.”

While tasting the delicious food, Haibara Ai also joined the conversation. In fact, both Haibara Ai and Conan secretly approved of Fang Zheng’s handling deep down. These three troublemakers have already caused trouble multiple times and have landed in dangerous situations before. Both Ai and Conan have advised them, but perhaps due to their similar ages, these three rascals seldom listen.

And Dr. Agasa is overly fond of these kids, indulging them too much. Even if he scolds them harshly once, he’s quick to forgive them.

So they always remember the feast but not the punishment, and this time being severely dealt with by Fang Zheng is what they deserve.

Not to mention those armed criminals, even for ordinary caves, it’s not a place anyone can just enter casually. Even professionals must secure guide ropes before going in. What if you get lost and die inside?

Moreover, there’s usually a cluster of bats in stalactite caves, and even if you don’t get lost, being attacked and infected by bats can be very dangerous.

Not to mention the cave had a ”Danger, No Entry” sign outside, are you blind or can’t read?

So if we don’t properly punish them this time, next time this group of kids might reach heaven!

It’s just that compared to Little Ai, Conan is much worse off, since he himself hasn’t had a bite to eat...

After the meal, Fang Zheng took Little Ai back to the tent. Dr. Agasa helplessly looked at the four kids, shook his head, sighed, and returned to his own tent.

”I really didn’t expect you to scold them.”

Back in the tent, Little Ai curiously looked at Fang Zheng, who was sitting in the chair flipping through a book.

”Of course, kids are like this, no matter how cute they are, they can’t escape mischief. Although, logically, this is the time they should experience the consequences of their wrong choices, but they can’t bear those consequences. So it’s better to scold them. You can’t make jade without polishing it, and now it’s up to their own realization.”

”You’re not really planning to let them stand outside all night, are you?”

”Of course not, but it depends on their own awareness.”

Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s answer, Little Ai smiled slightly, then took out a magazine from her backpack and began to browse.

”Don’t be too harsh, okay?”

”Compared to dying, this is already quite gentle.”

While Fang Zheng and Little Ai were chatting, the four standing outside grew increasingly uneasy.

”Brother Fang Zheng seems very angry...”

Ayumi muttered softly. She had met Fang Zheng many times and always thought of him as a gentle person. This was her first time seeing Fang Zheng sternly scolding them without mercy.

”Can’t help it, today was just too dangerous...”

Mitsuhiko was very understanding. Although at the start he impulsively entered the cave, now thinking back, their actions were indeed lacking consideration.

”How long do we have to stand here? I’m getting hungry...”

Only one person still hadn’t realized the seriousness of the situation, and looking at the dejected Genta next to him, Conan also sighed helplessly.

”Genta, if you keep that attitude, we might end up standing here all night today.”

”What?! No way!!”

”That’s how it is.”

At that moment, Little Ai emerged from the tent, walked over to them, and said a few words before heading outside the camp.

”Wait, Haibara, where are you going?”

Seeing Haibara leave the campsite, Conan hurriedly asked, while Haibara gave him an enigmatic glance.

”I’m going to the bathroom. Do you want to come along?”

”Er... never mind.”

Little Ai left the camp, and the four still stood dejectedly without moving. Soon, the sun set, and night fell, but...

”Haibara hasn’t returned yet?”

Ayumi looked at the gradually darkening sky and spoke with concern.

”Indeed, it seems the time has been quite lengthy...”

Conan glanced at his watch. It had been about half an hour since Haibara left the camp. Usually, going to the bathroom shouldn’t take this long.

”Could she have gotten lost?”

Mitsuhiko voiced his opinion, and hearing this, the previously disheartened Genta suddenly seemed awakened.

”It’s possible, let’s go find Haibara! She’s also a member of the Boy Detectives!”

Saying this, Genta planned to head into the woods, but Mitsuhiko, quick-eyed and quick-handed, caught him.

”Wait, Genta, Brother Fang Zheng said we should stay here and reflect!”

”Eh? But Haibara is missing... isn’t it more important to find her now?”

Hearing this, Ayumi’s eyes lit up.

”Then...”

However, before Ayumi could finish speaking, Conan grabbed her hand and shook his head. Ayumi seemed to realize something too, nodded, and stopped talking.

”But if we leave on our own, we’ll be scolded by Brother Fang Zheng.”

”Ugh...”

In fact, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Conan had all realized the problem. They knew Haibara well enough to know that this calm girl wouldn’t do anything reckless. Even if she encountered danger, she should have found a way to call for help.

So now this is actually an exam, and as for the answer, the three of them already know it.

However, unfortunately... Genta is quite dumb!

Although he’s very loyal and proactive, his brain just doesn’t turn. They wanted to directly leak the answer to Genta, but unfortunately, the ”examiner” is right next door. Although they’re not sure, they can be sure that if they leak the ”answer” here, things might get worse.

”There must be another way, right?”

At this moment, looking at Genta with his head tilted, deep in thought, Mitsuhiko kept giving hints, and after a moment’s contemplation, Genta suddenly thought of something and clapped his hands vigorously!

”That’s right!”

”You got it!”

”We’ll find Haibara and then sneak back when Brother Fang Zheng isn’t paying attention!”

”...........”

”..........”

Mitsuhiko and Ayumi exchanged a desperate glance, finally understanding for the first time how others viewed them.

As for Conan... he was completely speechless.

But this was just his everyday life.

”No, Genta!!”

Mitsuhiko wished he could just pull Genta’s head off.

”There’s an even simpler way, right?!!”

While speaking, Mitsuhiko desperately winked towards the tent where Fang Zheng was, and seeing Mitsuhiko’s actions, Genta’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he had a moment of realization.

”Oh right, I’ll distract Brother Fang Zheng, and then you guys find Haibara!”

”.............”

At this moment, Ayumi and Mitsuhiko were almost ready to bang their heads against the wall...

”That’s not it, Genta!”

Ayumi couldn’t hold back any longer.

”Didn’t you forget Brother Fang Zheng said not to act on our own?!”

”Then... then should we tell Brother Fang Zheng first?”

Thank heavens!!

Hearing Genta finally hesitate and say the correct answer, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly they went outside Fang Zheng’s tent. Ayumi hesitated for a moment, but finally decided she should be the one to speak.

”Um... Brother Fang Zheng?”

”Hmm? What’s up?”

Soon, Fang Zheng’s voice came from inside the tent again. Hearing Fang Zheng’s voice, Ayumi couldn’t help but get nervous.

”Haibara hasn’t come back from the bathroom for a while, and we’re worried about her, so we want to go look for her...”

”No problem, go ahead, and be careful.”

”Sure.”

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and then quickly followed the direction Haibara Ai had left to search for her.

Along the way, they found a series of clues, eventually emerging from the woods onto a beautiful meadow, where Fang Zheng, Dr. Agasa, and Haibara Ai were waiting by the barbecue grill.

”Oh wow, barbecue!”

Seeing the grilled meat on the stove, Genta’s eyes instantly lit up, and he rushed over. This time, Fang Zheng didn’t stop him, just watched as Genta picked up a skewer of grilled meat, silently handing over a bottle of juice. Meanwhile, Ayumi and Mitsuhiko quickly moved to Fang Zheng’s side, eyeing the skewers in his hands.

”Um...”

”Brother Fang Zheng...”

”Alright, you’ve successfully passed the exam, now enjoy a hearty meal.”

Hearing this, the two finally relaxed and happily began to enjoy the belated feast with their skewers.

Looking at the lively kids by the grill, Haibara Ai picked up a can of juice, drinking while looking at Fang Zheng.

”Honestly, I didn’t expect there to really be a dead body.”

Haibara Ai had to admit, she was stunned when she found out there really was a dead body here. After all, Fang Zheng had once confidently told Little Ai that Conan had a Grim Reaper’s Aura, that death followed him wherever he went. She wanted to see if that was true, and as it turns out... in this remote wooded area with no one around, they even managed to encounter robbers transporting a corpse?

”Could it be Edogawa really has a Grim Reaper’s Aura?”

”Hehehe, you haven’t spent much time with them yet, wait till you have, and you’ll know that going anywhere with them means it’s only a matter of time before you find a body...”

Glancing at Conan, who was talking with Dr. Agasa not far away, Fang Zheng shook his head. Look at these three kids from the Boy Detectives, once so innocent and sweet, now always encountering corpses thanks to Conan. They’ve seen more bodies than kids in war zones have...

As for Conan’s dream of becoming Sherlock Holmes, Fang Zheng felt it was hopeless. Sherlock Holmes stayed at home, and cases came knocking at his door, never being like Conan who found death everywhere he went.

Honestly, Fang Zheng thought if they locked Conan at home, Tokyo’s crime rate could drop by at least ten percent.

”By the way, speaking of which, when do you have school? Will you make it back in time tomorrow?”

”Don’t you know? The day after tomorrow we start summer break.”

”............”

Fang Zheng looked down at Haibara Ai, then raised his head to look at the sky.

A few days ago I just experienced a murder in a snowstorm at the Western Mansion.

What on earth is this summer break?