To the kids of the Junior Detective League, this fun camping trip had now turned into a painful hell.
Especially now, when they could only stand off to the side, staring at the lavish food on the table and breathing in its mouthwatering aroma, yet couldn't eat a single bite...
"Fang Zheng... isn't that enough? I think the children already know they were wrong..."
Seeing those poor children suffering, Professor Agasa couldn't help speaking up, but Fang Zheng shook his head.
"That won't do, Professor Agasa. A lesson is a lesson. I know you feel sorry for them, but spoiling them too much won't lead to anything good!"
"That's right, Professor. Just watch quietly this time."
As she sampled the delicious food, Haibara Ai joined their conversation. In fact, both Haibara Ai and Conan secretly approved of Fang Zheng's way of handling things. It wasn't the first time those three brats had caused trouble everywhere, and they had landed themselves in danger several times. Haibara and Conan had tried talking to them too, but perhaps because they were close in age, the three kids hardly listened to them at all.
Professor Agasa, on the other hand, had that indulgent affection grandparents had for children and spoiled them terribly. Even when he hardened his heart and scolded them, he forgave them soon afterward.
That was why they always forgot the pain once they had eaten their fill. This time, getting thoroughly taught a lesson by Fang Zheng was entirely their own doing.
Never mind those armed criminals—even an ordinary cave wasn't somewhere just anyone could enter. Even professionals had to set up guide ropes before daring to go in, yet they had charged right inside? What if they got lost and died in there?
And limestone caves usually had colonies of