Chapter 561: Trip to the Zoo
After sealing the Time Cards, Taoist Li, who was not good at speaking, put away the Clow Cards and left alone.
Sakura and Tomoyo first carefully observed the clock tower, and only felt relieved after confirming that the clock tower was truly restored to its original state.
Afterwards, the three of them said goodbye to each other and went home to sleep. They had to go to school the next day, and if they didn't go back to sleep early, they would definitely fall asleep in class.
Without the interference of the time cards, time began to flow again, summer gradually arrived, and their student uniforms were changed into summer short-sleeved shirts and shorts.
"What a nice day."
On the way to school, Xia Yu was walking towards the school with his backpack on his back.
After more than half a semester, he has completely gotten used to being a primary school student. In fact, being a primary school student is not bad. He is happy every day and doesn't have to think too much.
No wonder after Kudo Shinichi became an elementary school student, his thinking gradually became that of an elementary school student. Habits are really terrible things.
Moreover, primary school students only need to listen to classes and do homework every day, and they don’t have to worry about not having the next meal.
“…”
As he thought about it, Xia Yu was speechless. Why would he compare it with having no food to eat next time? He had never been so miserable before!
Just as Xia Yu was daydreaming and walking quickly towards the school, he suddenly noticed that there was a large crowd of people surrounding the Penguin Park, and there seemed to be reporters reporting inside.
The Penguin Park is located in Tomoeda Central Park. It is called the Penguin Park because it has a huge penguin slide as its landmark building.
This park is also on the way to school, and students pass by this big penguin every day on their way to and from school.
At this moment, the king penguin who was waving his hand in the park was flipped over by someone and turned into a position with his head on the ground. In front of the penguin slide, a reporter was reporting this incredible thing to the camera.
"Is this... another trick played by the Clow Cards?"
Xia Yu stopped and looked for a moment, but couldn't figure out what was going on. He couldn't sense the aura of the Clow Cards. After all, he was just an ordinary person.
It's a pity that there are too many people watching around, otherwise he could use the "Restore to New" method to restore the upside-down king penguin to its original state.
reverse……
Are there reverse cards in the Clow Cards? I don't know which Clow Card is the offender this time.
After standing there and watching for a while, Xia Yu walked towards the school again.
It's inconvenient now because there are so many people around, but we can wait until night to repair it. The upside-down king penguin looks quite dangerous, and it would be bad if someone accidentally got hurt.
Unlike Sakura who used roller skates to go to school, he walked to school on foot, so he usually got up quite early to go to school and did not encounter classmates on the way.
The school is going on a hike today, and the destination is the zoo, so he is quite looking forward to it.
I have to say that the daily life of elementary school students in this world is really colorful. They go to art galleries, aquariums, and now they can also go to zoos, which highlights the equal treatment of all.
Moreover, these trips all took place in the same semester, which would have been unthinkable when he was in school before.
So Xia Yu still enjoys this kind of primary school life.
After arriving at the school, he waited for a while until all the students were present. Then the teacher organized all the students to get on the bus and head to the zoo.
The teacher who led them was naturally their homeroom teacher, Yoshiyuki Terada. Once they arrived at the zoo, the homeroom teacher gathered them together again and began to inform them of precautions and tasks.
As students, hiking is not just for fun, they also have the task of studying.
We need to write an observation report for this hike. We will form a group of five and observe the animals we are responsible for. The observation report will be submitted next Monday.
"Observation report..."
Xia Yu felt a little headache when he heard his head teacher say this familiar word. When he was in school, what he hated most was writing reports.
He doesn't like to write a report afterward, whether it's hiking or anything else.
Yet he still had to write because he was a student.
Everything is the teacher's job.
"Okay, now team leader, come get the camera."
After finishing the task, Yoshiyuki Terada opened the briefcase at hand, which was filled with cameras. These were the cameras allocated to the team.
After the team leader took the camera, Yoshiyuki Terada announced that the group would disband on the spot and regroup at 2pm. If they were hungry, they could find a place to have lunch by themselves.
After disbanding, each group went straight to the animals they were responsible for.
Xia Yu was in a group with the squinty-eyed liar Takashi Yamazaki, Li Xiaolang and two stranger classmates. The five of them were responsible for the sloth, and Takashi Yamazaki was the team leader.
Even though Takashi Yamazaki always says things to fool others, he is actually the monitor of his class and is quite responsible for his duties.
The five-member team followed the map and searched for a while, and soon found the sloth area.
The sloth area is a small forest surrounded by barbed wire, with several motionless sloths hanging inside.
“Found it.”
Seeing the sign in front of the sloth area, Takashi Yamazaki walked quickly forward and pointed to a sloth hanging on a tree.
"Where is it?"
When two passers-by heard this, they hurried forward, but the small forest was so lush and leafy that they did not see any sloths.
It was Yamazaki Takashi who narrowed his eyes and pointed in a direction: "That one."
Everyone looked in the direction that Takashi Yamazaki pointed, and sure enough, they saw a lazy sloth.
The sloth hung motionless on the tree, its brown hair clinging to its body. It had an expression that was indifferent to the world, as if it had seen through the mundane world or was just in a daze because it didn't understand its current situation.
Xia Yu, who was standing by, glanced at Yamazaki Takafumi and couldn't help but feel a little admiration in his heart. He had squinty eyes, but he didn't expect that his eyesight was so good.
"That's a sloth." Li Xiaolang's eyes lit up as he looked at the sloth hanging on the tree.
Since he was trained as the patriarch of the Li family and spent his childhood exercising, he had never been to the zoo since he was a child, let alone observe the animals in nature.
So Li Xiaolang was very happy when he saw the sloth for the first time, and he rarely showed a side of himself that was suitable for a child of his age.
Seeing that the team members had already started observing the sloth, Yamazaki Takashi said, "We are responsible for observing it. Can everyone observe it carefully together?"
"good!"
The two Passerby A students replied together, and then they piled the backpacks together and put them aside. These backpacks are the designated backpacks for Tomoeda Elementary School, and the styles are all the same.
Then some people took photos and some took notes.
But when Xia Yu took out his notebook, he suddenly found that he had no idea where to start. The sloth didn't move at all, so what should he write?
Just as Xia Yu was thinking about whether to use nonsense literature to write an observation report, Li Xiaolang, who was taking pictures nearby, asked with some doubts.
“Are sloths as inactive as their name suggests?”
As soon as these words were spoken, Yamazaki Takafumi, who was taking notes, suddenly came over with a smile on his face.
It is obvious that this big liar is going to start fooling people again.
"Actually, it's not, Mr. Li."
Yamazaki Takashi said with a smile, and then looked at the sloth: "In fact, sloths are very agile. Although they usually seem to have no strength hanging on the tree, if they muster up some energy, they can run very fast."
Seeing that Yamazaki was explaining something to him, Li Xiaolang listened very seriously.
"It is said that its speed, based on actual measurements, is over 100 kilometers per hour."
Yamazaki Takashi said this in a very serious tone, and from his narrowed eyes it was impossible to tell whether he was lying or not.
Xia Yu, who was listening on the side, curled the corners of his mouth, not knowing how to complain. 100 kilometers per hour, converted to about 27.8 meters per second, is almost catching up with a cheetah. How dare he say that.
The cheetah's body shape is very suitable for running, but a sloth's body shape... can only run one meter per second, which is considered fast.
As far as he knows, the running speed of a sloth is less than 0.2m per second. Compared with sloths, turtles are considered fast.
I don’t know why there are creatures like sloths in nature.
In the nature where the strong prey on the weak, other animals are trying hard to evolve stronger survival skills, but sloths seem to be living in another dimension forever, leading a miserable life hanging on trees and eating leaves.
It is said that the most dangerous thing a sloth can do in its life is to climb down from the tree and poop on the ground.
After listening to Yamazaki Takashi's extremely outrageous science popularization, Li Xiaolang not only did not realize that he was deceived, but instead looked at the sloth with admiration and said.
“That’s fast.”
Xia Yu: “…”
There are actually people who believe this lie that ordinary people would not be fooled by.
Master Li, are you a child?
Wait, it seems like he really is a child.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu suddenly walked up to Li Xiaolang and said, "Mr. Yamazaki is right. Although the name of the sloth is related to laziness, this animal actually has another nickname."
"nickname?"
Seeing that Xia Yu seemed to be about to give a science lecture, Li Xiaolang looked over curiously.
Xia Yu nodded, pointed his finger at the sloth hanging on the tree with a serious look, and said, "Lightning, only the sloths with speed comparable to lightning in the sloth family can get this nickname."
"The sloth that got this nickname is also called sloth lightning, which is an extremely rare species."
"Oh, that's amazing!"
Upon hearing that sloths are not only extremely fast, but there is also a special species called sloth lightning, Li Xiaolang's brown eyes sparkled and he raised the camera in his hand with anticipation.
"Okay, we must try to capture the moment when the sloth starts running!"
Looking at Li Xiaolang's expectant and serious expression, Xia Yu suddenly felt a little pain in his conscience. Taoist Li was so simple, yet he was actually fooling him?
Decision made. I’ll go buy Li a bag of melon seeds as apology later.
"Xia, I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable."
Takafumi Yamazaki on the side suddenly patted Xia Yu on the shoulder, squinted his eyes and smiled. It was just an ordinary smile, but Xia Yu somehow saw some joy in it.
As expected, Yamazaki, you are also a tax evader!
"Of course, I understand it very well, okay?"
Xia Yu patted his chest, smiled proudly, and then gave Yamazaki a thumbs up: "Although I understand, I am not as good as you, Yamazaki. You are the real one!"
"No, no, Xia is also very good."
“Same here.”
Li Xiaolang, who was listening to the conversation between the two, thought that they were talking about science. Only the two passers-by on the other side twitched their lips, looking a little helpless.
Unexpectedly, besides Yamazaki, Xia is also a big liar, but only Kinomoto and Li were fooled.
Time passed slowly, and several people continued to write their observation reports.
Xia Yu also successfully used nonsense literature to fill a page of his observation report. At first glance, this observation report seems very substantial, and upon closer inspection, it is indeed very substantial. If it were more substantial, it would be even more substantial.
"It's moving, it's moving!"
Li Xiaolang, who had been holding the camera, suddenly exclaimed and hurriedly pressed the shutter. He saw that the sloth hanging on the tree suddenly moved its front legs.
"At eleven forty-six, there was a movement."
A passerby nearby took note of the observation, while another passerby said in frustration: "We observed it for an hour and it only moved three times. Is this a lot or a little?"
"Ah, it moved again." Li Xiaolang reported excitedly.
"Yes, yes, it moved again at eleven forty-seven."
"It moved twice in less than two minutes." Yamazaki Takashi looked at the sloth with a smile: "Maybe it's very motivated today."
"Oh, so today, is it..."
Li Xiaolang was just about to excitedly ask the sloth if it was possible for it to run today when suddenly a huge vibration was heard in the distance, and even they could feel the vibration here.
"An earthquake?"
Xia Yu felt the sudden vibration and looked towards the place where the sound came from with some confusion.
Li Xiaolang and Yamazaki Takashi on the side also looked over. Especially Yamazaki Takashi, he actually opened his eyes which was extremely rare. It was unknown whether it was because of surprise or because he was scared.
Since the sloth area is relatively close to the entrance, tourists visiting nearby all hurriedly fled to the entrance.
Japan is a country where earthquakes occur frequently. The moment the ground began to shake, the zoo visitors had already begun to evacuate in an orderly manner amid the chaos.
Although panicked, the tourists did not lose their composure.
Just as the surrounding tourists were running away, Li Xiaolang's eyes narrowed and his brows furrowed slightly, as if he sensed something.
He handed the camera to Xia Yu beside him and said with a double meaning: "Leave it to you."
After saying that, Li Xiaolang hurriedly ran towards the location where the vibration came from.
"Student Li!"
Yamazaki Takashi shouted anxiously, but Li Syaoran was only left with his back.
Xia Yu took the camera and looked at Li Xiaolang's back but did not follow him. Seeing Li Xiaolang's appearance, he thought that the Clow Cards were causing trouble again.
In order to prevent other ordinary people from being affected, it is indeed more appropriate for him to stay here. After all, his magic is quite concealed. Unlike Li Xiaolang, he needs a sword as a catalyst to use a spell.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu waved to the few people who were still at a loss and said, "Student Li will take care of himself. Let's go to the shelter first."
"But……"
Takashi Yamazaki frowned and wanted to say something, but Xia Yu pulled him straight towards the entrance.
"Don't worry, let's go to the shelter first. Staying here will only cause more worries. We should protect ourselves first."
