Three steps inside the woods at the other side of the stream, we found the three boys crowded in front of what could be a peach tree, judging from the fruits hanging on its branches.
I’m not that familiar with one since I don’t have that much experience finding it in the wild like this. And most peach trees in our country would commonly be seen in an orchard.
According to An-rin, the professor’s task was to bring him three pieces of three different kinds of fruit that could be found in the trees or plants here. It didn’t matter whether they were ripe or not.
That’s not too difficult, right? Even without the knowledge of different trees growing here, the ones bearing fruits could easily be identified. The challenge would be how to pick them off.
As we were about to approach them, Fukuda started climbing the tree while Hino and Ogawa were watching and supporting him.