Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 213 Detective Conan's Mysteries (Please Subscribe)

Mikamachi Ski Resort was covered by a blizzard.

The biting cold was so intense that no one dared to step out of the room.

A strange phenomenon can be seen when viewed from above.

The terrifying blizzard only covered the area around the ski resort; once it left the snow-capped mountains and a few surrounding villages, it vanished without a trace.

It seemed like a giant barrier, with the inside and outside of it like two different worlds.

Genbei Onsen Ryokan seems to be the center of the entire barrier. The entire outer wall is covered with frost, and sharp icicles hang from the top of the eaves, as if they will fall at any moment to kill those who want to escape from the ryokan.

The cold, bone-chilling corridor inside the guesthouse made everyone stiff.

"It seems the offering harbors a lot of resentment."

Koizumi Akako's gaze swept across the storage room.

The entire storage room was like an ice cellar, covered in frost and snow. Entering it felt like stepping into a world of ice and snow.

Natsukawa stood silently behind Conan, not to protect him.

As the embodiment of Conan's genius, Koizumi Akako's magic is ineffective against him. Natsukawa thinks that Conan can be used as a shield in critical moments, which will definitely have a miraculous effect.

"Where is the Snow Woman?" Kaito flicked his finger, and a flashlight appeared, shining towards the center.

I didn't see the so-called Snow Woman, but only Yoko Asanuma, who was already as cold as ice.

The storage room was a mess, with junk scattered everywhere. Broken pieces of porcelain and tools were scattered all over the place, and everything was covered with a layer of frost, making it look like a cold storage room.

"This stove has actually frozen over."

After confirming that it was safe, Xia Chuan stepped forward and touched the stove, discovering that the fire had not gone out naturally and there was still a lot of coal inside.

Next, he went to the shelf in the middle of the storage room to take a look.

Yoko Asanuma was tied up in this place before, and she is still there now, but she has long since lost her life. Her body is stiff, her face is pale, her mouth is wide open and filled with snow, her lips are purple, and frost is visible on her hair and eyelashes.

Even the skin pores are clearly covered with a layer of white frost.

"How about it?"

Conan pushed aside Kogoro Mouri and quickly came to Natsukawa's side. He looked at Yoko Asanuma's terrified death with her mouth agape and felt curious.

It seems the other person saw something and was so frightened they died.

But what's with having a mouthful of snow?
"It's as cold as it gets."

Xia Chuan glanced at it once and then stopped looking, instead fixing his gaze on the ventilation vent.

The vent appeared to have been subjected to a violent impact; the entire iron louver disappeared, and the size of the vent doubled.

Looking down at the ground, I saw that the iron louvered door was sunken in the middle and stuck straight into the wooden floor, deeply embedded.

"It seems the Snow Woman has already been here."

Koizumi Akako's eyes were covered in magic, and she could clearly sense the traces of the Snow Woman's past appearances—strands of icy blue magical threads that filled the entire room like a spider's web.

Furthermore, the fact that the entire room was like a cold storage room is not something that could be formed under normal circumstances.

"Yuki-onna?"

Conan and Kogoro Mouri muttered something in unison, then shook their heads.

"The Snow Woman is just a legend. There are other hidden details to this matter. We'll have to wait for the Mikamachi Police Station to come and check tomorrow for the specifics."

Kogoro Mouri naturally didn't believe in any legends about the Snow Woman.

Conan was the same; he glanced at the room and immediately came up with a more Conan-esque answer.

"The room was completely sealed off. The stove caused a huge temperature difference between the inside and outside. The vent probably couldn't withstand the pressure from inside and outside, and after it exploded, the cold wind from outside swept directly into the room."

The pressure difference allowed the outside wind and snow to rush in, and the sudden drop in temperature was the main reason why the room became like this.

After Conan finished speaking, he realized that no one was responding to him. He looked up and glanced around, only to find that everyone was looking at him with strange eyes.

Xia Chuan felt it was a bit outrageous; if this could be explained, science shouldn't be so exaggerated.

Others thought it was unusual for Conan, a child, to know so much.

Xia Chuan said, "But this louver is ventilated, so the air must be circulating. Even if there is a pressure difference, it won't be serious enough to cause this iron louver to burst open."

"This might be related to the spider webs above." Conan squatted down and carefully examined the ice shards next to the blinds. These ice shards contained dense threads.

"The blinds must not have been cleaned for a long time. The cobwebs on them are very dense. Once frost and snow cover them, they will turn this room into an airtight, sealed room."

As the stove heats the room, the pressure difference between the inside and outside increases, eventually leading to this result.

Kogoro Mouri nodded, feeling that Conan and he were thinking the same thing.

"That's right, that should be it. Let's not talk about the Snow Woman anymore, lest some people hear about it and cause panic, and then probably no one will dare to come to this ski resort anymore."

Koizumi Akako pursed her lips, didn't reply, found something to stand on, climbed up to the vent, and looked out to check the situation.

Amidst the wind and snow, faint, icy blue lines covered the snow-covered ground, suggesting that the Snow Woman had likely arrived quite early and seemed to have circled the guesthouse several times.

However, the Snow Woman's power shouldn't be that strong in theory.

Having just revived and devoured a sacrifice, its magical power seems to be somewhat beyond expectations.

The formation of the blizzard barrier should have used up most of its magic power, so it shouldn't have been able to freeze this room like this. At most, it should have only frozen Yoko Asanuma.

"By the way, besides you, is there anyone else living here?"

Koizumi Akako had some unpleasant suspicions.

Xia Chuan frowned slightly and looked outside the door. The Kitamura couple had not yet appeared, which was strange.

Koizumi Akako said that... Could it be that the Snow Woman did something else besides avenging the sacrifice?

Ignoring Conan, who was still examining the scene and perfecting his deductions, Natsukawa led Koizumi Akako and Kaito out of the room.

"I never expected that there really is a Yuki-onna. It's a real pity that I couldn't see her in person."

"Don't you think Conan makes a lot of sense? Maybe it's just a pressure difference accident caused by the stove, and not the so-called Snow Woman."

As he spoke, Natsukawa looked at Koizumi Akako, wondering why she had just asked if anyone else lived there.

"The Snow Woman's magic power is a bit too high. If she only devoured one sacrifice, there shouldn't be such a strong magical fluctuation. I asked the ski resort when I came here, and there haven't been any deaths there."

"So, you suspect that the Snow Woman also killed other people in this inn?"

Koizumi Akako nodded, her eyes, covered in red magic, searching for magical fluctuations in the corridor.

Soon, she noticed wisps of icy blue magic emanating from one of the rooms.

"here it is?"

After a moment's thought, Natsukawa replied, "It is indeed the Kitamura couple's room."

The Kitamura couple's room was located closest to the entrance, opposite the living room. It was still quiet, untouched by the earlier commotion.

Even if you sleep well, you should still notice some movement.

Thinking that the two people might also be in trouble, Xia Chuan quickly walked over. "There are fluctuations of Yuki-onna's magic here."

Koizumi Akako concluded that since there were magical fluctuations and the Yuki-onna was stronger than she had expected, the situation of the Kitamura couple inside was predictable.

After the inspection was completed and the storage room was sealed off, Conan and Kogoro Mouri came out and saw Natsukawa and the other two standing at the door of the boss's room. They asked in confusion, "Uncle Natsukawa, what are you doing?"

"With such a commotion, the Kitamura couple still haven't shown up. Don't you think there's something wrong with that?"

Conan then realized that something was indeed wrong.

The couple's behavior these past two days doesn't seem like that of elderly people with hearing problems. How could they not hear anything? It's really suspicious.

Xia Chuan knocked on the door and waited for almost a minute, but there was still no response from inside.

At this moment, everyone's expression turned serious.

Xia Chuan took a deep breath, dismissed his attendants, and kicked the door.

With a powerful kick, the door panel was sent flying, making a loud "bang"!

Such a huge commotion made Joel unable to resist opening the door a crack to check what was happening outside.

"Are you alright? Do you need my help?"

Although she didn't know why Natsukawa had touched the Kitamura couple's door, she subconsciously believed that Natsukawa wasn't doing anything wrong, especially since Mori and his group were nearby.

"It's alright, you stay in the room and protect Anya and Xiaolan."

After saying that, Xia Chuan walked straight into the bedroom.

Looking at the broken door that had been kicked to the ground, Kaito couldn't help but swallow hard.

That's powerful! If that kick had landed on someone, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

The room was dark and quiet, with only the cold wind howling in.

Xia Chuan took a closer look and, good heavens, the window wasn't even closed. To say they were sleeping under these circumstances was a bit much.

The group quickly glanced around before their eyes finally settled on the bed.

On the bed, the Kitamura couple remained completely still and peaceful, as if it wasn't their door that had been kicked down.

"died."

Koizumi Akako glanced at the two of them and made a judgment instantly.

Her gaze lingered on the window for a long time. While Conan and Kogoro Mouri were examining the body, she called Kaito and Natsukawa outside.

"The Snow Woman has left."

"Will it still kill people?" Kaito couldn't help but worry. Compared to Yoko Asanuma's horrific death, the peaceful passing of the Kitamura couple was even more eerie.

If the Snow Woman continues her crimes, the surrounding villages will likely be doomed, including his childhood sweetheart, Nakamori Aoko.

Absolutely not!

"Not for now. It's not easy for the Yuki-onna to create such a large blizzard barrier right after it has recovered. After killing Asanuma Yoko and the old couple, it should return to its nest to recuperate."

"Where is the nest?" Xia Chuan asked, then remembered the snow-capped mountain outside.

Akiko Kinoshita became a sacrifice in the snowy mountains; perhaps the Snow Woman's lair is there.

"That's right, its nest is in the snow mountain."

According to the records passed down in my family, there is a cave halfway up this snow mountain, where the Snow Woman was sealed hundreds of years ago.

"Is this yet another masterpiece from your Koizumi family?"

Koizumi Akako nodded silently, her head held high with pride. Her family had sacrificed a great deal for this country and this world.

Today, she is the only one left to carry on the legacy of the once-great Koizumi family.

Xia Chuan raised an eyebrow and asked curiously, "Since you can seal it, why not just kill it directly? Why leave it until hundreds of years later, allowing it to escape by accident?"

"Asking knowingly."

Koizumi Akako rolled her eyes, thinking that Natsukawa was making fun of her. They were both magicians, how could he not understand this much?

Demons and monsters are not so easy to eliminate. They are products of nature, and as long as they have a connection with nature, their power will gradually increase.

The Koizumi family's seal was meant to gradually strip away its magic, severing the connection between demons and the natural world. Like boiling a frog in lukewarm water, the demons would eventually dissipate naturally.

Xia Chuan:.
Forget it, I won't ask anymore. Although I know the other party has some misunderstanding about my abilities, Xia Chuan thinks this misunderstanding is quite good.

Maintaining mystery is important.

Inside the room, Conan, who was running around aimlessly, was given a flick on the forehead by Kogoro Mouri and then thrown out.

However, he didn't plan to go back in. He had already done his research and deduced the result.

Like Yoko Asanuma's death, it was an accident.

Although the possibility of two consecutive accidents is very small, it happened nonetheless.

Sometimes you have to be brave enough to accept reality.

Noticing Conan's thoughtful expression, Natsukawa chuckled and asked, "Have you noticed anything? What was the cause of death for the Kitamura couple?"

Yoko Asanuma was clearly killed by the Yuki-onna, but Conan managed to force it to be an accident, which is quite interesting.

It's especially interesting when the other party tries to reason and explain the reasons.

Now, he also wants to hear Conan's thoughts on the deaths of the Kitamura couple.

"Yes."

Conan completely forgot that there were two unfamiliar strangers beside him. Upon hearing Natsukawa's question, he subconsciously began to explain:
“I saw sleeping pills on the Kitamura couple’s table. They seemed to have poor sleep quality and habitually took sleeping pills before bed every day.”

The reason for his bizarre death was that he lost his senses after taking sleeping pills.

In addition, I checked the windows and found that the most important reason was still the windows.

The window, which was already old, was repeatedly struck by the blizzard, and the latch was accidentally shaken off. Without the latch, the window opened naturally.

With the windows open, the blizzard poured in. The Kitamura couple were taking sleeping pills to fall asleep, so they didn't feel the cold. In addition, they were old and had poor resistance. Over time, they froze to death.

They probably died even before Yoko Asanuma.

“How wonderful!”

Kaito couldn't help but clap and cheer, and casually ruffled the other person's hair a few times to show his appreciation.

He had met this child a few times before, and the other person was indeed not simple.

The key point is that this big head looks quite pleasing to the eye and is very cute, as if I've seen it a long time ago.

"Hehe, thanks for the compliment, Kaito-nii." Conan scratched his head, glanced at Kogoro Mouri who was still touching and looking around inside, and added, "Uncle Mouri taught me all of this."

"Wasn't it someone on TV or your dad calling you in Hawaii?" Xia Chuan asked quietly.

"I've got everything, anyway, I've learned it."

(End of this chapter)