Conan: Above all force, there is truth!

When other club members and instructors saw this, they all showed expressions of "I knew it."

Before long, the player was easily grabbed by Longye and "thrown" away.

Then, the next challenger took the stage...

To everyone's astonishment, Longye's challengers took to the stage one after another.

As challengers from various departments took turns on stage, Longye constantly changed his fighting techniques accordingly.

Boxing, judo, karate, kendo, Jeet Kune Do, aikido, and even fighting techniques they couldn't recognize...

Without any flashy or impractical moves, Longye's every strike targeted his opponent's weaknesses. Everything seemed so natural and fluid. This so-called match even looked like a pre-rehearsed scene.

If it weren't for the palpable despair and shock on the contestants' faces, everyone would have thought this was a movie.

In the end, only Longye remained on the field, and the challenge officially came to an end.

Seeing that no more challengers were coming up, Tatsuno put on his jacket and slowly walked out of the stadium.

At this moment, although hundreds of people had gathered in the venue, there was no movement at all, as if Longye was the only one there.

Apart from Longye's footsteps as he walked out of the stadium, there was no other sound inside.

Everyone stared blankly as Longye walked out of the stadium.

Longye's silhouette was deeply etched in the hearts of everyone present.

After hearing this story, not only Sonoko, but even Ran, who already knew about Tatsuno's "title," was somewhat dazed.

The next second, Sonoko screamed excitedly.

"Longye!!! Why did you never tell us about this? Why didn't you take us with you?! That's outrageous!!!"

Seeing Sonoko's excited expression, Tatsuno waved his hand helplessly.

To be honest, he doesn't remember much about what happened that day.

All he remembered was that he went to Beika High School's boxing club to complete system tasks.

Before he could even finish the task, all the guilds he had previously used to complete tasks for him arrived.

And then... he couldn't remember much.

However, he never went to Beika High School again after that.

……

Soon after, the group arrived at the ski resort's rest hall.

The group then introduced themselves to each other.

The two men just now were teachers from Beika Elementary School—Kohei Shimoda and Ryuichi Sakai.

Besides the two of them, the lady next to Mr. Yonehara is Minori Nakamura, who is also a teacher at Beika Elementary School.

The group got along quite well. This time, they also agreed to go skiing together.

After introducing themselves, Ran and Sonoko happily chatted with Mr. Yonehara.

Although Ms. Yonehara only taught them for three years, she was always the object of admiration for the girls in the class.

Her gentle and kind demeanor and attitude have touched countless students.

Furthermore, she treated each student with the same care and love as her own children.

Putting everything else aside, she recognized Longye and the other two just by seeing their backs from afar and called out their names.

Keep in mind, they hadn't seen each other for five years.

If she didn't genuinely care about her students, how could she have done such a thing?

Chapter 159 Using a secondary account for official business

A few minutes later, Mr. Shimoda looked up at the time.

Seeing that the clock on the wall showed three in the afternoon, he asked impatiently, "What's going on? Why hasn't Professor Sugiyama arrived yet?"

"Mr. Sugiyama?"

"Yes, he's our school's music teacher. We agreed to meet around 2 o'clock, but he hasn't arrived yet."

After hearing Sonoko and Shimoda-sensei's conversation, Tatsuno glanced at Yonehara-sensei and slowly sighed.

Even if he was unwilling to admit it, he knew that they had encountered something strange again.

Whether it was the snow-capped mountains or the absent Sugiyama-sensei, everything felt so familiar.

That's it... another case.

Thinking of this, Longye lowered his head and tried hard to recall the details of the case that was about to happen.

The culprit appears to be Mr. Yonehara!

To be honest, Ryūno had a pretty good impression of this teacher, Yonehara.

The teacher investigated the situation of all students in the class before the start of the school year.

After learning that she was living alone, she took extra care of herself.

But in order to protect his "heart", Mr. Yonehara never mentioned this publicly.

Instead, they adopted a more indirect approach, quietly observing their own life and mental state.

For an "adult" like him, such petty tricks are completely ineffective.

Regardless, her kindness and genuine care for the children deserve Ryuno's respect.

Ryūno believes that Mr. Yonehara is indeed a model teacher.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Ran and Sonoko, who were chatting happily with Mr. Yonehara, and frowned.

If Ms. Yonehara is arrested for murder, the two of them must be very upset, right?

In this case……

……

Not long after, at the invitation of Mr. Yonehara, the three of them decided to go with the group to visit the villa they had rented.

On the way, Mr. Yonehara and the others talked about the origin of this ski trip.

The incident began when everyone found an invitation letter in their office drawer, and they all assumed that Nakamura-sensei was in charge of planning the trip.

But to everyone's surprise, Ms. Nakamura shook her head and denied everyone's guesses, saying that she also knew about the plan from the letters in her drawer.

Just yesterday, a map and key to the meeting place for this trip and the rented villa suddenly appeared in her drawer.

Upon hearing this, everyone unanimously concluded that this trip was planned by Sugiyama-sensei, who had yet to make his first appearance.

Throughout their conversation, Tatsuno kept observing Yonehara-sensei's expressions, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Sure enough, after hearing that everyone believed that Sugiyama-sensei had planned the trip, a relaxed expression appeared on her face.

……

Half an hour later, the group finally drove to the villa located halfway up the mountain.

After getting off the car, everyone admired the villa and curiously entered the building.

Longye glanced in the direction not far from the villa, where an "uninvited guest" was standing in the snow, quietly observing everyone.

After guessing the man's identity, Longye smiled, secretly summoned a clone, and then closed the door behind him.

After experiencing the vast space inside the villa firsthand, everyone was immediately excited.

At that moment, heavy snow began to fall outside the window.

Ms. Yonehara glanced at the heavy snow outside the window and walked over to Ryuno and the other two.

"It's snowing so heavily, it seems you can't go back for the time being. Why don't you stay here tonight? By the way, do you want me to make a call home?"

Upon hearing this, Longye and the other two shook their heads.

They had already made preparations to spend the night away from home before they even left.

Putting Ran aside for now, Sonoko's parents weren't worried about her safety at all after they learned that she was going out with Ryūno Ran.

Just then, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Upon hearing the sound, everyone realized it might be Sugiyama-sensei, who hadn't appeared yet. Nakamura-sensei immediately ran to open the door, and everyone followed her to the entrance.

The door was opened.

Instead of the so-called Mr. Sugiyama, a middle-aged man in a brown coat appeared before everyone.

Upon seeing the man, the teachers inside the room all showed expressions of surprise and remained silent.

Seeing this, Sonoko asked curiously, "Who are you?"

"Hmph~ I'm just a newspaper reporter who received a lot of help from them three years ago. My name is Mori Atsushi."

At this moment, the teachers also came to their senses. Shimoda-sensei and Sakai-sensei immediately questioned, "How did you end up here?!"

Seeing the surprised expressions on the two teachers' faces, Mori Atsushi smiled slightly: "Of course, someone told me that something is going to happen here tonight."

After saying that, he went into the house on his own.

Upon seeing this, the two male teachers immediately prepared to step forward to stop them.

Mori Atsushi seemed to have anticipated this. He stopped and said dismissively, "Are you really going to stop me from coming in? If so, I'll write that in the next issue of the newspaper!"

"The teachers at Beihu Elementary School are utterly inhumane, leaving a newspaper reporter stranded in a blizzard... Is that acceptable?"

After speaking, Mori Atsushi waved to everyone without looking at their reactions and went straight into the house.

After the man entered the room, the teachers present fell silent.

……

Soon after, everyone got hungry.

Ryūno suggested that he cook dinner for everyone himself to thank Yonehara-sensei for inviting them to stay at the villa.

After getting everyone's consent, Ryūno led Ran and Sonoko into the kitchen.

same moment

Ms. Yonehara quietly went up the stairs and into a dark room.