Conan: Above all force, there is truth!

Looking at the 'little snow hut' the three of them had built by the roadside, Longye smiled. "The little snow hut is quite well-built. Looks like you guys are pretty handy!"

Although Longye's words did not mean to blame the three, the three clearly realized their mistakes and bowed their heads to apologize.

Conan glanced at the three people with their heads down, then at the snowmobile lying on the ground not far away, and sighed, "I say, why did you guys have to go out riding snowmobiles so late at night? And besides, this isn't even the designated area for snowmobile activities!"

Upon hearing this, Mitsuhiko looked at Genta beside him and complained, "It's all because Genta got too carried away just now! That's why we ran off course and got lost!"

"Tch! Didn't you have a lot of fun back then?" Genta said, squinting.

"That's right, but there's a limit to how much you can go on getting carried away! Shouldn't you think things through before you act?!"

"What did you say?! It's as if I can't think for myself!"

"Oh? Did you even use your brain to think about it?"

"..."

Seeing the two of them locked in a tense standoff, Conan immediately intervened, "That's enough! Neither of you should say anything more! Once words are spoken, they can't be taken back."

"But..." Mitsuhiko and Genta said unwillingly.

"If you ask me, we should let them keep arguing, or better yet, have a good fight. They're already prepared to become enemies anyway," Longye nodded with a light laugh.

Conan: "..."

Mitsuhiko, Genta, and Ayumi: "..."

The next second, Mitsuhiko and Genta glanced at each other and said to each other:

"I'm sorry, Mitsuhiko, it's my fault!"

"No, I should be the one saying sorry! I shouldn't have said those things!"

Seeing the two bowing their heads and apologizing to each other after Ryuno's 'advice', Conan twitched his lips and looked at Ryuno speechlessly.

This guy is really...

At this moment, Ryuno saw that Mitsuhiko and Genta hadn't started fighting, and sighed regretfully.

A moment later, Ryuno easily lifted the snowmobile carrying Mitsuhiko and the other two off the ground. "Alright, let's go back now. If you still want to fight, you can wait until we get back."

Mitsuhiko and Genta glanced at Ryuno sheepishly. "We're sorry! We won't do that again!"

Ayumi, who was standing to the side, stared at the snowmobile that had been straightened and exclaimed, "As expected of Ryuno-nii, we tried for ages to lift this snowmobile!"

“Yes, I wish we could be ‘adults’ like Ryūno-nii!” Mitsuhiko and Genta exclaimed.

Conan glanced at Mitsuhiko and the other two, then looked at Tatsuno, who easily lifted the snowmobile with just one hand, and silently complained to himself.

This snowmobile must weigh nearly 100 kilograms... Only this guy could lift it so easily.

Even when you grow up, you'll never change like this guy...

Thinking of this, Conan shook his head.

Shortly after, Tatsuno and the others returned to the hotel by snowmobile.

Upon receiving the news, Professor Agasa and Ran and Sonoko were already standing at the hotel entrance to greet everyone.

After seeing that Mitsuhiko and the others were safe and sound, Sonoko finally spoke up: "Tell me, do you know how worried Professor Agasa was?!"

"I'm sorry!!!" Mitsuhiko and the other two immediately bowed their heads and apologized.

The three children's sincere apologies softened Dr. Agasa's heart. He immediately waved his hand, saying that it was good that the children knew they were wrong.

Just then, Sonoko looked around and asked in confusion, "By the way, Professor Agasa, where did Uncle Mori go? I haven't seen him."

Professor Agasa scratched his face with one finger. "Well... Mori was already drunk and asleep..."

Longye and the others: "..."

"Alright, let's not talk outside anymore, let's go inside." Dr. Agasa scratched his head.

Chapter 377 The premise of being opportunistic is being opportunistic

After Ryūno and his group entered the hotel, Ayumi suddenly saw a familiar face on the sofa in the hotel lobby.

"Look, it's that nurse from earlier in the day! Oh, and the receptionist is here too!"

Everyone followed Ayumi's gaze and looked over.

When Mitsuhiko and Genta saw who Ayumi was pointing to, their eyes immediately lit up.

The next moment, Mitsuhiko and the other two ran towards the sofa in the hall.

Seeing this, Longye and the others followed out of curiosity.

"Thank you so much for everything!" Genta ran up to the nurse and thanked her.

Good evening~ How's your belly doing now?

"It's all fine now!" Genta rubbed his stomach with his hand.

Mitsuhiko laughed and said, "Yes, because Genta's stomach is made of iron!"

Just as everyone was greeting each other, Conan suddenly noticed that there were two familiar faces sitting among them.

These were the two suspicious men that he and Tatsuno had seen at the city hall earlier that day.

Just as Conan was deep in thought, the bespectacled man who had dropped the 'stun gun' during the day stood up and said, "Speaking of which, we haven't introduced ourselves to each other yet, have we?"

"The person sitting next to me is Keisuke Yamao, and the 'nurse sister' you all know is Fuyumi Tachihara. As for Mizuki Tono, you should all have met her before; she is currently working at this inn."

"As for this man over here, his name is Takehiko Muto. And my name is Naogo Hikawa."

After introducing the people present, the bespectacled man, Hikawa Shogo, continued, "We are all residents of the former Kitanosawa Village. This man, Yamao, and I came back from Tokyo specifically to attend the fifth anniversary ceremony."

Hearing so many 'keywords', Conan's mental 'radar' started ringing frequently.

'A suspicious man wearing glasses,' 'A man in green comparing old and new maps,' 'Residents of the old Kitanosawa Village'...

For a moment, Conan's gaze toward these people was filled with scrutiny.

After Professor Agasa introduced Tatsuno and the others, Ran asked, "Are you all childhood friends?"

“Yes, that’s right. We were elementary school classmates~” Nurse Tachihara Fuyumi said with a smile.

Muto Takehiko chimed in, "That's what they say, but actually, there are only five of us in the entire grade at the village elementary school."

“Yes, and it’s been eight years since we last got together,” said the bespectacled man, Hikawa Shogo, with a smile.

Hearing this, Mitsuhiko and the other two were overjoyed. Mitsuhiko even exclaimed, "Eight years?! This reunion must be incredibly moving!"

Before the others could answer, Conan interrupted, "But why haven't we all seen each other in eight years?"

Upon hearing this, Hikawa Shogo took out a notebook from his pocket, then pulled out a folded piece of paper from it, unfolded it, and showed it to everyone.

The paper bore an old news article: 'Suspect Keisuke Yamao fled the scene of an accident in Kitanosawa Village.'

Upon seeing this, the nurse, Tachihara Fuyumi, immediately frowned and said, "Why did you take this out, Hikawa!"

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Mizuki Tono beside her and Keisuke Yamao across from her.

Amidst the puzzled gazes of Ryūno and the others, Hikawa Shōgo chuckled softly, folded the paper in half, and put it away.

"Eight years ago, this guy, who lived in Tokyo, hit a girl with his car on his way to his grandmother's old village where she lived alone."

"He was terrified, so he abandoned the girl's body and fled back to the village."

"A few hours later, he finally came to his senses and went to turn himself in to the police."

Hearing this, Conan looked at Keisuke Yamao in confusion, "Big brother turned himself in?"

"Well, given how badly the car was damaged, I don't think I can get away with it," Yamao Keisuke explained.

Hikawa Shogo, standing nearby, added with a laugh, "Besides, this guy also owed a lot of gambling debts to underground banks back then, making a complete mess of his life~"

"At the time, the court convicted him of speeding, drunk driving, and hit-and-run. Coupled with the fact that his driver's license was suspended at the time, all these miscellaneous charges meant he wasn't released until this summer."

"And what's worse, the victim this guy killed was none other than Mizuki's younger sister, Natsuki, who was only eighteen years old at the time!"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at the receptionist, Mizuki Tono, in shock.

Noticing everyone's gaze, Tono Mizuki looked at Yamao Keisuke across from her and said angrily, "Yamao, I still can't forgive you!"

The air in the room instantly turned cold after those words were spoken.

Seeing this, Muto Takehiko glanced worriedly at Tono Mizuki, then turned to Hikawa Shogo and said, “Speaking of unforgivable things, I’m just as unforgivable as Hikawa! When the idea of ​​building a reservoir was first proposed, your family immediately gave their full support.”

They even sold the 'alternative land' at a high price and moved the whole family to Tokyo without any regrets! Wasn't it your family who persuaded my parents to do the same?!

"Hey, Muto. In this world, you have to know how to be opportunistic." Hikawa Shogo smiled nonchalantly.

At this moment, Tachihara Fuyumi, the nurse who had just been trying to persuade him, also lowered her head, her face full of sorrow, as if she had remembered something.

Upon seeing this scene, Professor Agasa and the others frowned.

Ryūno looked helplessly at Hikawa Shōgo and shook his head.

Opportunistic?

Seriously? You clearly don't understand what it means to be opportunistic, do you?

Putting everything else aside, the fact that you can offend two people with a single sentence means you probably wouldn't survive more than a few episodes.

If Longye wasn't sure before which of these people was the one with the 'death' look on his face, he's now absolutely certain.

If this person named 'Hikawa Shogo' were his friend, Tatsuno would feel like killing him.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting increasingly awkward, Professor Agasa quickly looked at Mitsuhiko and the others, "Alright, let's not bother our older brothers and sisters anymore, everyone go back to your rooms and rest."

After saying goodbye, Longye and the others turned and walked towards their respective rooms.

Since it was getting late and there was a 'snow walking' activity tomorrow, everyone went straight back to their rooms to rest.

……

Early the next morning.

Conan followed behind the excited Mitsuhiko and his two friends with a helpless sigh, and yawned wearily.

Last night he kept thinking about the true identity of the 'bomber'.

After learning the general information about the five people from yesterday, he had a feeling that the bomber was probably among them!

Moreover, all five of them seemed to be 'not quite right'.

Even the seemingly normal nurse, Fuyumi Tachihara, appears to have a heavy heart and seems somewhat suspicious.