Detective Conan: I, with my magical powers, am going to destroy the world!

Just then, another gust of wind blew by, and Yoko Asanuma's body snapped like a frail straw, falling heavily onto the snow.

As Yoko Asanuma's consciousness gradually faded, her lips, red and chapped from the cold, unexpectedly turned up at an angle.

How ridiculous...

I wanted to freeze Akiko to death, but now I'm the one who's going to freeze to death.

They really brought this on themselves.

Even at this hour, Yoko Asanuma couldn't resist indulging in a self-deprecating remark about being an actress.

In the gloomy, blizzard-like weather, Yoko Asanuma's will to survive gradually faded.

Now she only felt her body getting heavier and heavier.

The snowflakes that quickly accumulated on my back felt like a thick quilt, making me want to lie in it and not move.

It felt as if there were magnets attracting each other on my upper and lower eyelids, making it extremely difficult to keep my eyes open for even a second.

The lullaby from her childhood seemed to echo in her ears, reminding her that it was time to return home.

Just as Yoko Asanuma's consciousness wavered between the real predicament and the illusory illusion, the cold wind in the sky suddenly stopped.

The snowflakes, which were originally tilted almost parallel to the ground, suddenly turned and fell vertically.

A peaceful and elegant snowy night quickly replaced the frigid, snowy night of just moments before.

My body somehow regained some temperature.

A warm current flowed into Yoko Asanuma's almost frozen brain, causing her eyes, which had just closed, to reopen.

The snow has lessened?

I don't have to die?

Yoko Asanuma opened her eyes and looked around in surprise.

The surrounding environment really did become warmer.

Even the snowfield seemed much brighter, shimmering with an unusual light.

After lying in the snow for a while, Yoko Asanuma regained some consciousness.

She got up and moved forward.

As expected, God is still looking out for me!

I can continue to live!

As long as I can survive, I'll go back and ask Akiko for forgiveness.

The joy of life made Yoko Asanuma's mind active.

Just then, a gaunt human figure appeared not far ahead.

Chapter 228 Snow Woman or Snow Monster?

The humanoid creature was very tall and moved quickly across the snow.

It doesn't take a step, but it moves incredibly fast.

It's like gliding on snow.

Upon closer inspection, one can see a massive head resembling a rotten lump of wood, with withered long hair swaying in the wind like a ghost.

On the distorted, terrifying, and almost deformed giant human face, a pair of white eyes stared straight at them.

Before Yoko Asanuma's terrified eyes, the humanoid creature raised its hand and pointed, causing the surrounding snowflakes to swarm towards Yoko Asanuma like mosquitoes.

They crawled into every orifice and crevice on the woman's body, including her mouth, nose, ears, and eyes, endlessly.

Yoko Asanuma struggled helplessly, gradually disappearing into the dense snowflakes.

In the end, only a huge snowdrift remained.

"Snow...woman..."

The humanoid monster emitted a strange sound like wood rubbing together.

Bang.

The snowdrift exploded, revealing a fair figure standing stiffly in the center.

The next day, dawn.

After the blizzard subsided, police quickly dispatched teams to search the woods surrounding the ski resort.

As for Yoko Asanuma's entire plan of the crime, it was all clear after searching the backpack she left in the guesthouse room.

Inside the backpack was a suicide note written by Yoko Asanuma, imitating Akiko Kinoshita's handwriting.

The suicide note stated that Kinoshita Akiko had contracted the same pneumonia as her father, who had died from it, and that this had caused her to lose all hope of living.

Akiko Kinoshita expressed her utter bewilderment at this.

It is true that her father died of pneumonia, but her own pneumonia was not serious, and the doctor said it was curable.

Judging from the forged suicide note, Yoko Asanuma's complete plan was to create the illusion that Akiko Kinoshita had committed suicide.

Because she needed to go to the police station to give a statement and also had filming work to do, Akiko Kinoshita reluctantly left the guesthouse.

Of course, the phone number and address were exchanged.

Akiko Kinoshita said she would personally visit Akatsuka to express her gratitude for saving her life.

As for how to express gratitude, that's something others would hardly know.

On the snow-covered mountainside, Chi Chufeng was striding forward.

According to the predictive magic, Koizumi Akako is getting closer and closer.

Although it's still veering left and right, we should be getting closer to the summit.

Chi Chufeng walked calmly up the snow-capped mountain, estimating the time as he went.

After more than an hour, we finally climbed to the top of the high white ridge.

This is an ordinary snowfield near the mountain peak.

There were no buried caves or cemeteries to be seen on the snow.

As for traces of animal activity

Chi Chufeng straightened his body slightly and scanned the snowfield in front of him with his eyes.

Six slightly short spruce trees grew on the gently sloping snow, and at first glance, there were no signs of any animal activity on them.

However, behind one of the spruce trees, some unusual colors adorned the white snow.

Chi Chufeng went over to check and found that there were two sky-blue skis stuck unevenly at an angle in the snow.

These two skis are familiar; they're the same ones Yoko Asanuma used yesterday!

Did Yoko Asanuma escape from the hotel last night and come here on her skis?

However, the terrain here is higher than the woods in front of the ski resort, making it absolutely impossible to come up on skis during a blizzard.

It's possible that he was carrying skis, the purpose of which was to make it easier to ski down the mountain from the other side and escape the police.

But...

Akatsuka looked around but did not find any trace of Yoko Asanuma nearby.

In the woods near the ski resort, search and rescue teams and police are gradually expanding the search area.

Suddenly, a search and rescue team member blew his whistle, summoning nearby people over.

"Did you discover anything?"

"Look, look, look..."

The young search and rescue team member suddenly became inarticulate, which aroused the displeasure of the more experienced search and rescue team members next to him.

"What happened? Explain yourself!"

Under the orders of their seniors, the terrified young team member pointed tremblingly forward.

The senior looked in the direction the finger was pointing and saw a huge claw mark clearly visible on the snow five meters away.

Those were claw marks resembling a human hand, but far sharper than a human palm.

Because it is so huge, with even the smallest finger being almost as long as an adult's forearm, the details on its surface are so exposed that it appears somewhat inexplicably distorted and ugly.

Having spent many years in search and rescue operations in the snow-capped mountains, this veteran of the search and rescue team had heard all sorts of legends about snow monsters, such as the Yuki-onna (snow woman).

At this moment, the only legend that his brain could match was that delusion.

"Snow, Snow Monster!"

"It's a Yeti!"

Chapter 229 Snow Woman... Why does she look like this?

"Akachu-san, come quick, the Snow Woman is here!"