Solving cases with Detective Conan's science? No, I'm a cultivator!

Xiaolan looked at the two girls and asked in surprise, "Eh, are you teaching us, Miss Ayako?"

“Yes,” Gan Liya explained, “Although Grandma Chiyoko also teaches some decorating, it’s mainly us who do it.”

"I see." Xiaolan nodded.

……

Kitagawa Taki helped carry the luggage to the room, which was indeed quite large. Sonoko's room was right next door.

"Taki, you play by yourself for a while! Ran and I are going to make chocolate!"

Sonoko pulled Ran away from the room.

kitchen.

Several women chatted as they made chocolates.

Xiaolan asked, "What is Grandma doing in the forest all by herself?"

Gan Liya said, "She went to visit the grave. Her husband passed away four years ago."

Mika Funaka said, "He passed away on February 14th. He was caught in an avalanche. Before Saburo dug him out, I heard he had been buried for a week. However, another person was not dug out."

“That’s my brother, but I’ve always felt he’s still alive, which is why I come here every year. I also wanted to visit my former boss’s grave.” Gan Liya’s expression was forlorn, then she smiled apologetically: “Sorry for suddenly bringing up such a heavy topic.”

Xiaolan quickly waved her hand and said, "No."

……

Sonoko is putting the final decorations on her chocolate.

She wrote "TO TAKI" on the heart-shaped chocolate.

Gan Liyako, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but feel a little strange. Wasn't Kitagawa Taki and Ran a couple?

But Sonoko's chocolate is clearly not a proper obligation chocolate, and the key point is that Ran, as the one who is supposed to be the recipient, hasn't reacted at all.

Anyway, she couldn't understand it.

After Chapter 413, hehe...

"It's started snowing outside."

Gan Liya looked out the window; snowflakes were falling heavily from the sky.

Mika Konakawa glanced at her watch and said, "I wonder how Nigaki is doing. It's getting late."

"Let's go out and see how Eryuan is doing. You two can stay here."

As Mika Konakawa put on her coat, she spoke to Ran and the other girl.

There was no cell phone signal in the deep mountains and forests, so we couldn't contact Yoshitaka Futagaki.

The two quickly went outside.

Sonoko looked at the chocolates the two had finished and said, "Ran, let's give the chocolates to Taki!"

Xiaolan nodded.

……

Kitagawa Taki's room.

"Clang clang clang!"

Sonoko took out her chocolate from behind her back and waved it in front of Kitagawa Taki.

Kitagawa Taki accepted it with a smile, then looked at Ran: "Ran, what about yours?"

Ran then took out the chocolates she had made. "Taki, these are for you!"

They already knew how to make chocolate, but they came here to do it only for symbolic reasons.

Sonoko glanced at Ran, chuckled, and whispered in Kitagawa Taki's ear, "Leave the door open for me tonight."

Kitagawa Taki's heart skipped a beat; it had to be Sonoko.

He said that Sonoko had arranged for him and Ran to be in the same room because that was her plan.

That's good, let's get Xiaolan more accepting of it first, and then later, hehe...

Looking at the two people with mischievous grins, Xiaolan couldn't help but ask, "What are you two talking about?"

"It's a secret." Sonoko playfully stuck out her little tongue and said, "You'll find out when the time comes."

She was already imagining Xiaolan's expression when she saw her.

Xiaolan had no idea that she had been "tricked" by her best friend.

She went to the window and looked outside. "The snow is falling heavier and heavier..."

Kitagawa Taki glanced at it and said, "Let's go out and play again tomorrow."

Sonoko asked, "Ran, you're not worried about the three of them, are you?"

Upon hearing this, Kitagawa Taki asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Sonoko explained, "That reporter still hasn't come back, so Ms. Ako and Ms. Mika went out to look for him."

Ran said, "Didn't Grandma Chiyoko say that we shouldn't go out when it snows?"

"Ran, you actually believed that!" Sonoko reassured her, "Don't worry, they'll be fine."

Kitagawa Taki, however, had a bad feeling. In Detective Conan, people in this situation would usually be dead.

I hope that guy named Yoshiki Nigaki is alright, and that he won't disturb my sleeping in the same bed tonight.

……

But sometimes, things just don't go as planned.

It wasn't until dark that Gan Liya and Konakawa Mika returned from their search, having naturally come up empty-handed.

Mika Funaka said, "We searched everywhere he might have gone, but we couldn't find him."

The wind and snow outside are getting heavier, and the hope of finding the person is becoming increasingly slim.

"Let's go look for it together while we still have some sight."

Chiyoko Yuasa, who had gone out to visit the grave, had already returned with her dog.

Gan Liya looked to Kitagawa Taki and the other two for help. Kitagawa Taki knew that Ran would definitely not refuse, so he simply said, "Let's go, we'll help out too."

With his divine sense, he might be able to find it soon.

Kitagawa Taki, along with Ran, Sonoko, and the others, split up to search for the person.

As expected, he soon found Yoshiki Futagaki near the villa, but it was a corpse.

Yoshiki Futaki was leaning against a large tree with a bloodstained stick next to him. His face was covered in blood, clearly indicating that he had been struck on the head with the stick and died.

Strangely, a section of the bloodstains on his face had disappeared, as if someone had deliberately wiped them away.

Ran asked, "Taki, Mr. Nigaki, what about him?"

Kitagawa Taki shook his head: "He's already dead."

Sonoko pointed to Yoshiki Futagaki and said, "Isn't that the chocolate that Ako-san made?"

It was a heart-shaped chocolate with the word "yoshi" on it, the very one that Amariko made for Yoshiki Futagaki.

"Really?" Xiaolan exclaimed. "But shouldn't it be in the kitchen? How did it get here?"

Before they left, they were cooking in the kitchen, while the chocolates were still on the counter.

At this moment, the others also came looking for them.

The original three were joined by an unfamiliar man, who, like Yuzo Sakami who had left earlier, was carrying a hunting rifle on his back.

"Jia Gui!"

Upon seeing Yoshitaka Nigaki, Amariyako was about to rush forward, but Ran and Sonoko held her back.

Ran advised, "Mr. Nigaki was murdered. Miss Ako, rushing over there will only ruin the scene."

Following Kogoro Mouri around, Ran often sees various crime scenes and learns a thing or two from what she sees and hears.

Gan Liya stopped approaching and burst into tears.

"How could this be?" Mika Konakawa covered her mouth, looking incredulous.

Sonoko said, "Let's go back and call the police!"

A voice came: "The police won't be able to come."

It was Yuzo Sakura.

"Sake, how did you know we were here?" the stranger greeted him.

Judging from his appearance, he is the friend that Yuzo Sakami mentioned.

Yuzo Sakami explained, "I heard your voices, so I came to check."

Chiyoko Yuasa asked, "Mr. Sakami, what do you mean by saying the police can't come?"

Yuzo Sakami said, "To be precise, the police won't be able to come anytime soon. The only tunnel leading here has been completely buried by an avalanche, and it will probably take a long time to reopen it."

"what?"

"No way!?"

"How could this be?"

Upon hearing this bad news, the girls found it hard to believe.

Yuzo Sakami gave a cold laugh and said, "Whether you believe it or not, Itakura, let's go."

After saying that, the two left together.

Suddenly, Mika Konakawa exclaimed, "Isn't that the chocolate you just made today, Ako?"

Gan Liya was equally astonished: "Why? How did my chocolate end up here?"

Kitagawa Taki had no clue about this at the moment.

It's not very reasonable to say that the murderer used this to frame Gan Liya.