Conan Rick's Investigator

Qin Zhibo immediately materialized the gun and raised it, pointing it in the direction of Asanuma Yoko's escape.

But at this moment, violent ice and snow fell from the sky again, almost completely blocking the view.

What kind of weather is this?

The world changes just like that?

A violent snowstorm mixed with small hailstones hit Qin Zhibo's face. Qin Zhibo, who was not here specifically for skiing, did not bring goggles and could only cover his eyes with his hands to create a field of vision.

In the sight of flying snowflakes, Yoko Asanuma's figure had long disappeared without a trace.

In the blizzard, without a warm jacket, Akiko Kinoshita could not hold out for long. The time it took her to go back and forth was enough to freeze her to death.

So after weighing the pros and cons, Qin Zhibo gave up chasing the escaped Asanuma Yoko, and instead put the ski suit back on Kinoshita Akiko who was lying in the snow pit, then used the shroud as a strap to carry it on his back and left.

……

In front of the window of the B&B, Conan looked at the gloomy sky outside with some disappointment.

I remember the last time I went skiing was during the last case...

This time, we finally met Uncle Maori who generously helped us with the sliding, but halfway through the sliding, we encountered a snowstorm.

But the weather forecast clearly said it would be sunny today, so how could there suddenly be a blizzard?

Moreover, the scope of the blizzard was exactly around the ski resort.

Bored Conan was about to turn around and continue reading "The Encyclopedia of Fungi" when he suddenly saw a gloomy, burly human silhouette on the foothills outside the window.

This is……

Before Conan could come to a conclusion about what this thing was, Xiaolan next to him suddenly shuddered and screamed.

"That, that's..."

"Yuki-onna!"

Chapter 147 When Asanuma Yoko chose to escape...

Snow, snow girl...

Conan stared in disbelief at the "bulge" walking on the white ridge.

Despite the howling wind and snow, you can still see that there is a thick layer of snow on it.

That's a walking "snowman"!

I remember Xiaolan said yesterday that she saw the Snow Girl moving on the mountain ridge, but when I went to see it myself, I couldn’t see even a single person.

Could it be that Xiaolan was not mistaken, there really is a snow girl?

impossible!

This is absolutely impossible!

I have to see it with my own eyes!

As a staunch materialist fighter, Conan's eyes instantly became determined. He stood up, opened the window and was about to jump out. Fortunately, Ran Mouri, who was next to him, grabbed Conan who was about to jump out and held him in her arms.

"No! Conan!"

"It's too dangerous out there! You'll freeze to death!"

The wind and snow blew in through the window, and Conan could only grit his teeth and watch the "snowman" on the ridge become clearer and clearer.

and many more……

Getting clearer?

No, that seems to be...

"Sister Xiaolan! That doesn't look like a snow girl, it's a human!"

"There must be someone in distress over there who needs our help!"

After saying that, Conan hurried to the hot spring bathing area to find Kogoro Mouri.

……

"Boy, if you tell a lie, wait and see how I'll deal with you when I get back!"

After being pulled out of the hot spring by Conan, Kogoro Mouri put on his ski suit while threatening Conan.

Conan, who was already dressed, had a heavy expression on his face.

Just now, while Kogoro Mouri was drying himself and coming out, Conan went to the female star's and Qin Zhibo's rooms and knocked on the door, but found that none of them had returned.

In fact, when they were at the ski resort, Conan saw these three people divided into two groups and skiing into the obstacle skiing area that most people would not try.

In addition, this snowstorm came too suddenly. Maybe the three of them were trapped in the woods near the ski resort, and then they sent their strongest representative to ask for help?

and so……

"Let's go quickly, uncle."

After saying that, Conan turned around and was about to go out, but the wooden sliding door of the B&B was suddenly opened from the outside with a loud bang.

I saw a humanoid creature covered in snow and with a thick physique standing outside the door. Its eyes were glowing green, and there were a series of unknown protrusions behind it.

"Snow monster!"

"what!"

Kogoro Mouri was so scared that he sat down on the floor, and Ran also screamed. The owner, the landlady and Conan of the B&B were all frightened to varying degrees.

However, when the "humanoid creature" stood there and shook off the snow on its body, its true human appearance was revealed.

"Mr. Qin!"

Qin Zhibo loosened the shroud straps around his waist and placed the "bulge" on his back, which was actually the unconscious Akiko Kinoshita, on the ground.

Before anyone could ask, Qin Zhibo began to explain the case.

"Asanuma Yoko was jealous that Kinoshita Akiko always outshined her, so she planned to kill Kinoshita Akiko during this trip."

"She first took Kinoshita Akiko to the woods and tricked her into drinking sleeping pills in an attempt to freeze her to death."

"But I stopped her murderous plan."

"The only regret is that Asanuma Yoko escaped during the snowstorm."

There was no fancy reasoning, and the final result of the case was firmly rammed into everyone's heads.

Everyone present looked at Qin Zhibo in disbelief, surprised at his "reasoning" without any warning.

Especially Conan, it is even more unacceptable.

what's the situation?

It felt like being in an exam, and before the invigilator handed out the papers, a candidate named Qin in the same exam announced that he had finished the paper.

He even killed the invigilator, so the exam was cancelled?

Didn’t I lose so completely this time?

But looking at it from another perspective, Qin Zhibo solved the case quickly and successfully saved a life.

Conan could only comfort himself in this way.

At this time, Ran Mao Li came to her senses and asked a more humane question with a worried look on her face.

"What about Miss Asanuma Yoko? Wouldn't it be dangerous for her to stay outside now?"

Maori Kogoro said seriously: "There is a blizzard outside now. If we go out rashly, we will be in danger."

"Although it may seem unfair to her, I can only wait until the snowstorm dies down tomorrow to go find her..."

……

On the night of a howling snowstorm, a lonely pink figure was walking in the snow.

In the extremely cold and biting wind, the ski suits woven by modern scientific and technological civilization cannot withstand it for too long.

The cold wind pricked Yoko Asanuma's skin like sharp needles that could easily penetrate the pores of clothes.

Amidst the snow and ice, Yoko Asanuma could only curl up her body as much as possible, praying that the heat in her body would dissipate slowly, and relying on her remaining willpower, she moved forward in the direction that her frozen brain believed was the right direction.

Maybe there's a place of refuge there?

As for the temperature...

Minus 30 degrees?

Or is it the extreme cold that only exists in the Arctic Circle?

Yoko Asanuma's skin was now completely numb from the cold and she had lost all sense of temperature.

The only thing I know is that after a while, all my blood will be frozen and stop flowing.

At this time, another gust of wind blew, and Yoko Asanuma's body "broke" like a fragile straw.

Yoko Asanuma fell heavily to the snow. As her consciousness gradually faded, the corners of her mouth, which were red and cracked from the cold, actually turned up at an angle.

How ridiculous...

I wanted to freeze Mingzi to death, but now I am going to be frozen to death instead.

Even at this time, Yoko Asanuma still did not forget to express her self-mockery as an actor in her heart.

In the dark and snowy weather, Yoko Asanuma's will to survive gradually faded.

Now she only felt that her body was getting heavier and heavier, and the snowflakes that were rapidly piling up on her back were like a thick quilt, making people lie in it and not want to move.

It's as if there are magnets on my upper and lower eyelids that attract each other, making it extremely difficult to keep my eyes open every second.

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

However, just as Yoko Asanuma's consciousness was wavering between the real predicament and the empty illusion, the cold wind in the sky suddenly died down.

The snowflakes that were originally tilted almost parallel to the ground suddenly turned to fall vertically, and a calm and elegant snowy night replaced the extremely cold and snowy night in an instant.

For some unknown reason, her body regained some warmth, and this warmth flowed into Yoko Asanuma's almost frozen brain, causing her eyes, which had just been closed, to open again.

The snow...is getting smaller?

When she opened her eyes, Yoko Asanuma was surprised to find that the surrounding environment suddenly became gentle.

The surroundings that were dark just now are now much brighter!

After lying in the snow for a while, Yoko Asanuma regained some consciousness and walked forward with her back hunched.

Sure enough, God still takes care of me!

I can still live!

As long as I can survive, I will go back and ask for Mingzi's forgiveness...

After walking out of the snowstorm area, the joy of life made Yoko Asanuma's mind active again.

But higher up, where Yoko Asanuma hadn't noticed yet, a huge, skinny human figure was hiding sideways next to a tall spruce tree.

His long, dry hair swayed in the wind like a ghost.

On that horribly twisted and stretched almost deformed face of pain, eyes as red as burning irons were staring straight at the tiny ant walking on the snow.

Chapter 148 Snowland Mystery

The next day, dawn.

After the snowstorm subsided, the police quickly dispatched a search and rescue team to the woods around the ski resort for search and rescue.

As for Yoko Asanuma's entire plan, it all became clear after searching the backpack she left in the B&B hotel room.

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

The content of the suicide note probably said that Akiko Kinoshita suffered from the same pneumonia as her father, and her father died of pneumonia, so Akiko Kinoshita also lost hope of living.

After waking up, Akiko Kinoshita was full of questions.

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