Saturday, April 7th, afternoon, Tama City, Tokiwa Twin Building.

Secretary Sawaguchi hung up the phone and said to Mori, "Mr. Mori, the chairman is greeting you at the banquet hall on the 75th floor. Please come with me, the sightseeing elevator is here. Saying that, he wanted to lead the way, but he hit Maori's body, so he quickly apologized.

Yuan Jiaming smiled: "It is worthy of being a pig, so it always bumps east and west." ”

Maori smiled, "It seems that you do this kind of thing a lot." ”

Secretary Sawaguchi stuck out his tongue embarrassedly, then led the way and led everyone into the sightseeing elevator.

Looking at the glass wall, Maori's face changed greatly, but he was embarrassed to go down, so he had to cling to the innermost.

Yuan Jiaming smiled: "It turns out that Mr. Maori has a fear of heights, this rumor is true." ”

"It's, it's okay. "Maori tries not to look at the feet.

Secretary Sawaguchi hurriedly said, "Ah, I'm really sorry, I thought it was ......"

Lan smiled: "It's okay, the scenery here is very good, thank you for the arrangement." ”

Ayumi smiled, "yes, it's really beautiful." ”

Mitsuhiko smiled, "The view is fantastic. ”

Yuan Tai smiled: "It seems to be approaching the kingdom of heaven step by step." ”

The garden shouted, "Go, what heaven, the fairy tongue is unscrupulous." ”

At this time, the elevator stopped, the door opened, Mori hurriedly retreated, and when he turned around, he saw a beautiful woman in her thirties, "Are you Tokiwa?"

"It's me, Māori senior, welcome. Mio Tokiwa smiled, "Preparations are being made for the opening banquet here, so it's a little messy, so please bear with me." ”

"Ms. Tokiwa, I'm his daughter Ran, and it's nice to meet you. Ran stood between Mori and Tokiwa Mio and saluted, "My mother wants me to greet you on her behalf." ”

Tokiwa Mio smiled: "Thank you, please also greet Lawyer Concubine on my behalf." ”

"Yes, by all means. Ran said, and then began to introduce the others, "These three are my classmates, Yamazaki, Midaiko, and Sonoko. ”

Tokiwa Mio smiled: "Welcome to the three of you, please forgive me for the inconsiderate hospitality." ”

"You're welcome. Yamazaki, Midaiko and Sonoko said.

Lan said, "This is Dr. Asasa. ”

Tokiwa Mio smiled, "I've admired the daimyo for a long time, and it's nice to meet you." ”

Dr. Asa said, "Yes, I'm glad to meet you here. ”

After that, Lan introduced the five Conans, and the five Conan saluted one by one: "Hello." ”

Tokiwa Mio smiled, "No formality, it's nice to meet you." She then told Secretary Sawaguchi to take the children to play, while she took Mori to a nearby sofa set and sat down.

The sofa set is right next to the window, and you can see the whole view of Mt. Fuji at a glance, and there is a tea set on the coffee table, and the kettle is boiling on the charcoal stove.

Tokiwa Mio touched the kettle, and then made tea for the six Maori people, "Please." ”

"Thank you. The six Maori drank tea with the view of Mt. Fuji in the distance.

"It's delicious. Maori put down the teacup and smiled.

"With this view, it's stunning. Dr. Asasa smiled contentedly.

"Let everyone laugh. Tokiwa Mio smiled, and then said, "Senior Maori, I came to you this time to ask you for a favor. ”

Maori smiled, "If there's anything you can say, as long as I can do it." ”

"That's right," said Mio Tokiwa, "and we have a food company under the Tokiwa Foundation, and many years ago someone threatened us with poisoning and extorted 100 million yen. ”

"What?" asked Maori, frowning, "This kind of thing is usually easy to solve as long as the prisoner shows up." ”

Mio Tokiwa said: "That's what we and the police thought at the beginning, but the person suddenly disappeared, and the police couldn't find it, and the money didn't seem to have moved, and the police thought that he wanted to hide until the statute of limitations expired before using the money." ”

"It's not impossible," Maori said. ”

"But just a few days ago, a manager who experienced the events of that year reported to me that he saw a person who was suspected of being a prisoner on TV. ”

Maori asked, "So, you want me to investigate this?"

"Actually, the man is dead, and the manager saw the news that the body was recognized. Tokiwa Mio picked up the documents on the table and handed them to Mori.

"Dead?" Mori opened the information and looked at it, "Gunma Prefecture, Tone-gun, Mizumachi, Rankeya Hot Spring Inn, this is a good errand." ”

Tokiwa Mio smiled, "So the senior agreed? That's great." ”

"Don't worry, as long as the money is still there, I will definitely be able to help you get it back. Maori laughed, "Without further ado, I'll go over now." ”

"Then there is Senior Lao. Mio Tokiwa smiled. ……

Mori and his party left the Tokiwa Building, and Sonoko proposed to Ran to go skiing and soaking in the hot springs, and the three of them immediately agreed, and as a result, they had a bunch of companions. ……

Three p.m., Maori Detective Agency.

After everyone gathered, we went to Rice Flower Square and took the Rice Flower Underground Loop Line to Nihonbashi Shiraki Building Station, then walked to Tokyo Station and took the Tohoku-Joetsu Shinkansen train to Jomo-Kogen Station, and then took a bus to Minakami Hot Spring Village.

After getting off the bus, everyone found that there was still a long way to go to the Aoiya Hot Spring Hotel, and it was not easy to walk with the freezing on the ground, so Dr. Asasa, Ashara, Motota, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi found a hot spring hotel to stay, Mori, Ran, Yamazaki, Midaiko, Sonoko, and Conan, who was curious to see, walked to the Aoiya Hot Spring Hotel. ……

As he walked along the road, Maori kicked a large rock, and when he saw a statue of Jizo Bodhisattva lying on the ground, Lan wanted to lift it up.

"No, no, lift that Jizo Bodhisattva up, you'll all be cursed. A seven-seater utility vehicle sped up and stopped beside the crowd, "Ah! You're Detective Kogoro Mori!"

"It's me. Maori said proudly.

Conan looked at the person who stuck out his head, and suddenly straightened his triangular eyes, it was the rookie mountain village police officer.

Officer Yamamura smiled excitedly: "I'm Yamamura, a criminal police officer from Gunma Prefecture, and I'm so happy to see you, it's great." ”

"What do you mean?" Mori blinked.

Officer Yamamura smiled: "A busy person like you must have come here for the incident." ”

"Of course. Maori said.

Officer Yamamura smiled, "You must be going to Aoiya to investigate the unidentified deceased person wearing a red coat." ”

Maori asked, "You wouldn't be the same, would you?"

"Yes, it's worthy of a Maori detective, and I reasoned it out at once. Officer Yamamura smiled, "I went to the Aoiya Hotel this time to deal with this case, and I am so lucky to have you." ”

"Huh?" Maori felt a toothache, is this guy really a detective?

Midaiko asked, "Officer, what was the curse you just mentioned?"

"Oh, this forest is called the Toushen Forest. The mountain village police officer said, "The so-called head god is a plague god that causes headaches, and it is said that people who usually have headaches will be immediately fascinated by the head god as soon as they enter the depths of the woods, and there is no way to get out of the woods, so this place has always been a sacred place for suicide." ”

"Self, suicide holy land!" Lan and Yuanzi's faces changed.

"And from here there is the famous Mt. Tanigawa, known as the Magic Mountain, the Cannibal Mountain, and the Death Mountain. "So in order to enhance the effect of suppressing evil spirits, the locals put the Jizo Bodhisattva statue on the ground, which is the one you want to lift, and it is said that if you lift him up, you will attract evil spirits." ”

Lan Heyuan screamed, pulled the car door and got in, Maori said with confidence: "Really, what is there to be afraid of." ”

"Uncle, let's get in the car too, or I don't know when we will go." Yamazaki laughed.

"Yes, uncle, it's getting dark early in the mountains. Mei Daiko smiled.

Maori looked at the already dark sky and the deep woods, "Well, let's take a car." ”……