Tuesday, March 25, in the mountains of the upper reaches of the Tama River.

At around five o'clock in the evening, when it was dark, Yamazaki and Midako returned to the makeshift camp with a load of firewood, only to find that Mori, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan still hadn't come.

One of the chefs reported, "Master Yamazaki, there have been no vehicles for ten minutes. ”

Yamazaki put down the firewood and took out the detective badge, only to find that the detective badge on the opposite side of Conan was out of power, so he put it away again.

Seeing that the chef was raising the fire under the grill and starting to roast the meat, Midaiko turned her head and asked, "What's wrong, brother?"

"Conan's badge is out of power, probably after a long time, the electricity has been lost. Yamazaki laughed, "Let's wait while we eat." ”

At about 5:20 p.m., the first batch of meat was ready, and it was already completely dark, and Mori and his party still hadn't arrived, and Yamazaki and Midaiko were on their way.

At about six o'clock in the evening, Mei Daizi drank a glass of juice, breathed a sigh of satisfaction and relief, and then asked, "What now, brother?"

Yamazaki said, "It's good to leave some for them." ”

After thinking for a while, pointing to the complete raw mountain pig's head on the table, Mei Daizi smiled: "Then leave the pig's head to them, it's just right to drink." ”

"Well, I think they're going to love it. Yamazaki laughed.

"You can go back and take this half of the fresh boar back to the Japanese Hotel, along with the entrails and skins. Yamazaki smiled at the three chefs, "The grill, tables and chairs are also taken away, this pig's head is more flavorful, we can use the campfire." ”

The cooks saw that Mei Daiko did not express an opinion, so they packed up their things and left.

At about 6:10 p.m., on the tablecloth next to the campfire, Mei Daiko and Yamazaki walked side by side looking at the night sky, Mei Daiko pointed to the sky and asked, "Is that Haier-Bop's Comet?" ”

Looking at the star with its tail, Yamazaki smiled: "Yes, this is a rare large comet with high brightness visible to the naked eye, and it only comes to Earth once in about 2,300 years on average." ”

"More than 2,300 years, that's amazing. Mei Daizi smiled, "It's been more than 4,600 years, and after running away from home for so long, I don't know if his mother will spank him." ”

"Maybe for more than 2,300 years, for the comet family, it was only more than 2,300 minutes, less than 40 hours, two days and one night, not even a study trip, at most it was going out to ski class. Yamazaki smiled, "Or a weekend vacation." ”

"Then Halley's Comet should be educated by the teachers at Comet Elementary School. Mei Daiko smiled, "Seventy-five minutes to ring the doorbell of the neighbor's house, from the recorded time to the present, this prank has been played more than thirty times, and the neighbor of the earth has been numb from harassment. ”

"yes. Yamazaki smiled, "I've been so angry that I've been going around in circles for a long time." ”

Mei Daiko laughed a few times, then stopped talking, and the two of them quietly watched the night sky. Well, a very good picture, it would be very good if Midaiko didn't have the boar's head next to her, which was also facing the sky and screaming silently.

As time passed, a cloud drifted over, followed by a drop of rain that fell.

"Really," Midaiko grumbled, sitting up, "it's raining, why haven't you come yet." ”

Yamazaki stretched out his hand to test it, and when he saw that the rain was getting heavier, he said, "Put out the fire." ”

"Okay. "I wish they had come soon." As he spoke, he threw the paper bag containing the dirt on the campfire, and then went up and stepped on it twice.

At this time, the sound of the engine came, and Yamazaki smiled: "I finally came, but unfortunately it was a little late, but it was just in time to pick us up and go back......" Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud "bang!"

"It's a flat tire. Mei Daiko smiled.

Yamazaki smiled: "I'm afraid yes, fortunately there is a spare ......" Before the words were finished, the roar of the garden came, "Damn, why did you have a flat tire again." ”

"Uhh ”

On the other side, Maori, who got out of the car to inspect the garden, asked, "How is it, is there a spare tire?"

"No, a car has a spare tire. Maori smiled wryly.

"No, won't we?" exclaimed the garden, "and there are no cars at this time, so aren't we going to stay here?"

"No, it won't. Lan shouted, "I don't want to sleep here." ”

"You can't sleep out if you want to," Conan put his hand out of the window and snapped up a few drops of rain, "it's raining." With that, he went down, and Lan and the garden followed.

Standing in the light in front of the car, looking at the darkness all around, listening to the sound of the leaves being blown by the wind and the rain, Lan leaned close to the garden and asked with some fear: "Dad, Dad, what is this, what is this place?"

"What is the use of asking him," said the garden, looking at his watch, "it's seven o'clock, and it's a three-hour drive from twenty minutes, and now God knows where we are." ”

Maori weakly retorted, "How can there be three hours." ”

"You're embarrassed," cried the garden, "and it took an hour and a half to change the tire." ”

"Hey, hey. Conan pointed into the distance and said, "There seems to be a light over there." ”

Following Conan's direction, he noticed a faint light, and the garden said, "Finally, there is a place to stay." ”

At this time, Lan noticed that the bushes around him were shaking, and then vaguely saw a monster with two fangs appearing in the bushes, and immediately pulled his throat and shouted, "Monster!"

Sonoko and Mori shouted in surprise as they saw it, and Conan hurried to the front of the car.

Mei Daizi, who walked out of the bushes with the head of the boar, looked around, and asked suspiciously, "What are you calling it?"

"Beauty, beauty?" Sonoko was taken aback, and Conan breathed a sigh of relief.

Lan pointed to the boar's head and asked in fear, "You, what are you doing?"

"Boar's head. Mei Daizi sent the boar's head to Ran, and Lan was so frightened that she took a step back.

"You, where did you come from?" asked the gardener, "you didn't come here for the boar, did you?"

"yes. Mei Daizi smiled, "By the way, this is for your dinner, but unfortunately you only came now, and it can't be baked in the rain." ”

"Sister Mei Daizi, are you here, that means this is near the Mud Temple?" asked Conan.

Holding a roll of cloth, Yamazaki came out of the bushes and said, "Yes, it's raining heavily, and the tires are broken again, so let's go to the mud temple to avoid it." As he spoke, he shook off the cloth.

"Did you bring this?" asked Maori.

Yamazaki smiled bitterly: "It was sent by the dining car." ”

"Dining car!" said Sonoko and Maori, "where?"

"I have already gone back with the rest of the wild boar. Yamazaki smiled wryly, "Who knew you burst two tires in a row." Then he stuffed the wine from the cloth to Maori and said, "Uncle, we have left a bottle of soju for you." Then let the people put the cloth on their heads.

After a while, Maori and his entourage took their belongings and headed to the mud temple with a napkin. ……