The night in the countryside was quiet, but Gao Cheng unexpectedly didn't sleep well, and when he was woken up in the morning, he still yawned.

But unlike him, Xiao Ai is very adaptable to rural life, and I don't know if he really has plans to live in seclusion in the countryside.

"Joto-kun!"

Just after breakfast, the little high school student Xiaosuke and a girl named Xiaodu came over and shouted Gao Cheng outside the door.

"We're coming to play with you!" The headband girl Xiaodu greeted with a smile.

Wearing glasses and headbands, he is dressed plainly, but he is very energetic and has a very lively personality.

"It's a high school student in the village......"

Gao Cheng looked at Xiao Ai, who was puzzled, leaned out of the balcony and looked down and said, "It's better not to use it, I ...... it."

"Ah, this guy is still shy," the girl laughed loudly, "It's hard to get to Snow Shadow Village, it's not good to be stuffy in the room!" Hurry up, I'll take you to Snow Shadow High School today! ”

Gao Cheng reluctantly followed out, and Aunt Jimei seemed to be happy with him dealing with these village children.

Especially girls.

He hadn't told Aunt Jimei about the garden yet......

"Do you live together?" On the way, Gao Cheng asked the two little men.

He remembered that the two of them had come together yesterday.

Xiaodu blushed and waved his hand: "Xiaosuke, he just lives in my house, Xiaosuke's family moved to Tokyo 5 years ago, and this time I came back to my family's rental house has been empty, so let Xiaosuke live temporarily." ”

"There's really not much business in the hotels here."

Gao Cheng noticed the one the girl was holding in her hand.

"Scarlet ......"

"It's Ellery Quinn's mystery 'Scarlet Letter,'" the girl said, "I want to be a mystery writer in the future, and I'll have to work hard for this dream!" ”

"Mystery writers......"

"Don't underestimate me, I also have writing skills, and I've read a lot of reasoning!"

"Really? Terrible. Gao Cheng smiled, not breaking the illusion of the girl's innocence.

It's not easy to get ahead by reasoning, but it's always good to have a dream.

As long as it's not like the female mystery writer Sawari Weihong, who won the Naomoto award......

"Don't listen to Xiaodu," the little man smiled, "Her writing skills are just writing diaries, and it's all boring......"

"Good! You dare to peek into my diary! ”

"I'm sorry!"

Xiaodu angrily chased the little man and ran to the front, although 5 years have passed, the friendship does not seem to be weak, and the playful appearance makes Gao Cheng look a little envious.

In this world, he almost didn't have a student career, and he just came here to graduate, although there were classmates like Nanase Jiro, but as Nanase University life was busy, there was less and less contact with each other, and he also had his own detective career and entered society early.

But although there are few classmates and friends, there are more and more friends in life, especially many juniors, even Conan, that is, Kudo Shinichi, is also his junior.

It is impossible to be alone......

Gao Cheng quickly followed the two of them.

The road is already covered with banners for the cherry blossom festival, and although there is still one day, the atmosphere has arrived early, and the village is a little more lively than the beginning of the loneliness.

It's just that the sunny weather makes Gao Cheng wonder if it will really snow on time tomorrow.

Snow Shadow High School, there is already a baseball team in the playground for morning practice, and pitching and catching the ball is quite hot.

"Pretty good, right?" Xiaodu grinned and said, "This year, everyone is going to represent the high school in Koshien, and there is mobilization in the village!" ”

"But there don't seem to be any substitutes......

Gao Cheng glanced around the playground, and there were pitiful few people.

"There's no way, there are fewer and fewer students in our high school," Xiaodu said sadly, "Snow Shadow High School will probably be abolished this year, and it may be the last one to participate in Koshien at last......"

"Sorry, but ......"

Gao Cheng watched the baseball players run the bases on the sidelines of the playground.

Looking at the level of this baseball team, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get any results even if he participates in Koshien, but his best thing is batting, and nothing else seems to be of much help.

Xiaodu seemed to see Gao Cheng's thoughts, and took Gao Cheng to look at the athletic boy who was jogging in the track and field on the other side.

"The most powerful is Shimazu, he has been a very good pitcher since junior high school, and if there is Shimazu, he will definitely be able to get results smoothly on this Koshien expedition!"

"Oh, really trying......"

Gao Cheng recognized that the morning jogger was the athletic boy from yesterday.

"Good morning," At this time, a straight-haired girl wearing a red and white witch costume came to Snow Shadow High School with a short-haired brown girl, and saw Gao Cheng on the side of the playground and greeted her, "Are you all here to watch for morning exercise?" ”

The straight-haired girl is named Dongmei, and she yearns for Tokyo very much, and the short-haired girl next to her is Ayaka, who has a good relationship with Dongmei, and yesterday she also asked Gao Cheng a lot about Tokyo.

"Morning," Kosuke replied, looking at Fuyumi in surprise as a shrine maiden, "Is this dress ......?"

"Yes, Fuyumi was chosen as this year's Miss Sakurayuki Festival and is going to play the role of a shrine maiden at the shrine." The short-haired girl explained.

"Today is a rehearsal," Fuyumi said with a smile as she enjoyed the attention, "Actually, it's not a big deal to pretend to be a shrine maiden, after all, it's a celebration in this kind of rural place......"

As he spoke, he turned to Gao Cheng and asked, "You're a native of Tokyo, right?" The next time I go to Tokyo during Golden Week, can you help me as a tour guide at that time? ”

"This," Gao Cheng was stumped, "can it be ......"

He didn't necessarily have the time, and if he knew he was a detective, it was a matter of two things whether these people would be like they are now.

"Actually, as soon as I graduate from high school, I plan to go to an acting school in Tokyo immediately!" "It's a waste of life in this kind of country, and since the new dock was built, the village has become more and more depressed, and the shops have gradually closed......

"If you stay in such a lifeless place, your body will rust!"

Xiaodu saw that his classmates were talking non-stop in front of Gao Cheng, an outsider, and hurriedly replied: "Don't say that, Dongmei, there are many beautiful things in this village, the air is good, and it is full of nature......

"That's a hillbilly vibe, Koto," Fuyumi interrupted with a snort, "and a rustic girl like you!" ”

Xiao Du's face turned red all of a sudden.

"What do you mean to be rustic?! You're the one who plucked your eyebrows bare like a monster! ”

"What do you say?! You don't even use lotion......"

"That," Gao Cheng embarrassedly dissuaded the two who had a tendency to quarrel, "Actually, I also like to play baseball, how about everyone play together?" Just to help them train......"

"Huh? Do you want to play with the players who are going to play in Koshien? Xiao Zhu looked at the baseball players in the field in a daze, grabbed his hair and smiled bitterly, "If it's training, it's just going to be abused, right?" ”

"By the way, Joto-kun," Koto asked, "do you want to go back for lunch?" ”

"yes, so I can play for half a day, and I have to help Aunt Jimei in the afternoon." Gao Cheng smiled regretfully.

He is really past the age of having fun like a student, and his psychology is much more mature than these people, and he feels that it is difficult to fit in, and it is not so obvious when he is with Yuan Zi Xiaolan.

I spent the morning playing baseball, and in terms of hitting the ball alone, I may not be able to find a player in the entire baseball world who can compare to Gao Cheng, but after all, it is just playing, Gao Cheng has no idea of being in the limelight, and he only helped to hit a few amazing shots in the game, so he was not crushed by the baseball team.

Despite this, Xiao Suke was still a little shocked, and they all looked at Gao Cheng when they were resting.

"Joto-kun, are you also on the school team?"

"It's not." Gao Cheng sat around with everyone, and he didn't bother to explain it until now, anyway, he would stay in this small village for a few days, and then he would return to his life.

In the past two days, the uncle next door doesn't know how many cases he has to handle......

"It's the first time I've felt so good, and I almost had a chance to win just now!" Hibiki Shiro, the fisherman's child, happily hugged a bag of bread, "I bought bread for everyone to eat!" ”

Shimazu, an athletic boy, smiled helplessly and asked, "By the way, what should I do tomorrow morning?" ”

"Tomorrow?"

"It's 5 years ago when Xiao Zhu left.,The time capsule that everyone buried in junior high school as a memorial.,By tomorrow morning, it's exactly 5 years old.,According to the agreement.,It's almost time.,How about everyone dig it out tomorrow morning?"

"That's right, it's just tomorrow, and Haruna has been looking forward to it since she was alive."

"Then let's gather tomorrow morning, and Joto-kun will come along!"

"Huh?" Gao Cheng, who was distracted, was stunned, "Am I with me?" ”

No, these people......

"You can see the snow just in the morning," Koto grinned, "Joto-kun would love to see the cherry blossoms in the snow, too?" ”

"I'll forget it, I probably won't have time tomorrow," Gao Cheng waved his hand to refuse the invitation, and asked by the way, "However, will it really snow tomorrow morning?" ”

"Of course it's true! You'll be amazed! ”

……

Tokyo, Poirot's restaurant downstairs from the Maori Detective Agency.

Mori Kogoro, who was holding a newspaper, yawned and looked lazily at the pedestrians outside.

That kid from Joto is on a business trip again, which is really unpleasant, he hasn't worked for a few days.......

"I heard that the detective seems to have gone to the countryside to visit relatives." Toru Amuro, who helped change the coffee, said.

Maori Kogoro raised his eyebrows and wondered, "How come I don't know what other relatives he has?" On a business trip, I made excuses......"