Snow was falling in the mountains of Nagano, and even the forest had accumulated a thick layer, so Takasei drove through the forest to an abandoned church.

I don't know who built the church in the deep mountains, and it looks like a kind of reasoning in the Wind and Snow Villa.

Gao Cheng has no doubts about the next case here, after all, Uncle and Conan are there.

"Looks pretty good."

Mori Kogoro didn't have the slightest self-knowledge, but was quite excited, staring at the church for a long time before opening the trunk to get his luggage.

In the innermost part of the trunk was a long strip wrapped in cloth that attracted the uncle's attention.

"Strange, joto boy, is this cloth-wrapped thing yours?"

"It's a client." Gao Cheng snatched the package from his uncle and didn't let this guy open it.

Inside, of course, is the treasure knife he got from the Kabukicho locker, and the standard is not much different from a normal Japanese sword, but the scabbard is very gorgeous, and the handle of the knife is inlaid with a jewel, which seems to be a little special.

It's better not to expose it to be on the safe side.

Uncle Maori was actually not too curious, seeing Gao Cheng put away the treasure knife, he didn't ask much, and began to rush to the people: "I'm bothering you today, since you still have work, let's go quickly, there should be no problem later, here the client will drive us to the hotel......"

Gao Cheng didn't leave immediately, but just looked at the abandoned church and asked the uncle, "Have you really contacted the client?" ”

"Can I still lie to you?" The uncle snorted, "Didn't I show you the letter of entrustment?" And that strange cipher piece of paper. ”

"That's right, but ......"

Gao Cheng confirmed again.

"The client, Yasuo Hihara, was confirmed dead two months ago."

"What did you say?" The uncle's face changed greatly, "How is it possible?" ”

"I contacted the Nagano Prefectural Police when I was refueling before," Mr. Gao said, showing off the email on his phone, "and the man who hanged himself on this abandoned church was Yasuo Hihara." ”

"What are you kidding? And who is the person who entrusted me with the investigation? They called me to this kind of place......"

"Let's go in first and see the situation, it's really cold outside."

Kannori Wakida, who was tightly wrapped, was the first to open the door of the church, perhaps because it was abandoned, the door was not locked, and the corridor inside was also very dilapidated, and no one had cleaned it at all, like a habitat for evil spirits.

Fortunately, it can be sheltered from the wind indoors and not as cold as outside.

Gao Cheng fell behind, originally planning to drive the car to the back parking lot, but looked at the road sign in front but did not move.

Unlike the old church, the wooden sign indicating the location of the parking lot is clearly new, and someone has only recently stood here.

"What are you doing, Joto?" The uncle shouted inside the church, "Hurry up and park the car and come in!" ”

Now he doesn't want Gao Cheng to leave.

"Okay."

Gao Cheng looked back at the gloomy sky.

The wind and snow seem to be getting bigger, and the weather forecast on your phone also indicates that a snowstorm will occur in the area.

It's just this kind of weather......

In the end, Gao Cheng did not transfer the car? He went straight into the church with the sword.

The uncle met another group of people in the chapel, 4 men and 1 woman, all said that they were invited by email to each other to attend the farewell party of high school classmate Yasuo Hihara? But I can't say who the real initiator is.

"Hey? Don't go around in circles? Uncle Maori shouted to stop the people who were arguing, "I think there must be someone who lied and specially hid his identity to gather the others here?" He also pretended to be Hihara Taisheng to come to me. ”

"Boom!" Suddenly there was a loud noise outside the church? It was as if something had collapsed.

"Everyone," Gao Cheng asked, walking into the chapel, "are your cars over the parking lot?" ”

"Yes, yes?" Someone panicked? "What's wrong with the parking lot?"

Is the parking lot indicated by the road sign located behind the church? Because the church itself was built on the edge of a cliff? The platform at the back is just supported by columns? I wonder if it's because of decay? This would have dropped all the cars into the valley below.

"Damn! I just bought a new car! ”

"How can a parking lot be built in such a dangerous place?"

The only one who survived was Gao Cheng's car parked in front of the church, scolding and waiting for the police to come, but the other party said that the tunnel into the mountain was blocked by an avalanche and could not be cleaned up in a short time.

Gao Cheng stood on the edge of the cliff of the collapse and looked at it for a while, and felt that it was most likely man-made? No traces on it? But if you look into the bottom? Traces of the explosion should be found on the collapsed pillar.

Plus an avalanche blocking the road? These are the beginning of a series of killings, and the reason why the day with the snowstorm was probably also chosen for the murder plan.

Anyway, he's probably not going to be able to go to Kyoto today.

Chapel? Kogoro Mori contacted Officer Yamato Dasuke in Nagano Prefecture.

"Want to come over tomorrow? Why? Wouldn't it be nice to shovel the snow off quickly? ”

"It's so easy," Yamato said in annoyance, "This heavy snow has also caused other places to be affected and hungry, and there is only an abandoned church on the other side of the tunnel, of course, it is a priority to help other places, and whether I can pick you up depends on the weather tomorrow!"

"Three or four days ago, the weather forecast said that there would be a blizzard, who told you to go to the abandoned church in the deep mountains and old forests? It's going to be a problem! ”

"Oh, didn't the city boy tell you? Of course, it's to investigate a case, and we have 5 other people here, so there are 10 people in total, so let's find a way! Mori Kogoro wondered.

"Whew!"

Gao Cheng opened the door from the outside and returned to the church, and suddenly a cold wind blew the snowflakes into the room, and it could be seen that the snowstorm had intensified, and in this case, it was difficult to drive down the mountain even if the tunnel was not blocked.

Unlike the others who complained repeatedly, Gao Cheng didn't feel unlucky, after all, he thought that there would be a case from the beginning, and the top priority was to find out the murderer as soon as possible to prevent it from becoming serious.

At this time, he didn't have the heart to test Wakida Kanenori.

Gao Cheng's gaze swept over several young men and women who were talking to Uncle Maori.

After a brief self-introduction, the identities of several people are roughly clear.

They are all about twenty-seven or eight years old, and the young man with a beard who looks older is called Takahei Wada, and his profession is a company employee.

Wearing glasses and looking dull and always liking to drink water is Yosuke Kawasaki, a bank clerk.

The one who partialized the V-shaped face is Yorito Fujiide, a high school teacher.

The only woman wearing a knitted hat at the end was Ikue Furuura, a company employee.

The key figure in this incident is Hihara Taisheng, who died here 2 months ago, and someone gathered Hihara's classmates here, possibly for revenge or something.

The question is why did Uncle Maori come in and ask four people by name......

"Huh?" Wakida Kanze, who had been following the uncle, looked at Gao Cheng who was in thought, and didn't find anything, so he followed the uncle to continue the investigation and questioning.