In the snow forest in the mountains of Kitanosawa Village, the well-dressed Maori uncle was panting, stepping on the thick snow all the way, and the pace was very difficult, and the uncle only smiled when he saw a mountain hut.

"Found it!"

The uncle looked happily at the snow-covered wooden house.

"Fantastic open-air bath, and it's a mixed bath! Haha, a mixed bathing open-air hot spring that I would dream of ever dreaming!

"Is it a sexy girl or a pretty girl waiting for me?"

……

After the transition from the relocation of the village eight years ago, Kitanosawa Village is now a tourist village, and every year in winter there are a large number of tourists, especially during the winter vacation, deep in the snow-like mountains, Shinhoku-no-sawa Village has become a paradise for children.

Gao Cheng wore a caterpillar-like warm jacket and a blue and white knitted hat on his head, and kept snorting hot air at his hands.

Kitanosawa Snow Festival.

The festival also happens to be the tourist festival promoted by Kitanozawa Village, and a large area in front of the village and at the foot of the mountain is transformed into a snow playground, filled with noisy children, whether skiing or building snowmen......

"It's very ruinous."

Gao Cheng slumped his eyelids and looked at Ayumi who was skiing on the opposite slope, and glanced at the garden that had just recovered his body.

Dr. Asasa sits in the lounge area with Conan and Xiao Ai, drinking hot tea while watching the garden skate with Xiaolan.

"Ahh

Takagi next to him sneezed, wiped his red nose absently, and asked depressedly, "That...... Didn't you say to come to the village to investigate? Why did everyone come over? ”

How can he be reimbursed for this?

"I'm sorry," Gao Cheng smiled stiffly, "I didn't plan to bring them here, but it seems that it is more convenient to investigate secretly and will not arouse suspicion...... I think I can reimburse the bill, right? ”

Takagi secretly wept.

You don't need so many people to disguise yourself as tourists......

This kind of thing used to be enough for him and Officer Sato.

Gao Cheng patted Gao Mu on the shoulder, and turned his gaze to the many snack stalls in the playground: "Don't think about it, go have two drinks." ”

"But then again," Takagi said, looking to both sides, "what about Mr. Mori?" ”

"I guess I'm going to go to the hot springs, there seems to be an open-air hot spring on the mountain where men and women bathe, although almost no one will go there."

Gao Cheng glanced at the mountain forest above the ski slope, and vaguely heard an uncle's terrible scream.

"Now it's probably only the female monkey......

"Mother monkey?" Takagi was stunned, "I'd love to see the monkeys bathing, I don't know if they will hurt people." ”

"Who knows, Japanese macaques are generally quiet."

Gao Cheng took a cup of hot drink and looked back at the situation in the village.

He doesn't like the lively snow scene, but likes the feeling of snowflakes falling in the wind, the snow in the mountains of Japan naturally has a sense of mystery, the breath of the mountains and the breath of the snow are integrated, as if there is a snow girl haunting, telling a story of gods and monsters.

This time he came to Kitanosawa Village, his purpose was to find out the case, only a group of people from the garden came to play.

To be honest, except for the case, he usually doesn't have the opportunity to relax like this with everyone, and every time he plays while solving the case.

"Joto," Takagi said, looking around, "where are you going to start investigating?" ”

"Let's find out the villagers who opposed the reservoir plan first, and then take the time to go to the reservoir by the way."

Gao Cheng relaxed a little.

There is still two days to go before the festival, so it should be enough to investigate.

At the village office, Gao Cheng took Takagi and Conan, who came to investigate without telling others, to ask for a map of Kitanosawa Village and a reservoir guidebook.

At this time, two young men also came in and asked for a topographic map of Kitanosawa Lake and a map of the old Kitanosawa Village in the same scale.

The long-haired young man with glasses explained with a smile: "Because this guy from Yamao insists on knowing where his hometown is sunk in the reservoir lake. ”

Next to the long-haired young man was an inch-haired young man, with dark skin, wearing a thick green cotton coat, and the whole person seemed to have something on his mind.

"I've kept you waiting," the clerk brought a map of Kitanosawa Village and a reservoir guidebook, and handed it to Takagimichi, "I recommend you to go to Lake Sawajiri near the village, because Lake Sawajiri has hot springs gushing out, and it won't freeze even in the harsh winter, and now there are a lot of swans flying, and many parents will bring their children to see ......"

"Uh," Takagi scratched his hair, "we're not father and son. ”

"Oh?"

"Just friends."

Takagi sighed to himself.

He's not married, does he look very old?

"Excuse me," Gao Cheng waited until the two young men got the topographic map and left, then asked the clerk, "Do you know who the people who have been opposing the construction of the reservoir are?" ”

"Huh?" The clerk wondered, "Why do you ask this?" ”

"It's just curious, because the village of New Taipei seems to be developing very well now, and I think that person should have felt it......"

"That person didn't move into a new village, he lived alone in the mountains."

"Are you looking for Muto?" The two young men who had already walked out of the village office stopped when they heard this, "He will come over tonight." ”

Seeing Gao Cheng's surprised gaze, the young man with glasses smiled and said: "I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Hikawa Shogo who works as an insurance investigator in Tokyo, and I'm Muto's elementary school classmate, and this one next to me is Yamao, we are all from Kitanosawa Village in the past, and this time I came from Tokyo to attend the festival." ”

Yamao, a young man with glasses, suddenly asked in surprise, "Are you a detective Kindo Takasei?!" ”

"Detective?"

The people in the village office followed and looked at Gao Cheng, only the young man with glasses did not change his expression, but he just pushed his glasses and said: "I really didn't expect to meet a famous detective, is it here to solve a case?" ”

"Of course not," Gao Cheng said with a smile, "I just came with my friends to participate in the Snow Festival, and everyone else was over there." ”

"That's right," the young man in glasses narrowed his gaze, "If you want to find Muto, we have a party at the lodge next to the playground in the evening, and we can just persuade that guy not to be so brainless." ”

"Uh......"

Takagi watched the two young men leave, sighed and said, "I didn't expect to be recognized so soon." ”

"It's okay," Gao Cheng shook his head slightly, "I didn't think about hiding either." ”

There is no way, he is becoming more and more famous now, and he may be recognized wherever he goes.

Fortunately, there is a little bit of gain, you can talk to that Muto, it just so happens that they also live in the mountain inn.

At the temporary clinic in the village, Yuantai, who had eaten a lot, finally broke her stomach and had to find a nurse in the village to prescribe medicine.

"What's wrong, uncle?" Conan looked at the blue-faced uncle suspiciously.

"I'm a little uncomfortable." The uncle's eye sockets were sunken and he staggered towards the clinic.