Park your car in the parking lot.

Hayashi Zhou and Fujiwara Sakurako got out of the car.

The 5th station at an altitude of 2,000 meters above sea level on Mt. Fuji.

This is a resting platform halfway up Mt. Fuji.

It can also be regarded as a tourist attraction.

There are tourist buses that stop here all year round, bringing a group of tourists to buy and buy here.

In addition, it is usually the starting point for climbers to climb to the summit of Mt. Fuji.

Of course, they don't need to go to the top of the mountain.

According to the latitude and longitude information in the intelligence, the location determined on the map is only close to the top of the mountain.

At the rest platform of the 5th station, I took a break.

Lin Zhou followed what Fujiwara Sakurako said, and paid attention to the passing tourists.

I can't see anything......

"You said that hunters would put eyeliner here, how can you tell that they don't write the words 'I am a hunter' on the door of their heads."

Lin Zhou asked Fujiwara Sakurako, who was wearing sunglasses and pretending to be reading a newspaper, while nibbling on the ice cream in his hand.

"I have special criminal investigation methods, and I have entered the security department, which is the most basic training content."

Fujiwara Sakurako lowered the newspaper slightly, and her eyes behind her sunglasses swept over the crowd of tourists.

"It seems that they did not choose this road to go up the mountain, nor did they plan to deploy here."

There are four regular routes up the mountain, and there are also three rest platforms at the 5th station, and the one they chose was not necessarily the one chosen by the hunter organization.

"So what?"

"So the hunters should not have that many people to organize them, which is good news for us."

The lair of the Hunter Group is in the labyrinth.

Under the strict defense of the United Front Work Section and the Garrison Section, there are still a few hunters who can infiltrate human society.

The two stayed on the rest platform at the 5th station for a while.

Then I chose to continue up the mountain.

……

The forest is foggy and the temperature is not high.

There are many backpackers on the trails.

Lin Zhou and the two of them also disguised themselves as mountaineers and climbed all the way up on foot.

In fact, if you want to rely on the ability of elves, you can climb up quickly, like some elves who are good at trekking, elves who are good at flying, and it saves effort.

But Fujiwara Sakurako chose to use regular walking, disguised as the same as those climbers, just in case.

Because they are sneaking in this time, it is better to try to keep a low profile and not be obtrusive.

The two of them walked on the mountain road, surrounded by lush forests, the altitude of this location is not high yet, there is still green vegetation growing, and further up, it should be bare ground and snow cover.

In the shade of the trees, in addition to ordinary birds and beasts, Lin Zhou can occasionally see elves infested.

"There's a labyrinth door here, too?"

"Yes, but it's been closed down for a long time.

Some of these elves you see are descendants of the elves who came through the labyrinth gate in the early days, and some of them were released by the government.

Tree fruits were planted in the mountains, and these elves artificially created an ecological environment. ”

Lin Zhou, this kind of scenic spot is really hard to maintain.

……

The two walked and stopped, all the way to the 8th station.

It was getting close to night.

Standing at the altitude of the 8th station and looking down.

I can't see the ground anymore, but what I can see is an endless sea of clouds under the beautiful sunset.

Mt. Fuji is an active volcano with a magnetic field inside that attracts clouds and hovers halfway up the mountain all year round.

"The last time I climbed here was in kindergarten, and it was one of the few times my father spent with me before he took over the family.

At that time, I was still in good health, and I ran all the way up with my father, and half a day was enough. ”

Fujiwara Sakurako is closer to her uncle, but her feelings for her father are complicated, with nostalgia on the one hand and rebellion on the other.

Lin Zhou listened to the corners of his mouth twitching, it only took half a day to climb to the eighth station in kindergarten? Have you been so violent, since you were a child......

It's getting late.

The two came to the mountain house at the 8th station.

There are mountain houses on Mt. Fuji where accommodation is available.

Other water sources, food, etc. are also included, which are specially prepared for climbers.

Of course, the accommodation conditions of the mountain house must not be expected to be very good, and it is not good to provide a place for climbers to sleep and rest.

Mirakikan Museum.

This is the name of the mountain house, a small row of houses, like a series of shipping containers spliced together.

The two entered the mountain house, and Fujiwara Sakurako had already made a reservation, talked to the reception staff, and then took them to a cubicle......

The two futons were spread out in the tatami mat compartment, and the four top walls were directly crowded, and there was not even a gap in the middle.

Lin Zhou lay down inside, wrapped in a thick mountaineering suit and lying down for two people, basically unable to stretch his hands and feet.

This kind of private room can be reserved, which is already relatively good.

The rest of the shops outside are rows of Chase shops, and even then, the prices are not cheap, and it is very difficult to book during the peak season.

Lin Zhou: Before the peak season of climbing, there were not so many climbers, so they could book it.

The place to stay was decided.

Lin Zhou and they are going to spend the night in this mountain house, and then set off in the early hours of tomorrow morning to operate in the dark.

Most of the ordinary mountaineers set off at this time, and they can go up to the top of the mountain just in time to watch the sunrise, and Lin Zhou and they set off at the same time, so as not to appear abrupt and not arouse suspicion.

After all, no one can say whether there are people from the hunter organization who live in this mountain house.

So, act carefully.

The two put their backpacks away and went out into the lobby.

The lobby is a tatami mat-style Japanese-style house, where food is cooked on several stoves and a few climbers are chatting, which looks like a very different travel feeling.

Lin Zhou and the others found a stove next to no one to sit down, asked for some water, and cooked a bowl of cup noodles to eat.

At the cold peak at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, in a tatami cabin, I leaned on the fire and ate cup noodles.

If it weren't for the fact that he still had a task to deal with the hunter organization, Lin Zhou felt that this was a rare comfortable moment in his life.

Outside the glass window.

The sunset gradually sank, sinking the sea of clouds.

Night shrouded.

The wind was blowing on the mountain.

A man in a white mountaineering suit came into the mountain house, and as soon as he opened the door, a cold wind poured in.

The man wears rimless glasses and looks sven.

I asked the reception staff to put down my backpack, went to the lobby, and looked around.

Seeing that there were not many people next to Lin Zhou's fire, he walked to the fire and sat down.

"Can I sit here, didn't bother the two of you?"

The man looks polite.

"It's out of the way."

Lin Zhou said very carelessly, but Yu Guang still looked him up and down.

Clothes, watches, glasses......

Lin Zhou only recognized the brand of a watch, which was quite expensive.

Others, although they don't know the brand, just look at it and know that the price will not be cheap.

From dressing and talking, he gives the impression of being the kind of social elite, and he is interested in mountaineering during the holidays to relax and entertain.

It looks harmless to humans and animals.

……