The 5th station of Mt. Fuji is equivalent to a leisure platform in the middle of the mountainside, but at present, Mt. Fuji is in a closed period of recuperation, and there are not many tourists here, only a few mountaineering enthusiasts.

Naoto Yoshiwara put the four girls in front of the hillmark at the 5th station and drove his own bumpy car to the parking lot.

There was still snow in the sky, and it was white, and Nana Hoshino looked up at the top of Mt. Fuji but couldn't see anything. She looked at the mountain mark again and said softly: "Fuyue 5th Station 2305 meters." ”

Satsuki Yayoi stood next to Nana Hoshino, stretched out her hand to catch the snowflakes, and asked a little excitedly, "Nana, what does this fit mean?"

Nana Hoshino said casually: "In ancient times, people didn't have measuring tools, so they carried lamps up the mountain, and every box of lamp oil used was a scale. ”

"I see, you know a lot about vegetables. "Satsuki Yayoi looked in the direction of the forty-five degrees diagonally upward, and it was said that the summit of Mount Fuji was there, but in the void occupied by snowflakes, it felt very far away.

She asked softly, "Nana, how long will it take for us to go to the top of the mountain?"

Nana Hoshino said confidently, "It won't be long before the summit of Mt. Fuji is only 3,700 meters above sea level, which is considered a very low peak. ”

At this time, Nishikujo Ruri came over, pointed to the road and said with a chuckle: "Hoshino-chan, Satsuki-chan, there is a post office over there, you can send postcards, there is a good way to take a souvenir, do you want to go?"

Nana Hoshino looked around and asked, "What about him and Miki-san?"

Ruri Nishikujo said, "Yoshihara-san has gone to replenish the mountaineering supplies, and Miss Momonomiya has gone to buy hot coffee for everyone." ”

Nana Hoshino was silent for a while, shook her head and said, "I'm not going, I'm going to stay here and wait for him." Satsuki Yayoi wanted to go, but Nana Hoshino refused to move, so she had to look in the direction of the road with regret.

Soon Miki Momomiya brought back hot coffee and hot milk to everyone, and said with a smile, "Miss Nishikujo, I saw a road sign over there that leads to Asama Shrine, do you want to go to the shrine?"

Nishikujo Ruri thanked him for taking the hot coffee, and said lightly, "I'm going to go directly to the headquarters, and I won't go there." ”

Soon after, Naoto Yoshiwara also returned, and gave the snow nails to the crowd and asked them to put them on their shoes.

He happily took the coffee handed over by Miki Momonomiya, and said while drinking: "It's almost ready, let's go, where we climb!" After speaking, he went down the big slope of the fifth station first.

Nana Hoshino and Yayoi Satsuki followed him, followed by Miki Momonomiya and Ruri Nishikujo.

Mt. Fuji is a cone-shaped with a relatively gentle slope, but after the 5th station, the ground is basically uneven volcanic rock, and the surface layer is floating snow, so it is difficult to judge the shallowness at a glance, and Nana Hoshino walked a few steps and almost fell down.

She looked back at the highway and suddenly felt that it was not good, it was so difficult to walk!

In the blink of an eye, the group of them left the fifth station, which was still slightly human, and entered the vast sea of snow. Naoto Yoshihara walked unhurriedly with a huge hiking bag on his back, his steps were very small, and he had a strong sense of direction, as if there was a way to solve the problem of uneven force between the left and right legs, and he walked out of a straight line with his head down.

Nana Hoshino followed Naoto Yoshiwara and climbed upwards with her head down, she could only see Naoto Yoshihara's back, but she couldn't feel the cold wind, the wind was blocked by Naoto Yoshihara, whistling past her ears - except for the faint sound of the wind, there was silence between heaven and earth, and Nana Hoshino only felt that her mind was gradually calming down.

She no longer thinks about those complicated things, no longer examines her memories all the time, just steps to climb up, only a simple goal.

The shallow snow covered the trail, and Naoto Yoshiwara couldn't make out the path, so he just headed for the peak, and the snow on the road was getting deeper, and he looked back and asked, "Are you tired?"

Nana Hoshino shook her head and said, "I'm not tired!"

Naoto Yoshiwara commanded, "The snow is starting to thicken, step on my footprints." ”

Nana Hoshino looked up at him and said, "Why do you want to step on your footprints, I can walk myself!"

"You two fools, you can save effort by walking like this in the snow, otherwise why am I walking in front!"

"You stupid dog!" Nana Hoshino scolded in a low voice, but she still adjusted her pace and stepped on the place where Naoto Yoshihara had already stepped on it, and found that it really saved a lot of effort.

She also began to pay attention to Naoto Yoshiwara's feet, and found that as the snow thickened, Naoto Yoshiwara began to lose his energy. He stepped on the snow and basically didn't reach his ankles, and he had to twist his feet to make the snow firm, so as not to make the people behind him pull their feet and exert their strength.

Satsuki Yayoi felt that she had been gone for a long time after Nana Hoshino, and couldn't help but scream softly: "Is it almost there?"

Miki Momomiya also looked up at the sky, expecting to suddenly see the top of Mt. Fuji emerge in mid-air, but Naoto Yoshiwara turned around and shattered their illusions: "It's not the sixth station yet, the weather is bad today, and we will probably have to walk for six to seven hours to get to the top." ”

He doesn't need to take that long himself, but team action is a short board of speed, and it may be a bit overestimated that Yayoi Kotsuki's two little short legs can climb up in seven hours.

Satsuki Yayoi was a little dumbfounded, hasn't he walked a fifth of the way?

But she watched Nana Hoshino keep her head buried in the road, and she didn't say much, she was actually a few months older than Nana Hoshino, but she was too small and stood next to Nana Hoshino like a sister. She rubbed her nose, feeling so cold, she felt that her face was frozen and unconscious.

After walking for a while, Naoto Yoshiwara pulled the snow from his feet with his feet, and found that he had found a mountain path, so he changed his direction and changed to a sideways approach. As soon as he turned around, Nana Hoshino suddenly felt a strong wind in front of her, blowing her almost backwards, and hitting her little face with a pain. She stabilized her figure, looked at the side face of Naoto Yoshihara, and found that there was a layer of snow frost on his eyebrows, and she couldn't help but feel a slight pain in her heart.

As soon as she reached out and grabbed Naoto Yoshihara's big backpack, Naoto Yoshiwara turned around and said strangely, "What's wrong?"

Nana Hoshino hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's change me to the front later!"

Naoto Yoshiwara was even more strange, and as he walked, he turned back and continued to ask, "Can you find the way?"

Nana Hoshino was stunned for a moment, she couldn't tell the difference between southeast and northwest now, how could she find the way up the mountain? She reluctantly let go of her hand, Naoto Yoshihara only thought that she wanted to be the leader again, so he coaxed her and said: "When you get to a good place, let you lead everyone away, don't worry." ”

As they talked, the shadow of the building gradually appeared in the snow, and Satsuki Yayoi was overjoyed and exclaimed, "There is a place to rest ahead!"

Naoto Yoshihara smiled and led them to speed up. When I got closer, I found that it was a temporary rest stop for the sixth station, and Yayoi Satsuki was overjoyed that she could finally rest!

There are only two left-behind personnel in charge of daily maintenance at the rest station, and it is not surprising to see them coming—there are always people who like to come to Mt. Fuji when there are few people, and there are believers and the like, as if they do not show their sincerity when they do not come when it is cold! On the contrary, the three months or so of the mountain opening every year are tourists, and there are very few climbers and believers.

The two survivors, an elderly couple, received them warmly, providing them with a warm fire and hot water, as well as hot food to sell.

Everyone rested here for a short time, and then prepared to set off. Satsuki Yayoi had a bitter face, stood at the stove and refused to move, and whispered, "Nana, I probably won't be able to climb up...... I'm walking so slowly, you won't be able to go fast, or I'll stay here and wait for you to come back!"

Her round eyes were full of pleading - climbing the mountain was so tiring, and it was not interesting to be full of snow, so it was not as fun as she imagined, so it was better to wait for others to finish climbing the mountain and then go down the mountain to play something else.

Nana Hoshino was a little surprised, didn't she come just to climb to the top of the mountain and have a view of Kanto?

She encouraged Satsuki Yayoi and said, "Yayoi, if you persist in persevering, although the road is hard, it is because of this hard work that the scenery on the top of the mountain will be exceptionally good! Besides, we can't leave you here alone." ”

Satsuki Yayoi had no choice but to stand up with a bitter face, but Miki Momonomiya said softly beside her: "Yoshihara-kun, Nana-chan, otherwise I'll stay with Yayoi-chan!"

Nana Hoshino was surprised: "Sister Miki won't go up too?"

Miki Momomiya smiled softly, "I've already been to Mt. Fuji, so I don't need to climb it, Nami-chan!" I'm very satisfied to be here...... I can play with Yayoi in the snow here, but there is no snow in Tokyo that is so thick that you can build a snowman!"

She pursed her lips and chuckled.

Nana Hoshino frowned, not understanding what these two people were thinking, and turned her head to look at Naoto Yoshihara, waiting for him to make an idea. Naoto Yoshihara was watching the elderly couple open the door to welcome a group of men and women who seemed to be college students, and after thinking about it, he said, "The higher you go, the more difficult it is to walk, and it's not the right time for us to come, the weather is too bad...... It's okay for Namiki and Yayoi to stay here, and we'll meet up when we go down the mountain. ”

Satsuki Yayoi suddenly blossomed with joy and said loudly: "Thank you, uncle, we have built a snowman and are waiting for you to come back!"

Naoto Yoshihara took a few closer glances at the old couple to make sure that they weren't the problematic characters — he was actually more careful — and then left with Nana Hoshino and Ruri Nishikujo with Miki Momonomiya and Yayoi Satsuki as they saw them off.

When he went out, he asked Nana Hoshino with a smile, "Now that there are fewer people, do you want me to carry you on your back?"

Nana Hoshino shook her head and said, "No, although it's much more difficult than I imagined, I have to climb up by myself!"

"That's up to you, I can't stand talking!" Naoto Yoshihara said as he spoke, took out a rope and pulled a looper around Nana Hoshino's waist, then tied one end to himself, and threw the other end to Ruri Nishikujo.

Kusaijo Ruri was silent and tied a knot on his body, and the three of them formed a line.

Nana Hoshino pulled the rope and said strangely, "What is this for?"

Yoshiwara Naoto smiled: "Just in case, it's windy today, and there may be snow nests, so as not to walk and walk you are gone." ”

With that, he looked at Nishikujo Ruri, Nishikujo Ruri nodded, and he went into the snow first.