In the afternoon of the next day, Li Wu carried a wrapped crowbar and came to the front of the hot spring inn mentioned by Yuki Akabane.

"It's a remote place."

He took the bus for about three hours to reach his destination.

It's a suburban village that is about to break away from Chiyo City, and the streets have a quaint atmosphere that is very different from the city due to the rolling hills.

The inn is a three-storey wooden building with a black brick roof that spreads out like a delphinium.

The door was open, and above it hung a blue banner with the name of the inn written:

Edelweiss Hot Spring Inn.

When I got to the door, I saw Hoshikawa Aoi standing under the eaves of the inn with a bored face.

She wears a beige collar, a sweatshirt with a pink rabbit on her chest, and a travel bag behind her.

It looks like a tourist from the city.

"When did you come back?"

Li Wu approached and asked.

"Last night, I sent you a message on the tram back."

As if she had thought of something, she raised a finger and pointed at Li Wu: "Ah, classmate Li Wu, you are so unrighteous that you are in the limelight by yourself!" ”

"It's not because you're not there—by the way, what about the shrine maiden?"

Li Wu looked around, but didn't find Yuxi's figure.

"Sister Yuki said that the last time Shikijin was destroyed, she wanted to complete the repair as soon as possible, but the rune paper gave me a lot."

She took off her backpack and unzipped it, revealing a stack of papers stuffed inside.

"That god didn't play a role at all last time."

It really fits her evaluation of her combat effectiveness when they first met, but Li Wu still misses the auxiliary role played by Miss Shrine Maiden.

"Don't say that in front of Sister Yuki."

When the two stepped into the door of the hotel, the first thing they saw was the proprietress sitting at the front desk.

It was a beautiful woman who gave a cold impression, dressed in a bathrobe embroidered with cherry blossoms, and her long beautiful hair was tied up in a bunch, hanging down from her left shoulder, and she was still slightly damp.

Although his appearance is moving, his temperament has a sense of closure that rejects people thousands of miles away.

She asked, "Accommodation, or just bathing?" ”

The voice is also inorganic and cold, as if you have come to a snow-capped mountain in the spring of mid-April.

"Accommodation."

Hoshikawa Aoi replied, and Li Wu looked at the top of the boss's head with some surprise.

"Is it to arrange a room?"

"Huh? What should I do, a room feels a little more convenient, but ......"

She twisted and pulled the corner of Li Wu's clothes: "Classmate Li Wu, what do you think?" ”

"Oh, let's have one."

Li Wu stared at the face of the proprietress tightly and replied casually.

The magical girl's face was visibly gloomy.

After registering, she dragged Li Wu away rather roughly.

The room for the two was on the second floor of the hotel, and after the hostess pointed out the location, they decided to go inside the room first.

There don't seem to be many guests at the hostel, and quite a few rooms on the second floor are unused, with only a few sliding doors locked.

"The proprietress of this shop is so beautiful, her skin is snow-white, and she has the impression of a kaolin flower."

"Well, it's a little pretty."

"Well, I know! Classmate Li Wu, you have been staring at others! I'm already hooked! ”

"No, I mean it literally."

"Huh?"

Hoshikawa Aoi's eyes widened in shock, but she quickly reacted, "You mean, not human?" ”

"Well, my psychic powers tell me that she should be a Snow Maiden."

Li Wu recalled the word "Snow Girl" on the top of the boss's head and asserted.

Snow Maiden is one of Sakurajima's most well-known youkai, and legend has it that this type of woman who lives deep in the mountains and often appears with wind and snow has a stunningly beautiful appearance, and sometimes marries humans, but once her husband discovers or divulges her secret, she will leave or even kill her husband.

"Really? But even if it's a snow girl, it's not the same goal as us. ”

Hoshikawa Aoi sat on the made mattress, hugged the pillow and said.

Miss Miko had already sent the most likely strange story about the hot spring inn to the "Righteous Partners" group last night.

It is a black shadow with green fangs, a nose shaped like a bird's beak, and a pair of wings that are witnessed by guests who soak in hot springs at night.

Compared with the previous Fu Mourning God and Pranyo Ghost, this appearance is too iconic.

"Raven Tengu or Tall-nosed Tengu...... Either way, it's a far cry from the Snow Maiden's appearance. ”

Li Wu agreed with the magical girl.

"However, Mr. Fujiwara, who remembers the last time, also knows about the existence of the Bodhisattva, and what about Miss Snow Girl, who is standing on the transcendent side? Could she have known something too? ”

Hoshikawa Aoi rolled around holding the pillow in distress: "Then do you want to ask the boss lady directly?" ”

Li Wu shook his head: "Forget it, we don't know her reaction after being called out of identity, let's not make any extraneous branches." ”

Their plan was to wait until the night to see if there would be rumored shadows.

"If you really can't see it, let's think of a way from the boss's side."

He's seen hidden women, Mr. Bo, and wet girls, which are not made, but still do evil, and he has also seen kind-hearted earthbound spirits like Fujiwara, so naturally he won't assume that the boss lady is a youkai who can hurt people.

After reaching a consensus, Hoshikawa Aoi pulled out a solitaire from her travel bag.

"Let's play double UNO for dinner!"

"Are you here for a trip?!"

It soon darkened.

Hoshikawa Aoi tore off the note on his face: "Don't play, don't play, let's go have dinner." ”

Li Wu was still unsatisfied, and was trying to persuade her to play another game.

Just then, a scream came from downstairs.

The two looked at each other and rushed out.

The sound came from the depths of the hallway on the first floor.

They must have been the first to arrive at the scene after hearing this, and the first thing they saw was a woman in her mid-thirties slumped in horror in front of the door of the deepest room.

Inside the room was a corpse and a living person.

The corpse's head was in a horrific state of deformation like a walnut struck by a hammer, blood and other unknown liquids splashed against the walls like a fountain, and the smell of fish poured out of the room like a demon.

If Li Wuxin's vampire friend saw this scene, maybe he would be able to quit blood from now on.

However, next to this tragic scene, there was another woman standing out of place.

It's the hostess.

Her expression remained the same, her cherry-colored bathrobe spotless, as if she had seen a bunch of buns instead of a hideous human.

The other occupants also seemed to be alarmed by the scream, and two or three people had already rushed over.

The increase in the number of people seemed to give courage to the woman sitting on the ground, and she pointed at the proprietress and shouted, "She is the murderer!" She killed! ”

A few people who came from behind also saw the scene of the murder, and they immediately retched with poor psychological tolerance.

"Hey, hey, what's the joke?" "Did anyone call the police?"

"I want to check out! What are you doing here?! ”

In the midst of the noise, a petite-looking figure squeezed out of the room.

She held up a black document and shouted, "Everyone, be quiet, I'm a member of the police, this is obviously a murder case, and no one can leave until the investigation and evidence collection are completed!" ”

"Can a child be a police officer?" "Is the Ninth Section of Public Security an agency of the police? How come I've never heard of it? ”

"This is a problem."

The magical girl whispered in his ear.

Li Wu showed a subtle expression and looked at the top of the head of the girl who claimed to be a police officer:

【Superpower Detective】

She pointed to everyone: "The murderer, it may be among you!" ”