Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

Maori nodded and greeted them with a smile. He was about to ask Miss Tono where their room was, thinking that he would study the map carefully before dinner. However, Miss Tono told Maori in a panic: "Oh, by the way, what's the name of the fat guy who came with you?"

"Genta? Didn't Genta go to the Snow Festival with Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Ai, and the Doctor? What happened?" Conan asked anxiously.

Seeing that Conan was extremely nervous, Miss Tono smiled and waved her hands to explain: "He probably ate too much at the Snow Festival and got an upset stomach. We have sent him to the village clinic."

Although Miss Toono repeatedly told him that Genta was fine and was probably just overeating, Conan still asked Miss Toono for the address of the village clinic and rushed over with Maori to check it out.

"Conan, why did you guys just come back..." When Xiaolan saw Conan who came to the village clinic with Maori, she immediately ran to Conan worriedly, "And you, Dad too!"

"Sorry, it took a little time." Maori smiled.

Conan also touched the back of his head and laughed, "Hehehe!"

"By the way, is Genta okay?" Conan poked his head into the ward.

Yuanzi nodded, but before he could say anything, a gentle voice came from beside them: "Are you worried about your friends and came here specially? Don't worry, I have diagnosed the child. It should be that he ate too much and had a stomachache. I prescribed some medicine for him to take on time. He will be back soon."

Chapter 202

"This is Dr. Fuyumi Tatehara from the village clinic. Thanks to her help, Genta seems to be much better now." Sonoko pointed to the female doctor with a gentle smile and introduced her to Mouri and Conan who had just arrived.

Whether it's her voice or her smile, Tachihara Fuyumi is so gentle and beautiful that Conan feels that such a person is indeed suitable to be a doctor and can make patients feel at ease. The patients are so lucky to have such a good doctor in this village.

Oh, and Yuantai, who became a patient as soon as he arrived at Kitazawa Village, was also blessed. But it was hard to imagine how much they had eaten at the Snow Festival to fill Yuantai's amazing stomach.

Conan glanced at Yuanta who was still lying down and was touching his stomach. He smiled happily and told everyone: "Dr. Tachihara is amazing! My stomach seems to be fine now. For dinner tonight, Yuanta, I will eat two big bowls, no, three big bowls!"

Yuanta's words made Tachihara Fuyumi burst out laughing. She slowly walked to Yuanta's side, reached out her hand and gently touched Yuanta's head and said, "It's better to eat one bowl. Your stomach is still very fragile now. Don't torture them anymore."

Even the greedy Yuanta, after being persuaded by such a beautiful and gentle older sister, nodded obediently and agreed.

However, Maori always felt that there was a sense of sadness in the gentle and kind Tachihara Fuyumi's eyes and smile. Just like this pure white snow country, it is beautiful but always makes people feel a little sad.

However, because Xiaolan and Xiaoai were right next to them, Maori didn't look at them for long. He just observed them for a while and then looked away.

"Goodbye, Dr. Tatehara!" Yuantai, who had just had a stomachache at the Snow Festival and had to be carried to the clinic by everyone, was now able to walk back by himself. He said goodbye to Tatehara Fuyumi loudly and energetically, waving vigorously.

"Goodbye, but next time we meet, don't say goodbye because of illness. Everyone should be healthy and have a happy sightseeing." Standing at the door of the village clinic, Tachihara Gomi had a gentle smile on her face and slowly waved to Conan and the others.

It was not until Conan and the others were completely swallowed up by the darkness, and until their lively and playful voices could no longer be heard, that Tachihara Fuyumi slowly put down her waving hands. The smile that had just filled her cheeks gradually disappeared, and her eyes that flickered in the darkness were filled with a look of loss. Looking very sad, Tachihara Fuyumi turned and walked towards the innermost room.

Pushing open the heavy door and turning on the light, the room instantly became bright. Under the light, the young man, whose face looked even paler, lay quietly on the bed, breathing evenly, as if he was just tired and fell asleep peacefully.

Tachihara Fuyumi sat sadly beside the boy, silently looking at his face, gently holding his hand, and praying over and over in her heart that the boy would wake up soon.

"Did you hear that? I really want to hear your laughter when I hear those kids laughing just now. Also, this year's Snow Festival has already begun. It seems to be very lively, with lots of delicious food and fun things to do. Wake up soon and go to the Snow Festival with mom, okay?" Tachihara Fuyumi murmured in a low voice, reaching out her hand to gently straighten the bangs of the boy who was so calm and expressionless.

Fuyumi Tachihara looked up at the photo on the table, then looked at the bloodless face of her son who had been in a coma for eight years. Crystal tears welled up in her eyes and fell silently.

If the accident had not happened 8 years ago, my son would be a 15-year-old boy, almost a man. For 8 years, while my son's friends were growing up and learning new things, he could only lie quietly in the hospital bed. He could not open his eyes to see the changes in the village, could not hear what I said to him, and could not laugh when happy or cry when sad like other children.

The truth of what happened eight years ago is still sleeping in the darkness with her son. But she will keep waiting, waiting for the day when her son wakes up and the day when the truth is revealed.

Tachihara Fuyumi wiped away her tears, slowly stood up, turned around and left.

……

When the group of people returned to the hotel, the hotel manager Tono Mizuki was busy asking the kitchen to prepare dinner for the guests. Seeing that Genta had recovered his spirits, he smiled at them with relief and said, "Mr. Mori and everyone else, please take a seat and enjoy dinner."

"Yuantai, this is already the second bowl of rice. Is that enough? Your stomach is just getting better. Don't fill it up again." Xiaolan saw that Yuantai had finished the second bowl of rice voraciously and wanted to get a third bowl, so she hurriedly reminded him.

Yuan Tai looked down at his empty bowl in disappointment, and then touched his stomach which seemed a little bloated. Thinking of the previous time when he was so full that he couldn't even stand up due to the pain, he put down his bowl and chopsticks and muttered, "I'm full, thank you for the treat."

"Because the food in the hotel is so delicious, it's understandable that Yuanta can't stop eating, haha." Dr. Agasa wanted to reach out his chopsticks to the barbecue again, but Xiao Ai beside him reminded him coldly: "Doctor, I've made an exception and let you have a piece of barbecue tonight."

As everyone savored the northern cuisine, the professor and the boys from the Detective Boys had long forgotten the real purpose of their trip, and even Conan relaxed. Only Maori looked helplessly at Genta, who had just eaten too much but still dared to eat one bowl after another, and sighed softly, still thinking about the people he met and the things that happened after arriving in Kitazawa Village today.

There didn't seem to be anything suspicious happening yet, and the only suspicious person was Hikawa who carried a defibrillator with him. As for the others, it seemed that Yamao, who had been away from home for many years, had a bit of a strange temper, but there was nothing wrong with them, such as the responsible and conscientious Ms. Tono and the gentle and kind Dr. Tachihara.

Maori thought that he should study the map again and try to find out from the village committee office or the villagers which family was most strongly opposed to the relocation during the dam construction. As long as he had this information, he could notify Officer Megure and others to conduct a detailed investigation, and maybe they could find the criminal who sent the threatening letter and the bombing. In other words, this was the only clue he could follow up on.

Because there is only this clue, we may be constrained in our thinking, and perhaps we should consider other possibilities. However, based on the construction and political achievements since Governor Asakura entered politics, the most likely suspect is the dam construction project in Kitazawa Village.

Maori was lost in thought. Everyone had already finished dinner and were discussing what to cook tonight.

"Why don't we go to the place that sells local specialties? Maybe we can buy something interesting." Yuanzi, who was eager to shop, excitedly suggested to Xiaolan.

Xiaolan thought about it and thought it would be a good idea to go shopping at night, so she smiled and nodded: "That's a good idea, let's go shopping, the specialty gift shop is nearby anyway."

"We want to go too!" Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta raised their hands and shouted at the same time.

The three of them thought that Kitazawa Village at night must have something interesting to offer that was different from the daytime, and it would be a shame if they didn't go out and have some fun. Although Ai wanted to stay in the hotel and have a good rest, she had to agree to go shopping under everyone's instigation.

……

The village of Bei Ze, shrouded in the night, was filled with a cold and silent atmosphere. The endless white and dark world connected together, and not a single person could be seen. No one knew what happened to the group of little guys, and they had already run away.

What should I do? Where will those three little kids go to play? Should I ask Professor Agasa? It must be that Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi mentioned to the professor during the day that they wanted to play some activities, but they didn't get permission, so they made plans early in the morning and will sneak out to play when they come out tonight.

No wonder when Xiaolan and Sonoko suggested going out to buy local gifts after dinner, Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi were so enthusiastic and smiled so happily.

"What's wrong?"

Conan was just worrying about where to find Genta and the others when he heard Maori's voice behind him.

Seeing Maori acting as usual and Ai's cold face beside him, Conan calmed down instead. He told them that he had just seen Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi sneaking out, and he carefully thought about what those three people were going to do that must not be known to everyone.

"Have you thought about what those kids are going to do?"

"...eating, buying gifts, uncle, you and Xiaolan will definitely not stop them. It is definitely not a good thing if they hide it from us." Conan frowned slightly, looked up and pushed his glasses, looking at the snow-capped mountains shining silver under the moonlight, his eyes getting wider and wider.

Could they have gone there? What were those three little kids doing there in the middle of the night without permission? They really make me worried. I hope nothing happens.

"When we went to the Snow Festival today, the three of them kept dragging the professor around to eat and drink. However, it seemed that Mitsuhiko and Genta were always staring at the snow-capped mountains." Ai told the two of them about the abnormalities and suspicious points she noticed today.

"Snow mountain?" Maori frowned and whispered, "There must be a lot of people skiing on the snow mountain in this season, and the activities that adults would object to must be the type that elementary school students are forbidden to play."

"Yes." Conan also nodded. "If it's just ordinary skiing, elementary school students can also participate. However, if it's something like electric motorcycles, the doctor will definitely not agree to let Yuanta and the others play."

"It seems that we already know roughly where they went. Let's go look for them without alerting other people." Maori decided.

"Okay." Conan and Ai nodded in agreement.

……

Just as Maori and Conan inferred, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta have long wanted to try playing freely on the snowy mountains. When they went to the Snow Festival with Professor Agasa during the day, Genta and Mitsuhiko had already proposed to try exciting skiing projects such as snow mountain motorcycles, but the professor shook his head and told them affirmatively: "You are still elementary school students, you can't drive that kind of thing by yourself, it's too dangerous."

Seeing people driving snowmobiles and sleds on the white snowy mountains and rushing down from a high place, Genta and Mitsuhiko secretly decided to try it secretly. Although Ayumi thought the doctor's words made sense, she also wanted to try it after seeing those people having fun and excited during the day, so she agreed with Mitsuhiko and Genta to sneak out to play at night.

Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi, who had just slipped out of the gift shop while selecting gifts separately from Maori, Ai, Sonoko, Ran and Conan, had already arrived at the place where electric snowmobiles were rented. The three of them pooled their money to rent a handsome electric snowmobile. Genta confidently told Mitsuhiko and Ayumi: "Don't worry, I'm a good driver, haha, just sit tight, let's go!"

Genta gripped the handlebars tightly with both hands, and seeing that Ayumi and Mitsuhiko behind him had already sat down and held on firmly, he turned the accelerator on the handlebars, and the snowmobile suddenly took off into the air, then landed heavily on the snow and rushed forward rapidly.

"Drive steadily! Don't crash the car!" Seeing Yuantai driving the snowmobile bumpy, the owner of the rental shop couldn't help but shout worriedly to the three people who had already blended into the night snow.

"Boss, those three kids are still primary school students, right? Is it okay to rent electric scooters to them?" The guy at the rental shop worriedly asked the boss who also looked worried.

The boss pointed at Yuantai and his friends who were riding away on the electric scooters and told the waiter: "They said there were adults waiting for them over there. It's impossible for adults to let a few elementary school students run out by themselves to rent snowmobiles to play, right? Especially at this late hour."

The boss didn't expect Yuantai and his friends to be so bold that they actually rented electric snowmobiles to play at night without telling their parents.

Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi were completely immersed in the thrill and excitement of snowmobile speeding. They didn't hear the boss's reminder behind them, and didn't consider the danger of driving snowmobile at high speed at night. Genta only focused on rushing forward, and didn't think about the terrain at all, so the electric motorcycle was shaking left and right and up and down.

"Wow! This is more fun than riding a roller coaster or a pirate ship!" Ayumi reached out to put back the hair that was blown onto her cheeks, feeling the cold wind with the scent of ice and snow blowing in her face, and shouted happily.

Mitsuhiko, who was holding on tightly to the device inside the motorcycle, also said excitedly: "It's really exciting. It would be great if the doctor and the others could come and play together."

"Haha, next I'll show you my amazing driving skills, Genta!" Hearing the cheers of Mitsuhiko and Ayumi who were having fun behind him, Genta became even more complacent and increased the speed of the snowmobile again.

In the empty snowy field at night, only Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi were speeding on their snowmobiles, laughing loudly. Genta, who had no idea of ​​the destination and direction, just accelerated again and again. Mitsuhiko and Ayumi were also overwhelmed by the thrill of speed, and no one noticed that they had already left Kitazawa Village and arrived at a remote and dangerous snowy field.

The snow outside Kitazawa Village was a dangerous forbidden area for Genta who was not familiar with the terrain. As a result, Genta, who was completely unaware of their situation, continued to speed up. Mitsuhiko and Ayumi behind him kept encouraging him: "Faster, faster, Genta, it's so fun."

The cold and desolate snowfield became a little strange. Yuan Tai suddenly found that he couldn't control the direction of the snowmobile even if he held the handlebars tightly! It's terrible! Something seems to be wrong! Yuan Tai shouted silently in his heart that it was not good. The snowmobile seemed to be out of his control and ran wildly like an out-of-control beast!

Mitsuhiko and Ayumi, who hadn't noticed the situation yet, just felt that the vehicle was shaking violently, so they asked worriedly, "Yuanta, is the battery out of the snowmobile? Why does it seem to be shaking so violently?"

The smug smile on Yuanta's face gradually disappeared, and he nervously told Mitsuhiko and Ayumi loudly: "The snowmobile seems to be a little strange, it won't listen to us, it keeps rushing down, and we can't control it!"

It was like rushing downward at a high speed, but the question was, where was that place? When Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi realized it, it was too late. It turned out that their snowmobiles kept rushing downward and couldn't stop because they drove into a downhill slope.

The three people were rushed straight down by the snowmobile, and their cheers of joy turned into screams of fear. When the three people saw the terrain clearly in the moonlight, they found that they were rushing towards a broken slope with the snowmobile, which meant that they would rush out and then fall down!

Chapter 203

"Think of a way to stop it quickly, Genta!" Mitsuhiko and Ayumi fearfully grabbed Genta who was driving the snowmobile. Genta looked at the steep slope in front of him, but was so frightened that he was stunned and at a loss.

"Ah..." The screams of the three people lingered in the empty snow and night sky, echoing for a long time. The snowmobile and the people who had just flown out of the broken slope and landed on the thick snow were buried in the white snow.

"Ah! It's so cold!" Ayumi and Mitsuhiko popped their heads out of the snow, shivering and sneezing while hugging their arms. Genta, who popped his head out last, muttered with a sad face: "Really? How could there be a broken slope?"

The three of them fell on the thick snow, and they were not hurt, but when they gathered around the rented electric snowmobile, they saw that the whole vehicle had flipped over and crashed into the snow, and it was broken. The three of them looked at each other, and finally looked up at the cold and silent surroundings, and realized that they could no longer go back on their own.

"What should we do now? The motorcycle is broken too, so we can't go back." Ayumi frowned, looking anxiously at Mitsuhiko and then Genta. The three of them were originally excited and excited about the snowy night adventure, but it turned out to be such a miserable situation. Everyone looked at this miserable situation and thought to themselves: Is this the so-called "extreme joy leads to sorrow"?

But there was no other way now. Mitsuhiko shook his head with a sad face, and he and Genta looked at each other. They both felt that there was only one way - to ask Conan for help.

Maori and Conan deduced that Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi had sneaked out to play snowmobiles, so they headed for a shop that rented snowmobiles and snowmobiles. As expected, they heard in a rental shop that three children came to rent a car. The boss muttered with a worried look on his face: "The child said he could drive, but I saw that he was swaying from side to side and not stable at all. Just when I wanted to persuade them not to go, they flew away without a trace. By the way, they also said that there were adults waiting for them on the snowy mountain. Could they really be lying?"

"......Those three brats, Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi, sneaked out and lied to people, they are really outrageous." Conan was so angry that veins on his forehead were throbbing.

After hearing Conan's words, the boss and the guy who rented out the snow electric vehicles turned pale and ugly, and hurriedly asked Conan and Maori: "What should we do now? Can you find them back?"

Mao Li frowned and nodded to the boss and the waiter.

I've never heard that Genta or Mitsuhiko are good at riding motorcycles, let alone Ayumi. Even if they can ride, how good can a few kids be?

There's really nothing we can do about them, they're just too chaotic. Maori sighed and prepared to go to the ski resort with Conan and Ai to look for the three kids, when suddenly the badge of the Junior Detective League on Conan's body rang.

As soon as they heard Conan answered the call, Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi excitedly shouted at the same time: "Conan! Come and save us!"

Conan rolled his eyes, twitched the corners of his mouth weakly, sighed, and then asked about the three people's current location.

Genta thought about it and felt that they had probably rushed out of the Kitazawa Village Ski Resort and may have reached the snow outside, so there were strange terrains such as the broken slope. Genta seemed to confirm with Mitsuhiko and Ayumi on the other end of the radio, and then told Conan: "We should be in the snowy mountains outside Kitazawa Village. Looking up from the bottom of the broken slope, the moonlight is in the middle of the sky."

Since the three of them were talking, it proved that they were all safe. After Conan confirmed this with Genta, although he was still worried about their current situation, he at least felt relieved.

"Uncle, Haibara, let's hurry over there. It seems that those three guys and their car fell down the slope. I don't know if they are okay." Conan, who was worried about the three of them, put away the radio, took out his skateboard and said.

"Fortunately, I thought I would need snow transportation before coming here, so I brought this." Maori also took out a skateboard from his backpack that was one size larger and thicker than Conan's.

"Tsk..." Conan looked at the powerful skateboard in Maori's hand, his eyes full of envy, "I also want that kind of motivation..."

……

Maori and Xiao Ai rode on snowboards together, sliding across the snow at high speed, stirring up snowflakes wherever they passed. The fluttering white snow was illuminated by the moonlight, like sparkling diamonds in the night, covering Maori and Xiao Ai.

Ai hugged Maori tightly with one hand and pointed to the hillside under the moonlight not far away with the other hand. "The hillside over there might be the steep slope that Yuanta and the others mentioned. Look up and you'll see the moonlight as they said."

Maori looked in the direction that Ai pointed, and based on the information provided by Genta just now, he inferred that the place that Ai pointed to should be where Genta and the others were.

Maori nodded without looking back, and whispered to Xiaoai behind him: "Xiaoai, hold on tight." After feeling Xiaoai holding him tighter, Maori increased the speed of the skateboard, took Xiaoai around the hillside, and searched for her in the snow below.

Conan followed closely behind.

Maori and Xiao Ai, riding skateboards, successfully arrived at the snowy ground below the stumbling block, and looked for the place where Yuanta and the others were most likely to have fallen after falling from the stumbling block. As expected, they saw Yuanta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi huddled together and looking around on the snowy ground.

When Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi saw Mori and Ai coming on snowboards, they did not show any joy. They just stood there with complicated expressions, not knowing what to say or do.

Maori stopped his skateboard and said nothing, just looking at the three people. Xiao Ai also jumped down from behind Maori swiftly, walked to the three people and the overturned snowmobile and looked at them for a long time, also silent, of course, she was also speechless about what the three people did.

After getting off the skateboard, Conan carefully checked the motorcycle that was still half buried in the snow. He shook his head helplessly and said to Genta and the others, "You guys are too good. You actually crashed the motorcycle into this state. There's no way to fix it. We can only ask the doctor to drive over and take us back to the hotel."

"Conan..." Ayumi called out softly to Conan who was about to take out his phone.

"Huh? What's wrong, Ayumi..." Conan looked at Ayumi in confusion.

“……” Ayumi opened her mouth, looked at Maori who had a blank expression on his face, and fell silent again.

Mitsuhiko and Genta on the other side behaved in the same way.

"I guess they don't want us adults to know about this." Maori finally spoke.

Conan also figured out the reasons for their behavior. Seeing that the three of them didn't dare to speak because of Maori, and looked pitiful, Conan sighed and muttered:

"What should we do? Really, your motorcycles can't move anymore. It's not realistic to walk back. My uncle and I can't carry so many people on our snowboards. And we have to tow this damaged snowmobile back to the rental shop and pay compensation."

"Then what should we do? Is the only way to do this to notify the doctor?"

When Genta and Mitsuhiko heard what Conan said, they pouted and hung their heads dejectedly.