The famous criminal in the world of Conan

Chapter 616: Bad news: The mountain is closed due to heavy snow... Good news: Conan is not here...

In winter, the mountains are covered with snow.

You decide to buy a drink...

No, no, you got it wrong.

Bai Masong shook his head to get rid of the messy thoughts.

He glanced sideways and glanced at Sato Miwako, who was shivering all over while holding onto his arm, and Haibara Ai, who was pulling up his trouser legs and whose little face was red from the cold, and fell into deep thought.

By the way, why did I agree to Miwako's suggestion to take a bath in this hot spring?

At first, I was just wondering why winter is coming so soon. Yesterday, it was still summer or autumn when a 72-year-old man like Suzuki Jirokichi wouldn't freeze to death even if he took off all his clothes.

This made him lose all his vigilance and he agreed to Sato Miwako's suggestion without thinking about it.

result......

"Are we now trapped in this small post station?"

Huihara Ai raised her head and asked with a hint of resentment.

"It seems so."

Bai Masong replied in a calm tone.

Their family of three...oh no, a group of three drove here, but because the snow was getting heavier, they were forced to stop at an inn here and wait.

But after nearly an hour of waiting, the snow showed no signs of stopping, and now it looked like the hot spring trip was going to be aborted again.

"I seem to remember that the last time you went out to take a hot spring bath, it didn't seem to work out?"

Haibara Ai thought of something and spoke speechlessly.

"Forehead......"

Sato Miwako said in a low voice, feeling a little embarrassed.

"It seems, as if, perhaps, probably."

"Not only that, we also ran into Mr. Maori and his family."

Sato Miwako became more and more afraid to speak any further. Everyone knew what it meant to run into Maori Kogoro's family on a snowy day.

"Oh, that's really unlucky."

Huiyuan Ai obviously knew this too and sneered.

"I just hope I don't run into it today."

It's so hard to come out for fun, it's ok if you don't get to soak in the hot springs, but you must not encounter a murder case!

"Certainly,"

Bai Masong said calmly,

"I specifically asked Conan yesterday, and they don't have any plans to go out this weekend."

"call--"

Sato Miwako and Haibara Ai immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

As expected, a day without seeing the Grim Reaper family is so beautiful even if the mountain is blocked by snow.

Bai Masong thought so in his heart, and then waved his dialing phone towards the two people.

"And there's good news."

"I've contacted the Qinwu Hotel, and they said they can come pick us up. They'll be here in about twenty minutes."

"Great--"

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"I am very grateful to Mr. Hakuba and his family for choosing our Kotoya Ryokan,"

The middle-aged staff member, who was wearing casual clothes inside and a kimono outside, drove the car while chatting with the Bai Masong family sitting in the back seat.

"The hot springs at our Kotoya Ryokan are particularly effective in treating physical ailments such as shoulder pain and muscle soreness. Our kimonos are also a must-have. On weekdays, many tourists come here just for the kimonos!"

"Yeah! I was curious because I saw the introduction about your hotel's kimono hot spring in the newspaper."

Miwako Sato also agreed with a smile.

"Haha, I'm sure you won't be disappointed."

The staff laughed.

Miwako Sato noticed that there was a cake on the passenger seat of the car and asked curiously,

"Eh? Is this cake a snack purchased by the hotel?"

"This one,"

The staff member took a look at the cake and smiled.

"That's not the case. When I came out, a customer asked me to bring this cake over for her."

"This guest particularly likes this type of dessert. I heard he's a famous person!"

"Famous person?"

As soon as the celebrity was mentioned, Bai Masong and the other two immediately became alert.

Huiyuan Ai immediately spoke up.

"A famous detective?"

"Uh, no, no,"

The staff smiled and shook their heads.

"He is a well-known writer. I heard that he came here to discuss some work, but I don't know what it is exactly."

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

After a few minutes, the car slowly drove to the door of a hotel and stopped.

The hotel is a very retro courtyard-style building. There is a plaque at the door with four big characters "Qinwu Hotel" inscribed on it. At the door, there is a middle-aged woman who looks like the proprietress, leading two young waitresses waiting at the door.

It is worth mentioning that all three of them were wearing kimonos, the proprietress was wearing purple and the waitress was wearing pink.

"welcome!"

When Bai Masong and the other two opened the car door and got out, the proprietress immediately led two waiters to bow slightly to Bai Masong and the other two.

Afterwards, the proprietress came over and asked about the three people's well-being.

"We have been waiting for you here for a long time."

"It must be very cold outside, please come inside and have a rest, please come in..."

Hakumasatsu carried the luggage, with Sato Miwako and Haibara Ai following on his left and right, and they slowly walked inside with the proprietress of Kotoya Ryokan.

Once you enter the hotel, you can see that what the driver said before is true -

Although I haven't seen the hot spring in this Kotoya Ryokan, once I came in, I saw kimonos and fabrics used to make kimonos everywhere, and they were all very gorgeous.

A kimono like this must be worth a lot of money outside.

Everyone loves beauty, especially women. At this moment, Sato Miwako and Haibara Ai's eyes began to light up as they looked at the exquisite kimonos along the way.

Don’t think that Haibara Ai doesn’t like these things because she was a staff member when she was young. In fact, her biggest hobby is reading various fashion magazines.

Since an inn is basically a large mansion, access to the guest rooms usually requires passing through the inn's living room.

At this time, the living room was already full of people——

At the top seat sat a slightly plump middle-aged man. On his left was a middle-aged woman in a lavender suit and a woman with short hair and a quiet temperament. On his right were two women, one tall and one short. One had waist-length hair and the other had short wavy hair.

In addition, there was a woman standing next to the middle-aged man with her back to the crowd, apparently looking at the wind and snow outside the window.

Several guests in the living room looked at the proprietress leading three guests in and glanced at them casually.

"You...Aren't you the white horse police officer from the Metropolitan Police Department?"

The middle-aged woman in a lavender suit looked at Bai Masong and the other two who were approaching and spoke hesitantly in a respectful tone.

When she said this, the passengers sitting around her also turned their heads.

"It's really Officer White Horse!"

The fat middle-aged man in a brown suit sitting at the top seat immediately put on a warm smile when he saw Bai Masong's face. He quickly stood up and went to greet him, saying with a smile,

"I never thought we would meet Officer Baima here by chance. It's a pleasure to meet you..."