Aomori Prefecture in December is completely a country of snow.
The train roared along the rails, whipping up wind and snow, and the carriages were insulated from the cold air outside.
Luyeya sat next to the window, quietly watching the quiet silver-white world flowing through the car window.
The trains in the countryside are not always full like the trains in Tokyo. There are no people sitting on the opposite side of Xiaolu or the seats next to Xiaolu.
"Although it snows in Tokyo, the snow scenery is not as beautiful as here in Aomori. If I have the chance, I should invite my master, my sisters, and Hotaru-nee to come and play together." Kanoya thought this way.
Then, she took out her mobile phone and reconfirmed the time when the train would pass the station.
We will arrive at Hakkoda in ten minutes.
Switching to the LINE interface, Xiaolu first sent a few photos of snow scenes and a short video he had just taken to his only pinned person, Kamiyagawa, who was noted as "the strongest master craftsman".
Then he opened Akimichi's chat box.
The chat history of the two girls is kept from half an hour ago.
Akimichi said that she had already arrived at the Hakkoda station and would wait there for Kanoya to arrive, and then the two of them would go to the hot spring street together.
[I'll be there in about fifteen minutes.]
Xiaolu sent a message, but there was no immediate reply from Qiudao.
So she locked the screen of her phone and continued to look at the scenery passing by outside the window.
It was very quiet inside the carriage and there weren't many people.
Sitting back to back behind the seats in Luyeya is a young couple.
I was probably traveling to Hakkoda as well, so I was in high spirits and talked about something from time to time along the way.
But in order not to disturb other people in the carriage, their conversation was not loud. From Xiaolu's position, he could barely hear a little bit——
"By the way, Momi, have you seen a murder over there in Hakkoda?"
"What murder?"
"I happened to see it when I was checking travel guides for this place on the Internet. It was more than ten years ago, also in the evening of winter, that a female high school student disappeared in Hakkoda... What is strange is that the police launched a blanket search at her last missing location.
, in the end only some brain tissue remnants were found in the mountains and forests.”
"Then what?"
"After identification, the brain tissue found does belong to the missing female high school student, but no other parts of her body have been found so far. The case seems to have not been solved yet... So, there is probably something hidden in Hakkoda.
It’s about a perverted murderer who preys on female high school students. My guess from the Internet is that the murderer is probably a cannibal..."
"Stop talking, it's so scary."
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I will protect you Mo Mei, remember to stay by my side at night."
"You are really annoying, Yishui."
"..."
Xiaolu didn't pay too much attention to the whispers of the couple behind him, and re-unlocked his phone to check.
Ahead is Hakkoda Station.
But the messages sent to Kamiya and Akimichi more than ten minutes ago received no reply.
Actually, it's quite normal that Master didn't reply to the message.
He's always been like this.
The deer are used to this.
But it was a bit strange that Akimichi didn't reply to the message, not to mention that the time they agreed to meet was coming soon.
[I'm coming.]
[I have arrived at the station, Naixun, where are you?]
[Aren't you at the station? I didn't see you.]
[Naixun?]
The message went unread and disappeared into the sea.
…
Hakkoda Station.
Kanoya left the platform with his suitcase.
She called while walking, but Akimichi's phone was always unanswered.
The friend suddenly lost contact, which made Xiaolu feel a little uneasy.
"According to the message Naixun sent me before, she should have been at the station long ago."
Lu Yewu stopped and pushed the Bodhi beads tied around his wrist to the palm of his hand, rubbing and sliding the beads between his palms.
Her heart became a little clearer.
Holding his breath and concentrating, Kanoya's small nose twitched slightly.
There is a smell similar to "cold plum" near the station, which is the smell of winter.
And in the base of this smell, there are many other smells mixed in -
Leather, tobacco, perfume...
In addition, it also includes some "conceptual" scents: soft like satin, hard like rock, agile like spring water...
People come and go on the platform, and everyone's smell is different, and the smell of those who come and go will be left behind for a while.
They all seem very complicated, and trying to find a specific smell among them is as difficult as hearing someone's specific voice in a noisy market.
However, when Xiaolu was in Ocha, he was basically with Akimichi and went to the bathroom together, so he was very familiar with the smell of his friend.
The smell on Akimichi's body is of a softer type, the smell that can be smelled when the sense of inspiration is turned on. If I have to describe it, it's a bit like red velvet cake mixed with some vanilla.
However, this is just an analogy using the ability of ordinary humans to perceive smells. The smell on Akidao's body is far more complicated than this.
When a deer activates its "inspired sense of smell", it can smell more rich odors than a dog...
Many flavors are actually difficult to describe intuitively, and only she can experience them.
In short, if Akimichi is really here, Kanoya is confident that he can find him through the taste.
"There is a very faint smell that belongs to Naixun. So she stayed here for a while, but now she is no longer around... Where will she go?"
I had promised to pick up Kanoya at the station, but there was no reason for Akimichi to leave at this time.
Even if there is something important, I will definitely inform Kanoya instead of losing contact directly like now.
The uneasiness in Xiaolu's heart became more and more intense.
Continuing to maintain her sense of inspiration, she quickly followed the lingering scent of autumn in the air.
…
On the road outside Hakkoda Station.
In winter, the sky gets dark faster, the sunset in the west gradually disappears, and dusk falls quietly in the mountains, pines, and wind on both sides of the road.
The first few stars appeared on the vast sky, and the black shadows of flying crows swayed among the trees.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Then, the setting sun seemed to suddenly break from the horizon and disappeared silently. Only a blood-red streak remained on the mountain pass at the end of the road, rendering the originally silver-white earth
It turned dark red.
According to the original agreement, Xiaolu and her good friends should already be at the hot spring street in Hakkoda at this time.
"...I understand. I'll look for Naixun again and kill my aunt first!"
The deer ran quickly along the road, and the call on the Bluetooth headset was hung up on her.
This call is to Akimichi's mother.
From the Akimichi family, Kanoya once again confirmed——
Naxun indeed arrived at Hakkoda Station a long time ago.
Akimichi's father who sent her here had already returned home for a long time. According to the agreement, Akimichi's father would drive to the hot spring street again around 9 o'clock in the evening to pick up his daughter and Kanoya back to the hot spring hotel.
To be continued...