After the snowstorm subsided, the police quickly dispatched a search and rescue team to search and rescue in the woods surrounding the ski resort.
As for Asanuma Yoko's entire crime plan, it was all clear after searching the backpack she left in the B&B hotel room.
In the backpack, there is a suicide note written by Yoko Asanuma imitating the handwriting of Akiko Kinoshita.
The content of the suicide note is probably that Kinoshita Akiko suffered from the same pneumonia as her father, and her father died of pneumonia, so Kinoshita Akiko lost hope of living.
After waking up, Akiko Kinoshita was full of questions about this.
It is true that her father died of pneumonia, but her own pneumonia was not serious and the doctor said it could be cured.
Judging from the forged suicide note, Yoko Asanuma's complete plan was to create the illusion that Akiko Kinoshita committed suicide.
And Conan also "reviewed" a little bit in his mind, whether he would have been able to solve the case if Qin Zhibo was not around.
The answer is yes.
Because when I saw Kinoshita Akiko going out in the morning, she also made an appointment for a beauty activity for the next day.
How could such a person commit suicide?
Now that I have discovered the doubt, all I have to do next is this...that...
The case will be solved!
Thinking of this, Conan felt somewhat relieved and straightened his waist.
But when he saw Akiko Kinoshita lying alive on a stretcher and about to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance for further treatment of hypothermic frostbite, Conan fell into confusion again.
Although he could solve the case with his own abilities, the person was already dead.
My own reasoning only put a pair of cold silver bracelets on the murderer, which was of no use in saving lives.
Justice delayed...
Is it still justice?
While Conan was thinking about the philosophy of justice, Kinoshita Akiko on the stretcher suddenly asked: "Where is the detective who saved me?"
"I want to thank him personally..."
Mao Lilan raised her head and looked around, but there was no Qin Zhibo around.
"It's strange...Mr. Qin was still here just now, why did he disappear all of a sudden?"
Next to him, Mouri Kogoro put his hands in his pockets and said nonchalantly, "Maybe I saw you woke up and was embarrassed to face you, so I ran away first..."
"That guy seems to be still single, maybe a little shy?"
Mouri Kogoro boldly guessed Qin Zhibo's character, causing Akiko Kinoshita's face to turn red on the stretcher, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"I'm single..."
Conan, on the other hand, scoffed at Mouri Kogoro's speculation.
Although Qin Zhibo is not like you, uncle, who is so shy and greets all the beauties he sees, he is not shy at all.
Don’t forget, he is a big scumbag!
Also...
Where did Qin Zhibo go?
...
On the snow-covered foothills, Qin Zhibo is striding forward.
At the same time, Qin Zhibo always paid attention to the countdown of the main mission next to his field of vision.
【00:54:17】
【00:54:16】...
Before I knew it, the three-day main mission was about to end in less than an hour.
Qin Zhibo must rush to the target location before the time officially ends.
Although the target location of the main mission is also within the search and rescue range of the police, according to the analysis of the search and rescue team leader, it is an upward mountain.
If Yoko Asanuma encounters a snowstorm, she will definitely not choose to climb up immediately, so the priority of search and rescue there will be very low.
...
After a lot of hard work, Qin Zhibo finally climbed up to the high white ridge step by step.
When he arrived within the vicinity of the mission location, Qin Zhibo tiredly held the spruce tree next to him with one hand, breathing heavily.
Walking in the snow is very strenuous, and it is extremely difficult to get here even without a snowstorm.
Fortunately, I wasn't impatient yesterday and didn't rush up the mountain to complete the main mission. Otherwise, I would have been trapped here by the snowstorm yesterday.
As for the view of the guard totem here, Qin Zhibo had arranged it on the first day. It was just an ordinary snowfield near the top of the mountain.
There were no buried caves or cemeteries in the snow.
As for traces of animal activity...
Qin Zhibo straightened his body slightly and scanned the snow in front of him.
Six slightly dwarf spruce trees grew on the slightly sloping snow, and for a while there were really no traces of animal activity on them.
But behind one of the spruce trees, some strange colors dotted the white snow.
Qin Zhibo ran over to check and found that there were two sky-blue skis stuck unevenly on the snow.
Qin Zhibo is no stranger to these two skis, they are exactly the pair used by Yoko Asanuma yesterday!
Could it be that after Asanuma Yoko left after saving Akiko Kinoshita, she went back and came here on her own skis?
However, the terrain here is higher than the woods in front of the ski resort, so it is absolutely impossible to come up on skis in a snowstorm.
It would be possible if he was carrying skis on his back. The purpose may be to make it easier to go down the mountain later and escape the pursuit of the police.
But...
Qin Zhibo looked around and found no trace of Asanuma Yoko nearby.
However, at this moment, a figure covered in black and blue slowly walked out from behind the huge rock covered with snow.
It dragged its bare feet burned by the extremely cold ice and snow, moving slowly like a zombie with low mobility in the movie.
On the skin that was dark blue due to frostbite, the torn pink ski suit hung casually around his neck and elbows.
This is what it was called "she" not so long ago.
...
In the woods near the ski resort, a search and rescue team and police are gradually expanding the search and rescue scope.
Suddenly, a search and rescue team member blew his whistle and summoned nearby people.
"Did you find anything?"
"look look look..."
This young search and rescue team member suddenly became arrogant, which aroused the resentment of a senior search and rescue team member next to him.
"What's going on? Tell me clearly!"
Under the orders of their seniors, the young team members with frightened faces pointed tremblingly at the snow ahead.
The senior looked in the direction of his finger and saw a huge paw print clearly appearing on the snow five meters away.
They were claw marks similar to human hands, but far sharper and larger than human palms.
Because it is so huge, only one of its smallest fingers is almost as tall as an adult's shoulder, leaving the details on its surface too exposed and looking inexplicably distorted and ugly.
Having been responsible for search and rescue work in the snowy mountains all year round, this senior member of the search and rescue team has heard of various legends of snow monsters such as the Snow Girl.
At this moment, his brain could react to the only legend that matched it.
