The group took a cable car to the top of the mountain. The view from the top was excellent, with the continuous mountain range covered in lush greenery. The scenery was beautiful and the air was very fresh.
This made the people who had been living in the city take a deep breath. Having gotten used to the exhaust fumes in the city, they felt a little uncomfortable breathing such fresh air all of a sudden, but it was nothing serious.
The beauty of nature is magnificent, and when people stand on high ground and look out, they all think of the insignificance of humankind.
Uncle Mori also expressed his feelings, but when Domoto Yasunori heard Uncle Mori's feelings, his eyes revealed disdain: "Yes, it is only through the efforts of insignificant humans that beautiful natural scenery can be developed into tourist areas for everyone to share."
This greatly diminished Kosuke's impression of Yasunori Domoto. In his eyes, only developed tourist areas were considered beautiful natural scenery. Sure enough, these people were only interested in money.
This remark also displeased Uncle Mori. He pursed his lips but said nothing. He was already used to such profit-driven businessmen.
Meanwhile, Yoshino Ayaka, who was being stared at by Ran, thought Ran was looking at her brooch and turned around to introduce it, saying, "This? This is a brooch I made from a jade chain that my mother left me. I really like it."
"No, of course the brooch is pretty too." Ran wasn't looking at the brooch, she was looking at her. "I'm looking at you. I feel like you look like that celestial maiden statue, Miss Ayaka."
When a pretty girl complimented her on her looks, her already thin-skinned face immediately flushed red: "Do I look like a celestial maiden?"
"Yes, you are so gentle and elegant, you really look just like me!"
Caught off guard by these words, Yoshino Ayaka blushed even more, her face beaming with a smile: "Thank you for the compliment, even if it's just polite talk, I'm still happy to hear it."
"Of course not! It's true!"
With just a few words, Ran and Yoshino Ayaka's relationship improved considerably.
After the cable car ride, Yasunori Domoto arranged for Ayaka Yoshino to take everyone back to the hotel, while Domoto himself wanted to explore the hiking trails before returning.
This impressed Uncle Mori, who remarked that for a leader of a large company to personally conduct an inspection showed how much importance he placed on the task.
...
"Cheers, cheers, cheers, cheers~" Uncle Mori downed a full glass of beer in one gulp, a satisfied smile spreading across his face. "That was really refreshing!"
The Domoto family's arrangements made everyone extremely comfortable. The hotel was a five-star hotel, and the food was delicious. Even Kōyū, who has a rather discerning palate, couldn't help but nod in approval of the hotel's standards.
The hotel rooms were luxurious, to put it simply, opulent. The sofas were also very expensive genuine leather sofas, and the beer that Uncle Maori was drinking was a world-famous craft beer.
"Dad, you should also exercise some restraint!"
As Uncle Mori poured the drinks, he said, "What's there to be restrained about? Since they've been so kind as to let us stay in such a big suite, we should certainly enjoy it!"
Kōyū sat on the sofa, deep in thought. Judging from the current situation, it seemed that the Domoto family had encountered some economic bottlenecks. Of course, it was impossible for them to be broke, but their money might be temporarily unusable. Otherwise, Yoshino Ayaka wouldn't have said that this tourist area was the company's future.
Slightly tipsy, Uncle Mori's eyes were a little glazed: "When they start fighting over the inheritance, it's going to be quite a show, a real bloodbath, hiccup~"
Judging from the relationship between Domoto Eizo's three children, their relationship is not good, and there are even some gaps. Domoto Yasunori clearly supports his father's side, Domoto Junpei wants to break out of this circle, but seems to have encountered difficulties, while his daughter Domoto Rina can be considered neutral and yearns for freedom.
"Don't talk nonsense! Why do you have to bring bad luck on people like this?" Xiaolan shouted at Uncle Mori, clearly annoyed.
After all, it's a luxury hotel arranged by someone else, and it's not good to use someone else's things and then offend them.
...
At noon the following day, accompanied by the sound of cannons, a stage had been set up in front of the cable car departure station, and the area in front of the stage was packed with people.
After returning from the restroom, Conan said to Kouyu, "The president and his son were talking about being ready, but I just felt something was off."
Kōyū, engrossed in his video game, looked up at Conan's words and asked, "Yeah, how did you know?"
"Tell me, tell me, tell me! I'm so curious!"
Glancing at the curious child, Guangyou explained, "Because you're here, something else is prepared. There will definitely be dead people, but we don't know who they are."
"Tch, fine, don't tell me then, but don't tease me like this." Conan turned his head away, arms crossed, looking resentful. He believed that Kousuke was definitely making fun of him. As a materialist, how could he believe in such mysterious things? All the previous ones were just coincidences!
"You will be punished by God!"
Just as Eizo Domoto was giving his speech on stage, an aged voice drew everyone's attention. "Even you who are celebrating will be punished by heaven sooner or later!"
One of the reporters present immediately sensed a news story and quickly picked up his camera to start filming around Shizuka Kamiyama.
Shizuka Kamiyama paid no attention to the reporters in front of her and continued, "How dare you so audaciously dig a tunnel under the lotus pedestal of the sacred celestial maiden statue! You people have no shame!"
Those present actually had no opinion on the tunnel excavation. They thought, "Go ahead and excavate. It's not like you're digging up my land. If I could get money from it, I would definitely support you." But Shizuka Kamiyama was old. She was born in this place and would die here in the future. The celestial maiden statue accompanied her growth. Since she became a nun, she had become even more devout to the celestial maiden statue that protected all living beings.
If you violate her beliefs at this point, it's like an old man hanging himself – it's suicide, and she'll explode with anger.
Those with foresight had already stepped forward and dragged Shizuka Kamiyama away. Shizuka Kamiyama was old and frail and unable to resist, so she didn't. Although she was being dragged away, she still shouted, "You have defiled the sacred celestial maiden statue! You will surely be punished!"
Despite this incident, Domoto Eizo remained calm and said, "I really didn't expect such an uninvited guest to appear. Please don't take it to heart. I know that many irresponsible newspapers have also reported on the curse of the Celestial Maiden Statue, which is nothing but nonsense! Today, I, Domoto Eizo, will personally refute this superstition!"
"Therefore, we have specially invited the renowned detective Kogoro Mouri to grace our opening ceremony today!"
The sudden introduction left Uncle Mori somewhat bewildered. Everyone present seemed to know the name of the famous detective Uncle Mori, and their faces were filled with surprise. They hadn't expected that the famous detective Kogoro Mori, who was a frequent topic of conversation on television and in newspapers, would actually attend this opening ceremony.
After a while, Uncle Mori came to his senses and stood up awkwardly to greet everyone: "Excuse me, I am Kogoro Mori."
With so many people present, Uncle Mori was determined to make an appearance and greeted everyone very warmly.
At 1:10 p.m., after Eizo Domoto personally cut the ribbon, the cable car was about to officially start its first run!
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