Chapter 140 Asuka and Hikari

After lunch, the heavy easel was loaded into the trunk of the car and taken to the lake for ice fishing.

"Thank you, Mr. Suemitsu." Asuka took the easel from Suemitsu Sosuke after thanking him. The scenery by the lake was beautiful, so he simply set up the easel as close to the lake as possible, took off his gloves, and took a bucket to get water from Shibaki Shoichiro who was digging holes in the ice for fishing. Suemitsu Sosuke took the fishing

rod and studied it carefully, but the girls next to him had no interest in this kind of bamboo rod and ran to the lake to play with it as soon as possible.

"The air is so nice." Mouri Ran took a deep breath. The surface of the lake was covered with a thick layer of ice. She slipped when she stepped on it just now. She and Suzuki Sonoko held each other's arms and managed to stand up straight. "It's such a pity that Conan didn't come."

"It's really strange that the little brat didn't stick to you today." The short-haired girl complained, and then suddenly remembered something. She picked up her backpack happily. "But it's really cold now. Fortunately, I brought that..."

"Huh? What did Sonoko bring?" Mouri Ran leaned over to see.

"Of course it's red bean soup. When I went downstairs, I saw canned red bean soup being sold at the drink machine, and it was still hot, so I bought a few cans... Eh?! It's not here..." The short-haired girl frowned and turned her schoolbag upside down but couldn't find it, "No, that's not right, I clearly put it in the bag and then..."

"Could it have accidentally fallen on the bus?" Mao Lilan also helped to search in the bag, "It's really not there."

"Oh no! I didn't forget to put it in the bag." Suzuki Sonoko simply took out her mobile phone and dialed the number, "Really... I'll ask Asari-san if he saw it in the restaurant."

"Sonoko--" The long-haired girl couldn't help but sigh because of her friend's habit of losing things, Shoichiro Shibagaki, who was preparing fishing gear on the side, saw this situation and said "Oh", pointing to his car, "If you want hot drinks, they are prepared in the trunk of the car."

"Huh?!" The two girls' eyes lit up instantly. Mao Lilan smiled and said, "That's great, thank you Mr. Shibagaki." "

We have all these things prepared, but the quantity in them is not much, because the thermal cabinet is relatively small. If it is summer, when guests come to the lake to play, we will directly use the refrigerator to fill a lot of cold drinks and ice cream."

"Wow - it sounds cool, I will come again in the summer just for the cold drinks made by Mr. Shibagaki." Suzuki Sonoko smiled with her hands on her hips. While they were talking, the phone on the other end was soon answered.

"Sonoko?" Tsukiyama's gentle voice came from the other side, a little distorted. After listening to the other party's explanation of the whole story, the man walked towards the restaurant on the second floor, "Is it in a white bag? I seemed to have seen it before."

There was a sudden crackling noise from the other side, and the man was stung by it and hissed to the side. He quickly held the phone away. When he reached the restaurant on the second floor, the sudden noise disappeared again.

"Well, I forgot it at the restaurant. Do you want me to send it over?" Yueshan Chaoli said to the two girls on the other end, with a gentle and helpless tone, but his brows were wrinkled. He walked back to the stairs from the first floor to the second floor, and sure enough, he heard the same electric current sound as before, also on the stairs between the second and third floors.

"System, scan this area." He said in his mind.

[Yes.]

"No need, Mr. Shigaraki prepared hot drinks." The other end chatted briefly for a few more sentences and quickly hung up the phone.

[There is a bug under the handrail of the stairs, and the location is marked.]

Let's talk, the system changed the mechanical sound that had no emotion when it was working just now, and complained.

[Well, you even set up eavesdropping devices during your trip. You should be thankful that you didn't encounter a serial murder case on Snowstorm Mountain this time.]

As expected...

Tsukiyama Asari covered his face with his hands, feeling exhausted. I didn't expect that a hot spring trip would even involve eavesdropping devices. But if so, it can explain why the person who cut the power line was not captured by the camera.

Let's go find Date Kou and the others first.

After telling the police about the noise I heard on the stairs while I was on the phone, they quickly found several small eavesdropping devices on the stairs.

They simply went to find Toyokawa Norika again.

After hearing that the person who cut the wires was able to avoid the camera, it was most likely because of a bug, Toyokawa Norika, who didn't want to suspect her own staff, was obviously relieved. She tried to recall and said, "I remember that more than 20 days ago, there were customers in the store complaining that there was a lot of noise when they were talking on the stairs. Because we are on the mountain, the signal would inevitably be affected. We didn't pay much attention to it at the time."

"The doors and windows are closed at night, and there are so many customers and employees active during the day. It's unlikely that someone came in from outside to install a bug at night." Amuro Toru frowned, "The staff are basically active in this area, and they can hear what they say. There is no need to install a bug. Could it be that a previous customer did it?"

"The previous guest... is possible, but it happened to be the peak tourist season more than 20 days ago, and there were many guests every day. At the same time, our hotel was partially renovated, and many renovation workers would come in."

"The scope is too large in this case." Date Kou supplemented, "If there is a bug, it is unlikely that it was Hiiragi... Mr. Kasugawa who stole the food."

Edogawa Conan, who was next to the few people, also had a gloomy expression when he heard it.

Yes, no matter what, the action of cutting off the power line is also strange. If it is intended to retaliate, Toyokawa Norika, who has received the threatening letter, will definitely be on high alert. It is unlikely that she will go to check the freezer outside in the middle of the night alone. If the target is only the freezer, it would be too much trouble.

And that freezer, why does it look familiar...

While the boy was thinking, Toyokawa Norika was still trying to recall, wanting to provide more valuable information, "Well, at that time, because the old freezer was broken, Mr. Shibasaki had high requirements for the preservation of food, we simply renovated the kitchen... It was about a month ago."

Refrigerator...

Tsukiyama Asari frowned. It's not strange that Edogawa Conan always sees strange and familiar things, but why does he feel familiar? This kind of freezer should only appear in the electrical appliance section of the mall, and even in summer, you will see a freezer selling cold drinks...

"...Xiaoling."

This small murmur instantly attracted the attention of others.

"Brother Date." The feeling of solving a question was like an electric shock. Tsukiyama Asari's brain felt numb for a moment. After feeling everyone's eyes on him, the man looked up and met the eyes of Date Kou who was involved in the case at that time, "Was the criminal who killed Xiaoling pushing a freezer like this?"

Edogawa Conan stood up instantly, "Yes, this is it!"

That man's freezer had been used for a long time, and the outside was covered with marks and mud from friction, which was very different from its original appearance, not to mention that some handles were installed on it for easy pushing and shelves for other goods that did not need to be frozen. The freezers here are all new. The difference between the two is very big. No wonder I only recognized it now.

"I remember when he was interrogating me, he said... this brand of freezer is easy to modify." Ida Kou recalled the scene at that time, "What's different about these freezers after they were bought?!"

"Different...? Ah, I heard Mr. Shibagaki complain. He said that those large freezers looked big, but they couldn't hold much. Speaking of which... the workers who helped move them also said that the other freezers were relatively light, only the large freezers were particularly heavy to move."

When they helped move the freezers outside, the large freezers were also much heavier than the others.

So that's what happened! Tsukiyama Asari's eyes lit up, and he instantly figured out the cause and effect. The others also looked confident.

"Ms. Toyokawa, we already have some idea about this matter. Please let everyone come to the lounge after dinner."

"Huh?" Seeing the determined looks on their faces, Norika Toyokawa nodded repeatedly, "Okay!"

The people who went out fishing returned to the hotel near dusk. After dinner, everyone gathered in the lounge. Kenji Hagiwara explained what happened today, "I'm so sorry, this morning..."

"It's okay, please don't take it to heart." Asakawa Nami smiled, her eyes shining as she clenched her fists, "What should we do now, ambush here?"

"This is what we thought..."

When they talked about the action in the evening, Asuka Kiri propped up his head and yawned continuously. He felt his head was a little groggy and his eyelids were heavy. Although the room was heated enough, he was still very cold. He wanted to tuck himself into the thick quilt and fall asleep with a hot water bottle.

Is he having a fever?

Yueshan Chaoli thought, and reached out to touch Fei Niao Wu's forehead. It was indeed hot when he touched it. The boy had no sense of pain and his body's immunity was low. Although it was just an ordinary fever, he didn't know what problems would arise in the future.

Thinking of this, the black-haired man frowned.

Kasugawa Shugo was sitting next to the two of them. He reached out and poured a full cup of hot water and placed it in front of Asuka Kiri, "Go back to sleep first? I'll go find some medicine later."

"What's wrong?" Date Kou was attracted by the movement here. After listening to the situation, his eyebrows, which had been relaxed after finally sorting out the case, were wrinkled again. He reached out and put his hand on the boy's forehead, "It's so hot..."

"Wait a minute." Seto Hitoshi stood up quickly and came back with the first aid kit in less than a moment. He took out a thermometer from it and asked the boy to hold the front end in his mouth. He also motioned Kasugawa Shugo, who was sitting next to the boy, to make room for him.

The chestnut-haired man quickly gave up his seat to the professional.

"Take two pills of this medicine." The doctor lowered his head and rummaged through the first aid kit, and casually handed over the medicine bottle he had just found. "Does your throat hurt? Let me take a look later. There is also..."

Suemitsu Sosuke listened to him and recalled the scene when he was in the ward hiding from the doctor who was in charge. He felt his scalp tingling for a while, and could only sigh that the doctor's shock power was really strong, and hid to the side.

Okiya Subaru's laughter was faintly heard from the side, and Suemitsu Sosuke, who had originally dodged to the side, straightened his body instantly and pretended that nothing had happened just now.

"Okay." Without even looking up, Dr. Seto finally found a small flashlight from the back, "Give me the thermometer."

After taking out the flashlight, he looked at the thermometer, "It's okay, just a low fever. One pill of that medicine will be enough."

After saying that, he turned his head and saw the white-haired boy looking at him with slightly wide eyes. The pills in his hand were gone, and he looked a little guilty.

"Did you take them all?"

Asuka Kiri nodded. When Dr. Seto said to change the dosage, he had already swallowed the pills.

"It's okay, two is the normal amount." Looking at the boy's appearance, the man couldn't help but smile, even his wrinkles were stained with smiles, "Just go back and get some sleep, don't go out in the wind these two days."

"Yeah." The white-haired boy nodded obediently, "Thank you, Dr. Seto."

Seto Jinye's eyes stayed on his white hair for a long time, then he reached out and held the other's cheek, indicating that he should open his mouth a little wider.

"The throat is not inflamed." After turning off the flashlight and putting it back in the first aid kit, he nodded, "Sleep for a night, and you will be fine tomorrow."

He seemed to want to ask something else, but after thinking for a long time, he simply gave up and let his new patient go back to rest.

"Xiao Wu, take a good rest tonight. We are mainly on the first floor and will not disturb you." Date said.

"I can't disturb him even if I want to." Doctor Seto looked at the policeman next to him and added, "This medicine contains sleeping pills. He took two pills and is guaranteed to sleep till dawn. Okay, go back and rest."

After the boy left, he touched his chin, recalling how he took medicine immediately when he was told to, held the thermometer obediently when he was told to take his temperature, and tried to grow up when he opened his mouth. While packing up the first aid kit, he sighed, "If only every patient was as obedient as this kid. Why are some people so disobedient?" He

is so old, and he still does this!

Suemitsu Sosuke instantly realized who the guy was talking about openly and secretly, and turned his head away, not wanting to make eye contact.

"That's it, don't be nervous, just do as I just said." After a few people left, Hagiwara Kenji turned around and said to the people who stayed behind, "The only problem now is, who will keep watch."

A few people looked around, Kasugawa Shugo 'snorted' twice, and took out a small box from somewhere, "Let's leave it to fate!"

"Where did you get the lottery box?" Matsuda Jinpei picked up the box and looked at it speechlessly, "Carrying such a thing with you?"

"That's called being well prepared." The chestnut-haired man smiled, "Okay, whether the lottery is good or bad is fate, and the kitchen is pretty warm."

"This matter is really aimed at Kagemitsu." Hagiwara Kenji leaned over and whispered in a voice that only they could hear, "It depends on who will keep watch with Kagemitsu tonight."

Hearing this, Morofushi Kagemitsu couldn't help but twitch his lips, "You can't be so unlucky every time..."

"We all see your bad luck." Kasugawa Shugo shook his head, "Alright, alright, go ahead and draw."

Edogawa Conan also tried to stand up and reached out his hand, but before he could touch the box, he was held down by Tsukiyama Asari.

"Minors are prohibited from participating in this activity." The black-haired man said, pulling his small hand back, and whispered in his ear in a low voice, "I heard that long-term lack of sleep will affect height. Xiao Wu has grown a little taller during this period. You don't want to find that Xiao Wu is taller than you after you change back."

Edogawa Conan, who originally had a pleading face, withdrew his hand instantly, "I'm going back to sleep!"

Anyway, when that person comes, he will wake them all up.

"Let's see who comes to accompany me." While the two were talking, Morobushi Kagemitsu had already opened his own stick, and then he couldn't help but sigh and put the bright red stick on the table.

Okiya Subaru looked at him, and for the first time he felt so much like him, and felt the rumors about Scotland's bad luck in the organization a long time ago.

In a way, this is really... amazing.

"Tsk." Under the gazes of thousands of people, Matsuda Jinpei raised his red stick unhappily, and firmly believed that his bad luck was because he happened to sit next to Morobushi Kagemitsu.

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