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"Just bear with it a little longer, hang in there, you have to hang in there!"
The woman kept answering "yes" to this, but her voice grew weaker and weaker until she finally fell silent.
Seeing this, Mokichi became very worried, stopped in his tracks, and turned to look into the cage.
Upon closer inspection, Mogi discovered that the woman in the cage was gone, leaving only a large amount of snow wrapped around the silver garment she had originally been wearing.
Compared to another terrifying version of the Snow Woman legend, this version of the story is more like a poignant love story.
The story ends with the snow woman's long-frozen heart being melted by Mogi's warm and sincere heart.
This poignant tale of the Snow Maiden made Chen Anxia's eyes grow even deeper, as if she were lost in thought.
Meanwhile, Hattori Heiji, who was about to take the cable car up the mountain to ski, suddenly spotted Chen Anxia.
Naturally, Hattori Heiji also noticed the Lu people following closely behind Chen Anxia.
Although Hattori Heiji is currently just a middle school student who calls himself a detective, his reasoning skills are quite strong.
He could roughly determine Pianpinlu's profession from his clothing and behavior.
Seeing this, Hattori Heiji frowned slightly, muttering with some confusion, "That person should be a detective, right? Why is Chen Anxia with a detective?"
As he spoke, Hattori Heiji, increasingly curious, decided to secretly follow them to find out what was going on.
The gears of fate have begun to turn...
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Chapter 365 The Truth Finally Revealed, Hattori Heiji's Shock! (Please Subscribe!)
Chen Anxia and Pian Pinlu rode the same cable car.
Out of curiosity, Hattori Heiji secretly followed Chen Anxia. After disguising himself slightly, he quietly sat on a cable car behind Chen Anxia and Pianpin Luren.
However, Heiji Hattori was unaware that everything he was doing was being filmed by a camera.
The person who took the photos was Hattori Heiji's mother, Hattori Shizuka.
Shizuka Hattori didn't tell Heiji Hattori that she had followed them.
The reason for this was to secretly film Hattori Heiji's most authentic growth record, just like Kudo Yukiko.
Yukiko Kudo and Yusaku Kudo did not tell Shinichi Kudo about their arrival. Yukiko Kudo's purpose was to film Shinichi Kudo's growth record.
At this moment, Hattori Shizuka was also wearing a simple disguise, but she could not hide her dignified and elegant temperament, giving people a simple yet mysterious beauty.
While secretly taking pictures of her son, Hattori Shizuka murmured, "Heiji is so focused on secretly following a boy his own age that he doesn't even care about Kazuha. I have to capture this precious moment on camera..."
As she spoke, Hattori Shizuka seemed to be thinking of something wonderful, a slight smile playing on her lips. She continued to murmur, "This way, Heiji's growth record from childhood to adulthood will have an extra precious volume. It will definitely be very moving to look back on it when I'm old..."
As Hattori Shizuka murmured to herself, the cable car slowly started moving, beginning its ascent towards the summit.
The swaying motion of the cable car brought Hattori Shizuka back to reality.
Immediately, Hattori Shizuka turned her gaze to Chen Anxia's back, her eyes, hidden behind her goggles, narrowing slightly as she said, "This young man is quite extraordinary. The aura he unintentionally released just now reminded me of a young Heizo..."
Heizo, also known as Hattori Heizo, is Hattori Heiji's biological father. He is currently the Osaka Prefectural Police Chief and Superintendent, and possesses extremely terrifying swordsmanship skills.
Moreover, Heizo Hattori can be considered one of the top deductive reasoning talents in "Detective Conan," on par with Yusaku Kudo, making him a formidable and unfathomable figure.
Heiji Hattori's reasoning and swordsmanship abilities also come from Heizo Hattori.
Hattori Shizuka's mutterings undoubtedly revealed her affirmation and high regard for Chen Anxia.
Time passed slowly, and the cable car that Chen Anxia and Pian Pinlu had built finally reached the top of the mountain.
Seeing this, Pianpin Luren tried to lift the safety railing on his body and prepare to get off the cable car.
However, Chen Anxia stopped Lu Ren's actions.
Chen Anxia then said, "Don't get off the bus, just take this cable car down the mountain."
After hearing Chen Anxia's words, Pianpin Luren was stunned for a moment. Although he felt strange, he did not say anything, but simply nodded slightly in agreement with Chen Anxia.
This scene was clearly witnessed by Hattori Heiji, which made him even more puzzled.
Hattori Heiji could tell that between Pianpin Luren and Chen Anxia, Chen Anxia was in charge, and Pianpin Luren had clearly wanted to get off the cable car, but Chen Anxia stopped him.
This shows that the Lu people in the film did not know Chen Anxia's intention in taking the cable car; they were simply blindly following Chen Anxia.
Moreover, Hattori Heiji was certain that Chen Anxia did not take the cable car to ski from the top of the mountain to the bottom, because Chen Anxia had no intention of getting off at the top.
So, what was Chen Anxia's intention in taking the cable car?
Was it because it was your first time riding a cable car and you were curious and excited? Or was it simply to enjoy the scenery from the cable car? Or was there some other reason?
Also, what's the situation with Lu Ren from Pianpin? Why is he following Chen Anxia? And why does he prioritize Chen Anxia?
Could it be that Lu Ren was commissioned by Chen Anxia, which is why he followed Chen Anxia and took Chen Anxia as his master?
If that's the case, then what kind of request would Chen Anxia make?
Chen Anxia is a prominent figure in the junior high school of Gaifang Academy. Even if Hattori Heiji doesn't want to pay attention, he will inadvertently learn about Chen Anxia.
According to the information Hattori Heiji obtained, Chen Anxia was an exchange student who had recently come from China and had never been to Japan before, let alone to this ski resort in Yamagata Prefecture.
Under these circumstances, Chen Anxia would not have issued a commission related to this ski resort, and Pian Pinlu, as a detective, should not have been here either.
A thousand thoughts flashed through Hattori Heiji's mind in an instant, making him even more curious about Chen Anxia.
Without the slightest hesitation, Hattori Heiji did not get off the cable car at the top of the mountain, but instead followed Chen Anxia and Katapin Rikuto down the mountain by cable car.
While riding the cable car, Chen Anxia kept observing the surrounding environment and had already spotted Hattori Heiji.
At first, Chen Anxia didn't think much of it, because Hattori Heiji was taking the cable car to the top to ski.
As for now...
Ignoring Hattori Heiji, Chen Anxia began organizing the data he had just collected, thinking to himself, 'The cable cars are spaced about 10 meters apart, and move about 1.6 meters per second...'
There are two points where the cable car is closest to the ski resort, and the distance is about 3 meters...
While pondering, Chen Anxia filled the collected data into the scene model in his mind.
Immediately, the scene model began to change, retracing the events of the crime scene four years ago.
This time, Chen Anxia clearly saw how the murderer appeared, how the murderer faked the scene, and how the murderer escaped from the cable car.
However, there is still one question that remains unanswered: the bag filled with snow.
If Chen Anxia's reasoning is correct, then the bag filled with snow is not the bag that Mizukami Jiro was carrying at the beginning.
Instead, the murderer placed the body next to the dead Jiro Mizukami after killing him.
So, how did the murderer do it?
Even if you place your bag in advance at the point closest to the ski resort from the cable car, it's still nearly 3 meters high, while an adult male's arm is about 88 centimeters long.
In this situation, even if the bag straps are frozen upright with water beforehand, the bag itself is only about 1.1 or 1.2 meters tall.
This also means that there is a gap of nearly 1 meter between the murderer and the bag placed on the ski slope. How did the murderer make up for this gap?
As Chen Anxia thought about it, the physical evidence found at the crime scene back then began to surface in her mind one by one.
Immediately, Chen Anxia identified a specific piece of physical evidence.
In his mind, Chen Anxia transformed this physical evidence into data and filled it into the scene model.
The next moment, the scene model worked perfectly, realistically recreating the crime scene from four years ago.
Seeing this, Chen Anxia's lips curled up slightly, and he murmured, "In this way, the mystery is completely solved."
Nearby, Pianpin Luren heard Chen Anxia's mutterings. After a moment of stunned silence, he couldn't help but excitedly exclaim, "What? You've solved all the mysteries of that strange case from four years ago? Is it true?"
Because the voice of the person in the cable car was too loud, Heiji Hattori, who was sitting in the next cable car, could also hear it.
It was precisely because Hattori Heiji heard this that his pupils trembled uncontrollably, and an incredulous expression appeared on his face as he muttered, "He solved that strange case from four years ago? How is that possible!?"
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Chapter 366 A Battle of Detectives! (Bonus chapter for the Alliance Leader, Wandering Pig Brother!)
Of course, Heiji Hattori would know about the strange incident that occurred at this ski resort four years ago.
Even before he arrived, Heiji Hattori already knew about the case and wanted to take advantage of the school's organized ski trip to solve the mystery.
To this end, Hattori Heiji also collected information and reports related to this strange case.
This also means that Hattori Heiji is very familiar with this strange case.
It was precisely because he understood the case so well that Heiji Hattori knew how difficult it would be to solve this strange case.
Furthermore, this bizarre case has been ongoing for four years, and even if one were to obtain the police's original files, it would be very difficult to solve.
Now, someone claims to have solved all the mysteries of that strange case from four years ago. How could Hattori Heiji not be shocked by this fact?
However, Hattori Heiji still harbored doubts, wondering if Chen Anxia had truly solved all the mysteries of the strange case from four years ago.
In the detective profession, there is a common phenomenon: many times, what one thinks is a correct reasoning actually has loopholes, or is even wrong in itself, but one is too caught up in the situation to notice.
Therefore, it is understandable that Hattori Heiji harbored doubts.
Driven by his suspicions, Hattori Heiji decides to personally investigate the truth.
Of course, given Hattori Heiji's pride and arrogance as a detective, he certainly wouldn't allow himself to directly seek confirmation from Chen Anxia.
At this moment, Hattori Heiji had suppressed his inner shock and was looking intently at the profile of Katapin Rikuren, who was listening to Chen Anxia's soft words.
During this process, Hattori Heiji took out two wads of tissues and stuffed them into his ears to make sure he couldn't hear Chen Anxia's soft narration in front of him.
Judging from the occasional expressions of shock and realization on Katapin Rikuren's face, Hattori Heiji knew that Chen Anxia's reasoning was convincing to Katapin Rikuren.
But that wasn't enough; it wasn't enough to dispel Hattori Heiji's doubts.
In fact, Hattori Heiji himself was well aware that if he listened to Chen Anxia's account along with the others, he would be able to determine whether Chen Anxia's reasoning was true and whether it could dispel his own doubts.
That would be quite boring. In Hattori Heiji's view, the detective should find out the truth on his own.
If multiple detectives become involved in the same case, it means that a contest between detectives has begun.
To determine who is stronger and who is weaker, we'll have to see who can uncover the truth sooner.
Before we knew it, the cable car had descended the mountain. Just then, a ski resort staff member shouted through a megaphone, "Attention, students of Kaifang Academy Junior High School, lunchtime!!"