In the anime, their emotions can be combined into strange props

"No, I'm not like this normally."

Xue No glanced at the movements of someone nearby, and she couldn't help but rest her hands on her forehead with a headache, as if realizing her own folly. "I really shouldn't have used so much energy yesterday. I didn't expect that after being exhausted from training, I would become so defenseless while sleeping... It's my fault!"

"To be seen in such an unruly and shameful state..."

"Knock knock~, classmates, are you guys ready?"

At this time, a classmate named Xiaolan finally knew to knock on the door, but when she walked in timidly, with a gossipy and disdainful expression on her face.

Xia Yan couldn't help but tense up his face, and asked with a forced smile, "Ms. Mao Lilan, may I ask what exactly is going on with you so early in the morning?"

"Haha, I'm really sorry this time. I was in a hurry and broke into your room without your consent. I'm really sorry."

Xiaolan, who was indeed a little guilty, laughed dryly, apologized once more, and then got down to business: "But we did encounter a special situation here, so we anxiously came here to seek your help, Xia Yan."

"After we finished taking notes on Ms. Akiko's case yesterday, we happened to run into an editor from the University Press who is familiar to my father. At her kind invitation, we stayed in a new hotel last night."

"Uh-huh."

Listening to Xiaolan talking about the situation over there, Xia Yan picked up his own saury on the table, chewed it twice with a frown, and nodded perfunctorily.

Whether the Maori family changed hotels or not, it didn't really matter to him...

"But just last night, at that Qinwu Hotel, two publishing partners were mysteriously murdered!"

Uh……

Ms. Mao Lilan, do you want to listen to what you are saying?

When Xia Yan heard this, his movements froze. In a moment of silent silence, he finally deeply understood the power of the "God of Death".

If it weren't for the intervention of the Snow Girl, this situation would be like a short and fat Conan who, after killing the female star Akiko Kinoshita yesterday, immediately went on to kill two poor victims who seemed to have both money and status that night.

I can only say that it is worthy of being a killer of capitalism. Even if it is not done in this way, it will not be a good performance.

Unfortunately, Mao Lilan, who had long been accustomed to the frequency of a certain Death God's "killing", obviously did not get Xia Yan's speechless feeling, and was still seriously explaining the reason why she came to find Xia Yan:

"Didn't Xia Yan demonstrate excellent reasoning skills when we were at the amusement park? So Conan and I would like to ask you to go with us to the crime scene and see if we can find the murderer as soon as possible!"

Chapter 117: Secret Hot Spring Snow Night Long Sleeve Kimono Incident... Just Give Up

"There seems to be a legend about the Kimono Sode Prajna in the local area."

Because Uncle Maori was still investigating a case in another hotel, Xiaolan, who was persuaded by Conan to come and seek Xia Yan's help, had to take responsibility and tell the ghost legend that served as a preface to the case and was also her greatest fear:

"The story goes that a kindhearted girl in ancient times saved a samurai by chance, and was subsequently gifted a large number of beautiful and precious long-sleeved kimonos by him."

"When the village chief's two daughters saw the girl wearing a beautiful kimono, they became jealous and framed her. She was executed by the government, and they took advantage of the situation to seize the girl's kimono."

"Finally, the village chief's two daughters happily put on the beautiful kimonos they had seized on the very night the girl was executed. Then, they were killed by the girl who had turned into a ghost, who came back for revenge."

Long-sleeved kimono...

When Xia Yan heard this, he couldn't help but look at the snow girl next to him. Although she didn't have many decorations, she was undoubtedly wearing a very beautiful long-sleeved white kimono.

This made the Snow Girl wave her hands repeatedly in grievance, "No, no, this has absolutely nothing to do with me!"

Ok.

Xia Yan nodded in agreement with what she said. After all, this so-called Kimono Sleeve Prajna legend actually had nothing to do with the Snow Girl. It just happened to be circulated in the same area.

"And these are the two victims who died last night. For some reason, the way they died and the way they looked are very...similar to the two village chief's daughters who were killed in revenge by the Kimono Sode Hannya in the legend."

At this moment, Xiaolan obviously failed to notice the existence of the entity of the Snow Woman not far away from her. She was afraid of something that did not exist. She swallowed her saliva and pushed a photo in Xia Yan's direction on the table. "First, this is Miss Shibasaki Asuka. She is a fashion model who is very active in many foreign countries."

"Her body was found in a hot spring pool, entangled in countless unrolled kimonos and submerged in the water – the way she died was almost exactly the same as the legend of the Kimono Sode Hannya."

Xiaolan then released another photo, "Then there is Miss Anzai Ema, she is a cutting-edge oil painter. When she was found, she was lying on a beautiful kimono with colorful and dazzling patterns that was also spread out in large quantities in the ancestral hall."

"Similarly, the way of death is exactly the same as the legend!"

After saying that, Xiaolan still smiled shyly, still a little scared, and said, "Xia Yan, what do you think about this? Or should we go to the scene first?"

"Hmm~, if I have to give an opinion, first of all, I think - there are too many legends about this place!"

Xia Yan pondered for a moment, then pointed to one of the photos on the desktop. The victim, who Xiaolan said was a model, said sarcastically, "Also, isn't this model too ugly?"

Xia Yan was not wrong about this. The so-called model woman with long black hair not only had narrow, fox-like drooping eyes, but also had small eyes, which made her feel ugly at a glance.

"Yeah, it's really ugly."

You see, even after the Snow Girl over there curiously came over to take a look, didn't this alien come to the same conclusion: "Yours and our lovely little Yukino are completely not on the same level!"

As for why Asuka Shibasaki looks like this and is still so active in the modeling field?

——After all, we are “foreign” models, and people there basically have a stereotype about our appearance, haha.

"Classmate Xia Yan, this isn't what we're talking about. Why don't we go to the crime scene first?"

"Ha, that's true."

Listening to Xiaolan's embarrassed laughter, Xia Yan smiled and nodded without comment.

In fact, after trying his best to recall just now, he had already remembered Conan's method of murder in this case.

The secret hot spring snowy night long-sleeved kimono incident!

——Although Xia Yan couldn't even remember the title, he couldn't even remember who the murderer and the criminal were, nor what kind of grudges and hatred they had.

But because this case can be regarded as a very good reasoning drama in the early and middle stages of Conan, and the killing method is also very unique.

So Xia Yan still remembered a little about the murder method in this case.

He remembered that the murderer's method of killing was to take advantage of the terrain of the Qinwu Hotel, which was a bit like a slightly undulating snowy mountain.

The killer first froze the kimono by folding it, and then slid it like a skateboard, along with the murder weapon, into the hot spring below.

The heat of the hot spring will instantly melt the ice in the kimono, causing it to float to the surface, and it will become a normal wet kimono that can be worn around the victim without arousing any suspicion.

That is why this method of killing requires wrapping so many kimonos around the victim, in order to conceal his/her killing method.

As for why the murderer used such an extremely complicated and tricky method to kill people, what was his purpose?

Well, as long as Xia Yan arrives at the scene and learns in detail about the people involved in the case and the grievances and hatreds between them, he should be able to quickly recall the entire process of the murderer's murder by connecting his memories, so...

"But, I refuse!"

“…Huh? Why?”

Seeing Xiaolan's joyful smile froze, and then turned into a confused expression, Xia Yan, who had originally been denying it seriously, couldn't help but put on a bit of resentment. "Because our vacation has long ended, there is not much time left even to ask for leave, so we have to rush back to school."

At this point, Xia Yan seemed to have discovered something. He looked at Mao Lilan in front of him with a bit of doubt, "By the way, don't you guys have to go to school?"

"Uh……"

Well, looking at the sullen expression on Ran Mouri's face, it seems that they were treated the same way.

Next, Xia Yan asked Xiaolan to convey the key information that "the kimono froze and turned into a skateboard to slide into the hot spring" to "Uncle Maori", and then he and Yukino left with peace of mind.

Anyway, with Conan here, solving the case is only a matter of time.

So instead of wasting time worrying about a case that actually had nothing to do with them, they might as well leave early and return to Tokyo.

That is why, after packing their luggage, the two quickly boarded the bus to be used for transfer to the vicinity of the train station.

"So Miss Snow Girl is going back with us too?"

Chapter 118 Living with a Snow Girl... Well, Yukinoshita Yukino's

"So Miss Snow Girl is going back with us too?"

As soon as Yukino got on the bus, the first thing she looked at was a certain snow girl in front of her who had also gotten on the bus with them and obviously hadn't paid the fare.

The Snow Girl was currently sitting in a seat in front of them, floating slightly and turning around.

Then she leaned her hands on the back of the bus seat, supporting her delicate face as white as snow. Her clear ice-blue eyes narrowed slightly as she looked at Xia Yan and the other person behind her, just like a child taking the bus for the first time. She looked quite happy.

"Of course. Sigh, Yukino-chan, you don't know how much trouble I've been in since I occasionally went to rescue the victims recently. As a result, the legend of the snow woman in this area has intensified and her fame has increased."

However, after hearing Yukino's puzzled question, she let out a fake sigh and said, "Although there used to be some tourists, climbers, and local hunters who occasionally came into the mountains, their number was actually very small. They blended into the mountains like that, so it didn't affect anything."

"But now that the legend of the Snow Woman has become more and more famous, people are going into the mountains to look for her, explore, and even pretend to be in distress to lure me in, saying they're doing some kind of live broadcast of exploring the Snow Woman ghost... Humans are really hard to understand."

The Snow Goddess stroked her face with one hand, looking melancholy, as if she couldn't understand what humans were thinking. "Because of humans, the mountains have been getting really noisy lately. So I originally planned to move to another place after a while, otherwise I'm afraid I'll run into a lot of trouble."

"But this is fine. We're going to move somewhere else anyway, so why not let me go with you and experience life in a metropolis?"

Before Yukino could frown and think carefully, because of the mysterious nature of monsters, as long as she didn't show her body actively, she would not be noticed by ordinary people. What kind of trouble would the Snow Woman encounter?

The Snow Girl's tone, originally a pretense of melancholy, instantly changed to a coquettish and sweet voice: "Xue No, just take me with you~ - Oh, by the way, Brother Xia also promised me last night!"

"No, I just said I'd think about it."

Xia Yan, who had been looking out the bus window at the snow falling all over the sky again, couldn't help but glance at the snow girl who was obviously not very smart but had learned to take things out of context and make advance promises without any instruction.

However, although he did not agree, Xia Yan did not want to refuse, simply because the decision was not in his hands.

Thinking of this, Xia Yan looked at Xue Noi beside him, "It's up to you to decide whether to take her with you, Xue Noi."

"why?"

"I, I, I! Let me explain this!"

Yukino just asked back subconsciously, and the snow girl in front of her raised her hand impatiently.

Then she gracefully pulled up one of the long sleeves of her kimono, and her left index finger and thumb formed a circle underneath. She raised it to her lips as if holding a small wine glass, and said with a smile:

"Because the wine and food made by humans have become more and more delicious recently, one of the reasons why I followed you was that I wanted to taste more delicious food, but this man..."

The Snow Girl suddenly narrowed her eyes and looked at Xia Yan with disdain. "From what he said, he probably doesn't even know how to write the word 'ingredients' for cooking. The most he can do is cook instant noodles, egg fried rice, egg fried rice, and cook instant noodles... Sigh!"

"If I live with him, I can already imagine the disastrous scene, so Yukino-chan, just let me follow you!"

As she spoke, the upper half of the Snow Girl's body directly passed over the back of the bus seat and pounced pitifully on Yukino, while her legs were hooked on the back of the seat, and her buttocks wrapped in a white kimono also stretched directly towards the sky. "Xuekino, I heard from Brother Xia that you are a good cook. Why don't you cook for me every day, rub it!"

"I know, I know. Stop rubbing against me like that."

Yukino, looking embarrassed, pushed a snow girl who kept rubbing against her face, trying to push her away from her.

In fact, letting her take care of the Snow Girl is not a bad thing for both parties.

After all, the Snow Girl is just a greedy foodie, and all Yukino needs to do is add another pair of chopsticks.

On the other hand, the Snow Woman will naturally continue to guide and train Yukino on how to control her ice and snow abilities.

So just like the name, the relationship between the two "Yukino" can be said to be one of complementation and mutual assistance.

The only problem now is... Yukinoshita Yukino is not good at dealing with this type of woman.

"Ok?"

Yukino, who was still pushing the snow girl's face, also noticed Xia Yan, who was much quieter than usual, and the thoughtful expression on his face. "What are you thinking about?"

"No, it's nothing."

After hearing Yukino's question, Xia Yan, who had come to his senses, randomly picked a question that he was actually thinking about and replied, "I was just thinking, our winter vacation is coming soon, and we definitely won't be able to go to school or the club for the holiday, so should we find a meeting place with that guy Hikigaya so that we can have a place to discuss the situation regarding the main... um, that thing?"

"Of course, if you don't mind, you can just go to my house as the gathering place."

“…Yeah, that’s right.”

Upon hearing this, Xueno nodded slightly as if thinking about something.

Neither of them noticed that the snow girl, who had left Yukino's side, was now floating in the air, once again supporting her cheek with one hand, but her eyes, like the smile on her lips, had narrowed into a crescent shape at some point, and she was looking down at the two of them.

There is no doubt that these two people possess some special powers, the source of which is still unknown, but among them, Yukino seems to be able to resonate and connect with the heart ring left by my unknown fellow tribesman.

In a sense, her true personality may be quite similar to "us".

Should I tell them about the "Princess"?