At 7:30 in the morning, the train finally stopped running in Sapporo. The perpetrators of the two cases, led by police officer Nishimura, walked out of the train and were eventually taken over by the Hokkaido police who had been waiting here. As for the whereabouts of Okino and his party...

After the train stopped, he went to visit Hokkaido with Detective Poirot. Conan also went to visit Miss Moto Natsae with Xiaolan and his uncle.

Yukiko, of course, went to Sapporo for horseback riding and archery with her husband Kudo Yusaku. In short, this case is truly over here.

He didn’t know much about Okino, Hokkaido. On the contrary, Poirot knew Hokkaido better than he, a ‘local’.

After that, the two of them visited Mount Hakodate, a zoo, a farm, as well as the famous Hokkaido red-crowned crane, Shiroi Koibito chocolate factory and other famous attractions. Especially Mount Hakodate at night. The scenery is really beautiful and you can't help but marvel at its charm.

, it wasn’t until ten o’clock in the evening that the two of them gave up the idea of ​​continuing to visit and play. They were too tired after a day of shopping.

Afterwards, under the leadership of Poirot, the two went to Poirot's villa.

Poirot's villa is not in the city, but on the mountainside of a snow-capped mountain. Looking at the white snow, it is far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, which makes people feel peaceful. Okino had to sigh, Neon people really know how to play, and they can do whatever they want.

Just build a villa on the mountain. If you put it in the east, it would be demolished in a minute.

These are all your sister’s illegal buildings, demolish them!!

At this time, the two of them were still more than twenty minutes away from the villa, so Okino took the lead in provoking the topic while admiring the surrounding snow scenery.

"Haha, talking about snow really reminds me of a name."

"Oh, what is it?"

"Snow Girl."

"Snow Lady?" Detective Poirot frowned, obviously he had never heard of this name.

Okino laughed when he saw this, and gave Poirot a brief explanation about the snow girl.

"I see, according to what you just said, this snow girl is a monster from the neon legend?" Poirot showed a strong interest in this kind of ghost talk that only exists in myths.

"Yes, to tell you the truth, I also went to Mount Fuji a few days ago, trying to find the legendary Snow Girl. As for the result...obviously, I failed." Okino's self-mockery made Poirot laugh.

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"Haha, forensic doctor Okino, you are so interesting. To be honest, there are many ghost stories and even heroic legends circulating in the West."

"Oh, tell me, I happen to be quite interested in Western legends."

"Well, you know our side advocates individual heroism, so many heroes have been born in history. For example, the legend of captain is still circulating in the United States. It is really the ultimate embodiment of individual heroism."

"What, you mean Captain America!" Okino was no longer calm. These four words meant a lot to him!

Okino: Could it be that this is not the world of Conan, but the world of Marvel???

"Mr. Poirot, is this captain really just a legend?" Okino's expression became very serious.

Poirot was confused: "Why do you ask this? Could it be that the captain still exists? Captain America is just a legend."

Then Poirot's voice changed.

"Haha, it seems that Forensic Doctor Okino still likes Western heroism."

Hearing this, Okino shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, I just heard you say that Captain America was a little excited for a moment. It's okay if he doesn't really exist."

Poirot was a little confused. Okino's expression seemed so strange to him. It felt as if... as if the other person had really seen Captain America, otherwise the reaction wouldn't have been so big.

As a detective, Poirot believed in his intuition, but this matter obviously involved the other party's secrets, and he was too embarrassed to ask more questions, so he had to suppress this doubt in his heart, and even thought about it the next time he went to the United States.

If you carefully investigate this legendary hero, you might actually find out some shocking news.

Fortunately, this is not Marvel.

The captain incident was just a small interlude. After that, the two chatted about each other's interesting stories. Detective Poirot talked about many experiences of traveling around the world over the years, and said that Okino was also yearning for him. Okino also told the story

He learned a lot about Eastern things, such as... Eastern Kung Fu and mythological stories unique to the East.

Twenty minutes passed by in a flash, and a huge villa gradually came into view. It was a villa with obvious Western style. Okino didn't know the details. Anyway, it was done.

"Here we are, this is where I live now."

"What a spectacular villa." Unlike the Suzuki family's villa, the one in front of us exudes high-end atmosphere and grandeur, and its style is obviously different.

"Thank you, come in and sit down. There are very few outsiders coming here. There may be some dust in the room, so please don't mind."

"Where is it? Since there is dust, I can help you clean it up. As a price, you can't charge me for accommodation, haha~"

"Hahaha~~~"

.......

Arriving at his own guest room, Okino took a short rest and walked around the room curiously. Finally, he pushed open the glass door of the balcony and came to the balcony.

"Wow, the scenery is really nice." Just as Okino was sighing, a figure also appeared on the balcony next door.

"How about going to the wild forensic doctor? The scenery here is pretty good."

"Yes, it's such a beautiful scenery." Okino did not hesitate in his words of praise and took a deep breath. The cold air passed through his lungs, making Okino's whole body shake.

Immediately afterwards, the two people said a few words on the balcony and planned to return to the house. It was almost eleven o'clock, and the night air was still very cold, but just a second before Okino was about to turn around and go back, something happened in the distance.

He seemed to see a shadow of a person in the snow, and couldn't help but stop.

"That's..." Okino opened his eyes as wide as possible and looked into the distance. Unfortunately, it was too dark and he couldn't see anything except an outline, but the outline looked more and more like a person.

Detective Poirot also noticed something was wrong with Okino and asked.

"Forensic Doctor Okino, what's wrong with you?"

"Mr. Poirot, I really want to find a figure over there..." Okino pointed to the woods in the distance.

Looking in the direction Okino pointed, Detective Poirot found nothing unusual. Except for the white snow and the big trees, there was no sign of anyone at all.

"Mr. Poirot, are there anyone else living near your villa?"

"Well... as far as I know, there are several villas nearby, but they are a bit far away from me."

"That's it..." After hearing what Poirot said, Okino became more and more sure of what he had just seen.

"Detective Poirot, I think we need to go check it out. If there is an accident in the snow in the middle of the night, it would not be a good thing."

Poirot thought about it and decided to go out and have a look, just in case someone was really killed.
Chapter completed!