A Hometown He Could Never Return To
The next morning.
Then Suzuki Sonoko called.
Today is Saturday.
At the same time, light snow began to fall.
As snowflakes gradually fell, Beika Town was transformed into a blanket of white.
I wonder if the pure white snow will be stained with the blood of some unlucky soul.
However, none of that has anything to do with Fujino anymore.
As dawn broke, after a good night's sleep, Fujino drove the two girls and a "Shinigami Elementary School Student" to their destination: the snow-capped mountain.
It was the weekend, and there were still quite a few people on the snow mountain.
They must have been prepared for this for a long time...
To be honest, Fujino still doesn't understand how these people figured out the seasonal changes, or even the changes in time, in this world.
Perhaps it's all because he wasn't a native, but a time traveler.
However, upon careful reflection of the original owner's memories, the past seventeen years seemed to have been quite normal.
Just recently, the seasons and time started to get messed up.
They're all the work of some Shinigami Elementary School Student.
Fujino turned his gaze to Conan, who was sitting in the back row, and gave him the look of someone looking at a husky.
Conan responded by making a silly, goofy expression.
The group quickly arrived at the ski resort.
You also need a ticket to enter the ski resort.
Since they came together, the tickets for all of them were split equally (AA system).
As for Conan, since he is an elementary school student, he gets a 50% discount.
Of course, the ticket price isn't actually that expensive.
The expensive part is actually the purchase of ski equipment and ski clothing.
Ran and Sonoko both have their own ski equipment, while Conan and Fujino need to buy or rent it themselves.
Conan is easy to talk to; he put all the money on the child support payments from 'Edogawa Buntae'.
Fujino, on the other hand, paid for it out of his own pocket.
He bought a relatively good set of ski equipment, which cost him nearly 150,000 yen.
Fortunately, he didn't pour all his money into the pay-to-win system, otherwise he would have to borrow money from that rich woman Suzuki Sonoko, right now.
The system's 8.9% discount was naturally triggered, saving him tens of thousands of yen.
The equipment, originally priced at 150,000 yen, was successfully acquired for a little over 130,000 yen.
Aside from these, there's the cost of accommodation at nearby snow mountain hotels, which is rather expensive.
Fortunately, there are hot springs.
Under a large tree at the ski resort.
"The scenery of the Northland is breathtaking: a thousand miles of ice, ten thousand miles of snow..."
Fujino, dressed in a black ski suit and wearing black goggles, held a snowboard, gazing at the snow scene, and murmured verses from his past life.
"Fujino- Senior, what kind of poem are you reciting?"
Wearing a light green ski suit and riding her skis, Sonoko suddenly braked, kicking up a cloud of snow, and asked Fujino in a puzzled tone.
Because Fujino recited the poem in proper Chinese, even with a slight Northeastern accent, Sonoko didn't understand it.
"It should be the scenery of the northern country, the ice of thousands of miles, and the dance of snow of thousands of miles."
Conan, who arrived with Sonoko and was wearing a classic blue ski suit, said something in Japanese, then looked at Fujino with a puzzled expression. "But speaking of which, Fujino, do you speak Chinese?"
"That's right, I can speak Chinese, after all, my dad is Chinese," Fujino said truthfully.
That's right, his deceased father in this world did indeed have Chinese blood; otherwise, why would his eyes be black, so different from Ke Xue's?
However, his Chinese was not from the original owner's memories, but rather from his proficient language skills in his previous life.
"So Fujino- Senior has Chinese blood!"
Wearing a pink ski suit, Ran exclaimed, "No wonder Fujino- Senior, your eyes are black."
"Well?"
Sonoko, standing to the side, looked somewhat surprised and curiously examined Fujino's jet-black eyes. "I just noticed that Fujino- Senior's eyes are actually black!"
"Hey! You're only just noticing this?"
Conan silently complained to himself.
"But speaking of which, Little Brother Conan, where did you learn Chinese?"
At this moment, Fujino suddenly asked, his face full of a doting smile for the child, but in reality, it was black when cut open.
"I learned it in Hawaii with my dad."
Conan blurted out something on his own, and then realized that something was wrong.
"So that's how it is."
Fujino's sly smile deepened. "But it's really remarkable that Little Brother Conan, can learn Chinese."
"Yeah yeah!"
Ran, who was standing next to her, nodded in agreement. "I didn't even know this child could speak Chinese."
"But speaking of which, since Little Brother Conan can speak Chinese, that 'comrade, what a strange name' thing he said earlier, he probably didn't just say it randomly, right?"
Fujino suddenly smiled at Conan, his smile growing wider, "Little Brother Conan, you should know what 'comrade' means in Chinese, right? You can't just use that word casually, you know."
To be precise, Conan is indeed not his comrade.
It always feels strange to be called "comrade" by Japan people.
"Haha, I don't understand, I only know the basics!"
Conan grinned like a husky, and acted like a child in a childish voice.
Good grief, no wonder this guy has been targeting him all along...
So you've always remembered that incident!
Blanch!
He thought this guy didn't speak Chinese!
It's been sent!
"Speaking of which, Fujino- Senior, was that line of poetry you just wrote your own original work?"
At this moment, Ran suddenly asked, "It feels so profound, so majestic."
Fujino pondered for a moment, then replied, "Hmm... This is a poem by a great man from my hometown."
"A great man? I've never heard of him."
Ran seemed a little confused.
Conan couldn't help but frown.
There are even characters that the Shinigami Elementary School Student is addicted to cheating and is Heisei Era's Sherlock Holmes doesn't know?
"That is a dream deep within my dreams."
As he spoke, Fujino chuckled softly, "It's also the hometown I can never return to."
The two little girls looked completely bewildered upon hearing this, while Conan frowned, secretly thinking that Fujino was really good at playing tricks.
What a dreamland, a hometown I can never return to.
Are you having a fit of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)?
"Eeya!"
Suddenly, a scream came from behind them.
Looking back, I saw a girl who looked like Ran headbutting a boy who looked like Kudo Shinichi.
Those two were none other than Nakamori Aoko and Kuroba Kaito.
At this moment, Kuroba Kaito was wearing a blue ski suit and yellow ski pants, while Nakamori Aoko was wearing a light blue ski suit and white pants.
The two people collided head-on, creating a large crater in the surrounding snow.
"Ha?"
Fujino glanced at the two people who had bumped into each other and landed face-first in the mud, and couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly.
Good grief, I even ran into Kaito Kid while skiing?
Fate is truly wondrous!
It's awakened! Frozen Fish...
Um, it seems he didn't bring any Frozen Fish this time.
Fine, let him experience the thrill of cutting down a telephone pole with a single stroke.