At that moment, the report Luo Zhen was watching contained the following piece of news.
"Recently, due to excessive snowfall around Kannawa Lake at the western end of Kanagawa Prefecture, the roads have accumulated snow to varying degrees. Traffic accidents caused by the slippery road surfaces have increased, and landslides have even occurred. Therefore, during the New Year period, all roads around Kannawa Lake will be closed to traffic. The Self-Defense Forces will be dispatched under the pretext of disaster relief. We ask all citizens for their cooperation."
That was the sort of easily overlooked news report that had appeared on the broadcast.
"Kannawa Lake?"
Upon hearing that name, Luo Zhen finally stopped walking.
The reason was simple.
"If I remember correctly, Kannawa Lake is a massive artificial lake at the western end of Kanagawa Prefecture in Tokyo, created by the construction of a dam, right?"
As a tourist attraction, the artificial lake was quite famous, and no small number of people visited it every year.
The artificial lake was located in the Kami-Ota region of Kanagawa in the Kanto area.
The Kami-Ota region was a small settlement at the western end of Kanagawa Prefecture, deep within the Tanzawa Mountains. It was surrounded by Kannawa Lake and occupied a peninsula-shaped stretch of land.
Nagisa's grandmother served as a shrine priestess at the shrine there.
In other words, Nagisa and Aurora were currently near Kannawa Lake.
"Coincidence?"
That explanation seemed possible.
However, perhaps because he was being overly sensitive, Luo Zhen had a feeling that things were not that simple.
"Could Nagisa and Aurora have been unable to contact me because of the disaster?"
As Luo Zhen thought this, the worries he had forcibly suppressed at Natsuki's insistence began to surface again.
If Nagisa and Aurora were involved in an incident