Sonoko Suzuki did not say anything more. She followed Shin and the others up the mountain.
"I remember coming here before. The scenery is beautiful, especially from the summit. Don't let the mountain's low height fool you—you can still see very far from the top."
Sonoko introduced the place to Shin and the others.
"I don't know whether it looks good or not, but it's definitely hard to walk through," Shin said to Sonoko.
They were currently at the foot of the mountain. The weeds there were thick and had clearly never been cleared away, so they had to make their way through them.
"Hehe, it's only hard along this stretch. It'll be easier once we get higher up," Sonoko said with a giggle.
There were trees farther up, but not nearly as many weeds. Just as Sonoko had said, once they went up, the weeds were gone.
"I'm exhausted." Genta glanced at Heiji Hattori.
The corner of Heiji Hattori's mouth twitched. What was he looking at him for? He wasn't thinking of making him carry him again, was he?
That was absolutely impossible. Even if Heiji Hattori were beaten to death, he would never carry Genta again.
They were climbing a mountain. If he had to carry someone weighing over a hundred pounds up there, Heiji Hattori would be exhausted to death.
So Heiji Hattori ignored Genta. Genta seemed to still be angry about what had happened earlier, so he ignored Heiji Hattori as well.
The mountain was not very tall. In just over half an hour, Shin and the others reached the summit.
"How is it? Doesn't it feel refreshing?" Sonoko asked Ran and the others.
The weather was very nice that day, without any blazing sun. It was summer, after all—if the sun had been scorching, they