Conan's Warning

"Ran, weren't you going to take a bath? Why are you back so soon?" Chen asked Ran.

She had run back in such a panic. Had something happened?

"Chen, I saw the Snow Woman," Ran said fearfully.

While soaking in the bath, she had looked out the window and seen a white figure walking on the distant mountain.

The moment Ran saw it, she had hurriedly dressed and run back. Her heart was still pounding wildly.

"How could there be a Snow Woman? Besides, it's nighttime. You can't see clearly outside," Ai Haibara said as she pulled back the curtains and looked out.

However, perhaps because of the white snow, it was not that dark outside. Shapes could indeed be seen, though not clearly.

"I saw it clearly. There's no way I was mistaken. Could there really be a Snow Woman?" Ran was absolutely certain of what she had seen.

"Mr. Mouri, Mr. Chen, this is bad! Something's happened to Akiko!" Yoko Asanuma suddenly ran over with a letter in her hand.

Kogoro Mouri, slightly drunk, opened the door. He had been about to go to sleep when he was awakened.

"What happened to Miss Akiko?" Kogoro Mouri asked with concern.

Hearing the commotion in the hallway, Chen also opened his door and stepped outside. Ran followed behind him, still frightened by the Snow Woman she had seen earlier.

"Please read this. This is the suicide note Akiko left behind." Yoko Asanuma handed the letter to Kogoro Mouri.

"A suicide note?" Kogoro Mouri took it, a bad feeling rising in his heart.

"After I returned to my room, I never saw her again. I searched around but couldn't find her. Later, when I carefully checked the room, I found this."

Kogoro Mouri read the so-called suicide note and could not