It was almost evening that day, in the snow near Kitanozawa Village.

Ran Maori, Yuanko Suzuki, Shiho Miyao and three others were trekking in the heavy snow.

"Is this weather really okay?" Yuanzi looked at the snowflakes falling on his palm with some anxiety. "This snow... seems to be bigger than what the weather forecast had to report before?"

"If I want to say something, even if it really doesn't work, it's too late to turn back now." Shibao wrapped himself in a thick down jacket, obviously not very much like this low temperature. "If the address given by the teacher is correct, we only need 30-40 minutes to get to the villa at most, but if we turn back... how far is it... The distance from the nearest dense residential area is about 2,500 to 3,000 meters, and it took about 45 minutes to come. If we turn back now, it will take at least 70 minutes." Shibao sighed after estimating it. "Anyway, I think if this continues... Even if I can send you there, it's impossible to go back."

"After all, why is the skier villa built so far from the ski resort?" The garden seemed a little tired. "Generally speaking, shouldn't skiing residences beside the ski resort?"

"Because there is a former ski resort next to that villa," Ran Mori explained a little embarrassedly, obviously having done an investigation. "Later, the ski resort was closed, and the villa was no longer popular, and the rent was very cheap - maybe Mr. Mihara thought it was cheap there and there was a pretty good quality wild ski resort, so he thought about living there? In short... in any case, we had to visit the villa, and it was too late to look back."

Shibo's expression was similar, but her dissatisfaction was not about the weather, but about people.

"What can I do?" Turning her face to a place where no one else could see, she curled her lips with some dissatisfaction and muttered in a low voice. "If it weren't for that guy Kudo, how could I have suffered in such a place!"

Originally, Akiko Mihara only invited Ran Maori alone, but when Suzuki Yuanko also learned about this, she expressed that she also wanted to visit the primary school teachers. In this case, they communicated with Mr. Mihara again and received an invitation to go with her. At the same time, the original plan to go skiing directly was also corrected - Mr. Mihara, who planned to entertain students who had not seen for many years, said that she planned to have a hearty barbecue dinner in her rented ski villa on Friday night, and then go to the snow area to enjoy the world of ice and snow the next day.

"In fact, it doesn't matter if the girl comes!" Mr. Akiko Mihara answered this way on the phone. "The main problem is that we have a double room left here. If you two girls come, you can live together, but if a boy comes, it will be more difficult to deal with. You can't sleep on the sofa!"

As for why Shibo appeared on the way to the villa...

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"Hey, Xiaolan, do you need to go to the villa over there? But there seems to be no commuting method there, so you can only walk over, and the distance is quite far away?" Kudo Shinichi looked at the map and frowned slightly. "But the problem is that my uncle and aunt and I need to go to several places to investigate, and we can't accompany you - it will take more than an hour for you to go back and forth. If we go, the village office will get off work."

"It's okay, it's okay," Ran Maori shook his head. "Isn't it just two or three kilometers? I think we can still..."

"Or else call your teacher and say don't go today?" Fei Yingri put on her glasses. "If the news I just read is correct, the snow here will be worse than the previous forecast. There may be danger on your way. Even if you really want to go, the two of them will still be a bit weak, and at least three of them will have to go with you."

"Boy, you can accompany Xiaolan and the others to go there," Kogoro Maori proposed another solution. "It's not impossible for Eiri and I to investigate."

"But the initial investigation direction we set was to go to three different directions to investigate," Kudo Shinichi frowned. "If that were the case, we would not be able to complete the progress today..."

"Or else, I'll go with them together?" Shibao, who was standing by, suddenly suggested. "I can also go there and have a barbecue."

"Ah?" Qian Yu was stunned. "But if that happens, you can't come back alone, right? Wouldn't you have to spend the night there too?"

"But it's better than having you guys accompany you?" Shibao asked. "If the guys go there together, there is no way to return alone, and there is no way for two men and one woman to arrange the room."

[And... if you were asked to go with them, I wouldn't be assured that my boyfriend and other girls would be walking together in the snow and ice, nor would I be assured that I would spend the night outside together.] - This is something Shibo hid in his heart and couldn't say.

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So, it has become such a situation now - even if you want to retreat now, the road to go back is much more troublesome than continuing to move on.

Fortunately, Zhibao and the others overestimated the distance from the finish line. After they crossed a mountain bag, the villa described at the address appeared in front of them.

"Oh, you are really here!" Teacher Akiko Mi Yuan opened the door for them who rang the doorbell. "Let me see... Xiaolan, Yuanzi...who is this classmate?"

"Hello, Mr. Mihara," Shibao saluted obediently. "I am their friend, named Shibao Miyano, and this time I accompanied them - after all, it's very snowy, so it's still a bit unsafe for both of them to leave."

"It's okay, there will be more lively people when you come in!" Akiko Mihara welcomed them in enthusiastically. "Come in quickly, the children, you will be frozen if you stay outside!"

"After that being said," just as Shibo and the others were changing their shoes, another female teacher appeared. "Teacher Mihara, are these your former students?"

"Yes," Akiko Mihara nodded, then introduced the identity of this person to Shibao and others. "She is my colleague at Kurou Primary School and a teacher."

"Those are not important for the time being," the female teacher showed a very worried expression. "If the snow is so heavy, what should Teacher Sugiyama who has not yet arrived at the villa?"

The moment he heard this name, Shibo seemed to be electrocuted.

Muto Primary School...Sumiyama Teacher?
Chapter completed!