At noon, the train arrived at Matsumoto Station.

"We will not go to Matsumoto Castle first," Dr. Agasa said holding the map. "We will go to the Clock Museum first, then go to the museum all the way north, then go to Matsumoto Castle, and then go to Matsumoto Shrine, and finally we will visit

Former Kaichi School. I originally planned to go to the art museum, but considering that the paintings in the art museum are very obscure and not very famous works, and the art museum prohibits entry at 4:30 and closes at 5 o'clock

Yes, adding it to the itinerary may affect the old Kaizhi School, which is also closed at 4:30 and closes at 5 o'clock. We will go to the scenic spots in the south tomorrow."

"Matsumoto Shrine?" Ayumi asked curiously. "Is that dedicated to the gods believed in by Matsumoto City?"

"Who knows," Conan replied. "Maybe it's just because this is Matsumoto City."

"Gulu——" At this moment, Yuantai's belly reminded them that it was time for lunch. "Doctor, where should we go to eat?"

"Hmm -" Dr. Ali thought for a moment. "Where do you want to eat?"

"Anyway, as long as we have eel rice, it's fine, right?" Conan glanced at Genta. "After all, except for Genta, we probably don't have any dietary preferences."

"I don't really want to eat eel rice this time. After all, you can eat eel rice anywhere." Yuantai shook his head. "It is said that there are many specialties here!"

…

"The taste is amazing, it has a unique flavor," Genta swallowed a piece of raw horse meat and said after savoring it for a while. "No wonder Matsumoto's horse meat is so good!"

Yes, the specialty restaurants here include horse meat - Matsumoto's horse meat cuisine is one of the best in Japan.

"Qianyu, Haibara-san, this is really delicious." Ayumi also asked Qianyu and Haibara after finishing a slice of raw horse meat. "Aren't you really going to have one too?"

"I won't eat it." Qianyu's expression was ugly, and he refused the proposal very resolutely - he went to university in the UK, so like the British, he has a strong resistance to horse meat. (The British believe that horses are

It is their noble companion, so they are culturally opposed to horse meat...)

"I don't like eating horse meat." Hui Yuan Ai shook his head. (The United States is similar. At the time when Hui Yuan Ai went to study, horse meat had been abandoned by Americans again because the price of beef had dropped.)

"It's okay," Conan glanced at Qianha and Haibara Ai. "Didn't they order an extra portion of pan-fried steamed buns? (おやき, also known as the local specialty mustard wheat flour, the dough is filled with fillings.

Food .BSP; "And the mountain vegetables here are made of stuffing and outer skin, which are most proud of the specialty products here, and you must have a flavor if you want to come." After that, Qian Yu took a bite of his hand in his hand.

Pan-fried steamed buns, his eyes immediately narrowed into a crescent shape, obviously the pan-fried steamed buns taste pretty good.

"..." After seeing Qian Yu's expression, Haihara Ai obviously had a special curiosity about fried steamed buns. She also picked up the fried steamed buns in front of her, then took a bite, and then the corner of her mouth

Then he was slightly aroused. "Woo..."

Qianyu's eyes were attracted by this voice, and the smile on his face became even bigger after seeing Haiyuan Ai's expression.

"What have you two been through?" Conan sighed, looking at the expression on Qian Yu's face.

…

Go all the way east from Matsumoto Station, pass through Kofu-machi, then turn to the north, pass through Jinmei-machi and Ise-machi and reach the river bank, then turn to the east. Less than a hundred meters away, you can see the clock museum painted yellow.

"This is one of the best clock museums in Japan," Conan introduced. "It is said that there are more than 100 kinds of clocks that have appeared in it from ancient times to the present."

From the outside, the Clock Museum located at a crossroads is shaped like a rhombus, and the part of the rhombus near the center of the crossroad is a 270° arc-shaped protrusion, and among the protrusions is...

"What a big wall clock!" Yuantai said in surprise as he looked at the swinging clock operating in the protruding glass arc column.

"This should be the largest swing clock in Japan," Dr. Agasa replied. "It can also be regarded as the treasure of this museum."

"Then let's go in!" Mitsuhiko said excitedly. "There must be all kinds of weird clocks inside!"

"Wait a minute, I'll buy tickets for you first!"

…

Qianyu and Haibara Ai walked side by side in the corridor. The others had already separated from them at some point, and the two of them were happy to visit the museum in this way - anyway, they had mobile phones and communication badges.

It's impossible to get lost.

"Tell me," Haiyuan Ai asked suddenly. "Are clocks a symbol of human beings' mastery of time, or a symbol of human beings' surrender to time?"

"Have you not taken the philosophy elective course?" Qianyu asked with a smile after being slightly surprised. (Part of the philosophy course is about the relationship between humans and nature)

"I have read some basic textbooks of philosophical schools." Haihara Ai replied. "But I want to hear your opinion."

"The arguments for the two options you provided are probably based on the following two reasons, right?" Qianyu explained. "Mastering time means that people can accurately observe the flow of time; and surrendering to time means that people choose to accurately measure time.

To do as much as possible from the slow judgment of time on life, but completely unable to challenge the existence of time."

"Yeah." Hui Yuan Ai nodded.

"I think human beings' attitude towards time..." Qianyu replied after thinking for a moment. "It should be considered hostile, right?"

"Ah?" This answer is obviously not within the range of answers Haihara Ai had imagined before. "How do you say this?"

"As prisoners of time, human beings are always pursuing ways to fight the passage of time - clocks are to control time to reduce waste, and other advances including medical progress and living conditions are essentially to shorten the time that humans are limited by their lifespan.

Use it more effectively. The use of lead in makeup in ancient times and the current use of cosmetics to fight aging are also part of mankind's resistance to time."

When he said this, Qianyu suddenly remembered something and lowered his voice and asked, "I have a question -"

"Huh?" Haiyuan Ai tilted his head.

"Does the existence of you and me count as human beings conquering time?"

"I'm sorry, it doesn't count." Haiyuan Ai showed a somewhat sad smile. "We did gain the body of a child, but the telomeres in our bodies are still at the age when we age, and you were 17 before you became smaller.

years, so even if you don’t go back now, you can only live another 53 years.”

"What exactly is the principle behind this drug of yours?" Qianyu frowned. "How can a poison used for suicide have such an effect?"

"As far as I know, one of the core ingredients of the special medicine provided to you core personnel is colchicine," Haiyuan Ai shrugged. "You should understand what this means, right? The special version of the medicine is not only capable of killing

Kill you, and make you die without seeing the corpse - the cytoskeleton of the whole body will quickly disintegrate under the action of the colchicine component, and then part of the liquid component and part of the organic component will boil or decompose under the action of other components, and finally only

The next thing is a dry, flat ball of human skin filled with residue.”

"Tsk..." Qianyu smacked his lips. "Sounds like death definitely doesn't look good..."
Chapter completed!