In the world of Detective Conan, however, he was bound to the Naruto System.

Chapter 203 The Death Squad Gains Another Member

Chapter 203 The Death Squad Gains Another Member

At the snow-covered mountain lodge, the snowy weather wasn't too cold, but Akutagawa Hiko still changed into a rather heavy set of clothes. For him now, skiing was still quite exciting.

"Yahoo—"

The trip was rather large, including not only the group from Tokyo, but also Kazuha Toyama and Heiji Hattori, who came from Osaka to visit Tokyo.

"How leisurely."

Looking at the cheerful crowd, Akutagawa Hiko couldn't help but recall his own youthful days, a time when he studied desperately and almost cut off all outdoor activities.

Let alone skiing, I have to squeeze in a few words to memorize while walking. I'm almost going crazy from studying. Fortunately, although I'm not a genius, I've still achieved pretty good results.

Akutagawa Hiko was filled with emotion for a moment.

but.

"Why isn't Uncle Maori going skiing?"

Unlike the others who were having a blast at the ski resort planned for this snow-capped mountain, Kogoro Mouri was sitting with a lit cigarette in his mouth, his hands in his pockets, looking utterly lonely.

"What do you kids know? Before I go skiing, I want to savor the scenery here, this cloudless blue sky, and the natural landscape dotted with silvery-white snow."

Before Kogoro Mouri could finish speaking, Ran Mouri and Conan had already quietly crept up behind him. The two winked mischievously at Hiko Akutagawa, who understood perfectly and made a zipping motion near his mouth.

At that moment, Uncle Mori, who was lost in thought with his eyes closed, didn't see the interaction between the three of them at all.

With a strong push from the two, Kogoro Mouri was sent flying out of control. Since he wasn't very good at skiing and hadn't even taken ski poles, he naturally couldn't control himself.

It slammed into a pine tree with a thud, and the falling snow retaliated by burying it. "Hahahaha—"

The prank succeeded, and the group of people burst into joyful laughter.

"What? So the uncle can't ski?"

Because they were quite familiar with each other, Sonoko laughed the loudest besides Ran and Conan. While laughing, she slid over and, together with Hiko Akutagawa, dug Kogoro out of the snowdrift from the left and right.

Heiji Hattori was laughing, but he didn't dare to laugh out loud, because Kazuha Toyama next to him wasn't very good at skiing either, although he certainly wouldn't end up like Uncle Mori, all wolf and fox.

Kazuha Toyama didn't ask Heiji Hattori for help. She actually had a decent sense of balance from practicing Kiaido, and her short, slow gliding was quite impressive.

I certainly can't do any fancy tricks like other people. In fact, I'm not very skilled at techniques like turning mid-sprint in a straight line.

Faced with Hattori Heiji's hands-on instruction, Toyama Kazuha blushed slightly: "Go play with them by yourself, you don't need to worry about me here."

"How could we possibly ignore it!"

Before Kazuha could even feel touched for a second after hearing this, Hattori Heiji continued, "If you get hurt and start crying, that'll be a huge hassle, and Dad will scold me too."

Although she already knew that this was Heiji Hattori's personality, Kazuha Toyama couldn't help but get a little angry. What was with this tone that made her seem like a nuisance?

As soon as he finished speaking, Hattori Heiji felt a little annoyed, but his pride as a young man wouldn't allow him to take back his words. In the awkward atmosphere, he continued to instruct Kazuha on her skiing skills.

Fortunately, someone quickly came to his rescue, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief. Their eyes met, but they quickly looked away and turned their heads to the side. In fact, the two had been childhood sweethearts for so many years, and what had just happened was not a big deal, nor was it that embarrassing.

But the problem was that they had just cleared up a misunderstanding not long ago.

While in Osaka, he often muttered about Kudo, and even abandoned his "date" with her to go to Tokyo alone.

That's not all. After coming to Tokyo, besides that Kudo guy whose identity is unknown, he kept muttering about someone named Akutagawa. His loss of appetite and lack of interest in food and drink caused Toyama Kazuha to have a lot of misunderstandings.

One person is fine, she can compete fairly to win Heiji back, but going to Tokyo means adding another person, that's morally reprehensible!

For her, traveling was a secondary factor in her trip to Tokyo. Her main reason was to see what kind of magic Kudo and Akutagawa possessed that made Heiji think about them day and night.

When she met Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki, she thought they were two nice girls, but she also thought she was pretty good herself. She believed that Heiji Hattori, who had been with her for so long, shouldn't be so infatuated with her.

But after learning Akutagawa Hiko's name, Toyama Kazuha knew it was a misunderstanding, or rather, she had no choice but to believe it was a misunderstanding, otherwise the matter would be too serious.

When she asked Kudo, the girl, whom she later learned was named Sonoko, introduced her to him. Sonoko was a fairly famous detective in Tokyo, but now she often appeared in news reports about fellow famous detective Hiko Akutagawa, making comparisons and criticisms of him.

No one has seen this famous detective for a long time; it is said that there is some major case that needs to be kept secret.

Sensing something was amiss, Kazuha Toyama glanced at Ran Mouri and silently swallowed the words that were about to spill from her mouth. As an outsider, she really shouldn't interfere in the affairs of these two; perhaps they had their reasons.

With his arm draped over Hattori Heiji's shoulder, Akutagawa watched as Toyama Kazuha slowly glided further and further away, and quipped, "What's wrong, are you two having a fight?"

Hattori Heiji's face turned bright red, though it wasn't very noticeable due to his skin tone. He stubbornly retorted, "What couple? We're just childhood friends, don't talk nonsense!"

Akutagawa Hiko shook his head: "Pfft, pfft, pfft. You still say you're not a couple? Your eyes are practically drooling. You took advantage of me quite a bit when you were teaching me to ski, and you still won't admit it."

Hattori Heiji shrugged off the arm on his shoulder, looking rather incomparable: "Don't talk nonsense, that's a normal teaching move. What do you mean by taking advantage? Do you think I'm that kind of person?!"

Akutagawa Hiko didn't reply. He glanced at the Osaka Black Chicken, whose skin was even darker against the white snow, then pushed off with his ski poles and leaped into the air behind a slope, giving Sonoko a high-five in mid-air.

Ran couldn't help but clap and cheer for the perfect move. Conan wanted to do the same with Ran, but was firmly refused: "No, that's too dangerous. You can only do it when you're older."

Conan was in tears.

To be honest, it's questionable whether he can grow up normally without an antidote, because he has never seen a precedent for this.

His physical functions are the same as those of a normal child.

Conan secretly resolved that he had to destroy the Black Organization as soon as possible.