After finishing the can, Kuroki was hesitating whether to go out to get the charging cable when he was awakened by a rapid knock on the door. He looked at the time and the sky outside in surprise, wondering who would come to the villa at this time.
When Kuroki passed by the door, he turned on the light in the living room. As soon as he walked to the door, he heard someone vaguely saying outside the door:
"It turns out someone is here, and they almost started breaking down the door."
Kuroki Ren's hand paused when he opened the door, and he didn't want to open it for a moment.
"Ichikawa, lower your voice..."
Kuroki rolled his eyes and opened the door. Six people stood in a pile outside the room, all standing in a rather embarrassed state.
Seeing such a young man opening the door, Hinata, who was trying to persuade Ichikawa, was slightly startled. Then she quickly adjusted her expression and said, "I'm sorry to bother you. We are backpackers hiking. We can't go down the mountain in heavy rain." I wonder if you can let us shelter from the rain for a while?"
Kuroki Ren frowned slightly. He didn't want to be disturbed, but when he saw the weather outside, he couldn't help but relax.
"Okay, please come in."
Several people breathed a sigh of relief. If Kuroki Ren didn't agree, they wouldn't have had to go down the mountain in the rain. The road on the mountain was very difficult to walk and dangerous situations could easily occur.
"There are bathrooms on the left and right sides of the first floor. You can take a shower to ward off the cold, but there is no change of clothes here, so you have to prepare them yourself."
"Thank you so much." Hinata smiled and stretched out his hand: "My name is Hinata Takato. We are both members of the Kanagawa University Mountaineering Club. The red-haired one is our president, Kazuyu Ichikawa."
Kuroki Jin followed his direction and saw the red-haired Ichikawa occupying a bathroom first.
Seeing Kuroki Jin frowning, Hinata smiled helplessly and explained: "Ichikawa's temper is not very good, and his family is very rich, so none of us dare to offend him."
"Emi, Noriko, you two go use the other bathroom first."
The boy with black crew-cut hair and glasses said, and Hinata quickly introduced him: "His name is Isamu Marui, and the two girls over there are the one with long hair named Emi Saita, the one with short hair named Noriko Misu, and the one who doesn't like to talk. His name is Kitaniharaji.”
Kuromu Ren nodded and introduced himself: "Kuromu Ren, just call me Kuroki."
He glanced at the remaining people who were still wet, and sighed helplessly, "You should go to the bathroom on the second floor. I think it will take quite a while."
Hinata was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "It seems that we have met a good person, so we won't be polite... Kitani, you go first."
"This...this..."
"Tsk."
Hinata pushed Kitani upstairs and threw him in the bathroom, then came down and patted Marui, who looked angrily, "Okay, Kitani isn't feeling well. If he catches a cold, we won't be the ones in trouble."
"It's none of my business." Marui waved his hand, "Kuroki...right, are you the only one who lives here?"
"There are also brothers and sisters." Kuroki Ren said, "It's just that it rained suddenly. They may not be able to come back tonight..."
Before Kuroki finished speaking, he heard another knock on the door.
"We're back," Marui said with a smile. "It seems like it might be the same as us. It didn't start to rain until we walked halfway, so we just kept going up."
"Probably not." Kuroki Ren said as he walked towards the door, "Both of them have keys. These may be travelers who want to take shelter from the rain like you..."
Although Kuroki Ren was complaining in his heart, why did so many people suddenly come to this barren mountain where only two people came all year round?
He opened the door and froze.
"Dr. Agasa...and Detective Mori?"
"Mr. Kuroki, Brother Ren?!"
Back to this morning, Dr. Ali, who said he was going for an outing, came to this barren mountain with his five children, and had a pleasant lunch amidst the complaints from the children.
"So why did the doctor choose this place?"
Looking at the bare branches and barren loess, Conan asked questions on behalf of the children.
"Because a friend of mine strongly recommended me to come here." Dr. Ali touched his half-bald head, "He said that coming here gave him great inspiration. It is a good place with beautiful mountains and clear waters."
Haiyuan Ai silently asked: "Doctor, what is your friend's occupation?"
"He is a very famous painter!"
Sure enough - Conan and Haibara looked at each other. The artist's thinking was different from that of normal people.
"But we've come here, why not take a walk up the mountain."
So they walked up the mountain in the afternoon. Halfway through, the sky was covered with dark clouds. At this time, it was too late to go down the mountain. They could only continue walking up to see if there was any house where they could stay temporarily.
Doesn’t this allow them to find it?
"Then how did you get together?"
Kuroki Jin looked at Maori Kogoro and Maori Lan again, pouring hot tea for them in turn.
"Because when we were about to reach the top of the mountain, we found uncle and sister Lan who were also looking for shelter from the rain." Conan answered quickly, and as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Kuroki Jin slightly raise his eyebrows.
Conan paused, he remembered, it seemed like he no longer had to pretend to be cute when talking to Kuroki Jin.
"You should go and take a hot shower." Seeing that the first batch of people who entered had finished washing, Kuroki Ren said, "There are bathrooms on the first and second floors."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Kuroki."
Unexpectedly, a heavy rain would bring so many people in. Kuroki Ren borrowed the doctor's umbrella and went to the car to get the charger. As soon as he entered the door, he saw that the computer that had been placed on the table was being opened.
"Don't move!" he suddenly snapped.
"Wow! You scared me!" Ichikawa was startled when he moved his hands and feet, and then jumped directly, "What are you doing to scare me!"
"Why are you touching my things?" Kuroki Ren didn't like his temper, so he charged the phone and let it turn on by itself, "Didn't anyone teach you not to touch other people's things without their permission?"
"Boy, you have to teach me a lesson, right!" Ichikawa has never been treated like this before, and others have always accommodated him. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush forward to fight Kuroki Ren.
"I-Ichikawa, don't..." Only Kitaniharaji was on the first floor, so he had to go up and stop him.
"Go away!" Ichikawa pushed Kitani aside. Kitani fell down and his face became even paler, but he still grabbed Ichikawa's clothes.
"Kuromu, Mr. Kuroki is kind enough to let us take shelter here..."
The implication is to be careful if he kicks you out.
"Hmph." Ichikawa sneered and glanced at the old, weak, sick and disabled people around Kuroki Ren. The only young person was a beautiful young lady...
Wait, beautiful lady?
Ichikawa's arrogant expression suddenly faded, he coughed twice and came not far from Mao Lilan, "Beautiful lady, I wonder if I know your name."
Before Xiaolan could answer, the children who had already finished bathing said in unison: "No!!"
