Chapter 415

That humanoid thing was very tall, walking quickly in the snow.

It didn't seem to take steps, but its movement was fast.

It was as if it were sliding on the snow.

Coming closer, one could see a huge head like a rotten wooden knot, with withered long hair swaying in the wind like a ghost.

On the twisted, terrifying, and almost deformed giant human face, a pair of white eyes looked straight over.

In Asanuma Yoko's fearful eyes, the humanoid creature pointed a finger, and the surrounding snowflakes immediately rushed toward Asanuma Yoko like mosquitoes.

They drilled into every hole and crevice in the woman's body, such as her mouth, nose, ears, and eyes, continuously.

Asanuma Yoko struggled powerlessly, and in the dense snowflakes, she gradually disappeared.

Finally, only a huge pile of snow remained.

"Snow... Woman..."

The humanoid monster made a strange sound like wood rubbing against wood.

Bang.

The snow pile exploded, revealing a fair figure standing stiffly in the center.

The next day, dawn.

After the blizzard stopped, the police quickly dispatched a team to search the woods around the ski resort.

As for Asanuma Yoko's entire criminal plan, after searching the backpack she left in her guesthouse room, it was all clear.

In the backpack, there was a suicide note written by Asanuma Yoko imitating Kinoshita Akiko's handwriting.

The content of the suicide note was roughly that Kinoshita Akiko had contracted pneumonia like her father, and since her father had died of pneumonia, Kinoshita Akiko had also lost the hope of living.

Kinoshita Akiko expressed a head full of question marks about this.

It was true that her father had passed away from pneumonia, but her own pneumonia wasn't serious, and the doctor said it could be cured.

Judging from the forged suicide note, Asanuma Yoko's complete plan was to create the illusion of Kinoshita Akiko's suicide.

Because she needed to go to the police station to record a statement and then had acting work, Kinoshita Akiko left the guesthouse with reluctance.

Of course, phone numbers and addresses were exchanged.

Kinoshita Akiko said she would personally visit to thank Akaso Kaze for saving her life.

As for how to thank him, that would be hard for others to know.

On the snow-covered foothills, Akaso Kaze was walking with long strides.

According to the prediction magic, Koizumi Akako was getting closer and closer.

Although it was still left and right, the distance to reaching the target mountain peak should be soon.

Akaso Kaze walked up the snow mountain without haste, estimating the time.

After more than an hour, he finally climbed onto the high white ridge.

This was a piece of ordinary snow near the mountain peak.

On the snow, there were no buried caves, nor were there any graveyards.

As for traces of animal activity

Akaso Kaze straightened his body slightly, his eyes scanning the snow in front of him.

Six slightly short spruce trees grew on the slightly inclined snow, and for a moment, there were really no traces of animal activity to be seen.

However, behind one of the spruce trees, some strange colors dotted the white snow.

Akaso Kaze went over to check and found that it was actually two sky-blue skis inserted unevenly into the snow.

These two skis were not unfamiliar; they were exactly the pair Asanuma Yoko used yesterday!

Could it be that Asanuma Yoko escaped from the hotel last night, stepped on the skis, and came here?

But the terrain here was higher than the woods in front of the ski resort, and it was absolutely impossible to step on skis and come up in blizzard weather.

If she was carrying the skis, it was possible, with the purpose of conveniently sliding down the other side of the mountain to escape the police pursuit.

But...

Akaso Kaze looked around and didn't find any traces of Asanuma Yoko nearby.

In the woods near the ski resort, a group of search and rescue teams and police were gradually expanding the search range.

Suddenly, a search and rescue team member blew the whistle in his mouth, calling the nearby personnel over.

"Any discoveries?"

"Look, look, look..."

The young search and rescue team member suddenly became inarticulate, causing resentment from the seniors of the search and rescue team nearby.

"What's going on? Speak clearly!"

Under the senior's order, the young team member with a terrified face pointed his hand tremblingly forward.

The senior looked in the direction of the finger and saw a huge claw print clearly presented on the snow five meters away.

It was a claw print similar to a human hand, but far sharper than a human palm.

Because it was too huge, even the smallest finger was almost as long as an adult's forearm, making the details on its surface too exposed, appearing somewhat inexplicably twisted and ugly.

Having been responsible for search and rescue work on snow mountains for many years, this senior of the search and rescue team had heard various legends of snow monsters such as the Snow Woman.

And at this very moment, the only legend his brain could react to that matched it was that one.

"Snow, Snow Monster!"

"It's a Snow Monster!"