Nomenclature of Night

   Chapter 498

  At this moment, Qing Chen is trekking among the snow-capped mountains, looking for the best place to complete his life and death in accordance with the established goals.

   Although the key to life and death is to experience life and death, it does not mean that the knights will not do any preparations.

  Before the challenge, plan the route of the challenge. This is the homework that every knight must do.

  Takayama Hida is a very suitable place for skiing. Even in May, Okuhotaka, the main peak, is covered with snow all year round.

  Okuho Gaodake (3190 meters above sea level), Chuzawadake (3103 meters above sea level), Beiho Gaodake (3106 meters), Qianhou Gaodake (3090 meters), and Nishiho Gaodake (2909 meters).

  These peaks are collectively called Hotaka Mountain. Although the height is not as high as Mount Fuji, because there are so many steep cliffs, the difficulty of climbing is much higher than that of Mount Fuji.

  Looking at some mountain peaks from a distance, it is like a kitchen knife being erected in the mountains, walking on the ridge, as if dancing above the blade.

  Insular writers, many stories about falling off a cliff and dying in their works took place here. . .

  For example, in the novel "Ice Wall" by Yasushi Inoue, Uozu and Kosaka were killed here.

  Bingbi, seems to be a very vivid name.

  Qingchen walked along the mountain path for skiers in the white snow.

  There are many skiers, but most of them go to the ski resorts on the gentle mountainside, and there are not many people who set foot in the more dangerous areas.

  The life and death pass cannot be completed in the ski resort. The ice consolidation is the life and death pass, which has extremely strict requirements on speed. It has to challenge the limit of skiing speed!

  So, Qing Chen set off from the mountainside and continued to climb to the top of the mountain.

  It didn’t take long for a ski resort staff member to shout to him on the mountainside: “Hey, you can’t go up anymore, you will die if you go to the top of the mountain in this weather!”

  Qingchen turned his head, but the next step was suddenly emptied in the snow.

  But seeing him shake his figure a few times, he continued to trek up with difficulty.

  However, Qing Chen suddenly discovered a problem. The mountain he was on was full of ‘powder snow’, and no one could speed up in the powder snow.

  Generally, the conditions for forming powder snow are very strict. There must be heavy snow, but the temperature must not be extremely low, and the solidified nucleus must fall on the ground before it is fully frozen.

  Pick up the powder snow, it will even slip from your fingers like quicksand.

  Although the alpine Hida is covered with snow all year round, it is a very strange geographical environment when the temperature is rarely below zero.

  Moist and warm water vapor blows from the ocean, and snow falls after encountering the high-altitude cold air on the land. Snow flakes pile up fluffy on the mountain. If the skill is not good when skiing, it will even slide into the snow...

  If you want to challenge the speed of skiing, then the snow layer must have been pressed very tightly.

  It's like running in the cement ground will definitely be faster than running in the sand.

   Qingchen frowned and continued to climb firmly.

  This time I am afraid that poverty has limited his imagination. He chose this place as a place of challenge for life and death because everyone said powder snow is the best, most suitable for skiing, and the most luxurious.

  But because he didn't really skate, he didn't expect that powder snow was not suitable for challenging life and death.

  At this time, many skiers were suddenly halfway up the mountain, looking up to see a small black shadow on the peak, slowly trekking between the peaks, all were stunned.

  What's the difference between climbing the summit this season and looking for death?

   Ke Qingchen not only kept going, but went higher and higher, until he disappeared in the wind and snow.

  ...

  ...

   7:50 in the evening.

  The sky in Shirakawa-go has dimmed, Jinguji Maki glanced at the quartz clock in the room, then returned to the window, eagerly lying on the window and waiting.

  In this paradise at this time, the dim and warm lights in front of the hot spring hotel are all lit up.

   In order to save electricity, the little girl turned off the lights at home, but only left the light at the door.

  This is because she is worried that Qingchen will come back late. If the light at the hotel entrance is also turned off, the other party may not be able to find the hotel.

  The skiers have returned to Shirakawa Township one after another. Hot spring hotels have prepared a sumptuous dinner for them early, and there are clean hot springs to wash away their fatigue.

  This is the most pleasant moment for all skiers.

   Ke Qingchen has not returned yet.

  No normal tourist will stay at the resort until this time, Jinguji Maki started to worry.

  At this time, another group of skiers passed by the door.

  The little girl opened the window and let the wind and snow pour into the window. She waved to the skiers in the distance and shouted: "Sir, is there anyone on the ski resort?"

  The skiers said: "No, we are the last batch. The ski resort will be closed when we come out."

   "Oh, thank you..." Jinguji Maki retracted her head. She was even more worried at this time. The brother didn't bring snowboards. There should be no one on the mountain at this time. Where will the other party go?

  Don't be wrong.

  The little girl looks at the clock on the wall from time to time, and then looks out the window again, so the kind brother should also be a punctual person, right?

  Although there is no connection, she just believes so firmly.

  At 7:59, Jinguji Maki saw a thin figure from a distance, wearing a jacket, walking slowly from the darkness behind the wind and snow.

   Jinguji Maki’s eyes lit up, she hurriedly left the window sill, ran to the door in a windy manner, took out slippers from the shoe cabinet, and then opened the door of the hot spring hotel and waved to Qing Chen: "Oni sauce!"

  The crisp sound was stirred into the wind and snow, and it swayed far, far.

   Qingchen looked up at her, then lowered her head and walked with the wind and snow.

  Jingongji Maki was not discouraged to see that Qingchen did not respond to her.

  The little girl happily put her slippers on the ground, and then ran into the kitchen again and put the cooked food on the table, while she was eating rice **** happily.

  The meals are still rice, fried fish, thick egg simmered, miso soup.

  Jinguji Maki seems to only do this, and still can’t do it well.

   Qingchen took off his jacket and sat down, seriously eating all the food, not even a mouthful of soup left.

  The little girl asked expectantly: "Is the food delicious today?"

   Qingchen shook his head: "It's not delicious."

  Little girl: "...Oh."

   Qingchen looked at her: "Why are you still on the dinner group? Haven't I already paid the rent in advance."

  Jinguji Maki thought for a while and said, "Grandma needs medicine... the rice **** are delicious. I added pickled cucumbers in it today."

   Qingchen was silent for a few seconds: "Where are your parents?"

Jinguji Maki said: "When my father was working as a tourist guide, the tourist accidentally slipped and fell down the cliff. He tried to save the other person, but he was dragged down together. My mother remarried to Hokkaido, and my grandma asked me not to blame her, she I also have my own life."

  "Aren't you sad," Qing Chen asked, knowing that these words would stab the little girl.

Jinguji Maki was silent for a while, and then laughed: "Actually, life with grandma is also very happy, everything will be fine. I will be as strong as grandma. She was diagnosed with lung cancer three years ago and went back to work at the hotel. While making money, while treating herself, she always tells me, Maki, everything will be fine!"

  Qingchen knew that the life of the little girl would not get better.

  Lung cancer is currently one of the most difficult cancers to survive. Even the targeted drugs in the world can only prolong the life of patients for a few more years, and they cannot save the advanced stage of lung cancer.

  Presumably, the little girl’s grandmother, cancer cells have spread throughout the body.

  At this time, the grandma has been in a coma 95% of the time, eating very few times and portions, and obviously has come to the end of her life.

  If grandma dies, how will the eight-year-old girl survive?

Jinguji Maki said to Qingchen: "Don’t discuss these, oni sauce. Today, I spent money to ask the uncle next door to clean up the hot spring bath. Now the temperature of the hot spring is the most suitable. Go and soak for a while. ."

   "Well," Qing Chen nodded, leaving the little girl alone in the living room.

  She walked to the window again, slumped on the windowsill, and blinked her big eyes to look outside. There were a lot of children playing crazy snowball fights, and strange snowmen were piled up at the entrances of hot spring hotels.

  At this time, Qing Chen walked out again to see this scene, Jingongji Maki looked back at him: "Oni-chan, what's wrong?"

   Qingchen looked at the figures of snowmen outside the window, and then said to Jinguji Maki: "Make the bed."

   "Oo, sorry, sorry, I forgot, I'm very sorry," Jinguji Maki took out the futon from the cubicle.

  The bedding in the hot spring hotel is kept in the cabinet every day, and only at night will it be taken out and spread on the wooden floor.

  Shengongji Maki was paved, and suddenly noticed Qing Chen's hand, which was full of frostbite marks.

  She felt a little strange.

  This elder brother seems to be different from other people everywhere.

  ...

  ...

  Early morning.

  Today's Jinguji Maki woke up early, and she thought to herself that she could no longer sleep in late today, and she would cook breakfast for Oni-chan.

  But it was only 7:10 in the morning, but there was no one in Qingchen's house.

  Like yesterday, the bedding is neatly stacked.

  There is also a note: I will be back before 8 o'clock and leave me a meal.

  The only difference is that the skis were taken away this time.

  Jinguji Maki was a little bit stunned. She always felt that no matter how hard she tried to show enthusiasm, she couldn't melt the coldness of this brother.

  She lowered her head a little frustrated.

  The next moment, she put on the old cotton clothes and opened the door of the hot spring hotel to buy some fresh ingredients in Shirakawa Township.

  But when he saw the door, he didn't know when a tall snowman had already been piled up.

  The snowman’s face was also covered with seaweed on his nose, eyes, and mouth.

  The snowmen in other hot spring hotels are all facing outwards, as if welcoming guests.

  The snowman in this hot spring hotel is facing inward, as if he belongs to Maki Jinguji alone, leaving his back to everyone who passes by.

  Jinguji Maki wrapped up the scarf that grandma had knitted for her before, and hopped out.

  ...

  ...

   Qingchen, carrying a board, once again took the sightseeing car to the Lihenggao Mountain. He still did not go to the ski resort, but climbed up again.

  The skiers looked up and saw the familiar figure. Someone worried that he died in the snowy mountain last night, but at this time he was numb.

   Qingchen came to the top with a calm complexion, grabbed his veneer, and leaped down.

   Then got stuck in the thick powder snow...

  The fluffy powder snow is not enough to support his weight, and he simply failed to get up!

  It was a mistake this time, but it was enough to prove that powder snow really couldn't make him complete the consolidation of ice. He had to look for a colder place and a place where the snow layer was more solid.

   Qing Chen lay silently in the snow, looking at the distant mountains.

  Leave the island country?

  Compared with the life and death level, assassination of the gods is a trivial matter. After all, he has to complete the promotion and return to the A02 secret military base to face a more cruel reality.

  So, if it is not suitable here, Qing Chen must leave. Nothing is more important than this.

and many more.

   Qingchen looked at the ridges scattered like blades on the distant mountains, and suddenly thought of another life and death barrier!

  Ride down the ridge, dance above the blade!

  (End of this chapter)