It was still early, so I took the JR train to Asahikawa City and drove a jeep to the city. Xia Yu looked at the watch on her left wrist. It happened to be around 10 o'clock in the morning.

Compare hand-drawn maps and mobile phone navigation maps.

The map of Chiyo Goddess is abstracted, but Asahikawa City and Izumo Shrine are marked on the map, and there are two points.

What Xia Yu had to do was to find another point from one point.

According to the terrain, he probably locked in three areas.

The first one: Tohoku.

This mountainous area is close to Furano City. Now, Natsuha drives along the railway line from Asahikawa to Furano. On the navigation map, it is heading southeast, gradually moving away from Asahikawa city area. The next target point is Biei Town in Asahikawa.

Nearly noon, Xia Yu was in the city of Biemei Town. Although this satellite city is small, it is full of all organs. According to the marks on the navigation map, he parked his car in front of a building called "Biemei Shrine". But when he walked inside, Xia Yu couldn't help but feel disappointed. The shrine was full of tourists, and there was even a TV series shooting team busy.

However, Xia Yu still found the owner of the shrine and asked carefully about the location of the Izumo Shrine. Unexpectedly, the other party was confused when he heard this and said that it was the first time he had heard of the name of the shrine.

After leaving disappointed, he had lunch in the downtown area of ​​Biemei Town, passed by the gas station, filled the oil in the jeep, and Natsuyu drove along the straight national highway in Biemei Town, without stopping, and went straight to Tokatsugaki.

The car was walking silently on the national highway surrounded by forests. Sometimes it took half an hour to encounter another car. The autumn wind blew across the forest, bringing withered and yellow leaves. Finally, as the evening approached, Xia Yu walked to the end of the national highway. There were no longer a vast wilderness in front of him, and there were sparse buildings.

I will stay in a hot spring bed and breakfast tonight.

Xia Yu asked the owner of the homestay and found out that this was an unmarked town on the map, called Platinum. Not far from the homestay, there was a three-story Platinum Hot Spring Hotel. There were many cars parked at the door, and it was said that it was all tourists who climbed or camped.

Sitting cross-legged in the room, opening the window, looking southeast, the Great Snow Mountain that penetrated into the sky from the distance was the "Twelve Peak Mountain". Xia Yu said intimately: "Let's find out first, and don't rush into the mountain."

At this time, there was a noise outside the yard.

When Xia Yu heard the sound, he saw several strong men in camouflage uniforms surrounding his jeep and pointing fingers.

"What are you doing?!" He looked calm and touched his bulging waist with one hand.

"Is this your car?"

The mercenaries were stunned.

"nonsense!"

"Are you from the Lily of the Valley Group?" The mercenaries looked cautious.

Xia Yu did not answer, the mercenaries dispersed in a sensible way, and the owner of the homestay was also disturbed. This was a middle-aged uncle in a kimono. He smiled and said, "Xia Yujun, don't be nervous. They are regular mercenaries with licenses. They have lived here for half a month. They are commissioned by the Furano Municipal Government to investigate the monsters in the snow mountain."

"Snow Mountain Monster?"

"yes."

When talking about this, the middle-aged uncle seemed worried and said, "Tokatsugaki was originally a volcano. There were several eruptions in the Edo period, causing many disasters. About a month ago, Asahikawa City and Furano City organized an observation team to enter the mountain, and then disappeared!"

“Missing?”

"Actually, it's probably because he was killed." The middle-aged uncle sighed, "There is a 10-person food mercenary group with him. It's been a month since he was still alive. Who can believe they are still alive?"

Xia Yu was silent when he heard this.

"Is the situation bad on Shishengyue Snow Mountain?" he asked.

"If it's too bad, we'll move back to the city long ago, didn't we?"

The middle-aged uncle walked away with a smile.

"By the way, uncle, do you have a professional kitchen in your town that can be rented?" Xia Yu shouted to his back.

"Then you have to go to the hot spring hotel opposite!"

Xia Yu felt that he would stay in this town for two days.

In the past two days, he communicated with the chef's space practice at night, and searched through the Internet or on-site during the day to search for all clues about the Izumo Shrine.

...

Two days later.

Turning back to Tokyo.

On October 3, two weeks later, the semi-finals of the "Autumn Selection" of Yuanyue officially kicked off at 10:00 this morning!

The first game was Ryo Yeshan VS Maki Morita!

This showdown is exciting, not only igniting Yuanyue's enthusiasm, but through the live broadcast of TV, you can see the guest seats in the "Moon and Sky" and the familiar faces, and you can tell how much attention this autumn selection has attracted.

Backstage.

Maki Morita lay on the table, her round and delicate face approaching the screen, and she was nervous about being about to appear.

"Ah, it's so beautiful, Daxue Mountain!"

She exclaimed, and the other end of the video communication was the snow-capped mountains outside the window of the hot springs and homestay.

"Maki, I decided on the semi-finals topics myself. Two weeks have passed, can you control them..." Xia Yu's voice came from his phone. He lay on the windowsill and asked a smile at Tokyo's childhood sweetheart.

"No problem--"

"Our group got the 'drink' question, and Koeme and Yukihei's group got the 'staple food' question..." Morita Maki's eyes smiled like a clear crescent moon. "For me, the 'drink' question is very suitable. If it is the 'main dish' question, it would be tricky. I might lose to Ye Shanliang."

Dongdong!

A staff member outside said, "Morita, it's time to play!"

"OK."

Morita Maki responded, she had changed into her white chef's clothes and took her cell phone.

The two kept the video connected, and soon, the thunder sound of "between the moon and the sky" came to the hot spring B&B in Platinum Town from the air. Xia Yu listened with a smile, looking at the vast wilderness outside the window, and felt infinite for a moment.

Only three days away from the city, he felt strange to the cheers on the field.

"Morita!Morita!Morita!"

"come on!"

"Senior Sister Morita, I am your fan!"

Morita Maki stepped out from the entrance of the passage, and the fan club immediately surged. Her mobile phone camera focused on her face, and Xia Yu was stunned at the Hot Spring B&B.

In the entire area, everyone was wearing a black robe and a black pointed hat, with a conspicuous letter "F" printed on the front.

Seeing Morita look over, the leader of the fan club held up the wooden cross dyed in orange and shouted slogans:

"burn!"

"Boil and roast!"

"I wish all lovers in the world... will eventually become brothers and sisters!"

Fans shouted the burning slogan in unison, and the "Between the Moon and the Sky" were shocked by the aura of this support team.

Morita Maki was embarrassed and hurriedly hid in her kitchen counter.

Ye Shanliang stood one step ahead of her and stood coldly on the kitchen counter opposite.

"Well, the contestant is in place!"

The female host Rika Kawashima coughed, "Tozuki Academy, the 43rd "Autumn Selection" semi-finals, the first round, start now!"

clang!

The sound of the golden gong spreads.

"A Yu, I'm going to start!"

Maki Morita placed her phone in a convenient position and focused on herself. Then, she brought the prepared ingredients to the kitchen table and Rio Kawashima shouted: "It seems that players Yeshan and players Morita have all received the ingredients support from Instructor Xia!"

On the kitchen counter are fresh fruits that were picked not long ago, and "lemon peach" is just one of them.

First wash the fruit, use a sharp fruit knife to cut the fruit into slices.

After careful observation, it is not difficult to find that Morita used seven different juicers to classify fruits.

Then, in five different transparent glass drink cups, she poured in a dark brown juice, which was grape juice... Then, Maki hugged the jar full of homemade yogurt, and spooned it carefully with a layer of yogurt, a thin layer, about 2,3 mm thick.

Pour in the orange orange juice with small particles and apply a layer of yogurt.

This cycle.

Half an hour before the cooking session, Morita Maki rang the bell of the dish and brought five cups of juice to the review seat.

“Is the control of density?”

When Maki served the dishes, she did not forget to bring her phone, so Xia Yu was able to observe the whole process. He was secretly surprised at the hot spring B&B, "How many times do you need to practice seven different types of juices with different density into a cup of colorful juice in a compartment?"

"And... why are the yogurt compartments so distinct?"
Chapter completed!