Around noon, the train arrived at Matsumoto Station.

"We're not going to Matsumoto Castle first," Dr. Asa said, holding a map. "We'll go to the Clock Museum, then we'll head north to the museum, then to Matsumoto Castle, then to Matsumoto Shrine, and then we'll visit the old Kaichi School. Originally, I planned to go to the art museum, but considering that the paintings in the museum are very obscure and not very well-known, and the museum is closed at half past four and closed at five o'clock, adding it to the process may affect the old Kaizhi School, which is also closed at half past four and closed at five o'clock. Tomorrow we'll go back to the south side of the sights. ”

"Matsumoto Shrine?" Ayumi said curiously. "Is that a worship of the gods that Matsumoto City worships?"

"Who knows," Conan replied. "Maybe it's just because this is Matsumoto City."

"Gollum—" At that moment, Motota's stomach reminded them that it was time for lunch. "Doctor, where are we going to eat?"

"Hmm-" Dr. Asasa thought for a moment. "Where do you want to eat?"

"Anyway, as long as you have eel rice, right?" Conan glanced at Genta. "After all, we shouldn't have any dietary preferences except for Yuantai."

"I don't really want to eat eel rice this time, after all, you can eat eel rice anywhere." Yuan Tai shook his head. "It's said that there are a lot of special foods here!"

……

"It's amazing, it's a different flavor," Motota said, swallowing a slice of raw horse meat and savoring it. "No wonder Matsumoto's horse meat is superb!"

Yes, specialty restaurants include horse meat, which is one of the best in Matsumoto.

"Qianyu, Gray Yuan-san, this is really delicious." Ayumi also after eating a slice of raw horse meat, and strong Amway to Chiba and Ashbara. "Aren't you really going to have one?"

"I won't eat it." Chiha's expression was ugly, and he very firmly rejected the offer - he studied at a university in England, so he had a very strong resistance to horse meat just like the British. (The British considered horses to be their noble companions, so they culturally resisted horse meat...... ）

"I don't like to eat horse meat." Gray Plains shook his head. (It's similar in the United States, where horse meat has been abandoned by Americans again because the price of beef has fallen because the price of beef has fallen.) ）

"It's okay," Conan glanced at Chiba and Gray Plains. "Didn't they order an extra fried steamed bun? (おやき, the food stuffed in the dough made of the flour of the mustard which is also a local must.) The wiki says it's almost the same as my country's fried steamed buns. ）”

"And the fried steamed buns with wild vegetables here are made with the most proud specialties here, both in terms of filling and skin, and they must have a unique flavor." After speaking, Qian Yu took a bite of the fried steamed bun in his hand, and his eyes immediately narrowed into a crescent shape, obviously the taste of this fried steamed bun was not bad.

"......" After seeing Qianyu's expression, Gray Yuan Ai obviously also had a special curiosity about the fried steamed buns, and also picked up the fried steamed buns in front of her, and then took a bite lightly, and then the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked. Woo......"

Qianyu's gaze was drawn to the voice, and the smile on his face became even more even worse after seeing Gray Yuan's expression.

"What the hell have you two been through?" Conan looked at the expression on Chiha's face and sighed.

……

Heading east from Matsumoto Station, turning north past Kokufucho, passing through Kamimeicho and Ise-cho and reaching the riverbank, turning east, you will find the Watch Museum painted yellow in less than 100 meters.

"It's one of the finest watch museums in Japan," says Conan. "It is said that there are more than 100 different types of clocks that have appeared since ancient times."

From the outside, the Watch Museum at the intersection is in the shape of a diamond, and the part of the diamond near the center of the intersection is a 270° arc protrusion, and in the middle of the protrusion is ......

"What a big wall clock!" Yuan Tai looked at the swinging clock running in the protruding glass arc pillar and was surprised.

"This is probably the biggest swinging clock in Japan," Dr. Asasa replied. "It's also the treasure of this museum."

"Then let's go inside!" Mitsuhiko said excitedly. "There must be all sorts of weird clocks in there!"

"Wait a minute, I'll go buy you tickets first!"

……

Chiba and Gray Yuan Ai walked side by side in the hallway, the others had long since lost their way from them, and the two of them were happy to visit the museum in this way - they couldn't have lost their phones and communication badges anyway.

"You say," Gray Plains asked suddenly. "Is the clock a sign that man has mastered time, or is it a sign that man has surrendered to time?"

"Haven't you listened to a philosophy elective?" After Qian Yu was slightly stunned, he asked with a smile. (Part of the philosophy class is about the relationship between humans and nature.)

"I've read some of the basic textbooks of philosophical schools." Gray Plains replied. "But I'd like to hear what you think."

"The argument for the two options you provided is probably based on the following two reasons, right?" Chiba explained. "Mastering time means being able to observe the flow of time with precision; Surrendering to time, on the other hand, is when people choose to do as much as possible from the chronic judgment of time on life by accurately measuring time, but are completely incapable of challenging the existence of time. ”

"Hmm." Gray Plains nodded.

"I think that human beings have a ...... attitude towards time," replied Qianyu after a moment of thought. It should be considered hostile, right? ”

"Huh?" This answer is clearly not within the scope of the answer that Gray Yuan had previously envisioned. "What do you mean by that?"

"As prisoners of time, human beings have always sought ways to combat the passage of time – clocks and watches are all about mastering time to reduce waste, and other advances in medical care and living conditions are essentially about making more efficient use of the time that humans are limited by life. The use of lead makeup in ancient times and the use of cosmetics now to combat aging are also one of the rebellions of human beings against time. ”

When he said this, Qian Yu suddenly remembered something and asked in a low voice. "I have a question—"

"Huh?" Gray Plains tilted his head.

"Does the existence of you and me count as human beings conquering time?"

"I'm sorry, but it doesn't count." Gray Plains smiled a little sadly. "We did get a child's body, but the telomeres in our body were still at the same level of wear and tear as they were before we got smaller. In other words, if your lifespan is 70 years old and you were 17 years old before you became smaller, you will only be able to live another 53 years even if you don't go back now. ”

"What is the principle of your drug?" Qian Yu frowned. "How can a self-inflicting poison have such an effect?"

"As far as I know, one of the core ingredients of the special medicine provided to you core personnel is colchicine," Gray Hara shrugged. "You know what that means, right? The special version of the medicine will not only kill you, but also make you dead - the cytoskeleton of the whole body will quickly disintegrate under the influence of colchicine, and then some of the liquid and some organic components will boil or decompose under the action of other components, and finally all that is left is a dry flat human ball filled with debris. ”

"Tsk......" Qian Yu smacked his lips. Surely it doesn't sound like a good death......"