I'm making soy sauce in the world of famous detectives

Chapter 186 The Missing Client
"Stinky boy, thank you very much." Uncle Mao Li was leaning on the guardrail wearing a windbreaker with a cigarette in his mouth, and said impatiently, "Suddenly said that he would come over and then suddenly said that there was a case to go to Fukui, I will come Not because I have nothing else to do."

Heiji, who was called a brat by Uncle Maori, turned his head and replied, "Anyway, Uncle, you have nothing to lose. The travel expenses are all on me. I heard that the seafood over there is very good. Uncle, you can go and have a meal later."

"By the way, which island are we going to?"

When Heiji said this, Uncle Mori was also a little greedy. There is still a big gap between the seafood on the island and the ones bought in the city. The only pity is that you can’t drink beer when you eat seafood. He doesn’t want to get gout at this age.

Heiji leaned against the guardrail, turned his head to the small island that was getting closer to everyone, and said: "The island we went to is called American Island, but people nearby call it another name."

"The island where the mermaids live."

Seeing Uncle Mori's puzzled expression, Heiji nodded: "Yes, it is said that there is an old lady on that island who eats mermaid meat for a living in order to live forever."

Xiaolan had also heard of this fantasy island, and said, "I've heard of it too! You're talking about the old lady who caused the topic of immortality three years ago, right?"

"That's right, I just hope to be forever young and beautiful like him, so I came with him this time."

Hearing Heiye's words, Xiaolan came to Heiye's side and joked, "You just want to use your youth and beauty to bind Heiji, right?"

As if being told what was in his heart, He Ye's face quickly turned rosy, and he hurriedly said to Xiaolan: "Keep your voice down! They will hear you if you make such a loud noise!"

"I've heard it." Guangyou leaned on the guardrail and looked at the endless sea, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Forever young and beautiful? Isn't that what you describe her?"

Xiao Ai heard Guangyou's murmur, frowned and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

Guangyou shook his head and obviously didn't want to mention that name. He knew that that name was like a nightmare in Xiao Ai's heart, so he changed the subject and said, "Xiao Ai, you should have been to this island too."

"I've been here. After all, what I'm researching has some similarities with this one. Of course I'll come back to confirm this kind of rumor that may be helpful." Xiao Ai's tone was very flat.

Uncle Mao Li exhaled a puff of smoke, turned his head and asked, "The person who is looking for you is not asking you to find some mermaid."

Thinking of the contents of the entrustment letter, Heiji frowned and shook his head: "On the contrary, the entrustment letter only wrote a few simple sentences, and it was obvious that it was written in a hurry. It said that the mermaid was about to be killed. Please come and save it."

This strange-sounding sentence made the smiles on everyone's faces disappear, and only Guangyou Xiaoai and Conan had no expression on their faces, and Guangyou even wanted to laugh.

Conan yawned unconsciously, seeing Conan's lack of interest, Heiji lowered his voice and said, "Hey, can you listen carefully?"

The corner of Conan's mouth twitched, and he looked at Heiji like a fool: "Please, the mermaid is the protagonist of a fairy tale, only a fool would believe it."

Of course, Heiji also had doubts in his heart, but what he noticed was that although the name of Hattori Heiji was written on the envelope of the entrustment letter, the name of Kudo Shinichi was written at the beginning of the letter.

"Otherwise, why do you think I came here on purpose? It's not because I thought this matter might have something to do with you, so I didn't bother to come all the way here." Pingci's face almost had the words ignorant of good people.

Uncle Mao Li suddenly asked, "Have you contacted the client to confirm this case?"

Heiji naturally understands Uncle Maoli’s worries. If this is a prank, then it’s for nothing. He has already contacted the client before coming here, so he nodded and said: "The sect association Saori who sent the letter to me did leave a phone number, but What makes me strange is that when I contacted her for the second time, no matter how hard I called, there was no way to get through."

"And after the first connection, I was hung up immediately. I still remember the voice on the phone very clearly. Apart from the sound of the waves, there was only the moaning of a woman."

The whistle of the boat brought everyone back to reality from their fantasies. The first time they got off the boat was to find the client, Men Xie Shazhi, but to their surprise, they asked a middle-aged man who worked on the island The uncle later learned that Menxie Shazhi didn't seem to go to work three days ago.

His whereabouts are still unknown. Three days ago, when the letter was delivered to Heiji, the two Obasans told the middle-aged uncle to leave, and the middle-aged uncle scratched his head to bid farewell to everyone first. Before leaving, the uncle told everyone that if you want to know about Menxie Shazhi, you can go to the native product shop where she works on the corner of the street and ask the boss.

Everyone bid farewell to the uncle, and came to the local product shop he mentioned on the street corner, which is indeed "a small island inhabited by mermaids". of pies.

But the mermaid was not marked on the above, but dugong was written. Facing such a term that is rarely seen in ordinary times, He Ye asked, "Hey, Heiji, what is a dugong?"

Heiji explained to her: "Dugong is a mammal commonly known as a mermaid. Since ancient times, it has been rumored that dugong meat can be used as an elixir of immortality."

Guangyou picked up the two shell-shaped amulets placed on them, and walked towards the counter. Uncle Maori was talking to the boss. Just talk to the boss.

Guangyou gave one of the amulets to Xiao Ai, it's not bad to come to this kind of place to buy a souvenir.

Uncle Mao Li naturally dismissed what the proprietress said about mermaids: "How can there be such things as mermaids in the world?"

As soon as the words fell, a clerk named Naoko Heijiang said: "There are really mermaids in the world, because now there are real cases in the world that eat mermaid meat and become immortal."

According to her, the longevity lady who ate mermaid meat could give people the magical power of immortality with the arrow of dugong made from the hair grown by the power of thought.

And she thought that the mermaid's revenge would be caused by the careless loss of this miracle-like thing by Menxie Saori, and it was precisely because of this that she escaped from the island.

Guangyou has reservations about the existence of mermaids. The world is full of wonders, and human beings are not omniscient. Maybe there are really mermaids in a certain corner of the world, or maybe there really isn't.

This is the same as whether human beings on earth are the only advanced intelligent life in the universe. The universe is boundless, and human exploration is only a corner. How can humans be sure that only one life-like planet like the earth will be born in such a large universe.

Guangyou let out a long sigh: "People, you must have awe of nature. In front of nature, people are like ants, fragile and powerless."

(End of this chapter)