Rebirth of Conan as a Detective

? "Huh? Looking for a client?"

In the gift shop, Gao Cheng looked at Hattori suspiciously after hearing the explanation: "Please, haven't you contacted the client yet?"

"What can I do," Hattori said annoyed. "Although the letter was signed by the client Saori Kadowaki's name and phone number, I couldn't get in touch at all. The first time I called her, I picked it up. I immediately hung up. At that time, there was the sound of waves and women's crying from the other end of the phone. After that, I couldn't get through after calling many times..."

"Then you can't ask where is her home?"

"You treat me stupid!"

Hattori almost grabbed Gao Cheng’s collar and hummed, “The village office said that she was rarely at home, so we came to the gift shop where she worked to ask! I think it must be you who took Kudo’s name. If you mess up, that Kadowaki Saori will look for Kudo..."

Gao Cheng held his arm and said, "I don't know the people here. Besides, I only came here two days ago. You received the letter three days ago, right? Besides, I am more famous than Kudo..."

"The arrow of the dugong?" Uncle Maori didn't quarrel with the two, and asked the boss's wife seriously.

"It's an amulet for immortality," the proprietress explained. "Saori lost the arrow she drew at last year's festival, so she started to worry about the mermaid will punish her a week ago. That arrow is very important. Come today. Almost all of these tourists came for it..."

The uncle smiled bitterly: "But I just lost a human fish amulet. Is it really going to disappear because of this?"

"There are really human fish," a female clerk with narrow eyes and short hair said, "This is the kind of life that became immortal after eating mermaid meat, and the arrow of dugong is also tied with life to give divine power. Those who own this arrow can realize their dream of immortality!"

Gao Cheng looked at the female clerk questioningly: "How fate?"

The short-haired female clerk squinted at Gao Cheng and walked away: "Since Saori lost the arrow, if she flees the island for fear of mermaid revenge, it is possible..."

"Who is she?" Gao Cheng said inexplicably, "What era is she still so superstitious..."

"She's Naoko, Saori's friend from childhood to adulthood," said the proprietress. "The fate she said was actually the chief priest of this festival, the representative of our island, the grandmother of the Shimashiro family. ."

"That old woman who is famous for her longevity?" Gao Cheng reacted. In the past few days, I heard people talk about an old witch at the shrine. I heard that she lived 180 or 200 years old. Anyway, there is not one. People are sure.

"Right," the proprietress suddenly reminded, "If you are interested, do you want to visit the shrine where the festival is held? Ms. Kimie, who lives with her fate, should also be in that shrine, Ms. Kimie The relationship with Saori is the best, and you may be able to ask some news there..."

"Shrine?"

Gao Cheng's complexion sank slightly.

The client's disappearance is really not a good sign, this kind of weird case can't help but remind him of the previous Moonshadow Island.

"Is the letter of entrustment really sent by Kadowaki Saori?"

"Huh?" Hattori looked upset just because of finding someone, and stopped. "What are you talking about? Didn't I say it? I heard the sound of the ocean waves and her crying..."

"Didn't the other party hang up the phone? Is it really Kadowaki Saori himself?" Gao Cheng took the letter of authorization from Hattori, "What if what happened at that time?"

Hattori's face was difficult to look: "You mean..."

Gao Cheng shook his head and smiled: "It's nothing, just think about it casually, maybe she just had something suddenly, because it's too weird because mermaids kill people or something."

Hattori frowned wildly: "Idiot! Don't joke casually!"

At the U.S. Island Shrine, a maiden with long hair in the middle greets Gao Cheng's group, her black hair tied into a bunch behind her, she looks cute and delicate.

"My grandma is just over 130 years old this year, and I will find out immediately when I check the household registration," Mikoshima Daikunhui emphasized, "Really, it's just a longer life. Everyone is so fussy."

"What then?" Hattori looked around, "Where is that grandma now?"

"She is in the room now, preparing the three dugong arrows that will be sent out at the festival." Shimadai Junhui said helplessly.

"Did that old grandma really eat mermaid meat?" Uncle Maori asked curiously.

"Ah? Haha," Shimadai stunned, and said amusedly, "How can there be any mermaids in this world? It's all other people's nonsense."

"But the arrow of the dugong..."

"That arrow used to be called the'Arrow of Curse', it was just a talisman used to kill demons, but because of the longevity of grandma and grandma, people on the island use the same pronunciation of'Dugong Arrow' to call it. This is what my first mother told me."

Xiaolan asked in surprise: "Has your mother passed away?"

"Yes... I died at sea with my father five years ago. My grandfather and grandmother also disappeared at sea before I was born..." Shimadai Junhui seemed to be very open. "So, now only grandma and grandma are left. My great-granddaughter is dependent on each other..."

"Oh?" Gao Cheng glanced over the tourists visiting the shrine and asked, "I heard that you are Kadowaki Saori's best friend? Have you seen her these days?"

Shimadai Junhui shook his head and said: "I haven't seen it in the past few days, but I went to the island by boat with her four days ago. I said I was going to see a dentist, so she went with me...because we don't have a dentist here. …"

"How was Miss Saori's situation at that time?"

"She was very scared because she lost the arrow of the dugong. She was afraid that the mermaid would seek her revenge," Junhui Shimadai recalled. "Although I have comforted her that there will be no curse, she just doesn't believe it..."

A woman with partial long straight hair in a blue long fleece dress came with a chuckle: "You are so stupid, Junhui, you say that because you don’t believe in the power of your great-grandmother. She really has I've worked hard, and I have indeed eaten mermaid meat before."

"Sumi?" Junhui Shimadai looked back in surprise.

"Don't you know it too?" The woman had a slight enthusiasm on her face. "There was a mermaid's body three years ago, didn't you? The mermaid's bones were broken..."

"Shoumei!" A short-haired young man interrupted the woman, "Don't say it, don't say it in front of outsiders!"

"Lu Lang..."

The young man had dark skin and looked at Gao Cheng coldly: "You guys, if you are here to find Saori, you should go to Saori's house to find out the situation. Of course, the premise is that her drunk dad welcomes you first... "

Gao Cheng watched the young man leave with the woman, and said strangely: "Who is this person?"

"His name is Fukuyama Rokuro," Shimadai Junhui smiled. "It's Sumi's fiancé and a friend we grew up with. Don't look at him like this, he is actually a very nice person.

"you guys?"

"Oh, I grew up with Rokurou, Saori, Sumi, and Naomi at the gift shop, and we were still together until college."

Shimadai Junhui looks nostalgic.

"We all like watching movies, so when we were in college, we joined the film club. At that time, we even made a Bhikkhuni Monogatari movie and won the first place in the competition."

"I really can't tell. Several people have stayed on this island after graduating from college."

"Because everyone likes it here."

"Really?" Hattori stared at the direction of Fukuyama's departure, "but it's really weird. Ms. Akira Saori is gone, but no one is worried about her safety."

"This is because Saori used to quarrel with her dad and run away from home," Junhui Shimadai said with a wry smile, "So everyone is used to it, so let me take you to ask his dad after the festival is over."

"I really trouble you." Hattori was a little slouched.

"However, even though it is a festival, it is actually just a lottery," Junhui Shimadai smiled sweetly. "If the number plate purchased in advance is the same as the number announced by the grandmother at the festival, you can get the arrow of the dugong. …By the way, do you want to try your luck too?"

Shimadai Junhui took out two wooden signs with numbers written on them and asked Xiaolan and Yuanzi: "This morning, an old couple returned the number cards temporarily, so I have two more here."

"This is the number plate? I seem to have seen it somewhere this morning..." Gao Cheng rubbed his chin and looked at the wooden sign for a while, then suddenly looked back at Hui Yuan.

Huihara turned his head away and looked at other places indifferently: "I didn't buy it."

…

At night, with a blast of grand drumming, villagers and tourists on the island gathered at the shrine.

Although the weather was not very good, the lively festival was not affected. People gathered around the venue excitedly, looking forward to the shrine hall with a row of sacred fire under the steps, as if witnessing some kind of sacred ceremony.

Gao Cheng had no interest in this kind of festival. After he separated from his uncle and his group, he looked for people everywhere to ask about what happened three years ago.

It is said that there was a fire in the warehouse of the shrine three years ago, and a suspected mermaid bone was found afterwards...

Although he doesn't remember the whole story, he is still much better than Conan and Hattori, and he feels the breath of the case directly.

The disappeared client Saori Kadowaki, the "mermaid" in the fire three years ago... something must have happened on this island.

Gao Cheng and Huihara squeezed in front of the crowd together and looked straight at the shrine main hall.

As the wooden door opened, an old witch with long white hair turned her back to the sitting hall. In the eyes of everyone, the old witch took a long ignition stick and walked out of the hall with heavy makeup on her face and her height. It's taller than Conan, it looks so small.

Rejuvenation? Probably not...

"It's fate!"

"The fate is out!"

The atmosphere at the scene was even more fiery. Everyone watched the old witch lighting a fire on the paper door, burning three Chinese character numbers one after another.

Hui Yuan glanced at Gao Cheng, took out a wooden sign without a trace, and stared at the paper door nervously while holding his breath.

"3, 107...18...no, nothing..."

"What's wrong, Xiao Ai?" Gao Cheng looked at the lost Hui Yuan strangely, "You don't believe in immortality? This longevity woman is so old by herself..."

"Everyone!" After the old maiden retreated, the staff of the shrine began to put out the fire. After a while, Shimadai Junhui appeared in front of everyone, "Please pay attention to everyone. We will officially issue the arrow of dugong in one hour. Please go to the mermaid. Collection of waterfalls!"

"Don't you post it directly here?" Gao Cheng said in a daze.

"I heard that there are activities at the waterfall," Uncle Maori came over, "How about it? Didn't you go to someone for questioning before? Is there any result?"

Gao Cheng shook his head: "I'm just asking about the fire three years ago, but most people don't want to say much. Even if they are willing to say, it is a mermaid or something."

"Three years ago," the uncle replied in a deep voice, "it seems to have been reported on TV that a burnt corpse resembling a mermaid was found in the warehouse of the fire. The longevity woman seems to have become famous since that time..."

Conan looked slightly surprised when he heard this, and looked at Gao Chengdao: "Cito... Brother Cioto, do you think the burnt corpse three years ago has something else hidden?"

"It just feels like this."

An hour later, in the pitch-black forest of the small island, fire was also erected under the rumbling waterfall. Witch Island Daikun Hui was standing between the campfire, surrounded by ropes, and there were still a large number of people watching the excitement. outside.

If there were not enough people, this place was really creepy.

Gao Cheng followed his uncle to the scene: "What? He Ye was also drawn?"

"Yeah," He Ye preciously holding the number plate, "I can also get eternal youth and beauty..."

"Forget it," Hattori poured cold water, "Heye, longevity may not be a good thing..."

"Don't worry, Pingci," He Ye Xi smiled, "I will pick your bones for you..."

The corners of Pingci's mouth twitched: "Huh...really?"

"Everyone," Shimadai Junhui shouted, "Now, please come to the front of the three lucky guests who won the draw!"

"it is good!"

The short-haired woman named Naoko from the gift shop in Heye and the gift shop walked out of the crowd.

"Is there another... the last one not present?" Shimadai Junhui continued to shout.

"It's me."

An unshaven middle-aged uncle burped alcohol and walked past Gao Cheng drunkly: "Get out of the way."

Gao Cheng smelled the smell of alcohol and frowned, "Who is this uncle?"

The young man named Lulang happened to be beside him, and he didn't catch a cold with the uncle: "He is the drunkard father of Saori, haven't you looked for him yet?"

"That's him?"

"Strange..." Hattori said in surprise, "I thought the one remaining was the older sister named Sumi, and I saw her happily saying "I won"..."

"Did you see it too?" Conan looked around, leaving a trace of cold sweat on his face, "And I didn't see her getting any figure..."

After Shimadai Junhui distributed the arrows of the dugong, UU read www.uukanshu. com nodded to the helping villagers and said, "Now, please three of you accept the light of happiness!"

Bright fireworks rose into the air, bursting into the air one after another, illuminating the mermaid waterfall again and again.

When everyone was marveling at the fireworks, a black shadow suddenly came into view in the waterfall. The black shawl and long hair were soaked in the water, and the slender body clinging to the long fleece skirt hung in the middle of the waterfall, following the rapid falling water light. Floating and swaying, flying like a ghost in a mountain.

"What is that..." There were trembling exclamations in the crowd, and panic spread instantly.

Just like the name of this waterfall, the silhouette of the woman under the fireworks is like a mermaid swimming upstream in the waterfall, but the pale and scary complexion and the scary straight eyes make people feel hairy.

Gao Cheng slightly squinted his eyes and looked at the waterfall for a while, then turned to the young Lulang in a deep voice and said, "Go to the top of the waterfall first."

In the end, something went wrong. So, Kadowaki Saori, who has been missing for three days, is probably already...