A Detective: I Believe in Science

Chapter 165 Joint Curse of Two Gods of Death

Xiaolan and Kazuha have been confused by eternal youth, but Hattori and Conan are not, and their goal is still Saori.

The mermaid mentioned in the letter was about to be killed, which made the two very concerned. They asked Junhui Shimabukuro to inform the home address of Saori Monsie.

"Saori's home is not far from here, you can just walk along the shrine, but I'm afraid it's useless if you go now."

"why?"

"Because everyone on the island has to participate in this celebration, and Saori's family is no exception. If you don't mind, I will lead you there after the celebration is over."

Before Hattori agreed, the uncle agreed for him first. He came to see the mermaid, not to solve the commission.

In desperation, Hattori had no choice but to wait in the shrine first, and occasionally help organize the celebration supplies.

"Conan, I didn't feel it at first, but after I came to the island, I suddenly felt a strong anxiety. I was very concerned about the sentence that the mermaid was about to be killed."

"Well, not only you, but me too."

... Noah who was following the two of them had a black thread on his hair. Don't think about it, this sect assistant Sazhi will definitely not survive. If you two asserted it, it would be a ghost if she survived.

The celebration started at about seven o'clock in the evening, and now it was only one hour before seven o'clock, and the number of people in the shrine gradually increased.

I am very curious about the longest-lived longevity women on Mermaid Island, but I have not seen them. Shimabukuro Junhui said that her grandmother is very old now, and she rarely comes out for activities, only at night celebrations will appear.

What made Noah speechless was that if it wasn't for the excited expressions of the people participating in the celebration and the atmosphere full of laughter and laughter, he would have thought that this dugong celebration was to sacrifice ancestors, and he would have hung a photo on the In front of my eyes.

A simple blockade has been built in the shrine, and all the people participating in the celebration stand outside the line, waiting for the appearance of Longevity Woman.

"Boom, boom, boom"

Accompanied by a few dull voices, an old lady with an unusually short stature walked out of the shrine.

The look of anticipation on the faces of Xiaolan and Heye has disappeared, replaced by entanglement and hesitation.

"Didn't it mean that you can stay young forever? Why does the longevity lady look so old?"

"Xiao Lan, I suddenly don't want to win the draw. If I lose it, will the mermaid come and catch me?"

"Probably not, don't talk nonsense."

But Xiaolan's voice was trembling, and Kazuya couldn't make up his mind. Standing next to the two of them, Conan and Hattori's face was full of helplessness. You two are so timid, so don't come to compete for the dugong's arrow.

On the other side, Gray Principle, who did not participate in the competition, was full of gratitude.

"Look, it's a good thing you didn't participate, otherwise your body would never grow."

Huiyuan nodded in agreement. When the old lady appeared just now, she really scared her. The skin on her face was no longer wrinkled, but wrinkled.

After the longevity woman came out, she didn't do any unnecessary movements, but simply chanted a few incantations, and then waved her hand, the windows behind her suddenly lit up, causing the people participating in the celebration to let out a burst of exclamation.

The windows should be designed in advance so that the flame spreads very slowly, and instead of burning in a large area, it only spreads along a specific route.

When the flames stopped spreading, three numbers composed of flames formed on the window, and this is today's winner of the Dugong Arrow.

Three, 27, 48

"27... I remember, isn't this the number on your sign with Ye Ye?"

Xiaolan turned her head to look at He Ye. At this time, He Ye's face was full of complexity. When she first got the sign, she must have been ecstatic, but now, she is so entangled.

The Dugong Arrow is not awarded now, but an hour later, at the Mermaid Waterfall.

"Hattori, I'm a little scared if I want to pick up the dugong's arrow."

"It's just a self-made arrow, what are you afraid of, I really don't believe there are mermaids."

Noah stabbed Hattori at the right time, telling Hattori to stop saying such things, because the surrounding tourists and residents looked at Hattori with a little anger, and they were true believers.

The Mermaid Waterfall is located in the center of the island, hidden in a dark forest, and it is pitch-black. Fortunately, there are not many tourists to see the excitement.

If there were only three lucky ones to go, I'm afraid they would be frightened along the way. What's more, the weather today is not good. Although it didn't rain, it was thundering all the time. I'm afraid it won't be far from rain.

It was not Longevity who issued the Dugong Arrow, and Junhui Shimabukuro, the body of Longevity did not support her to make such a trek.

An hour later, Junhui Shimabukuro stood up, made the same incantation as Changshoupo and prayed for blessings, and took the three dugong arrows that had been prepared from the sacrificial table.

"The holders of the numbers three, 27, and 48, please stand in front of the stage and receive the Dugong Arrow."

With Xiaolan's encouragement, Heye stood up, and at the same time as Ci, the woman who said the mermaid skeleton I met at the shrine today, and a drunk walking wobbly.

Junhui Shimabukuro handed over the dugong arrow to the three of them with a serious face, and after asking to keep it safe, the ceremony ended.

"What is that, how did it get hung on the waterfall."

With the light brought by the lightning, some of the people present panicked and pointed their arms upstream of the waterfall, attracting the attention of the surrounding people.

After being illuminated by lightning several times in a row, the unidentified object hanging on the waterfall was clearly seen, and it turned out to be a person.

Seeing this situation, the expressions of the three detectives changed, and they rushed to the upper reaches of the waterfall. Something happened!

After arriving upstream, it was found that the body was hung on the waterfall with a rope. Hattori and the uncle worked together to fish him up.

"Naoko!"

Junhui Shimabukuro, who came later, exclaimed when he saw the appearance of the corpse.

The full name of the deceased was Heijiang Naoko, an aborigine on Mermaid Island. It is not known what caused her to be hung on the waterfall.

Some people say that at the beginning of the celebration, Naoko Heijiang was seen.

"Then based on the stiffness of the body and what the witnesses just said, Naoko Heijiang's death time should be about an hour."

"Could it be that Naoko accidentally slipped and fell when she was looking for something upstream, and then the rope that was tied around her waist was hung around her neck."

"It's not impossible."

"It wasn't an accident, it was homicide."

Hattori and Conan got in from behind, holding a swimming ring in their hands. They were looking for clues just now, and finally found the swimming ring downstream.

"If there is this swimming ring, then as long as the dead Heijiang Naoko is placed upstream and slides down, it will form what we saw just now."

"Whether it's an accident or a homicide, the most important thing now is to call the police. We have no right to dispose of the dead body."

The uncle made a final decision. After all, he had worked as a policeman for two years, so he knew that such things must be reported to the police department for record.

"What, can't you come now?"

"I see."

The uncle hung up the phone and told them that the Fukui prefectural police could not come here for the time being due to the strong wind and waves at sea, and they had to wait for the wind and waves to calm down before they could come.

"Isn't that just right? Since the police can't come, it means the murderer can't escape."

Hattori and Conan looked at each other with excitement in their eyes, and the confirmed eyes were the right person, and it was another good time to compete with Kudo.

I didn't stay under the Mermaid Waterfall, because the sky had already started to rain lightly, and it was getting bigger and bigger.

They had no choice but to return to the village with Naoko Heijiang's body, looking at it.

Noah and his party did not return to the hotel, but came to the shrine. They need to know more about what happened tonight and some basic conditions on the island.

"Hey, you want to see your great-grandmother?"

Junhui Shimabukuro looked at Hattori and Conan with a surprised expression, and after receiving reconfirmation from the other party, she thought for a while before speaking.

"Let me go and call for a try. After all, she has just finished presiding over the ceremony, so she should be tired."

(End of this chapter)