Science solves cases? No, I am an immortal cultivator!

Fujifeng House.

Conan just got home from school and called Hattori Heiji back on his cell phone: "Hello, Hattori, why are you calling me?"

Hattori Heiji on the other end of the phone laughed and said, "What else can I do? Of course I'll go play with you!"

Conan rolled his eyes. When did Hattori Heiji ever ask him to play?

If there is no case, he will wash his hair upside down.

"Tell me, what's the case?"

Hattori Heiji laughed and said, "Hahaha, I really can't hide it from you. I received a strange letter of commission three days ago. Now that I have some free time, we can go and take a look."

Conan asked: "What strange letter of commission?"

Hattori Heiji asked in return: "Have you heard of Mermaid Island?"

"Is it that American island?" Conan curled his lips. "I'm trying to convince you that you don't believe in fairy tales like mermaids, do you?"

Hattori Heiji said: "Of course I don't believe it, but this letter of commission says: I'm going to be killed by a mermaid, save me!

And that letter was sent to me, but the letterhead was Kudo Shinichi."

"Oh?" Conan suddenly became interested. "Where's the sender? Do you have any contact information?"

Hattori Heiji said: "The sender's name is Kadokyo Saori, and she left her mobile phone number on the letter, but I only got through the first time I tried to contact her, and she hung up immediately. The only sound on the other end of the phone besides the sound of the waves was a woman's moans."

Conan's eyes narrowed, and he asked, "Could it be that..."

Hattori Heiji said in a deep voice: "Yes, I suspect that the gatekeeper Saori has been killed!"

Conan was silent for a moment, then asked, "When are we going?"

Hattori Heiji said, "Let's do it tomorrow! We'll meet up directly at the port in Fukui Prefecture."

"Row."

Conan hung up the phone and fell into deep thought.

Kudo Shinichi has not appeared in the public eye for a long time. Why would that gatekeeper Saori look for him?

He also sent the letter to Hattori Heiji.

……

the next morning.

Conan meets up with Hattori Heiji at the port, along with Toyama Kazuha.

"Hey, aren't Xiaolan and Uncle Maori here?" Yuanshan and Ye looked over.

Hattori Heiji told her that Conan would come, and she subconsciously thought that Xiaolan and Maori Kogoro would also come.

"Uncle and Sister Xiaolan have something to do and can't come." Conan lied without hesitation.

"Is that so?" Toyama and Ye nodded, then felt something was wrong, "Then Conan, why did you run so far alone?"

"Hey, he's not an ordinary kid, Heye, don't treat him like a child."

Hattori Heiji pressed Conan's head.

Yuanshan Heye thought about it and it seemed to be true. Conan was very different from other children she had met.

Conan looked unhappy and slapped Hattori Heiji's hand away.

"Let's get on board!"

Hattori Heiji looked at the ferry.

……

on board.

As soon as they boarded the ship, Toyama and Ye felt someone patting their shoulder.

Then came the sound she least wanted to hear.

"He Ye, what a coincidence, are you going to Mermaid Island too?"

When she turned her head, it was indeed Kitagawa Taki's face.

Yuanshan Heye suddenly felt depressed. Why did she run into Kitagawa Taki wherever she went?

"Kitagawa?" Hattori Heiji also heard Kitagawa Taki's voice. He looked at Kitagawa Taki and Haibara Ai beside him.

Kitagawa Taki asked again: "Are you also going to Mermaid Island to participate in the festival?"

Of course, he and Haibara Ai were not going to attend the festival.

Hattori Heiji waved his hand: "No, we received a commission..."

"That's it."

Kitagawa Taki understood in his heart that it seemed that Shimabukuro Kimie had already started to take action.

At this moment, Huiyuan Ai's cold voice was heard: "Why are you staring at me?"

Conan touched his nose and quickly looked away.

When he saw Kitagawa Taki and Haibara Ai, he thought of the Black Organization, and when he thought of the Black Organization, he thought of the strange letter of commission.

For a moment, he suspected that the Black Organization had discovered his true identity and set a trap for him.

But he soon changed his mind.

Because it seems unnecessary for the Black Organization to go through so much trouble to deal with him.

Besides feeling embarrassed, Conan also felt a bit self-deprecating. He was almost suffering from paranoia.

Hattori Heiji looked at Conan with a strange expression. Why was this Kudo staring at a little girl? Could he be a copper sorcerer?

If Conan knew what Hattori Heiji was thinking, he would definitely point at his nose and scold him.

Haibara Ai is not just a little girl, she might be older than all of them combined.

……

Mermaid Island.

Town office.

Hattori Heiji asked the staff about Saori Kadokyo, but was told that Saori Kadokyo had not been to work for three days.

"Three days, isn't that when the letter is sent to me?" Hattori Heiji held his chin.

The staff member said, "If you want to know more, you can go to the souvenir shop where Saori works and ask."

……

Souvenir shop.

The shelves are filled with all kinds of mermaid peripherals.

Toyama and Ye's attention was drawn to the matter. "Amulets, suspender clips, and dugong pie?"

She couldn't help but ask, "What is a dugong?"

Ai Huihara put her hands behind her back and said, "A kind of mammal that lives on the seabed, commonly known as a mermaid."

Toyama Kazuha nodded and couldn't help but look at Haibara Ai again. What's wrong with kids nowadays?

On the other side, Hattori Heiji was asking the store clerk about Monkyo Saori.

"Saori, she accidentally lost the dugong arrow she got at last year's celebration, so she has been very scared, afraid that the mermaid will take revenge on her!" The clerk looked secretive.

Kitagawa Taki glanced at Haibara Ai. Last year, Vodka stole a dugong arrow. He wondered if it was the one that Menxie Saori lost.

Hattori Heiji asked, "Dugong Arrow?"

The clerk nodded. "Yes, it's an amulet of immortality. Every year during the Dugong Festival, three dugong arrows are randomly awarded to villagers or tourists."

Hattori Heiji's mouth twitched: "Immortality? Where can such a good thing happen?"

Another young clerk interrupted, "Yes, there are cases in the world where people have achieved immortality by eating mermaid flesh. The dugong arrows made from the hair grown by the longevity woman using her telekinesis have the magical power to grant immortality."

It's entirely possible that Saori would be so frightened that she would flee the island after losing something so important."

After saying that, she turned and left.

Hattori Heiji looked at the woman's back and asked, "Who is she?"

The clerk explained: "Kuroe Naoko, she and Saori are friends who grew up together."

Conan asked, "Who is this longevity lady she mentioned?"

Beichuan Taki interrupted, "The Longevity Lady is the host of the celebration. The immortal that Miss Heijiang just mentioned is her. It is said that she is over a hundred years old."

The clerk glanced at Kitagawa Taki and said, "This customer knows it very well!"

Conan and Hattori Heiji also looked at Kitagawa Taki.