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

Hattori Heiji, who was still in shock, felt very jealous when he saw this scene.

But he couldn't blame Kitagawa Taki because it was Toyama Kazuha who bumped into him.

So, he could only say a few words to Yuanshan Heye: "Heye, it's not the first time you've seen a corpse, why are you so scared?"

"I……"

Yuanshan Heye was both embarrassed and angry. How could she not be scared when she suddenly saw such a terrifying face?

It was just a coincidence that Kitagawa Taki happened to be standing behind her.

……

Over there, Conan had already turned on the flashlight on his watch and approached the corpse.

There were marks of strangulation on Naoko Kuroe's neck, and it was obvious that she was strangled to death before being hung on the fishing net.

There were only two kinds of footprints on the beach, one was the slippers on Naoko Kuroe's feet, and the other was the long boots.

"look here!"

Hattori Heiji was holding a flashlight, and in the center of the light source were traces of the dugong's arrow and the slippers.

"The arrow mark is under the slipper print. It must have fallen to the ground and been stepped on by Miss Heijiang."

Conan nodded, "The arrow must have been taken away by the murderer."

"In that case, let's see where the murderer's footprints went."

After saying this, Kitagawa Taki followed the footprints of his long boots on the beach.

Finally, we reached the beach.

Kitagawa Taki glanced at Hattori Heiji and Conan who followed him, "It seems that the murderer is very smart. He walked along the coastline and the sea water washed away his footprints."

Hattori Heiji held his chin and said, "This way, this clue is broken."

At this time, a voice came: "Hey, who are you?"

I saw a bald uncle walking to the beach with two policemen.

Hattori Heiji asked: "Who are you?"

The bald uncle took out his ID and said, "We are the Fukui Prefecture Police."

"My name is Hattori Heiji, and I'm a detective."

The bald uncle said, "Detective? I've never heard of him. Anyway, just don't interfere with our investigation."

Hattori Heiji's face darkened, and he thought, "Let's see who solves the case first."

Kitagawa Taki thought to himself, if you say you are the son of the Chief of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, people will definitely recognize you.

……

Leaving the Fukui Prefectural Police aside, Kitagawa Taki and his companions returned to the room.

Kitagawa Taki asked, "Did anyone see Miss Naoko leave the room?"

Shimabukuro Junhui shook her head and said, "She was not in the room when I came over."

Fukuyama Rokuro said, "Me too."

The slightly tipsy Kadowaki Benzo burped and said, "I didn't see it either."

Hattori Heiji's eyes fixed on him and he asked, "Mr. Kadowaki, I have a question for you. Where did you get your number plate?"

Kadowaki Benzo affirmed, "Of course I got it!"

Conan asked Shimabukuro Kimie: "Sister Kimie, do you have a record of who drew the number card?"

Shimabukuro Kimie replied, “Yes.”

When Benzo Kadowaki heard this, his eyes flashed and his expression was a little unnatural.

The strange look in Hattori Heiji's eyes became even more intense, and he seriously suspected that Kadowaki Benzo was the murderer.

"Then please, Miss Jun Hui, take us to have a look."

As soon as everyone stood up, they were stopped by the police.

The bald uncle said, "You can't leave now. We need to check the belongings of everyone present."

Hattori Heiji's mouth twitched, "Hey, uncle, you don't think the murderer would be stupid enough to carry a dugong arrow with him, do you?"

The bald uncle raised his eyebrows: "How is it impossible? We can't miss any possibility."

Hattori Heiji choked. To some extent, what the uncle said made sense.

So everyone had to cooperate with the police investigation.

Kitagawa Taki and Toyama Kazuha each have a dugong arrow on their bodies, no problem.

The last person to be examined was Benzo Kadowaki. He reached into his coat pocket and found an arrow.

He himself was a little confused. The dugong arrow with the number plate of Ebina Sumi that he had picked up had clearly been sold by him at a high price.

However, after a brief consideration, he immediately made a decision in his heart.

That is to take this arrow for yourself!

You know, he sold the last arrow for a high price of one million yen, which was enough for him to live comfortably for a long time.

Anyway, no one knows that his arrows have been sold, right?

Benzo Kadowaki took out the dugong arrow and frankly admitted that this was the one he had drawn.

Kitagawa Taki sneered inwardly when he saw that Kadowaki Benzo had fallen into his trap.

In fact, as early as last night when he saw Benzo Kadowaki get the number plate that belonged to Sumi Ebina, Kitagawa Taki had already decided to put the blame for the murder on him.

It just so happened that he found that Benzo Kadowaki did not have the dugong arrow on him, so he put the one that belonged to Naoko Kuroe on Benzo Kadowaki.

Unexpectedly, Benzo Kadowaki actually admitted that it was the one he drew.

Kitagawa Taki called the bald uncle aside and whispered, "Inspector, you can take back all the arrows and check for fingerprints on them."

The bald uncle's eyes lit up. If there were Naoko Kuroe's fingerprints on the arrow, wouldn't that mean that person was the murderer?

He immediately did as he was told and took away the dugong arrows from the three men.

Kadowaki Benzo was completely unaware of the problem and was quite displeased: "Officer, will you return it to me?"

The bald uncle waved his hand and said, "Of course!"

After saying that, the bald uncle left the room with two policemen.

Shimabukuro Kimie's eyes dimmed and she sighed: "Saori won't..."

A middle-aged woman answered, "As for Saori, I saw her near the Mermaid Falls yesterday morning!"

Another uncle said, "I saw her too. I saw her wandering in the forest from a distance."

Hattori Heiji asked, "Are you sure that's Monkyo Saori?"

The uncle affirmed: "There is no mistake, she is the only one who dyes her hair and wears glasses."

Hattori Heiji pinched his chin. In that case, Menkyo Saori might have had to flee around the island in order to avoid someone's pursuit.

"Mr. Kadowaki, do you know the inside story?"

"Who knows? She usually never tells me anything." Kadowaki Benzo spread his hands and looked at the body of Kuroe Naoko outside the house.

"I just hope she doesn't become a mermaid like this girl."

"Mermaid?" Yuanshan Heye looked at the corpse again and felt a little scared.

Ai Huiyuan put her hands behind her back and said slowly, "Legend has it that Yaobikuni specializes in eating mermaid flesh caught in nets."

Yuanshan Heye swallowed his saliva. It was really creepy that the murderer deliberately arranged the person like this.

Hattori Heiji frowned. Is this the attitude a father should have?

……

On the way back to the shrine.

Hattori Heiji asked, "Hey, Kitagawa, you were the one who asked that uncle to take the dugong arrow, weren't you?"

Beichuan Taki nodded: "Yeah, what's wrong?"

Hattori Heiji narrowed his eyes slightly: "You also think that Kadowaki Benzo is the murderer?"

Kitagawa Taki said, "That's right. The one who drew the numbered card, Sumi Ebina, doesn't have a numbered card on her. Besides Kazuha and me, and the deceased Naoko Kuroe, Benzo Kadowaki is a strong suspect."

Hattori Heiji raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "As long as we check the number plate records, we can expose his lies."