Rebirth of Conan as a Detective

"Eh? Are you 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 angrily, "Although the client's name and phone number were written in the signature of the letter, I couldn't reach her at all. The first time I called her, I only answered her. I hung up right away, the sound of waves and women's cries came from the other end of the phone, after that I called many times but couldn't get through..."

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

"You think I'm stupid!"

Hattori Daichi almost grabbed Gao Cheng by the collar, and snorted, "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 the name of Kudo Come on, that Kadowaki Saori is looking for Kudo..."

Gao Cheng crossed his arms: "I don't know anyone here, besides, I just came two days ago, you received the letter three days ago, right? Besides, my reputation is higher than Kudo..."

"Dugong's Arrow?" Uncle Mao Li didn't quarrel with the two, and asked the proprietress seriously.

"It's the talisman of immortality," the proprietress explained, "Saori lost the arrow she got at last year's festival, so she was worried that the mermaid would punish her a week ago. That arrow is very important. Come here today." Almost all of these tourists come for it..."

The uncle smiled wryly and said, "But I just lost a mermaid amulet. Is this really going to disappear because of this?"

"There are real mermaids," said a shop assistant with long, narrow eyes and short hair. "It's said that after eating mermaid meat, I became immortal. The dugong's arrow is also tied with a life form that endows it with divine power." hair, whoever owns this arrow can realize the dream of immortality!"

Gao Cheng looked at the female clerk in doubt: "What kind of fate?"

The short-haired shop assistant glanced sideways at Gao Cheng, walked away and said, "Since Saori has lost that arrow, it is possible for her to escape from this island because she is afraid of the mermaid's revenge..."

"Who is she?" Gao Cheng asked inexplicably, "In what age is she still so superstitious..."

"Her name is Naoko, and she is Saori's friend since she was a child," said the proprietress. "The fate she mentioned is actually the chief priest of this festival, who is the representative of our island, the grandma of the Shimashiro family. .”

"Is that the old lady who is famous for her longevity?" Gao Cheng reacted,

In the past few days, I have indeed heard people talking about an old witch at the shrine. I heard that she lived to be 180 years old or 200 years old. Anyway, no one is sure.

"By the way," the proprietress suddenly reminded, "If you are interested, would you like to visit the shrine where the festival is held? Ms. Junhui who lives with Mingyang should also be in that shrine, Miss Junhui The relationship with Saori is the best, you may be able to ask some news there..."

"A shrine?"

Gao Cheng's face darkened slightly.

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

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

"Ah?" Hattori was upset because of the matter of looking for someone. Hearing this, he stopped, "What are you talking about? Didn't I say it? At that time, I heard the sound of waves and her crying..."

"Didn't the other party hang up the phone? Is it really Saori Kadowaki?" Gao Cheng took Hattori's commission letter, "What if something happened at that time?"

Hattori's expression turned ugly: "You mean..."

Gao Cheng shook his head and smiled: "It's nothing, I just thought about it casually, maybe she just happened to happen suddenly, because it's too strange for mermaids to kill people or something."

Hattori frowned wildly: "Idiot! Don't just joke around!"

At the U.S. Island Shrine, a middle-parted long-haired maiden greeted Gao Cheng and his party. Her black hair was tied into a bundle behind her, and she looked cute and delicate.

"My grandma just turned 130 years old this year, and I'll find out right away when I go to check the household registration," Mikojima Dai Junhui emphasized, "Really, it's just that they live longer, and everyone makes such a fuss."

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

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

"Has that old lady really eaten mermaid meat?" Uncle Maori asked curiously.

"Ah? Haha," Shimashiro was stunned for a moment, and said amusedly, "How can there be mermaids in this world? It's all made up by others."

"But the arrow of the dugong..."

"The arrow used to be called the 'cursed arrow', it was just a talisman used to ward off evil spirits, but because of grandma's longevity, the people on the island called it 'the arrow of the dugong' with the same pronunciation, This is what my mother told me."

Xiao Lan asked in surprise, "Has your mother passed away?"

"That's right... I died at sea with my father five years ago, and my grandfather and grandmother also disappeared at sea before I was born..." Shimashiro Junhui seemed to be very open-minded, "So, now only grandparents are left. Grandma and my great-granddaughter depend on each other for life..."

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

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

"How was Miss Saori at that time?"

"Because she lost the dugong's arrow, she was very scared, and she was very afraid that the mermaid would seek her revenge," Shimashiro Junhui recalled, "Although I reassured her that there would be no curses, she just didn't believe it..."

A woman with parted long straight hair in a blue one-piece long velvet dress came over with a chuckle: "You are so stupid, Jun Hui, you say that because you don't believe in your great-grandmother's power at all, she really has Work hard, and I have indeed eaten mermaid meat before."

"Sumi?" Shimashiro Junhui turned around in surprise.

"Didn't you know that too?" The woman had a slight frenzy on her face, "There was a mermaid corpse three years ago, didn't you? The shattered bones of that mermaid..."

"Shoumei!" A short-haired young man interrupted the woman, "Stop talking, don't talk in front of outsiders!"

"Lu Lang..."

The young man had dark skin and looked at Gao Cheng coldly: "You guys, if you are looking for Sazhi, you should go to her house to find out the situation. Of course, the premise is that her drunken father welcomes you first... ..."

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

"His name is Fukuyama Rokuro," Shimashiro Junhui said with a smile, "He is Sumi's fiancé and a friend we grew up with. Don't look at him like this, but he is actually very nice."

"you?"

"Oh, I grew up with Rokuro, Saori, Sumi, and Nasumi from the gift shop, and we were still together until college."

Shimashiro Junhui looked nostalgic.

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

"I really can't tell, how many people stayed on this island after graduating from university."

"Because everyone loves it here."

"Really?" Hattori stared at the direction Fukuyama Rokuro left, "But it's really strange that Miss Saori is gone, but no one is worried about her safety."

"This is because Saori used to quarrel with her father and run away from home," Shimashiro Junhui said with a wry smile, "so everyone is used to it. How about this? After the festival is over, I will take you to ask his father."

"It's really troublesome for you." Hattori was a little listless.

"However, although it's a festival, it's actually just a lottery," Shimashiro Junhui said with a sweet smile, "If the number plate purchased in advance by the guest is the same as the number announced by grandma at the festival, you can get the arrow of the dugong ...By the way, do you want to try your luck too?"

Junhui Shimashiro took out two wooden plates with numbers written on them and asked Xiaolan and Sonoko, "An old couple just returned the number plates temporarily this morning, so I have two more here."

"This is the number plate? I seem to have seen it somewhere this morning..." Gao Cheng touched his chin and looked at the wooden plate for a while, then suddenly turned his head to look at Huiyuan.

Huiyuan turned his head away and casually looked elsewhere: "I didn't buy it."

...

At night, accompanied by a grand sound of drumming, villagers and tourists on the island gathered at the shrine one after another.

Although the weather was not very good, the lively festival was not affected. People gathered around the venue excitedly, expecting to see the shrine hall with a row of sacred fires at the bottom of the steps, as if they were witnessing some kind of sacred ceremony.

Gao Cheng didn't have much interest in this kind of festival. After he separated from his uncle and his party, he looked for people everywhere to ask about what happened three years ago.

It is said that the warehouse of the shrine caught fire three years ago, and a skeleton suspected of being a mermaid was found afterwards...

Although he didn't remember the whole story of the case, he was much better than Conan and Hattori, and he felt the breath of the case directly.

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

Gao Cheng and Hui Yuan squeezed together in front of the crowd, looking straight at the main hall of the shrine.

As the wooden door opened, an old witch with long white hair sat facing the hall. In the eyes of everyone, the old witch walked out of the hall with a long ignition stick. It's taller than Conan, and looks so small.

Rejuvenation? Probably not...

"It's fate!"

"Fate has come out!"

The atmosphere at the scene became even hotter. Everyone watched as the old witch lit a fire on the paper door, burning out three Chinese characters and numbers one after another.

Huiyuan took a peek at Gao Cheng, took out a wooden sign without any trace, and stared nervously at the paper door while holding his breath.

"3, 107... 18... no, no hit..."

"What's the matter, Xiao Ai?" Gao Cheng looked at the lost Hui Yuan in surprise, "You don't believe in immortality, do you? This longevity woman is already so old..."

"Everyone!" After the old witch retreated, the staff of the shrine began to put out the fire, and after a while Junhui Shimadai appeared in front of everyone, "Everyone, please listen carefully, we will officially issue the Dugong Arrow in an hour, please go to Mermaid Waterfall assembly!"

"Shouldn't you just post it here?" Gao Cheng was stunned.

"I heard that there is still an event at the waterfall." Uncle Maori came over, "How is it? Didn't you ask someone to ask questions before? Did you get any results?"

Gao Cheng shook his head: "I was just asking about the fire three years ago, but most people are not willing to talk about it. Even if they are willing to talk about it, they are all mermaids."

"Three years ago," the uncle recalled in a deep voice, "It seems to have been reported on TV that a charred corpse that looked like a mermaid was found in a warehouse on fire. It seems that the longevity woman became famous since then..."

Conan was slightly startled when he heard the words, and looked at Gao Chengdao: "Kito... Brother Chenghu, do you think there is something hidden about the charred corpse three years ago?"

"It's just a feeling."

An hour later, in the dark forest of the small island, there was also a fire standing under the roaring waterfall. The witch Dai Junhui was standing between the campfires, surrounded by ropes, and there were still a large number of spectators waiting. Outside.

If there were not enough people, this place would be a bit creepy.

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

"That's right," He Ye preciously held the number plate, "I can also get eternal youth and beauty..."

"Forget it," Hattori said coldly, "Kazuba, longevity may not be a good thing..."

"Don't worry, Heiji," He Ye Xixi said with a smile, "I will help you pick up your bones..."

The corner of Heiji's mouth twitched: "Ha...is that so?"

"Everyone," Shimashiro Junhui shouted, "Now invite three lucky guests to come forward!"

"it is good!"

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

"There's one more... Isn't the last one here?" Shimashiro Junhui continued to shout.

"It's me."

A middle-aged uncle with a beard hiccupped and walked past Gao Cheng drunkenly: "Get out of the way."

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

The young man named Lu Lang happened to be next to him, and he was very displeased with the uncle: "He is the alcoholic father of Shazhi, haven't you gone to him yet?"

"That's him?"

"Strange..." Hattori was surprised, "I thought the remaining one was the sister named Sumi, and I saw her happily say 'I won'..."

"You saw it too?" Conan looked around, with a trace of cold sweat on his face, "And I didn't see her getting a figure..."

After distributing the arrows of dugongs, Junhui Shimashiro nodded to the villagers who were helping and said, "Now, please accept the light of happiness!"

Bright fireworks blasted into the air, and exploded in mid-air one after another, illuminating the Mermaid Waterfall one after another.

Just when everyone was amazed by the fireworks, a black shadow in the waterfall suddenly came into view. The long black hair in the shawl was soaked by the water, and the slender body clinging to the long velvet skirt was suspended in the middle of the waterfall. Fluttering and swaying, like a ghost flying in the mountains.

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

Just like the name of this waterfall, the figure of the woman illuminated by the fireworks looks like a mermaid swimming upstream in the waterfall, but the pale and terrifying complexion on her face and the terrifying eyes make people feel creepy.

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

In the end, something happened. In this way, Saori Kadowaki, who has been missing for 3 days, may have...