Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Chapter 163 Chapter 162
And the old man is obviously well versed in officialdom routines, and he coaxed Kogoro Mori so much that his tail was almost up to the sky.

But it's worth mentioning that after hearing the words "famous detective Mori Kogoro", the man standing on the deck was startled and ran into the cabin.

... It seems that something is wrong with that guy, it seems to be more obvious.

Sano did not return to the cabin, but continued to act nonchalantly, eavesdropping on the communication between Mori Kogoro and the others.

Now the man's identity, at least on the surface, has been revealed.

A staff member from a travel agency in Tokyo seems to want to make Shikishima a tourist attraction with the gimmick of the Shenlong.

At the same time, the identities of Sano and Belmode were revealed. Of course, they were all false, whether it was the registered name or the excuse of traveling to Shikishima.

Sano asked the staff responsible for this to produce more than a dozen types of identification, including but not limited to residence permits, driver's licenses and work permits.

Each certificate has a different name.

Such as Ken Kaneki, Sakata Gintoki, Ichimaru Gin, Kiya, Hatake Kakashi, etc...

Cough, Sano really seldom watched anime in his previous life. It’s just that his closest friend, who called himself Two-dimensional all day long, dragged him along to catch up with him, and absorbed a little bit of knowledge subtly.

Of course, Sano boarded the boat with the identity card of the black death vest.

Randomly draw one of the ID cards of Sakuragi Hanamichi, Onizuka Hideyoshi, Urahan Yusuke, Hanma Blade and Serizawa Tamao.

Then, as he listened, Sano heard another rumor about the Shenlong.

Ghost Ship.

That's what people in Shikishima call Shenlong.

It is said that before the Shenlong disappeared seven years ago, a distress signal was sent out, but when the people of Shikishima were about to go to sea for rescue, the distress signal was cut off again. It was not until the next morning that the body of the ship owner was found on the nearby coast.

The residents of Shikishima thought that the ghosts of the navy were causing trouble and wanted to take revenge on them, which is why the Shenlong disappeared so strangely.

As for what the Marine Revenant is, the old man didn't mention it anymore.

Tsk, if you want to say it, you can finish it all at once, why are you still playing tricks, the riddle man beware of being thrown into the sea!

Sano, who failed to collect all the information and heard the gossip, pouted secretly.

... Just mentioning throwing corpses into the sea, a question appeared in Sano's mind.

That was originally Sano thought that this time would be the same as last time, that he would not be able to meet Conan's mission, but now he still met him, and the high probability meant that an accident would inevitably happen on the island.

So a problem similar to that of Moon Shadow Island arises.

Will Belmode survive this mission?

Even if all kinds of external possibilities are ruled out...does Sano really need to "silence" Belmode?

Different from Moon Shadow Island before, Belmode may not be like Ke Lun, who had a different heart early, and even if he did, Sano may not take the same choice as Moon Shadow Island.

Just pray for Belmode for three seconds.

...The following words were purely small talk, and Sano lost interest after listening to it for a while, and started to be dazed.

After several hours of sailing on the sea, the ship finally arrived at Shikishima before lunch.

Before disembarking from the boat, Sano saw a large group of people around the ferry, waving small flags in their hands and cheering non-stop, "Warmly welcome Mr. Mori Kogoro, the famous detective, to come and give a speech."

After getting off the boat, a Mediterranean little fat man enthusiastically grabbed Kogoro Mori's hand and exchanged polite greetings, probably because he was the village head of Shikishima, and he was very grateful and welcome.

There is another one that makes Sano more interested, that is, the little girl who pops out from the middle, which should be the granddaughter of the village chief.

Of course, Sano was not interested in the little girl, but was very interested in the little girl's appearance of being very interested in Conan.

"Your name is Edogawa Conan, and I'm Mikami Suzuki, but I seem to be older than you, so you are my younger brother, but it doesn't matter, the most popular thing now seems to be sibling love!"

Looking at the girl who was holding Conan's hand, with two small tweezers on her head, Sano couldn't help but twitched his lips, this kid is lucky.

Belmode, who was following Sano, couldn't help chuckling at this moment: "Junior, do you also like sibling love?"

This guy is secretly watching him...

The arc of Sano's mouth calmed down, and then he glanced at Belmode: "Senior, I was joking. In the eyes of this junior, feeling is the most important thing."

Belmode smiled again, and didn't continue the topic, as if he just asked casually just now.

It's just that in Sano's view, Belmode's question just now may be testing his own age range.

Tsk, I always feel that this senior is not simple...

Soon, Sano followed Belmode, who had inquired about the location of the Shenlong, and came to the site where an old ship was placed.

"Is this the Shenlong?"

Belmode originally wanted to go up and have a look, but unfortunately the islander in charge of guarding on the side expressed his refusal with a serious face, saying that this thing can only be seen from a distance, not to be played with.

And at this time, Mori Kogoro and others also came down to the side of the Shenlong surrounded by the islanders.

The man from the Tokyo travel agency who came with the boat rushed aboard the Shenlong without saying a word, and no one stopped him.

This is treating it differently.

Sano and Belmode curled their lips at the same time, but the eagerness of the other party made him more suspicious in Sano's eyes.

After all, which employee would be so active in completing the work assigned by the boss? If there is no urgent need to leave quickly, then he must have his own thoughts.

Like billions of gold.

Suddenly, Sano suddenly turned his head to look behind him, and Belmode frowned immediately when he saw this: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just feel like someone is watching me."

Sano also frowned slightly, but it's a pity that he didn't see anything wrong behind him. If he really had to say, there was only one... a lighthouse?
Could it be that someone is peeping on it?
"Let's go, go to eat first, and then find a place to live."

Belmode lazily said, but Sano, of course, went with the flow.

And just as Sano and Belmode were about to leave first, Conan on the side noticed something was wrong again.

"Only the bottom of the Shenlong is seriously rusted, doesn't it look like it has sunk on the bottom of the sea for many years?"

Mori Kogoro curled his lips and said, "Nonsense, otherwise how could it be called a ghost ship?"

Sano withdrew his peripheral vision, kept walking, but only squinted his eyes, is there another way to say this?

If this is the case, then the Shenlong has actually been floating on the sea all these years?

The probability of drifting for many years without being discovered is too small, that is...someone has fixed the Shenlong's actions.

In a noodle shop, Belmode asked chattingly: "How is it, do you have any ideas?"

Sano snapped his fingers: "One thing, I'll follow Mori Kogoro later, senior, you can go and find out about the dead souls of the navy."

Belmode frowned: "What are you doing with Kogoro Mori?"

"Shikishima will invite a detective to come over, of course it's not just for the speech. They also want to find the billion gold. Someone will collect clues for us, so why don't we just ignore it?"

Sano explained indifferently, while Belmode squinted his eyes and smiled lightly: "In this case, let me keep an eye on them. After all, I am a senior. I don't think you can bear to see me doing field work. How tiring."

Hearing this, Sano's interest was immediately hooked again. Of course, he didn't think that Belmode simply didn't want to go to the field, so he put on senior airs in front of him.

This should be a deliberate attempt to drive Sano away, or more directly, he does not want any intersection between him and Mao Lilan.

interesting.

"That's for sure, it's all up to the seniors."

Sano stopped talking nonsense and ate noodles instead. After lunch, he found a small and shabby hotel and booked two rooms, and the two immediately split up.

I hope Belmode can be more reliable and don't miss out, or even directly conceal any important information.

Sano didn't wander around aimlessly, but after switching his vest and wearing a passer-by hat, he went straight to the owner of a convenience store, expressing his interest in the rumor of the Marine Wraith.

However, as soon as these four words were uttered, the face of the convenience store owner changed drastically, and he said in an extremely bad manner that he didn't know anything and told Sano to stay away.

In this regard, Sano certainly has a perfect countermeasure.

"Snapped!"

Sano threw a stack of [-] yuan bills on the boss's face: "Can we talk now?"

I have long wanted to enjoy the feeling of using money to slap people's faces, I really don't want to poke them.

The owner of the convenience store was suddenly dumped by a big bag, just about to get angry, but after seeing what was thrown in his face, he was silent for a while, then picked up the stack of big bills tremblingly, counted it again Counted it again, swallowed, licked his face and smiled: "Can you add more..."

"Give it back to me and I'll ask someone else."

Sano stretched out his hand and was about to pull the money back, the convenience store owner immediately became anxious: "Hey, hey, I said, I said it's not okay!"

Then, under the eloquent science popularization of the convenience store owner, Sano understood the ins and outs of the legend of "Navy Soul".

It turns out that it is said that a group of defeated navy came to Shikishima a long time ago, and the residents of Shikishima who were supposed to treat them well betrayed that group of navy under the temptation of a reward.

He even helped the enemy chase them down, and finally chased them all into a cave on the island and killed them all.

Since then, some strange things have happened on Shiki Island from time to time. Under the fear, the residents of Shiki Island worshiped the navy as gods again, and then the calm was restored.

Then, it's the matter of the Shenlong.

The islanders of Shikishima said that it was also made by the dead souls of the navy, so they lost the news directly and disappeared for seven years.

And besides this, many people saw the souls of the dead wearing navy armor appearing in the forest, and even in the caves dedicated to the souls of the navy, there were creepy wailing screams from time to time.

Finally, five years ago, a group of university professors from Tokyo who specialized in naval history attempted to investigate the matter of the dead souls of the navy.

According to the convenience store owner, those university professors went directly to the cave dedicated to the navy to investigate without asking any questions, which angered the souls of the navy.

So two or three days later, the ghosts of the navy reappeared and directly attacked those university professors.

As for what happened to those university professors, the convenience store owner did not know, but what is certain is that the investigation did not continue.

After getting the answer, Sano didn't stay in the convenience store anymore, turned around and came to another restaurant, and got a similar rumored description from the boss in the same way.

...Don't ask if this would be too much of a waste of money, anyway, it's a task expense, and I'll just ask gin for reimbursement later.

Otherwise, Sano would probably be out of his mind to use his own money to smack other people's faces.

Of course, apart from asking about the souls of the navy, Sano also asked about another thing, which was about the lighthouse by the island.

The final answer was also the same.

The current keeper on the Shikishima Lighthouse is a man named Hamada.

It is said that Hamada is not actually an aborigine on the island, but an outsider who came to the island about seven years ago and wanted to find a job. Because there was no lighthouse keeper on the island at that time, he was asked to do it. The Tower Keeper.

...Seven years, it happened to be the time when the Shenlong disappeared, and it was another major suspect.

It took Sano less than an hour to hear the gossip from both sides.

Sano looked up at the sky, feeling that it was still early, so he simply planned to go directly to the navy cave to have a look.

The cave enshrining the navy is in the forest, and its location is very remote. Most people going there will basically not be found, except... the lighthouse.

Looking at the white lighthouse, Sano always felt that Hamada's suspicion was getting bigger and bigger, even bigger than the man from the travel agency in Tokyo.

I hope that Conan's plague-god physique will slow down a bit, so I can go and chat with these two guys tonight.

Sano lowered his passerby hat a little and continued to the Navy Cave.

The Naval Cave isn't that big, to be precise, it's not even as big as Sano's room, and there's just a... altar in it?
A gust of wind was blowing head-on, chilling people's backs. It seemed that because of the effect of the wind, there were bursts of strange sounds in the cave. Those so-called screams and wailings probably referred to this.

And Sano was not surprised that the residents of Shikishima regarded the sound of the wind as the sound of dead souls.

Not to mention the 90s, even 30 years later when science and technology developed rapidly, Sano also saw many feudal and superstitious villages.

The ignorance of the world will always exceed your imagination.

It's just that the wind in this cave seems to be a little bit wrong.

(End of this chapter)