A Detective: I Believe in Science

Chapter 164 How Mermaids Are Formed...

But it is definitely not possible to go to Mermaid Island today, it is too late, and they agreed to leave early tomorrow morning.

Originally, Conan wanted to invite the two to stay at his house for one night, but Hattori refused, because they had already booked a hotel before they came.

After sending Hattori and Kazuha to the hotel, Noah whispered in Hattori's ear.

"Be careful, don't kill people at night."

Before Hattori had time to ask, under his puzzled eyes, he patted the other person's shoulder and left, leaving behind Hattori Heiji who stood still and thought about the meaning of this sentence.

"What's the matter, what Noah told you just now, and we didn't let us hear it."

"He told me to pay attention to safety and not kill anyone at night. What does that mean? I don't have any enemies in Tokyo, so how could someone be killed?"

"Fool……"

When Kazuba heard this, his face turned red, he murmured something softly, turned around and walked towards the hotel, Hattori was even more confused, did he say something wrong?
……

"Noah, what do you mean by what you just said? Why do I feel weird?"

Huiyuan has been lying on Noah's back, and naturally heard Noah's exhortation just now. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't understand it, so he asked Noah.

"Ah... Well, I told him to restrain himself and not bring his bad luck to the hotel. Back then, even the amulets couldn't hold him down, and the hotel was still open for business. If someone dies, it will affect the hotel's reputation." .”

Really, Haibara looked at Noah who was explaining seriously, she always felt that something was wrong, did I think too much?

"Are you going to continue to study the antidote with the doctor tomorrow?"

"No, I'm going to go to Fishman Island with you."

"Hey, didn't you say that you don't want to disturb your research in the near future? Why are you thinking of going to Fishman Island again? It's not close there, and it doesn't necessarily take a few days."

"The experimental mice are gone, so how can I do research?"

...that makes sense.

What Noah didn't expect was that the uncle planned to go with them, and when asked why.

"Of course I came here to protect my daughter, otherwise do you think I would run so far away?"

Seeing the uncle's righteous and dignified speech, Noah always felt a little hypocritical. Whenever he went out and didn't drink, he was so drunk that it would be nice not to have Xiaolan protect you instead.

"Hey, Conan, do you really think so?"

"That's not true. He just wanted to visit Mermaid Island when he heard that there are traces of mermaids haunting it."

... This old pervert definitely didn't go to see the merman.

Fukui Prefecture is backed by the Sea of ​​Japan and is more than 500 kilometers away from Tokyo. Noah and the others set off at six o'clock in the morning, and it was already twelve noon when they arrived in Fukui Prefecture.

And according to the locals, Mermaid Island is located in the waters near Fukui County, and they still need to take a boat for two hours to get there.

It was okay when we went out to sea, but when we were halfway there, the wind and waves on the sea suddenly became stronger, shaking several people dizzy, and people nearby said that this situation was relatively good.

By the time Noah and his party officially set foot on Mermaid Island, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. Let alone looking for someone, they didn't even want to move now, but since they accepted the entrustment, they still had to carry out some investigations. of.

There are not many residents on Murloc Island, but because of the mermaid legend, there are many foreign tourists here. The waiter in the hotel they stay in is a local and is very familiar with the aborigines on the island.

"Saori, I've come to my senses when you say that. I probably haven't seen him for a few days."

"Then do you know where she went?"

"I don't know about this, but you can go to the shrine to have a look. The dugong celebration will be held on the island tonight. I think she should go back to participate."

After asking about the specific location of the shrine, everyone decided to go to the shrine together, hoping to find Monshe Saori.

As for the celebration that the waiter was talking about, they had already inquired about it. It was an annual grand ceremony on the island.

In this grand ceremony, the longest-lived residents on the island will give dugong arrows to three people far away from the people participating in the ceremony.

It is said that those who get the arrow of the dugong will get the blessing of the mermaid, so that they will live forever and stay young. This is why they will see so many foreign tourists on the island, all of whom are rushing to the arrow of the dugong.

"Hattori, what does dugong mean?"

"It's a kind of marine life. It is said that eating dugong meat can make you live forever. Here I think it should be a mermaid."

...I didn't expect that there is also a legend of immortality here. Isn't this dugong meat equivalent to Tang monk meat?

The shrine is located on the edge of the island. It may be because the celebration has not yet started. There are not many people here, and there is only a woman in a white dress cleaning inside.

"Excuse me, has Saori, the sect assistant, been here?"

Hearing Hattori's question, the woman raised her head and looked at the crowd. After seeing the woman's face clearly, the uncle pushed Hattori aside and went into battle himself.

"This old color embryo"

The woman seemed to be intimidated by the uncle's enthusiasm, and it took a while to react.

"Saori hasn't been here before, do you have anything to do with her?"

"we are……"

He Ye wanted to explain the reason, but was suppressed by Hattori. Since he didn't see the client, the purpose of their visit could not be revealed easily.

After communication, the woman's name is Junhui Shimabukuro, she is the manager of the shrine, and her great-grandmother is the long-lived woman who was blessed by the mermaid.

"That's just being deified by everyone, it's just a rumor. Grandma just lived longer."

"That's not necessarily true. After all, the skeleton of a mermaid actually appeared on our island, and wasn't it buried by the longevity woman?"

Noah and others looked around, and a man and a woman appeared in the shrine, and it was the woman who refuted just now.

Seeing that the woman wanted to continue talking, but was pulled away by the man next to her, she didn't seem to want to preach these things in front of Noah and others.

Shimabukuro Junhui explained that the two people just now were also aborigines on the island, and they came to help for the celebration tonight.

"Miss Jun Hui, may I ask if the arrow of the dugong can really make people live forever and stay young?"

"How is this possible? It must be fake. It's fake."

"To shut up!"

Hattori was frightened by Kazuha's glaring, quickly shut up and kept silent, she and Xiaolan came here to keep their youth forever, it's better not to provoke them at this time.

"That's not certain, after all, the celebration of Dugong's Arrow has only started a few years ago."

"Then how can I participate in the Dugong celebration, and what conditions are required."

"Hey, He Ye, we are..."

I don't speak, you continue, Hattori felt that if he said a few more words, he would definitely be beaten.

"It's very simple, just buy a number plate at the shrine, and then my grandmother will randomly select three people to issue dugong arrows."

"Can I buy it now?"

"Of course."

Junhui Shimabukuro led a few people to the door of the shrine room, took out two number plates from the inside and handed them to Kazuha.

"Noah, buy me one too, I want it too."

"...How old are you? Are you thinking a little too far? Besides, shouldn't you be thinking about how to recover now? If you really can stay young forever, you really want to stay like this forever."

Haibara thinks about it again, and now he can not only maintain his youth forever, but also rejuvenate his old age, which further convinces Huibara that the power of knowledge is indeed very powerful.

Junhui Shimabukuro still knows about the matter of Monshe Saori very well, because she and Menshe Saori are very good friends, and the other party accompanied her to see a dentist in Fukui County a few days ago.

"Then there was something wrong with her at that time, such as being depressed, or something abnormal."

"Recently, Saori's mental state has been in a bad state, because she lost the dugong arrow she got last year, which caused her to be in fear all the time recently."

This made a few people very puzzled. If you throw an arrow, just throw it away. There is nothing to be afraid of.

"Because there are rumors on our island that after getting the arrow of the dugong, we must always carry it with us, otherwise the mermaid will climb ashore and take that person away."

"It's a lie. How can a mermaid go ashore? Can it still grow legs?"

The two atheists, Hattori and Conan, regard this kind of talk as nonsense. Everything must be based on scientific laws. Is it possible that there are really people and fish...

His disbelief doesn't mean the others don't. Now He Ye and Xiao Lan looked at the number plates in their hands with pale faces, and were hesitating whether to participate in the competition for the Dugong Arrow.

What if I lost it after I got it? In the end, I still stay young forever, overcome my fear, and go to participate in...

(End of this chapter)