Corpse collector in Conan

The translucent mermaid floated next to Kidd, covering her lips and yawning. She was boredly thinking about how slow human beings swim, when she turned around and suddenly found that the Phantom Thief was gone.

The mermaid was startled and looked at the string of bubbles on the water: "?"

...We promised that the Phantom Thief would never admit defeat.

She also wanted to see the fighting spirit of contemporary young people, but this is the result?

The mermaid sighed, shook her head, and dove into the water.

…

Kidd paddled hard, but still sank all the way. Just when he thought he would appear in the news as "Kudo Shinichi's corpse" next time, his arms suddenly tightened.

In the dim night, a hand grabbed him, pulled him out of the water, and then dragged him forward.

"Cough cough cough!"

Kidd choked and felt dizzy. After a while, his blurred vision gradually recovered.

Then he discovered that he was actually rescued - the hero who fell from the sky was holding him with one hand and paddling with the other hand. He was obviously not paddling very seriously, but he swam so fast that it felt like he was dreaming.

He looked to the side under the dim moonlight and was surprised to see that the rescuer was not the "uncle lifeguard who happened to be passing by" as he imagined, but a slender woman.

Those waves that had caused great obstacles to him just now were extremely gentle in front of this woman, almost like a group of licking dogs hugging her forward. Kidd also benefited from this, and did not have to continue to painfully fight the sea water.

Kidd's eyes moved slightly and fell on the woman's face. When he saw the blurry outline clearly, he blushed: "..." So beautiful.

but……

Why does it look familiar?

At this time, a wave of water happened to pass by, and the hair on the side of the woman was brushed away by the current. A flash of crystal light suddenly flashed across Kidd's sight. His eyes froze and he saw a crystal-like scale next to the woman's ear, lying quietly on her fair skin.

There are not many scales, just two or three independent ones. At first glance, they look like a crystal earring soaked in water and attached to the face.

very beautiful. But Kidd suddenly felt a thump in his heart, and then he discovered that this "benefactor"'s ears seemed to be pointier than normal people, like an elf, with clear ocean ornaments hanging from the edges.

...This kind of beautiful but fancy, and somewhat mysterious jewelry suddenly reminded Kidd of the foggy dog ​​flying around in a complicated ancient costume.

and……

Kidd: "..."

He was very afraid of fish, and even more afraid of fish scales. Fortunately, the thing next to the woman's ear looked more like a gem than those fishy scales. But this does not prevent Kidd from thinking of something because of the keyword "scales".

——This beautiful sister swims so fast.

Is this really human speed?

And does this face... look a little familiar? ?

A horrifying thought flashed through his mind. Kidd's eyes moved back slightly, stiffly. Just as a wave came over, a huge fish tail half as long as a human suddenly curved up from behind the beauty. The beautiful streamlined tail patted gently on the water, and the two of them jumped out a lot, and they were getting closer and closer to the shore.

However, Kidd could no longer care about the shore. He felt as if two buckets of bugs had been thrown into a confined space, and his whole body suddenly became stiff.

...fish fish fish...fish! !

Help! ! !

…

The mermaid was dragging the limp person forward when suddenly, the dead fish-like person in her hand suddenly jerked upright, shook off her hand and swam desperately to the other side, as fast as if there were two motors on her arms, rumbling. Breaking the water and moving forward seemed to have exceeded the limits of human beings.

The mermaid lady was startled, then nodded with satisfaction: Now this swimming speed is decent. It's a pity that his physical strength has kept up, but his brain is a little behind - why is he swimming back? The coast is not over there.

Thinking of the energy core that Kidd usually contributed, the mermaid dived into the water and chased after him while hiding his merits and fame.

…

Kidd looked back and saw no trace of the fish, and breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when he turned his head, his heart, which had just been relieved, suddenly mentioned Tianling Gai - there was an extra person in front of him at some point, and the mermaid was swimming about one meter away from him, facing him.

The wet woman emerged from the sea, raised her hands to straighten her messy hair, lightly opened her red lips, and whispered to him, her soft voice as lingering as a siren.

As a gentleman Phantom Thief, Kidd would always respond politely to this beautiful scenery, even if he was surrounded by a group of police officers, in order to leave a sufficiently elegant image.

But now, thinking of the nightmarish fish tail under the beauty, he stayed for two seconds, suddenly turned to the other side, and with the silent screams and shouts in his heart, he rushed out again at the speed of a yacht.

...It's a pity that I still didn't swim correctly. This time I swam in a direction parallel to the coast. I swam to the end of the world and still couldn’t get ashore.

Mermaid: "..." I already told him that he swam wrong, why didn't he listen to the advice? It seems that magicians really can’t understand what ghosts are saying. Different species really affect communication... Fortunately, in addition to dialogue, there is a very common way of communication - body language.

She muttered as she easily caught up with Kidd.

Then before the opponent turned around in fear again, he gave Kidd a tail-sword.

Afterwards, the mermaid picked up the dizzy monster thief with mosquito repellent in his eyes and dragged him conscientiously to the coast. She was very satisfied with the efficiency of communication.

…

The tail of the mermaid is not for killing people, and this time, she is not made of much clay, and the puppet is not very strong.

So it didn't take long for Kidd to wake up.

He was floating in the waves and caught a glimpse of the woman next to him from the corner of his eye. He immediately closed his eyes again: "..." It's a nightmare. Such a big fish must be a nightmare!

Before he could straighten out the chaotic thoughts in his mind, there was a sudden weight on his back, and the mermaid pushed him onto the shore.

There was a sound of water breaking.

The nearby rescue workers were immediately alerted: "Who?! Did someone fall into the water? Where are you!"

Kidd's eyes were straight and he didn't make a sound.

The flashlight light quickly came over, and the rescuers quickly ran closer, and suddenly felt something in the water. But upon closer inspection, there was nothing there.

Maybe it was the sound of crashing waves. The rescuers didn't think any more and quickly carried away the high school student who had somehow fallen into the sea and brought him back to the ambulance.

…

After Kidd got into the car and got away from the coast, he finally woke up from the nightmare and breathed a sigh of relief.

Kidd: "..." Although after he came to his senses, he was very grateful to the mermaid who came to rescue him, but if it happened again... he might still choose to drown.

... Such a long fish tail, so long!

How could there be such a terrible thing in the world!

At this time, wrapped in a thermal blanket and recalling the joy of flying in mid-air, Kidd felt extremely complicated for a moment.