Gold dust in the world of science

The crowd looked in the direction of the shouting person’s finger.

With the light of the fireworks, everyone looked in the direction of the shouting person’s finger.

Suddenly, they found that a figure was hanging above the waterfall.

The woman with long hair and body swaying slowly from side to side was like a mermaid swimming upstream in the waterfall.

The difference was that her face was frighteningly pale, which shocked everyone present.

…

The group quickly ran to the mountain and put the figure down from the waterfall.

The corpse was Sumi Ebihara, who was happy about winning the lottery at the celebration not long ago.

The person who was still alive and kicking not long ago had turned into a cold corpse at this time.

Everyone present had a bad look on their faces.

Relatively speaking, Shajin was better, after all, he had a certain understanding of the cause of death of this person, and knew that the other party had paid the price for his actions.

Fortunately, no one noticed his expression now, otherwise the other party would find that there was no regret for the loss of a life on his face, and the whole gave people a sense of indifference to life, as if he would not care how many people died.

"Sumei, did she commit suicide, or did someone kill her?" Looking at the body in front of her, Shimabukuro Kimie exclaimed.

Fukuyama Rokuro, who was kneeling beside the corpse, shook his head, "No, neither of the two you said is possible."

As he spoke, he picked up the wooden stick tied to the other end of the rope around the corpse's neck, "The rope tied around Sumi's neck is a fixed rope set on the river bank to prevent danger."

"Is that so?"

Hearing his words, Maori Kogoro picked up the rope on the ground and suddenly realized, "So that's it, which means that Miss Sumi lost her balance after walking to the river in the dark.

Although she grabbed the rope, the water flow was too fast, causing the wooden stake to fall off, so she was strangled to death by the rope on the way to the waterfall."

At this time, Hattori Heiji said puzzledly, "But don't you think it's strange? The village celebration is clearly taking place below the waterfall, why does she have to come to the forest at this time?"

"She probably wants to find the mermaid's grave!"

Everyone turned around and found that it was Kuroe Naoko who spoke.

"What!"

Naoko Kuroe explained, "Because the grave of the mermaid is somewhere in this forest.

On the night of the celebration three years ago, after the shrine's warehouse caught fire, the mermaid's bones were buried here."

Kimi Shimabukuro nodded, "That's possible, I know Sumi has always been concerned about that matter."

Hattori Heiji interrupted their conversation, "Wait a minute, you keep talking about mermaids, are you sure that the skeleton is really the skeleton of a mermaid?"

Kimi Shimabukuro explained, "It's hard to say, the villagers on the island said so, but the police from the mainland think it is the skeleton of a middle-aged woman."

"That's nonsense!" Naoko Kuroe shouted angrily.

"That's the only way to say that, because all the bones below the waist of the skeleton are there!"

Mouri Kogoro was a little surprised, "Below the waist..."

Fukuyama Rokuro explained, "Because a burned beam fell right near the waist of the skeleton, the villagers moved the beam away and found that the place where the foot bones should have been was actually all smashed, so the TV reported that the body of a mermaid appeared here."

Kuroe Naoko added, "The longevity woman also became a celebrity overnight."

Conan asked in confusion, "But didn't the police say that it was a middle-aged woman?"

Shimabukuro Kimie nodded, "Yes, they suspect that it is very likely that the tourists who did not draw the dugong arrow sneaked into the warehouse to find out if there are any spare arrows.

The main reason for the fire in the warehouse is probably the disaster caused by lighting candles.

After a year, its identity has not been found, so the shrine buried its skeleton.

But then something happened!"

Hearing this, everyone was a little confused.

"What happened?"

Fukuyama Rokuro said, "Someone came to rob the tomb."

"Huh?"

"Later, some tourists had the crazy idea of ​​prying open the tomb and stealing the mermaid bones inside."

Kuroe Naoko said, "They said that the mermaid bones are also a miraculous medicine for immortality."

Shimabukuro Kimie continued, "So last year my great-grandmother asked someone to secretly move the tomb to this place.

Buried in the forest."

Mouri Kogoro asked curiously, "So, who did she ask for help?"

Shimabukuro Kimie shook her head, "I don't know, I just heard her say that it was someone she trusted."

Mouri Kogoro nodded, and then said, "Whether it was suicide, homicide or an accident, we have to get Miss Sumi's body down the mountain first and wait for the police to arrive before studying it."

Fukuyama Rokuro picked up the body and snorted coldly, "If this was homicide, then Sumi must have a problem with coming to this place without telling anyone at this time."

Kuroe Naoko sneered, "Really, your fiancée just had an accident, you are so cold!"

"His fiancée?" Mouri Kogoro looked at Kuroe Naoko curiously.

"That was a marriage decided by our parents, and it has nothing to do with me.

Besides, my parents are gone, and this matter can't be counted. "

After that, Fukuyama Rokuro carried the body of Ebihara Sumi down the mountain.

…

"Dad!"

At the foot of the mountain, Xiaolan and Kazuha, who went to call the police, quickly came back.

Looking at the two, Maori Kogoro asked: "Have you contacted the Fukui Prefecture police?"

Xiaolan said: "We have contacted them, but they said that the waves are too big now so they can't come to the island for the time being."

"What are you doing!" Maori Kogoro frowned.

Hattori Heiji smiled and said: "That's great!"

Maori Kogoro looked at him with some confusion.

Hattori Heiji explained: "In this way, the murderer will never leave this island."

Maori Kogoro was a little helpless, "Please, what murderer!

This matter has not been confirmed to be a homicide case."

Hattori Heiji smiled and took out the lifebuoy under his armpit, "In that case, look at this!"

"Lifebuoy? "

Conan explained: "This lifebuoy was originally stuck on the river connecting the waterfall and the sea. Brother Heiji and I just found it."

Hattori Heiji smiled and said: "If the murderer first let Miss Sumi die, then strangled her neck with a rope, and let her slide down with the lifebuoy, he could naturally hang on the waterfall.

Just now, when we saw Miss Sumi at the shrine, it was two hours before the fireworks were released. It took less than an hour to go to the top of the waterfall.

This means that this crime can be committed by both men and women.

And the murderer is hiding somewhere on this island now. "

Speaking of this, he straightened the brim of his hat and his expression gradually became serious.

Hearing his words, Xiaolan looked around. Now he always felt that everyone could be the murderer.

"What should I do?"

He Ye patted her hand, "Don't worry, the murderer will be caught soon. "

"Ah? "

Heye looked at the dark-skinned boy who was talking to Maori Kogoro, and whispered, "Whenever Heiji puts his hat in front of him, it means that he is fully motivated."

Heye looked at Xiaolan beside her, "Xiaolan, you can't like Heiji!"

Xiaolan was a little surprised.

Heye blushed and said, "Because compared to you, I have no chance of winning."

As she spoke, her eyes gradually dimmed.

Looking at her like this, Xiaolan's eyes suddenly lit up, "You are so cute, Heye!"

As she spoke, she hugged Heye, who was already blushing, and rubbed her face against hers.

Heye was a little shy, "Come on, what are you crazy about! "

After some operations, Kazuha's face became more and more rosy, and there seemed to be steam coming out of her head.

Not far away, Hattori Heiji also noticed the movement of the two girls.

Looking at the two people huddled together, Hattori Heiji curled his lips.

For some reason, he felt a little jealous, as if he should be the one next to Kazuha.

He shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He devoted himself to the reasoning of the case. After all, what could compare to the fun that reasoning brought him?