Conan, My Neighbor Kurosawa Jin

Chapter 279 Mermaid Island (8)

The originally dark sky was suddenly illuminated by firelight, and it seemed to be in the direction of the warehouse. Imaguchi remembered that Kazuha had said before that Miss Junhui had gone to the warehouse, and he immediately had a bad feeling in his heart, and hurriedly followed Hattori Heiji and the others. He ran towards the fire place behind him.

After a night of fighting, the fire in the warehouse was gradually extinguished. Two firefighters carried out a body from the warehouse. He was wearing glasses and blue clothes. It didn't look like Shimabukuro-kun. Hui, I feel a little relieved now.

"This body seems to be the person we saw yesterday."

"Yes, that's right, that's her. Wearing glasses and wearing blue clothes, this should be the body of Miss Saori." Mao Lilan and the others recognized the body in front of them at a glance, it was exactly what they saw last night that person.

"So this is Miss Saori?" Hattori Heiji and the others still felt a little confused when they looked at the corpse in front of them.

If this body is that of Miss Shazhi, then where did Miss Junhui go? Such a big thing happened that night, but she has not been seen yet, which is obviously abnormal.

The police tests also confirmed their suspicions.

After police testing, the identity of the deceased was confirmed to be Shimabukuro Kimie. Although the body has been burnt and cannot be identified, her teeth are the same as the marks left by Kimie Shimabukuro in the hospital.

After learning that the burnt corpse was actually Shimabukuro Kimie, Xiaolan and the others covered their mouths in disbelief. They didn't expect that Miss Kimie, who had been chatting with them the night before, would die like this.

Shimabukuro Kimie died, and Imaguchi followed Xiaolan and the others to see Changshou Po, but remained silent the whole time.

He didn't know how to tell Changshou Po that her last relative had also passed away, leaving her to once again experience the pain of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person away.

Changsheng Po was lying in the middle of the room, acting relatively indifferently. She had sent away her relatives one after another, and she had long been numb to this kind of thing, but several people still felt a little guilty and embarrassed to face Changsheng Po.

Standing in front of the burned warehouse, Imaguchi thought about everything that had happened since arriving on the island, trying to find the murderer who killed people one after another.

It is now known that the three people who died were all young women and that they were close friends.

Because of the characteristics of Mermaid Island and the fact that these three cases are all related to mermaids, the murderer's purpose of killing should also be related to mermaids.

For example, because I heard that mermaid meat can make people immortal, dugong arrows can make people's dreams come true, make money, etc.

However, the old people on the island should all know that the mermaid is fake, otherwise, there would not be only one longevity woman on the mermaid island.

After all, if one could really live a long life, and how many people could resist the temptation, they would definitely have asked the longevity woman or went to the sea to catch mermaids. This mermaid island would not have been peaceful for so many years.

Therefore, the murderer should be a young man on the island or someone from outside who doesn't know the truth about mermaids. Only they would think that the bones burned in this warehouse a few years ago were those of mermaids, and that mermaid meat can really make people immortal.

But in this case, if they came for the mermaids, why should they be killed instead of looking for the longevity woman?

Imaguchi was lost in thought when he was frightened by Xiaolan and the others who suddenly appeared in front of him. He accidentally sat on the ground beside him: "Ah!"

"Imaguchi, are you okay? Sorry, I scared you." Seeing that Imaguchi fell to the ground in fright, Mao Lilan and the others helped him up embarrassedly.

"I'm fine. Do Detective Maori and the others have any clues?" Imaguchi stood up and patted the dirt on his body.

"No, they are still watching." Toyama Heye and Mao Lilan shook their heads. There were too few clues left at the scene. The most suspicious one now was Miss Saori, but they could not find her whereabouts at all.

"I just thought about it. The murderer should be a young man in the village or an outsider. If we investigate the whereabouts of these people, we might be able to get some clues." Imaguchi sighed inwardly.

"Well, I think..., let me pick it up!" Xiaolan was just about to say something when the shrine's phone suddenly rang, and Xiaolan immediately ran to answer the phone.

Imaguchi let out a depressed breath, and Kazuha patted Imaguchi's back and comforted him: "Don't worry! Heiji and the others will definitely catch the murderer, and they won't let their death be in vain."

"Yeah." Imaguchi smiled heartily at Kazuye, glanced at the direction of the mountain, and felt a little tired.

"Dad, I just got a call from the shrine. Someone said that they were thanking the people at the shrine for selling them a dugong arrow and making their son's surgery successful, so they called to express their gratitude." Xiaolan trotted back and brought An important clue.

"Selling dugong arrows?" Mouri Kogoro was a little confused.

"Well, one of the dugong arrows was sold for 100 million yen." Mao Lilan nodded, feeling a little surprised. He didn't expect so much money.

"Who sold it?" Hattori Heiji and others stared closely at Mao Lilan. A total of three dugong arrows were drawn from the dugong festival, and Kazuha's was in her hand. Whose one was sold?

"He was a man about fifty years old, with a beard..." Xiaolan recalled the description of the man on the phone.

"It's Mr. Monsuke!" Detective Maori and the others guessed it right away, but how could Mr. Monsuke have the Dugong Arrow?

"It should be Miss Saori's one!" Mao Lilan and the others remembered that Miss Junhui had said before that Miss Saori also got a dugong arrow last year, but it disappeared later.

It seems that he was sold by Mr. Men Xie, and he tasted the benefits, but he did not draw the Dugong Arrow this year, so he killed someone in order to get the Dugong Arrow in exchange for money.

Although there are still many questions and the reason for this speculation has not been found, Mouri Kogoro and the others did not continue to wait, but decided to divide their forces into two groups to find evidence.

Imaguchi followed Mouri Kogoro, Conan and Xiaolan to Mr. Monkyo's house, intending to see if there were any clues about the missing Miss Saori's house.

In fact, Imaguchi suspected that the murderer was not Mr. Monkyo.

Because he knew that the dugong arrow could be said to be just a souvenir of the celebration and had no special function. Even if it can really bless people and sell it for a big price, instead of killing people, Mr. Men Xie might as well go to Changshou Po. He should know that there are a lot of dugong arrows in Changshou Po.

Even if he doesn't know, isn't it easier to steal than to kill?

The door to Mr. Men Xie's house was tightly closed, and no one opened the door. Just when they thought they were going to return in vain or to force their way in.

It happened that the neighbor on the side told them the location of Mr. Door Xie's house key, which prevented them from breaking in.

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