Zongman: People in Conan, raising cats and mice

"Hello everyone, I'm very happy to meet you. I'm Toyama Kazuha, and I'm Hattori Heiji's childhood sweetheart!"

Yuanshan Heye introduced herself to everyone with a smile and a gentle tone.

"Nice to meet you!"

Mao Lilan, who looked like Matsumoto Akira, greeted her with a bit of embarrassment.

She almost didn't realize that her current identity was actually Matsumoto Akira.

Fortunately, it was not exposed in the end. Mao Lilan immediately looked at Toyama Kazuha with an extremely enthusiastic attitude.

However, for some reason, Hattori Heiji seemed unusually alert to Mori Ran's greeting.

Although he didn't know the reason, Hattori Heiji always felt that the Matsumoto Akira in front of him was different from the Matsumoto Akira he saw last time.

The last time they met, Matsumoto Akira showed amazing ability in solving cases. His observation skills were even better than his own, and he was able to notice details that he had never noticed in a very short time.

But no matter what, whether it is the Matsumoto Akira I met in the kendo hall before, or the Matsumoto Akira I met when the detective was solving the case, they are completely different from the current Matsumoto Akira.

At this moment, Matsumoto Akira seemed to exude a unique affinity. At least——

The moment Matsumoto Akira was talking to Toyama Kazuha, a strong sense of vigilance surged in Hattori Heiji's heart.

Fortunately, Ran Mouri, who did not notice the change in Hattori Heiji and was aware of her current identity, did not talk much with Toyama Kazuha.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to introduce them. These two cute little girls are the Huibara sisters, and they are temporarily entrusted to us to take care of them. And this little boy is the child who is temporarily staying at Uncle Maori's house. His name is Edogawa Conan!"

Matsumoto Akira remembered his identity and hurriedly turned around to introduce the several children who came with him.

"Hello, you lovely children!"

Hattori Heiji turned around and looked at the children introduced by Matsumoto Akira. They were all children he had seen before.

At that time, due to time constraints, I didn't have time to give a detailed introduction.

"Edogawa Conan, your parents must be detective fans! Although the last name cannot be changed, it can be linked to the detective writer Edogawa Ranpo, and the first name is even simpler, Conan Doyle!"

Hattori Heiji, who was squatting in front of Conan, reached out and gently pulled Conan's hair. Well, the hair felt really good to the touch!

Conan rolled his eyes helplessly, muttering to himself: Why do so many people like to pull his head? Don't they know that for elementary school students, touching their heads will not make them grow taller?

"What lovely kids! Since we have the rare opportunity to meet each other, let's act together!"

Toyama Kazuha came to Hattori Heiji, squatted down and touched Conan's head, then turned around and asked everyone.

"We have already made arrangements here. Do you have any arrangements on your side? If not, maybe we can go together..."

Because the itinerary was arranged in advance by the Suzuki Group, Suzuki Sonoko had no plans to change it and could only ask this.

Toyama Kazuha immediately nodded happily. She was on a whim this time and took Hattori Heiji on a spontaneous trip with her childhood sweethearts.

Although the destination had been determined and he and his childhood sweetheart had quickly rushed there, there were no other arrangements at all.

After all, they don't need to be calculating, and their ideas are often more casual.

"Then let's act together! We don't have any plan here anyway!" Hattori Heiji looked at Matsumoto Akira and the others with burning eyes and said.

Hattori Heiji knew very well whether his childhood sweetheart had any plans. How could she have any plans? Wasn't this just an act she did on a whim?

"I really don't have any plans, but - don't you usually have your own plans?" Toyama Kazuha nodded obediently, but looked at Hattori Heiji with a puzzled look on his face.

"This trip - wasn't it you, Miss Toyama Kazuha, who brought Mr. Hattori Heiji along?" Matsumoto Akira asked, imitating the expression of Ran Mouri and showing a suspicious smile.

Hattori Heiji immediately felt something was wrong and subconsciously took a step back, but was grabbed by Toyama Kazuha with a gloomy face.

A few minutes later, the conflict between the two was completely resolved, and they stood in front of everyone with a smile.

"Hahahahahaha, I certainly didn't pay attention to my choice of words when I spoke before. He Ye is indeed the one who makes the decision on the future plans, but the reason I came here in the first place was because I accepted a commission!"

After Hattori Heiji finished explaining, he took out the letter of commission. Everyone leaned over to take a look. They saw that it read:

[Hattori Heiji

I'm about to be killed by the mermaid! Please save me!

Menxie Saori: xxxxx】

"That's roughly the situation, but after I arrived on this island, no murders happened at all, and the person who called me here is still alive and well!"

Hattori Heiji scratched his hair in annoyance and continued, "She thought the mermaid would come and kill her just because she lost the dugong arrow, a souvenir!"

On this island in Fukui Prefecture, there is a "fate-sama" whose life span is over 130 years. In layman's terms, she is a so-called fortune-teller.

According to legend, a witch named Shimabukuro ate mermaid flesh and was given the power of a mermaid, gaining immortality.

Based on this legend, the island spontaneously held a mermaid festival led by a witch.

During every Mermaid Festival, the witch will randomly give out three "Dugong Arrows" as souvenirs.

The dugong's arrow is tied with the witch's hair, and whoever holds it will be blessed with immortality.

However, if this arrow is lost, misfortune will come.

The Mermaid Festival itself did not attract much attention. What really made this event popular was a fire three years ago...

During the Mermaid Festival, a warehouse suddenly caught fire and a strange corpse was found in the warehouse.

The lower body of the corpse had abnormal bones and no feet, just like a mermaid. After identification by the police, it was confirmed that the skeleton was indeed human.

Coupled with the legend on the island, this incident attracted widespread attention from the society. Many media smelled the hot news and flocked to the American island. The legend of the mermaid became a hot news.

Although the popularity gradually declined and few people were interested in visiting, the island's tourism industry did not decline because the long-lived witch was still alive.

However, today's focus is not on this, but on a client on the island who once received a mermaid festival souvenir and, more importantly, believed in the legend.

When she discovered that her souvenirs were missing for unknown reasons, she searched in vain for them, so she sent a distress signal to the famous detective Hattori Heiji without hesitation.