Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 469 Mermaid Island Shrouded in Mist and Clouds
Pretending to be ignorant is probably the best way to deal with this nowadays.

During the time that the police cannot enter the island, they certainly cannot leave either. Hiding is the right thing to do, which is the life philosophy that the Thorn Princess told them yesterday.

The two were in a hurry to return to their guesthouse, but on the way they found several groups of villagers gathered together, chatting about something.

"They actually did this to the old woman who lives so long, they deserve to die."

Amid the noisy discussion, they heard the name of Kadokawa Saori, as well as the name of the friend Kadokawa Saori had visited the day before.

The two exchanged a glance and silently moved closer.

Just listen for a moment.
The two approached the villagers and saw one of them holding a piece of white paper, pointing at the contents on it.

Hattori Heiji craned his neck and asked, "What is this?"

The news of the police report had probably not spread yet, so the villagers were not too wary of them. Hattori didn't feel much pressure asking the question.

Besides, with so many people in the village, it's impossible for everyone to know what happened on the mountain. Maybe all the participants died yesterday, leaving only the village chief and his gang?
The villagers, upon discovering that the person had come to the island with Kogoro Mouri, handed the paper to Hattori without hesitation.

really!

The two breathed a sigh of relief; perhaps they had been a little overreacted.

It's normal for the village chief of Xishan Village to have problems, and for the village office to have problems as well, but that doesn't mean other villagers also have problems.

This piece of paper was the one that Vodka had stuck on someone else's door in the middle of the night, detailing what the three, including Kanojo Saori, had done to the old woman.

After reading the contents of the paper, the two famous detectives were completely dumbfounded.

"Do you think Junhui knew what Saori had done, and that's why..."

"Don't talk nonsense. Who knows about such things? Maybe Kadokawa Saori just went to the island."

"That's right. If it were really as written above, Naoko and Kotobuki wouldn't be alright."

The villagers chatted casually, making the two even more confused.

The Longevity Granny is still alive. Although she hasn't met the other party yet, the other party is the one who presides over the annual Dugong Festival.

However, the paper says that the longevity woman was burned to death three years ago, which doesn't make sense at all.

But why would these villagers believe it? It's such an obvious flaw; they couldn't possibly not see it.

If you don’t understand, just ask.

"Everyone, why do you say that? Isn't the longevity grandmother still alive and well? Miss Junhui also said yesterday that today's dugong celebration was hosted by her great-grandmother."

As soon as Hattori Heiji opened his mouth, the villagers immediately realized they had let something slip and instantly shut up.

They can help provide clues about finding Saori Kadokawa, but you absolutely cannot talk about the Dugong Shrine.

The reason why Mermaid Island is so popular is because of the reputation of the longevity woman. If people knew that the longevity woman was actually a family tradition of the Shimabukuro family, and that there was no longevity woman who actually lived to be two hundred years old.

Then the mystique of the Dugong Shrine would vanish, Mermaid Island would fall into a tourism slump, and might even be scorned by people outside the island.

This is absolutely unacceptable to the villagers.

In fact, after Shimabukuro Kimie's mother died in the warehouse, the villagers held a meeting and decided to train someone else to impersonate the longevity woman and continue the deception.

They were overjoyed when they discovered that Shimabukuro Kimie herself was dressed up as the old woman.

Although he felt a little sorry for Shimabukuro Kimie, compared with the interests of the whole village, the village chief Nishiyama made a decision: the whole village would act like fools and play along with Shimabukuro Kimie's act.

As the two suspected, not everyone on the island was fully aware of the dugong hunting.

However, everyone involved relied on the dugong shrine for survival. Although the two groups made money in different ways, they were both coincidentally connected to dugongs. As a result, the story of the longevity woman was perfectly concealed, and even many local young people were unaware of it.

The villagers' expressions, observed by the two, reignited their thirst for knowledge.

Unfortunately, the villagers didn't give them a chance to ask questions and scattered in all directions.

"What's going on in this village? I have a feeling they're hiding a lot of things."

Hattori Heiji sighed heavily. He had thought it was just a normal missing person case, but after only one night, it had become quite alarming.

The more remote a place is, the more secrets it holds. Mermaid Island seems shrouded in mist, so dark that you can't see your hand in front of your face.

Conan felt uneasy; it had been a long time since he had experienced asking a question only to have the other person turn around and walk away.

However, the more the villagers adopted this attitude, the more they wanted to find the answer.

"What should we do next?"

Heiji Hattori muttered to himself, grabbing Conan's hand as they headed towards the guesthouse.

The situation on the mountain should have been discovered by now, and we'll likely have to deal with the village chief's underhanded tactics next.

They certainly wouldn't dare to do anything openly. There are at least a hundred tourists on the island right now, and Kogoro Mouri is famous, so the village chief definitely wouldn't be able to easily take action against them.

But it might not be obvious in public; it's hard to say what might happen in private.

"We must inform Uncle Mori about this. Even if we can't help, we should still be vigilant."

As soon as the two returned to the guesthouse, they saw Kogoro Mouri sitting in the courtyard drinking alone.

Kogoro Mouri was internally devastated.

They promised fine wine and food, but when I checked the sake's origin, wow... Tokyo!
The food was also quite ordinary, consisting of dishes that are common throughout Japan.

After thinking about it, I feel it's better to eat at McDonald's.

This is like Xia Chuan traveling to a certain place in his previous life, and the best food there turned out to be KFC, McDonald's, and Hai Li Lao.

Most importantly! Just as he expected, there was practically no television signal.

Yesterday was alright, I could still watch some Fukui News, but today is terrible, all I can see is static thanks to the weather.

Moreover, the taverns on the island are all quite ordinary, and there aren't any charming proprietresses; they're just old men and women.

Their lives have hit rock bottom, and the culprits behind all of this are Conan and Heiji Hattori, who have just walked through the door.

"You two brats, is it fun to trick me into coming here?"

"Please, Uncle Mori, this is a human life, a young girl in her twenties. What if something happens to her?"

Hattori Heiji carefully scanned the area and, finding no one else in the yard, immediately walked seriously to Kogoro Mouri's side.

"Don't think I can forgive you just because you're making that face. If I could leave right now, I would have packed my things immediately!"

"Uncle Kogoro, I'm not kidding, something big has happened on the island."

Seemingly worried that Kogoro Mouri wouldn't believe him, Conan went straight into the room and pulled out a package.

"It stinks."

As soon as the package was opened, a stench hit me.

(End of this chapter)