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Chapter 770 The Mermaid's Disappearance

"You said you wanted to go to America Island to find mermaids?"

"But there are no mermaids on American Island at all."

Ai Haibara said seriously.

There is a saying that goes well.

No investigation, no right to speak.

She absolutely has the authority to speak on this matter.

Hearing this, Koizumi Akako turned to look at Haibara Ai with some curiosity and asked.

How do you know you haven't been there? Have you been there?

Ai Haibara nodded immediately and answered seriously.

"Of course I've been there."

"Because there is a long-lived woman on American Island who claims that eating mermaid flesh can grant immortality and that she has lived to be over 130 years old without dying, I went there to investigate."

"The specific reasons... you should also know about the drug I developed."

"It is a panacea that can make people live forever and reverse aging."

"If eating mermaid flesh can really make people live forever, then there is no need to develop this drug, as we can achieve the same effect."

"It was with this in mind that the organization sent me to the American island to check on the long-lived woman."

At this point, Dr. Agasa asked with some curiosity.

"So what's the situation?"

"While the idea of ​​living to over 130 years old might seem unbelievable, if you think about it carefully, it's not impossible, is it?"

Upon hearing this, Ai Haibara shook her head in reply.

"No, the Longevity Granny died long ago."

"Of course, people can live to be over 130 years old, but it's impossible to live to be over 130 years old and still act like nothing happened, holding all sorts of ceremonies and activities. The longevity grandmothers are composed of three generations."

"They are three generations of the Shimabukuro family."

“The first was the long-lived matriarch Shimabukuro Mikoto, then her daughter, and then the third generation, Shimabukuro Kimie.”

"The three of us have investigated this very thoroughly."

"The so-called mermaid who died at the festival three years ago was actually Kimie Shimabukuro's mother."

"Mermaids never existed in the first place."

"If you're thinking of going to America Island to look for mermaids, you'd be making a huge mistake. You should think of somewhere else."

Chen En, of course, knew what Ai Haibara had said.

Chen En had mentioned this at the beginning.

Because there are just too many episodes of Detective Conan's TV series.

Therefore, he could only remember some of the earlier famous works.

The story of the missing mermaid, which involves Kimie Shimabukuro, is one of the most famous works.

A crucial piece of information appeared above.

Those are the names of the few who went to the American island to participate in the festival.

Shiho Miyano, Jin Kurosawa, Saburo Uozuka.

In a 2004 interview, Gosho Aoyama explicitly stated that the latter two names are the real names of Gin and Vodka.

Chen Enyou has investigated information about these two names.

However, the final result was obviously fruitless. Although these two names were Gin and Vodka's real names, they no longer used these names in their actions.

And the truth is just as Ai Haibara said.

The so-called mermaids do not exist, nor does the Longevity Woman. The original Longevity Woman, Shimabukuro Mikoto, has long since died.

The second-generation Longevity Granny was burned to death in the warehouse by the three fools. The third-generation Longevity Granny killed the three fools to avenge her mother. The whole story emphasizes that there are no mermaids.

However, Koizumi Akako said that mermaids could be found on the American island.

Could it be that Koizumi Akako only said that because there was a mermaid festival there?

"That's what they say."

"But the fact that the Longevity Woman is fake doesn't mean that the mermaid is fake."

"No, to be precise, it is precisely because the Longevity Granny is fake that the mermaid can be real."

Koizumi Akako's speech is a bit difficult to pronounce.

This puzzled both Ai Haibara and Chen En.

What does it mean that because the Longevity Woman is fake, the mermaid can be real?
If the Longevity Granny is fake, how could a mermaid be real?
Upon hearing this, Koizumi Akako immediately spoke.

“I have investigated and found that a mermaid corpse appeared at the mermaid festival three years ago.”

"Of course, you mean that the mermaid corpse from three years ago was the second-generation Longevity Granny, not a real mermaid, but we can use this method to make the second-generation Longevity Granny a real mermaid."

"Mysticism is a completely idealistic force."

"Mysticism can only give you power when you truly believe that mystical things are real."

"The same is true for these magical creatures. Due to scientific progress and people's increasing skepticism about their understanding of magical creatures, they are finding it difficult to appear as continuously as before."

"Many people believe that the second-generation longevity woman was a mermaid, right?"

"Furthermore, the second-generation Longevity Granny died at the Mermaid Festival three years ago. If others die at the Mermaid Festival three years later for the same reason, perhaps this could be used to further enhance the credibility of mermaids, thereby..."

Koizumi Akako's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Let the second-generation longevity grandmother return as a mermaid."

"This method is equivalent to a resurrection, but the resurrected person is not the real second-generation longevity grandmother. She is just a stranger with the same cognition, memories and appearance as her, but in the body of a mermaid."

"If I remember correctly, the mermaid festival is tonight."

"However, it's definitely too late to go there tonight. I need to go back and prepare. We'll go there tomorrow night and see if we can find an opportunity to help her return. After all, it's a very complicated magic."

"Of course, if we find out tomorrow that no one died tonight, then forget it and we'll find another opportunity."

Although with her magic, plus Chen En's speed and wealth.

She could achieve a similar effect by flying overnight to the airspace above the American island and then using magic to remotely kill a tourist. However, she couldn't be sure whether Chen En would kill her first or the tourist first.

The reason Batman is trustworthy is because Batman really doesn't kill people.

Whether Chen En turns against her or kills someone for her sake, it would be a devastating blow to their relationship. It's better not to suggest such a solution.

This will save everyone from hesitating here.

"You just said that unless someone dies at the Mermaid Festival in three years, right?"

Chen En's expression was somewhat strange.

He truly hadn't expected that Koizumi Akako, a top-tier magician in the Detective Conan universe, would offer such a solution.

The strange thing is that the solution proposed by Koizumi Akako might actually be feasible.

Because someone will actually die during the mermaid festival three years later.

Earlier, when he heard Hattori Heiji call Conan away, he didn't realize what was going on and thought it was about Naniwa's serial murders. But when he heard that tonight was the Mermaid Festival, he immediately realized what was going on.

This isn't some serial murder case involving waves; it's clearly the plot of a mermaid disappearance story!

Kimie Shimabukuro will take revenge tonight by killing the person who burned her mother to death.

And it just so happens to be under the guise of the mermaid's curse.

...So you're saying it's really possible to turn the tide?
(End of this chapter)