The daily life of the famous detective: the undead

Chapter 69 The Mermaid Under the Waterfall
When the bell rang, the commotion crowd quieted down, quietly waiting for the ceremony of the shrine.

The originally closed and dark door was suddenly bright, illuminating the paper sliding door, and a small figure appeared through the light and shadow, it was Longevity Woman.

Holding the torch in her hand with difficulty, a paper-made sliding door was baked inside the door.After a while, numbers gradually appeared on the door.

38, 29, 62.

Three numbers appeared, and the figure inside the door also put down the torch and became quiet.

"Huh?" He Ye stared at the number on the door with wide eyes, and then looked at the wooden sign in his hand.

"What's wrong?" Mao Lilan turned around and asked.

"I seem to have been hit." He Ye said blankly, a little in disbelief.

"Really?" Molly asked in surprise.

"Well, No. 29, look." He said and held up the wooden sign in his hand to show Mao Lilan.

"Great, you and Ye are lucky." Mao Lilan said with a smile.

At this time, a girl named Junhui came out from the side and said to everyone: "Everyone, the places have been selected. Please come to the mermaid waterfall behind the shrine in an hour, and we will hold the arrow awarding ceremony there."

After finishing speaking, Jun Hui turned around and entered the door, and closed the door casually.

Seeing that the ceremony was over, everyone heard Jun Hui's words and walked towards the waterfall, discussing while walking.

"Kazuha, you really got it." Hattori Heiji said looking at the number plate in Kazuha's hand.

"Yeah, I didn't expect that either." He Ye said with a smile.

"Well, let's go and have a look first, it's good luck after all." Song Pingfeng said from the side.

Several people followed the crowd to the vicinity of the waterfall. There was a large flat ground. There was a table in the center of the flat. .

When the people arrived, Jun Hui said: "Everyone, please be quiet, and then I will ask the person whose number I called to come to the stage to receive the Dugong arrow."

Then he walked to the first tray and looked at the number.

"number 29."

"Here here."

He Ye raised his hand excitedly, and then ran up.

"Idiot, slow down, don't bump into someone!" Hattori Heiji's helpless voice came.

Jun Hui watched her run up with a smile, picked up the hair-wrapped dugong arrow with both hands, and said to her, "The dugong arrow will protect your health and longevity."

"Thank you, Ms. Junhui." Heye took the Dugong's arrow in surprise, and went off the stage with it. After stepping down, he was inevitably scolded by Hattori Heiji again.

"The next one is number 62."

An uncle who looked very decadent walked up.

"Oh? Isn't that Miss Saori's father?" Conan was stunned and asked suspiciously.

"It's him, he was also drawn." Hattori Heiji said.

But Song Pingfeng frowned.He just took a general look at the expressions of the crowd. The winners should be three women. Why did he go up.

"The next one is number 38."

A woman came to the stage to receive the arrow of the dugong. It was Naoko Kuroe, and she seemed very happy.

……

After receiving the dugong arrows, the shrine set off fireworks and performed a holy baptism for the three.

In the light of the fireworks, evil also appears here.

Song Pingfeng's eyes suddenly lit up, there seemed to be something on the other side of the waterfall...

After looking carefully, Song Pingfeng's face changed, it was a person!

Hattori Heiji at the side saw him change his face, followed his eyes suspiciously, and also saw something hanging under the waterfall, his face suddenly changed: "No way..."

Hattori Heiji said as he pushed aside the crowd and ran over. When he got a closer look, it turned out that it was a person hanging under the waterfall, washed by the waterfall, like a mermaid swimming against the current...

Then the arrow awarding ceremony was terminated, and Kogoro Mori led people up to check.

Song Pingfeng took several three women to the back of the crowd to call the police to prevent them from seeing the scene... Although these people have seen worse.

"How could such a thing happen?" He Ye said worriedly.

"Don't worry, with those two detectives around, it's not a big problem." Song Pingfeng comforted.

"Mr. Feng, aren't you going? We're fine." Yuko Kimura said looking at Matsudaira Feng.

"I don't need to go, they can." Song Pingfeng shook his head and said.

On the other side, Mori Kogoro, Conan Hattori Heiji and several villagers pulled the deceased up and conducted a simple investigation.

The deceased was Ebihara Sumi, a resident of this island.

"In this case, Ms. Shoumei may have accidentally fallen into the river while walking by the river, and then grabbed the safety rope on the bank. However, because the current was too fast, she was flown down by the water, and the safety rope happened to be in the current It got stuck on the neck, and finally died here." Mori Kogoro analyzed.

"That's not right, obviously the celebration is held under the waterfall, why would Miss Sumi come here at this time." Hattori Heiji objected.

"Because the mermaid's grave is somewhere in this forest." Heijiang Naoko said, she also came here.

"what?"

"Because after the fire broke out in the shrine three years ago, the skeleton of the mermaid was buried in this place." Heijiang Naoko said.

"Mermaid's skeleton? Are you sure it's really a mermaid's skeleton?" Hattori Heiji said in disbelief.

"It's hard to say. Everyone on the island said so, but the police from the mainland said it was the skeleton of a middle-aged woman." Jun Hui said.

"Are you kidding? That skeleton doesn't even have a waist below. How could it be a human skeleton?" Heijiang Naoko said.

"Below the waist?" Hattori Heiji asked.

"Because the parts below the waist of the skeleton were smashed by falling wood, there was a legend about mermaids appearing on the island," Jun Hui said.

"After news of the mermaid's skeleton got out, someone came to rob the tomb. So we secretly moved the skeleton to the forest," Jun Hui explained.

"Well, whether it's suicide, homicide or accident, we can only talk about it after the police arrive." Mori Kogoro said.

However, Song Pingfeng brought three girls over at this time.

"Detective Maori, the police have contacted them, but they said that the sea is very stormy and they can't come here for the time being." Song Pingfeng explained.Originally, he didn't intend to bring the three of them here, but in general, it doesn't matter if the three of them also want to come and see.

"Isn't this better?" Hattori Heiji said suddenly.

"What are you talking about?" Mori Kogoro said angrily.

"In this way, the murderer won't be able to escape." Hattori Heiji said.

"Now it's not confirmed whether it's a suicide or a homicide. How can you be sure?" Mori Kogoro said dissatisfied.

"Conan just found this life buoy by the river. If the murderer strangles Miss Shoumei and puts her on the life buoy to let her slide down, she can naturally hang on the waterfall. In this way, no matter who is involved in this crime, it can be done." Hattori Heiji said confidently.

"But it still can't prove that this is not a suicide, can it?" Song Pingfeng said.

"But at least the suspicion of homicide cannot be ruled out, right?" Hattori Heiji said.

"Anyway, we have to wait for the police to come. It's useless for us to guess now. It's very late today, let Miss Shoumei's family take her back." Mori Kogoro said.

Then Ebihara Sumi's father took her back to prepare for the funeral.

At this time, Conan proposed to see Changshou Po, and everyone was fine, and they happened to be more interested in Changshou Po, and after asking Junhui if it was convenient, he followed his wishes.

So everyone stayed at the shrine, waiting to see Longevity Po.

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(End of this chapter)