The daily life of the famous detective: the undead

Chapter 72 Investigation
Matsudaira waited at the shrine for a while, and Yuko Kimura came.

"Feng Jun, did something happen yesterday?" Yuko Kimura obviously heard some rumors and wanted to ask about yesterday's events.

Then Matsudaira Feng briefly told Yuko Kimura what happened last night, the death of Naoko Heijiang, the death of Junhui, etc. Yuko Kimura looked worried.

"Hey, Feng-kun, is there really a mermaid on this island?" Yuko Kimura asked worriedly.

"Huh? Yuko, don't you never believe in these things?" Matsudaira asked strangely, he remembered that Kimura Yuko was a staunch materialist.

"Because Feng-kun, you even have superpowers, don't you?" Kimura Yuko asked back.

Song Pingfeng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Don't worry, there won't be such a thing, even if there is, it can't beat me."

"That's good." Yuko Kimura replied with a smile.

"Let's go, they went to investigate the case, I can't be idle, let's investigate this shrine." Song Pingfeng said.

"Oh? Didn't you say that the uncle has almost been locked down, why do you want to investigate this shrine?" Yuko Kimura asked suspiciously.

"Although I think so too, I always feel that something is wrong. You see, whether it is the disappearance of Miss Saori, or the deaths of Miss Sumi, Miss Naoko, and Miss Junhui, they are more or less related to this shrine. relationship, especially this celebration." Song Pingfeng explained as he walked.

"Moreover, they are friends who grew up together. This has also been confirmed by the residents of the island. But there is something strange. From their words and deeds, it can be seen that Miss Sumi, Miss Saori and Miss Naoko It seems that she has no doubts about the legend of the longevity woman and the mermaid, but Miss Junhui doesn't believe it at all." Matsudaira Feng took Kimura Yuko to the outer courtyard of the shrine while talking.

"Is this abnormal? Ms. Junhui grew up in a shrine, right? I know that Changshou Po is just a little older." Yuko Kimura asked puzzled.

"Yes, Miss Junhui should be very clear that the so-called mermaid and longevity are just legends. She should confess this to her friends who grew up together. After all, Miss Junhui did not shy away from us at the shrine before. These outsiders also confessed. However, Ms. Saori and the three of them seem not to believe the words of Ms. Junhui, an insider, but still firmly believe in the legend, so they are very persistent in the Dugong Arrow." Song Pingfeng explained.

"So that's how it is." Yuko Kimura was stunned, and could still understand it this way.

"So we're going to ask someone about Miss Junhui's previous experience, and find out what makes the three young people of the new generation believe in this nonsense legend." Song Pingfeng laughed.

Then Matsudaira Feng took Kimura Yuko to find a middle-aged uncle who was still helping the aftermath at the shrine, and borrowed the name of detective Mori Kogoro, and the middle-aged uncle immediately agreed to cooperate with the investigation.

The three found a quiet place to sit down, and Song Pingfeng began to ask.

"Uncle, I want to ask Miss Junhui and Miss Saori, did any strange things happen to them before this?" Song Pingfeng asked.

"Strange thing? I'm not sure about this. The five of them have been close since childhood. They are in the same school from elementary school to university." The middle-aged uncle said.

"Five?" Song Pingfeng was taken aback, there are five, isn't it four?

"Don't you know, they are five young people who are famous in our town. Besides the four girls, there is also a boy named Fukuyama Rokuro, who is a handsome young man." The uncle said.

"Famous? Why are you famous?" Song Pingfeng asked again.

"Because they made a movie about mermaids during college, and they acted very similarly. They won awards in Tokyo and appeared on TV. They are very talented young people." The uncle said with emotion.

"Huh? The acting is very similar? Are you acting as a mermaid?" Yuko Kimura asked suspiciously.

"Yes, Junhui has inherited her mother's magical makeup skills, which is very powerful." The uncle said with a smile.

"So about that Fukuyama Rokuro, do you know where he is now?" Matsudaira continued to ask.

"I don't know, but it should be in the town. He also went to Shoumei's house last night." The uncle shook his head and said.

Song Pingfeng thought for a while, and then asked: "Then uncle, can you tell us about Miss Junhui's house?"

The uncle was startled, his eyes flickered, and he said, "Jun Hui's family, don't you all understand, what else is there to ask?"

Song Pingfeng was refreshed, and it was time to ask.

"No, to be honest, we only know that her family is the owner of the shrine, and I don't know much about the others." Song Pingfeng said helplessly.

The uncle hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said: "Jun Hui is actually very pitiful. Her father died early, and her mother took her grandma and her with her all the time. As a result, her mother died in a shipwreck three years ago. She lives in the shrine with her grandma, and a college student in a big city has been working as a witch for three years in such a small place."

Song Pingfeng frowned, three years ago?Three years ago, a fire broke out in the shrine three years ago, and the skeleton of a mermaid appeared in the shrine. In the same year, Junhui's mother died in a shipwreck. Is it really the mermaid's revenge?
Song Pingfeng felt that he had vaguely grasped the key point, but there was a layer of film separating it, making it very blurry to see.

"Is the uncle familiar with Miss Saori, Miss Sumi and Miss Naoko?" Matsudaira asked again.

"I watched them grow up, so don't worry about asking." The uncle said with a smile, heaving a sigh of relief.

Song Pingfeng paid attention to his expression, kept it in his heart, and asked calmly: "I heard that the three of them firmly believe in the legend that mermaid meat can make people live forever. Have they always been like this? Have there been changes?"

"Speaking of this, it's a strange thing. In fact, they didn't believe in this legend like Jun Hui when they were young, but they have been very obsessed with this matter since when they wanted the dugong's arrow. I once asked someone who had a dugong arrow in the town, but this kind of thing is not suitable for giving away, so everyone refused." The uncle said.

Song Pingfeng narrowed his eyes and said, "Three years ago?"

The uncle was taken aback for a moment, then thought for a while and said, "It seems to be almost three years ago."

Song Pingfeng was silent, he didn't deduce anything, but tentatively said that three years ago, it turned out that it was really this time.

After thinking about it, there was nothing to ask, Song Pingfeng said goodbye to the uncle.

Walking out of the conversation room, Matsudaira frowned and thought.

What happened three years ago to now?The fire at the shrine, the discovery of the mermaid skeleton, the death of Miss Junhui's mother in a shipwreck, the change in the attitudes of the three women, and the tomb robbery incident with the mermaid skeleton...

"How is it, did Mr. Feng think of anything?" Yuko Kimura asked.

"It's very strange, I always feel that I have overlooked something, but I can't grasp it." Song Pingfeng shook his head and said.

"Then is there anything else Mr. Feng didn't ask clearly? Do you want to ask someone else?" Yuko Kimura asked.

Song Pingfeng thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "There's nothing to ask, it's pretty much all that can be asked."

Suddenly, a psychic message came that his bat had arrived.Song Pingfeng thought for a while, and then let them divert and fly to the forest. He wanted to find the mermaid's grave.

"Forget it, let's investigate again, there should be something I haven't noticed." Song Pingfeng shook his head and said.

"Yes." Yuko Kimura replied standing beside him.

At this time, Conan also arrived at Menxie's house, and Menxie Benzang was not there. Fukuyama Rokuro mentioned by the middle-aged uncle took the key from the flower pot at the door and led them in.

On the other side, Hattori Heiji also found someone who was at Ebihara's house last night and asked the door coordinator Benzou about his actions last night, and he seemed to have found something.

In the forest, bats rely on sound waves to quickly shuttle under the shade of trees, looking for the tomb of the legendary mermaid buried here.

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(End of this chapter)