The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

"..."

Conan, however, had no doubts about this.

After all, the entire Mermaid Island was packed with tourists because of the Dugong Festival.

It's perfectly normal to have not enough toilets.

Like that girl Ran, she and Kazuha went to the bathroom and they still haven't come back.

It's easy to imagine how popular public restrooms are at times like this.

Meanwhile, Kogoro Mouri and Heiji Hattori were pacing back and forth, clearly getting impatient.

I estimate that I waited for another twenty minutes or so.

Xiaolan and He Ye hurriedly ran back.

Seeing the apologetic looks on their faces, Kogoro Mouri and Heiji Hattori were naturally too embarrassed to say anything more.

Then, the group set off together towards Mermaid Falls.

Since most of the island's residents and tourists are heading towards Mermaid Falls, the group doesn't need to worry about getting lost even without a guide.

When Aragaki Yu and Mouri Kogoro arrived at Mermaid Falls.

A considerable number of tourists have already gathered here.

Many islanders are also busy setting up the venue and preparing for the second half of the celebration.

Before the start of the second half of the festival, Kimie Shimabukuro returned to this spot from the open space beside the river upstream of the waterfall.

She stood solemnly before the sacred fire, looking calmly at the audience.

It was as if nothing had happened.

However, the observant Aragaki Yu could notice—

Shimabukuro Kimie stared at the eyes of the campfire in front of her, her expression occasionally showing a hint of daze.

Obviously, what just happened still has some impact on her, more or less.

However, before the celebration began, Kimie Shimabukuro managed to compose herself.

"Now, please have our three lucky guests come forward."

She held up three divine arrows and invited the person who had drawn the dugong arrow to come forward.

"it is good!"

Kazuha excitedly responded and then crawled through the cordon and ran out.

At the same time, another person who had drawn the Dugong's Arrow also came out.

To Kogoro Mouri and his friends' slight surprise, the third lucky winner turned out to be Naoko, whom they had met briefly at the souvenir shop.

However, after waiting for a long time...

The last "lucky one" that everyone was looking forward to never appeared.

The scene was filled with questions.

After all, if they were the ones who drew the Dugong Arrow, there would be absolutely no way they would forfeit the prize.

At this moment, among everyone present, only the shrine maiden Shimabukuro Kimie and Aragaki Yu knew the truth.

There will be no chance for this third winner to appear again.

At that moment, Kimie Shimabukuro also subconsciously glanced at the waterfall behind her.

Miss Sumi's body is now hanging there quietly.

After a long time, the third winner still showed no sign of waiting.

At this moment, both Heiji Hattori and Conan suddenly fell silent.

Because the two of them remembered very clearly that at the shrine, Ms. Sumi, whom they had met before, clearly acted as if she had won the lottery.

However, no matter how many times they turned their heads to search in the crowd, they could not find Miss Shoumei.

Is it possible...

What happened to Miss Kotobuki?!

Chapter 465 Conan: It's all Aragaki Yu's fault

Looking into Conan's eyes, Heiji Hattori immediately realized that Kudo must have the same thoughts as him.

He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he forced himself to swallow the words back.

After all, he had experienced far too many such insightful statements.

However, at that moment, a faint voice came from behind Hattori Heiji: "Could something have happened?"

Hattori Heiji:"……"

woc!

Hattori Heiji was startled by the sudden sound. When he turned around in fear, he found that it was Aragaki Yu who had been standing behind him at some point.

Startled as well, Conan couldn't help but say guiltily, "Don't curse people..."

Of course, although he said that, he became increasingly uneasy inside.

You should know that in Conan's mind, Yuu Aragaki is a cursed person whose presence in any place leads to a case.

So from the very beginning, Conan had a bad feeling about Aragaki Yu joining him on this trip to Mermaid Island.

Thinking of this, Conan couldn't help but give Aragaki Yu a deep look. "That's right, if something really happened, it must be because of Aragaki Yu!"

"..."

That's it.

Aragaki Yu, Hattori Heiji, and Conan suddenly looked at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became strange.

It is truly unprecedented for someone to draw a dugong arrow and have no one claim it.

As a result, the celebration inevitably descended into chaos.

However, having anticipated this, Kimie Shimabukuro quickly brought the atmosphere under control.

However, Kimie Shimabukuro waited a few more minutes before announcing that she would no longer wait for the third guest who had drawn the Dugong Arrow.

After all, the celebration must continue, and it's impossible to delay too much time for one person.

Thus, under the direction of Kimie Shimabukuro, the celebration moved on to the next stage.

"Now, please receive the light of bliss!"

The shrine maiden, Shimabukuro Kimie, will personally bestow the blessing of "Light of Bliss" upon the person who draws the divine arrow.

However, this so-called "Light of Elysium," despite its impressive-sounding name, is actually nothing more than a fireworks display for a celebration.

The villagers quickly lit the fireworks that had been set up in advance at Mermaid Falls.

With the sound of fireworks rising into the sky, the sky was quickly illuminated by bursts of fireworks.

Just as everyone was enjoying the fireworks display.

Suddenly, a male tourist pointed to the Mermaid Falls not far away and said in a trembling voice, "Look, what's that!"

Following the tourists' suggestion, everyone looked up at the waterfall.

The moment the waterfall was illuminated by fireworks.

Everyone could clearly see a figure seemingly suspended in front of the waterfall by something. With the impact of the waterfall's flow, the figure swayed from side to side, looking from a distance like a mermaid swimming upstream.

The scene quickly became chaotic.

Conan and Heiji Hattori's expressions turned serious upon seeing this.

really……

Something really happened!

……

More than ten minutes later.

Led by the local villagers, Kogoro Mouri and his group arrived at the river upstream of Mermaid Falls.

This is the place where Aragaki Yuu followed Sumi earlier.

After arriving at the riverbank, and following Conan's instructions, the island's villagers used the safety ropes along the river to pull the body that had fallen into the waterfall back to the riverbank.

Indeed, this corpse is the same Miss Kotobuki who was struck by the Dugong's Arrow.

Several detectives stood around the corpse, their faces grim.

The safety rope was tightly wrapped around her neck several times, and it seemed that she drowned and was swept off the cliff because she was entangled in the rope.

Was it an accident? Or was it intentional?

Just at this time.

Standing to the side, Kimie Shimabukuro looked at the body of Miss Sumi that had been pulled up, her face showing a mixture of sadness and fear. "Sumi! Could it be... could it be that she committed suicide? Or did someone kill her!"