The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

“What I meant to say was…” Aragaki Yu looked at Hattori Heiji, carefully choosing his words, “Do you think there’s a possibility that I might have lit that incense?”

"what!?"

Hattori Heiji stared at Aragaki Yuu, then stopped in his tracks, completely bewildered.

Kazuha's expression also showed some surprise.

"You lit the incense!?" Hattori Heiji looked utterly incredulous.

“But, but…” Kazuha stretched out her hand, pointing at Aragaki Yuu, and said tremblingly, “But why would you bring something like incense to a place like this!”

"What's wrong with this?"

Aragaki Yu glanced helplessly at Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha, who were making a fuss, and said, "In addition, rather than saying that I came to this area in the back mountain, it would be more accurate to say that I came here specifically for that mermaid grave."

"What!?"

This made Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha even more shocked.

"But how did you know where this mermaid's grave is!?"

"Oh, this!" Upon hearing the question, Aragaki Yu's expression remained completely unchanged.

Because when he appeared to save the two people, he had already figured out his reason for being there.

“When I went to the island’s residents’ homes to investigate, I happened to hear them say that they had encountered a strange, wordless tombstone in the back mountain, so I came here out of curiosity to take a look.”

"There's no need to bring incense!" Toyama Kazuha glanced at Aragaki Yuu, her face still showing that fearful expression.

After all, it seems a bit odd to think that someone would carry incense with them all the time!

Not to mention that it could very well be the tomb of a mysterious mermaid.

Even Hattori Heiji nodded subconsciously, indicating that he could understand Kazuha's thoughts.

"This..."

Seeing the clueless looks on Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha's faces, Aragaki Yu could only shrug and say, "When you visit someone's house, you can't go empty-handed, right? So it's normal to bring a gift."

"Huh!?" ×2

Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha were completely stunned.

They stood there, mouths agape, staring at Aragaki Yuu who seemed to take it all for granted, a torrent of "MMP" running through their minds.

Someone else's house?

Mermaid Graveyard?

visit?

Gift?

fragrant?

Haha! Listen to this, is that even human language?

Just as Hattori Heiji was wondering what to say, he suddenly remembered that Kudo had mentioned to him not long ago that Aragaki Yuu had inherited his parents' shop—which seemed to be a yin-yang shop.

"..."

Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji suddenly felt a cold wind blow past him from behind.

Chapter 471 Could it be that there really are mermaids!

Hattori Heiji glanced at Kazuha, whose face had turned somewhat pale, hesitated for a moment, and then decided against telling her about it.

After all, Kazuha has already received enough surprises today.

"..."

Just as Hattori Heiji was wondering what to say...

A sudden, urgent cell phone ring broke the strange atmosphere.

"Hello? Employee... Ah, Conan!?"

It turned out to be Heiji Hattori's phone ringing.

"..."

"What! What did you say!"

"..."

"Okay, I'll come right away!"

"..."

"Wait, no need, Aragaki is right here with me, we'll come over now."

After hanging up the phone, Hattori Heiji looked at Aragaki Yuuki and Kazuha.

"Heiji, what's wrong?" Kazuha didn't know what was said on the phone, but she noticed that Heiji's expression had turned ugly.

Yuu Aragaki roughly guessed what Conan had said on the phone, but in order not to give anything away, he pretended to be quite puzzled.

Heiji Hattori: "Miss Naoko, she's dead..."

Kazuha: "What!?"

Then, a beat late, Aragaki Yuu exclaimed: "What!?"

Hattori Heiji:"……"

……

river bank.

That's right, it's the place where everyone pulled up Miss Sumi's body last night.

The three who arrived also met up with Kogoro Mouri and his group here.

Xiaolan has already called the police, but because the storm at sea has not yet stopped, the police have not been able to arrive yet.

Incidentally, Conan has also informed the villagers about Ms. Naoko's death.

"What on earth is going on, Conan?!"

Kogoro Mouri is directing Ran to take photos as evidence next to Naoko's body.

Therefore, Heiji Hattori pulled Conan aside to ask about the situation.

He simply couldn't understand why Miss Naoko was here.

She even fell into the river just like Miss Shoumei, and was even strangled and drowned by the same safety rope.

The "lucky ones" who were also struck by the dugong's arrow died in the exact same place, in the exact same way, and were even strangled by the same protective rope.

Is it really possible for such a coincidence to happen?

If it's not a coincidence.

that……

……

After Conan's explanation, Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama finally learned the whole story.

However, the expressions on their faces also became even more interesting.

turn out to be--

At that time, Kogoro Mouri was visiting the island's residents with Conan and Ran.

As a result, just as the three were about to go to Ms. Naoko's house to find out what was going on, they happened to see a figure running hurriedly towards the back mountain.

This figure turned out to be Ms. Naoko, the person the three of them were planning to visit.

But why did she run towards the back of the mountain?

Could it be that she has some connection to Miss Sumi's death?

Or perhaps she discovered something that forced her to rush out the door.

for example……

The mermaid's grave.

Driven by curiosity and doubt, Kogoro Mouri and his two companions exchanged glances, understood each other's intentions, and immediately chose to follow.

The woods behind the mountain are dense with shrubs.

In addition, he was worried that Miss Naoko would notice that someone was secretly following him.

Kogoro Mouri and his two companions had to slow down and stay far behind Naoko.

However, the more they walked down this road, the more they felt something was wrong.

Because they remembered very clearly that this was the path they had taken the night before to climb the mountain and reach the river upstream of Mermaid Falls.

"Could it be that Miss Naoko really has something to do with Miss Kotobuki's death?"

Regardless of what Ran was thinking, the expressions on Kogoro Mouri and Conan's faces both became serious.

However, what happened next was something that Kogoro Mouri and his two companions could not understand at all.