The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Could he be the embodiment of his mother's obsession with Mermaid Island?

Looking at the river before her, Kimie Shimabukuro's eyes suddenly welled up with tears.

Chapter 473 It's all over

Until the morning of the following day.

The waves around Mermaid Island finally calmed down a bit, and the police finally arrived at Mermaid Island by boat.

After seeing and hearing Kogoro Mouri's account of discovering the bodies of Ms. Sumi and Ms. Naoko.

The police who arrived on the island were completely dumbfounded.

If it weren't for Kogoro Mouri's status as a famous detective, coupled with the testimony of a considerable number of islanders, the police would have almost taken him away as a rambling lunatic.

After all, who would believe such an outrageous thing could happen if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes?

Then, after the police investigated the crime scene and the victim's home, they "accidentally" found Ms. Naoko's cell phone.

Through technical means, they found Ms. Saori's letter, which had been "deliberately" deleted, on Ms. Naoko's phone.

This is how the police learned part of the "truth" about the incident—

That's right, the reason why Ms. Naoko rushed to the riverbank in such a panic was because Ms. Saori had arranged to meet her at the riverbank where the incident occurred.

The reason given was the news of the legendary mermaid tomb.

Therefore, the police have reason to believe that Ms. Sumi, who died on the first night, was very likely lured to the river by Ms. Saori.

Moreover, Ms. Saori has not been seen since.

Moreover, the police also felt that Saori Kadokawa had sufficient motive to do this—

It's not impossible that Saori, who lost the Dugong's Arrow and fears retaliation from the mermaid, might try to steal it from the lucky person who drew the number at the festival.

Police have also listed Kazuyoshi Saori as the prime suspect.

At the same time, the police also have reason to believe that her disappearance was probably due to her fear of having her crimes exposed, which led her to flee.

Although there are still many missing clues, this speculation is more plausible than the possibility of a mermaid curse.

As a result, the police immediately issued an arrest warrant for Ms. Kadokawa Saori.

Everything can only be investigated and questioned after Saori Shodo is arrested and brought to justice.

Of course, by this time, Kadokawa Saori's body had already been sunk somewhere in the sea.

The police will probably never find any clues about Kadokawa Saori in their lifetime.

Kogoro Mouri, Ran, and the others naturally agreed with the police's assessment.

Aside from Kazuha still harboring some lingering fear about the mermaid's curse.

Conan and Heiji Hattori were still reluctant to believe it deep down.

Although there was no evidence, they felt that things were not so simple.

Moreover, deep down, they had a vague feeling—

Perhaps, Kadokawa Saori had already been murdered.

After all, Saori's disappearance occurred before the deaths of Kotobuki and Naoko.

If Ms. Kadokawa Saori is indeed still on this mermaid island, and has lured Ms. Kotobuki and Ms. Naoko to the riverbank to kill them.

It's impossible that no one on the island has seen Ms. Saori for so many days.

Moreover, this way, there's no need for Kadokawa Saori to send a special letter inviting the detective to the island.

Normally, no one would knowingly bring a famous detective, a ticking time bomb, with them when they know they are going to kill someone.

Whether it was a detective's intuition or experience, Conan and Heiji Hattori's gazes unconsciously fell on Ms. Kimie Shimabukuro.

After all, if other possibilities are ruled out, the remaining answer, no matter how unbelievable, will be the truth of the case.

Looking at Shimabukuro Kimie, who was staring blankly at the corpses of Miss Kotobuki and Miss Naoko in the crowd, Heiji Hattori and Conan couldn't help but reveal complicated expressions.

Unfortunately, in the limited time remaining, the two of them were unable to find any more valuable clues.

Furthermore, many island residents can testify that while Conan, Kogoro Mouri, and Ran were chasing Naoko into the back mountain, Kimie Shimabukuro remained at the shrine.

Therefore, no matter how much resentment I felt, this matter could only end here.

After the police left.

Kogoro Mouri and his group returned to the hotel to pack their luggage.

After all, the client, Ms. Saori, has not yet been found, and it is very likely that she has fled after committing murder. In addition, Ran and Kazuha have no intention of staying on this strange mermaid island any longer, so the group is preparing to take a boat and leave.

After packing his luggage, Yuya Aragaki, at Senhime's request, went to the "mermaid" grave on the back mountain once again and burned incense in front of the grave one last time.

However, this time, Heiji Hattori and Kazuha also followed Yuki Aragaki to offer incense at the grave.

Of course, Hattori Heiji was apologizing for damaging someone's gravestone.

Kazuha was also worried that the reason she and Heiji almost fell off the cliff was because Hattori Heiji had damaged the gravestone, so she came to apologize.

Of course, the tombstone that rolled off the cliff has also been retrieved by the group from below the cliff.

However, what surprised Heiji and Kazuha was—

This tombstone clearly fell from such a high cliff, yet it wasn't damaged at all.

Haha, could it be that this tombstone really has some kind of magic?

Of course, that's impossible.

Although Princess Senhime was indeed born from this grave, in the end, this place was just an ordinary grave.

It wasn't a mermaid buried there, but rather Ms. Naoko Shimabukuro, Kimie Shimabukuro's mother.

However, just as Aragaki Yu, Hattori Heiji, and Kazuha were preparing to leave and head to the dock to meet up with Mouri Kogoro and his group,

However, she unexpectedly encountered Ms. Shimabukuro Kimie, who had just come to offer incense.

Hattori Heiji and Kazuha looked at the shrine maiden Shimabukuro Kimie, who was carrying a lot of offerings, with expressions of shock on their faces.

Shimabukuro Kimie, who saw Aragaki Yu and the other two at this place, also seemed somewhat surprised.

Of course, this surprised expression became even more pronounced after noticing the incense ash that had just burned in front of the tombstone.

However, the two groups did not exchange many words.

Although Shimabukuro Kimie was somewhat surprised, she did not ask the three of them why they were in this place.

Similarly, even Heiji Hattori didn't ask Kimie Shimabukuro why she knew about the mermaid graveyard.

She had just confidently assured everyone that only the Longevity Granny knew the exact location of the mermaid's tomb.

After all, it's understandable that Shimabukuro Kimie deliberately lied and said only the Longevity Granny knew the location of the Mermaid Grave in order to prevent them from persistently asking her about it.

……

More than an hour later, the group finally boarded the ship that would leave Mermaid Island.

On the deck of the ship, Conan and Heiji Hattori gazed at the Mermaid Island, which was getting smaller and smaller, and couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Chapter 474 Judy

After finishing my morning class.

Aragaki Yu, who was dozing off on his desk, suddenly felt two taps on the back of his shoulder.

Turning around, he saw Ran and Sonoko standing to his side and behind him, looking at him with concern. "Aragaki, are you alright? You look very tired today."

"Yawn~"

Yuu Aragaki covered his mouth and yawned, then blinked his slightly droopy eyes and explained, "Ran, Sonoko, it's you guys. I'm fine, it's just that I didn't get much sleep last night!"

"So that's how it is." Upon hearing Yuu Aragaki's reply, Ran also showed a look of lingering fear.

She stuck out her tongue a little shyly and said, "Actually, I didn't sleep well for the past two days either. Every time I closed my eyes, I would think about the mermaid, Miss Sumi, and Miss Naoko, so I chatted with Conan until very late before I finally fell asleep."

Clearly, Ran misunderstood why Aragaki Yu was staying up late.

Xiaolan was probably still feeling scared about what happened on Mermaid Island.

But Yuka Aragaki doesn't have this kind of trouble at all.

After all, even the mermaids on Mermaid Island were "lured" out by Aragaki Yu and are now lying obediently in his Yin-Yang Domain.

The reason he stayed up late was simply because he was studying Senhime late into the night.

I never expected that Senhime could actually breathe underwater by relying on her skin; that's truly an enviable talent.

After all, those with this ability will never have to fear being sunk in Tokyo Bay again.

"Mermaid?"

Sonoko's face suddenly showed a rather displeased expression. "Damn it! Ran, you guys actually took advantage of your break to do something so interesting without even taking me with you!"

Mermaid Island.

Sonoko had naturally heard about the dugong festival and mermaid legends related to Mermaid Island.