Detective: I'm Sato Miwako's Informant

Kazuha nodded as well.

If Fukuyama Rokuro hadn't carried the antidote with him, there probably wouldn't be an antidote for this spider on this island. It would take at least two hours to get back to the mainland, and by then, everyone would probably be dead.

So, Kimie Shimabukuro was incredibly lucky this time; she escaped unscathed.

However, to prevent any accidents, they searched the room, but to their disappointment, the spider had already disappeared.

It was getting dark outside.

It's estimated that it will get dark soon, and the celebration will begin soon. The town at the foot of the mountain is getting lively, and everything is about to be prepared.

"Kimi, I'm so glad you're alright." Kazuki Saori hugged Kimi in Shimabukuro tightly, her face beaming with joy.

Shimabukuro Kimie nodded with a smile, but only she knew what she was thinking. When she looked at the three women, Kadokawa Saori, Kuroe Naoko, and Ebihara Tomi, a cold glint would occasionally flash in her eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Shimabukuro Kimie patted her best friend on the back, indicating that her three friends shouldn't worry.

Naoko Kuroe laughed and said, "In that case, let's draw the dugong's arrow."

"Okay, you'll be the first to draw this time."

Shimabukuro Kimie did not refuse, even though she had only just recovered. She glanced at the lottery box in the room and then turned to enter the house.

A short while later, he came out carrying a basin of ice water.

Looking at the ice water, Xiaolan asked curiously, "Sister Junhui, what's this for?"

Kimie Shimabukuro smiled and said, "You need to wash your hands before the lottery, so this is just a small ritual before the lottery."

Kazuha said shyly, "Sister Junhui, can we also be in the first batch of lottery draws?"

"No."

Kimie Shimabukuro refused outright, and seeing the two girls' disappointed expressions, she smiled and explained:

"The first round of draws usually involves four people, but the last spot will be reserved for my good friend, Osamu Shiraishi."

"I see..." x2

He Ye and Xiao Lan understood, but they also hoped that they would win in the second round of the draw.

Shiraishi Osamu stood motionless, simply putting his hand into his pocket and stroking the bottle of lemon juice he had taken from the town hall.

Kogoro Mouri and the others also sat down at the table in the room, not disturbing the lottery draw, but just watching silently.

Tomi Ebihara, Naoko Kuroe, Saori Kadokawa, and the three girls put their dominant hands into the ice water. When their hands were almost numb and red from the cold, they excitedly left the ice water and eagerly reached into the lottery box to draw numbers.

After watching her three friends finish drawing the prizes, Shimabukuro Kimie approached Shiraishi Osamu and said gently:

"Xiu, you should go too!"

Shiraishi Osamu stared blankly at Shimabukuro Kimie, remained silent for a long while, and then uttered a single word in a hoarse voice: "Okay."

He casually washed his right hand in the ice water, but used his left hand when drawing the prize. The bottle of lemon juice in his pocket was also half empty.

Ran and Kazuha looked on with envy at the four people who were drawing lots, but they were also a little eager to try, after all, they were in the second batch.

Yukiko kept glancing at the lottery box, hesitating whether she should go up and try her luck too.

Sudden……

"Aaaaaah!!!" x3

Three screams rang out at once, and the three girls, Ebihara Tomi, Kuroe Naoko, and Kadokawa Saori, who had been happily holding lottery numbers and fantasizing about winning, suddenly collapsed to the ground, their faces deathly pale.

You could see that each of them had small cuts on the hand they used to draw the prize.

"Oh no! It's the pink Aranha!" Fukuyama Rokuro was the first to realize this and instinctively reached into his pocket, only to find that the only bottle of antidote had already been used. His face instantly turned deathly pale.

"Shu! Are you alright!" Shimabukuro Kimie's first concern wasn't for her three friends, but for Shiraishi Shu.

She came straight up to him, grabbed his hand that was drawing the lottery ticket, but found that there was no wound, and Shiraishi Xiu seemed to be unharmed.

"This..." Shimabukuro Kimie was a little surprised, but then she breathed a sigh of relief.

And this place is indeed in complete chaos.

A group of people surrounded the three women who had fallen to the ground, but they were all helpless.

Conan approached the lottery box, turned on the flashlight on his watch, and peered inside. His expression turned grave as he said, "There's a spider inside. It might be the same venomous spider that escaped."

Hattori Heiji glanced at it and nodded: "It seems that's true."

Xiao Lan asked anxiously, "What do we do now? Let's get them to the hospital quickly!"

Fukuyama Rokuro sat pale-faced in the basement of 387, shaking his head slightly: "It's no use. Our town only has small clinics, there's no way we have the antidote for the spider. And it will take at least two hours to get to the mainland, by the time we get it there, it will be too late."

"Then..." Kazuha looked at the three women in pain and was also trembling with fear.

Luckily, she didn't participate in the lottery, otherwise she might be in this situation now.

pity……

The three people in front of them had been poisoned, and they were helpless to do anything about it.

at last..

Fukuyama Rokuro, Hattori Heiji, and Mori Kogoro each carried one child and frantically ran down the mountain to the small clinic, while simultaneously making phone calls to hospitals on the mainland.

If there's still time, perhaps everything can be saved, after all, these are three lives at stake.

The one who regrets it the most is undoubtedly Fukuyama Rokuro, because he was the one who kept the spider. It was also because he didn't want to bother replacing the window and didn't patch the hole that the cat came in and knocked everything over, allowing the spider to escape.

Gradually, it got completely dark...

As if ordained by fate, a strong wind arose at sea, and dark clouds rolled in on the horizon. At this time, neither helicopters nor ships could safely navigate the sea.

Chapter 0149: The Feelings Were Expressed

Mermaid Island.

Night has fallen.

What should have been a lively celebration has instead caused widespread panic due to the poisoning incident.

An hour later...

The town clinic was brightly lit, and many people were gathered there with solemn expressions.

for a long time……

The town doctor came out and shook his head at Kogoro Mouri and the others, saying, "It's too late. They didn't get the antidote."

The meaning of this sentence is probably clear to everyone here.

The families of Ebihara Tomi, Kuroe Naoko, and Kadoya Saori rushed into the clinic, and soon their suppressed sobs could be heard.

"How could this be..."

Xiao Lan covered her mouth, unable to believe that three lives had been lost right before her eyes.

Kazuha also covered her mouth.

Yukiko's expression also turned serious. Although she wanted to kill Shiraishi Osamu, it didn't mean she liked seeing people die around her.

Heiji Hattori and Conan exchanged a glance, nodded to each other, and ran out together, disappearing into the night.

Neither of them believed it was an accident, and at the same time, they remembered something strange about the lottery draw.

The room fell silent.

Soon after, the town police arrived and began investigating what had happened.

The investigation was initially classified as an accident, with further investigation needed to determine if there were other underlying issues.

A highly venomous spider escaped and accidentally crawled into a lottery box. Three people were bitten while drawing lots, and ultimately died because there was no antidote. However, the town's police were impressed by Shiraishi Osamu's luck, as he too had drawn a lot and escaped being bitten – a stroke of good fortune amidst misfortune. Yukiko was also disappointed; if Shiraishi Osamu had been bitten, she could have avenged herself.

She felt a little resentful towards God, wondering why such a scumbag was still alive and that he might as well be dead.

Let's not talk about this side.

Shiraishi Osamu's side.

He approached Shimabukuro Kimie, glanced at the night outside, and whispered, "Let's go for a walk."

"good"

Shimabukuro Kimie nodded without giving it much thought, and walked out with Shiraishi Osamu, strolling through the town.

Although there were no events today, the town was still brightly lit and quite lively.

After all, there are quite a few outsiders here today.

The sea breeze blew in from time to time, making the night much cooler.

Before they knew it, Shiraishi Osamu led Shimabukuro Kimie to the front of Fukuyama Rokuro's house.

Shimabukuro Kimie didn't understand why Shiraishi Osamu had brought her here, but when she looked at the house in front of her, her eyes darted away slightly, and she shifted her gaze to the side.

“Junhui.” Shiraishi Xiu turned around and looked at her.

"Mm." Kimie Shimabukuro nodded, her head bowed.

Shiraishi Xiu took a deep breath, looked at the dark house, and slowly spoke:

"During the day, while its owner was out, the kitten jumped in through a broken window and made a mess of the house. The pink Aranha also escaped from an overturned box at this time and fled through the broken window."

When Shiraishi Osamu began to say these things, Shimabukuro Kimie had already held her breath and nervously twisted her hands together.

“Hey, Junhui, look. The window in front of us faces south. The pink Aranha escaped during the day when the sun was shining. The curtains aren’t drawn, so sunlight shines in through the window. But the pink Aranha is nocturnal and likes shady places, so it’s impossible for it to crawl into a sunny spot. Also… there’s a lemon tree next to the window, and spiders that hate the smell of citrus can’t possibly crawl out of the window.”

A sea breeze blows.

Shimabukuro Kimie felt a chill run down her back, and she even started to tremble slightly, biting her lips until they turned white.

Bai Shixiu said softly:

"So I was thinking that someone must have taken the spider. Then I looked at the security camera footage from Fukuyama Rokuro's front door and saw a woman carrying a bulging bundle disappear for a while. When she reappeared, the bundle wasn't bulging anymore. So I was thinking that someone reached through the hole in the window, opened the latch, went in, took the spider, took the cat out of the backpack, and made a mess of the room. That makes sense."

"Oh, right..."

Osamu Shiraishi took the slightly reduced bottle of lemonade out of his pocket and handed it to Kimie Shimabukuro.

Shimabukuro Kimie looked at the lemon juice in front of her and shakily reached out to take it.

Bai Shixiu smiled and continued:

"At the shrine office, the reason those three women didn't feel anything after being bitten was because their hands were so frozen and red that they didn't notice. As for me, I wasn't bitten simply because I had lemon juice on my hands, which spiders hate. Otherwise, I might have died too. I...I..."