Detective: I'm Sato Miwako's Informant

He was already at a loss for words. He opened his mouth, looked at Shimabukuro Kimie, and finally slowly turned and left.

"don't want!!!"

Two hands embraced him tightly, and then he heard Shimabukuro Kimie's voice, trembling with tears:

'No! No! I've prepared the antidote, I won't let you be in danger, it really isn't like that!'

As she spoke, Kimie Shimabukuro hurriedly pulled out a bottle of antidote from her person.

Shiraishi Osamu paused for a moment, then turned to look at Shimabukuro Kimie, who was already in tears, carefully holding the antidote.

"I...I...I just wanted to stay by your side. I also wanted to become a useful person. I didn't want to be separated from you so unwillingly. I never thought of killing you, never..."

After she finished speaking, Shimabukuro Kimie started crying incessantly. Perhaps she was afraid that her words were not convincing, and she cried very sadly and very frightenedly. She even held onto his clothes tightly with one hand, not letting him leave.

Shiraishi Osamu had no intention of leaving. He gently pulled the woman in front of him into his arms, showing her his answer through his actions.

"Well……"

Enveloped in a warm embrace, Shimabukuro Kimie cried even louder, then began to recount the truth of the matter in fits and starts.

(Good)

The reason she wanted to kill Ebihara Tomi, Kuroe Naoko, and Kadokawa Saori all dates back to three years ago.

Three years ago, they failed to draw the Dugong's Arrow and harbored resentment over what happened then. When they saw her mother, disguised as the Longevity Granny, enter the warehouse, they made a snap decision, locked the warehouse door, and set it on fire, causing her mother's death.

Unaware of her mother's identity, she took over her mother's position and continued to impersonate the longevity granny, leaving the murder case in the warehouse unsolved.

After seeing that the old woman was still alive, the three of them became completely convinced of the mermaid story.

Then, just three months ago, Saori Kadoya accidentally let slip the truth, and she learned the truth.

She was furious at the time, and all she could think about was revenge. Later, she learned about the spider that Fukuyama Rokuro was raising. He took advantage of the three of them's belief in mermaids to carry out this plan three months later.

Because she didn't want to face those three disgusting faces, she chose to leave and only returned when the time came.

Chapter 0150: The Witch's Clues Unraveled

the other side.

Heiji Hattori and Conan are also investigating.

They first went to the shrine's administrative office, investigated the matter, and then went to find Fukuyama Rokuro.

After explaining the situation to Fukuyama Rokuro, they went to his house together and looked around. However, they found that the house had been cleaned up, which made them frown, because the clues might have ended there.

Seeing the two people, one big and one small, frowning, Fukuyama Rokuro said in a low voice, "If you want to see what happened back then, the police left me a photo, you can take a look."

"Really?!!" x2

Heiji Hattori and Conan were surprised by the unexpected turn of events. They thought the clues had been lost, but it turned out that there was always a way out.

Fukuyama Rokuro nodded, turned and went into the bedroom, and soon brought back a pile of photos.

Heiji Hattori and Conan didn't hesitate and took the photos, beginning to examine them one by one.

Both of them were very observant, and it didn't take long for them to notice that something was wrong.

Hattori Heiji pointed to the window in the photo and said, "Are the curtains in your photo drawn? Were they drawn by default, or did you draw them?"

Fukuyama Rokuro frowned and pondered for a while, then said somewhat uncertainly, "I think it was closed, but I also think it wasn't. Because when I saw the situation at home, I immediately called the police, so I can't quite remember what happened at the time."

Conan then said, "By the way, does the security camera at the main gate have any video footage?"

"Yes." Fukuyama Rokuro nodded, led the two of them to the computer, opened the surveillance video of the day, and showed it to them.

I quickly finished watching the video by fast-forwarding.

Heiji Hattori and Conan frowned, because the video didn't show the scene they had imagined; in fact, it was perfectly normal.

Conan was a little incredulous, so he watched the video again. Gradually, his pupils widened, and he said incredulously, "A few minutes are missing from the video around noon. What happened? Who deleted it?"

Upon hearing this, Heiji Hattori watched the video again, and as Conan had said, it had indeed been deleted.

As they were thinking this, they both turned to look at Fukuyama Rokuro.

Fukuyama Rokuro hurriedly said, "No, it wasn't me, it was me. I definitely didn't do that. By the way, Shiraishi Osamu also watched the video today."

Suddenly, something occurred to the two of them. Looking at the photos with the curtains drawn, the few minutes of video footage, and the person they suspected, they immediately understood.

It seems that Shiraishi Osamu knew something from the beginning, so he decisively eliminated some evidence because he had some connection with the murderer, so he had no choice but to do so.

"Damn it!" Conan cursed angrily and dialed Professor Agasa's number immediately: "Professor, a few minutes of the surveillance video was deleted. Do you have any way to recover it?"

"The problem...should...not be too big." The doctor's voice came from the other end of the phone, sounding fairly certain.

Then, Fukuyama Rokuro's uncertain voice rang out again: "My computer automatically deletes surveillance videos every day. Because the memory isn't very large, so..."

Hattori Heiji's expression changed, and he hurriedly asked, "How much time is it?"

"Uh..." Fukuyama Rokuro was about to say something when he noticed the clock in the room and said apologetically, "It's time."

Conan and Heiji Hattori looked at the computer screen again, and sure enough, the surveillance video had disappeared, which made their hearts sink instantly.

The doctor overheard what happened on the phone and said weakly, "Shinichi, if that's the case, I don't think I can do anything about it."

"I understand, Professor," Conan said with a grim expression, and hung up the phone.

finally……

Heiji Hattori and Conan both sighed helplessly and left Rokuro Fukuyama's house together.

But they had only been gone a short while.

On the road in the night, the two of them saw Shiraishi Osamu and Shimabukuro Kimie walking slowly towards them, hand in hand.

Both sides saw each other.

They all stood still.

The sea breeze swirled around them, giving the place a unique (badj) flavor.

Osamu Shiraishi, Heiji Hattori, and Conan stared at each other, their eyes locked on one another.

One side was calm and undisturbed, while the other's eyes were filled with solemnity and helplessness.

Heiji Hattori and Conan glanced at Kimie Shimabukuro, said nothing, and silently brushed past them.

We've gone some distance.

Conan said calmly, "Hattori, you should have figured it out by now, right?"

Hattori Heiji nodded: "Yes. It's a pity the evidence has been destroyed, so there's no use saying anything now."

Conan's face darkened. "Are we just going to let those three people die innocently?"

Hattori Heiji sighed, his expression complicated, "Without evidence, there's nothing we can do. During the investigation just now, I asked the villagers and heard something. It was about three years ago..."

As Shiraishi Osamu watched Hattori Heiji and Conan's figures disappear into the distance, he slowly withdrew his gaze and looked at Shimabukuro Kimie.

Shimabukuro Kimie lowered her head timidly, like a timid wife, not daring to say anything.

"Sigh... You're really bold to invite both of them. If I hadn't noticed something was wrong, you would be in danger today."

"Um?"

Shimabukuro Kimie nodded gently, then looked up earnestly at Shiraishi Osamu: "Because I believe in Osamu..."

"Oh, right."

She seemed to remember something else, took out a folded piece of paper from her pocket, and handed it over.

"What is this?" Shiraishi Osamu asked, puzzled. He looked at the paper and then at Shimabukuro Kimie.

"This is what happened..."

Shimabukuro Kimie slowly recounted what had happened.

How did I end up meeting that woman on my way home from get off work? What did she say? And then, inexplicably, she left behind this piece of paper with numbers written on it.

When Shiraishi Osamu first started listening, his expression turned serious. As soon as he finished listening to the last part, his pupils couldn't help but contract, and he immediately opened the paper in his hand, seeing the number 2 written on it.

boom!

He felt as if something suddenly exploded in his mind, and the numbers from the previous few points instantly connected.

The first photo shows him rescuing Yoko Okino in 4-chome, but there's a "five" written on the back of the photo.

He finally understood.

5. Thirty-nine. Two...

Put together, it's 5-chome 39-2, which is his own home address.

The first floor is a small shop, the third floor is his home, and he seems to know nothing about the second floor...

"Xiu, what's wrong?"

zX....

Shiraishi Osamu shook his head, calmly put the paper away, and looked towards the direction of Higashi Sakura in the night sky.

He decided to go back tomorrow and see if the woman he thought was just playing tricks.

Chapter 0151: A Taste of Vermouth

The next day.

When Shiraishi and the others returned to Beika Town, it was already noon.

As for the three people who died on Mermaid Island, since there were no clues, Conan and his friends chose to give up and let the police treat it as an accident.

After confessing his feelings to Ran and Kogoro Mouri, Shiraishi Shuuya watched the father and daughter go upstairs, his eyes fixed on the building on his side.

Seeing Shiraishi Osamu remain silent, Shimabukuro Kimie whispered, "Osamu, aren't you going up?"

Shiraishi Xiu smiled and said, "You go up first, I'll wait here for a bit."

"All right?"

Shimabukuro Kimie didn't know what Shiraishi Osamu was going to do, but she didn't ask him. She obediently carried her luggage upstairs.

"call……"

Shiraishi Xiu took a deep breath, twisted his neck, and slowly went upstairs. When he reached the second floor, he took out his pistol and then gently knocked on the door.

The hallway was quiet except for the sound of knocking on the door.