Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

"I really can't do anything with you."

Aizen shook his head helplessly, then sang in a magnetic voice:

"Tales of Mermaids"

Living in the deep sea, weaving exquisite silk

Always a dreamlike and beautiful time

If Xu had once died, what would be the loss?

When you are innocent and carefree

Everything is in sight

Who can smile as brightly as ever?

From childhood friendship

To stand side by side and never give up

What is there to fear, no matter how many storms there are?

May this mountain have trees, and may you have my heart.

......"

With the blessing of the perfect-level "Singing" skill, even though Shimabukuro Kimie didn't quite understand the meaning of the lyrics of "There Are Trees on the Mountain," she was still captivated by the beautiful song and couldn't extricate herself from it for a long time.

When Shimabukuro Kimie snapped out of her reverie from the enchanting song, she discovered that Yanlingji had already vanished into the deep sea.

"Junhui, my invitation is still valid. Are you now willing to join my ranks?"

Before Shimabukuro Kimie could think any further, Aizen's voice rang in her ears again.

Looking at Aizen's outstretched hand, Shimabukuro Kimie did not hesitate at all this time and reached out her right hand to shake it.

After witnessing the legendary mermaid with her own eyes, Kimie Shimabukuro became even more curious about the real world that normal people cannot see.

However, Shimabukuro Kimie was well aware that she was not qualified to come into contact with those supernatural forces on her own.

Therefore, joining the "Shinigami" organization became an essential step for Shimabukuro Kimie to step into the supernatural world.

Once you've witnessed supernatural power firsthand, it's hard for anyone to resist its allure.

Suzuki Seimei was well aware of this, which is why he deliberately had Aizen and Enreki put on such a good show in front of Shimabukuro Kimie.

The reason why Suzuki Harumi invited Shimabukuro Kimie to join the "Shinigami" organization and made her a core member was not only because she was skilled in makeup, but also because of her identity as a long-lived woman.

Not only ordinary people, but also many powerful and influential officials and nobles firmly believed that the longevity woman had eaten mermaid flesh.

Previously, the longevity woman that Shimabukuro Kimie impersonated could only fool people with her so-called "Dugong's Arrow," which at most had a psychological effect.

Chapter 287 The Most Difficult Case to Solve is the Missing Persons Case (Third Update, Please Vote)

Now that Shimabukuro Kimie has joined the "Shinigami" organization, and with the magical potions concocted by Suzuki Seimei, she can use her identity as the Longevity Granny to display even more supernatural abilities.

As long as Shimabukuro Kimie establishes the persona of a long-lived woman, she can take the opportunity to win over the powerful and wealthy who come to the shrine to pray for blessings and build a huge network of relationships.

Furthermore, if suitable candidates are found, Kimie Shimabukuro can also find a way to recruit them into the "Shinigami" or "Raboku" organizations.

With Shimabukuro Kimie joining Suzuki Seimei's ranks, he also kept his previous promise and had Aizen help her eliminate the three people who killed her mother.

Kimie Shimabukuro's three mother-killers are also her childhood friends: Saori Kadowaki, Naoko Kuroe, and Toshimi Ebihara.

Although Saori Kadowaki and the others deserved to die, Suzuki Seimei didn't let them suffer too much because they were both beautiful women; he simply fed them a deadly poison that would kill them instantly.

Like Naoko Kuroe, Saori Kadowaki and Tomi Ebihara also met the sign-in requirements. Seimei Suzuki signed in a total of five years of "lifespan" on them.

After silently poisoning the three women, Suzuki Seimei then ordered Enreki to sink their bodies to the bottom of the sea, hundreds of meters below the surface.

According to the island nation's laws, if a deceased person's body cannot be found, then the case can only be defined as missing.

Therefore, even if others discover that Naoko Kuroe and the others have disappeared, they can only report it to the police as a missing person.

In the eyes of the island nation's police, missing persons cases and murder cases are two different concepts.

If it's a murder case, the police will arrest the perpetrator as soon as possible to prevent them from committing another crime.

However, when faced with missing persons cases, the police often just go through the motions, and the cases often end without any resolution.

In the original story, Shimabukuro Kimie used a lot of fancy methods to avenge her mother and cover up her secret that she was the murderer.

All Suzuki Haruaki could say was that Shimabukuro Kimie was too naive; she was merely a novice killer.

If it were Suzuki Haruaki, he would definitely use the pretense of finding mermaids to lure Naoko Kuroe and the others out to sea, and then tamper with the ship to make them all perish at sea.

On islands like American Island, which are surrounded by the sea, most residents rely on fishing for a living. Every few years, there are incidents of fishermen accidentally drowning at sea.

Even if the bodies of Naoko Kuroe and the others are discovered, the island's residents will assume they died in a shipwreck and will never suspect Kimie Shimabukuro.

After all, no one else knew that Shimabukuro Kimie's mother was burned to death by Kuroe Naoko and the others; instead, they always thought that the two were childhood friends.

Perhaps because the island's residents were all busy preparing for tonight's dugong festival, no one noticed that Naoko Kuroe and the others had gone missing.

Having learned that her great revenge had been achieved, Shimabukuro Kimie finally put down her burden and began to play the role of the longevity granny with peace of mind.

As night slowly fell, the island's residents and tourists all gathered in the shrine square.

"Kazuha, I suddenly feel so excited!"

That's exactly what I meant!

Compared to Suzuki Seimei and his friends who were just joining in the fun, Mouri Ran and Toyama Kazuha were deeply convinced of the mermaid legend and seemed particularly excited and expectant.

Perhaps that's why Ran Mouri and her friends are so defenseless against ghosts and monsters.

Amidst the curious gazes of the crowd, two maids dressed in white kimonos slowly opened the shrine's doors, revealing the spacious hall inside.

A short, elderly woman with long gray hair was standing in the center of the hall, her back to everyone.

Upon hearing the sound of the shrine gate opening, the old woman with white powder on her face picked up a long fire poker in front of her and walked outside.

"The Longevity Granny has appeared!"

"Is this the Longevity Granny?"

"It looks so small!"

Upon seeing this short, childlike, long-lived woman, some people were surprised, while others remained calm, and many secretly began to pray.

Shimabukuro Kimie glanced at everyone, then slowly walked to the brazier at the entrance of the shrine, lit the fire stick, and then held it up to the paper door at the entrance of the shrine.

woohoo hoo...

The paper door, which had already been coated with alcohol, burst into flames the moment it came into contact with the fire, burning three sets of numbers on the paper door.

"The flames actually burned into numbers!"

"I won! I won!"

"Kazuha, it seems I won the lottery too!"

Ran and the others checked the number plates by comparing them with the three sets of numbers burned on the paper door, and couldn't help but cheer excitedly.

It is important to know that during the annual dugong festival, the Longevity Woman only fires three dugong arrows.

Ran Mouri and her friends drew two sticks at once, which is truly a stroke of incredible luck.

Of course!

Ran Mouri and the others were able to draw the Dugong Arrow this time not because of good luck, but because Aizen made Kimie Shimabukuro do it.

Because the numbers burning on the paper door were all written on it in advance with alcohol by Shimabukuro Kimie, she simply wrote the numbers on Ran Mouri and the others' number plates on the paper door beforehand.

Ran Mouri and her friends firmly believe in the mermaid legend and the rumor that the "Dugong's Arrow" can bring blessings.

Rather than letting Shimabukuro Kimie randomly distribute the "Dugong Arrows," it would be better to give them to Ran Mouri and the others to make them happy.

If Ai Haibara hadn't already known the truth about the old woman and hadn't had no interest in the "Dugong Arrow," Seimei Suzuki would definitely have had Kimie Shimabukuro give her the third "Dugong Arrow."

As Suzuki Seimei had predicted, after receiving the Dugong Arrow personally handed to them by Shimabukuro Kimie, Ran Mouri and the others felt blessed and protected, their faces beaming with undisguised smiles.

After the lively dugong festival ended, the group stayed on American Island for two more days to investigate Saori Kadowaki, but ultimately found no useful clues and had to leave in frustration.

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no way!

The bodies of Saori Kadowaki and the others had long since been devoured by fish, and no matter how powerful Conan and his friends were, they could never find any trace of them.

Without finding the body, Conan and his friends had no choice but to treat the case as a missing person case.

As for missing persons cases like this, which are completely unsolvable and unsolvable, Kogoro Mouri and his team cannot afford to waste too much time.

Chapter 288 The Mermaid's Song (Fourth update, bonus chapter for 200 monthly votes)

Although Heiji Hattori and Conan are famous detectives, they don't have any good solutions for missing persons cases.

Solving missing persons cases requires more manpower and resources than just intelligence.

If missing persons cases could be solved simply by intelligence, there wouldn't be so many trafficked children and women in the world.

"Heiji, this is for you!"

Kazuha Toyama walked onto the deck of the cruise ship and handed the amulet she had painstakingly obtained to the sullen Heiji Hattori: "This is amulet I got for you from the old woman who keeps longevity."

For Hattori Heiji, failing to even meet his client, Kadowaki Saori, on this trip to the American island was already a huge failure, so he couldn't help feeling somewhat depressed.

"Idiot! There are no mermaids in this world. Only a fool would believe such a thing!"

Heiji Hattori complained impatiently on the surface, but his actions betrayed him as he took the good luck charm that Kazuha Toyama had handed him.

Legend has it that a light shines in the distant sky.

There is a beautiful city

Floating faintly in the center of the clouds

Not knowing what it looks like makes it impossible to find its way.