Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

After all, that little brat was too jumpy on weekdays. Many monsters had witnessed him knocking out Kogoro Mouri and then using his voice to solve a case.

Then he came to her and told her about it as an interesting story.

So she knew the formula Edogawa Conan = Kudo Shinichi a long time ago.

Moreover, she even inadvertently learned about the existence of the organization that developed the drug.

She had even accidentally come across a murder scene caused by an internal conflict among members of that organization.

The person who was shot was not dead at the time. Based on the belief that meeting is fate, she saved the dying woman.

However, excessive bleeding caused her to fall into a deep coma for a period of time. She finally woke up some time ago, but after seeing the news of a fire in a pharmaceutical company in the newspaper, she fainted again.

Since then, she has been like a walking corpse without any energy or spirit.

Fortunately, she was diligent and handled her housework efficiently, so Iwanaga Kotoko kept her at home as a servant.

……

Taichi and his companions were found on the only souvenir shop street on the island.

But not all the people are there, there are only Hattori Heiji and Edogawa Conan.

"Nice to meet you, high school detective Hattori Heiji." Iwanaga Kotoko stopped the two of them without saying a word.

"Ah?" Hattori Heiji, who was immersed in the resentment of "This is not the Kudo I know", lowered his head and looked at the person who came.

She was dressed quite fashionably and you could tell at first glance that she was not a local.

"Do you have something to talk to me about?" Hattori Heiji, who thought that since he had been in the newspaper, it was not surprising to be recognized, looked at Iwanaga Kotoko in confusion and asked.

Prosthetic legs and one of the eyes is an artificial eye...hiss, I feel like I have heard of this feature somewhere before.

Hattori Heiji couldn't help but press his temple with his thumb.

"Hey, to be precise, it's this lady over here who's looking for you." Iwanaga Kotoko stepped aside and introduced Shimabukuro Kimie to Hattori Heiji, "Miss Shimabukuro, the shrine maiden of the Meijima Shrine."

"I have something to ask you!" Shimabukuro Kimie, with red eyes, stared at Hattori Heiji and said, "My mother's body was stolen, but we searched everywhere and found no clues. So I want to ask you to help find the whereabouts of my mother's body."

"...Huh?" Hattori Heiji's expression was a little bit out of control.

This was the first time someone had asked him to help find a body!

What's more, the criminals even stole the bodies of the dead. They have no sense of public morality at all!

"What do you say?" Hattori Heiji decided to take care of this matter. He looked down at his friend and asked for his advice.

"Let's go together." Edogawa Conan nodded solemnly.

Stealing human remains is really too much. Even Kudo Shinichi can't stand it.

Shimabukuro Kimie couldn't help but turn her head to look at Taichi and Shinjo Akane beside her.

Is this recommended detective candidate really okay?

She felt like a high school student bringing elementary school students to join in the fun.

Chapter 18 Iwanaga Kotoko chooses a bold hypothesis

"...Ms. Shimabukuro, are you sure this is the 'mother's grave' you mentioned?" Standing on the edge of the cliff, looking at the pit on the ground that was more than one meter long and half a meter wide, Hattori Heiji turned his head and looked at Shimabukuro Kimie behind him and asked.

Shimabukuro Kimie nodded silently.

"The situation is a bit complicated." Taichi winked at Shinjo Akane and asked her to take Shimabukuro Kimie to the side. Then he stepped forward and explained to the two high school student detectives, one big and one small, "I wonder if you two know about the bizarre case that happened on this island three years ago."

"Three years ago? On this island?" Hattori Heiji frowned slightly.

"Ah... are you referring to the news about corpses being found in a burned warehouse?" Edogawa Conan just recalled it briefly, then looked up at Taichi and asked.

"Yes, the half corpse that was discovered was that of Miss Shimabukuro's mother." Taiyi nodded and replied.

Next, he explained to the two detectives the secret that was deeply hidden by all the islanders.

"... In other words, everyone on this island knows that the so-called 'mermaid skeleton' is the remains of Miss Shimabukuro's mother?" Edogawa Conan frowned, "but no one told the truth?"

"No, only most people over the age of thirty know about it," Taichi explained. "People of Miss Shimabukuro's generation were also kept in the dark."

"After all, it was three friends of her generation who burned Miss Shimabukuro's mother to death."

"Saori Kadori, Hisumi Ebihara, and Naoko Kuroe."

"...That's really a coincidence. The people who died mysteriously in the past three days happened to be the first two of these three people." Hattori Heiji glanced at Shimabukuro Kimie with a forced smile.

"Don't let your imagination run wild. The murderer is not Miss Shimabukuro." Taichi looked at Hattori Heiji and said, "Miss Shimabukuro learned the truth about her mother's death from the first victim, Kadowaki Saori, a week ago, and found the three murderers who locked her mother in the warehouse and set fire to her mother."

"And a plan of revenge has been prepared."

Hattori Heiji and Edogawa Conan were both stunned.

"But before we could implement it, Saori Kadowaki died first, and her death was so strange." Taichi looked at the two detectives, "You should have already found out the cause of Saori Kadowaki's death."

"...Ah, it is said that he died of old age due to organ failure." Hattori Heiji answered while looking at Taichi.

"Now there is even a rumor on the island that 'the mermaid's ghost has returned for revenge'," added Conan Edogawa.

"Tsk, could it be that the person who spread this rumor is also an islander?" Taiyi looked unhappy. "Those people are really willing to do anything to become famous."

"That's not clear, after all, the source of the rumor is unknown." Edogawa Conan replied, "But, brother, why are you so sure that the murderer is not Miss Shimabukuro?"

"Maybe Miss Shimabukuro, the shrine maiden, used a curse to kill those two people." Edogawa Conan blinked his eyes and pretended to be innocent.

"...Curse? Are you serious?" Taichi looked at Edogawa Conan in surprise.

He remembered that this boy should be a staunch materialist.

Since when can one talk about the methods of cursing with confidence?

"There is no one to be worshipped in the American shrine." Taichi rolled his eyes and replied, "And Miss Shimabukuro herself is just an ordinary person without any spiritual power."

"What you said... is as if you know an extraordinary person with spiritual powers." Hattori Heiji raised his eyebrows and looked at Taichi.

"In short, high school detective-san, do you agree to accept this commission and search for the body of Miss Shimabukuro's missing mother?" Taichi forcibly turned the subject back, "I hope you can give me an accurate answer."

"That's what he said, what do you think?" Hattori Heiji looked down at Edogawa Conan and asked.

"Well, accept it!" Edogawa Conan nodded and said in a 'I'm just suggesting you' manner, "As for the reward, please tell us in detail about the two deceased persons, Miss Shimabukuro."

The two detectives, one big and one small, were almost lying on the ground, conducting a carpet search inch by inch.

"Is it really okay to leave it to them?" Shimabukuro Kimie looked at Shinjo Akane with some concern and asked, "And there is a child among them."

"I can only say that if the two of them can't find it together, then we can only give up the search and wait for the other party to show up on their own initiative." Xin Tiao Qian replied.

……

"Did you find anything over there?" When Edogawa Conan and Hattori Heiji met again, the expressions on their faces were a little awkward.

"We didn't find any clues at all." Hattori Heiji shook his head and replied, "After eliminating the shoe prints of those four people, there is no trace of the fifth person on the ground."

"It's the same here." Edogawa Conan looked a little unhappy, "And I can't even find out what material was used to blow up this pit. At least I don't smell gunpowder."

"It's as if someone was floating in mid-air, blasted a hole with magic, and then carried the body away without direct contact." Hattori Heiji sighed.

"No, don't talk about this topic anymore." Edogawa Conan sighed with a pale face, "Otherwise I will doubt the necessity of the existence of detectives."

"You're being too extreme." Hattori Heiji looked at Edogawa Conan dumbfounded, "Anyway, let's first tell them that we have discovered nothing, so that they don't have too much confidence in us."

……

"That high school detective didn't find anything either." Shimabukuro Kimie's face turned pale.

Xin Tiao Qian supported her arms and leaned against a tree trunk nearby.

"..." Taichi informed the two detectives of the information he had collected about Saori Kadowaki and Sumi Ebihara.

Looking at the two people's leaving backs, Taiyi's face was heavy.

"The situation is not good."

"Even they didn't find any clues, which only shows that the murderer who stole Mrs. Shimabukuro's body was definitely not human."

"...they?" Iwanaga Kotoko blinked.

"You actually know that, right?" Taiichi looked at Iwanaga Kotoko and asked, "You know the true identity of Edogawa Conan."

"...Well, it's just a coincidence." Iwanaga Kotoko curled her lips, "But even the most famous high school detective in Japan didn't find any traces. I'm afraid even monsters can't do it so cleanly."

"So, it is related to monsters after all."

Chapter 19: The protagonists in detective series are so outrageous

"Kudo, those people really do know something." After leaving the forest where the tomb was located, Hattori Heiji said with a frown.

"Ah, those people didn't seem to be shocked at all by the cause of death of Kadowaki Saori and Ebihara Sumi, and they have been leading us to believe that Kuroe Naoko will also end up like the first two people." Edogawa Conan nodded and responded, "They may know some important clues about the truth of the death of Kadowaki Saori and Ebihara Sumi."

"But they didn't show any resistance to the 'death curse', and just explained that the murderer was not Shimabukuro-kunie." Hattori Heiji paused slightly, "What do you think?"

"I also think it's unlikely that the murderer is Shimabukuro Kimie." Edogawa Conan replied, "They even admitted that Shimabukuro Kimie did intend to kill those three people, and even made a plan, but was interrupted by the real murderer before it started."

"Then, you should have been able to tell from the footprints around the grave." Hattori Heiji looked down at Edogawa Conan.

"Well, I can see that the man and the petite girl who looks like a junior high school student should be traced to somewhere." Edogawa Conan nodded, "Although the traces are already very shallow, it is necessary to look for them."

……

"That's right. It seems that the two detectives intend to conduct the investigation without us." Iwanaga Kotoko shrugged at Taichi.

"Detectives, especially high school detectives, are like this." Taiyi sighed helplessly, "They always like to be riddlers and like to act alone. It seems that they don't have the concept of working in a group."

"Iwanaga, have your monsters keep a close eye on them. If they can find the real murderer or Mrs. Shimabukuro's body, everyone will be happy, but they also have to pay attention to their personal safety."

"You really have confidence in them." Iwanaga Kotoko looked at Taichi in surprise, "Are you so sure that they can find the real murderer or Mrs. Shimabukuro's body?"

"Just believe it. It doesn't cost anything anyway."

……

"I'm sorry, I still have to prepare for today's 'Dugong Festival'. I'll leave the matter of finding my mother's body to you." After returning to the shrine, Shimabukuro Kimie looked at Taichi and the others with a haggard face and asked.

"Put a good end to your life." Shinjo Akane patted Shimabukuro Kimie's shoulder and comforted her, "After today, you will have to open your arms again to embrace a brand new future."

"That's right, you agreed to be my special effects makeup artist consultant." Kotoko Iwanaga added.

Shimabukuro Kimie smiled slightly and nodded in response.

When she first learned the truth, Shimabukuro Kimie was greatly shocked, and even had thoughts of taking revenge on society and taking everyone on the island to die together from time to time.

But Akane Shinjo was always by her side, advising and guiding her, and her extreme mentality gradually faded away.

There's no need to sacrifice the rest of your life for that kind of person.

At most, it would be enough to chuckle a few times when you know that they are living in difficulty, and then turn around and leave.

That's why Shimabukuro Kimie gradually came up with the idea of "putting an end to the Shimabukuro family's business."

This is the last Dugong Festival, and this is something that absolutely cannot be changed.

Therefore, Shimabukuro Kimie decided to let the "Longevity Lady" "sleep" well during this "Dugong Festival".

Then he left the island that had imprisoned the Shimabukuro family for generations and never returned.

As for the islanders’ apology?

She doesn't care about that thing.

After all, the apology from the other party is of no benefit to you except for letting them let go of the burden in their hearts.

On the contrary, she hoped that those people would carry the psychological burden of guilt and regret forever until they died.

……

In the evening, inside the cliff cave.

Edogawa Conan and Hattori Heiji suddenly emerged from the pool of water, breathing in the air on the surface of the water in big gulps.

Both of them looked very ugly at this moment.

"Damn it! Damn it! Although I had guessed that things might be beyond our common sense, it shouldn't be this beyond our common sense!" Hattori Heiji was the first to climb ashore, pulled out the respirator from his mouth, then reached out and pulled Edogawa Conan up.

"There's no time, let's go back and warn everyone!" Edogawa Conan pushed his wet hair back and urged Hattori Heiji anxiously.

"Let's call Heye, Xiaolan and the uncle first and tell them to hurry to the port to board the ship." Hattori Heiji took out his cell phone from his clothes on the shore and kept dialing the number. "We have to escape from this island quickly!"

"Hattori, I'll notify them, you call your father right away!" Edogawa Conan also took out his cell phone and suggested, "Your father's status is high enough that he can send a rescue ship to this island early to relocate everyone."