Conan's Unscientific Detective

Shimabukuro Kimie looked around and as expected, she did not see Sumi Ebihara.

Although I already know that the last person is unlikely to be there.

But she still shouted twice symbolically: "There's one last person. Is the last person here?"

"it's me!"

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a messy suit and with a drunken look on his face suddenly walked out from the crowd.

"Ugh?"

Hattori Heiji looked at the uncle, was slightly stunned, and said curiously: "That's not right, I remember that lady just won the prize, why is it this drunk uncle who came out to receive the prize?"

"Um……"

Conan also looked around and said suspiciously: "I haven't seen her since just now."

“Maybe it was sent out.”

Fujino stared at the waterfall behind Shimabukuro Kimie without changing his expression and guessed, "Maybe it was sold."

"what?"

Shimabukuro Kimie was also stunned for a moment.

But she immediately understood what was going on.

It should be that when Xiao Hei was dragging Sumi, he accidentally dropped the wooden sign, and he picked it up...

Coincidentally, she actually knew this man, who was Saori Kadokyo's father, named Benzo Kadokyo, a famous drunkard in the village.

To be honest, she didn't quite understand why this guy was still acting like this after his daughter was kidnapped.

But she didn't care about it too much. After all, the dugong arrow only recognized the wooden sign and not the person, so it would be no big deal even if she gave the arrow to the other party.

After successfully handing over the dugong arrow, it was time to reach the last stage, which was the baptism of the "Light of Happiness".

It is called the light of happiness, but in fact it is nothing more than fireworks shot into the sky, using the light of the fireworks to illuminate the Mermaid Waterfall and everyone present, including the person who was hit by the dugong's arrow.

"Bang! Bang——"

One after another, the fireworks turned into clusters of light and rose into the sky, illuminating the silent night sky.

But soon, there was a commotion among the crowd.

"what is that?!"

An old man in the crowd pointed to the Mermaid Falls.

Everyone looked in the direction it was pointing and saw a figure hanging in the middle of the waterfall, his body constantly being washed by the cold river water.

As the ball of light rose into the sky, the appearance of a human figure gradually emerged.

She was a woman with long hair, her body swaying left and right as the river washed her. Her knee-length skirt swayed along with her legs, as if she was a mermaid swimming upstream.

In the light of the fireworks, a dark shadow stood on the top of the waterfall. Although its face could not be seen clearly, its eyes were looking around at the people below.

"Sume!"

"Look, there seems to be a dark shadow on top of the waterfall!"

Someone in the crowd quickly recognized the other person's identity.

And those who were more observant saw a dark figure standing on top of the waterfall.

"Nani?!"

Conan was stunned when he heard this, and immediately raised his head to look at the top of the waterfall.

Coincidentally, a brilliant firework burst out, illuminating the dark shadow.

It was a strange man in a black robe. Despite the light, his face was still pitch black. Only his two eyes could be seen clearly in the darkness, as if glowing.

As we watched, the black shadow fell straight down from the top of the waterfall, and then with a "splash" it picked up a large piece of wave spray and plunged into the lake at the bottom of the waterfall, immediately disappearing without a trace.

"Sister Jun Hui!"

Conan was the first to react. He stepped forward and tugged at Shimabukuro Kimie's hand: "As a shrine maiden of a nearby shrine, you should be familiar with the topography here, right?!"

"what?"

Shimabukuro Kimie was also a little dazed when she saw Sumi Ebihara hanging on the waterfall.

She remembered that hanging Ebihara's body on the waterfall was her original plan!

Now that her plan had failed, how come the other party was still hung up?

She was copied???

“Sister Jun Hui!!”

At this time, seeing that Shimabukuro Kimie had not recovered, Conan emphasized his tone again: "Take us there quickly!"

"Yes Yes!"

Shimabukuro Kimie came to her senses and nodded inexplicably, her body uncontrollably being pulled by Conan. She followed Hattori Heiji and Fujino, Mori Kogoro who had already reacted, and Kuroe who had followed out of curiosity, and left the festival site.

"Hey, Junhui, what happened?"

Fukuyama Rokuro, who was passing by, asked Shimabukuro Kimie who was being led by Conan, "Why is it so noisy around here?"

"Shoumei..."

Shimabukuro Kimie thought for a moment and said, "Sumie was hung on the waterfall!"

"On the waterfall?"

Fukuyama Rokuro was obviously a little unconvinced and had a strange expression on his face.

But before Shimabukuro-kun could explain, Conan had already pulled her away.

Seeing this, Fukuyama Rokuro could only quickly follow.

…………

Soon, everyone arrived at the Mermaid Waterfall.

Fukuyama Rokuro and Hattori Heiji, who came along, stepped forward and pulled Ebihara Sumi up with great effort.

At this time, the clothes on Sumi Ebihara's body were wet by the river water. Her armpits and shoulders on both sides were fixed with a long rope. She had been soaked in the ice water for a long time. Her face was now extremely pale, and her legs seemed to have lost their backbone and kept shaking.

"Shoumei, did she commit suicide?!"

Shimabukuro Kimie looked at the pale-faced Sumi Ebihara and subconsciously thought that she must be dead.

Although it was something she had expected, she still thought it would be better not to tell anyone about her encounter with Xiao Hei.

So, she pretended to be shocked and said, "Or was it that person just now..."

"The person is not dead yet!"

Hattori Heiji leaned forward and felt Ebihara Sumi's pulse and shouted loudly.

"what?"

Shimabukuro Kimie was stunned when he heard this.

Obviously she didn't expect that this person was not dead yet.

"Fujino, come and see how she is doing now."

Hattori Heiji glanced at Sumi Ebihara's limp feet, frowned, turned around and called Fujino directly.

He couldn't see the extent of the injuries on the woman named Shoumei.

Recalling that Fujino had treated his leg before, he subconsciously greeted him.

"Let me see……"

Fujino didn't say much. He walked up slowly to take a look, stretched out his hand to pinch it, then stood up and shook his head: "Her legs have been shattered by a blunt object."

"Comminuted fracture?! Are you sure??"

Hattori Heiji was stunned when he heard this. "Are you sure it's a comminuted fracture? Then why isn't her leg swollen... How strange?"

"Yes."

Fujino nodded, his tone very affirmative.

Because it was he who personally did the mermaid transformation work.

How could he not know whether his leg was comminuted fractured or not?

As for swelling and such, that can only be caused by someone who doesn't control his strength enough to knock bone spurs out of the bones.

Hattori Heiji quickly walked forward to take a look and said, "Then she was dying... ahem, was she tortured by a blunt object before being knocked unconscious?"

"Well, I'm afraid so."

Fujino pursed his chin, as if appreciating a work of art, and looked at the broken legs. He said in a deep voice, "And the person who smashed her leg bones was very skilled. He must be very knowledgeable about medicine or a good fighter. To be able to smash someone's leg bones like this, he must be a genius."

"Haha... You're not a genius or anything like that, are you?"

Hattori Heiji glanced at Fujino speechlessly.

Why did he feel like this guy was praising the murderer?

And what is that feeling of appreciating a work of art?

Hattori Heiji sighed and looked at the broken legs curiously.

"Mermaid, it must have been a mermaid!"

At this time, the black general Naoko who came with him pointed at Ebihara Sumi's leg and showed a horrified look: "This must have been done by a mermaid!"

"The mermaid did it?"

Conan also came forward at this time and began to look at Sumi Ebihara's body curiously.

Soon, he found something unusual on her neck.

There was an obvious purple burn mark on Ebihara's neck.

He immediately rejected the idea of ​​mermaids killing people.

Do your mermaids use electric batons?

In his opinion, these were traces of electric batons.

And it is obvious that mermaids cannot use electric batons.

After all, stun guns are stun guns, and electricity can conduct electricity.

I guess before the mermaid can use the electric baton, I will be electrocuted to death.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 348: Is the mermaid’s ghost causing trouble?

"Ahhhhh!"

Conan took a look at the burn wound, then stood up and said in a classic childish tone: "How strange, this sister actually has such a mark on her neck."

"Isn't this a burn mark?"

Hattori Heiji glanced at Conan and moved forward to take a look.

"It should be an electric baton or something like that, right?"

Fujino also took a look and answered without thinking: "They should have used the electric baton to knock her unconscious first, and then broke her legs."

"It seems that this is the case..."

Hattori Heiji frowned and nodded.

For such a grown man, his legs were broken in broad daylight, and right in front of his eyes.

This felt provocative to him, a high school detective.

Conan's expression on the side wasn't much better.

Although no murder occurred this time, the methods used by the "criminals" were too cruel.

This made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"But speaking of which, Miss Heijiang."