Conan's Unscientific Detective

"This is also something that can't be helped."

Shimabukuro Kimie smiled and said, "After all, grandma is already very old, and sometimes she doesn't even like to talk."

"In that case, let's go back!"

Maori Kogoro yawned, raised his wrist and looked at the time: "It's almost ten o'clock now. If I don't go to bed, I will have to stay up late again."

"That's true."

Fujino nodded and stood up: "Thank you very much for troubling you today, Miss Junhui."

"nothing……"

Shimabukuro Kimie smiled politely: "Then how about I give you a ride? It's raining hard outside, you can take two umbrellas back...

After everyone left, Shimabukuro Kimie watched the figures disappearing in the rain and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The reason she didn't say anything more was because she was afraid of being recognized.

After all, too much talk leads to mistakes...

Especially in front of a room full of detectives.

As for those legends she talked about, about nesting and so on.

In fact, she originally intended to use it to foreshadow the next target to be eliminated.

But it looks like that Xiao Hei will help her get rid of it.

But she didn't rely entirely on Xiao Hei.

Breaking legs did make her feel relieved, but she always felt that just breaking legs was not enough.

If Xiao Hei doesn't do it next time, she plans to do it herself.

Although it is not very fair, putting the blame on Xiao Hei is actually a good choice.

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In a blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

After a night, Sumi Ebihara finally woke up.

After hearing the news, everyone went to the island's infirmary with Kuroe Naoko and Shimabukuro Kimie.

Inside the village clinic on American Island.

"Woo——"

With a pale face, Sumi Ebihara slumped on the bed, crying and shouting.

"Ms. Shoumei..."

Xiaolan looked through the half-open door at Sumi Ebihara who was sobbing in the room, and she seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.

"She is emotionally unstable right now..."

Fukuyama Rokuro, who had been taking care of her, also took a look and then looked away: "The medical conditions on the island are limited, and we cannot provide more complete medical treatment for the time being... But according to the doctor, even if she goes to a hospital in Honshu, the result will be the same. Her legs can be saved, but she will probably have to sit in a wheelchair for the rest of her life."

"how so……"

Xiaolan frowned and cast a pitiful look at Sumi Ebihara.

"Did she see who it was?"

Hattori Heiji was about to say something when he was suddenly hit by Kazuha's elbow: "Baka Heiji, why are you asking people such questions at a time like this?"

Hattori Heiji was somewhat helpless: "I just want to catch the murderer."

"In fact, she did mention the characteristics of that person."

Fukuyama Rokuro, who was standing by, hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just that he seemed to be too excited and talking nonsense... For example... a mermaid, who was all black and couldn't see her appearance clearly."

"You're all in black and can't see your face clearly?!"

Conan and Hattori Heiji were both shocked when they heard this, and it seemed as if lightning flashed through their heads again.

They originally thought that the two cases of Saori Monkyo and Sumi Ebihara had no connection.

After all, one is in Tokyo and the other is on a small island like this, it's impossible to think of them together...

But now it seems that the perpetrators are all committed by the same person.

It’s Xiao Hei again!

"Could it be that person again?"

Shimabukuro Kimie on the side took advantage of the situation and pretended to think: "The last person who kidnapped Saori was also a guy whose appearance could not be seen clearly and was covered in black."

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

Fujino nodded, "The murderer of these two cases should be the same person."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 350 That’s right, you are next!

Fujino pretended to think, then turned to look at Naoko Kuroe who was standing beside him: "Ms. Kuroe, do you have any ideas?"

"idea?"

Hearing this, Naoko Kuroe was obviously stunned, "What can I think..."

"Whether it's Monkyo Saori or Ms. Shoumei, the pattern of that person's actions seems to be starting from your social circle."

Fujino met Naoko Kuroe's eyes and said, "I heard from people on the island before that Ms. Kuroe, you, and Ms. Sumi all seemed to be good friends who grew up with Saori Kadokyo."

"That's true. Kimie, Sumi, and Saori and I have been good friends since we were kids."

Naoko Kuroe was noncommittal about the relationship between the two people: "But, what does this have to do with it?"

"It now appears that there are already two people who have been targeted by Xiao Hei, and the characteristics of their crimes are particularly clear."

Fujino whispered, "I think the next target might be you or Miss Junhui."

Upon hearing this, Hattori Heiji and Conan both lowered their heads and thought for a while.

I think what Fujino said makes sense.

Although it seems simple, judging from the people who have been attacked, this guess is still in line with the rules.

Hattori Heiji lowered his chin, turned to Kuroe Naoko and asked, "Ms. Kuroe, Ms. Kimie, do you have any enemies?"

"Enemies?"

Naoko Kuroe frowned, "How could we have any enemies? We usually stay on this island and have hardly gone out a few times. Even if they are the people on the island, they wouldn't bear grudges against us. Could it be a mermaid?!"

Having said this, she suddenly paused, then fell silent, and her face turned pale.

The reason was nothing else but that she suddenly remembered the mermaid that she and two other friends had burned to death three years ago.

As a believer of the mermaid, she immediately connected with her previous thoughts and thought that it was the mermaid's ghost seeking revenge.

Now the other two people who set the fire with her have received retribution...

Then wouldn't she be the next one?

"Ms. Heijiang, do you remember anything?"

Fujino narrowed his eyes slightly and noticed the strange expression on Naoko Kuroe's face.

Just as he thought, she was already panicking.

Yes, that's right, the next one is you!

"Nothing... I just remembered I had some things to do."

Naoko Kuroe shook her head, not intending to tell anyone about the arson she and her friends had committed. She turned around and said casually, "That's all for today. I'm leaving first..."

"It's so strange..."

Conan watched Naoko Kuroe hurriedly leaving and asked curiously, "It seems like Sister Kuroe is hiding something from us."

"I feel the same way."

Hattori Heiji was also a little puzzled, "Ms. Kimie, do you know anything?"

"I don't know either... Although I have been friends with them since childhood, our relationship is not that close. It's more like a network of relationships with Saori as the backbone."

Shimabukuro Kimie shook her head helplessly, glanced back at Kuroe Naoko, with a hint of murderous intent in her eyes.

"Is that so?"

Fujino nodded and continued to ask, "By the way, I just heard from Miss Heijiang that you usually stay on the island and don't have any enemies in Honshu. Is that right?"

“That’s right…”

Shimabukuro Kimie nodded and responded, "We usually live on this island and rarely go out. Even if we go out, it's just for traveling."

"That means that Xiao Hei is most likely from this island."

Fujino thought for a moment, "If it's because of a grudge, then the only people who would attack you are probably the people on this island."

"No way?"

Shimabukuro Kimie was stunned when he heard this.

“I think it’s very likely.”

Hattori Heiji took over the conversation: "As you said before, if there is a grudge, it should be between the people on the island. In fact, in addition to the two people who were attacked being friends, they also all possessed the Dugong Arrow. I just can't figure it out. I remember that Ms. Sumi should have drawn the Dugong Arrow yesterday, but why are all three people here?"

“I remember that too!”

At this time, Conan echoed from the side: "That sister clearly said that she won, but in the end, apart from Sister He Ye, the other two people who received the prize were the drunkard who looked like Uncle Maori, and the sister just now."

"What did you say?"

When Kogoro Mori heard himself being called a drunkard, he immediately felt unhappy.

Conan blushed: "Haha...it's nothing."

"But if you ask me, she must have seen it wrong."

Uncle Maori once again used his unique skill of interfering with the case and leading everyone into a maze: "If you ask me, she must have misread her own number and her winning number, so she said that. I encountered this when I was betting on horses before... ahem."

"But I don't think so."

Hattori Heiji narrowed his eyes slightly, "At that time, Sumi's wooden plaque was not on her... If that was the case, one of the two people who received the award must have used Sumi's wooden plaque."

At this time, Maori Kogoro suddenly came to an idea: "Then as long as we figure out who got the wooden sign, wouldn't we be able to figure out who the attacker is?"

"If only it were that simple."

After being speechless for a while, Conan said helplessly: "None of us saw what number Miss Sumi's number plate was. It is totally impossible to determine the attacker based on this evidence alone."

Shimabukuro Kimie's expression changed slightly when she heard this. She wanted to say something, but after hesitating for a moment, she didn't say it.

In fact, what she wanted to say was that there was a list of people who would draw lots in her home.

But on second thought, if it is really the same as what these detectives deduced, then that Xiao Hei would most likely be exposed.

Although she didn't know who Xiao Hei was, but if she thought about it, it might be Naoko Kuroe or Benzo Monkyo.

But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't figure out which of these two people was Xiao Hei.

One was a well-known drunkard in the village, and the other was one of the murderers of his mother.

No matter how you think about it, these two people are unreasonable.

"Given her current condition, it's too difficult to ask for the number on the number plate."

Fukuyama Rokuro, who had just returned to the ward to comfort Ebihara Sumi, came out and heard the conversation between the few people. He suddenly asked, "If it's a number plate, I remember that the shrine should have a record of it, right?"

"Is there such a thing?" Hattori Heiji asked in confusion.

"In order to avoid making mistakes in the names of those who participate in the lottery every year, we do record them in the register."

Shimabukuro Junhui glanced at Fukuyama Rokuro with resentment, then sighed: "It's just that what happened last night, I haven't had time to check this year's list."

Conan's eyes flashed with brilliance when he heard this: "Then Sister Jun Hui, can you take us to see the list?"

"no problem."

Shimabukuro Kimie was somewhat reluctant, but with three detectives in front of her, she couldn't refuse.

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