The famous criminal in the world of Conan

Chapter 326 There Are No Mermaids in the World

The great-granddaughter of this longevity lady was wearing a white shrine maiden's costume and holding a banner in her hand. Although she was already 27 years old, she looked not much older than Xiaolan and the others because of her cute appearance.

Shimabukuro Kimie waved the wooden banner in her right hand, and tilted her head as she listened to the questions from Maori Kogoro and the others.

"Hey, who spread this rumor? How could my great-grandmother be 200 years old?"

There was confusion and distress on her face.

"She is only 130 years old this year! For things like this, we only need to check the household registration and we will know the answer quickly."

"Well, she just lived a little longer, why did she cause such a commotion?"

Hearing her Versailles-like words, Kogoro Mori and others couldn't help but twitch their lips.

Conan even complained in his heart, "Sister, your great-grandmother didn't just live longer, but she is no longer normal. It is really hard to imagine that this is the age a human can live to."

"Then may I ask where your great-grandmother is now?"

After Hattori Heiji was speechless, he asked Shimabukuro Kimie.

"She is inside the shrine. She is still inside preparing for the Dugong Festival tonight."

Shimabukuro Kimie replied with a smile,

"She said that every time she sent out a dugong arrow, she would give it a sufficient and sincere blessing."

Talking about this, Maori Kogoro suddenly couldn't help but ask curiously,

"Hey, Miss Jun Hui, I still want to ask, did your great-grandmother really eat mermaid meat?"

"Ah?!"

Kogoro Mori's words made Shimabukuro Kimie stunned for a moment, and her eyes turned into small eyes.

This immediately attracted Baimasong's attention again.

To be honest, Bai Masong is actually very curious about why people in this world can turn their eyes into beans.

They are all so real and three-dimensional characters, so why is it that sometimes they can do things that go against common sense?

This really made Baimasong very curious.

Of course, now is not the time to dwell on this.

Shimabukuro Kimie was stunned for a moment, then she covered her mouth and laughed like a silver bell.

"Mr. Maori, what are you talking about?"

"How could there really be such creatures as mermaids in this world?"

"It's obvious that everyone just made this up together!"

"But, that dugong arrow is not..."

Kogoro Mori scratched his head and brought up the dugong arrow, the key item of the dugong festival here.

Shimabukuro Kimie also explained,

"In fact, this dugong arrow used to represent a forbidden arrow that was cast with an exorcism spell."

"However, later on, due to my great-grandmother's fame, the island was also associated with the legendary mermaid, so someone arbitrarily changed it to the Dugong's Arrow."

"Come to think of it, these are what my mother told me when she was still alive."

Shimabukuro Kimie said so.

Everyone listened to her and nodded. After all, this made more sense.

However, because of their emotional reasons, the two girls, Xiaolan and Kazuha, also captured some key words in Shimabukuro Kimie's words.

"Ah? So your mother has passed away..."

Xiaolan showed sympathy.

"Ah, yes."

Shimabukuro Kimie mentioned this, but she didn't feel too sad about it.

"Yes, she was buried in the sea with my father five years ago."

"My grandparents also lost their trace while sailing at sea when I was born."

Hearing this, Yuanshan Heye was instantly frightened and got goose bumps all over her body. She quickly said,

"This, this must be related. All your family members died at sea. This..."

Shimabukuro Kimie interrupted her with a smile.

"There's no reason for that. We, the people living on the islands, live by the sea, and sometimes we have to take some risks. We can't blame anyone."

"Besides, I just took a boat trip to the mainland of the island with Saori, and nothing happened to me."

"what?!"

As soon as Kogoro Mori and Heiji Hattori heard the word "Saori", their eyes lit up.

But they did not forget that the main reason they came here today was because of the letter from Menxie Saori.

Now that the real owner is missing, we naturally have to find her.

Even the matter concerning the longevity lady can be put aside for the time being.

Therefore, Maori Kogoro hurriedly asked,

"You said you and Saori took a boat trip to the mainland of the island country? Was that Saori called Monkyo Saori?"

Maori Kogoro's words made Shimabukuro Kimie's heart tremble, but her face was still calm and lovely. She smiled.

"Yes, it's Saori. You may not know this, but Saori and I are friends who grew up together."

Although Shimabukuro Kimie was smiling, she felt a chill in her heart.

"When was that?"

Hattori Heiji also quickly asked Shimabukuro Kimie.

"It happened four days ago."

Shimabukuro Kimie paused and said,

"She asked me to go with her to see a dentist on the mainland. At that time, there was no dentist on our island, so she asked me to go with her."

As soon as Shimabukuro Kimie finished speaking, Maori Kogoro asked again,

"Then may I ask, was Menxie Saori still emotionally stable at that time?"

"This..."

Shimabukuro-kune tilted her head and thought for a moment.

"She seemed a little panicked at the time. She said she accidentally lost the dugong arrow and was afraid that the mermaid would come to take revenge on her."

"I patiently comforted her and told her that this was impossible, but she still didn't want to listen."

Thinking of this, Shimabukuro Kimie couldn't help but shake her head slightly, expressing her regret that she was powerless to do anything about Menkyo Saori's panic.

Kogoro Mori also nodded, indicating that he could understand Shimabukuro Kimie's feelings.

After all, he often travels among wealthy families, and among his clients there are quite a few rich and powerful people, some of whom are very convinced of mysterious powers.

Therefore, whenever a case or something happened, even though he, a famous detective, was invited to investigate, he still couldn't help but worry about the mysterious power.

In this regard, he had no choice but to try his best to comfort her, but most of the time he was powerless.

He was too familiar with the feeling of knowing that the other party was wrong but still being unable to stop the other party from going in that direction.

Shimabukuro Kimie calmed down and expressed her gratitude to Mori Kogoro for his understanding.

At this time, a voice came from the side of the crowd.

"You say that because you don't believe in your great-grandmother's power, Junhui."