Chapter 349 It’s Xiao Hei again!

"But even so, the gangster cannot be identified yet."

Fujino stepped forward and poured cold water on Hattori Heiji: "Judging from the scene, the gangsters did not leave any traces. Although the surrounding sea is currently impassable to ships, judging from the fact that everyone on the island is suspected, the scope It's still too big... If we just say that the murderer is on the island, we still can't identify the murderer for the time being. It's best to wait for Miss Shoumei to wake up and tell us about the murderer's appearance and clues. There will be more to come. safe."

"That's right..."

Hattori Heiji thought for a while and felt that Fujino was right: "But if this is the case, then the identity of the gangster cannot be determined at all... If Miss Sumi wakes up, then at least she will have tomorrow. If this is the case, the gangster may be There is no trace of him running away."

"By the way, you said before that you were going to Saori's house."

At this time, Shimabukuro Kimie came over and turned to look at Monkyo Benzo who was still holding a bottle and drinking: "Now, do you still want to go?"

"Well..."

Mouri Kogoro glanced at Monkyo Benzo and said helplessly: "That guy is so drunk. Even if I ask him now, I'm afraid he won't be able to find out anything, right?"

"Then let's go check out our fate, shall we?"

At this time, Conan suddenly said childishly: "I have many things I want to ask that old woman."

Hattori Heiji: "Uh..."

Sure enough, he was still a little uncomfortable with Kudo pretending to be a child.

"Well..."

Shimabukuro Kime hesitated for a moment.

She was indeed confident in her disguise.

But after all, there are several detectives here.

If it were farther away, it wouldn't matter.

But if they met, she was still a little worried that she would be exposed.

"You brat, what's your problem?"

Mouri Kogoro glanced at Conan unhappily and yawned: "Let's go back to the hotel quickly. It's not too early now. I'm almost exhausted."

"What's the matter, uncle?"

Hattori Heiji naturally wouldn't watch Conan's action fail like this, and also echoed: "I actually have some things I want to ask the fortune teller. After all, from now on, the missing Kadokyo Saori, and the beaten Ebihara Hisumi, who lost both legs, is somewhat related to the Dugong Arrow."

"really."

Fujino on the side also nodded: "Go and meet with Mingzhi, maybe we can get some other clues."

After hearing this, Mouri Kogoro thought for a while, turned to Shimabukuro Kimie and asked: "Miss Kimie, we won't disturb you, right?"

"Will not……"

Seeing this, Shimabukuro Kimie could only agree: "In that case, I will take you to meet my grandma... But she is very tired because of the festival tonight, will she agree to it? I no longer know."

…………

The Shimabukuro family is located near the American Shrine.

It is a typical Japanese-style wooden house on the second floor.

The cabin doesn't look too new, it even has an old, shabby feel that hasn't been renovated.

A hazy drizzle began to fall outside the window, and a group of people sat around the table, waiting for their fate.

"The style of this room is really old. I don't know how many years I haven't seen it."

Mouri Kogoro looked around the room and couldn't help but sigh.

"It seems they haven't made much money relying on dugong arrows."

Hattori Heiji also looked around and joked.

"What are you talking about?"

Toyama and Ye looked at Hattori Heiji speechlessly, and then explained: "The price of those lottery tickets is only five yuan."

"Five yuan?"

Hattori Heiji was slightly startled: "Euro or US dollar?"

"It's Japanese yen!"

Kazuye explained: "When I was at the festival just now, I heard from the residents of the island that they have had this price since a long time ago, and the price has never been increased."

Xiaolan continued: "They will put 180 wooden cards in a wooden box. After all the tourists who participate in the lottery draw them out, the fortune teller will decide the winner."

"One hundred and eighty wooden cards cost five yen, and the final cost is only nine hundred yen."

Hattori Heiji calculated it, and then looked around again: "No wonder it's so shabby, it's not profitable at all."

"It's actually earned."

Fujino interjected: "Although wooden signs are not profitable, if all 180 wooden signs are sold, it means that there will be more than 180 tourists. These tourists will come to this island. People who always have to stay in hotels and eat can be regarded as using this method to promote the economic flow of the island and absorb the external economy.”

After a pause, Fujino continued: "However, policy activities in this place are not a long-term solution. After all, there are only these two days of activities in a year. If you want to lift the entire island out of poverty, you will never really be able to do it." When some people become rich, they still have to rely on a sustainable and characteristic economy."

"Characteristic economy, economic mobility, and foreign economy, what do you mean?"

Hattori Heiji obviously didn't understand what Fujino said.

As a high school student and a detective, he doesn't quite understand this kind of policy to alleviate poverty.

"In other words, the mermaid festival on this island cannot make the people on the entire island make long-term money. There needs to be an industry that can continue to make money to make the entire island make money, such as seafood or Everything else, as for the Mermaid Festival, it’s just a tack on at best.”

Conan glanced at Hattori Heiji: "Don't you even understand this?"

"How do I know this kind of thing?"

Hattori Heiji curled his lips. It was like this was something a politician should consider. What did he, a high school detective, think about this?

No, aren't you two high school detectives too?

"Boom!"

At this time, heavy footsteps came from outside the door.

"What is this sound?"

Yuan Shan and Ye murmured in confusion.

As soon as I crossed my head, the sliding door of the room was opened.

An old woman appeared at the door: "What do you guys want to do with me?"

Several people were shocked.

Fujino's eyes flickered slightly, and he saw through the loopholes in her body at a glance.

Yes, this old woman is disguised as Shimabukuro Kime.

It's just that her disguise was very good. She only showed her front face, and the flaw behind her as she knelt on the ground and moved forward slowly didn't show at all.

"That, old lady."

Conan was the first to regain his composure and couldn't help but ask: Excuse me, what method is used to select the winner of the Dugong Arrow? "

Yes, this was the doubt in his mind.

The people who are having trouble now all have some connection with the Dugong Arrow.

First it was Monkyo Saori, and then there was Hisumi Ebihara.

Conan believes that there must be a certain connection between these two things.

"It depends on the situation..."

Mingzhang's voice was very old, and it was hard to tell that she was a young girl. She showed her half-missed teeth and smiled: "Sometimes, I also use horse racing numbers as lottery numbers."

"Grandma, the bath water has been put out!"

At this time, Shimabukuro Kime's shout suddenly came from not far away in the corridor.

Mingzhang turned around and took a look when he heard the sound, then turned around and planned to leave: "If you don't have anything to do, I'm going to take a shower and go to bed."

"etc!"

Conan obviously didn't understand something and wanted to stop his life.

But before he could say anything more, Mingzhu interrupted Conan first and turned to look at Toyama Kazuye: "That little girl with her hair tied over there."

"talk about me?"

Yuan Shan and Ye were stunned when they heard this.

"That's right..."

Mingzhu turned to look at Yuanshan and Ye, and said meaningfully: "The dugong arrow was originally a treasure arrow used to ward off evil spirits. Once you let go, the devil will build a nest in your body..."

"Although I have heard that this arrow is used to exorcise demons."

Toyama and Ye recalled what Fujino had said before, "But what does it mean for a devil to build a nest?"

Fujino also nodded.

I always feel like this statement is a bit strange?

It reminded him of some strange plots.

Mingzhang ignored He Ye's words and just explained to himself: "If you are a man, you will be dragged into the dust and become a heartless evil ghost, while if you are a woman, you will be dragged into the dust." In the water, you become a mute mermaid...I advise you to not let it leave you."

After that, Mingzhu dragged his body and disappeared into the dim corridor on crutches.

Everyone leaned out and looked curiously.

Hattori Heiji stared at the old man's back and couldn't help complaining: "The voice is hoarse and the complexion is terrible. I don't think this old woman can live long."

"Looks and sounds do not tell how long a person will live."

Fujino narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Mingzhi.

Although he has a bad complexion and a hoarse voice, he can actually understand it even if he has certain disguise skills.

The mask made by Shimabukuro Kimie is indeed very exquisite. Both the hair and even the teeth are perfectly restored and lifelike.

But as for the color of the face, it's still not very good.

Although there are some loopholes, it can still be regarded as a top-notch disguise.

Compared with Kaitou Kidd, he couldn't say who was better.

In fact, he was also a little curious as to who Shimabukuro Kime learned his disguise skills from.

"How was your chat?"

After a while, Shimabukuro Kimie changed clothes and hurried back in small steps, entered the room and asked everyone.

"well……"

Hattori Heiji sighed helplessly: "I didn't say a few words at all."

Conan nodded aside, feeling a little regretful.

But at least, he already knows that the extraction of dugong arrows has no actual relationship with identity.

In this case, this clue will be interrupted...

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

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

"In this case, let's go back quickly!"

Mouri Kogoro yawned, raised his wrist and glanced at the time: "It's almost ten o'clock now. If I don't sleep, I'll have to stay up late again."

"That's true."

Fujino nodded and stood up: "I'm really troubling you today, Miss Junhui."

"nothing……"

Shimabukuro Kimie smiled politely: "Then do you want me to give you a ride? It's raining heavily outside, so you can just bring two umbrellas back..."

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

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

After all, too much words lead to mistakes...

Especially in front of this room of detectives.

As for the legends she talked about, building nests and so on.

In fact, she originally planned to use it to predict the next target to be eliminated.

But it seems that the little black guy will help her get rid of it.

But she didn't count on Xiao Hei.

Breaking her legs or something really made her feel relieved, but just breaking her legs always made her feel a little inadequate.

If Xiao Hei didn't do it next time, she planned to do it herself.

Although it was very unkind, it was a good choice to put the blame on Xiao Hei.

…………

In a blink of an eye, time came to the next morning.

After a night, Ebihara Hisumi finally woke up.

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

Inside the village infirmary on American Island.

"Woo——"

The pale-faced Hisumi Ebihara collapsed on the bed, bursting into tears and screaming.

"Miss Shoumei..."

Xiaolan looked at the sobbing Ebihara Hisumi in the room through the half-opened door, but hesitated to speak.

"She is very emotionally unstable now..."

Fukuyama Rokuro, who had been taking care of him here, also took a look, and then withdrew his gaze: "The medical conditions on the island are limited, and we cannot provide more complete medical methods for the time being... But according to the doctor, even if you go to a hospital in Honshu, The result is 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 Ebihara Sumi.

"Then did she see who it was..."

Hattori Heiji was about to say something when he suddenly received an elbow from Kazuha: "Haga Heiji, how can you ask someone such a thing at this time?"

Hattori Heiji was a little helpless: "I also want to catch the murderer."

"Actually, she did mention the characteristics of that person."

Fukuyama Rokuro on the side hesitated for a moment, then said: "It's just that he seems to be too excited and talking nonsense...for example...the mermaid, who is all black and can't see what he looks like."

"It's all black and you can't see your face clearly?!"

Conan and Hattori Heiji were both shocked when they heard this, and lightning seemed to flash in their heads.

They originally thought that the two cases of Kabuto Saori and Ebihara Hisumi were not related.

After all, one is in Tokyo and the other is on a small island like this. I can't even think of them being together...

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

It’s Xiao Hei again!

"Is it that person again?"

On the side, Shimabukuro Kimie took advantage of the situation and pretended to think: "The person who kidnapped Saori last time was also a guy who couldn't see his face clearly and was all black."

"It seems like this should be the case..."

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