"Is it Ms. Saori?" Amuro Tooru, who had seen Saori's photo, suddenly realized, "Oh right, she also had painkillers in her luggage!"
"So the question now is, why did Miss Junhui lie?"
Shinichi Kudo lifted his chin.
Suddenly, a rapid drumbeat sounded outside the door.
A cacophony of voices could be faintly heard.
"Oh no, has the festival started yet?" Shinichi Kudo, who hadn't fully grasped the situation, sensed something was wrong with his detective instincts.
"I'll go keep an eye on Miss Junhui!"
He rushed out suddenly, not forgetting to pull Xiaolan along.
Amuro Tooru was about to follow when he was stopped by Toyama Yoruichi.
"You go with them. Mingmei and I will go check out the warehouse where the mermaids were burned."
"Mermaid?" Amuro Tooru was a little confused.
Yoruichi Toyama nodded seriously.
"The secret to immortality may be hidden there."
...
"Miss Junhui, where are you going?"
As soon as Shimabukuro Kimie stepped out the door, she saw the high school couple who had come to see her during the day.
What a mess, why now...?
Suppressing her anxiety, Junhui smiled naturally.
"Oh, it's Kudo-kun and Ran. Did you attend the festival? You should have heard me say that we're going to fire dugong arrows over at the waterfall, right?"
As he spoke, he raised the three arrows in his hand as proof.
Shinichi Kudo's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward.
"This is the dugong arrow that the Longevity Granny made herself!"
"By the way, may we visit the longevity grandmother?"
"Miss Junhui, you can go ahead and get busy. Everyone is waiting for you."
That's easy for you to say...
Junhui was internally complaining.
If you're not around, who would you "visit"?
“However, Grandma was presiding over the ceremony just now and she's already tired, I'm afraid…”
With an apologetic expression, he declined.
But Shinichi Kudo remained completely unmoved.
"It's okay, just a greeting through the door is fine."
"After all, he's over 130 years old, that's really rare, he should be able to get into the Guinness World Records!"
Departing from his usual style, the high school detective from Kanto begins to relentlessly pursue and harass her.
Shimabukuro Kimie chuckled coldly and stood in front of the door.
We absolutely cannot let them in; that's for sure.
To avoid suspicion, Junhui certainly has a way of playing a double act, but nothing is prepared right now.
Moreover, she has an "appointment" to attend.
"Kudo-kun, you..."
“Yes, Shinichi, that’s very rude of you,” Ran chimed in at the opportune moment.
"You're a boy, why are you forcing yourself to visit a place where only women live?"
"Let me go in on your behalf."
She smiled at Shimabukuro Kimie and casually cracked her knuckles.
It made a crisp "click-click" sound.
Tokyo Karate Championship Women's Division Champion.
This is how she introduced herself to Junhui when they first met.
I thought it was just high school kid being cocky, but it turned out to be a foreshadowing of a threat.
It felt like a scholar encountering a soldier; Shimabukuro Kimie was furious.
"You two are being incredibly rude!"
"Yes!" Unexpectedly, a sarcastic voice came from behind her, "How can you force your way into someone else's house!"
Junhui shuddered in fright and fled from the door as if stung by a bee on the neck.
A blond young man with clearly mixed-race features opened the door and came out.
I casually picked up a bunch of things and placed them on the eaves.
A pale wig, a mask covered in goosebumps, and the full costume of the longevity woman that appeared before everyone.
Finally, there was a pair of leather belts, I don't know what they were for.
"You still dare to talk back to me!" Shinichi glared at him. "How did you even get in there?"
Amuro Tooru shrugged, offering no explanation.
She simply opened her phone and showed a video to Kimie Shimabukuro.
That was the longevity woman who had just finished the ritual.
She staggered into the room, removed her wig and mask, and untied the leather straps binding her crossed thighs and calves.
Shimabukuro Kimie's true appearance and figure have been restored.
Junhui covered her mouth in surprise.
"There are no long-lived old women at all, right?" Shinichi Kudo asked her, his voice becoming very gentle.
"Or rather, there was once such a person, Miss Junhui's great-grandmother, but she passed away later."
"And this island is called Mermaid Island, and the legend of the longevity woman has become a tourist attraction on the island."
"Is this why Miss Junhui is pretending to be the old woman?"
"You are willing to use your young woman's body to shoulder the heavy burden of a long life that should not have been imposed on you."
"You've really worked hard."
Hearing the considerate words of the boy who was ten years younger than her, Shimabukuro Kimie felt vulnerable for a moment.
That was the grievance and exhaustion that had been buried deep in my heart for many years, something I could neither complain about nor confide in anyone.
Her eyes were slightly moist.
But in the blink of an eye, she straightened her back again.
"but……"
“However, killing someone for this reason is also unacceptable,” Shinichi Kudo said firmly.
Before Junhui could think of anything to defend herself, she was left speechless.
"Miss Kadowaki Saori was silenced because she knew about Miss Kimie's secret, wasn't she?"
“She often ran away from home, so if her body was hidden, no one would suspect anything.”
Junhui, who had been listening to his speech with tension, suddenly relaxed and chuckled softly.
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