"Huh, she's just a long-lived old lady." Maori Kogoro said speechlessly, "She's not the legendary Yaobikuni who ate mermaid flesh and lived for eight hundred years."
"However, Wakasa Province where Yaobikuni was located is now Fujing, which can be regarded as the birthplace." Tang Ze said with a smile.
"So what then? You came to me on purpose. Is it because the client wants to find a mermaid?"
Maori Kogoro looked uninspired. "If that's the case, then forget it. I don't want to look for something that doesn't exist."
"No, in fact, the request was completely the opposite. The letter sent only contained one sentence: 'The mermaid will kill me, please save me!'"
At this point, Hattori Heiji's expression gradually became serious, "I can even see the writer's fear from the trembling notes.
Regardless of the fact that the first time I called, the call was quickly hung up, but I heard the sound of waves and a woman's cry..."
"Interesting." Tang Ze rubbed his chin with interest and pondered for a moment before speaking: "It's decided, I'll go with you!"
"ha?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard Tang Ze's words. Xiao Lan beside him couldn't help but ask, "But Detective Tang Ze, you're still at work, right? Is everything okay?"
"Don't worry, just take a vacation." Tang Ze waved his hand casually.
Not to mention vacation or anything like that, it's no big deal for Tang Ze, who has more and more privileges now. Even if he can't take a leave, he won't miss this rare case.
Whether it's for the reward or to prevent the impending tragedy.
"But Detective Tang Ze, why are you so concerned about this matter?"
Conan, who was feeling unmotivated, heard that Tang Ze had asked for leave to go to the island with them, and he couldn't help but become interested. "Could it be that something has caught your attention?"
"No, nothing was found." Tang Ze smiled and shook his head.
"Could it be that you, Criminal Tang Ze, have become interested in mermaids who can achieve immortality?"
Conan looked at Tang Ze with a surprised expression, as if to say, "You, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, would believe such a childish thing?"
"No, I don't believe there are any mermaids in this world either."
Tang Ze feels that in the world of science, believing in "science" is the right way, and playing with "monsters and ghosts" is too un-"scientific".
"Then Detective Tang Ze, why do you want to go to the island with us?" Hearing Tang Ze's words, Toyama Kazuha on the side couldn't help but ask.
"Although I have no evidence now, it's just a hunch, but I feel that someone might be using the 'merman' to plot something, so I want to investigate."
"Planning?"
"Mermaid?"
"What conspiracy is hidden behind this?"
Seeing everyone's imaginations running wild and their expressions gradually becoming serious, Tang Ze quickly waved his hand, "Of course, these are just my guesses. There's no basis for them. Maybe the client really just wants to find that mythical mermaid."
"But no matter what, if you come with me, Detective Tang Ze, I'll feel more at ease!"
When Shizuka Hattori heard that Tang Ze also wanted to go to the island together, she bowed slightly and said, "Please take good care of Heiji and Kazuha."
"Don't worry, I promise nothing will happen to them." Tang Ze replied with a smile.
"Oh, okay, okay, Mom, you should go back quickly."
Seeing his mother's expression, Hattori Heiji on the side hurriedly pushed Hattori Shizuka out, "I'm not a child anymore, don't worry about me. Go back to Osaka as soon as possible, or you won't be able to buy a ticket if you're late."
Well, if I were to accurately describe Hattori Heiji's mood at the moment.
The feeling of Hattori Heiji moving into the dormitory at college and his mother asking his roommates to take good care of her son can be perfectly replicated in his current mood.
After putting the luggage in Karasawa's car, Hattori Heiji stopped a taxi and went to the train station with Kazuha and his mother.
Of course, he didn't go back to Osaka with Shizuka Hattori. He and Kazuha bought tickets to Tokyo.
Because Tang Ze's car couldn't accommodate so many people, the two of them simply put the gifts in the car and took the bus to Tokyo.
After sending Kogoro Mori and the others back to the office, Karasawa went to the station to pick them up and took them to a hotel to stay for the night.
"By the way, what happened to Mr. Yoshikawa?"
After the car started on the road, Xiaolan, who was sitting in the back seat, suddenly remembered this incident and asked curiously.
"Well, Officer Yokomizo will receive the punishment he deserves after searching his house and collecting evidence," Kogoro Mouri replied casually.
"After all, it was a private gathering for gambling, and something like this happened. The circumstances are quite bad, and they will probably suffer a lot." Tang Ze added with a smile after hearing this.
Actually, gambling in Japan is also prohibited by the criminal law.
However, as a special law, public gambling (such as horse racing) that can bring revenue to local finances is legal.
Speaking of which, we have to talk about the weirdness of Japan's gambling industry.
The most famous ones are small steel ball parlors like Pachinko, but this is a gray industry. If you ask any Japanese whether small steel ball parlors are gambling, nine out of ten times they will tell you that it is gambling, but legally it belongs to the entertainment industry.
Because gambling as defined in Japan's criminal code must involve money, gambling as defined in the criminal code must involve money (cash or securities).
However, this was exploited by small steel ball shops using the "three-store method".
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