"It always feels like we're a bunch of headless flies, running around here and there without any purpose at all."
Walking on the way to the shrine, Hattori Heiji complained with his eyes drooping.
"Really? I think it's more like a game character who takes on a series of tasks in the game. He gets a clue and then looks for the next one." Tang Ze said casually with a smile while holding Ayako's hand.
"It doesn't matter what, I just want to find the shrine quickly." Hattori Heiji rolled his eyes, "I hope we can find enough clues after we get there."
"Don't be anxious, stay calm." Tang Ze walked leisurely on the road with Ayako, commenting on the surrounding town scenery from time to time. He looked no different from an ordinary tourist.
Hearing this, Kazuha couldn't help but agree, "That's right, Heiji. It's rare for you to be out there. Even though you're investigating a case, you should still keep a good mood while traveling."
"Alright, alright, I get it." Hattori Heiji waved his hand perfunctorily. "Just take care of yourselves. I'm busy with a case right now, so I don't have the energy to leisurely enjoy the scenery."
"Really, Heiji, you bastard!"
Looking at Tang Ze and Ayako who were chatting and laughing in a good atmosphere, and then looking at the stubborn guy next to him, He Ye became furious.
I know you came to the island for business, but you are in a hurry now. Can't you be nicer and talk to me?
What are you rushing for, idiot!
Hattori Heiji, who was standing by, was stunned when he heard Kazuha call him an idiot. He looked at Kazuha with a puzzled look and asked, "Kazuha, why are you scolding me all of a sudden? I don't think I've offended you, have I?"
"Oh, what an idiot..." Tang Ze couldn't help but sigh when he saw Hattori Heiji's performance.
"You're an idiot." Conan nodded in agreement.
"What about the idiot."
"You're really an idiot."
The Maori father and daughter couldn't help but sigh when they saw this scene. It perfectly explained the "tape recorder law" of the four essential qualities of human beings.
"What? Even Mori-san and Ran-san are like this." Hattori Heiji looked mad. "What the hell are you talking about? Why am I an idiot?!"
But in the end, no matter how Hattori Heiji asked, all he got were meaningful expressions from everyone and the words "You figure it out yourself."
For a moment, the air was filled with joy.
Finally, with Hattori Heiji looking crazy, everyone came to the shrine and met Shimabukuro Kimie, the shrine maiden.
She was wearing a white and red shrine maiden's costume and had long hair, giving people a gentle and friendly feeling, but the shrine maiden's costume also gave her a hint of holiness.
“Hahahahahaha…”
After the two sides met, Shimabukuro Kune's bell-like laughter was soon heard in the shrine because of Maori Kogoro's question.
"There are no mermaids in the world. They're just mythical creatures from legends." Shimabukuro wiped tears from her eyes and said, "Besides, my grandma has never eaten mermaid meat."
After hearing what the other party said, Yuanshan Heye felt as if a legend had been shattered, and could not help but say, "But everyone says that your great-grandmother is immortal..."
"My great-grandmother was born on June 24, 1868!"
Shimabukuro Kimie, dressed in a shrine maiden costume, spoke directly, "This is the household registration information, absolutely true. It means my great-grandmother just turned 130 this year. She was just an ordinary old woman, a little over the age of 130.
It's just that everyone's been spreading it too much, and it's gradually become more and more exaggerated."
"Just live longer?" Xiaolan heard Shimabukuro Junhui say in a sweat, "130 years old is already exaggerated."
"But compared to those rumors, this is the real situation." Shimabukuro Kimie said as a matter of course.
"So it's just a rumor?" Kogoro Mouri was a little confused when he heard what Shimabukuro Kimie said.
In Kogoro Mori's opinion, even if this is a lie, the shrine, as the origin of this legend, should not come forward to deny it.
After all, this legend has an unparalleled influence on a shrine, as can be seen from the large number of tourists who come here for this festival.
I believe anyone with a discerning eye knows how much profit such traffic will bring, but it is really unexpected that Shimabukuro Kimie denied it without any scruples.
"What about the 'Dugong Arrow'? Is it fake too?" Hearing Shimabukuro Kimie's answer, Kazuha couldn't help but ask.
"Ah, you mean that. My late mother once told me that the 'Arrow of the Dugong' was originally called the 'Arrow of the Curse'.
But because of the grandmother's longevity, the villagers on the island made a far-fetched claim and changed the name "Zhu Jin" to "Dugong," which has the same pronunciation.
"What about the others? Is there something else you don't know?"
Feeling that her fantasy of eternal youth was about to be shattered, He Ye asked somewhat unwillingly: "For example, if you lose the "Dugong Arrow", you will be cursed or something.
Some people said that the girl named Saori lost the "Dugong Arrow" and was cursed by the mermaids to take revenge!
"Impossible! Impossible!" Shimabukuro-kunie waved her hands repeatedly and said, "I was just taking a boat to the main island with Saori a few days ago. If something was going to happen, it would have happened a long time ago."
"What? You said you went to the main island with Ms. Saori?"
"What time is it exactly?"
Hattori Heiji and Mori Kogoro, who were standing by, heard the other party inadvertently reveal important information and couldn't help but ask hurriedly.
“It was probably four days ago…” Shimabukuro Kimie thought for a moment and explained, “Because there aren’t many people on the island, no dentist is willing to open a clinic here, so we have to go to the main island for dental treatment.
It was Saori who accompanied me to the sea at that time."
"I wonder what Ms. Saori's mental state was like at the time?" Tang Ze asked. "I heard she lost the 'Dugong Arrow' she got last year, and she was a little uneasy?"
"That's true. After losing the Dugong Arrow, Saori became very frightened and begged me to ask my grandmother to save her. Although I tried to comfort her and told her not to take it seriously, she was still very scared and said she was cursed by the mermaid."
Shimabukuro Kimie said this with a look of self-blame: "It's all my fault when I handed over the arrows. I didn't want to let those who got the arrows and thought they could live forever come to cause trouble because they were ineffective in the end.
So tell them that if they doubt the power of the arrow or lose it, the mermaids will bring disaster upon them.
But in fact, there is no such thing at all.”
At this moment, a sneer was heard, followed by a female voice that reached everyone's ears, "Jun Hui, you..."
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