Boom boom boom boom boom boom!!
With the continuous beating of drums, the ceremony officially began.
At this moment, the shrine is already filled with tourists. Some come to enjoy the festival, while others are waiting for the lottery session, hoping to get the "Dugong Arrow" that can grant immortality.
Suddenly there were huge crowds of people and it was very lively.
However, because the area was specially roped off, visitors stood on the periphery and could clearly see the part close to the shrine.
Accompanied by the sound of drums, the single door was slowly opened by the priest, revealing an old figure with his back to the crowd.
"It should be coming out soon!" said Hattori Heiji, looking at the figure behind the door.
Conan looked at the short figure in the room and asked curiously, "Is that the one in there who is said to have eaten mermaid flesh?"
At this time, the old woman called Mingyan slowly walked out. She was very short and looked very small, with heavy makeup on her face.
"Mate!"
“My destiny has arrived!!”
From time to time, people in the crowd were shouting, and some old people put their hands together, looking very pious.
But in the eyes of Tang Ze and others, the other party was just a short old woman with heavy makeup and a hunched body due to osteoporosis.
Under the gaze of the crowd, Ming-Shan lit one end of the stick he had prepared and slowly placed it on the paper door of the shrine, letting it burn slowly.
This move actually scared Conan, Hattori Heiji and the tourists who were attending the festival for the first time.
As the paper door burned, everyone gradually figured out the trick. It turned out that the fire on the paper door was to show the drawn number.
Regarding the results of the lottery, some people are happy while others are sad.
And He Ye is one of the lucky ones, and she is cheering happily at the moment.
After lighting the paper door, Ming-sama slowly entered the house, and Shimabukuro Kimie, wearing a red and white shrine maiden costume, slowly walked out.
"Then please take a short break. The Dugong Arrows will be distributed in an hour. Then please head to Mermaid Falls!"
After the drawing of lots, Shimabukuro Kimie, who was wearing a shrine maiden's costume, walked out slowly and announced to everyone.
"Let's go! Let's go! Let's go to the Mermaid Falls." He Ye said happily, holding the number plate: "Eternal beauty and youth are mine."
"It's better not to be too proud, Heye. Immortality may not be a good thing," Hattori Heiji said coldly.
"Haha, Heiji, don't worry, I will help you bury your bones later."
"Ha... should I thank you more?" Hattori Heiji hung his eyes and looked speechless.
"You guys go to the waterfall first, I have something to do."
Just as everyone was about to move to the Mermaid Waterfall to wait for the release of the "Dugong Arrow", Tang Ze spoke.
"Hmm? Detective Tangze, what can I do for you?" Xiaolan asked curiously.
"Well, I guess so. There are some small things that need to be dealt with." Tang Ze said with a smile.
"Then we'll wait for you at the Mermaid Waterfall." Ayako saw that Tang Ze seemed to have something to do, so she didn't ask him what he was going to do. She just nodded to show that she understood.
"Well, I'll be back later." Tang Ze waved his hand, said goodbye to everyone, and disappeared in the crowd in a short while.
"Hey, what do you think Detective Tang Ze is going to do?" Conan poked Hattori Heiji's knee and asked suspiciously, looking in the direction where Tang Ze had disappeared.
"Who knows? Detective Karasawa's actions are always so unpredictable." Hattori Heiji shrugged.
"Could it be that they found some clues?" Conan couldn't help but ask.
"Uh, that shouldn't be the case." Hattori Heiji also became nervous when he heard Conan's guess. The two looked at each other and understood the meaning in each other's eyes.
Join forces!
Although the two are also competitors, their common "enemy" is Detective Tang Ze, who is definitely superior to them.
They didn't want to just be a spectator, watching Tang Ze solve the case while they were still ignorant.
Therefore, although joining forces may seem unfair, they are more unwilling to be just spectators!
At the very least, you can't be the one who realizes that you've lost!
"Let's review the previous clues without further ado and see if there is anything we missed?" Hattori Heiji suggested.
"Yeah!" Conan nodded slowly, "Well, let's get started without further ado!"
...........
Just as Conan and his companions were working together to sort out clues in the hope of making some discoveries.
On the other side, Tang Ze said goodbye to the group, walked out of the crowd alone, and went straight towards the shrine.
Target, Shimabukuro-kunie!
That’s right, in this case, Tang Ze plans to go directly to the door and make a breakthrough.
There was no way, although Tang Ze had imagined many responses based on the intelligence of this case.
But after thinking about it, Tang Ze realized that in the current situation, he really had to cut the Gordian knot, break through by force, and attack head-on!
Because the situation of safe layout is when the situation is not urgent, at least the victim must be guaranteed not to be in danger of life for a while.
But now Saori Kadowaki is missing. If we don’t hurry up, we will soon see her body floating down the river from the Mermaid Waterfall.
For Tang Ze, as long as someone dies, his purpose will fail. Not only will he not be able to save the tragedy, but his reward will also be drastically reduced, just like the gap between a rich man and a beggar.
But there is no way, the choice has never been on Tang Ze's side, because the cost of committing crime is too low compared to the cost of preventing crime.
It is so cheap that you can commit a crime at any time and anywhere by grabbing anything around you in the heat of the moment.
However, those who uphold justice need to spend thousands of times more energy to find evidence and compete with it in wits and courage.
So after thinking about it, Tang Ze found that going straight to the point might be the best approach.
"Alas, I'm going to be super awesome again. It's not that I'm not low-key, it's just that the situation doesn't allow it."
Tang Ze sighed with a compassionate expression that didn't seem to matter to AC: "Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. It seems I'm faking it."
I really don’t want to be in the spotlight!
You have no idea how hard it is for me to stand out. Behind me are two high school students with full detective talent who regard me as their rivals and always want to surpass me.
I was forced to maintain my persona while working hard to cheat at work, and study hard late into the night.
On the other hand, when dealing with cases, you have to rack your brains to arrange the cases, while at the same time creating a relaxed and casual atmosphere.
From time to time, we have to find opportunities to beat up a couple of "troublemakers" who are dreaming of getting to the top, so that they don't think they are all capable and can stop jumping around for no reason.
Oh, it’s so hard for me!!
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