Saturday, May 31, Shikishima, Mikami Chief's house.

After listening to Maori's questioning, Chief Mikami said, "The Maori detective must know about the Ryujin, so I won't say more." One morning three days ago, the Ryujin reappeared in the waters near Shikishima. ”

"What!" Maori was taken aback.

Mr. Kinoshita said, "Yes, it was like a legendary ghost ship, and it suddenly appeared without warning......"

"Ghost, ghost ship?" Lan's face changed.

"It seems to be very interesting. Yuan Zi looked at Lan and smiled.

"It's not interesting, the ghost can't catch it. Mei Daiko said.

Mr. Kinoshita continued, "The people on the island say that it is the trolls. ”

"Trolls?" asked Maori, confused.

The village chief said, "More than 400 years ago, in 1590, during Toyotomi Hideyoshi's conquest of the Odawara Hojo clan, the Hojo naval army was defeated and the remnants were scattered, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued a reward document. Some of the Hojo sailors fled to the island, but they did not want the island's inhabitants to be blinded by the bounty offered, and attacked the wounded Hojo sailors, and finally the Hojo sailors were chased to a cave on the side of the island, where they were all killed. ”

Chief Mikami said, "Since then, there have been a series of bad things happening on this small island, and the people on the island believe that the ghost of the Hojo Suijun is haunting, so they have installed a shrine in that cave in the hope of appeasing the soul of the Hojo Suijun." ”

"This must be superstition, right?" asked Maori.

Mr. Kinoshita said, "Not all, there have been many people in history who have seen the ghosts of the armoured sailors appear in the forest outside the caves, and those who pass by often hear chilling wails from the caves of the armours. ”

"Moreover, in '91, a university professor specializing in the study of the navy came to the island with a dozen students to do research, and they went directly to the cave of the navy without asking the inhabitants of the island in advance, however, just two or three days later, the villagers on the island found that the university professor and his students were missing. At first, we thought they were gone, but then we received a notice from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to find these people, and we realized that they were really missing. When people from the Metropolitan Police Department came to investigate, they found nothing unusual. ”

"It's been five years since I said that. Maori was surprised, "I can confirm that they are dead." ”

Mr. Kinoshita said, "So no one on the island dares to approach the vicinity of that cave casually now. ”

"Well," Midaiko laughed, "that's interesting, let's go find these water ghosts." ”

"No, it's not interesting. Lan and Yuan Zi said with some fear.

Lan said with a pale face: "I absolutely, absolutely not go." ”

Yuan Zi said, "I think we'd better go and look for gold." ”

"That's right," Mori said, "Chief Mikami, let's move on to the gold." ”

"I'm sorry. Chief Mikami wiped his sweat, "After the Ryujin appeared, I had someone drag it back, but after checking it, I found that there was no gold in it. ”

"No?" asked Maori.

"Nope. "Based on the moss on the hull and the degree of weathering and corrosion, we speculate that Ryujin should have run aground in a sheltered place." The night before, there had been a strong storm in the nearby sea, and we speculated that the strong storm caused the tide in the nearby sea to swell and let the Ryujin drift down the river to a cave or cliff crevice, and then ran aground there due to the low tide. Now, due to the strong storm, the water level has risen sharply, and the Ryujin has floated out of the water again. ”

Chief Mikami said, "Although I blocked the news, it couldn't last long. There are a lot of uninhabited islands nearby, so I thought of using Maori detectives to find your wisdom. ”

"It's his luck. Conan muttered to the garden.

"No, I refuse," Maori said, "I'm a detective, how can I do this kind of errands." ”

"What if you're paid one-tenth of what we're earnings?" said Mikamimura with a smile, "and we'll be able to get a one-tenth of the discovery bounty, which is about 100 million yen, plus an additional 100 million yen bounty from Otomo Metal Company." That is to say......"

"Twenty, twenty million yen. Maori brushed out a pair of money eyes, took the hand of the village chief Mikami and said enthusiastically, "Thank you for your care, I took this commission." ”

Conan asked, "Now, if it's stranded, how could the gold not be on it, and will it have already been carried away by his accomplices?"

"That's a good point. Maori asked, "Chief Mikami?"

The village chief said: "Because there was a body that washed up on the island, and it was identified as the robbers on the Ryujin, and no one else and the Ryujin were found, and there was only fresh water in the nearby waters, so it was impossible to live on those small islands for a long time, so the people in the Metropolitan Police Department thought that the robbers and the Ryujin had sunk to the bottom of the sea with people and ships, so they gave up the search." ”

"Now we speculate that the place where the Ryujin is located is a place that can be filled with seawater, and the robbers abandoned the ship with gold before the water flooded, but because the space was filled with seawater, they ended up drowning, and then the body was swept out by the sea, and the gold remained in that place." ”

Mr. Kinoshita said, "Also, in the years since that storm passed, no ship from outside the island has been here, except for the ferry. ”

"I see. Maori said, then asked, "It doesn't seem like it's been reported?"

"Yes," said the village chief, "the people of Otomo Metal Company thought that it was better to go missing than to sink into the sea, so they suppressed the matter through the police." ”

The village chief Mikami said with some embarrassment: "Because there were a lot of treasure hunters at that time, I ......"

"So in order to make their money, I hid it. ”

"Yes, those three months' income is worth a few years' income. Chief Mikami said, "We plan to let the news out if you're going to be." ”

"Don't worry, my detective Mori Kogoro will definitely help you find this place. Maori said.

"That's something we're really grateful for. Chief Mikami smiled, then picked up the bottle and said, "Come, come, come, Detective Maori, let's celebrate in advance." As he spoke, he filled the cup for Maori. ……

Less than four o'clock in the afternoon, Shikishima Convention Hall.

Looking at Chief Mikami, who was speaking above, Conan yawned. The banquet was dispersed at about half past three in the afternoon, and after that, the village chief Mikami brought Maori and his party here, originally Yamazaki, Mei Daiko, Ran, Conan and Sonoko were going to go shopping, but Maori was drunk, Lan really couldn't rest assured and stayed, so Conan had to stay, and Sonoko, Yamazaki, and Mei Daiko slipped away, and said hello to Mikami Village Chief, so there was no need to prepare dinner for them.

Conan's yawning was contagious to Suzu Mikami, who was also sitting next to him, and she yawned and said, "By the way, I'll take you to a fun place." Then he ran away without waiting for Conan to agree, pulling up Conan.

Out of the convention hall, Conan found them running around the convention hall and asked helplessly, "Where are we going?"

"I'll take you to the back of the stage to have a look," Suzu Mikami said, "and this is a VIP seat for special guests." ”

Conan pointed to a building along the way and asked, "What's that?"

"Shikishima Cultural Center. "It's said that it stores the island's cultural heritage, but it's all old things, like rusty anchors, broken armor, and broken katanas. ”

"If there are good ones, they won't stay here. Conan muttered.

Maybe it's because of the closeness, Mikami Suzu heard Conan's words, she said: "There is a set of armor and katana that are generally intact, and they are well maintained, I heard that they are left by the leader of the navy, and there is a pattern on it, what is it called? I forgot, anyway, it is composed of three white and one black triangles." ”

Conan said, "That's the family pattern, it should be the three-scale pattern of the Gohojo family, it's made up of three equilateral triangles, and the black triangle is actually empty. ”

"Here we are, and here is the backstage door. Suzu Mikami stopped in front of a door.

At this time, the door opened, and Suzu Mikami hurriedly pulled Conan to hide.

Conan sighed in his heart, what is there to hide.

A man in his thirties, with long hair covering half of his face, came out of it.

Conan asked, "Who is he?"

"He's a lighthouse guard. Suzu Mikami said, "I only know that his surname is Hamada and he is a strange person." ”

"Strange people?" asked Conan.

Suzu Mikami said, "Because he doesn't usually interact with people on the island, and he often goes to the cave that people don't dare to approach, and he doesn't know what to do in it." ”

At this time, the captain of the ferry came over to meet Hamada, "It's been a long time, Aoki, I'll never forget your face." ”

Hamada took a step back and said, "I—I don't know what you're talking about, I'm just a lighthouse guard, my name is Hamada." ”

"What are you talking about!" the captain grabbed Hamada by the collar with some annoyance.

"Didn't I say you recognized the wrong person?" Hamada struggled, "Hurry up and let me go." ”

"Even if you turn to ashes, I'll recognize you," the captain said, "Aoki." As he spoke, he reached out and stroked the long hair on Hamada's face, and then was startled by Hamada's burned-off face.

Hamada took the opportunity to break free and left in a hurry. The captain also left, with a thoughtful look.

"It's scary. Mikami Suzu said with some fear in her chest, "It turns out that there is an injury." ”

"I don't want people to see it, so I don't talk to people. ”

"Let's go. Suzu Mikami said, "That uncle's speech is about to begin." ”……