In the evening, Ebihara's family held a funeral, and most of the islanders wore black clothes to pay their respects, and the atmosphere was solemn and a little heavy.

Gao Cheng also changed into a borrowed suit and followed Uncle Maori and his party into the venue with Gray Yuan.

Although I'm used to seeing death in this world, I haven't attended a funeral a few times, and the last time it seems to be when the Moon Shadow Island incident happened, and it's just a bystander, far less heavy as a party.

At the entrance door, Uncle Maori took the lead in signing at the registration office, and Hattori and Kazuha followed behind in student uniforms.

"It's good that we brought our uniforms here, right?" Hattori looked at Gao Cheng's borrowed suit and rejoiced.

"Isn't that good?" He Ye whispered, "We're going to disturb other people's ......."

"You're thinking too much, we can just take this opportunity to ask more about the island."

"Hey," Gao Cheng reminded in the back, "Hattori, don't mumble, it's a vigil for Miss Sumi." ”

Bring a student uniform to the funeral...... Hattori shouldn't have been mentally prepared before coming to Mermaid Island, right?

Walking into the inner hall of the wake, there were already a few people kneeling on the futon inside, Shimashiro Kimie and Fukuyama Rokuro, and even the drunkard father of Saori was also ......

"Mr. Maori?" Shimashiro-kune stood up in surprise, "Are you here too?" ”

"yes," Uncle Maori nodded with a smile and looked around suspiciously, "Huh? Why didn't you see Miss Naoko? Her name is on the roster. ”

Shimashiro Junhui said unexpectedly: "Naoko, she's here?" But I didn't even notice ......."

"Did you go back again?" The uncle grabbed his hair, didn't pay much attention to it, and then knelt down on the futon.

Gao Cheng didn't sit down, looked left and right with a calm face, and opened the wooden door leading to the courtyard of the corridor.

In the dark night, a fishing net was opened, and Naoko Buddha was wrapped around the net like a dried fish, and the sand was full of messy footprints.

It's late......

Gao Cheng's eyes shrank, turned on the flashlight, and walked to the corpse with Hattori in the exclamation of everyone in the mourning hall, taking pictures and storing evidence while inspecting the scene.

"The time of death was less than an hour...... The cause of death was suffocation caused by strangulation of ......the neck," Gao Cheng said after looking at the body.

"What was left on the sand were the footprints of slippers and boots," Hattori squatted down to check, "Miss Naoko who was killed was wearing slippers here, so these boots should be the murderer's ......"

"Look here," Conan shouted as he found an arrow mark on the edge of the footprint, "this one must have stepped on a dugong arrow, right?" ”

"Indeed," Hattori pondered, "judging from the marks on the slippers, the dugong arrow may have been dropped during an argument between Miss Naoko and the murderer, and was stepped on again...... So the murderer's target is the Dugong Arrow? ”

Uncle Maori lifted the fishing net around the hospital and followed the footprints and said, "Anyway, if you follow the footprints of the boots, you should be able to know the route of the murderer's escape......

Gao Cheng stood with his hands on the side, his eyes following the footprints of his boots on the sand, and looking straight at the undulating beach not far away.

He had already seen it at the first time, and these footprints stretched all the way to the sea, and there was no way to pursue them......

Nothing will be gained by continuing the investigation.

Now the most important thing is the connection between this serial murder incident, I don't know if it's a coincidence, the people who were killed were all 5 people who were small and middle-aged, and they all seemed to have drawn dugong arrows.

First of all, Saori Modowaki who lost the dugong arrow and was afraid of retribution, then Ebihara Shomi, who was likely to draw the dugong arrow, and finally Naoko, who was robbed of this dugong arrow......

Gao Cheng's mind flashed the scene of the beginning of the incident, everyone's words flew in his ears, and the picture was fixed on the trembling longevity woman.

"It depends," said the longevity woman, grinning, "I sometimes use the numbers drawn in horse races, haha." ”

"There are a lot of number plates in a big box, and everyone lines up to draw them, one for each person...... Then the old lady would pick out three of those numbers at the festival......"

"Later, because tourists had been hearing about the mermaid grave and came to rob the grave, my grandmother asked someone to secretly move the tomb to this forest last year......

"As long as the longevity woman knows where the mermaid tomb is......"

"By the way, why don't you try your luck too?" Shimashiro Junhui took out two number plates and asked Xiaolan and Kazuye, "There happened to be an old couple who temporarily returned the number plates this morning, so I have two more ...... here."

……

All the information comes together and becomes a bright light.

Gao Cheng opened his eyes, his gaze tightened slightly.

The crux of the case lies in the longevity woman......

"Huh?" Hattori, who was searching with a flashlight, suddenly exclaimed, "There seems to be something shiny on the edge of these footprints...... Are they fish scales? ”

Conan, like Takasei, stayed by the corpse, and heard Hattori's voice follow, "If it's really fish scales, Miss Naoko's clothes are also stained with two or three pieces on them!" ”

"You guys!!" At this time, a group of policemen with flashlights suddenly ran from the other side, shouting, "What are you doing there?" ”

"What to do? Of course it's an investigation......"

"That's the job of our Fukui Prefectural Police!"

"Ugh."

Uncle Maori and Hattori followed Gao Cheng back to the mourning hall and handed over the police to take over the scene investigation.

Everyone waiting in the corridor, especially Xiaolan and He Ye, hurriedly asked, "Did the murderer's footprints really disappear on the beach?" ”

"Hmm...... At present, the police are comparing the footprints and styles of the boots," Hattori looked at the busy police forensics officers, "walking along those footprints, there are still some fish scales on the ground......

"Fish, fish scales?!"

and Ye and Xiaolan hugged each other in horror.

"Could it be...... Is the murderer a human, a mermaid? ”

"Fool, how could a mermaid possibly wear boots?" Hattori was speechless, "This is just a small action to deliberately mislead everyone, I think the murderer may have walked all the way along the coastline, and met next to the fishing net where he had made an appointment with Miss Naoko, and after the murder, he walked back along the coastline, and his footprints were washed away by the waves, and it looked like this......"

"But then again," Uncle Maori asked, "did anyone see Miss Naoko leave the mourning hall?" ”

Shimashiro Kimime shook his head and said, "I don't know...... She wasn't in this room when I came......"

"Mr. Kadowaki, what about you? Your name is signed on the back of Miss Naoko......"

"I didn't see it."

The bearded Katsuwaki burped.

"When I came in, I was the only guest who came to pay the sacrifice......

"So," Uncle Maori thought, touching his chin, "Miss Naoko arrived here first, and then she went to the net?" ”

Conan stood quietly on the side and didn't interject, just looked strangely at Gao Cheng, who was also silent: "Chenghu, what's wrong?" ”

"Nothing."

Gao Cheng shook his head and ate the chocolate casually.

There are still some things that need to be clarified......

The corners of Conan's mouth twitched slightly: "Do you need to bring chocolate with you every time you come out?" ”

"Oh, this, of course it's better to have strawberry milk or something, but it's not easy to bring," Gao Cheng handed the chocolate box to Conan, "Do you want it?" You can only eat one ......"

Gray Yuan turned around and smiled softly beside him.

……

In the living room of Ebihara's house, the guests who came to the vigil gathered to dine, and the Fukui Prefectural Police also took the opportunity to conduct a search to see if the murderer who snatched the arrow of Naoko dugong was mixed with the crowd who came to pay tribute, but the only ones with arrows on their bodies were Kadowaki and Kazuha, who were obtained during the festival.

Gao Cheng didn't think that such an investigation was useful, but some of the islanders' statements were quite strange.

Someone saw the missing Saori appear near the Mermaid Falls during the festival......

"Is it really Miss Saori herself?" Hattori was skeptical.

"There can be no mistake," affirmed the islander, "because we are the only ones on the island who has her hair dyed brown and wears glasses, and Saori always wears blue......"

"If it's true," Hattori said in a deep voice, as he sat down at the table, "Miss Saori must be hiding from something, so she can't show up in front of everyone...... Do you see what's coming? ”

Conan ate sushi and said, "I don't have a clue at all, and now I can only be sure that there are three people: Miss Sumi, who was killed at the beginning, Miss Naoko this time, and Miss Saori, whose whereabouts are unknown...... Everyone believed in the power of the longevity woman who had eaten the mermaid's meat, and they were all very attached to the dugong arrow......"

"yes," Hattori looked at Saori's father, who was drinking across from him, "I also think that all three of them were killed or fled because they were involved in the Dugong Arrow...... If only we could know what the number of Miss Sumi's number plate was last night......"

Shimashiro Kimie happened to be sitting next to him, and said with a smile: "This is easy, because I will indicate everyone with each number on the roster, do you want to go and see that roster now?" Because of what happened, I haven't checked it yet......"

"Of course!" Hattori was pleasantly surprised, "That's great! ”

"Roster ......" Gao Cheng's hand moved slightly.

"Huh? Going to Miss Junhui's house? "Uncle Maori was so drunk that he had to be held by Hattori when he was found.

Xiaolan was worried and helpless: "Really, Dad, cheer up a little!" ”

"I haven't drunk much......"

Taking Uncle Mori and stumbling away from Ebihara's house, everyone walked through a forest full of strange noises to the Shimashiro house where the shrine was located.

Gray Yuan walked with Gao Cheng at the end with his hands behind his back, and whispered behind everyone's back: "Miss Saori is the only one in her luggage who doesn't have an insurance card for medical treatment, have you noticed it?" Did you find any problems? It's been weird from the beginning......"

"This serial murder seems to have been designed from the beginning," Gao Cheng looked at the people leading the way in front of him, "and Miss Saori was also very problematic when she was witnessed, and it would be too strange if it was to avoid someone, I'm afraid it would be ......"

"It's the murderer in disguise, right?" Gray Yuan answered, "Do you already know who the murderer is?" ”

"It's a little bit close," Gao Cheng's face was slightly embarrassed, "but there is already a little guess." ”

Shimashiro's family, Shimashiro Kimie took the group to a room to rummage through the cabinet to find the roster.

"It's weird, I remember it should have been here......"

"Can't find the roster?"

"Well, only this year's one is missing......"

"Could it have been taken away by the old woman?" Hattori helped rummag through.

Shimashiro Kimie shook his head and said, "Impossible......"

Conan followed up and asked, "Does anyone else know that you kept things here?" ”

"Almost everyone on the island knows about it, because people often look at the names of celebrities in the roster," Shimashiro said helplessly, "I'll look for it in the other rooms......

"Miss Junhui," Gao Cheng began, "can I meet Mrs. Changshou?" ”

"Huh?" Shimashiro Kimihui was stunned and said, "Great-grandmother should have slept by now, can I ask you again tomorrow?" ”

"Okay."

Gao Cheng didn't force it, but just watched Shimashiro Junhui and Xiaolan and Kazuha go to other rooms to find the roster, and then checked the other roster.

Each number corresponds to a person's name, so you can see it at a glance.

If you have this roster, it will be easy to let who draw the dugong arrow, Ebihara Sumi, Naoko, and even Kazuha, it is not entirely a coincidence or luck to draw the dugong arrow.

As for the roster being lost at this time......

"Huh?"

Gao Cheng accidentally opened a page of the roster and noticed that there was a name "Miyano Shiho" on it.

Out of the corner of his eye, Gray Yuan glanced at the roster: "It's just the same name and surname, don't make the mistake." ”

Gao Cheng wondered: "I haven't said anything yet......"

"Shiho Miyano?" Conan leaned over curiously, and said unexpectedly, "It's your real name, Gray Plains, but you don't look like the kind of person who would want to be young and beautiful forever, hehe......"

Gray Yuan said with a flat gaze: "Compared to this, don't you think that the roster may have been stolen by someone in advance?" At the banquet, someone heard that you were coming to check the roster......"

Hattori put down the other roster in his hand: "Do you mean Mr. Kadowaki?" I knew that I was afraid that it was Miss Shou Mei who really drew the dugong arrow! ”

Gao Cheng put down the roster, it is normal for the man to steal the roster, the old drunkard doesn't know if it's a coincidence in this incident, he actually became the biggest suspect because of the dugong arrow, once the roster is discovered, he may be arrested by the police as a murderer......

"Heiji!"

He Ye hurriedly ran back to the side of the room and said anxiously: "Just now we saw a woman with dyed brown hair and glasses in the courtyard...... Could it be that Miss Saori? ”

"What?" Hattori exclaimed, "What about her?" ”

"I don't know, because she ran away right away......"

"Here we go again...... Gao Cheng frowned and followed out of the room, seeing that there were only two in the corridor, He Ye and Xiaolan.

"Strange, Miss Junhui?"

"She went out the back door," said Lan, "because she said she was going to look at the remodeled warehouse......

"She's going alone?"

"Well," He Ye nodded, "Originally, we said we were going to go together, but she said that she would come back soon, let's go back here first......"

Gao Cheng's face changed, his thinking began to run rapidly again, and all the clues were connected into a line in his mind: "Where is that warehouse?" ”

"Huh?"

The two of them were startled and hurriedly pointed to the shrine outside the courtyard.

"Okay、It seems to be at the back of that shrine......"

Across the shrine, the sky on the other side has been illuminated by the firelight, making it particularly eye-catching in the dark night.

Without explanation, Gao Cheng opened the glass doors and windows, and strode towards the shrine warehouse.

No wonder I felt a little strange at the beginning, Shimashiro Kimie was the murderer.

The puzzle has been solved......

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