Chapter 51: What is a mermaid?

When it comes to mermaids, Fu Jixianli's first thought is the "world famous paintings" in a certain movie, as well as the "world famous saying" - "I think of happy things".

In fact, for a long time, Fu Jixian couldn't tell the difference between mermaids and fish-people, which are similar but slightly different, and it wasn't until later that he figured it out......

The mermaid is the spirit of the tide sea, and the mermaid is the mermaid who calls the tide.

Or the mermaid is Jinping, and the mermaid is the white star.

Sakako Anyi Temple went on to talk about what happened to her.

"About two months ago, my mother died of a heart attack.

The death of a relative is of course sad, but it is precisely because of her death that my father's mentality has changed...... Some very serious changes. ”

Anyi Temple's mother is called Anyi Temple Junko, and her father is Anyi Temple Yuan, this kind of information that can be found on the Internet is very simple, Fu Ji Xianli naturally has a certain understanding in advance.

"It was because of my mother's death and the way she died suddenly that my father began to realize that death was such a thing so close to him, so he began to fear death and tried to find ways to prevent it from happening to him."

Eijie Chinuma seemed to understand, he chuckled twice and said, "Hehe, mermaid meat?" ”

In different cultures around the world, there seems to be a legend of a fantasy creature called a mermaid, and the image of the mermaid in different legends has something in common, but there are also differences in details in different regions, such as "mermaid meat can make people immortal from old age", which seems to be a unique legend that is more popular in Japan.

But Fu Jixian still thinks it is incredible, if a rich man like this is worried about his physical condition, why does he not believe in modern medicine, but instead asks for those illusory things?

In fact, the answer is quite simple, people's psychology is very strange, and they will always pursue the kind of things that they can't get. The wealthy can simply enjoy the most cutting-edge medical technology, so they are not satisfied with this technology, medicine has limits, so they will value things other than medicine...... This is not an exaggeration, nor is it particularly anti-intellectual, otherwise what is the commander of a certain country who teaches people to heal diseases?

Ordinary people are afraid of death, but how death should come or how it will come, but some rich people are different, and they have the ability to do more to avoid death.

The so-called immortality is funny to hear, and it is even more stupid to take the legend of the mermaid as reality, but what if these things can really be put into practice?

"Yes, my father finally got a piece of mermaid meat after spending a lot of money and a lot of energy." Sawako of Anyi Temple nodded, and actually agreed with Chinuma's guess.

Well, Fu Jixian subconsciously thought that someone might have sold it to this rich man with water-infused pork pretending to be mermaid meat. As the saying goes, if you are sick and rush to the doctor, Mr. Anyi Siyuan is not sick, but his brain is likely to be a little delirious.

"Is it real mermaid meat, will it be pretended?" Toyotomi Hideyoshi asked, it was obvious that Fu Ji Xianli's doubts were also where she would be confused.

The more credible origin of the mermaid is the "dugong theory", which is the realistic basis for this creature. But in reality, the kind of creature with blond hair and blue eyes, a beautiful face, a curvaceous body, a large breast, and a fish's tail on the lower body only exists in fantasy, at least no one here has ever seen a real mermaid.

It is only credible if you can move a whole live mermaid or mermaid corpse out, but as for a piece of meat...... Who can tell if it's real mermaid meat? Can anyone come up with a "human fish" DAN and amino acid samples that can be used as matching standards?

It's definitely impossible, this thing will never be able to "hammer it down".

"I don't know," Sawako shook her head, "I don't know why, but my father was convinced that the meat was 'mermaid meat', so he chose to eat it shortly after getting it." ”

"And then? What went wrong? ”

Fu Jixian propped his elbows on the dining table and leaned his upper body forward slightly, indicating that he was looking forward to the rest of the story.

And then ......

At first, scales began to grow on his body, and then the whole person began to alienate, and gradually his body became stronger and stronger, and his reason became more and more blurred.

About a week ago, he completely lost his human form and became some kind of monster......"

As she spoke, Sakazuko Anyiji's voice gradually trembled and choked, and she reached out to cover her face, and her emotions seemed to be a little broken.

"Now, where is Mr. Anyi Temple?" Toyotomi Hideyoshi's voice was softer, and she seemed to have some sympathy for Sawako Yasaki.

"It's no longer in the house, and my father rushed out of the house that day after he lost control, and my father ...... He's supposed to be hiding somewhere on this island. ”

"Is he aggressive?" Kayanuma asked.

"Yes, very serious."

In the process of answering these two questions, Sakako Anyi Temple has sorted out her emotions, and it can be seen that she is very strong. Instead of panicking after the dramatic changes in the family, they are actively seeking solutions to the problem...... It can only be said that he is worthy of being the successor cultivated by the big family.

And at this time, in line with a scientific and rigorous attitude, Fu Jixian also put forward a conjecture, "Mr. Anyi Siyuan should not be a serious food poisoner, after all, he ate meat of unknown origin." ”

“……”

How to say it, it's cold anyway.

"Mr. Yuuki, do you really know what you're here for? Do you have a little bit of a correct understanding of merfolk? I think your first thought when you encounter a problem should be to call the police, right? After everyone was stunned for a moment, Ogasawara said.

He wasn't mocking, he just felt that Fu Jixian was a layman who could only drag his feet and was not qualified to participate in such a thing...... In a sense, there is nothing wrong with his statement, Fu Jixian is indeed a layman.

"I'll definitely call the police if necessary, is there anything wrong with that?" Fu Jixian thinks that it is a normal practice for normal people to find the police if there is a problem, is there anything to laugh at?

"But I really don't know much about mermaids, and if Ogasawara-san does, I'd like to ask for advice."

"Tsk, I don't have an obligation to popularize science for you."

Fu Jixianli, who was enthusiastic about learning, did not get a response from the other party.

Fortunately, there are still people here who are willing to answer questions for Fu Jixian's understanding, but I saw Toyotomi Hideyoshi take out a palm-sized notepad from his backpack, and then said:

"The mermaid is a magical creature, and its magic is embodied in its vitality, subdivided, different body parts of the mermaid have different functions.

The first one is mermaid meat. People who eat mermaid meat will have different encounters due to different physiques, and in the most fortunate case, they will obtain the dream attribute of immortality, followed by a long life, and then they will be alienated into irrational monsters again, and at worst, they will die immediately.

In addition, mermaid meat has amazing healing powers, and can heal very serious injuries when consumed...... If there is no violent death.

The second is mermaid blood. It acts as a weakened version of mermaid meat, and roughly speaking, the best result is to retain a youthful appearance, and the person's life span will not be extended much as a result.

The third is the ashes of a mermaid. Sprinkling the ashes of a merfolk can make a corpse a soulless, irrational, and murderous corpse, but the duration of the living corpse is limited.

The fourth is mermaid gall. Combined with the Soul Restoration Technique, it is said that mermaid gall can bring corpses back to life, and even the resurrected person can retain their memories - provided that the corpse does not decompose. But in order to sustain life, the resurrected must constantly eat alive and eat raw gall.

The fifth is mermaid poison, and it is said that the best way to kill people who do not grow old and die because of mermaid flesh is to use mermaid toxin...... That's pretty much it. ”

After saying that, Toyotomi Hideyoshi put down the notebook.

According to her, it seems that the encounter of Anyi Siyuan can also be matched.

"Uh, it sounds like a mermaid is a thing with high medicinal value but toxic side effects?" Fu Ji Xianli said.

“……”

It can only be said that he summed it up very well.

And Fu Jixian is even more puzzled by who summed up these things, has anyone ever eaten the "mermaid platter"?

While they were talking, a servant had already brought dinner.

Most of the time in Japan is a separate meal, so everyone has the same thing in front of them, and there is no need for a rotating table.

However, when a middle-aged maid put the food in front of Fu Ji Xianli, by the action of putting the dinner plate, she naturally spread her palm in front of Fu Ji Xianli.

A few small words were written in the palm of her hand:

Please be careful,

Don't eat!

Note: These settings refer to (photo) (copy) Rumiko Takahashi's famous work "Mermaid Forest".