Chapter 96: The Island Kills
After eating, it was just time for the lecture, and the crowd outside the public hall was crowded with waiting people, talking a lot, and it looked like they were looking forward to it.
But now the main owner, Uncle Maori, looks drunk......
"Uncle is really beautiful."
Gao Cheng was not interested in the lecture meeting, and took this opportunity to look around.
There is a small house with a sign of "Navy Museum" next to the public hall, he quietly pushed the door in, and found that there are a lot of things in the house, most of which are related to ships, and there is a model of "Navy Ship", and there are also some picture scrolls hanging on the walls around it, which are painted with pictures of naval battles, which look like a small museum.
Walking to the innermost, a pair of armor of an ancient Japanese general appeared in front of him, and the whole sat there, looking as if the ancient general was still alive, and the hideous armor was a little terrifying.
It should only be used to attract tourists, and it has nothing to do with treasures......
Gao Cheng observed left and right for a while, and saw that someone noticed this, and hurriedly exited the room.
"Shinji?" Conan walked over in surprise, "What are you doing?" ”
"Huh? No, I'm just looking around," Gao Cheng was startled, and his heart was so weak that he laughed dryly, "What about you?" Why don't you be with Sister Xiaolan and them. ”
"Uncle Maori is still drinking," Conan said depressedly, "I'm really convinced of him, obviously he is about to give a speech, and if he doesn't do it, he will make us lose face in the end." ”
"Conan! You're here! The little girl Mikami Lingling ran over, put her arm around Conan and said, "There's nothing to see here, let's go, I'll take you to a fun place!" ”
"Where are you going?"
"At the back of the stage, it's a lot more interesting than here."
The little girl ran to the back of the public hall with Conan lively, Gao Cheng pouted in place, he was not interested in playing with the child, but thinking that the little girl was the daughter of the village chief, he still followed over to take a look.
"Huh?"
At the back door of the public hall, Gao Cheng suddenly noticed two figures in the forest on the other side.
One is a thin man with long hair, and the other is Yasuo Uehara, the former travel agency employee.
"Long time no see, Aoki," Yasuo Uehara stopped in front of the man, took off his sunglasses and looked fiercely at the man whose hair was covering half of his face, "I'll never forget your face!" ”
"I don't know what you're talking about," the man was shocked when he saw Yasuo Uehara, "I'm just a lighthouse guard, my name is Hamada ......"
"What are you kidding?!" Uehara lifted the man's collar and lifted his hair, only to find that half of his face was burned.
"You ......"
The man broke free from Uehara and walked away: "Didn't I say you recognized the wrong person?" Let me go! ”
"Even if you turn to ashes, I know you, Aoki!"
Gao Cheng hid aside and silently watched the two leave one after another.
It's not just Yasuo Uehara.,This lighthouse guard is also weird.,There seems to be some secret in the middle.,I don't know if it will have something to do with the treasure this time.。
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The public hall auditorium, which is usually used as a place for village events, is crowded with villagers, and a banner reading "Detective Mori Kogoro Lecture Party" is pulled on the stage in front of it, and there is a large colored ball with a ribbon hanging from it.
"Then now we welcome the world-famous detective Kogoro Mori!"
"Thank you." Amid continuous applause, Mori Kogoro staggered out of the stage, only to fall into the mud before he reached the rostrum.
"It's a shame," Xiaolan blushed, "Is he really able to give a speech when he's drunk like this?" ”
"Probably." Conan looked at the uncle who couldn't stand on his feet, and felt that it was enough to hang.
"It seems that this detective will also feel stage fright, haha," the old man Kinoshita, who was in charge of the host, wiped a cold sweat and smiled, "Today, in order to commemorate Mr. Maori's visit to the island, a big colored ball has been specially prepared, and Mr. Maori is invited to pull the ......."
Gao Cheng was still thinking about what he saw in the forest, so he walked to the side of the stage, found Mikami Lingling and asked, "Do you know that lighthouse guard named Hamada?" ”
"Lighthouse guards?" Mikami Lingling shook her head and said, "I just know that he is a strange person, he doesn't usually interact with people on the island, and he often goes to that cave that everyone doesn't get close to, and I don't know what to do in it......"
"Caves?"
"It's a cave cursed by the navy......"
"Bang!" There was a commotion in the direction of the stage, and Uncle Maori screamed miserably.
"What's wrong?" Gao Cheng rushed forward urgently, and found that the big colored ball fell and almost hit the uncle for some reason, and at this moment there was a raging flame burning in the middle of the stage, and even the uncle's butt was ignited.
"Oops! Scald me! The uncle pouted his burning buttocks, and the alcohol woke up completely.
"Daddy!"
In the chaos, Xiaolan hurriedly took the fire extinguisher next to her and rushed over to extinguish the flame on the uncle's buttocks, and soon the fire on the stage was also extinguished by others, but the villagers at the scene were still quite frightened.
"It's the ghost of the navy that is starting to haunt you again!"
"Run!"
"Calm down! Don't panic, everyone! ”
Gao Cheng silently followed Conan to the middle of the stage, and the wreckage of the colored balls still had a strong smell of gasoline, and there was a device that ignited gasoline as long as he pulled the ribbon.
This is someone who wants to kill Uncle Maori......
Gao Cheng's eyes tightened, and he looked solemnly at everyone present.
Uncle shouldn't have offended anyone, the only conflict is the ghost ship and those gold nuggets, it seems that someone thinks the uncle is in the way.
At night, the clear night sky is hung with a bright moon like a jade plate, and the sound of waves and wind surrounds the island.
In the villa garden, in the hotel where Maori and his party stayed, the injured uncle pouted his buttocks and looked at the village chief Mikami angrily: "Village chief, what the hell is going on?" You said you invited me to come here, and it turned out like this, and I almost died today! ”
The village chief apologized, "I'm really sorry that this happened, I didn't expect Mr. Mori to be involved in such an accident...... I beg your pardon! ”
"Accidents? This is obviously deliberately arranged by someone! ”
"No, it's just that we accidentally put the colored balls in the gasoline barrel when we put them, and the electricity leakage caused this accident."
"But ......"
"I've already explained it to you!" The village looked at him fiercely and said, "You can't be wrong!" ”
"Hmph, is there any reason why you don't want the police to take over this matter?" Uncle Maori laughed and said, "You think that even if you find a gold nugget, you don't plan to hand it over to the government, do you?" If the police come here, your plans will be ruined. ”
The village chief Mikami was silent for a while in a cold sweat, and then suddenly pulled off his face and smiled: "Mr. Maori, you just need to find the location of those gold nuggets quietly!" ”
"What did you say?!"
"Hmph, if you go against my will, I can't guarantee that you will be able to leave here safely," Mikami smirked and got up and walked out of the room, "The liaison ship can't leave without my permission, I think you should think about it tonight." ”
"Damn!" Uncle Maori was so angry that he couldn't even care about the pain in his buttocks, "He actually threatened me!" ”
"It looks like we've come to an unreasonable place......"
Gao Cheng and Conan sat on the side, silently watching the village chief Mikami leave.
Because of the appearance of the ghost ship, this small island seems to be caught in a whirlpool, and Uncle Maori doesn't know if it is good luck or bad luck.
"I'm really sorry," Uncle Kinoshita walked into the room, "the reason why our village chief did this is also for this small island, please rest assured, I will arrange for a boat to send a few people back tomorrow, and I can still call the shots with small fishing boats." ”
"No, I'm not leaving now!" The uncle said angrily, "If I leave like this, then where will I put the name of the world's famous detective Maori Kogoro?!" ”
Gao Cheng raised his eyebrows and secretly gave a thumbs up to his uncle.
It was dangerous to stay, but he didn't want to be sent back tomorrow, at least until he found the nuggets.
As for the uncle's safety, he will secretly stare at it, and after the events at the speech meeting, the murderer should also be restrained.