Above the waterfall is a shady forest, with the rushing water cascading down the cliff face.

Gao Cheng stood silently on the bank of the river with a watch flashlight, watching Hattori pull the hanging female corpse up from the waterfall.

The deceased, Ebihara Sumi, 27 years old, was the daughter of a net-braiding fisherman in the village and the fiancée of Rokuro Fukuyama, and the cause of death was preliminarily determined to be a rope tied to a stake around his neck......

"Hey!" Hattori looked at Gao Cheng, who was watching from the sidelines, and his eyelids collapsed, "I said you can't help?" ”

Gao Cheng said angrily: "Don't you know that I hate touching corpses?" ”

Hattori's face darkened: "Why are you a detective afraid of the dead?!" It's not like I haven't touched ...... before."

"Now you're here."

Gao Cheng's gaze swept over the waterfall scene.

There are a number of wooden stakes nailed along the river, and there is also a warning sign that reads "Danger", and the rope around the neck of the deceased Shoumi is tied to the stake to prevent danger......

How did Ebihara Sumi come to such a place? Something happened......

"I can't be wrong," said Uncle Maori, holding a stake, "Miss Sumi may have fallen into the river in the dark, and although she was holding on to the rope, the stake was pulled up because of the strong current, and she was wrapped around her neck by the rope as she struggled, and finally she fell into the waterfall in a posture of hanging herself......"

Rokuro Fukuyama nodded lightly and said, "It is indeed very possible, it has been raining here for the past week, the water level of the river has risen, and the ground is muddy everywhere, so the wooden stakes are relatively easy to loosen......"

Gao Cheng shook his head helplessly, looked at Uncle Maori and said, "I said uncle, don't you think it's strange?" The festival was obviously held by the waterhole under the waterfall, so why did she come here at this time? ”

Uncle's head is a little stuck: "Uh, this ......"

"Could she be the graveyard where she's looking for merfolks?" Naoko, a clerk at the gift shop, answered, "The mermaid's graveyard is in this forest......

"What?" Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

"On the day of the festival three years ago, the mermaid bones that were found during the fire in the shrine warehouse were buried in the tomb of Nagako," Naoko said, "Isn't that right, Kimi-e?" ”

"Ah, yes," Kimie Shimashiro came back to her senses, "I just thought when you said that, it seems that Shoumi has always cared about that cemetery......"

Gao Cheng looked at Fukuyama Rokuro and asked, "Was it really a mermaid bone three years ago?" ”

"I don't know," Shimashiro said uncertainly, "Although everyone on the island says so, the policeman from the island says that it is the charred corpse of a middle-aged woman......"

"That's nonsense!" Naoko reacted strongly, "The bones of that skeleton below the waist are all there, right?" ”

Everyone was stunned: "What's wrong with the waist down?" ”

Rokuro Fukuyama stood up and explained: "Because there were two or three large pillars that were burned off in the warehouse, the bones below the waist of the charred corpse were crushed, and after the pillars were removed afterwards, it was found that the charred corpse had no legs, so it was reported on TV, saying that the corpse of a mermaid was found here...... The longevity woman also became a celebrity overnight. ”

"What about the police?" Gao Cheng continued to ask, "Didn't the police say that it was the body of a middle-aged woman?" Didn't you find who it was? ”

Kimie Shimashiro lowered her head: "The police said that it may be that the tourists who didn't draw the dugong arrows at the festival thought that there were spare arrows in the warehouse, so they lit a candle and sneaked in to find it, which caused a fire...... Since the identity of the deceased had not been found out after a year, we buried the skeleton there......

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

Gao Cheng's gaze swept over the people present, and he took in the expressions on the faces of several people, including the Shimadai Junhui.

Whether it is the fiancé Rokuro of the deceased Ebihara Shoumi, or Naoko, who is small, she looks quite calm.

Rokuro Fukuyama can be said to be cold, not sad at all because of the death of his fiancée, Naoko is more concerned about mermaids, but Shimashiro Junhui's face is not very good, but it is also difficult to say that there is no suspicion......

It's such a coincidence, the missing Saori Kadowaki, the killed Ebihara Shoumi, plus these people, are actually all playing from childhood to adulthood.

There is also the nameless middle-aged female corpse that was used as a mermaid three years ago, and the police spent a year unable to find the identity, which is really suspicious.

Unless you don't have any family or come here without your family, it's impossible not to find any clues......

This case is really full of mysteries.

"What's wrong?" Gray Yuan returned to the festival site below the waterfall with Gao Cheng behind his back hand, "Are you helpless as a great detective?" ”

"How, how is it possible?!" Gao Cheng frowned, "My current case solving rate is still 100 percent, and there is no case that cannot be solved...... But then again, where did Hattori and Conan go? ”

"I'm going to investigate," Gray Yuan walked in front of Gao Cheng, "just when you're in a daze." ”

"I didn't ...... in a daze"

Gao Cheng slumped his eyelids and looked uncomfortable, and he was one step slower than these two guys.

"Daddy!" Xiaolan rushed back to the scene with Heye, "The police on the island said that the sea was too windy and the boat could not sail, so there was no way to come over for the time being......"

"Wouldn't that be nice?" Hattori followed up and walked with Conan, "because the murderer can't escape from this island either......"

Uncle Maori slumped his face: "Don't say anything about the murderer, the murderer, I'm still not sure if he killed ......"

Hattori smiled and handed a swimming ring to the uncle: "Then look at this, this lifebuoy is me and Kudo...... Ah, I found it by accident, and it hangs on the way from the waterfall pool to the river by the sea......"

Conan glared at Hattori with a stinky face, and echoed, "Brother Heiji also asked the people on the island, and they all said that they didn't see this thing during the day. ”

"In other words," Hattori chuckled, straightening his baseball cap and staring fiercely, "anyone can make it look like she's hanged if he dies at the waterfall, puts a rope around her neck, and puts her on top of a lifebuoy to float......

"Also, it has been a long time since we saw Miss Sumi at the shrine, and it has been a long time since we found her body, and anyone can commit a crime, whether male or female...... This murderer must still be on the island! ”

Gao Cheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he silently turned to a bald and bearded uncle who was holding the body of Ebihara Shoumei and crying bitterly on the other side.

I'm afraid that this killing incident is not over yet, and the motive is either for the fire of three years ago or for the dugong arrow......

Looking at people's fanaticism about dugongs and mermaid graves, the latter is not impossible, after all, Saori Kadowaki and Ebihara Shomi this time have both obtained dugong arrows.

"Don't worry, Xiaolan," He Ye whispered as he pulled Xiaolan, "The murderer will definitely be arrested soon!" Because every time Heiji puts the hat back on, it means that he starts the switch, and the engine starts at full speed! ”

Gao Cheng's cheeks twitched: Don't subconsciously throw me aside, why must Hattori solve the case first?

"Ahem!" Gao Cheng coughed heavily and turned to the drunken man who was still drinking on the side, Saori Kadowaki's father.

"Mr. Kadowaki, can I ask you something?"

"Huh?" The drunkard put down the wine bottle, squinted at Gao Cheng drunkenly, and said in a dissatisfied tone, "What are you doing?" ”

Gao Cheng looked straight and said: "When I was at the shrine before, Miss Shoumi seemed to have drawn the dugong arrow, but now not only has she been killed, but even the number plate is missing......

"What's my business?" The drunkard snorted, "The numbered plate is my own!" I don't know what's going on with that woman! ”

"Hey," Naoko watched the drunkard staggering away, leaned over to Gao Cheng, and whispered, "If you really want to say that Shoumi was killed, you'd better keep an eye on this old drunkard, I thought he stole Saori's dugong arrow......"

"Really?" Gao Cheng looked at the drunkard's appearance and shook his head secretly, "Miss Naoko, you should be careful next, and if you can, act with us." ”

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it," Naoko said with a smile, "and I've got dugong arrows to protect me." ”

Conan put his hands in his trouser pockets and stood quietly beside him, waiting until Naoko walked away and said to Gao Cheng, "What now?" Do you want to ask about Miss Saori? ”

"I'm afraid I can't ask anything about her dad like this." Gao Cheng said helplessly.

"Then let's go see Lady Longevity," Conan suggested, "I have a lot to ask of that old woman......

"Oh? Do you want to go too? ”