Chapter 143

"Dugong celebrations?" Girl, as soon as she heard the words "celebration", she immediately showed her curiosity, just look at Xiaolan and Heye at this time, she didn't even know what a dugong was, but she still expressed a strong interest in the dugong celebration.

In the ensuing stroll, the island's features were truly an eye-opener.

Mermaid keychains, mermaid-themed porcelain bowls, cups, dugong pillows, all kinds of things related to mermaids and dugongs, and it seems that the tourists who come here are not stingy with their wallets, and they have donated generously, a fiery appearance.

"Now, Heiji, what the hell is a dugong?" Kazuha still didn't understand what was going on, so he couldn't help but ask.

Ping Ji looked impatient, and that swarthy face was full of you don't even know this, what a stupid woman.

However, as soon as all the sarcastic words of Pingji came to his mouth, he felt a murderous aura that sent chills down his back.

Looking for the source of the murderous aura, Pingji saw Xiao Yu staring at him, and then immediately changed his words and explained.

"The dugong is a mammal that lives in the sea, which is commonly known as a mermaid, and was mistaken for a mermaid by people in ancient times because of the habit of carrying young breastfeeding."

"The number of dugongs is very rare now, and it is on the verge of extinction, because since ancient times, humans have had the habit of hunting dugongs, and coupled with the changes of the times, this species is already an extremely endangered species, but it is the first time I have heard of dugong worship on this island."

Conan saw Xiao Yu shaking his head and sighing, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Yu smiled: "Look at this island, do you analyze anything?" ”

Conan shook his head, reasonable, he didn't see anything special about the island except that it was shrouded in merfolk legends.

However, Xiao Yu pointed out a characteristic of the island.

"I just checked, this island has a population of less than 3,000 people, but the whole island has a population of 100,000 or more all year round, the whole island has almost no light and heavy industry, and the land reclamation by farmers is only enough for a small number of local people, that is to say, the economic backbone of the entire island almost depends on tourism."

"But to be reasonable, what's there to visit on this island? The green mountains and green waters are also unique amusement facilities, but there are not many decent resorts, which means that the tourists who are attracted are basically supported by the legend of the mermaid. ”

"It doesn't matter whether the mermaid exists or not, but the people of the island absolutely verbally insist that the mermaid exists, and even the absurd thing that you can live forever after eating mermaid meat is true, otherwise, the economy of the entire island will collapse in an instant."

Conan looked at Xiao Yu dumbfounded, and didn't think about it at all, but then it seemed to confirm Xiao Yu's words, and Conan and the others learned something again.

Every year on the occasion of the dugong festival, the shrine maidens of the dugong shrine will send out three dugong arrows, which legend has said that the island's old woman who gained immortality by eating mermaid meat made it out of her own hair, and if anyone can get the dugong arrows, they can also share the magic of mermaid flesh and gain immortality.

This is indeed a very good gimmick, with such a gimmick, in the auxiliary legend of Mermaid Island, it can indeed attract some people with ignorant concepts

And Xiao Yu noticed that when the locals talked about the legend of the mermaid, although they spoke respectfully, the actual tone did not mean any respect for the mermaid at all.

As if that's their money-making tool.

It was also learned that Saori Kadowaki was one of the people who had obtained the Dugong Arrow at last year's celebration, and that she had lost it a week earlier, which also made her nervous, as if the merfolk would come to her for revenge at any moment.

Heiji and Conan keenly noticed one point, that is, Saori Kadowaki said in the letter, come and save the mermaid, he is about to be killed, but if Saori Kadowaki is scared because he lost the dugong arrow, when he asks the detective for help, shouldn't he come and save me, I am about to be killed by the mermaid?

It's a completely different statement, it says something completely different, and it's the difference between these words that makes things even more complicated.

Of course, Xiao Yu also saw this, but at this time, he was a little lacking in interest, originally thought that following Conan and they would investigate and find some things that he was interested in, but Xiao Yu's patience has not been very much, they are all messy things, and he really can't mention his interest.

Therefore, in the next trip, Xiao Yu, who was led by Xiaolan, was almost about to fall asleep.

Until, when he saw the beautiful witch lady at the shrine, Shimabukuro Junhui, Xiao Yuzai finally cheered up a little bit.

In fact, to be reasonable, Xiao Yu has seen a lot of beauties, whether it is a few girls around him, Xiaolan, He Ye, Mingmei and Gray Yuan, they are all great beauties, and Belmode, a peerless beauty of beauty, made Xiao Yu resist the word beauty early on.

But Shimabukuro Junhui did make Xiao Yu feel amazing again.

The beauty of this young lady seems to be mixed with a very clean temperament, which makes Xiao Yu feel very comfortable......

It would be even more perfect if she didn't have that smell of blood on her body.

Everyone came to the shrine to understand Shimabukuro's mother-in-law, and it was here that they met Shimabukuro Kimi.

"No, how can my mother-in-law be 290 years old, in fact, my mother-in-law is only 130 years old, I don't believe you can check your mother-in-law's household registration records." Kimie Shimabukuro couldn't help but smile helplessly when she saw Conan and the others come to ask about her great-grandmother's age.

It's just that, looking at her understatement, Conan and Pingji both have a hehehe's expression.

"It's scary to be 130 years old, okay, little sister!"

Only Xiao Yu was hidden behind everyone, looking at Shimabukuro Junhui with a solemn face.

The smell of blood on her body can be hidden from others, but it is impossible to hide it from Xiao Yu, because although the smell of blood is very light, and even hidden under the fragrant smell of shower gel, it cannot escape Xiao Yu's extraordinary sense of smell at all.

Many people think that the blood stains on the body are easy to wash away, but in fact, it is the same as the luminol reaction when the blood is left somewhere, after the blood sticks to the body, the traces of blood are indeed easy to remove, but the smell of blood will stay for a long time.

Of course, for ordinary police officers and detectives, this kind of evidence cannot form a case at all, because it is impossible to distinguish at all, and modern science does not point out such a case, and the reason why Xiao Yu knows is that he found it by himself with his superhuman sense of smell.

Kimie Shimabukuro must have come into contact with corpses in the last few days.

In addition, Shimabukuro Junhui and Kadowaki Saori are good friends who grew up together, Xiao Yu is basically sure that Kadowaki Saori has been killed, and the murderer is Shimabukuro Junhui.