Midday.

Mermaid Island.

Because of the dugong celebration, today's Mermaid Island, with people coming and going, seems to be very lively.

Gray Plains has been here before.

When she was still Shiho Miyano, she came here to investigate some things, and it was also during the Dugong Festival, and she even participated in the event.

I'm here with Ayumi today.

Of course, there are also Kiyomi, Nami Shimogasa, and Minaho Shimogasa, and Akane stays at the manor.

However, Qingming soon left.

Let the two maids, Nami Shimogasa and Minaho Shimogasa, take Ai and Ayumi to play on this small island, and Kiyoshi leaves alone, and he doesn't know what he wants to do.

"Ernie sauce Ernie sauce, obviously said that we would have fun together!"

Ayumi pouted, expressing some displeasure.

Obviously, Qingming himself said that he wanted to play together, but when he came here, he threw them down, and he didn't say what he was going to do, and he didn't even say when he would come back to them.

"He reckoned that there was something to do, so don't care."

Gray Hara patted Ayumi on the shoulder.

It's better to say that this is better, anyway, Qingming doesn't treat her very well, she has been together for so long, and she has hardly spoken well, for her, it is better to play with Qingming by herself.

Now that Qingming is gone, she and Ayumi still have twin maids, so they can have more fun.

Besides, Qingming itself is not a person who likes to be lively.

And today's Mermaid Island is destined to be very lively, if you really want to be with Qingming, it is estimated that you will not be able to have a good time, maybe you will go back to the hotel to rest in advance.

"However, Oni-chan Oni-chan obviously went to the shrine to find Miss Miko, but he didn't take us with him."

The little girl was still pouting.

She knew this, because Qingming told her that the reason why she came here was to play second, and the main purpose was because of the shrine lady who lived in the shrine on the island.

"Miko ......"

Gray Plains muttered.

Then he shook his head again, smiled and touched the little girl's head.

"Okay, don't think about it, let's go shopping together."

"Hey!"

……

Witch.

There will be shrine maidens in the shrine.

It wasn't very clear before, but now, it's basically passed down from family to family, and shrines have been enshrined for generations, so the daughters born automatically become shrine maidens.

It is said that the shrine maiden has "spiritual powers" and can draw talismans, subdue demons and eliminate demons, and so on.

It's about the same as a Taoist priest.

It is better to say that the shrine maiden is a Taoist priest in another sense, who has spiritual power like a Taoist priest, worships a Taoist temple (shrine) like a Taoist priest, and has various abilities like a Taoist priest.

Of course, in general, the shrine maidens have fewer skills than the Taoist priests, such as alchemy.

There is no such thing as alchemy, of course, they can also cure diseases and save people, and they can do it through "magic", and some witches are also proficient in medical skills.

However this was before.

The shrine maidens who have been passed down from generation to generation don't know when they started, and they have never been able to master spiritual powers, nor have they been able to master various skills, and they have slowly become like ordinary people.

Taoist priests are similar.

However, the Taoist priest and the witch still have a heritage, but the witch doesn't know if there is one.

Maybe there is.

But that has nothing to do with the shrine maidens on this island.

Shimabukuro Kimi.

Female, twenty-seven years old, a shrine maiden on the island, lives with her great-grandmother, takes care of her great-grandmother, and takes care of everything in the shrine.

But she doesn't have any special abilities.

Qingming found her and visited her in the name of a Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest and the witch are considered enemies, but the Taoist priest and the witch are not considered enemies, because they exist in the same way as each other, and they are also lacking in aggressiveness.

To put it simply, it is the kind of existence that is not in conflict with the world.

Because of the similarity, there has been an exchange in the history of Taoist priests and shrine maidens, but it is not known by the world like Buddhism's "Jianzhen Dongdu".

Such a history is known only to Taoist priests and shrine maidens.

A real shrine maiden.

Although Shimabukuro Kimime is a shrine maiden, she is not a real shrine maiden, and she does not know much about such history, but she seems to know what kind of existence the Taoist priest is, or perhaps because of her own personality, so she warmly receives the guest Qingqing.

In the shrine, sit and talk.

……

The weather is not very good today.

However, because of Hattori Heiji, the Maori family followed him to this island to find a girl named Kadori.

Didn't find it.

According to the island's residents, Saori Menkyo disappeared three days ago.

It's a bit wrong to say that she is missing, anyway, in the last three days, no one has seen the girl, so I don't know where she is.

Look for it.

Eventually, the group found the shrine.

Because Kimie Shimabukuro is Saori's childhood friend, they want to ask her if she knows the whereabouts of Saori Menkyo.

They succeed in meeting Kimie Shimabukuro.

I also saw Qingming.

"Huh? Qingming, why are you here? ”

Xiaolan's eyes widened, expressing doubt.

Obviously, I usually stay either in the coffee shop or on the side of the manor.,I basically don't go out.,But now I suddenly met on a small island.,And it's with the witch.。

"Oh, I'm just here to talk to a fellow Daoist."

Qingming smiled and waved his hand.

By the way, I looked up at the sky, there are a lot of dark clouds, I can't see the sun, maybe it will rain today.

"Daoyou?"

Xiaolan said she didn't understand.

Qingming was full of smiles, but he only explained slightly.

"Actually, Taoist priests and witches are allies."

As long as the two countries are not hostile.

Of course, even if they are hostile, Taoist priests and witches will not necessarily fight, because whether they are Taoist priests or witches, they generally do not go abroad, and there is no grudge against each other.

And there are common enemies.

That is, all kinds of demons and monsters, as well as witches, sects, and other hostile forces from the West.

Even monks.

"Oh."

Xiaolan, who heard Qingming's explanation, nodded thoughtfully.

Although she didn't understand why the Taoist priest and the witch could be considered allies, Qingming had said so, and she didn't plan to delve into it.

Conan and Hattori Heiji looked at Kiyoshi Kimiki with some curiosity.

And then there was no multi-tube.

And Yuan Shan and Ye, who had some opinions about Qingming, were also a little curious, but she also didn't say anything.

I have nothing to say to Qingming.

Even if he said it, Qingming probably didn't care about her, this is not the first time, Qingming basically didn't look at her directly, except for the first time I met her, I chatted normally for a while.

Mori Kogoro, Conan, and Heiji Hattori are asking Kimie Shimabukuro some questions.

And Qingming, Xiaolan, and Yuanshan and Ye stood aside.

"Speaking ......"

Qingming looked at Xiaolan standing beside him.

"How did you get here? Attending the festival? ”

"It's not."

Xiaolan shook her head.

The matter was brought by Heiji Hattori, who ran to Tokyo yesterday because he received a letter.

With his mother.

That is, the "Chiba Jinghua", who followed her husband's surname after getting married, should be called "Hattori Jinghua" now.

She's gone back.

And Hattori Heiji called Xiaolan and the others to come here together, looking for the person called Menkyo Saori, wanting to figure out what problems the other party was encountering, and help solve it by the way.

What a young man with a strong sense of justice.

"Door Association Saori ......"

Qingming seemed thoughtful.

This made Xiaolan a little puzzled, and hurriedly asked.

"Qingming, do you know Miss Saori of the Menxie?"

"No, I don't know, I only know a guy named Saori Takebe, who always goes to fight (beep~) with his friends."

Qingming shrugged.

Of course, in addition to Saori Takebe, there are also Makishima Saori, Onishi Saori, Hayami Saori and the like.

"Hit (beep~) cannon ......"

Xiaolan and Yuanshan and Ye were a little speechless.

Although they didn't understand what it meant, they always felt a little problematic and didn't know if it was a delusion.