Shiraishi suspected that he ran to the red leaves every once in a while to "overhaul", causing passers-by to take advantage of the situation.

However, judging from Belmode's lack of interest just now, and the man in black was very planned, it may also be that person called Belmode out to help. In this case, it is normal for Belmode not to call someone else.

…… So who can call Belmode?

Shiraishi had thought of Rum.

But after staring at it for a while, the man's eyes were normal and rotated at exactly the same amplitude, which did not fit Rum's characteristic of "one eye is a prosthetic eye".

After thinking for a while, Shiraishi put away his phone, glanced at the direction of the inn, and decided to do business first and continue to look for ghosts.

The Dugong festival has a long history, but the island's young people are skeptical of mermaid legends, not believing that an arrow wrapped in their hair can make them immortal.

It's just that dugong arrows are only supplied three times a year, and they are very valued by some tourists and superstitious people, and they will have a lot of face when they get them, plus the number plate is cheap, so they often buy a number plate and join in the fun.

Usually, only the shrine maiden Shimabukuro Kimime and the self-proclaimed 130-year-old "fate" depend on each other, and the fate looks very old, and it is difficult to move, and many things have to be handled by Shimabukuro Kimi.

Kimime Shimabukuro has a few classmates who have a good time.

Three years ago, the classmates felt that such a relationship did not need to be in vain, and wanted Shimabukuro Junhui to do something when choosing the number, so that the three of them could draw the dugong arrow.

The Dugong Festival is an important part of Mermaid Island, and it brings a lot of benefits to the island's residents every year. In addition to cheating on age, the women of the Shimabukuro family are actually playing the "fate" very carefully, and they can't help people cheat.

And the island is so big, it's clear who has a good relationship with whom. If it happens to be three of Shimabukuro June's friends who win the lottery, a fool can see the problem, and in this case, the dugong festival's arrow drawing activity is likely to be discredited by this kind of child's play of number selection.

Of course, Shimabukuro Kimi-e won't agree, and neither will her mother - three years ago, it was Shimabukuro-kune's mother, Naoko Shimabukuro, who played the fate.

Earlier, Naoko's fishing boat had an accident and her husband died in the sea, but she survived.

Lucky enough to survive, she decided to let "Naoko Shimabukuro" die in a shipwreck, and she concentrated on playing the role of fate, she felt that if she could concentrate on developing the tourism industry well, there would be fewer people fishing in the gloomy weather in order to make more money, and it would be safer to run a small shop than to go to sea.

Shimabukuro's three best friends hope to get the dugong arrow through the back door, but the number plate announced by the fate is not the number in their hands at all.

The three of them were unwilling in their hearts, and after getting drunk, they became more courageous, and they ran to the shrine together, wanting to complain to Mie Shimabukuro.

But at that time, Mie Shimabukuro was packing up the festival utensils on the other side of the island, and they only saw the fate of the shrine entering the warehouse.

The three of them had a lot of resentment about this fate that they didn't draw their own life, and after laughing and discussing it with the strength of wine, they decided to see if the fate was really immortal, so they ran to lock the warehouse door, poured spirits, and lit a fire.

When Naoko found out that the warehouse was burning, it was too late to escape.

At such an urgent moment, the first thing she thought of was not to fight the fire alarm, nor did she try to smash the window, but calmly called her daughter, saying that she loved the island very much, and hoped that her daughter could continue to play the role of fate and not affect the tourism here.

After the explanation, Naoko died very quickly - a fallen pillar smashed on her, shattering everything from the waist down.

At that time, Naoko had not removed her makeup, and in order to play the role of her short stature, she folded and tied her thighs and calves together.

The bones were smashed to pieces by the burning pillar, and the fire burned them again, leaving the remains of the next day as if they had no feet.

This incident was also on the news at the time, and the footless bones of unknown sources also became evidence that "there really are mermaids in the world".

That night, Kimie Shimabukuro, who received a call from her mother, had no idea what was going on, and when she returned to the shrine, she found that the person was gone.

She was sad, but she also remembered her mother's request, wiped away her tears, pretended to be fate, and maintained this role.

So the next day, the three friends of Kimie Shimabukuro saw the living "fate" and saw the "mermaid bones" in the warehouse, and at the same time, they were frightened and became the people who believed in the legend of the mermaid the most.

They believe that fate is immortal, and they believe that eating the bones of mermaids can live forever - if it weren't for the burning of the warehouse, they wouldn't have known that the Shimabukuro family actually hid a mermaid in the warehouse.

Kimime Shimabukuro knows that the "mermaid bones" are the remains of her mother.

She didn't want to expose the illusion that her mother had worked so hard to maintain, and she was afraid that someone would pick up her mother's bones and eat them because they coveted the mermaid's power, so she buried the "mermaid" in the mountain without telling anyone else the location of the cemetery.

Shiraishi wandered around the streets and found nothing, suddenly remembered it and decided to try his luck in the mountains.

It remembers that in the original world line, Hattori Heiji played with the stones placed on people's tombs, and almost fell off the cliff in order to chase the stones, so the "Mermaid's Tomb" should be next to a cliff.

Mermaid Island is not too big, and it is really difficult to search all over the mountains and forests, but it is very simple to find it just by sticking to the edge of the cliff.

The further you go into the woods, the quieter it becomes.

When Shiraishi realized that there was no one around, he switched from a cat to a human and went straight to the cliff according to the general terrain.

The "Mermaid Tomb" is very shabby, hidden by the surrounding vegetation and almost invisible.

But the tomb is not easy to find, but the ghost is easy to find, and Shiraishi quickly sees the target.

The ghost looks like a middle-aged woman, dressed in a witch costume and very old.

She understood when she saw Shiraishi, and thanked him in a warm voice, the voice was like a pool of calm spring water, clear without a trace of aggression, Shiraishi looked at her, and deeply felt that there was still a lot of room for improvement in her image of a good person.

Although there are hints in the content of the mission, Shiraishi still thinks it is better to confirm the customer's intentions.

He asked Naoko Shimabukuro about her wishes, and Naoko said that she hoped that Kimie Shimabukuro would not avenge her and play a good role.

This wish is very common, ghosts don't want their important people to become murderers for revenge, and eighty percent of those who think like this will not get a revenge license.

Speaking of the revenge license, Shiraishi looked at her expectantly, waiting for Shimabukuro Kimie to take it out.

However, it didn't wait.

"Those children thought I had the 'fate' of an immortal body, so they set the fire to ......" Naoko's eyes floated with a faint sadness, and she looked very unbearable.

"......" It's the first time Shiraishi has encountered such a ghost, and he doesn't want to take revenge for what you stayed here for, "I think if they think that fate really has divine powers, then they should be afraid that you will curse them, and they don't dare to set fire so arrogantly, since they let ...... it"