Chapter 49: Like a mermaid swimming upstream
Out of caution, Ritsu Sasashima still went to the top of the mermaid waterfall alone, but strangely he didn't see Ebihara Sumi, who was waiting for Shimabukuro Kimime here, and after waiting in place for five minutes and still didn't see a figure, he had to walk down, and there were less than ten minutes left before the dugong arrow was issued, and maybe she would go down from the other side.
However, after the festival began, everyone had already arrived at the place where the dugong arrows were awarded, and Ebihara Suzumi still did not appear.
Ritsu Sasashima looked left and right to find the other party's figure, but couldn't find it. This is completely unreasonable, you must know that Ha Laoyuan obviously drew the arrow of the dugong, with her superstitious attitude, it is impossible not to come to take the arrow.
"Now, Onizawa, something seems wrong." Hattori Heiji, who was standing beside him, said with a serious face, he had a faint bad thought in his heart, and he always felt that it was a very bad thing that Ebihara Sumi did not appear.
"Well, I haven't seen her yet."
Shimabukuro Kimi-e, dressed in a shrine maiden costume, came to the mermaid waterfall, and seeing that the time had come to award the dugong arrows, she said, "Then, please come to the stage for the three lucky spectators who have won the dugong arrows tonight." ”
"It's coming, it's coming!" Yuanshan and Ye raised their little hands excitedly, although she couldn't talk about superstition, but being so lucky to draw the dugong's arrow proved that today was a good day, maybe it was very suitable for confession.
She walked forward with a slight red face, thinking of what Xiaolan told her about Kudo's confession to her through a text message, even if she didn't witness it with her own eyes, but thinking that they actually confirmed their relationship under Big Ben's clock tower in London, she felt that the picture was very beautiful and very romantic.
I really don't know when this sluggish guy will confess to himself...... No, no, I don't know if this stupid guy likes himself or not, maybe he didn't act because he just regarded himself as a sister and didn't have the idea of love.
Hey, I don't know why, the dugong arrow in my hand suddenly didn't smell good.
Hattori Heiji glared at Hazuki and looked at Toyama Kazuha, who was happy for a while and unhappy for a while, and wrote his mood on his face, he hooked up on Ritsu Sasashima's shoulder in confusion and asked, "What is that stupid woman doing?" Show off your face-changing skills? ”
"You don't know a woman's mind, it's more difficult than any reasoning."
"It's really awkward for you to say that...... Well? That uncle seems to be Saori Kadowaki's father, he's been hit by a dugong's arrow? ”
When Ritsu Sasashima heard this, he couldn't help but look at the middle-aged man who was staggering and full of alcohol, and the drunken appearance didn't look like he was interested in immortality, so he probably wanted to sell the dugong arrow for wine money.
He glanced at another short-haired girl who had missed the arrow, and leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "Is that girl the one you said earlier?" ”
"yes, how do you tell?"
"Didn't Kimie Shimabukuro just say that? Her targets are Ebihara Sumi, Kuroe Naoko and Saori Kadowaki, all three of whom are very eager for the Dugong Arrow, and she is the one who can control the number plate, the original plan must have been to design these three to draw the Dugong Arrow, and the reason why Toyama was able to draw it was also because Saori Katsuwaki was missing. ”
Hattori Heiji felt that Ritsu Sasashima's analysis was quite reasonable, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "It seems that Kazuha still has a bit of luck, so now the problem comes...... How did this Uncle Kadowaki get the dugong arrow? ”
"The Ancient God Emperor"
"I guess I can tell from Miss Shimabukuro's expression, and she's surprised that he was the one who came to get the arrows." Ritsu Sasashima raised her eyebrows, the eucalyptus relationship became more and more confusing, and more and more characters were involved.
"When the Dugong Arrow is over, I will have this uncle to ask questions."
At this time, Shimabukuro Junhui's mood was a little complicated, and she couldn't help but search among the crowd, but she didn't see Ebihara Shoumi.
She naturally knew who could get the dugong arrow, and she knew very well in her heart that Saori's father, Kadowaki Benzo, would not be able to get the dugong arrow...... So how could Sumi's number plate be in his hands? What the hell happened between him and Sumi?
"Junhui? It's time for the next stage. ”
Through the reminder of the staff, Shimabukuro Junhui realized that he was in a daze, and quickly returned to his senses to restrain his suspicious gaze, and said with a smile: "Now there are three people who are invited to accept the light of bliss!" ”
The so-called light of bliss is fireworks, and the silver-white fireworks in the night sky are indeed beautiful, but soon someone discovers heresy. The middle-aged man with glasses looked at the mermaid waterfall in front of him with a pale face and exclaimed, "That! What's that?! ”
His voice also brought back to his senses by Ritsu Sasashima and Heiji Hattori, who were appreciating the fireworks, and the two of them looked in the direction that the man was pointing at, and saw the figure appearing in the mermaid waterfall, and Tong Kong shrank suddenly.
The waterfall that flowed down the river made the figure hazy, and the long black hair was scattered, and the body fluttered gently from side to side like a mermaid swimming upstream.
"Damn!
”
Ritsu Sasashima never thought that the eucalyptus incident still happened, he obviously went to the top of the waterfall to check, could it be that the murderer was hiding in the forest at the time? The murderer saw that he was there so he didn't want to show up, and the person who could do this was not the people who were present to attend the arrow ceremony?
He ran quickly towards the top of the mermaid waterfall with his long legs, followed by Hattori Heiji and the panicked Shimabukuro Kimie, because she realized that what she had prepared was very likely to be used by others, who could that person be? Who wants to kill Shomi?!
Ritsu Sasashima, who rushed to the scene of the eucalyptus, quickly took out the dust-free gloves from his pocket and put them on his hands before leaning down and pulling up the hemp rope wrapped around Ebihara Shoumi's neck, and he dragged her to the shore with all his might, and at the same time dragged up a wooden stake.
"How's that, is there any salvation?!" Hattori asked with a slight gasp.
"It's hopeless, I'm afraid the body has been hanging in that place for a while."
Ritsu Sasashima shook his head regretfully, he crouched down to examine the injuries on his neck, and after noticing that there were two strangulation marks, he understood that this was a homicide, and it was definitely not an accident or suicide.
"Shou...... Shoumi, how, how could this be?! Kimie Shimabukuro, who rushed to the scene, didn't want to believe that this was true, and her reddened eyes could tell that she was genuinely saddened by Sumi's death, even if she had wanted to kill her.
Ritsu Sasashima glanced at Shimabukuro Kimie coldly, and her suspicion cannot be ruled out yet, the premise is naturally that she has an accomplice, but it is unknown who this accomplice is.
He stood up with one hand in his pocket, tugged at Kimie Shimabukuro's arm, and took a few steps closer to the forest, deliberately keeping his voice low so that the conversation would not be heard by others.
"Miss Shimabukuro, you didn't say what kind of excuse you used to attract her here, can you elaborate?"