The sun sets in the west, disappears below the horizon, and night begins to slowly descend on the island.

In the American shrine, there are two rows of drums in the square at this moment, and a group of villagers in the prime of life are standing in front of the drums, wearing uniform clothes, and are rhythmically beating the drums. In front of the central gate of the shrine, there are three shelves with firewood burning to illuminate the shrine square.

At this time, tourists and villagers began to pour into the shrine and stood in the square of the shrine, surrounded by the fence that had been laid in front of the shrine.

The dugong celebration took place as scheduled.

Counting the time, Shiho Miyano also came to the square at this moment, ready to see the true face of the legendary longevity woman, but since just now, the gin and vodka that have been accompanying him don't know where to go.

Miyano knew that they should have done something while most of the people on the island were gathered at the celebration. But this has nothing to do with them, on the contrary, because the two of them are not around, they can breathe a sigh of relief.

Besides, that person must be here too!

Thinking like this, Miyano Shiho's eyes began to look around at the crowd, trying to find someone inside, but unfortunately, it was too difficult to find someone in this black crowd.

Soon, the festival officially began.

Two women dressed in Japanese white clothes and blue dresses walked to the gate of the shrine and opened the middle door to both sides, and you could see that in the middle of the shrine, a woman with long white hair and wearing a shrine maiden costume was kneeling in the main hall of the shrine with her back to everyone.

And in the lobby, there is also a shelf, on which is placed a bamboo pole about one person high, and one end of the bamboo pole is wrapped in a cloth.

I saw that not long after the door of the shrine opened, the woman who was kneeling there reached out and picked up the bamboo pole, and then slowly turned around to face the people in the square.

"It's a longevity woman! The longevity woman has finally appeared! ”

In the crowd, someone let out such an exclamation, and then the crowd began to cheer.

Shiho Miyano was drawn back to his gaze by these words, and instead of trying to find the possible figure in the crowd, he began to stare carefully at the woman who turned around in the shrine.

"Is this the longevity woman?"

Somewhat surprised, Shiho Miyano said silently in his heart.

What I saw in front of me was an old woman who was very short and wore heavy white makeup on her face, but she still couldn't hide the old spots on her face.

It is rumored that the longevity woman who ate mermaid meat and lived for more than 100 years actually has such a face.

Miyano Shiho was a little disappointed, such a dignity is indeed what an old man should look like, but to say that she has lived for more than a hundred years, it is still a little unbelievable - sure enough, compared to the longevity of the woman, it is still the bones of that mermaid, which is more concerning.

I saw that at this time, the longevity woman slowly came to the door of the shrine, wrapped the end of the bamboo pole in her hand with a cloth, put it on the fire rack in the middle of the shrine, lit the cloth bag on the bamboo pole with fire, and then, with the lit bamboo pole, put it on the paper window of the shrine on the side, and the paper window instantly ignited a flame.

But the flames did not set the window on fire completely, but were controlled by something, and a number written in Chinese characters burned on it: forty-three.

Seeing this, the tourists and villagers began to make surprised sounds.

Immediately afterwards, as concocted, Changshou Po continued to light two paper windows, and two new numbers appeared: forty-four and ninety.

"I see, what is burned on it is the winning number."

Shiho Miyano understood what was going on, and then sneered - this was just a trick to deceive children, and it could attract so many people.

Thinking like this, Changshou Po walked back to the shrine and disappeared from everyone's sight. The crowd present was a little anxious at the moment, comparing the number plate in their hands with the numbers on the paper window.

"Oh my God! It's true! I'm in! ”

Not far from Miyano Shiho, a woman's cheers attracted Miyano Shiho's attention.

When I turned my head, I found that it was a woman in her twenties with short hair and a pair of glasses, cheering with the number plate in her hand.

Originally, this was nothing, but just following this line of sight, beside the woman with glasses, Shiho Miyano saw the man in the blue trench coat - wise and lofty!

At this time, two women dressed in Japanese white clothes and blue skirts reappeared in front of the shrine, holding fire extinguishers, and extinguishing the burning numbers on the paper windows. Then in the shrine, a woman in her twenties wearing a shrine maiden costume, Kimie Shimabukuro, walked to the gate of the shrine and began to announce:

"Listen up, everyone, we will be officially awarding the Dugong Arrow in an hour. Please get ready to meet at Mermaid Falls! ”

After saying that, the crowd began to slowly disperse, unified, moving in the direction of the mermaid waterfall.

At this time, Shiho Miyano, who was also planning to move with the crowd, deliberately paid attention to the wise Takato in his sight. Because of this, she saw that from the flow of people, wise and lofty, but sneaked out!

If I am not mistaken, the name of No. 44 is wise and lofty! In other words, he also drew the dugong arrow!

So, why did he leave?

The words were divided into two ends, Gao Yuan saw that the lottery meeting was over, and everyone walked in the direction of the mermaid waterfall, and at this moment, Gao Yuan immediately left the crowd, went around into the woods, and left here.

Just now, Takato confirmed one thing with Saori Kadowaki, that is, Saori Kadowaki and her father are here to participate in the celebration at this moment, in other words, there is no one at Saori Menwaki at this time!

Just before, Takato guessed through the dialogue between Saori Kadowaki and Kimime Shimabukuro in the shrine. After finding the "red-faced mermaid" in the sea, it is very likely that Saori Kadowaki's father began to investigate the time when Saori Kadowaki's father left the island and went to the mainland.

Then it was discovered that the time when Saori Kadowaki arrived in the mainland was very consistent with the time when the gem mortgage company got the news found out by Kuroba Kaito, so the possibility of this guess was greatly increased.

So, Gao Yuan contacted Black Feather Kuaito, told him the news, and asked him to carefully check what this criminal group disguised as a gem mortgage company wanted to do on the American Island, and let Nakagawa Dazang come to the American Island to be responsible for the "red-faced mermaid", what exactly did he refer to.

Then, not long ago, Takato received a reply - the other party planned to steal the gem directly! Moreover, Kuroba Kaito confirmed one thing, the fisherman from the source is indeed surnamed Kadowaki!

After getting such an answer, Gao Yuan had an idea - now, he doesn't know where the other party is, but he knows who their target is, so he just needs to wait for the rabbit.

So the question now is, when will they act?

Thinking of the dugong festival that was going to take place tonight, Takato understood: what better time to go to the dugong festival than most of the island?

So, after confirming that there was indeed no one in Kadowaki's house at the celebration, Takato left the crowd and prepared to take a path from the woods and go around to the past, which was located by the sea, Kadowaki Saori's house.

It's just that Gao Yuan didn't find that there was a person behind him all the time, following him!