"Miss Shrine Maiden of the shrine, gave you the lottery number plate for the Dugong Arrow? What does it look like? ”

"That's it, the numbered plate with the numbers written on it. She gave me and Xiaolan one each. She was so nice, I couldn't find a thank you gift for a while, and she said that she gave it to us and wouldn't ask us for money, so I gave her Ema with a dolphin sticker......"

Toyama and Ye were still chattering about receiving a gift from their beautiful sister, and their excitement was overflowing. It is not difficult to see that in the afternoon contact with Kimie Shimabukuro, this shrine maiden lady left a good impression on her.

Conan and Hattori Heiji, who had returned to the inn, listened to her words and looked at each other with a somewhat strange expression.

Shimabukuro, the one they had come into contact with on the island, was a very friendly and communicative one, and it was not surprising that such a move would occur - especially considering the fortune of the metaphysics of Maorilan.

But the dugong arrow's draft card or something......

After talking for a long time, Yuan Shan and Ye were finally satisfied, turned their heads and saw the expressions of Hattori Heiji and the others, and crossed their waists: "Hey, such a happy thing, why don't you have any expression at all." At the very least, I should thank Miss Shimabukuro, right? ”

"Well, but in that lottery, I have the impression that you need to register your name to be valid." I had nothing to do when I was eating, and Hattori Heiji, who had finished reading the travel brochure, reminded him in a low voice, "Do you two know the names of the two of you?" If the name doesn't change, even if you win, it's invalid......"

“…… Ah, is there such a thing? Yuanshan Kazuha's expression was dumbfounded.

"Because the legend here is so famous, there are people who really pay a high price to buy arrows from the people who win the lottery. That's why I guess Miss Shimabukuro came up with the idea that she would be punished if she lost her arrow. Conan spread his hands and expressed his helplessness at what he had heard.

Once it is in a desperate situation, there will always be people who pin their hopes on metaphysics, and an arrow with such an exaggerated name that can even make people immortal becomes very attractive.

"Well, then, should we go to the shrine tomorrow and re-register our names?" Maori Lan held his face, a little distressed.

"Miss Shimabukuro should just, forgot to ask our names......" Yuanshan and Ye tilted their heads, and quickly became cheerful again, "It's okay, anyway, Miss Shimabukuro gave it to us, and we didn't take it on the spot, if she wins, she will definitely understand." ”

"Anyway, I'll go to the shrine again tomorrow, and I'm just thanking her......"

Do you want to give a numbered ticket to the tourists you met on the first day?

It really feels like the timing is delicate......

"Then again, what about Tang Ze?" Mori Kogoro, who was leaning on the side and yawning, slowly swept past the people sitting in the pantry, and suddenly asked, "Isn't he with you?" ”

"Tang Ze said that he was going to the night market to buy some things to take back and give them away, I guess, it will take a while." Hattori Heiji looked at his watch, estimated the time, and said with some certainty.

"At this point, the night market is still in operation, and it really deserves to be a place focused on tourism......" Mori Kogoro glanced at the pointer pointing to 10 on the wall, and shook his head loudly.

Izakaya is probably going to be very lively at this time, and it's a place with a lively atmosphere......

It's a pity that Xiaolan can't agree to him going out.

Alas, when people reach middle age, nothing goes well......

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As Mori Kogoro had guessed, the two small izakaya on the island were crowded with people at the moment.

"In the past, it was a place where fishermen from the island would like to stay. I remember when I was a child, I wanted to buy snacks secretly, and when my parents fell asleep, I would take the money I had saved and sneak out of the shrine, but only the lights in the izakaya were still on the whole street. The proprietress saw that it was me and brought me some fried goods, but in fact, I only brought a few hundred yen, and I couldn't afford to pay at all. But she smiled and brought me something......"

Shimabukuro Kimie sat near the doorway, looking at the storefront full of strangely dressed but obviously tourists, bent her eyes, and slowly talked about her memories.

"After my mother found me, she reprimanded me for a long time, saying that izakaya is not a place for children." She picked up the small porcelain cup in front of her, looked at the clear liquid in the cup reflecting the light above her head, and sighed, "It's because I miss this atmosphere that I agree to their proposal and choose to return here from Tokyo." In retrospect, it was a terrible decision. ”

"When you came back, you found that this place is not the same as you remembered?" Narumi Asai, who was sitting across from her, poured wine into his cup and asked as she spoke.

"If it's really completely different, that's not bad." Kimie Shimabukuro tugged at the corners of her mouth and drank the sake in her glass, "It's still those similar faces, everything seems to be the same, but it's already unrecognizable...... I really shouldn't have listened to Saori. ”

Asai Narumi put down the bottle, looked at Kimie Shimabukuro's lonely face, and muttered in his heart.

You're a gold award-winning makeup artist with a lot of promise, she's an actress who hasn't made a splash even after her work has won an award, and she's going out of her way to get you back to your hometown and try to find all sorts of reasons to convince you to leave Tokyo......

The power of jealousy is sometimes beyond imagination.

From this point of view, he doesn't know if there are human beings on this island, and Shimabukuro Junhui must have encountered a water ghost.

However, this is not the time to say these words, and his task is to try to stabilize Kimie Shimabukuro's emotions and avoid the worst out of control.

According to Karasawa, if Shimabukuro's mood deteriorates further and finally collapses completely, then perhaps the weak barrier will be completely broken, and a huge amount of sea water will be ruthlessly poured into the island, bringing them to death with passing tourists or something......

Although Karasawa's statement may be a little exaggerated, Asai Narumi, who has tried to enter the impression space, knows that even if it is not so serious, the situation must not be much better.

The sight of the flood that destroyed the world was really impactful.

"I'm sorry, it's boring to keep listening to me babble here, right?" Shimabukuro Kimie was stunned after drinking the last drop of wine, and looked back at the person sitting opposite, "...... Your outfit is very distinctive. Is it okay to wear it like this? ”

"There's no problem, there are a lot of tourists on the island, and my clothes can't be called fancy dresses, right?" Pulling the haori on his body, Asai Narumi bent his eyes absently, "Our leader's dress is a little more conspicuous." ”

"If you say that, I really can't argue with that." Thinking of the other party's shorts and scarf, white hair and wearing an eye patch, Shimabukuro Junhui smiled, "Tell me bluntly, you can help me get revenge or something...... It's surprisingly straightforward. ”

"He's always been like this." Recalling something funny, Asai Narumi laughed twice, "When I made up my mind to do it, he did the same, and suddenly appeared in front of me and told me that there was a better way to achieve my goal......

Looking back on it now, it was an interesting experience.

"I almost forgot to ask, you said that you have experience in this kind of problem, do you mean ......" Shimabukuro Kimie stared at Asai Narumi's face for a moment and asked.

"Oh, I'm a little different from you, but there are many similarities. I returned to my hometown island to avenge my loved ones......"

Sitting behind them, Akemi Miyano and Teru Hoshikawa, who were holding fried shrimp, silently raised their heads and looked at each other.

It's so weird, this scene.

The former Avenger is teaching the new Avenger who is ready to do something......

What a homicide industry exchange meeting.

"Forget it, let's wait for news from Tang Ze's side." Lowering his voice, Hoshikawa Hui muttered quietly, "Nothing else is good here, the seafood tastes good, it's quite fresh." ”

"It doesn't matter, the seafood is raised in the sea, not on the island." Akemi Miyano smiled softly and said a series of thoughtful words, "It's a big deal that the whole island sinks, and it's not a big deal." If the tourists are evacuated in time, there will be no casualties. Naturally, there will be other fishermen coming to the fishing grounds. ”

"Well, it's also ......" After pondering for a moment, Hoshikawa lowered his head and continued to stuff shrimp into his mouth.

Behind them, the exchange of experiences is in full swing.

"Jumped off a cliff?" Kimie Shimabukuro held the wine glass and imagined a similar scene, a glint flashed in his eyes, "In other words, you directly influenced his spirit and caused him to jump directly off the cliff?" ”

"The Leader said that the conditions in this situation are harsh, and it is not always possible to achieve the goal so easily, and the situation at that time also has the factor that he himself is very mentally unstable......" Asai Narumi paid attention to Shimabukuro's expression, thought about it, and still affirmed, "But that's exactly what it means." ”

"That's it......" Slowly taking a sip of wine, Shimabukuro Kimihui's eyes were misty, looking at somewhere in the void on the side, and slowly hooked the corners of his mouth, "That's okay, it's really good." ”

At the moment when she looked excited, as if she had received some kind of inspiration from Asai Narumi's self-report, Tang Ze, who was in the waves, turned his head consciously.

"It's over, there's a premonition that sooner or later, the cognitive space of this place will merge with reality." Raising his hand and patting his head, Tang Ze felt speechless for a while.

When the mood is bad, the barrier clicks, and when the mood is good, the barrier clicks again.

It's not word therapy, it's not word therapy, I think you're trying to embarrass me Jiaoka.

What do you want me to do, is it more appropriate to knock people out with a knife and drag them away, so that the patient's mood is more stable.

"Do you want to go on?" Noah, who was holding his hand, turned his head and asked.

"Go on. On this side, at least I can hear the direction of the voice. Tang Ze nodded, grabbing the arrow that he was shaking with Noah, "Speed up, this sea area is bigger than I thought." ”

This is just a small island in itself, even if the impression space covers the entire island, and when the time comes, there will be a fusion, and the big deal will be the flooding of the American island, and the external confusion will be a natural disaster such as an undersea earthquake and a tsunami, and everything will have an explanation.

However, it really entered the impression space, and everything was so big that it made people a little frightened.

Tang Ze, who is accustomed to turning on the minimap all the time, looked at the empty field of vision on the map, and could only see two small dots representing himself and Noah, moving forward in the boundless blank area, there was a sense of horror that they were still trapped in place.

"So, you're trying to help me, as you described...... Kill, them? At the end, Kimie Shimabukuro's voice was very soft, as if if it was louder, it would disturb someone.

Unlike Asai Narumi's firm and stubborn revenge, her inner tear is much more violent.

These three people are not only the murderers who killed her mother and are still unknown to her, but also the friends who have been with her for more than 20 years, grew up together, studied together, and supported each other together.

They have many character flaws, as well as many human weaknesses, as a small hair, she knows this, most of the time, everyone can tolerate each other and understand each other.

So even if occasionally she becomes a minority who is coerced because of her gentle personality, she is not sad because of this. Even today, even now, some good memories will still float in her depressed mind.

However, it is precisely because they are friends, friends who grew up together and talk about everything, that the feelings brought to her are so painful.

Kimie Shimabukuro tightened her fingers on the cup.

"Click-"

The loud cracking sound, separated by the seawater, still clearly penetrated Tang Ze's ears.

The voice was very close. Noah, full speed ahead! ”

Asai Narumi glanced at her white knuckles, knowing that Shimabukuro Kimi's heart was extremely unsettled, which could not be explained in a few words at the moment, and today's temptation was almost time.

If she continues to drink it, she will be excited, and the sea will really flood.

Knowing that he should accept it when he sees it, he silently put down the cup in his hand, pulled something out of his sleeve, and pushed it in front of Shimabukuro Kimi.

"We don't have any intention of forcing you or trying to force you to make a decision, Miss Junhui." Asai Narumi's soft voice with a peculiar rhythm still clearly reached Shimabukuro Kimi's ears in a noisy izakaya, "You are the victim, whether you need revenge, if you want revenge, how you should do it, this is your freedom, and it should not be controlled by us." ”

Shimabukuro-kune lowered her eyes, looked at what was covered by his palm, and sighed.

For their tactfulness, but also for their own weakness.

"So, did you come to me just to borrow that arrow?" Kimie Shimabukuro drank the last sip of wine and let go of the small porcelain cup she had held warm.

thought that at least this time someone could strengthen her confidence and give her a clear way to liberation......

"All choices should be made by oneself after all. Choice, and being willing to bear the consequences, I think this is what fate means to you and me. Asai Narumi smiled and raised his hand, revealing what he had been covering, "After a while, the arrow will be returned to the shrine, so don't worry." If you need something insignificant, we're here to help. Call us by name, whenever you need it. ”

Kimie Shimabukuro looked at the small box on the table, hesitated for a moment, reached out to pick it up, and opened it.

A small golden badge in the shape of a monster bandit logo lay quietly.

She was stunned, and looked up to ask Asai Narumi about its usage or meaning, but only caught a wave of bright red feathered corners that disappeared by the door.

Just as he had appeared, the man in front of him quietly left.

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"Is it really OK to just give her the stuff?" After using his ability to assist his teammates to retreat quickly in the night, and completely leaving the range of the commercial street, Hoshikawa Hui, who couldn't hold back, asked, "What should I do if I accidentally give her a problem with such a large piece of X alloy?" ”

"Probably not. According to Tang Ze's observation, I am afraid that not only will she not be affected by the X alloy, but it may be the opposite, so that the X alloy will have some changes, so that the ......" Asai Narumi carefully compared the difference between Shimabukuro Kimie standing in front of him and Tang Ze wearing a brooch in front of him, and sighed.

Although it is outrageous, perhaps, Tang Ze's guess is not wrong.

While the three of them were talking, there was a sudden sound of water around them, as if someone had suddenly emerged from under the water and made a loud splash.

They all turned their heads together, and they saw Tang Ze puffing out a breath of "poof", pinching Noah's little rag doll, and appeared beside them.

"How's it going?" Asai Narumi had no doubts about Tang Ze's state of panting, and asked while waiting for him to catch his breath.

The impression space of American Island is not as simple as filling up the seawater.

It is a sea area with a great depth, and the depth is incomprehensible, and it does not exactly correspond to the direction in reality.

If it is said that when he went to the island and entered the shrine, Tang Ze felt the rough waves on the sea, what he just did was to take a deep dive without knowing the direction and aimlessly.

The farther away from the location of the shrine, the sparse sunlight that penetrates the water, as if gradually diving into the cold trench, Tang Ze is equivalent to swimming in the bottom of the sea without light for nearly an hour, and the psychological pressure in this is not something that can be summed up by diving, and the deep-sea phobia is about to swim out for him.

Tang Ze, who had closed his eyes and adjusted for a while, shook off the seawater on the tip of the arrow in his hand, raised his head, and was stunned by the first sentence he said.

"I think this island is finished, everyone, or we should run away sooner." Pulling the scarf on his body, Tang Ze said sincerely, "Do you know what I saw?" It is not a question of whether the sea is not the sea, and the impression of space here. is an ocean tank...... The kind where the glass is about to shatter. ”

(End of chapter)