"A special guest? If you ask me that, I ......."

"People who landed on the island two years ago and participated in the dugong festival, the photo is here."

"Well, he's a handsome man, but I'm not impressed. Every year, we have 500 people in the festival lottery, and each place only charges 5 yen for simple materials, and most of the guests are not paid in person, and I have seen a limited number of them. ”

Walking out of the shrine, the two detectives with straight faces looked at the notes written in their respective notebooks, and were a little silent for a while.

It was not difficult to find the information of Karasawa Kazukawa, although he gradually disappeared after being absorbed by the organization, and could not find any new records, after all, he was an excellent physician who had been known for many years, and with the remote assistance of Dr. Agasa, they still obtained the photo materials of Karasawa Kazukawa.

In order to prevent any changes in appearance in the past few years, they also asked Gray Yuan Ai to help confirm it.

The girls who were worried about helping Tang Ze bring lunch went back in a hurry, and the two of them stayed on the island to explore the area.

"What is certain now is that, first of all, none of these men have obtained the Dugong Arrow, at least not when they were on the island." Hattori touched his chin and said firmly.

"There's nothing new on the roster, it looks like they've only been back to the island once in two years." Conan looked at the record in his notebook, pondered for a moment, and said, "It's a little strange, if their goal is a dugong arrow, even if they don't get it, they should choose to buy one at a high price or something, right?" ”

"Yes, according to the islanders, although most of the people who get the arrows are relatively religious, or in other words, they are afraid of receiving punishment for losing them, but the festival that has been held on the island for so many years, and many local residents have the arrows, and there must be someone who chooses to sell them in private, tempted by money." Heiji Hattori nodded approvingly, guessing, "Did you make a deal in secret?" Or did they choose not to accept this so-called legend after landing on the island to investigate? ”

"The organization's action was only once, and there was no follow-up contact after that, that's for sure." Closing the notebook in his hand, Conan patted his head with a headache, "I'm still not sure why they reacted so much to Tang Ze." ”

Since this may be a secret operation with little movement for the organization, it is impossible for Karasawa Ichikawa to do something that will make the residents avoid it.

"What's even stranger is this guy Naoko Kuroe." Hattori Heiji furrowed his brows, recalling the scene when he met the other party in the morning, "If she really had such a big reaction because of Tang Ze's similar face to his father, she should have reacted when she saw Tang Ze yesterday." ”

"It's impossible, what did Tang Ze do last night that could alarm the entire island?" Conan said, his eyes drifting to Hattori Heiji, who was in the same room as Karasawa.

Who knows if you'll sleep so hard that you don't wake up at all.

"If there's such a big movement, I should be the first to hear it." The detective, who had a good quality of sleep, folded his arms and said, "The eyes are rude Oh Kudo!" ”

Conan retracted his gaze and coughed, "However, Tang Ze acted alone last night. Perhaps, he discovered something in the night, or rather, broke something, and thus aroused the jealousy of some people? ”

"It's weird, this place." Hattori Heiji put away his notebook and exhaled, "Don't you think it's strange, we went to the shrine so many times, and we went to the warehouse in the back, but we haven't seen the long-lived goddess yet." ”

"Didn't they say that every time the grandmother of the Shimabukuro family will personally preside over the festival and select the person who is blessed by the arrow, then tomorrow, we will be able to see the difference." Hattori Heiji looked at the lush mountains and forests outside the stairs, and sighed slowly, "I always have a feeling that something is going to go wrong tomorrow." What about you, Kudo? ”

"I ......" Conan, who was about to answer, was suddenly attracted by a light that passed by the corner of his eye, and quickly turned his head to look at the mountain forest behind the shrine.

A familiar back quickly skimmed his field of vision, making him turn his head in that direction.

Where his gaze turned, he could only see a dense forest, as if it were obscuring the sky.

No, the light just now was definitely not an illusion.

Conan raised his hand and pressed the button on his glasses, his eyes widening quickly.

"Hey, Hattori, look over there...... Is that Ran and Miss Toyama?! ”

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"Does this map really work?" The flashlight shone indiscriminately at the tall trees around him, and the distant mountains and leaves who were still unsure of their location lowered his hand in frustration, "I feel like we're lost, Xiaolan." ”

"This ......" Mao Lilan took the simple map in his hand and smiled bitterly.

Does this still need to be asked? She thought they should have known about it twenty minutes ago.

"The phone has long since run out of signal. No wonder they didn't answer the phone at all...... "Yuan Shan and Ye, who had a headache, stared at the icon in the upper right corner of the phone, and finally understood why they couldn't contact anyone just now.

"Well, after all, it's an island, maybe out of the shopping street, the signal is not very stable." Mao Lilan put down the mobile phone that also couldn't make a call, and patted Yuanshan and Ye on the shoulder comfortingly: "How is it, can you still keep up with your physical strength?" ”

"I'm fine!" Yuanshan and Ye nodded very surely, "Tang Ze is still waiting for us, we can't give up here!" ”

For no reason, two people will definitely not run into the undeveloped area alone, the mountains are full of insects and snakes, even if you don't consider anything else, it is risky to enter the mountains unprepared,

Mainly, when they returned to the hotel with lunch, they found that Tang Ze's room was empty, and Tang Ze, who was supposed to stay there and wait for them to come back to feed, was gone.

You must know that many people on the island are not very friendly to Tang Ze, and it is not safe to leave the room and run out, which is not like what Tang Ze, who has always been cautious, would do.

Their first reaction was to contact Conan and Heiji Hattori, who had not yet returned, and Kogoro Mori, who didn't know where he had gone, but they didn't hear back, and only found a simple map in the room.

Only one line is written on the map - Mermaid Tomb.

If this is left by Tang Ze, it must represent his whereabouts, and if this is not left by Tang Ze, it is someone who called him away or took him away, then this may be some kind of code like a ransom, asking them to find it.

"When they are needed most, these reasoning freaks are not there." Yuan Shan and Ye crossed their waists, very unhappy, "A bunch of useless men, either they can't find a shadow, or they want the two of us to worry!" ”

"At least, Tang Ze has changed into clothes for going out and has a mobile phone, maybe he was just called here, not arrested or something." Mao Lilan understood Yuanshan and Ye's anxious mood at this time, so she could only try her best to say optimistic words, trying to adjust her mentality, "Don't worry too much. If we can't find it after another 20 minutes, we will hurry back the way we came, and if we delay it for too long, we may not be able to find the mark we left behind. ”

The two people, who didn't think they were very good at recognizing maps, decided to admit honestly after totaling each other.

Before stepping into the forest, they bought more than a dozen scarves from the gift shop to mark on the trees, so as not to turn back and find people, so they put two instead.

"How can you not be worried?" Yuanshan and Ye looked at the map in her hand and shook their heads helplessly, "Have you forgotten what they call Tang Ze?" Monsters, mermaids...... Ah, I don't even dare to think about it. ”

is so imaginative in terms of weird talk that Mao Lilan, who often scares himself, suddenly wrinkles his face.

Yes, there are rumors on this island that you can live forever by eating mermaid meat.

In case there really is that madman, there are unnecessary associations......

"Forget it, if it doesn't work, let's go back quickly, if you let Pingji come to find it, maybe it will be faster than us......"

Just as the two of them were talking, there was a sudden rustling sound in the bushes around them.

The two girls, who were already nervous and anxious, let out a short exclamation in unison, and suddenly hugged each other.

"Who, who-" Holding Mao Lilan, who was also trembling, Yuanshan and Ye gritted their teeth and asked boldly.

There was another rustling of the trees.

As the two of them hugged each other tighter and tighter, and were about to shout again, a head emerged from the foliage.

"Huh?" First reflexively screamed, and after seeing the face of the person who came, the two of them were stuck in the shell again.

"You two, how did you get here?" Kimie Shimabukuro, who was holding her sleeves, plucked the leaves from her head while helplessly looking at the two girls who were even wearing very obstructive coats and were obviously difficult to walk through the mountains, "Even if you are a local, many of them will get lost when they come here." ”

As she spoke, she neatly swung the scythe in her hand, cutting off the bushes around her that obstructed her vision and footsteps, and stepped on the humus layer of fallen leaves, and walked in front of the two of them.

Following her, the corner of the clothes was hung by the treetops, and Hattori Heiji, who was trying to untie it, was exposed.

"Pingji, Conan ......" Seeing the faces of so many acquaintances, Toyama and Ye finally relaxed, and almost slid off their strength and fell to the ground.

"Didn't you say, go and deliver food to Tang Ze, what are you doing running into the mountains?" Finally finished the fight with the branches, Hattori Heiji wiped a small scrape on his arm that was scratched by the branches and leaves, and complained as he approached, "I'm scared to death when I see it." Luckily, Miss Shimabukuro has a familiar shortcut. ”

"We are, no matter how we look for you, we can't find anyone." Quickly grabbing Yuanshan Kazuha, who was almost sitting down, Mao Lilan relaxed for a few seconds, and then suddenly raised his voice, "No, that's not the point now. Tang Ze, Tang Ze is gone——! ”

"What?!"

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"It's a real nuisance."

Carrying the unconscious Kuroe Naoko, Tang Ze threw the person into her own bed, wiped a handful of sweat, and couldn't help but grit her teeth a little.

"You might as well just throw her into the shrine." Following him, Hoshikawa Hui, who had always been hidden in the shadows, complained, "She came to harass you by herself, and then ran away by herself, and you took the opportunity to hand her over to Shimabukuro Junhui, wouldn't that be wronged and debtor?" It just happened to save trouble. ”

"That's hard to say, after all, Miss Shimabukuro doesn't know the most devastating fact." Tang Ze patted the wall dust that had been stained when he climbed the wall, and tiptoed out of Kuroe Naoko's bedroom, "If she had completed her revenge simply and easily, and then learned the news when she thought she could finally be freed...... That would really be to sink the entire island by land. ”

It is difficult to say whether the current Shimabukuro Kimime is a pure human being, or whether he has been devoured by an impression space treasure like the Holy Grail.

But the only thing that is certain is that now she is unconsciously exercising her ability as a secret treasure will, and is gradually becoming the de facto controller of this island.

When she merged the two worlds into one, it was when this place was destroyed.

"There's nothing wrong with Lu Shen, in this case, she can be considered free."

Hoshikawa Hui grabbed Tang Ze's arm and once again melted into the quiet shadows, and the two of them climbed up lightly along the dark side of the wall as if they had no weight.

This makes his voice speak with exceptional clarity and indifference.

Tang Ze glanced at his current expression.

Just like Asai Narumi, who can easily teach Kimie Shimabukuro how to better complete revenge, Hoshikawa Teru is also a more gloomy person.

As hard-working people who waited for redemption and were given a helping hand, their mentality was not very positive, and the two of them actually represented the current tone of the Monster Thieves.

The strange thief group that is punishing evil and promoting good is not following the worldly justice, but what Tang Ze thinks is right and wrong, and in a practical sense, he is the criterion for these guys now.

If Tang Ze fell to the dark side, they would only follow in his footsteps, crossing that line without hesitation and walking towards the darker side.

Hey, this family doesn't have to be scattered without me.

sighed narcissistically in his heart, and the pillar Tang Ze Zhengse said: "Actually, it's not impossible to sink, but it has to sink again after we leave, so you can't bury this broken place." ”

"Well, then you still save this guy and let her find her own death?" Hoshikawa glanced in the direction of Naoko Kuroe's bedroom, climbed the wall, and climbed over her small courtyard.

"I'm afraid that I will die in an accident so easily, and I won't be able to eliminate Shimabukuro June's resentment." Tang Ze shook his head, thinking of the detectives who must have been messed up because of his disappearance, and sighed tiredly, "You also know our plan this time." ”

"Since we plan to leave directly with her, we can directly solve this impression space from the root, can't we take Shimabukuro June away?" Teru Hoshikawa asked a confused question.

"She's the Holy Grail here, and we may not have beaten her." Tang Ze said innocently.

"Oh? Are you sure? Hoshikawa Hui glanced at Tang Ze with an expression of "you continue to make up, I'll listen".

The real numerical monsters, they have fought - the super hall master who integrates multiple halls and has organized supercomputing bonuses, Noah's Ark.

Then, then he was attacked by Tang Ze three times in large quantities, such as the creation of the country, tens of thousands of proverbs, crazy crit.

If there is anything in this world that Tang Ze can't beat, he really doesn't believe it.

"Ahem, well, it's not completely unbeatable." Tang Ze, who didn't blush, smoothly recognized it, and then explained, "However, you also know that she is now the secret treasure of the impression space, and the impression space itself will try its best to prevent her from leaving, and she has no intention or will to leave now." ”

Even if her revenge succeeds, her thoughts and desires are not to have a life of her own, but to continue to bear her mother's legacy and protect the island and the tradition of dugong sacrifices.

This is actually the reason why Tang Ze suspects that their family has long been possessed by the will of the impression space.

No matter how you listen to it, the state of death of Kimie Shimabukuro's mother is not normal.

You are all in the fire, and you are about to be gone, your legs have been suppressed, and you can't move at all, and you know very well that the phone call you made is the last word left for your daughter.

As a result, your last words are that you really love this island and hope that she will inherit your work, sacrifice her future, play the illusion that the goddess is still there, and pass on the mission of the Shimabukuro family from generation to generation?

It's very abnormal, it's very weird.

And Shimabukuro June, who was engulfed by her mother's death, after agreeing to her request, a college graduate who had seen the prosperity of the metropolis and had the ability to live a better life actually buried his head in the shrine and became a tool witch, and even found out the truth about his mother's death, he didn't have the idea of leaving the island.

At the end of the original plot, Kimie Shimabukuro actually chose the exact same path as her mother.

Disguise his death to the outside world, erase the person "Shimabukuro Junhui", and live forever as the grandmother of the Shimabukuro family, Shimabukuro Yakoto.

It's really as if my will has been swallowed up by this island.

After an in-depth analysis of this state, Dr. Tang, who had rejuvenated his hands, made a decision.

Treating the symptoms and treating the root cause, the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine has a good effect, which will give you a good recuperation.

Should the revenge be avenged, the people who should be saved should also be saved, Shimabukuro Junhui, the secret treasure of the American island, they blamed the thief group for stealing, Tang Ze said!

"So, I have a plan."

Contrary to the midday sun, in the dark and dull shadows, Tang Ze, whose eyes flashed with golden light, affirmed.

(End of chapter)