Chapter 345 I Am a Staunch Materialist

"Only one hundred and thirty years old..."

Everyone was speechless after hearing this.

One hundred and thirty years old is not young, right?

You can apply for the Guinness World Record directly...

"Is the household registration still there?"

Fujianye on the side was a little surprised.

If he remembered correctly, the so-called life-sharing, that is, the great-grandmother of the Shimabukuro family, had actually died a long time ago.

I didn't expect that the household registration of the life-sharing was still there.

It should be the special care given by the village committee on the island, right?

After all, to some extent, this is the pillar of the island's tourism industry. If it is found that the household registration is dead, then continuing to cheat money... no, fooling around, it will definitely not work.

"It's already one hundred and thirty years old..."

Hattori Heiji sighed, and his mind was a little confused.

Up to now, he has not found any clues related to the kidnapping of Monkyo Saori.

What is known now is that Monkyo Saori lost the dugong arrow a week ago, and then began to fear revenge by the mermaid... Then she entrusted him and Fujino... Then, she was kidnapped.

The only breakthrough now is the dugong arrow...

So, he looked around curiously and asked Shimabukuro Kimie: "Um, where is your great-grandmother now?"

"She is in the shrine now to give magic to the arrows that will be sent out at the festival later... If you want to see her, I'm afraid you have to wait until after the festival."

Shimabukuro Kimie thought for a while and immediately made up an excuse to perfunctorily deal with everyone.

In fact, she is the only one left in the Shimabukuro family now.

And the great-grandmother of fate was also pretended by her using the disguise technology.

The purpose is to fulfill the mother's last wish that year, so that the mermaid festival on this small island can continue...

"That..."

At this time, Maori Kogoro suddenly remembered the rumor that the old woman ate mermaid meat mentioned by Hattori Heiji before.

Combined with 130 years old, it seems a bit unreasonable.

He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Excuse me, Miss Shimabukuro, did your great-grandmother really eat mermaid meat?"

"Ah?"

Shimabukuro Kimie was stunned and embarrassed when she heard this. She couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Where in the world are there creatures like mermaids? Those are just rumors!"

"What about the dugong arrow?"

Xiaolan couldn't help but come over to ask, and Heye continued: "I heard that the arrow is cursed. If you lose it, you will be retaliated by the mermaids..."

"In fact, there is no such thing as revenge."

Putting away her smile, Shimabukuro Kimie explained seriously: "My deceased mother once told me that the dugong arrow was originally called the magic-breaking arrow. It is a talisman used to remove the evil of monsters. It's just that my great-grandmother lived longer, so the people on the island forced it and called it the dugong arrow with the same pronunciation... When handing over the arrow, I I was afraid that those who could not live long would come back to cause trouble, so when I handed it over, I would say that if you did not believe in the power of this arrow, or if you lost the arrow, you would be punished by disaster. In fact, there was no such thing at all..."

"Hehe, Junhui, the reason you said that is probably because you have never seen the power of your grandmother, right?"

At this time, a woman wearing a purple dress, white high heels, long brown hair, two earrings, and a queen-like appearance came over, with a slightly frivolous tone: "She must have eaten mermaid meat... Just three years ago, the body of a mermaid was found on this island!"

"Are you talking about the "Undercover! The Truth about the Mermaid Corpse" program that was broadcast on TV three years ago?"

Xiaolan recalled, and unexpectedly seemed to remember something, and suddenly mentioned it.

"I seem to have heard of that incident..."

He Ye also thought about it and agreed: "It should be that a strange corpse was found in the warehouse."

"You still remember something that happened so long ago?"

Fujino looked at Xiaolan in surprise.

As we all know, Xiaolan's nickname is Three Seconds Lan, and generally speaking, she only has a memory of three seconds.

Being able to accurately recall the report from three years ago...

It really made Fujino feel that Xiaolan was possessed by something.

"Of course I remember it."

Xiaolan obviously didn't get Fujino's point, and chuckled: "After all, that incident was a sensation at the time, and many important people went there. And at that time, Sonoko mentioned mermaids to me every day, saying that eating mermaid meat would make you immortal, and she wanted to eat it too."

"So that's it."

Fujino nodded, and finally understood.

If you think about it carefully, this is also Sonoko's style.

If that's the case, it's normal for Xiaolan to remember this incident.

Fujino thought for a moment and said, "I remember that the body's leg bones were smashed by the beams... That's why it looked like a mermaid's body..."

"It wasn't smashed!"

Sumie Ebihara wanted to explain: "It was definitely a mermaid's body!"

"Okay, Sumi!"

Kimi Shimabukuro looked back at Sumi Ebihara, looking a little helpless: "That's just an exaggeration by the media!"

"Why do you say that?"

Hisumi Ebihara showed a mysterious look: "You should have seen it at that time, right? The shape of the broken bones was very strange, and that weird..."

Shimabukuro Kimie looked at Ebihara Hisumi, with a faint flash of killing intent in her eyes.

These three people have been her friends since childhood, and to a certain extent, they can also be regarded as her childhood sweethearts.

Originally, she had no reason to kill these people.

But if it was to kill her mother's enemy, even her status as a good friend could not stop her from taking revenge.

That's right, Hisumi Ebihara, Saori Kadokyo, and Naoko Kuroe, these three people are the real murderers of her mother.

If Men Xie Shazhi hadn't lost her dugong arrow a few days ago and came to her for help out of fear, she might never have noticed the truth of this matter in her life.

Fujino also glanced at Ebihara Hisumi.

As a spoiler dog, he naturally knows this.

If he remembered correctly, this man should be the first victim.

Well, he should also carry out the mermaid transformation project in the original order...

Fujino narrowed his eyes slightly and silently marked a target.

"Stop talking about Shou Mei, there are some things that are not suitable to be told to outsiders."

At this time, a dark-skinned man named Fukuyama Rokuro came over and held Hisumi Ebihara's shoulders. He did not continue talking and turned to look at everyone: "I heard that you are here to investigate Saori's kidnapping. Police, if you want to find any clues, I suggest you go to Saori’s house and take a look.”

"The body of the mermaid..."

Hattori Heiji frowned, looking at Fukuyama Rokuro and Ebihara Hisumi who were leaving, and frowned.

Why does it feel like it's getting more and more troublesome... Something like a mermaid corpse actually popped up.

But now there is a clue, that is to go to Shaozhi's home.

People with the same skin color are more reliable. Others are gossiping and so on, which is of no use at all.

After thinking about it, he turned to Shimabukuro Kime and asked, "Then, can you please take us to Saori's house?"

"sure."

Shimabukuro Kime nodded gently, "But that won't happen until after the festival is over."

"By the way, what kind of activities are held at your festival?"

The two girls accompanying him were obviously not interested in the case. Xiaolan came forward and asked Shimabukuro Kimie curiously.

"It's a bit like a lottery. We will sell the number plates to the participants in advance, and then based on the numbers given by my grandma, we will draw lucky spectators based on the number plates and give them dugong arrows."

Speaking of this, Shimabukuro Kimie seemed to have remembered something. She took out two number plates from the trouser pocket of her red skirt and handed them to Kazuya and Xiaolan: "I just happened to have two numbers in my hand this morning. The number plate returned by the old couple, do you two want to try your luck? "

"well?"

Xiaolan and Heye were stunned for a moment, "Is it okay?"

"Of course."

Shimabukuro Kimie smiled softly: "Maybe this time you two will really be able to gain the ability to live forever."

Xiaolan and Heye looked at each other and smiled, then took the number plate.

"By the way, Miss Junhui, where can I buy this thing?"

Fujino glanced at the number plates in Xiaolan and Kazuye's hands, and suddenly raised his voice.

"Detective Fujino also wants to try his luck?"

Shimabukuro Kimie glanced at Fujino unexpectedly, and then explained with a chuckle: "But I don't have any extra number plates on hand. If you want it, you'd better go to the event spot where the island holds a festival to buy it..."

Fujino shook his head: "If you want to buy it, forget it."

He wanted a number plate, but he just didn't want it for free.

If you spend money to buy it... then you are just taking advantage of it.

After all, the fate is Shimabukuro Kimie. She can let whoever she wants win the prize. There is no such thing as luck at all.

…………

If you want to go to Monkyo's house, you need to wait until Shimabukuro Kime finishes holding the festival.

During this period, everyone was not idle and planned to stroll around the island first.

Since it was a festival, the atmosphere on the island was very lively.

On the streets of villages and towns, there are also some scattered stalls selling small snacks.

For example, things like fish balls, apple candies, fried noodles.

"I really don't know if I can get that dugong arrow..."

Yuan Shan and Ye walked at the front holding the number plate in their hands and looking forward to it.

"Of course you can, Kazuye."

Xiaolan on the side smiled: "If it doesn't work out, I'll lend you my share of luck. Maybe I can actually get a dugong arrow tonight."

"Thank you, Xiaolan!"

He Ye hugged Xiaolan's arm affectionately.

"Okay, I'm just talking."

Xiaolan was a little helpless: "How can such an illusory thing as luck be really lent out?"

"Maybe it really can."

Fujino, who was following behind, suddenly said: "After all, I feel that Xiaolan, you have always been very lucky."

"That's right! Sister Xiaolan can win some first prize or second prize in every lottery."

Conan also nodded in agreement. Hearing what Fujino said, he also reacted. It seems that Xiaolan has always had good luck and can win anything.

"Hey, Kazuha, you don't really believe that the dugong arrow can make people live longer, do you?"

Heiji held the fish balls wrapped in a paper bag, looked at the two people who were excitedly holding the number plates and looking forward to it, and complained: "How can such a thing be true? If there is magic, killing people is too easy."

To be honest, it's better to look at Kudo around you, ladies!

This kid is one of the cases of shrinking.

If you have the time to ask for divination, you might as well ask how this kid became smaller after being knocked unconscious.

"Of course I don't really believe that I can live a long life..."

He Ye waved the number plate in his hand: "But it's better to believe it than not to believe it."

"Tsk..."

Hattori Heiji was a little helpless, turned his head and looked at Fujino again: "So, from your look just now, you seem to be interested in the dugong arrow."

"I don't believe it, I'm a firm materialist."

Fujian looked at Hattori Heiji and said firmly: "Just don't miss it, maybe you can get a souvenir or something, of course, if you have to spend money, forget it."

"Haha..."

Hattori Heiji glanced at Fujino, his head full of black lines.

Your materialism is literally materialism, right?

"But..."

At this time, Fujino thought for a while, and suddenly said meaningfully: "Magic, ghosts, and even monsters like mermaids may really exist in this world, and they exist objectively."

Fujian thought about the witch for a while, and felt a little curious about magic.

As a firm materialist, Fujino does not believe in monsters.

Of course, that was only in a virtual, fabricated situation.

In the world of science, not to mention monsters, even magic exists in reality.

If his materialism had not been firm enough, he would have been kidnapped by the witch last time.

And flying all over the sky on a broomstick is really cool!

But he was also a little curious. Would riding a broomstick really not get stuck?

"Huh?"

Hattori Heiji was stunned and said in surprise: "Is what you said true?"

"Who knows?"

Fujino shook his head and didn't continue: "But with the current technological strength, maybe in a few decades or hundreds of years, humans will be able to develop an elixir of life, and then there will be no need to pray for such unrealistic things."

"Hmm..."

Conan was speechless.

Why does this sad talk feel a little familiar?

Suddenly, it feels like Fujino is possessed by a loli.

They are indeed a family living together.

However, he wanted to say that, let alone decades later, the elixir of life that can restore youth is actually being used now!

To be honest, if you have the time to draw lots, you might as well go to that organization to ask for medicine.

The probability of getting smaller is probably higher than the probability of getting longer life by drawing lots.

He is the victim of the elixir of life...