The sixth man of Conan's police academy

Chapter 675 The murderer is probably Kadowaki Saori
"Ms. Shimabukuro, you didn't say what excuse you used to attract her here. Can you elaborate?"

Hearing Ogier's doubts, Shimabukuro Junhui replied after thinking for a while: "Actually, I said that there was an extra dugong arrow, and she believed it."

Sasashima Ritsu couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this. He really didn't know if Ebihara Hisumi was stupid enough or if she had no brains and no sense of defense.He reached out helplessly and pinched the bridge of his nose, waving his hand and saying: "It's nonsense to appear here at this time and leave voluntarily with someone. Besides, you made an appointment with her to meet here, which means the murderer is not an acquaintance of hers. , that is, he knows that you and her agreed to meet here."

"It's impossible. There was no one else around when Sumi and I met!" Shimabukuro Kime immediately denied.

"Then the answer is very clear. The murderer of Hisumi Ebihara is definitely an acquaintance of hers." Ritsu Sasashima touched his chin and expressed his analysis: "Judging from the time of the crime, it should have been when we left the scene of the crime. That would then exclude everyone involved in the celebration of the awarding of the Dugong Arrow.”

"But most of the residents on the island will come to participate. Sumi has lived on this island all year round, and I haven't heard that she has friends outside the island. Mr. Ogier's reasoning can't be established, right?" Shimabukuro Kimie didn't know. I agree with Ogier's view, because she knows her friend very well and knows that she lives on the island all year round. Her biggest dream is to stay young forever and marry her lover Fukuyama Rokuro.

"Who said it can't be established?" Ritsu Sasashima had a smile in his eyes. He put one hand in his pocket and looked meaningfully into the deep forest. He said with a smile: "Isn't there another person? She knows you, and Didn’t participate in the celebration.”

"...You don't think the murderer is Saori, do you?" Shimabukuro Junhui is not stupid. If the missing Kadowaki Saori is still alive after being reminded, she is the best candidate for the murderer.

"At present, she is the biggest suspect. Originally, I suspected that Saori's father was a suspect, but he was indeed present at the time and went to get the dugong arrow. He would not choose to self-destruct, so the murderer could only be the missing door Waki Saori, she may not have left the island, she just hid."

Ritsu Sasashima spoke his thoughts calmly and walked towards Hattori Heiji who was examining the body. He reached out and patted Hattori's shoulder and said in a deep voice, "How are you? Did you find anything special?"

Hattori Heiji shook his head with regret and sighed: "Although it is now confirmed that it was a homicide, the murderer was very cautious and did not leave any fingerprints or skin scrapings of his own, and the body has been washed by the waterfall, so it has no useful value. .”

"It is still somewhat useful. The time of her death can basically be determined at the beginning of the celebration, which means that the people participating in the celebration are not suspected. This narrows the scope of the suspects... You should understand what I mean, Hattori."

Hattori Heiji quickly realized that Ritsu Sasashima was implying himself that the real murderer was Saori Kadowaki who wrote the commission letter, and she was the most likely person to commit the crime.But one thing doesn't make sense. Why would she go to all the trouble to invite the detective to the island?
Ritsu Sasashima seemed to see his doubts and leaned down and whispered: "I think she wrote the letter of entrustment to you just because she wanted you to be a witness. She underestimated our reasoning ability and also underestimated us. It’s a materialist.”

"Huh? You mean...she plans to pin the title of murderer on the mermaid?"

"That's right. Otherwise, why would I be so fussy about it in the commission letter?"

Hattori Heiji stared with half-moon eyes, feeling that his intelligence had been insulted. No matter what, he would never believe that mermaids existed in this world.He sighed, held his chin and said unhappily: "But I still haven't figured out why she left with her."

"Perhaps she is looking for the mermaid's graveyard. This is a big temptation for Shou Mei."

Hattori Heiji and Sasajima Ritsu couldn't help but look back and found that the person who made the noise was the gift shop clerk named Kuroe Naoko, who was also the childhood sweetheart of Kadowaki Saori and others, and was even the one Shimabukuro Kimie had wanted to attack. Target.

"What do you mean?" Sasashima Ritsu asked.

A hint of greed appeared in Kuroe Naoko's eyes. She smiled and explained: "The purpose of the mermaid is somewhere in this forest. On the night of the celebration three years ago, the set of mermaid bones found when the shrine warehouse caught fire were The one buried in that tombstone, am I right? Jun Hui."

Shimabukuro Kimie was stunned for a moment. Thinking of the address of the cemetery, she frowned and said, "Well, after hearing what you said, I remembered that Suumi does seem to care about that cemetery."

Hattori Heiji, who had the word "Materialist" carved on his forehead, heard their ridiculous remarks and said in his heart that these people were sick. Of course, he would not be so low-emotionally intelligent as to say what he said euphemistically: "Then what?" ...Don’t you really think there are mermaid bones?”

Shimabukuro Kimie blinked twice, wanting to remind her that the so-called mermaid bone was her great-grandmother, but Kuroe Naoko was also present and she was embarrassed to say it out loud. Who made her want to continue her great-grandmother's mission?

"It's true, because there were two or three large burned pillars in the warehouse, which fell around the waist of the charred corpse, so the bones of the corpse were crushed to pieces." Fukuyama Rokuro lowered his head and thought about the firefighting The firefighter described the scene and said with an ugly face: "However, the problem was that after the firefighters removed the pillar, they found that the burnt corpse had no legs."

When Ritsu Sasashima heard this, he understood that Shimabukuro Kime was lying, but the lie was about who the person who died three years ago was.He had been thinking before that if the woman who died three years ago was really Shimabukuro Yakoto, Shimabukuro Kimie's great-grandmother, then being 120 and seven years old would indeed be a terrifying thing.

But now after hearing Fukuyama Rokuro's speech, a possibility emerged in his mind, that is, the woman who died three years ago was not Shimabukuro Yakoto, but Shimabukuro Kimie's mother.

Because the bones in the lower body of the charred corpse were crushed to pieces, the only way to do this was to fold the legs in half and fix them together, so as to walk in a kneeling posture, which is what Shimabukuro Kimie used when playing Shimabukuro Mikoto. The approach is the same.Therefore, this can also rule out that Shimabukuro Kimie did not lie to herself in other aspects, and she has indeed let go of her hatred.

Sasajima Ritsu, who wanted to understand, looked at Fukuyama Rokuro who was standing by and chatting with them about the mermaid corpse. Just as he was about to speak, he found that his eyes had always been on Shimabukuro Kimie... What does this mean?

Ah, I really didn’t expect there to be a subtle love triangle.

(End of this chapter)