Conan’s Corpse Picker

   Chapter 209 Jiang Xia seems unsuitable to be a tool man

   Shimabukuro Junhui approached suspiciously, and when she saw the "thing" in the crevice of the reef, she was surprised - it turned out to be a woman.

   The woman is wearing a blue dress and short brown hair... No matter how you look at it, it is her murder target today, Menri Saori.

   This is a development that Junhui Shimabukuro never imagined.

   She stared blankly at the corpse for a moment. After she regained her senses, she stood up vigilantly and looked beside her.

   There is no one around.

   Shimabukuro Junhui was silent for a moment, gritted his teeth and rolled up his sleeves, and secretly dragged the body away and hid it for later use—this body was originally part of her murder plan.

   Now, Saori Mori died inexplicably by herself... But for the later plan, Shimabukuro Junhui plans to proceed as usual.

  …

   Jiang Xia woke up and heard the ghost who let him out tell him about it. He thought about it and didn't care.

  Although it is not very legal to hide the body, the mermaid told him that the pier here is equipped with surveillance to prevent the ship from being lost. Yesterday, the appearance of Menri Shazhi stealing the boat and going to sea has been photographed by surveillance.

   And no matter how you investigate, Menri Saori did indeed die in an "accident", and it is difficult for the pot of murder to be thrown on Shimabukuro Junhui. The corpse could be deposited with her for two days first.

  …

   If you want to deceive the new ghost, there are still two goals. There were three people who burned the mermaid back then.

   After getting up, Jiang Xia accompanies a few classmates to hang out on the island while taking stock of his murderous aura.

  Because of the encounter with Shimabukuro Junhui and Kaori Saori on the boat before, a group of people were very interested in the legend of the mermaid, and they inquired a lot of related news along the way.

When the    specialty store saw this, they recommended them to visit the shrine.

   Several people came to the shrine and met Junhui Shimabukuro dressed as a witch.

   Shimabukuro Junhui was wearing a red and white witch costume, holding a royal coin in his hand, the black hair that had been hanging down was tied into a bundle, and was standing in the yard wandering.

   At this time, a guest suddenly came to visit. She turned around and saw Jiang Xia at a glance. She thought of the corpse she had just hidden, and felt guilty for a while.

   Fortunately, she has performed a lot of dramas before, and she is very good at controlling expressions, and she has not revealed any flaws.

   Shimabukuro Junhui welcomed a few people into the door, introduced them to the shrine with a natural look, and answered the three girls' questions about "keep youth forever".

   Before leaving, Shimabukuro Junhui suddenly remembered something.

   She smiled at the girls: "If you are so curious about the dugong arrow, would you like to try it yourself?"

  Suzuki Sonoko was startled, his eyes lit up: "Are you going to sell us dugong arrows?"

   Shimabukuro Junhui smiled and shook his head: "Although I don't believe in its power, the rules are the rules. Dugong arrows cannot be sold directly. I said 'try it'..."

She took out three numbered cards: "This refers to this - this is the numbered lottery used to draw lots at the festival. After all, the 'mermaid festival' is actually a lottery, and we will issue 180 numbered lots in advance. The number on the lottery is the same as that announced at the festival, and the person who holds it will receive the arrow of the dugong."

   The price of a lottery ticket is only 5 yen, not even the cost.

   It seems that as Shimabukuro Junhui said, selling the number plate is not for profit, but to connect the fate between the guests and the mermaid.

   This made the three girls who were suspicious of their beliefs soared towards the shrine, and their trust in the mermaid also increased significantly.

When    left the shrine, each of them had a number card in their hand.

   Shimabukuro Junhui looked at the backs of the high school students leaving, feeling a little tangled in her heart.

   In order to achieve her murder plan, she needs a few people who are enthusiastic enough, but who are not very familiar with Menli Saori to accompany her.

   These out-of-town students are undoubtedly very good candidates.

   But there are some detectives inside...

   Should we involve these people?

  …

The night that the    Mermaid Festival started.

  The aged "life-like" appears at the shrine in costume. This is Shimabukuro Junhui in disguise.

   She stooped to the door, waving a wooden pole with a fire at the top, setting the paper door on fire.

   On the door that had been specially treated, three burning characters gradually appeared: "three", "hundred seven", "sixteen".

  Toyama Kazuha, Suzuki Sonoko and Maurilan came to the shrine early.

   At this time, the three of them looked at the burning words on the door, and then looked at their respective number plates, and sighed in disappointment: "None of them were hit."

   Jiang Xia looked at this scene with a little surprise.

   He remembered that in the original world line, Yuan Shan and Ye drew the arrow of the dugong.

   But in this world, there are indeed many details that are different from his "prophecy", and I don't know if it is because of the butterfly effect, or the world has its own ideas...

   Several high school students came earlier and stood at the front.

   Shimabukuro Junhui, who was dressed as a "life-like", heard their disappointment, took a peek at them, and moved with a guilty conscience.

  Yesterday, after handing out the number plate, Shimabukuro Junhui studied Jiang Xia's crime-solving collection for one night, but in the end she didn't dare to pick these high school students as part of her plan.

   So when she painted on the door, she cowardly avoided the signs of the three female high school students and chose a number at random.

  There are three dugong arrows in total. Except for this one, the other two have been chosen by default—Junhui Shimabukuro has chosen her two friends, Namei Uihara and Nao Heijiang.

   These two, like Menri Saori, are the children of Shimabukuro Junhui, and they are also enemies who set fire to the warehouse and killed her mother three years ago.

  Umihara Nami didn't notice the complicated look of "Fate", she looked at the announced winning numbers, covered her mouth and smiled: "I won!"

   A few people around looked at her enviously.

   After announcing the lucky number lottery, "Life-like" took advantage of everyone else's attention to the burning number, and stooped back to the room.

   She changed her disguise and reverted to the appearance of Shimabukuro Junhui.

   Shimabukuro Junhui dressed in a witch costume, returned to the door, and stood in front of everyone again.

   Her gaze swept through the crowd, and did not stop at the two former friends.

  After the surroundings quieted down, Shimabukuro-kunhui solemnly announced: "Dugong arrows will be awarded in one hour, please go to Mermaid Falls."

   This is a necessary process to issue dugong arrows every year. The terrain below the Mermaid Falls is open, where they can set off "Blessed Lights".

   (end of this chapter)