Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends

Running down the mountain, Shimabukuro Kimie was very confused.

If it weren't for the slight pain from the leaves hitting her face, she would have thought that everything just now was a dream.

Until she returned to the shrine along the secret path, Shimabukuro Kimie still couldn't believe it, but seeing that the time was about to come, she had no time to think about it and could only quickly change into the shrine maiden's clothes, and then, accompanied by other shrine maidens, she brought the dugong arrow to the open space under the mermaid waterfall and began to prepare for the awarding ceremony.

When Yuya and others came down from the mountain, many tourists had gathered here, and villagers on the island helped to build the venue and light the sacred fire.

The ceremony was about to begin, and the lively crowd gradually quieted down.

Shimabukuro Kimie looked at the burning sacred fire in a trance, but fortunately she had been mentally prepared when she set up the revenge plan, and there was no flaw in her appearance at this time.

When the ceremony began, she was completely back to normal.

She held the three dugong arrows solemnly and asked the three selected people to come forward.

Naoko Kuroe and another lucky person walked out of the crowd excitedly, but the third person never showed up.

Kimie Shimabukuro resisted the urge to look at the waterfall behind her, as she knew the third person was hanging there.

She waited for a moment and urged several times according to the procedure, but the third person never came forward.

"Isn't the other person Sumi? Where is she?"

"Yes, doesn't she believe in the legend of mermaids the most? Shouldn't she give up the Dugong Arrow?"

Some villagers who knew about it couldn't help but discuss it.

Suzuki Sonoko looked around and sighed regretfully: "If I had known that she didn't want the Dugong Arrow, I would have bought the number plate. What a waste!"

The Dugong Arrow is awarded based on the number plate, and it doesn't matter whether the number plate has been changed or not.

This is what Suzuki Sonoko heard from others.

It's a pity that Naoko Kuroe and passers-by were unwilling to sell it, and Sumi Ebihara couldn't be found.

Yuya stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "She was obviously very happy when she drew it just now. She shouldn't give up. Maybe something delayed her."

Suzuki Sonoko sighed again, looking eagerly at the two lucky people waiting in the middle of the venue with joy on their faces.

Hattori Heiji and Conan were also a little worried about the fact that Ebihara Sumi had not appeared yet, and this scene was really familiar. Many cases started like this before they happened.

Thinking that there seemed to be screams on the mountain, everyone went up to check but found nothing. Only strange drag marks and a small amount of fish scales were found on the shore. Things were obviously a little weird.

Hattori Heiji couldn't help but whispered, "Will something happen?"

Conan also had a bad premonition, but he still refuted it, but his voice was a little weak: "Don't curse others..."

There is already a missing Saori Kadowaki. If there is another Ebihara Sumi... then their trip will be ruined, right?

Hattori Heiji paid for this trip, so it was great to get something for free.

After waiting for a long time, the third person still didn't show up.

Although it's rare for someone to draw a number but not come to collect the arrow, it has happened before.

Shimabukuro Kimie let out a sigh of relief, thinking that the person should be gone. So he pretended to be helpless and announced the start of the ceremony.

After awarding the two dugong arrows to the two people, Shimabukuro Kimie announced the next step, which was to set off the "blessing light".

The so-called blessing light is actually a firework that will burst out with bright flames. It will explode under the waterfall and then illuminate the entire waterfall, implying a bright future for the person who draws the dugong arrow.

At the same time, this firework is also part of Shimabukuro Kimie's revenge plan.

The villagers lit the fireworks, and as the flames exploded in the air, Shimabukuro Kimie also began to chant the blessing spell.

But immediately, the crowd began to commotion.

Everyone was originally watching the fireworks, but as the fireworks exploded, under the bright firelight, they saw a figure hanging in front of the waterfall.

People with good eyesight immediately recognized that it was the third lucky person who drew the dugong arrow, Ebihara Sumi, and she screamed in fear.

Originally, she should have held the dugong arrow and stood in front of everyone to accept the blessing of the witch, but now she was tied around her neck with a rope and one hand raised high in front of the waterfall.

Her slender figure and the dress that clung to her legs after getting wet made her look like a mermaid swimming upstream against the waterfall...

...

More than ten minutes later, Yuya and others followed the mountain road again and came to the river above the waterfall.

Hattori Heiji couldn't help but look at the strange mark and frowned.

When they came to the waterfall, Yuya and Hattori Heiji pulled the rope together and hung the dugong arrow hanging below..

One end of the rope was tied to a thick wooden stake and nailed firmly to the shore, while the other end was wrapped around Ebihara’s body, tying her neck and raised arms.

Yuya put the person by the river, and Hattori Heiji and Conan hurriedly approached to observe the rope tied to the body.

The thick hemp rope was wrapped around Ebihara’s chest, tightly holding her neck and arms together, and even her raised arms were deformed.

It looked like a person slipped and fell into the turbulent river, then was entangled by the rope, then washed down the waterfall by the current, and finally hanged there, and they didn’t find it until the fireworks exploded.

Hattori Heiji and Conan were a little annoyed. When they came up just now, they also guessed that someone fell into the water, but they didn’t find anyone in the river. Why didn’t they think of checking carefully by the waterfall?

If they had found it at that time, they should have been able to save people in time, right?

But it was not their fault. After all, who could have thought that the person who fell into the water would be hung in front of the waterfall by the safety rope?

In general, people would think that the water would rush down the waterfall, right?

And when they came to the bottom, no one found anyone falling down.

So they put the matter aside for the time being, and just thought that the screaming person had fled in fear.

Yuya looked at the body on the ground without saying a word, his expression was very calm, and there was no difference from facing the crime scene on weekdays.

Suddenly, his expression moved, and he squatted down and pinched Ebihara Sumi's wrist.

Hattori Heiji and Conan looked at this scene in surprise.

Yuya felt it carefully for a while, and then checked her breath, his face changed and shouted: "There is still a pulse, the person is not dead!"

Shimabukuro Kimie's sad expression froze suddenly, and looked at Yuya in disbelief.

The crowd also became agitated all of a sudden.

"What did you say?!" The two detectives, one big and one small, also widened their eyes in surprise. They were tangled up in hemp ropes and their arms were twisted, but they didn't die?

How could this person survive?

Didn't they regret it in vain?

"But he has stopped breathing, so we need to do CPR immediately!"

After saying that, Yuya looked at Hattori Heiji.

Hattori Heiji was stunned and gave Yuya a big question mark: "What are you looking at me for? Hurry up!"

Yuya was silent for a while and said: "I don't know..."

Of course, this was a lie. He just didn't want to save a person who had killed someone and had never repented.

"Ah?!" Hattori Heiji widened his eyes. No, you are a famous detective, but you don't even know basic life-saving skills like CPR?

"Get out of the way, I'll do it!" A middle-aged man wearing glasses rushed over, "I'm a doctor!"

The three detectives quickly got out of the way so as not to affect the enthusiastic doctor's rescue.

As Yuya stepped back, he glanced at Shimabukuro Kimie and found that her expression was surprised but also relieved, but her hands were tightly clenched.

Yuya sighed in his heart: I'm sorry, I must stop your revenge plan.

I can't ruin the rest of my life for someone like that.