After arriving at the river above the waterfall, Eka and Hattori Heiji pulled the rope and pulled the body up the river bank.
One end of the hemp rope was wrapped around the body's neck, and the other end was connected to the wooden raft, which was firmly nailed to the river bank.
Jiang Xia placed the person by the river, and Conan immediately came over. The three people observed the rope around Nami Umihara's neck.
The hemp rope was twisted several times and piled up in a mess. The rope was so strong that it was difficult to tell whether it was formed naturally or was knotted artificially.
But no matter what, the place and time where Nami Umihara fell was too coincidental. And although the current in this river is fast, it doesn't seem to be fast enough to make people spin around so many times in a short period of time.
Therefore, Conan and Hattori Heiji are still more inclined to think that this is a murder incident.
Jiang Xia said nothing. This time, he can paddle smoothly - it was actually the mermaid who caused the accident. And the mermaid is not a human being, so the death caused indirectly by it can only be regarded as an accident...
Hattori Heiji and Conan did not cheat, they could only think about the murder like normal detectives.
Hattori Heiji wondered: "Since Miss Umihara has been hit by an arrow, why didn't she go get the arrow instead of running into the woods at this time?"
A voice sounded from the side: "It's for the Mermaid Tomb."
Jiang Xia turned around and saw a short-haired woman with a mushroom head. This person's name was Kuroe Nao. She was the "lucky guy" who had just drawn the dugong arrow, and was also one of the three people who set fire to the shrine warehouse three years ago. .
Kuroe Nao muttered as she held down the dugong arrow hidden in her clothes: "Nami must have misunderstood the commotion as a mermaid's reminder to her when she came here to wait for the arrow, so she barged in... She I’m too impatient, I should at least wait until I get the Dugong Arrow before taking action.”
The word "Mermaid Tomb" caught the attention of the two detectives - they remembered that Kadori Saori once mentioned this word on the boat here, but she did not elaborate on it at that time.
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Kuroe Nao didn't know that the person they burned to death in the warehouse three years ago was actually a human being. Therefore, she and her two other companions were convinced that the bones found in the warehouse at that time were the bones and flesh of a mermaid.
While she was devoutly educating a few outsiders about the mermaid tomb, Jiang Xia pretended to listen while glancing at the arrow hidden by Nao Kuroe in her clothes.
The Kiriten Dog then flew next to Kuroe Nao, stuck his head in and took a look, then returned to Jiang Xia to report the news.
——Shimabukuro Kimie did not forget Jiang Xia's previous instructions. She made subtle manipulations on the arrow to make it fragile and easy to break.
At this time, compared with when it was first put in, the fracture on the arrow has expanded even more, but Kuroe Nao's mind is on other things and he hasn't noticed it yet.
It was getting late. After observing the situation at the scene, several people took the body back to the bottom of the waterfall.
Toyama Kazuye, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko were frightened by the "mermaid" hanging on the waterfall just now, and did not follow up the mountain. After regaining consciousness, the three people immediately called the police and tried to help - they were all very skilled at doing this kind of thing.
However, there is no police station on Mermaid Island, and the waves on the sea happen to be very strong, so it will take some time until the police arrive.
Jiang Xia handed the removed body to the islanders and returned to the hotel with a few classmates.
He was about to go back to the house to rest, but when he entered the house, before closing the door, several other people squeezed in naturally.
Jiang Xia: "?"
Jiang Xia: "...Yeah."
Then your intuition is quite accurate...
Conan held his earmuffs and sat down next to him.
He feels that Jiang Xia's speed in solving crimes has slowed down recently - although it is still much faster than normal people, it is finally no longer as scary as the scanner before. Perhaps it has reached a bottleneck...
In this incident, Conan and Hattori Heiji had the same premonition, and the two quickly reached a consensus - in this special period, it is best to invite Jiang Xia, and the three of them will work together to solve the case as soon as possible to avoid More victims.
As for why we need to hold earmuffs during the discussion... this is just some kind of conditioned reflex - when the two keywords "Jiangxia" and "solving the case" are put together, earmuffs can make Conan feel more secure, and can also Make his thinking smoother.
And Conan soon discovered that he was not alone - he just saw Hattori Heiji's hand moving to the pocket where the earmuffs were placed, but he quickly put it down again.
Hattori Heiji's mental journey was similar to that of Conan - on this island with intermittent signals, he couldn't use a mobile phone, couldn't buy the latest reasoning, and didn't even bring his homework, so he had a lot of time to think about life.
So after thinking about it, Hattori Heiji suddenly discovered that for the time being, he could not beat Jiang Xia in reasoning. No matter how many times he competed, the result would be the same.
In this case, it is better not to compete from the beginning, to solve the case boldly, and to treat Jiang Xia as a reference book that is placed beside him and publishes the answers from time to time - Hattori Heiji discovered that as long as he does not take the initiative to establish a competitor for himself, there will be no People can knock him down.
Moreover, speaking at a higher level, solving crimes is not suitable for competition.
There is only one final truth, that is to say, the important thing is not who solved the case, but the training he got in the process of solving the case...
With this thought in mind, Hattori Heiji firmly moved his hand that kept leaning towards his pocket, trying to take out the earmuffs.
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If accident factors are eliminated and Umihara Nami's death is regarded as a homicide, then in addition to investigating the traces at the scene, figuring out why she ran to the mountain at that time is undoubtedly an important point.
At present, the most obvious clues in this regard are the Mermaid Festival and the "Mermaid Tomb" mentioned by Nao Kuroe.
Especially the mermaid tomb - there is not much report on this matter from the outside world, only what Kuroe Nao said was "the mermaid bones in the warehouse".
Even on Mermaid Island, there is not much information about it. Most of the islanders only know that there is such a tomb in the mountain, but do not know the specific location of the tomb. It is said that only Mingxian and someone she trusts know where the tomb is hidden. .
Therefore, we can only ask the islanders about this matter.
It's too late today. Even if you knock on the door, the islanders will be disturbed from their rest and may not be able to provide useful clues. It's best to go tomorrow.
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Update time: 830 am
If it falls early, it is because it is preventing theft. don't panic
