Hoshino Sora couldn't fault this explanation. Who stipulates that immortal people must rejuvenate? In Journey to the West, Taishang Laojun is an old man with a white beard.
"So, if you want to live forever, you have to do it as early as possible, otherwise you will have to stay old all your life." Hoshino Sora said with emotion, and then changed the subject, "Of course, we no longer need to pursue it, our adolescence will probably be like Saiya. People still have a long time to go.”
Heye and Xiaolan automatically filtered out the second half of his sentence and focused on the first half. They held the numbers in their hands tightly, hoping to win.
Seeing this, Hoshino Sora smiled. He knew without even thinking about it that Xiaolan would definitely win. After all, she was the goddaughter of the goddess of luck. There was nothing she couldn't win in such a lucky thing.
After looking around, I found that everyone around me had picked up their number plates and looked expectantly at the goddess who walked to the door of the temple.
The sharp-eyed Hoshino Sora saw Kuroe Naoko, Kadowaki Saori's colleague and friend, and Ebihara Hisumi, who was also a friend.
Well, not only did I see them, I also saw the number plate they were holding and looking at.
Three, one hundred and seven!
At this time, the goddess had slowly walked to the door, then held a long stick with a cloth tied on top of her head and stretched it towards the burning pot of fire in front of her. She lit one end of the stick to make a long torch, and then carried it Pick up the stick and write numbers on the paper doors on both sides behind you.
"Huh?" Hoshino Sora's eyes narrowed. He was not surprised that the goddess used a long torch to write on the paper door. What really caught his attention were some of the details hidden inside the loose miko uniform.
Just now, when the goddess took the stick to ignite the cloth strip at the head of the stick, there was something mysterious about her action! Perhaps other people's attention subconsciously fell on the brighter torch production, while ignoring some changes in the darkness.
Hoshino Sora discovered that the goddess actually had her arms retracted. Whether she was holding a stick to ignite the head of the stick, or using the flame on the stick to touch the specially treated paper door, she did not fully extend her arms. Come on.
This means that the goddess's arms are relatively long, and when her arms are spread out, they far exceed her height!
Of course, this doesn't mean anything. The height will shrink, but the arms will not shrink very much. If you think about it this way, there won't be any problem.
While thinking, the three paper doors lit up with three complete numbers. The goddess entered the temple without saying a word and disappeared from everyone's sight.
Therefore, the paper door has indeed been specially treated, otherwise it would only burn a fixed part. And if it is really paper, it can only burn for a moment, and then it will turn into ashes. How can it be like now? , still burning.
As the number appeared on the paper door, the people around him suddenly changed their voices from disappointment to surprise.
"Xiao... Xiaolan, I... got it! I got it!" He Ye suddenly shouted in surprise.
"Really? Really..." Xiaolan looked at Heye's number plate with surprise, then looked at her own number plate, and said regretfully, "It's a pity that I didn't win..."
"Oh, I hit..." Hoshino Sora suddenly remembered the famous scene when he was listening to the scholar's commentary, but soon, he was shocked, looked at Xiaolan in shock, and exclaimed, "Xiaolan, You missed? This is unscientific!"
"Yes, Sister Xiaolan actually missed. It's so unscientific!" After Conan came to his senses, he strongly agreed with Hoshino Sora's statement.
Even Mouri Kogoro nodded, "It's indeed a bit unexpected. It shouldn't be like this..."
"What are you talking about?" Hattori looked confused, "Isn't it just a drawing of lots? Is there such a fuss?"
"Of course I'm surprised. Xiaolan will never miss. Since she missed, it means... there is a secret operation!" Hoshino Kong said confidently.
"..." Hattori said with a speechless expression, "That's enough for you. Kazuye and Xiaolan both participated by chance. What's the point of conducting secret operations on them?"
"But if all impossibilities are eliminated, the remaining one is the truth!" Hoshino Sora said confidently.
"Ah..." Hattori was defeated by his weird logic, "What things have you ruled out..."
Just as he was talking, the two women who opened the door took fire extinguishers and extinguished the flames on the paper door. Shimabukuro Kimie also appeared in the temple and announced to everyone outside the door: "Well, everyone, in one hour, we will Dugong Arrows will be awarded, so now, please go to Mermaid Falls!"
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Mermaid Falls.
Under the rapid waterfall, there is a flat land, where the Dugong Arrow is awarded. The place is dotted with bonfires, large and small, with various decorations hanging above them.
Shimabukuro Kimie awarded the Dugong Arrow to Kazuha, Kuroe Naoko and Kadowaki Saori's father Kadowaki Benzo respectively.
After the presentation, fireworks were set off to celebrate as usual. Then, under the reflection of the fireworks that bloomed brightly in the sky, the originally dark place was illuminated.
"There are still people exercising under the waterfall this late at night? Are they going upstream? Is there such a master living in seclusion on this small island?" Hoshino Sora immediately saw the stagnant figure in the middle of the waterfall in the distance. After taking a closer look, Frowning, "Wait, this is not an exercise, she is hopeless..."
At this time, everyone followed his gaze and saw Hisumi Ebihara floating in the center of the waterfall like a mermaid.
"Sumei!" Ebihara Sumi's fiancé Fukuyama Rokuro was shocked when he saw it and immediately rushed to the upper reaches of the waterfall.
Mouri Kogoro asked Xiaoran to call the police, and he followed with Hattori and Conan. Hoshino Sora didn't move. He found Shimabukuro Kimie standing there blankly, looking at his former friend in the middle of the waterfall with a complicated expression.
It was a really complicated expression, and you could vaguely see the tears flashing in her eyes.
"Aren't you going up? Isn't she your good friend?" Hoshino Sora thought she was strange, as if she was hiding something.
It gives the impression that she is not sad about the death of her friend.
"Ah, I didn't recover for a while, Shoumei..." Shimabukuro Kimie's body was shaken, and after explaining, he hurriedly walked towards the mountain.
It took about twenty minutes for everyone to reach the upper reaches of the waterfall.
"This fence made of wooden stakes and ropes fell into the river below. Her body was probably tied to the ropes connecting the wooden stakes. I tried to pull her up..." Hoshino Sora said, grabbing a piece of rope still on the shore and pulling hard.
Soon, he pulled up the fence and the body.
"Could it be that Miss Sumi lost her footing and fell into the river? Although she grabbed the rope, the current was too strong and the wooden stake was pulled out..." Mouri Kogoro analyzed.
