In the room, everyone sat around a low coffee table. Seeing Shimabukuro Kime return to her true form, everyone felt their mouths were dry and they couldn't help but pick up the cup on the coffee table and take a sip of water.
Shimabukuro Kimie glanced at everyone and asked in a low voice: "Are you surprised that I pretend to be my grandma?"
Everyone nodded, and Hoshino Sora asked: "So, why?"
Shimabukuro Kimie took a deep breath, lowered her head, grabbed her clothes with both hands, and was silent for a while. Although everyone wanted to know, they did not rush her.
Finally, she thought about it, raised her head, and said solemnly: "I will tell you the reason, but you must promise not to tell anyone!"
Everyone looked at each other, and then they all said they would not talk nonsense.
When Shimabukuro Kime saw this, she felt confident. She nodded immediately and said slowly: "The reason why I pretended to be grandma is actually very simple, because... grandma has been dead for seventeen years."
Everyone: "Passed... passed away!!!"
He died seventeen years ago, which means that the long-lived old man only lived to be one hundred and thirteen years old!
Mouri Kogoro felt extremely confused and asked directly, "Since the person has passed away, why do we still pretend to be her?"
"Because of the Dugong Festival! Grandma, as the longest-lived goddess on the island, is the soul of the entire Dugong Festival. Without her, the Dugong Festival has no meaning. She has become the spiritual sustenance of the island residents and is also the island's external export. A special symbol of..." Shimabukuro Kimie explained, "So, when my grandma passed away, my mother played the role of Goddess for this island. After my mother passed away, I took over her role as the goddess. Lord Goddess."
"Everything went smoothly, no one found out, but today I was found out... Excuse me, where did I show my flaw?"
Shimabukuro Kimie looked at Hoshino Sora, her eyes full of doubts.
"It's just the weight and the sound of footsteps!" Hoshino Sora grinned, "When you came over before, the sound of your footsteps was not right. It didn't sound like the footsteps of your feet touching the ground. Moreover, your 'footsteps' were dull and concentrated. Looking at it now , you are walking on your knees, and you are walking on your knees and soles of your feet. The sounds of the two are different and it is easy to distinguish!"
"Easy?" Everyone's lips twitched.
"You have radar in your ears, right? You can tell the difference." Hattori complained.
"It is indeed a wise choice to reduce the amount of anesthetizing uncle in front of him." Conan said secretly in his heart.
"I really met a strange person. I am not wronged." Shimabukuro Kime sighed.
"Haha, it's okay. After all, I am also a detective." Hoshino Sora smiled proudly.
Everyone had to sigh, this guy is really a gift from God. With this ability, no matter what he does, he will never be hungry. Any detective will fight for an assistant like this.
"Miss Junhui, it's really hard for you and your mother..." Xiaolan couldn't help but feel a little sad when she thought that the mother and daughter had been playing the role of the goddess for more than ten years.
"Yes, Miss Junhui is the only one left now. Do you really want to continue playing the role?" Heye couldn't help but ask.
"Well, as long as I am alive, I will continue to play the role!" Shimabukuro Kime nodded solemnly, with a firm tone.
Mouri Kogoro frowned and said: "But have you ever thought about what you will do when you have a sudden accident, such as illness or the like, and you can't act? This is not an option for you. You have to let the people on the island accept it. It’s reality!”
Shimabukuro Kimie shook her head, with a sad look on her face, tears flashing in her eyes, and said stubbornly: "I will never give up acting no matter what, because that is the task my mother entrusted to me before she died. I will definitely persevere and even if I encounter difficulties, I will find a way to overcome them!”
Heye and Xiaolan were moved by her determination and came to her side to cheer her up.
Mouri Kogoro sighed at the side: "Really, what is this? I originally came here to travel and solve the commission by the way, but now it's better. The client can't be found, and there is a murder case. The client's friend died unexpectedly, and then another A friend pretends to be a goddess, and it feels like everything revolves around the mermaid..."
Hattori nodded, "Yes, Miss Saori disappeared because of the loss of the dugong arrow. Miss Ebihara may have been tricked into going to the waterfall and killed under the pretext of the mermaid's grave because she failed to draw the dugong arrow..."
"Wait, Hattori, what did you just say?" Sora Hoshino felt that he had missed something, "Say it again!"
Although Hattori didn't know what was wrong with what he said, he repeated it anyway.
"Dugong Arrow, you said that Miss Ebihara didn't hit the Dugong Arrow?" Hoshino Sora exclaimed.
"Yes, weren't you present when the dugong arrows were awarded?" Hattori said.
"I was at the scene, but I was eating snacks at the food stall at that time..." Hoshino Sora scratched his head and then asked, "So, in addition to Kazuha and that one, who is he? They are also Miss Saori's friends. Besides the woman who is also a colleague, who is the third person?”
"Apart from Miss Kazuha and Naoko, the third one is Mr. Kadowaki Benzo, Saori's father." Shimabukuro Kimie said.
"Impossible!" Hoshino Sora denied it immediately, "Before you lit a fire on the paper door and announced the numbers, I had glimpsed Ebihara's and Naoko's number plates. Their numbers were respectively Three and one hundred and seven!”
"Eh? That is indeed the number announced this time..." Shimabukuro June was stunned.
"Is this true, Sora?" Mouri Kogoro exclaimed.
"Well, I saw it with my own eyes!" Hoshino Sora nodded with unusual certainty.
"If it is true as Akora said, then Mr. Kadowaki, who had the winning number plate and went to receive the Dugong Arrow, is probably the murderer!" Hattori said with a solemn face.
"That's true, but the problem is that this was just a glimpse of Akora and cannot be counted as evidence. Now that Miss Ebihara is dead, no one knows what number she drew at that time." Mouri Kogoro looked unwilling. But there is nothing we can do about it, "In this case, as long as he refuses to admit it until death, there is nothing we can do."
Hattori frowned and had to admit that what he said was right. Damn it, this was obviously the biggest flaw.
"Hey, don't you believe what I say? Go directly to Kadowaki now." Hoshino Sora said.
"No, we have to have conclusive evidence to prove that the number plate is not his!" Hattori said helplessly, "Otherwise, it will only be a mess."
"In fact, you can know it!" Shimabukuro June said suddenly.
"Really?" Mouri Kogoro and Hattori were shocked.
"Yes, you can know that, because when we sell number plates, we will register the name on the spot and then give the number plates one by one. Therefore, as long as you check the roster, you will know who the person corresponding to the number plate number is." Shimabukuro-kun Hui said.
"Great!" Hattori and Mouri Kogoro were overjoyed.
