"Eh? I could be the next victim?"
Shimabukuro Kimie had just handed over the registration list for this year's Dugong Festival to the police when Hattori and others rushed over and informed her that she might be targeted.
"Yes!" Hattori asked, "Miss Kimie, think about whether you have any grudges with anyone. It might have been when you were with Miss Sumi and Miss Naoko."
Shimabukuro Kimie frowned, thought hard for a while and shook his head, "I really can't think of where I offended anyone. Except when I left Mermaid Island and went to the main island when I was in college, I basically stayed there. It’s impossible to offend anyone here.”
"There are no clues..." Although Hattori was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Isn't it Mr. Kadowaki? A police officer came to ask for the roster just now." Shimabukuro Kime said doubtfully.
According to their reasoning last night, Mr. Kadowaki was highly suspicious.
Mouri Kogoro sighed and explained the situation, "Whether Mr. Kadowaki is the murderer of Miss Sumi remains to be further verified, but he is definitely not the murderer of Miss Naoko, because he started from last night to the morning, He has always been with us."
"Naoko...is dead too..." Shimabukuro Kimie's eyes widened in shock.
The police didn't mention this when they came just now, so she thought they were investigating Shou Mei's death.
Hoshino Sora couldn't help but touch his chin. Just like when he saw Miss Shoumei hanging in the middle of the waterfall last night, Miss Junhui was surprised, but she didn't look sad.
Plastic sisters?
Xiaolan and Kazuha felt the same and stepped forward to comfort Shimabukuro Kimie.
"For safety reasons, Miss Junhui must be protected by someone," Mouri Kogoro said.
"Leave it to me, I'm better at being a bodyguard for others." Hoshino Sora volunteered.
Others had no objections to this at all. Who among the people present had the most experience in protecting targets, it was A Kong.
"Akong, Miss Junhui will leave it to you. Let's go look for clues elsewhere. Heye, you can stay here with Xiaolan." Hattori nodded.
Maori Kogoro also warned Xiaolan and was about to leave.
Xing Yekong stepped forward, leaned over, and reminded in a low voice: "You can check, what is the relationship between Miss Junhui and her playmates from childhood to adulthood?"
Hattori frowned and asked, "Akong, what do you mean?"
"It's not interesting, I'm just a little suspicious and it feels weird." Hoshino Sora couldn't tell the details, but just asked them to pay attention.
"Hey, are you suspecting that Miss Junhui is the murderer? This is too outrageous!" Mouri Kogoro shook his head and disagreed with this.
Hattori, like him, did not believe that Miss Junhui could be the murderer.
"This is not what I said, it was you who said it yourself. In short, please pay attention. I always feel that Miss Jun Hui is hiding something. She is too calm about the death of her friend. After all, she has been playing around since she was a child. Partner..." Hoshino Sora said.
"Sometimes people's sadness is not shown on the outside. You are still too young." After that, Mouri Kogoro asked Hattori to leave.
…
Before noon, rumors were spreading around the island and people were panicking.
The residents of the island knew that Kadowaki Benzo exchanged the number plate he picked up for the Dugong Arrow, so they also knew that Hisumi Ebihara was the one who actually drew the Dugong Arrow.
But just such a person who was drawn died miserably, and she was not the only one, another Naoko Kuroe who was also drawn by the dugong arrow also died.
All of a sudden, the residents of the island panicked. Why did the dugong's arrow, which was originally intended to be auspicious, turn into an arrow that kills people?
Many people of the older generation suddenly remembered the incident three years ago, and their expressions changed. Then they gathered together. After some discussion, they guessed that the resentful spirits might be dissatisfied with the reason why they continued to hold the Dugong Festival, so launched a revenge.
They all know that the mermaid is fake and the goddess is fake, but the resentful soul... that person was burned alive, but he was buried as a mermaid without even a tombstone with his real name. How can he rest in peace? ? Is it possible to be without resentment?
Three years ago, the person who was burned to death in the warehouse, except for the younger generation, all the other older people knew that she was Jun Hui's mother, a great woman who devoted her whole body and mind to the development of Mermaid Island. .
"Those who died are all those who were hit by dugong arrows this time. This is the clear sign of Jun Hui's mother's resentment. She has already warned us to stop this tragic activity!" an old woman said sadly. , "We can't let Jun Hui take advantage of her youth anymore!"
"But now that the Dugong Festival has been carried out, it is no longer something we can change. It has already involved too many big figures in the political and business circles. Once they find out that Lord Goddess is a fake, Jun Hui will definitely bear the brunt. Her future It will be destroyed!" An old man couldn't bear to say, "I can't imagine what he will face, it's too scary."
Everyone was silent, which is why they all remained tight-lipped after seeing Jun Hui playing the role of the Goddess the day after her mother was burned to death.
It was really too involved and beyond their scope to handle.
"But if we don't stop, how can we appease the anger of the resentful spirits?"
Everyone was silent again.
"So that's it. The mermaid incident that made a big fuss that year turned out to be Miss Jun Hui's mother. Alas, I ignored this before. I clearly saw Miss Jun Hui bending her legs to play the role of a goddess, but I was so stunned that I didn't think of it. The legless corpses reported on TV! Of course they had legs, but they were bent, and they happened to be smashed by a pillar!"
Just when everyone was silent, a strong voice came from outside the door. Everyone looked towards the door in shock, and then the door was moved away.
Hoshino Kongshi walked into the house casually. By chance, he looked around on the roof of the temple, and then found a group of old men and old ladies gathered in a place. Their behavior was very suspicious. Out of curiosity, He followed up to take a look, and found something unexpected.
The widely circulated mermaid bones turned out to be the bones of Miss Jun Hui's mother. This was indeed unexpected. Mainly because Miss Jun Hui mentioned that her parents had passed away for five years before, so she didn't think about it at all.
"Everyone, do you want to stop the Dugong Festival?" Hoshino Sora asked with a smile.
"Uh, who are you?" an old man with a goatee asked loudly.
"My name is Hoshino Sora, and I am a detective." Hoshino Sora replied.
"How can you, a detective, eavesdrop on our conversation?" someone said dissatisfied.
"Oh, I saw you gathering together in a panic. I thought something had happened, so I came over to take a look. I didn't mean it... Stop talking about this. Do you want to solve the problem?" Hoshino Sora asked. .
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