The shrine was once again full of people, but this time they were all residents of the island. Most of the tourists took the last passenger ship back.
"Jun Hui, I'm really sorry. Even though the island belongs to everyone, we have been enjoying the benefits brought by Changshou Po with peace of mind, pretending not to know the sacrifices of your family. I'm really sorry."
The owner of the small restaurant walked out of the crowd and knelt silently in front of Shimabukuro Kime. In fact, the elderly villagers on the island had always known about the longevity woman, but they deliberately pretended not to know.
Even after the death of the last longevity grandmother, no funeral was held. They had always known that Jun Hui's mother buried her grandmother in the warehouse, so after every celebration, she would quietly go somewhere to pay her respects.
"I'm really sorry!"
The villagers all knelt on the floor, crying silently as they watched Changshou Po lying on the bed with her life and death unknown.
There is only one small clinic on the island. Jun Hui's mother inhaled a lot of smoke and suffered extensive burns on her body. She may not be able to wait for the rescue ship from the island to arrive.
"how come?"
Men Xie Shazhi, who was secretly lying on the door and eavesdropping, was shocked. How could Changshou Po be fake?
The dugong's arrow was obviously made of mermaid bones, how could it be fake? Men Xie Shazhi didn't know where the power came from, but she felt a chill in her heart rushing straight to her forehead.
She didn't care about hiding herself, just pushed the door open and rushed towards Changshou Po who was lying on the bed.
Shimabukuro Kimie was carefully applying plaster to her mother. Her mother's injury was not as serious as it looked, especially after being treated by the police officer.
But they didn't allow her to tell the truth, and asked her to summon all the residents on the island.
In fact, she can pretend to be an old man of her mother, and she even came up with many of the ideas. But now that the police have seen through it, she has no choice even if she wants to pretend to be her mother.
"Get up, don't lie on the bed and pretend to be dead. You must want to monopolize the mermaid's treasure, so you lied to us like this, right?"
Menxie Shazhi grabbed Changshou Po's stinky hair that had been burned by the flames, and shouted at the top of her lungs.
It was a pity that the person on the bed did not respond to her. Instead, the hair she held in her hand fell directly from Changshou Po's head with a tear.
Together with that old, deformed and terrifying face, it fell to the floor.
The middle-aged woman on the bed finally revealed her true appearance, and a pale and familiar face caught everyone's eyelids.
"How could it be Aunt Shimabukuro? This is impossible!"
Menxie Shaori dropped the hair in her hand, as if she had seen something very scary, she huddled up and looked at the kneeling villagers in the house with some despair.
"Saori?"
Shimabukuro Kimie was startled by what happened in front of her, and the ointment placed beside the bed was roughly pushed to the ground by Kadori Saori.
The porcelain pieces shattered on the floor, and her mother fell heavily back onto the bed. Jun Hui felt her heartbeat slow down a beat, and she quickly rushed to the bedside and held her mother in her arms.
"Officer Mochizuki, she was the one who had been following Changshou Po, but there were two other women with her at the time."
Toyama and Ye hid behind Mochizuki and secretly pointed at Menxie Saori who was crying beside him.
There was another commotion at the door, and Shiratori Rensaburo and Sato Miwako walked in with two women and one man.
Mochizuki nodded towards Yuan Shan and Ye, signaling her to be silent for now.
"Jun Hui, are you okay? Changshou Po has eaten mermaid meat, so she will never be burned to death."
Hisumi Umihara and Naoko Kuroe looked at Shimabukuro Kimie who was kneeling beside the bed, and glanced vaguely at Kadokyo Saori who was lying on the ground.
Without waiting for anyone to answer, the two of them pounced on the person lying on the bed. Jun Hui was startled. Fortunately, they were not as abnormal as Shazhi. They just touched their mother's forehead and wrist, and then looked sad. stood up.
Seeing the three people hugging each other and crying, Jun Hui was a little confused. Shou Mei wanted to break up with her a few days ago, but now her face suddenly changed. She really didn't understand what they were going to do.
She used to think that the villagers on the island were all simple and kind-hearted, but now she realizes that people are all profit-oriented. No matter how great the kindness is, it belongs to others, and no matter how small the loss is, it belongs to oneself.
If her mother hadn't been lying here today and hadn't been bumped into by tourists from outside the island, she didn't dare to think whether these people would still say this when she appeared again tomorrow dressed as a longevity woman.
Shimabukuro Kimie raised his head in confusion, looked at the police officers standing nearby, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
Fukuyama Rokuro frowned. The police officer found him just now and only said that he would gather everyone to the shrine.
They were not told what happened at the shrine along the way, or that anyone was injured.
He found Shou Mei and Naoko at home, so there was no way he knew what was going on here.
What's more, he was standing at the door and couldn't see who the person lying on the bed was, but the size alone could prove that it was definitely not Changshou Po. Why did the two of them say that.
"Jun Hui, has something happened to Changshou Po?"
Fukuyama Rokuro nodded towards the villagers who were kneeling in the front hall and walked towards the room. Because they needed to apply ointment to Changshou Po, the villagers specially moved a screen from the back room to block it.
"Humph, we already know who the culprit is!"
Hattori Heiji wiped his face randomly with his sleeve, and later let him, the future famous detective, completely solve the mystery of the case.
Kudo Shinichi was also eager to give it a try. Mochizuki decisively picked up the fan, and in an instant the two children stood obediently against the wall.
"Shiratiao, arrest the three of them."
Mochizuki moved the screen away, Shimabukuro Kimie quickly covered her mother with a blanket, and the villagers in the temple were also a little confused.
Seeing Shiratori Rensaburo who suddenly showed his handcuffs, the three relatives stood up reflexively.
"We are the police, Kadokyo Saori, Umihara Hisumi, and Kuroe Naoko. The three of you are suspected of murdering the longevity woman and are now being arrested according to law. Please come with us."
Shiratori Rensaburo picked up the three crying people from the ground and handed them directly to Chiba who was following behind.
"murder?"
Shimabukuro Kimie looked shocked and looked at the three people being controlled by the police in disbelief. How could this be possible?
"The key on the door was deformed by the fire, and your fingerprints cannot be found on it. However, the plastic bucket you filled with paint was placed in a safe place by that Osaka boy."
The three of them refused to give up and were ready to fight to death. Mochizuki directly presented the evidence. Hattori Heiji, who was originally so bored that he was counting ants, heard his name and quickly stood up straight.
"Who asked her to pretend to be a longevity woman to deceive us? If she hadn't refused to give us the dugong arrows, how could she have been burned to death."
Hisumi Umihara, who had been pretending since she entered the house, suddenly broke out and rushed towards where Shimabukuro Kimie was standing with a ferocious face.
"If you hadn't always looked pitiful and seduced other people's fiancés, why would I have suggested that Naoko bring her own gasoline? It's what we did, and you deserve it."
Mochizuki swallowed. Fortunately, she had prepared a basket of words to tell the truth, but she didn't expect that the most cruel person would be the first to lose his temper.
(End of chapter)
