Although there are many tourists coming to the island, most people know that the Dugong Festival is held in the evening.
Therefore, when Ye Gengyi and others arrived at the shrine, apart from a few tourists, there was only a girl in a witch costume, cleaning the courtyard with a broom.
"Burn incense and pray for blessings. Go to the front hall and come back the day after tomorrow. If you want to buy dugong arrows, please turn around. The exit door is over there..."
Shimabukuro Kimie looked up and smiled, and said hello to everyone calmly. After saying this, he just lowered his head to start cleaning again.
At first glance, it seems that it has been summed up through many experiences and the routines are very proficient.
"Uh..." Hattori Heiji sweated, "We are here to find the longevity woman."
"Then you have to wait until night..."
Shimabukuro Kimie raised her head and smiled. Before she could come up with her second excuse for dealing with tourists, Ye Geng stepped directly past Hattori Heiji and came to the girl dressed as a witch and asked:
"How old is Changshou Po?"
"Twenty-seven...ah, no!" Shimabukuro Kime blushed and subconsciously stepped back half a step: "One hundred and thirty years old, my grandma just turned one hundred and thirty this year..."
Ye Geng nodded slightly and said in a calm tone, "We came to the island this time just to meet this Renrui, so...if it's convenient, can I visit her now?"
Shimabukuro Kimie looked troubled, but her tone was still very firm, "No, she is old and not in good health. She should be resting in the bedroom to prepare for tonight's celebration."
"That's it..." Ye Gengyi said, his eyes casually falling in the direction of the backyard of the shrine.
Hey, hey... Are you planning to break in directly?
Hattori Heiji sweated and said quickly: "Well, can we really see the longevity woman at night?"
"Of course," Shimabukuro Kime said; "She worked very hard to give those three dugong arrows their magical power."
"God... power?" Mouri Kogoro's eyes widened, "So, has that old woman really eaten mermaid meat?"
"Eh???"
Shimabukuro Kimie was startled for a moment, then smiled and said: "How is that possible? How can there be such a creature as a mermaid in the world..."
"But, but, what about the Dugong Arrow?" Mouri Kogoro asked.
Shimabukuro Kimie explained: "My late mother said that it was originally called the 'Forbidden Arrow'. Later, because my grandma lived a long life, it was renamed the 'Dugong Arrow'."
Apparently I had a long-lived grandmother, but my mother has passed away...
Thinking about it, Mao Lilan couldn't help but said: "Will the death of your father-in-law be related to the mermaid..."
"It has nothing to do with the mermaid. She and her father were in trouble when they went to sea five years ago." Shimabukuro Kime sighed, "So, only my grandmother and I are left to depend on each other..."
"Then is there anything else you don't know?" Yuan Shan and Ye couldn't help but ask, "For example, if you eat mermaid meat, you will be cursed if you leave the island..."
"Impossible!" Shimabukuro Kime helplessly looked at the two gossip girls in front of him and explained: "I have been to the island by boat with Saori before. Don't you think I'm fine now?"
"What? Follow Saori!"
Hattori Heiji, who was about to leave here and look for clues elsewhere, immediately ran back after hearing these words, "When, when did you go to the main island with Miss Saori!"
"Well..." Shimabukuro Kimie tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Four days ago, because there is no dentist on this island, so Saori went with me."
Mouri Kogoro quickly asked: "How was Miss Saori's mental state at that time? Did she say anything strange to you?"
"In terms of emotions..."
Shimabukuro Kimie thought for a while and said: "Saori was very scared because she lost the dugong arrow... She also asked me to ask my grandma to find a way. No matter how I told her, the curse would not happen. , she felt like she had lost her arrow and was cursed by the mermaid.”
"oh?"
Ye Gengyi suddenly said: "Such a person who is worried that he will be cursed if he leaves the island will actually accompany you to the dentist. So, you two should be very good friends, right?"
"Ah?" Shimabukuro Kime was surprised, "Yes, yes, Saori and I have been friends since childhood..."
"So," Ye Gengyi seemed to fumble for a moment in his pocket, and then took out a necklace, "Can you please take it?"
"Isn't this...not good?" Shimabukuro Kime took it blankly, her mind in chaos.
no response?
Ye Gengyi looked at the 'Exorcist Nemesis' in the other person's hand, was silent for a moment and took it back, "Oh, since you feel bad about it, just give it back to me."
Shimabukuro Kimie: "???"
Others were helpless when they saw that this previously well-behaved and nimble witch was immediately made stupid by Ye Gengyi.
By the way, it's okay if it's for investigating clues, but what kind of operation is it to get back the necklace that was given away...
"Pfft... Jun Hui, what's wrong with you?"
Next to him, a tall and thin woman with shawl hair suddenly walked over, "Is this handsome guy your boyfriend from outside the island?"
"Kotobuki..." Shimabukuro Kimie turned his head in confusion, and was silent for a long time before he came back to his senses, "Don't talk nonsense! They are tourists visiting the island, and we only met for the first time today!"
"Sorry, sorry, I misunderstood." The person known as Shoumei said: "However, it is not good to promote to tourists that there are no mermaids on the island... Especially three years ago, it was really discovered here Passing the body of a mermaid..."
"Three years ago? Speaking of which...it seems that this incident was indeed broadcast on TV, and it caused quite a sensation!"
Mouri Kogoro dragged his chin with one hand and said, "I remember that I found a strange charred corpse in a burning warehouse..."
"No, that's because the TV station's report was too exaggerated," Shimabukuro Kime quickly explained: "Furthermore, many guests have come one after another since then, especially in the few months after the incident happened. There are also many big shots coming from the mainland, and their bodyguards conducted a large-scale search on the island. If there were really mermaids, they would have been discovered long ago."
three years ago?
Ye Gengyi did not listen to her subsequent explanation.
Instead, he thought of the half of the fish spine placed in the black box.
If Renye Karasuma had died 40 years ago, then he could not have sent people to this island to find the secret of immortality after reading the reports from three years ago.
I also tried using the 'Exorcist Buster' on that fish bone, but the result was the same as Shimabukuro Kimie, no reaction at all.
Assuming that the fish bones have lost their immortality effect over time, and this Shimabukuro Kimie does not have the abilities of her grandmother, we can only find out everything until tonight, or sneaking into the backyard of the shrine later. .
However, who put the bones in the utility room of Dusk Villa...
