The store manager glanced at Naoko Kuroe and felt a little tired.
Mermaids, fates, etc. are all fake. They have always been pretended by the women of the Shimabukuro family. Apart from her, many old people on the island know about this.
But even if they knew it well, they pretended to be confused because they were afraid that speaking out would expose the matter, so they did not tell these things to their children.
There was a fire in the warehouse three years ago, and they had planned to give up holding the Dugong Festival. However, when they found out that the only remaining daughter of the Shimabukuro family planned to continue pretending to be her fate, for the sake of profit, they still chose to pretend to be confused and unanimously reported the matter to the police. Pressed down.
The geographical location of the American Island is very remote, and there is no industrial backbone. Most of the islanders make a living by fishing. Although the Dugong Festival does not stimulate much economic development, when the festival is held, a large number of people flock to the island. The tourists inside can still make them a lot of money.
The gift shop she opened relies on tourists to survive.
After all, it is still a matter of profit, and no one would be willing to let this extra money disappear.
"Jingle Bell!"
At this time, the crisp doorbell suddenly rang at the door of the store.
"welcome!"
After retracting her thoughts, the store owner's mother raised her head warmly and said hello, but when she saw the appearance of the person who came, she couldn't help but be slightly startled.
It was a strange-looking man wearing black clothes.
As for why she said she looked strange... Although she was not someone who would discriminate against other people's looks, that person was really too dark!
It's simply darker than the dark-skinned boy I saw before!
[Hattori Heiji: Are you still blaming me if I’m not here? 】
"Can't see clearly... it's pitch black..."
Kuroe Naoko turned pale and couldn't help but swallowed: "The ghost of the mermaid?!"
"Naoko Kuroe?"
After hearing this, Fujino silently took out the electric baton from his pocket, walked forward slowly, and asked in a dull voice.
"Don't come over here!"
Kuroe Naoko shouted, grabbing the dugong arrow hanging on her chest and waving it in front of her indiscriminately.
Dugong arrows are just like arrows. The arrows are not sharp, but they can still scratch people.
Fujino narrowed his eyes slightly, catching the dugong arrows that were constantly flashing silver light, and nimbly dodged the opponent's random attacks.
At the same time, the electric baton in his hand was raised high at the right moment and then dropped.
"Zi Liu!"
Following a sharp burst of electricity, the large black electric baton hit Kuroe Naoko hard on the forehead.
Just for a moment, she felt dizzy, and then she was knocked unconscious by a large, black electric baton with electric light.
"Tsk..."
Fujino lowered his head and glanced at Kuroe Naoko, who was lying upright on the ground, then looked at the electric baton in his hand that was faintly flashing with electricity, and clicked his tongue.
With the experience of knocking people with a wooden knife, it is very fast to get started with the electric baton.
Moreover, it also avoids the embarrassment of knocking people unconscious from the source.
The electric baton is still useful...
Feeling secretly in his heart, Fujino put away the electric baton, then skillfully helped Naoko Kuroe up, put her butt forward on his shoulders, turned around and pushed open the store door to leave.
Store manager: "..."
At this time, she didn't realize what happened.
After all, it all happened so suddenly. From entering the door to taking out a set of electric batons and taking them away, the entire operation process took less than ten seconds.
Anyone kidnapped in broad daylight would be confused, right?
"Ah - a human trafficker!"
After regaining consciousness, the store manager's mother let out a piercing scream.
This scream successfully attracted the attention of passers-by outside the gift shop.
"Human trafficker?!"
"Hey, that person should be Naoko, right?"
"That black man seems to be the guy who kidnapped Saori and attacked Sumi!"
"Damn it, you dare to kidnap our people on our American island! Copycat!"
The eyes of the surrounding villagers were attracted, and they immediately spotted Fujino carrying a large living person.
Realizing that something was wrong, they all picked up what they were doing and gathered around excitedly.
"Good guy...a kitchen knife, a wooden stick, and a broom?"
Fujino looked around and his eyebrows twitched slightly.
These fellow villagers are really tough in their folk customs...
If I were caught by this group of people, I would probably have to light a sky lantern directly, right?
No, why is he an adult trafficker?
…………
On the other side, everyone came to the door of Men Xie's house.
Compared to the Shimabukuro family, the house of the Monsuke family is obviously larger and has a much newer style.
"What are you looking for me for?"
Monkyo Benzo was wearing an old black suit, with a hangover look on his face. He burped and opened the door, asking everyone in a bad tone.
"Mr. Men Xie."
Mouri Kogoro walked up and said hello: "We have something to ask you."
"Ask me something?"
Monkyo Benzo was a little confused: "What's going on?"
"It's about the dugong arrow last night."
Hattori Heiji suddenly interrupted with a serious tone: "You should be aware that names are drawn every year on the island, but on that list, we didn't find your name...the arrow last night What was recorded was the name of Miss Ebihara Hisumi who was attacked, so how did you get your number plate?"
"Well……"
Monkyo Benzo's expression suddenly changed when he heard this.
In his drunken state, he was somewhat delirious.
But he can still clearly distinguish the seriousness of this kind of thing.
If it cannot be explained why the number plate was in his hand, then it means that he is the murderer who attacked Hisumi Ebihara.
"I picked that up!"
Monkyo Benzo's tone increased a bit: "I was walking in the forest last night and picked up this number plate!"
"I picked it up, are you kidding me?"
Although he was a big drunkard, Mouri Kogoro obviously would not believe what the big drunkard said, so he stepped forward and grabbed him by the collar, and asked with a suspicious look on his face: "How come you can pick up everything by such a coincidence? "
"Okay, Brother Maori!"
Fujino stepped forward and persuaded: "We are not sure yet that he is the murderer."
"snort……"
Mouri Kogoro snorted coldly and let go of his hand: "Then after he picked up the number plate, why didn't he return it to Miss Sumi, but went back to the festival to collect the arrow?"
"I think you must be doing it for money, right?"
He continued to say in a deep voice: "In order to get that arrow, I sold it for money and then knocked Miss Shou Mei unconscious."
"ah?"
Monkyo Benzo was stunned when he heard this, "Sell it for money...I won't do it for that arrow...after all, I just sold one yesterday..."
"Um?"
At this time, Hattori Heiji noticed his blind spot: "You said you sold one yesterday?"
"That's right!"
Monkyo Benzo replied without thinking: "I just sold an arrow yesterday and made one million yen. I'm not that short of money now."
Mouri Kogoro was stunned when he heard that an arrow could be sold for one million.
I didn’t expect this broken arrow to be sold for one million?
Apart from being shocked, he also felt a little sour in his heart.
"The arrow you sold must have been woven by Men Xie, right?"
Fujino suddenly asked: "And the person who sold it was an old couple."
"Ah, that's right."
Monkyo Benzo did not deny this: "How on earth did you know who I sold to?"
"Miss Junhui once said before that our code tags were returned by an old couple."
Fujino thought for a moment, "If you think about it simply, you should have sold the arrow to the old couple, and then the old couple returned the number plate and gave it to us."
"Then those two are really unlucky."
Monkyo Benzo joked: "It was a waste of one million yen to buy such a illusory thing."
"It's too much..."
Toyama Kazuye lowered his head and glanced at the dugong arrow on his neck, and said a little unfairly: "It is obviously the arrow that Miss Saori finally managed to draw."
Xiaolan also nodded in agreement, expressing some dissatisfaction with Monkyo Benzo's behavior.
Everyone looked at Monkyo Benzo with contempt.
"I'm free to do whatever I want, right?"
Monkyo Benzo felt a little unhappy when he saw the disdainful looks he received from everyone: "The one I sold was indeed the one my daughter drew a year ago, but so what, I'm his father! "
"If that's the case, then it means you have intentions for that arrow, right?"
Mouri Kogoro cast suspicious eyes on Monkyo Benzo: "You must have tasted the sweetness, that's why you attacked Miss Sumi and planned to take that arrow and sell it for money!"
"I told you, I picked it up!"
Monkyo Benzo became a little impatient.
But before he could continue speaking, there was a sudden burst of noisy shouting from behind.
"catch him!"
"Don't let him get away!"
"Catch the traffickers!"
Everyone was stunned when they heard the sound.
Looking back curiously, he saw a black figure running from a short distance carrying a woman on his back.
Behind him were a large number of islanders holding various 'weapons' in their hands.
The number of people also evolved from a few people at the beginning to a team of dozens of people.
Everyone was stunned: "..."
The scene was so shocking that for a moment people didn’t know what to say.
Conan: "..."
Hattori Heiji:"……"
Are all Xiaohei so brave nowadays?
Dare to kidnap in broad daylight...
He was also chased by a lot of people.
"That person seems to be carrying Naoko on his shoulders!"
At this time, Shimabukuro Kime came to his senses and reminded him repeatedly.
"What?!"
Hattori Heiji was stunned when he heard this and looked at it carefully: "It seems...is it true?"
At this time, Conan on the side had already reacted.
After taking a look at Xiao Hei whose face could not be seen clearly, and Naoko Kuroe who was carried on her shoulders.
Conan was able to confirm that Xiao Hei was definitely the real culprit in this series of cases.
Making a prompt decision, he glanced around and began to look for his electromagnetic gun weapon.
Soon, he found a classic cannonball - a flower pot.
Conan immediately moved the flowerpots down and set them up, then opened the power-doubling shoes under his feet and kicked them out.
"Peng!"
With a loud noise, a dazzling white light shot out and rushed straight towards Xiao Hei who was carrying Naoko to escape.
"It's this kid again..."
Fujino and Xiaohei both glanced at Conan and felt a little speechless.
How come this kid always finds something he wants to kick...
And the flower pot...
Are you sure the flower pot you kicked out won't kill someone directly?
Thoughts only last for a moment.
Fujino believed that his physical strength was still not enough to compete head-on with a flowerpot that accelerated to at least 200 kilometers per hour.
So, Xiao Hei made a big jump, turned around gracefully, and jumped to the wall nearby.
The flowerpot hit the wall uncontrollably, and after a loud noise, a big hole was made in the stone wall.
Hattori Heiji lowered his head and glanced at Conan: "..."
You should die if you get kicked by this thing, right?
He was also shocked by the fact that Conan kicked the flowerpot without saying a word.
"He is the murderer who kidnapped Sister Men Xie and attacked Sister Shou Mei!"
Conan immediately rushed forward and joined the team chasing Xiao Hei.
And everyone who reacted followed him without even thinking.
…………
American shrine.
"It's almost time for everyone to arrive now, right?"
Fujino placed Kuroe Naoko on the roof of the shrine and looked back at the more than a hundred people in the shrine courtyard behind him.
As you chase after me, the team of dozens of people gradually grows larger.
From the gift drop to the shrine, the team turned into a team of hundreds of people in the end.
Xiao Hei ran in front, and a lot of people were chasing behind him.
Comparable to a major marathon.
Of course, this is what Fujino has already calculated.
If he wanted to escape, he could simply get rid of these people.
However, his purpose was not to simply attack Kuroe Naoko and then leave.
He wants to reveal the truth about the island.
After retracting his thoughts, Kuro Fujino took out the electric baton from his pocket and hit Naoko Kuroe on the leg.
"ah--!"
With a cry, Kuroe Naoko was awakened from her coma by the pain.
This operation naturally aroused the anger of the islanders.
Everyone was excited and planned to set up a ladder to catch Xiao Hei.
"This guy has gone too far, hasn't he?"
Among the crowd, Hattori Heiji looked at Xiao Hei standing on the roof and frowned.
Conan on the side also raised his head, barely looking through the crowd at Xiao Hei, and began to think quickly about how to save the current situation.
Based on the current situation, he had no doubt that Xiao Hei would be beaten to death by the angry islanders.
He didn't really want to see this happen.
Even if the other party is a kidnapper and an attacker, the right to impose sanctions should not be given to the islanders, but to the police.
If he beat someone to death now, it would be completely unacceptable to him.
(End of chapter)
