Akechi Eri laughed out loud, "It's because his expression was too cold and the sense of distance was heightened by the too gorgeous kimono. It was the same when I saw Xiao Ai just now. It felt like I was seeing an exquisite Japanese doll, no? It's like seeing a living little girl. The brother and sister are both so beautiful, and their expressions are so similar. In addition, Mr. Chi is wearing a kimono, but he is not as cute as the little girl. After you see it, you will think of the shrine enshrined in it. Clay puppet.”
Conan suddenly felt that it made sense. Looking back now, Chi Feichi's appearance at that time seemed to be no different from usual.
Haibara Ai thought for a moment, "That's right. It would be weird if Brother Chi wore traditional clothes. The black kimono he wore when he went to Kyoto last time made people feel like a cherry blossom demon. The time before the Twin Skyscrapers, he wore He wears a tuxedo and looks more like a vampire."
"That means Mr. Chi has a very good temperament. I want to see him in a kimono!" Akechi Eri smiled, "You don't have to worry about him misunderstanding you. Just explain it to him clearly when you go back later. This is not a big deal or a nuisance that cannot be solved at all.”
The other four people suddenly felt relaxed.
Mao Lilan smiled and said, "Teacher Huili is really good at comforting people!"
"But let's forget about having a good temperament. He is usually too gloomy," Mouri Kogoro said with a look of disgust. "If he could smile and be more cheerful, he wouldn't be like this..."
"Dad!" Mao Lilan had a black line on her head to stop Mao Li Kogoro from continuing to complain, "What are you talking about!"
"Miss Akechi, is that a shrine there?" Haihara Ai looked at the building not far away, "Can I ask for the guardian?"
"That's right," Mao Lilan looked over, "We can take a guard back and give it to Brother Fei Chi!"
Conan also thought this plan was good and looked up at Akechi Eri.
"It's a pity," Akechi Eri shook his head, "Although every household here worships the Kimono Sleeve God, the shrine has no guardian, because the Kimono Sleeve God is actually also called the Kimono Sleeve Hannya..."
"Kimono sleeve hannya?" Conan wondered.
"This is a legend passed down from ancient times. I heard that there used to be a girl named Xiaohua in this village. Xiaohua was diligent and kind. One day, she saved a samurai who was injured in a fall on the road. In order to repay her, the samurai gave her a lot of beautiful flowers. He gave her the long-sleeved kimono and obi," Akechi Eri said in a soft voice, "Later, the village chief's two daughters deliberately framed her because they were jealous of her, and Xiaohua was taken away by the government, and her kimono was also taken away. The village chief's two daughters were snatched away, and on the night when Xiaohua was executed, the village chief's two daughters spread out the long-sleeved kimonos and obi they had snatched, and were immersed in joy. At this moment, a gust of wind blew out the candles. , Xiaohua’s ghost came to them..."
Mao Lilan knelt down and picked up Kimono Loli Ai. She was afraid and hugged her tightly.
"When the two sisters' families heard their screams and hurried over, the younger sister had already died in her long-sleeved kimono spread out," Akechi Eri continued the story, "and the older sister drowned in the pond in the garden. , with many belts wrapped around her body. The villagers knew that Xiaohua would die with her eyes open, so they helped her build an ancestral hall and regarded her as the patron saint of the village. From then on, no matter where she went, everyone worshiped the kimono sleeve god. Over there is This shrine is called Kimono Sodejin Taisha Shrine, and sometimes she becomes the god of revenge.”
Conan understood, that was the legendary monster-like gods. Not many people worshiped these gods. Not only were there no guardians to pray for them, but they were sometimes used to 'cast curses'.
"You know so much." Mao Lilan sighed.
"It's because I often come to Kotoya Hotel to write," Akechi Eri smiled. "I heard everyone discuss it several times."
"Then..." Mao Lilan's expression suddenly became serious, "Teacher Eri, the kimono sleeve god doesn't have a boyfriend, right?"
Conan, Haibara Ai, and Mouri Kogoro: "?"
Does it matter whether the kimono sleeve god has a boyfriend?
"Yes, there shouldn't be," Akechi Eri was also a little confused and couldn't understand Mao Lilan's focus, "But this doesn't seem to have anything to do with the legend..."
"Maybe it has nothing to do with the legend, but maybe it has something to do with Brother Fei Chi," Mao Lilan put down Haibara Ai in her arms, looked at Akechi Eri seriously, and explained, "We met each other last time we went to Tianbu Mountain. The strange thing is that the goddess they worship is a red-haired girl. On the way, on the train, I saw a red-haired girl next to Brother Fei Chi who was sitting in front. But when I walked up, I found that there was no red-haired girl beside him. people……"
"But didn't I say it last time? It must be an illusion." Conan said.
"But then Brother Fei Chi actually ran up to the Statue of the Goddess alone in the middle of the night, didn't he? Although he said it was to walk Fei Chi, or maybe he wanted to walk alone at night, but I still felt something was wrong. I always felt something strange that day. Something invisible is watching us secretly," Mao Lilan said with a serious face, "I suspect that the goddess wants to seduce Brother Fei Chi. Brother Fei Chi has the kind of physique that easily attracts ghosts in movies and TV dramas. Maybe this time Likewise, when he put on the kimono, a certain taboo was triggered, causing the kimono sleeve god to focus on him. If this continues, the kimono sleeve god might harm Brother Fei Chi!"
Yes, to sum up, Brother Chi is not suitable to come to places with legends, as he can easily be seduced and seduced by those goddesses, kimono sleeve gods, and banshees!
The air is quiet.
Haibara Ai, Conan, Mouri Kogoro, and Akechi Eri looked at Mourilan blankly.
"Okay," Mao Lilan was immersed in her own reasoning, rolled up her sleeves, and walked to the shrine with a determined expression, "No matter what god it is, I must make it clear to her!"
"Hey..." Mouri Kogoro quickly caught up, "Xiaolan, wait!"
Seeing Mao Lilan looking like he was about to smash the shrine, Conan sweated and caught up to remind him, "Sister Xiaolan, I'm afraid karate is useless against the kimono sleeve god."
Mao Lilan thought of various horror legends, slowed down her steps, put down her clenched fists, and said with beady eyes, "I... I just want to reason with her."
Haibara Ai:"……"
It turns out that this is how 'reasonable' is used, so... um... it's fine!
A group of people went up the mountain and entered the shrine, where they found singer-songwriter Harumi Fukatsu standing under a cherry blossom tree.
Harumi Fukatsu said that she had a senior girl in college who liked cherry blossom trees very much. The 'Kimono Sode Sakura' was what the senior girl told her about. She came here this time because she wanted to visit the place the senior girl told her about.
Conan discovered the small shrine dedicated to the Kimono Goddess. Curious, he opened the wooden door and looked inside. At a glance, he saw two 'kimono paper figurines' that were obviously put in recently.
A group of people discovered that someone was 'cursing' and were in no mood to stay any longer.
Mao Lilan was even more imaginative, guessing that the two paper figures were put in by the 'Kimono Sleeve God' to show that 'I want to take away two people', and those two people came here and put on gorgeous kimonos. Chi Feichi and Haiyuan Ai.
It's reasonable and well-founded: because the only people in this village wearing kimonos are Chi Feichi and Haihara Ai, not counting yukata. In ancient times, yukata was just a piece of clothing worn at home, and it was different from kimonos...
Back at the hotel, after listening to Mao Lilan's analysis, Maori Kogoro said helplessly, "How is that possible? There have been so many tourists here over the years, and occasionally people in the village wear kimonos. If the kimono sleeve god sees the kimono, If the people in kimonos were to be taken away, many people would have been killed long ago.”
"Maybe those people's kimonos are not gorgeous enough," Mao Lilan hugged Haihara Ai in her arms, still looking serious, "If it weren't for the festival activities in the big shrine, many people would not be willing to wear this kind of kimono worth millions. Yen kimonos are everywhere, and there are definitely not many people who come here wearing such expensive kimonos.”
"How many million yen?!" Mouri Kogoro took an exaggerated step back and leaned against the window in the corridor. With a look of "Don't scare me", he stared at Mao Lilan and Mao Lilan like dolls. Hui Yuan Ai in his arms.
Haibara Ai:"……"
"That's not the point. The point is that the two of them are in a bad situation right now," Mao Lilan said sternly, "Brother Fei Chi is so handsome, and Xiao Ai is so cute. She looks like a doll when she puts on the kimono. I want to hold Xiao Ai all the time. Sorry, it’s normal for the kimono sleeve god to want to take it away.”
Mouri Kogoro was silent for a moment, then turned to ask Eri Akechi next to him, "Ms. Eri, what do you think of my daughter having a home in the future?"
Mao Lilan: "..."
Good, she's starting to get angry.
Conan lay down in front of the glass window and saved Mouri Kogoro, "Is that house over there also the shrine of the kimono sleeve god?"
Mao Lilan suddenly felt as if she was facing a formidable enemy. She hugged Huiyuan Ai tightly and stayed away from the window.
Mouri Kogoro looked out the window, "That's probably a warehouse."
"No," Akechi Eri looked over, "That's also a shrine dedicated to the kimono sleeve god..."
Two minutes later, at Maori Lan's insistence, Mouri Kogoro and Conan stepped on the snow in the courtyard and went to the warehouse to take a look.
After confirming that there was nothing abnormal or cursing the paper man, Mao Lilan carried Haihara Ai back to the room and supervised Haihara Ai to change into her kimono.
Conan's mission was to see if Chi Feichi was there. He opened the bedroom and saw Chi Feichi sleeping soundly. He closed the door again. As soon as he reached the table, he noticed something was wrong and ran forward again and opened the door with a bang.
"What's wrong, Conan?" Mao Lilan took Haihara Ai, who had changed clothes, out.
"Feichi is just sleeping," Mouri Kogoro, who was sitting at the table, looked over and said with half-moon eyes, "Don't be so nervous."
Conan didn't answer. He squatted beside the bed and reached out to touch Chi Feichi's forehead with a solemn expression.
Chi Feichi was not awakened by the sound of his door opening. Something was wrong. He was either too tired and sleeping too deeply, or he was sick and had been given sleeping pills.
As for the legend about the kimono sleeve god, he didn't believe it at all.
The moment Conan put his hand on Chi Feichi's forehead, Chi Feichi opened his eyes and looked at Conan calmly.
Conan breathed a sigh of relief, retracted his hand and explained, "You didn't wake up when I opened the door just now. I thought you were sick..."
Chi Feichi sat up and raised his hand to touch his forehead, "I don't feel uncomfortable."
Haibara Ai stood at the door. She didn't believe in the legend of the kimono sleeve god. If she wasn't feeling uncomfortable, it would be a good thing to have a deep sleep.
"That's good," Mao Lilan looked at Haihara Ai, "Since everything is okay, let's go take a bath. Leave Xiao Ai to me, and leave Brother Chi to Dad and Conan."
Chi Feichi pulled back the quilt and stood up, looking at the group of people with a calm face, "Did something happen?"
Listening to what Mao Lilan said, it felt like he and Haihara Ai were being targeted by some bad guy.
Mao Lilan sweated, "No..."
Conan's half-moon eyes made it so obvious just now. Chi Feichi must have noticed the problem. It's useless to deny it. "Sister Xiaolan is worried that you and Haibara will be kidnapped by the kimono sleeve god..."
