Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends

The three deduced that the fire three years ago might be murder, but it has been so long that a lot of evidence has disappeared.

The murderer may have fled to the ends of the earth, and the investigation is very difficult.

Of course, it is not without gain. Yuya said thoughtfully: "The reason why the person who attacked Miss Sumi went to great lengths to disguise as a mermaid is to attract our attention to the fire three years ago."

Conan also quite agreed: "It seems that Miss Sumi may have something to do with the fire three years ago. She may know something?"

Hattori Heiji said decisively: "There is no time to lose, let's go ask her now!"

He quickly put the file into the bag and threw it on the table: "Mr. Police, we're leaving first!"

"Hey! Slow down!" The old policeman shouted with a slight smile on his face.

"I hope you can really find out the truth."

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The three rushed to the hospital again.

In this half day, they didn't find any clues, but they ran a lot.

In the ward, Sumi Ebihara was lying on the bed, her face was a little pale, and the pain in her arm stimulated her nerves from time to time. Even the medicine she took didn't work.

She was worried that if she delayed any longer, she would become a one-armed heroine...

Yuya knocked on the door, and a voice of "Come in" came from inside, and she pushed the door open and entered.

Sumi Ebihara was stunned when she saw the three detectives, and said unhappily: "Why are you here again? Have you found a mermaid?"

Yuya said lightly: "I have said many times that mermaids do not exist."

Sumi Ebihara snorted disdainfully, and muttered in a low voice that you are ignorant.

Yuya's mouth twitched slightly. If it weren't for helping Shimabukuro Kimie and not exposing himself, he wouldn't bother to spend so much effort, sending people to pretend to be mermaids, and investigating the case seriously.

You know, it is very difficult to find someone who is good at underwater skills and has a tight mouth.

Sumi Ebihara said dissatisfiedly: "Then what are you here for?"

Hattori Heiji took out his mobile phone, pulled out a photo and put it in front of her: "We want to ask you if you know about the burning of the shrine warehouse three years ago."

"You should know this photo, right?"

The photo in the mobile phone is a photo of the "mermaid" corpse. Hattori Heiji took a photo after getting the permission of the old policeman.

Sumi Ebihara's face changed slightly when she saw the photo. She looked away with a guilty look and said, "I don't know."

Conan narrowed his eyes. He could see at a glance that Sumi Ebihara knew about the fire, but why didn't she want to say it?

Is she directly related to the fire?

Hattori Heiji also saw it, and persuaded her a few words, but Sumi Ebihara was still unwilling to speak.

He looked at the two friends helplessly.

Yuya pondered for a few seconds and said, "Miss Sumi, I hope you can tell us the truth. This is very important for us to find the real culprit who attacked you and ensure your safety."

Sumi Ebihara was stunned: "My safety? What do you mean by this?"

Yuya said calmly: "According to my and Hattori's reasoning, the other party came for you. You were lucky to survive this time, but what about the second and third time?"

"As long as you don't catch the other party for one day, he/she will always look for opportunities to kill you in secret. Can you hide for a while or for a lifetime?"

"Don't say we are not police officers. Even if we are police officers, we can't protect you all the time."

Sumi Ebihara's expression was a little stiff, and she said stubbornly: "Aren't you detectives? I pay you a commission to protect me, that's all?"

Yuya shrugged: "How long are you going to pay? A few days? A few months or a few years? Do you have that much money?"

Yuya and his friends will not stay on Mermaid Island for too long. Sumi Ebihara may continue to find someone else to protect her.

Even though the commission fee for a detective's part-time personal protection is not as high as that of a professional bodyguard, it is obvious that Sumi Ebihara does not have the financial support for such a commission with no end date, and no one would be willing to accept it.

Her face changed for a while, and finally she held a fluke mentality and gritted her teeth to deny that she knew about the fire.

Seeing that they could not get anything out of him, Yuya and the other two left the hospital helplessly.

On the way, Hattori Heiji waved his fist angrily: "Damn, that woman must know something!"

Conan pondered: "It seems that her relationship with the fire is probably not ordinary."

"She even had a hand in the arson?" Yuya took over the conversation.

Conan glanced at him: "Do you think it was not just one person who set the fire back then?"

Yuya shrugged: "I don't know about this, it's all possible anyway, it's just a guess.No evidence is needed. "

Walking out of the hospital gate, Yuya looked back and his sight fell on the window of Ebihara Sumi's ward, where a figure flashed by.

Perhaps, she should be given some more spice.

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After leaving the hospital, Yuya and the other two called the other four girls and planned to go to the mountain behind the Mermaid Waterfall to find the mermaid tomb.

Suzuki Sonoko fanned the wind with her hands and complained dissatisfiedly: "Really, why do you come here to find a tomb? What a broken place, there are mosquitoes and bugs."

After hearing this, Mao Lilan quickly took out the mosquito repellent from her pocket: "Sonoko, use this."

Suzuki Sonoko happily took it and sprayed it while saying: "Sure enough, Xiaolan is considerate, it's really a bargain for Shinichi!"

Mauri Ran blushed and retorted: "Sonoko, don't talk nonsense! "

She subconsciously glanced at Conan and found that his ears were also red, and she felt her ears were even hotter.

Suzuki Sonoko sprayed the mosquito repellent and used it on other people.

Yuya sniffed his nose and asked curiously: "Xiaolan, your mosquito repellent smells a little strange?"

Mauri Ran was stunned, took the bottle and took a look: "It's not expired," and sprayed some on the palm of her hand and smelled it, "The smell is normal?"

Hattori Heiji also frowned slightly: "It seems to have a strange smell, it smells like... fragrant?"

Mauri Ran was stunned, and sniffed her palm again to confirm, but there was still no problem?

Just when she was confused, Toyama Kazuha suddenly pointed to a place not far away and shouted: "Look, is there smoke over there?"

Everyone looked up and saw a wisp of smoke rising slowly behind the bushes.

"Oh no, it won't be on fire, right? " Hattori Heiji ran over in a hurry, and everyone followed closely.

When they got closer, they realized that it was not on fire.

There is a tombstone here, and a bundle of burning incense is placed in front of the tomb. The smoke just now came from the onion incense.

Suzuki Sonoko shrunk behind Mao Lilan: "Why is there a tombstone here?"

Hattori Heiji whispered seriously: "Hey, this is..."

"Ah," Conan nodded slightly, "This should be the tomb of the mermaid, right?"

Yuya walked forward, put his hands together and bowed, and the others followed suit.

Yuya squatted down and looked at the whole bundle of incense in front of the tombstone.

Suzuki Sonoko asked puzzledly: "Why is there a bunch of incense on this tomb? It's so strange. "

Yuya turned around and looked at Hattori Heiji and Conan, and saw the same idea in each other's eyes.

Yuya explained: "In this case, there is usually one person representing a group of people to burn incense, and they will light a bunch of incense."

"And the only people who come here to burn incense are the villagers on the island."

"In other words, the location of this tomb is not as Miss Kimie said, only her great-grandmother knows, in fact, the villagers on the island may know it."

Several girls immediately showed surprised expressions.

Mouri Ran couldn't help asking: "What's going on? Didn't they say that the identity of the body is unknown?"

Hattori Heiji looked solemn: "Perhaps, this body is not unknown, but..."

"Her identity cannot be made public!"