Stay away from Conan

Chapter 96 Roster

Early in the morning, in a pharmaceutical company in Miwa Town, a girl with short brown wavy hair was about to walk into the door of the company's laboratory.

The girl was wearing a turtleneck burgundy close-fitting sweater, dark gray jeans, and a beige coat. Even without any makeup, her stunning appearance was still visible.

She seemed a little sleepy. The girl yawned and walked to the door. When she was about to enter the password to open the door, two black figures were reflected on the glass door.

The girl who was still a little confused suddenly woke up.

Turning around, he saw two men in black coats and black hats looking at him with cold smiles at the corner of the intersection.

One of them is a tall, muscular man with long silver hair, and the other, a burly man slightly shorter than the silver-haired man, wears a pair of sunglasses.

Seeing the appearance of the two people, the girl's expression changed slightly, turned around completely, and asked: "Leaving now?"

"That's right."

The silver-haired man sneered and said, "Time is running out. We have to arrive before tonight, so just go, Sherry."

Undoubtedly, the silver-haired man and the burly man turned around to leave. The girl frowned slightly, but still followed them with some helplessness.

Arriving outside the door of the pharmaceutical company, a black Porsche 356A was parked here.

The silver-haired man sat directly in the passenger seat, while the burly man flipped the back of the driver's seat forward and let the girl sit in the back seat, then got into the driver's seat and started the vehicle.

Sitting in the car, the girl said nothing. The silver-haired man looked at the girl's expression through the rearview mirror of the vehicle and showed a cold smile.

"What's wrong? This is considered a trip after all, why do you have to look so gloomy?"

The silver-haired man said in a gloomy tone.

"Or are you saying that you are not happy if you are not with your sister?"

Hearing this, the girl's expression changed slightly, and the silver-haired man continued: "I heard that you have met with your sister a lot recently. What, do you have something to discuss with your sister?"

"What's wrong? Do you even care about this? Gin?"

At this point, the girl couldn't help but speak out and replied coldly.

"No, I just wanted to remind you."

The silver-haired man Gin said coldly, "Your duty is to complete the research on the drug as soon as possible. If the process is delayed for something, you know the consequences."

"I have my own sense of discretion in this kind of thing."

The girl said calmly, "It's you on the other hand. Why do you need to bother me when investigating things like Changshou Po? Does the organization want to kidnap the person back?"

"We each have our own tasks, just take care of yourself."

Gin said, "We only have one day, and we have to come back tomorrow. In such a short time, I wonder if you can solve the mystery of the longevity woman's longevity? By then, we won't have the time to care about you."

"Since it is such an important task, we should only give it such a small amount of time."

The girl said calmly, "And why do we have to arrive before tonight?"

"It seems that you have not investigated the news on this island at all, Shirley."

Gin sneered and said, "Tonight is the day of the island's annual dugong celebration, and it is also the day when the longevity lady will appear in front of the public."

"Dugong Celebration?"

The girl repeated with some confusion, "Is this a celebration or something?"

"That's not clear. But it is said that every year during the dugong celebration, the longevity woman will draw three lucky people and give away three dugong arrows tied to her hair. If you can draw that arrow, your mission will be It should be able to be completed successfully.”

Gin said with a half-smile.

"Really? But my mission also mentioned the mermaid's bones. What's going on?"

Seeing that Gin answered her question well, the girl calmly continued to ask.

"That was big news that was on TV, and you didn't know about it?"

Gin said, "Two years ago, there was a fire in the warehouse of the longevity woman. After the fire, the villagers found a skeleton without the lower body in the ruins. It was said that this was the skeleton of a mermaid. And the island was also affected by this incident. It just became popular.”

"In that case, why does the organization ask us to investigate now?"

The girl suddenly said in a serious tone, "Or is my investigation just incidental, and what you are going to do is the main event?"

"Haha, I've said enough."

Gin sneered, as if warning, "If you ask more, you know the consequences!"

The topic ended with this sentence, and from then on, the girl became silent and said no more.

Soon the three of them arrived at the airport, took a plane to Fukui Prefecture, and then took a passenger ferry to the American Island in Wakasa Bay, which the locals commonly call Mermaid Island.

Looking at this remote island, there is an endless stream of tourists today. It seems that there are indeed a lot of people who come here to participate in the dugong celebration.

The three of them did not stay too long on the streets here. After briefly asking the villagers here about the Dugong Festival and the Dugong Arrow, the three of them went directly to the shrine where the Dugong Festival was about to be held, the American Shrine.

At this time, there were only a few tourists visiting the shrine. A long-haired woman dressed as a witch stood in front of the shrine square, holding royal coins in her hand, entertaining the tourists.

"Is this the miko who sells Dugong Arrow number plates?"

Looking at the woman dressed as a miko, Gin said, and then looked at the burly man beside her.

"Vodka, go and buy three number tags from her."

Vodka just responded, but was stopped by the girl.

"It's better for me to do this kind of thing."

The girl said calmly, walked forward and came to the miko.

"Excuse me, did you buy the number plate for drawing the Dugong Arrow here?"

Looking at the girl with short brown hair who came over to ask, the miko smiled and replied: "Yes, that's right."

"Then, please bring three."

"This...because all number plates must register who the buyer is, so one person can only purchase one."

The miko explained with a smile.

The girl didn't say much, but looked at Gin and Vodka behind her.

The witch followed the girl's line of sight and saw the two men in black, and then looked at the girl in front of her. She couldn't help feeling a little strange, and whispered into the girl's ear: "Hey, are they really your friends? "

As he said that, he looked at the two of them with some vigilance.

"What, is it weird?"

The girl said calmly about this.

"Ah, no."

Seeing the girl say this, the miko said nothing more, but took out three wooden number cards and handed them to the girl, and then took out a roster.

"The numbers are No. 47, No. 48, and No. 49. Please register your name."

The miko said.

Seeing the roster that the miko took out, Gin suddenly realized something. He stepped forward, took the roster first, and flipped through it roughly. He found that this roster only recorded the number plates purchased this year and didn't do much. He picked up the pen and wrote the three Chinese characters "Kurosawa Formation" under No. 47.

Immediately afterwards, Vodka wrote the name "Uozuka Saburo" under the number 48, and finally handed the name list to the girl.

It was a little strange that the two people suddenly came up to get the roster, but the girl didn't say anything. She took the pen and was about to write down her name when a name suddenly caught her attention:

Number 44, wise and lofty.

After just one glance, the girl restrained herself from making any unnecessary movements, pretending to be nonchalant, and wrote her name under the number 49: Miyano Shiho.