The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

The people who died in a shipwreck five years ago are still alive and well, not only alive, but even walking like flying.

This made Qin Zhibo have to doubt the specific circumstances of the shipwreck five years ago.

"Who were the dead in the shipwreck five years ago?"

The middle-aged civil servant at the village office was a little surprised by Qin Zhibo's question as a tourist, but with the help of [Social Skills (Speech Skills)], he still told Qin Zhibo the situation.

"There are Shimabukuro Kimie's parents, Fukuyama Rokuro's mother, and Saori's mother. They are all missing at sea."

"What a trick of fate."

The middle-aged civil servant sighed and continued busy with other tasks at hand.

Qin Zhibo frowned, feeling a little strange about the combination of those who died five years ago.

A man takes three women out to sea

While Qin Zhibo was thinking, the aunt who was waiting to apply for documents suddenly said: "Actually, it's not a trick of fate at all."

"They were just cursed by the mermaid, so they had to sacrifice themselves to the sea!"

The middle-aged civil servant glanced at the aunt helplessly and shook his head with a sigh, as if he was used to her being like this.

The Curse of the Mermaid.

Another new word about mermaids, Qin Zhibo quickly asked: "Excuse me, what is the 'curse of mermaids' about?"

The aunt saw that Qin Zhibo was interested in her topic and started talking. She quickly called Qin Zhibo aside and said with a mysterious face: "Actually, just before those four people went to sea, except for Shimabukuro Kimie's mother, Others said they had suffered a stroke and had been bedridden at home for a month without leaving the house."

"But in less than half a month, Fukuyama Rokuro's father abandoned his wife and fled like crazy by boat at night."

"So that kid, Fukuyama Rokuro, told everyone that his father also died in that shipwreck. In fact, it was an act of shame for his father."

"And Saori's father also started to suffer from alcoholism at that time. Before that, he was one of the strongest men on the island."

"Then that morning I saw it with my own eyes as they sailed out."

As she was speaking, the aunt's eyes suddenly widened, as if she recalled some terrible scene.

"That day, I saw with my own eyes that they were all wrapped up in clothes, standing in a row and walking towards the pier."

"At that time, I thought they had all recovered from their stroke, so I went up to say hello, but guess what I saw?"

The aunt made the atmosphere look like a ghost story telling party, and Qin Zhibo shook his head in confusion.

"What I saw was that they looked inhuman!"

"They wrapped their heads in thick turbans, their eyes bulged like frogs, and it felt like their eyelids were not even big enough for them."

"The forehead is much narrower, the nose is almost flat, and the skin is much rougher. It feels like it is all scaly."

"They passed by me, smelling like dead fish, and they almost smoked out my breakfast."

Qin Zhibo was not sure about the appearance described by his aunt, but he was very familiar with the disgusting smell of dead fish.

That smell was exactly what Shimabukuro Keikazu smelled like.

The aunt continued, "Looking at them, it's like looking at three fish standing there after cultivating themselves."

Qin Zhibo caught Hua Dian and asked quickly: "Why are there only three people?"

"Because only Junhui's mother, Naoko, looks like a normal person."

Auntie replied.

Coming out of the village office, Qin Zhibo sorted out the information he had just collected from his aunt.

In the shipwreck five years ago, four people actually died, and three of the four people had suffered strokes before.

During treatment for a stroke, one woman's husband ran away overnight, and another woman's husband learned to drink heavily.

This should be the result of a huge psychological blow.

A month later, the four people went to the dock together. The three people who had suffered a "stroke" had strange looks on their faces, and finally encountered a shipwreck.

If what the aunt said was true, it at least meant that these three people had a strange disease, which caused the husbands of two of them to abandon their wives and children, and their temperaments changed drastically. Only Shimabukuro Kimie's mother never left her.

So these people took the initiative to go to sea by boat, were they seeking short-term life or seeking overseas elixirs?

Qin Zhibo didn't know, but judging from the results, one of the three, Shimabukuro Keiwa, was not dead, which meant that the other two people might not be dead either.

Last night I saw Shimabukuro Keikazu putting incense on the tomb of a mermaid, which meant two things.

The person buried in the mermaid grave should have some direct relationship with Shimabukuro Keiwa. Based on this story, the person he should be most grateful to should be his wife who never abandoned him.

However, Shimabukuro Kimie said that the so-called mermaid graves were buried with tourists who were burned to death in the shrine warehouse fire three years ago. Since the tourists' bodies were not claimed, the shrine helped dispose of them.

If this person is actually Shimabukuro Kime’s mother

Suddenly, Qin Zhibo's pupils shrank, and he thought of a possibility.

In order to verify this possibility, Qin Zhibo still needs to visit around first, and then show his cards to Shimabukuro Kimie at the vigil ceremony for Ebina Sumi in the evening.

After confirming the next itinerary, Qin Zhibo left the village office in a hurry.

At this moment, Conan and Hattori Heiji were in the village asking about Ebina Hisumi's interpersonal relationships, and they also saw Qin Zhibo who had just come out of the village office.

"hey-hey."

Hattori Heiji suppressed a bad smile on his face, "I think the uncle went to the village office to check the lifebuoy we found. He probably didn't find any other clues himself."

Hattori Heiji's "ye" meant that he and Conan's investigation progress had been going around in circles all morning without any progress.

Conan: "."

Looking at Qin Zhibo's vigorous and resolute movement, with no trace of confusion on his back, Conan's thoughts were deeper than Hattori Heiji's.

This time Qin Zhibo has been taking a completely different route from himself in the off-site investigation. This has been the case from last night to now.

At first, Conan thought this was good.

He and Qin Zhibo choose different routes to solve the case. Whoever can find the only truth in the end will be the real winner.

But now that the investigation has progressed, Conan is feeling a little panicked.

It's like a middle-class student and a top-class student comparing answers outside the examination room. At first, the middle-class student was excited about the difference between his and the top-class student's problem-solving ideas.

After all, if two people have the same idea of ​​​​solving the problem and the answer is unique, then there will be no winner.

But when faced with the answer, this middle-level academic found that his problem-solving ideas were completely different from that of the top academic.

Based on past results, middle school students cannot help but suspect that their problem-solving ideas are wrong.

Conan was in this kind of self-doubt now, so he quickly expressed his concerns to his good friend next to him.

"Hattori."

"Are you panicking now?"