The world of science is unscientific

“It depends,” Shimabukuro Kimie said slowly. “Sometimes I also use the numbers drawn from horse races.”

Everyone was speechless.

Just then, Kimie Shimabukuro's voice came from outside, "Great-grandmother, I've already prepared your bath water."

Upon hearing this, Shimabukuro Kimie turned around and said, "Excuse me, if you don't have anything important to say, I'm going to take a shower and go to bed."

Before leaving, she even gave Toyama Kazuha, who had just been struck by the dugong's arrow, a sneaky scare.

"I'm going back to my room to rest first."

Suzuki Yusuke stood up, but Conan immediately clung to him, "Yusuke-nii, let's sleep together tonight? And Heiji-nii too!"

"No, you can all sleep together. I don't have any special fetishes."

After saying that, Suzuki Yusuke left on his own, leaving Conan and Kuroko staring at each other.

Around 2 a.m., Yusuke Suzuki came out of his room, slowed his pace toward the toilet, and then went around to the shrine's storeroom.

He deliberately slept in the same room as Kogoro Mouri because once his teacher fell asleep, it was practically the same as being dead, and there was almost no chance of him leaving midway.

He and Kimie Shimabukuro had previously arranged a time.

Sure enough, the other party was waiting for him in the warehouse, with the corpse of Kadokawa Saori lying at his feet.

"Can you tell me your purpose now?"

Shimabukuro Kimie has now changed back into normal clothes and is not wearing makeup. Her pure and beautiful temperament is on full display, and her eyes gleam in the moonlight streaming through the small window.

“I need you to do some things for me,” Yusuke Suzuki imitated the voice of the old lady in Shimabukuro, then switched to Kimie Shimabukuro’s voice and continued, “I can also disguise myself and change my voice, I can teach you all of that, I just need you to appear in my place on certain occasions.”

Looking at Suzuki Yusuke dressed in black before her, Shimabukuro Kimie was horrified, and it took her a while to recover. "Is that all you have to do?"

“That’s right,” Yusuke Suzuki said softly, switching back to his own voice. “By the way, it needs to be kept a secret. I’m not the only one who knows about you impersonating your great-grandmother.”

"Who else!?"

"Everyone on the island."

At this point, Kimie Shimabukuro completely lost her composure. "How is this possible!?"

"Verifying this is very simple, isn't it?"

After a moment of silence, Shimabukuro Kimie suddenly burst into tears and recounted how her family had been impersonating longevity women for generations.

Yusuke Suzuki listened quietly, and when he had a chance, he said, "If you agree, I will help you kill Naoko-san, and then disguise myself as you to completely shift the suspicion to Saori Kadokawa. I will also take care of any loopholes that you may have overlooked."

"Why do you know so much?"

Kimie Shimabukuro suddenly realized she had asked so many "whys," wondering just who this man really was...

Yusuke Suzuki did not answer until he saw Kimie Shimabukuro nod, then he turned and left.

As expected, Conan went to the bathroom today and encountered the strange man. After returning to his room and going to sleep, he slowly recalled the whole incident.

Psychological warfare? Absolutely not.

The whole process was just negotiation, like an exchange of benefits.

It was completely different from what he had expected. It seems that the plan he made in a hurry was just like this. After all, before he came to the island, he just wanted to get by with the plot.

The next day, Kogoro Mouri and the others were going to the Ebihara family's house for a memorial service, but Yusuke Suzuki pretended to fall down the stairs and sprain his ankle, thus managing to stay behind alone.

Ran Mouri wanted to take care of him, but Yusuke Suzuki naturally refused.

During this time, Shimabukuro Kimie genuinely thought he had sprained his ankle and came to see him. Taking this opportunity, Suzuki Yusuke explained his plan, telling Shimabukuro Kimie to just attend the memorial service without worry, and that he would handle the murder.

Feeling that it was about time, Suzuki Yusuke disguised himself as Shimabukuro Kimie.

Because of his height, he looks strange when disguised, but fortunately, whether it's the shrine maiden's outfit or the kimono he wears at the memorial service, the hem is very wide. He can squat down and pretend to walk normally, so as long as he doesn't sit down, he's not easily suspected.

Anyway, he had no intention of going inside.

After waiting in the shadows until everyone had gone inside, he used the identity of Shimabukuro Kimie to lure away and kill Kuroe Naoko. Then he took the dugong arrow she was carrying and scattered fish scales along the way until he reached the sea.

The shoes he wore this time were all made of woven fabric and were very small, making them extremely uncomfortable to walk in, but thankfully he could bear it.

After doing all that, he swam directly out of the sea, went ashore, and rushed back to the shrine, where he washed and soaked all his clothes.

Meanwhile, thunder rumbled in the sky as Ran Mouri and Kazuha Toyama discovered Naoko Kuroe's body.

Chapter 107 First Time Wearing Women's Clothing

After taking a few photos of the corpse, Kogoro Mouri remarked, "It seems the time since he died was less than an hour ago."

“Yes,” Heiji nodded, “she must have been strangled before being tied to this fishing net.”

He took out his flashlight and looked at the footprints in the sand. "They are slippers and boots. Miss Naoko is wearing slippers."

After looking around, Conan asked, "Uncle, is Miss Naoko still wearing the dugong arrow?"

Kogoro Mouri quickly searched, his expression turning serious. "I couldn't find it."

“Miss Naoko has unwavering faith in mermaids, and she would definitely keep the Dugong Arrow with her as instructed. So it seems that the murderer took it.”

Hattori Heiji stood up and sighed, "Let's follow the footprints and see if we can find where the murderer is hiding."

He didn't have much hope for it, but what if he did?

Then, they chased him all the way to the beach.

"There seems to be something shiny next to the footprints," Hattori Heiji quickly crouched down to take a look. "What is that?"

"Fish scales!?"

"Actually, Miss Naoko also had two or three fish scales stuck to her body," Conan recalled.

Just then, the county police arrived late. "What are you all doing here!"

"We are investigating this case."

"This is the responsibility of the police in Fushan County!"

The three were speechless. Two cases had already occurred, and they were only arriving now... What was most infuriating was that they weren't allowed to investigate.

Upon returning to the Ebihara family home, Kazuha Toyama heard that the murderer's footprints disappeared at the beach, and there were fish scales around. She immediately remembered what the old lady Shimabukuro had told her the day before.

'If you let go, monsters will build a nest on you; if you're a woman, you'll enter the water and become a mute mermaid.'

Meanwhile, people are having a discussion.

Upon learning that Naoko Kuroe's Dugong Arrow had been taken, Kimie Shimabukuro expressed her concern, saying, "Saori also disappeared after she said the Dugong Arrow was missing."

"Perhaps she has already been murdered." Hattori Heiji felt that the clues in his mind were completely disconnected.

At that moment, the proprietress suddenly spoke up, "Are you talking about Saori? I saw her near Mermaid Falls yesterday morning."

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Heiji Hattori, Conan, and Kogoro Mouri all felt as if they had been struck by lightning. With someone also testifying to this claim, the three of them immediately shifted their focus to Saori Kadoya.

Could it be that Saori Kadoya is hiding from someone's pursuit, which is why she can't appear in front of everyone openly?

Or perhaps the murderer was actually Kadokawa Saori? Probably not, otherwise she wouldn't have needed to write to me to come over.

Hattori Heiji was having a bit of a headache thinking about it.

Kogoro Mori continued questioning Benzo Monk, but did not obtain any valuable information.

"Let's all look for Miss Saori as soon as it's light," the clueless detective thought, realizing there was no point in asking any more questions, so he decided to find her first.

"Kazuha, you must never leave my side." Heiji walked up to Kazuha and whispered. Kazuha was one of the three people who drew the Dugong Arrow this time, so he had to be careful.

Afterwards, the Fukuyama Prefectural Police investigated the people who came to keep vigil that day to see if anyone had stolen Naoko's dugong arrow.

Still nothing.

"Kudo, did you figure something out?" Hattori Heiji asked, leaning closer to Conan.

Conan was also very direct, "I have absolutely no clue. All I can say right now is that the two who died and the missing Saori all believe in the power of the legendary Longevity Woman who ate mermaid flesh."

“If Yusuke were here, maybe he could find some clues that we haven’t discovered,” Hattori Heiji sighed. “It would also be good if we could find out who bought which number plate.”

Kimie Shimabukuro, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but ask, "Is Mr. Suzuki also a detective?"

“No, but like a detective, he also possesses strong insight and reasoning abilities,” Hattori Heiji replied before asking, “I wonder if Ms. Kimie could tell us who the buyer of each number plate belongs to?”

“Of course, I’ll write down all the people with each number on the roster,” Shimabukuro Kimie said, making a gesture as if to stand up. “In that case, shall we go and take a look at the roster now?”

The dark-skinned detective was naturally eager to have him, but after a short while, Kogoro Mouri was drunk and passed out again.

"Honestly, I wonder how Yusuke's foot is doing," Ran Mouri said, feeling annoyed as she looked at her father. At the same time, she remembered that Yusuke Suzuki was still alone in his room, without even having eaten.

On the way back, Shimabukuro Kimie chatted with the two girls and talked about her university days.

When they returned to the shrine, Suzuki Yusuke was sitting at the doorway eating a large bowl of rice.

"Yusuke-nii, you're all better?" Ran Mouri asked, somewhat surprised.

"No, that's why I'm sitting here eating."

Yusuke Suzuki swallowed the last bite of rice, got up, and hopped on one foot to tidy up the dishes, but was stopped by Ran Mouri.

She said apologetically, "I'm sorry, another case just happened, so I got back a little late."

"case?"

Ran Mouri briefly explained the case and tried to help him sit down.

"Thank you for your help. I'll go back to my room and rest. There's nothing I can do to help right now anyway."

On the other hand, Kimie Shimabukuro couldn't find this year's roster.

"Did your great-grandmother take it?" Hattori Heiji looked around, quite puzzled as to why the old lady had never appeared again.

“No, and everyone on the island knows the roster is here,” Shimabukuro Kimie said, standing up. “Just to be on the safe side, I’ll look in another room.”

Just as she returned downstairs, Ran Mouri heard this and offered to help search.

After the three girls left together, Conan and Heiji continued looking at the roster from previous years, and Conan surprisingly discovered the name 'Shiho Miyano'.

He immediately thought of Ai Haibara, but then felt it was probably just a coincidence that they shared the same name.

Just then, screams came from outside the house from Ran Mouri and Kazuha Toyama.

Conan and Heiji Hattori rushed out, asking, "What happened!?"