The world of science is unscientific

"Just now, there was a woman over there with brown hair and glasses! She kept staring at us."

Door Association Sand Weaving?

Heiji Hattori noticed the broken glass in the door and immediately called out to ask what was wrong. Conan looked at the two girls, "Where's Kimie-neechan?"

"I am here."

Yusuke Suzuki, disguised as Kimie Shimabukuro, appeared, panting heavily. "I just heard Ran and the others screaming. What happened?"

"Ran and the others saw Saori-san!" Hattori Heiji explained, then noticed Shimabukuro Kimie's shrine maiden attire and asked, "Kimie-san, what's your outfit?"

"Ah, my clothes were a little wet. I couldn't find the roster, so I went to change," Yusuke Suzuki said, trying to sound as urgent as possible. "Are you sure that's Saori?"

"It should be right."

Yusuke Suzuki, gripping the railing, shouted, "Saori! Saori! If it's you, come out! There's no danger here!"

Chapter 108 The Mermaid Island Incident Ends

Suddenly, a huge light appeared in Heiji's vision. "Look! Why is it so bright over there?"

"It seems that Saori-san just went in that direction."

"Could it be that......"

Just like three years ago, the shrine's warehouse burned for an entire night, turning to ashes. Finally, a charred corpse was found inside the warehouse.

Last night, after switching identities with Kimie Shimabukuro, Yusuke Suzuki skipped back downstairs and stayed up all night with everyone.

Just now, the forensic police came over and explained the condition of the body. Although it was charred, it was wearing glasses and its clothes were blue, which perfectly matched the characteristics of Kazuya Saori.

"What about the shoes?" Conan suddenly asked.

After a moment's thought, the police officer confirmed, "It should be a boot, even though it was charred."

Heiji and Conan exchanged a glance, feeling increasingly confused.

Did Kazuya Saori kill someone first and then commit suicide?

This case is eerily strange.

They were completely numb.

Knowing that everyone on the island knew the secret of the Longevity Woman, Shimabukuro Kimie stopped pretending to be her great-grandmother and waited for the right moment to let the Longevity Woman disappear naturally.

Shimabukuro Kimie brought breakfast and placed it in front of Suzuki Yusuke. "Is your leg feeling better? I have some medicine here, would you like to try it?"

"No need, it will get better in a few days."

Yusuke Suzuki understood without saying that Kimie Shimabukuro was asking him when he would close the case; she wanted to bring it to a close as soon as possible.

But his response was to wait.

"Okay, let me know if there's anything else you need to know."

After Shimabukuro Kimie left, the two bewildered detectives finally couldn't take it anymore and tried to ask for outside help. They ran over and told Suzuki Yusuke all the information they had so far.

“Yusuke, I’ve pretty much figured out what happened to Naoko. The murderer walked directly from the sea to the agreed meeting place, killed Naoko, and then walked back the way he came, which is why the footprints on the beach are deeper.”

Hattori Heiji explained in detail, and Suzuki Yusuke exclaimed that the young man was teachable.

His weight was much greater than Shimabukuro Kimie's, so using the same technique, the footprints he left would be deeper than Shimabukuro Kimie's.

This was unavoidable, since he was just fast, not skilled in martial arts, so he kept thinking about how to explain this suspicious point.

Well, that's great, Blackie has already thought of everything for him.

He nodded in satisfaction. "That should be right. And then what?"

This time it was Conan's turn to speak.

"Miss Sumi's death must have involved some kind of method. After all, leaving the body hanging on the waterfall from the beginning would have made it easy for people to discover it. To keep the body on the waterfall for a period of time, they must have used something like a swimming ring."

However, we didn't find it. It's likely that the murderer retrieved it. So much time has passed, it's unlikely that we can find it again.

And what about Saori last night...? Why did she appear first and then leave to commit suicide?

After listening, Yusuke Suzuki slowly spoke, "Ms. Kimie."

Seeing that the two seemed a little confused, he went straight to the point, "I didn't hear anything about the Longevity Woman here yesterday, nor did I see her. In fact, has any of you seen her even now?"

"Could it be that?"

“That’s right,” Suzuki Yusuke said, looking at Shimabukuro Kimie who was wiping a table not far away. “The Immortal Mother was actually Kimie in disguise.”

“But,” Hattori Heiji hurriedly asked, “didn’t we hear Miss Kimie’s voice when the old woman appeared the night before last?”

“That was a recording I prepared in advance.” Shimabukuro Kimie walked over with a calm smile on her face. “I did play the role of the Immortal Woman.”

"But, your physiques..."

"Just bend your legs back and keep them in place."

Yusuke Suzuki began to explain that he had to say these things because he had spent the whole day there yesterday, and it would have been very strange if he hadn't discovered something.

“Mr. Suzuki is right,” Kimie Shimabukuro said, looking at Heiji Hattori. “Do you remember what I mentioned on my way back last night? My makeup skills are amazing.”

"Hey, Ms. Junhui, but this makes us suspect that the Kadokawa Saori who appeared last night was you in disguise! Do you even understand the situation?"

Heiji Hattori felt increasingly confused. He suspected Shimabukuro Kimie, since she hadn't left the Ebihara house alone the entire time last night. But if he didn't suspect her, the Kadokawa Saori who appeared last night could only be her in disguise.

Unless... it really was Saori Monkyo who wrote the letter to summon him over, killed those two people, and then committed suicide.

"I don't want to keep it a secret any longer." Shimabukuro Kimie looked up with relief, gazing at the azure sky outside the eaves. "Today I will tell everyone on the island the secret of the Longevity Woman."

At noon, Shimabukuro Kimie summoned everyone to the shrine and publicly revealed the secret she had been keeping.

The younger generation was shocked, but the older generation began to speak up.

"Actually, almost everyone on the island, except for the young people, knows about it."

"We all know that your mother was the one who burned to death in the warehouse three years ago..."

“After that fire, we thought we would never hold the Dugong Ceremony again, but when we saw you dressed up as the Longevity Granny to greet us, we suddenly didn’t know what to say.”

“This island was originally Mermaid Island. Since you are willing to continue being a long-lived old woman, then we are naturally willing to silently help you fulfill your wish.”

"Now it seems that, even though it was for the sake of the island, we still feel very sorry for you, letting you waste your youth on this matter."

"Please forgive us, Junhui."

Tears slowly welled up in Shimabukuro Kimie's eyes. With her revenge fulfilled and no longer burdened by the name of the Longevity Granny and living in her shadow forever, she felt an unprecedented sense of relief.

However, she has no intention of admitting to the murder.

After calming down, she looked around and slowly said, "Three years ago, Saori and the others got very drunk and discovered that my mother was disguised as the Longevity Granny and entered the warehouse. Saori wanted to see if she was really immortal like a mermaid, so she encouraged them to set the warehouse on fire."

Perhaps what has happened these past few days is Saori atoning for her sins.

The following day, Yusuke Suzuki and his group boarded the ship to return home.

Kogoro Mouri was alright, but Blackie and Conan were both feeling uneasy, as they felt the case was more complex than it seemed.

It wasn't until they disembarked and parted ways that Hattori Heiji sighed and said, "Perhaps Saori wrote to me hoping that I could uncover her desire to atone for her sins, and that I wouldn't want her crimes to remain hidden any longer."

"maybe."

Conan's glasses reflected light as he stared at Suzuki Yusuke's retreating figure, lost in thought.

Chapter 109 Nakamiya Ayami

After returning to Tokyo, Yusuke Suzuki stayed home for two more days, spending his days playing with Asuka.

During this time, the bird has completely returned to its original form and has become even more lively, but this has led to the damage of objects.

The cat tree is dead.

After all, it's something produced by Professor Agasa, so it's normal for it to break down.

In the afternoon, Yusuke Suzuki bought groceries, disassembled and packed up the cat tree, and took it to Professor Agasa's house.

After explaining the reason, Professor Agasa went to fix it.

A little while later, Ai Haibara came home from school and was stunned to see him sitting in the living room.

"I am back."

"Ai'er's back," Professor Agasa poked his head out of the room. "How was school today?"

"It's still the same."

Ai Haibara put her schoolbag down, walked over and sat down next to Yusuke Suzuki, and repeated, "I'm back."

"Well, what?"

Yusuke Suzuki seemed a little confused, but it took him two seconds to realize, "I usually live alone, so I'm not familiar with this."

"I'm home" is a basic Japanese greeting and custom.

He has always been a person, and his soul is not Japanese, so he is naturally indifferent to this. That's why even though Dr. Agasa was busy and peeked out, he remained unmoved.

"When you come home from England, don't you say 'I'm back'?"

Ai Haibara stretched her shoulders and looked at Yusuke Suzuki.

"Yes, I can talk, but my dad is always traveling all over the world, and my classmates in England don't have that habit either."

"What about your mother?"

Upon hearing this, Suzuki Yusuke fell silent. In the memories he inherited, his mother was very young, of mixed British and Japanese descent, and left on the night of the original owner's fifth birthday, never to return.

It wasn't until he was 18 that Jirokichi Suzuki told the original owner that his mother had died in a car accident that night.

Seeing that Suzuki Yusuke suddenly fell silent and his expression became somewhat heavy, Haibara Ai realized that her question was a bit sensitive. "I'm sorry."

“It’s alright,” Yusuke Suzuki shook his head, looked Ai Haibara straight in the eyes, and said softly, “She passed away when I was five years old. Her photo is kept at our home in England and was not brought back to Japan.”

He quickly changed the subject, "Did anything interesting happen at school today?"

Ai Haibara thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Edogawa and the others just received a request, but I found it troublesome and made an excuse to leave first. They should be investigating right now, right? Do you want to go and take a look?"

"I'm not going. It'll probably be some boring case again."

Just then, Yusuke Suzuki's cell phone rang.