I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

The older, middle-aged and elderly islanders stood up abruptly, pointing incredulously at Shimabukuro Ruri, completely unable to believe that they would see a dead person reappear in the shrine.

"Liuli, you're not dead?"

One of the impatient people spoke up in disbelief.

"Weren't you burned to death in the warehouse three years ago?"

These words immediately caused an uproar among the young islanders.

Fukuyama Rokuro asked incredulously.

"They were burned to death in the warehouse three years ago?"

"That's not right, wasn't Aunt Ruri already involved in a sea voyage before that..."

At this point, he suddenly realized something.

Then he said in disbelief.

"The mermaid corpse in the warehouse three years ago was Aunt Liuli?!"

No wonder Junhui seemed so distraught after discovering the mermaid's corpse.

Furthermore, she deliberately had others help bury the body in the Mermaid Forest to prevent others from tampering with it. It turns out it was her mother's body; no wonder she did this...

Hmm? Is something not quite right?

Fukuyama Rokuro's gaze fell on Shimabukuro Ruri.

The former priestess and longevity woman, who looked quite young, as if she were only in her early twenties, had already untied the ribbons binding her thighs and calves, allowing herself to stand up from her kneeling position.

The secret to the so-called disguise as the longevity goddess lies in these two ligatures.

By simply tying the thighs and calves together and walking only on the knees, one can look exactly like a hunched old man. This method can be used to imitate both height and body type.

After all, middle-aged and elderly islanders who have seen truly long-lived women would not point out this issue.

Those young islanders had never seen the real Longevity Woman; they had only seen Shimabukuro Ruri and Shimabukuro Kimie, so they naturally couldn't discover the flaws in the story.

That's why the legend of the long-lived woman has continued uninterrupted.

But that's not what Fukuyama Rokuro was concerned with.

What he was concerned about was why, even though Shimabukuro Ruri's body had already been buried, this person could be dug up from the grave and reappear in their sight.

If Shimabukuro Ruri wasn't burned to death in the warehouse three years ago, then whose body was in the warehouse?

Could it be a real mermaid?

An expression of disbelief appeared in Fukuyama Rokuro's eyes.

Not only that, but other people in the shrine were also discussing it and found it hard to believe.

In that instant, Conan suddenly realized that the situation seemed to be beyond his original expectations.

He peeked out from behind Kogoro Mouri and looked at the face that resembled, but was completely different from, that of Kimie Shimabukuro.

If we say that Ruri Shimabukuro wasn't actually burned to death three years ago...

The secrets hidden behind this heinous murder case suddenly expanded considerably.

Who was the body found in the warehouse three years ago?

If the person who was actually burned to death was Shimabukuro Kimie...

So what were Saori Kadowaki's reasons for targeting her other childhood friends?

Why couldn't he find the Longevity Woman anywhere when the warehouse caught fire?

If the old woman was Shimabukuro Ruri from the beginning, then where did Shimabukuro Ruri go during that period?

Numerous mysteries lingered in Conan's mind.

But he was never able to get a definite answer.

This goes beyond the scope of traditional mystery.

Even the most brilliant detective cannot find the real murderer and the real truth when supernatural factors are involved. Even if the real Sherlock Holmes came here, he might not be able to do it.

Conan quietly reached into his pocket and grabbed the Detective Medal.

He now has the idea of ​​contacting Chen En through the Detective Medal.

Perhaps that big bat that loves coffee can find the truth behind all of this.

But he also had a feeling.

The current situation on the American island was probably orchestrated by Chen En.

Chen En had previously stated that he wanted to find the mermaid's tears.

And now, haven't real mermaids appeared on an American island?

Does this mean that the sound of airplane engines he heard on the beach earlier wasn't an illusion, but rather the sound of real airplane engines? Did Chen En fly his private jet all the way to American Island specifically to obtain mermaid tears?

For a moment, Conan didn't know what to do.

However, just as an uproar broke out inside the shrine.

Footsteps came quickly from outside the shrine, hurried and chaotic.

It's like someone is running.

In the blink of an eye, Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha had already appeared at the entrance of the shrine.

The famous detective from Kansai leaned against the door frame, breathing heavily with some discomfort. He seemed to want to look up and say something to the person inside, but then his gaze fell on the back of Ruri Shimabukuro, who had long, straight black hair.

His gaze lingered briefly on Ruri Shimabukuro's retreating figure.

Then my gaze fell to the side, to the torn-off disguise mask and the straps used to bind the thighs and calves.

Hattori Heiji's expression suddenly became somewhat complicated.

Clearly, just as Conan deduced, the old woman was an imposter.

Moreover, the person playing the role of the longevity grandmother is none other than Kimie Shimabukuro herself.

Furthermore, it seems that Shimabukuro Kimie intends to continue playing the role of the longevity granny, so she came to the shrine, only to be exposed by Kudo using Mori's identity. Now her true colors have been revealed.

It seems that Kudo has won this duel once again.

His speculation may be wrong.

However, just as Hattori Heiji was thinking this...

Kazuha Toyama felt a warm sensation emanating from the mermaid arrow she was holding, causing her to gasp slightly in surprise. The mermaid arrow was pointing straight at Ruri Shimabukuro's back.

This somewhat strange behavior instantly caught Hattori Heiji's attention.

He subconsciously turned his head to look at Toyama Kazuha's hand, wondering why she was making such a strange gesture. Then, following the direction of the mermaid arrow, he looked at Shimabukuro Ruri's back.

I recalled what Chen En and Koizumi Akako had said before.

The next moment, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

He pointed at Ruri Shimabukuro and then stammered.

"Could it be that..."

"Are you actually not Shimabukuro Kimie, but a mermaid?!"

These words were like dropping a high-yield bomb on a shrine.

This instantly made the already noisy atmosphere even more heated.

Conan looked up at Ruri Shimabukuro in disbelief.

Are you kidding me?

Are there really mermaids?!

Chapter 852 The Return: The Milverton Case

Hattori Heiji's words left people bewildered.

Only the younger generation of islanders believe that mermaids exist on the island.

The middle-aged and elderly islanders who have lived on the island for a long time do not believe in the existence of mermaids at all.

But the resurrected Shimabukuro Ruri standing before them seemed to be challenging their common sense.

This made them wonder if they had guessed wrong.

The existence of mermaids, as believed by these outsiders, is the only true one.

Did those older generations actually guess wrong?

"...If you were Shimabukuro Ruri..."

"So you must have used a corpse to take your place three years ago. Where is Shimabukuro Kimie now?"

Conan suppressed his surprise and spoke using the bow tie voice changer.

However, Ruri Shimabukuro did not respond to Conan's words.

She simply turned to look at Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha.

Then his gaze fell on the mermaid arrow in Toyama Kazuha's hand.

She was somewhat surprised that the Mermaid Arrow was in the hands of Toyama Kazuha.

Before coming to the shrine.

She has already met with Kimie Shimabukuro.

Three years later, her daughter had become a qualified priestess.

This made her feel quite gratified.

She already knew about Shimabukuro Kimie's revenge using the legend of the mermaid arrow, and that Shimabukuro Kimie had secretly planned to send three mermaid arrows to her target.

But she didn't expect that another mermaid arrow would fall into the hands of an extra person.