Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

"Three years ago, Kadowaki Saori and her two friends got drunk, locked the 'woman pretending to be a grandmother' who was the sign for the island, and then set fire to her and killed her."

"The skeleton found in the fire scene in that unsolved case was what was left after the woman was burned."

"The humans on the island who knew the truth about the Longevity Lady collectively chose to remain silent after seeing that 'the woman's daughter' take over as the current 'Longevity Lady'. As a result, the three criminals who joined forces to burn 'the woman' to death became the 'Longevity Lady's' fanatical followers without any psychological burden."

"What a tragedy." Kotoko Iwanaga leaned on the railing with a gloomy face and told Taichi and Akane Shinjo the news she had heard from the monsters.

"Does that woman's daughter know the truth about her mother's death?" Taichi looked at Akane Shinjo, then looked at Kotoko Iwanaga and asked.

The detective's plot has undergone a huge change.

Saori Kadowaki, who was supposed to have died at the hands of the Avengers, inexplicably "died of old age" near the "spiritual field".

Taichi didn't know whether it was Shimabukuro Kimie who entered the "other world" and sent the assassin, or whether it was Saori Menwaka who was so unlucky that she didn't have time to be killed by the Avengers, but died in "another accident" first.

"A monster living in the home of 'that person's daughter' saw it," Iwanaga Kotoko replied, "Not long ago, near the shrine, that Kadowaki Saori exposed herself in front of the 'daughter'."

"And 'that man's daughter' has recently been secretly planning to kill those three people to avenge her mother. But before the plan could be implemented, Kadowaki Saori died first."

"This is really... I don't know whether to say it's good luck or bad luck." Xin Tiao Qian scratched her earlobe and murmured.

"However, the people of the island continue to gain benefits by keeping silent and deceiving their 'daughter'... This island really makes people feel cold."

"Tomorrow is the 'Dugong Festival'. Do you want to go and see it? This festival supplies blood for the entire island by squeezing the ancestors of a family." Iwanaga Kotoko looked at Taichi and Shinjo Akane and asked.

"Not interested." Taiyi shook his head to refuse.

"Since the people on the island have chosen to remain silent, let the 'outsiders' speak!" Xin Tiao Qian clenched her fists and said, "I plan to wake up that 'daughter' before she kills someone with her own hands."

"Together." Taichi raised a hand towards Shinjo Akane.

Snapped!

Two palms become one!

"Take me with you!" Iwanaga Kotoko came over with a smile and raised her hand. "The spiritual field is there and won't move. You can check it anytime, but it's urgent to wake up a deceived person and prevent her from ruining the rest of her life because of the island residents' deception!"

Even though Iwanaga Kotoko had witnessed many tragedies after becoming the 'God of Wisdom', she was a little broken this time.

My goodness, except for the young people who are not aware of the situation, everyone on the island is trying to trick the Shimabukuro family.

After cheating the great-grandmother, he cheated the grandmother, and then the mother and daughter.

Chapter 11: Mermaid Island Incident (Part 3)

American Island, American Shrine.

"Rather than calling it a shrine, it's more like a den of monsters." Taichi looked around and couldn't help but twitch his mouth. "Just because this shrine doesn't enshrine a specific 'god', these monsters are so arrogant?"

Well, although he doesn’t usually talk to people, Taichi’s eyes can see the residents of another world.

At this moment, within his sight, there were at least dozens of monsters of all sizes running around in the shrine courtyard.

"It's a bit too arrogant indeed." Iwanaga Kotoko nodded in agreement, "No wonder so many monsters know the secrets of the Shimabukuro family."

"Hey, are you three tourists?" A young woman in a shrine maiden's costume appeared from the corner with a broom in her hand. She immediately saw Taichi and the other two who were staying near the entrance of the shrine.

"The real boss is here." Kotoko Iwanaga pressed the beret on her head.

"Well, I heard there was a 'Dugong Festival' on this island, so I came to take a look." Taiyi answered as he looked at the young and beautiful sister in front of him.

"Well, that's a pity." The elder sister Miko tilted her head in confusion. "You three are a little late. The 180 number plates have already been distributed."

"Ah, then could you please let us in and sit for a while?" Iwanaga Kotoko put on a bright smile and asked the elder shrine maiden.

"Oh, of course."

……

"Please have some." The building next to the shrine is the Shimabukuro family. After Shimabukuro Kimie led the three "tourists" into her house, she made a few cups of tea and brought them over.

"Thank you."

"Ms. Shimabukuro, how much do you know about the secret between the 'islanders and the longevity lady' and the 'death of Saori Kadowaki'?" Iwanaga Kotoko suddenly asked.

"...Huh?" Shimabukuro Kimie was stunned for a moment, then looked at the three people in front of him in a daze, "Could it be that you three are not here for the 'Dugong Festival', but for the truth behind Saori's bizarre death?"

"No, in fact, we only learned about the mysterious death of an islander when we were on our way to the American Island." Taiyi picked up the teacup and blew a few breaths before answering, "But we didn't come here for the Dugong Festival, that's true."

"It's just that we were outside just now, and there were so many people around, so it's not easy to say anything." Xin Tiao Qian touched her earlobe and added.

"Is that so..." Shimabukuro nodded as if she understood. "Saori's death was indeed strange. Now everyone is still unable to get over the shadow of Saori's death. Some people have even become neurotic because of it."

Shimabukuro Kimie was referring to the other two of the trio who set the fire and killed her mother.

Because the death of Saori Kadowaki was too bizarre, the two of them unanimously believed that the "mermaid" who was burned to death by the three of them three years ago came back for revenge.

Now they are still worried that they will suffer the same fate as Saori, so they stay in their homes and dare not go out.

This also directly led to the failure of her original murder plan before it even started.

"However, because of what happened to Saori this time, everyone on the island decided to make this year's 'Dugong Festival' more grand." Shimabukuro Kimie continued, "So the preparations for the 'Dugong Festival', which were originally supposed to start tomorrow, have already started today."

"Well, my great-grandmother will be working harder than usual because of this. I really hope everyone can be a little considerate of the health of a 130-year-old woman."

"It seems that you really don't know yet." Iwanaga Kotoko looked at Shimabukuro Kimie's expression carefully, and after confirming that she really didn't know, she sighed helplessly.

"Know what? The cause of Saori's death? Indeed, I have no idea what happened." Shimabukuro Kimie scratched her hair in embarrassment. "If it was before, I would have thought that Saori had some strange disease, but she was unlucky these few days. The disease broke out all at once, catching us off guard."

"But now... Ultraman and the monsters have appeared. Even if there are some monsters that can suck people's vitality, it is not impossible."

“The world is changing too fast.”

"That's not what I'm talking about." Iwanaga Kotoko shook her head and explained calmly, "What I'm talking about is that you really don't know that the older generation on this island actually knows the truth about the longevity lady."

"...Hey?" Shimabukuro Kimie was stunned, "What did you just say?"

"The woman of the Shimabukuro family has been impersonating the Longevity Lady for generations. Almost everyone on the island knows about this, except the young people," Iwanaga Kotoko replied.

"…You must be kidding." Shimabukuro Kimie looked incredulous.

"In addition, they all know the truth that the skeleton that was burned to death in the warehouse three years ago was actually your mother," Iwanaga Kotoko continued.

The expression on Shimabukuro Kimie's face twisted for a moment.

"Why do you know?"

"Whether it's about my mother or about everyone on the island knowing the truth about the longevity lady." After Shimabukuro Kimie pulled her thoughts back, she looked at the three people present with an expression that was almost about to collapse.

How could she not trust her fellow villagers on the island who took good care of her, and instead trust a stranger who she didn't know where he came from!

Even if these people told the truth about Changshou Po!

But the dilation of her pupils revealed the fact that she was desperately trying to stuff her will into her shell.

"Do you want to see it?" Iwanaga Kotoko's lips curled up slightly, "The truth of this world."

"What do you mean?" Shimabukuro Kimie looked at Iwanaga Kotoko warily.

Her senses kept warning her not to listen any further and to quickly send these three people away.

But reason...the voice from her heart urged her to continue listening.

"Wait! Kotoko-chan, are you sure you want to do this?" Although she didn't know what method Kotoko Iwanaga had, Akane Shinjo understood her idea of letting Shimabukuro Kimie see the existence of monsters.

"Well, although this method is just a new means of clairvoyance that I discovered after the Shibuya incident, I have also conducted many experiments in advance. It is very safe and will not leave any sequelae." Kotoko Iwanaga turned her head to look at Taichi and Akane Shinjo and explained in advance.

"Of course, if it's because of personal cowardice or suspicion that leads to emotional out-of-control or nightmares, I can't guarantee it." Kotoko Iwanaga took out a small bottle of eye drops from her bag and placed it in front of Shimabukuro Kimie's desk.

"If you want to see the other side of this world, just drop a drop on your eyeball."

Kotoko Iwanaga gave the choice to Kimie Shimabukuro.

Chapter 12: Mermaid Island Incident (Part 4)

It is a condensed liquid formed by purifying the miasma of the underworld and combining it with earth veins and various spiritual means.

To be honest, it's not that precious. After all, it cost nothing for Kotoko Iwanaga to make it.

All of them were made by her by exploiting the monsters' demonic power, spiritual power and labor.

"Is just one drop enough?" In order to prove the innocence of the islanders, Shimabukuro Kimie took the small bottle of coagulant in her hand and asked without hesitation.

"One drop in each eye is enough." Iwanaga Kotoko nodded and replied, "The effect will last for forty-eight hours."

"Kotoko-chan! Can you give me two drops too?" Akane Shinjo asked with shining eyes as she looked at the bottle of coagulant in Shimabukuro Kimie's hand.

"I'll give you that bottle." Iwanaga Kotoko glanced at Akane Shinjo and replied, "Although we can't mass-produce it, this bottle will only make the monsters work three more hours."

"Kotoko-chan! Thank you so much!" Akane Shinjo rushed over, hugged Kotoko Iwanaga's head and pulled her into her arms.

At this time, Shimabukuro Kimie was tilting her head back and dripping the condensate into her eyeballs.

When I heard the word "monster", my hands couldn't help but tremble.

The condensed liquid, which was originally a little bit upward, fell down and dripped onto Shimabukuro Kimie's eyeball because of this shake.

"Hiss—" Shimabukuro Kimie immediately reset her head, closed the eye that was dripped with condensate, and stared at Iwanaga Kotoko with the other eye, "Is it really a monster?"

"You'll know if you open your other eye." Kotoko Iwanaga felt a sense of desolation because her head was resting on the soft piece of flesh, so her attitude was rather unfriendly when she responded to Shimabukuro Kimie.

Shimabukuro Kimie slightly opened the eye that had the condensed liquid on it.

Then his eyes widened instantly.

The first thing she saw were the two black and white cute animals floating beside Iwanaga Kotoko, which looked like Q-version pets.

"Those two are...what?" Shimabukuro Kimie asked, pointing at the two cute beasts with trembling fingers.

"Oh, these two?" Iwanaga Kotoko placed her hands on the heads of the two cute beasts and rubbed them for a few times. "They are a kind of demon fox. In the demon world, they are considered rare and almost extinct."

"…Are monsters so cute?" Shimabukuro Kimie had some misunderstandings about monsters.

"No, not at all." Iwanaga Kotoko said and snapped her fingers.

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes! Your Highness! I'm here!" A little monster jumped down from the ceiling.

This little monster is not only ugly, with a face that resembles a fish and a frog, but also a bit ferocious.

"These are the monsters that live in your shrine," Iwanaga Kotoko introduced. "Since I entered the shrine, I have discovered at least a hundred monsters. This place is simply a home for monsters."

"Well, because the spiritual field of this shrine is quite stable, everyone likes to live here." The little monster nodded in agreement, then looked up at Shimabukuro Kimie who was surprised because he suddenly jumped out, "Ah, you can see me now, right? Kimie."

"Little, little Junhui?" Shimabukuro Junhui looked more like she was frightened by the ugliness of the little monster than she was frightened.

"Hey, Jun Hui, I've watched you grow from this age to what you are now." The little monster gestured to the size of a baby and replied, "Even your mother grew up under my watch."

"It's a pity that I was burned to death by those three little scoundrels when I was away on a long trip three years ago." The little monster looked regretful.

"How old are you?" asked curiously by Xin Tiao Qian, who had already been dripped with condensation liquid and could also see and hear the monsters' voices.

"I should be over seventy, right?" The little monster tilted his head and replied, "I'm not a monster that can grow stronger by dragging out time. I don't have the need to remember my age."

"Come to think of it, this monster just now... called you 'Princess'?" Shimabukuro Kimie looked at Iwanaga Kotoko in surprise, "Are you also a monster?"

"No, I'm a human." Iwanaga Kotoko explained, placing her hand in front of her bow tie, "It's just that I'm the 'God of Wisdom' elected by the monsters, and the monsters usually like to call me 'Princess'."

"…Should I pay my respects to you now?" Watching a group of little monsters less than ten centimeters tall passing by in front of her in groups, and bowing to Iwanaga Kotoko by the way, Shimabukuro Kimie looked at Iwanaga Kotoko hesitantly and asked.

"You won't receive a blessing even if you worship me." Iwanaga Kotoko narrowed her eyes slightly, "Also, changing the subject won't change the facts."

“……”The expression on Shimabukuro Kimie’s face disappeared instantly.

"So, everyone on the island really knows the truth about the longevity lady, and they all know that the person who was burned to death in the warehouse three years ago was my mother..."

"Not everyone." The little monster shook his head and replied, "70 to 80 percent of people of your generation or younger than you don't know about it."

This explanation is like stabbing a knife into Shimabukuro Kimie's heart.

"So, now that you know the truth, are you still planning to go ahead with the 'Dugong Festival' tomorrow?" Taichi took a sip of the tea that had become warm from boiling hot thanks to his efforts, then looked up at Shimabukuro Kimie and asked.

"Have they ever thought about telling me the truth?" Shimabukuro Kimie asked, lowering her head and looking at her hands.

"Yes." Taiyi nodded and replied, "On the day your mother died, they must have struggled to come up with the idea of telling the truth."

The little monster also nodded.

"Although I heard it from other monsters, they did think about stopping the 'Dugong Festival' that day. But after seeing you dressed as a longevity woman, they all chose to remain silent."

"They took advantage of the opportunity to spread the story of the 'Longevity Lady' more widely, so that the previous 'Dugong Festival' attracted a large number of powerful and wealthy people."

"Human blood steamed bun." Taiyi couldn't help but mutter.

Only the Shimabukuro family was unfortunate, but all other families on the island benefited from it.