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

"It's likely that the monsters smelled the same rotten smell as that of Saori Kadowaki. However, this second body was not found near the sacred ground, but on the beach." Iwanaga Kotoko nodded and replied, "It was found by a fisherman who was about to go fishing at sea before dawn and was taken to the village office."

"Who is the deceased?" Taiyi continued to ask.

"Sumie Ebihara was one of the three arsonists," Iwanaga Kotoko answered. "When her body was found, she was barefoot and wearing pajamas, and the expression on her face was... very scary, as if she was staring at something scary before she died."

"If the monsters hadn't smelled the rotten smell, they would have thought she was frightened to death."

"In fact, the fisherman who found her body is now so frightened by the look on that face that he won't even go out fishing for tonight's sales."

"...In other words, something has moved from the spiritual field to the sea." Taichi frowned and said, "And it is deliberately luring the members of the arson trio to their deaths."

"Could it be the resentment of Shimabukuro Kimie's mother?" Taiichi looked at Iwanaga Kotoko, "How about you find a psychic to come and take a look?"

"I've already asked the monsters to keep an eye on Naoko Kuroe." Iwanaga Kotoko didn't respond to Taichi's suggestion. "But I think it's probably useless. After all, we don't even know how they lured her over so accurately."

"What about the spiritual field? Is there any movement now?" Taiyi curled his lips and changed the subject.

It seems that the relationship between Iwanaga Kotoko and the psychics is quite unfriendly.

"It's gradually regaining stability," Iwanaga Kotoko replied. "Even the barrier at the entrance of the cave that prevented monsters from entering and leaving has disappeared. It seems that the person who set up the barrier has achieved his goal and abandoned the spiritual place."

"But it seems that a considerable amount of spiritual energy in the spiritual field has been consumed. Many monsters that rely on the spiritual field for survival have begun to consider migrating to a new gathering place."

"...Well, that means we have achieved most of the purpose of coming here, right?" Taiichi looked at Iwanaga Kotoko and asked.

"You can say that." Iwanaga Kotoko nodded and replied, "Except for the murderer who caused the changes in the spirit field, all other problems have been solved."

"Then are you planning to find the murderer as well?" Taiyi asked back.

"Not at all." Iwanaga Kotoko spread her hands. "I'm not a detective. There's no point in trying to find the truth, and most monsters don't care what the truth is."

"Hmm!" Iwanaga Kotoko stretched lazily, "Next, I plan to enjoy the seafood dishes on this island."

"To be honest, although the residents of this island have some problems with their brain circuits, the seafood is indeed of good quality and low price. It is worthy of being a source manufacturer without middlemen."

"The only pity is that there are many fishermen on this island, but there are no seafood chefs with profound cooking skills."

"Well, that's a good point, but can I ask you to leave now?" Taiyi reminded, "Although I don't sleep completely naked, I'm only wearing a pair of boxer briefs under the quilt now."

"...Tsk tsk tsk." Kotoko Iwanaga stood up and left the dormitory where Taichi was temporarily staying with an expression of 'I didn't expect you to be such a person'.

There are quite a lot of empty rooms in the Shimabukuro family's home. Normally, she is the only one living here. Yesterday, three more boarders came, two of them women, allowing Shimabukuro Kimie to experience the hustle and bustle of home for the first time in several years.

It was just that this excitement was a bit disturbing, and it tore away the veil in front of her eyes.

The cruel truth was laid before her.

Well, now she doesn’t know that two of the three people she planned to kill died of inexplicable old age.

It was not until after breakfast that a bronze-skinned boy from the seaside came to her door and told her the news of Sumi Ebihara's death.

Saw it.

When Taichi saw Shimabukuro Kimie returning, the expression on her face could be described with this word.

"Is mom back?" Shimabukuro Kimie, who had already seen the existence of monsters and began to believe in the existence of souls, looked at Iwanaga Kotoko and asked, "Because she discovered my plan to kill the three of them, and in order to prevent me from going down this wrong path of killing people, she took action before me."

Well, Shimabukuro Kimie's train of thought unexpectedly connected with Taichi.

And this time, Kotoko Iwanaga finally stopped pretending to be deaf and dumb.

"Take me to see your mother's grave." Iwanaga Kotoko sighed, then looked up at Shimabukuro Kimie and said, "We need to ask the person involved to find out whether it was your mother who did it."

Because on the surface, Shimabukuro Kimie's mother died five years ago.

So three years ago, after Ms. Shimabukuro died, she was unable to have her own proper grave. Instead, she was hidden by Shimabukuro Kunie on the edge of a cliff where no one would go, and a simple grave was made.

But when Shimabukuro Kimie brought Taichi, Iwanaga Kotoko, and Shinjo Akane to the place where she hid her mother's grave, her face turned pale.

It wasn't that she saw her mother's ghost, but she found that the grave she had prepared had been overturned, leaving an empty hole exposed.

Not to mention the skeleton, there wasn't even a piece of bone residue in there.

"Who did it? Damn it, it couldn't be those three again!" Shimabukuro Kimie shouted angrily with a ferocious face, "Why can't mom even find peace after death!"

"There are no footprints nearby." Akane Shinjo patted Shimabukuro Kimie's shoulder and said to her in a soothing voice, "There are no signs of being trampled either."

"There are no signs of digging near the entrance of the cave. Instead, it looks like it was blown up by something, but there is no smell of gunpowder." Kotoko Iwanaga leaned over to sniff, then shook her head and replied.

"Although I don't know if it was your mother's ghost who did it, one thing is certain." Taichi frowned and sighed, then looked at Shimabukuro Kimie, "Someone has targeted your mother, and is planning to do something about it."

"I just don't know why that person summoned the three murderers who killed your mother one by one to kill them."

"Wash away your mother's resentment and hatred, and use it for other purposes? Or do you want to do something else?"

After Taichi finished speaking, he turned and looked at Iwanaga Kotoko.

It’s almost like saying: Let’s find a professional psychic to check it out right away.

Chapter 16: The Frustrated Detective

"What? Saori Kadowaki is dead?" At the American Island Office, Hattori Heiji's eyes widened as he listened to the middle-aged man standing opposite him who was sweating profusely.

"Yes, it happened three days ago." The middle-aged man replied, wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

"How did she die? Was she murdered?" After hearing the news of the death, Kogoro Mouri, who had been indifferent, immediately became serious.

"Uh, no, according to the conclusion drawn from the autopsy, it seems that he died of old age." The middle-aged man had a very strange expression on his face, "It's outrageous."

"Died of old age..." Kogoro Mouri's spirit immediately disappeared.

However, Hattori Heiji and Edogawa Conan on the side immediately became excited.

"Why do you feel it's so weird?" Hattori Heiji asked.

"Because..." The middle-aged man looked around, then leaned close to Hattori Heiji's ear and whispered, "Because Saori is only 27 or 28 years old, not even 30 years old, how could she have died of old age?"

"...Is the forensic doctor who dissected the body so outrageous? He dared to determine that a person who was less than 30 years old had died of natural causes?" Hattori Heiji asked in astonishment.

The other people standing by also had ridiculous looks on their faces.

"I heard that the director of the local hospital also signed the autopsy report to prove the facts." The middle-aged man shrugged his shoulders, then glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, and his expression immediately became nervous. "I'm sorry, although I really want to tell you foreign tourists more inside information that only locals know, I still have a lot of work to do. Time is running out. Excuse me!"

Looking at the middle-aged man's hurriedly leaving back, Hattori Heiji and the people behind him looked at each other.

"Is it so outrageous?" Maori Kogoro murmured in disbelief. "The autopsy report for a person under 30 years old stated that he died of aging, and the hospital director even signed his name to prove it? Don't they care about their work and reputation at all?"

"Oh, so conscious." Hattori Heiji sneered, "It seems that there is another hidden story behind Kadowaki Saori's death, and this hidden story is not ordinary."

"..." Conan Edogawa really wanted to nod in agreement, but when he thought of the series of bizarre events that had happened around him recently... he suddenly began to worry that the forensic doctor and the hospital director were not lying, and that Saori Kadowaki really died of old age.

"Could it be some extremely rare disease?" Mao Lilan, who was standing behind, suddenly said.

But seeing the fear that could not be hidden deep in her eyes... Kogoro Mouri laughed dryly and chose to agree with her.

“Yes, that’s right. It must be something extremely rare. Maybe it’s a rare terminal disease that has never been discovered before. Haha, ahahahaha…”

The successive appearances of monsters and Ultraman, coupled with the various strange scenes in the Shibuya incident, caused a huge shock to Ran Mouri's spirit.

This paranoia happens to her two or three times a day.

Kogoro Mori even secretly discussed with Eri Kisaki whether he should hire a professional psychologist to help his daughter with psychological counseling.

As a result, before things were finalized here, the dark-skinned high school student in Osaka sent him some kind of mermaid letter.

After landing on the island, before the mermaid could find out, a wave of strange cases of young women under 30 years old dying of old age occurred.

For a moment, Kogoro Mori wanted to give up on this world.

"Uncle Mori, why don't you take Xiaolan and Kazuha to find a place to stay first, and I'll go with Kou... ahem, cough, and Conan to collect some clues." Hattori Heiji always talks nonsense.

"Okay, you two should be careful too." Maori Kogoro nodded, then reminded him with some worry, "After we landed on the island, I found that the people here were in a hurry, as if something big was going to happen."

……

After Hattori Heiji and Edogawa Conan turned around, they both had heavy expressions on their faces.

They found out that the reason why the islanders were so busy was that the most important "Dugong Festival" on the island would be held tonight. By the way, they also found out that the second body was found this morning, and the second body was related to the reason for their visit to the American Island this time. The previous deceased, Saori Kadowaki, was a friend since childhood.

Although the body had been moved to the mainland for an autopsy, it was said that the face of the corpse had a terrifying expression that made people feel creepy at the first sight.

It was like being frightened to death.

"Kudo, do you think this is a bit too coincidental?" Hattori Heiji asked, looking down at the big-headed boy beside him.

"Indeed, judging from the time, that Kadowaki Saori should have died not long after she sent the letter, and after we came to this island, her friend also died strangely... I smell a conspiracy." Edogawa Conan replied with a gloomy expression, "Hattori, can you use your connections to ask a professional organization to send us Kadowaki Saori's autopsy report?"

"...You kid, why don't you just tell me to use my dad's connections? Why do you have to beat around the bush like this?" Hattori Heiji glanced at Edogawa Conan with dead fish eyes.

An hour and a half later, Hattori Heiji received the autopsy report from the hospital on his mobile phone.

In addition to Saori Kadowaki's autopsy report, Hattori Heiji even asked his father to use his special privilege to add the autopsy report of the second corpse, Susumi Ebihara, to the queue.

That's why it took so long to receive a reply.

Flipping through the pictures on his phone one by one, Hattori Heiji's already gloomy face became even gloomier.

And Edogawa Conan held his breath.

"Even the second corpse died of the same cause of 'natural death'... Hattori, perhaps we'd better not continue investigating this matter." Edogawa Conan swallowed and replied.

"Kudo?" Hattori Heiji looked at Edogawa Conan in disbelief, "This is unlike you. You are not the kind of detective who would give up just because of this little difficulty!"

"Heh, if it's a human crime, then I will never miss any chance to find out the truth." Edogawa Conan smiled bitterly, "But what if it's not a human crime?"

"Look at what's written on the two autopsy reports. Although the bodies of these two people appear to be young women in their twenties or thirties, the organs in their bodies are those of people in their eighties or nineties."

"Moreover, the hospital conducted a strict inspection on both bodies and confirmed that the organs in the bodies were all original and not the result of organ trafficking or anything like that."

"Hattori, this world is very magical." Edogawa Conan reminded with a somewhat depressed look.

Chapter 17 The detectives decided to change the case to clear their minds

Let’s not talk about the detective who is running around like a headless fly.

Taiyi and his team's investigation also ran into trouble.

They searched the entire mountain, even lying down on the cliff behind the tomb to observe carefully, but still could not find any trace.

"Maybe we should find a detective to investigate." Taiyi said as he sat on a rock nearby. "Some famous detectives have sharp eyes and strong imagination. Maybe the clues that we can't see will become clear to them."

"Then find a detective!" Shimabukuro Kimie said with red eyes, "Do you have any recommendations?"

In the past three years, she has been working diligently on the island and has basically cut off contact with the main island, so she knows nothing about the famous detective in the past two years.

"It just so happens that several famous detectives have come to the island today." Iwanaga Kotoko said, "We can ask them to investigate."

"Please introduce me to someone." Shimabukuro Kimie gritted her teeth and said, "I must find my mother's body!"

“(Groan)…”

"Hmm?" Taiyi raised his head suddenly, looked around, and then turned to look at the others and asked, "Did you hear any sound just now?"

"Sounds?" Iwanaga Kotoko tilted her head in confusion. "There are sounds everywhere here, the rustling of leaves, the chirping of insects, and the endless chattering of monsters."

"It's not those." Taiyi shook his head. "It's just a kind of... mysterious sound. It feels like I heard it, but it doesn't feel real... It sounds like singing, and like crying about something."

Xin Tiao Qian was stunned for a moment, and seeing that the other two had confused expressions, she pulled Taiyi's sleeve and moved to the side.

"Could it be a monster?"

Taichi suddenly became alert.

[“X, please check the surrounding surveillance cameras and hack into the spy satellites to see if there are any signs of monsters or aliens.”

"Understood, leave it to me." Aix agreed immediately.]

"It's not impossible." Taichi scratched his head, "Because it involves spirit worlds and monsters, I temporarily overlooked the possibility that aliens and monsters might be involved."

"Akira, do you have any impression of monsters that match this incident?" Taiichi looked at Shinjo Akane and asked.

"If the purpose is to lure people to a certain place, there are many such monsters. But one that can catalyze human organs to the point of aging and death without leaving any traces on the body surface... I don't remember any monster that can match this ability." Akane Shinjo frowned and recalled for a moment, then shook her head and replied.

A student from Monster Encyclopedia said that there were no monsters with such skills introduced in his encyclopedia.

"Is that so... Qian, before you leave this island, you'd better try not to leave my sight." Taiyi warned with some concern, "No one can be sure who will be the next person to be lured to death."

Xin Tiao Qian nodded and agreed.

"Let's go find the detective." As soon as Taichi and Akane Shinjo came back, Kotoko Iwanaga announced the next target.

"By the way, who is the detective that Kotoko-chan is talking about?" Akane Shinjo used her extraordinary acting skills to portray the image of a confused girl quite realistically.

"Kogoro Mori, and the high school detective Hattori Heiji from Osaka Prefecture." Iwanaga Kotoko glanced at Shimabukuro Kimie, but still swallowed the last name 'Kudo Shinichi'.