Chapter 370 Hattori Heiji: Well, I'm here to gossip
On the coast, a young man dressed in black sat on a large rock and looked at the gloomy sea in the distance.
A group of seagulls hovered nearby, and from time to time one or two flew in from a distance, squawking and landing next to the man.
"I guess it won't rain."
"No one was found there? It doesn't matter."
"I don't have a suitable place for you to live over there."
"Yes, on the big island on the other side of the sea..."
"Have you always lived here?"
"Only come here when it's cold?"
"Did a man wearing black clothes and long silver hair come here before?"
"Well...he is indeed a guy who doesn't look like a good person."
"that time……"
The man's expression was cold, and his eyes showed no emotion as he looked at the dull sea. He whispered softly... just like a snake whispering to the sea.
Another seagull flew over, landed next to Chi Feichi, and chirped twice.
"Found it? Where are the bugs and transmitters?"
The seagulls chirped loudly, which seemed a bit strange under the gloomy sky.
Chi Feichi took the laptop aside, put it on his lap, and turned it on.
At the same time, he made a call on his mobile phone.
"It's me, I'm here."
On the other side of the phone, Gin asked directly, "Has the person been found?"
"I found it. I brought an assistant with me. Both of them were wearing masks and scarves and had fake beards glued on. It was really not easy to find them." Chi Feichi held the mobile phone in his left hand and linked a long box-shaped monitoring device to the phone in his right hand.
On the computer, he controlled the laptop to open a software, "The transmitter has been put in his travel bag. In addition, I stuck a bug on the window of his room. I will use the software on the computer to determine the specific bug situation."
Automatically record it and upload it to your side from the Internet..."
The phone was quiet for a while, with the faint sound of typing on the keyboard.
"I saw it, please excuse me."
"fine."
After hanging up the phone, Chi Feichi also used his computer to play the sound from the bugging device.
"Mr. Gibbon, if others find out, I'm afraid they will say you are too superstitious..."
"That's just an attack method used by the opponent. Don't take it to heart. If others discover it, they will say that we are here to inspect the environment of the American island and plan to invest in a school here. What does the shrine say?"
"Miss Miko said that they will not sell dugong arrows privately. Please draw them according to the rules. If you don't win, you can buy it from the person who won the draw. Mr. Yoshimoto, in fact, even if you give the dugong arrows to Senator Mitsui, he will
My body may not get better..."
"Whether it's useful or not, as long as he sees my thoughts..."
Chi Feichi pressed pause play, and the recording continued.
Looking at it this way, Eisuke Yoshimoto came to Mermaid Island to get a dugong arrow just to please someone.
As for why he acted secretly without telling the organization, he couldn't judge. Maybe he felt that his wings were stiff and wanted to fly away from the organization. It was up to Gin to decide whether he needed to be cleared or not, and he didn't need to worry about it.
I checked the battery level and it was still 99%.
This laptop was assembled with the help of Dr. Ali, and its battery life has also been improved. Although running the recording and transmission software in the background consumes a lot of power, it can still last for about five or six hours.
Chi Feichi sat and talked with Haiou for a while. Not long after, he received another call from Hattori Heiji.
"Brother Chi, people in the village said that Kadowaki Saori disappeared three days ago. Some people in the village said that she might have taken a boat to the main island, but if the letter asking for help was not a prank, she might be in danger.
We are now going to check out the specialty shop where she works on the corner. If you want to come over, just come here."
"Oh, I see."
Chi Feichi hung up the phone, stood up, put his computer into his bag, and said to a group of seagulls, "I'm going back first."
The majority of the seagulls were soulless, and they didn't respond to any of the calls they made. They just followed the calls of their companions.
But a seagull flapped its wings and began to behave badly.
"By the way, the longevity woman on the island is disguised as a witch, so that festival is of no use at all!"
"No, no, the former longevity woman was the mother of the witch lady pretending to be..."
"Miss Miko's mother was killed by her friends. Her friends thought that the longevity woman was real. They went crazy for longevity and wanted to attack her mother. As a result, her mother was locked in a warehouse and burned to death."
"Yes, that was also three years ago. There was a huge fire in the warehouse. We all went over and took a peek..."
Chi Feichi: "..."
He originally remembered the case and had no interest in the investigation, but the group of seagulls wanted to remind him...
Disgusting spoilers.
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Before meeting the others, Chi Fei made a belated trip to Kadowaki Saori's house.
If you had actively agreed to come here before and then acted like a fool, Conan and Hattori Heiji would suspect that you came here for something else.
So no matter how uninterested he is in the investigation, he still has to show off.
There was a knock on the door. The man who opened the door smelled of alcohol. He stared at Chi Feichi with red eyes and narrowed his eyes. He seemed to be identifying him. After a while, he said, "Who are you? You can't be the man that that wild girl Shazhi is looking for outside."
Bar?"
"Hello, I'm just a friend she met in Tokyo," Chi Feichi said in an indifferent tone as he handed over the wine he bought, "I came to Mermaid Island to participate in the festival this time and wanted to stop by to visit her. Is she at home?
?”
Kadowaki Benzo felt chilled by the air-conditioning and sobered up a lot. He looked at the wine he caught in his hand and was about to enthusiastically pull Chi Feichi in. However, he raised his eyes and saw that Chi Feichi was dressed in black and looked elegant.
She was so calm and gloomy that she gave up and made way for her at the door, smiling and saying, "Please come in and have a seat. Saori's child is not at home. She went out four or five days ago and hasn't come back yet, but I think she will be home soon."
Already..."
Chi Feichi stared at Kadowaki Benzo, "Do you know where she went?"
Hearing Chi Feichi's polite words, Kadowaki Benzo still felt that the surroundings were quite cold, so he laughed dryly and said, "I don't know, she has been unable to stay still since she was a child and likes to run around..."
Chi Feichi took a look inside the room. The curtains were drawn, it was very dark, the floor was a little messy, and there was a strong smell of tobacco and alcohol. "Since she's not here, I'll come to visit again tomorrow."
Seeing the other party turn around and leave, Kadowaki Benzo was stunned for a moment, and then he didn't know whether to feel sorry or to breathe a sigh of relief.
Forget it, it's okay to leave, he'll go drink.
After Chi Feichi left, he asked people around him about Kadowaki Saori's situation. After receiving a call from Hattori Heiji, he went to the shrine to find a group of people to meet up with.
After Chi Feichi entered the shrine, he immediately saw Hattori Heiji and his party standing with a girl in a miko uniform, and walked over.
"How old is my grandma?" the miko Shimabukuro Kimie held in her hand the royal coin that the miko used for prayer and cleaning. Her voice was gentle and serious. "Actually, she is not 200 years old as people say. She just turned 130 years old this year. As long as she goes
A check at the household registration office will reveal that she just lived a little longer than others, which is why she caused such a big commotion."
"Of course..." Mao Lilanhan.
Mouri Kogoro also said, "Being able to live to be 130 years old is already a sensation in itself..."
Chi Feichi walked behind a few people and asked, "Are you investigating or gossiping?"
"Uh, Brother Chi, you're here..." Hattori Heiji sweated and argued forcefully, "The investigation should be carried out step by step!"
"Um..." Yuan Shan and Ye couldn't help but ask, "Where is your grandma?"
Shimabukuro Kimie looked at Chi Feichi curiously, and then said to Toyama and Ye, "She is in the room now, preparing to give magic power to the three arrows that will be given to others soon."
"Then, has that old lady really eaten mermaid meat?" Mouri Kogoro couldn't help but leaned closer and asked.
Hattori Heiji had a black line on his head: "..."
Okay, he admitted that Chi Fei didn't talk nonsense. Looking at it this way, they seemed to be here to gossip...
"Huh?" Shimabukuro Kime was stunned, then laughed out loud, "Hahahahaha... How can there be mermaids in this world... That's a lie!"
"Huh?" Mouri Kogoro was dumbfounded by Shimabukuro Kime's smile, "But, it's the 'Dugong Arrow'..."
Shimabukuro Kimie stopped laughing and explained seriously, "My deceased mother said that the arrow was supposed to represent the execution of a forbidden curse to exorcise evil spirits. Later, because my grandma lived a very long life, the people on the island
People associated it with mermaids, and changed it into a dugong that lives in the sea without authorization, and it became known as the Dugong Arrow..."
"It turns out that your mother has passed away." Mao Lilan said softly.
Hattori Heiji noticed that Chi Fei was looking towards him, he squatted down speechlessly and stretched out his hand to scratch his hair.
Okay, okay, he admitted, they were just here to gossip.
"Yes, she and my father were buried in the sea five years ago," Shimabukuro said. "Even my grandparents disappeared on a boat trip before I was born."
"All your family members died at sea?" Yuan Shan and Ye couldn't help but asked, "Is there something you don't know about? For example, will you be cursed if you eat mermaid meat?"
"Impossible!" Shimabukuro Kime smiled, "I have been to the main island by boat with Saori before, but nothing happened."
Hattori Heiji suddenly stood up and asked, "Are you going to talk about this island with Miss Saori? When?"
"Just four days ago..." Shimabukuro Kime said, "I said I wanted to see a dentist, so she went with me because there is no dentist on this island."
"Was Saori's emotional state stable at that time?" Mouri Kogoro asked.
Shimabukuro Kimie recalled, "Saori lost the dugong arrow, so she was very scared, and asked me to ask my grandma if there was anything I could do. Even if I told her that the curse was fake, she still didn't believe it and kept saying
She must have been cursed by the mermaid...probably because when I handed over the Dugong Arrow, I would tell them about the legend."
"Oh?" Mouri Kogoro looked at Shimabukuro Kime inquiringly.
Shimabukuro Kimie lowered his head, "I'm worried that those who ask for arrows will complain because they don't live long, so when I give them the arrows, I will tell them that if they lose the arrows or don't believe in the arrows,
With power, mermaids will bring disaster... Actually, there is no such thing."
"Jun Hui, you are so stupid!" A woman in a purple dress stepped forward, "You say that because you don't understand the power of fate at all."
Shimabukuro Kimie turned around in surprise, "Sumei..."
Chi Feichi raised his eyes and looked at the environment of the shrine.
Mingyang is an honorific title for a god or noble.
However, he really didn't notice anything different here.