"The Dugong Arrow is a talisman that can lead to immortality."
The landlady said with a mysterious face: "Every year when the dugong celebration is held, the longevity lady will award three dugong arrows to random people who participate in the celebration.
Saori was very lucky last year and got a dugong arrow, but she accidentally lost the dugong arrow, so she seemed very scared last week, fearing that the mermaid would come to take revenge on her."
Hearing this, Mouri Kogoro said disapprovingly: "How can there be any mermaids in this world?"
"No! There are indeed mermaids in this world."
As soon as Mouri Kogoro finished speaking, a pleasant voice suddenly sounded. A beautiful woman with short ear-length hair walked in from the door. Her jade lips opened slightly and said: "Now there are people eating mermaid meat on this island. That's it." Real cases of immortality exist.
The dugong arrow made by the hair grown by the longevity woman using her mind power can realize the dream of immortality no matter who falls into the hands of it.
Saori lost such an important arrow, so she would be afraid of the mermaid's revenge and escape from the island. That's only human nature."
"Sister, have you ever seen a mermaid with your own eyes?"
Suzuki Seimei suddenly walked up to the short-haired beauty, took her hand and asked.
"Ding! Congratulations on successfully signing in to Naoko Heijiang. You will be rewarded with [Shou Yuan] for three years. The host can claim it at any time."
"..."
Hearing this, Kuroe Naoko's face changed slightly, and she said with a guilty conscience: "Of course I have never seen a mermaid with my own eyes."
Suzuki Seimei said with a face full of disappointment: "That's it! Seeing how solemn you were in your words just now, I thought you had really seen a mermaid~"
"Although I have never seen a mermaid, I am sure that the longevity woman is a symbol of immortality, because..."
In the middle of her words, Kuroe Naoko suddenly reacted and hurriedly swallowed the words that were on her lips. She changed the subject a little stiffly and said: "I still have to prepare for the Dugong Festival, so I'll leave first."
The reason why Kuroe Naoko firmly believed in the rumor that the longevity woman had really eaten mermaid meat and made her immortal was because three years ago, she and two good friends deliberately trapped the longevity woman in a place to test this rumor. Inside the fire scene.
What shocked Kuroe Naoko and the others was that Changshou Po appeared in front of everyone safely the next day.
But inside the warehouse that was destroyed by fire, a strange corpse with only the upper body was found.
Therefore, from that time on, Kuroe Naoko and the others firmly believed that the longevity woman had eaten mermaid meat and became an immortal existence.
As for the corpse found in the fire, Kuroe Naoko and others believed that it was a real mermaid corpse.
Presumably, when Changshoupo discovered the mermaid corpse, she did not eat it all, but hid it in the secret warehouse.
Looking at the leaving figure of Kuroe Naoko, Mouri Kogoro couldn't help but asked with some doubts: "Who is she?"
"Her name is Kuroe Naoko, and she has been a good friend with Saori since childhood."
Hattori Heiji asked curiously: "Madam boss, who is the longevity woman he just mentioned?"
"The longevity woman is the protagonist of the dugong celebration, and she is also the symbol of our island, the Shimabukuro old lady!"
"How old is that old lady this year?"
"I'm not too sure about this. Anyway, she must be over a hundred years old. Some people say she is already over two hundred years old."
The landlady thought for a while and said: "If you really want to know about Changshou Po, I suggest you go to the shrine where the celebration is held on the island.
Moreover, Jun Hui, the great-granddaughter of Changshou Po, is also a good friend who grew up with Shazhi, so maybe she will know where Shazhi has gone."
"A shrine?"
After Mao Lilan and the others finished buying souvenirs, the group rushed to the shrine on the island without stopping.
Because the longevity woman needed to prepare for tonight's celebration and had no time to receive other guests, the person responsible for entertaining Suzuki Seimei and the others was the shrine's current shrine maiden, Shimabukuro Kimie.
"Hahaha, those are all rumors! How could my great-grandmother live more than two hundred years old?"
Facing the inquiries from Mouri Kogoro and the others, Shimabukuro Kimie, who was wearing a miko costume, couldn't help but smile and waved her hands: "Actually, my great-grandmother is only one hundred and thirty years old as of this year. Just check it out.
Check your household registration and you’ll know right away!”
"One hundred and thirty years old?!"
Hearing Shimabukuro Kimie say these words in an understatement, Mouri Kogoro and the others almost dropped their jaws.
One hundred and thirty years old is already an exaggeration. How can a normal person have the ability to live such a long time?
Suzuki Seimei approached Shimabukuro Kimie, pulled her left hand and said, "Sister Kimie, did your great-grandmother really eat mermaid meat?"
"Ding! Congratulations on successfully signing in Shimabukuro Kime. You will be rewarded with a [Stand-in Doll], which the host can claim at any time."
When he heard the notification sound in his ears, Suzuki Seimei's eyes suddenly lit up. This reward was not bad.
It just so happens that Suzuki Seimei is planning to use a "Stand-in Doll" to create a legendary mermaid stand-in, so it's not a waste of time.
Looking at Suzuki Seimei's cute little face, Shimabukuro Kimie couldn't help but reach out and pinch his little face and said: "Little brother, there is no such creature as a mermaid in this world. You have to believe in Ke Xue,
Those rumors are just nonsense made by outsiders."
Because the longevity woman that people call her is actually Shimabukuro Kime in disguise, so she doesn't believe in legends about mermaids at all.
If Shimabukuro Kimie's great-grandmother had really eaten mermaid meat, she wouldn't have died of illness many years ago.
After the death of Shimabukuro Kimie's great-grandmother, the longevity woman who appeared in front of people was actually her mother in disguise.
The reason why Shimabukuro Kimie's mother did this was to use it as a gimmick to promote the development of the island's tourism industry.
It's a pity that one night three years ago, when Shimabukuro Kimie's mother entered the warehouse to look for tools, Naoko Kuroe and others set her on fire and burned her to death in the warehouse.
That strange corpse that looked like a mermaid was actually Shimabukuro Kimie's mother.
Before Shimabukuro Kimie's mother was burned to death, she made a phone call to Shimabukuro Kimie, told her the secret of longevity woman, and asked her to continue playing the role of longevity woman and protect this beloved island for her.
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It is precisely because of this that Shimabukuro Kime inherited her mother's last wish and became the third generation longevity woman. She holds the Dugong Festival every year as a longevity woman.
But what Shimabukuro Kimie didn't expect was that just a few days ago, her good friend Kadori Saori came to seek her help because she lost the dugong arrow. In a panic, she told the story of three years ago.