Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 209 Jiang Xia Doesn't Seem to Be a Tool Man
Junhui Shimabukuro approached suspiciously, and after seeing the "thing" in the crevice of the reef, she was surprised—it turned out to be a woman.

The woman was wearing a blue dress, with short brown hair... No matter how she looked at it, she was her murder target today, Menli Shazhi.

This is a development that Shimabukuro Junhui never imagined.

She stared blankly at the corpse for a moment, and after recovering, she straightened up vigilantly and looked to the side.

No one around.

Shimabukuro Junhui was silent for a moment, gritted her teeth and rolled up her sleeves, secretly dragged the corpse away and hid it for later use—this corpse was originally part of her murder plan.

Now Saori Kamenori has somehow died by herself...but the following plan, Junhui Shimabukuro, still plans to proceed as usual.

……

When Jiang Xia woke up, he heard the released ghost tell him about it.He thought about it and didn't care.

Although it is not very legal to hide the dead body, the mermaid told him that the pier here is equipped with monitoring to prevent the ship from being lost.The appearance of Menli Shazhi stealing a boat and sailing out to sea yesterday has been captured by surveillance cameras.

And no matter how you check, Kaori Saori did die in an "accident", and it is difficult to throw the blame for the murder on Junhui Shimabukuro.The corpse could just be stored with her for two days.

……

To deceive the new ghost, there are still two goals left.There were three people who burned the mermaid to death.

After waking up, Jiang Xia took a count of the murderous spirits in his inventory, while wandering around the island with a few classmates

Because they met Junhui Shimabukuro and Saori Kadori on the boat before, a group of people were very interested in the legend of the mermaid, and inquired a lot of relevant information along the way.

Seeing this, the people in the specialty store recommended them to visit the shrine.

Several people came to the shrine and met Junhui Shimabukuro dressed as a witch.

Junhui Shimabukuro was wearing a red and white shrine maiden costume, holding a rod of gobi coins in her hand, and her black hair that was originally drooping was tied up in a bunch, and she was standing in the yard distracted.

At this time, a visitor suddenly came to visit, she turned her head, saw Jiang Xia at a glance, and remembered the corpse she had just hidden, feeling guilty for a while.

Fortunately, she had performed a lot of dramas before, and she was very good at controlling her expressions, and she didn't show any flaws.

Junhui Shimabukuro welcomed a few people into the door, introduced the shrine to them with a natural look, and answered the questions of the three girls around "eternal youth".

Before leaving, Junhui Shimabukuro suddenly remembered something.

She smiled at the girls: "If you're so curious about the Dugong Arrow, why don't you try it yourself?"

Suzuki Sonoko was startled, his eyes lit up: "Are you going to sell us the Dugong Arrow?"

Junhui Shimabukuro laughed and shook his head: "Although I don't believe in its power, rules are rules. Dugong arrows cannot be sold directly. I said 'try it'..."

She took out three number cards: "It refers to this—this is the lottery used to draw lots at the festival. After all, the 'Mermaid Festival' is actually a lottery meeting, and we will issue 180 numbered lotteries in advance. The number on the signature is the same as that announced at the ceremony, and the person who holds it will get the Dugong Arrow."

The price of a ticket is only 5 yen, which is not even enough for the cost.

It seems that, as Shimabukuro Junhui said, the number plate is not sold for profit, but to connect the fate between the guests and the mermaid.

This made the three skeptical girls' favorability for the shrine soar, and their trust in the mermaid also increased significantly.

When they left the shrine, each of them had an extra number plate in their hands.

Junhui Shimabukuro looked at the backs of the high school students leaving, feeling a little tangled in her heart.

In order to achieve her murder plan, she needs a few people who are enthusiastic enough but not familiar with Menli Shazhi to accompany her.

These students from other places are undoubtedly very good candidates.

But there are some detectives in there...

Are we going to involve these people?
……

The night when the Mermaid Festival started.

The old "Mingyang" appeared at the shrine in full costume.This is Shimabukuro Kimie in disguise.

She hunched over to the door, brandished a wooden pole with a flaming top, and set the paper door ablaze.

On the door that had been specially treated, three large characters that were burning gradually emerged: "three", "hundred seven", and "sixteen".

Toyama Kazuha, Suzuki Sonoko and Mori Ran arrived at the shrine early.

At this time, the three of them looked at the burning fire characters on the door, and then looked at their respective number plates, and sighed in disappointment: "All of them missed."

Jiang Xia looked at this scene in surprise.

He remembered that in the original world line, Yuan Shan and Ye got the arrow of the dugong.

However, in this world, there are indeed many details that are different from his "prophecy". I don't know if it is because of the butterfly effect, or if the world has its own ideas...

A few high school students came earlier and stood in the front.

Junhui Shimabukuro, who was dressed as "Fate", heard their disappointed murmurs, took a peek over, and moved a little guilty.

Yesterday, after sending out the number plate, Junhui Shimabukuro studied Jiang Xia's case-solving collection all night, but in the end she still didn't dare to choose these high school students as part of her plan.

So when she was scribbling on the door, she cowardly avoided the signs of the three female high school students and chose a number at random.

There are three Dugong Arrows. Except for this arrow, the other two have already been determined by default. Junhui Shimabukuro chose her two friends, Nami Unabura and Nao Kuroe.

These two, like Kamenori Saori, are the children of Junhui Shimabukuro, and they are also the enemies who set fire to the warehouse and killed her mother three years ago.

Nami Kaihara didn't notice the complicated gaze of "Fate". She looked at the announced winning numbers, covered her mouth and smiled and said, "I've won!"

Several people around looked at her enviously.

After announcing the lucky numbers, "Fate" returned to the room hunchbacked while everyone else was focusing on the burning numbers.

She changed her disguise and reverted back to Kimie Shimabukuro.

Junhui Shimabukuro wore a shrine maiden costume, returned to the door, and stood in front of everyone again.

Her eyes flicked across the crowd, and she didn't linger on the two former friends.

After the surroundings quieted down, Junhui Shimabukuro announced with a solemn expression: "The arrow of the dugong will be issued in one hour, please go to Mermaid Falls."

This is a necessary process for awarding Dugong Arrows every year.The terrain below the Mermaid Waterfall is open, where they can set off the "Light of Blessing".

(End of this chapter)