Chapter 290: The Little White Legs Under the Longevity Hag

"One, two, three..."

"Shimabukuro Kimie!"

"Kadowaki Benzo!"

Conan and Hattori Heiji said the murderers they had found, and both were dumbfounded.

Especially Hattori Heiji, who, after being stunned for a few seconds, roared in disbelief: "Please! What are you talking about? How could she be the murderer! She's clearly already dead!"

Conan narrowed his eyes and then said: "Hattori, although it's hard to believe, she is the murderer. Do you want to hear my reasoning?"

After Conan finished speaking, without waiting for Hattori to answer, he began to talk about his reasoning.

Hattori Heiji listened to Conan's reasoning, his expression gradually changing, and finally whispered with a complex expression: "Damn it, how could such a thing be?"

At the Shimabukuro house.

Inside the bedroom, Shimabukuro Kimie was dressed as the Longevity Hag, slowly packing up her makeup tools, photo albums, clothes, and so on.

All plans were perfectly successful, and she had finally avenged her mother.

"Do you really think your plan is flawless?"

A voice suddenly came from behind.

Making Shimabukuro Kimie feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

She slowly turned her head, just like a truly 130-year-old old woman.

"Who are you?"

She said in a disguised, aged voice.

"As for me, I communicate with Yin and Yang, control souls, and I am the Yin-Yang Master Akaso Kaze who can see through everything."

A figure walked out from a dark corner.

"Oh, so it's the Yin-Yang Master. I've heard Kimie talk about you. Poor my great-granddaughter..."

Akaso Kaze curled his lip.

You're addicted to acting, aren't you?

He was too lazy to say more and reached out to tear it off.

Rip.

The old woman's skirt opened, revealing the tied-together little white legs inside.

"You, you..."

Shimabukuro Kimie was completely bewildered.

This was too straightforward and too rough.

Looking at the pair of little white legs, Akaso Kaze smacked his lips and said: "Shimabukuro Kimie, did you really think the villagers didn't know the Longevity Hag was a disguise? Even the fact that your mother was disguised, they had known for a long time."

"In fact, the people on the island had known about the Longevity Hag's death for a long time; it was your father who leaked it back then."

"What? My, my father?"

Shimabukuro Kimie was stunned.

"No, impossible, could it be..."

She suddenly thought of something and showed a dejected expression.

Akaso Kaze didn't speak, quietly observing her.

After a while, Shimabukuro Kimie finally recovered.

"In that case, as long as I disguise myself as my great-grandmother and appear before everyone again, everyone will know that I didn't die."

"In this way, my plan to fake my death to escape punishment will be seen through immediately, and that high school detective named Hattori Heiji will easily deduce the truth."

Akaso Kaze nodded.

"Then, Yin-Yang Master, why did you remind me?"

Shimabukuro Kimie stared at Akaso Kaze.

Akaso Kaze said: "I just want to know the secret of the mermaid. On the night of the festival, I was above the waterfall."

Shimabukuro Kimie's face turned pale instantly.

So, he saw her fish tail.

So, he was also here for immortality?

Sure enough, there isn't a single good person in this world.

Shimabukuro Kimie raised her head and said indifferently: "I can take you to find the real mermaid skeleton, but you have to do me a favor."

At this time, outside the entrance of the Kadowaki house.

Conan and Hattori Heiji were sighing.

"Although we solved the case before Akaso Kaze this time, why do I feel so uncomfortable?" Conan looked at the sky and said.

"Yes, I never thought the murderer would be Miss Shimabukuro. This is truly unexpected."

Hattori Heiji also sighed.

"Regardless, let's notify the police and expose the murderer."

Hattori Heiji said, took out his mobile phone, and dialed the Fukui Prefectural Police.

"Hello, I am Hattori Heiji. I have figured out the series of cases that occurred on American Island. Can you please ask all related parties to gather at the shrine?"

"Huh? What, the case is already solved? Akaso-sama has already called everyone to the cliff?"

Hattori Heiji and Conan looked at each other and hurriedly ran toward the cliff near the sea.

On the flat ground next to the cliff.

People gathered here were chatting in low voices, and the chaotic sounds were endless.

"I heard that the Yin-Yang Master solved the case."

"He is truly worthy of being the crime-buster; nothing can escape the Yin-Yang Master's eyes."

Akaso Kaze frowned slightly upon hearing this and coughed.

"Now that all related parties are present, let me explain the truth about the three murder cases on the island!"

"The victims of the three murder cases are Miss Ebihara Sumi, Miss Kuroe Naoko, and Miss Shimabukuro Kimie. Let's start with the most eye-catching case of Miss Naoko, where fish-tail-shaped marks and fish scales were left at the scene..."

Akaso Kaze spoke for a long time and finally reached a conclusion.

"To do these things, one must know in advance who the winner is. Therefore, the real murderer is... the Longevity Hag!"

"What? The Longevity Hag?"

"How is that possible?"

"She is so old, how could she kill several people?"

The tourists from outside the island immediately became noisy.

The police officer from Fukui Prefecture frowned and asked: "Akaso-sama, did you make a mistake? The Longevity Hag is already 130 years old this year and can't do anything at all. How could she be the murderer?"

Akaso Kaze asked with a smile: "Mr. Kobayashi, you should have noticed it long ago."

Kobayashi Masaki hesitated and didn't speak.

The tourists also felt something was wrong.

Looking around, all the local villagers were strangely not refuting.

Knowing the truth, they had actually vaguely guessed the truth, but just didn't dare to believe it.

Seeing them like this, Shimabukuro Kimie had no luck left.

The Yin-Yang Master was right; the villagers on the island really knew about her disguise all along.

It was ridiculous that she thought she had fooled everyone for so many years.

Shimabukuro Kimie, disguised as the Longevity Hag, slowly walked out of the crowd and came to the edge of the cliff.

She chuckled, stretched out her aged hand, pinched her cheeks, and gently tore them.

Under everyone's gaze, a human skin mask was torn from the Longevity Hag's face, revealing a young and beautiful face.

Shimabukuro Kimie removed her disguise, untied her leggings, and stood up.

"As expected of the Yin-Yang Master, I didn't think even my disguise would be discovered by you."

The tourists' jaws were about to drop.

They looked at the person changing in front of them, dumbfounded.

"The Yin-Yang Master is right, I killed Sumi, Naoko, and Saori."

Conan and Hattori Heiji climbed up the cliff, panting.

Hearing Shimabukuro Kimie's words, the two almost fainted.

Bastard!

We thought we could take the lead this time, how did we get intercepted again?

You Yin-Yang Master, do you have any professional ethics?

We two have been investigating day and night for several days this time!

"Akaso-san, the evidence, what evidence do you have!"

Hattori Heiji said unconvinced.

He didn't believe it. You didn't even go to the scene, and you can produce conclusive evidence?

Shimabukuro Kimie turned her head to look at the two detectives and took out a small bag.

"This is the rope I used to strangle Naoko, this is the clothes I wore when I killed Sumi, stained with blood, well, it seems my fingerprints were left on the bloodstains."

"This is the match I used when I set fire to the warehouse. This is my mobile phone, which contains the recording of the calls I made to meet Sumi and Naoko."

Shimabukuro Kimie introduced them one by one, piling a pile of evidence in front of everyone, leaving everyone stunned.

Alright, now the evidence is conclusive, Shimabukuro Kimie is definitely the murderer!

Everyone looked at Akaso Kaze with admiring eyes.

Truly worthy of being Tokyo's strongest Yin-Yang Master, the crime-buster!

Look at the criminal he exposed; not only did she confess, but she even handed over the evidence voluntarily.

Conan and Hattori Heiji had black lines on their foreheads.

There's such a thing?

The criminal confesses desperately and hands over the evidence herself?

Why can't we encounter such a good thing?

This is too unscientific!

Shimabukuro Kimie turned back and bowed deeply to the villagers.

"I'm sorry everyone, the Longevity Hag has guarded Mermaid Island for so many years, and it's finally time to say goodbye."

"Thank you all for your care over the years."