Chapter 712

Conan carefully observed the situation of the deceased.

"That's right." Hattori Heiji nodded, pinching his chin.

"Looking at how she was tied up, it's unlikely she was tied up first and then strangled. The murderer should have strangled Ms. Naoko to death first, and then tied her to the fishing net. But it's really strange, why would the murderer tie the body to the fishing net after killing someone?"

Hearing Hattori Heiji's words, Conan narrowed his eyes and then said quietly: "Perhaps, it's because the murderer wanted to turn her into a mermaid?"

"Turn her into a mermaid?" Hattori Heiji was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but look at Naoko's feet, and asked in surprise: "Conan, what kind of joke are you making? What turn into a mermaid?"

"Did you forget?" Conan turned to look at Hattori Heiji.

"Yesterday, Akaso-san said that Yao Bikuni lived forever because she ate the meat of a captured mermaid. Doesn't her current appearance look a lot like that legend?"

"What?" Hattori Heiji was stunned when he heard this, his face changing drastically.

"I remember, the legend about the Dugong Arrow that the Longevity Hag told is that once the Dugong Arrow is let go..."

Before Hattori Heiji finished speaking, Conan's low voice came from the side.

"The monster will nest in the owner's body. If it's a man, he will enter the earth and become a heartless evil ghost; if it's a woman, she will enter the water and become a mermaid who cannot speak."

"The murderer should be using this legend to kill people, so they deliberately set up the body like this, right?"

After carefully examining the scene, Hattori Heiji pinched his chin and pondered.

"On the ground here, besides the footprints left by our slippers, there are some strange fan-shaped marks, giving the feeling that they were swept out by a fish tail."

Conan stared at a mark on the ground.

"Here you can clearly see the mark of an arrow, plus there are traces of fish-like tail walking on the ground, and the traces go all the way through the fishing net and into the sea."

"Is the murderer trying to make us misunderstand that it is a mermaid that came ashore?"

"Yes! Judging from the current situation, that's indeed the case. Moreover, to make it realistic, that guy actually sprinkled a lot of fish scales next to the fish tail marks."

Hattori Heiji stared at some scattered fish scales on the ground and curled his lips.

"I say, isn't that murderer looking down on us a bit too much? Does that guy think we would be fooled by such a small trick?"

Conan walked through the fishing net, looked at the fish tail marks leading to the sea, and chuckled.

"If you ask me, the murderer just wore a pair of pants with a fish-tail-like bottom and walked along the surf line to the fishing net. After killing Ms. Naoko, they left along the surf line and sprinkled some fish scales along the way."

"Come to think of it, Ms. Naoko's Dugong Arrow is also missing. Was it taken by the murderer?"

Behind them, Shimabukuro Kimie's voice suddenly rang out.

"Saori, she also suddenly disappeared after the Dugong Arrow was lost. Could she also..."

Listening to Shimabukuro Kimie's words, Conan and Hattori Heiji looked at each other and nodded together.

"We previously speculated that the possibility of Ms. Saori being murdered is extremely high!"

Just as Conan and the other finished speaking, an auntie on the island immediately said: "What are you talking about! If you're talking about Saori, I saw her near the Mermaid Waterfall yesterday!"

"Me too, me too!" A middle-aged man echoed from the side.

"I also saw her from afar wandering around in the forest near the waterfall. That person dyed her hair, wore a pair of glasses, and was also wearing the blue clothes that Saori often wears. There's absolutely no mistake!"

Conan and Hattori Heiji were both stunned when they heard this.

Hattori Heiji said in surprise: "Really? Then this situation is a bit strange."

Conan pondered for a while and asked: "Ms. Shimabukuro, do you have an adult version of mermaid costumes on your island?"

"Adult version?" Shimabukuro Kimie was confused.

"Haha, what he means is, is there that kind of costume that big sisters wear in adult movies..." Hattori Heiji said with a wicked smile.

Shimabukuro Kimie's face turned red immediately.

Damn! Hattori, you're setting me up!

Conan was so angry he wanted to vomit blood.

He rolled his eyes and chuckled: "Yes, that's the kind. Brother Hattori wants to wear it and try it out."

Huh?

Hattori Heiji was dumbfounded.

"No, no, this kid is talking nonsense, I never said that!"

Shimabukuro Kimie turned and ran away.

Hattori Heiji punched Conan on the head, and a big bump immediately appeared.

"What are you doing!"

The two started fighting.