Chapter 212: A brief discussion on how to remain invincible

 After arriving at the river above the waterfall, Eka and Hattori Heiji grabbed the rope and pulled the body up the river bank.

One end of the hemp rope was wrapped around the body's neck, and the other end was connected to a wooden stake, which was firmly nailed to the river bank.

Jiang Xia placed the body by the river, and Conan immediately approached. The three people observed the rope around Nami Umihara's neck.

The hemp rope was twisted several times and piled up in a mess. The rope was so strong that it was difficult to tell whether it was formed naturally or was knotted artificially.

 But no matter what, the place and time when Nami Umihara fell was too coincidental. And although the current in this river is fast, it doesn't seem to be fast enough to make people spin around so many times in a short period of time.

 Hence, Conan and Hattori Heiji still prefer that this is a murder incident.

Jiang Xia looked at the corpse on the ground and said nothing. After all, it was actually the mermaid who caused this accident. And the mermaid is not a human being, so the death caused indirectly by it can only be regarded as an accident...

Hattori Heiji wondered: "Since Miss Umihara was hit by an arrow, why didn't she go get the arrow instead of running into the woods at this time?"

　　A strange voice sounded from the side: "It's for the Mermaid Tomb."

Jiang Xia looked around and saw a short-haired woman with mushroom hair. This person's name was Kuroe Nao, and she was the "lucky guy" who had just drawn the dugong arrow.

He was also one of the three people who set fire to the shrine warehouse three years ago.

Nao Kuroe clenched the magic arrow in her hand: "Nami must have misunderstood the commotion as a mermaid's warning to her when she was waiting for the arrow under the waterfall, so she broke into the mountain... She was too impatient, at least she should Wait until you get the Dugong Arrow before taking action."

The "Mermaid Tomb" in the story attracted the attention of the two detectives.

—They remembered that Kadori Saori once mentioned this word on the ship here, but she did not elaborate on it at that time.

 …

Nao Kuroe didn’t know that the person they burned to death in the warehouse three years ago was actually a human.

 So she, like the other two companions, was convinced that the charred bones found in the warehouse at that time were the bones and flesh of the mermaid.

While she was devoutly educating a few outsiders about the mermaid tomb, Jiang Xia pretended to listen while looking at the dugong arrow in Kuroe Nao's hand.

The weather is getting cold, so this arrow should be broken.

 …

It was getting late. After observing the situation at the scene, several people took the body back to the bottom of the waterfall.

Toyama Kazuye, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko were frightened by the "mermaid" hanging on the waterfall just now and did not follow up the mountain. After regaining consciousness, the three people immediately called the police and tried to help - they were all very skilled at doing this kind of thing.

However, there is no police station on Mermaid Island, and the wind and waves on the sea are very strong now, so it will take some time until the police arrive.

Jiang Xia handed the removed body to the islanders, and returned to the hotel with a few classmates.

 He was going back to the house to rest. However, after entering the house, before closing the door, several other people had already squeezed in naturally.

Jiang Xia: "?" "Since the police can't arrive for the time being, we can only solve this matter first." Hattori Heiji casually pulled a stool and sat down, straightening his crooked baseball cap, "I always I have a bad feeling—this incident may not be over yet.”

Jiang Xia: "...Hmm."

Then your intuition is quite accurate...

Conan hugged his earmuffs and sat down next to him.

He feels that Jiang Xia's speed in solving cases has become normal recently - although it is still much faster than other detectives, it is finally no longer as scary as the scanner before. Perhaps it has reached a bottleneck period... It is really unimaginable that Jiang Xia will break through the bottleneck. look like.

In this incident, Conan and Hattori Heiji both had the same premonition, and the two quickly reached a consensus - in this special period, it is best to invite Jiang Xia, and the three of them will work together to solve the case as soon as possible to avoid More victims.

As for why we need to hold earmuffs during discussions...when we put the two keywords "Jiangxia" and "solving the case" together, earmuffs can make Conan feel more secure and make his thinking smoother.

And Conan soon discovered that he was not alone - he just saw Hattori Heiji's hand moving to the pocket where the earmuffs were placed, but he quickly put it down again.

 The mental journeys of Hattori Heiji and Conan are similar.

—On this island with intermittent signal, he couldn’t use his mobile phone, buy the latest mystery novels, and didn’t even bring his homework, so he had a lot of time to think about life.

So after thinking about it, Hattori Heiji suddenly discovered that for the time being, he could not crush Jiang Xia in reasoning. No matter how many times he tried, the result would be the same.

In this case, it is better not to compete from the beginning, to solve the case with confidence and boldness, and to regard Jiang Xia as a reference book that is placed beside him and publishes the answers from time to time - as long as he does not take the initiative to establish a competitor for himself, no one can knock him down. .

Moreover, speaking at a higher level, solving crimes is not suitable for competition.

 There is only one final truth, that is to say, what matters is not who solved the case, but the training he got in the process of solving the case...

Thinking about this, Hattori Heiji firmly removed his hand that kept leaning towards his pocket, trying to take out the earmuffs.

 …

If the accident factor is eliminated and Umihara Nami's death is regarded as a homicide, then in addition to investigating the traces at the scene, figuring out the reason why she ran to the mountain at that time is undoubtedly an important point.

At present, the most obvious clues in this regard are the Mermaid Festival and the "Mermaid Tomb" mentioned by Kuroe Nao.

Especially the mermaid tomb - there is not much report on this matter from the outside world, and we can only find what Kuroe Nao said "mermaid bones in the warehouse".

Even on Mermaid Island, there is not much information about it. Most of the islanders only know that there is such a tomb in the mountain, but do not know the specific location of the tomb. It is said that only Mingxian and someone she trusts know where the tomb is hidden. .

 So we can only inquire more about this matter on the island.

Today is too late. Even if you knock on the door, the islanders will be disturbed from their rest and may not be able to provide useful clues. It is best to go tomorrow.

 (End of this chapter)