Chapter 405: An Impossible Wish, Arriving at Mermaid Island

Chapter 405: An Impossible Wish, Arriving at Mermaid Island

All of Ichiro Hashimoto's sketches are of Hashimoto Natsue, even from every angle, from the back, the front, the side, and even...

Ryomoto Natsue looked at his cousin in disbelief: "Ichiro, Ichiro, you..."

Ichiro Rakumoto's face turned extremely pale and he twitched. He cried and rushed towards Akiie Rakumoto, trying to get the drawing paper back.

Ryūmoto Akie subconsciously dodged to the side, but his arm was still caught. The drawing papers in his hand slipped out of his hand in pain, and the papers fell down like snowflakes stained with ink.

"No, my painting, my painting..." Ichiro Ryūmoto was like a possessed man, constantly reaching out to grab the flying paintings.

After finally rescuing a few, I held them tightly in my arms, lowered my head and sobbed quietly.

Everyone fell silent as they watched this scene.

Mariko Ryomoto asked in a trembling voice: "Ichiro, are you really..."

Perhaps his secret had been exposed, and Ichiro Ryomoto shouted in despair: "Ah, yes! I just like Sister Xia Jiang, what's the problem?"

The hand that Mariko Ryomoto stretched out trembled: "But, Xia Jiang is your cousin..."

"It's not like cousins ​​can't get married!" Ichiro Ryūmoto interrupted his mother directly.

Mariko Ryūmoto fell silent. According to Japanese law, cousins ​​can indeed get married.

“But...but..."

"Besides," Ichiro Ryūmoto glared at his mother fiercely, "Aren't you and Dad cousins? Why can you like me but I can't like Sister Xia Jiang?"

Mariko Ryūmoto was simply speechless.

Are Hokumoto Kitaro and Hokumoto Mariko actually cousins?

Yuya and the others looked at each other in surprise. The truth seemed to be even more shocking than they had guessed.

However, looking at the expressions of the Rakuten family, they seemed not to be surprised by this matter. Apparently, this was no secret in the Rakuten family.

However, it is true that in Japan, due to historical issues, many people still maintain relatively traditional ideas about marriage between close relatives.

Even though there are laws prohibiting marriage between close relatives within three generations, in reality they can be circumvented with a little manipulation, especially in some traditional large families, where even marriage between siblings is not a new thing.

After all, quite a number of people still insist on the so-called bloodline theory.

"Master Ichilang, I didn't expect that you still like Miss Xia Jiang..." the old butler sighed with sadness.

Except for Ryūmoto Natsue, everyone looked at the butler in confusion.

The butler was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "In fact, Master Yilang once expressed his love to Miss Xia Jiang, but..."

Ryūmoto Natsue's expression changed slightly, and the memories that she had deliberately forgotten resurfaced in her mind.

"But grandpa rejected me very harshly!" Ichiro Ryoumoto cried, "He said that Xia Jiang was the future heir of the Ryoumoto Group and that his most beloved granddaughter would never marry a loser like me. Not long after, he announced the marriage between Xia Jiang and Awu."

"And... and... today Grandpa saw me drawing Sister Xia Jiang on the deck and said those things to me again, saying that I only have unrealistic daydreams!"

Yuya and the others looked at each other in silence. They originally thought that Hatamoto Gozo was talking about painting, but it turned out that he was referring to Ryūmoto Natsue?

"Whether it's Grandpa who forbade me and Sister Xia Jiang to marry, or Ah Wu who snatched Sister Xia Jiang away, neither is forgivable!"

"It's unforgivable!"

Ichiro Ryūmoto used up all his strength, screaming "unforgivable" over and over again, and finally fell to the ground powerlessly.

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Mermaid Island Pier

Ichiro Ryūmoto committed serial murders and was handed over to the police who were waiting at the dock in advance. Then Yuya and others also prepared to disembark.

As for the Ryūmoto family, after what happened, they had no intention of participating in the Mermaid Festival and prepared to return directly.

Before leaving, Suzuki Sonoko held the hand of Ryomoto Natsue and asked with some concern: "Sister Natsue, are you really okay?"

Rakumoto Natsue smiled and said gently, "It's okay. Takeru and I have already talked it out. I plan to leave the Rakumoto family with him and go to live in Hokkaido together."

"Leave the Ryūmoto family?" Suzuki Sonoko widened her eyes in surprise.

Ryūmoto Natsue nodded: "Yes, my parents died in a car accident a year ago, and my grandfather, the only one who cared about me, has also... There is no one in this family that I care about anymore."

"But the Homoto Group..." Suzuki Sonoko said regretfully. Although it is not as good as the Suzuki Group, the Homoto Group is also a big enterprise. Wouldn't it be a pity to give up like this?

Ryūmoto Natsue smiled indifferently: "That's not important anymore. Staying here will only cause a lot of trouble. You've seen how they look... And I've already prepared enough money. Even if Wu and I spend the rest of our lives eating and waiting to die, we don't have to worry."

Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help laughing: "Really, you're still joking at this time."

Ryūmoto Natsue smiled, hugged Suzuki Sonoko, then turned and left.

At the bow, Takeshi Hamoto and Natsue Hamoto stood side by side, waving goodbye to everyone.

Suzuki Sonoko looked up and said with some emotion: "I always feel that the two of them are really a good match."

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Yuya looked at the guidebook he had just bought and said, "The Mermaid Festival is tomorrow night. Should we find a place to stay before then?"

The friends nodded.

They had encountered murder cases many times before, and although they felt sad about what happened on the ship, it did not affect their mood too much, as they had already developed a strong heart.

Everyone hit it off immediately. The four girls, Miyano Shiho, Mori Ran, Suzuki Sonoko, and Toyama Kazuha, went to find a hotel to stay in. Yuya, Conan, and Hattori Heiji went to meet Hattori Heiji's client, Kadowaki Saori.

The specific address was not written on the letter of authorization, but fortunately the island is not very big, so it is still easy to ask if you are a permanent resident.

The three of them randomly found a store with a lot of traffic and asked the counter staff, but they got an unexpected answer.

"What? She disappeared three days ago?" Hattori Heiji was surprised. He touched his chin and said, "Three days ago, that's exactly when I received the commission letter."

Youya reminded, "You called her at that time."

Hattori Heiji nodded: "Indeed, so she disappeared after talking to me on the phone?"

Yuya asked the staff, "Has Ms. Kadowaki Saori not appeared again in the past three days?"

The staff member nodded and said, "Yes, she stopped going to work three days ago." Then he said nonchalantly, "The neighbors guessed that she might have gone to the main island to play. After all, she often left the island before."

"Okay," the staff member looked at the information in his hand, "If there is nothing else, I will get busy first. I haven't had a good sleep for several days because of the preparations for the festival."

Although they successfully arrived at the Mermaid Island, Saori Kadowaki had disappeared three days ago.

Just when a few people were wondering whether Saori Kadowaki had really encountered an accident, a staff member at another counter waved at them.

"Hey, those boys over there..."

The three of them walked over.

"From what I heard, you are looking for Saori?" the clerk asked with a smile.

Hattori Heiji perked up: "Yeah, do you know where she is?"

The clerk Naoko Kuroe shook her head: "I don't know, but what I know is that she lost the dugong arrow a week ago, and she is very afraid that the mermaid will come to seek revenge on her!"

Hattori Heiji showed a disdainful expression: "What mermaid? It's all a lie."

"Yes, mermaids." Naoko Kuroe looked at Heiji Hattori with deep eyes, "Because there is a long-lived woman on the island who ate mermaid meat and became immortal. She really exists."

"And whoever gets the dugong arrow made by the longevity woman with her telekinesis can realize the dream of immortality."

Hattori Heiji fell silent. Is there really someone who can live forever? That's impossible. This is unscientific? !

Conan had the same idea. Immortality was simply impossible.

However, Yuya's idea was different from theirs. He glanced at Conan secretly and thought to himself: As long as Conan stays like this, wouldn't immortality be possible?

And everyone will live forever together...

However, the problem is that if it continues like this, will there not be enough people on this land to be taken away by Conan's death physique...

Forget it, as long as it doesn't affect the continent across the sea and the people around me, Amen...

Seeing that the three people still didn't quite believe it, Naoko Kuroe didn't want to say anything more. She just said, "It's normal for Saori to be afraid that the mermaid will escape from the island since she lost the dugong arrow." Then she left.

"Hey," Hattori Heiji asked the two friends in a low voice, "Do you believe in the mermaid and dugong arrow story?"

Conan shook his head decisively: "Being older is still normal, but being immortal is simply impossible."

Youye paused, thinking that if he told these two people about the time he had spent studying science, they would look at him like an idiot, so he pretended to be deep in thought while stroking his chin.

After a while, he looked up and said, "I think so too."

Hattori Heiji and Conan's mouths twitched, and they were speechless. So you thought for a long time, and the result is just a parrot?

On the other side, the four girls also found a hotel to stay in.

Everyone gathered together.

When Mao Lilan heard the legend of the longevity lady, she immediately became very curious: "Is there really someone who can live forever?"

Conan put his hands behind his head and said with disdain: "How is it possible? They are all lies..."

Hmm? Mao Lilan narrowed her eyes and looked down at Conan.

Conan suddenly felt a chill on his back. What happened? Did he say something wrong?

Yuya laughed secretly and said to Miyano Shiho, "Mio, since we have nothing to do right now, why don't we go meet that longevity lady?"

Miyano Shiho asked in confusion: "Aren't you going to investigate what happened to Monzhe Saori?"

Youye spread his hands: "Now we only know that she disappeared three days ago. The investigation takes time. The longevity woman who is related to the dugong arrow is also a direction. It's just a matter of convenience."

Miyano Shiho suddenly realized that although she had known for a long time that the legend of immortality was false, that was a secret investigation and was far less interesting than this open visit.

So he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go and have a look."

Youya smiled and raised one arm. Miyano Shiho understood and stepped forward to hold it. The two of them walked towards the shrine on the mountain, leaning against each other intimately.

Before leaving, Yuya turned around and raised an eyebrow at Conan.

Conan stared in amazement at the freak of science fiction leaning on Yuya like a little bird, and his brain almost short-circuited.

No, what happened? He felt that You didn't say anything special. Why did her attitude become so... so... He couldn't find a word to describe his inner thoughts.

Hattori Heiji was also shocked and hit again.

It's ok that he's a step slower than Yuya in solving cases, but how come he's so good at coaxing girls? Hattori Heiji subconsciously glanced at his childhood sweetheart. Kazuha would never be so gentle to him.

Toyama Kazuha noticed Hattori Heiji's gaze and snorted, "What are you looking at? Why aren't you following me?" Then he took Mouri Ran's arm and chased after her.

Hattori Heiji and Conan looked at each other in silence, and saw the look of mutual admiration in each other's eyes.

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When they arrived at the shrine, they saw a beautiful girl with long black hair and wearing a shrine maiden's costume standing at the entrance of the shrine.

You also expressed the purpose of everyone's visit.

The girl dressed as a shrine maiden is called Shimabukuro Kimie, and Choju Po is her great-grandmother.

Shimabukuro Kimie said with a smile: "Ah, another customer who was deceived by rumors. How could my great-grandmother be immortal? But she is exactly 130 years old this year. You can find out by checking the household registration."

She tapped her head with the imperial coin in distress and said, "She just lived a little longer than ordinary people. What we promoted was just longevity, but it was spread by unscrupulous media and people with ulterior motives, and finally turned into immortality, causing such a big commotion. People nowadays are still too impetuous!"

"A little bit..." The friends fell silent. Is that a little bit?

In the history of Japan, 130 years old is probably the longest-lived person, right? It can even be included in the Guinness World Records...

Hattori Heiji's mouth twitched slightly, and he said speechlessly: "Where is your great-grandmother now? Can we meet her?"

Shimabukuro Kimie said, "She is praying for the arrows she will send out in her room for the celebration tomorrow night. She cannot see anyone before the celebration begins."

Mao Lilan hesitated for a long time, but still couldn't help her curiosity: "Well, is it true that your great-grandmother ate mermaid meat?"

Yuanshan and Ye were also very curious.

Shimabukuro Kimie was stunned and looked a little dumbfounded. After a moment, she covered her mouth and laughed: "Hahaha, how is it possible! There are no mermaids in this world!"

Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha blinked their eyes at the same time and laughed awkwardly: "Oh, so that's the case, that's what I said..." It turns out that we can't just believe rumors!

Mao Lilan thought of something and asked, "But what is that dugong arrow? Is it false that it can bless immortality?"

Shimabukuro Kimie sighed, "Of course it's fake. In fact, the arrow used to represent a forbidden arrow that cast a spell to exorcise demons and exorcise evil spirits."

"But the people on the island deliberately associated it with mermaids and renamed it the dugong (commonly known as manatee, also known as mermaid, the prototype of mermaid) that lives in the sea. This is what my dead mother told me."

Mao Lilan immediately showed an apologetic expression: "Ah, sorry, I didn't know your mother had..."

"It's okay," Shimabukuro Kimie smiled gently, "My parents died in a shipwreck, as did my grandparents."

"What?" Mao Lilan and Yuan Shanhe looked at each other in surprise. "Your family members all died in a shipwreck? There must be something wrong!"

Shimabukuro Kimie smiled indifferently: "How could it be possible? It's just an ordinary shipwreck. People who live by the sea will inevitably encounter it."

"Besides, when Saori and I took the boat to the main island before, nothing happened."

Hearing that Shimabukuro Kimie suddenly mentioned Kadowaki Saori's name, Hattori Heiji was very surprised and asked quickly: "You and Ms. Saori? When?"

Shimabukuro Kimie didn't know why Hattori Heiji was so nervous, and answered blankly: "Four days ago. There is no dentist on this island, so I asked her to accompany me to the main island."