Chapter 409: Lottery Ceremony, Burning Fire Word
Unable to find any news, Yuya and the others came to the shrine again after dinner.
Shimabukuro Kimie was still wearing the red and white shrine maiden costume, holding a coin pole, and standing under the cherry tree, distracted.
Yuuya observed her armpits obscurely and found that there was no hollowing out there, so it seemed that Shimabukuro Kimie should be a proper shrine maiden.
"Ms. Junhui!" Mao Lilan smiled and waved to greet her.
Shimabukuro Kimie turned her head and saw Yuya in the middle at a glance. Then she thought of Saori Kadowaki who was imprisoned in the warehouse by her, and suddenly felt guilty.
Fortunately, she is not only good at makeup and disguise, but also has good acting skills. She was able to cover up her psychological fluctuations just right by turning around.
Then he came over with a smile.
After learning that there was no news about Saori Kadowaki, Shimabukuro Kimie sighed regretfully, but like everyone else, she did not show any signs of being too worried.
Hattori Heiji and Conan did not suspect anything either.
A few girls gathered together chatting, while three boys stood not far away looking at the stars in the sky.
Suddenly, Suzuki Sonoko shouted in surprise: "Are you going to sell us the dugong arrows?"
The three of them subconsciously turned their heads to look.
Shimabukuro Kimie laughed and said, "You can't sell it. Although I don't believe that the dugong arrow can bless longevity, this is the rule of the shrine. You can give it a try..."
"Try it?" The girls looked puzzled.
Shimabukuro Kimie explained: "The distribution of dugong arrows is determined by the numbers drawn at the Mermaid Festival. We have prepared 180 number plates, and if the number announced at the festival matches, the person holding the number plate will receive a dugong arrow."
"How about it, do you want to try it?"
Suzuki Sonoko was the first to raise her hand: "Yes, yes, I want it!"
Toyama Kazuha and Mao Li Ran also raised their hands.
Miyano Shiho hesitated for a moment and also raised her hand.
Shimabukuro Kimie was not surprised at all. Even though she knew it was fake, for girls, staying young was extremely attractive.
What if it works? It won't hurt to try. Even if it's just for the sake of comfort, it's good.
So, Shimabukuro Kimie said something and went to get the number plate.
After a while, Shimabukuro Kimie came back with four number plates in her hand.
The number plate is not expensive, only 5 yen, which is not even enough to cover the cost, but 5 yen and the pronunciation of "结缘" are similar.
It can be said that the sale of number plates is not for profit at all, but to connect the fate between humans and mermaids.
This immediately made several girls feel more favorable towards Shimabukuro Kimie and the shrine.
When leaving the shrine, the four girls each had a number tag and had expectant smiles on their faces.
Shimabukuro Kimie looked at everyone leaving and felt a little conflicted.
In order to achieve her revenge plan, she needs a few enthusiastic people who are unfamiliar with Saori Kadowaki to accompany her.
These high school students came to me on their own initiative and they are absolutely the perfect candidates.
However, there is a famous detective among them, and the dark-skinned boy is also a detective. Will he ruin her plan?
Should we use these people?
...
time flies
Soon the next night arrived, and the Mermaid Festival arrived as scheduled.
As the sound of drums and music rang out, under the expectant gaze of the crowd, the longevity woman dressed in a witch's costume hunched over to the door, holding up a wooden stick with a cloth wrapped on the top, first lighting it on the fire, and then lightly tapping the paper door behind her.
Suddenly, a burning "three" appeared on the paper door, followed by the similarly burning "one hundred and seven" and "one hundred and eighteen".
"Oh!" Everyone couldn't help but exclaim when they saw this magical scene.
Even Hattori Heiji and Conan were surprised by this move.
Miyano Shiho couldn't help but poke Yuya: "How did she do it?"
Youya smiled and said, "It's actually very simple..." But he stopped halfway through.
Miyano Shiho tilted her head: "Why don't you say anything?"
Youya thought about it and said, "It's better not to say it. It's more interesting to keep a little mystery."
Miyano Shiho was stunned, bit her teeth lightly, stretched out her hand to his waist, not wanting to use too much force, and pinched him symbolically.
Yuya hissed in surprise. When did Shiho learn this trick?
But you know what, this kind of ambiguous touch not only didn't hurt, but instead made him feel a little itchy inside.
Several girls looked at the burning words on the door, then looked at the number plates in their hands, and couldn't help but sigh.
None of the four hit the target.
You was also a little surprised. If he remembered correctly, Yuanshan and Ye should have been the ones who got hit. Why are they gone now?
Shimabukuro Kimie, who was pretending to be a longevity woman, glanced at them inconspicuously.
After handing out the number plates yesterday, Shimabukuro Kimie carefully looked up information about Yuya and was shocked to find that this high school detective had a 100% case-solving rate! And there were no cases of false charges or wrongful convictions.
If only one newspaper said this, it might be suspected of hype, but the introduction of each newspaper was surprisingly consistent.
Even in some public notices from the Metropolitan Police Department, this name has been mentioned several times.
Although the dark-skinned boy is not that famous, he is also a well-known high school detective.
Shimabukuro Kimie panicked immediately. A detective like Kamiya Yuya is probably no worse than Sherlock Holmes, right? Her plan will definitely be seen through in an instant!
So, Shimabukuro Kimie sincerely kicked several high school students out of her revenge plan.
Of the three fire characters on the door, two have already been chosen, namely Naoko Kuroe and Sumi Ebihara.
These two people, like Kadowaki Saori, are good friends of Shimabukuro Kimie, and are also the murderers who set fire to her mother three years ago.
The last person was chosen at random. Shimabukuro Kimie didn’t know who it was, as long as it wasn’t those high school students.
Sumi Ebihara and Naoko Kuroe were delighted when they saw the numbers announced.
Sumi Ebihara was so excited that she almost jumped up: "Oh! I won! I won! I won!"
Everyone around them looked at them with envy.
As for the third passerby...it's not important, so let's not mention it.
Youye had a complicated look in his eyes, you are not winning at all, you are going to lose!
After announcing the number, Shimabukuro Kimie, who was pretending to be a longevity woman, returned to her room.
She removed her disguise and changed back into her own appearance, then like in previous Mermaid Festivals, she returned to the door and stood in front of everyone.
Noticing the appearance of the witch, those who knew the situation immediately shut their mouths, and the others also fell silent upon seeing this.
Shimabukuro Kimie looked solemn and announced loudly: "The Dugong Arrow will be awarded in an hour. Please go to the Mermaid Falls and wait!"
This is the necessary procedure for awarding the Dugong Arrow every year. They will set off fireworks called "Light of Blessing" at the Mermaid Falls.
Hattori Heiji yawned out of boredom.
Conan had a similar expression.
The two of them saw through the trick of the fire words on the paper at once, and as the initial novelty wore off, they suddenly found it boring.
On the other hand, a few girls were still enthusiastically discussing the magical scene that had just happened and the upcoming arrow-awarding ceremony.
Miyano Shiho did not use the knowledge she had to uncover the secret of the word "fire". She just pretended not to know and discussed it with her friends.
Yuya is right, it's interesting to keep it mysterious.
Really, what he says is always so right, and that look is really addictive...