Chapter 410: Shimabukuro Kimie: My target of revenge was snatched away by a mermaid?

Chapter 410: Shimabukuro Kimie: My target of revenge was snatched away by a mermaid?

"It's still early, what should we do next?"

Hattori Heiji yawned and asked.

Yuanshan Heye said without hesitation: "Of course we should go to the Mermaid Falls to watch the ceremony of awarding the Dugong Arrow, and there will be fireworks."

Hattori Heiji thought about it and decided that apart from the Mermaid Festival, there were no other activities at the moment, so he might as well go over and take a look.

None of the friends objected.

Now that I'm here, even if I didn't get hit by the dugong's arrow, it would be a real loss if I didn't even take a look at it.

However, the award ceremony was still an hour away, and it was too early to go there now, so they decided to just wander around the celebration site first.

...

On the other side, the Mermaid Falls.

There is an open space under the waterfall, and next to the open space is a pool of water, which is surrounded by ropes. This is where the dugong arrows will be awarded.

Shimabukuro Kimie left the shrine early, but instead of coming to the open space, she went to the mountain above the waterfall.

She made an appointment with Sumi Ebihara to meet here.

Shimabukuro Kimie is the shrine maiden who releases the dugong arrows. Ebihara Sumi, like the other two, is obsessed with wanting the arrows, so it is not difficult to use this to get her out.

However, Shimabukuro Kimie, who was obsessed with revenge, did not notice at all that there was a dark shadow lying quietly by the river.

Sumi Ebihara arrived at the agreed location, but did not see Shimabukuro Kimie around. Thinking that she had not arrived yet, she walked to the river, kicking the stones at her feet while waiting for someone.

Shimabukuro Kimie hid behind a tree, holding the taut rope in her hand, looking at the person she had always considered her good friend with a complicated expression.

After a long moment, she took a deep breath, tightened the rope and lifted her foot.

"Salad, salad!" A slightly strange voice suddenly sounded.

Someone is coming? Shimabukuro Kimie was startled and quickly squatted down to hide herself.

When Sumi Ebihara heard the voice, she thought it was Shimabukuro Kimie who came, and turned around happily. But before she could finish her words, she stood there in a daze, with an expression as if she had seen a ghost.

What did she see? Was it... a mermaid?

I saw a figure squatting by the dim river - no, not half-squatting, it was because this person had no legs and was shorter than ordinary people, so it looked a bit like half-squatting.

There was a black mass on the ground behind him, like a mermaid's tail.

Ebihara Sumi, who had already firmly believed in the existence of mermaids, suddenly showed an expression of disbelief. She opened her mouth wide and could not utter a word. She could only make meaningless "ah...ah..." sounds.

Shimabukuro Kimie covered her mouth to prevent herself from making any sound, and looked at the mermaid in shock.

Is that a mermaid? Is it really a mermaid?! But how is that possible? Mermaids don’t exist, do they?

In the darkness, the mermaid and Sumi Ebihara stared at each other quietly.

Suddenly, the mermaid took a step forward—if dragging her tail forward could be considered walking.

"Salad!", exactly the same sound as before.

Sumi Ebihara was startled and her body began to tremble uncontrollably in fear.

She had been muttering that mermaids really existed and that eating mermaid flesh would make her immortal. However, when the mermaids really appeared before her, she found that she was left with only fear.

He subconsciously took a step back.

The mermaid seemed to find this amusing and took two steps forward. Ebihara Sumi was so frightened that she couldn't make a sound and could only take two steps back.

In this way, the mermaid moved forward and Sumi Ebihara followed her and retreated, and soon she retreated to the shore.

Sumi Ebihara suddenly realized that she had nowhere to retreat. She looked at the mermaid who was still approaching. Finally, her instinct for survival overcame her fear. She opened her mouth and let out a sharp cry: "Ah - help -"

However, the scream seemed to annoy the mermaid. It suddenly let out a strange growl and leaped up to pounce on Ebihara Sumi.

"Ah!" Sumi Ebihara's hands and feet were so weak that she had no strength to dodge and was directly thrown into the river by the mermaid.

Shimabukuro Kimie stared at the scene blankly, looking at the empty riverside and the splashing water, and suddenly realized... her target of revenge was gone.

What’s even more unbelievable is that the person she wanted to kill was thrown into the river by a mermaid?

Shimabukuro Kimie quickly jumped out and ran to the river, but when she reached it, she suddenly braked, walked closer cautiously, and looked into the river, feeling shocked and confused.

I saw two dark shadows entangled in the water. One of them was undoubtedly Sumi Ebihara, and the other dark shadow - had no legs, but the lower body was intact, completely different from a human being!

It was very dark around, and Shimabukuro Kimie could barely see clearly with the help of some moonlight. It was - a fish tail!

? ? ? ! ! !

Shimabukuro Kimie was so shocked that she took several steps back and fell to the ground with a thud.

So... what is it? Is it really a mermaid? Are there really mermaids in this world?

At the same time, she became even more confused. The river was not deep, and as someone who grew up on an island, Sumi Ebihara must be able to swim, and she was quite good at it, but... why couldn't she get up?

Was it the mermaid pulling her in the water?

why?

Is it a punishment from the mermaid?

But Sumi Ebihara did not lose the dugong's arrow. More importantly, the legend was made up by her and it is impossible for it to exist!

In this way, Shimabukuro Kimie watched the person she wanted to kill "fighting" with the mermaid in the water, and then was washed away by the current and flowed along the waterfall.

"Wait, that's..." Shimabukuro Kimie subconsciously stretched out her hand, but immediately realized that she was here to kill someone, and immediately shut her mouth.

The man and the fish moved forward along the river and pulled off the protective rope on the shore. The rope tightly wrapped around Ebihara Sumi, then flowed downstream, fell from the waterfall and disappeared from Shimabukuro Kimie's sight.

She stared at the scene blankly, feeling like she was dreaming.

Shimabukuro Kimie looked into the water again, but it was too dark to see anything, and there was no other sound in the river except the sound of flowing water.

"Wow!"

Suddenly, near the mouth of the waterfall, a figure emerged from the water.

Shimabukuro Kimie looked at the person with trembling eyes. No, it should be a mermaid.

The mermaid seemed to notice Shimabukuro Kimie's gaze and turned half her head to look at her.

Shimabukuro Kimie was stunned. She seemed to see the mermaid smiling at her? Was it an illusion?

The mermaid looked in the direction where the river was falling again, and then jumped down the waterfall in front of Shimabukuro Kimie's shocked gaze!

What? Shimabukuro Kimie was so surprised that she was about to run over to check what was going on when she heard a shout from a distance.

"Over there, the sound is coming from over there!"

Along with the hurried footsteps there was also the sound of flashlights.

Shimabukuro Kimie quickly hid in the woods, used her familiarity with the terrain to avoid the crowd, and then left quickly.

"Why is there no one here? Are you sure the screaming came from here?"

"I'm sure you shouldn't underestimate the detective's ears!"

"Hey, come here quickly, there are strange traces on the shore."

"what is this?"

"Traces of heavy objects being dragged?"

"Hey, what's that glowing?"

“Looks like fish scales?”

"Fish scales?"