Chapter 413 The second witness, do mermaids really exist?

Chapter 413 The second witness, do mermaids really exist?

At dawn the next day, Yuya and his companions rushed to the hospital, intending to inquire about what happened last night before Sumi Ebihara was sent to Honshu Island.

When they arrived, the other party had just woken up.

Due to limited conditions in the hospital, the doctor could only simply fix her arm and then use painkillers and anesthetics to relieve Sumi Ebihara's pain. Moreover, the dosage could not be too high for fear of causing adverse reactions and addiction.

"Ms. Sumi..." Hattori Heiji looked at the pale Sumi Ebihara lying on the bed, a little worried about her condition. He hesitated for a long time before speaking, "Ms. Sumi, can you tell us what happened last night?"

Sumi Ebihara looked a little dazed, and looked at Hattori Heiji with dull eyes.

After hearing what happened last night, she suddenly started coughing violently out of excitement.

"Mermaid! It's a mermaid!" Sumi Ebihara shouted in a hoarse voice, with deep fear in her eyes.

"What?" Everyone's faces changed, revealing an expression of disbelief. Mermaid? Mermaids attacked Sumi Ebihara?

Yuya stepped forward and confirmed with a serious expression: "Ms. Shoumei, did you see clearly? Is it really a mermaid?"

Hattori Heiji and Conan also looked at Sumi Ebihara closely, but they could not observe any signs of her lying. Her demeanor and expression showed that she was stating a fact that she had seen with her own eyes.

"I see it clearly! Very clearly!"

Sumi Ebihara was extremely emotional, her body shaking violently, and she recounted what happened last night in a halting manner.

The room suddenly fell into silence, and everyone looked at Sumi Ebihara lying on the hospital bed in disbelief.

Since arriving on the island, they have been hearing about the legend of mermaids, and many people do believe in the existence of mermaids.

But this does not include Yuya and his companions.

After all, mermaids are just a false existence in legends created based on some marine creatures.

They could never have imagined that after spending a long time analyzing yesterday whether the man fell into the water accidentally or was tricked into going up the mountain and pushed into the water, the result was... he was actually pushed into the water by a mermaid?

Moreover, it seemed that this mermaid was targeting Sumi Ebihara, and was holding her in the water and preventing her from coming ashore.

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Outside the ward, three detectives sat on a bench in silence.

Suzuki Sonoko said excitedly, "Mermaids really exist? Then the legend of immortality and eternal youth is also true?"

Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha also showed interested expressions.

I originally thought that mermaids were fake, but now they actually appear. Maybe we can really get a way to stay young? This is too attractive for ordinary girls!

Only Miyano Shiho had some doubts.

First of all, as a scientist, she did not believe in the so-called mermaids; and mermaids did not exist, which she had already investigated clearly when she was still in the organization.

However, Sumi Ebihara said with her own mouth that she saw a mermaid and even made eye contact with the other party. She did not look like she was out of her mind or talking nonsense.

So what's going on? She subconsciously looked at Youya for an answer, but he also had a thoughtful expression on his face, obviously thinking about the mermaid as well.

Hattori Heiji complained speechlessly: "I don't know if eternal youth is true, but I think it's very likely that this mermaid has ill intentions towards humans. Didn't you see that Miss Sumi almost died when she jumped into the river?"

Several girls immediately backed off upon hearing this. Although eternal youth was very tempting, it was not as important as one's life, and they were aware of this.

Suzuki Sonoko wanted to say that she had the powerful Xiaolan, but considering that mermaids seemed to be considered as monsters, Maori Ran should not be able to deal with them.

For the safety of her best friend, she decided not to take the risk.

Hattori Heiji looked at his two friends and asked, "What do you think? Do you think mermaids are real?"

Conan pushed up his glasses, and a white light flashed through the lenses, so he couldn't see his eyes clearly. He only said in a low voice: "There are no mermaids in this world. Someone must be playing tricks!"

It's not like he hasn't encountered such cases before. Once, someone disguised himself as Mist Tengu and killed someone, but he exposed the truth, didn't he?

Yuya raised his doubts at the right time: "But what is the purpose of the other party pretending to be a mermaid? To kill Miss Sumi? That would be too much of a fuss."

Conan paused after hearing this. If he wanted to kill someone, there was really no need to go through so much trouble.

In that case, disguising the scene as an accidental fall into the water would obviously be much easier than pretending to be a mermaid.

Hattori Heiji couldn't figure this out and could only remain silent for the time being.

Time passed slowly.

Youya stood up and patted his butt and said, "Let's go. Since we can't figure it out, let's go to the scene again to see if there are any clues."

"As long as it's man-made, it will leave traces."

Hattori Heiji and Conan looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Because she was afraid of being attacked by mermaids, Suzuki Sonoko chose to go back to the hotel to rest. As her best friend, Mouri Ran followed her.

As a result, Toyama Kazuha and Miyano Shiho did not go with them.

So, the three detectives, two adults and one child, came to the river above the waterfall again.

Yuya was in a group, and Hattori Heiji and Conan were in a group. The three of them searched all the way from both sides of the river, but they did not find any suspicious traces until they reached the edge of the waterfall.

Maybe there was, but it was probably destroyed by the crowd last night.

The three of them came together and shook their heads.

Nothing was found.

They came to the bottom of the waterfall again, and Youya, who had the sharpest eyes, saw at a glance a furtive figure by the pool, peeking at something.

"Who is it?" Youye shouted, ran over quickly and grabbed the man.

"Ah!" The man was startled and almost fell into the pool in panic. Fortunately, Youye grabbed him in time.

The sneaky figure was a greasy uncle with a big belly. He looked around in a somewhat obscene manner, then looked at Yuya and the other two, and said dissatisfiedly: "You guys almost scared me to death!"

"What are you doing here?" Hattori Heiji asked with a frown. This man looked suspicious and it was obvious that he was not doing good.

The greasy uncle felt a little guilty and took out a handkerchief to wipe his face, then said awkwardly: "No, nothing, just taking a look."

"Really?" Conan narrowed his eyes, tilted his head back and said innocently, "Uncle, you're avoiding my gaze, looking nervous, and constantly wiping the sweat off your face with a handkerchief. It's obvious that you're guilty!"

The uncle's face changed slightly, and he muttered something about the little brat. His eyes rolled around and he looked like he was about to run away.

But Yuya and Hattori Heiji blocked his escape route on the left and right.

The uncle sweated even more, and his handkerchief was soon so wet that water could be wrung out.

"You're not going to tell me? It seems like we have to send you to the police station for questioning." Hattori Heiji said seriously.

As the son of the chief of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, Hattori Heiji is more or less intimidating when he is serious, and he immediately frightened the uncle.

The uncle was scared and had no choice but to beg: "No, no, don't send me to the police station, I will tell you a big secret!"

"Secret?" The three looked at each other and said, "Tell me now!"

"Yes, yes, I'll tell you." The uncle was indeed very timid. He was actually frightened by the three young men and immediately confessed the truth.

"Wasn't there a ceremony to award the Dugong Arrow last night? I came here early. I was the only one there. Guess what I saw?"

"what?"

"Mermaid!" the uncle shouted, dancing with excitement, "Such a big mermaid! Jumped down from the waterfall! And fell into this pool with a splash!"

"Didn't you see that tail? It's exactly the same as in the movie!"

"That's a mermaid!"

"The legend is true!"

The three detectives looked confused and doubtful about their lives.

But their thoughts at this time were somewhat different.

Hattori Heiji & Conan: Oh shit, there’s a second witness. Are there really mermaids?

Yuya: Your acting is good, I’ll give you a raise!