Chapter 417 The Truth About the Fire
When Yuya and his friends arrived at the hospital, they happened to meet Naoko Kuroe who was leaving.
The other person's face was full of excitement and no one knew what had happened. When he saw them, he simply greeted them and left in a hurry.
The expressions of the friends were a little weird. Why did she look so happy when her friend was attacked?
There is no time to think too much. The most important thing now is to check on Sumi Ebihara's situation.
Several people came to the ward and heard a fierce quarrel inside at the door.
Sumi Ebihara screamed, "Dad, send me to Honshu! Now! Immediately! I can't stay here even for a minute!"
Shoumei's father sounded very embarrassed: "No, the sea is too rough now, the boat can't sail at all."
Ebihara Sumi refused to give in and continued to make a scene: "I don't care, why don't you just drive the boat yourself? Do you want to watch your daughter die here?"
Shoumei's father was very embarrassed and speechless.
His boat is a good fishing boat but it is not a small yacht. It cannot be driven by one person and requires several crew members.
If you go out to sea in this weather, your boat may capsize and you may die if you are not careful. It is almost impossible to survive if your boat capsizes at sea, especially when the waves are very big.
By then, everyone on the boat will die.
To sacrifice the lives of a whole boatload of people for one person? Even if Sumi's father loved his daughter, he would never do such a thing.
Sumi's father had to try to comfort his daughter: "Sumi, be patient. When the sea is calm, I will personally take you to Honshu Island. I will ask Rokuro to accompany you first. You don't have to worry about it, right?"
In fact, Sumi Ebihara knew that it was not possible to go out to sea in the current weather, and what she said just now was just to vent her inner anxiety.
When he heard that his father would ask Fukuyama Rokuro for help, his words softened.
After a while, Sumi's father pushed the door open and came out. He was a little surprised to see Yuya and others standing outside.
He looked at the group of young people for a few times, and bowed to Yuya and Hattori Heiji: "You were the ones who rescued Sumi last night, right? Thank you very much!"
Hattori Heiji didn't want to talk more about this topic. To be honest, he went there with the mentality of pulling a corpse.
He was more concerned about the second mermaid attack, so he said, "Although it may not be appropriate, we want to ask about the mermaid attack just now."
Sumi's father did not object. Before he found Fukuyama Rokuro, with these young men accompanying her, the mermaid would not dare to attack his daughter.
He didn't care at all about what they talked about in the room. What could be more important than saving his life?
He quickly said, "It's okay, you guys go in quickly, I still have to find Lu Lang for help." After that, he bowed again and left in a hurry.
Three detectives entered the ward, and when Sumi Ebihara saw them, her face immediately fell.
"You are not even a detective! You couldn't even catch a merman. I was almost killed, you know that!"
Hattori Heiji's mouth twitched slightly, and he was a little angry in his heart. He said rudely: "Ms. Sumi, we have warned you before, but it was you who insisted on concealing what happened that year. How can we catch... the mermaid when we don't have any clues?"
Ebihara Sumi's face changed: "You mean to blame me?"
Hattori Heiji was speechless. Why was this woman so unreasonable?
Conan also lowered his eyes. Fortunately, Xiaolan would not be so unreasonable - she knew physics.
Youye sneered in his heart, it seems that the ingredients are not enough.
He said coldly: "Forget it, Hattori, let's go back. Miss Sumi is so powerful, let her find a way to deal with the mermaid herself." He winked at Hattori Heiji and Conan.
Conan received Yuya's signal accurately, and immediately understood what he meant. He said in a pinched voice: "Since Sister Shoumei doesn't need our help, let's go back to sleep. I'm so sleepy!"
Hattori Heiji immediately took over the conversation: "Okay, okay, I'm almost dead tired after running all day today. I wouldn't have wasted my energy if I had known."
The three of them talked and walked towards the door yawning.
"Hey!" Sumi Ebihara was a little panicked. She watched the three people walk out the door without looking back, and the room suddenly became quiet.
She looked around nervously, especially at corners where the light couldn't reach, as she always felt that there was something hidden there.
Wow!
A strange sound came from somewhere and Sumi Ebihara's face turned pale. That mermaid is here again?
She was like a frightened bird and screamed loudly: "Come back! Don't leave! I will tell you what happened!"
Three heads immediately popped out from the door, smiled at each other, and walked into the room.
"Tell me, what happened three years ago?" Youye crossed his arms and said indifferently.
Hattori Heiji and Conan looked like they were listening to a story.
Sumi Ebihara hesitated for a long time, and finally, under Yuya's urging, she told the truth about the fire.
Three years ago at the Mermaid Festival, Sumi Ebihara and two other friends unfortunately did not draw the number for the Dugong Arrow. This had happened for the umpteenth time.
They were very unwilling to give in, so they went out and had a big drink.
Some people will fall asleep when they drink too much, while others will do things they would not normally dare to do when they drink too much.
Ebihara Sumi and other two belong to the latter.
Under the influence of alcohol, they planned to go to the warehouse of the shrine to steal a dugong arrow. As a good friend of Shimabukuro Kimie, Ebihara Sumi knew very well that the dugong arrows were usually stored in the warehouse.
I just don’t know the exact location, but the warehouse is so small, so it won’t be too difficult to find.
When they came to the back of the shrine, they saw Changshou Po entering the warehouse.
Under the influence of alcohol, they no longer wanted to steal the dugong's arrows. Another thought suddenly occupied all their thoughts - they wanted to see if the longevity lady really had the ability to be immortal.
So they locked the warehouse, set it on fire, and then left.
Then the next day, they were horrified and surprised to see the Longevity Lady appear in front of everyone again.
The warehouse was locked yesterday, how did the longevity lady inside come out of the sea of fire? There is only one answer - that is, the longevity lady really ate mermaid meat and gained immortality.
"That's what happened in the fire three years ago." Ebihara Sumi hugged herself, her body trembling slightly, "The longevity lady didn't burn to death, the corpse in the warehouse must be a mermaid!"
"The mermaid was burned to death three years ago, and now its family is seeking revenge on me!"
"You have to save me!"
She no longer dared to think about mermaid meat. She was not a long-lived woman and would die if killed. What was the point of thinking about it if she couldn't eat mermaid meat?
Hattori Heiji, Conan and Yuya all looked very unhappy.
"What a joke!" Hattori Heiji punched the wall with a loud bang, and he yelled at Ebihara Sumi, "Do you know who was the person you locked up in the warehouse and burned to death three years ago?"
Sumi Ebihara was stunned. She saw Hattori Heiji's angry expression and suddenly had a bad feeling: "If that's not a mermaid... then who is it?"
Hattori Heiji clenched his fists, his eyes filled with anger: "That's a person! A living person! The mother of your good friend, Miss Kimie!"
Ebihara Sumi's eyes suddenly widened, and she subconsciously retorted, "Impossible, Jun Hui's mother died in a shipwreck a long time ago, how could it be her?"
Youye sneered and said, "How is it impossible? We learned the truth from the village chief. This secret is only known by the older generation in the village."
Then they told him how they found the mermaid's tomb and discovered this secret.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Sumi Ebihara didn't believe what Yuya and the others said at all. She shook her head vigorously and couldn't accept the fact.
"What they said is true. That corpse is my mother."
Suddenly a cold voice sounded at the door.