After Fujino and Xiao Hei left separately, Conan and the others followed close behind.
Just as the group was about to arrive, they heard a splash, as though something had jumped into the water.
They passed through the forest and reached the shore.
What met their eyes was the back of someone dressed in a black suit.
"Fujino, where did Xiao Hei go?!"
Conan ran over in a fluster, still panting heavily, yet he did not forget to ask Fujino where the serial kidnapper Xiao Hei had gone.
Fujino looked somewhat helpless as he gazed out at the sea. "I let him jump into the water."
Disappointment appeared on Conan's face at those words.
Hattori Heiji sighed as well. "He got away again!"
Behind them, Hakuba Saguru looked at the group in confusion. "He only jumped into the sea, and he's carrying someone on his back. He probably can't swim very far. As long as he runs out of strength, we'll definitely catch up to him..."
Conan looked at him with an expression that said, "I understand what you're saying, but you don't understand," then said, "Xiao Hei dissolves in water."
Hakuba Saguru: "...?"
What kind of bizarre scientific formula was that?
Afterward, Conan and Hattori Heiji briefly explained what had happened on Mermaid Island last time—
Including kidnapping a youthful, beautiful girl in broad daylight on the streets of Beika.
Disguising himself as a mermaid and using an Electric Baton to break a beautiful girl's legs.
Kidnapping a beautiful girl in the street and being chased down by the entire village as a child trafficker.
And killing someone on the beach, then jumping straight into the ocean and vanishing without a trace...
Of course, there were some things Conan did not mention, such as how Xiao Hei had abducted