Does Miss Witch Really Exist?

Hattori Heiji had the same thought at this time, but what he cared about was magic and the like.

As he pondered, he glanced sideways at Conan.

He was actually quite curious about what it was like for Conan to shrink.

It's not that he hadn't asked, but each time he was met with a cold, sidelong glance or something...

Yes, it must be very uncomfortable.

After all, their physical characteristics are those of a seven or eight-year-old.

He definitely couldn't stand it.

But what bothered him most was that organization... it actually had something that could shrink people.

In his view, an organization capable of doing something like this must be a very terrifying organization!

"I have to say, Kudo has really gotten himself into a lot of trouble."

Hattori Heiji, then fell into deep thought.

Since there were cases of people shrinking around him, and considering what had just been said, he couldn't help but think about it more deeply.

Shrinking Medicine exist, then what about the magic and monsters that Fujino mentioned...?

Even witches, do they really exist?

Since witches and such exist, mermaids must exist too, right?

Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji swallowed hard, his inner spirit of inquiry reaching its peak at this moment.

"That Fujino..."

With this thought in mind, Hattori Heiji, who was not very skeptical of ghosts and gods, Hattori Heiji and asked Fujino very seriously, "Do you think witches really exist in this world?"

"Ha?"

Fujino looked at Hattori Heiji and was slightly taken aback.

"Ha?!"

Toyama Kazuha looked at Hattori Heiji with an expression as if he were a fool.

As her childhood friend, she didn't quite understand Hattori was asking Fujino the witch about her purpose...

But it's definitely not a good thing...

"Baka Heiji!"

Toyama Kazuha pouted, her tone and expression slightly sour. "Didn't you say you didn't believe in these kinds of ghost stories? Why are you suddenly interested again?"

"Hey! I was just curious!"

Hattori Heiji's dark face flushed slightly with embarrassment, though it was impossible to tell, "That's right, it's definitely curiosity! If there really were witches like that in this world, we'd have to change our approach to solving cases from now on!"

"This thing called 'Miss Witch'..."

Fujino rubbed his chin, unsure of what to say.

Witches do indeed exist.

He had at least seen a witch with his own eyes and had been afflicted with so-called talismans.

However, they were all defeated by his materialistic spirit.

But if I really told this kid that the witch lady does exist.

Fujino figured that the kid would definitely keep asking until he got to the bottom of it.

Feeling a bit troubled, Fujino simply shrugged and said helplessly, "I don't know either. At least I've never seen it. As for magic, I don't know if it exists or not, but generally speaking, it probably doesn't exist anymore. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here as a detective. I could just be an alchemist and slap together gold or crush a CPU."

"That's true..."

Hattori Heiji twitched his chin, not thinking too deeply about it, but he did become more curious about mermaids and such.

Before we knew it, it was evening, the night of the Dugong Festival.

As dusk fell, tourists seeking arrows arrived at the America Shrine in an endless stream.

The sound of drums echoed in my ears, and three bonfires flickered in the evening breeze in front of the shrine not far away.

"I can feel my heart pounding."

The group stood in front of a fence made of rope.

Ran couldn't help but feel excited as she held the number plate in her hand.

"That's exactly what I meant."

Toyama Kazuha, standing to the side, was also clutching his number tag, wondering if he would be one of the three to be chosen.

The drumbeats gradually subsided, and two men dressed in attire similar to Onmyoji (yin-yang masters) opened the shrine's sliding door.

Inside the spacious shrine, a woman dressed in the same Miko outfit as Shimabukuro Kimie sat in front of a yellow screen. In front of her was a wooden stick with a white cloth bag wrapped around its top.

The woman raised the wooden stick in front of her, turned around, and her face was revealed to everyone.

It was an old woman whose face was painted white, who wore a gold ornament on her head, and whose nose was exceptionally long, with several faint marks on it.

Clearly, this is Life Lord.

Those around them couldn't help but look on with anticipation when they saw Life Lord.

"This is... what they call Life Lord?"

Conan glanced at the old woman curiously, his brows furrowing; she was clearly different from what he had imagined.

"Why is it so small?"

Mori Kogoro glanced at it and couldn't help but retort.

"It's probably because I've gotten older and my body has shrunk."

Fujino explained, "People get shorter as they get older... but her arms do seem a bit odd."

It's indeed quite unreasonable. If we consider it as someone pretending to be an old lady, then it makes much more sense.

Actually, the Miko outfits aren't just the same style, they're the same piece.

Fujino knew that the old woman was actually Shimabukuro Kimie in disguise.

It has to be said that Shimabukuro's makeup skills are indeed quite impressive.

To be able to disguise oneself to this extent, one is not much different from Vermouth and that old Kaito Kid.

Even more powerful...

After all, Kaito Kid can't hide his height, but this Miko maiden has even had her height imitated.

"I know that too."

Hattori Heiji gave a deadpan look and muttered to himself, "I thought the legendary Life Lord was something extraordinary, but it turns out she's just an old lady in heavy makeup."

He thought that the Life Lord with the long life had something special about her, but he never expected that she was just a somewhat overweight and ugly old lady.

I'm inexplicably a little disappointed.

"Um?"

At this moment, the people around heard the sarcastic remark and immediately revealed unfriendly looks.

"Hmm..."

Hattori Heiji fell silent upon hearing this, realizing that what he had just said was indeed somewhat inappropriate.

After all, everyone who comes here has bought a lottery number.

It is clearly inappropriate to speak ill of the Life Lord front of these faithful followers.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Kagami raised the wooden stick and slowly walked to the entrance of the shrine.

She held the stick close to the campfire by the door, lit it, and then set the paper used to cover the wooden door on fire.

When the flames touched the paper, a text formed by the flames appeared before everyone's eyes.

"You're kidding, right?!"

Just then, a surprised shout came from behind, "I actually won!"

Fujino turned around and saw Ebihara Sumi, who had been there before, holding a small wooden plaque and expressing her excitement.

Actually, this has little to do with luck.

It was purely arranged by Shimabukuro Kimie on purpose.

It's unclear whether she intended to continue her Murder Plan.

But anyway, he'll have to take action soon.

"Where is Sister Ran?"

At that moment, Conan suddenly asked Ran curiously.

"Well!"

Ran glanced at the number in her hand and said regretfully, "I didn't win..."

"Didn't you win?"

Conan frowned upon hearing this, feeling somewhat surprised.

In this case, Ran should be one of the very lucky ones, one in ten thousand.

Is he overthinking it?

"Orchid!"

At that moment, Kazuha suddenly cried out.

With trembling hands, she showed the number plate to Ran: "I really won!"

"Ah?"

Ran was slightly taken aback upon seeing this, clearly somewhat shocked.

She never expected that a joke she made would actually come true.

"Lottery results complete!"

The two servants used fire extinguishers to put out the fire on the wooden door. Shimabukuro Kimie also removed her disguise, still wearing her Miko outfit, and came to the group. She said in a serious tone, "Now, please proceed to Mermaid Waterfall. The Arrow of the Dugong will be officially awarded to the person holding the winning number in one hour!"

After the festival ended, everyone planned to return to the island from the shrine.

"Would you like it to be an hour later?"

Kazuha was slightly disappointed, but then she looked at Ran with gratitude. "Thank you, Ran!"

Considering that Ran had just lent her her luck, she now truly believed that it was Ran who lent her luck, which was why she was hit by the Arrow of the Dugong.

"It's all Kazuha Ni's luck."

Ran smiled and said, "I was just saying it casually before."

"No way?"

Conan gave a deadpan look.

Who would have thought that luck could actually be lent out?

"But there's nothing good about living forever."

Hattori Heiji recalled the appearance of the Life Lord, and then thought of Toyama Kazuha, and couldn't help but shudder.

"Hala."

Toyama Kazuha glanced at Hattori Heiji. "Heiji, don't worry, I'll definitely pick you up after you die! I absolutely won't let you get carried away by wolves or anything in the middle of nowhere!"

"Haha... you're getting off-topic... this thing might not even work."

Hattori Heiji.

He didn't believe in the idea that one could achieve immortality with just an arrow.

Even if a witch really existed, it would be much more plausible than this.

"However, in terms of practical use, I do think it is somewhat useful."

Fujino pondered for a moment, then said, "Miss Shimabukuro mentioned before that this arrow was originally called the Demon-Slaying Arrow. I've heard of the Demon-Slaying Arrow... Although it's just hearsay, it seems to be a treasure for exorcising ghosts and demons. Its power changes according to the user's emotions, and if it's strong enough, it can even pierce through buildings and such."

"Ah?"

Toyama Kazuha was slightly surprised. "It can even penetrate buildings, how much power does that require?"

"So that's just hearsay. Such a small arrow can even penetrate a building."

Conan, who was standing to the side, was speechless for a moment, and then said, "But as for the power of longevity, I don't think it's a good thing either. After all, it's really not good to be like that kind of Life Lord. If you are tormented by such a body every day, that would be too terrible."

"Indeed, longevity is meaningless if it is just about living a long life."

Fujino glanced at Ran Kazuha, pondering to himself.

Longevity depends on the meaning of longevity.

If Aomura stays indefinitely and his physical skills don't decline, then that's fine.

If you only live a long life and never die, but your body is constantly being tormented every day...

It's better not to live a long life than to live a short one.

However, in this world, this thing probably wouldn't be needed.

It wouldn't be difficult to ensure that Conan lives for another hundred years.

"Let's not worry about that for now."

Hattori Heiji glanced at the disappointed crowd around him and yawned. "We won't be able to get that arrow for another hour. Let's go back and rest until then."

"Sigh, are we going back already?"

Toyama Kazuha looked disappointed. "I heard the night market here is pretty good."

"I heard they also have some really good beer!"

Conan suddenly said, "Uncle Mori would definitely love it!"

"Beer?"

Upon hearing this, Mori Kogoro twitched his chin and said, "Then we'll have to go take a look!"

"Hey! Hey!"

Hattori Heiji glanced at Conan speechlessly.

This kid looks like he did it on purpose, doesn't he?

After a day of investigation, he was actually quite tired, even though he had a good night's sleep.

Ran, Conan, and Mori Kogoro, who had stayed up all night, were now wide awake, having experienced the opposite effect of their previous sleepiness.

"In that case, why don't you just go back to sleep?"

Mori Kogoro glanced at Hattori Heiji: "Anyway, the rest of us are going to go for a walk."

"Never mind!"

Hattori Heiji sighed, "I'll go find a restroom first..."

"I want to go too!"

Conan raised his hand.

"I'll go too."

Fujino put his hands in his pockets and silently followed.

"I think I should go too..."

Mori Kogoro scratched the back of his head.

The forest near the shrine.

Night fell, and a few drops of moonlight shone down from the sky, illuminating the dim forest.

A dark figure was moving through the forest, its eyes flashing with an unusual white light as it constantly scanned its surroundings.

He quickly found his goal.

A woman wearing a purple dress, with long hair, white high heels, and holding a wooden sign in her hand.

"Found it..."

Xiao Hei's gaze was fixed on the woman, and a strange smile appeared on his lips.

Then, he pulled an Electric Baton from his cloak.

"Sizzle!"

A hissing sound came from the air.

After testing the Electric Baton and finding it worked, Xiao Hei turned Electric Baton off, shuffled it around in his hand a couple of times, and rushed towards the woman.

On the other side.

Shimabukuro Kimie stood beside a large tree in the forest, gazing up at the moon in the sky.

At this moment, she was waiting for Ebihara Sumi.

That's the childhood friend who wore a skirt and drew the Arrow of the Dugong.

After much deliberation, she finally decided to carry out her Murder Plan.

Although there was no longer a body of Kadowaki Saori to cover up his death.

But the plan had already progressed this far, and there was no turning back...

Besides Kadowaki Saori, Ebihara and Kuroe were actually eyeing the mermaid, wanting to eat her bones to gain the power of longevity.

It's actually quite funny when you think about it.

In fact, her Murder Plan was progressing incredibly smoothly.

I really don't know what they were thinking.

All you have to do is tell those two people that if they draw the Arrow of the Dugong, she'll reveal the location of the 'mermaid's' corpse, and they'll come running over eagerly.

Pulling herself back to reality, Shimabukuro Kimie grew angrier the more she thought about it, but she let out a soft sigh and then chuckled to herself.