Why Are You Looking at Her Bust Size?
In order not to betray her mother's dying wish, Shimabukuro Kimie never revealed the matter to anyone, nor did she report it to the police.
She should be the only one who knows about this, but how did this person who calls himself Xiao Hei find out?
"Evidence? Of course there is."
Under her gaze, the Xiao Hei figure on the shrine roof, who had remained silent until now, curled into a wicked smile. He then grabbed Electric Baton and pressed it against the back of Kuroe Naoko's neck. "Three years ago, wasn't it you who set fire to the warehouse?"
"No... no..."
Kuroe Naoko glanced at the villagers below.
Although she was somewhat outgoing, she still hesitated to admit in front of so many people that she was the one who started the fire.
"Um?"
Xiao Hei frowned upon hearing this.
"Slurp!"
The Electric Baton crackled and popped again.
"That's right, it was some of us who started the fire!"
Kuroe Naoko shuddered. "We were all drunk at the time, and we saw Life Lord walk into the warehouse, so we thought of setting it on fire to see if Life Lord was really immortal... But who knew that we would accidentally burn the mermaid to death!"
"Good girl."
Xiao Hei's cold expression gradually softened. He picked up the Electric Baton and stunned her again.
"So it was the warehouse that they burned down..."
"Wouldn't that be?!"
"No one has figured out what happened to that mermaid's body yet."
"Could that guy who calls himself Xiao Hei really be a mermaid ghost?"
"Are you out of your mind? Do you think your family uses Electric Baton?!"
"What if it's some kind of strange spell?"
"Mermaids are clearly female."
"What if I use some weird magic to change my gender?"
"Hehehe..."
"But why do you say it's Life Lord? Life Lord is clearly still alive and well!"
"What a load of bull!"
This time, hardly anyone paid any attention to Xiao Hei on the roof anymore.
Instead, she began to care about what Kuroe Naoko had just said about burning Mikoto to Life Lord.
As for mistaking Xiao Hei for a mermaid ghost, naturally no one except for die-hard mermaid believers would believe that.
Just as most of those damned Japan refuse to acknowledge the despicable things they did back then and frantically distort history, there are still some young people among them who only have a superficial understanding of what happened back then.
The moment the Life Lord- Sage was mentioned, they all instinctively turned their gazes toward Shimabukuro Kimie.
"Were those who were burned to death back then truly Life Lord?"
"Miss Junhui, what exactly is going on?"
"Why would she mention the man who burned to Life Lord?"
When asked questions by those around him, Shimabukuro Kimie was momentarily flustered.
She was unaware that some people on the island already knew the truth about her Life Lord.
At this moment, she was desperately trying to figure out how to explain things without revealing that the Life Lord was actually a member of her family in disguise.
"Let it go, Miss Junhui."
At this moment, Fujino slowly walked towards Shimabukuro Kimie: "Based on what that Xiao Hei said, if I'm not mistaken, the middle-aged woman who was burned to death should be a member of the Shimabukuro family, right?"
"Ah?"
Upon hearing this, Shimabukuro Kimie was taken aback and looked up blankly.
"Actually, I figured it out before. Last night's Life Lord was actually you, Miss Junhui, in disguise."
Fujino's voice was low and calm, as if stating a fact. "Wearing a mask of disguise, binding your legs with rope, and slowly moving forward on your knees, am I right?"
Conan Hattori Heiji were initially surprised, but they quickly followed Fujino's train of thought.
Thinking about it carefully, it does seem to be true.
Meanwhile, Kogoro Mouri, Ran Kazuha, and the other two were completely bewildered, not yet able to keep up with Fujino's pace.
After a brief silence, Shimabukuro Kimie lowered her head and sighed softly, "I didn't expect to be exposed after all."
"I am quite confident in my disguise."
She looked up at Fujino, her eyes filled with complex emotions. "When exactly did you...?"
"The moment I saw Life Lord."
Before Shimabukuro Kimie could finish speaking, Fujino spoke first, "Whether it's the proportions of your body or your overall aura... the most important thing is that you didn't change out of that Miko outfit while you were disguised, and your bust size... cough, I didn't disguise it."
"Ah?"
Upon hearing this, Shimabukuro Kimie was slightly taken aback. After realizing what she meant, her face immediately flushed red.
She had considered countless possibilities of exposure, including but not limited to her voice being recognized.
But the exposed bust size and stuff...
She never expected to be exposed in this matter...
After all, who would have thought that someone would pay attention to another person's bust size!
Conan: "..."
Hattori Heiji: "..."
So why are you looking at someone's bust size?
And the disguise was actually seen through by using something like a bra size...
Everyone knows you have an exceptionally sharp eye, but aren't you even trying to hide this?!
"Chest circumference..."
Both Kotaro and Kazuha were stunned for a moment, then took a closer look at Shimabukuro Kimie, and their faces turned red.
"Ahem, let's not talk about that now."
Fujino coughed lightly, sensing the somewhat unfriendly gazes around him, and changed the subject, saying, "If that's the case, then the legless corpse found in the warehouse three years ago was probably the imposter from the previous Life Lord..."
"That's right, just like you said, Detective Fujino. The former Life Lord who was burned to death was my mother."
Shimabukuro Kimie lowered her head, her cheeks still slightly flushed, and said in a deep voice, "A pitiful woman who inherited my grandmother's job, desperately played the role of Life Lord for the benefit of the entire island, and was eventually burned to death."
"Burned to death..."
Mori Kogoro frowned, finally realizing what was happening. "Could it be that the person those three women set on fire was Miss Kimie's mother?"
"You're only just realizing it now, old man?"
Conan muttered a speechless comment, then turned to Shimabukuro Kimie and asked curiously, "Kimie-neechan, did you already know that they were the ones who burned your mother to death?"
Judging from Shimabukuro Kimie's reaction when he learned the truth, he felt that Shimabukuro Kimie must know something, or rather, she already knew the truth.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have said, "In the end, he was burned to death."
"Yes, I only found out about this a while ago."
Shimabukuro Kimie nodded, not denying it. "To be honest, if Saori hadn't let it slip when she came to me asking me to take her to the mermaid's graveyard because she lost the Arrow of the Dugong, I wouldn't have known about this."
"So what that Xiao Hei said was true?"
Shimura Yuichi had been listening quietly the whole time and finally understood what was going on.
He originally came to check on the attack.
Unexpectedly, this led to an opportunity to solve a murder case...
Moreover, it was a sensational old case that hadn't been solved back then.
This opportunity is too good to pass up!
Thinking of this, Shimura Yuichi overjoyed, then turned to Xiao Hei and shouted, "Mr. Xiao Hei, we can agree to whatever you say. As long as we find the evidence, we will arrest the three of them immediately. Now, can you release them?"
"This is not the end of the story."
Xiao Hei looked around the shrine plaza. "I'm not the only one who knows about this... The people in your village probably know about it too, right?"