A Distress Letter from Mermaid Island

Even after ignoring Jiang Hang's seemingly thrilling but never-failed cornering maneuvers, he even felt that riding in Jiang Hang's car wasn't as bumpy as before.

After all, Takumi Fujiwara can finish the Mount Akina race in just a few minutes while ensuring that the tofu in the trunk doesn't spoil and the full cup of water in the car doesn't spill.

With his advanced riding skills, Jiang Hang can naturally do this as well, and may even be more stable than Takumi Fujiwara.

Of course, in order to make the passengers feel that they are in a car speeding at over 200 km/h, Jiang Hang will not drive so smoothly. He will deliberately add a little bump when going around corners from time to time to remind the passengers that this is not their imagination.

To be honest, if I could ride in his car a few more times, I wouldn't get carsick and nauseous anymore.

Look at Yokomizo Sango, he's adapted quite well. He's only been in his car for about 10 minutes and he's already completely used to it.

In short, thanks to Eagle Eye's abilities and Altair's reconnaissance, after driving for a few minutes in another direction on the highway, Jiang Hang quickly located a taxi that was traveling at about 60 or 70 miles per hour towards a nearby port.

"Now it's your turn to shine, Inspector Yokomizo."

Jiang Hang skillfully took out the loudspeaker from inside the car and handed it to Yokomizo Sango in the passenger seat.

Are you sure the suspect is in that taxi?

Yokomizo Sango blankly at Jiang Hang, not understanding why the other person could determine the suspect was in that car with just a glance from such a distance.

"Since others call me the Eagle-Eyed Detective, it's normal that my eyesight is a little better than the average person. I can see that Shibata Kyoko is in that car right now. If you're not going to call out to me, I'm just going to cut you off."

Yokomizo Sango thought to himself, "This Eagle-Eyed Detective is indeed a completely different style of detective from Kogoro Mouri."

Kogoro Mouri calmly dissected the truth of the case while sitting still, as if he were asleep.

This Eagle-Eyed Detective always seems like an action star who should be on an action movie set.

He was speeding at 200 km/h in the city, and once he locked onto the vehicle where the criminal was, he planned to cut him off.

But what can we do now that we've come this far? Naturally, we can only continue to trust Jiang Hang's judgment.

Yokomizo Sango, naturally, could only do as Jiang Hang had suggested, shouting to the taxi driver ahead who knew nothing, demanding that he pull over.

At first, the taxi in front did indeed slow down as Yokomizo Sango had requested, preparing to pull over to the side of the road.

But soon the car's speed suddenly increased again.

"It seems that Ms. Shibata Kyoko doesn't want to surrender so easily," Jiang Hang shook his head, then asked Yokomizo Sango beside him, "If the police cars have some minor collisions during the pursuit of the suspect, there shouldn't be any problems, right?"

Yokomizo Sango shook his head, and before he could speak, a powerful push came over him, and Jiang Hang immediately revved the car back to its maximum speed.

In just a few seconds, he had overtaken the taxi and then executed an extremely smooth 180-degree drift, blocking the police car right in front of the taxi.

It was clear that the taxi driver was indeed forced, and he did manage to brake at the last moment, so there was no actual collision between the two vehicles.

Yokomizo Sango's violently beating heart only calmed down at this moment.

This is a scene you only see in action movies; he's been a policeman for so many years and has never done anything this exciting.

Before Yokomizo Sango his breath, he saw Jiang Hang in the driver's seat had already unbuckled his seatbelt and gotten out of the car to check on the taxi driver.

Yokomizo Sango quickly followed.

After getting out of the car, he noticed that the taxi driver had a knife pressed against her neck, which seemed to be a self-defense weapon she had prepared in advance.

As the two approached, the taxi driver suddenly looked at them with pleading eyes, hoping that the two policemen in front of him could save him from the woman who had suddenly pulled out a knife at the slightest provocation.

Jiang Hang calculated the distance from afar; the Tranquilizer Dart in his hand could anesthetize the woman at any time.

Looking at the woman whose eyes were filled with nothing but regret and madness, Jiang Hang glanced at Yokomizo Sango to see if he had anything else to say to her.

After all, things have come to this point. Even if this woman were to say now that she is not the murderer, no one would believe her.

However, Yokomizo Sango wanted to have a good talk with Shibata Kyoko and persuade her to put down the knife.

Actually, there was nothing special in the conversation; it was just a mention of the other person's family and parents.

Who knew that when her parents were mentioned, Shibata Kyoko became even more agitated in the car, and directly stated that her life had been completely ruined by that man.

Judging from the trembling of the knife in her hand, the poor taxi driver was probably about to wet himself with fear.

It seems that Yokomizo Sango did not use talk therapy to resolve this case.

With that in mind, Jiang Hang acted without hesitation.

With a flick of his wrist, the grappling hook and Tranquilizer Dart in his left Hidden Blade were launched back and forth.

The former smashed the taxi window, while the latter accurately struck Shibata Kyoko's neck. The rapid-acting anesthetic made her completely lose consciousness within seconds, and the knife in her hand unconsciously slipped from her grasp, landing on the taxi driver's thigh.

Fortunately, it's December, and the driver had already put on long johns, so the suddenly falling knife couldn't pierce through them.

At the same time that the other party was anesthetized, Jiang Hang also received the other party's memories as always.

Just as he had predicted, Shibata Kyoko lost all of the family's savings because her husband kept gambling away money.

This year it went even further.

They kept taking things out of the house to exchange for money, not only trying to pawn the gifts their parents gave them when they got married, but even threatening the elderly people's pensions.

Under such circumstances, Shibata Kyoko, in despair, conceived the idea of killing her husband.

She originally wanted to create an alibi for the murder to exonerate herself.

But who could have imagined that her attack, instead of killing her husband on the spot, would instead bring him back to consciousness for a moment before he died?

What she didn't expect was that she had planned to further disguise the situation at home when she returned, but the unexpected arrival of Jiang Hang and his group disrupted her entire plan.

Ultimately, he was worried that his actions would be discovered, especially after receiving two calls from the police, which intensified his anxiety. He eventually got into a taxi and prepared to escape.

She knew that with only a few tens of thousands of yen on her, she wouldn't be able to escape for long.

But she had also prepared for the worst, which was to commit suicide when the police caught up with her and she had nowhere to escape.

Sensing the memories surging in his mind, Jiang Hang couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Does someone have the guts to kill someone but not the guts to file for divorce?

Perhaps this is also a form of mental constraint imposed on the other party.

Thinking this, Jiang Hang looked at Yokomizo Sango, who was breathing a sigh of relief, and gave him a reminder.

"This suspect is very emotionally unstable. You'd better be careful that she doesn't harm herself in the detention center."

At this point, Yokomizo Sango Jiang Hang's words quite a bit, and Shibata Kyoko's final expression did indeed seem somewhat abnormal.

"We really owe this case to you. Otherwise, if she had escaped, we don't know how much effort our police force would have had to put in to bring her back."

Especially since this area is quite close to the port, if the other party manages to find a way to smuggle themselves out before the police can find them, then there will be no way to bring them back.

"So what's the plan now? Should we take her back to your police headquarters first, or wait here for the other officers from your headquarters to arrive?"

Jiang Hang asked Yokomizo Sango a question.

Yokomizo Sango looked at the driver, whose face had finally regained some color, and sighed.

"Since this taxi driver is involved, let's call a few more people over to record the situation at the scene."

"Fortunately, the two cars did not collide in the end, so we can write one less explanation after this case is over."

However, the tires probably need to be replaced. After being drifted around corners by Jiang Hang all the way, they must be worn out quite a bit.

Yokomizo Sango said this, he could still recall the 180-degree drift that Jiang Hang forced the taxi to stop at the last moment.

It is dangerous, really dangerous.

But looking back, he really was quite handsome.

Sensing that his idea was somewhat dangerous, Yokomizo Sango quickly shook his head, realizing that he needed to be more careful when driving in the future.

About half an hour later, police backup arrived at the scene, took the suspect, who was still unconscious, back to the police station, and then investigated the situation at the crime scene.

At this point, the case is considered closed.

On the drive back, Jiang Hang sat comfortably in the passenger seat, watching Yokomizo Sango drive slowly back to Shibata Shiro's apartment building at a safe speed.

It only took 13 minutes to drive there, but almost an hour to drive back.

By the time they arrived at the apartment building, it was already past 7 p. m.

Even though it was completely dark, Jiang Hang recognized an old acquaintance who was hiding on one side of the apartment building as soon as he got out of the car.

"Hattori, are you here to pick up your mother?" Jiang Hang went up to him and grabbed him, asking him the question.

Chapter 510: Chapter 506: A SOS Message from Mermaid Island

When Hattori Heiji spotted Jiang Hang, he Heiji Hattori wanted to disguise himself.

But he also knew that his disguise was meaningless to Jiang Hang.

So after hearing Jiang Hang's shout, he hesitated for a moment, but still pulled Kazuha, who had come out with him, to come out and greet Jiang Hang.

"Oh, what a coincidence! I didn't expect to run into you here. What were you saying just now? I don't think I heard you clearly," Heiji Hattori chuckled dryly, trying to pretend it was all just a chance encounter.

After all, he knew that his mother had asked Jiang Hang to conduct a test, and he was too embarrassed to tell Jiang Hang that he had come along because he was worried that something might happen to his mother.

Moreover, he has not yet met his mother, and does not know whether her identity has been exposed.

Upon arriving, he only knew that a murder had apparently occurred in the apartment building, and the police were currently searching for the suspect.

He was just about to reveal his identity and take a look when Jiang Hang returned.

Judging from their appearance, the perpetrator in this case should have already been arrested.

But considering Jiang Hang's consistently fast crime-solving speed, this level of efficiency doesn't seem particularly noteworthy.

Seeing Heiji Hattori's stammering expression, Jiang Hang was too lazy to pretend anymore.

"Although I didn't meet your mother when I traveled to Osaka before, you don't really think I know nothing about your family, do you?"

Upon hearing Jiang Hang's words, Heiji Hattori knew that the other party had probably already seen through his mother's identity and had just been playing along.

"So my mother already knows she's been exposed?" He shook his head dejectedly.

He never expected his mother to be able to fool Jiang Hang, but Jiang Hang probably wouldn't recognize her either, so his appearance should surprise Jiang Hang a bit.

Who knew that her mother's true identity would be completely exposed the moment she appeared!

Jiang Hang simply shrugged slightly in response.

"It seems that your reasoning talent is entirely inherited from your father, but I don't know if your mother has taken away even a little bit of it."

"Actually, even without me, Shizuka had already discovered that your mother's identity was questionable by some loopholes in her words when she was talking to her, and she even reminded me of this."

Heiji Hattori covered his eyes, somewhat embarrassed, as if he was too ashamed to face Jiang Hang.

"Alright, you should go upstairs and meet your mother. If you feel awkward, I'll go up later."

Jiang Hang waved to Heiji Hattori, signaling him to hurry up and take his mother away.

With the Osaka Superintendent General's wife and son identifying themselves, Hattori Shizuka should be able to retrieve her middle school photos relatively easily.

He wasn't particularly interested in those things; all he was thinking about was where to have dinner later, and since he'd already made it this far, should he just spend another day sightseeing before heading back to Tokyo?

With that in mind, he simply asked the people next to him for recommendations on good restaurants nearby.

He hadn't received any big jobs in the past few days, but today, it seems like one thing after another has appeared in front of him.

He waited downstairs for about five or six minutes, wondering if he should go up, when Koharu Yoshino called him.

"Hey, Yuno, I'm in Shizuoka Prefecture right now. There was a case that happened, so I was delayed here for a few hours. I probably won't be back today. You can just go home when the time comes." Jiang Hang briefly explained his current situation to Koharu Yoshino.

Upon hearing that another murder had occurred in Jiang Hang, Koharu Yoshino gasped softly before quickly clarifying that it wasn't related to that issue.

"I just received a very strange letter of commission. It feels somewhat similar to the Moon Shadow Island case we handled before, so I thought I'd call to ask for your opinion, Jiang Hang."

"A case similar to Moon Shadow Island?" Jiang Hang perked up. "Tell me the details."

Moon Shadow Island is one of the few Five-Star Case in his detective career so far.

After all, for some reason, the big explosions and similar events that are common in Conan movies haven't really happened yet, so he hasn't had a chance to use his bomb disposal skills much.

After hearing the details from Koharu Yoshino on the other end of the phone, Jiang Hang frowned slightly.

A distress message from Mermaid Island?

The SOS letter that Koharu Yoshino received was very simple.

The text above consists of only a few lines.

"I'm going to be killed by the mermaid, please save me."

Below is that person's name and contact information.

Saori Kadowaki sent the letter to an island located off Wakasa Bay in northwestern Fukui Prefecture.