Conan: I'm just an ordinary novelist

Chapter 221 The Brave Man Who Recovers His Spirit

The person who was walking paused for a moment, then walked up the stairs as if nothing had happened.

The tingling sensation in the stomach was gradually removed, leaving only a slight strange feeling, which would probably completely dissipate in a few breaths.

The brave man who had finally gotten over the illness rubbed his abdomen and let out a long sigh.

Conan turned around and just heard the other party say in a wronged tone:

"I'm so hungry. I really want to eat."

"Hey? Brother Xianhe, do you have an appetite? Aren't you going to vomit?"

Seeing him nod, Conan smiled sincerely:

"Great."

Yun Xianhe heard the concern hidden in the little detective's tone and smiled, rubbing the other person's forehead:

"I'm not that fragile, don't worry."

After saying that, he took out a sandwich from his small backpack.

Looking at the familiar wrapping paper, Conan's mouth twitched slightly.

Where did the other party get the sandwich? The magic bag? The backpack?

"Brother Xianhe, can I see your backpack?"

"Hmm? Here you go."

Conan took the backpack and turned it over and over again.

Besides a sandwich stuffed in an insulated bag, there was a bottle of salt water, a pack of tissues, a notepad and a click pen, plus a small knife.

Did he think too much?

"Want to eat?"

"No, lunch will be served soon."

"The mermaid pie I bought from that store just now was a disaster. It wasn't very tasty. It was sweet and greasy."

Seeing that Yun Xianhe's condition had indeed improved a lot, Conan felt relieved, and his tone was somewhat gloating:

"Hey - it's a good thing Sister Xiaolan didn't buy it."

"Got it. I'll give you a box later."

"...Hey, hey, there's no need to share this blessing, right?"

"I can't help it. You are my best friend in this world."

Looking at Yun Xianhe who winked at him, Conan smiled with his crescent eyes:

"…Thanks."

Otherwise, the title of 'the best friend in the world' should be given to Mr. Midorikawa, along with those pies.

The other party should be very happy.

After eating, the brave man regained most of his energy, and even his dizziness was relieved a lot.

Sure enough, he was hungry, right?

On the system panel, the low blood pressure following the physical condition jumped, and was stabilized by the other party's mouthful of salt.

The two people walking at the end were chattering and tearing each other down;

Xiaolan and Heye were whispering to each other and smiling at each other from time to time.

Among the six people in this group, only Uncle Mori and Hattori Heiji are conscientiously doing their detective work.

"You need to eat more. I haven't seen you grow any taller lately."

"Huh? Brother Xianhe, you should take a look at yourself first. The fat on your face has disappeared."

"Who said that? I'm normal, but Conan, the baby fat on your face is very cute."

"Hey!"

Hattori turned around and looked at the two people who were pinching each other's faces for some unknown reason, and said in a helpless and tired voice:

"You two should listen carefully. There may be important clues in here!"

Aren't you going to help him?

Yun Xianhe, who was squatting, heard the implication of Hattori Heiji's words and blinked:

"Didn't you call me here to play?"

What does investigating a case have to do with a tourist like him?

Conan beside him also nodded:

"Brother Heiji, I'm just a child. I can't help you."

"Pfft, sorry."

Yun Xianhe was laughing so happily.

Conan, who had long been accustomed to it, smiled brightly, without any psychological burden of acting cute in this way.

What does Conan's cuteness have to do with Kudo Shinichi?

In the end, a world was achieved where only Hattori Heiji was injured.

Looking at the chocolate that looked like it would go moldy in the next second, Yun Xianhe loosened his hand that pinched Conan's cheek, stood up and straightened his clothes:

"Oh, there's nothing we can do about it. After all, Heiji is our friend, right, Conan?"

"Yeah, don't be sad, we will help your brother Heiji."

Hattori Heiji was instantly happy after getting this answer, and turned around to continue asking questions with Uncle Mori.

"It's so easy to coax."

The little detective sighed, and Yun Xianhe beside him whispered:

"Be careful he doesn't hear you."

"It was his commission in the first place."

The two of them whispered to each other.

Yun Xianhe took the time to take a look at the great-granddaughter of the longevity lady, who was also the shrine maiden of this shrine - Shimabukuro Kimie.

Yun Xianhe nodded at the other party's calm attitude towards longevity.

It seems that not everyone on this island is hopeless.

"Excuse me, has your grandmother really eaten mermaid meat?"

Uncle Maori had obviously been instilled with this impression too many times along the way, and now he subconsciously wanted to verify it.

Hearing this, Shimabukuro Kimie's eyes widened in surprise.

She said "Huh?" in a daze, and then looked at the elderly Maori Kogoro with a smile on her face:

"It seems that there is no such animal as mermaid in this world."

"what?"

"That's all just nonsense."

Maori Kogoro was obviously embarrassed by the joke, and he said to the other party with reason:

"But, the dugong arrow is not..."

"In fact, the arrow was previously just a cursed arrow that cast an exorcism spell, but the people on the island insisted on linking it to the dugongs that live on the seabed. This is what my late mother told me."

Xiaolan, who was standing by, was a little worried when she heard that Shimabukuro Kimie's mother had passed away.

However, the parties involved were not too sad about this.

After hearing the other party say that his parents and grandparents all died at sea, Yun Xianhe muttered softly:

"Is this an accident-prone sea area? It's not easy to get here safely by boat today."

Hearing this, Conan nodded.

Kazuha on the side was still somewhat concerned about the legend of the mermaid, and always felt that there was a reason why all of Shimabukuro Kimie's family died at sea.

Hearing this, Shimabukuro Kimie smiled:

"There's no reason. I took a ship to the mainland with Saori before, but it didn't matter."

"What, you're on a boat with Saori?!"

Mao Li and Hattori were stunned when they heard this, and the latter quickly asked:

"When did that happen?"

Yun Xianhe keenly noticed that there was something wrong with the other party's tone when he said "it's nothing".

That tone was... like being freed from something.

"It was just four days ago. I asked her to accompany me to the mainland to see a dentist because we don't have one on the island at the moment."

There was no panic in the explanation and he had a very calm attitude.

If Naoko Kuroe who was in the souvenir shop before was suspect number one, then the person in front of him is suspect number two.

Maori Kogoro asked: "At that time, was Saori emotionally stable?"

"She said she had lost the dugong's arrow and was afraid the mermaid would seek revenge on her. I tried to comfort her that it would never happen, but she just wouldn't listen."

"You are so stupid. You say that because you don't believe in your great-grandmother's power at all."

The sudden interruption interrupted Shimabukuro Kimie's story.

"Sumi?"

Everyone turned their heads to look over and saw Shimabukuro Kimie's expression, which seemed to indicate that she knew the other person.

"She really has magical powers, and she has indeed eaten mermaid flesh before. You also know that the corpse of a mermaid appeared three years ago, right?"

Sumi Ebihara's tone was meaningful.

Everyone was surprised to hear that a mermaid's corpse had appeared here before, only Yun Xianhe frowned.

It's impossible. If there really were unnatural deaths of mermaids in this sea area, this would have been a dead sea long ago.

If it was a natural death, the magnetic field here would not be right.

"Are you talking about the one that was broadcast on TV three years ago..."

Xiaolan asked uncertainly.

Shimabukuro Kimie, who understood what she said, smiled and explained:

"Actually, that was just an exaggeration on the TV show."

"You are lying with your eyes open. You clearly saw... the mermaid's bones were broken. It was so weird."

"Stop talking Sumi!"

The man who suddenly appeared interrupted Ebihara Sumi and said seriously:

"There are many things that are inconvenient to say in front of outsiders. If you guys are here to look for Saori, you should go to her house to find out the situation."

Clearly, this local was wary.

"But the prerequisite is that her alcoholic father will welcome you first."

The other party left with Shoumei with a sullen face.

Yun Xianhe quietly looked at the two people's backs, and took a closer look at Miss Ebihara Sumi.

The other party's words just now, showing his belief in the idea that 'mermaids are real' and his yearning for the so-called magic power and mermaid flesh, can already be described as 'crazy'.

This man is hopeless.

The hero commented calmly in his heart, stamping it with the seal of 'non-redemption choice'.

Conan was obviously very curious about the 'mermaid bones from three years ago' that they had just mentioned.

Yun Xianhe could tell what he was thinking at a glance and said calmly:

"Don't think about it, it must be fake."

"Huh? Why?"

"The bones of a real mermaid are extremely hard. Unless they are hit by a speeding truck loaded with sand and gravel, it is impossible for them to break."

"...Brother Xianhe, why do you know this?"

The brave man who was asked looked down at Conan and smiled in an unfathomable way.

At this moment, Conan felt that the figure standing in front of him under the cloudy sky seemed to be emitting a soft light all over.

...Is it an illusion?

The other person's slightly cool fingers gently pressed on his head and rubbed it twice in a familiar manner:

"It's a secret."