allendalepharm Chapter 220 Do all mermaids have to be girls?
Chapter 220 Do all mermaids have to be girls?
For some reason, Conan always felt that he heard something eerie in the word "interested".
Hattori recounted everything he had discovered over the past two days regarding the letter of commission.
Then he came close to Yun Xianhe and whispered:
"Although my name was written on the letter, the beginning of the content was written as 'Hello, Mr. Kudo Shinichi'. I suspect that this case is related to that guy."
"That's it."
"Maybe it's the mess he left behind after solving a previous case."
"…Hey, I can hear you, okay."
Conan, who was leaning closer and eavesdropping openly, looked at Hattori Heiji with half-moon eyes.
The latter smiled and rubbed his head twice:
"I think Conan, you won't tell that guy, right?"
Yun Xianhe lowered his head and glanced at Conan, who met his gaze and immediately said:
"Of course."
"That is to say, we now only have the client's name, phone number, and a letter of commission that doesn't reveal the whole story, right?"
Hattori Heiji nodded: "That's right."
"The second call was not connected, the first call was quickly disconnected after it was connected, and then there was the sound of waves and suppressed crying..."
The client had probably been murdered.
Well, it is still uncertain whether the real client is the other party.
Influenced by the legend, Xiaolan and Kazuha, who always feel that there are mermaids in this world, have already imagined the other turning into a mermaid.
Unfortunately, mermaids are born to be raised naturally.
No matter what method they use, those who attempt to become mermaids will eventually become "merman".
Someone who felt dizzy pinched his brows and looked at the island that was gradually approaching:
"Is it a fish-man or a human-faced ghost..."
Human beings pursuing immortality.
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"Huh? You said Miss Menxie Saori is currently missing?!"
"Yes, it seems that she didn't go to work three days ago."
After hearing the reply from the receptionist, Kogoro Mori was obviously helpless.
I finally got up early in the morning and took a long boat ride to come here to do the work for the client, but the client has been missing for several days.
Hattori rubbed his chin:
"Three days from now, that's when the letter will arrive home."
The people at the guesthouse said casually:
"But the neighbors are wondering if she took a boat to the mainland island for fun."
"It's time for Mr. Kobayashi to go."
"Come right away."
Yun Xianhe, who was standing at the back, saw that the man called Kobayashi had a relaxed expression on his face, and seemed not to be worried about Menxie Saori's safety at all.
"Excuse me, may I ask why you acted so casually about her disappearance?"
Mr. Kobayashi, who was explaining to Maori that there would be a special celebration on the island tonight, smiled with some distress when he heard this:
"Because Saori used to quarrel with her father and run away from home, we are kind of used to it."
I see. So I ignored it out of habit?
"Today is the day of our island's annual Dugong Festival. If you want to know anything else, you can go to the souvenir shop on the corner where Saori works and ask the owner."
Mr. Kobayashi gave his opinion.
Yun Xianhe, who was walking at the end, asked the other party for the address of Menxie Saori's house, intending to go and take a look if it was on his way.
The group arrived at the souvenir shop.
Maori Kogoro and the others were still investigating, while Yun Xianhe was wandering around with Xiaolan and Kazuha.
“There are so many mermaid-themed specialties here.”
The two girls were chattering away.
Yun Xianhe stood in front of the shelf with his chin supported by one hand, looking down at the ornaments and decorations.
Conan, who had just finished picking out keychains with Xiaolan, turned around and saw Yun Xianhe standing still. He walked over and asked curiously:
"Brother Xianhe, what are you looking at?"
"Just wondering about the gender of the jewelry merman here."
"?"
Yun Xianhe casually pointed at the keychain that Conan was holding:
"Do all mermaids have to be girls?"
“…I don’t think anyone will care about this issue.”
Yun Xianhe was not surprised at all to get this answer.
After all, his mermaid friends were also very puzzled by this question.
To sum up, it is probably because they don’t like to go out like those girls and are rarely seen by humans.
Putting this question behind his mind, the brave man packed four portions of the local specialties that looked good and prepared to go back and give them to Mr. Guang and the others.
Oh, and bring one for Kidd, too.
Because Yun Xianhe was very generous, the boss was obviously in a very good mood.
Even the tone of his answer to Mao Li and the others' questions became much more sincere:
"The dugong arrow is a talisman for immortality. Three dugong arrows are awarded to villagers every year at the annual dugong festival."
"Saori accidentally lost the dugong arrow she got at last year's festival, so she was very scared a week ago."
The boss paused at this point, his face showing a moment of fear.
"She was afraid that the mermaid would come after her for revenge."
Yun Xianhe, who had opened a box of pies, smiled slightly when he heard this but did not respond.
Maori Kogoro was shocked by this statement:
"There are no mermaids in this world..."
No, actually there is, but it is not in this world.
“There are indeed mermen in the world.”
Someone behind him suddenly spoke, interrupting Yun Xianhe's scattered thoughts.
Everyone turned to look at that person.
The latter was wearing a waiter's apron, folding his arms and saying:
"Because there are real cases in the world where people have become immortal after eating mermaid flesh. And the dugong arrow made by the hair grown by the telekinesis of the longevity woman can make the dream of immortality come true no matter who gets it."
The pie in my hand broke into pieces.
Yun Xianhe listened to the other party's introduction without changing his expression, but the hint of boasting and greed in his tone made him feel a little nauseous.
Is it a symptom of stomach ulcer, or is it because this face is too similar to those people?
"She lost such an important arrow. It's only natural that she would be afraid of the mermaid's revenge and run away from this island."
After saying this, the man turned around and left without caring about the reactions of the others.
When Yun Xianhe heard the store owner say that Naoko was a good friend who grew up with Saori, he snorted and threw the broken pie into the trash can beside the cash register.
Friends? The other party was just blatantly gloating over someone else's misfortune.
Maori and Hattori are asking about the age of the long-lived woman who is said to have eaten mermaid flesh.
The shop owner thought about it and gave an ambiguous range of one hundred to two hundred.
"If living to this age can be called immortality, it's really a bit ridiculous."
Conan seemed to be thinking about something when he heard Yun Xianhe's words.
He looked up at the person in front of him, his cold, heterochromatic eyes darkened, as if he was showing disgust? Or perhaps indifference.
It seems that his previous inference was correct, Yun Xianhe does not care about immortality.
The other party... seems to be disgusted by others' pursuit of immortality?
"Brother Xianhe, do you believe that there is really immortality in this world?"
"It's just longevity, nothing special about it."
“…I feel like you, Xianhe, kind of hate this word.”
The brave man rubbed the little detective's head with his hand, then turned and looked through the window towards the location of the shrine in the distance.
"No."
What he hated was never the "gift" of "immortality", but the greedy human hearts that tried to take shortcuts and achieve success overnight.
"If Conan wants to live forever, he shouldn't think of taking those unorthodox methods."
"True immortality is the recognition and gift of the gods for the efforts of mankind. Of course, it can also be a punishment."
Biru is a deeper level of "eternal life".
Eternal loneliness and endless loss—a test of divinity.
This is not something that humans who do not have the qualifications to become gods can endure.
"…Didn't you say it was just longevity? Living longer doesn't seem to be anything new."
Conan has little interest in this kind of thing.
If possible, he would like to go back to his original appearance and be a detective.
Maybe he was lucky enough to die of old age, or maybe he died heroically while chasing the murderer.
Yun Xianhe smiled when he heard Conan's words, and said softly:
"really……"
"Hmm? Did you say anything, Brother Xianhe?"
"No, I just think it would be nice if everyone could think as clearly as you do."
If that were the case, the world wouldn't have collapsed.
The two ended the conversation.
Next to him, Hattori Heiji, who had once again found the next location where he could get information, was somewhat helpless:
"Why do we feel like a ball today..."
Yun Xianhe, who couldn't carry so many things, gave the store owner a commission and asked him to help deliver them to the hotel where they were staying.
[Ding, gastric ulcer is over, physical values are being adjusted——]