Chapter 1698: Weird Wooden Cards and Corpses?
At four o'clock in the afternoon, on the beach of Ghost Turtle Island.
Conan, Heiji Hattori, and Nanatsuki Koshisui stood together, looking at the cruise ship on the sea not far away, chatting casually.
Suddenly, only hearing the sound of "brushing", Hiraya Yijiang came out of the sea wearing a black diving suit, then took off the oxygen mask in his mouth, stretched out his hand to wipe the water on his face, glared helplessly at the cruise ship in the voyage, frowned and said: "Really, what the hell is Captain Shimoda doing......?
After Heira Ijiang finished speaking, after taking a few breaths, he put on the oxygen mask again and dived into the water, while Conan groaned, and then turned his head to look at Hattori Heiji next to him and said, "Brother Hattori, you also found out, right?" It's so strange......"
Conan's voice fell, and Hattori Heiji was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right, it's a bit strange...... I've always thought that Miss Hirara-san should be wearing a white high-leg swimsuit......"
After Hattori finished speaking, Conan let out a "ha", and his eyelids jumped: "What did you say?"
By the way, who's talking to you about the high-leg swimsuit?
You touch the red bumps on your head, haven't you had enough? Then why don't I find a hammer and give you a few more bumps?
Conan complained in his heart, staring at Hattori Heiji speechlessly.
A few seconds later, Hattori Heiji was stared at by Conan and scratched his head with a grin, "Okay, okay! I'm just kidding you...... You're right, Miss Hira is really strange - she said she wanted to swim, but now she actually dives here, and this place seems to be ......."
Hattori didn't finish speaking, and suddenly heard Xiaolan's voice from behind: "Hattori, Detective Yueshui, Director Takefu asked you to come over......"
Listening to Xiaolan's words, Conan and Hattori turned their heads together, only to see Taketomi Masao and Xiaolan standing in front of an old wooden house, and couldn't help but pout: "Okay, it looks like the preliminary preparations are about to begin, let's hurry up......"
"Well, that's right. Nanatsuki smiled and nodded, "Let's hurry up and finish our work, so let's go back to the island early to eat and rest......"
A few people were talking, and soon walked to the old wooden house, and then they heard Kazuha stretch out his hand and point to a wooden sign in front of the wooden house: "Hattori, Detective Yueshui, look, this wooden sign is the place where the mystery of the Taketomi director took place......
"Huh, is this wooden sign?"
When Conan and Hattori heard this, they looked down at the wooden sign together, looked at the handwriting on it, and read it out loud: "The princess is sleeping in A instead of B...... What does this mean?"
Conan beside them, Koshisui Nanatsuki heard this, smiled slightly and explained: "I heard Taketomi broadcast before, about a year ago, an unknown male corpse was found on this small island, and the corpse was leaning on this wooden plaque - according to the person who found the body, the deceased should have been starved to death for a long time......"
Conan and Hattori Heiji listened to the introduction of the case by Koshisui Nanatsuki together, and after Koshisui Nanatsuki finished speaking, he pinched his chin and thought: "So, our task in this detective duel is to solve the mystery of the deceased......'s death?" Director Takefu, do you have any clues about the identity of the deceased?"
"If you have a clue, there is one. Hearing this, Taketomi immediately replied, "Not long before the local fishermen found the body, there happened to be a big typhoon near here, and the wind and waves were very strong, so some people speculated that that person should have drifted to the island because of bad luck and the ...... when the boat sank."
"Did there happen to be a big typhoon just before that? In that case, it's really ...... likely."
Conan and Hattori narrowed their eyes, and then Kume Yoshitsugu's voice came from the side: "Actually, there is another way to say it?"
"Hmm, what's that?"
Conan and Hattori Heiji turned their heads together to look over, only to see Kume Yoshitsugu and Ikema Shinro standing behind: "...... It is said that this person was captured by the dragon girl ghost in the Sea Dragon Palace, took away the soul and died......"
Kume followed the words, Conan and Hattori Heiji both made a "uh" sound, rolled their eyes speechlessly, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the old wooden house in front of him, and changed the topic:
"And who built this wooden house, and is there anyone living on this island?"
As soon as Hattori Heiji finished speaking, a voice from Hira Ijiang came from the side: "This wooden house was built by the mayor of Jincheng City!"
Hearing Pingliang Yijiang's voice, everyone turned their heads curiously and looked over, only to see that Pingliang Yijiang was standing behind at some point, wiping his hair with a towel, and continued: "Actually, not only this wooden house, but even this small island belongs to the mayor of Jincheng - everyone on the other side of the island knows that the mayor's family is very wealthy and has bought many small islands nearby, and this Ghost Turtle Island is one of them. I've heard that before that, the mayor used this villa as a vacation place......"
Hearing this, Nanatsuki immediately nodded and said, "...... I've heard about it, too. However, since the incident with Miss Koto, the mayor has never been here again, and naturally he has not renovated it, which is why it has become so tattered......"
"I see!"
Hattori Heiji nodded, and then the voice of Mikihiko Daito came from the side: "Yes! A few years ago, I used to come by boat to catch horse mackerel near here, and the wooden houses here looked very beautiful, but I didn't expect it to become like this now, the difference is simply too big...... It's like Taro Urashima coming back to reality......"
"Huh? Taro Urashima?"
Xiaolan and Ye didn't react at once, and Conan explained with his hands behind his head: "In the legend, Urashima Taro didn't stay long in the Dragon Palace, but after he came back, the environment of his hometown has changed greatly and is difficult to recognize—Mr. Daito probably wants to sigh that this wooden house is no longer recognizable, right?"
"Well, that's what it means!"
Xiaolan and the others nodded in understanding, and Kume Yoshitsugu and Ikema Shinro also nodded: "That's true! A little further ahead of here, there is a very famous diving spot nearby, the two of us often go there to play, and we will pass by here from time to time, the changes in this wooden house are really too great......"
After a few people sighed a few words, Takefu Ya Nan said with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's talk about these gossips later, now everyone please look around on the island to see if there is anything special——"
"-If it helps solve the mystery, that's a great help!"