Facing the eager Rokuro Fukuyama, Kimie Shimabukuro shook her head without any hesitation.
"Rokuro, I'm sorry, I can't agree. Doing so would be unfair to your late fiancée Sumi, and I still have my great-grandmother to take care of. Let's just forget about what you said."
This sentence was true, but in the past, the shrine maiden might have hesitated and used a more euphemistic way of saying it.
After all, he was a childhood friend, and she didn't want to hurt their relationship.
But now, in front of Yuu Hoshimiya, she just wanted to cut the knot quickly to avoid misunderstanding.
While speaking, Kimie Shimabukuro herself didn't notice that she kept glancing at Yuu Hoshimiya's reaction.
And this scene, full of maidenly feelings, was fully captured by Rokuro Fukuyama, who was staring at her eagerly.
Rokuro Fukuyama glanced at Yuu Hoshimiya, who was standing close to the shrine maiden, and a flash of jealous malice passed through his eyes.
And his expression was naturally seen by Yuu Hoshimiya, as well as Heiji Hattori, who happened to look up and observe.
Yuu Hoshimiya chuckled lightly, already accustomed to this.
A few days ago in Osaka, when they first met, Heiji Hattori also showed this reaction because Kazuha Toyama was intimate with him.
It was just due to personality; Heiji Hattori showed it directly in front of everyone, angrily wanting to fight Yuu Hoshimiya.
While most people, like Rokuro Fukuyama, burned with jealousy in secret.
Heiji Hattori was stunned, his gaze constantly scanning Yuu Hoshimiya, Kimie Shimabukuro, and Rokuro Fukuyama, and then he looked as if he suddenly realized something.
In last night's investigation, the dark-skinned detective already knew that Kimie Shimabukuro and the others were childhood friends, and this scene now was so similar to a few days ago in Osaka.
At this moment, looking at Rokuro Fukuyama's ugly state, Heiji Hattori finally understood how unbearable he was at that time, and no wonder even his good friend Shinichi Kudo didn't stand by his side then.
After scratching his head awkwardly, the last trace of grudge Heiji Hattori held against Yuu Hoshimiya completely disappeared.
However, wonder if he could remain calm when he finds out that Kazuha Toyama, his childhood friend, has already given herself to Yuu Hoshimiya...
But that's a story for later. Now, looking at Rokuro Fukuyama's sinister appearance, Yuu Hoshimiya revealed an interested smile instead.
He was worrying about who to find as a scapegoat, and unexpectedly, someone offered themselves up.
As for whether framing an innocent person would be bad...
Rokuro Fukuyama was not innocent.
Kimie Shimabukuro, the four girls, and him, a total of five people grew up together.
As a result, the arson involved four girls, but he, the only male, stayed out of it; this matter was strange just thinking about it.
In addition, Sumi Ebihara was both his childhood friend and his fiancée, yet he wasn't sad at all about her tragic death.
Moreover, judging from Kimie Shimabukuro's answer just now, Rokuro Fukuyama obviously mentioned related matters more than once before Sumi Ebihara's death.
The shrine maiden didn't say it explicitly, but anyone with a brain could see that Rokuro Fukuyama was pursuing her.
As childhood friends, Kimie Shimabukuro had the highest looks among the four girls, and her personality and ability were also the best.
As the sole heir to the only shrine on the island, her family background was also outstanding.
It wasn't strange for Rokuro Fukuyama to have thoughts, but unfortunately, Kimie Shimabukuro had absolutely no interest in him.
Especially after her mother passed away, she devoted herself entirely to shrine affairs.
Probably because of this, Rokuro Fukuyama got engaged to Sumi Ebihara, who ranked second among the four girls in all aspects.
On such a closed island, with four childhood sweethearts, Rokuro Fukuyama could be said to be a life winner since childhood.
Except for Kimie Shimabukuro, who was trained as a shrine maiden since childhood and had no interest in him, the other three all had some affection for him.
While Yuu Hoshimiya was speculating and thinking, Heiji Hattori also discovered doubts from Rokuro Fukuyama's strange behavior.
He thought for a moment and took the initiative to say: "Mr. Fukuyama, I seem to see that your house is next door. Before the mourning, can we go to your house to have a look?"
Rokuro Fukuyama was stunned, not understanding why this dark-skinned detective boy suddenly said this.
Did he suspect him as the murderer?
He did plan to do some things, but hadn't implemented them yet...
Worried that disagreeing would deepen suspicion, Rokuro Fukuyama pretended to be magnanimous, nodded and said: "Alright, anyway, there is still some time now, it's just a few steps away, let's go."
Saying that, he led the way in front, taking everyone to the Fukui house next door.
As soon as they entered, Heiji Hattori assumed an investigative attitude, not even pretending.
Rokuro Fukuyama, with a guilty conscience, was very unhappy but couldn't stop him.
As for Yuu Hoshimiya and Kimie Shimabukuro, they completely acted as bystanders, leaning shoulder to shoulder and whispering softly.
This scene made Rokuro Fukuyama burn with jealousy, but in order to keep an eye on Heiji Hattori, he temporarily didn't have the energy to obstruct.
As for Naoko Kuroe, since Kimie Shimabukuro and Yuu Hoshimiya appeared hand in hand, she basically stopped talking, just silently following everyone, looking lost in thought.
At this time, Heiji Hattori had already walked to the door of the warehouse in the courtyard.
"Eh, what is this warehouse?"
Seeing the warehouse unlocked, the dark-skinned detective pulled open the warehouse door directly and barged in.
Yuu Hoshimiya and his group all followed, and saw the warehouse full of movie props, damaged ships, colorful mermaid props, and various photography equipment.
Kimie couldn't help exclaiming: "Wow, didn't expect you kept them all."
Rokuro Fukuyama introduced: "These are the props from when we filmed 'The Tale of the Bikuni' before. I couldn't bear to throw them away, so I kept them all here."
Heiji Hattori wondered: "'The Tale of the Bikuni'? Is it the Japanese movie that won the gold award at the International Film Festival before?"
Kimie nodded, "Yes, Naoko, Sumi, Saori, Rokuro and I grew up together and got into the same university. In the university, we participated in the film club, and then worked together to make a movie 'The Tale of the Bikuni'. It won the gold award at that time, everyone was very happy, thinking we were going to enter Hollywood."
Rokuro Fukuyama also laughed: "Yes, winning the award that time was thanks to Sumi as the female lead, and Kimie's special effects makeup; both of them won awards."
"Then why didn't you continue to develop in the entertainment industry?" Heiji Hattori asked.
Kimie explained, "Because everyone was attached to life on the island, so we came back from the mainland. Just didn't expect such a thing to happen to Sumi now, and Saori is missing again."
Previously, Kimie Shimabukuro really thought so, but now she knew it was just a few childhood friends wanting to live forever because of the so-called mermaid legend.
Soon, a bright smile appeared on Kimie's face, "However, thinking back to that time when we worked hard together, it was really beautiful."
Unfortunately, we can never go back!
The shrine maiden added silently in her heart.
At this time, seeing Heiji Hattori wanting to open the small room in the warehouse, Rokuro Fukuyama's face changed drastically, and he immediately stepped forward to stop him.
"Sorry, inside are some of my personal items, not convenient for everyone to see."
"Oh..."
Heiji Hattori agreed on the surface, but his eyes were fixed on the locked small room.
Seeing this, Yuu Hoshimiya frowned slightly, secretly used magic, and began a carpet search of the Fukuyama house.
Soon, Yuu Hoshimiya discovered some interesting things, his eyes constantly flashing with surprise.
He glanced at Rokuro Fukuyama, a sneer appearing at the corner of his mouth.
The originally set plan was instantly overturned, and he began to plan anew.
And Rokuro Fukuyama said: "Let's go, let's go into the living room for a cup of tea. Once the mourning starts, we can't easily walk out of the memorial room."
Everyone followed into the living room. Rokuro Fukuyama fell behind, and specially took out a lock to lock the warehouse door.
Heiji Hattori frowned, his doubts deepening, but Rokuro Fukuyama wasn't a suspect, and he wasn't a police officer, so he couldn't forcibly search.
These two locks, inside and outside, had already cut off his path of investigation.
Everyone drank a few cups of tea at Fukuyama's house and then returned to the Ebihara house, then entered the memorial room one by one, and began to keep vigil for Sumi Ebihara.
The vigil time in Japan is extremely long, with many rules and very solemn. It is a very formal place, and one must behave particularly seriously.
Speaking of which, Yuu Hoshimiya had never kept vigil in his previous life, but he had already participated in two memorial services in this life.
And the two times were extremely similar, both on small islands, and then murders continued to occur during the memorial service.
In front of Sumi's portrait, the invited monk closed his eyes, knocked on the wooden fish, and began to chant scriptures.
Listening to the dull scriptures, Yuu Hoshimiya couldn't help yawning, feeling bored instantly. If he didn't have something to do at the Ebihara house, he wouldn't bother wasting time here.
Bored, Yuu Hoshimiya turned his gaze to the shrine maiden beside him.
Kimie Shimabukuro behaved extremely seriously. Although that was the enemy who killed her mother, she was indeed her childhood friend.
Just then, Kimie Shimabukuro also looked up at Yuu Hoshimiya. Their eyes met, the shrine maiden revealed an inexplicable smile, and then slowly walked out of the door that had opened at some point.
Yuu Hoshimiya was stunned for a moment, not expecting Kimie Shimabukuro to start acting directly in front of him.
It seemed his performance these past few days was too obvious, and the shrine maiden had already guessed something.
The two deliberately chose seats near the door.
This was also Kimie Shimabukuro's request.
Plus, at this time, everyone bowed their heads in solemn mourning. Except for Yuu Hoshimiya, no one noticed Kimie Shimabukuro's departure.
Outside the Ebihara house was empty; everyone was indoors.
This scene naturally didn't attract anyone's attention, but it couldn't escape the gaze of Yuu Hoshimiya who was watching her all the time.
With a thought, Yuu Hoshimiya used magic again to continue following and observing.
Sure enough, Kimie went out from the side hall of the Ebihara house and walked to the yard near the beach.
Once this gentle shrine maiden had killing intent, she became a different person, exuding a fierce aura all over.
She held a rope and strangled Naoko, who came to the appointment, from behind, strangling Naoko directly to death.
Kimie, who strangled Naoko, also slumped on the beach, covering her face and weeping silently, muttering: "Mom! Mom! I avenged you!"
She didn't have much time to grieve either. Immediately afterwards, she tied Naoko's body to the fishing net, then created footprints leading from the fishing net to the sea, and sprinkled fish scales.
She cleared the sand from her body, her face returned to normal, and she returned to the memorial room.
Looking at Kimie Shimabukuro's crude handling of the crime scene, Yuu Hoshimiya couldn't help sighing. He still had to do the clean-up work himself.
Using magic remotely was still a bit troublesome and required special concentration, but correspondingly, it was an absolutely perfect alibi.
Time passed extremely fast; Yuu Hoshimiya, focused on casting magic, didn't even notice Kimie Shimabukuro's return.
"Phew... finally finished."
After the action ended, Yuu Hoshimiya muttered in a low voice and gasped tiredly.
Kimie Shimabukuro smiled gently, "Sorry, accompanying me has tired you out, Yuu-kun."
Yuu Hoshimiya was stunned, a bit confused.
Just then, the monk above finished chanting the scriptures, and everyone bowed. He realized what happened.
It turned out his words just now were taken by Kimie Shimabukuro as being tired from attending the memorial service.
"No, I didn't mean that." Yuu Hoshimiya leaned into the shrine maiden's ear and chuckled: "As long as Miss Kimie is by my side, nothing is tiring."
This time it was the shrine maiden who was stunned. Her fair face instantly turned crimson, making the already cute her even more lovable.
Seeing this scene, Rokuro Fukuyama burned with jealousy, while Heiji Hattori clicked his tongue in wonder.
The dark-skinned boy already knew about Yuu Hoshimiya's philandering from Conan. When worrying about Kazuha, he also held the thought that Kazuha would definitely not like such a playboy.
So knowing Kazuha wasn't with Yuu Hoshimiya before, he felt much more at ease.
Just then, a sharp scream rang out from the crowd that had just dispersed.
A female guest discovered Naoko's body hanging on the fishing net in the yard.
Heiji Hattori immediately rushed to the body, touched Naoko's neck, and shook his head, "She's beyond saving."
Everyone looked at this scene with horror on their faces.
Especially Kimie, whose pupils kept contracting, her face full of disbelief.
The scene she had just arranged was now vastly different.
The Dugong Arrow scattered on the ground was gone, all her footprints had disappeared, leaving only fish tail marks leading all the way to the seabed.
This appearance looked as if a mermaid really came out from the seabed for revenge and finally returned to the seabed.
Realizing the weirdness of this scene, Heiji Hattori's face also changed drastically.
And among the onlookers, people shouted from time to time.
"It's the mermaid's revenge!"
"Is the mermaid back again?"
"Terrible curse!"
Soon, the balding police officer investigating on the island was notified to come over.
As soon as this officer ran over, he shouted repeatedly, "What are you doing standing at the scene? Do you want to destroy the traces at the scene?"
At this moment, he didn't dare to lose face for the police too much by showing his bullying of subordinates and flattering of superiors too obviously.
He could only secretly think about apologizing to Heiji Hattori afterwards.
Fortunately, Heiji Hattori indeed didn't like to mess around relying on his family background. He immediately obeyed and stayed away from the scene, letting the balding officer take photos for evidence.
However, a gleam flashed in his eyes at the same time, and he immediately pushed through the crowd and ran outside.
At this time, Yuu Hoshimiya and Kimie Shimabukuro also walked to the corridor of the side hall of the Ebihara house and crossed the crowd to the front.
Not sure if intentional or unintentional, an old woman beside them spoke: "Died so pitifully, turned into a mermaid."
Yuu Hoshimiya pretended to be curious: "Mermaid?"
The old woman explained: "Legend has it that Yao Bikuni scrambled to eat the mermaid corpse hanging on the fishing net like this, so people who die hanging on this fishing net will turn into mermaids and never be reincarnated."
As a shrine maiden, Kimie Shimabukuro naturally knew this story and didn't react much.
And now because of the changes at the crime scene, she didn't have the mind to pay attention to the so-called legend.
Yuu Hoshimiya turned his head and scanned around, seeing that Benzo Kaori and Rokuro Fukuyama were missing from the scene, a smile couldn't help appearing on his face.
It seemed the plan succeeded smoothly.
He secretly mobilized magic power in his heart and ignited the warehouse of the shrine in the distance.
Not long after, the fire gradually rose, and everyone at the Ebihara house saw it.
Kimie Shimabukuro's pupils immediately contracted continuously, looking at the fire in the direction of the shrine with disbelief.
How could this be! Saori Kaori's body is still in the shrine; how can this happen!
Originally according to the plan, she would burn the shrine warehouse, use Saori's body to make people mistakenly believe she was burned to charcoal in the warehouse.
After that, she would completely abandon the identity of the shrine maiden and live purely as the long-lived elder.
Seimi Asai really wanted to immolate herself back then, while Kimie Shimabukuro thought of faking death from the beginning, which made Yuu Hoshimiya's action much simpler.
At least, he didn't have to face such danger as when saving Seimi Asai.
Of course, even in the same situation, with his current strength, there wouldn't be such a big risk anymore.
Now, with the big fire, the shrine maiden's fake death plan naturally couldn't be realized.
The shrine maiden only felt as if an invisible big hand was controlling everything, and she couldn't help but feel horrified.
But at the same time, she subconsciously glanced at Yuu Hoshimiya, feeling inexplicably relieved.
In this case, it seems she can continue to stay with Yuu-kun...
Suppressing the thought that suddenly arose in her heart, the shrine maiden moved her steps, turning fast walking into trotting, and finally ran towards the direction of the shrine.
Yuu Hoshimiya hurried to follow.
And just in the neighbor Rokuro Fukuyama's house, Heiji Hattori broke the window and sneaked into the warehouse.
He rummaged through the warehouse, and soon, the two found the target.
It was a mermaid prop suit. This prop could be worn on the lower body, the fish tail touching the ground, leaving fish tail-shaped traces when walking.
That fish tail still felt a bit moist to the touch, with sand residue.
Heiji Hattori touched it and said with a light smile: "It seems the culprit is Rokuro Fukuyama. While everyone was mourning, he came out alone, came to the warehouse next door, put on this prop suit, then walked along the coastline to the yard of the Ebihara house next door, and strangled Naoko."
"Then he hung Naoko on the fishing net, intending to mislead us that it was mermaid revenge. Afterwards, he returned to the warehouse, put the prop suit back in place, and then pretended to be calm and returned to the memorial room."
"Before I came in, this warehouse was all locked, and the key was only on Rokuro Fukuyama. It seems he really is the murderer."
Heiji Hattori rested his chin on his hand, frowning and muttering to himself: "Just why did he kill Naoko? Was it also for the Dugong Arrow? And why did he kill his own fiancée?"
Although not understanding the reason, under Yuu Hoshimiya's misleading, Heiji Hattori had already determined that this was the fact.
As for the unclear motive for killing, just wait until the police arrest him and ask.
After collecting evidence, he came out along the broken window and saw the big fire in the direction of the shrine.
Heiji Hattori wanted to rush over immediately, but before that, he had to tell the balding police officer about the warehouse and his reasoning.
The balding police officer immediately ordered to start searching for Rokuro Fukuyama, but Rokuro Fukuyama was nowhere to be found.
Immediately afterwards, Heiji Hattori hurried to the direction of the shrine.
The fire at the shrine warehouse continued to burn. Fortunately, it was an independent building, so the fire didn't spread to other areas.
The death of Kimie Shimabukuro's mother was left unsettled back then, partly for this reason.
When people's own interests are not infringed upon, they often choose to hang high and ignore things that don't concern them.
Looking at the raging fire and listening to the discussions of the people fighting the fire around, Heiji Hattori frowned and thought.
Mermaid Island, Dugong Arrow, immortality...
No, Mermaid's Grave!
A gleam flashed in his eyes.
Heiji Hattori said to the police and villagers who came to fight the fire around: "Go, let's go up the mountain of the Mermaid Waterfall to look. According to the murderer's modus operandi, he definitely believes in the legend of immortality on the island."
"Now the Elder is also missing, extremely likely held hostage by the murderer. Then the target, unsurprisingly, is the Mermaid's Grave on the island."
"We search in the dense forest on the mountain; we should be able to find the murderer and Miss Shimabukuro."
Hearing this, the two patrol officers immediately turned around and ran with Heiji Hattori towards the mountain of the Mermaid Waterfall.
Heiji Hattori's reasoning wasn't wrong this time; Yuu Hoshimiya, Kimie Shimabukuro, and Rokuro Fukuyama were indeed on the mountain.
It's just that all this was manipulated and arranged secretly by Yuu Hoshimiya. He was the one who lured Kimie Shimabukuro and Rokuro Fukuyama to this mountain separately.
At this moment, he was secretly tracking Kimie.
Kimie was still in a black suit skirt, just holding a bow and arrow in her hand.
She patrolled the mountain forest vigilantly, but couldn't detect Yuu Hoshimiya behind her like a ghost at all.
Just now, as soon as Kimie arrived at the shrine, she saw the monstrous fire in the warehouse, which couldn't be extinguished at all.
At the same time, a note wrapped around a stone fell in front of her. The note only wrote: "If you don't want what you did to be exposed, then come to meet at the cliff behind the dense forest on the mountain."
Kimie frowned upon seeing this note, but with leverage in someone else's hands, she had no other choice but to keep the appointment, carrying a bow and arrow.
The sky was extremely dim. Kimie was already highly alert, her right hand on the arrow fletching, ready to shoot at any time.
Soon, she was about to cross the dense forest and arrive at the meeting place.
Just then, a sound came from the leaves above, and the sound of wind breaking rang out.
Kimie reacted very sensitively, blocking with her bow.
But the long bow couldn't block the attack from the wooden stick above at all; it broke directly into two halves. Her shoulder took a heavy blow, and her body rolled onto the ground.
Enduring the pain, Kimie finally had time to look up at the person who attacked her, and was greatly surprised: "Why is it you? Rokuro."
She never expected that the person attacking her would be the man who pursued her painstakingly. Could it be that just because she rejected him just now, his love turned into hate, and he decided to kill her?
Rokuro Fukuyama, wearing a black suit, was still wearing gloves. He threw the wooden stick away and sneered: "Why keep acting, Kimie? Didn't you call me here to tell me the location of the Mermaid's Grave?"
These words made Kimie Shimabukuro confused. She was clearly called here by someone; how could Rokuro Fukuyama say she called him here?
Rokuro Fukuyama continued: "Originally I wanted to take it step by step, get you into bed first and then ask for the whereabouts of the Mermaid's Grave. But now I can't. There seem to be more people on the island targeting the Mermaid's Grave, so I can only be rougher. Kimie, you won't blame me, right!"
A flash of lightning happened to pass by, illuminating Rokuro Fukuyama's face ferociously.
Kimie kept moving her body backward, retreating constantly. She looked full of disbelief, as if knowing this partner she grew up with for the first time.
Usually, Rokuro Fukuyama acted completely like an atheist, dismissive of the mermaid legend of Mermaid Island.
But listening to his words now, he clearly also deeply believed in the legend of immortality, and even pursuing her was because of the Mermaid's Grave. Why disguise so deeply!
In fact, not only that, but the arson that burned Kimie Shimabukuro's mother to death back then was also planned by him alone.
It's just that he disguised very well, plus Sumi Ebihara and the other two stupid women were coaxed by him, so he was never exposed.
Rokuro Fukuyama took out a dagger from his bosom and laughed loudly.
"Kimie, you should know, actually I like you very much. As long as you cooperate obediently and let me obtain the remaining half skeleton in the Mermaid's Grave, I won't hurt you."
Hearing that Rokuro Fukuyama also targeted her mother's skeleton, Kimie frowned and shouted decisively: "In your dreams."
"The Mermaid's Grave is fake basically. There is no mermaid skeleton inside at all, just ordinary human bones."
Hearing this, Rokuro Fukuyama flew into a rage and rushed up with the dagger.
Kimie's shoulder was injured and she couldn't exert strength at all. Seeing this scene, she couldn't help but despair.
Just then, a big hand grabbed the back of Kimie's suit neck and pulled her away directly.
Rokuro Fukuyama pounced on empty air. He looked up and saw the suddenly appearing Yuu Hoshimiya, and his pupils contracted for a while.
Yuu Hoshimiya hugged Kimie's soft body, reached out to brush off the dirt on the back of her small suit and skirt hem, and asked: "Are you okay?"
He didn't care about the knife-wielding Rokuro Fukuyama at all.
Held in his arms, feeling those powerful arms, the shrine maiden's heart beat fast, but at this moment she still suppressed the throbbing in her heart and asked: "Yuu-kun, why did you appear here?"
Yuu Hoshimiya didn't answer, glanced at Rokuro Fukuyama who wanted to escape, and said: "No wonder Mr. Fukuyama would be angry hearing Miss Kimie's words. After all, he has been eating mermaid skeletons for two or three years. If you say it's fake, it's strange if he doesn't get angry!"
"I just entered the small room in the warehouse. Hard to believe there is a basement below. Tsk tsk tsk, Mr. Fukuyama's special hobby is really surprising!"
These words were like a thunderbolt; both of them were stunned.
Rokuro Fukuyama absolutely didn't expect that the extremely secretive thing he did was discovered by Yuu Hoshimiya. In that case, he couldn't leave easily.
He dismissed the idea of running away, pointed the dagger faintly at Yuu Hoshimiya, a trace of malice flashing in his eyes.
And Kimie thought of more. The skeleton burned to death by fire in the shrine three years ago was her mother's, and then her mother's skeleton was stolen.
Could it be...
Kimie Shimabukuro's face changed drastically, and she immediately pressed: "Is what Yuu-kun said true? You are really eating mermaid skeletons? Was the person who stole from the shrine two years ago you?"
Is this guy eating her mother's skeleton?
Seeing that Yuu Hoshimiya had found it all, Rokuro Fukuyama admitted it frankly.
"That's right. Including the arson by Sumi and the others back then, I also proposed it while they were drunk, just to verify if mermaids exist!"
As a male, Rokuro Fukuyama was relatively rational and had always been skeptical about the mermaid legend.
Until after burning Kimie's mother to death, under the so-called conclusive evidence, he mistakenly thought mermaids really existed and believed it firmly.
He even became crazier than Sumi Ebihara and the other two women.
"Mermaid skeletons indeed have magical effects. After grinding them into powder and eating, I feel my body is much stronger."
"What's hateful is that I didn't steal all of that skeleton two years ago; otherwise, I would have been immortal long ago."
When Rokuro Fukuyama said this, a strange flush appeared on his face, extremely morbid.
Seeing him admit it, Kimie felt as if her mind received a heavy blow. Her breathing became rapid, and tears flowed out uncontrollably.
Her mother, whom she deeply loved and respected, who dedicated her life to the island, her remains actually suffered such desecration. This evil deed was completely unforgivable.
Three years ago, Sumi, Saori, and Naoko, these three women, because they didn't draw the Dugong Arrow, got drunk in the middle of the night and set fire to the warehouse, killing her mother.
She had already killed these three enemies personally, but seeing Rokuro Fukuyama now, Kimie realized she had one more enemy.
At this point, the matter should almost come to an end.
Reaching out to comfort the extremely sad shrine maiden in his arms, Yuu Hoshimiya raised his eyebrows and continued: "So back then you also held Kimie's father, who hosted the shrine, hostage, wanting to force him to ask if there were really mermaids, and finally faked this matter as a shipwreck!"
Another thunderbolt fell, illuminating Rokuro Fukuyama and Kimie Shimabukuro's cheeks extremely pale.