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A strong heart along with deduction and power.

And step into the essence with a strong rhythm.

The legend of a mermaid starts off the new series.

Heiji, Kazuha, Ran and Conan work together again.

He sees through the one and only truth.

A child in appearance with the I.Q. of an adult.

His name is Detective Conan!

"The Mermaid Disappears (The Mystery)"

Good grief, I hope you appreciate what I'm doing.

First, you pop up out of the blue

then you tell me that we've got to go to Fukui on a job

and that's what we're on this crazy trip.

Oh, don't grumble! I'm paying for this.

Now what? So where are we?

What's the name of that island we're going to?

It's called Bikuni Island, it's just a tiny island.

The locals around here call it,

the island where the mermaid lives.

"Bikuni Island" -Did you say mermaid?

Yeah.

They say there's an old lady on that island that eat mermaid meat.

I've heard about that!

About 3 years ago, there was a big fuss about her,

she's an old lady who has lived forever, isn't that right?

Yes, that's right. I decided to come along

because I wanted to learn the secret of her beauty and longevity!

I get it! You want to snare Hattori with those secrets!

Don't talk so loud!

You've got to be kidding.

I hope you're not to tell me our job is find a mermaid.

It's just the opposite.

There were only 3 lines in the letter giving us the job

and the writing was shaky.

This is what it said, "The mermaid will kill me. Help!"

A mermaid is...

Going to kill someone?

This is serious!

Give me a break, mermaids only exist in fairy tales,

don't expect me to take you seriously.

I don't believe they really exist either.

But the name in the letter got my attention.

The envelope was addressed to me

but the letter was written to Shinichi Kudo.

You should be thanking me.

It might be somebody from your past,

that's why I brought you along.

So did you contact the person who sent the letter to confirm it?

Yes. The sender, Saori Kadowaki

wrote the number for her cellular phone on the letter.

But the first time I tried, someone answered but hung up right away,

I tried again many times but nobody answers.

On that first call though, I can still hear the sound

coming from the other side of the receiver.

It was the sound of waves and a woman moaning.

-It couldn't be... -Maybe the mermaid already killed her.

What?

Saori Kadowaki is missing?

Yes, it seems she hasn't shown up for work for the past 3 days.

3 days ago, that's about when I got the letter.

Her neighbors are saying that

she might have gone to the main island on the ship though.

Sir, it's almost time.

Yes, be right there.

Well, I've got to go prepare for the festival.

Festival?

Today's the day of the "Dugong Festival",

it's the island's annual celebration.

If you want to know more about it,

go to the gift shop Saori worked at, it's right at the corner.

Mermaid amulets, mermaid straps.

They've even got dugong cakes!

It's true, this island's got every mermaid item in stock.

What's a dugong, anyway?

Well, it's a mammal that lives in the ocean,

some people say that that's the model for the mermaid is.

They used to live in the southern part of Japan too, long ago

and it was believed that their meat was medicine

and you'd live a long life.

A Dugong Arrow?

Yes, sir. It's a charm to keep you young forever,

only 3 are given away, once every year at the Dugong Festival.

Saori was presented with 1 last year

but she said she lost it

and she was terrified since last week.

She said the mermaid would curse her.

That's hard to believe... a mermaid.

Mermaids do exist.

Nahoko.

There's a Holy Person who gained eternal life

after eating the dugong meat

and whoever possesses the Dugong Arrow

with the Holy Person's hair tied to it that has been blessed by her

will also be granted eternal life.

I don't blame her for running away,

who wouldn't be afraid of the mermaid's curse

after losing an arrow that important.

Who was that?

That's Nahoko, she and Saori have been friends

since they were children.

And who is this Holy Person?

She's the star of the festival

as well as the symbol of our island,

she's old lady Shimabukuro!

So tell me, how old is the old lady anyway?

Well, there's some that say she's a hundred. Some say she's 200.

If you don't believe me, why don't you

go to the shrine for the festival?

The shrine?

The Holy Person's great-granddaughter, Kimie,

who's also Saori's childhood friend should be there too.

I think we're being given the run around.

"Bikuni Shrine" -200 years old, that's ridiculous.

My great-grandmother's exactly 130 years old this year.

You can check the birth records that'll prove it.

Good grief, just because she's a little older than most,

everyone exaggerates so much.

A little older?

She belongs in the Guinness Book of Records.

So where is this very old lady anyway?

She's in her room,

blessing the arrows to be presented at today's festival.

Then, you mean, she really eats dugong meat?

There's no such things as mermaids.

That story's a complete lie.

But what about the Dugong Arrow?

My late mother told me that it was originally a protection amulet

but the people on the island went and started

to call it Dugong Arrow instead.

You've lost your mother?

Yes. She was lost at sea 5 years ago, along with my father

and it seems my grandparents

were also lost at sea before I was born.

How awful, you lost your whole family to the sea,

there must be something behind it!

That's nonsense.

Saori and I went to the main island by boat just recently

and nothing happened.

-You went... -With Saori?

When was that?

4 days ago.

I had a dentist appointment and asked her to come with me.

There's no dentists on this island.

Was there anything strange about her that day?

She was very scared because she lost the Dugong Arrow.

She said the mermaid would curse her.

No matter how hard I tried to convince her nothing would happen,

she wouldn't listen.

You're so stupid.

She wouldn't listen because you don't believe

in the holy one's powers, isn't that right?

Toshimi?

She's the real thing. She really ate dugong meat.

Well, actually, about 3 years ago,

the carcass of a real dugong did wash up.

A dead dugong?

Wasn't it on television about 3 years ago?

The media played it up a lot.

You don't know what you're talking about.

You saw it, didn't you?

The bones were crushed in a very strange way, it was grotesque.

That's enough, Toshimi!

Rokuro.

You shouldn't tell outsiders too much.

If you people are looking for Saori,

why don't you just go to her home?

You might learn something if that drunkard father lets you in.

Nobody seems to be very worried.

That's because Saori fought with her father a lot

and she'd often run away.

Would you mind taking us to Saori's home?

I don't mind. But it'll have to be after the festival.

What do you do at the festival?

Lottery tickets are sold beforehand

and if their numbers match the numbers my great-grandmother picks,

they get an arrow.

It's like lucky number drawing.

Oh, that's right. Would you like to try your luck?

An elderly couple suddenly cancelled this morning

so there are 2 extras.

If you say so.

Whether you win or lose, it's all up to the Gods.

Maybe, you'll be able to obtain eternal youth and beauty

just like the rumors.

I'm kind of excited.

Me too.

"Mikoto Shimabukuro (130), The Holy Person"

It's the Holy Person.

The Holy Person is making her appearance.

That's the Holy Person?

She's so tiny.

It's just an old lady wearing heavy makeup.

She set fire to the door!

It's burning the door!

I get it.

The fire burns the winning number onto the door.

I... I don't believe it. Am I seeing things?

I did it, what luck!

Ran.

I...

I won!

Attention, winners.

The Dugong Arrows will be presented to you in an hour.

Please proceed to the Mermaid's Waterfall.

Now, will the 3 persons who will receive divine favor

step forward?

Yes! Here I am!

Where is the other person? Isn't there anyone else?

"Benzo Kadowaki (52), Saori's father"

"Fisherman" -Here I am.

What is this? That's strange.

I could've sworn that other girl won too.

Yeah, I don't see her around here.

At this time, however...

she was already here at the Mermaid's Waterfall.

Show these 3 with the divine light.

Hey. What's that?

What is that?

That's right.

Long, black hair wafting on a slim body that sways,

it most certainly looked like a mermaid swimming up the waterfall,

shiny and blue

but it was a lifeless body.

Toshimi?

Do you think she killed herself?

Or was she murdered?

Maybe it's neither.

The rope that's around her neck

is the one that's used to rope off the dangerous areas along the river.

What did you just say?

I see.

So it happened like this, it was dark and Toshimi tripped,

she grabbed the rope but the current was too strong

so the nails came loose and as she fell,

the rope got tangled around her neck.

But don't you think that's strange?

The festival was still going on around the bottom of the waterfall

so why did she go into the forest for?

Maybe she was looking for the mermaid's grave?

What?

The mermaid's grave is somewhere in this forest.

On the night of the festival 3 years ago,

a fire burned the shrine's storage house,

that's how the mermaid's bones were found

and they were buried somewhere in this forest.

Yes, I remember she was always talking about that grave.

Hold on a minute! You all talk about a mermaid

but how do you know it was a mermaid's bones?

Well...

All the people on the island said it was

but the policeman from the main land

said the bones were that of a middle aged woman.

That's a lie!

He said he could be sure if there were

bones from the lower part of her body!

The lower part of her body?

The main beam from the storage house burned

and fell on the lower part of her body.

But when the beam was lifted off,

there were no bones for where her legs should have been.

That's hard to believe!

Thanks to that fact, the media made a big fuss broadcasting that

a mermaid's body was found.

And our Holy Person became famous.

But didn't the police say it was a lady?

Yes. They said probably a tourist who didn't win one of the Dugong Arrow

snuck into the storage house looking for an extra arrow

and the fire was caused

when the candle in the storage house was lit.

A year went by and it was still unidentified

so we went and buried it.

The problem started after that.

Problem?

Grave robbers.

Stupid tourists

started coming around trying to dig up the bones.

It seems they heard that mermaid bones

were the elixir of eternal life.

That's why great-grandmother asked someone to help

and they reburied the bones here secretly.

Who did she ask?

I don't know.

All she said was it was someone she trusted very much.

Well, whether it's suicide, murder or an accident,

we'll continue this conversation

after we've taken her body down and the police arrive.

If it was murder, then it's partly Toshimi's fault too,

coming to a place like this at this time of night.

Aren't you the cold one? Your fiancee just died.

Fiancee?

Our parents arranged that on their own.

I never proposed to her.

Besides, both my father and mother are no longer alive.

Toshimi!

Who is that?

That's Toshimi's father.

Mr. Ebihara, the head of the fisherman's union.

Dad!

Did you call the Fukui prefectural police?

They said the seas are too rough

and they won't be able to come until it calms down.

You've got to be kidding.

Hey, lucky for us.

The murderer can't get off the island either.

What do you mean, murderer?

We don't know for sure yet that she was murdered.

Then take a look it.

A swim ring?

Heiji and I found it, it was stuck in the middle of the river

that joins the water from the waterfall to the ocean.

If Toshimi was knocked unconscious then the rope is wound her neck

and then she's put on the swim ring and set afloat,

she'd end up hanging from the waterfall, wouldn't she?

We saw Toshimi at the shrine

2 hours before the fireworks went up.

It doesn't take an hour to get to and from the top of the waterfall.

Which means,

anyone could have committed the crime, man or woman

and the murderer is still on the island!

That's terrible.

Don't worry about it! The murderer will be caught in no time!

When Heiji moves his hat around, he's turned his switch on.

He's raring to go.

But you must've fall in love with him.

I'm no match for you if we become rivals.

Kazuha.

You're so sweet!

Hey, what're you doing?

Listen. If Toshimi was murdered,

you'd better not let that person out of your sight.

I'm talking about Saori's drunk of a father.

Excuse me. Would you like to go to Saori's home now?

I'll take you since I promised you earlier.

With him in that condition, I doubt he'll be much help though.

Alright then.

I'd like to meet the Holy Person.

Sure.

This house is old.

It doesn't look like they're making too much money

from those Dugong Arrows.

How can you say that? Those platelets cost 500 yen a piece.

500 yen?

The people on this island said the price has been the same

since they can remember.

There are 108 number platelets in a huge box

and everyone lines up then pulls one out.

Then the old woman picks the 3 winning numbers.

What's taking that old lady so long anyway?

Kimie said she'd tell her we want to see her

but she might be tired after today's festival

so we may not be able to see her.

What is that sound?

Are you the ones who want to see me?

Without makeup, she looks like a spook.

Excuse me.

We wanted to know how you picked the winning numbers.

Excuse me...

I just pick them randomly.

Once I used the numbers of the horses that won at the races.

I don't believe this.

Then why don't you sell more of them

instead of being so chintzy and selling only 3?

That can't be helped.

The hair I tie to the arrow is my own and I don't have a whole lot.

Great-grandmother! Your bath is ready!

Excuse me, if that's all you came here for,

I'm going to take a bath now and go to bed.

Wait, I'd like to ask you more.

Alright then, you girlie.

You, the one with your hair tied back.

Who, me?

The Dugong Arrow is really a charm to warn off evil.

If it leaves your person, evil will overtake you.

Men will return to the soil and become heartless demons.

Women will return to water and become silent mermaids.

You must never let it leave your person.

Even her voice sounds wrinkly and she's so pale.

She looks like she could drop dead any minute.

"The Next Day, Ebihara House"

See! I'm glad I brought my school uniform with me,

it's coming to good use.

Are you sure this is okay?

Won't they mind having us showing like this?

No problem! It's a small island,

this'll be the perfect time to question everybody.

Stop smiling like that! This is Toshimi's wake!

Oh, sorry.

Kazuha, did you bring the arrow with you?

Yes. I certainly did.

It's that drunk. He's already here.

Mr. Mouri, I'm surprised you all came.

Yes, well...

By the way, I understand that Mr. Kadowaki didn't go home last night.

That's right.

But I heard he got into a fight with a tourist at a bar.

So he was drinking all night, huh?

I don't see Nahoko around.

Her name was on the sign in sheet though.

Nahoko's here?

She's probably in the restroom.

We'll go check.

Yes, good idea.

Don't tell me you're afraid of thunder?

No, it's not that. Someone's out there.

You're right.

What's going on?

Oh, Heiji.

Somebody's out there.

Are you sure?

Isn't that?

Next Conan's Hint:

"The mermaid's grave"

The two are in a pinch in the next episode!

They overcome the danger and their love for each deepens.

What about you? They overcome the danger and their love for each deepens.

What about you?