When the master and apprentice finished their survey work and left Kadowaki Saori's room, Miss Kuroe Naoko, who was waiting outside the room, had been suffering from fear for a long time.

As soon as she saw Lin Xin coming out, she couldn't wait to step forward to confirm:

"Master Lin, what do you think?"

"Is Saori really... killed?"

"Yeah." Lin Xinyi answered truthfully: "That's the case at the moment."

These words extinguished the last trace of Naoko Kuroe's fantasy.

Her face became paler, and then she asked again: "The mermaid, will it... continue to kill people?"

"have no idea."

Lin Xinyi refused to answer such metaphysical questions.

Looking at the already somewhat nervous woman in front of him, he could only lecture him angrily:

"Don't be suspicious."

"Have you ever seen a ghost that takes pictures?"

If this is really the work of some kind of mermaid monster, then why wouldn't it just cast a spell to dream? Why bother taking photos?

This case looks like it was done by humans.

How can you still think of ghosts?

According to normal people's thinking, this is generally what they think.

But superstitious people are different.

In the understanding of these fanatical believers, everything in the world can be related to that supernatural power.

Even if you risk your life to save him, he will not thank you, but will raise his head to thank God.

Because in the eyes of these fanatical believers, when others come to save them, it is God's arrangement and the will of the gods, and has nothing to do with the rescuer's own will.

Naoko Kuroe's brain circuit is probably like this.

She might be able to realize that the murderer in this case is human.

But the fact that the perpetrator is a mortal does not mean that this is not revenge secretly arranged by the "Mermaid Lord".

So Lin Xinyi's warning did not wake her up.

Instead, he scolded her and made her even more scared:

"Grandmaster--"

"You, don't let it go..."

Kuroe Naoko held Master Lin's arm and begged.

Lin Xinyi's scientific refutation of rumors was regarded by her as the master's perfunctory rhetoric of "seeking death" and "preparing to run away".

"Okay, okay."

Lin Xinyi waved his hand helplessly:

"There are so many people on the island, so if there is a ghost, it may not be able to find you."

"Miss Heijiang, why are you so afraid?"

"I..." Kuroe Naoko was speechless for a moment.

She hesitated for a long time with evasive eyes, before finally holding back a sentence:

"Like Saori, I used to have a lot of disrespect towards the mermaid."

"Now Shazhi is...so I..."

"Okay." Lin Xinyi glanced at her suspiciously.

He didn't pursue the investigation any further and just changed the topic:

"Then Miss Heijiang, can you help me think about it, does Saori have any other acquaintances on the island?"

"I want to ask them about Miss Saori's situation before she disappeared."

"Well..." Kuroe Naoko thought for a while: "Logically speaking, I should ask Saori's father about this matter first."

"But since that old man hasn't been awake all day, I guess you won't be able to find out anything from him."

"Compared to his father..."

"Shimabukuro Kimie and Saori have a better relationship."

"Shimabukuro Kime?" Lin Xinyi heard a familiar name:

Haibara Ai told him that the so-called longevity mother-in-law was played by Miss Shimabukuro Kimie.

She is the great-grandson of Shinjobo and the shrine maiden of the Mermaid Shrine on the island.

What Lin Xinyi did not expect in advance was that the missing Miss Kadowaki Saori would be related to Shimabukuro Kimie.

"They have a very good relationship."

"Jun Hui, Sa Zhi, and I, we grew up together."

"Among them, Shaozhi and Junhui have the best relationship."

"When she ran away from home before, she would always ask Junhui for help."

"Sometimes there is really no place to go, and I will even hide directly at Jun Hui's house."

Kuroe Naoko introduced it in detail.

"If there is anyone on the island who knows Saori best, it must be Junhui."

"I see."

Lin Xinyi nodded thoughtfully:

"Okay, let's go meet that miko lady now."

.....................

A moment later, the Mermaid Shrine.

At this time, the Mermaid Shrine was already very lively.

The annual Mermaid Festival will be held at the shrine in the evening soon, and the legendary 130-year-old longevity mother-in-law will also appear at the festival.

Those tourists who came for the longevity mother-in-law naturally gathered at the shrine early to wait.

And when there are more people, there will be more words.

Along with the superstitious tourists who were driven away by Master Lin, the rumors spread among more tourists.

As a result, everyone gathered near the shrine soon learned such shocking news:

There is a girl named Kadowaki Saori on the island, who was cursed by the mermaid because she offended the gods.

As a result, his legs were sawed off and all the blood in his body was drained, and he died in despair and pain.

This ghost story spread extremely evil in a short period of time.

Some people laughed it off, while others thought it was just a simple criminal case.

But more tourists and islanders firmly believe in this story, and are more in awe of the power of the mermaid.

When Lin Xinyi and others rushed outside the shrine...

Before they could enter the shrine gate and see Miss Shimabukuro Kimie, they were stopped by a "crazy" woman:

"Naoko, Naoko!"

A young woman with long hair stopped Naoko Kuroe who was leading the way for Lin Shinichi with a look of horror on her face.

She looks very familiar with Naoko Kuroe.

"What's the matter, Sumi?"

Kuroe Naoko called out her name.

At the same time, he did not forget to introduce the identity of the other party to Lin Xinyi:

It turns out that this long-haired woman is called Ebihara Hisumi. She, like Kadowaki Saori and Shimabukuro Kimie, are good friends who grew up with Kuroe Naoko.

And everyone knows at a glance that Miss Ebihara and Naoko Kuroe are also severely superstitious patients.

I saw her holding Heijiang's hand nervously and asking uneasily:

"Is that true?"

"Saori, is she really being avenged by the mermaid?!"

The panic on Ebihara Hisumi's face was almost the same as Kuroe Naoko's just now.

They all seemed to be afraid that they would be like Kadowaki Saori, who would be retaliated and killed by the mermaid in such a terrible way.

"Yes, it's true."
To be continued...