Chapter 444: Clues to the Golden Ship

May 31st, Saturday, Shikishima, Mikami Village head's house.

After hearing Maori's question, Mikami Village Chief said: "Moori detectives must know about the Dragon God, so I won't say more. One morning three days ago, the Dragon God appeared in the waters near Shiki Island again."

"What!" Maori was taken aback.

Mr. Kinoshita said: "Yes, just like the legendary ghost ship, it suddenly appeared without warning..."

"You, ghost ship?" Lan's face changed.

"It seems very interesting." Yuanzi looked at Lan and smiled.

"It's boring, the ghost can't be caught." Mei Daizi said.

Mr. Kinoshita continued: "People on the island say that it was caused by the navy."

"Water army?" Maori asked suspiciously.

The director of the village said: "More than four hundred years ago, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi conquered the Odawara Hojo clan in 1590, the Hojo navy was defeated and the remnants scattered. Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued a reward document. Some of the Hojo navy fled to this small island. , but didn’t want the residents on the island to be blinded by the bounty offered, and attacked these injured Hojo sailors. In the end, the Hojo sailors were chased into a cave on the side of the island, and they were all killed. .”

The village chief Mikami said: "Since then, ominous things have happened on this small island one after another. The people on the island think that it is the souls of the Beitiao navy, so they put a god in that cave, hoping to appease The soul of the Hojo Navy."

"Is this supposed to be superstition?" Maori asked.

Mr. Kinoshita said: "Not all of them. In history, many people have seen the ghosts of those sailors in armor appearing in the forest outside the cave, and people passing by will often hear ghosts coming from the cave of the sailors. , From time to time there was a chilling whine."

The director of the village said: "Besides, in 1991, a university professor who specialized in naval research brought a dozen students to this island to do research, and they directly asked the residents of this island I went to the cave of the navy to investigate. However, just two or three days later, the villagers on the island found that the university professor and his students were missing. We thought they had left at first, but then we arrived in Tokyo It was not until the Metropolitan Metropolitan Police Department sent a notice to find these people that they were really missing. After the people from the Metropolitan Police Department came to investigate, they found nothing unusual."

"In 1991? So it's been five years now." Maori said in surprise, "It can be confirmed that they are dead."

Mr. Kinoshita said: "So now no one on the island dares to approach the cave casually."

"Well," Mei Daizi smiled, "This is very interesting, let's go find these water ghosts."

"No, boring." Lan and Yuanzi said together with some fear.

Lan said with a pale face, "I absolutely, definitely won't go."

Yuanzi said, "I think we should go find gold."

"That's right," Maori said, "Mr. Mikami, let's continue talking about gold."

"I'm sorry." Village Chief Mikami wiped his sweat, "After the Longshen appeared, I asked someone to drag it back, but after checking, it was found that there was no gold in it."

"No?" Molly asked.

"No." The village director said, "Based on the moss on the hull and the degree of weathering and corrosion, we speculate that the Longshen should be stranded in a sheltered place.

And the night before, there was a strong storm in the nearby sea area. We speculate that the tide in the nearby sea area rose sharply due to the strong storm that year, causing the Dragon God to drift along the current to a cave or a cliff crevice, and then because of the ebb tide And stranded there. Now the water level rose sharply due to the strong storm, and the Longshen floated out again. "

The village chief Mikami said: "Although I blocked the news, it can't last long. And there are many small islands nearby without people, so I thought of using Maori detectives to spy on your wisdom."

"It's his luck." Conan and Sonoko muttered together.

"No, I refuse," Maori said, "I'm a detective, how can I do this kind of errand work."

"If your reward is one-tenth of our income, so what?" Mikami Village Chief smiled, "We can get one-tenth of the discovery bounty, which is about 100 million yen, and there will be more An additional bounty of 100 million yen from Otomo Metal Corporation. That is to say..."

"Twenty to twenty million yen." Mao Li turned out a pair of money eyes with a swipe, and said enthusiastically, holding the hand of village chief Mikami, "Thank you for your care, I will accept this commission."

Conan asked: "Hey, hey, since it's stranded, why isn't the gold on it? Could it have been transported away by accomplices already?"

"That's right." Maori asked, "Mr. Mikami?"

The director of the village said: "Because there was a body washed up on the island that year, it was identified as the robber on the Longshen, and no one else and the Longshen were found, and there is only fresh water in the nearby sea area. Those small islands cannot live on for a long time, so the people in the Metropolitan Police Department thought that the robbers and the Dragon God sank to the bottom of the sea, so they gave up the search."

The village chief Mikami said: "Now we speculate that the place where the Dragon God is located is a place that can be filled with sea water. The robbers took gold and abandoned the ship before the water flooded up, but because the space was filled with sea water, it was finally Died by drowning, and then the body was swept out by the sea, and the gold was still there."

Mr. Kinoshita said: "Also, since the storm passed, in these years, except for the ferry, no ship other than the island has come here."

"So that's how it is." Maori said, and then asked, "Isn't this incident reported?"

"Yes," said the village director, "People from Dayou Metal Company thought that disappearance was better than Shen Hai, so they suppressed this matter through the police."

The head of Sanshang Village said with some embarrassment: "Because there were a lot of treasure hunters at that time, so..."

Mao Li said: "So in order to earn their money, I concealed this matter."

"Yes, the income of those three months is worth several years' income." Village Chief Sanshang said, "We plan to release the news if you want to."

"Don't worry, my detective Mori Kogoro will definitely help you find this place." Mori said.

"That will really make us very grateful." The village chief Mikami smiled, then picked up the bottle and said, "Come, come, come, Maori Detective, let's celebrate in advance." As he spoke, he filled Maori's glass up. ...

Before four o'clock in the afternoon, Shikishima Conference Hall.

Looking at the village chief Mikami who was speaking on it, Conan yawned. The banquet ended at around 3:30 in the afternoon. Afterwards, the village chief Mikami brought Maoli and his party here. Originally, Yamazaki, Mei Daizi, Lan, Conan and Yuanzi were planning to go shopping, but Maoli was drunk, and Lan really Feeling worried, he stayed, so Conan had no choice but to stay, while Sonoko, Yamazaki, and Mei Daizi slipped away, and even greeted Mikami Village Chief, so there was no need to prepare dinner for them.

Conan's yawn was contagious to Mikamisuzu who was sitting next to him, who was also lethargic. She yawned and said, "By the way, I'll take you to a fun place." run.

After leaving the venue, Conan found that they were running around the venue, and asked helplessly, "Where are we going?"

"I'll take you to the back of the stage to take a look," Sanshangling said, "This is the VIP seat for special guests."

Conan pointed to a building along the way and asked, "What is that?"

"Shikishima Cultural Museum." Mikami Suzu said, "It is said that the cultural heritage of the island is stored, but they are all old things, such as rusted anchors, broken armor, and broken samurai swords. "

"There will be good ones, so I won't stay here." Conan muttered.

Perhaps because of the closeness, Sanshangling heard what Conan said, and she said: "There is a set of armor and katana swords that are basically intact and well maintained. I heard that they were left by the leader of the navy. There is also a pattern, what is it called? I forgot, anyway, it is composed of three white and one black triangles."

Conan said: "That's the family crest. It should be the three-scale crest of the Gohojo family. It is composed of three equilateral triangles. The black triangle is actually empty."

"Here we are, this is the backstage door." San Shangling stopped in front of a door.

At this time, the door opened, and Sanshangling hurriedly pulled Conan to hide.

Conan sighed in his heart, there is nothing to hide.

A man in his thirties with long hair covering half of his face came out of it.

Conan asked, "Who is he?"

"He's a lighthouse guard." Sanshangling said, "I only know his surname is Hamada, and he's a strange person."

"Strange person?" Conan asked.

San Shangling said: "Because he doesn't usually associate with people on the island, and he often goes to that cave that everyone dare not approach, and he doesn't know what to do in it."

At this time, the captain of the ferry came to meet Hamada, "Long time no see, Aoki, I will never forget your face."

Hamada took a step back and said, "I, I don't know what you're talking about, I'm just a lighthouse guard, and my name is Hamada."

"What did you say!" The captain grabbed Hamada's collar angrily.

"Didn't I say you recognized the wrong person?" Hamada said struggling, "Let me go quickly."

"Even if you turn into ashes, I can still recognize you," said the captain, "Aoki." As he spoke, he reached out to stroke the long hair on Hamada's face, and was startled by the burnt face on Hamada's long hair .

Hamada took the opportunity to break free and left in a hurry. The captain also left, with a thoughtful expression.

"It's really scary." Sanshangling said with a little fear in her chest, "It turns out that there is an injury."

Conan said: "Because I don't want people to see, I don't talk to people."

"Let's go quickly." Mishang Ling said, "That uncle's speech is about to start."...