Chapter 425 Fox Window (Kagen to Bei Yimu)
“Hmph, that’s really interesting...” Standing in the community activity center with his arms folded, looking at the three cartoon windows in front of him, Tang Ze made two nasal noises and showed a somewhat gloomy smile.
"What's wrong?" The other three people who were observing the environment were all stunned.
In this activity center, there are some islanders lined up in front of three windows. Each window has a pattern painted on it, plus a name.
"It looks like they are running for the village chief?" Miyano Akemi guessed, "The one with the crown pattern in the middle, 'Kuroiwa Tatsuji', should this be the original village chief?"
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"This pattern is relatively straightforward, it is directly in the shape of a coin." Hoshikawa Teru pointed to the one in front of him, "This should be a wealthy businessman or something, 'Kawashima Hideo'."
"Then the 'Shimizu Masato' who painted a leaf is an environmentalist?" Noah speculated with some understanding, "This kind of thing is generally more popular with the locals, right? Island residents are generally closed-minded and conservative. Some of them are more interested in planting and fishing.”
“Yes, of course it’s okay for you to understand it this way.” Tang Ze glanced at the three names one by one. He laughed twice, "But if I told you that these three people are all drug dealers involved in the trafficking and transportation chain, how would you understand these three patterns?"
"...ah? "Hoshikawa Teru and Miyano Akemi were both dumbfounded, looking at the three windows with a hint of horror.
The implication of Karasawa's words is very obvious. He is saying that the islanders on this island are well aware of this industry, so they choose the village chief who will lead the island from the management aspect. I am also choosing the next industry talker...
"Is it so exaggerated?" Miyano Akemi murmured to herself as her throat became dry for a while, "What is going on in this world?"
"It should be said that this kind of aggregation is what it is. This is the normal state of this kind of industry." Tang Zepi lowered his lips with a smile, "They are all people who have been involved in it for a long time. With the huge profits of this industry, you can guess why you are willing to live in such a relatively backward place. There is always some reason for this."
The other three people were speechless for a moment as they looked at the long line of islanders in front of them and threw their ballots into the ballot box.
"No wonder, an independent impression space will be generated here." Xingchuan Hui also commented with difficulty, "This is really, beyond imagination."
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"The three candidates are all at the activity center. If you go there, you might even meet them." After introducing the situation to the three in a friendly manner, Asai Narimi showed a smile, "It just so happened that today, two of the former village chiefs On the anniversary of the death, they will have a memorial event there. "
"...The second anniversary of the death." Looking at the envelope in his hand, Mouri Kogoro felt that the things in his hands were getting hotter.
He is here to solve the case, but the more he talks about it, the more it sounds like an urban legend...
"What a strange island." Farewell to the rare friendly and approachable female doctor, The three of them walked towards the activity center according to the path she directed. Mao Lilan shrank her shoulders and said, "Is it because the interpersonal relationships on the island are relatively simple? Why do you use public spaces to do things?"
"This dead person has hair. The letter that came was also very strange." Taking out the letter in the envelope again and reading it carefully, Mouri Kogoro also frowned, "If it's the 'second anniversary', then the former village chief also died on a full moon night. ”
"It's definitely impossible for a dead person to write to you, uncle. This is probably Keiji Aso's friend or something. He thinks his death is fishy, so he asked you to investigate, right?" Conan guessed using his brain, "After all, everything is fine. , it is really strange to suddenly self-immolate..."
"Down with the atrocities of the current village chief!"
"Do not allow continued land occupation!"
"Give me a clean fishing ground!"
"Oppose the modification of ships! Oppose the expansion of piers!" As they gradually approached the direction of the community activity center, the shouts of the islanders holding various signs in their hands became more and more clearly heard. into their ears.
"A village chief election was quite lively." Mouri Kogoro, with his hands in his pockets, clicked his tongue irritably, "Are all the residents of this island so concerned about the candidate for the village chief?"
"Because it is really related to their interests..." Mao Lilan looked at the bright and dazzling cards in their hands, and couldn't help but frown.
From various perspectives, it is a bit of a deformed environment.
Could this be the characteristic of the isolated island? After all, in a place like this, folk customs, legends, and conservative and autistic culture are always inevitable...
Conan thought uncertainly.
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“It really fits my stereotype of an isolated island.” With his arms folded across his chest, Tang Ze looked at the strange gate in front of him. Rui commented, "It smells very good."
"What is this?" After frowning for a while and observing these items of unknown material, Xingchuan Hui asked, "Finally, it's It feels like a space.”
They have simply walked around the island. As Karasawa said, it is like a map designed by a business simulation game, an island where life is slow. The people have traditional lifestyles, simple interpersonal relationships, are conservative, gentle and friendly. They are in no way related to the Moon Shadow Island they want to investigate.
At this moment, they stood in front of the only slightly higher hill on the island, and finally discovered some scenes that fit the twisted concept.
On the hill just ahead, a structure made of twisted vermilion columns stood there quietly.
The red color is a bit like the red color of the common torii gates. The columns also have a bit of torii gate flavor, but they are just intertwined and twisted, and the shape cannot be distinguished for a while.
But behind these red pillars, what is not the hills and woods that should appear there, but a dark and deep passage that cannot be seen at the bottom, and it is not clear where it is going.
"There are ten." Akemi Miyano said after observing for a while, "There are also some overlapping intersections... So do you want us to identify which entrance to enter from?"
"It must be in the middle." Tang Ze pointed to the opening in the center, "If it has this shape...have you ever heard of the 'Fox Window'?"
As he said that, Tang Ze had an idea. Demonstrate it in a way.
He first put the middle and ring fingers of both hands together and touched them with his thumbs, making a "fox" gesture. Then he turned his left hand outward and his right hand inward, then straightened his middle and ring fingers, and then Hold with thumb.
“Look,” Tang Ze kept the gesture and raised his hands flatly, “Are they exactly the same?”
“Is this the content of some weird legend again?” Gong Ze said. Noakimi compared the state of Karasawa's hands and the structure of the column in front, and nodded affirmatively, "That's indeed what it looks like. Does this gesture mean anything?"
"Well... through the window formed by this finger, humans can see through the true identities of various monsters and monsters." Tang Ze said, raising his hand to his eyes, looking through the gap formed by crossing his hands, looking at the red pillar in front of him. , "It seems that the truth is about to be revealed before your eyes. Let's go and see the true face of this island."
(End of this chapter)