There was an obvious desire to win on his face, and it seemed that even Kudo Shinichi's depression had been swept away, Hattori Heiji said, as if he felt that because of the fact that on this small southern island, detectives from all over the world were gathered at the same time, such a scene was unprecedented-

"Since everyone is here for the events on this island, why don't we just have a competition? See who can unravel the whole truth first! ”

Suggesting this, with a confident smile on the corner of his mouth, Hattori Heiji said.

"Hmm...... Xiaosheng felt that this was indeed an interesting proposition. ”

When Shi Jin Runya heard this, he also said with great interest.

"Indeed, such an opportunity is rare."

Looking around at the people present, Koshisui Nanatsuki couldn't help but say.

And in this regard, looking at the current plausible, but it seems to be like the incident called "Detective Koshien" in the original work, with four detectives from the east, west, north and south gathered together, Gao Yuan couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart-

It's just, is this time a coincidence, or is someone deliberately arranged?

So, in the face of such a situation, Gao Yuan just smiled back, but did not clearly express his participation -

"Haha, this is really a reassuring scene......"

However, at this moment, an old man with white hair, a slightly chubby body, and a short-sleeved shirt walked behind everyone with a smile, looking at Gao Yuan and the others who were communicating by the dock, and let out this emotion:

"With the help of your detectives, I think we should be able to investigate these problems on the island soon......"

At the same time, along with the old man, there was also a middle-aged man with a beard on his mouth.

"Mr. Village Chief, and Mr. Kohama......"

In this regard, seeing the appearance of these two people, Yuan Shan and Ye on the side recognized them, so they said hello first, and the rest of the people also nodded their heads one after another-

After all, this old man is the village chief of this island and the client who sent out this commission invitation, so everyone who arrived here as a detective knew this village chief.

It's just that the middle-aged man who was called "Mr. Xiaobin" by Yuanshan and Ye didn't know Gao Yuan-

"How? What's it like to dive here? ”

And following the greeting of Yuanshan and Ye, the man known as "Mr. Kohama" also responded to Yuanshan and Ye with a smile, and asked about Yuanshan and Ye who were still diving here just now about diving.

"It felt very good! And it's really eye-opening to be able to visit the underwater ruins in such a way! ”

Toyama and Ye responded with a smile.

In this regard, Mr. Xiaobin couldn't help laughing:

"Yes! It's rare to see underwater ruins here, and divers from all over the country are attracted to it! However, it is quite rare for you two to be so young and have such good diving skills. ”

"Ah, this ......"

Hearing Mr. Kohama mention this, Toyama and Ye explained with some embarrassment:

"Because during the previous summer vacation, I studied diving with Heiji and also took the junior diving certificate, so diving in this kind of offshore water is not rare for me and Heiji......

"Hey...... Hattori-san, who is this Mr. Kohama? ”

In this regard, seeing that Toyama and Ye were chatting so closely with this Mr. Kohama, Gao Yuan couldn't help but ask Hattori Heiji beside him with some curiosity, although just based on the content of their conversation, he could roughly guess that the other party probably had something to do with diving-

"Oh, Mr. Kohama, he's the manager of the dive shop on this island, and he specializes in renting diving equipment such as wetsuits and oxygen tanks."

In the face of Takato's inquiry, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but answer:

"Because I want to investigate the underwater ruins, I went to his shop with Ye earlier to rent diving equipment such as diving suits, but I didn't expect that because I heard that I and Ye were detectives who came to investigate the underwater ruins, this Mr. Xiaobin generously confiscated our rent and lent us the diving suits, so He Ye had a good impression of this Mr. Xiaobin."

"Oh, that's right."

Listening to Hattori's explanation, Takato couldn't help but nodded-

"Oh? Do you know how to dive? ”

However, it seems that because of hearing their conversation, Nanatsuki Koshisui on the side couldn't help but say with some surprise:

"If you're looking at the ruins of the seabed, you can dive, which is a big advantage! In this way, it seems that the competition was a little unfair from the start...... It's sloppy! ”

"However, three people have disappeared recently, which has made guests afraid to come, and our business on this island has been much quieter......

And just when a few people were talking, as Yuanshan and Ye talked with Mr. Xiaobin, the topic naturally led from diving to the three missing people, which couldn't help but make the village chief and Mr. Xiaobin feel a little emotional about this matter-

"If we don't solve this incident, our tourism industry, which has only flourished with great difficulty due to the discovery of underwater ruins, is afraid that it will not be long before it will decline, so I thought about inviting detectives to come and investigate these things......

"It's just that sure enough, the great detective Mr. Mori Kogoro didn't accept the commission......"

With a little regret, Mr. Village Chief said such a reason in front of the four detectives at the moment-

"Then there's no need to entrust so many detectives at once, right?"

Because from the words of the village chief, he heard his disappointment because Mori Kogoro did not come, and Hattori Heiji asked a little depressed.

In this regard, the village chief replied:

"So, because of the lessons from the past, I'm not sure if you detectives will accept the commission, so I simply invited them all, but I didn't expect you all to come."

Suddenly, when I heard the village chief talk about himself and others, he used the word "great detective", and I couldn't help but show a smug expression on Hattori's face.

"I see...... That's why so many detectives were invited at one time......"

And listening to the other party's explanation, Gao Yuan couldn't help but analyze-

So, this time just gathered these detectives, is it really just a coincidence?

"But, then again, this ruin has nothing to do with the diver's disappearance, right?"

At this time, Tokitsu Junya on the side came to participate in the investigation of the incident because he traveled here after seeing the news, and theoretically he did not belong to the list of detectives he invited as mentioned by the village chief, so he tried to change the topic and turned the topic back to the incident itself-

"We think so too."

In this regard, in the face of Shi Jin Runya's question, the village chief just said so, but listening to his tone, he was not particularly sure.

"yes......"

Listening to the village chief's response, Tokitsu Runya couldn't help but think.

"So, what are the records on the island about the underwater ruins found here?"

At this time, Nanatsuki Koshisui asked this question.

"Yes."

Definitely, the village chief nodded, and then pointed to the boulder that could be seen from afar on the sea, and said:

"It's the legend of 'Giant Rock'......"