"The legend of the 'Giant's Rock'?"

Listening to the village chief's words, looking at the direction pointed by the village chief, it happened to be the huge rock standing on the sea level that he and Xiao Ai stopped to check just now, Gao Yuan couldn't help but murmur-

Although I had heard from the islanders on the way to the island that the underwater ruins seemed to be related to the boulders on the sea, I had never heard of such a thing as "Giant Rock" and legends.

So, after hearing the doubts in Gao Yuan's words, the village chief also explained:

"This is also the legend we heard from Hai Po after the incident, Hai Po is the oldest elder on our island, and some ancient legends about the island are only known to her.

"'When the gaze is higher than the giants, the three giants merge into one, and the east, west, and southern giants move, the Mystery of the Seal trophy is unlocked, and the treasure is about to be unearthed.' ”

Somewhat seriously, after the village chief told this ancient legend, he pointed to the huge rock that was still exposed, and explained:

"The 'giant' refers to the Giant's Rock, which is also exposed on the west and south shores of the island. According to the ancient legends of the village, giants guard the ruins at the bottom of the sea, and everyone who approaches the ruins will be punished by the giants who protect the ruins. Therefore, it is also said that the three divers who disappeared angered the 'giants'......"

"Giants?"

Listening to the village chief's words, Shi Jin Junya couldn't help but chuckle, and said a little indifferently:

"It's just rocks, formed by coastal erosion. If the so-called undersea ruins are related to these rocks, then it is possible that the undersea ruins are just huge rocks......

Looking at the shape of the rock that the village chief was referring to, Tokitsu Junya analyzed:

"After all, it was impossible to build something as huge tens of thousands of years ago."

As for Tokitsu Junya's judgment, Hattori Heiji and Koshisui Nanatsuki also seemed to agree with his statement, and nodded slightly.

In this regard, the village chief could see the meaning expressed by the emotions on everyone's faces, but he didn't say anything, just sighed:

"In short, there are legends about the ruins on our island, and that's all, and there are no other related records on the island. Anyway, in the years since the discovery of the underwater ruins, no one has ever untied the hug mentioned in the legend, but it is because of the rumors of the ruins that our already inaccessible island has become lively......

"However, there was another disappearance......"

"Did the three missing divers go missing together? I don't think there's any detail on the news. ”

Gao Yuan listened to the words of the village chief and asked about this matter.

"It's not."

Shaking his head, the village chief replied:

"is the total number of people missing in recent years...... But I can't say exactly what the situation is. After all, some divers come alone, and no one cares when they may go missing. It was only after a while that no one was found, and there was no corresponding record of the ship leaving the island, that we realized that someone seemed to be missing, but ......"

As he spoke, the village chief's voice weakened, and it seemed that he couldn't go on anymore.

"Well, it's true, if you come to this island alone, and no one else knows you, no one will know when you go missing......"

Listening to the village chief's words, Gao Yuan probably understood what the other party meant-

But at the same time, after saying this, Gao Yuan coldly felt a gaze looking at him, and glanced down with his feelings, only to see Xiao Ai looking at himself coldly at the moment, and his expression seemed to say, "Isn't this like the situation when you wanted to come alone before."

At this time, looking at the current sky, I felt that the topic was a little heavy, and Mr. Xiaobin on the side couldn't help but say:

"It's not too early now, so why don't you find a place to stay first? Anyway, the investigation is not in a hurry. ”

In this regard, in the face of Mr. Xiaobin's suggestion, the village chief couldn't help but nod and said that everyone's accommodation had been arranged.

So, seeing that it was indeed not early at this time, everyone listened to the village chief's arrangement and stayed in a slightly larger hotel on the island-

This is a traditional Japanese building built with a wooden structure, with only one storey, but because of the large footprint, it still looks very imposing, and it seems to be the best hotel on the island.

And it just so happened that Takato and Xiao Ai, Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha, Koshisui Nanatsuki, and Tokitsu Junya, the doors of the four rooms arranged by the village chief happened to be in the same corridor-

A corridor with two rooms on each side, and the doors of the rooms are also side-sliding wooden doors.

So, in the face of such an arrangement, Takato and Xiao Ai, Hattori Heiji and Toyama and Ye lived on the same side of the corridor, while Koshisui Nanatsuki and Tokitsu Junya lived on the other side.

Among them, Koshisui Nanatsuki chose the room that was directly opposite the door of Takato's room, so naturally, the room where Tokitsu Junya lived was directly opposite the door of Hattori's room.

In this way, after assigning each room and tidying up a little, it was soon evening......

……

"You and Toyama-san dived today to see the ruins roughly, right? Do you think that ruin-like thing is really a ruin? ”

That night, after dinner, Takato didn't see anything outside, walked out of the door at the back of the room, knocked on the back door of Hattori Heiji's room through the courtyard corridor outside the house, and then asked Hattori Heiji like this.

In this regard, seeing that Gao Yuan actually asked himself about the situation like this, Hattori Heiji was a little surprised, and couldn't help but say:

"Detective brother, speaking of which, it seems like we're in a reasoning duel, right?"

"Really?"

Faced with Hattori's response, Gao Yuan couldn't help but say helplessly:

"After all, I don't know how to dive, and I can't see the conditions on the bottom of the sea, so I can only come to you and ask about the situation. Isn't it possible to share information? ”

In this regard, seeing that Takato is attitude, Hattori Heiji just smiled, and it seemed that he didn't intend to embarrass Takato too much, so he thought about it for a while and explained:

"As far as what Kazuha and I saw when we dived today, there is a high probability that large area of the seabed is just rocks. As the one named Tokitsu Junya said, it is very likely that the rocks were just formed by coastal erosion. ”

"That's ......"

Listening to Hattori Heiji's statement, Gao Yuan couldn't help but think for a while, and replied:

"In other words, don't you think that the so-called ruins could be some man-made structure submerged by the sea?"

"You also said that it was drowned by the sea...... I don't know how many years ago. At that time, I don't think that the people on this island had the skills and manpower to pile up huge rocks into some kind of special ruins...... After all, it's just an island! ”

In this regard, listening to Hattori Heiji's statement, Takato couldn't help but nod seriously-

"Anyway, you ...... Isn't it good to secretly exchange information? ”

However, at this moment, walking out of the back door of the room where Takato lived, Koshisui Nanatsuki somehow walked out of it, looking at Takato who was communicating in front of the back door of Hattori's room......