In the afternoon, due to the unexpected situation of Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama, who were exploring the underwater ruins, there was no further attempt to explore the underwater ruins today.

So, after returning by boat with the people who had gone out to sea to dive, after changing their clothes at Mr. Kohama's dive shop, Takato and others, who had been waiting here for a long time, greeted Hattori Heiji and the others, and suggested that everyone go to the restaurant on the island first to try the fresh seafood that is unique to the island.

In this regard, Hattori Heiji and Toyama and Ye naturally did not refuse, and Tokitsu Runya originally didn't want to go with him, but under Takato's special invitation, Tokitsu Junya couldn't refuse, so he went with him.

Soon, when they arrived at the hotel on the island, because they had already booked a seat, everyone sat around the table and began to exchange information about what they were currently holding.

On both sides of the dining table, Koai, Takato, and Koshisui Nanatsuki sat on one side from right to left, and on the other side, Toyama Kazuha, Hattori Heiji, and Tokitsu Junya sat in this order, corresponding to the three people opposite-

"How? What specific discoveries did you make about the underwater ruins during this dive? ”

First of all, Takato asked Hattori Heiji, who was sitting across from him.

In this regard, listening to this question, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but roll his eyes helplessly, and said with some emotion:

"Don't mention it."

"Huh? What's going on? ”

Looking at Hattori's reaction, Takato couldn't help but ask with some surprise.

And for this problem, Hattori Heiji and Toyama and Ye, although they wanted to explain, but when they thought of what happened, they were a little twisted, and they couldn't frankly explain to Takato and others, who didn't know the situation at all so far, especially even the detective who was not familiar with Koshisui Nanatsuki.

As a result, the expressions of the two of them were a little embarrassed, and they couldn't speak for a while.

"They had some accidents while diving."

However, although Hattori Heiji explained the matter frankly, among the people present, Tokitsu Junya knew what happened, so he didn't have any worries and told the matter:

"When they dived near the underwater ruins, they were hit by a rock on the bottom of the sea, and they were almost trapped at the bottom of the sea and couldn't come back."

"What!"

Suddenly, hearing this, Gao Yuan asked with some shock:

"Is there such a thing? Is someone plotting? ”

For a while, when he heard this situation, Gao Yuan's first thought was like this.

Hearing this, it seems that he didn't expect Takato to say this, and the three of them, Hattori Heiji, Toyama Kazuha, and Tokitsu Junya, all of them were stunned.

"It should ...... No way. I just happened to encounter a stone that rolled down......"

Thoughtfully, thinking back to what happened before, Hattori Heiji was said by Takato, and he seemed to be a little uncertain and said-

After all, in that case, it would not be possible to make a timely investigation.

Immediately, Hattori Heiji, who had been thinking for a moment, looked at Tokitsu Junya on his side and asked:

"By the way, you were near that underwater slope and saw me and Kazuha in trouble at the bottom of the slope. So at that time, did you see anything suspicious around there? ”

In this regard, Shi Jin Runya waved his hand slightly, and said lightly:

"You're too embarrassed. After all, it was his first time diving, and he was already engrossed in trying to get as close to the underwater ruins as possible. Moreover, while wearing diving goggles, the underwater vision was not good, and Xiao Sheng couldn't notice what was going on in that place at that time. ”

"Yes."

Listening to Tokitsu Junya's explanation, Hattori Heiji could only nod helplessly, and then said to Tokitsu Junya:

"That guy is also very desperate, just the first time he dived, he dared to dive to that depth alone......"

"After all, you have to see the underwater ruins up close to make a more accurate judgment, right?"

Smiling, Tokitsu replied.

"So, at the end of the day, none of you have carefully investigated the underwater ruins for today's dive?"

I probably understood what Hattori Heiji said, and Nanatsuki Koshisui on the side couldn't help but conclude like this.

In this regard, it was impossible to refute it, Hattori nodded and said:

"Definitely. Shi Jin couldn't dive near the underwater ruins, and Kazuha and I had an accident near the underwater ruins, so we were lucky to be able to escape, so we didn't have the heart to think about exploring the underwater ruins anymore. ”

Saying this, Hattori Heiji looked at Takato and them, and then asked:

"By the way, what do you have gained from the detective brother?"

"There is a little bit of gain, but the key problem is still on the side of the underwater ruins......

In the face of Hattori Heiji's inquiry, Gao Yuan didn't hide it like this, and explained what he found just now to Hattori Heiji:

"The 'Giant Rock' on the east, west and south of this island should all be traces of human modification...... It should be that the people on this island in the past modified the outline of the three boulders into the appearance of 'giants'. ”

"What does a giant look like?"

Hearing this, Yuanshan and Ye were a little surprised, thinking back to the "Giant Rock" on the east side of the island they saw, and couldn't help asking:

"But that one to the east looks like an ordinary rock?"

"It's the reason for the orientation."

In this regard, the Koshisui Nanatsuki on the side also gave a guess and said:

"Today, Mr. Wise and I went to see the two 'Giants' to the west and south. Among them, the 'Giant Rock' on the west side looks like a giant is facing us. And the south one, on the other hand, is the side-facing ......"

As he spoke, Gao Yuan took out his mobile phone and showed the photos of the two "Giant Rocks" he had taken-

"That's ......"

Gao Yuan explained.

"Well, it looks like a simple carving of the rock...... This kind of thing is not difficult for even the people on the island to do in the past. ”

Heiji Hattori made this judgment after looking at the two "Giant Rocks" shown in the photo, which looked like a giant facing the picture, and "Giant Rocks", which looked like a giant facing the picture from the side.

"I see."

In this regard, Tokitsu Runya on the side couldn't help but say after seeing the photos:

"The 'Giant Rock' on the west side is facing the west because it is standing on the west side of the coast and looking west, so this 'giant' is facing the front. The 'Giant Rock' on the south side is from the south side of the coast and looks south, so it is ...... side."

"In other words, in fact, all 'Giants' are facing the same direction!" The Giant's Rock should all be facing east. So the west side looks exactly right, the south side looks south, and the east side looks east...... In fact, the rock we see happens to be the back of the rock that has not been carved? ”

Heiji Hattori continued.

"That's right. For now, that's probably the case. ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said:

"However, if you want to be sure of this, it is best to take a boat to the east side of the 'Giant Rock' on the east side, and see what the other side of this rock looks like, so that you can be completely sure."

"But that doesn't seem to help you with the problem of underwater ruins?"

After carefully looking at these photos, Tokitsu Junya touched his chin and thought for a long time, and finally gave such a reply.

In this regard, Gao Yuan did not object, saying:

"That's why the issue of underwater relics is more important now. Since the legendary 'Giant Rock' has traces of man-made transformation, is it possible that the corresponding undersea ruins are also likely to be artificially transformed? ”

(End of chapter)