According to information provided by Black Rose, Eijiro Tone's annex was on an isolated island outside the United Kingdom.

Slightly different from ordinary islands, the main body of this isolated island is divided into two parts, north and south, and there is a strait more than 20 meters wide between the two islands.

Among them, the overall topography of the South Island is high in the north and low in the south, and the wharf of the island is built in the gentle area of the southern part of the South Island, while the overall topography of the North Island is high in the south and low in the north, and Eijiro Tone's annex is built in the gentle area in the middle of the North Island.

However, there is no pier on the North Island that can lead to the outside world, so to get to this annex, Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Mary need to first take a boat to the pier located in the South Island, and then walk across the steel bridge on the north side of the South Island that can lead to the North Island, and enter the tunnel of the North Island, until they get out of this cave tunnel of about 100 meters, and the two can finally see the destination of their trip......

A luxurious annex that has been immersed in water.

That's right, soak in water.

The terrain of the North Island is high in the south and low in the north, so after Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Mary left the cave tunnel, the two of them were halfway up the mountain at this time just enough for them to look down on most of the scenery of the North Island.

One of the most striking is the annex located in the gentle middle of the North Island.

The annex is a British Gothic-style building, which should have three floors from the outside, and the overall architectural layout is a bit like the inverted "mountain" character in Chinese.

The annex is surrounded by a high wall, and the gate of the wall is also a thick metal door, not the iron bars that are common in the outside world, which encloses this luxurious annex.

It's literally incomprehensible.

From the angle of Shirakawa Qing at this time, you can clearly see that the entire first floor of the annex is soaked in several meters of water, and under the turquoise water, the fountain pools or gardening altars that were originally built in the courtyard of the annex can be faintly seen.

The water levels were supposed to have been specially controlled, and they only flooded the first floor of the annex and did not affect the second floor in any way.

As if to cope with the stagnant water, many places on the second floor of the annex have been built with doors that can be opened, and some of them even have assault boats parked in front of the doors that can travel on the water.

Farther north, on a small hill to the north of the annex, there is a winding stone path with several wind turbines on a gentle slope.

"It's the first time I've seen such a ...... Exceptional mansion. Glancing roughly at the water annex in the distance in front of her, Mary spoke.

She had seen a lot of mansions, but this was the first time she had seen a mansion submerged in water.

"There's something strange about this place." Bai Heqing said.

"What did you find?" The two of them walked down the stone path, and Mary asked.

"Just noticed something that made me feel illogical." Bai Heqing explained: "From the topography point of view, this north island is fully qualified to build an external wharf.

There was no need for the designers to build the pier on the South Island and then build a viaduct and a cave tunnel between the North and South Islands.

From a cost point of view, the design of the island is completely substandard, and no one would choose such a costly design unless it is for the purpose of creating a tourist attraction.

But it's clear that Eijiro Tone had no intention of turning the island into a tourist attraction, and I even think he was deliberately isolating Kitajima, where the annex is located, from the outside world.

The deliberate location of the external dock in the South Island may be for this reason. ”

At this point, Bai Heqing already had doubts on the way here.

According to the captain of the small steamer that brought him and Mary to the island, the Ligon family living on the island rarely left the island, and the food and other necessities needed for daily life were also purchased regularly from outside companies through the island's wireless telephone, and finally a boat was hired to send it to the dock in the South Island, where the Tone family would take it back to the annex on the North Island.

In other words, even those responsible for transporting the island's daily necessities have never actually visited the North Island on the other side of the viaduct.

As for the wharf in the South Island, it is called a wharf at best, but it is a simple dock point, just large enough to park one or two small ships, except for transporting the daily necessities needed on the island, there will be no other ships close here, and there is not even a maintenance staff on the wharf.

All of this proves that the deceased Eijiro Tone wanted to isolate Kitajima, where the annex is located, from the outside world.

"Could it be that it is to hide the 'legacy of the British Empire' that Eijiro Tone calls him?"

Hearing this, Mary raised her hand and touched her chin, and speculated curiously:

"If so, does that prove that the heritage is indeed hidden somewhere on this North Island?"

"Judging from the current situation, I also agree with this speculation, of course, what the real situation is, we will have to wait for the investigation later."

As they spoke, they approached the door of the annex, and they walked up the steps outside, and then raised their hands to push open the small door reserved for the door.

Behind the door, there is a luxurious annex located in the water, the water surface is just high enough to reach the threshold of this small door, and not far from the main entrance of the annex, a small wooden boat is slowly heading in the direction where the two are located.

On the small wooden boat, an old man in a brown suit, the old man was thin, gray-haired, wearing glasses, and was using a wooden pole to prop up the small wooden boat towards the two, causing ripples on the calm water.

"Good afternoon, you two, my name is Akira Kurahashimoto, and I am the housekeeper of this annex, are you friends with Lady Elizabeth?"

Skillfully holding the small wooden boat and docking by the door, the old man who called himself Akira Kurahashi Motoaki bowed to Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Mary and asked.

Elizabeth, the name used by Detective Black Rose, met with the two this morning and discussed the specifics of their operation, and Black Rose immediately called Eijiro's two sons.

The general content of the call was that although she had been kindly invited, she herself could not come for some special reasons, and in order to apologize, she would let her two friends, who were no less able to reason than her, come to help find out the whereabouts of the inheritance, and there would be no commission fee.

In this regard, although the two sons of Eijiro Tone were a little dissatisfied, under the persuasion of Black Rose's clever tongue, they finally agreed.

After all, if they find someone again, it will waste several days, and for those people on the island now, the last thing they want is to wait any longer......

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