"I would like to ask, is the water in this annex due to some special design?"

Riding on the small wooden boat with Mary, Shirakawa Kiyoshi looked at Kurahashi Motoaki, who was standing in front of him to support the boat, and asked.

"Ah, don't worry about this, these are the hobbies of the late head of the family, Mr. Eijiro."

On the small wooden boat, which was slightly rocking, Akira Kurahashi explained:

As you can see, when the two of you renovated the annex, Mr. Eijiro also set up a lot of doors outside the second floor where you can enter and exit.

Therefore, although you cannot enter the first floor of the annex, you can use the second floor and above. ”

While he was talking, the small wooden boat had already approached the docking point at the main entrance of the annex, and Kurahashi Motoaki held the boat up, turned to the two and said:

"Two, please come with me, the two young masters have been waiting for a long time."

Following Kurahashi Motoaki, Kiyoshi Shirakawa and Mary entered the annex through the main entrance.

Of course, due to the special design of this annex, the two of them entered the door on the second floor of the annex.

Walking in the corridor on the second floor, Bai Heqing lowered his head slightly, and he could see the hall on the first floor that was submerged in water below him.

He still couldn't understand this strange interest...... This special annex makes Bai Heqing feel like he is in the water city of Venice.

No, maybe Venice isn't so outrageous, at least the Venetians don't put water in and flood their homes.

The three of them walked through the long hallway that surrounded the hall on the first floor, and finally came to a lounge at the end of the hallway.

Pushing open the heavy hall door, Kurahashi Motoaki walked in with Shirakawa Kiyoshi and the others.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Detective White River and Detective Mary have arrived."

In the luxuriously decorated hall, there were a total of seven people standing or sitting, and after hearing Akira Kurahashi's voice, these seven people turned their heads to look at them almost at the same time.

"Welcome, I really didn't expect the two of you to come so quickly."

One of the seven men immediately got up from the couch and walked towards them with a smile.

"Although Lady Elizabeth had repeatedly promised me on the phone in the morning that you would be here by today, given the distance from London, we were both prepared to arrive tomorrow......

Anyway, it's great that the two of you can come here so quickly. ”

As he spoke, the man stretched out his hand to Kiyoshi Shirakawa and made a gesture to shake his hand, and he spoke in Japanese.

The man was dressed in a blue suit with a mid-parted head and a thin face, and Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Mary had seen his picture from Black Rose before coming.

He is Takahiro Tone, the man who is the eldest son of Eijiro Tone, but he does not appear in the heirs of Eijiro Tone's estate at all.

"Mr. Guiyang is serious, and it is the duty of us detectives to do our best to help the client solve the trouble." Bai Heqing also smiled and stretched out his hand to shake him.

"You should all know the purpose of Lady Elizabeth asking you to come here for her, right?"

On the sofa where Tone Guiyang was sitting before, another man got up and asked.

The man was dressed in casual clothes, with a cup of coffee in his hand, and his appearance was very similar to that of Takahiro Tone.

He is Tone Takahiro's younger brother, Tone Eijiro's eldest son Tone Kosuke, and also does not appear in the list of heirs of the Tone family, the second young master of the Tone family.

"My father had left a large inheritance during his lifetime, but by the time he decided to write his suicide note, his health was so weak that he didn't even have time to tell us the exact location of this inheritance......

The only thing we know for sure at the moment is that the heritage must still be on this island......"

"Young Master Hangsuke, please rest assured, since we have accepted this commission, we will definitely help you find out the whereabouts of the inheritance."

"Humph!"

As soon as Bai Heqing's words fell, a cold snort suddenly sounded in the hall.

He followed the voice and saw that it was an elderly white man.

This white old man was wearing a dark green suit, he was older, he looked like he was fifty or sixty years old, his face was full of wrinkles, and many of the blonde hair on his head had been dyed white by time.

Unlike the others in the room, this white old man had a very special aura on him, thick and aggressive.

He was Jeffrey Clyde, one of the three heirs designated by Eijiro Tone, a former British Navy lieutenant and a retired soldier.

"What can two hairy boys do?" Seeing Bai Heqing look over, Clyde said even more disdainfully.

"Alright, don't say that, Clyde, young people are better than us old men, aren't they?"

As soon as Clyde finished speaking, an old man sitting across from him with a coffee smiled and spoke.

The old man looked older than Clyde, a typical East Asian male, somewhat obese, with a smooth Mediterranean Sea on the top of his head, and only a few pitiful strands of hair hanging from the sides of his brain.

This man is a Singaporean, named Yeo Doo Sun, and he seems to be the big boss of a certain business, and like Clyde, he is also one of the three heirs to the estate.

"Hmph, it's just going to add to the chaos......" Clyde just smiled coldly at Yang Douxin's words.

"This old English man seems to look down on us." Since the two men were talking in English, Mary explained to Shirakawa in a whisper and quickly.

"It's okay, it's none of our business." Bai Heqing smiled and whispered back.

"Don't worry too much, Mr. Clyde, he doesn't actually mean anything."

At this moment, at the coffee table next to him, a young man said to the two of them in a warm and apologetic voice.

This young man has a scholarly temperament and is handsome, and he looks about the same age as Bai Heqing.

His name is Kita-Ichima, and I heard that he was a lecturer at a university in Japan, and he was the last person on the list of heirs to Eijiro Tone's estate.

At this point, Takahiro Tone and Kosuke Tone, who are the sons of Eijiro Tone, and the three designated heirs of the estate, Clyde, Yang Douxin and Kitakamihiko, thanks to the information provided by Black Rose before, among the seven people in this hall, Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Mary have recognized five people.

The last two people left were a muscular man with a stubble on his face and an East Asian woman in a purple cheongsam, which were not included in the information provided by Black Rose before.

"Okay, let's stop talking nonsense!"

Interrupting Kita-Kamihiko with some impatience, Clyde glanced at Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Mary, and said unceremoniously:

"Since the people are here, let's hurry up and start acting, find out the inheritance as soon as possible, and I can leave the ...... as soon as possible."

"Uhh

Clyde's words were only halfway through when Yang Douxin, who was originally sitting opposite him smiling and drinking coffee, suddenly raised his hand to cover his neck, and his face showed an extremely painful look.

"Yang?!"

Seeing this, Clyde hurriedly got up, and the coffee cup in Yang Douxin's hand fell on the table, only to see him staring at Clyde with wide eyes, his mouth opening and closing, and after struggling in pain for a few times, his head tilted, and he collapsed on the sofa.

[This is the first one.] 】

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