Chapter 395

One-Horn Rock isn't large, but it's not small either; the part exposed above the sea is only about ten meters high, and the base radius is also very small, so one could circle it in about a minute.

"This is the One-Horn Rock that belongs to the children,"

Captain Ida looked at One-Horn Rock with nostalgia, "I only dared to come here because I was following you; I wouldn't usually come here."

"Hey!" A ship passed by nearby, and someone at the bow shouted at them, "What are you doing there?! That's One-Horn Rock! If you get close, you'll be cursed by the dragon and your ship will sink!!"

Akaso Kaze was still examining One-Horn Rock and turned his head when he heard the shout.

However, that ship sailed away after shouting just that one sentence.

"Those are divers from nearby," the captain said with a look of displeasure.

"Recently, some divers have started diving nearby to please the daughter of a certain company president, making it inconvenient for us to fish. Although the sea belongs to everyone, they should at least think about us fishermen."

Akaso Kaze didn't pay much attention to the departing cruise ship, and after the boat arrived, he carried Ai and Ayumi onto One-Horn Rock.

This place seemed to be just an ordinary rock protruding from the sea.

The edges were severely eroded by seawater, making it rugged and uneven.

The so-called legend of sinking ships was probably due to accidentally hitting the rocks.

"Brother Akaso, let's take a few photos before the sun sets!"

Ayumi's heart warmed as soon as she saw the sunset, and she couldn't wait to take pictures.

Akaso Kaze took out his camera, and the two little girls posed in various cute ways.

Haibara Ai was, of course, cool, while Ayumi was incredibly cute.

"Hmm?"

"It looks like someone carved words here."

Haibara Ai suddenly turned her head to look at the rock wall beside her, which had clear carvings on it.

The carvings were very new, reading "Mackerel, Carp, Sea Bream, Flounder."

"What is this?" Ayumi also looked at the rock wall, "Did someone carve the names of the fish they caught here as a souvenir?"

"That's terrible, doing something like this." Haibara Ai pouted.

"No," Akaso Kaze frowned slightly, "The carvings are quite neat, not carved by a child. But fishermen usually wouldn't come to a place like this, let alone carve words, and besides..."

A soul was weakly lying on the rock wall below the writing.

Akaso Kaze reached out, plucked it off, and threw it into his space.

Then he walked to the side and pulled a brand-new diving fin out of a crack in the rock.

He told Haibara Ai and Ayumi to wait there while he walked forward.

Just on the other side of One-Horn Rock, a young woman in a wetsuit was leaning against the rock wall.

She looked as if she were asleep, and an oxygen tank was placed beside her.

This woman was already dead.

The time of death was probably a few hours ago, and the cause of death was dehydration; she had been trapped in this place and died of thirst.

It's a pity; if she had held on a little longer, she could have been saved.

However, because she was trapped and died here, her soul didn't follow the murderer.

The writing, however, likely provided information about the murderer.

"How pitiful," Haibara Ai said sadly as she looked at the woman's body, "She must have been trapped here by accident. This is One-Horn Rock, where ships sink, so not many people come here."

Akaso Kaze turned his head and curled his lip, "Didn't I tell you not to come over? Aren't you scared, Ayumi?"

Ayumi shook her head, "Brother Akaso is here, so Ayumi isn't scared."

Akaso Kaze picked up Ayumi and said, "This wasn't an accident; I'm afraid she was deliberately abandoned here. Let's call the police first."

"Eh?" Haibara Ai looked over in surprise.

Akaso Kaze said, "Usually, one wouldn't wear lipstick while diving, otherwise it would dirty the mouthpiece. But the mouthpiece of this oxygen tank is very clean and doesn't have any lipstick on it... Someone must have come here after she died and changed the oxygen tank for some purpose."

The group of diving enthusiasts he had just seen appeared in Akaso Kaze's mind.

Those guys were highly suspicious.

Seriously, he thought it would be a peaceful day, but even as they were about to leave, they still encountered a murder case in the sea.

Regardless, the possibility of murder was quite high, not just because of the oxygen tank mouthpiece, but also the carvings on the other side of One-Horn Rock and the fins stuffed into the rock crevices.

There was one in each of the different rock crevices, and they should both belong to this young woman who was barefoot.

There were traces of the woman walking barefoot on the soles of her feet. The reason for these arrangements should be that she knew the culprit would come back to check later, and she wanted to warn others who might discover her while avoiding the culprit's suspicion.

At least if the police came, they might be able to tell it wasn't an accident.

His gaze swept over the traces of a watch on the woman's left wrist, and Akaso Kaze searched the vicinity. Because the area was small, he soon found a hidden diving watch.

The edges of the diving watch were severely worn, and its width matched the carvings of the words perfectly.

2.8

On the back of the watch were the initials "HA," surrounded by the English words "AKAMINE ANGEL... CLUB." The letters after "ANGEL" were worn away and illegible, but one could barely tell it was likely some diving club, and it was very likely the companions of those diving enthusiasts from earlier.

Seeing those people on the yacht rushing back and forth, looking like they were searching for something, could it be that they were looking for this woman?

"She should be the only daughter of President Akamine, the chairman of a financial company that recently expanded to Shennaichuan County,"

The captain came over and said, "She often brought several young men to dive nearby. Her name is Akamine Hikari, and her initials are HA."