Chapter 396

Akaso Kaze knew many wealthy people.

But he was quite unfamiliar with the children of the wealthy.

He had heard of the Akamine Financial Company, but he didn't know Akamine Hikari, who had been murdered on One-Horn Rock.

For a wealthy young lady to be murdered in such a place, and in such a planned way, it was highly likely that someone close to her had committed the crime.

At least most of the cases involving wealthy young ladies that Akaso Kaze had seen were like this, and one of the common points was that they had bad personalities and were always followed by several men.

He didn't know what Akamine Hikari was like, but diving nearby with divers who were trying to please her sounded very familiar; it was likely some case.

It's just that Akaso Kaze couldn't recall the details for a moment.

One-Horn Rock stood in the middle of the sea, casting a long shadow on the water under the sunset, creating an eerie and ominous atmosphere.

After receiving the report, the Shennaichuan County police quickly arrived at the scene by boat.

Leading the team was the younger brother of Officer Yokomizo, who served in the Shennaichuan County Police Department.

It was Yokomizo Sango, who always had a serious face.

"Although I can't say for sure without transporting her to land for a thorough investigation, judging from the rigor mortis and the cloudiness of the corneas, the time of death should be 5 to 6 hours ago."

"Her mouth is very dry, and her skin has no elasticity; she died of dehydration. In other words, this woman named Akamine Hikari had been trapped on this One-Horn Rock for more than 3 days without food or water."

Yokomizo Sango, who looked like a big, burly man, frowned with his thick eyebrows and analyzed carefully beside the body.

"Wearing a wetsuit and having an oxygen tank, the general deduction would be that she ran into trouble while diving and struggled to this rock, but couldn't be discovered."

Yokomizo Sango said with a stern expression, "Her lipstick didn't get on the mouthpiece, which means someone calculated her time of death and secretly returned here to change the oxygen tank. Although I don't know the reason for doing this, it's certain that this must be a murder case!"

Akaso Kaze was speechless, looking at Yokomizo Sango, who was still serious but looked confident, as if waiting for his admiration.

The Yokomizo brothers were indeed similar, but compared to his good-natured and funny older brother, the younger brother liked to pretend to be dignified and cold.

This guy didn't even ask for the identity of the witnesses and started deducing on his own; he was really quite careless.

"It is indeed a murder case," Akaso Kaze said, holding the diving watch with a handkerchief, "And the victim herself probably knew the culprit would return, which is why she left a death message so cryptically."

"A death message?" Yokomizo Sango was stunned.

"Stuffing the fins into the rock crevices and hiding the diving watch were both to alert the police without letting the culprit notice. That's also the reason why she didn't leave the culprit's name directly."

Yokomizo Sango looked at Akaso Kaze and asked, "But if the culprit came back, maybe it was to frame someone else."

"It wouldn't be framing," Akaso Kaze smiled.

"Disguising it as an accident is the best choice. Even if one wanted to frame someone, there's no need to hide the diving watch separately. Besides, the culprit couldn't have stayed for too long when they returned, especially since someone happened to be searching for the victim nearby."

"Ah?"

"That would be the boat from earlier."

Akaso Kaze looked at a yacht sailing toward One-Horn Rock on the sea, with two young men standing at the bow.

The people on the boat also discovered the situation at One-Horn Rock, and without waiting for Akaso Kaze to call out, they panicked and hurriedly brought the ship to the rock.

"It really is the young lady!"

"She went missing three days ago?"

Yokomizo Sango immediately approached the three young men who had docked the boat.

He confirmed that the three were the divers who had been with the victim.

He also learned that the victim had gone diving with them three days ago at noon, after which she disappeared, only sending an email to the others.

"We returned to the boat, and after a long time, the young lady didn't surface. When we planned to dive down to find her, I received an email on my phone from the young lady, saying that she would leave the rest to you."

"Did you stop searching and go back without confirming anything else?" Yokomizo Sango frowned.

"There was nothing we could do, because something similar had happened before,"

The young man wearing a bandana said helplessly.

"When we were diving in early summer, the young lady didn't surface once and just sent an email. We were so anxious that we searched everywhere and even called the police. As a result, she came back smiling the next day, saying she saw a handsome guy on a passing yacht and went on board to drink with him all night."

"But I haven't heard of anyone reporting a missing person in the last two days."

"We didn't call the police this time because the young lady had lost her temper last time, so we waited a few days this time, and only came out to look for her when there was still no news."

The three divers were quite distressed, especially when they saw the young lady's body nearby, looking full of sorrow.

"The three of us dived down near the location where we dived three days ago to look for the young lady, and we asked every cruise ship we saw, but none of us thought of this One-Horn Rock, which no one usually approaches."

Akaso Kaze observed the few divers from the side.

The wealthy man with parted long hair who kept coughing while wearing a mask.

The short-haired man Kaida who wore an eye patch and didn't talk much.

And the bandana-wearing man Kurisato who had a bandage stuck next to the corner of his mouth.

They were indeed the people on the other boat who shouted when they approached One-Horn Rock. What was interesting was that they weren't questioned at the time; they just shouted once and left in a hurry.

Akaso Kaze's gaze flickered and fell on the identical diving watches on the wrists of the young men.

"Are your diving watches all the same?"

"Yeah, the young lady had them made for us, saying that a diving group should have a symbol that everyone has."

"May I take a look?"

"I guess you can," they said impatiently, "But Officer, how long do you plan to stay here? The sun is almost setting."

Yokomizo Sango also felt that it was inappropriate to continue staying on the narrow One-Horn Rock and that it wasn't convenient for investigation, so he pondered and said, "Then let's go to the police station first. I still need to ask you about clues regarding the culprit."

"That's no longer necessary."

Akaso Kaze, having looked at the watches, suddenly spoke up and interrupted.

The group, who were already prepared to leave, all stopped.

"There's no need for such trouble," Akaso Kaze returned the diving watch to them and continued, "I already know the name of the murderer."

"What?"

The young men couldn't care about taking the diving watch and exclaimed in surprise, "What do you mean?"

"Hey, hey, you've been talking about a murderer since just now, isn't this an accident???" the man wearing the bandana asked, puzzled.