Chapter 977: The Woman on the Dragon Horn

The Dragon Horn Rock is not exactly small, but it isn't large either; the part exposed above the sea is only about ten meters high, and the radius of its base is quite small—you could circle it in about a minute.

"This is the Dragon Horn Rock that belongs to the children,"

Captain Ida gazes at the Dragon Horn Rock with nostalgia. "I only dared to come here because I was following you all; I wouldn't normally come here."

"Hey!" someone on the bow of a passing ship nearby shouts toward them, "What are you doing there?! That's Dragon Horn Rock! If you get too close, you'll be cursed by the dragon and your ship will sink!!"

Akaso Kaze is still examining the Dragon Horn Rock and turns his head to look when he hears the shouting.

However, the ship sails away after shouting just that one line.

"It's a diver from the nearby diving spot," the captain says, looking displeased.

"Recently, some divers have started diving nearby to curry favor with a certain company president's daughter, making it inconvenient for us to fish. Even though they say the sea belongs to everyone, they should at least think about us fishermen."

Akaso Kaze doesn't pay much mind to the departing cruise ship; once his boat arrives, he carries Ai and Ayumi onto the Dragon Horn Rock.

It seems to be just an ordinary rock protruding from the sea.

The edges are heavily eroded by seawater, making them jagged and uneven.

The legend about sinking ships is likely just from people accidentally hitting the rocks.

"Big Brother Akaso, let's take a few photos before the sunset!"

As soon as Ayumi sees the sunset, her girlish heart warms up, and she is impatient to take pictures.

Akaso Kaze takes out his camera, and the two little girls strike various cute poses.

Haibara Ai is, of course, cool, while Ayumi is cute beyond words.

"Hmm?"

"It looks like someone carved words here."

Haibara Ai suddenly turns her head to look at the rock wall beside her, where there are clear carvings.

The carvings are very fresh, reading "Mackerel, Carp, Sea Bream, Flounder."

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

"How awful, doing something like this." Haibara Ai pouts.

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

A soul is weakly clinging to the rock wall just below the writing.

Akaso Kaze reaches out, plucks it off, and tosses it into his space.

Then he walks to the side and pulls a diving fin out from a crack in the stone; it is still brand new.

He tells Haibara Ai and Ayumi to wait here and walks forward himself.

Just on the other side of the Dragon Horn Rock, a young woman in a wetsuit is leaning against the rock wall.

She looks as if she has fallen asleep, and an oxygen tank is placed beside her. ===== CHAPTER 979 =====