Chapter 979: The Wealthy Heiress in a Wetsuit

Akaso Kaze knows many wealthy people.

But he is quite unfamiliar with the children of such tycoons.

He has heard of the Akamine Financial Company, but he doesn't know Akamine Hikari, who was murdered here at the Dragon Horn Rock.

When a wealthy heiress is murdered in a place like this, and it's such a planned murder, it's highly likely that someone close to her committed the crime.

At least, most of the cases involving heiresses that Akaso Kaze has seen are like this; one of the commonalities is that they have nasty personalities and are always followed by a few men.

He doesn't know what Akamine Hikari was like, but diving nearby with divers who were currying favor with her sounds very familiar—it's likely some case.

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

The Dragon Horn Rock, standing in the middle of the sea, casts a long shadow on the water under the setting sun, creating an eerie and ominous atmosphere.

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

Leading the team is the younger brother of Officer Yokomizo, who serves at the Shennaichuan County Police Station.

It is Yokomizo Sango, who always wears a stern face.

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

"The mouth is very dry, and the skin has no elasticity; she died of dehydration. In other words, this woman named Akamine Hikari was trapped on this Dragon Horn Rock for over 3 days without food or water."

Yokomizo Sango, who looks like a brawny, thick-headed man, frowns with his thick eyebrows and analyzes carefully beside the corpse.

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

Yokomizo Sango says with a cold expression, "Her lipstick didn't stain the mouthpiece, which means someone calculated her time of death and secretly returned here to swap the oxygen tank. Although I don't know the reason for doing this, I can be certain that this must be a murder case!"

Akaso Kaze is speechless, looking at Yokomizo Sango, who remains stern but looks confident, as if waiting for his admiration.

The Yokomizo brothers are indeed quite similar, only compared to the good-natured, funny older brother, the younger brother likes to pretend to be dignified and cold.

This guy didn't even ask for the witnesses' identities before starting to deduce things on his own; he really is quite careless.

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

"A death message?" Yokomizo Sango is 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 is also the reason why she didn't leave the culprit's name directly."

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

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

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

"Ah?"

"It's that ship from earlier."

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

The people on the ship also discover the situation at the Dragon Horn Rock; without waiting for Akaso Kaze to shout, they panic and hurriedly have the ship pull up to the rock.

"It really is the Young Lady!"

"She went missing three days ago?"

Yokomizo Sango immediately approaches the three young men who docked the ship.

He confirms that the three are the divers who were with the victim.

He also learns that the victim went diving with them at noon three days ago and then disappeared, only sending them an email.

"We returned to the ship, and after a long time, the Young Lady didn't surface. When we were planning to dive down to look for her, I received an email on my phone from the Young Lady saying, 'I'll leave the rest to you guys.'"

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

"We had no choice, because something similar had happened before,"

the young man wearing a headscarf says helplessly.

"When we were diving in early summer, the Young Lady didn't come up once, and she just sent an email. We were so worried we looked everywhere and even called the police, but the next day she came back smiling, saying she happened to see a handsome guy on a passing yacht and went on board to drink with him for the night."

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

"We hadn't called the police this time because the Young Lady got angry last time, so we waited a few days. It was only because there was still no news that we came out to look for her."

The three divers are quite distressed, especially when they see the corpse of the Young Lady nearby, their faces full of sorrow.

"The three of us dived down near the spot where we dived three days ago to look for the Young Lady, and we asked every cruise ship we saw. We never thought of this Dragon Horn Rock, where no one usually goes." ===== CHAPTER 981 =====