Chapter 365: Training Begins

After the morning exercise, all members of the Mystery Research Club disembarked from the ship and arrived on the island.

They crossed the 1500-meter-long ice path and entered the interior of the island.

"Mm~ I can smell sulfur."

Merely approaching, the sulfur scent from the volcanic eruption hit them face-first.

However, due to the timing of the eruption, the sulfur smell was in fact already very faint by now.

After crossing the ice path, they formally stepped onto the beach, and an island presented itself before everyone's eyes.

It was much quieter than imagined; one could not even hear the sounds of insects or birds.

"This island is really very quiet."

Ayuzawa Setsuka perked up her ears to listen, yet she still could not hear many sounds.

"Young Lady Ayuzawa, you don't need to listen; this island is really very quiet."

Mao Li Lan saw this and explained from the side.

"The sounds on this island are strange."

"It seems one can hear gurgling bubble sounds from many places."

Mao Li Lan, whose five senses had been enhanced, heard not many sounds either.

But that strange, viscous bubble sound became very clear.

"Bubble sounds... Could it be the sound of a hot spring?"

Suzuki Sonoko paused for a moment, imagining the situation described by Mao Li Lan in her mind.

She could not hear the bubble sounds; she felt that after entering this island, even the sound of the waves seemed indistinct.

"It won't be the bubble sounds of a hot spring."

Ren Amamiya shook his head slightly, his eyes staring directly at the ground.

"This island itself exists atop a large volcano; hearing that somewhat viscous bubble sound is actually quite normal."

Suddenly, everyone's footsteps halted, and several people simultaneously looked down at the ground.

They could not help but think of the very deep trench surrounding this island.

Looking at it this way, this island really did look like an island on a volcano.

"Kaguya Sigong, you are truly amazing at buying things; you bought an island and ended up buying a volcano."

Suzuki Sonoko could not help but laugh, prodding Kaguya Sigong with her elbow while teasing.

"How was I supposed to know it was a volcano..."

At this moment, Kaguya Sigong was also quite depressed.

She bought the island to facilitate their movements, yet who knew she would end up buying an active volcano.

Regarding this, Hayasaka Ai was slightly surprised, placing her hands on her abdomen and bowing slightly.

"I apologize, Young Lady Kaguya; we did not conduct more investigation on this island before the purchase."

Kaguya Sigong waved her hand.

"This is not your fault."

"Before I purchased this island, many experts confirmed it; those experts could not tell, let alone you."

Before purchasing the island, Kaguya Sigong had long since had many professionals confirm it.

The answers they gave were all very consistent: this was a deep-sea volcanic island with infrequent volcanic activity.

Kaguya Sigong glanced at Ren Amamiya standing ahead and asked hesitantly.

"Ren Amamiya, this volcano should not have too much impact on our activities, right?"

"No."

Ren Amamiya shook his head slightly.