There was an obvious desire to win on his face, and it seemed that even the depression of Kudo Shinichi's absence was wiped away. Hattori Heiji said this, as if he felt that because on this small southern island, detectives from all over the world gathered at the same time.
,Such a scene is also unprecedented——
"Since everyone is here because of the incident on this island, how about we just have a competition? Let's see who can uncover the whole truth first!"
Hattori Heiji suggested this with a confident smile on his lips.
"Well... Xiaosheng thinks this is indeed an interesting proposal."
When Tokijin Junzai heard this, he said with great interest.
"Indeed, such an opportunity is rare."
After looking around at everyone present, Koshimi Nanatsuki couldn't help but say.
In this regard, looking at this seeming paradox, but also like the incident called "Detective Koshien" in the original work, where four detectives from the east, west, north and south gathered together, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel a little surprised -
—
But, is this a coincidence, or is it someone's deliberate arrangement?
Therefore, faced with such a situation, Gao Yuan just smiled back, but did not express his participation clearly——
"Haha, this is really a reassuring scene..."
However, at this moment, an old man with white hair and white hair, a slightly chubby figure, and wearing a short-sleeved shirt came up from behind everyone with a smile. Looking at Gao Yuan and others who were communicating at the pier, he sighed like this
:
"With the help of you detectives, I think we can investigate these issues on the island very quickly..."
At the same time, a middle-aged man with a beard appeared along with the old man.
"Mr. Village Chief, and Mr. Obama..."
In this regard, seeing the appearance of these two people, Yuan Shan and Ye recognized them and said hello first, while the rest of the people also nodded and said -
After all, this old man is the village chief of this island and the client who issued the commission invitation, so everyone who arrived here as a detective knows this village chief.
However, Gao Yuan and the others did not know the middle-aged man whom Toyama and Ye called "Mr. Obama"——
"How is it? How does it feel to dive here?"
Following Toyama and Ye's greetings, the man called "Mr. Obama" responded to Toyama and Ye with a smile, and asked about the diving, who was still diving here just now.
Yuanshan and Ye them.
"It feels very good! And being able to visit the underwater ruins in this way is really eye-opening!"
Toyama and Ye responded with a smile.
In response to this, Mr. Obama couldn’t help but laugh and said:
"Yes! It's rare to see underwater ruins here, and divers from all over the country are attracted here! But it's quite rare for you two to have such good diving skills at such young ages."
"Ah, this..."
Hearing Mr. Obama mention this matter, Toyama and Ye Ze explained with some embarrassment:
"Because in the previous summer vacation, Heiji and I studied diving together and also passed the junior diving certificate. Therefore, it is not difficult for Heiji and I to normally dive in such offshore waters..."
"Hey... Hattori-kun, who is this Mr. Obama?"
In this regard, seeing Toyama and Ye chatting so familiarly with Mr. Obama, Takato couldn't help but curiously asked Hattori Heiji next to him. Although he could roughly guess it based on the content of their conversation,
The other party most likely has something to do with diving——
"Oh, Mr. Obama, he is the manager of the diving shop on this island. He is responsible for renting out diving equipment such as diving suits and oxygen bottles."
Faced with Gao Yuan's inquiry, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but give an answer:
"Because we wanted to investigate the undersea ruins, Kazuye and I went to his store earlier to rent diving equipment such as diving suits. Unexpectedly, because we heard that Kazuye and I were detectives who came to investigate the undersea ruins, it turned out that
Mr. Obama generously confiscated our rent and lent us the diving suits, so Kazuye had a good impression of Mr. Obama."
"Oh, that's how it is."
Listening to Hattori Heiji's explanation, Takato couldn't help but nodded——
"Oh? You know how to dive?"
However, it seems that because he heard their conversation, Koshimizu Nanatsuki on the side couldn't help but said in surprise:
"When it comes to investigating underwater ruins, knowing how to dive is indeed a huge advantage! In this way, it seems that this competition was unfair from the beginning...it was sloppy!"
"However, three people have disappeared one after another recently, which has made the guests afraid to come. The business on our island has also become quite deserted..."
And just as a few people were talking, as Toyama and Ye were talking to Mr. Obama, the topic naturally led from diving to the three missing people, which made the village chief and Mr. Obama feel confused.
I feel a little emotional about this matter——
"If this incident is not solved, our tourism industry, which has finally prospered due to the discovery of underwater ruins, will probably decline soon, so I thought of inviting detectives to investigate these things...
"It's just that, as expected, the great detective Mr. Mouri Kogoro did not accept the commission..."
Slightly regretful, the village chief told the four detectives the whole story——
"Then there's no need to commission so many detectives at once, right?"
Because from the village chief's words, he could hear his disappointed attitude because Kogoro Mori didn't come, Hattori Heiji asked somewhat depressedly.
In response, the village chief replied:
"So, because I had learned from the past, I was not sure whether you great detectives would accept the commission, so I simply invited them all. Unexpectedly, you all came."
Suddenly, when he heard that the village chief used the term "Great Detective" when talking about himself and others, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but have a proud expression on his face.
"So that's how it is...that's why so many detectives were invited at once..."
Listening to the other party's explanation, Gao Yuan couldn't help but analyze -
So, is it really just a coincidence that these detectives happened to be gathered together this time?
"But, then again, this ruins is not related to the disappearance of the divers, right?"
At this time, Tokizu Junya on the side came to participate in the investigation of the incident because he traveled here after seeing the news. In theory, he was not among the detectives invited by the village chief, so he seemed a little out of place.
Then I tried to change the topic and brought it back to the incident itself——
"We think so too."
In this regard, when faced with Tokijin Junya's question, the village chief just said this, but judging from his tone, he was not particularly sure.
"Really……"
Listening to the village chief's response, Tokijin Junzai couldn't help but think.
"So, are there any relevant records on the island regarding the underwater ruins found here?"
At this time, Koshimizu Nanatsuki asked about this question.
"have."
Affirmed, the village chief nodded, then pointed to the boulder above the sea level that could be seen far away on the sea and said: