In the afternoon, because Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha who were exploring the undersea ruins encountered an unexpected situation, they did not continue to try to explore the undersea ruins again today.
So, after everyone returned from the sea diving by boat and changed into clothes at Mr. Obama's diving shop, Takato and others, who had been waiting here for a long time, greeted Hattori Heiji and the others and suggested
Let’s go to the island’s restaurant first and try the island’s specialty fresh seafood delicacies.
To this, Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha naturally did not refuse, and Tokizu Junya originally didn't want to go with them, but after Takato's special invitation, Tokizu Junya couldn't refuse and went with them.
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Soon, they arrived at the hotel on the island. Since they had already reserved seats, everyone gathered around the dining table and began to exchange the information they currently had.
On both sides of the dining table, Xiaoai, Takato, and Koshimizu Nanatsuki sat on one side from right to left, while on the other side, Toyama Kazuha, Hattori Heiji, and Tokatsu Junya followed each other in this order.
The three people opposite were sitting correspondingly——
"How's it going? Did you find anything specific about the underwater ruins during this dive?"
First, Takato asked Hattori Heiji who was sitting opposite him in a familiar manner.
In this regard, hearing this question, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but rolled his eyes with a helpless expression, and said with some emotion:
"Don't mention it."
"Huh? What happened?"
Seeing Hattori Heiji's reaction, Takato couldn't help but asked in surprise.
As for this issue, although Hattori Heiji and Toyama and Ye wanted to explain, when they thought about what happened, they each felt a little embarrassed and could not speak frankly to Takato and others who had no idea of the situation until now.
People explained, especially Koshimizu Nanatsuki, a detective whom I didn’t know very well, was also there.
As a result, both of them looked a little embarrassed about this, and they were unable to speak for a while.
"Something happened while they were diving."
However, although Hattori Heiji and others explained the matter frankly, among the people present, Junya Tokizu knew what happened, so he told the matter without any worries:
"When they were diving near the underwater ruins, they were hit by a stone on the seabed and almost became trapped on the seabed and could not come back."
"What!"
Suddenly, upon hearing this situation, Gao Yuan asked in shock:
"Is there such a thing? Is someone plotting against it?"
For a moment, when Gao Yuan heard about this situation, this was the first thing that came to his mind.
Hearing this, they seemed not to have expected Takato to say that. Hattori Heiji, Toyama Kazuha and Tokijin Junya all had stunned expressions.
"Probably...no. I just happened to encounter a rolling stone..."
Thoughtfully, recalling the previous encounters, Hattori Heiji seemed a little unsure when Gao Yuan said this -
After all, in that case, it would be impossible to conduct a timely investigation.
Immediately, Hattori Heiji, who thought for a moment, looked at Junya Tokijin beside him and asked:
"By the way, you dived near the submarine slope and saw that Kazuye and I were in trouble at the bottom of the slope. So at that time, did you see anything suspicious near there?"
In response, Tokijin Junzai waved his hand slightly and said calmly:
"You are making things too difficult for Xiaosheng. After all, this was his first time diving. At that time, he was already focused on getting as close as possible to the underwater ruins. Moreover, while wearing diving goggles, the underwater view was not very good.
Xiaosheng had no way of noticing what was going on in that place at that time."
"Really."
Listening to Tokatsu Junya's explanation, Hattori Heiji could only nod helplessly, and then said to Tokatsu Junya:
"Then you are quite desperate. It's your first time diving, and you dare to dive to that depth alone..."
"After all, you have to see the underwater ruins from a close distance so that you can make a more accurate judgment, right?"
Smiling, Tokijin Junya replied.
"So, in the end, during today's dive, none of you carefully investigated the underwater ruins?"
After probably understanding what Hattori Heiji and the others said, Koshimizu Nanatsuki on the side couldn't help but conclude like this.
Unable to refute this, Hattori Heiji nodded and said:
"Indeed. Tokijin was unable to dive near the underwater ruins, and Kazuye and I encountered an accident near the underwater ruins. We were lucky to escape, so we no longer had the time to think about exploring the underwater ruins."
Saying this, Hattori Heiji looked at Takato and the others, and then asked:
"By the way, detective, what did you gain here?"
"There is a little gain, but the key issue is still over the underwater ruins..."
Faced with Hattori Heiji's inquiry, Gao Yuan didn't hide anything like that, so he explained what he had just discovered to Hattori Heiji and the others:
"The 'Giant Rocks' on the east, west, and south of the island should all have traces of human modification... It should be the people on this island who modified the outlines of the three huge rocks.
He looks like a giant."
"What does a giant look like?"
Hearing this statement, Toyama Kazuye was a little surprised. Thinking back to the "Giant Rock" he saw on the east side of the island, he couldn't help but ask:
"But, the one on the east side looks like an ordinary rock?"
"It's because of the orientation."
In response to this, Nanatsuki Koshimizu on the side also made a guess:
"Today, Mr. Mingzhi and I went to see the two 'Giant Rocks' in the west and south. Among them, the 'Giant Rock' in the west looks like a giant facing us. And the one in the south,
It's facing sideways..."
As he said that, Gao Yuan took out his mobile phone and showed the photos of the two "Giant Rocks" he took——
"That's it……"
Gao Yuan explained.
"Well, it seems to be a very simple carving on the rock... Even for the people on the island in the past, it was not difficult to do this kind of thing."
Hattori Heiji looked at the two pieces shown in the photo, the "Giant Rock" that looked like a giant facing the screen, and the "Giant Rock" that looked like a giant facing the screen sideways, and made a decision.
made such a judgment.
"I see."
In this regard, Tokijin Junya on the side couldn't help but said after seeing the photo:
"The 'Giant Rock' in the west, because you are standing on the west coast and looking west, this 'giant' shape is facing the front. The 'Giant Rock' in the south is standing on the south coast and looking south.
Because of it, it’s from the side…”
"That is to say, in fact, all the 'Giant Rocks' are facing the same direction! The 'Giant Rock' and the 'Giant' should be facing east. So the one in the west is facing the west, and the one in the south is facing south.
It seems that it is facing sideways, and the one facing east is facing east... In fact, the rock we saw happened to be the uncarved back side?"
Hattori Heiji continued.
"That's right. Judging from the current situation, this is probably the case."
Gao Yuan nodded and said:
"However, if you want to be sure of this, you'd better take a boat to the east side of the 'Giant Rock' and see what the other side of the rock looks like before you can be completely sure."
"But, this doesn't seem to be of any help to the problem of underwater ruins?"
After looking at these photos carefully, Junya Tokatsu touched his chin and thought for a long time, and finally gave this reply.
Gao Yuan had no objection to this and said:
"That's why the issue of undersea ruins is more important now. Since the legendary 'Giant Rock' has traces of man-made modifications, is it possible that the corresponding undersea ruins also have the possibility of man-made modifications?"