Stay away from Conan

Chapter 903 A chance encounter at the beach

"This is the so-called undersea ruins of the Southern Island..."

Standing on the edge of the coast, looking at the extremely high boulders rising out of the sea level, Gao Yuan, wearing the rare attire of a short-sleeved T-shirt and casual pants on this hot seaside, couldn't help but feel like this As he spoke, he thought about what the so-called undersea ruins on the seabed under those huge rocks looked like——

"I really want to see it..."

"In that case, let's dive down and take a look..."

In this regard, after listening to Gao Yuan's words, Xiao Ai, who was wearing a lavender sleeveless tank top, light-colored shorts and a sun hat, couldn't help but hugged his hands in front of him and suggested with a slightly thoughtful smile.

"There's nothing I can do...I can't even swim, let alone dive..."

Helplessly saying this fact, Gao Yuan could only abandon the idea of ​​diving completely.

"Ala--"

Hearing what Gao Yuan said, Xiao Ai smiled faintly and asked, seemingly teasingly:

"Why would Mr. Detective, who can't even swim, take on such a seaside commission? It's not just about the underwater ruins. I remember that the commission also mentioned that three divers were missing, right? There's no way to dive at all. How are you going to solve this incident?"

Saying this, Xiao Ai couldn't help but recall that during the previous trip to Izu, when Gao Yuan faced Tie Zhuyu and the others' invitation to go to the beach together, Gao Yuan directly chose to refuse, and after the incident in Izu was resolved, he didn't get close at all. After going to the beach to play, it turns out that the root cause is actually this!

Thinking of this, Xiao Ai couldn't help but nodded silently. It seemed that after knowing that Gao Yuan couldn't even swim, Xiao Ai felt a little proud -

"After all, it's a well-paid commission, and you also have to pay for the round trip expenses. Although I can't dive personally, but diving is not the only way to check the underwater conditions..."

In response, Gao Yuan could not help but retort:

"But then again. Why did you come with me on this trip to the Southern Island? I thought you would stay and take care of your sister..."

"It doesn't matter if it's just a few days' trip..."

Faced with Gao Yuan's inquiry, Xiao Ai said this, glanced sideways at Gao Yuan, and then said:

"Anyway, compared to the situation when something happened to you after you left for a few days, and you wanted to hide the truth about me and endured it alone... I think it is necessary to follow you on this kind of journey, just in case you are plotted by someone again. Woolen cloth?"

"Well……"

Hearing Xiao Ai mention things about Hokkaido, Gao Yuan couldn't help but look helpless and couldn't help but say:

"This situation is rare, right?"

"Who can say for sure?"

In response to this, Xiao Ai turned her head and said nothing more. She didn't know what she was thinking.

Seeing this, he had probably seen the huge rocks that were said to be ruins exposed on the sea level, and felt that there should be nothing wrong with this, so Gao Yuan had no choice but to say:

"Forget it... let's go back and find the village chief on the island who issued this commission..."

So, Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai turned around and walked towards the small town on the island——

"But where did the three divers disappear?"

However, while walking along the path along the coastline, when Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai passed by a small fishing port covered with wooden planks, they only heard two figures floating on the sea, saying this, it looked like It's a diver who's diving here——

"Yeah...but are there really three divers missing?"

Immediately afterwards, a young female voice responded to the boy who asked this question.

In this regard, after hearing these two voices, Gao Yuan couldn't help but be startled. He turned his head and looked at the two people floating on the sea who were wearing diving suits and had moved their diving goggles to their foreheads. They seemed to have just finished... The two people diving looked at——

"Hattori-san? Toyama-san? Why are you here?"

To his surprise, after seeing that the two people were Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha, Takato couldn't help but walked to the pier and asked the two people still floating on the sea -

"Huh? Isn't this the little detective? And the little girl... from my little brother's family is here too!"

Immediately, he noticed that Gao Yuan was also here, and Hattori Heiji couldn't help but replied with some surprise. After seeing Xiao Ai, Hattori Heiji also thought for a moment and greeted Xiao Ai as "Miss Little Little One." ——

"What the hell is 'Little Miss'! Heiji, you are using random nicknames again!"

After hearing what Hattori Heiji said, Toyama and Ye couldn't help asking. However, after looking at Xiao Ai, Toyama and Ye couldn't help showing a kind smile and greeted Xiao Ai:

"Hello, little sister! Don't pay attention to Heiji's words, he..."

But in this regard, before Yuan Shan and Ye finished speaking, Xiao Ai just nodded lightly and paid no more attention to Yuan Shan and Ye's appearance, with a slightly cold expression.

Seeing this, Yuan Shan and Ye couldn't help but feel a little bit shocked, and couldn't help but feel in their hearts:

"This child seems to be difficult to get along with..."

In this way, it seemed that because the diving was over, Hattori Heiji, Toyama and Ye also chose to climb up to the pier first, and then continued to talk to Takato——

"I received a commission from the village chief on this island to investigate the underwater ruins here and the missing divers. Then presumably, the detective brother came here for the same reason, right?"

After landing, Hattori Heiji first asked Takato.

"Yes...it is said that this commission was originally intended for Mr. Mouri Kogoro, but for some reason, the commission ended up in my hands, so I came."

Nodding, Gao Yuan replied.

"ah?"

Hearing this, Hattori Heiji seemed a little surprised, and then his eyes began to look here and there, leaving everyone present confused for a moment. Then it seemed that Hattori Heiji didn't see what he wanted to see, so he sighed:

"Doesn't that mean that Kudo isn't here either?"

"Um……"

Meeting the other party turned out to be because he wanted to see Conan. Takato probably understood Hattori Heiji's mood of wanting to compete with Conan, but since Conan did not come, Takato could only respond like this -

"Huh? The Kudo you are talking about...could it be that high school student detective Kudo Shinichi from Tokyo?"

However, while several people were talking like this, a young voice came from behind them.

Turning around, I saw a young man about twenty years old with short brown hair, wearing sunglasses, and sports long-sleeved trousers to prevent sunburn. He was a very dashing-looking young man, facing Gao Yuan. asked.

"Ah, no! He's just a guy whose last name is Kudo!"

In this regard, when he saw someone coming to strike up a conversation and ask about Kudo Shinichi, Hattori Heiji rubbed the back of his head and excused himself with a perfunctory smile.

Hearing this, the other party did not show any surprise. He just snorted softly, put his hands in his coat pockets, and said:

"Really? I was overthinking that...but you are also the detectives invited by the village chief to investigate the incident, right? It just so happens that I am also——"

As he spoke, the other party handsomely took off his sunglasses, revealing his delicate face. With a smile, he greeted everyone present in a somewhat sassy manner:

"My name is Koshimi Nanatsuki... Why don't you meet me?"