Detective Conan: I, with my magical powers, am going to destroy the world!

The woman is dead.

The time of death was probably several hours ago, and the cause of death was dehydration; they were trapped and died in this kind of place.

It's a pity; if she had held on a little longer, she could have been saved.

However, because she was trapped here and died, her soul did not stay with the murderer.

However, the handwriting may have provided information about the murderer.

"How pitiful," Ai Haibara said sadly, looking at the woman's corpse. "She must have accidentally gotten stuck here. This is a rocky outcrop where ships can sink, so hardly anyone would come here."

Chu Feng turned his head and pouted, "Didn't I tell you not to come any closer? Isn't Ayumi scared?"

Ayumi shook her head. "With Brother Chichu here, Ayumi isn't afraid."

Chi Chufeng picked up Qi Mei and said, "It's not an accident. I'm afraid someone deliberately abandoned her here. Let's call the police first."

"Huh?" Ai Haibara looked at him in surprise.

Chi Chufeng said, "Normally, people don't wear lipstick when diving, otherwise it will stain the mouthpiece. But the mouthpiece of this oxygen tank is very clean, without any lipstick stains... It must be that someone came here after she died and replaced the oxygen tank for some purpose."

Chi Chufeng recalled the group of diving enthusiasts he had just met.

Those guys are highly suspicious.

Honestly, I thought it would be a peaceful day, but I ended up encountering a murder case in the sea just before I was leaving.

In any case, the possibility of murder is quite high, not only because of the oxygen tank mouthpiece, but also because of the carvings on the other side of the rock and the flippers stuck in the rock crevice.

There's a crevice on each side of the different rocks, and they all belong to this barefoot young woman.

There were also barefoot footprints on the soles of the woman's feet. The reason for these arrangements was probably that the prisoner would come to check afterward, and the intention was to alert others who made the discovery while avoiding the prisoner's suspicion.

At least if the police come, they might be able to tell that it wasn't an accident.

His gaze swept over the traces of a watch on the woman's left wrist, and Chi Chufeng began searching the vicinity. Because the area was small, he quickly found a hidden diving watch.

The edge of the dive watch was badly worn, and its width was just right to match the engravings on the lettering.

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The back of the watch also has the initials "HA" surrounded by the English words "AKAMINEANGEL…CLUB". The letters after "ANGEL" are worn away and are not clearly visible, but it can be roughly understood that it is probably a diving club, and it is very likely that it was a group of diving enthusiasts from before.

Looking at the people on the yacht rushing around, seemingly looking for something, could they be looking for this woman?

"She must have recently risen to the position of chairperson of a financial company in Kanagawa Prefecture, and is the only daughter of President Akamine."

The captain approached her and said, "She often takes a few young men diving in the area. Her name is Akamine Mitsutoshi, abbreviated as HA."

Chapter 561 The Heiress in a Diving Suit

Chi Chufeng knows many wealthy people.

But he was quite unfamiliar with the children of wealthy families.

I've heard of Chifeng Financial Company, but I don't know Chifeng Guangli, who was recently murdered in Yijiaoyan.

The fact that a wealthy young lady was murdered in such a place, and in such a planned manner, strongly suggests that someone close to her was the perpetrator.

At least most of the cases of wealthy young ladies being murdered that Chi Chufeng had seen were like this; one of the commonalities was that they all had terrible personalities and were always accompanied by several men.

I wonder what's going on with Akamine Hikari. Diving nearby with divers who are trying to curry favor with him sounds familiar. It's probably related to some kind of case.

However, Chi Chufeng couldn't recall the details at the moment.

A lone rock rising in the middle of the sea casts a long shadow on the surface at dusk, creating an eerie and ominous atmosphere.

After receiving the report, the Kanagawa Prefectural Police quickly arrived at the scene by boat on the 29th.

The team was led by the younger brother of Officer Yokomizo, who works at the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Station.

Yokomizo Shigeaki always has a serious face.

"While it's impossible to say for sure without taking the body to land for a thorough investigation, the rigor mortis and corneal opacity suggest that the time of death was 5 to 6 hours ago."

"Her mouth was extremely dry, her skin had no elasticity, and she died of dehydration. That is to say, this woman named Akamine Hikari had been trapped in this corner of the rock for more than 3 days without eating or drinking."

Looking at the burly, imposing man, Yokomizo Shigeaki frowned and carefully analyzed the corpse beside him.

"Wearing a diving suit and an oxygen tank, the general reasoning is that he encountered trouble while diving, struggled to reach this rock, and failed to be discovered."

Yokomizo Shigego said coldly, "Her lipstick wasn't on her lipstick, which means someone calculated the time of her death and secretly came back here to change the oxygen tank. Although we don't know the reason for doing so, we can be sure that it's a murder!"

Chi Chufeng was speechless, looking at Yokomizo Shigeo in front of him, who was still serious but had a confident look on his face, as if waiting for him to admire him.

The Yokomizo brothers were indeed quite similar, except that compared to the good-natured, goofy older brother, the younger brother preferred to act dignified and aloof.

This guy didn't even ask about the witnesses' identities before starting to deduce things on his own. He's really careless.

“It was indeed a murder,” Chi Chufeng said, holding his diving watch in a handkerchief. “And the victim probably knew the perpetrator would return, which is why he left a subtle message about his death.”

"A death message?" Yokomizo Shigego was stunned.

"The reason for tucking the flippers into the crevices of the rocks and hiding the diving watch was to alert the police without letting the criminals find out. The same reason for not leaving the criminals' names directly."

Yokomizo Shigego looked at Akatsuka and asked, "But if the prisoner has come again, it might be to frame someone else."

“It’s not a frame-up,” Chi Chufeng said with a smile.

"Disguising it as an accident is the best option. Even if the goal is to frame someone, there's no need to hide the diving watch separately. Besides, the perpetrator wouldn't stay long afterward, especially if someone is looking for the victim nearby."

"what?"

"It's the same ship as before."

Chi Chufeng looked at a yacht sailing towards Yijiao Rock from the sea, where two young men were standing at the bow.

The people on the ship also noticed the situation at Yijiao Rock. Before Chi Chufeng could even shout, they panicked and hurriedly steered the ship to the rock.

"It really is the young lady!"

"They disappeared three days ago?"

Yokomizo Shigeo immediately approached the three young men who had docked on the boat.

It was confirmed that the three individuals were the divers who were with the victim.

They also learned that the victim had gone diving with them three days earlier at noon and then disappeared, only sending an email to a few people.

"We went back to the ship, and after a long time the young lady still hadn't surfaced. Just as we were about to dive down to look for her, I received an email from her on my phone, saying that the rest is up to you 677s."

"Didn't you even double-check before stopping the search and going back?" Yokomizo Shigego frowned.

"There's nothing we can do, because similar things have happened before,"

The young man wearing a headscarf said helplessly.

"When we were diving in early summer, the young lady didn't come up once. She just sent an email, which made us so anxious that we searched everywhere and even called the police. But the next day she came back with a smile and said that she had seen a handsome guy on a passing yacht and had them drink together all night."

"But I haven't heard anyone report missing in the past two days."

"We haven't called the police yet this time. Because the young lady threw a tantrum last time, we waited a few days. We only came out to look for her because we still hadn't heard anything."

The three divers were quite distressed, especially when they saw the young lady's corpse next to them, their faces filled with sorrow.

"The three of us went diving near the spot where we scuba dived three days ago to look for the young lady. We asked every cruise ship we saw, but we never expected to find this corner of the rock that no one usually goes near."

Chapter 562 Ran Mouri's Plea

Chi Chufeng observed the divers from the side.

A wealthy man with long, center-parted hair, wearing a mask and coughing incessantly.

Kaitian, a short-haired man who wears an eye patch and doesn't talk much.

There was also a young man in a headscarf with a band-aid next to his mouth.

Indeed, they were the same people who had shouted from another ship when we approached One Corner Rock earlier. Interestingly, they weren't questioned at the time; they just shouted once and then left in a hurry.

Chi Chufeng's gaze flickered and landed on the identical diving watches on the wrists of several young men.

Are all your dive watches the same?

"Yes, the young lady made it for us. She said that the diving group should have a logo that everyone has."

"May I take a look at it?"

“Sure, sure,” the men said impatiently, “but officers, how long do you plan to stay here? The sun is almost setting.”

Yokomizo Shigego also felt that it was inappropriate to stay in the cramped corner of Ichijo Rock, and it would be inconvenient to investigate. Hearing this, he pondered and said, "Let's go to the police station first. We also need to ask you for clues about the criminal."

"It's no longer needed."

Chi Chufeng glanced at his watch and suddenly interrupted.

The group of people who were about to leave stopped in their tracks.

“There’s no need for all that trouble,” Chi Chufeng said, handing the diving watch back to the group. “I already know the murderer’s name.”

"what?"

The young men, forgetting all about taking their diving watches, exclaimed in surprise, "What does this mean?"

"Hey, hey, you've been calling people 'criminal' all this time. Isn't this an accident?" the man with the headscarf asked, puzzled.