Conan Moslin

As for why the couple Maori and Eri suddenly spoke like this, it was naturally not because of Xiaolan's deliberate "matchmaking", that was just the fuse.

The real incident came from a small incident on the beach, which was a war between a "middle-aged woman" and a "lecherous uncle".

It all started when a beautiful woman in a swimsuit was called by Maori Kogoro.

When I turned around, I saw Fei Yingli who was originally very far away from this place.

Don't ask why Ms. Fei, who deliberately stayed away, came back. At this time, she was wearing glasses, wiping her hair, and picked up the sunscreen on the table.

So the couple immediately started quarreling, and the words that came out of their mouths turned into blades that could not distinguish between friend and foe, piercing into each other's chests.

Mao Lilan finally managed to mediate the situation with great difficulty.

Before going to the seaside restaurant, Kogoro Mouri and Ran separated for a while.

He started looking for his wife's lost ring - but the mud on his legs became "evidence" that Eri Kisaki said she applied sunscreen on other people.

Mao Lilan was caught between the two, feeling torn, but she didn't know -

Kisaki Eri guessed everything. She looked at the shape of the ring in Kogoro's shorts pocket, picked up the teacup with her left hand, and lifted her hair beside her ear, revealing her clean ring finger.

She was expecting a response like this, a delivery.

[Here, I found your ring.]

But there was no response.

Such an awkward childhood sweetheart is really annoying.

……

Li An, who arrived a little later, smoothly joined the young people's chat group.

She is younger than the youngest of the group, Haru Matsuzaki and Takako Toda, but that doesn't stop them from chatting together.

As expected, Li An was asked about the magic troupe. There were some old-fashioned questions and answers, so he didn't mention them again.

It is now time for lunch and nap, and fewer and fewer people go swimming in the sea.

A waiter brought in the newly ordered iced black tea.

Ice cubes floated in the light brown tea, and its light sweet fragrance was almost inaudible amidst the aroma of the food.

Most of the tea leaves have been filtered out, with only a few drops of tea residue remaining at the bottom of the cup.

Conan had eaten breakfast late and now had no appetite at all, so he just held the cup and poured the drink into his stomach.

Li An glanced at the ice cubes floating in the cup and pushed the cup to Xiao Ai.

Xiao Ai looked at her strangely.

Li An just smiled silently.

Across the long table was Kunio Kawazu. He glanced at the time and suddenly asked about the last member who had been absent.

"By the way, Yayan, where is your friend who grew up with you?"

Matsuzaki Masahiko immediately replied, "Are you talking about Ayang? After diving, he said he wanted to go snorkeling in this area and left."

Snorkeling is an activity that relies only on a few basic tools such as a diving mask, a snorkel, and fins to float on the water and view the underwater scenery through the mask.

Simply put, it is a type of diving that is performed without the use of oxygen tanks.

Maori Kogoro was a little puzzled: "Why did he go diving without even eating?"

Matsuzaki Haru immediately laughed and said, "Yes, because everyone says he is a weirdo who would rather have the sea than women!"

"Will he marry a shark in the future?"

"That's too much!"

Amidst the laughter, Li An glanced at the backpack at the feet of Toda Takako, who had been absent-minded.

The backpack was half open, revealing a section of the snorkel and fins.

Takawako didn't notice her gaze and spoke to Matsuzaki Haru who was drinking.

"Xiaochun, could you please help me get a new towel from our room?"

"Gui Hezi, you don't want to..."

"Yes, I suddenly want to swim in the sea for a while."

……

I do not know how long it has been.

The sea water began to rise.

The waves beat up the sand on the shore, and layers of white foam immediately seeped in, leaving overlapping dark marks.

The white waves broke into two parts, and mud and sand rolled into the water.

The deserted seabed is so dreamy and beautiful. The seaweed and fish seen through the mask sway with the waves underwater.

Under the colorful coral reefs, there are also small creatures hidden in the looming darkness, looking at everything in front of them with their ignorant eyes.

The girl in the pink swimsuit took off her fins, removed her mask, took a deep breath, and then completely threw away the snorkel.

She floated to the surface, waved to the girl in orange who was watching her from afar, and then began to struggle.

In front of a distant restaurant, Ito Hiro, who arrived second late, put his arm around Kawazu's neck, but asked Matsuzaki Masahiko about Takako's whereabouts.

"Strange, didn't you see her?"

"No?"

"Look, there she is!"

"She's waving at us!" Matsuzaki Haru, with a light yellow towel hanging on his arm, waved to the people in the sea, "Takawako!"

The high waves hit her unexpectedly, and Takako Toda was thrown into the sea before she could even catch her breath.

A narrow but strong current pushed her away and immediately dragged her towards the deep sea.

She tried to stretch her arms and flap upwards again, but she gave all her strength to the sea water and could neither go up nor down.

She couldn't float to the surface at all, and had no chance to call for help again.

"No, she's gone!" Maori Kogoro frowned and stood up, "Oh no! She's drowned!"

"Go and save people!"

"Takahatako!"

The sea water pouring into my ears blocked most of my hearing. I vaguely heard a familiar voice shouting in fear, but the sound was getting smaller and smaller.

This was followed by another angry voice.

"Ya Yan, wait!"

"You idiot! Why are you jumping around when you can't swim?"

Itoyo threw the man back to the shore, and seeing the waves split into two not far away, he frowned and shouted, "There's a rip current nearby! Don't come over here!"

The few people who were scattered into the sea stopped.

Ran Mouri and Conan were the farthest away, and Kurian was one step ahead of them and followed closely behind Matsuzaki Haru.

The rip current is a narrow and strong stream of water that flows vertically or nearly vertically to the coast. Its width is usually no more than 10 meters, and its length is usually between 30 and 50 meters, and some are as long as 700 to 800 meters.

It is the real beach killer, and 90% of drowning accidents come from it.

In terms of duration, the shorter ones are 2-3 minutes, and the longer ones are several days.

Itoyo changed direction and swam towards Takako, holding his breath from time to time to look for her pink figure.

She was at the edge of the rip current, having escaped the dangerous undercurrent, but still being dragged about ten meters.

Long strings of bubbles emerged from the sea surface, the salty and fishy sea water rushed into the mouth, and the scattered hair looked like seaweed seen through a diving mask.

While my consciousness was blurred, an idea surfaced along with the bubbles in the water.

Snorkeling test, fake becomes real——

This is retribution.

But then, someone gently lifted her chin and lower hips, moved her away sideways, swam parallel to the shore for a short distance, and then quickly moved towards the shore.

Haru Matsuzaki rushed forward anxiously and reached for his water-soaked waist bag.

The creature in the darkness opened its mouth, its throat torn, revealing its cold and sharp fangs.