According to the information provided by Black Rose, Eijiro Tone's villa is on an isolated island overseas in the UK.
Slightly different from ordinary islands, the main body of this isolated island is divided into two parts, the north and the south. There is a strait more than 20 meters wide between the two islands.
Among them, the overall terrain of the South Island is high in the north and low in the south. The island's pier is built on the gentle area in the southern part of the South Island, while the overall terrain of the North Island is high in the south and low in the north. Eijiro Tone's villa is built on the gentle area in the middle of the North Island. zone.
However, there is no pier on the North Island that leads to the outside world. Therefore, if they want to go to this annex, Shirakawa Qing and Mary need to take a boat to the pier on the South Island first, and then walk through the only building on the north of the South Island that has access to the villa. The steel bridge on the North Island, the tunnel entering the North Island, and it wasn't until they walked out of the cave tunnel of about 100 meters that the two of them could finally see their destination...
A luxurious villa submerged in water.
That’s right, soak in water.
The terrain of the North Island is high in the south and low in the north. Therefore, after Bai Heqing and Mary left the cave tunnel, they were on the mountainside where they could overlook most of the scenery of the North Island.
The most eye-catching one is the annex located in the gentle area in the middle of the North Island.
The annex is a British Gothic-style building. From the outside, it should have three floors. The overall building layout is a bit like the Chinese character for "mountain" turned upside down.
The annex is surrounded by a high wall. The gate of the wall is also a thick metal door, not the common iron gate in the outside world. This luxurious annex is completely surrounded.
It's literally watertight.
From Shirakawaqing's angle at this time, he could clearly see that the entire first floor of the annex was soaked in several meters of water. Under the blue water, the buildings that were originally built in the courtyard of the annex were still vaguely visible. Fountain pool or garden bed.
The level of this accumulated water should have been specially controlled. It only flooded the first floor of the annex and had no impact on the second floor.
It seems that in order to cope with the accumulation of water, many places on the second floor of the annex have opened doors, and there are even assault boats that can travel on the water parked in front of some of the doors.
Farther away on the hillside to the north of the annex, there is a stone road winding upwards, with several wind turbines standing on one of the gentle slopes.
"This is the first time I have seen such a... special mansion." Mary said after briefly glancing at the villa in the water in the distance in front of her.
She has seen many mansions, but this is the first time she has seen a mansion submerged in water.
"This place is a bit strange." Bai Heqing said.
"What did you find?" Mary asked as they walked down the stone road.
"I just noticed some things that made me feel illogical." Bai Heqing explained: "From the topography, this North Island is fully qualified to build an external dock.
There is no need for designers to build the pier on the South Island, and then build a viaduct and the cave tunnel between the North and South Islands for traffic.
From a cost perspective, the design of this island is completely unqualified. Unless it is for the purpose of creating a tourist attraction, no normal person would choose such an extremely costly design.
But it is obvious that Eijiro Tone has no intention of turning this isolated island into a tourist attraction. On the other hand, I feel that he is even deliberately isolating the North Island where the annex is located from the outside world.
Perhaps it is for this reason that the external terminal is deliberately located on the South Island. "
Bai Heqing had already doubted this on the way here.
According to the captain of the small ship that sent him and Mary to this isolated island, the Ligon family living on this isolated island rarely leaves the island, and the food and other necessities needed for daily life also pass through the island. Wireless phones are regularly purchased from related external companies, and finally they are hired to ship to the dock on the South Island, and the Ligen family on the island takes them back to their annex on the North Island.
In other words, even those responsible for delivering the daily supplies needed on the island have never personally been to the North Island on the other side of the viaduct.
As for the pier on the South Island, it is called a pier to put it nicely. To put it bluntly, it is a simple parking spot. It is just big enough to park one or two small ships. In addition to transporting daily necessities on the island, it usually does not There will be other ships approaching here, and there will not even be a maintenance staff on the dock.
All these prove that the deceased Eijiro Tone wanted to isolate the North Island where the annex is located from the outside world.
"Is it just to hide the 'heritage of the British Empire' that Eijiro Tone calls it?"
Hearing this, Mary raised her hand to touch her chin and speculated curiously:
"If you say so, does this prove that the heritage is indeed hidden somewhere on this North Island?"
"Based on the current situation, I also agree with this speculation. Of course, the real situation will have to wait for subsequent investigations."
As they talked, the two of them approached the door of the annex. They walked up the steps outside and then raised their hands to push open the small door reserved on the door.
Behind the door is a luxurious villa located in the water. The water surface is just up to the threshold of the small door. Not far away, in front of the main entrance of the villa, a small wooden boat is slowly sailing in the direction of the two of them.
On the small wooden boat is an old man wearing a brown suit. The old man is thin, has gray hair, and wears glasses. He is using a wooden pole to support the small wooden boat towards the two of them, causing ripples on the calm water. .
"Good afternoon, you two, my name is Kurahashi Motoaki, and I am the housekeeper of this annex. Are you friends of Ms. Elizabeth?"
Skillfully holding the small wooden boat and docking it by the door, the old man who called himself Kurahashi Motoaki bowed to Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Mary and asked.
Elizabeth, the name used by Black Rose as a detective, met with the two this morning and discussed the specific details of their operation. Black Rose immediately called the two sons of Eijiro Tone. A phone call.
The general content of the call was that although she had been warmly invited, she herself was unable to come due to some special reasons. To apologize, she would ask two of her friends whose reasoning abilities were as good as hers to come and help find out. No entrustment fee will be charged for the whereabouts of the batch of inheritance.
Although Eijiro Tone's two sons were a little dissatisfied with this, they finally agreed under Black Rose's eloquent persuasion.
After all, if we look for someone again now, we will waste several days. And for those on the island now, the last thing they want is to wait any longer...
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(End of chapter)
