Transmigrated into Conan, his ability is Rhodes Island

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Shiho Miyano finished tidying up and came out of her cubicle. She saw that only Vodka was sitting at the low table. He was looking down at the text messages on his phone and did not notice her.

She frowned slightly, hesitated for a few seconds, and then asked, "Where's Gin?"

Vodka then looked up. "My brother said he has some things to take care of and will be leaving first. You're ready, shall we go?"

Shiho Miyano thought of Su Dai, who claimed to be there for a "vacation," and then, considering Gin's sudden departure without saying goodbye, nodded thoughtfully.

……

Kazuhiro Akihara is now following behind the struggling sea creature, which resembles the "Undersea Slider" from Terra and seems to be trying to lead him somewhere.

This creature's release of mental interference was likely just an attempt to protect itself. Considering its wounds and rather human-like reactions, Akihara speculated that it might be a human who had just transformed into a sea creature, still retaining some of its thought patterns from its human days, and still able to understand human language.

Seeing that Xiao Haisi was crawling with great difficulty and very slowly, he kindly stepped forward and picked him up. "You can just point the way. I'm not in a hurry if you keep walking like this, but I'm afraid you'll die of exhaustion halfway there."

He clearly felt Hai Si in his arms stiffen slightly, then begin to wave his tentacles as if expressing his anger. Realizing that Hai Si might not understand his body language, he helplessly lowered most of his tentacles, leaving only one pointing in the correct direction.

Throughout the journey, Akihara would talk to it from time to time, regardless of whether the other party could understand it or not. At first, Xiao Haisi would wave its tentacles in response, but after several times, it realized that this person was probably just teasing it. It decided that instead of wasting its energy listening to its trash talk, it would be better to work hard to grow human mouthparts and curse back at it.

As the sun gradually set in the west, the sandy beach beneath their feet turned into a pebble beach, and the once spacious path narrowed. On the right side of the path they were walking on was the vast, boundless sea, and on the left were gradually rising mountains.

Suddenly, Akihara's incessant chatter stopped. A subtle, icy sensation crept up his spine, as if a pair of eyes were watching him from the shadows. He turned to look at the path he had come from; the waves crashed against the pebble beach, but there was nothing there.

He clicked his tongue twice in his mind, thinking to himself that this was the downside of having high sensitivity. If this were some kind of tabletop role-playing game, he would have just passed a sanity check.

He was quite certain that something had been watching him just now—it could be Hai Si, or it could be the man from Yamamoto Kazuo's memories, or an accomplice. Regardless, he wasn't too worried; as the saying goes, all fear stems from insufficient firepower. So he simply ignored it and focused on figuring out where Hai Si in his arms was leading him.

He quickened his pace, and the owner of that gaze seemed to realize that he had been noticed, so he stopped staring at him, and the oppressive feeling that had been following him disappeared.

After walking for about fifteen more minutes, he could finally see a dark and deep cave entrance hidden between the curves of the coastline ahead, with silent cliffs surrounding this untouched corner.

The sea breeze was biting and humid, and the salty, fishy smell filled the air. Accompanied by the sound of waves crashing against the cave walls, the wailing sound coming from the cave entrance was like a lament, as if countless mournful cries echoed in this narrow sea area.

The little sea creature in Qiuyuan's arms began to tremble. It withdrew the tentacle that had been pointing the way, closed the tentacles on its head, and curled itself into a ball.

Akihara patted it to comfort it. "Don't be afraid, this is a natural phenomenon. When the wind blows through a cave or tunnel, it forces the air to flow at a higher speed and causes pressure changes. These pressure changes cause the air molecules to vibrate, thus producing a sharp sound." He tried to alleviate the other's fear with materialistic ideas.

Little Seagull was quiet for a moment, seemingly unperturbed. It quickly stretched out its tentacles and crawled down Qiuyuan's trouser leg, stumbling and hiding behind a rock in the path it had come from. Then it stretched out its blue and white tentacles, pointed to the coastal cave, waved goodbye, and then retracted its head.

Fine.

Akihara approached the cave entrance, his footsteps crunching on the loose stones. The entrance, shrouded in shadow, seemed like a gateway to another world. In this region of frequent storms and fluctuating tides, the waves had eroded the cliffside rocks over a long period, creating the cave.

He took out a flashlight from the system space. As the flashlight beam moved slowly, illuminating the interior of the cave, what first caught Qiu Yuan's eye were layers upon layers of rocky cliffs covered with a thick layer of dark green fungal carpet, with traces left by seaweed and shellfish, suggesting that countless lives had once perished in this darkness.

He heard what sounded like chewing, muffled by the crashing waves. Akihara frowned and continued moving the flashlight beam. First, he saw what appeared to be human remains on the ground, then a half-destroyed iron cage that looked like it had been corroded by seawater for a long time. Akihara turned the flashlight up, widening the aperture, and shone it back in the original direction.

Suddenly, the chewing sounds stopped, and the light that filled half the cave finally allowed Akihara to see the scene before him. Countless sea monsters were lurking deep within the cave, instinctively devouring all living and non-living things within their reach. At this moment, attracted by the flashlight beam, they slowly wriggled and adjusted their postures, their cold, inorganic eyes staring intently at Akihara and Hikaru shining the flashlight at the cave entrance.

Akihara gasped, quickly tore off a piece of candy and threw it into his mouth, crunching loudly as he mumbled, "Sorry, sorry to bother you."

As he spoke, he turned off his flashlight, turned around and walked away—and almost bumped into the person behind him.

The person behind him was wearing a black trench coat, with a cold and stern face. His long silver hair was a little messy in the strong sea wind, making Akihara want to go up and tie it into a ponytail like Amiya's... Wait, something's not right, why is Gin here!

Just as he was about to ask a question, the wasabi flavor of the candy he had just put in his mouth exploded in his mouth, and the pungent spiciness instantly rushed into his nasal cavity, causing him to burst into tears and become speechless.

If he looked up at that moment, he would see a look of confusion on Gin's face. From Gin's perspective, he hadn't seen the scene in the cave clearly and was about to pat Su Dai when the other turned around and burst into tears upon seeing him.

What's wrong with this person?

……

The sun finally sank below the horizon, and torches lit up one by one on the ground, swaying in the sea breeze, announcing the official opening of the mermaid festival.

Shiho Miyano stood at the very front of the crowd, next to Vodka, who seemed even more enthusiastic than her. Of course, Shiho Miyano wasn't standing in this position voluntarily; rather, the tourists, seeing that this little girl might miss the festival if she were lost in the crowd, made way for her and pushed her to the front of the line.

Shiho Miyano reluctantly accepted it. Somewhat bored, she took out the number plate again and looked at it over and over in her hand, patiently waiting for the old woman to appear.