"Yeah." Once Suzuki Sonoko said that, Mouri Ran belatedly realized the problem as well. She checked her watch, her brows knitting with concern. "It's been over an hour since the other crew members returned to the ship... Do you think something happened to her?"
Remembering how the Black Pearl-like woman had plunged straight into the sea the moment she arrived on the island, Suzuki Sonoko shook her head optimistically. "I think she probably just lost track of time while diving—people who live by the sea must feel like they're coming home when they get into the water."
Curacao: "..." Heh, she was acting quite convincingly. What did she mean, the sea felt like home... She might as well have said the woman had died in the ocean.
Nearby, Conan and Hattori Heiji, who had been absorbed in solving the mystery, felt their hearts skip at those words. A vague sense of foreboding rose in them.
They exchanged a glance, then sprang to their feet and rushed out in long strides under the crew members' puzzled gazes.
Curacao: "..." Those two were a bit stiff as well—one crew member was merely late, and only by an hour. What normal person would be this anxious? Unless they were certain something had happened to the woman who hadn't returned. Hmph, they were still too young.
Just as she was thinking that, Jiang Xia stood up as well and quickly followed the other two.
Curacao nodded slightly. "..." He hadn't acted on his own, but used his companions as an excuse to go out and search. They were the same age, so why was Uzo's performance so flawless?
Still, that explained Conan and Hattori Heiji's somewhat abrupt acting—if they hadn't suddenly run out, this scene might have dragged on until very late and wasted