Conan: This repairman is not very knowledgeable

"You called us here and said you knew who the murderer was. Could it be that the murderer is really among us?"

With the editor-in-chief's phone call as proof, Nohira Bosuke, who had already gotten rid of suspicion, turned to look at the other two in shock.

The murderer was standing right next to me, and it was a very strange feeling. I felt a chill all over my body.

"That's right, the murderer who killed the inn owner Mr. Numayama Hanzo is indeed among them." The sleeping detective said in a deep tone.

Toruko put her fingers on her chin and was carefully observing her Maori teacher.

The other person's tone in this state is much more serious and wise than usual. He really doesn't sound like a human being.

"Mr. Nodaira is no longer a suspect. What about Mr. Arai and Mr. Tokubei?"

Sugiyama looked at the reporter who was recording, and the teacher and student.

According to previous reasoning, there are too many containers that can be used to hold water, and anyone could have committed the crime as long as there is no alibi.

Indeed, there are only these two people left.

"Yes."

"The one who left the name of Kappa and wrote to me, hoping to have the injustice of eleven years ago redressed, was Mr. Debei!"

Without leaving anyone in suspense, the sleepy Kogoro directly revealed the identity of the murderer.

"An injustice case from eleven years ago?"

"Are you talking about the child?" Touzi asked.

"Yes, I'm afraid he doesn't think it was an accident." Conan said, hiding behind the door, holding the bow.

He had installed a loudspeaker on Uncle Maori in advance, so it would be no problem even if he stood far away.

"How is that possible? It was really an accident. Teacher Debei would not do such a thing!" Araiwa Ikki shook his head, not believing such a thing.

"Mr. Araiwa, why don't you tell me why you are so sure that it was an accident." Conan said, secretly glancing at Tokubi Rokuro who remained silent.

Surprisingly, although Mr. Debei looked a little panicked, he did not say anything to defend himself.

Everyone looked at Araiwa Ikki. He must know more about what happened to Tatsuhiko back then.

"Because..." The fat Araiwa Ikki wanted to speak, but for some reason, he swallowed his words back.

"Eleven years. It has been eleven years since Tatsuya passed away. The teacher would come to see him every year, even after the school was closed. How could Mr. Tokubei kill Tatsuya's father?!"

"We can't rule out the possibility that someone from outside the hotel ran in and committed the crime!"

Ikki Araiwa stood in front of Tokubi Rokuro and loudly defended his teacher.

“Desolate Rock…”

Holding the student's shoulders, Tokubei Rokuro took a deep breath and said angrily:

"It was indeed an accident, but it was caused by Chen Yan's biological father!"

"Unforgivable!"

"The reason why Chen Yan was washed away by the river and drowned was all because of that man. It was that man who killed him with his own hands!"

"Teacher?!" When Araiwa Ikki heard what Tokubi Rokuro said, he turned around in disbelief.

"Eleven years ago, the day before Chen Yan was washed away by the river, I saw him in the craft classroom after school..."

"Ten Yan kept looking for paints left by others in the dim classroom. I thought he did that because he wanted to paint, so I gave him a new box of paints." "A few days after Ten Yan passed away, the box of paints was taken back by the man and returned to me."

Having said this, Tokubei Rokuro clenched his fists.

"Paint?" Police Officer Shancun was stunned.

The other party has already begun to plead guilty at this point, but what does it mean when he suddenly talks about paint?
"I saw that the box of paint looked very new, so I thought Tatsuhiko hadn't had time to use it yet, so... I kept it as a memory."

"It wasn't until a few days ago when I was cleaning the house that I discovered that only the green paint in the paint box had been swapped out. Someone had replaced it with a different brand of paint."

Tokubei Rokuro punched the wall hard, as if he didn't feel any pain.

"Why is there only green?" Sugiyama asked curiously.

"I ran to dig up the grave by the river and found one of Tatsuhiko's shoes, which confirmed my guess."

"The inside of the shoes that Chen Yan was wearing on the day of the accident were all covered with green paint."

"This is because the day he was washed away by the flood, his entire body was covered in green paint."

By the time Tokubei Rokuro had said this, most people had basically understood.

More than ten years ago, there was a legend about Kappa in this village, and Kappa was green.

"You mean, he's the father of that child?" Touzi asked with a frown.

There seems to be something wrong with this matter.

"That's right, it was Tatsuhiko's father who turned him into a kappa and ordered him to wander by the river, all in order to attract more people to stay at the hotel!"

"Even in winter, in such cold weather, Chen Yan still stood in the river wearing only underwear and shoes!"

Tokubi Rokuro wished he could resurrect Numayama Hanzo and drown him again.

"Is this the truth about Kappa?" Reporter Nohira Bosuke gasped. This was too scary.

"Yes, that's why that man took off the other shoe from Chen Yan's body, carefully kept it, and even stood in the attic, staring at the other shoe in the grave by the river with a telescope every day!"

"He was monitoring the grave, fearing that he would be discovered by others. He had used this method to attract customers before!" Debei Rokuro said gritting his teeth.

"I think the truth may be different from what you investigated." Touzi looked at the teacher who was full of anger and wanted to seek justice for his students, and shook his head and said.

"What did you say?!" Tokubei Rokuro looked at the other party.

"If, as you said, I have to stand at the window and look at the grave anxiously every day, it would be better to destroy the evidence when no one is around." Lin Feng stood at the door holding a bowl of noodles, saying as he ate.

The udon at this hotel is delicious.

"Besides, if I ordered my son to dress up as a kappa to attract business, I probably wouldn't let Tatsuhiko go through the trouble of collecting pigments by himself."

"After all, green paint can be bought separately everywhere." Conan continued in Uncle Maori's voice.

"If he wasn't feeling guilty, then why did he insist on taking off Tatsuhiko's left shoe?" Debei Rokuro asked.

"Mr. Huangyan, is there any reason why you can't tell us about what happened back then?" Uncle Maori asked.

Araiwa Ikki hesitated for a moment, then spoke.

"Actually, I was beside Chen Yan the day he was washed away by the water."

"At that time, everyone was saying that Kappa stopped appearing after the weather turned cold. There must be someone pretending to be a Kappa and they would not come out in winter..." (End of this chapter)