Chapter 90 Chapter 90 Kappa Mystery (Part 2)
Most of the day passed while we waited.
When Yuyin and his group arrived at Guangluo Hotel, it was almost noon and they had lunch in the hotel.
The Kora Ryokan didn't offer food delivery; all guests sat at the same table in the dining room, eating together. The food was standard, everyday Japanese cuisine, not particularly impressive. Yuyin glanced at Atobe, a bit worried he wouldn't be able to handle it, but he ate without batting an eyelid, not complaining about the rubbish.
Yuyin thought about it and it made sense. During the class picnic yesterday, the food they cooked was not as good as the food at the hotel, but Atobe ate it anyway. This showed that sometimes, Atobe was not as spoiled as the rumors said. During the time she served as Atobe's bodyguard, her views on many things about him had changed significantly.
It was at the dinner table that Yuyin saw the other guest that Xiaolan had mentioned, Nohira Bosuke, a tall and thin middle-aged man. He could be heard coughing intermittently while eating, and it was obvious that he had a cold and had not yet recovered.
After dinner, Yuyin found an excuse to chat with him for a few words and learned that he brought a camera to the mountains to take pictures of the scenery. Based on this point alone, Yuyin intuitively felt that he was the least suspicious. After all, he did not appear to have anything to do with Chen Yan falling into the water. Just to be on the safe side, she did not withdraw her decision to let the little monster follow and monitor him.
From lunch to dinner, and even until bedtime, the entire hotel was calm and nothing happened.
"That person is really patient." Atobe Keigo couldn't help but sigh.
Yuyin: "Maybe he's just waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. Daytime is obviously not a good time, and with more guests like us in the hotel today, it's easy for someone to discover his whereabouts if he's not careful, and all his efforts would be wasted."
Compared to daytime, it is obviously easier for people to relax their vigilance in the middle of the night when they are asleep, and they don’t worry about being discovered if they make any movements.
"You're not planning on staying up all night, are you?" Atobe Keigo asked with concern.
"How could that be?" Yuyin laughed. "Don't worry, I've always been sensitive to demonic energy. Even if I fall asleep, as long as those little demons notice something's wrong and come to report it in time, I'll wake up immediately."
Her tone was very relaxed, but Atobe Keigo couldn't help but think deeply. How many risks would Yuyin have to go through for her to develop this habit of being vigilant at all times?
As he thought about it, he couldn't help but feel more distressed.
"By the way, we are not at home now, so should you take the talisman I gave you with you?" Yuyin asked.
Atobe put his hands on his pockets and nodded, "I carry them all with me."
Although the possibility of any big troublemakers within a radius of 100 miles has been ruled out, Yuyin is still a little worried about Jibe's personal safety, and tells him to carry the talisman with him to avoid being taken advantage of by the increasingly cunning cursed spirits or monsters that want to cause trouble.
In fact, the two rooms were adjacent, separated by only a wall. With Yuyin's ability, it was impossible for her not to sense the motives of the person next door.
Hearing that Yuyin cared about him so much, Atobe felt very happy from the bottom of his heart.
"Well, good night." Atobe opened the door and turned to say to Yuyin.
Yuyin smiled and waved, "Good night."
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Nothing happened overnight.
Yuyin slept until dawn. In the middle of the night, no little monster rushed in and broke into the door shouting "Master Madara, something bad has happened!". Such a scene happened.
Yuyin was actually woken up by the noise of Atobe getting up next door. As a typical athletic boy, Atobe Keigo would swim a few laps in his own swimming pool every morning, but today the environment obviously did not allow it. He could not go for a morning swim in the small river a few hundred meters away from the hotel. In the end, he could only change into sportswear and plan to run around the mountain road near the Kōra Hotel.
Considering they were in unfamiliar territory, Yuyin had originally wanted to go with him. However, the four suspects were still in the hotel, so Yuyin couldn't leave too far. If something happened, the trip back and forth would easily delay her.
Although Natsume-kun and Madara were also in the hotel, Yuyin didn't want to completely leave the matter to them to solve.
Looking at her hesitation and embarrassment, Atobe said directly, "Don't worry, I'll just be running around. I won't go far, don't worry."
As the two were standing at the door talking, Yuyin suddenly heard the voice of a little monster shouting: "Oh no, Master Madara! The attic... the attic!"
Yuyin's expression suddenly changed. Without having time to explain to Atobe, she turned around and ran to the small attic on the third floor.
When Keigo Atobe saw this, he realized that what they had worried about had indeed happened, and immediately followed closely behind Yuune.
Halfway through, Yuyin saw Ban Chong in front. The door of the small attic was closed. He leaped forward and directly broke the door open.
The scene inside the door was shocking.
Tokubirokuro, who was said to be Tatsuhiko's elementary school teacher, was pressing Numayama Banzo's head into a wooden basin.
Madara narrowed his eyes sharply and rushed forward decisively, knocking Tokubi Rokuro staggering. Tamane followed closely behind and dragged Numayama Banzo out of the wooden basin filled with water, turning him over and lying on his back on the ground.
Yuyin felt his breath and immediately said, "He's still breathing, but we need to give him first aid immediately." After she finished speaking, she used a very standard posture to rescue Numayama Banzo. While doing so, she used her spiritual power to strengthen and restore his respiratory system.
Atobe Keigo stood behind her with a nervous expression, and at the same time, he stared vigilantly at Tokubi Rokuro who was sitting on the ground in a mess, to prevent him from causing trouble and harming Yuon.
"W-Why are you here?"
When Tokubi Rokuro came to his senses and saw Tamane and Atobe, he looked very panicked. He didn't expect that he had chosen the early morning when Numayama and his companions came to the attic, but he would still be caught by others.
"Mr. Debei, you are suspected of murder. I think it would be best if you do not act rashly."
After recovering, the nervous Keigo Atobe finally smelled the fishy stench wafting through the room. He pinched his nose and glanced around, quickly fixing his gaze on the tub that Tokubi Rokuro had intended to use to drown Numayama Banzo. The nauseating smell clearly came from the oddly colored, dirty water within. Atobe turned to Natsume Takashi, who was standing at the doorway. He was panting heavily, having obviously chased after Madara, and ordered, "Natsume-san, please call the police."
"Yes." Natsume replied with a heavy breath, turned around and went downstairs.
There were only two young men and women present, oh, and a cat. A fierce struggle was going on in Tokubi Rokuro's mind. He should have escaped immediately before the police arrived, but the boy who was staring at his movements was young but very imposing. For a moment, he suppressed this adult so much that he dared not move at all.
The fact that the police were about to arrive made Tokubi Rokuro scream. He pointed at Numayama Banzo who Tamune was trying to save and said, "What do you know? Do you think you're saving people? This man deserves it. He forced his own son, ten-year-old Tatsuhiko, to dress up as a kappa and stand in the middle of the river, using this as a gimmick to attract tourists and make money. Otherwise, how could Tatsuhiko have died!"
Yuyin breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Numayama Banzo spit out most of the water and his breathing returned to normal frequency after the rescue.
She heard Tokubi Rokuro's roar and stood up. "So that's what's going on, Mr. Tokubi. You believe that it was Mr. Numayama who forced Tatsuhiko to pretend to be a kappa, which led to his accidental drowning. So, you wanted justice for Tatsuhiko, so you invited Detective Mori under the name of Tachiri Sanko to come and orchestrate this murder under the guise of seeking justice for the 'kappa'."
Debi Rokuro looked excited and waved his hands, saying, "This is not murder. I am punishing evil and promoting good!"
Yuyin stepped forward and said sternly, "You're wrong. Using murder as a means of punishment can't be called punishing evil and promoting good. Not to mention, you've got it completely wrong! The cause and effect of eleven years ago is completely opposite to what you know."
At this time, several people gathered at the door. They were the hotel staff, the Maori family and Araiwa who were attracted by Natsume to call the police to check the situation.
She pointed at Huang Yanyihui and said, "If you don't believe me, you can ask him. When Chen Yan fell into the water eleven years ago, Huang Yanyihui was there."
Tokubei Rokuro and everyone else's eyes immediately fell on Huang Yan Yihui.
"Huang Yan...really? Is what she said true? You were there when Chen Yan fell into the water eleven years ago?"
Araigan, feeling a bit flustered at the sudden attention, finally managed to gather his words after hearing the teacher's question. He replied hesitantly, "Yes, it's true. Tatsuhiko and I went to the river together. He said that tourists hadn't seen any trace of kappa in a while, so they began to doubt its existence. He insisted on pretending to be one again. I couldn't dissuade him, so I had to go with him. It was raining heavily that day, and Tatsuhiko ignored my attempts to stop him and walked to the middle of the river. The water suddenly rose, and I asked him to get out quickly, but he said his foot was stuck. I had no choice but to run back to the hotel and ask Mr. Numayama for help, but when we got back, Tatsuhiko was gone..."
As he spoke, there was already a hint of tears in his voice.
"How could it be..." Debi Rokuro was shocked and took a step back. "How is it possible? Didn't Numayama Banzo force Tatsuhiko to pretend to be a kappa? Otherwise, Tatsuhiko wouldn't have asked me to borrow paint and used up all the green one. Numayama Banzo even deliberately gave me a green paint to hide his actions. I recognized it at first sight!"
"That's not true," Araigan quickly retorted to his teacher, "The reason Tatsuhiko secretly borrowed paint from the teacher to pretend to be a kappa is because Mr. Numayama didn't approve of him doing this kind of thing, so he had to do it privately."
Yuyin said, "Mr. Tokubei, think about it carefully. If it was really Mr. Numayama Banzo who forced Tatsuhiko to pretend to be a kappa, why would Tatsuhiko ask you to borrow the paint? Mr. Numayama could have bought it himself."
It was precisely because his father did not agree and the paint was very expensive that elementary school student Chen Yan could not afford it himself, so he came up with the idea of asking his teacher to borrow it.
"What have I done?" Tokubi Rokuro looked at his hands, which were still stained with some dirty water. "I almost killed Mr. Numayama..."
"We've already called the police. Please, Mr. Debei, surrender yourself," Yuyin said sincerely. "Fortunately, things haven't reached a point of no return yet."
Tokubi Rokuro sat on the ground with his head down, obviously accepting the punishment he would receive next.
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Soon after, the police arrived at the hotel.
The police who came from Gunma Prefecture were led by a police captain named Yamamura So, who was said to be an acquaintance of the Mori family. Yu Yinle had to hand over the matter of dealing with the police to Mori Kogoro. After all, with her identity, the less she appeared in official archives, the better.
"That's great! Fortunately, you guys, Tamane-san, arrived in time, otherwise another tragedy would have happened!" Mao Lilan sighed sincerely to Tamane.
Conan couldn't help but express his doubts: "Ms. Saionji, how did you know that there was something wrong with Mr. Tokubei? That attic is so remote, and few people go up there except Mr. Numayama."
Yuyin had already thought of an excuse for this, "It's the cat."
"Cat?"
Natsume Takashi held Madara in his lucky cat form and said, "Because Neko-sensei was running around everywhere, I was worried that he'd get lost in an unfamiliar place. Tamane-san was kind enough to chase Neko-sensei with me, but we accidentally ran into the attic and ran into Mr. Tokubei..."
There is no need to explain what happened next as everyone knows it now. Tamane and Natsume discovered Mr. Tokubei's crime scene and rescued Mr. Numayama.
But perhaps it was his detective intuition that was at work, Conan still felt that this was too much of a coincidence.
"It turns out that the kappa legend around here was caused by Tatsuhiko who pretended to be a kappa..." Thinking of the tragedy eleven years ago, Mao Li Ran felt a little depressed.
To cheer her up, Conan said loudly: "There really are no monsters or kappas in this world. All the monster legends are just rumors."
"Yes." Yuyin looked towards the forest. Far beyond this forest, there were undoubtedly kappas playing in the river right now, unnoticed by ordinary people. And eleven years ago, before the worlds merged, this area was indeed devoid of kappas.
"Ms. Saionji, Atobe-kun and Natsume-kun," Numayama Banzo, who had finished his interrogation by the police, came over and greeted them. His attitude was no longer as irritable as Xiaolan had said before. He bowed deeply. "Araiwa-kun has already told me what happened. Thank you for saving me. I will waive all your hotel expenses for the past two days, as well as those of Detective Mori's family, as a token of my gratitude."
"It was just a brave act, Mr. Numayama, there's no need to be so polite," Yuyin paused, then realized this was a good opportunity for Numayama Banzo to meet Tatsuhiko, and quickly said, "If Mr. Numayama really wants to thank us, I have a request."
Numayama Banzou was surprised by her words and asked, "What request?"
"Please allow me to keep this a secret for now. I will explain it to you in detail later. Believe me, this is a request that will make you feel very satisfied."
Numayama Banzo agreed without hesitation. After all, after Tatsuhiko's death, he had nothing left except this hotel, which still had some value. Since the other person saved his life, he didn't think he would make any excessive demands.
Conan was comforting Ran Mouri on the side, but the basic skills of a detective are to listen carefully and keep an eye on all directions. When he heard this conversation, Conan's expression changed.
He couldn't help but feel a little curious about the request made by the always mysterious Miss Saionji. What kind of request was it that couldn't be stated in public?
He subconsciously wanted to explore it, but he suddenly had a feeling that the answer to this mystery might not make him happy.
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