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In the dark grove, but also against the bank of the river, coupled with the sound of the rushing water and the sound of the wind blowing the trees, Xiaolan was scared enough, no one thought that on the other side of the river, there was an inexplicable person.

After hearing Xiaolan's scream for the first time, Taiyi and Conan quickly rushed over, and saw that Xiaolan at this time was already sitting on the ground, pointing to the other side in a panic and muttering.

"Kappa, Kappa !!"

After hearing this, Taiyi quickly shone a flashlight on the other side, but he didn't find anything at all, and said a little puzzled.

"There's nothing at all, could it be that you're mistaken?"

"That's right, I'm absolutely not mistaken, I was obviously over there just now, looking here on the other side of the river!"

After hearing this, Taiyi knew that Xiaolan would never lie for no reason, so the probability of someone on the other side of the river was very high, but after thinking of this, he pretended not to care and said comfortingly.

"I think you found your phone just now, right? In that case, let's go back. ”

As soon as I finished saying this, I saw that there was a misty drizzle in the sky, so at this time, Taiyi felt that it was better not to stay outside.

As for the one hiding on the other side of the river, whether it was a monster or a human, Taiyi didn't care, after all, he liked to stay outside on a rainy day, so let him stay, so he went back with Xiaolan directly.

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"You said you saw a youkai last night?"

At dinner the next morning, Xiaolan's spirit was still a little sluggish, and it was obvious that the inexplicable thing she saw yesterday still made her a little scared.

So the next day, these people at the table began to ask suspiciously, after all, there was something about youkai, which was a little unbelievable.

"My friend said he saw it on the other side of the river last night, but I think it's a mistake for something like resin, right?"

Looking at the understatement Taiyi, she regarded the things she recognized as dazzling, Xiaolan, not to mention how angry she was, after all, she was frightened.

"I really saw a youkai, and there it is!"

"Do you think that thing is a ghost?"

"Ghosts, you say?"

It was a little embarrassing to be said by Xiaolan, but after Taiyi suddenly heard what the fat man said at this time, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

You have to know that you were clearly talking about a monster just now, but he actually got involved with the ghost, and I don't know what it means.

"I think there's a talk about youkai, so let's end it, right? After all, when that uncle comes out and is going to yell at people again, it will be a little embarrassing to let everyone leave here. ”

After hearing this, there was silence at the dinner table, maybe because the boss's son died in the spicy river, so the topic of this kind of monster is really a bit too taboo.

"Old, the boss was killed!"

When I was talking about something, I didn't expect that the person we were talking about had turned into a corpse again, and after looking closely, I found that this person had died on the ceiling partition of the hotel.

And it looks very confused, because the whole body is like being dragged into a swamp, full of pungent smelling liquid, and in his arms there is a relic of his son, which is the little shoe.

“…… The man was drowned alive. ”

Everyone was surprised to hear that the owner of the hotel had drowned in the water, and it was a bit too far-fetched to be drowned, even though he was covered in water.

"That's right, because the medical examiner has already judged, and after we examined the water in the victim's stomach, we found that he should have been somewhere, that is, dragged into a swamp, and then brought back to this place by the murderer."

After watching the police officer explain this, Xiaolan covered her nose and looked very sad, muttering in her mouth.

"It smells so bad!"

"I think maybe the murderer deliberately brought that rancid water here."

"Hmmm?!!"

Everyone was still thinking about what was going on, when they saw Conan, the little ghost, start running around the scene again, and saw him talking directly here.

"You see this bucket smells the same!"

Taiyi, who felt very curious, really didn't find this strange place, so he stretched out his head and sniffed it, but a foul smell came, and he almost didn't faint.

"That's right, it seems that the murderer used this wooden barrel to drown directly after filling it with that rancid water, and after the deceased, he splashed it on the deceased."

When Taiyi said this, he secretly doubted it, because it cost so much, it is conceivable that it is definitely to hide something, but what it is, it is a little unknown.

"But why is this dead man in this place?"

"I think he must come to this place every day, because the first thing he does when he gets up every morning is to come here and watch the river from his window."

I saw the one wearing glasses, who was very familiar with all this, and then saw everyone's puzzled eyes, and hurriedly explained.

"Actually, I heard all this from the people in this hotel, and this owner is using that telescope to observe the river."

"What is the reason for this?"

In the face of the question raised by the police officer, Taiyi always felt that this bespectacled person seemed to have deliberately led the topic in that direction, but after frowning, he put this question in his heart.

Then I saw the chubby man and stood up and said.

"Actually, the boss's son was drowned in that river, so he didn't want someone to have such a tragedy, so he guarded it here!"

After hearing this, I saw that the officer nodded, then directly picked up the binoculars and walked towards the window.

"I'll take a look, and it's very clear."

After seeing this scene, although the explanation was very reasonable, Taiyi fell into deep thought, because he always felt that all this was a little too deliberate.

"But I think if he really cares so much about his son, then how can he break the tomb that his friend built with his heart?"

Don't talk about this, Xiaolan said that she was quite puzzled, you know, when he saw the boss yesterday, he personally drove away the people who were worshipping, and also knocked down the small earthen bags that were built.

"Actually, it's not once or twice that there have been such things, I think this boss is definitely hiding some secrets."

Looking at the curly-haired man, he maliciously speculated on the deceased, and then said sarcastically.

"I know that this old man next to the river occasionally wanders around there alone in the dead of night, and I think he must have an ulterior secret!"

"But there's only the grave his dead son's friend made for her, isn't it?"

Looking at the curly hair, and the fat man, the two of them arguing with each other, Taiyi felt that in addition to the two of them, plus the teacher with glasses, these three people together seemed to be suspected of murder, this boss.

"Then again, the little white shoe next to the corpse I think is his son's shoe!"

After pinching his nose and walking in, Taiyi pointed to the small shoe that was still on the floor and asked everyone present.

"Didn't I remember you guys saying that? This shoe has been buried in the grave, so in other words, this shoe was dug up by the murderer? ”

Faced with Taiyi's doubts at this time, the one with glasses shook his head and explained in his mouth.

"I don't think so, because I remember very well that it was the right shoe stuck at the bottom of the river, and it looked like it was the one on the left foot."

"So that's the shoes that the child wore when he was washed away by the water and then found in the cistern?"

After saying this, Taiyi himself almost didn't laugh, you know, if it was really what he had speculated, this shoe was 11 years old, and it was still so well preserved, it was not a little too strange.

"No, I remember this very well, when the kid was found, he seemed to be wearing only a swimming trunk."

"In such cold weather, you ended up wearing only one swimming trunks, are you really not mistaken?"

Looking at Taiyi's serious eyes at this time, the officer nodded hurriedly, and then said.

"I remember very well, there was indeed only one swimming trunk, I think he should have been doing it at the time, what people call a winter swim!"

"By the way, in that cistern, that is, the body of the deceased, there is a smell of rancid water on it, which is the smell of the child's body when it is found."

When this was also said, no one expected that the bespectacled man would scream directly, as if he had discovered a big secret.

"I still remember that it was because someone was taking out the garbage casually in it, so it was very smelly and it would become so dirty."

After hearing this, Taiyi nodded directly, it seems that the whole thing has been hammered down, you know, the person who sent him the mail, but said that the incident back then was a homicide.

Now that such a thing is coming out, it is conceivable that it is like someone deliberately taking revenge, but it is not known who the murderer is.

"I think it's better to look into everyone's luggage right now."

At this time, Conan suddenly stopped the officer's suggestion.

"You see, if the murderer had put water in a bucket and moved to this hotel, and the bucket was so big and smelled so bad, it would have been discovered right away."

"That's right~~~"

Hearing what Conan said at this time, Taiyi nodded in agreement, and then added.

"If you want to carry so much water, you have to have some kind of sealed container, so you have to go to the ceiling of the little attic of this hotel."

After saying this, Taiyi went down to the top of the attic, and found that there were toilets on both sides of the stairs, so that it could be explained.

Because the school pretends to go to the toilet, so that anyone can easily come in, that is, everyone in this hotel can carry that stinky water, which is possible, this murder.

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After being suspicious of those three people, Taiichi directly instructed, and the police officer from Gunma began to investigate the other three people in detail.

"So I think the time of death is between six and seven o'clock this morning, so can you tell us about your alibi? And hopefully you'll be able to show you if there's one of those suspicious containers in each of your rooms here. ”

“…… If you look at the airtight container I have here that can hold water, that's probably all I have. ”

The first person to be searched was the one with glasses, and he explained after seeing the contents of his backpack on the table.

"The paint bottle is only about 60 milliliters, and the small one is 15 milliliters, although there are more bottles, but almost every bottle here is filled with paint, and at least half of the watercolor is inside, and the only empty thing is the bottle containing water."

Looking at the water cup that could only hold 100 ml of water, Taiyi shook his head directly, because it was obvious that this person could not use these things to easily drown a person.

"And do you have any other containers hidden?"

Faced with the officer's questioning, Xiaolan felt that this should be an impossible thing.

"I remember yesterday, after seeing him fall into the river, we immediately opened the luggage and checked it, so to speak, there was nothing else in the container."

Although Xiaolan's explanation is reasonable, and she has seen it with her own eyes, Taiyi has not forgotten it at all, and always feels that the two people fell yesterday, and the river is a deliberate thing, as if it is just to show the contents of her backpack to everyone.