Detective Conan 720

Chapter 720

01

Title: File 720 The Kappa's Curse
Text: Did the kappa do this...!?

02

Mouri: What?
Mouri: He was drowned!?
Sign: Koura Inn

Mouri: Are you saying the owner of this inn who was killed this morning was drowned?
Yamamura: Yes!
Yamamura: That's what the coroner said...

Yamamura: And from the quality of the water found inside Numayama Banzou-san's body and the water found on him...
Yamamura: he may have been drowned in some polluted pond or lake and then brought here!

Ran: Come to think of it, it smelled really bad...
Mouri: Yeah...It made you want to hold your nose...
Conan: But it looks like the murderer brought that bad-smelling water here!

Right margin: The inn owner who was found soaking wet in this dry room's cause of death was...?

03

Conan: See! There's a water bucket here in the attic...
Conan: And it has that same smell!
Mouri: I see...

Mouri: So the murderer brought the water here in that bucket...
Mouri: and submerged Banzou-san's head in the water. And after he was dead, the murderer threw the water on him.

Yamamura: But why was Banzou-san here?
Mouri: Maybe the murderer called him here.
Tokubi: No, it was part of his daily routine.

Tokubi: The inn employees said that every morning...
Tokubi: he would come up here after waking up and look out the window at the river.
Box: Tokubi Rokurou (42) Painter

Tokubi: Using those binoculars.
Yamamura: But why?
Araiwa: I think he started doing it after his son, Tatsuhiko, was swept away in that river and died.

Araiwa: So he kept watch from here to make sure...
Araiwa: it didn't happen to anyone else.
Box: Araiwa Kazuki (21) Tatsuhiko's Classmate

Yamamura: Let's see...

04

Yamamura: Oh! You really can see it!
Yamamura: You can see a good ways down the river through the gaps in the trees!!

Mouri: Come to think of it, he came rushing over when you two fell in the river yesterday.
Tokubi: Yes. Apparently, you can always find him keeping watch up here when he isn't working.

Ran: But... if it's for his son's sake, he wouldn't kick over the grave his son's friends made for him.
Araiwa: That wasn't the first time he's done that...

Araiwa: My friends used to come visit his grave all the time, but they said they'd stopped because he destroyed the grave in front of their eyes.
Nohira: There might be something near that river.

Nohira: Like treasure he doesn't want anyone to see...
Nohira: *cough* *cough*
Nohira: Or some kind of evidence...
Box: Nohira Bousuke (45) Guest

Nohira: It seems that old man would head in that direction when everyone had fallen asleep.
Mouri: But the only thing there was the grave made by his son's friends.

05

Conan: Come to think of it, wasn't the shoe next to his body Tatsuhiko-kun's shoe?
Conan: Didn't you say it was buried under that grave?
Tokubi: Yes...

Conan: So did the murderer dig it up?
Tokubi: No... The one buried was the one caught between the stones at the bottom of the river, his left shoe.
Tokubi: This one looks like his right shoe.

Conan: Then was Tatsuhiko-kun wearing it when they found him in the pond he was swept to?
Mouri: Well, if one came off, he would still have the other one on.
Yamamura: No, I've heard about that case from a superior of mine.

Yamamura: When they found him, he was only wearing a swimsuit!
Mouri: Just a swimsuit?
Mouri: At that time of year?

Yamamura: He must have been going winter swimming.
Tokubi: I know! It's that pond!

Yamamura: Eh?
Tokubi: The water that was on Banzou-san's body...
Tokubi: smelled just like the pond Tatsuhiko-kun's body was floating in!

Araiwa: That pond used to be used for farming. But after Tatsuhiko's accident 11 years ago, they stopped using it. People have been using it for dumping garbage in, so it smells really bad.
Nohira: Because of its strange smell and appearance, the people in town have named it...

06

Nohira: Hell Pond!!
Nohira: They say a kappa lives there.

Mouri: H-Hell Pond!?
Ran: S-so...
Ran: This murder...

Ran: really was done by a kappa!?
Yamamura: Um, Ran-san...
Yamamura: What are you saying?

Yamamura: In this scientific age where we can send people into space, there's no such thing as a monster like a kappa!!
Ran: B-but, last night...

Yamamura: Well? Where's this pond?
Araiwa: It's about 10 kilometers downstream from here.

Yamamura: I'll send some people to compare the water in that pond to the water found on the body!
SFX: *beep*
SFX: *beep*
Conan: You should also check everyone's luggage!

07

Conan: If the murderer brought that smelly water into the inn in this bucket, they'd stand out and the smell would immediately give them away!
Mouri: I see... They would have to use some kind of sealed container to carry it in.

Mouri: And the stairs to the attic are on the other side of the bathroom...
Mouri: so anyone could easily get up there by pretending to go to the bathroom.

Mouri: In other words, anyone in this inn could have committed this murder...
Mouri: if we brought that water here!!

Mouri: Yamamura! What's the victim's estimated time of death?
Yamamura: Let's see, between 6 and 7 AM.

Mouri: Okay! Check the alibis of everyone in the inn!
Mouri: I'll check the guest's rooms for any strange containers!
Yamamura: Y-yes, sir!

Yamamura: Wait, that's my job!
Yamamura: And after I was finally promoted to police inspector...

08

Tokubi: Umm...
Tokubi: The only sealed containers you could put water in are...

Tokubi: the colored ink bottles, the white paint container,
Tokubi: and this small water bottle.

Tokubi: The bigger colored ink bottles could hold 60 milliliters...
Tokubi: and the smaller ones could hold 15 milliliters.
Tokubi: But they're all almost completely filled with ink.

Tokubi: Also, the white paint container is over half full of paint...
Tokubi: so the only empty thing is the water bottle.

Mouri: You can't exactly drown someone with 100 milliliters of water...
Tokubi: Yeah...
Yamamura: You aren't hiding any other containers, are you?

Ran: I don't think he is! After he fell in the river yesterday, he spread out his luggage to check it and there weren't any other containers.
Yamamura: But why do you have so many painting supplies?

Conan: He's a painter!
Yamamura: Oh...
Ran: He used to be a teacher at the elementary school Tatsuhiko-kun went to.

09

Tokubi: And as I said, I was staying here to light an incense stick at Tatsuhiko-kun's altar.
Yamamura: And? Where were you from 6 to 7 AM when the crime was committed?

Tokubi: I was asleep in my room...
Tokubi: I was asleep until one of the inn employees woke me up to tell me that breakfast was ready.

Yamamura: Ohh...
Yamamura: So you were Tatsuhiko-kun's classmate...
Sign: Cherry Blossom Room

Yamamura: So are you here to light an incense stick at his altar, too?
Araiwa: Yes...
Araiwa: We used to all come, but now it's just me.

Yamamura: Where were you from 6 to 7 this morning?
Araiwa: I woke up at 6:30 and took a morning bath.
Araiwa: I was the only one there.

Mouri: Hmm... These two 500 milliliter plastic bottles are the only things you could carry water in...
Mouri: but one's still sealed and the other still has half of its contents left.

Yamamura: Hm? What's this?
Araiwa: Oh, that's...

10

Araiwa: my water pillow!
Araiwa: You fill it up with water and use it as a pillow.
Araiwa: I can't sleep without it.

Yamamura: I see! So it was the water pillow!!
Araiwa: Eh?
Yamamura: You filled this with water from the pond and snuck it into the inn!!

Yamamura: That's why there isn't any water in it!!
Araiwa: I-I'm leaving today, so I emptied it when I went to the bath.

Mouri: I think he's telling the truth.
Yamamura: Eh?
Ran: He spread his luggage out after he fell in the river, too.
Ran: And that pillow was completely empty.

Yamamura: But he could have snuck out of the inn to fill it with water later, right?
Mouri: Well, I suppose, but...

Nohira: I have three cameras...
Nohira: a digital voice recorder...
Nohira: and a laptop.

Yamamura: Why do you need all this?
Nohira: I'm a reporter!

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Nohira: I chase after stories of monsters and other legendary beings.
Ran: So you came here because of the kappa story.

Nohira: Yes. But I didn't really get anything.
Yamamura: You don't usually see someone...
Yamamura: who uses a film camera instead of a digital one.

Nohira: I used to be a cameraman. I just can't bring myself to like the digital ones.
Mouri: Well, with all these film cases, you could carry quite a bit of water.

Nohira: Hey, didn't I just tell you? I was on the phone with my editor for the entire time between 6 and 7.
Mouri: Isn't that a bit long? Who talks on the phone for more than an hour that early?

Nohira: I was asking him what I should do since it didn't look like I was going to get anything on the kappa!
Nohira: The deadline for my material is almost here.
Nohira: And my cameras aren't working.

Yamamura: They're not working?
Nohira: Th-they got wet in the rain!
Nohira: It started raining while I was taking pictures outside last night.

Nohira: Achoo!

Mouri: And now you have a cold?
Nohira: Yeah. I was just getting over a cold, and it looks like it's coming back.

12

Yamamura: It seems that reporter was telling the truth.
Yamamura: One of my subordinates confirmed he was on the phone with his editor.

Yamamura: They talked for over an hour without a break.
Mouri: And you can't drown someone while talking on the phone.

Guy: Inspector Yamamura!
Guy: I have the alibis of the inn employees!
Yamamura: Oh!

Guy: They were all preparing breakfast at the time of the murder.
Yamamura: Say it again.

Guy: Um, they were all preparing...
Yamamura: Before that...
Guy: I-I have the alibis of the...
Yamamura: Before that...

Guy: I-Inspector Yamamura...
Yamamura: Oh! I see, I see! Excellent work!
Conan: How is this hack an inspector...?

Guy: Oh, another thing! The water matched that from that pond!
Yamamura: I see...

Mouri: And no one snuck out of the inn last night?
Guy: After you all got here, your group and Nohira-san were the only people to leave.

13

Yamamura: Why did he leave?
Guy: He said he wanted to take pictures of the scenery around here. He took his backpack and left before Mouri-san's group did.
Guy: And he returned soaking wet a bit after Mouri-san's group did.

Mouri: He did tell us that, didn't he?
Ran: And we came back because it started raining, remember?
Yamamura: Why did you all leave the inn?

Mouri: Ran dropped her cell phone by the river, so we went to look for it.
Ran: A-and that's where I saw it.

Ran: A...
Ran: A real kappa!!!

Yamamura: Again with the kappa...
Ran: But it was really there!!
Ran: It stopped in the middle of the river where I had dropped my phone.

Yamamura: And did you take a picture of it!?
Yamamura: You had your phone in your hand, didn't you?
Ran: I-I was too scared...
Tokubi: How about I draw it?

Tokubi: I only have the sketchbook that got all wet, though...

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Ran: Its beak was bigger...
Ran: Yeah! Just like that!
Conan: Odd... You would want at least a liter of water to drown someone in a bucket, but we can't find a container that could hold that much.

Conan: Tokubi-san is currently drawing with the colored ink inside his bottles...
Conan: One of Araiwa-san's plastic bottles was still sealed and the other was still half full of Oolong tea.
Conan: And the water pillow didn't have any water in it back then.

Conan: Nohira-san's film cases are suspicious...
Conan: but that phone call gives him an alibi.

Conan: The fact that Tatsuhiko-kun was found wearing only a swimsuit still bothers me.
Conan: Even if he was taking a winter swim, would he have had his shoes on?

Conan: And that shoe...
Conan: It was stained green in various places.

Ran: Oh, wow!!
Ran: That's perfect!
Conan: Eh?

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Mouri: Hey, Ran! Did you really see this!?
Ran: Yes! It was exactly like this!!

Mouri: Don't be ridiculous! Nothing like that exists.
Ran: But I saw it!!
Conan: Hey, let me see it!

Conan: Hm?

Yamamura: Ah...
Yamamura: Ah wah wah...

Mouri: Hey, don't tell me you think a kappa did it, too.
Yamamura: N-no, not a kappa.
Yamamura: This is clearly...

16

Yamamura: an alien!!

Mouri: An...
Ran: An alien!?
Yamamura: That's right!! This is an age where we can send people into space.
Yamamura: So it wouldn't be that strange for an alien from another planet to come here, would it!?

Mouri: Then where's the space ship it came here in!?
Yamamura: Don't underestimate their technological power!
Yamamura: Even with a ship this small...

Yamamura: they could shrink down and pack in tens of thousands of aliens!!
Ran: No way!!
Mouri: C'mon, now...
Conan: I see...

Conan: Pack it in...
Conan: in a small space...
Text in bottom right: The author is taking next issue off, so there will be no chapter.

Right margin: How did the murderer bring in the smelly water from Hell Pond!?