Violence supervision in Conan

Chapter 764 The Detective's Deduction, a Decisive Strike!
Thanks to Conan's prior arrangements, Yamamura gathered all the villagers together.

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, the truth about the "Kappa attack" was revealed to them!

"This incident was not committed by a kappa, but by someone impersonating a kappa in order to spread panic throughout the village!"

Conan spoke in Kogoro Mouri's voice, his calm tone convincing.

"Spreading panic?" Yamamura Misao asked, puzzled. "But why would you do that?"

"You'll have to ask our village chief for that." Kogoro Mouri's words immediately drew everyone's attention to the old village chief in the crowd.

The latter remained calm, showing no emotion, and said indifferently, "I wonder what Detective Mori means by that?"

Instead of answering immediately, Kogoro Mouri analyzed and presented the clues he had found at the scene to everyone, and finally gave his conclusion:
"Therefore, it can be seen from these unreasonable points that the so-called 'kappa attack' is simply a hoax deliberately created by someone."

A murmur of discussion immediately arose at the scene.

The flaws revealed by 'Kogoro Mouri' did indeed arouse suspicion and gained the approval of many people.

At this point, the old village chief's son jumped out again to refute: "This is just your speculation, it doesn't prove that it wasn't the kappa who did it!"

Ignoring his unreasonable arguments, Kogoro Mouri continued in a calm and unhurried tone:

"Assuming the kappa was a trick deliberately designed by someone, what was the culprit's purpose in doing so? To kill someone? But Mr. Nobe (the injured fisherman) was not harmed."

According to Mr. Nobe, he was dragged into the river by a kappa, and the wound on his arm showed the kappa's immense strength. Logically, Mr. Nobe should have had little chance of escaping and surviving.

Conan noticed the old village chief's son's expression suddenly change, and his tone abruptly rose: "Let's assume another scenario: if the culprit's purpose wasn't murder, then what could it be? I think the most likely explanation is—to create panic!"

Ran Mouri knew that it wasn't her father who was making the deductions, but her childhood friend, so she asked cooperatively, "But Dad (Ran Mouri: ???), why would that person create panic?"

Conan's lips twitched, suppressing a laugh, and he said, "Ran, Dad's asking you, have you noticed that a resort is being built in the village?"

Seeing that this guy was taking advantage of her for personal gain, Ran gritted her teeth, but still had to play along and asked in a questioning tone, "I saw it, but what does it have to do with a kappa?"

She didn't notice the old village chief's face suddenly darken as she spoke, but Conan, who had been keeping an eye on him, did.

“You can think about it,” Conan said, holding up his voice-changing ribbon, making Kogoro Mouri’s voice sound like that of a great detective, “what impact would it have on the resort that’s still under construction if news of kappa sightings and injuries in Kuchihashi Village spread?”

"Indeed, some people will come out of curiosity, but I think most people would rather avoid such paranormal events. The resort's future will inevitably be greatly affected; the investors might even cancel the construction plan after evaluation. That's the culprit's purpose in doing all this!"

Conan turned his attention back to the old village chief: "Am I right, old village chief?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a commotion broke out in the crowd.

Many people looked at the old village chief with incredulous eyes.

The old village chief finally lost his composure, his expression changed noticeably, and a hint of panic was revealed in his face.

Conan pressed his advantage, revealing the culprit's identity: "That's right, the mastermind behind the attack, who had someone disguised as a kappa, is the old village chief!"

The noise instantly turned into an uproar!
The village chief's son, wanting to defend his father, suppressed his nervousness and retorted, "Nonsense! How could my father do such a thing!"

Conan remained calm and composed, leaving him speechless with a single sentence: "Of course I have evidence."

what? !

The old village chief and his son were both startled!
How could that be? Their plan was so perfect...

Unfortunately, the father and son were unaware of the saying "Heaven's net is vast, its meshes are wide, yet nothing escapes it," and they were even more unlucky to run into Conan.

While the elementary school student who's a bit of a troublemaker can be, his intelligence is undeniable. Since he dared to knock out his future father-in-law, it proves he already possesses conclusive evidence enough to make the criminal confess, rendering any hope of escape for the father and son futile.

really--

Faced with the father and son's surprised and uncertain looks, Conan, in the tone of Kogoro Mouri, directly ordered the Gunma Prefectural Police: "Bring out the test report."

Yamamura Misao didn't mind the other party overstepping their bounds at all, and watched curiously as the forensic personnel showed a test report to everyone.

Everyone stared at the report, puzzled, waiting for Kogoro Mouri's explanation.

"This is a water sample test report that I asked the police forensics department to prepare," Conan explained.

Yamamura Misao: How come I didn't know about this? ???
However, no one paid attention to Brother Cao's opinion and continued listening to what followed.

“At the scene where the kappa injured someone, I collected some samples of residual water stains for testing…” Before Conan could finish speaking, the old village chief and his son both changed their expressions again.

His next words completely extinguished any remaining hope for the two of them, and their hearts sank straight to the bottom.

"At the same time, I also asked Xiaolan to go to the hot spring hotel run by the old village chief and get a sample of the hot spring water for testing."

Conan had the forensic expert read the report results.

"After testing, we detected sulfur, a component unique to the hot spring water of Tangquan Hotel, in the water stain samples at the scene!"

Now everyone understood.

"Then, please explain, old village chief, why was there any trace of your family's hot spring water at the crime scene?"

Faced with Conan's sharp questioning, the old village chief fell into a silent silence.

The son, who was standing nearby, tried to argue, but then came up with a clever idea: "Or, maybe the criminal who was pretending to be a kappa just soaked in the hot spring at my house!"

No one believed his flawed explanation at the scene.

Conan seemed to have expected this, and called out directly, "Ran!"

Ran Mouri gave the old village chief and his son a complicated look, then took out a set of clothes-like things from the handbag she had been carrying. They seemed to be made of silicone, and when unfolded, they were clearly the appearance of a kappa!
"This is what I had Ran find in the basement of your family's hotel." Conan's words struck the father and son like a heavy hammer, shattering all their hopes.

"I think you had your son wear this special kappa costume made of silicone and rubber, move around in the water under the cover of thick fog, and then attack Mr. Nobe, right?"

No, Mr. Nobe is one of your accomplices. I bet the scars on his body were inflicted by you using a special tool that mimics the beak of a kappa.

Therefore, the so-called kappa does not exist at all. This attack was actually a staged act by you few to create panic!
Did I say something wrong?

A hammer!
The old village chief and his son were completely speechless, without any further arguments or excuses.

In an instant, the atmosphere at the scene fell silent.

Everyone, especially the villagers, stared at the once highly respected old village chief with strange looks.

It was unbelievable, and I couldn't understand why he would do that.

"I think you did all this because of that resort, didn't you..."

The voice of "Kogoro Mouri" rang out again.

The old village chief suddenly looked up.

(End of this chapter)