But before Mutian Yuan could finish, Curator Ochiai turned his head, saw Mutian Yuan's serious expression, and his own expression quickly changed. Then he looked at Mutian Yuan and said: "You... you haven't left yet?"
"Hm, no."
Mutian Yuan shook his head, then looked at Curator Ochiai and said: "Curator Ochiai..."
But this time, before Mutian Yuan could finish, Curator Ochiai said: "Alright, I confess. I'm the one who killed him..."
"Ha!"
Hearing Curator Ochiai's words, Mutian Yuan was bewildered, Uncle Mouri and Ran were bewildered, Inspector Megure and a large group of police officers were also bewildered. But the most bewildered one was Conan, who had been jumping up and down earlier, shouting about finding a restroom.
Previously, through surveillance, Conan discovered that the paper left by the murdered Owner Manaka, indicating the suspect, was deliberately planted by the culprit to frame someone else.
He also deduced from the traces on the paper that Owner Manaka had tried to rewrite it after realizing the name on the paper wasn't the real killer, but unfortunately, the ballpoint pen left by the killer couldn't write.
He even deduced from the ballpoint pen found at the scene that its tip was retracted, which meant it had been replaced by a pen that could write. After all, Owner Manaka was about to die, where would he have the time to retract the pen tip?! And after a series of deductions, Conan also pinpointed Curator Ochiai.
The reason he feigned urgency and asked Curator Ochiai to draw a map of the restroom's location was to trick Curator Ochiai into taking out the non-writing ballpoint pen he had replaced earlier.
But he never expected that just as his plan was about to succeed—at the crucial moment when he just needed to remind Uncle Mouri and the others to leave the rest to them to close the case—Curator Ochiai actually confessed! At this moment, Conan looked at the straightforward Curator Ochiai, feeling utterly frustrated.
He had wasted half a day racking his brain for deductions, couldn't this guy just wait a little longer?! Why did he confess so readily? His previous hard work was all for naught! What Conan found most unacceptable was that, with his detective's intuition, he was sure Curator Ochiai confessed so readily entirely because he saw Mutian Yuan.
More importantly, Mutian Yuan hadn't done anything at all! Why did Curator Ochiai just confess? Curator Ochiai's subsequent words also proved that Conan's detective intuition was correct. Curator Ochiai looked at Mutian Yuan and said: "Since you're back, there's no need for me to deny it."
Seeing that Curator Ochiai had indeed confessed readily because of Mutian Yuan, Conan was incredibly frustrated. Damn it, what was going on? Why did this guy confess as soon as he showed up?! Who could explain this to him?! Conan was at a loss for words.
Mutian Yuan was also no better at this moment. He looked at Curator Ochiai, who looked relieved after confessing, then looked at Uncle Mouri and the others, who were bewildered by this development, and finally scratched his head, muttering: "Um... may I ask what I did?"
Mutian Yuan expressed that he was truly caught off guard at the moment. In his bewildered state, after asking Uncle Mouri and the others, he even used his private line to ask the little fox: "What exactly is going on? I just came to borrow a restroom, and the case is solved? Little fox, do you know what happened?"
"I don't know..."
The little fox shook her head, bewildered. She wasn't doing much better than Mutian Yuan at this moment, okay! She didn't even know who died until now, okay! Seeing Mutian Yuan's bewildered expression, Conan's lips twitched, then he looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle.
Damn it, just look at this guy's expression; you can tell he's confused himself. But this guy, so confused, why did the culprit confess as soon as he appeared?! Is the detective profession getting easier, or does this guy have some superpower that makes criminals confess? If all criminals were like this in the future, what would detectives even do? He might as well pack up and change professions! Inspector Megure was utterly perplexed.
Clearly, they were about to arrest the wrong person, but the true culprit just popped out and confessed! This development was a bit beyond him! Unable to react to the current situation, Inspector Megure looked at Curator Ochiai: "Curator Ochiai, what exactly happened?"
He absolutely had to figure out how this worked, otherwise, he would be puzzled for the rest of his life! Curator Ochiai no longer hid anything and explained why he suddenly confessed. It turned out that when he encountered Mutian Yuan outside this exhibition hall earlier, he was about to implement his murder plan in this exhibition hall.
However, what Curator Ochiai did not expect was that he, who originally thought he would not be discovered, encountered the lazy Mutian Yuan. This conflicted with his plan. After all, the more covert this matter was, the better. Being encountered by someone made Curator Ochiai hesitate for a moment whether to abandon this plan.
But in the end, Curator Ochiai decided to continue with the plan because he really couldn't wait any longer. At the same time, Curator Ochiai also thought that Mutian Yuan might leave after a while, or even completely leave the museum, since it was getting late anyway, and Mutian Yuan couldn't live in the museum. By then, even if the police came, they wouldn't get any clues from Mutian Yuan.
After waiting for a long time, Curator Ochiai, hiding in the exhibition hall, finally heard Mutian Yuan's footsteps leaving. But before Curator Ochiai could breathe a sigh of relief, Owner Manaka arrived.
Curator Ochiai thought for a moment and knew that Owner Manaka and Mutian Yuan must have met. But at this point, the target had appeared, and Curator Ochiai couldn't afford to worry about that anymore.
However, to avoid being discovered, Curator Ochiai still waited for a long time before making his move on Owner Manaka, who was impatient because he had waited past the agreed time.
To be honest, if Owner Manaka hadn't planned to leave, Curator Ochiai would even have waited until closing! Originally, Curator Ochiai was prepared to confess directly or be reported by Mutian Yuan if the police came and Mutian Yuan was still there.
After all, as long as Mutian Yuan told the police about seeing him and Owner Manaka, the police would definitely suspect him, and even investigate, and then the truth would inevitably come out.
Who knew that when the police came, Curator Ochiai didn't see Mutian Yuan at all? He thought Mutian Yuan had left long ago, so he could smoothly continue to frame Wakita, who was rude to the exhibits and even secretly sold museum art.
At first, the plan was very successful, and the police even planned to take Wakita. But who knew Mutian Yuan came back at this time! And he even looked at him seriously.
Mutian Yuan was serious because he wanted to ask where the restroom was, but Curator Ochiai didn't know that. He thought Mutian Yuan had figured out the case and pinpointed him through deduction. After all, his timing alone was hard to explain, so he simply confessed readily.
After listening to Curator Ochiai's inner thoughts, Curator Ochiai also said that the reason he killed Owner Manaka was to protect this museum. Even framing Wakita was to punish him for secretly selling art from the museum.
"To protect the most important things in his heart..."
Mutian Yuan couldn't help but sigh upon hearing Curator Ochiai's answer. Then Mutian Yuan came to Curator Ochiai's side and said, "Curator Ochiai, I have one more question."
"Please ask."
Curator Ochiai looked at Mutian Yuan with a smile. Mutian Yuan said with a serious expression: "Although this might be a bit inappropriate at this moment, may I ask—where is the restroom?"
Mutian Yuan had been holding this question for a long time, almost unable to hold it anymore, because if he held it any longer, his bladder wouldn't be able to hold it! "Uh..."
Curator Ochiai was startled by Mutian Yuan's question, then smiled and pointed Mutian Yuan in the right direction. Mutian Yuan thanked him, handed the cola he had been carrying to Ran, then turned and walked towards the restroom. But after taking two steps, Mutian Yuan turned back and looked at Curator Ochiai with a very serious expression: "Whether...
...you believe it or not, I actually just wanted to ask you for directions to the restroom."
Inspector Megure and other police officers: "..."
Damn it, we finally understand why you were so bewildered at first. If it were us, thinking empathetically, we'd also be bewildered. The problem is, you just asked for directions to a restroom and you made the culprit confess and surrender. What the hell have we been doing all this time?! Conan: "..."
What kind of luck is this? Did you step in dog poop as soon as you went out? I finally understand why you were gone for so long, Mutian Yuan. Tell me the truth, did you just... step in dog poop earlier? Otherwise, how could your luck be so good? I just want to know now, is solving cases this simple nowadays? If so, please tell me, because this involves my future plans! Curator Ochiai also fell silent after hearing Mutian Yuan's words.
After a long silence, Curator Ochiai suddenly shook his head and uttered "Heaven's will" before looking up and laughing loudly. He felt that this was heaven's punishment for him, otherwise, how could it have turned out this way? Mutian Yuan only sighed in response, then walked quickly towards the restroom with heavy steps...
And Conan, upon hearing Curator Ochiai's words, looked at Mutian Yuan, who was moving quickly towards the restroom, and rolled his eyes, a lifeless look on his face.
Heaven's will my foot! This is completely... your psychological quality isn't up to par, that's why this guy got a lucky break. Otherwise, even if this guy hadn't appeared, I would have found a way to make you confess, okay! But... it was just that close! Just that close, and he would have exposed the truth! So unwilling! Sister Ran, I need your warm embrace to soothe my wounded heart!
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