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First part about the messy thing is correct, but the second part is not true, the text never mentions Koji's room in that, like Chek said. I discussed this issue on Discord again and we ended up with pretty much the same thing as Chek posted above, which is why I agree, Conan is talking about the water running in Amanda's room; water running in Koji's room is never mentioned in that chapter.

Here is pages 2-8 of that chapter in Japanese for further reading http://imgur.com/a/iFkXk

I just had a thought. Remember that Kohji was associated with the Akai family, and the Akai family patriarch was, in turn, associated with the Black Organization. Imagine this scenario. Kohji is told by Akai's father that Rum has been sent to kill Amanda before she can deliver the information she has to American authorities. Recognizing that the Organization must be brought down, as well as wanting to protect Amanda's life, Kohji goes do warn her but he doesn't know who Rum is so he can only give her a vague warning that someone called Rum means to kill her. Rum, who had already established a cover as Asaka, hears this warning and decides that he/she must eliminate Kohji before Kohji can figure out that Asaka=Rum and warn Amanda. At this point, Asaka/Rum attacks Kohji first and gives him the prototype APTX after a struggle. Thinking Kohji dead, Asaka/Rum leaves in a hurry to find Amanda, deciding the time is right to make his/her move to kill the would-be informant before any other unforeseen hindrances appear. Kohji knows he's dying and cannot find Amanda before Asaka/Rum does so he uses his last moments before succumbing to the poison to leave a dying message in hopes that Amanda might find him before Asaka/Rum finds her. His message, of course, being "ASACA RUM" to warn Amanda that her trusted bodyguard is actually the ruthless killer bent on destroying her. Alas, either Amanda fails to find Kohji's last message to her or, by the time she finds it, it is too late and Asaka/Rum had already closed in on her. If you think about it, this scenario answers a lot of questions. Why would Kohji leave a dying message implicating Rum when nobody should even realize Rum exists? Since the message does implicate Rum, it was obviously intended for someone who was aware of Rum and could benefit from the knowledge that Asaka was Rum, but who could that be (I actually have another possible theory on who was the intended recipient of the dying message, which I shall address momentarily)? Why would the middle Akai child have such strong affection toward Kohji if he was nothing but a victim whose murder investigation his father was involved in somehow? So many questions, cleared up by this. Oh, and regarding how long it takes for APTX to kill, we can use Shinichi's transformation into Conan as a frame of reference. I'm order to revert his body to a childlike state, the poison had to reach and take effect on the majority of the cells in his body. Well, even for someone who was not lucky enough to survive as Conan did, in order to kill them, the poison stil must spread throughout most of the body and have time to complete it's devastating work. For that reason, until we see definitive proof to contrary, it is safe to estimate that death by APTX would take approximately the same amount of time as Conan's transformation. As long as the change took, it is perfectly within reason that Rum could have ave rushed away thinking Kohji dead while Kohji still had time to leave his message. Now, I mentioned another possible theory about who Kohji's message might have been for if not Amanda. As I mentioned earlier, it is apparent that there are ties between Kohji and the Akai family. If the above theory turns out to be false, meaning it was not Akai Sr. who warned Kohji about Rum in the first place, then perhaps this message was perhaps MEANT for the Akai patriarch, who still already had at least some basic knowledge of the Organization, with the purpose to identify, for the one man who would know what to do with the information, exactly who killed him and Amanda. Also, I've seen the theory bounced around a lot that Asaka is not Rum but was a legitimate bodyguard who went into hiding after the double murder because he/she was the prime suspect and Vegas ha/she was waiting for the opportunity to get revenge on Rum, and it is now Asaka who keeps posting the information about the case in an attempt to draw Rum out. An interesting theoey, but even aside from the obvious question about the dying message (what could "ASACA RUM" mean if not saying that Asaka is Rum?), there is the question of how Asaka would have obtained law enforcement files on the case to release! Asaka is supposed to be on the run and hiding out from authorities, so how does he/she waltz into one or more law enforcement agencies to get all of the files relating to this unsolved case, in which he/she is the prime suspect? It seems ludicrous. I have another more likely theory on who is releasing the files. What if it is someone who worked on the case in some way? Someone who was at the time with a law enforcement agency? Someone who knew one or both of the victims and wanted to bring down their killer and the Organization he/she represents? In short, for those who don't see where I'm going with this, I think it is Akai's father who keeps leaking the case files online. Just some thoughts for you guys to mull over. I'd love to hear any reactions to them.