E1014 - The Novelist Known as the Demon King

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[00:00] Akaike
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[00:00] Conan
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    Detective Conan Episode 1014 "The
    Novelist Known as the Demon King"
[00:00] Conan
    [OP]
[00:23] Kogoro
    Crap, it's 3:30.
[00:25] Kogoro
    I need to get home soon, or
    I'll miss out on my snack.
[00:28] Conan
    Your snack? Seriously?
[00:29] Conan
    Huh? What's going on?
[00:31] Kogoro
    I believe the author Tawake
    Shintaro's mansion is around there.
[00:37] Conan
    Oh, the mystery writer.
[00:39] Kogoro
    Every book he publishes is a success.
[00:42] Kogoro
    It's no wonder he's got such a nice place.
[00:45] Kogoro
    Inspector?
[00:48] Megure
    You again?
[00:50] Kogoro
    If Division One is here, then...
[00:53] Takagi
    That's right.
[00:53] Takagi
    The author Tawake Shintaro was found
    shot to death inside this residence.
[00:59] Kogoro
    What? Shot to death?
[01:05] Conan
    A journey of a thousand miles
    starts with the first step!
[01:07] Conan
    Solve 1,000 mysteries and enter a new world!
[01:09] Conan
    Shots are fired at a popular author!
[01:11] Conan
    The shady room is its own mystery!
[01:13] Conan
    Always determining the one truth
[01:15] Conan
    with the body of a child
    and the mind of an adult,
[01:17] Conan
    his name is Detective Conan!
SIGN    The Novelist Known as the Demon King
[03:01] Conan
    "The Novelist Known as the Demon King!"
SIGN    Tawake Shintaro (55)
    Mystery Writer
[03:07] Takagi
    The victim is Tawake
    Shintaro-san, 55 years old.
[03:11] Takagi
    As you know, he was a mystery writer.
[03:15] Takagi
    The cause of death was blood loss
    from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
[03:18] Takagi
    We believe the weapon was this shotgun
    found on the floor near the body.
[03:23] Megure
    I see.
[03:26] Megure
    The victim was shot while
    sleeping on the sofa.
[03:31] Takagi
    The windows of this study face north, so the
    lights were kept on even during the daytime.
[03:37] Kogoro
    A room doesn't get sunlight
    with north-facing windows.
[03:41] Takagi
    According to forensics, the estimated
    time of death is around noon.
[03:48] Conan
    He was shot with that shotgun, right?
[03:51] Takagi
    Most likely, since it was
    left on the floor there.
[03:56] Megure
    Let's review the case.
[03:58] Megure
    While Tawake was sleeping on the
    sofa, the culprit entered the room,
[04:03] Megure
    killed him with a shotgun, dropped the
    murder weapon, and fled the scene.
[04:08] Megure
    Is that right?
[04:10] Takagi
    Most likely. Since the glass door in
    the living room was partially open,
[04:14] Takagi
    we believe the culprit entered
    and exited through there.
[04:18] Megure
    Take the body away for an autopsy.
[04:23] Takagi
    We found no signs that the culprit searched
    the room, so we don't believe they were a thief.
[04:27] Kogoro
    Could the motive have been hatred?
[04:34] Conan
    What's this?
[04:36] Kogoro
    It's a bloodstain.
[04:37] Kogoro
    This must've splattered
    here when he was shot.
[04:39] Conan
    But since there's no blood on the curtains,
    that means they were open then, right?
[04:45] Conan
    Did the culprit take the time to close them?
[04:52] Conan
    If that's the case, then
    why did they do that?
[04:55] Kogoro
    They were probably trying to
    delay the discovery of the body.
[04:58] Kogoro
    It would give them more time to get away.
[05:00] Conan
    But who'd be looking in through this window?
[05:04] Kogoro
    Huh?
[05:05] Kogoro
    Isn't it visible from the next house over?
[05:08] Kogoro
    What's up with that house?
[05:10] Kogoro
    The weather's so nice, but
    all the shutters are closed.
[05:15] Takagi
    Apparently the neighbors moved away
    last week. It's currently unoccupied.
[05:21] Kogoro
    It's empty, huh?
[05:23] Police
    Inspector.
[05:24] Police
    There's blood on this as well,
[05:27] Police
    but there isn't a drop on
    the floor or wall around it.
[05:32] Megure
    Was that stand located
    elsewhere during the murder
[05:35] Megure
    and moved afterwards by the culprit?
[05:38] Conan
    Why would that be necessary?
[05:41] Chiba
    Inspector Megure, I'm back from
    questioning the neighbors.
[05:46] Chiba
    Nobody saw any suspicious persons.
[05:49] Chiba
    Also, in the neighborhood...
[05:52] Chiba
    There wasn't anyone who heard a gunshot.
[05:56] Megure
    I'm not surprised no one heard
    anything with this racket.
[06:00] Megure
    The body was discovered by
    Tawake's apprentices, right?
[06:04] Takagi
    We're having them wait in the living room.
[06:06] Megure
    Tawake Shintaro had apprentices, huh?
SIGN    Akaike Naoya (38)
    Tawake's Apprentice
[06:11] Takagi
    These four are Tawake-san's apprentices.
SIGN    Degawa Miyuki (30)
    Tawake's Apprentice
SIGN    Bito Ryunosuke (35)
    Tawake's Apprentice
SIGN    Chigasaki Haruo (33)
    Tawake's Apprentice
[06:22] Takagi
    These two found the body.
[06:25] Akaike
    I'm Akaike Naoya.
[06:27] Miyuki
    I'm Degawa Miyuki.
[06:29] Akaike
    These two are apprentices as well.
[06:32] Akaike
    They came as quickly as they could
    once we reached out to them.
[06:35] Bito
    I'm Bito Ryunosuke.
[06:37] Chigasaki
    I'm Chigasaki Haruo.
[06:39] Akaike
    We took turns on a daily rotation
    performing odd jobs for Tawake-sensei.
[06:44] Akaike
    It was my turn today, so I'd been
    at the mansion since this morning.
[06:49] Tawake
    You can leave for now, Akaike.
[06:52] Tawake
    There's something I'd like
    you to do for me later.
[06:54] Tawake
    Come back around three.
[06:56] Tawake
    I've got something to tell you
    then, so bring Miyuki with you.
[06:59] Akaike
    Yes, sir. See you later.
[07:02] Akaike
    When the two of us returned...
[07:12] Akaike
    We rushed to call the police.
[07:15] Miyuki
    Naturally, we haven't
    touched the crime scene.
[07:19] Conan
    Then it was the culprit who
    touched the curtains and stand.
[07:23] Miyuki
    By the way, Akaike-san, we
    should probably call them.
SIGN    7 PM
SIGN    Shiga Dentist
[07:27] Akaike
    You're right.
[07:28] Akaike
    If we don't call them soon,
    it'll cause trouble later.
[07:32] Akaike
    Excuse me for a moment.
[07:36] Conan
    Who would it cause trouble for?
[07:38] Miyuki
    The dentist.
[07:40] Miyuki
    Akaike-san was told to make
    an appointment yesterday.
[07:44] Tawake
    Damn molars.
[07:47] Akaike
    Thank you.
[07:49] Akaike
    I was able to make an appointment
    for tomorrow night at seven.
[07:52] Miyuki
    But now that he's dead...
[07:55] Akaike
    I'd like to cancel the
    appointment I made yesterday.
[07:59] Akaike
    Yes.
[08:00] Conan
    Tawake-san had bad teeth, huh?
[08:04] Bito
    The Demon King won't have to
    worry about cavities anymore.
[08:09] Conan
    Demon King?
[08:11] Megure
    Why did you call him the Demon King?
[08:18] Bito
    They'll find out as they
    continue their investigation.
[08:22] Akaike
    Officer, to tell you the truth, Tawake-sensei
    was considered a brilliant hitmaker,
[08:28] Akaike
    but there's no way he could've written
    more than ten books each year.
[08:32] Akaike
    The books he published over the past
    few years were actually written by us.
[08:39] All
    What?
[08:42] Akaike
    He'd make us write them and
    then make a few changes.
[08:47] Kogoro
    He barely wrote anything himself?
[08:50] Bito
    It was an open secret in the industry.
[08:53] Miyuki
    We were paid for our work,
[08:56] Miyuki
    but we didn't want to be ghostwriters.
[08:59] Miyuki
    But we couldn't defy him.
[09:02] Tawake
    If you keep working for me, I'll help
    you debut when the time is right.
[09:06] Tawake
    But if you run away from me,
    I'll make sure you never debut!
[09:15] Miyuki
    In any case, his books are popular.
[09:17] Miyuki
    His influence in the publishing
    industry was absolute.
[09:21] Chigasaki
    But he lied about helping us debut.
[09:24] Chigasaki
    We jumped at the opportunity to
    apprentice with an author we admired,
[09:27] Chigasaki
    but this place was like a labor camp.
[09:29] Kogoro
    So that's why you called him the Demon King.
[09:31] Conan
    All four of you had problems with Tawake-san.
[09:35] Kogoro
    The only way you could become
    independent was if he went away.
[09:40] Both
    What?
[09:41] Megure
    In other words, you resented him.
[09:44] Kogoro
    You had motives for murder.
[09:47] Akaike
    You're saying one of us killed him?
[09:51] Chiba
    Inspector Megure, the
    forensics team is leaving.
[09:54] Megure
    We'll stay here a little longer.
[09:56] Bito
    He was shot using that?
[09:58] Chigasaki
    That gun...
[10:09] Akaike
    It's not inside the locker.
[10:12] Akaike
    I knew it. That gun
    belonged to Tawake-sensei.
[10:15] Kogoro
    The weapon belonged to the victim?
[10:20] Akaike
    He secretly stored his unlicensed gun here.
[10:26] Kogoro
    And you all knew about it.
[10:29] Akaike
    I'm telling you, we're innocent.
[10:31] Akaike
    We know suspicion would
    fall on us if we used it.
[10:35] Miyuki
    There's no way we'd do something so foolish.
[10:38] Bito
    Yeah.
[10:40] Kogoro
    Perhaps that's exactly why you used it.
[10:43] Kogoro
    If you were the culprit, there's
    no way you'd use that gun.
[10:47] Kogoro
    You planned to use that excuse.
[10:50] Akaike
    Once you start thinking that
    way, there's no end to it.
[10:53] Conan
    But won't suspicion be cleared
    once your alibis are verified?
[10:57] Akaike
    That's true.
[10:59] Megure
    Then could you tell us where you were
[11:03] Megure
    and what you were doing around noon?
[11:17] Takagi
    We were able to confirm Akaike-san's alibi.
[11:20] Takagi
    We found several people to verify it.
[11:23] Takagi
    However, we were unable to
    confirm Degawa-san, Bito-san,
[11:28] Takagi
    and Chigasaki-san's alibis.
[11:30] Miyuki
    Of course you couldn't. We were writing.
[11:34] Bito
    Yeah.
[11:34] Chigasaki
    Yeah.
[11:36] Kogoro
    For now, we've narrowed down
    four suspects to three.
[11:39] Miyuki
    Wait a minute! You mean...
[11:41] Megure
    Naturally, we're not assuming
    one of you is the culprit.
[11:45] Megure
    But without clear alibis...
[11:49] Bito
    Chigasaki, it's because of your stupid
    actions that the police suspect me.
[11:53] Chigasaki
    What? But it's Miyuki who seems
    like she could've done it.
[11:58] Miyuki
    Bito-san is a hundred times
    more suspicious than I am.
[12:01] Akaike
    Cut it out, guys. Don't
    point fingers at each other.
[12:05] Kogoro
    I know forced infighting when I see it.
[12:09] Kogoro
    Did the three of you scheme
    to kill Tawake together?
[12:12] All
    What?
[12:15] Chigasaki
    Why is this happening?
[12:18] Akaike
    Don't cry.
[12:20] Chigasaki
    You're able to say that
    because you have an alibi.
[12:23] Bito
    You're responsible for this, Akaike-san.
[12:27] Bito
    You did nothing about the Demon King's
    tyranny even though you're the oldest.
[12:32] Miyuki
    That's right.
[12:32] Chigasaki
    Yeah.
[12:36] Megure
    Got it.
[12:38] Megure
    The autopsy found sleeping
    pills in the body's system.
[12:42] Both
    Sleeping pills?
[12:45] Bito
    The Demon King never took sleeping pills.
[12:48] Miyuki
    The culprit probably
    secretly fed them to him,
[12:51] Miyuki
    but why was it necessary to put him to sleep?
[12:54] Akaike
    More importantly, if it was possible
    to feed him sleeping pills,
[12:58] Akaike
    then they should've been
    able to poison him, too.
[13:01] Chigasaki
    You're right.
[13:02] Chigasaki
    Poisoning him would've been easy.
[13:04] Akaike
    But they shot him instead.
[13:06] Akaike
    There must be some reason
    the culprit did that.
[13:09] Conan
    I see.
[13:10] Conan
    I suppose all four of
    them are mystery writers.
[13:13] Conan
    They're practically mystery-solving experts.
[13:16] Akaike
    I know.
[13:17] Akaike
    By using that gun, the culprit was trying to
    make it look like one of us was the culprit.
[13:24] Both
    That must be it.
[13:26] Bito
    We've been set up!
[13:30] Conan
    But something's not right.
[13:33] Conan
    Hold on.
[13:35] Conan
    This curtain was opened and closed.
[13:38] Conan
    Could it be?
[13:40] Conan
    If that's the case, then...
[13:42] Conan
    It must've left some trace behind.
SIGN    Tawake
[14:16] Conan
    A piece of aluminum foil.
[14:18] Conan
    They made it using this.
[14:27] Conan
    But how do I prove it?
[14:28] Conan
    Judging by the culprit's personality...
[14:32] Conan
    Is it possible that that was...
[14:34] Sign
    Shiga Dentist
[14:39] Conan
    I knew it.
[14:41] Conan
    That just leaves the weather.
[14:43] Conan
    It's supposed to be clear
    all day tomorrow, too.
[14:46] Conan
    That'll work.
[14:49] Kogoro
    The culprit must be one of the apprentices.
[14:53] Kogoro
    Which one of the three
    without an alibi is it?
[14:59] Conan
    Yeah, he said he figured
    out who the culprit is.
[15:03] Megure
    Who is it?
[15:04] Conan
    Apparently the culprit will show
    up at the crime scene tomorrow,
[15:07] Conan
    around noon, the same
    time the murder happened.
[15:10] Kogoro
    What? The inspector said
    to leave for the day?
[15:14] Conan
    Yeah.
[15:14] Conan
    He asked us to come back tomorrow.
[15:17] Kogoro
    Huh?
SIGN    The Next Day
[15:26] Megure
    Mori-kun, what did you mean when
    you said the culprit would show up?
[15:32] Kogoro
    What?
[15:32] Akaike
    Does that mean everyone
    currently present is innocent?
[15:37] All
    Great!
[15:39] Kogoro
    Inspector, I came like you told me to—
[15:44] Kogoro
    I came like you told me to come, Inspector.
[15:47] Kogoro
    Thank you very much.
[15:49] All
    It's the Sleeping Kogoro!
[15:52] Kogoro
    Everyone, we were distracted by the whodunnit
[15:57] Kogoro
    of who killed Tawake and
    overlooked something important:
[16:03] Kogoro
    The howdunnit.
[16:04] Kogoro
    How did the culprit kill Tawake?
[16:08] All
    What?
[16:10] Megure
    They put him to sleep using sleeping pills,
[16:12] Megure
    entered the room, and shot him to death.
[16:16] Kogoro
    First, Detective Takagi, remember
    what I told you this morning.
[16:19] Takagi
    Yes, sir. Chiba.
[16:22] Chiba
    Here.
[16:26] Chiba
    That looks about right.
[16:28] Kogoro
    Thank you, Detective Chiba.
[16:30] Kogoro
    Next, the gun has been tied to the stand
    that was by the entrance of this room.
[16:35] Kogoro
    It's currently beside the
    chair I'm sitting in.
[16:38] Takagi
    The gun has been loaded with a
    paint bullet instead of a live round.
[16:43] Takagi
    We've set up everything according
    to your instructions.
[16:46] Miyuki
    Could this be?
[16:48] Chigasaki
    It certainly seems that way.
[16:50] Akaike
    It's not possible in this study.
[16:53] Bito
    After all, the windows face north.
[16:55] Conan
    Mister, I'm opening the curtains.
[16:58] Conan
    There.
[17:00] Chiba
    What is that?
[17:07] Megure
    A mirror?
[17:09] Kogoro
    It's a concave mirror.
[17:11] Kogoro
    A handmade one made by wrapping a
    wooden frame with aluminum foil.
[17:16] Conan
    I asked Professor Agasa to make it for me.
[17:20] Kogoro
    The culprit who shot Tawake
    should appear soon.
[17:31] Bito
    Could it be?
[17:32] Both
    It really is.
[17:34] Megure
    Could it be?
[17:43] Megure
    The focused sunlight ignited the shell.
[17:47] Kogoro
    Yes. This phenomenon
    occasionally causes fires.
[17:52] Miyuki
    This trick has been used
    repeatedly in mysteries.
[17:55] Chigasaki
    But this trick is normally made
    possibly by south-facing rooms...
[17:59] Bito
    Was pulled off in this north-facing
    study using a mirror.
[18:03] Akaike
    Indeed.
[18:04] Takagi
    The culprit used this method to kill Tawake.
[18:08] Kogoro
    Since the culprit didn't want anyone to
    notice the gunshot and look into the room,
[18:12] Kogoro
    they waited for this time of day
    when the sound would be drowned out.
[18:17] Chiba
    They used the construction noises.
[18:19] Megure
    That explains the sleeping pills, too.
[18:22] Megure
    They couldn't hit the victim if he
    moved, so they had to put him to sleep.
[18:27] Kogoro
    In order to conceal this method,
[18:30] Kogoro
    after committing the murder, the culprit
    moved the stand used to fix the gun in place.
[18:35] Kogoro
    In order to allow the focused
    sunlight into the room,
[18:39] Kogoro
    they had to leave the curtains open.
[18:41] Kogoro
    To keep their trick from being discovered,
[18:45] Kogoro
    the culprit closed them
    after committing the murder.
[18:48] Kogoro
    Any of the apprentices could
    have used this method.
[18:51] Kogoro
    Since it's such a famous trick,
    they all knew about it.
[18:56] Kogoro
    However, the reason they
    used this method was because
[19:00] Kogoro
    by fabricating an alibi for Tawake's death,
[19:04] Kogoro
    they wouldn't be considered a suspect.
[19:07] Kogoro
    In other words, the person
    with an alibi is the culprit.
[19:11] Chigasaki
    Which means...
[19:13] Bito
    Could it be?
[19:14] Miyuki
    It was Akaike-san?
[19:16] Akaike
    But Mori-san...
[19:19] Kogoro
    It was your turn yesterday
    to perform odd jobs.
[19:21] Kogoro
    You secretly fed Tawake sleeping pills.
[19:25] Tawake
    I feel so tired for some reason.
[19:27] Tawake
    You can leave for the day, Akaike.
[19:30] Kogoro
    You took the gun out of the locker,
[19:33] Kogoro
    attached it to the stand,
    opened the curtains,
[19:36] Kogoro
    opened the shutters of the house next door,
[19:38] Kogoro
    set up the concave mirror,
    fabricated an alibi around noon,
[19:43] Kogoro
    and killed Tawake.
[19:48] Kogoro
    Then you returned to the crime
    scene to clean up your trick
[19:51] Kogoro
    and left the glass door in
    the living room slightly open
[19:53] Kogoro
    so it would seem like the
    culprit entered through it.
[19:59] Kogoro
    You destroyed the concave mirror made
    of aluminum foil in the house next door
[20:04] Kogoro
    and closed the shutters.
[20:06] Kogoro
    You had Degawa Miyuki-san accompany you
[20:08] Kogoro
    and discovered the body first
[20:11] Kogoro
    so she could testify that you
    didn't touch the crime scene.
[20:18] Akaike
    This is all speculation, Mori-san.
[20:21] Kogoro
    I borrowed the key from the real estate
    office so I could examine the house next door.
[20:26] Kogoro
    Apparently you did, too.
[20:28] Kogoro
    You claimed that Tawake was
    thinking about buying it
[20:31] Kogoro
    and wanted to take a look around
    inside and made a spare key.
[20:36] Akaike
    That's speculation as well.
[20:38] Kogoro
    But you gave yourself away, Akaike-san.
[20:42] Kogoro
    I'm talking about the dentist appointment.
[20:46] Kogoro
    I confirmed with them that no
    appointment was ever made for Tawake.
[20:50] Kogoro
    When you made the appointment
    the other day...
[20:54] Akaike
    I was able to make an appointment
    for tomorrow night at seven.
[20:56] Kogoro
    ...you were just pretending, like you
    did when you called to cancel yesterday.
[21:00] Akaike
    I'd like to cancel the appointment
    I made yesterday. Yes.
[21:04] Kogoro
    You pretended to call.
[21:06] Kogoro
    It's because you knew there was
    no point in making an appointment.
[21:11] Kogoro
    That's right.
[21:12] Kogoro
    You knew beforehand that Tawake would die.
[21:17] Kogoro
    You knew something only
    the culprit would know.
[21:24] Akaike
    Tawake-sensei had missed plenty
    of appointments until now.
[21:28] Akaike
    If I made an appointment
    I knew would be canceled,
[21:31] Akaike
    I would've caused trouble for them again.
[21:36] Akaike
    That's why I decided to take down
[21:38] Akaike
    the Demon King who caused nothing
    but problems for others myself.
[21:43] Akaike
    I wanted to free the four of us.
[21:48] Akaike
    I had to do it.
[21:50] Akaike
    After all, I'm the oldest.
[23:20] Kogoro
    I'm disgusted by Tawake Shintaro, too.
[23:24] Kogoro
    I can't believe he was making
    his apprentices write his books.
[23:26] Conan
    He's like a detective who takes credit
    for someone else's mystery-solving.
[23:31] Kogoro
    There's no detective like that!
[23:35] Kogoro
    Wait, what's happening? I feel
    a stinging pain in my chest.
[23:37] Conan
    Is he actually experiencing some guilt?
[23:39] Kogoro
    It was a toothpick!
[23:41] Conan
    He doesn't feel guilty at all.
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[23:47] Chiba
    What?
[23:48] Mitsuhiko
    We spotted Detective Chiba,
    so we decided to follow him.
[23:51] Conan
    You're on a stakeout, right?
[23:52] Genta
    We'll help.
[23:54] Ayumi
    How did you know the culprit lives
    in the apartment across the street?
[23:59] Chiba
    Takagi-san.
[24:00] Takagi
    They're all getting ready to go out.
[24:02] Chiba
    Perhaps they're making a deal.
[24:05] Conan
    Huh? What are they doing?
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[24:09] Conan
    The next episode of Conan is "Stakeout!"
[24:30] Kogoro
    Next Conan's hint!
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[24:32] Conan
    A ball, a Frisbee, and a stuffed animal!
[24:34] Kogoro
    I've got my beer, kaki-pi
    crisps, and walnuts!
SIGN    Don't miss the next episode.
[24:36] Kogoro
    I'm ready for a stakeout!
[24:38] Conan
    You mean ready to get drunk.