# 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.*
***SIGN*** Episode Preview
**[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?
***SIGN*** Stakeout
**[24:09] Conan**
The next episode of Conan is "Stakeout!"
**[24:30] Kogoro**
Next Conan's hint!
***SIGN*** Ball, Frisbee, and Stuffed Animal
**[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.