# E1023 - The Whistling Bookstore 3
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**[00:00] Conan**
[OP]
**[00:00] Omura**
[ED]
**[00:00] Michiko**
[Eyecatch]
**[00:00] ---**
Detective Conan Episode 1023
"The Whistling Bookstore 3"
**[00:02] Mitsuhiko**
Thank you for gathering here today, everyone.
**[00:06] Conan**
What'd you want to talk about, Mitsuhiko?
**[00:10] Mitsuhiko**
I've figured out who stole the pudding
that came with the pasta meal
**[00:18] Mitsuhiko**
that I ordered at Tamaki Book Café.
**[00:21] Conan**
What? You invited us here
just to tell us that?
**[00:24] Mitsuhiko**
What do you mean by that?!
**[00:26] Mitsuhiko**
I was really looking forward to that pudding!
**[00:29] Yujiro**
Mitsuhiko-kun, are you saying
one of us is the culprit?
***SIGN*** Tamaki Yujiro (65)
Tamaki Book Café Owner
**[00:34] Mitsuhiko**
That's right.
**[00:36] Ayumi**
Who is it?
**[00:38] Mitsuhiko**
Recall the order in which we were
sitting when the crime took place.
**[00:44] Mitsuhiko**
I, the victim, was sitting
at the end of the table.
***SIGN*** Mitsuhiko
**[00:46] Mitsuhiko**
Conan-kun sat next to me, and
Ayumi-chan sat next to him.
***SIGN*** Conan
***SIGN*** Ayumi
**[00:49] Mitsuhiko**
Across from me was Genta-kun, and
sat next to him was Haibara-san.
***SIGN*** Genta
***SIGN*** Haibara
**[00:55] Mitsuhiko**
In other words, only Conan-kun
or Genta-kun could've done it.
**[00:59] Conan**
It wasn't me.
**[01:01] Ichiro**
But, Mitsuhiko-kun, didn't you notice
when your pudding was stolen?
***SIGN*** Tamaki Ichiro (35)
Yujiro's Son
***SIGN*** Yoshikawa Michiko (27)
Ichiro's Fiancée
**[01:06] Mitsuhiko**
No, because the culprit cleverly
directed my gaze away from my pudding.
**[01:11] Conan**
How?
**[01:13] Mitsuhiko**
Well...
**[01:16] Mitsuhiko**
Using this!
**[01:19] Mitsuhiko**
The thief stole my pudding while I
was distracted by the train whistle.
**[01:25] Mitsuhiko**
Isn't that right, pudding
thief Kojima Genta-kun?
**[01:30] Genta**
It wasn't me!
**[01:33] Mitsuhiko**
Don't play dumb.
**[01:35] Mitsuhiko**
The meat sauce from my pasta
is on your right sleeve.
**[01:41] Mitsuhiko**
You probably accidentally got it on
you while reaching for my pudding.
**[01:46] Mitsuhiko**
You can't talk your way out
of this one, Genta-kun!
**[01:53] Genta**
I'm sorry, Mitsuhiko.
**[01:56] Genta**
The eel bowl meal I ordered
didn't come with pudding.
**[02:00] Genta**
But there was a tasty pudding
right in front of me.
**[02:04] Genta**
I couldn't help myself.
**[02:08] Mitsuhiko**
Hate the sinner, not the sin.
**[02:11] Mitsuhiko**
You should reflect on your actions.
**[02:13] Genta**
M-Mitsuhiko, I'm sorry!
**[02:18] Conan**
I definitely couldn't have solved this case.
**[02:22] Conan**
Way to go, Mitsuhiko.
**[02:24] Mitsuhiko**
This case was a piece of cake.
**[02:27] Mitsuhiko**
After all, I am...
**[02:31] Mitsuhiko**
the Great Detective Mitsuhiko!
**[02:45] Conan**
Finally arriving after
swaying back and forth,
**[02:47] Conan**
draw close to mysteries and
begin deducing the truth!
**[02:49] Conan**
A huge collection of books incites a case!
**[02:50] Conan**
An unreadable trick becomes unraveled!
**[02:52] Conan**
Always determining the one truth
**[02:54] Conan**
with the body of a child
and the mind of an adult,
**[02:56] Conan**
his name is Detective Conan!
***SIGN*** The Whistling Bookstore 3
**[04:31] Conan**
"The Whistling Bookstore 3!"
**[04:39] Omura**
This is pretty well written.
**[04:41] Mitsuhiko**
Really?
**[04:43] Omura**
Yeah.
***SIGN*** Omura Kosuke (38)
Author
**[04:44] Omura**
The solution is solid.
**[04:46] Omura**
It's impressive that a first-year
grade schooler came up with this.
**[04:50] Genta**
Why'd you have to make me the pudding thief?!
**[04:54] Genta**
I never did that.
**[04:56] Mitsuhiko**
Who cares? It's my novel.
**[05:00] Omura**
You're right. This isn't a test.
**[05:03] Omura**
You can write whatever you want.
**[05:05] Mitsuhiko**
See?
**[05:07] Genta**
Read mine next.
**[05:09] Genta**
I wrote a story about eel
bowls raining from the sky.
**[05:12] Ayumi**
Read mine, too.
**[05:14] Ayumi**
My story's about shrinking and
making friends with dolls.
**[05:18] Genta**
Eel bowls from the sky first!
**[05:21] Ayumi**
Dolls!
**[05:22] Genta**
Eel bowls!
**[05:24] Omura**
Now, now. I'll read them
one at a time. Just relax.
**[05:30] Conan**
What are you writing?
**[05:32] Haibara**
It's a secret. How about you?
**[05:35] Conan**
Huh?
**[05:37] Conan**
I can't come up with anything.
**[05:41] Conan**
I'm impressed they could.
**[05:46] Conan**
Sorry for getting in your way, Michiko-san.
**[05:49] Michiko**
What?
**[05:50] Michiko**
Oh, it's not like that. It's no trouble at all.
**[05:54] Michiko**
I'm the one who invited you here.
**[05:57] Michiko**
I'm just a little jealous.
**[06:00] Conan**
Jealous?
**[06:02] Michiko**
It's been a few weeks since
I started writing novels,
**[06:06] Michiko**
but those kids get far more praise than I do.
**[06:08] Haibara**
Maybe children have an easier time
coming up with original stories
**[06:11] Haibara**
thanks to their flexible imaginations.
**[06:15] Conan**
*Flexible imaginations, huh?*
**[06:17] Conan**
By the way, Michiko-san, why did you decide
to begin attending a writing class?
**[06:22] Michiko**
You're asking me?
**[06:23] Conan**
Yeah.
**[06:24] Michiko**
I've always liked books,
**[06:27] Michiko**
but I began reading even more after I
started working at Tamaki Book Café.
**[06:32] Michiko**
It made me want to write one of my own.
**[06:36] Conan**
Huh, really?
**[06:38] Michiko**
My goal is to have my own novel on the shelf.
**[06:41] Michiko**
No, that's not all.
**[06:43] Michiko**
I want to write a best-seller that sells
a million copies and win an award, too.
**[06:49] Nojima**
How's it looking?
**[06:51] Omura**
Ah, Nojima-san. Everyone's
written solid stories.
**[06:55] Nojima**
I'm glad to hear that.
**[06:57] Nojima**
I'm more interested in having you
write a hit novel, Omura-sensei.
**[07:02] Nojima**
Otherwise you'll never be able to
stop teaching this writing class.
**[07:07] Omura**
Right...
**[07:09] Conan**
Omura-sensei is a real author?
**[07:12] Michiko**
He is.
**[07:13] Michiko**
He's already published three books.
**[07:16] Conan**
I see.
**[07:18] Conan**
Who's that man?
**[07:20] Michiko**
That's Nojima Ryoji-san.
***SIGN*** Nojima Ryoji (65)
Book Collector
**[07:23] Michiko**
He owns this building.
**[07:24] Michiko**
I heard he's something
like Omura-san's sponsor.
**[07:28] Conan**
Huh.
**[07:31] Nojima**
Rubbish.
**[07:35] Genta**
What was that for?! That's my novel!
**[07:38] Nojima**
You haven't got the fundamentals
of storytelling down!
**[07:40] Nojima**
I bet you haven't even read the classics!
**[07:43] Omura**
Now, now, Nojima-san.
**[07:45] Omura**
You're speaking to a child.
**[07:47] Nojima**
Once someone has taken up the pen,
it doesn't matter if they're a child.
**[07:50] Nojima**
There will be no half-assed
writing in this classroom!
**[07:54] Nojima**
Looks like you need a little educating.
**[07:57] Nojima**
I'll show you what a real story looks like.
**[08:01] Nojima**
Nagisa-san, we're going
down into the basement.
***SIGN*** Takeuchi Nagisa (45)
Housekeeper
**[08:04] Nagisa**
Yes, sir.
**[08:21] Genta**
Wow!
***SIGN*** Temperature
Humidity
**[08:28] Conan**
It's even air-conditioned.
**[08:31] Conan**
He takes really good care of his books.
**[08:36] ---**
Hey, look...
**[08:37] Nojima**
Be careful.
**[08:38] Nojima**
That book is worth six million yen.
**[08:48] Nojima**
You should begin by reading
these for reference.
**[08:52] Michiko**
Are these rare books as well?
**[08:56] Nojima**
The cheapest one is worth
about a million yen.
**[09:00] Mitsuhiko**
I'm too scared to read
such an expensive book.
**[09:04] Nojima**
It doesn't matter if they get dirty.
**[09:06] Nojima**
Books have value when they're read.
**[09:08] Nojima**
And only first editions should ever be read.
**[09:11] Ayumi**
But...
**[09:11] Nojima**
Quit complaining and read!
**[09:13] Nojima**
I'm not letting you out of this room until
you've read the books I've given you!
**[09:17] All**
Okay!
**[09:28] Nojima**
Put them back on the shelf
when you're done reading.
**[09:36] Omura**
I'll be upstairs.
**[09:38] Nagisa**
Understood.
**[09:53] Genta**
I finally finished.
**[09:55] Nojima**
Hey, that's not where that
book goes! It goes over here!
**[09:58] Nojima**
And how dare you place it upside down?
**[10:01] Nojima**
Who raised you?
**[10:04] Genta**
Sorry!
**[10:07] Nojima**
Good.
**[10:07] Genta**
Yes, sir!
**[10:10] Nojima**
What? Are you hungry?
**[10:13] Genta**
Yeah.
**[10:15] Nojima**
I suppose that can't be helped.
Nagisa-san, prepare us some lunch.
**[10:19] Nagisa**
Yes, sir.
**[10:23] Genta**
This looks great!
**[10:24] Ayumi**
You're right.
**[10:26] Mitsuhiko**
Let's dig in.
**[10:28] All**
Thanks for the food!
**[10:37] Conan**
What's wrong?
**[10:39] Michiko**
It's nothing.
**[10:41] Michiko**
I seem to have cut my finger on a book.
**[10:44] Ayumi**
I've got band-aids.
**[10:47] Michiko**
Thank you, Ayumi-chan.
**[10:50] Nojima**
We'll keep reading once
you're finished eating.
**[10:53] Omura**
Nojima-san, these children
are still in class.
**[10:56] Nojima**
Do you presume to order me around, thief?
**[11:02] Omura**
H-Hey, don't bring that up here.
**[11:05] Nojima**
Silence! How dare a lowly
author talk back to me?!
**[11:13] Nagisa**
Sir, it's not good for your
health to get so excited.
**[11:18] Nojima**
Don't tell me what to do. I'm—
**[11:27] Conan**
Michiko-san?!
***SIGN*** Toto University Hospital
**[11:36] Ichiro**
Michiko!
**[11:38] Ichiro**
Are you okay, Michiko?
**[11:41] Michiko**
Ichiro-san...
**[11:43] Michiko**
I'm sorry for making you worry.
**[11:47] Ichiro**
I'm glad you're all right.
**[11:49] Michiko**
I'm fine now. I just wasn't feeling well.
**[11:56] Michiko**
Is something wrong?
**[11:59] Yujiro**
Michiko-san, we just got done
speaking to the police and doctors.
**[12:05] Michiko**
The police?
**[12:07] Yujiro**
Michiko-san, apparently it's
possible that you've been poisoned.
**[12:13] Michiko**
What?
**[12:27] Mitsuhiko**
Um, Detective Takagi?
**[12:29] Mitsuhiko**
Is it true that Michiko-san was poisoned?
**[12:33] Takagi**
Well, actually...
**[12:35] Forensics**
Detective Takagi.
**[12:36] Takagi**
Yes?
**[12:37] Forensics**
We didn't find poison in the food
or beverage the victim consumed.
**[12:42] Takagi**
Really?
**[12:43] Forensics**
Yes.
**[12:45] Takagi**
Then when and how was she poisoned?
**[12:48] Conan**
Detective Takagi.
**[12:50] Conan**
Maybe the poison was on a book.
**[12:54] Takagi**
A book?
**[12:57] Conan**
Michiko-san said she cut her finger
on a book and sucked on the cut.
**[13:00] Conan**
Maybe that's when it happened.
**[13:07] Takagi**
Well?
**[13:08] Forensics**
We didn't find any poison on these books.
**[13:11] Forensics**
But we did find a highly-concentrated
poison on this one.
**[13:16] Takagi**
Then it must've been because
she touched that book.
**[13:20] Takagi**
Nojima-san, how is this book stored?
**[13:24] Nojima**
It was simply left in here,
but the entrance was locked.
**[13:29] Takagi**
Who has access to this library?
**[13:32] Nojima**
Nagisa-san and I had keys.
**[13:35] Nojima**
But since we'd unlock it for anyone who
asked, Omura-sensei was often in here as well.
**[13:42] Omura**
That's right.
**[13:43] Takagi**
Which means all three of you had
the opportunity to poison the book.
**[13:49] Mitsuhiko**
Come to think of it, wasn't it Nojima-san
who handed her the book to read?
**[13:54] Ayumi**
Yeah.
**[13:55] Takagi**
Really? Is that true?
**[13:57] Genta**
It's true.
**[13:59] Takagi**
Which means, Nojima-san, it's
likely that you poisoned her.
**[14:04] Nojima**
Wait, wait. I handed out
novels as writing references.
**[14:10] Nojima**
But that book is an encyclopedia.
**[14:13] Nojima**
I didn't hand that to anyone.
**[14:16] Takagi**
Omura-san, is that true?
**[14:17] Conan**
*I feel like I've seen that book before.*
**[14:18] Omura**
Yes. It's true that Nojima-san
handed out novels.
**[14:22] Takagi**
I see.
**[14:24] Conan**
Paris green...
**[14:25] Takagi**
What?
**[14:26] Conan**
Isn't the color of that book Paris green?
**[14:29] Takagi**
P-Paris green?
**[14:31] Conan**
Yeah. We'd know for certain if
we asked an old book expert.
**[14:36] Takagi**
An old book expert?
**[14:41] Takagi**
Well, Tamaki-san?
**[14:43] Yujiro**
There's no mistaking it.
**[14:45] Yujiro**
Like Conan-kun said, this is Paris green.
**[14:49] Conan**
I knew it. I felt like I'd seen
it in an online news story before.
**[14:53] Takagi**
So, what is Paris green exactly?
**[14:57] Yujiro**
It's the artificial pigment
used in this book's binding.
**[15:02] Yujiro**
Until the second half of the 19th Century,
**[15:04] Yujiro**
a powerful poison was used to
produce this vivid green color.
**[15:10] Takagi**
What? Poison?
**[15:12] Yujiro**
Yes.
**[15:13] Yujiro**
According to one theory, Napoleon
**[15:16] Yujiro**
was killed by a poison exuded
from Paris green wallpaper.
**[15:21] Mitsuhiko**
What? Napoleon?
**[15:24] Yujiro**
It's just a theory.
**[15:27] Takagi**
In other words, the book
itself was a poisonous book.
**[15:32] Takagi**
Nojima-san, were you aware of this?
**[15:34] Nojima**
No, that's news to me.
**[15:36] Nojima**
I had no idea it was such a dangerous book.
**[15:39] Takagi**
Which means it seems likely that
this was an accident that occurred
**[15:45] Takagi**
when the victim unconsciously
touched this book.
**[15:47] Ayumi**
Come to think of it, Michiko-san was
looking at lots of books in here.
**[15:51] Genta**
Yeah.
**[15:53] Conan**
* The question is why did*
* Michiko-san touch that book?*
**[16:05] Conan**
*What's this scratch?*
**[16:14] Conan**
*This is blood.*
**[16:17] Conan**
* Then Michiko-san must've cut*
* her finger on this book.*
**[16:21] Conan**
*But what's it doing here?*
**[16:24] Conan**
*What's this?*
**[16:29] Conan**
*This indentation... Could it be?*
**[16:36] Conan**
*I see.*
**[16:38] Conan**
*So that's how it is!*
***SIGN*** Toto University Hospital
**[16:41] Nojima**
Michiko-san, I'm sorry.
**[16:44] Nojima**
I had no idea there was a
poisonous book in that library.
**[16:48] Michiko**
Don't worry about it.
**[16:50] Michiko**
I didn't know it was there either.
**[16:54] Nojima**
I'm really sorry.
**[16:56] Nojima**
I know this can't make up for it,
**[16:59] Nojima**
but I hope they'll at least make your
stay in the hospital less boring.
**[17:02] Nagisa**
For you.
**[17:05] Michiko**
Are you sure I can have all of these?
**[17:07] Michiko**
Thank you.
**[17:09] Nojima**
We should get going.
**[17:11] Nagisa**
Excuse us.
**[17:18] Omura**
Michiko-san, let's keep working on
your novel once you're feeling better.
**[17:22] Michiko**
Sure. I'll come up with ideas while I'm here.
**[17:26] Omura**
Bye.
**[17:30] Michiko**
Conan-kun, what is it?
**[17:33] Conan**
Michiko-san, did you touch a
German book in that library?
**[17:38] Michiko**
What? Yeah, I did.
**[17:42] Conan**
Why did you do that?
**[17:45] Michiko**
Something caught my attention.
**[17:47] Michiko**
I cut my finger when I did, though.
**[17:51] Conan**
Was the thing that caught your attention...?
**[17:55] Nojima**
Ah, this is it.
**[17:57] Nojima**
I've been looking for this book.
**[18:00] Nojima**
How considerate of you.
**[18:03] Nojima**
Damn it.
**[18:06] Nojima**
I cut myself on the paper.
**[18:08] Conan**
Don't lick that!
**[18:11] Nojima**
You're the boy from this afternoon.
**[18:12] Nojima**
What do you mean, don't lick that?
**[18:15] Nojima**
Is this book...?
**[18:17] Conan**
No, that book isn't poisonous or anything.
**[18:21] Conan**
But if you lick your finger, what happened
to Michiko-san will happen to you.
**[18:25] Nojima**
What?
**[18:26] Conan**
Right?
**[18:28] Conan**
You rigged the book and poisoned Michiko-san.
**[18:33] Conan**
Right, Omura Kosuke-san the author?
**[18:38] Omura**
What are you talking about?
**[18:39] Omura**
I simply found the book
Nojima-san was looking for.
**[18:43] Conan**
Then what's this doing here?
**[18:48] Nojima**
What is that?
**[18:50] Conan**
A box cutter blade.
**[18:51] Conan**
Omura-san hid this poisoned
blade inside the book.
**[18:56] Conan**
He planned to poison you when you cut your
finger removing the book from the shelf.
**[19:01] Conan**
Since there are poisonous
books in this library,
**[19:03] Conan**
he could make it look
like an accidental death.
**[19:09] Nojima**
Omura! Michiko-san wasn't enough?
You had to poison me, too?
**[19:14] Conan**
You're wrong.
**[19:15] Nojima**
What?
**[19:16] Conan**
You were Omura-san's only target.
**[19:22] Conan**
Michiko-san had the bad luck of
falling for Omura-san's trap.
**[19:27] Nojima**
How did he plan to make me
pick up the poisoned book?
**[19:32] Conan**
Probably by doing this.
**[19:36] Conan**
Nojima-san, you scolded Genta-kun
this afternoon, remember?
**[19:40] Nojima**
*And how dare you place it upside down?*
**[19:42] Nojima**
*Who raised you?*
**[19:45] Conan**
By placing the poisoned book upside down...
**[19:49] Nojima**
He thought I'd notice and pick it up.
**[19:52] Conan**
Yeah.
**[19:53] Conan**
It caught Michiko-san's attention because
she works at the book café, so she picked it up
**[19:58] Conan**
without realizing the book was poisoned.
**[20:11] Conan**
The scratch on the shelf
from the blade that was made
**[20:16] Conan**
when she flipped the book over proves it.
**[20:18] Nojima**
But Nagisa-san could've
fallen for that trap, too.
**[20:23] Conan**
That's why he used a German book.
**[20:25] Nojima**
Even if Nagisa-san can't read German,
**[20:29] Nojima**
she'd at least notice if
a book were upside down.
**[20:32] Conan**
There are books from all
over the world here, right?
**[20:35] Nojima**
Y-Yeah...
**[20:37] Conan**
When placed right side up,
***SIGN*** American
**[20:39] Conan**
the titles on the spines of American
books are read from top to bottom,
***SIGN*** European
**[20:44] Conan**
but European books are
read from the bottom up.
**[20:48] Conan**
Because there are Western
books in this library
**[20:51] Conan**
whose spines are read from the
top down and the bottom up,
**[20:55] Conan**
at a glance, it's hard to know
which ones are upside down.
**[20:58] Nojima**
I see.
**[21:00] Nojima**
But, Omura-sensei, why poison me?
**[21:04] Nojima**
I've always supported you.
**[21:07] Omura**
Supported me?
**[21:08] Omura**
Don't be absurd!
**[21:10] Omura**
You've worked me like a dog!
**[21:13] Omura**
I'm sorry for stealing your books
and selling them when I was broke.
**[21:18] Omura**
But you worked me like
a slave because of that!
**[21:26] Omura**
I had reached my limit.
**[22:58] Conan**
Michiko-san, you're feeling better.
**[23:00] Michiko**
Yes, thankfully.
**[23:03] Ayumi**
I'm so glad.
**[23:05] Michiko**
Oh, right. I have a present for all of you.
**[23:10] Genta**
Is it snacks?
**[23:11] Mitsuhiko**
Judging by the shape, it's probably a book.
**[23:14] Haibara**
We've seen this before.
**[23:17] Michiko**
Open them.
**[23:19] Conan**
*Is it another first edition Sherlock Holmes?*
***SIGN*** Falling In Love With Love
***SIGN*** Yoshikawa Michiko
**[23:29] Michiko**
I finished my novel since I didn't have
anything else to do at the hospital.
**[23:34] Michiko**
I took the plunge and self-published.
**[23:40] Conan**
* Of course. That would be*
* too good to be true...*