E19 - The Elevator Murder Case

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[00:01] ---
    My name's Conan Edogawa!
[00:02] ---
    High school student Shinichi was forced
    to take a drug that shrunk him.
[00:06] ---
    Although smaller, my mind remains
    that of a sharp detective!
[00:08] ---
    Today's case takes place
    in a high-rise building!
[00:10] ---
    These elevators bear a crime!
[00:12] ---
    Even when hidden behind double doors,
    there's always only one truth!
[00:15] ---
    The first end of the century in 100 years
[00:21] ---
    When told to cry, I laughed instead
[00:34] ---
    The first end of the century
    in a long, long time
[00:40] ---
    We're leaping into a wide open world
[00:46] ---
    The things I tried to
    understand as a child
[00:52] ---
    remain a mystery even as an adult
[00:58] ---
    I'm neither a hotshot
    nor especially great
[01:04] ---
    All I understand is
    the pounding of my heart
[01:11] ---
    It's neither an answer nor the truth
[01:17] ---
    All I have faith in is
    the pounding of my heart
[01:23] ---
    That and nothing else
[01:46] ---
    The Elevator Murder Case.
[02:01] ---
    Emergency Exit
[02:10] ---
    Fitting Room
[02:29] ---
    Come on, it's a holiday!
    Why's there so much traffic?!
[02:35] ---
    Are you sure it wouldn't
    have been faster by train?
[02:39] ---
    Being a model for Ashiya-san's clothing--
    it's like a dream come true!
[02:44] ---
    You're sure this is Ashiya Eiko, right?
[02:48] ---
    You know that she's...
[02:50] ---
    ...One of the top fashion
    designers in Japan, right?
[02:55] ---
    Wasn't Ashiya Eiko the one whose
    fashion show was cancelled recently?
[03:01] ---
    A rival company announced
    a winter clothing line
[03:07] ---
    very similar to the latest line
    that she was going to have at her show.
[03:11] ---
    So she had no choice but to cancel it.
[03:13] ---
    You sure know a lot about her!
[03:16] ---
    Don't tell me you're actually
    an Ashiya Eiko fan!
[03:20] ---
    I had no idea, Dad!
[03:22] ---
    Don't be silly! A detective
    must always expand his horizons
[03:25] ---
    to keep on top of what's going on
    in the world around him!
[03:29] ---
    Sure...
[03:32] ---
    Here it is!
[03:37] ---
    That's one big building...
[03:42] ---
    You're not going to be
    a model yourself, you know.
[03:45] ---
    I know that! You're really
    starting to get on my nerves!
[03:50] ---
    Excuse me! My name's Mori Ran...
[03:53] ---
    Ah, we've been expecting you.
[03:55] ---
    The company president will be back soon.
    Please wait over there.
[03:59] ---
    Sure!
[04:02] ---
    It certainly is quiet!
[04:04] ---
    Yes, today's a holiday,
    so there's no one else here.
[04:10] ---
    I'm so sorry to keep you waiting, Ran-san!
[04:13] ---
    No, that's okay!
[04:15] ---
    Hey...
[04:16] ---
    What?
[04:17] ---
    Are big purses the latest style now?
[04:24] ---
    Her life revolves around all
    the up-and-coming fashions!
[04:27] ---
    I'm sure it'll catch on soon!
[04:31] ---
    I'm really sorry about that.
[04:34] ---
    This is my father and Conan Edogawa-kun.
[04:37] ---
    They absolutely
    insisted on coming with me...
[04:40] ---
    Mori Kogoro, at your service.
[04:41] ---
    Thank you for giving
    my daughter this opportunity--
[04:43] ---
    Mori Kogoro? The famous detective?!
[04:46] ---
    Oh, you've heard of me!
    What an honor this is!
[04:49] ---
    These are a token of my admiration.
    Please accept them.
[04:53] ---
    Ashiya-sensei?
[04:54] ---
    Sorry. Thank you.
[04:59] ---
    Good morning.
[05:01] ---
    Morning.
[05:02] ---
    This is my secretary,
    Taniguchi Mika-san.
[05:05] ---
    Nice to meet you.
[05:07] ---
    This is Mori Ran-san
    and her father, Kogoro-san.
[05:11] ---
    And this here is...
[05:12] ---
    Conan Edogawa!
[05:14] ---
    Right! Conan-kun!
[05:16] ---
    Sorry to call you here on a Sunday.
[05:20] ---
    That's okay. I'll just quit
    as soon as I can.
[05:25] ---
    After all, I am being forced
    to work on weekends now.
[05:31] ---
    Fine. Whatever you like.
[05:34] ---
    I'll just go put these flowers in
    my office and bring back the paperwork.
[05:40] ---
    Please have a seat there with
    your father and Conan-kun while you wait.
[05:45] ---
    Certainly!
[05:47] ---
    Mika-san. Go to the 8th floor
    fitting room and get ready.
[05:52] ---
    See you shortly.
[05:56] ---
    Excuse me, but is
    that secretary quitting?
[06:01] ---
    Yes. She's apparently already
    turned in her letter of resignation.
[06:06] ---
    They seem on such bad terms,
    but she still pushed the button for her.
[06:15] ---
    Direct elevator to the 15th floor
[06:22] ---
    Direct elevator to the 8th floor
    (Stops at each floor coming down)
[06:24] ---
    Well, let's wait over here.
[06:25] ---
    But first I need to use the bathroom!
[06:27] ---
    Same here!
[06:29] ---
    Hurry up and go!
[06:32] ---
    That feels much better!
[06:34] ---
    Did you both remember
    to wash your hands?
[06:41] ---
    Eda-san!
[06:44] ---
    What is it?!
[06:45] ---
    I called Mika-san's cell phone
    from my office, but she won't answer!
[06:50] ---
    Will you come look with me?
[06:51] ---
    Of course!
[06:52] ---
    Why's she so worked up about
    someone not answering their phone?
[06:57] ---
    That's strange.
[06:58] ---
    The elevator Taniguchi-san
    used is stuck on the 8th floor.
[07:03] ---
    Could something have happened to her?!
[07:05] ---
    For now, let's take this elevator up
    and see for ourselves.
[07:29] ---
    What's the matter, Eiko-san?
[07:37] ---
    The secretary, Taniguchi Mika-san...
[07:41] ---
    Wait! There are footprints on the floor!
[07:44] ---
    Footprints...
[07:50] ---
    It would seem they were made
    by dust from the emergency stairs!
[07:53] ---
    A robber must've broke inside!
[07:54] ---
    They snuck in, found Mika-san,
    and then stabbed her!
[07:58] ---
    It's almost like she knew this
    would happen to Taniguchi-san...
[08:05] ---
    Eda-san! Could you stop the door?
[08:07] ---
    Right!
[08:18] ---
    I can't believe this...
[08:26] ---
    These footprints...
[08:35] ---
    Stabbed through the heart.
    Died almost instantly.
[08:38] ---
    Inspector!
[08:40] ---
    These footprints are
    26 centimeters in length.
[08:43] ---
    26 centimeters, eh...
[08:45] ---
    It must've been a man.
[08:51] ---
    There's a blood stain on her shoulder...
[08:53] ---
    And what's this crease doing
    on the shoulder of her jacket?
[08:58] ---
    Would someone working in the
    overly conscious fashion industry
[09:02] ---
    wear something with
    a crease like that?
[09:06] ---
    But the strangest thing is that
    Taniguchi-san is lying on the ground
[09:09] ---
    facing away from the elevator.
[09:12] ---
    If she was stabbed
    as she got off the elevator,
[09:16] ---
    she would have collapsed inside it!
[09:19] ---
    In which case, the killer must've
    purposely pulled her into the hallway.
[09:27] ---
    But why would they need to do that?!
[09:35] ---
    You and Taniguchi-san were riding
    in different elevators, correct?
[09:39] ---
    Yes. That elevator was the one I took.
[09:45] ---
    The 15th floor?
[09:47] ---
    This goes non-stop to the 15th floor?
[09:50] ---
    Yes, that's right.
[09:51] ---
    And this center elevator is
    the one Taniguchi Mika-san took?
[09:56] ---
    That one's non-stop to the 8th floor,
[09:58] ---
    and then it can go floor-by-floor,
    all the way to the 15th floor.
[10:02] ---
    And then the one we took just
    now stops at the 8th floor,
[10:04] ---
    then comes back down
    in single-floor increments...
[10:07] ---
    That's correct.
[10:08] ---
    Only two elevators can
    go to the 15th floor.
[10:12] ---
    How much time passed from when
    Ashiya-san first got into the elevator
[10:17] ---
    until she returned here?
[10:19] ---
    Two minutes.
[10:20] ---
    No, a little more
    than one minute, I think.
[10:23] ---
    A little under two minutes...
[10:25] ---
    Inspector.
[10:26] ---
    The emergency stairwell exit
    on the 1st floor was unlocked.
[10:34] ---
    When did you last do your rounds?
[10:35] ---
    About 2 hours before the incident.
[10:38] ---
    I'm certain the door was locked then!
[10:41] ---
    Did anyone enter or leave
    the building afterwards?
[10:44] ---
    Nobody except the company president.
[10:48] ---
    Yes, I needed to check something.
[10:50] ---
    I arrived about an hour ago
    and was in my office for half an hour.
[10:54] ---
    After that, I left to get some coffee.
[10:58] ---
    I left through the main entrance,
    of course.
[11:00] ---
    Inspector! I think Eiko-san is right--
[11:03] ---
    this was the work of a burglar
    breaking into the building!
[11:05] ---
    The killer unlocked the 1st floor
    emergency exit from the outside
[11:09] ---
    and took the stairs to the 8th floor.
[11:11] ---
    Then, just as he passed
    by the elevators...
[11:15] ---
    ...he ran into Taniguchi-san.
[11:22] ---
    He murdered her,
    then escaped back down the stairs.
[11:28] ---
    Alright! Search the
    nearby vicinity immediately!
[11:31] ---
    Also, I'll need to take
    your fingerprints, Ashiya-san.
[11:34] ---
    Are you implying that I'm the murderer?!
[11:37] ---
    Nothing of the sort!
[11:39] ---
    It's to distinguish between
    the killer's fingerprints and yours!
[11:42] ---
    Besides, there's no way you could
    possibly have been the murderer!
[11:46] ---
    Why not?
[11:49] ---
    Are you stupid or something?!
[11:52] ---
    Pay attention, now.
[11:53] ---
    Eiko-san and Taniguchi-san got
    in different elevators at the same time.
[11:58] ---
    Taniguchi-san arrived at the 8th floor
[12:00] ---
    and was murdered immediately
    after the doors opened.
[12:03] ---
    Meanwhile, Eiko-san
    was on the 15th floor...
[12:05] ---
    ...and there was no elevator
    to take her to the 8th floor!
[12:07] ---
    So how could she have
    killed Taniguchi-san?
[12:10] ---
    But that doesn't clear her
    of all suspicion--
[12:14] ---
    You're just a kid--
    don't tell a pro how to do his job!
[12:16] ---
    That's no excuse for hitting him, Dad!
[12:19] ---
    But he just won't learn!
[12:22] ---
    What a lost cause!
    Can't depend on him at all!
[12:24] ---
    Here goes!
[12:25] ---
    Conan-kun! Where are you going?!
[12:27] ---
    Forget about him!
[12:37] ---
    If I'm right, the key to solving
    this case should be on the 15th floor!
[12:45] ---
    Wow! The company president's floor
    sure is nice!
[12:48] ---
    What fancy carpeting!
[12:56] ---
    A flower petal?
[13:03] ---
    Pollen...
[13:11] ---
    What's this?!
[13:13] ---
    Tape marks!
[13:17] ---
    President's Office
[13:32] ---
    It's the same pollen.
[13:35] ---
    Why?
[13:37] ---
    Why was there a flower petal
    and pollen here?
[13:40] ---
    She wouldn't have passed by here
    if she went straight to her office...
[13:45] ---
    Taniguchi-san was killed inside
    this elevator on the 8th floor.
[13:50] ---
    Ashiya Eiko-san was all
    by herself for just over a minute.
[13:53] ---
    Taking the stairs to the 8th floor,
    killing her, and then coming back up
[13:59] ---
    would take at least 4 or 5 minutes.
[14:02] ---
    Meaning that the question here
    is where exactly she was killed.
[14:09] ---
    The way her body
    was lying on the ground...
[14:12] ---
    The blood stain and the unnaturally
    crumpled part of her jacket...
[14:15] ---
    The flower petal lying on the floor...
[14:18] ---
    And the tape marks around
    the call button for the elevator
[14:21] ---
    that Taniguchi-san was in...
[14:24] ---
    That's it! Now I get it!
[14:26] ---
    This is an alibi trick
    involving elevators!
[14:30] ---
    Taniguchi-san's murderer
    was indeed Ashiya Eiko!
[14:40] ---
    No fingerprints at all?
[14:42] ---
    Nope. There were none on the knife
    nor on the 1st floor emergency exit.
[14:48] ---
    Excuse me, Inspector.
    Would it be all right if I went home?
[14:53] ---
    Of course. That should
    be enough for today...
[14:57] ---
    Oh no! If she goes,
    she'll dispose of the evidence!
[15:01] ---
    I have no other choice!
    I'll have to use the old man again!
[15:06] ---
    Ran-san.
[15:07] ---
    Yes?
[15:08] ---
    Sorry, but can we do this another day?
[15:09] ---
    No problem!
[15:11] ---
    Well, I'll just be going now...
[15:13] ---
    Allow me to see you to the door.
[15:18] ---
    Not again...
[15:21] ---
    ...Which is what I would like to say,
    but we cannot allow you to leave.
[15:27] ---
    The reason being...
[15:29] ---
    ...that you're the one
    who murdered Taniguchi Mika-san!
[15:39] ---
    Dad!
[15:40] ---
    What are you talking about, Mori-kun?
[15:42] ---
    You were the one who just explained
    why she couldn't have done it!
[15:47] ---
    Yes, that I did.
[15:49] ---
    But that was a trick.
[15:51] ---
    A trick?!
[15:53] ---
    But first, allow me to explain those
    footprints in the 8th floor hallway.
[15:58] ---
    Have a seat, if you would.
[16:01] ---
    That was a ruse she concocted
    to make Taniguchi Mika-san's murder
[16:06] ---
    look like the result of
    a burglar breaking in.
[16:10] ---
    Try to remember what
    those footprints looked like.
[16:13] ---
    Normally, someone would run away
    after committing a murder, correct?
[16:16] ---
    This would cause the footprints
    to be far apart.
[16:19] ---
    However, these footprints
    were made by someone walking
[16:23] ---
    on both their way into
    and out of the building.
[16:25] ---
    I see. Now that you mention it,
    you're right...
[16:28] ---
    Eiko-san.
[16:29] ---
    You entered the building
    an hour before the murder,
[16:32] ---
    made the fake footprints,
[16:34] ---
    and then unlocked the 1st floor
    emergency exit from the inside.
[16:40] ---
    After this, you hid the sneakers
    that don't fit you inside your large purse
[16:45] ---
    and then left the building.
[16:47] ---
    You came back 30 minutes later,
    after you had disposed of the sneakers.
[16:52] ---
    And then as we looked on,
[16:55] ---
    you headed for the elevator hall
    with Taniguchi Mika-san.
[16:59] ---
    You were the one who
    pressed the call button.
[17:02] ---
    The reason being that you needed her
    to use the center elevator
[17:08] ---
    instead of the one
    that was nearest to her.
[17:14] ---
    Inside the elevator, you started
    dialing her number on your cell phone.
[17:19] ---
    After getting off on the 15th floor,
    you pressed the dial button.
[17:23] ---
    It's hard for cell phones to connect
    while inside elevators, you see.
[17:31] ---
    You told Taniguchi-san to come
    to the 15th floor right away.
[17:37] ---
    Meanwhile, you taped a coin to
    the call button on the 15th floor.
[17:44] ---
    You did this to make sure the
    elevator doors wouldn't close
[17:48] ---
    while you were killing her.
[17:52] ---
    Hold on!
[17:55] ---
    Mori-kun! The victim was
    found dead on the 8th floor!
[17:58] ---
    Now we come to the
    main point of the trick.
[18:02] ---
    Didn't you find the direction
    she was lying strange?
[18:07] ---
    If she had been stabbed by someone
    as she was getting off the elevator,
[18:11] ---
    she would have fallen back into it.
[18:14] ---
    But she was lying outside of the elevator,
    facing away from it.
[18:18] ---
    Now that you mention it...
[18:21] ---
    Eiko-san stabbed Taniguchi-san
    on the 15th floor,
[18:24] ---
    got behind her, and then turned her
    in the direction of the hallway.
[18:30] ---
    Then she pressed the button
    for the 8th floor
[18:32] ---
    and removed the tape
    from the call button.
[18:35] ---
    She then propped Taniguchi-san up
    in a sitting position
[18:39] ---
    and sent her down to the 8th floor.
[18:50] ---
    I can't believe she
    would do such a thing...
[18:53] ---
    There were two keys to unraveling
    the mystery behind this alibi trick.
[18:58] ---
    The first was the crease on the
    shoulder of Taniguchi-san's jacket.
[19:03] ---
    It was created when the jacket was
    caught between the elevator doors.
[19:08] ---
    The second key was in the flower petal
    and pollen left on the carpet
[19:13] ---
    when Eiko-san put
    the bouquet on the floor
[19:15] ---
    so it wouldn't get in the way
    of killing Taniguchi-san.
[19:19] ---
    That's an interesting story.
[19:21] ---
    But it's nothing but a theory.
[19:24] ---
    Besides, if Taniguchi-san rode
    the 8th floor elevator a second time,
[19:29] ---
    her fingerprint should have been
    on the 8th floor call button.
[19:33] ---
    Well, Inspector?
[19:35] ---
    Any fingerprints on the call button?
[19:37] ---
    No. No fingerprints at all.
[19:41] ---
    Sorry, Mori-san.
    Taniguchi-san didn't go to the 15th floor.
[19:45] ---
    Your theory has been disproved!
[19:47] ---
    Indeed. Because you removed
    her fingerprint yourself.
[19:50] ---
    Truly stupendous execution, it was.
[19:53] ---
    In order to close the elevator doors,
    you pressed the call button
[19:57] ---
    and then removed her fingerprint
    by wiping it off.
[19:59] ---
    Wait a minute! Does that mean
    there's no proof?!
[20:03] ---
    Oh, there's proof all right.
[20:06] ---
    Inside Eiko-san's purse!
[20:10] ---
    What kind of proof?!
[20:12] ---
    The bloody gloves she used
    when committing the murder.
[20:15] ---
    Time-wise, she shouldn't have
    been able to dispose of them.
[20:19] ---
    And she couldn't dare hide
    them inside the building.
[20:23] ---
    You were more than confident
    about your elevator alibi trick.
[20:27] ---
    In other words, the only possibility
    is that the bloodied gloves
[20:31] ---
    are in your possession!
[20:34] ---
    The one who stole your design
    and sold it to that rival company...
[20:38] ---
    ...was Taniguchi Mika-san, wasn't it?
[20:43] ---
    You're right. The evidence is here, too.
[20:48] ---
    But I did it because she had betrayed me.
[20:50] ---
    She said she didn't care
    if I went to the police
[20:52] ---
    because after canceling my fashion show,
[20:55] ---
    doing so would only damage
    the Ashiya Eiko brand name even more.
[20:58] ---
    Letter of Resignation
[20:58] ---
    Then she tried to quit the company.
[21:02] ---
    I decided to kill her
    while she was still with the company.
[21:07] ---
    And that was today...
[21:09] ---
    When I heard your father was the
    famous detective Mori Kogoro-san,
[21:15] ---
    I didn't know what to do.
[21:18] ---
    But I didn't have a change of heart.
[21:43] ---
    Just my imagination
[21:46] ---
    Playing with threads around my finger
    while drinking lukewarm tea
[21:57] ---
    Let's walk lightly
    to the bossa nova rhythm
[22:04] ---
    The puzzle pieces are in my hands
[22:11] ---
    That's right...
[22:16] ---
    I was in the same place last week
    but with different clothes
[22:27] ---
    Step by step,
    there's no reason to be anxious
[22:34] ---
    Case by case,
    I don't care if you laugh
[22:41] ---
    Beyond the countless days,
    she's waiting for me
[22:50] ---
    I gotta go my own way
[23:05] ---
    Ran-san.
[23:07] ---
    You may not believe me,
[23:10] ---
    but I was telling the truth when
    I told you why I wanted you as a model.
[23:15] ---
    I wanted someone with a healthy mind
    and body such as yourself
[23:18] ---
    to wear Ashiya Eiko clothing.
[23:26] ---
    I'm so sorry, Ran-neechan...
[23:28] ---
    You almost had your
    chance to be a model...
[23:31] ---
    No, that's okay.
[23:34] ---
    Huh? Come to think of it, where's Dad?
[23:37] ---
    Whoops! I left him there, asleep!
[23:44] ---
    It looks like this case
    has taken its toll on him...
[23:47] ---
    After all, he's a fan of Ashiya Eiko-san,
    and he just exposed her crime!
[23:53] ---
    If he found out I was the one who
    exposed her crime, he'd murder me!
[24:10] ---
    Mitsuhiko!
[24:22] ---
    I've figured it out! You're the ghost!
[24:26] ---
    On the next Conan--
[24:27] ---
    The Haunted House Murder.
[24:47] ---
    Next Conan's Hint:
[24:49] ---
    Eerie basement.
[24:52] ---
    Next episode is a little bit scary.
[24:54] ---