E19 - The Elevator Murder Case
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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!
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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
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All I have faith in is
the pounding of my heart
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That and nothing else
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The Elevator Murder Case.
[02:01] ---
Emergency Exit
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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.
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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.
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And this here is...
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Conan Edogawa!
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Right! Conan-kun!
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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.
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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...
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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
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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!
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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.
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And this center elevator is
the one Taniguchi Mika-san took?
[09:56] ---
That one's non-stop to the 8th floor,
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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
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until she returned here?
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Two minutes.
[10:20] ---
No, a little more
than one minute, I think.
[10:23] ---
A little under two minutes...
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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,
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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:
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Eerie basement.
[24:52] ---
Next episode is a little bit scary.
[24:54] ---