# 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!
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These elevators bear a crime!
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Even when hidden behind double doors,
there's always only one truth!
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*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*
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*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?
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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.
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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!
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Yes, today's a holiday,
so there's no one else here.
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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!
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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.
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They absolutely
insisted on coming with me...
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Mori Kogoro, at your service.
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Thank you for giving
my daughter this opportunity--
**[04:43] ---**
Mori Kogoro? The famous detective?!
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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.
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Morning.
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This is my secretary,
Taniguchi Mika-san.
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Nice to meet you.
**[05:07] ---**
This is Mori Ran-san
and her father, Kogoro-san.
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And this here is...
**[05:12] ---**
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?
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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.
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Direct elevator to the 15th floor
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Direct elevator to the 8th floor
(Stops at each floor coming down)
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Well, let's wait over here.
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But first I need to use the bathroom!
**[06:27] ---**
Same here!
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Hurry up and go!
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That feels much better!
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Did you both remember
to wash your hands?
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Eda-san!
**[06:44] ---**
What is it?!
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I called Mika-san's cell phone
from my office, but she won't answer!
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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.
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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?
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The secretary, Taniguchi Mika-san...
**[07:41] ---**
Wait! There are footprints on the floor!
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Footprints...
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It would seem they were made
by dust from the emergency stairs!
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A robber must've broke inside!
**[07:54] ---**
They snuck in, found Mika-san,
and then stabbed her!
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It's almost like she knew this
would happen to Taniguchi-san...
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Eda-san! Could you stop the door?
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Right!
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I can't believe this...
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These footprints...
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Stabbed through the heart.
Died almost instantly.
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Inspector!
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These footprints are
26 centimeters in length.
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26 centimeters, eh...
**[08:45] ---**
It must've been a man.
**[08:51] ---**
There's a blood stain on her shoulder...
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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.
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If she was stabbed
as she got off the elevator,
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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,
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and then it can go floor-by-floor,
all the way to the 15th floor.
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And then the one we took just
now stops at the 8th floor,
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then comes back down
in single-floor increments...
**[10:07] ---**
That's correct.
**[10:08] ---**
Only two elevators can
go to the 15th floor.
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How much time passed from when
Ashiya-san first got into the elevator
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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...
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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!
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The killer unlocked the 1st floor
emergency exit from the outside
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and took the stairs to the 8th floor.
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Then, just as he passed
by the elevators...
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...he ran into Taniguchi-san.
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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?
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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.
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Taniguchi-san arrived at the 8th floor
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and was murdered immediately
after the doors opened.
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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.
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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...
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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!
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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!
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Yes, that I did.
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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
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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
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and then left the building.
**[16:47] ---**
You came back 30 minutes later,
after you had disposed of the sneakers.
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And then as we looked on,
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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.
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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.
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Meanwhile, you taped a coin to
the call button on the 15th floor.
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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--
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The Haunted House Murder.
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Next Conan's Hint:
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Eerie basement.
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Next episode is a little bit scary.
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