# E41 - The Shredded Championship Flag Case
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As times change,
difficult cases increase in number!
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Today's stage is high school baseball!
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A thin line separates outs and safes!
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He sees the single truth for what it is,
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and looks like a kid
but has the mind of an adult!
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His name? Detective Conan!
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The Shredded Championship Flag Case.
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Beika High
Shuko Academy
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Come on, you can do it!
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Hey, I can't hear you!
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They won't win unless you cheer louder!
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Dad! This isn't like pro baseball!
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Send that ball flying!
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Why did he come to cheer
for his bartender's son?
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Besides, there's no point
with such a one-sided game...
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Shuko's pitcher sure is good, though.
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Strike two!
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Strike three! You're out!
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Strike!
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Strike two!
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Strike three! You're out!
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You're so cute, Kaji-*kun*!
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Whose side are you on?!
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But he's just so cute!
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Really? Let me see!
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This could be a good game!
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Hey, now...
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Plus his dad's a doctor and
he's the school's best student!
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Too good to pass up!
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Say, didn't Shuko win the
district championship last year?
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Yep! They're looking to
win it this year too!
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They've got such a great pitcher!
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But when did Shuko get so good?
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It all thanks to Kaji-*kun*!
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The current headmaster
founded it way back when
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as a prestigious prep school.
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But its image suddenly changed
when Kaji-*kun* showed up!
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You sure know a lot!
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I know everything about Kaji-*kun*!
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What are those people doing?
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Thanks, Principal!
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Even the principal?
Shuko sure has lots of school spirit!
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Safe!
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Huh? They're gone.
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Balk! Ball one!
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It's okay, Kaji!
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You can do it!
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Good hit!
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Kaji-*kun*...
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What happened?
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It started after he got that balk call...
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It looked like he saw something.
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But what?
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What do you think's wrong?
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Maybe he has a stomachache?
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Who was that?
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Eto-*kun*, Shuko's former southpaw ace.
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But he got suspended for causing trouble
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after Kaji-*kun* stole the spotlight!
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He must've asked to pitch.
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I guess he wasn't allowed...
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Of course he wasn't!
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Nobody can take Kaji-*kun*'s place!
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Nurse's Office
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That's it!
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This stuff's great!
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Kaji-*kun* is being mocked...
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Oh, come on now...
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Are you serious?!
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I wonder what happened.
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That's horrible!
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Authorized personnel only!
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The championship flag
was shredded up?!
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Totally thrashed!
Everyone was in a panic!
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But who would do that?!
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That's just it...
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Ever since last year's victory,
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we've had all sorts
of jealousy-related trouble.
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If this was similarly
done by an outsider,
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then we're victims, and we
can save our school's reputation.
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But we were still responsible
for the flag's safe-keeping.
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We have no choice but
to drop out of the tournament.
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That's terrible...
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Why don't they call the police?
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To save face.
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They want to figure out if this was
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an inside or an outside job first.
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I see.
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Dad, get up! We need you!
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Huh? I can't drink any more...
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You can't be serious, Ran...
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Two windows...
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One faces the field...
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Wow! It's like the
best seat in the house!
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Hey, you! This is
authorized personnel only!
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Dad! No violence!
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Yeah, yeah...
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And one other window-- What the?!
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The window's broken!
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What's this?
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There's a ladder leading up to it!
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The culprit snuck in from outside.
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Well done, Mori Kogoro-*san*!
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I'm glad I asked you for help!
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But they still have to
drop out of the tournament.
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Everyone's sad but the principal...
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Wait a minute! What's this?!
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He's so useless!
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Hey, Mister. Where
is that ladder usually at?
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The storeroom. I have
no idea when it was taken.
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Was the storeroom locked?
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Actually, the key has
been missing all morning.
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What?!
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The keys to that office too?!
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Yes, they disappeared
this morning.
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I figured as such.
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This was an inside job.
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Come again?!
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The culprit used the
key to enter this office.
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What about the ladder?!
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A ruse to make it look
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like someone
snuck in from outside.
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Do you have any proof of that?
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Ahh! The floor's covered in glass!
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The floor? That's it!
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Yes. There's broken
glass near the window.
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Had the culprit stepped in it,
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glass shards would
have lodged in the shoes.
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But the floor is scratch-free.
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The culprit set the ladder up
but didn't enter through the window.
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There was no reason to--
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they had the key to the office.
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Yeah, now you got it!
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Did you want this to be
an outside job that badly?
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I guess it might be natural
for any good principal, but...
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It would seem this
happened during the game.
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So the culprit wasn't at the game?
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That's right.
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I saw Eto-*kun
*enter the school building...
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So did I!
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Stop kidding around!
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I did come inside,
but I went to the bathroom!
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Can you prove that?
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No, but I wasn't the only one inside!
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Kaji-*kun* was holding his stomach--
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That's right!
He went to the nurse's office!
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It was me! I did it!
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You did?!
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You can't be serious!
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I haven't been pitching well lately...
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You saw me out there.
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I was scared to
be in the tournament.
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His pitching *was* bad.
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But he lost his cool
only after the 7th-inning balk.
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And if he didn't wanna play,
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he could've faked an illness.
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Would he really shred up
the flag and create a ruse?
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Kenya!
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Mom!
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I saw her earlier...
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Something's fishy here!
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Why won't they look at each other?!
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It was me! I did it!
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No, I did it! I have proof!
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Here! I did it with this!
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It's the same fabric as the flag.
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Kenya!
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How could you?!
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What were you thinking?!
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Well?
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They're deciding whether
to call the police or not.
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Apparently, they need to
consult the ailing headmaster.
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I still can't believe it.
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Did he really do it?
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I'm almost certain--
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Yes, Kaji definitely saw
someone in the office then.
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That's why he pitched
poorly and was relieved.
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Then he went to the nurse's
office and the headmaster's office.
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Hey, Conan-*kun*!
What're you looking at?
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I don't think we
should be doing this...
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What the?!
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Aha! So that person did it!
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But I don't understand why...
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What was there to gain from this?
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It's definitely strange, alright.
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A friend that goes here
told me that even though
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Kaji-*kun* was likely to
help them win again this year,
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some people were complaining.
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What?!
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This used to be a top prep school.
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They said that if the team got too good,
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people wouldn't study as much.
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That was the headmaster's policy.
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He really hates sports.
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He insists that
they're unnecessary;
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all he wants is to create
notable people like himself.
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He was actually
supposed to come today.
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Why didn't he?
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He was going to announce
the team's withdrawal
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from the tournament,
but with his health failing...
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That's it! That's the motive!
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Now I just need the old man's help!
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An autograph session for my fans?
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Yeah! Sit over there!
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All those girls are waiting!
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Is it really okay
to do this at a school?
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Here we go again...
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Ahem! This is Mori Kogoro!
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Can you hear me?
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Dad?
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Would everyone please
come to the headmaster's office?
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I'm about to reveal
the truth behind this incident.
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Mori-*san*! Your work here is over!
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If this is about your payment--
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No, I'm not done here;
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the real culprit
hasn't been caught yet.
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The real culprit? Don't be silly.
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He's right here!
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No, Kaji-*kun* isn't
the one responsible.
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Then--
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Nor is it his mother.
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Then who?
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If you purposely cut a flag up,
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you'd probably cut the front.
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Ran. Hold the flag up.
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Okay.
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As you can see,
the cuts on the front
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go from the top
left to the bottom right.
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The flagpole is on
the left, which means...
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Ran. Pretend to cut
it as if you were the culprit.
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It's hard to cut!
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Yes. It's hard because
you're right-handed.
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Ran. Do it as if
you were left-handed.
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Like this?
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Yes.
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Cut downward with your left hand,
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as you hold the flag with your right.
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It's easy! And the cuts are the same!
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You pitch with your right hand, correct?
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Yes.
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How about you, Eto-*kun*?
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Eto?!
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Was it you?!
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Don't be stupid!
Yes, I am a southpaw, but!
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I'm told you're a former ace pitcher.
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Perhaps you felt there was no point
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for the team to play
if you couldn't pitch for it.
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No! It wasn't me!
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How could you?!
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He's right.
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It wasn't Eto-*kun*?
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Have another look at the flag,
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where the cuts begin.
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Where the cuts begin?
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Don't they seem a little low?
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Had the 180 cm
Kaji-*kun* or Eto-*kun* cut it,
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they would've cut from higher up.
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But the real culprit
couldn't reach the top.
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In other words, the culprit is
under 160 cm in height.
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How tall is Kaji-*kun*'s mother?
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157 cm.
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But I hear you're right-handed?
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Yes.
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Which counts you out.
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So why did you come to this office?
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I--
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Mom...
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You wanted to talk
to the headmaster today.
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Am I right?
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You are.
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I wanted Kenya to be a
doctor like my late husband.
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I wanted him to quit baseball.
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I was going to ask the
headmaster to take the team
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out of the tournament.
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Unaware that he
was going to do so anyway...
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Ironic, isn't it?
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But he wasn't there, so you left.
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That's when Eto-*kun* saw you.
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The hidden culprit then cut the flag.
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But then Kaji-*kun
*came in after he saw
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you in the window.
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The culprit accidentally
dropped the cutter,
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which Kaji-*kun* picked up.
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Certain that his
mother had cut the flag,
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you two wound up
covering for each other.
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So who is the real culprit?
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One other person disappeared
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when his mother headed for the school.
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A left-handed person
less than 160 cm tall!
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I'm referring to you...
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No way!
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You don't mean--
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Yes. The championship flag was cut
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by you, Principal!
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You waited for your
chance to sneak in here
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before the headmaster
was supposed to come.
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You snuck off after
giving the impression
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you were on the field,
then cut the flag,
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made it look like someone
broke in from outside,
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and returned to the field.
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That was your plan.
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Pure conjecture! You have no proof!
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The key to this office
should be in your pocket.
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You intended to lock
the door and return the key
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to create your ruse,
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but you couldn't with
everyone coming and going.
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The key hasn't been returned yet,
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which means it's only
natural to think the culprit
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still has it!
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Bad news!
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We just got a call--
the headmaster is dead!
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No... What have I done?!
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The headmaster told me
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to keep the team from
entering the tournament.
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But it wasn't so easy
with the media watching!
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People would condemn
us for dropping out
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and ruining a great pitcher's career!
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"What kind of school
would crush kids' dreams?!"
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So to drop out and
protect the school's name, I--
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I loved this school!
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Much more than the headmaster!
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You're both the same in the end--
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you crushed kids' dreams
with your own two hands!
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You're right. I was a fool!
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Forgive me!
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The tournament began
half a month later,
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and Shuko Academy was in it too.
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The tournament directors
saw their passion for baseball.
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Strike!
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Kaji's pitching brings
them closer and closer
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to the new championship flag.
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He's dead!
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Who's behind this?!
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I was watching the whole time!
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Shinichi! Are you there?
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Shinichi?
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Are you back, Shinichi?
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On the next Conan--
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"The Karaoke Box Murder Case."
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Next Conan's Hint:
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Reindeer.
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Next episode's case takes
place at a karaoke box.
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Hey, let someone else
have a turn with the mic.
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