E53 - The Mystery Weapon Murder

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    As long as people are
    involved in modern-day crimes,
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    there are no unsolvable mysteries!
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    Today's case is about
    a mysterious murder weapon!
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    Let's use our heads
    to figure it out!
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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 Case of the
    Mysterious Murder Weapon
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    The Case of the
    Mysterious Murder Weapon.
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    It's nice to take a leisurely
    walk together once in a while!
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    Yeah!
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    What's so fun about
    walking with that runt?!
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    What's wrong, Conan-kun?
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    What is it, Conan-kun?
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    A little bird...
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    Is it dead?
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    No. It looks okay.
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    It's still alive.
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    It doesn't seem to be hurt...
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    It flew off...
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    What a weird bird. Maybe
    it had an anemic attack?
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    It's coming from
    that apartment building!
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    Whoops...
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    There are only two
    apartments occupied here!
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    Can I help you?
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    We just heard a woman
    scream from this building!
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    Are you sure?
    I didn't hear anything...
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    Welcome back. You're back early.
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    Is something the matter?
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    Well, these folks here--
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    Are you all right?!
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    It's horrible! My husband!
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    My husband was
    murdered on our veranda!
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    I'm Detective Mori.
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    I take it you're
    the one who screamed?
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    Which room is yours?
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    Room 715.
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    Say, I looked at
    the mail board earlier.
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    Hardly anybody lives here, huh?
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    This place is going to
    be demolished this month.
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    So the only ones living here now
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    are Imoto, who runs his own business,
    and Terasawa-san here.
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    Allow me.
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    High heels and two
    pairs of men's shoes...
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    Real Estate Agent
    Ryusuke Imoto, 39 years old
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    He's been hit in the back of the head.
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    The murder weapon appears to
    have been a flower pot or the like.
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    Who are you?
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    My name is Dobashi.
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    Did you kill him?!
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    No!
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    So the cause of death was brain damage...
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    The killer most likely lifted
    up a flower pot from behind him
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    and brought it down
    as hard as possible.
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    Hey, Inspector.
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    There's a mark here,
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    maybe it has something
    to do with the murder--
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    Alright, you!
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    Will you ever learn to stop
    butting in during our investigations?!
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    Interesting.
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    There definitely is a mark here.
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    It seems extremely new
    compared to all the other marks.
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    The victim was Mr. Ryusuke
    Imoto, 39 years old
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    and president of NEED,
    a real estate agency.
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    It was his wife, Takako-san,
    who found him. Correct?
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    Yes.
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    And the person found
    standing in front of the body
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    when Mori-kun and
    the others came rushing in...
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    My name is Dobashi.
    I manage an import company.
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    I'm Imoto-kun's former boss and
    the one who introduced him to his wife.
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    I came to see him today
    about a business matter.
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    His matchmaker, eh...
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    And you are?
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    Terasawa. I live on
    the 5th floor of this building.
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    I used to run a fishing goods store.
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    "Used to"?
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    Imoto took control of my store!
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    He used some dirty
    legal loophole to do it!
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    He was a terrible man!
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    My guess is he did the same
    sort of things to these people too!
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    Well, you two?
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    Yes.
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    As their matchmaker,
    I shouldn't be saying this,
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    but he and his wife were in
    the middle of getting divorced
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    and there was trouble
    about the compensation.
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    But that wouldn't matter if he died--
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    she'd get his inheritance instead!
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    What are you talking about?!
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    I heard my husband constantly
    refused your requests for a loan
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    because your company was on
    the verge of going out of business!
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    So you couldn't
    handle it and killed him!
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    What?!
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    Now, now. Calm down, ma'am.
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    By the way, Apartment Manager.
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    Is that main door the only way
    in and out of this building?
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    Yes.
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    And the only ones who
    entered besides the victim...
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    ...were his wife, Dobashi-san,
    and Terasawa-san.
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    Moreover, each of you had a
    decent enough motive to kill the victim.
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    In other words, one of
    you three murdered him.
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    You can't be serious!
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    First you, ma'am.
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    Please explain the situation
    when you found the body.
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    It was a little after 5:00
    when I arrived here.
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    More precisely,
    it was just after 5:05.
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    I record when everyone
    enters or leaves the building.
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    That'll be very handy for us!
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    Please continue.
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    The reason I came here today
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    was to discuss the compensation
    with my husband one more time,
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    just as Dobashi-san mentioned earlier.
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    He and I have been living
    apart for quite a while now.
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    When I came in,
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    my husband was practicing
    Tai Chi on the veranda by himself.
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    Tai Chi?
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    Yes.
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    My husband did it every
    morning and evening for his health.
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    He didn't notice
    when I entered the room,
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    and I didn't call out to him.
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    When I looked out the veranda
    again after using the bathroom...
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    ...my husband was dead!
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    So basically, your husband died
    while you were in the bathroom?
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    Yes.
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    Pardon my asking, but how
    long were you in the bathroom for?
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    Only about two minutes, I think...
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    Which means your husband
    died at approximately 5:08.
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    While you were in the bathroom,
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    did you hear any
    sounds or people talking?
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    No.
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    Say, when you entered the apartment,
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    were there any shoes by the door?
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    Yes, just a pair of my husband's shoes.
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    Thank you.
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    Now you, Dobashi-san.
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    Around what time did you first arrive?
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    A little before 5:00, I believe.
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    I was to meet with Imoto-*kun
    *at 5 o'clock, you see.
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    More precisely, 4:58.
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    Just as his wife said,
    the reason I came here
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    was to ask for a loan one last time.
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    But...
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    It's pointless,
    no matter how hard you try!
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    I have no desire
    or reason to help you out!
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    Now please leave.
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    After that, I went to the roof.
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    To commit suicide.
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    Suicide?!
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    But I couldn't do it.
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    I stood there for a while, in a daze.
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    It was then that I heard her scream
    from the other side of the roof!
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    Then, when I rushed into the room...
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    ...Imoto-san was dead
    on the veranda, correct?
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    Yes.
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    How about you, Terasawa-san?
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    What do I have to do with it?
    I wasn't in the building.
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    We just need to make sure.
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    Around what time did
    you leave the building?
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    I believe it was
    a little before 5:00...
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    4:50, to be precise.
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    And he didn't
    return until just after 5:12.
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    But...
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    "But"?
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    He came back from his golf
    practice rather earlier than usual...
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    I changed my mind on the way there.
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    I've always been a
    bit spur-of-the-moment!
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    What do you think, Mori-kun?
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    First, Terasawa-san.
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    You weren't in the building
    when Imoto-san was killed,
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    so you're not the killer.
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    The issue here is with
    his wife and Dobashi-san.
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    First you, ma'am!
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    You said you found your husband's
    body after you left the bathroom,
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    but there's the possibility that
    you never went to the bathroom,
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    and that you killed your husband,
    pretended to find him,
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    and then screamed!
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    What?!
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    And you, Dobashi-san!
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    You said you went up to the roof
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    after Imoto-san refused
    to lend you money,
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    but there's a possibility
    you were actually in his office
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    or with him on the veranda!
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    All you can see from here
    is a small part of the veranda.
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    It's also possible
    that when his wife came in,
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    you were on the
    veranda or in his office,
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    killed the victim while
    she was in the bathroom,
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    and then went up to the roof.
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    You got it all wrong!
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    I was already on the roof by
    the time she came in here!
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    She even said that only
    Imoto-kun's shoes were by the door!
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    It's also possible that
    she didn't remember correctly!
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    Or do you have proof that you
    were on the roof the whole time?!
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    Proof?
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    No, there was no one on the roof, so...
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    That's right! I heard a sound!
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    A sound?!
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    Yes. It was a loud, metallic sound.
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    It came from the
    area around this veranda.
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    You heard a sound?
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    Yes. A metallic one.
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    Hey, could that sound have been
    something hitting the handrail?
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    See, there's a fresh mark on it!
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    It appears something
    hit it from below...
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    That's it! That's the sound!
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    The marks look similar...
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    But the other mark
    was made coming up...
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    Yes.
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    But there's no question
    that someone hit it.
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    Did you hear the sound, ma'am?
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    No.
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    I probably didn't hear it
    because I was in the bathroom.
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    That's odd...
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    Why would someone put
    a mark in a place like that?
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    It makes no sense...
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    This handrail seems suspicious,
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    but in my opinion none of
    them seem to be lying, either.
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    But Inspector!
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    Just because Dobashi heard
    a sound from the handrail
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    that isn't proof that
    he was on the roof!
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    He or the victim
    might've made the sound
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    while he was on the veranda!
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    Besides, if the
    killer was someone else,
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    that means they flew in
    like a bird to kill the victim,
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    then flew off the exact
    same way they came!
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    Which would never, ever happen!
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    You do have a point...
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    A bird? A bird?!
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    Come to think of it,
    the spot where the bird fell--
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    --was over there!
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    Directly in front of the
    mark on this handrail!
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    The location where
    the victim collapsed...
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    The location where the bird fell...
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    The mark on the handrail!
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    An abandoned building
    across the street?
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    Now I see!
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    This is the killer's trick!
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    The murder weapon
    wasn't a flower pot!
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    The killer was that person!
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    My deductions
    can't possibly be wrong.
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    She's his wife,
    who lives separately from him.
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    He's the president
    of an import company.
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    And he's the former owner
    of a fishing goods store.
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    Which means the killer is...
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    Say, Inspector.
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    I'll be returning
    to my apartment now...
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    Oh, right.
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    You can go for today...
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    I can't let that happen!
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    I have to make the
    old man realize it somehow!
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    Found it!
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    Have you figured
    anything out, Mori-kun?
[15:22] ---
    No, nothing at all...
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    In that case, you may
    leave, Terasawa-san.
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    Alright.
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    What's going to happen to me?
[15:33] ---
    And me?
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    This is fun!
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    Stupid kid...
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    Come on, realize it!
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    Mori-kun!
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    This is the spot where
    the victim collapsed.
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    And this is the mark on the handrail.
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    What are you doing?
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    Conan, that bird
    fell down there, right?
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    Yeah, that's right!
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    That's it!
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    The victim, the mark, that bird,
    and that abandoned building!
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    They're all directly lined up!
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    I know who did it, Inspector!
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    Really? Who?!
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    Don't get too ahead of yourself.
[16:43] ---
    I'll explain everything atop
    that abandoned building!
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    Come again?
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    Come on, Mori-kun.
[17:06] ---
    What are you checking
    for in a place like this?
[17:09] ---
    I don't see what this
    has to do with the murder...
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    Everyone gather around here, please!
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    First, allow me to ask.
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    Ma'am, Dobashi-san,
    Terasawa-san...
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    Have any of you
    ever been here before?
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    Of course not.
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    Me neither.
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    Nor have I.
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    Then allow me to explain.
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    You can see the victim's
    veranda from here, can't you?
[17:44] ---
    Yes, but what does that
    have to do with anything?
[17:48] ---
    Have you ever heard
    of surf casting, Inspector?
[17:51] ---
    Surf casting?
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    It's a type of fishing that
    uses a so-called "spinning reel"
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    to allow the fisher to cast the
    line some dozens of meters out.
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    The killer used
    this technique from here
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    to hit the victim's head with a
    weight as he stood on the veranda!
[18:09] ---
    What?!
[18:10] ---
    That's insane!
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    This footprint is the proof.
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    The left foot is in front
    and with a lot of weight on it.
[18:22] ---
    This was made when the killer
    flung the pole in an overhand fashion.
[18:27] ---
    Like this!
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    When he was killed,
    the victim was performing Tai Chi,
[18:36] ---
    which is known
    for its slow movements.
[18:38] ---
    Using this fact,
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    the killer swung the fishing
    pole when he turned away!
[18:51] ---
    And as it was reeled in--
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    --the weight hit the handrail.
[18:57] ---
    So that's the sound I heard?
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    Correct.
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    The killer didn't realize the weight
    had left a mark when it happened.
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    And there was one other
    miscalculation on the killer's part.
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    As the weight was being
    reeled in, it hit a bird in mid-air.
[19:20] ---
    The bird you picked up had
    probably received a concussion.
[19:25] ---
    But Mori-kun, it's over
    thirty meters to that veranda.
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    Could someone really cast a
    weight that far with such precision?
[19:34] ---
    With enough practice, yes.
[19:36] ---
    Especially for someone
    who's good at surf casting.
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    Isn't that right, Terasawa-san?
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    Terasawa-san.
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    Those shoes you're wearing right now
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    should undoubtedly
    match these footprints.
[19:52] ---
    And if we look hard enough
    around this abandoned building,
[19:56] ---
    we'll probably--
[19:57] ---
    Hey! There's something
    on the ground here!
[20:03] ---
    What's that?
[20:04] ---
    I know what this is!
    It's a pole grip!
[20:07] ---
    A pole grip?
[20:08] ---
    Yeah!
[20:09] ---
    Sometimes after fishermen
    connect fishing rods together,
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    they won't come undone.
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    So to prevent their
    hands from slipping,
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    they place rubber tubes or rubber
    bands near where the rods connect,
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    and then pull the rods apart while
    twisting them in opposite directions!
[20:24] ---
    You're pretty smart to know that...
[20:27] ---
    I just happened to see it
    on a TV fishing show yesterday.
[20:30] ---
    Come to think of it, they had their
    gloves off when they used these.
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    Because they would slip!
[20:35] ---
    Which means the killer's
    fingerprints should be on it!
[20:39] ---
    Terasawa-san. Your fingerprints!
[20:46] ---
    I can't help but laugh.
[20:51] ---
    He took over my store
[20:53] ---
    and said he was going to build
    a fashion building in its place!
[20:57] ---
    I said I'd give up ownership
    if he'd just spare the store, but...
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    There's no point in keeping
    this dinky store around.
[21:07] ---
    What's so fun about
    catching fish, anyway?
[21:10] ---
    What a joke!
[21:11] ---
    What do you losers
    see in it at all?
[21:27] ---
    My precious fishing rod!
[21:29] ---
    He destroyed it
    before my very eyes!
[21:37] ---
    I absolutely couldn't
    let him get away with it!
[23:20] ---
    Your detective work last
    night was amazing, Dad!
[23:23] ---
    My opinion of you
    keeps getting better!
[23:25] ---
    Cases like that are
    a piece of cake for me!
[23:32] ---
    Did he actually
    make that fishing rod toy
[23:36] ---
    to make me realize it?!
[23:39] ---
    I got something!
[23:42] ---
    Got you!
[23:50] ---
    Dad!
[23:51] ---
    Old man!
[23:56] ---
    Who am I kidding?
[24:02] ---
    Get back here, Shinichi!
[24:08] ---
    This guy's one of the men in black!
[24:11] ---
    I finally found you!
[24:15] ---
    Let me go before
    the bomber gets away!
[24:18] ---
    Ah! So that's how it was!
[24:21] ---
    In the eyes of the killer,
    this was an unexpected murder!
[24:25] ---
    The Game Company Murder Case
[24:25] ---
    On the next Conan:
[24:27] ---
    The Game Company Murder Case.
[24:47] ---
    Next Conan's Hint:
[24:49] ---
    Cloakroom Tag.
[24:51] ---
    Next episode the men in
    black make an appearance.
[24:53] ---
    Conan, I'll return to my adult form, too.
[24:56] ---