# 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*?
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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?
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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.
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I'll explain everything atop
that abandoned building!
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Come again?
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Come on, Mori-*kun*.
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What are you checking
for in a place like this?
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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?
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Yes, but what does that
have to do with anything?
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Have you ever heard
of surf casting, Inspector?
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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!
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What?!
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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.
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This was made when the killer
flung the pole in an overhand fashion.
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Like this!
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When he was killed,
the victim was performing Tai Chi,
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which is known
for its slow movements.
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Using this fact,
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the killer swung the fishing
pole when he turned away!
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And as it was reeled in--
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--the weight hit the handrail.
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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.
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The bird you picked up had
probably received a concussion.
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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?
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With enough practice, yes.
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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.
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And if we look hard enough
around this abandoned building,
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we'll probably--
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Hey! There's something
on the ground here!
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What's that?
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I know what this is!
It's a pole grip!
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A pole grip?
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Yeah!
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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!
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You're pretty smart to know that...
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I just happened to see it
on a TV fishing show yesterday.
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Come to think of it, they had their
gloves off when they used these.
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Because they would slip!
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Which means the killer's
fingerprints should be on it!
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Terasawa-*san*. Your fingerprints!
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I can't help but laugh.
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He took over my store
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and said he was going to build
a fashion building in its place!
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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.
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What's so fun about
catching fish, anyway?
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What a joke!
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What do you losers
see in it at all?
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My precious fishing rod!
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He destroyed it
before my very eyes!
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I absolutely couldn't
let him get away with it!
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Your detective work last
night was amazing, Dad!
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My opinion of you
keeps getting better!
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Cases like that are
a piece of cake for me!
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Did he actually
make that fishing rod toy
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to make me realize it?!
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I got something!
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Got you!
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Dad!
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Old man!
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Who am I kidding?
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Get back here, Shinichi!
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This guy's one of the men in black!
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I finally found you!
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Let me go before
the bomber gets away!
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Ah! So that's how it was!
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In the eyes of the killer,
this was an unexpected murder!
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The Game Company Murder Case
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On the next Conan:
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The Game Company Murder Case.
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Next Conan's Hint:
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Cloakroom Tag.
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Next episode the men in
black make an appearance.
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Conan, I'll return to my adult form, too.
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