E759 - The Romance Novel with the Unexpected Conclusion (Part 1)

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[00:00] Sonoko
    The Red Woman was seriously scary!
[00:04] Sonoko
    Though, I guess it wasn't the actual
    Red Woman who attacked us.
[00:08] Ran
    I know.
[00:09] Ran
    Who knows what would have happened
[00:12] Ran
    if Inspector Yamato and Inspector
    Morofushi hadn't arrived?
[00:14] Sera
    I think we could've easily
    subdued her without them.
[00:18] Sonoko
    You are super strong.
[00:21] Ran
    Do you do anything besides martial arts?
[00:24] Sera
    When I was little, I was
    all about jeet kune do.
[00:27] Sera
    I'd watch and copy the videos my oldest
    brother sent me until they wore out.
[00:33] Sera
    There was a dojo in my neighborhood, too.
[00:36] Sera
    I only dabbled in other sports
    during PE classes at school.
[00:41] Sera
    But after I moved to
    America in middle school,
[00:44] Sera
    I sometimes played other
    sports with my friends.
[00:48] Sera
    There wasn't a dojo where I ended up, either.
[00:51] Ran
    Really?
[00:53] Sera
    I used to watch a lot of
    sports with my mom on TV.
[00:56] Sera
    That's how I know Conan-kun's
    pretty good at football.
[01:01] Conan
    Th-Thanks.
[01:03] Ran
    Is your mother still in America?
[01:06] Sera
    Yeah.
[01:07] Sera
    Because of that, I've been living alone
    in a hotel since I returned to Japan.
[01:11] Sera
    I tried moving in with my middle brother
    who's been living in Japan this whole time,
[01:17] Sera
    but he turned me down.
[01:18] Sonoko
    You're living in a hotel?
[01:20] Sonoko
    Are you sure you're not the
    daughter of some rich family?
[01:24] Sera
    My dad's friend who's always
    looked after me is rich.
[01:28] Sera
    He's not as rich as your family, though.
[01:32] Sera
    I don't have any other
    relatives to depend on.
[01:35] Sera
    Once I get older, I know
    I should pay him back.
[01:40] Conan
    If she has two brothers and doesn't
    know any of her relatives,
[01:47] Conan
    then who is that young girl I saw on
    her phone who looks just like her?
[01:52] Sonoko
    Hey, is that hotel around here?
[01:54] Sera
    Y-Yeah.
[01:56] Sonoko
    Do you mind if we stop by?
[01:58] Ran
    I'd like to see where you live, too.
[02:01] Sera
    Sure, I guess.
[02:03] Sera
    I should e-mail my brother, then.
[02:07] Sera
    I had actually promised to meet my brother.
[02:11] Ran
    Never mind, then.
[02:12] Sera
    It's okay.
[02:14] Sera
    I made my brother agree to meet me to
    discuss the Red Woman case in person.
[02:29] Conan
    The hidden lines on the palm are the fuse.
[02:31] Conan
    The deduction catches fire
    on the line to the heart.
[02:32] Conan
    A popular author is confined
    to his room in a hotel.
[02:34] Conan
    The romance novel becomes a mystery.
[02:37] Conan
    Always determining the one truth with the
    body of a child and the mind of an adult,
[02:40] Conan
    his name is Detective Conan!
SIGN    The Romance Novel with the
    Unexpected Conclusion
    (Part One)
[04:23] Conan
    The Romance Novel with the
    Unexpected Conclusion, Part One!
[04:38] Ran
    Wow.
[04:39] Ran
    This hotel has fifty floors.
[04:41] Sonoko
    It's still shorter than my family's
    Bell Tree Tower, though.
[04:45] Conan
    Of course it is.
[04:47] Conan
    That's the tallest building in Japan.
[04:52] Sera
    I'm planning on moving soon anyway.
[04:55] Ran
    You are?
[05:09] Sonoko
    Who was that group of weird old men?
[05:13] Sera
    Apparently they're waiting for manuscripts
    from a popular author living in this hotel.
[05:19] Sera
    I think his name was...
[05:21] Hiura
    Hiura Keigo.
[05:23] Hiura
    I'm what they call a romance novel author.
SIGN    Hiura Keigo (48)
    Author
[05:27] Ran
    What?
[05:29] Ran
    Um, I read your books.
[05:32] Ran
    Right now I'm really into "The
    Phone, the Ocean, and I."
[05:35] Hiura
    Thank you.
[05:37] Ran
    Not at all.
[05:38] Hiura
    You can put those anywhere.
[05:41] Man
    Yes, sir.
[05:42] Ran
    Excuse us.
[05:44] Hiura
    Sure.
[05:45] Hiura
    How about you guys?
[05:47] Hiura
    Why don't you join me in my room for lunch?
[05:50] Hiura
    Aren't you hungry?
[05:51] Editor A
    But...
[05:52] Editor B
    We came for the manuscripts.
[05:54] Editor C
    The deadline is coming up.
[05:57] Hiru
    Don't be so rigid.
[06:00] Hiru
    I ordered too much food.
[06:01] Hiru
    I can't eat all of this myself.
[06:04] Ran
    Maybe I'll get his autograph later.
[06:08] Editor A
    You really did order a lot of food.
[06:11] Editor C
    No wonder so many people were
    coming in and out of your room.
[06:16] Editor B
    I hadn't eaten lunch yet, so this is perfect.
[06:20] Hiura
    Eat as much as you'd like.
[06:24] Woman
    Room service.
[06:25] Woman
    I brought your wine.
[06:27] Hiura
    Oh, it's here.
[06:30] Woman
    Thank you for waiting.
[06:32] Hiura
    This is it.
[06:34] Hiura
    I've been waiting for this.
[06:35] Editor A
    S-Sir!
[06:37] Editor A
    Surely you don't intend to drink...
[06:38] Hiura
    Could you pour it into a decanter over there?
[06:40] Woman
    Yes, of course, sir.
[06:44] Editor A
    S-Sir!
[06:46] Hiura
    I'd like to thank you for
    everything you do for me.
[06:51] Hiura
    Don't hold back. Eat up.
[06:53] Editor A
    Okay...
[06:54] Editor B
    O-Okay...
[06:55] Hiura
    I'm thinking of finishing the manuscript
    of whoever eats the most food first.
[07:02] Editor A
    B-But...
[07:03] Editor C
    How much we eat?
[07:05] Editor B
    How will you measure that?
[07:06] Hiura
    We'll measure your weight
    before and after you eat.
[07:11] Hiura
    I have a scale.
[07:13] Man
    I'm from Beika Sushi!
[07:15] Hiura
    Oh, it's here.
[07:16] Editor B
    Th-There's more?
[07:18] Hiura
    Yeah.
[07:19] Hiura
    I have pizza, Chinese,
    and donuts coming later.
[07:22] Hiura
    I'm counting on you boys.
[07:24] All
    What?
[07:25] Hiura
    While you're eating,
[07:27] Hiura
    I'll take a bath and come up with ideas.
[07:32] Hiura
    Keep a close eye on me...
[07:35] Hiura
    so I can't sneak out of this
    room to commit any mischief.
[07:44] Ran
    What a wonderful view.
[07:46] Ran
    I think I can see the curvature of the Earth.
[07:49] Sonoko
    This is the 30th floor...
[08:04] Sera
    Conan-kun.
[08:06] Sera
    That's the bedroom.
[08:08] Sera
    It's kind of a mess, so don't go in there.
[08:11] Conan
    Really?
[08:12] Sera
    If you want to see my dirty underwear,
    you're welcome to go in there.
[08:17] Conan
    I think I'll pass...
[08:19] Sonoko
    Hey, why don't we order something
    from room service like that author?
[08:25] Sera
    Great idea.
[08:27] Sera
    I was just starting to get hungry.
[08:30] Hiura
    As promised, I'll finish the manuscripts
    of whoever ate the most first.
[08:35] Hiura
    You just wait.
[08:36] Editor A
    Yes, sir.
[08:39] Editor C
    I heard he was unusual...
[08:43] Editor A
    But I didn't know it was that bad.
[08:45] Editor B
    He had been down on his luck for a while,
[08:47] Editor B
    but recently he's been as
    popular as he used to be.
[08:51] Editor C
    Isn't that thanks to the female
    assistant he hired last year?
[08:55] Editor A
    Yeah.
[08:57] Editor A
    Minazuki Chiaki.
[08:59] Editor B
    She got a room just below
    Hiura-sensei's today, too.
[09:03] Editor A
    I haven't seen her, though.
[09:05] Editor B
    It's probably tough for her to
    come up while we're all here.
[09:08] Editor B
    A weekly magazine just wrote an
    article saying they might be lovers.
[09:12] Editor C
    Come to think of it, my department
    received a threatening fax.
[09:16] Editor C
    It said to get his new
    assistant away from him.
[09:20] Editor B
    We got that, too.
[09:22] Editor C
    He used to be a handsome author.
[09:26] Editor C
    I guess his female fans
    are still in good health.
[09:32] Ran
    Kyogoku-san is so cute.
[09:33] Sonoko
    Isn't he?
[09:35] Sera
    I can't imagine a karate master saying that.
[09:38] Ran
    If he likes ramen so much...
[09:39] Conan
    Talking about relationships at
    an all girls afternoon tea party.
[09:42] Conan
    I'm not sure I should be here.
[09:45] Sera
    Don't you have any stories, Conan-kun?
[09:47] Conan
    What?
[09:48] Sera
    Maybe one about a girl you
    once met who you can't forget?
[09:53] Conan
    N-Not really...
[09:57] Sonoko
    I bet this kid is totally into Ayumi-chan.
[10:02] Conan
    What?!
[10:03] Ran
    No way.
[10:04] Ran
    I thought he liked Ai-chan.
[10:06] Conan
    What?!
[10:07] Sonoko
    Her?
[10:08] Conan
    What?
[10:09] Sonoko
    Which girl do you like?
[10:11] Conan
    Wh-Which girl?
[10:13] Ran
    We won't tell anyone, so tell us.
[10:16] Ran
    I'm curious.
[10:18] Conan
    It's you.
[10:22] Sera
    It's already 6 o'clock.
[10:24] Ran
    Oh, no.
[10:25] Ran
    I need to get home and start making dinner.
[10:28] Sonoko
    You got off lucky this time, kid.
[10:31] Sonoko
    See you later.
[10:33] Ran
    Thanks for today.
[10:35] Sera
    Sure.
[10:35] Man
    H-Hey! Ma'am?!
[10:37] Man
    Ma'am, are you all right?! Ma'am!
[10:40] Conan
    The clear resounding sound of this voice...
[10:44] Conan
    He's downstairs!
[10:45] Ran
    Hey, wait!
[10:47] Sonoko
    Wait, Ran!
[11:07] Man
    Ma'am! Ma'am!
[11:09] Man
    Are you all right, Minazuki-sama?!
[11:11] Man
    Minazuki-sama!
[11:14] Conan
    The funicular marks on her neck suggest
    she was strangled by some kind of rope.
[11:17] Sera
    She has scratches on her neck from
    struggling while being strangled.
[11:21] Both
    She was strangled to death.
[11:23] Man
    Wh-Who are you two?
[11:26] Conan
    Her jaw is starting to stiffen.
[11:29] Sera
    It's been two or three hours since she died.
[11:32] Hiura
    Minazuki-kun!
[11:35] Hiura
    What's wrong?
[11:37] Hiura
    What happened?
[11:38] Editor C
    Sir!
[11:40] Editor C
    There you are.
[11:42] Editor C
    You said you were just going
    out to get some cigarettes.
[11:45] Hiura
    Minazuki-kun was collapsed
    in the doorway of her room...
[11:49] Editor C
    What?
[11:50] Editor C
    You mean your assistant?
[11:54] Sera
    She was killed.
[11:56] Sera
    Someone strangled her to death.
[11:59] Both
    What?
[12:00] Hiura
    B-But why?
[12:02] Editor C
    M-Maybe it has something
    to do with that fax.
[12:05] Hiura
    What?
[12:07] Editor C
    This morning, my department received a fax.
SIGN    If you don't fire the assistant, you'll regret it.
[12:10] Editor C
    It said we'd regret it if we
    didn't fire his assistant.
[12:13] Hiura
    Why didn't you tell me about that?!
[12:17] Hiura
    You had plenty of opportunities to tell me!
[12:20] Hiura
    A-Are you saying I was working on a romance
    novel while this was happening to her?
[12:28] Conan
    Hmm?
[12:31] Sera
    I see.
[12:34] Sera
    The culprit...
[12:35] Conan
    ...is this guy.
[12:47] Megure
    Champagne, huh?
[12:50] Megure
    When you came to deliver the
    champagne that was ordered,
[12:54] Megure
    you discovered the body?
[12:56] Man
    Y-Yes.
[12:58] Man
    I was told to bring it at exactly 6 PM.
[13:02] Man
    The key card was stuck in the
    door and it was slightly ajar.
[13:05] Man
    I wondered what had happened,
    so I opened the door.
[13:08] Man
    I found her on the floor.
[13:11] Megure
    Do we know who the victim is?
[13:12] Takagi
    Yes.
[13:13] Takagi
    Her name is...
[13:14] Hiura
    Minazuki Chiaki.
[13:16] Hiura
    She was my talented assistant.
[13:19] Hiura
    I think she was turning thirty this year.
[13:22] Takagi
    Um, who are you?
[13:24] Hiura
    I'm the author Hiura Keigo.
[13:26] Hiura
    I'm the one who ordered the champagne.
[13:29] Megure
    Really? You ordered the champagne?
[13:32] Hiura
    Yes.
[13:33] Hiura
    I'm occupying the room
    directly above this one.
[13:38] Hiura
    I was writing, but I thought I
    would be finished around 6 o'clock.
[13:40] Hiura
    I thought we could share a celebratory drink.
[13:44] Hiura
    I never imagined this would happen
    to her while I was writing.
[13:49] Megure
    Did you come here because
    you finished writing?
[13:53] Hiura
    No, I was having trouble
    finishing the last pages.
[13:56] Hiura
    About thirty minutes ago,
[13:58] Hiura
    I went out to buy cigarettes for a change
    of pace and wander around while thinking.
[14:03] Hiura
    I bought cigarettes from the vending
    machines in the elevator hall two floors down.
[14:09] Hiura
    While climbing the stairs, I heard this
    bellboy scream and came running.
[14:15] Conan
    You were just wandering around, right?
[14:20] Conan
    How did you know she was killed
    while you were working on your book?
[14:24] Hiura
    Huh?
[14:25] Conan
    She may have been killed just now.
[14:30] Sera
    Her jaw was beginning to stiffen
    when her body was discovered.
[14:35] Sera
    I think it's been about two or
    three hours since her death.
[14:39] Sera
    If you knew that without
    even touching her body,
[14:43] Sera
    maybe you should switch to
    being a mystery author instead?
[14:49] Megure
    Well?
[14:51] Hiura
    Sh-She didn't come to my room.
[14:53] Hiura
    She was supposed to bring documents
    to my room a couple hours ago,
[15:01] Hiura
    but she never came.
[15:02] Hiura
    When I saw her body, I assumed she
    couldn't come because she'd been killed.
[15:10] Megure
    So was she actually killed
    two or three hours ago?
[15:15] Takagi
    Yes.
[15:16] Takagi
    According to the coroner,
[15:18] Takagi
    her estimated time of death is two and a
    half hours before her body was discovered.
[15:22] Takagi
    She was strangled around 3:30 PM.
[15:26] Hiura
    Isn't that around the time you
    boys were eating in my room?
[15:30] Editor C
    Yes.
[15:31] Editor C
    We started just after 3 o'clock.
[15:33] Megure
    Who are you?
[15:34] Editor C
    I'm Hiura-sensei's editor
    at Nichiuri Publishing.
[15:39] Editor C
    He ordered too much food,
[15:43] Editor C
    so we were eating in his
    room with two other editors.
[15:48] Takagi
    Y-You were working on three manuscripts?
[15:52] Hiura
    Yes.
[15:53] Hiura
    Their deadlines conflicted.
[15:55] Hiura
    I decided to finish the manuscripts of
    the editors who ate the most food first.
[16:00] Megure
    Did Hiura-san eat with you?
[16:04] Editor C
    No.
[16:04] Editor C
    While we were eating, he went to
    take a bath so he could think.
[16:10] Hiura
    That's right.
[16:11] Takagi
    Couldn't you have snuck
    out of the room then?
[16:14] Editor C
    That's not possible.
[16:16] Editor C
    Several food deliveries arrived afterwards,
[16:20] Editor C
    but we could clearly see the entryway from
    the living room where we were eating.
[16:25] Editor C
    We paid for the food,
[16:28] Editor C
    so I don't think Hiura-sensei even
    approached the doorway while we were eating.
[16:32] Takagi
    How long were you eating?
[16:35] Editor C
    Until around 4:30.
[16:37] Editor C
    When we finished eating and left his room,
[16:40] Editor C
    we could see the door to his room
    while waiting for the elevators.
[16:46] Editor C
    He only left the room to give his
    finished manuscript to an editor.
[16:51] Editor C
    He returned to his room
    immediately afterwards.
[16:54] Editor C
    I don't think he had a chance to sneak out.
[16:57] Megure
    Does that mean you finished three
    manuscripts in a short amount of time?
[17:01] Hiura
    Yes.
[17:02] Hiura
    I had nearly finished all three of them.
[17:05] Hiura
    But as I said earlier,
[17:07] Hiura
    I was stuck on the last scene of "The Phone,
    the Ocean, and I" which he works on.
[17:14] Hiura
    After 5:30, I printed out everything
    except the final pages to give to him,
[17:19] Hiura
    and went to buy cigarettes.
[17:22] Hiura
    I thought he could read it while he waited.
[17:25] Hiura
    Right?
[17:27] Editor C
    Yes.
[17:28] Editor C
    He headed towards the stairs
    with his wallet in his hand.
[17:31] Megure
    Not the elevators?
[17:33] Hiura
    The stairs do more to inspire me.
[17:35] Hiura
    It's good exercise, too.
[17:38] Editor C
    While I was reading the manuscript,
    I heard the bellboy shouting.
[17:44] Editor C
    Hiura-sensei called to tell me
    something had happened downstairs.
[17:49] Editor C
    When I got here, you were all
    standing in front of the room.
[17:54] Megure
    I see.
[17:55] Megure
    Can you think of anyone who may have
    born a grudge against Minazuki-san?
[18:00] Hiura
    It's the threatening fax!
[18:02] Hiura
    The culprit must be whoever sent that!
[18:06] Megure
    The threatening fax?
[18:08] Editor C
    It arrived this morning at
    my editorial department.
[18:11] Editor C
    It said, "If you don't fire the
    assistant, you'll regret it."
[18:15] Editor C
    We did check the sender, but
    it was a convenience store.
[18:21] Megure
    Why was she being threatened, though?
[18:23] Hiura
    It's because a weekly magazine printed
    pictures of us walking around town together,
[18:28] Hiura
    with the caption that we might be lovers!
[18:31] Hiura
    Because of it, my wife went
    back to her parents' house.
[18:34] Editor C
    Nearly all his works are
    about pure and genuine love.
[18:38] Editor C
    He has many female fans
    who despise adultery.
[18:41] Megure
    What was your relationship with
    Minazuki-san actually like?
[18:45] Hiura
    There was nothing between us!
[18:48] Hiura
    She was a great assistant
    with plenty of ideas.
[18:53] Hiura
    She worked so hard on "The
    Phone, the Ocean, and I."
[18:56] Hiura
    You could practically call it her work.
[19:01] Hiura
    I was thinking of letting her become
    an independent writer next year.
[19:07] Hiura
    But why?
[19:11] Hiura
    Why her?
[20:40] Takagi
    Let the police handle this.
[20:43] Takagi
    Conan-kun and Sera-san, you can leave now.
[20:46] Takagi
    We might question some witnesses later.
[20:51] Sera
    Okay.
[20:56] Man
    What happened?
[20:56] Man
    There was a murder?
[20:57] Man
    A murder?
[20:58] Man
    What?
[20:59] Conan
    Whoa. Look at this crowd.
[21:01] Sera
    When did they get here?
[21:15] Conan
    Excuse me. Let me through, please.
[21:21] Conan
    Where is she?
[21:23] Conan
    Where did she go?
[21:28] Ran
    Why are you scowling like that, Conan-kun?
[21:32] Conan
    Did you see a girl?
[21:34] Ran
    What? A girl?
[21:36] Ran
    Sonoko, did you see one?
[21:38] Sonoko
    I don't know.
[21:39] Conan
    She was here in this crowd.
[21:42] Conan
    A middle school aged girl
    who looks just like Sera!
[21:46] Ran
    A middle school student
    who looks like Sera-san?
[21:49] Sonoko
    But she said she doesn't have a sister.
[21:53] Ran
    Maybe you were mistaken.
[21:58] Conan
    It wasn't a mistake. She was there.
[22:02] Conan
    There was a picture of a girl who
    looks like Sera on her phone, too.
[22:08] Conan
    Who is she?
[22:20] Ran
    What? No way!
[22:22] Ran
    The author Hiura-san is the suspect?
[22:25] Ran
    I-Is it true?
[22:26] Sera
    Yeah, probably.
[22:29] Sonoko
    But I thought he had an alibi.
[22:34] Sonoko
    He was in his room with his
    editors watching over him.
[22:38] Sera
    Yeah.
[22:39] Sera
    In order to break his alibi down,
[22:41] Sera
    I need to come up with a way to get
    into the victim's room one floor below.
[22:47] Sera
    We're thirty floors up.
[22:49] Sera
    Using a rope to climb down from
    the balcony would be pretty scary.
[22:54] Sera
    If the editors could see the entryway from
    where they were eating in the living room,
[22:58] Sera
    then they must have been able
    to see the balcony, too.
[23:05] Sera
    Right, Conan-kun?
[23:06] Conan
    H-Huh?
[23:09] Sera
    Don't you agree?
[23:11] Conan
    Y-Yeah.
[23:18] Ran
    Oh, no!
[23:19] Ran
    I forgot to make dinner!
[23:21] Ran
    I'd better call my dad!
[23:23] Sera
    Uh, oh. Mouri-san must be fuming.
[23:26] Sonoko
    He's pretty scary when he's upset over food.
[23:29] Ran
    Hey, Dad?
[23:32] Ran
    Sorry.
[23:34] Ran
    I was visiting Sera-san's place,
    and something happened...
[23:38] Ran
    I'm not lying.
[23:44] Sera
    The caps for the shampoo and
    conditioner are missing?
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[23:48] Conan
    We came in through the main entrance.
[23:51] Takagi
    Did you knock over the table, too?
[23:54] Conan
    There were lots of people
    bringing delivery food, right?
[23:57] Editor
    Y-Yeah.
[23:59] Hiura
    How did I move the body from
    this room to the one below?
[24:05] Sera
    That's right. That was his goal.
SIGN    The Romance Novel with the Unexpected Conclusion (Part Two)
[24:09] Conan
    The next episode is "The Romance Novel
    with the Unexpected Conclusion, Part Two!"
SIGN    An Old Letter
[24:30] Sera
    Next Conan's hint!
[24:32] Conan
    An old letter!
SIGN    Don't miss the next episode.
[24:35] Ran
    Does Sera-san really bother you that much?
[24:37] Sonoko
    There you go again, you precocious brat.
[24:38] Conan
    It's not like that.