# E759 - The Romance Novel with the Unexpected Conclusion (Part 1)
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**[00:00] ---**
**[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?
***SIGN*** Episode Preview
**[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.