# E796 - The Lovebirds' Ruse
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**[00:00] ---**
**[00:24] Takagi**
Inspector, we believe he fell from there.
**[00:28] Takagi**
The window on the fifth
floor hallway was left open.
**[00:33] Takagi**
The victim's footprints
were on the sill, too.
**[00:37] Megure**
That must be it, then.
**[00:39] Kogoro**
The question is why he fell.
**[00:42] Megure**
M-Mori-kun?
**[00:44] Kogoro**
We spotted you and thought
we could be helpful.
**[00:48] Kogoro**
This kid did, that is.
***SIGN*** Kanbayashi Chosaku (38)
Mystery Writer
**[00:53] Conan**
Is this the author...?
**[00:57] Takagi**
Kanbayashi Chosaku-san.
**[01:00] Takagi**
He was renting an office on the
fifth floor of this building.
**[01:03] Kogoro**
Kanbayashi Chosaku? He's a modestly
successful mystery writer, right?
**[01:08] Seiko**
Not modestly!
***SIGN*** Kanbayashi Seiko (35)
Kanbayashi's Wife
***SIGN*** Sugiyama Kiyoshi (58)
Building Doorman
**[01:10] Seiko**
My husband was first-rate!
**[01:14] Kogoro**
What?
**[01:15] Takagi**
That's his wife, Kanbayashi Seiko-san.
**[01:19] Kogoro**
She already came to confirm it was him?
**[01:22] Megure**
No. She apparently discovered the body.
**[01:25] Conan**
The wife found her husband's body?
**[01:28] Seiko**
Why, Darling?
**[01:30] Seiko**
Why did this happen?
**[01:37] Conan**
Solving crimes with sharp detective skills.
**[01:39] Conan**
Love and cases never change.
**[01:41] Conan**
Lovebirds are the closest of
couples, but what are they hiding?
**[01:45] Conan**
Always determining the one truth with the
body of a child and the mind of an adult,
**[01:48] Conan**
his name is Detective Conan!
***SIGN*** The Lovebirds' Ruse
**[03:31] Conan**
"The Lovebirds' Ruse!"
**[03:39] Megure**
Could you explain the events leading
up to you discovering the body?
**[03:44] Seiko**
All right.
**[03:45] Seiko**
This morning as I was going out, my
husband asked me to do something.
**[03:50] Kanbayashi**
* Some work documents should*
* arrive before noon.*
**[03:53] Kanbayashi**
*Can you bring them to my office?*
**[03:55] Seiko**
*What? But...*
**[03:57] Kanbayashi**
*I know.*
**[03:58] Kanbayashi**
*You can bring them after your show.*
**[04:02] Seiko**
I took the documents that were delivered
and left home at exactly 12.
**[04:08] Seiko**
I called to say I was on my way,
but he didn't answer his phone.
**[04:12] Seiko**
I thought he might be feeling unwell, so
I had the doorman unlock the door for me.
**[04:19] Sugiyama**
*He's not here.*
**[04:22] Sugiyama**
*I don't think he went out.*
**[04:37] Sugiyama**
She arrived around 12:20 and discovered
the body immediately after that.
**[04:44] Takagi**
His watch is broken and stopped at 11:50.
**[04:48] Takagi**
He probably fell at this time.
**[04:52] Megure**
Thirty minutes before he was found.
**[04:55] Conan**
But why is he wearing gloves?
**[05:03] Megure**
These gloves look new.
**[05:06] Sugiyama**
And then there are the sneakers.
**[05:10] Sugiyama**
I think he was wearing leather
shoes when I saw him this morning.
**[05:14] Megure**
What?
**[05:16] Conan**
And what's this scrape on his face?
**[05:20] Kogoro**
He probably scraped his face
on the ground when he fell.
**[05:24] Conan**
Then shouldn't there be
grit stuck to his face?
**[05:30] Megure**
Either way, the autopsy
might reveal something.
**[05:33] Megure**
And I'm sure an investigation of
Kanbayashi's office will turn up something.
**[05:40] Conan**
Oh? You look pretty young in this photo.
**[05:44] Seiko**
Yes. We didn't have much
money when we got married.
**[05:49] Seiko**
We could barely afford those fox
and raccoon dog stuffed animals.
**[05:54] Seiko**
He had that photo out, huh?
**[05:58] Megure**
Was Kanbayashi behaving
strangely this morning?
**[06:02] Sugiyama**
Not really.
**[06:03] Sugiyama**
He only stepped out for five
minutes to buy cigarettes.
**[06:09] Sugiyama**
*It's your anniversary?*
**[06:11] Kanbayashi**
* Yes. I have my wife to thank*
* for the man I am today.*
**[06:17] Kanbayashi**
*I'd be too embarrassed to tell her, though.*
**[06:20] Kanbayashi**
*I'll be right back.*
**[06:22] Seiko**
He said that?
**[06:25] Seiko**
It's the opposite.
**[06:26] Seiko**
Kanbayashi made me so happy.
**[06:32] Megure**
It doesn't sound like there
was trouble between them.
**[06:36] Megure**
Based on the gloves and
sneakers he was wearing,
**[06:41] Megure**
your husband must have been working on
something when he accidentally fell.
**[06:48] Seiko**
So it was an accident.
**[06:51] Conan**
But, Inspector Megure...
**[06:54] Takagi**
There's nothing outside that window.
**[06:58] Megure**
I see.
**[06:59] Megure**
So he couldn't have been working.
**[07:03] Kogoro**
Which means he was murdered.
**[07:06] Both**
Huh?
**[07:07] Kogoro**
Someone cornered Kanbayashi-san
by the window and pushed him.
**[07:12] Conan**
But, Mister...
**[07:15] Sugiyama**
That's impossible.
**[07:16] Kogoro**
What?
**[07:17] Sugiyama**
It's the weekend.
**[07:19] Sugiyama**
Only Kanbayashi-sensei was in the building.
**[07:22] Sugiyama**
Even if someone snuck in, the only way in
was the service entrance, and I was there.
**[07:29] Kogoro**
Right, you little brat?
**[07:34] Takagi**
Then that leaves suicide.
**[07:37] Seiko**
It's plausible.
**[07:40] Seiko**
He said his manuscript was due today.
**[07:43] Seiko**
Perhaps he had writer's block
and did it impulsively.
**[07:46] Seiko**
He was suffering so much,
but I didn't notice.
**[07:51] Seiko**
It's my fault.
**[07:53] Kogoro**
You do sometimes hear about writers
doing that when they can't write.
**[07:58] Conan**
But if he did it on impulse, wouldn't he have
jumped from here instead of the hallway window?
**[08:08] Ikejiri**
Is it true that he's dead, ma'am?
***SIGN*** Ikejiri Fumito (35)
Editor
**[08:13] Seiko**
Ikejiri-san?
**[08:15] Ikejiri**
I came by to see how the manuscript was
coming along, and they told me he's dead.
**[08:21] Seiko**
This is Kanbayashi's editor.
**[08:25] Ikejiri**
I know this is a bad time, but I need to
figure out how to handle the situation,
**[08:30] Ikejiri**
so I'd like to see the manuscript.
**[08:35] Takagi**
Y-You...
**[08:36] Megure**
It's his job.
**[08:38] Megure**
And if it is suicide...
**[08:40] Ikejiri**
Huh?
**[08:41] Ikejiri**
I-It's finished.
**[08:44] Conan**
You're right.
**[08:46] Ikejiri**
But when I called this morning, he...
**[08:49] Kanbayashi**
*I'm stuck.*
**[08:51] Kanbayashi**
*It'll be finished at four at the earliest.*
**[08:58] Conan**
But he finished by the time he died at noon.
**[09:02] Seiko**
He was probably teasing you, Ikejiri-san.
**[09:06] Ikejiri**
His final joke, huh?
**[09:11] Megure**
It may not be suicide, then.
**[09:14] Kogoro**
An accident, murder, and suicide.
**[09:17] Kogoro**
None of them make any sense!
**[09:21] Conan**
*We're still missing something.*
**[09:24] Conan**
*There must be some kind of clue in this room.*
**[09:30] Conan**
*Envelopes?*
**[09:32] Conan**
*These are documents.*
**[09:35] Conan**
*Usually he had them sent here.*
**[09:38] Conan**
*So why did he make an exception today?*
**[09:44] Kogoro**
What are you doing?
**[09:48] Kogoro**
That's a receipt from a
nearby convenience store.
**[09:51] Conan**
Isn't it weird?
***SIGN*** Gloves 1 Pair MINI SEVEN 1 Carton
**[09:53] Conan**
He bought gloves and a carton
of cigarettes this morning.
**[09:58] Conan**
Which means somewhere in here...
**[10:03] Conan**
Look, I found the cigarettes!
**[10:06] Conan**
But Kanbayashi-san went
out to buy some, right?
**[10:10] Conan**
Ten minutes before he fell.
**[10:13] Kogoro**
It certainly is strange...
**[10:17] Seiko**
He'd do that sometimes.
**[10:19] Seiko**
He would get so focused on
work, he'd forget that he had some.
**[10:25] Kogoro**
You heard her.
**[10:27] Ikejiri**
Well, I'm heading back to the office.
**[10:30] Ikejiri**
We'll figure out how to handle this later.
**[10:39] Ikejiri**
Excuse me, ma'am.
**[10:49] Ikejiri**
I just thought it a bit strange.
**[10:52] Conan**
He hadn't had the photo out before?
**[10:55] Ikejiri**
As if.
**[10:57] Ikejiri**
Their relationship was long over.
**[11:01] Ikejiri**
His wife wanted a divorce, but the stingy
writer didn't want to pay alimony,
**[11:07] Ikejiri**
so he'd been avoiding the discussion.
**[11:09] Conan**
Really?
**[11:11] Ikejiri**
After growing tired of him, his wife
became obsessed with Korean celebrities.
**[11:17] Ikejiri**
Don't tell anyone, okay?
**[11:19] Conan**
O-Okay.
**[11:20] Kogoro**
Ma'am!
**[11:22] Seiko**
Yes?
**[11:23] Kogoro**
According to my sources, your
relationship ended long ago.
**[11:29] Kogoro**
I sense the key to solving the
mystery of his fall lies there.
**[11:35] Seiko**
It was rocky at times, but we
patched up our relationship.
**[11:42] Seiko**
I can't believe you're bringing that up now.
**[11:45] Kogoro**
Uh, well...
**[11:47] Megure**
Mori-kun.
**[11:47] Takagi**
Mori-san.
**[11:48] Kogoro**
Um, I...
**[11:51] Kogoro**
Sheesh!
**[11:56] Conan**
*Something's not right.*
**[11:58] Conan**
*Murder, suicide, an accident.*
**[12:01] Conan**
* None of them make sense, and*
* nothing seems quite right.*
**[12:08] Conan**
* And why was Kanbayashi-san*
* standing in this window?*
**[12:17] Conan**
*There's a window directly opposite this one.*
**[12:19] Conan**
*That's it!*
**[12:21] Conan**
*That would explain everything.*
**[12:28] Conan**
*It should be right around here.*
**[12:31] Conan**
The men's bathroom?
**[12:38] Conan**
*The windows...*
**[12:41] Conan**
*It's about two meters across.*
**[12:43] Conan**
*You could jump if you wanted to.*
***SIGN*** Cleaning Checklist
**[12:48] Conan**
* The building is cleaned every*
* day at 7:00, 11:00, and 5:00.*
**[12:52] Conan**
* As long as you put it back*
* before then, it's fine.*
**[12:55] Conan**
* And regardless of when*
* the documents arrived,*
***SIGN*** Gathering of Korean stars!!
**[12:59] Conan**
he knew his wife would
leave home after noon.
**[13:04] Conan**
*It's a twenty minute walk from home to here.*
**[13:08] Conan**
*And between them is... Beika Greens?*
***SIGN*** Beika Greens
**[13:14] Conan**
Even in the middle of the day,
it's dark with the shadows of the trees.
**[13:19] Conan**
* But he underestimated the two*
* meter distance and failed.*
**[13:25] Takagi**
What?
**[13:26] Kogoro**
The wife is lying?
**[13:28] Megure**
Lying about what?
**[13:29] Chiba**
The wife said she left home
at exactly 12:00, right?
**[13:34] Chiba**
But a neighbor spotted her
leaving earlier at 11:20!
**[13:41] Kogoro**
Which means she could've
been here by 11:40.
**[13:46] Kogoro**
Kanbayashi fell at 11:50.
**[13:50] Kogoro**
If she arrived at 11:40,
she could have pushed him!
**[13:55] Megure**
But even if she made it here, she couldn't
have gone inside without the doorman noticing.
**[14:00] Takagi**
I'm not sure we should suspect her.
**[14:03] Kogoro**
She lied about a fact
as critical as the time!
**[14:06] Takagi**
Y-Yes, but...
**[14:10] Conan**
*What's going on?*
**[14:18] Conan**
*The wife could have arrived at 11:40.*
**[14:23] Conan**
11:40? That's when Kanbayashi-san...
**[14:28] Conan**
Could it be?
**[14:31] Conan**
If that's true,
**[14:33] Conan**
*then the scrape on his face...*
**[14:40] Conan**
This is it!
**[14:41] Takagi**
M-Mori-san!
**[14:44] Kogoro**
She'll show her true colors
if we question her!
**[14:47] Megure**
But, Mori-kun...
**[14:49] Conan**
Damn it, there's still one
more thing I don't know!
**[14:53] Seiko**
I did leave the house
at 11:20 the first time.
**[14:58] Kogoro**
The first time?
**[15:00] Seiko**
I was in a hurry to deliver the
documents and forgot to lock up.
**[15:05] Seiko**
I came partway before turning back.
**[15:11] Seiko**
The second time I left was at exactly noon.
**[15:15] Chiba**
So that's what happened.
**[15:17] Megure**
You heard her, Mori-kun.
**[15:19] Kogoro**
Th-That's too convenient!
**[15:26] Kogoro**
Let's get a con-beer-nient beer!
**[15:29] Kogoro**
Kanbayashi Nagasaku's death is mysterious
indeed, but I've finally solved it.
**[15:37] Kogoro**
Kanbayashi Seiko-san, your
husband nearly killed you.
**[15:43] Seiko**
Me?!
**[15:44] Megure**
What?!
**[15:46] Kogoro**
His motive was probably
because he met a new woman.
**[15:51] Seiko**
No...
**[15:52] Kogoro**
However, he would be the prime
suspect if he simply killed you.
**[15:56] Kogoro**
So Kanbayashi-san fabricated an alibi.
**[16:00] Kogoro**
First he asked you to bring the
documents to draw you here.
**[16:06] Kogoro**
Normally he had documents delivered here,
but he had them sent to the house instead.
**[16:12] Kogoro**
At 11:40, Kanbayashi-san pretended
to go out to buy cigarettes,
**[16:19] Kogoro**
went into the neighboring building,
**[16:21] Kogoro**
opened the window in the fifth floor men's
bathroom directly opposite the window,
**[16:27] Kogoro**
and returned as though nothing happened.
**[16:30] Kogoro**
Then he planned to change into sneakers,
**[16:33] Kogoro**
jump to the bathroom window,
exit through the building,
**[16:38] Kogoro**
wait for you at Beika Greens, and kill you.
**[16:43] Kogoro**
After returning the way he came...
**[16:47] Kanbayashi**
*I finally finished.*
**[16:50] Kogoro**
He'd give Ikejiri the manuscript.
**[16:54] Kogoro**
Once he closed the window in the
men's bathroom, he would be finished.
**[17:01] Kogoro**
Since it's the weekend, no
one would use the bathroom.
**[17:06] Kogoro**
After 11, cleaning services
don't come until 5PM,
**[17:11] Kogoro**
so no one would notice
if he did it before then.
**[17:14] Kogoro**
His wife's body would be discovered,
**[17:17] Kogoro**
and her time of death would be
determined to be around noon.
**[17:22] Kogoro**
But the doorman would testify that
**[17:25] Kogoro**
Kanbayashi-san was inside this
building from morning until evening.
**[17:30] Megure**
He left for about five minutes, but
since it's not enough time to travel
**[17:33] Megure**
to and back from the scene of the
murder, he wouldn't be suspected.
**[17:39] Takagi**
He finished the manuscript
beforehand because he wouldn't
**[17:42] Takagi**
have time to write after he
went out to commit a murder.
**[17:47] Seiko**
It was another tool to make us
believe he wasn't trying to kill me.
**[17:52] Chiba**
It was all a scheme to get
away with killing his wife!
**[17:57] Kogoro**
That's right.
**[17:59] Kogoro**
But despite putting on gloves and sneakers,
**[18:04] Kogoro**
Kanbayashi-san failed to jump across
to the window like he planned.
**[18:08] Megure**
He made a mistake and fell.
**[18:12] Takagi**
Which means it was an accident.
**[18:15] Seiko**
What an idiot. I'm an idiot, too.
**[18:19] Seiko**
I had no idea I was such a
bother that he wanted to kill me.
**[18:25] Takagi**
Ma'am...
**[18:27] Kogoro**
You can stop acting now, ma'am.
**[18:31] Seiko**
What?
**[18:31] Megure**
What do you mean, Mori-kun?
**[18:34] Kogoro**
Kanbayashi-san didn't fail the
jump because he made a mistake,
**[18:39] Kogoro**
but because you blocked him!
**[18:46] Kogoro**
After leaving your home at 11:20,
you arrived here at 11:40.
**[18:52] Kogoro**
You saw Kanbayashi behaving strangely then.
**[18:57] Kogoro**
You were already suspicious because
he sent the documents to your home,
**[19:01] Kogoro**
so you followed Kanbayashi-san and
realized what he was planning.
**[19:11] Kogoro**
You used his plan against him.
**[19:21] Kanbayashi**
There!
**[19:38] Kogoro**
Which means that his fall was murder.
**[19:43] Seiko**
I didn't...
**[19:46] Kogoro**
Then you and the doorman
discovered the body together.
**[19:52] Kogoro**
Without a third party with you,
suspicion would fall on you.
**[19:56] Kogoro**
A wife benefits most from
her husband's death.
**[20:01] Kogoro**
She gets the insurance money.
**[20:04] Seiko**
This is profoundly malicious conjecture.
**[20:08] Kogoro**
I believe you'll find proof in the
neighboring building's bathroom.
**[20:15] Chiba**
We found Kanbayashi-san's eyebrow
hairs in the deck brush.
**[20:20] Takagi**
And this was on the floor.
**[20:22] Takagi**
It's a woman's hair.
**[20:25] Megure**
A DNA test should make things clear.
**[20:31] Seiko**
My idiot husband had been
trying to kill me for a long time.
**[20:36] Seiko**
That's why I did the same...
**[20:45] Seiko**
...to him.
**[20:47] Seiko**
I didn't think anyone would find out.
**[20:52] Seiko**
I'd wanted to kill him for a long time.
**[20:56] Seiko**
All I did was shove the brush
in my idiot husband's face.
**[21:02] Megure**
How dare you? You killed a man!
**[21:05] Kogoro**
They're both to blame.
**[21:08] Kogoro**
They both wanted to kill each other,
but pretended to be happily married.
**[21:13] Kogoro**
They were both trying to outfox the other.
**[22:41] Kogoro**
Ma'am, will you tell me one thing?
**[22:46] Kogoro**
Kanbayashi-san's plan failed because
you left home forty minutes early.
**[22:54] Kogoro**
Your beloved Korean stars were on TV.
**[22:57] Kogoro**
Why didn't you wait until
the end of the episode?
**[23:02] Seiko**
Because, Mori-san, I came
up with a good idea.
**[23:07] Seiko**
A way to kill my idiot husband and
make it look like an accident.
**[23:18] Seiko**
I wanted to put it into
action as soon as possible.
**[23:22] Seiko**
You know what they say.
**[23:24] Seiko**
Strike while the iron is hot!
**[23:30] Both**
Hey, wait!
**[23:32] Megure**
What's wrong with that woman?
**[23:37] Conan**
*She's terrifying.*
***SIGN*** Episode Preview
**[23:45] Man**
Make any noise, and I'll kill you!
**[23:47] Man**
Hand over the jewels.
***SIGN*** Crime Plan
**[23:50] Conan**
*A crime plan?*
**[23:52] Woman**
Oh, no! "The Mirage" is doomed!
**[23:57] Woman**
I won't let this beat me.
**[23:59] Conan**
Found it.
**[24:00] Conan**
But the most vital thing is missing...
**[24:03] Woman**
In that case, this is the
birth of detective Funachi!
***SIGN*** The Dreaming Girl's Confused Deduction
**[24:09] Conan**
The next episode of Conan is "The
Dreaming Girl's Confused Deduction!"
***SIGN*** Printing Paper
**[24:30] Kogoro**
Next Conan's hint!
**[24:32] Conan**
Printing paper!
**[24:34] Takagi**
Ah, a young girl dreams
of finding her lovebird.
***SIGN*** Don't miss the next episode.
**[24:37] Conan**
What's wrong?
**[24:38] Takagi**
Sato-san!