# E876 - The Mechanical Witness
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***SIGN*** Authorized
Personnel Only
***SIGN*** Kusumi Machinery
**[00:05] Ran**
It's so cute!
***SIGN*** Kusumi Kyoichi (50)
President of Kusumi Machinery
**[00:07] Kusumi**
Try pressing the button
on the remote control.
**[00:10] Ran**
Okay.
**[00:16] ---**
Wow!
**[00:20] Kogoro**
Hey, wait.
**[00:21] Kogoro**
Let me see that.
**[00:24] Rabbit**
Suspicious person identified.
**[00:26] Rabbit**
Suspicious person identified.
**[00:28] Kogoro**
Huh?
**[00:43] Conan**
Curtains rise as the headliner appears!
**[00:46] Conan**
He beautifully dances his
mystery-solving steps!
**[00:48] Conan**
At the super high tech plant downtown,
**[00:50] Conan**
he takes on cutting-edge technology
with his detective skills.
**[00:52] Conan**
Always determining the one truth
**[00:54] Conan**
with the body of a child
and the mind of an adult,
**[00:55] Conan**
his name is Detective Conan!
***SIGN*** The Mechanical Witness
**[02:39] Conan**
"The Mechanical Witness!"
**[02:46] Kusumi**
I'm sorry.
**[02:47] Kusumi**
It was designed as a
self-defense robot for women.
**[02:52] Kusumi**
This is the lab.
**[02:54] Kogoro**
I see.
**[03:02] Kogoro**
Hey.
**[03:04] Kogoro**
You little rat.
**[03:08] Kogoro**
He's quick.
**[03:16] Tanizaki**
Please don't!
**[03:18] Kogoro**
Huh?
**[03:19] Tanizaki**
This is my robot.
***SIGN*** Tanizaki Takeshi (45)
Employee
**[03:22] Kogoro**
What? Oh, sorry.
**[03:25] Kogoro**
But why would you make something like that?
***SIGN*** Horiuchi Fumika (32)
Employee
**[03:28] Horiuchi**
I know.
**[03:29] Horiuchi**
I have no idea why he made that.
***SIGN*** Isshiki Kazuomi (25)
Employee
**[03:34] Isshiki**
Maybe he made it to scare girls.
**[03:39] Horiuchi**
What's your problem?
**[03:42] Horiuchi**
Why would you use our cutting-edge
technology to create mischievous products?
**[03:48] Horiuchi**
And one of such poor taste, too.
**[03:49] Isshiki**
I know.
**[03:52] Horiuchi**
I'm sorry, sir.
**[03:55] Horiuchi**
I need to speak to you urgently.
**[03:57] Kusumi**
That's a problem.
**[03:58] Kusumi**
I'm sorry, Mori-san.
**[04:00] Kusumi**
I'll be back as soon as I can.
**[04:02] Kusumi**
Give me a minute.
**[04:03] Kogoro**
Hello?
**[04:03] Isshiki**
Okay.
**[04:05] Isshiki**
What? Tonight?
**[04:07] Isshiki**
Tonight's not good for me.
**[04:09] Isshiki**
Why don't we postpone it?
**[04:13] Isshiki**
You can't?
**[04:15] Tanizaki**
Today's the last day they'll
be making fun of me.
**[04:18] Tanizaki**
You just watch.
**[04:27] Kusumi**
I can't.
**[04:28] Horiuchi**
Isn't there something you can do?
**[04:30] Kusumi**
I already told you not to get
too involved in online auctions.
**[04:34] Kusumi**
I can't give you any more
advances on your pay.
**[04:43] Horiuchi**
Who does he think he is?
**[04:45] Horiuchi**
I hope this company goes under.
***SIGN*** President's Office
**[04:50] Kusumi**
Sorry for making you come with me.
**[04:52] Kusumi**
They'd be on their guard if it
were just the famous Mori-san.
**[04:56] Ran**
It's fine.
**[04:58] Kusumi**
So, what do you think?
**[05:00] Kusumi**
At this point, who did you find suspicious?
**[05:04] Kogoro**
Tanizaki-san.
**[05:09] Kusumi**
Tanizaki-kun, huh?
**[05:11] Kogoro**
Before coming here, I conducted
a stakeout at Myojo Technics,
**[05:16] Kogoro**
where you suspect information
is being leaked to.
**[05:19] Kogoro**
I saw this.
**[05:24] Kusumi**
Damn it.
**[05:26] Kusumi**
I felt bad for him because he was laid off.
**[05:28] Kusumi**
And this is what I get for hiring him?
**[05:32] Kusumi**
I'm turning him in to the police.
**[05:34] Kogoro**
He'll deny it if you do.
**[05:38] Kusumi**
Then what should I do?
**[05:40] Kogoro**
We'll have to catch him in the act.
**[05:43] Kogoro**
It was the original components
that were stolen, yes?
**[05:46] Kusumi**
That's right. I have no idea how he
got them out of the plant, though.
**[05:50] Kusumi**
There's a metal detector at the entrance.
**[05:53] Kusumi**
Since they're for precision instruments, they'd
break if you threw them out a window.
**[05:57] Kogoro**
Even from the first floor?
**[05:59] Kusumi**
There are no first floor windows here.
**[06:01] Kusumi**
Direct sunlight is bad for
precision instruments.
**[06:15] Conan**
Hey, why are you dressed like that?
**[06:19] Kogoro**
They say if you want to hide a leaf,
you should hide it in the forest.
**[06:24] Kogoro**
I can see the entrance and stairs from here.
**[06:28] Ran**
But why tonight?
**[06:31] Kogoro**
There's an important presentation
at the other company tomorrow.
**[06:35] Kogoro**
The thefts always occur the night before.
**[06:42] Kogoro**
What was that?
**[06:45] Kogoro**
It was just something falling.
**[06:48] Ran**
Well, we should get going.
**[06:51] Kogoro**
Okay.
**[06:52] Conan**
Huh?
**[06:53] Ran**
What's wrong?
**[06:54] Conan**
Doesn't it smell like gas?
**[07:02] Kogoro**
It's a gas leak!
**[07:08] Kogoro**
It won't open?
**[07:10] Horiuchi**
It's locked from the inside.
**[07:12] Kusumi**
Mori-san?
**[07:13] Kogoro**
Do you have a spare key?
**[07:15] Kusumi**
A spare key?
**[07:16] Kusumi**
All the rooms here lock from the inside,
so we'll have to call a locksmith.
**[07:19] Kogoro**
They'll never make it in time.
**[07:31] Isshiki**
What's wrong?!
**[07:33] Horiuchi**
Help him break the door down.
**[07:35] Isshiki**
O-Okay!
**[08:03] Kusumi**
Isshiki-kun, shut off the gas.
**[08:05] Kusumi**
Horiuchi-kun, call an ambulance.
**[08:07] Both**
Got it.
**[08:11] Isshiki**
The gas pipe is broken.
**[08:12] Isshiki**
I'm going to shut off the main.
**[08:16] Kusumi**
How is he?
**[08:19] Kogoro**
Call the police.
**[08:23] Kusumi**
Got it.
**[08:56] Megure**
We've determined the victim
Tanizaki-san suffocated to death.
**[09:00] Kusumi**
Suffocated? It wasn't gas poisoning?
**[09:03] Megure**
No. There were ligature marks on his neck.
**[09:07] Megure**
He probably resisted.
**[09:09] Megure**
We found ligature marks on the
palms of his hands as well.
**[09:12] Megure**
We also found a 30 meter long rope
**[09:16] Megure**
in the shrubbery beneath the window.
**[09:20] Megure**
We're still waiting to hear from forensics,
but we believe it's the murder weapon.
**[09:25] Megure**
He was also bleeding from
the back of his head.
**[09:29] Isshiki**
Does this mean he was murdered?
**[09:32] Kogoro**
That's right.
**[09:33] Kogoro**
I heard something fall before
the gas alarm sounded.
**[09:39] Kogoro**
You heard it as well, didn't you?
**[09:41] Horiuchi**
Yes.
**[09:42] Kusumi**
I heard it.
**[09:43] Kogoro**
Judging by the footprints on the
floor and the broken gas pipe,
**[09:46] Kogoro**
their fight must have been rather violent.
**[09:51] Megure**
By the way, we found this among the
objects in Tanizaki-san's pockets.
**[09:56] Megure**
Do you know what it is?
**[09:59] Kusumi**
That's a new robot part
our company is developing.
**[10:04] Kogoro**
He must have been stealing—
No, strictly speaking,
**[10:07] Kogoro**
he was helping someone else steal it.
**[10:11] Megure**
What do you mean?
**[10:13] Kogoro**
He locked the door from the
inside so no one could enter,
**[10:17] Kogoro**
and invited a non-employee
into the storeroom.
**[10:22] Kogoro**
However, there was a problem,
and Tanizaki-san was murdered.
**[10:26] Kusumi**
He betrayed us. He got what he deserved.
**[10:29] Megure**
Who is this non-employee?
**[10:33] Kogoro**
A man named Makita.
**[10:35] Kogoro**
He works for Myojo Technics.
**[10:38] Megure**
Check it out.
**[10:40] Takagi**
Yes, sir.
**[10:43] Megure**
Could you tell us where you
were when the murder occurred?
**[10:48] Kusumi**
I was in my office on the third floor.
**[10:51] Horiuchi**
I was in the lab on this floor.
**[10:54] Isshiki**
I left work at my regular time,
**[10:57] Isshiki**
but I realized I had forgotten
something and returned to get it.
**[11:00] Kogoro**
On your way back, did you spot
any suspicious figures outside?
**[11:06] Isshiki**
No, I don't think so.
**[11:09] Isshiki**
Does that mean the killer
broke in from the outside?
**[11:12] Kogoro**
Well, the doors were locked.
**[11:15] Kusumi**
But the windows were open.
**[11:18] Kogoro**
We may be able to solve this
case sooner than expected.
**[11:25] Megure**
Impressive, Mori-kun.
**[11:27] Conan**
*I hope he's right.*
**[11:46] Conan**
*That's the crime scene.*
**[11:51] Conan**
*The president's office.*
**[12:00] Conan**
*What's that?*
**[12:04] Conan**
*This isn't an ordinary stain.*
**[12:09] Conan**
*Is this...?*
**[12:11] Conan**
Come to think of it...
**[12:18] Tanizaki**
*This is my robot.*
**[12:22] Tanizaki**
* Today's the last day they'll*
* be making fun of me.*
**[12:25] Tanizaki**
*You just watch.*
**[12:47] Conan**
I see.
**[12:49] Conan**
So that's how it is.
***SIGN*** Spare Prototype Components
**[13:03] Kogoro**
What? Makita is innocent?
**[13:07] Megure**
According to Takagi-kun's report,
**[13:10] Megure**
Makita-san belongs to the
general affairs department
**[13:13] Megure**
that has nothing to do with
technological development.
**[13:15] Kogoro**
Surely even the general affairs department
would've wanted the information.
**[13:18] Megure**
On top of that, he has an alibi.
**[13:20] Kogoro**
What? I'll prove his alibi is—
**[13:25] Kogoro**
Huh?
**[13:26] Megure**
Hey!
**[13:27] Megure**
Mori-kun!
**[13:29] Kogoro**
Inspector, I've solved the mystery.
**[13:32] Kogoro**
Call everyone here.
**[13:34] Megure**
What? Got it.
**[13:39] Kusumi**
Mori-san.
**[13:41] Kusumi**
I heard you identified the culprit.
**[13:44] Kogoro**
Yes.
**[13:45] Isshiki**
By culprit you mean murderer, right?
**[13:48] Isshiki**
Earlier you said Tanizaki-san was
responsible for the leaked information.
**[13:52] Kogoro**
That's actually not the case.
**[13:55] All**
What?
**[13:56] Kogoro**
Tanizaki-san was attempting
to catch the leak.
**[14:02] All**
What?
**[14:04] Kogoro**
Tanizaki-san's mouse robot was
actually a security device.
**[14:11] Horiuchi**
No way.
**[14:14] Horiuchi**
What?
**[14:19] Kogoro**
It's a rather well made robot.
**[14:22] Kogoro**
It can identify the culprit
using its sensors.
**[14:25] Horiuchi**
That's impossible!
**[14:27] Horiuchi**
An AI can't identify a culprit!
**[14:30] Isshiki**
She's right. Is this a joke?
**[14:33] Kogoro**
But it can.
**[14:49] Kogoro**
It's you, isn't it?
**[14:53] Kogoro**
Isshiki Kazuomi-san.
**[14:56] Isshiki**
This is ridiculous.
**[14:57] Isshiki**
Mori-san, you made it do that.
**[15:00] Kogoro**
No, I didn't.
**[15:02] Kogoro**
The robot's sensors responded
**[15:06] Kogoro**
to something stuck to your shoe.
**[15:08] Isshiki**
Huh? What's on my shoe?
**[15:12] Kogoro**
The ink on your toe.
**[15:17] Takagi**
I'm back!
**[15:22] Takagi**
What's going on?
**[15:29] Kogoro**
Isshiki-san, didn't you notice?
**[15:32] Kogoro**
The same thing happened to you
when you snuck into the room.
**[15:37] Isshiki**
I-I got this at home.
**[15:40] Kogoro**
You keep the special ink these
sensors respond to at home?
**[15:45] Kogoro**
Tanizaki-san designed the robot,
**[15:48] Kogoro**
so the culprit couldn't
explain his way out of it.
**[15:53] Isshiki**
Fine. I admit it.
**[15:56] Isshiki**
I'm the one who stole the information.
**[15:58] Megure**
Did you give the stolen information
**[16:01] Megure**
to Makita-san of Myojo Technics?
**[16:05] Isshiki**
No, it was some guy named Hiraguchi
from their R&D department.
**[16:09] Isshiki**
I did it for the money.
**[16:11] Isshiki**
He did it for his career.
**[16:13] Kusumi**
Then why did Tanizaki-kun meet with them?
**[16:15] Takagi**
According to Makita-san, he asked about
the date of their next presentation.
**[16:20] Kogoro**
He needed to know so he could
set a trap for the leak.
**[16:26] Isshiki**
That's why I said we should
postpone it, but...
**[16:32] Isshiki**
Damn it!
**[16:33] Isshiki**
But I didn't kill him!
**[16:36] Isshiki**
I did hit him when we got into a
fight, but I didn't strangle him.
**[16:40] Isshiki**
It's true.
**[16:42] Megure**
Then who did?
**[16:43] Isshiki**
Probably one of those two.
**[16:46] Both**
What?
**[16:47] Isshiki**
I was outside.
**[16:49] Isshiki**
I would've seen the culprit
flee if they were an outsider.
**[16:52] Isshiki**
But I didn't see anyone.
**[16:53] Horiuchi**
Yeah, but that doesn't mean we—
**[16:55] Isshiki**
She hated Tanizaki.
**[16:59] Horiuchi**
I wouldn't kill him just
because I didn't like him.
**[17:02] Isshiki**
Then it was the president.
**[17:04] Isshiki**
You thought Tanizaki was the leak
and killed him for his betrayal.
**[17:09] Kusumi**
I-I wouldn't do that.
**[17:12] Isshiki**
In any case, Mori-san, tell us who did it.
**[17:16] Kogoro**
Very well.
**[17:18] Kogoro**
Allow me to explain the course of events.
**[17:22] Kogoro**
Before leaving the office, Isshiki-san
hid the components in this room.
**[17:27] Kogoro**
He chose this room because it's
not normally used by anyone.
**[17:32] Kogoro**
After unlocking the windows so
he could enter from the outside,
**[17:36] Kogoro**
he got a rope to hang out of the room.
**[17:40] Kusumi**
What did he attach the rope to?
**[17:43] Kusumi**
There's nothing on the
outside wall to tie it to.
**[17:46] Kogoro**
He tied it to the gas pipe inside the room.
**[17:50] All**
What?
**[17:52] Kogoro**
After tying the rope around the gas pipe,
**[17:55] Kogoro**
he passed the ends through the gaps
**[17:57] Kogoro**
between the ventilation fan
above the water heater.
**[18:01] Kogoro**
That's why he needed 30 meters of rope.
**[18:05] Kogoro**
By pulling on one end
**[18:08] Kogoro**
of the rope from below,
**[18:11] Kogoro**
he could retrieve the rope,
**[18:14] Kogoro**
allowing him to commit countless thefts
without leaving any evidence behind.
**[18:18] Kogoro**
Once everything was ready,
**[18:21] Kogoro**
Isshiki-san left the office.
**[18:24] Kogoro**
He secretly returned and
waited beneath the window.
**[18:29] Kogoro**
He waited for the right
moment to climb the wall
**[18:33] Kogoro**
and entered the room through
the window he left unlocked.
**[18:41] Kogoro**
Isshiki-san didn't notice the robot
**[18:44] Kogoro**
because he was surprised
**[18:48] Kogoro**
by something else:
Tanizaki-san was in the room.
**[18:54] Kogoro**
Knowing the theft would happen tonight since
the presentation was scheduled for tomorrow,
**[18:58] Kogoro**
Tanizaki-san found the hidden
components and hid in the room.
**[19:03] Kogoro**
He locked the room so the
thief couldn't escape.
**[19:08] Kogoro**
Then Tanizaki-san and
Isshiki-san got into a fight.
**[19:11] Kogoro**
He began bleeding from his
head when he was struck.
**[19:16] Kogoro**
Disturbed by this,
**[19:19] Kogoro**
Isshiki-san fled from the room.
**[19:23] Kogoro**
That's when the gas pipe,
**[19:25] Kogoro**
that had supported the rope
**[19:28] Kogoro**
so many times before broke from the strain.
**[19:33] Kogoro**
Isshiki-san nearly fell.
**[19:39] Kogoro**
But miraculously, he was saved.
**[19:44] Kogoro**
Upon reaching the ground,
**[19:46] Kogoro**
Isshiki-san reeled in the rope
and hid it in the shrubbery.
**[19:55] Kogoro**
He returned to the office
**[19:57] Kogoro**
because he was worried about Tanizaki-san.
**[20:02] Isshiki**
That's exactly right.
**[20:04] Isshiki**
I had no idea there was a
murderer in the office, though.
**[20:09] Isshiki**
What trick did you use?
**[20:11] Isshiki**
What was the weapon?
**[20:13] Isshiki**
Huh?
**[20:14] Kogoro**
Isshiki-san.
**[20:15] Isshiki**
What?
**[20:17] Kogoro**
Did you not wonder why you stopped falling?
**[20:22] Isshiki**
Why?
**[20:23] Kogoro**
Your fall was stopped because
Tanizaki-san grabbed the rope.
**[20:38] Kogoro**
However, he was unable to hold your weight.
**[20:42] Kogoro**
The rope became tangled
around Tanizaki-san's neck.
**[20:46] Kogoro**
And he was raised off the floor.
**[20:51] Isshiki**
Y-You're lying!
**[20:54] Kogoro**
Unfortunately, it's true.
**[20:57] Kogoro**
The footprints on the floor.
**[20:59] Kogoro**
The rust on the water heater
and Tanizaki-san's back.
**[21:04] Kogoro**
And more than anything, the
blood on the fan proves it.
**[21:10] Kogoro**
Isshiki-san, your series of
thefts took Tanizaki-san's life.
**[21:26] Isshiki**
Forgive me!
**[21:27] Isshiki**
Forgive me.
**[21:30] Isshiki**
Forgive me...
**[23:12] Kogoro**
It's hard to believe that's a robot.
**[23:17] Kogoro**
It even feels like the real thing.
**[23:23] Kogoro**
What? Then what about the one on my head?
**[23:29] Crow**
Idiot.
**[23:32] Kogoro**
Who are you calling stupid?
**[23:35] Kogoro**
I'm the famous detective Mori Kogoro!
**[23:41] Conan**
*Then you should've noticed.*
***SIGN*** Episode Preview
**[23:45] Ayumi**
You're right. You have a bump.
**[23:47] Genta**
I thought I could find that guy
and turn him in to the police.
**[23:51] Mitsuhiko**
Of course we'll help.
**[23:53] Gonta**
Ouch...
**[23:55] Gonta**
Damn.
**[23:57] Gonta**
What am I doing here?
**[24:01] Police A**
You don't even remember your own name?
**[24:03] Gonta**
Not at all.
**[24:06] Police A**
Are you a wanted robber?
***SIGN*** A Pair of Crossing Fates
**[24:09] Conan**
The next episode of Conan is
"A Pair of Crossing Fates!"
**[24:30] Genta**
Next Conan's hint!
***SIGN*** Genta
**[24:33] Conan**
Genta!
**[24:35] Genta**
Am I the star?
***SIGN*** Don't miss the next episode.
**[24:36] Conan**
Genta, you're the hint.
**[24:37] Genta**
Then it's next Genta's hint.
**[24:39] ---**