E88 - The Dracula Manor Murder Case (Part 1)

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    A racing second hand,
    tiny shooting stars!
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    Conan's logic is good medicine
    for hearts tired by modern society!
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    Today's case is a Western legend!
    Don't put much stake in theories!
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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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    Dracula Manor?!
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    Yeah. Most of Mr. Dorakura's
    novels are centered around vampires,
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    so he's earned the
    nickname "Mr. Dracula."
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    And that's why it's
    called Dracula Manor?
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    Is Dorakura Daisuke a famous writer?
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    He's the most popular writer in
    the Japan Horror Novel Association.
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    He's even started to branch
    out into heroic fantasy novels,
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    and is gaining female fans, too.
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    You sure know a lot about him, Dad!
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    Of course I do! I am a
    brilliant detective, you know!
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    Ran-neechan.
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    Horror Times Monthly--
    Special Dorakura Daisuke Issue!
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    Ah, a cheat sheet, huh?
[02:44] ---
    Shut up!
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    There it is!
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    That's Dracula Manor?
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    "The Dracula Manor Murder Case (Part 1)."
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    Detective Mori-san, right?
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    Yes.
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    Thank you for coming all this way!
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    Who are you?
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    I'm Tadokoro, I'm studying
    under Dorakura-sensei.
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    He's been waiting for you.
    Come this way.
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    Who is she?
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    Dorakura Etsuko (30) Dorakura Daisuke's Wife
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    Oh, that's his wife.
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    What a beautiful woman!
    I'm jealous!
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    Dad!
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    Geez...
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    Old mansions certainly
    have a unique feel to them,
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    I get a chill down
    my spine for some reason...
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    That's why I--
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    Oh? Is that...
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    Might you be Mori
    Kogoro-san, the detective?!
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    Yes... that's right.
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    I knew it! It's an honor to meet you!
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    I'm Doi, editor in chief for
    Daigakkan's Horror Times Monthly.
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    Oh, I know that magazine.
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    Wow, so you're the famous detective?
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    Hamura Shuichi (33) NKU Folklore Researcher
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    I am Hamura Shuichi.
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    I'm a folklore researcher
    at North Kanto University.
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    Oh? What sort of research do you do?
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    Mainly... vampire legends.
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    O-Oh. That's interesting research...
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    Say, where's Mr. Dorakura?
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    He's in the study, writing.
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    That's... a study room?
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    He's right in here.
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    A black-out curtain...
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    Just a movie...
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    Mori Kogoro-san, I take it?
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    Welcome to Dracula Manor.
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    Dorakura Daisuke (50) Horror Writer
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    I am Dorakura Daisuke.
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    Octagonal rooms certainly are rare...
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    Umm... do you always dress
    up like Dracula like that?
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    By writing while cloaked in Dracula
    attire as I play Dracula films,
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    I've brought many a
    masterpiece into the world.
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    So, how can I help you?
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    I wish to hire you to investigate
    the behavior of my wife, Etsuko.
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    Behavior? An affair, in other words?
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    Yes.
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    I want you to find definitive proof
    of the affair, and the man it's with.
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    Bastard called me all the way out
    here just for some stupid affair...
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    I am willing to pay one million yen,
    and related expenses, of course.
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    Certainly! I gladly accept the job!
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    Damn. I didn't bring
    any chains for the car...
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    No worries. You may spend
    the night here, in Dracula Manor.
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    I think I'll do that, then...
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    What a lovely smell!
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    It's homemade rosemary tea.
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    And dinner was delicious, too!
    You're a good cook, Tadokoro-san!
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    Thanks to him, the lady of the
    house can live an easy, carefree life.
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    Hamura-san...
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    No, I'm studying novel-writing here,
    so it's only natural that I help out.
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    Great. I look forward to your
    new series starting next month.
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    Though, I must finish this
    month's manuscript first.
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    Tadokoro, bring wine
    and a movie to the study.
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    Of course.
    What movie would you like?
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    You decide.
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    Say! Ran-san! Conan-kun!
    Want to come with me?
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    There's lots of rare stuff to see!
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    Rare stuff?
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    He means Dorakura-sensei's
    prized "Dracula Collection,"
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    full of props and costumes
    from vampire films.
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    Let's go see, Ran-neechan!
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    I think I'll--
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    C'mon!
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    His vast collection of props
    and films are kept in here.
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    Hey, where do these stairs go?
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    Oh, there's a library in the basement.
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    It's filled with vampire books and
    old texts from around the world.
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    A Dracula Library, you could call it.
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    Whoa, a Dracula mask!
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    A Dracula hand!
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    A cross sword!
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    Yes, this one'll do.
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    Have you decided on a movie?
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    Yes. An old British movie
    called Banquet of Fresh Blood.
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    He just loves this one!
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    See that wooden stake there?
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    It was driven through the vampire's
    heart in the last scene of this film.
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    In his study, he also has the
    cross the vampire was strung up on.
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    Huh? I smell oil paint...
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    That's odd. There aren't
    any oil paintings...
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    Well, let's go back.
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    Okay!
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    Oh, Ran-san.
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    Sorry to ask, but could you
    make sure all the windows are locked?
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    Sure, no problem!
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    They're locked!
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    Thanks!
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    What did you think
    of the Dracula Collection?
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    It was kind of gross!
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    Say, Hamura-san.
    Dracula is just fiction, right?
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    It's true that the Count Dracula we know
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    was a monster created by
    Bram Stoker in his 1897 novel, Dracula.
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    But, there were several
    noblemen in medieval Europe
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    who were feared as vampires
    because of the atrocities they committed.
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    Dorakura-sensei has collected
    many old documents concerning that,
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    which is why I visit here personally.
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    Conan-kun! Want to play cards?
[11:26] ---
    Yeah!
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    Great! Hold on while I make
    sure everything's locked up.
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    Tadokoro-san seems really nice,
    does he like horror novels, too?
[11:43] ---
    If anything, I'd say he's
    probably more into fantasy.
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    I was the one who introduced
    him to Dorakura-sensei!
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    He seemed to have real talent, you see!
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    Is it still snowing?
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    No, it's stopped now.
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    Won't you two play cards with us, too?
[12:10] ---
    Sorry. I have a headache,
    so I'm going to bed now.
[12:15] ---
    And I'd like to browse the library
    a bit more. If you'll excuse me.
[12:29] ---
    Conan-kun! Use your 6 of Hearts already!
[12:32] ---
    Not gonna happen.
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    And my theory was right on the mark!
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    Oh!
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    Won't you join us, Hamura-san?
[12:43] ---
    Mori-san is retelling his many exploits!
[12:48] ---
    That sounds interesting.
[12:51] ---
    I need to use the restroom.
    I've been feeling ill since this morning.
[12:55] ---
    Sure, go ahead.
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    Sorry.
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    Dad. We're going to bed now.
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    You do that. It's grownup time now.
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    Huh? That's weird.
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    What is it?
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    He won't answer the phone.
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    You think maybe he dozed off?
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    He'd never do that! Late nights
    and alcohol never affect him!
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    I'll go have a look.
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    I'll go with him.
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    Sensei! Say something!
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    Dorakura-sensei!
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    Sensei!
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    It's locked.
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    What's all the noise?
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    Ma'am! Your husband
    isn't responding to us!
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    Oh, that's strange.
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    I can hear the projector!
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    That can't be! Shouldn't the
    movie be long over by now?!
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    Let's go outside and
    call for him from the window.
[14:05] ---
    Right!
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    It's cold!
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    The window's open.
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    Only the snow by the
    window's been trampled on!
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    What's going on?!
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    Dorakura-san! Are you in here?!
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    W-What the...
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    W-What is it?!
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    What's going on?!
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    All the windows, but the one
    we entered from, are fixed in place.
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    And...
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    the only door is locked from the inside.
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    Rubber sealing...
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    It'd be impossible to use
    string to lock it from the outside.
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    It would appear the killer entered
    and exited through that window.
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    But, Mori-san, how did
    the killer get here?
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    Only the snow in front
    of the window was trampled...
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    there were no other footprints.
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    Climbing up the cliff
    would be impossible,
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    and the rough waves in the lake
    would quickly capsize any boat.
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    So, even with the window open,
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    this study room was
    still as good as locked...
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    What did the police say?
[16:03] ---
    It's no good!
[16:05] ---
    The snowstorm caused an avalanche
    that blocked the only road here!
[16:10] ---
    They say they can't clear
    the road until at least morning!
[16:13] ---
    Damn... Looks like I'll
    have to examine the body...
[16:18] ---
    What a vulgar murderer,
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    killing him with a wooden stake,
    as if he were Dracula...
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    ...and sticking his body
    on a cross, on top of that.
[16:30] ---
    Hold on, now!
[16:32] ---
    Why did the killer move the
    projector and light up the body?!
[16:36] ---
    Is there some reason behind it?!
[16:39] ---
    It's almost like the last scene
    of Banquet of Fresh Blood.
[16:42] ---
    Banquet of Fresh Blood?
[16:44] ---
    That's the movie
    Tadokoro-san brought him!
[16:47] ---
    T-That's right!
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    It was Dorakura-sensei's
    most beloved vampire film.
[16:53] ---
    So, the killer set it up to look
    like the movie's last scene?!
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    Rigor mortis has set in.
[17:03] ---
    Meaning he's probably
    been dead for at least an hour.
[17:07] ---
    In short, the time of the murder
    was between 9:00 and 11:00 pm.
[17:17] ---
    There's a wound on the back of his head.
[17:19] ---
    He must've been hit with this.
    There's some blood on it.
[17:23] ---
    I see.
[17:24] ---
    He was strung up and impaled with
    the stake after being knocked out.
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    Mori-san, that stake came
    from the collection room!
[17:33] ---
    What?!
[17:38] ---
    In short, the killer snuck in
    and stole the stake
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    after Tadokoro-*san
    *came to get the movie.
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    Then, after Tadokoro-san delivered
    the movie to the study room,
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    the person murdered Mr. Dorakura.
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    Huh?
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    It doesn't smell like oil paint...
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    But all the windows
    were locked from the inside.
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    There's not a single
    footprint outside the window.
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    Which means the killer is an insider!
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    Mister! Look!
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    The end of a twig...
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    That's got nothin' to do with this!
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    Hamura-san!
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    The only one who
    could've stolen the stake
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    is you, who went to browse the library.
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    Yes, that's true.
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    But, Mori-san, how exactly
    did I take the stake to the study?
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    I would've had to pass through
    the living room, where you all were.
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    W-Well...
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    There is one way!
[18:53] ---
    What?!
[18:54] ---
    By going upstairs and
    walking across the corridor's roof!
[18:57] ---
    You could get to the study that way!
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    Ah.
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    I don't need your help!
    I already knew that!
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    If I wanted to leave, I would still
    have to go through the living room.
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    Either way, I couldn't have done it.
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    Ma'am.
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    Yes?
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    Your room is above
    the collection room, yes?
[19:23] ---
    Ma'am, you conspired
    with Hamura-san, didn't you?
[19:26] ---
    W-What are you saying, Mori-san?!
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    You could dangle a rope to the
    collection room window from here.
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    Hamura-san used it
    to climb up to your room,
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    then traversed the corridor
    roof to reach the study.
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    He then scaled the roof there
    and set down in front of that window.
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    Then, he called out to
    Mr. Dorakura to let him inside,
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    then murdered him
    when he got the chance!
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    He used the same course
    in reverse to get back.
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    Am I wrong?
[19:58] ---
    Ridiculous!
[19:59] ---
    Why would Hamura-san and I need
    to conspire to kill my husband?!
[20:04] ---
    Mr. Dorakura suspected
    you of having an affair.
[20:08] ---
    Ma'am, were you having
    an affair with Hamura-san?
[20:12] ---
    W-What makes you think we're--
[20:15] ---
    Etsuko, let's not hide the truth.
[20:17] ---
    Hamura-san!
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    The police would find
    out right away, anyway.
[20:22] ---
    So, you admit it, then?
[20:25] ---
    I do. But, we truly love each other!
[20:30] ---
    Yeah! Hamura-san is the only one I love!
[20:33] ---
    I never once loved Dorakura!
[20:36] ---
    Then why did you get married?
[20:43] ---
    Eight years ago, my father's
    business took a nosedive
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    and was on the verge of bankruptcy.
[20:51] ---
    Dorakura was an old
    acquaintance of my father's,
[20:54] ---
    and in exchange for
    financing the business,
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    he demanded my hand in marriage
    after I had just graduated college!
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    If the company went bankrupt,
[21:03] ---
    so many people, and families,
    would be affected!
[21:06] ---
    So, I had no choice but to...
[21:10] ---
    We later learned
    that the business' downfall
[21:14] ---
    was actually because of Dorakura's
    behind-the-scenes dirty work.
[21:17] ---
    But, by the time we found out,
    the company was already in his name,
[21:23] ---
    and he threatened to destroy
    the company if we divorced...
[21:26] ---
    That's horrible!
[21:28] ---
    I see.
[21:30] ---
    If Mr. Dorakura died, his wife
    would inherit his company...
[21:35] ---
    So, that's why you...
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    No! It wasn't us!
[21:40] ---
    Do you have proof that we killed him?
[21:45] ---
    Very well. If that's how
    you want it, then I'll show you.
[21:51] ---
    You left her room, climbed onto
    the corridor roof from this window,
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    and went to the study.
[21:58] ---
    The old guy's on the ball today!
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    Which is why Hamura-san's
    footprints are still on the roof!
[22:08] ---
    T-There aren't any footprints!
[22:11] ---
    Say what?!
[22:14] ---
    That's impossible!
[22:17] ---
    There's not a single footprint!
[22:19] ---
    With the corridor unusable, this roof
    was the only way to the study!
[22:25] ---
    Don't tell me the killer actually
    flew through the air, like a vampire?!
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    Leave the rest to me, old guy!
[24:07] ---
    First, I thought only Hamura-*san
    *could have taken the stake,
[24:13] ---
    but actually, anyone could
    have stolen it from outside!
[24:17] ---
    Anyone?
[24:19] ---
    There were no footprints because
    the killer walked through the air.
[24:23] ---
    Walked through the air?
[24:26] ---
    On the next Conan: "The Dracula
    Manor Murder Case (Part 2)."
[24:47] ---
    Next Conan's hint:
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    Paint.
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    Next episode dad displays some impressive detective skills.
[24:53] ---
    Don't you mean impressive sleeping skills?
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