# 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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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Sorry. I have a headache,
so I'm going to bed now.
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And I'd like to browse the library
a bit more. If you'll excuse me.
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Conan-*kun*! Use your 6 of Hearts already!
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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*?
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Mori-*san* is retelling his many exploits!
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That sounds interesting.
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I need to use the restroom.
I've been feeling ill since this morning.
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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.
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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?
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It's no good!
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The snowstorm caused an avalanche
that blocked the only road here!
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They say they can't clear
the road until at least morning!
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Damn... Looks like I'll
have to examine the body...
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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.
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Hold on, now!
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Why did the killer move the
projector and light up the body?!
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Is there some reason behind it?!
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It's almost like the last scene
of Banquet of Fresh Blood.
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Banquet of Fresh Blood?
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That's the movie
Tadokoro-*san* brought him!
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T-That's right!
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It was Dorakura-*sensei*'s
most beloved vampire film.
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So, the killer set it up to look
like the movie's last scene?!
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Rigor mortis has set in.
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Meaning he's probably
been dead for at least an hour.
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In short, the time of the murder
was between 9:00 and 11:00 pm.
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There's a wound on the back of his head.
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He must've been hit with this.
There's some blood on it.
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I see.
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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!
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What?!
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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!
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What?!
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By going upstairs and
walking across the corridor's roof!
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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?
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Ma'am, you conspired
with Hamura-*san*, didn't you?
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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?
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Ridiculous!
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Why would Hamura-*san* and I need
to conspire to kill my husband?!
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Mr. Dorakura suspected
you of having an affair.
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Ma'am, were you having
an affair with Hamura-*san*?
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W-What makes you think we're--
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Etsuko, let's not hide the truth.
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Hamura-*san*!
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The police would find
out right away, anyway.
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So, you admit it, then?
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I do. But, we truly love each other!
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Yeah! Hamura-*san* is the only one I love!
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I never once loved Dorakura!
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Then why did you get married?
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Eight years ago, my father's
business took a nosedive
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and was on the verge of bankruptcy.
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Dorakura was an old
acquaintance of my father's,
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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,
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so many people, and families,
would be affected!
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So, I had no choice but to...
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We later learned
that the business' downfall
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was actually because of Dorakura's
behind-the-scenes dirty work.
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But, by the time we found out,
the company was already in his name,
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and he threatened to destroy
the company if we divorced...
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That's horrible!
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I see.
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If Mr. Dorakura died, his wife
would inherit his company...
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So, that's why you...
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No! It wasn't us!
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Do you have proof that we killed him?
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Very well. If that's how
you want it, then I'll show you.
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You left her room, climbed onto
the corridor roof from this window,
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and went to the study.
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The old guy's on the ball today!
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Which is why Hamura-*san*'s
footprints are still on the roof!
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T-There aren't any footprints!
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Say what?!
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That's impossible!
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There's not a single footprint!
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With the corridor unusable, this roof
was the only way to the study!
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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!
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First, I thought only Hamura-*san
*could have taken the stake,
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but actually, anyone could
have stolen it from outside!
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Anyone?
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There were no footprints because
the killer walked through the air.
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Walked through the air?
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On the next Conan: "The Dracula
Manor Murder Case (Part 2)."
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Next Conan's hint:
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Paint.
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Next episode dad displays some impressive detective skills.
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Don't you mean impressive sleeping skills?
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