E975 - The Secret of the Search for His Wife

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[00:00] Higuchi
    [Books, left to right]
[00:00] Higuchi
    [Eyecatch]
[00:00] Conan
    [OP]
[00:00] Higuchi
    [ED]
[00:00] Kogoro
    
[00:01] Higuchi
    Excuse me.
[00:03] Higuchi
    Your help is appreciated.
[00:05] Higuchi
    Excuse me.
SIGN    Higuchi Masaki (32)
    Office Worker
[00:06] Higuchi
    I'm looking for my wife.
[00:08] Higuchi
    Your help is appreciated.
[00:10] Higuchi
    Please.
[00:14] Higuchi
    Excuse me. I'm looking for my wi—
[00:29] Higuchi
    Tomomi...
[00:52] Higuchi
    Tomomi!
[00:55] Higuchi
    Excuse me.
[00:56] Ran
    May I take a flyer?
[01:00] Higuchi
    Yes. Here you go.
[01:02] Conan
    Could I see one, too?
[01:05] Higuchi
    Here.
[01:06] Conan
    Thank you.
SIGN    Missing Person Name: Higuchi Tomomi Age: 29 years, height 165cm, slender build Since she was excited to perform with her community theater, I don't believe she chose to disappear. Even if it seems small, please contact me if you have any information. Contact: 080-976-0020 Higuchi Masaki
[01:10] Ran
    Huh? This woman...
[01:12] Conan
    You know her, Ran-neechan?
[01:14] Ran
    Yeah.
[01:15] Ran
    She works at the florist in
    the shopping center, right?
[01:19] Higuchi
    Th-That's right! That's her!
[01:22] Higuchi
    Have you seen her anywhere?
[01:24] Higuchi
    I don't know where she's been since she
    came home from the florist three days ago.
[01:38] Conan
    The rhythm on my lips is footloose!
[01:40] Conan
    The rhythm of my detective
    skills is perfect!
[01:42] Conan
    A strange mystery lies in the flyers
[01:44] Conan
    passed out by a desperate man standing
    on a street corner searching for his wife!
[01:46] Conan
    Always determining the one truth
[01:47] Conan
    with the body of a child
    and the mind of an adult,
[01:49] Conan
    his name is Detective Conan!
SIGN    The Secret of the Search for His Wife
[03:30] Conan
    "The Secret of the Search for His Wife!"
SIGN    Mori Detective Agency
[03:39] Kogoro
    I see.
[03:41] Kogoro
    So this is one of those flyers.
[03:44] Higuchi
    Please!
[03:46] Higuchi
    Please find Tomomi—my wife!
[03:49] Higuchi
    Please!
[03:51] Ran
    He was desperately looking
    for her in this rain.
[03:54] Ran
    At least do something for him.
[03:56] Kogoro
    Easier said than done.
[03:58] Kogoro
    It's only been three days
    since she went missing, right?
[04:01] Kogoro
    Maybe she'll return if
    you wait a little longer.
[04:04] Higuchi
    But...
[04:06] Kogoro
    People run away from home all the time.
[04:08] Kogoro
    Are you sure you didn't
    do something to upset her?
[04:11] Kogoro
    Maybe you stood her up because you
    got caught up playing mahjong.
[04:15] Ran
    Are you talking about yourself?
[04:16] Kogoro
    What?
[04:18] Higuchi
    No.
[04:20] Higuchi
    She's the one who didn't show up that day.
[04:25] Tomomi
    What? The Beika Center Building's
    observation tower and restaurant?
SIGN    Higuchi Tomomi (29)
    Masaki's Wife
[04:29] Higuchi
    Yeah.
[04:30] Tomomi
    I'm surprised you got a reservation
    at such a fancy restaurant.
[04:34] Higuchi
    Tomorrow is special.
[04:36] Tomomi
    I'm so happy!
[04:40] Higuchi
    It was our wedding anniversary.
[04:42] Higuchi
    I made a reservation at a restaurant.
[04:45] Higuchi
    She was genuinely excited since it wasn't
    the type of restaurant we could normally visit.
[04:54] Higuchi
    So she couldn't have run away!
[04:58] Higuchi
    Besides, her phone and wallet
    were left in the living room.
[05:04] Kogoro
    Have you told the police?
[05:06] Higuchi
    Of course I told them.
[05:08] Higuchi
    But they couldn't say for
    certain if a crime took place.
[05:11] Kogoro
    I see.
[05:12] Higuchi
    I'm worried she was kidnapped
    or got caught up in something.
[05:17] Higuchi
    I'm just so anxious.
[05:20] Ran
    Dad.
[05:22] Kogoro
    Very well. I'll take on your case.
[05:25] Higuchi
    Thank you!
[05:27] Higuchi
    Really, thank you!
[05:29] Higuchi
    I appreciate your help!
[05:36] Kogoro
    That husband looks like he's going
    to break before his wife is found.
[05:40] Ran
    Try to find her soon.
[05:42] Kogoro
    I know.
[05:45] Kogoro
    That said,
[05:47] Kogoro
    all I can do is question her
    workplace and neighbors.
[05:53] Conan
    Tomomi-san went missing
    three days ago on Wednesday.
[05:58] Conan
    That's the day after the
    photo on the flyer was taken.
[06:01] Conan
    She left her job at the florist at 2 PM.
[06:05] Conan
    Her date with Higuchi-san was at seven.
[06:08] Conan
    It was a weekday afternoon.
[06:12] Conan
    It'd be convenient if someone saw her.
[06:14] Conan
    Ow!
[06:14] Kogoro
    You followed me again, brat?
[06:16] Conan
    Why not?
[06:17] Conan
    I think people will be more relaxed and
    willing to speak to you if I'm around.
[06:25] Kogoro
    Well, if you're going to beg, not even Mori
    Kogoro is heartless enough to turn you away.
[06:29] Kogoro
    You can tag along, but don't get in my way.
[06:32] Conan
    I'm not begging.
SIGN    Higuchi Masaki & Tomomi
[06:36] Kogoro
    This is Higuchi-san's house.
[06:40] Kogoro
    Let's start by questioning
    his next door neighbor.
[06:44] Conan
    Yeah.
[06:45] Neighbor
    Three days ago?
[06:47] Kogoro
    Yes.
[06:48] Neighbor
    I saw Tomomi-san return from work.
[06:53] Kogoro
    What time?
[06:55] Neighbor
    I think it was around 2:30.
[06:57] Conan
    Did you notice anything unusual then?
[07:00] Neighbor
    No. She was her usual self.
[07:04] Neighbor
    She seemed happy and said she'd be having
    dinner at a restaurant that night.
[07:08] Kogoro
    Did you see any suspicious people
    or vehicles around here that day?
[07:16] Neighbor
    I can't recall.
[07:19] Neighbor
    Recently I've been so forgetful.
[07:22] Neighbor
    I remember the distant past so well, though.
[07:26] Kogoro
    Does that mean you didn't hear
    any suspicious sounds either?
[07:29] Neighbor
    No.
[07:30] Neighbor
    Besides, if that kind of sound were made in
    a residential neighborhood like this one,
[07:34] Neighbor
    people would've made a fuss.
[07:36] Kogoro
    You're right.
[07:38] Neighbor
    I don't know.
[07:40] Neighbor
    I don't interact much with the
    people who live around here.
[07:49] Kogoro
    Damn it!
[07:51] Kogoro
    There isn't a single clue.
[07:53] Conan
    All we learned is that she was looking
    forward to eating at the restaurant.
[07:58] Kogoro
    Yeah.
[07:59] Conan
    Let's try asking around behind
    Higuchi-san's house next.
[08:04] Neighbor
    Higuchi-san's wife?
[08:07] Neighbor
    I didn't see her that day, but last
    week I saw her by the Teimuzu River.
[08:12] Kogoro
    Last week?
[08:14] Conan
    How did she seem?
[08:16] Neighbor
    It seemed like she was arguing with
    her husband, so I didn't speak to her.
[08:21] Kogoro
    Arguing with her husband?
[08:23] Neighbor
    Yeah.
[08:24] Neighbor
    She was saying ominous things like "let
    me live tonight" and "kill me tomorrow."
[08:33] Neighbor
    I did hear shouting.
[08:36] Kogoro
    From Higuchi-san's house?
[08:38] Neighbor
    Yes.
[08:40] Neighbor
    They often argued at night.
[08:42] Neighbor
    It seems like those two didn't get along.
[08:46] Neighbor
    Did the wife run away or something?
[08:49] Neighbor
    Yes, I did see her fighting with her husband
[08:54] Neighbor
    on Sunday in the park next
    to Higuchi-san's house.
[08:58] Kogoro
    How exactly were they fighting?
[09:00] Neighbor
    Well...
[09:01] Child
    "Send me away!"
[09:03] Neighbor
    Hey! Go finish your homework.
[09:06] Child
    Okay.
[09:08] Kogoro
    Uh, what was that?
[09:10] Neighbor
    I'm sorry. That's actually
    what she was screaming.
[09:15] Neighbor
    Higuchi-san's wife shouted that at him.
[09:18] Neighbor
    Did something happen to Higuchi-san's family?
[09:28] Higuchi
    Please leave!
[09:30] Higuchi
    Who are you people?
[09:31] Kogoro
    That's Higuchi-san's voice.
[09:33] Conan
    Yeah.
[09:34] Higuchi
    You said you were the police,
[09:35] Higuchi
    so I thought you came to investigate
    Tomomi's disappearance.
[09:38] Kogoro
    Is something the matter, Higuchi-san?
[09:40] Higuchi
    Mori-san!
[09:42] Kogoro
    What's all the fuss, Takagi?
[09:44] Takagi
    We just received an anonymous tip.
[09:48] Higuchi
    This officer is saying I murdered Tomomi
    and buried her body in the yard!
SIGN    Gardening Complete Works of Shakespeare World of Herbs My First Kitchen Garden Gardening
[09:57] Takagi
    Well then, Higuchi-san.
[10:00] Takagi
    May we begin?
[10:02] Higuchi
    Just get it over with quickly.
[10:04] Takagi
    Go ahead. Get started.
[10:06] Police
    Yes, sir.
[10:10] Higuchi
    You won't find a body.
[10:13] Higuchi
    First of all, Tomomi isn't dead.
[10:21] Police
    We found something,
    Detective Takagi. A woman's body.
[10:25] Higuchi
    N-No!
[10:29] Higuchi
    Tomomi!
[10:29] Takagi
    Don't!
[10:31] Takagi
    I understand how you feel, but
    please stay away from the body.
[10:38] Higuchi
    Tomomi...
[10:39] Higuchi
    Tomomi!
[10:56] Takagi
    The victim is Higuchi Tomomi-san,
    twenty-nine years old.
[10:59] Takagi
    She's a housewife who lived in this house.
[11:02] Takagi
    We believe the cause of death is blood
    loss after being stabbed in the abdomen
[11:07] Takagi
    with these pruning shears
    buried along with the body.
[11:11] Takagi
    That man over there is the victim's
    husband Higuchi Masaki-san.
[11:16] Megure
    I see.
[11:18] Takagi
    And at Mori-san's recommendation,
[11:20] Takagi
    we've had several of the neighbors
    come to serve as witnesses.
[11:25] Megure
    Higuchi-san, according to the tip,
[11:28] Megure
    you murdered your wife and
    buried her in your yard.
[11:32] Higuchi
    There must be some mistake!
[11:34] Higuchi
    I would never murder Tomomi!
[11:36] Higuchi
    It's not possible!
[11:38] Megure
    You can tell us all about it at the station.
[11:42] Megure
    Takagi-kun.
[11:43] Takagi
    Yes, sir.
[11:44] Higuchi
    Mori-san.
[11:47] Higuchi
    Mori-san...
[12:03] Conan
    What's this?
[12:05] Kogoro
    I don't believe it. "Look
    for my wife?" Yeah, right.
[12:09] Megure
    Hey, Mori-kun!
[12:11] Kogoro
    According to your neighbors, you and
    your wife had a terrible relationship.
[12:14] Kogoro
    They said you fought about
    whether or not you'd kill her.
[12:18] Higuchi
    Wait a minute. We never fought.
[12:22] Kogoro
    And I thought you were innocent.
[12:25] Kogoro
    But over the course of making inquiries,
    I became certain you did it.
[12:32] Higuchi
    Why? Why is this happening?
[12:36] Kogoro
    I was completely fooled by your act.
[12:40] Megure
    Takagi-kun.
[12:41] Takagi
    Yes, sir.
[12:43] Takagi
    Please stand up.
[12:45] Kogoro
    Hold it right there.
[12:47] Megure
    What is it, Mori-kun?
[12:49] Kogoro
    What? Who, me?
[12:58] Kogoro
    I've figured out the true culprit
    who murdered Tomomi-san.
[13:05] Megure
    Hey, didn't you just say you were
    fooled by Higuchi-san's acting?
[13:10] Kogoro
    Yes, but it wasn't me who
    was fooled by his acting.
[13:15] Kogoro
    It's those people standing over there.
[13:17] Megure
    What?
[13:19] Kogoro
    These people are the neighbors who testified
    that Higuchi-san argued with Tomomi-san.
[13:25] Kogoro
    All three of them clearly remembered
    what they argued about.
[13:30] Neighbor
    I remembered because their
    argument sounded so ominous.
[13:35] Neighbor
    After all, she was screaming "let me
    live tonight" and "kill me tomorrow."
[13:40] Neighbor
    Me, too.
[13:42] Neighbor
    I heard her screaming "forgive me" and
    "don't kill me" in the middle of the night.
[13:45] Neighbor
    When I heard them arguing, she
    was screaming, "send me away."
[13:49] Higuchi
    That's...
[13:51] Kogoro
    Yes.
[13:52] Kogoro
    "Kill me tomorrow—but let me live tonight."
[13:56] Takagi
    What?
[13:57] Kogoro
    Don't you recognize them?
[13:58] Kogoro
    They're lines spoken by Desdemona
    in Shakespeare's "Othello."
[14:03] Megure
    What? "Othello"?
[14:06] Higuchi
    That's right. We weren't arguing.
[14:09] Higuchi
    We were rehearsing.
[14:12] Kogoro
    Conan.
[14:13] Conan
    Here.
[14:15] Takagi
    Conan-kun?
[14:16] Conan
    Look. It's written here, too.
[14:19] Takagi
    What?
[14:20] Takagi
    You're right.
[14:22] Takagi
    Tomomi-san was part of a community theater.
[14:26] Higuchi
    Y-Yes.
[14:28] Higuchi
    That day...
[14:32] Tomomi
    Hey, look.
[14:36] Higuchi
    What is it?
[14:38] Tomomi
    Something great happened today.
[14:44] Higuchi
    It was the first time she'd
    been given a big role.
[14:47] Higuchi
    She was so excited.
[14:49] Kogoro
    So you went to the riverside
    and park to rehearse together.
[14:54] Higuchi
    Yes.
[14:55] Higuchi
    We couldn't speak loudly at home.
[14:58] Kogoro
    You thought you'd bother the neighbors.
[15:01] Kogoro
    But doesn't that make
    things a little strange?
[15:05] Kogoro
    Sakie-san's testimony, which claimed
    she heard you rehearsing at night...
SIGN    Tsutsumi Sakie (35)
[15:11] Megure
    You're right.
[15:12] Sakie
    I-I...
[15:14] Sakie
    I just made a mistake.
[15:16] Kogoro
    No, it wasn't a mistake.
[15:19] Kogoro
    You deliberately gave false testimony.
[15:22] Sakie
    Why would I lie?
[15:26] Kogoro
    Because you're the true culprit
    who murdered Tomomi-san
[15:31] Kogoro
    with the pruning shears.
[15:33] Both
    What?
[15:36] Sakie
    Wh-What are you talking about?
[15:38] Sakie
    She just lives in the house behind mine.
[15:42] Sakie
    I didn't have any motive to kill her.
[15:46] Kogoro
    The flyers made by Higuchi-san
    told me the answer to that.
[15:52] Takagi
    These missing person flyers?
[15:54] Kogoro
    Yes.
[15:55] Kogoro
    This photo was taken the day
    before Tomomi-san went missing.
[16:01] Kogoro
    Look closely at the picture. Notice anything?
[16:05] Megure
    Notice anything?
[16:07] Takagi
    There doesn't seem to be anything unnatural.
[16:10] Kogoro
    Look at the fragrant olive
    tree behind Tomomi-san.
[16:16] Kogoro
    See how the branches are currently
    shorter than they are in the photo?
[16:21] Takagi
    You're right.
[16:23] Kogoro
    Tomomi-san cut them
[16:25] Kogoro
    using the pruning shears
    used as the murder weapon.
[16:29] Higuchi
    Come to think of it,
[16:30] Higuchi
    she said she wanted to cut them because
    they cast a shadow on her kitchen garden.
[16:36] Higuchi
    But how is that a reason to murder Tomomi?
[16:40] Megure
    It's perfectly plausible.
[16:43] Megure
    Neighborhood disputes over whether or not
    to cut branches can become quite serious.
[16:48] Takagi
    It's not unusual for them
    to turn into lawsuits.
[16:53] Kogoro
    That's right,
[16:54] Kogoro
    but Tomomi-san cut the olive
    branches without realizing that.
[17:00] Kogoro
    Sakie-san, you became furious and stabbed
    Tomomi-san with those pruning shears.
[17:06] Sakie
    Wait a minute! I cut those branches!
[17:10] Conan
    Huh?
[17:11] Conan
    But all the flowers in your yard are dead.
[17:16] Megure
    You're right.
[17:18] Megure
    Judging by the state of your yard,
[17:20] Megure
    it's hard to imagine that you
    gardened on a regular basis.
[17:27] Sakie
    That's right!
[17:29] Sakie
    She's the one who cut the branches!
[17:31] Sakie
    But so, what?
[17:33] Sakie
    That doesn't prove that I killed her!
[17:36] Takagi
    Y-Yes, but...
[17:39] Megure
    Mori-kun, is there proof?
[17:42] Kogoro
    Of course.
[17:43] Kogoro
    Furious at having your branches cut,
[17:46] Kogoro
    you didn't go to the trouble of
    using the gate to enter the yard.
[17:49] Sakie
    What are you saying?
[17:51] Kogoro
    In other words, you climbed
    over that rose bush.
[17:57] Sakie
    H-How do you know that?!
[18:01] Kogoro
    The scratches on your legs.
[18:02] Kogoro
    Did you not get those then?
[18:08] Kogoro
    When I looked at the bushes earlier, there
    was just one area unnaturally devoid of roses.
[18:13] Kogoro
    That's how I knew.
[18:15] Megure
    Takagi-kun, doesn't the photo on
    the flyer show roses in this spot?
[18:19] Takagi
    Huh? Yes, there are roses there.
[18:23] Conan
    Huh? There's something that looks
    like blood on these thorns.
[18:26] Megure
    What?
[18:28] Megure
    Go get the forensics team waiting outside!
[18:30] Takagi
    Yes, sir!
[18:31] Kogoro
    If examined, I'm sure it
    will match your blood.
[18:37] Kogoro
    Will you tell us why you climbed over
    the bushes to enter another home's yard?
[18:43] Sakie
    I-I...
[18:45] Police
    Inspector Megure.
[18:47] Megure
    What is it?
[18:51] Megure
    There was blood other than
    the victim's on the weapon.
[18:55] Kogoro
    It's almost certainly your blood.
[19:00] Kogoro
    You can wipe away fingerprints,
    but the blood remains.
[19:05] Kogoro
    It's a shame.
[19:10] Takagi
    Did she call in the anonymous tip, too?
[19:14] Kogoro
    Definitely. She wouldn't have been
    exposed if she hadn't reported it.
[19:18] Kogoro
    She probably thought she could frame Higuchi
    since we were questioning the neighborhood.
[19:26] Sakie
    That's right.
[19:28] Sakie
    I was going to frame you!
[19:31] Higuchi
    Why would you do that?
[19:33] Sakie
    I was sick and tired you seeing you happily
    fiddle with your garden day after day!
[19:40] Sakie
    And ultimately, you even ended up
    messing with another person's tree!
[19:50] Sakie
    Hey, you!
[19:51] Tomomi
    Yes?
[19:52] Sakie
    What are you doing?
[19:56] Tomomi
    Your branches are growing into our
    yard, so I thought I would cut—
[19:59] Sakie
    Don't touch my tree!
[20:01] Tomomi
    I-I'm sorry.
[20:04] Tomomi
    But the branches are crowding each other.
[20:06] Tomomi
    It would be better if you pruned them.
[20:09] Tomomi
    Don't you feel bad for the tree?
[20:11] Sakie
    What did you say?
[20:12] Sakie
    It's none of your business!
[20:20] Sakie
    You're always looking down on me!
[20:23] Sakie
    Who do you think you are?!
[20:24] Takagi
    In any case, we'll hear what you have
    to say once we return to the station.
[20:30] Higuchi
    Hold on.
[20:32] Higuchi
    That's...
[20:34] Higuchi
    That's why you killed Tomomi?
[20:37] Conan
    Crap!
[20:38] Takagi
    Wait, Higuchi-san! Calm down!
[20:41] Megure
    Stop, Higuchi-san!
[20:44] Megure
    Think about it.
[20:46] Megure
    Doing that won't make your wife happy.
[20:54] Higuchi
    Tomomi...
[20:57] Tomomi
    Something great happened today.
[21:01] Tomomi
    I finally got a big role.
[21:04] Higuchi
    What are you doing?
[21:06] Tomomi
    I was planting herb seeds.
[21:10] Tomomi
    These herbs are supposed
    to be good for your throat.
[21:17] Higuchi
    Tomomi...
[21:19] Higuchi
    Tomomi...
[21:24] Higuchi
    Tomomi...
[21:26] Higuchi
    Tomomi...
[22:54] Woman
    Your help is appreciated!
[22:56] Woman
    Please! I'm looking for my lost cat!
[23:00] Ran
    Excuse me.
[23:02] Woman
    Yes?
[23:03] Ran
    May I take a flyer?
[23:05] Woman
    Yes! Thank you.
[23:07] Kogoro
    Miss.
[23:09] Ran
    Dad.
[23:10] Kogoro
    Let the great Mori Kogoro find
    your missing cat for you.
[23:15] Kogoro
    I promise I'll find him.
[23:20] Mob
    It's the great detective!
[23:21] Mob
    That's the Sleeping Kogoro!
[23:23] Kogoro
    Huh?
[23:24] Mob
    Find my dog, too!
[23:26] Kogoro
    Huh?
[23:27] Mob
    And my turtle!
[23:28] Kogoro
    What?
[23:29] Mob
    And my goldfish!
[23:31] Kogoro
    What?!
[23:32] Kogoro
    H-Hey, wait!
[23:34] Ran
    Why don't you find all of them?
[23:37] Conan
    Good luck, mister.
[23:39] Kogoro
    Is there a goldfish in the local fish-inity?