# E977 - The Broken Fishbowl
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**[00:00] Nozomi**
[Eyecatch]
**[00:00] ---**
Detective Conan Episode 977
**[00:00] Conan**
[OP]
**[00:00] Megure**
[ED]
***SIGN*** Invest in Goldfish For a Happy Life!
**[00:11] Kitamura**
Damn you! You tricked us!
***SIGN*** Kitamura Mitsuru (58)
Hardware Store Manager
**[00:13] Kitamura**
What you did was swindle us!
**[00:16] Bando**
Give us back our money!
***SIGN*** Bando Atsuko (42)
Housewife
**[00:19] Tsuchida**
Swindle? Don't make such
disreputable accusations.
***SIGN*** Tsuchida Yoshihiro (48)
Investment Company President
**[00:24] Tsuchida**
You entrusted our company with your precious
money after signing a contract with us.
**[00:29] Bando**
You're lying! You never
intended to return our money!
**[00:34] Kogoro**
Invest in goldfish, huh?
**[00:38] Kitamura**
I'll kill you! I swear I'll kill you!
**[00:42] Kajiura**
Step back. Step back, please.
***SIGN*** Nagase Ayako (28)
Office Worker
**[00:44] Ayako**
Please calm down, Kitamura-san.
**[00:47] Kajiura**
I'm sorry, everyone, but
please leave for the day.
***SIGN*** Kajiura Yuto (35)
Tsuchida's Secretary
**[00:52] Kajiura**
We'll get in touch with you at a later date.
**[01:06] Kajiura**
Nozomi. I'm almost finished
with work. Wait outside.
***SIGN*** Makimura Nozomi (24)
Kajiura's Girlfriend
**[01:10] Nozomi**
Okay.
**[01:12] Tsuchida**
As you saw, those people come every day.
**[01:18] Tsuchida**
Lately I've been fearing
for my personal safety.
**[01:22] Kogoro**
I see. That's why you hired
me to be your bodyguard.
**[01:27] Kogoro**
President Tsuchida, do your
actions not violate the law?
**[01:32] Tsuchida**
The law?
**[01:34] Tsuchida**
It's their fault for being greedy
and handing over their money.
**[01:38] Tsuchida**
What do you think? I'll pay you generously.
**[01:43] Kogoro**
Let's go, kid!
**[01:45] Tsuchida**
Mori-san!
**[01:46] Kogoro**
You've misjudged me!
**[01:48] Kogoro**
Mori Kogoro isn't rotten enough
to sell his soul to the devil!
**[02:05] Conan**
The rhythm on my lips is footloose!
**[02:06] Conan**
The rhythm of my detective
skills is perfect!
**[02:08] Conan**
A crooked company president
is practically a conman!
**[02:10] Conan**
Incurring someone's hatred leads to a case!
**[02:12] Conan**
Always determining the one truth
**[02:13] Conan**
with the body of a child
and the mind of an adult,
**[02:15] Conan**
his name is Detective Conan!
***SIGN*** The Broken Fishbowl
**[03:56] Conan**
"The Broken Fishbowl"
**[04:06] Conan**
Mister, that was cool of you.
**[04:08] Conan**
"I'm not rotten enough to
sell my soul to the devil!"
**[04:14] Kogoro**
I'm always cool.
**[04:19] Conan**
Anyway, the bus sure is late.
**[04:21] Kogoro**
The job sucked, and the bus isn't coming.
**[04:25] Kogoro**
It's one misfortune after another.
**[04:27] Kogoro**
Give me a break.
**[04:35] Kogoro**
What was that?!
**[04:49] Kogoro**
What's wrong?
**[04:51] Ayako**
Th-That...
**[05:00] Kogoro**
It's no use. He's dead.
**[05:07] Kogoro**
They used a statue wrapped in a towel.
**[05:10] Conan**
Yeah.
**[05:12] Conan**
They prevented the victim's
blood from getting on them.
**[05:16] Conan**
*This towel...*
**[05:18] Kogoro**
Hey.
**[05:19] Kogoro**
Over there, too.
**[05:27] Kogoro**
It's no use.
**[05:29] Kogoro**
I don't believe it. Two of them...
**[05:33] Nozomi**
Yuto-san!
**[05:35] Nozomi**
No... Yuto-san...
**[05:38] Kogoro**
Stay back.
**[05:40] Nozomi**
No! Yuto-san! Yuto-san!
**[05:42] Kogoro**
You mustn't!
**[05:54] Kogoro**
Hello? Yes.
**[06:06] Megure**
Goldfish?
**[06:07] Kogoro**
Yes, goldfish.
**[06:09] Kogoro**
The victim President Tsuchida lied about
importing rare goldfish from abroad,
**[06:15] Kogoro**
and gathered a large sum of money.
**[06:18] Megure**
In other words, he was
running an investment scam.
**[06:20] Kogoro**
Yes. The investors were furious.
**[06:25] Kogoro**
I believe the culprit may
be one of his clients.
**[06:28] Megure**
Got it, Mori-kun.
**[06:30] Megure**
We'll follow that lead.
**[06:33] Kogoro**
Yes, sir.
**[06:35] Kogoro**
Hey, kid! Don't come in here.
**[06:37] Conan**
Sorry.
**[06:40] Kogoro**
Jeez.
**[06:41] Kogoro**
Oh, Inspector.
**[06:43] Kogoro**
This is his office worker Nagase Ayako-san.
**[06:46] Megure**
You were the first one
to discovered the bodies.
**[06:49] Ayako**
Yes.
**[06:50] Ayako**
When I returned after buying the
items the president requested,
**[06:54] Ayako**
President Tsuchida was...
**[06:55] Kogoro**
Then there's Makimura Nozomi-san.
**[06:57] Kogoro**
She was the girlfriend of the
other victim Kajiura-san.
**[07:03] Megure**
At the time of the murders, where were you?
**[07:06] Nozomi**
Waiting outside for Yuto-san.
**[07:09] Nozomi**
That's when I heard a scream.
**[07:16] Kogoro**
Whoa!
**[07:17] Conan**
Miss, use this.
**[07:20] Nozomi**
Thank you.
**[07:22] Conan**
Are you okay?
**[07:24] Nozomi**
Yeah.
**[07:25] Kogoro**
Why don't you rest in the other room?
**[07:27] Nozomi**
It's all right. I'd like to
help with the investigation.
**[07:34] Megure**
But even if the president Tsuchida-san
had incurred the hatred of his clients,
**[07:38] Megure**
why kill Kajiura-san, too?
**[07:40] Kitamura**
Let go!
**[07:42] Bando**
I have nothing to do with this!
**[07:47] Megure**
What's going on, Takagi-kun?
**[07:50] Takagi**
They were in the building, so I had
them come as potential witnesses.
**[07:55] Takagi**
This is Kitamura Mitsuru-san, the
proprietor of Kitamura Hardware,
**[07:58] Takagi**
and housewife Bando Atsuko-san.
**[08:02] Kogoro**
You!
**[08:03] Kitamura**
*Damn you! You tricked us!*
**[08:06] Kitamura**
*What you did was swindle us!*
**[08:09] Bando**
*Give us back our money!*
**[08:11] Takagi**
Yes.
**[08:12] Takagi**
I heard they were related to President
Tsuchida's goldfish investment.
**[08:18] Takagi**
And 30 minutes earlier
when the murders occurred,
**[08:24] Takagi**
Kitamura-san was at a bicycle
parking lot near this building.
**[08:29] Kitamura**
Yeah, I parked my scooter there.
**[08:33] Kitamura**
When I tried to leave, I
found that my tire was flat.
**[08:36] Kitamura**
I called a bike shop and
was waiting for them.
**[08:39] Kogoro**
Can anyone verify that?
**[08:41] Kitamura**
No!
**[08:43] Megure**
Bando-san, how about you?
**[08:45] Bando**
Me?
**[08:48] Bando**
I...
**[08:50] Kogoro**
In other words, neither of you have alibis,
**[08:53] Kogoro**
but you have clear motives.
**[08:57] Kitamura**
Motive? In that case, let me be clear!
**[09:00] Kitamura**
Tsuchida took the entirety of
my store's working capital!
**[09:04] Kitamura**
That trash deserved to be killed!
**[09:08] Bando**
I had all my son's tuition
money taken from me!
**[09:12] Bando**
It's only natural that he was killed!
**[09:14] Kitamura**
But I swear I didn't do it!
**[09:17] Bando**
Me neither! I have nothing to do with this!
**[09:20] Kitamura**
In the first place, did anyone
see me at the crime scene?
**[09:26] Kogoro**
Well?
**[09:30] Kitamura**
See? I've got nothing to do with this!
**[09:34] Nozomi**
But I was waiting for Yuto-san at
the convenience store parking lot
**[09:39] Nozomi**
across from this building.
**[09:41] Nozomi**
I think I saw someone through
the window while I was there.
**[09:46] Kogoro**
You saw someone through the window?
**[09:48] Nozomi**
Yes, someone heading towards
the president's office.
**[09:52] Kogoro**
The president's office! That's where
President Tsuchida was murdered.
**[09:56] Megure**
Was it a man or a woman?
**[09:59] Nozomi**
It was too far to see that much.
**[10:02] Nozomi**
Besides, it may have just been my mistake.
**[10:07] Kogoro**
That's it!
**[10:08] Megure**
What is it, Mori-kun?
**[10:10] Kogoro**
Inspector, I've got it.
**[10:12] Kogoro**
I know how the culprit entered the office
**[10:17] Kogoro**
and why they had to kill Kajiura-san
after killing President Tsuchida.
**[10:24] Kogoro**
First the culprit entered
through the front entrance.
**[10:27] Kogoro**
They crossed the window
facing the convenience store
**[10:31] Kogoro**
and headed towards the president's office.
**[10:34] Kogoro**
We know that from Nozomi-san's testimony.
**[10:38] Kogoro**
When the culprit entered the president's
office at the end of the hallway,
**[10:44] Kogoro**
they bludgeoned the detestable President
Tsuchida with all their rage.
**[10:52] Kogoro**
They tried to flee immediately.
**[10:55] Kogoro**
But that's when another tragedy occurred.
**[11:02] Kogoro**
Yes, they were discovered by Kajiura-san,
**[11:06] Kogoro**
who entered from the main office.
**[11:09] Kogoro**
The culprit rushed at Kajiura-san
**[11:12] Kogoro**
and used their knife to kill the
fleeing Kajiura-san in this office.
**[11:31] Conan**
*Huh?*
**[11:32] Megure**
I see. Which means Kajiura-san was...
**[11:36] Kogoro**
Killed because he happened
to see the culprit.
**[11:40] Kogoro**
In other words, collateral damage.
**[11:43] Nozomi**
Collateral damage? N-No...
**[12:05] Bando**
Oh?
**[12:07] Conan**
What's wrong, ma'am?
**[12:09] Bando**
Isn't this boy sick?
**[12:12] Conan**
This boy? You mean the goldfish?
**[12:14] Bando**
Yes. This boy can't be put in
a tank with other goldfish.
**[12:19] Conan**
I'm sorry. I put him in there
since his tank was broken.
**[12:24] Bando**
Then there must have been
medicine in the broken tank.
**[12:28] Conan**
Medicine?
**[12:31] Bando**
That over there. A disinfectant.
**[12:34] Conan**
Disinfectant?
**[12:36] Conan**
Ma'am, you know a lot about goldfish.
**[12:38] Bando**
I sure do. I've loved
them since I was a child.
**[12:42] Bando**
Maybe that's why I fell
for this investment scam.
***SIGN*** Invest in Goldfish For a Happy Life!
**[12:59] Megure**
Bando Atsuko-san,
**[13:02] Megure**
your alibi has been verified.
**[13:05] Bando**
What? My alibi?
**[13:08] Takagi**
Yes.
**[13:09] Takagi**
While gathering information,
**[13:10] Takagi**
we heard you were borrowing money at a
friend's house when the murders took place.
**[13:14] Bando**
Yes.
**[13:15] Bando**
The truth is, I was too
embarrassed to say anything.
**[13:20] Kogoro**
Jeez. But now you're innocent, which means...
**[13:26] Kitamura**
M-Me?
**[13:27] Bando**
You said you'd kill him.
**[13:30] Kitamura**
No! I didn't do it!
**[13:32] Takagi**
About that.
**[13:34] Takagi**
It was difficult to read beneath the blood,
**[13:36] Takagi**
but on the towel discovered
in the president's office...
**[13:42] Megure**
Isn't this the name of the store you operate?
**[13:46] Kogoro**
It's damning evidence.
**[13:48] Ayako**
You killed President Tsuchida?
**[13:51] Kitamura**
No! I didn't kill Tsuchida!
**[13:54] Megure**
We'll discuss this at the station.
**[13:56] Kitamura**
What?
**[13:57] Megure**
Could you come with us?
**[13:58] Kitamura**
I don't know anything! I didn't do it!
**[14:01] Kitamura**
It wasn't me!
**[14:02] Conan**
Hey, Detective Takagi.
**[14:04] Conan**
That towel was wet, wasn't it?
**[14:07] Conan**
Do you know what the water was?
**[14:10] Takagi**
It was ordinary water.
**[14:11] Takagi**
But there was a type of
disinfectant mixed into it.
**[14:15] Conan**
A disinfectant...
**[14:20] Kitamura**
I didn't do it!
**[14:21] Police**
Yes, we understand. Now come this way...
**[14:37] Kogoro**
Hold on, everyone.
**[14:40] Takagi**
There it is, Mori-san! Has your
deduction so far been incorrect?
**[14:45] Kogoro**
What? No. There was just one
thing I wanted to confirm.
**[14:50] Megure**
Confirm? What do you mean, Mori-kun?
**[14:54] Kogoro**
Yes. Every crime has a motive,
an order, and a result.
**[15:01] Kogoro**
Yes, if you approach this case normally,
**[15:05] Kogoro**
the culprit must've hated President Tsuchida.
**[15:08] Kogoro**
It's the reason he was killed,
**[15:12] Kogoro**
why Kajiura-san got caught up in it,
**[15:16] Kogoro**
and why the culprit is Kitamura-san.
**[15:21] Megure**
Considering the towel left at the crime
scene, that's a reasonable deduction.
**[15:26] Kogoro**
Yes.
**[15:27] Kogoro**
But what if the truth was the opposite
of every reasonable deduction?
**[15:33] All**
The opposite?
**[15:35] Megure**
What do you mean, Mori-kun?
**[15:37] Kogoro**
First, the true culprit stole a towel
embroidered with the name of Kitamura-san's shop
**[15:44] Kogoro**
and punctured his scooter's tire
so he wouldn't have an alibi.
**[15:50] Kogoro**
After entering the company's office,
they first headed to the main office.
***SIGN*** Main Office
**[15:55] Megure**
They went to the main office first?
**[15:58] Kogoro**
Yes.
**[16:00] Kogoro**
Once they were invited inside,
**[16:04] Kogoro**
they killed Kajiura-san with a knife.
**[16:16] Kogoro**
Next they headed to the president's office,
where they killed President Tsuchida.
**[16:26] Kogoro**
Naturally, they left the stolen towel
in order to frame Kitamura-san.
**[16:33] Kogoro**
After committing both murders,
**[16:36] Kogoro**
they returned to the front
entrance and left the office.
**[16:42] Megure**
Hold on, Mori-kun. Do you have any evidence?
**[16:45] Kogoro**
Of course. First, there's the location
where Kajiura-san collapsed.
**[16:50] Kogoro**
If Kajiura-san was attacked by and fled from
the culprit leaving the president's office,
**[16:56] Kogoro**
he should have collapsed
in the opposite direction.
**[17:00] Kogoro**
Then there's the towel discovered
in the president's office.
**[17:05] Kogoro**
Detective Takagi.
**[17:07] Takagi**
Y-Yes?
**[17:08] Kogoro**
When it was discovered, the towel was
wet not only with blood, but also water.
**[17:13] Kogoro**
Have you determined its exact composition?
**[17:16] Takagi**
According to the forensic report, it
was water mixed with a disinfectant.
**[17:22] Conan**
Could this be that disinfectant?
**[17:26] Megure**
It's for fish.
**[17:28] Kogoro**
Yes. In the main office was a small
tank in addition to the large one.
**[17:35] Kogoro**
It was for a goldfish that had become sick.
**[17:39] Kogoro**
Kajiura-san knocked one of them over, and
the water spilled on the culprit as well.
**[17:45] Kogoro**
That's why disinfectant was
found on the culprit's towel.
**[17:50] Kogoro**
If they had killed Kajiura-san
after killing President Tsuchida,
**[17:54] Kogoro**
there would be no fish
tank water on the towel.
**[17:58] Megure**
I see.
**[18:00] Kogoro**
They probably brought with them the
knife they used to kill Kajiura-san,
**[18:05] Kogoro**
but the sculpture they used to kill Tsuchida
was already in the president's office.
**[18:11] Kogoro**
If they truly did intend
to kill President Tsuchida,
**[18:17] Kogoro**
instead of leaving the knife
in Kajiura-san's body,
**[18:20] Kogoro**
they would have used it to
kill the president as well.
**[18:23] Megure**
Hold on, Mori-kun.
**[18:25] Megure**
Doesn't that mean...
**[18:27] Kogoro**
In other words,
**[18:29] Kogoro**
the true culprit's intended target was
not President Tsuchida, but Kajiura-san.
**[18:35] Nozomi**
Yuto-san?
**[18:36] Kogoro**
And in order to hide their true intention,
**[18:39] Kogoro**
the culprit murdered President
Tsuchida, who was hated by everyone.
**[18:45] Megure**
But what about Nozomi-san's testimony?
**[18:49] Nozomi**
Yes. I saw someone heading to the
president's office through the window.
**[18:55] Kogoro**
What if that testimony were a calculated lie?
**[18:59] Megure**
A calculated lie?
**[19:01] Kogoro**
Yes, one meant to mislead us.
**[19:06] Kogoro**
Makimura Nozomi-san, you're the true culprit!
**[19:11] Both**
What?
**[19:12] Nozomi**
I killed Yuto-san?
**[19:14] Nozomi**
No! That's not possible!
**[19:20] Kogoro**
Conan told me. You don't
have a handkerchief, do you?
**[19:26] Kogoro**
When you killed Kajiura-san, did you use it
to prevent his blood from getting on you?
**[19:31] Kogoro**
Have you already disposed of it somewhere?
**[19:34] Kogoro**
And the area around your
hips is stained, isn't it?
**[19:41] Kogoro**
That stain is from that.
**[19:43] Kogoro**
Conan!
**[19:44] Conan**
Here.
***SIGN*** Invest in Goldfish For a Happy Life!
**[19:47] Conan**
It's from these letters. It happened then.
**[19:50] Nozomi**
*Yuto-san! Yuto-san! Yuto-san!*
**[19:51] Kogoro**
*Stay back.*
**[19:54] Kogoro**
*You mustn't!*
**[19:55] Conan**
Your body was wet with water then.
**[19:59] Conan**
That's why the letters on this poster
bled and stained your clothes.
**[20:05] Kogoro**
The true culprit was soaked
by the water in the fish tank.
**[20:08] Kogoro**
If disinfectant were
discovered on her clothes...
**[20:13] Takagi**
That would put her at the crime scene.
**[20:15] Kogoro**
Yes.
**[20:16] Kogoro**
Nozomi-san, that is the definitive evidence
that proves you're the true culprit!
**[20:23] Megure**
Get the forensics team.
Have them examine her clothes.
**[20:28] Kitamura**
Could it be?
**[20:29] Ayako**
But why kill Kajiura-san?
**[20:33] Nozomi**
I gave Kajiura-san everything.
**[20:38] Nozomi**
Before he got a job, for years and years.
**[20:44] Nozomi**
But once he began working
for President Tsuchida,
**[20:47] Nozomi**
he started making a lot of money.
**[20:50] Nozomi**
Then he said he didn't love me anymore.
**[20:57] Nozomi**
On top of that, he told me to leave.
**[21:01] Nozomi**
He hit me and kicked me.
**[21:08] Nozomi**
So I took revenge so I wouldn't get caught.
**[21:17] Megure**
That's enough!
**[21:20] Megure**
That doesn't make it right to kill someone!
**[21:24] Megure**
And killing a bystander in order to conceal
your guilt is absolutely atrocious!
**[23:06] Conan**
Mister, that was cool of you.
**[23:08] Conan**
I'm impressed you realized
the target was the other person.
**[23:13] Kogoro**
That was a piece of cake for me.
**[23:18] Kogoro**
*Not that I remember it very well.*
**[23:21] Kogoro**
Anyway, the bus is late.
***SIGN*** To Beika City
**[23:25] Conan**
Huh? To Beika City?
**[23:28] Conan**
Are we at the wrong bus stop?
**[23:31] Kogoro**
Oh, no! We're at the wrong one!
**[23:35] Conan**
Mister, pull yourself together!
**[23:38] Kogoro**
Wait!
**[23:40] Kogoro**
Stop!