E4 - The Case of the Benizome Hot Spring Murder (Part 2)

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[00:08] Spitz
    Only one individual returned to their room
[00:12] Spitz
    before the late missus left for hers.
[00:15] Spitz
    Isn't that right...
[00:17] Spitz
    Detective Amamiya?
[00:19] Toto
    Senpai? There's no way it was her.
[00:22] Ron
    It wasn't.
[00:25] Ron
    Amamiya-kun isn't the culprit.
[00:28] Ron
    It was someone else who's
    here with us right now.
[00:32] husband
    What are you saying?
[00:33] husband
    She left first. That's a fact.
[00:36] Michiyo
    I saw it, too.
[00:38] Ron
    It's true that she's the only one
    with an uncertain alibi.
[00:42] Ron
    But the simple act of creating
    this situation was impossible for her.
[00:50] Ron
    And I can prove it to you right now.
[00:58] Spitz
    To think my chance would come so quickly...
[01:02] Spitz
    Kamonohashi Ron, you don't know it,
[01:06] Spitz
    but I'm an instructor at the
    BLUE detective training academy.
[01:12] Spitz
    The moment I catch you sleuthing,
    that'll be the end of you!
[01:17] Ron
    At least,
[01:19] Ron
    that's what Detective Isshiki says.
[01:21] Toto
    Huh?
[01:28] Toto
    Asking a bit much, aren't we?!
SIGN    Ron Kamonohashi's
SIGN    Forbidden
    Deductions
SIGN    #04 The Case of the Benizome Hot Spring Murder (Part 2)
[03:09] Toto
    Wait, hang on... Don't get carried away.
[03:12] Ron
    Really, Detective Isshiki?
    We already have all the clues we need?
[03:17] Ron
    Is that what you're saying?
[03:18] Toto
    I—Wa—
[03:20] Ron
    I see. "I" and "wa," you say?
[03:24] Ron
    "I" for the illustration
    of the secret story of Benizome,
[03:26] Ron
    and "wa" for the water
    turned red with leaves.
[03:28] Ron
    Those are the keys to solving this mystery?
[03:30] husband
    By "secret story," you mean the one about
    the woman who was sacrificed, don't you?
[03:35] Michiyo
    And that serves as proof
    that the lady detective is innocent?
[03:39] Ron
    Apparently so.
[03:41] Ron
    Oh, Amamiya-kun, you look bewildered.
[03:45] Amamiya
    What's this story you keep talking about?
[03:49] Ron
    It was in the pamphlet
    you got in the taxi, wasn't it?
[03:52] Amamiya
    I didn't come by taxi.
[03:54] Amamiya
    And I didn't see any
    at the station when I arrived.
[03:58] Toto
    Come to think of it,
    I feel like you mentioned that before...
[04:01] Ron
    That is, you came here on your own.
[04:04] Ron
    I know exactly what
    Detective Isshiki is talking about.
[04:09] (Flashback) Amamiya
    Work just wouldn't end,
    and I had to walk from the station.
[04:13] (Flashback) taxi driver
    We made the pamphlet
    for the annex ourselves.
[04:17] (Flashback) taxi driver
    I really am sorry.
[04:20] Ron
    She had no opportunity to see the pamphlet.
    She didn't know the story.
[04:24] Ron
    Therefore she couldn't commit
     a murder made to replicate it.
[04:28] Ron
    In other words,
    Amamiya-kun isn't the culprit.
[04:30] Ron
    Detective Isshiki, you really are amazing.
[04:33] Toto
    I see now! Nice deduction!
[04:35] Michiyo
    That's true. The secret story wasn't written
    anywhere but that pamphlet from the taxi.
[04:41] hostess
    It isn't a very pleasant story,
    so we don't tell it here at the inn.
[04:49] husband
    Then I guess it's as the detective says.
[04:54] Spitz
    So it wasn't Kamonohashi Ron?
[04:56] Spitz
    It was Isshiki Totomaru who solved this?
[04:59] Ron
    Now, who's the real culprit?
[05:01] Toto
    What?
[05:02] Toto
    I don't know! You're the one
    who said it was someone here!
[05:05] Ron
    What? So you haven't decided yet?
[05:08] Ron
    Then I vote that it was a curse.
[05:10] Toto
    You've gotta be kidding me.
[05:12] Michiyo
    I saw something last night.
[05:14] Michiyo
    I don't know about a curse,
    but it certainly looked paranormal.
[05:18] Toto
    What?
[05:20] Michiyo
    After dinner, when I was going back
    to my room, I looked out at the river.
[05:25] Michiyo
    There was a strange
    white mist rising from it.
[05:28] Michiyo
    It was like some kind of spirit.
[05:32] Toto
    A white mist?
[05:33] Ron
    I found it, Toto!
[05:35] Ron
    Look at the river!
[05:36] Toto
    When'd you get over there?!
[05:38] Toto
    You can see the mist?
[05:39] Ron
    Of course not.
[05:41] Ron
    Look!
[05:42] Ron
    It's the ping-pong ball we lost last night.
[05:44] Toto
    That was your fault!
[05:45] Ron
    The heavy rain washed wood, leaves,
[05:47] Ron
    and a gutter down the river.
[05:49] Ron
    Add the ping-pong ball, and we've got a dam!
[05:51] Toto
    Even if a beaver shows up now,
    I want you to focus on the investigation!
[05:56] Ron
    Is there anything we can use to get the ball?
[05:58] Toto
    We can do that later!
[06:01] Ron
    What's that?
[06:02] Toto
    What?
[06:03] Toto
    A bathmat?
[06:04] Toto
    What's that doing out here?
[06:06] Ron
    Think it could reach the ball?
[06:08] Toto
    Enough about the ping-pong ball!
[06:11] Amamiya
    Isshiki.
[06:14] Toto
    This is bad! She's pissed!
[06:17] Amamiya
    You really helped me out earlier.
[06:20] Amamiya
    Thank y—
[06:24] Toto
    Her body physically refuses to thank me!
[06:28] Amamiya
    However, as long as any
     lingering doubt remains,
[06:31] Amamiya
    I cannot lead the investigation.
[06:35] Amamiya
    I am entrusting this case to you.
[06:41] Toto
    Y-You are?
[06:44] Toto
    You can count on me!
[06:45] Toto
    Amamiya-senpai, I won't let you do—
[06:47] Amamiya
    Shut up!
[06:47] Toto
    Huh?!
[06:48] Amamiya
    I don't expect anything from you!
[06:49] Amamiya
    You're just the only one here!
[06:51] Toto
    Sorry I misunderstood!
[06:53] Amamiya
    This all just so unbelievable.
[06:55] Amamiya
    Starting yesterday, when I walked
     into the wrong bath by accident...
[06:59] Toto
    Yeah, that wasn't like you, Senpai.
[07:04] Ron
    Amamiya-kun.
[07:06] Amamiya
    Y-Yes?
[07:08] Ron
    Excellent work.
[07:09] Ron
    You weren't mistaken last night.
[07:14] Amamiya
    S-Steaming hot...
[07:17] Toto
    S-Steaming what?
[07:18] Amamiya
    A superlatively steaming-hot hottie!
[07:22] Toto
    You'd let those be your last words?!
[07:28] hostess 2
    The police are here.
[07:31] Ron
    Now then...
[08:48] Ron
    Good job out there.
[08:49] Toto
    Thanks.
[08:50] Ron
    So, any new information?
[08:53] Toto
    According to the medical exam,
    the cause of death was heart failure.
[08:56] Toto
    According to her husband,
    she had a long-standing heart condition.
[09:02] Toto
    She'd have fits where she needed
     to be taken to the hospital.
[09:08] Ron
    Did the coroner say anything else?
[09:12] Spitz
    Go on, Kamonohashi Ron! Say something
    that proves you've been sleuthing!
[09:17] Toto
    There was also, let me think...
[09:19] Ron
    Hey, there's a centipede on the wall.
[09:24] Spitz
    M-My ears!
[09:28] Toto
    There's no centipede there.
[09:30] Ron
    Of course not. I wouldn't kill a bug.
[09:33] Toto
    Huh? What are you talking about?
[09:35] Toto
    You nearly gave me a heart attack.
[09:37] Toto
    Oh, right.
[09:38] Toto
    They said the temperature difference between
     inside and outside caused the heart failure.
[09:42] Toto
    It was thermal shock.
[09:44] Ron
    I thought so.
[09:45] Toto
    You did? You don't mean...
[09:47] Ron
    Yes. All the pieces are in place.
[09:50] Ron
    Detective Isshiki, you're up.
[10:14] husband
    What's going on?
[10:16] hostess
    Has something else happened?
[10:18] hostess 2
    Or is this about the incident before?
[10:21] Toto
    Yes. It's about the late missus.
[10:25] Toto
    With the blessing of the local police,
[10:27] Toto
    I will now solve this case.
[10:30] Michiyo
    You will? So you're saying...
[10:32] Toto
    This was a murder.
[10:35] Toto
    And...
[10:37] Toto
    the murderer is here with us now.
[10:42] Toto
    The murderer had to have known
    that the victim had a weak heart.
[10:47] Toto
    It's you, isn't it?
[10:49] Toto
    Her husband.
[10:53] husband
    Wh-Why would I do that to my beloved wife?
[10:56] husband
    It's true that I knew about her condition.
[10:59] husband
    But of course I did. We're married.
    There's nothing suspect about that, right?
[11:03] husband
    Besides, at the time of her death,
    I was with everyone else in the lounge.
[11:09] Toto
    Indeed, you were with the rest
     of us in the lounge.
[11:14] Toto
    Specifically so you'd have an alibi.
[11:18] Toto
    Behind the scenes, you'd set a bold trap
[11:22] Toto
    to lure your wife to her death.
[11:24] Amamiya
    A trap?
[11:25] Toto
    Yes.
[11:34] Toto
    He left a bathmat like this,
    covering the entrance to the bath,
[11:38] Toto
    to create a pitfall.
[11:40] Amamiya
    Do you think we're stupid?
    No one would fall for—
[11:42] Toto
    You're right.
[11:44] Toto
    Under normal conditions, anyone could
     see through this trap quite easily.
[11:48] Toto
    But without her glasses,
    the missus had very poor vision.
[11:52] Toto
    Isn't that right, sir?
[11:59] Toto
    Given her eyesight, this was more
    than enough to fool her.
[12:05] Toto
    This trap made her fall into the bath,
[12:10] Toto
    from whence she would never return.
[12:15] Michiyo
    But she died of thermal shock, right?
[12:17] Michiyo
    Is falling into bathwater
    really enough to stop a heart?
[12:20] Toto
    Well, it's hard to imagine
    under normal circumstances.
[12:23] Toto
    But what if the bath wasn't
    filled with warm water?
[12:27] Toto
    What if it was freezing cold?
[12:30] Michiyo
    What?
[12:30] Spitz
    Freezing water?
[12:32] Amamiya
    This is a free-flowing hot spring!
[12:33] Toto
    Ron.
[12:34] Ron
    Okay.
[12:46] Toto
    We found this discarded in the river.
    This is how it was done.
[12:51] Amamiya
    A rain gutter?
[12:53] Toto
    Her husband knew there was an elevation
    difference between the river and the bath.
[12:57] Toto
    He made clever use of that.
[12:59] Toto
    He used two rain gutters. One drew
    water from upstream into the bath.
[13:04] Toto
    Then, by drawing the hot water
    from the bath into the river,
[13:06] Toto
    he was able to create a freezing-cold spring.
[13:09] Michiyo
    Then the white mist I saw last night was...
[13:12] Toto
    That's right.
[13:13] Toto
    It wasn't a paranormal phenomenon.
[13:16] Toto
    It was steam from the hot bathwater
     hitting the cold river.
[13:22] Toto
    There was just one hitch.
[13:25] Toto
    All those fallen leaves in the river
    from the heavy rains two days ago
[13:30] Toto
    ended up in the hot spring.
[13:33] Toto
    He couldn't pick out each and every one.
[13:36] Toto
    So he decided to make use
     of the hidden legend.
[13:40] Toto
    He gathered up even more fallen leaves
[13:42] Toto
    and tried to make it look like
    the curse of the sacrificed woman,
[13:46] Toto
    all to cover his tracks.
[13:50] husband
    That's enough! This is the women's bath!
[13:53] husband
    A man couldn't sneak in here
     long enough to set all that up!
[13:56] Toto
    If you knew no one would be coming,
    that wouldn't be a problem.
[14:00] Toto
    At dinner, you overheard
    that we'd be playing ping-pong,
[14:04] Toto
    so you knew no one would be
     in the men's bath for a while.
SIGN    Men
[14:08] Toto
    Then, by swapping the curtains
    marking the men's and women's baths,
SIGN    Women
[14:13] Toto
    you sent the ladies to the men's bath,
[14:15] Toto
    ensuring you'd have
    the women's bath to yourself.
[14:17] Amamiya
    Then the reason I went into the wrong one
[14:20] Amamiya
    is because the signs had been swapped?
[14:23] Toto
    That's right.
[14:25] Toto
    Our ping-pong game ended
    much more quickly than he expected.
[14:31] Toto
    So we went for a bath before
    he could swap the curtains back,
[14:34] Toto
    and you walked in on us, Senpai.
[14:37] husband
    D-Do you have evidence of—
[14:39] Toto
    If we test the curtain rods,
    we should still find
[14:42] Toto
    your fingerprints, which
    have no reason to be there.
[14:46] Toto
    You should have only
    been using the men's bath.
[14:49] Toto
    So why would your prints be
     on the women's curtain rod?
[14:52] Toto
    Can you explain that?
[14:56] husband
    That's...
[15:00] husband
    Checkmate.
[15:03] Toto
    I got it all out.
[15:07] husband
    Michiyo, I failed.
[15:11] Michiyo
    You can't be serious! You really killed her?
[15:15] husband
    But it was for you, Michiyo!
[15:17] Michiyo
    What?! It's got nothing to do with me!
[15:19] husband
    Don't say that!
[15:20] husband
    You always said that she was in our way!
[15:23] Michiyo
    I may have said,
    "If only your wife wasn't around!"
[15:25] Michiyo
    But no one told you to go this far!
[15:27] Amamiya
    You lowlife.
    To kill your wife over an affair...
[15:32] husband
    Michiyo!
[15:34] Michiyo
    Let go of me!
[15:34] husband
    Don't abandon me, Michiyo!
[15:35] Toto
    What were you thinking?
[15:36] Toto
    You took your wife's life!
[16:05] Toto
    Where's Ron?
[16:09] Toto
    Huh? What's going on?!
[16:14] Toto
    Ron? Ron!
[16:17] Spitz
    Over here, Isshiki Totomaru.
[16:19] Toto
    Huh?
[16:21] Spitz
    This conversation will go faster
     with you here.
[16:24] Toto
    You're from the inn.
[16:26] Spitz
    And it looks like he's just woken up.
[16:32] Ron
    What did I do?
[16:34] Ron
    I remember finding
    a black sugar syrup spring...
[16:36] Toto
    That was a dream!
[16:40] Spitz
    Allow me to introduce myself.
[16:42] Spitz
    I am BLUE's tracking instructor, Spitz Fire.
[16:47] Toto
    BLUE, as in the detective training school?
[16:49] Spitz
    I came to investigate whether
    Kamonohashi Ron was acting as a detective.
[16:53] Ron
    To think they've got you
     for a tracking instructor...
[16:56] Ron
    I spotted you all the way back at the
    shopping arcade where we did the raffle.
[17:00] Toto
    What?
[17:01] Ron
    You saw, didn't you? I didn't do a thing.
[17:04] Ron
    Detective Isshiki cracked this case.
[17:07] Spitz
    Liar!
[17:09] Spitz
    A fool like Isshiki,
    who didn't even notice me,
[17:12] Spitz
    couldn't possibly make
    such brilliant deductions!
[17:16] Toto
    That was insightful, but it sure hurts.
[17:18] Ron
    What proof do you have?
[17:19] Spitz
    I don't care about proof!
[17:22] Spitz
    I know that those were your
    deductions, Kamonohashi Ron!
[17:25] Ron
    So you aren't just bad at your specialty,
     shadowing and tailing,
[17:29] Ron
    but you're also illogical.
    I'm surprised you're an instructor at all.
[17:33] Ron
    All that and this sham kidnapping...
[17:35] Ron
    Are instructors just worse these days?
[17:38] Toto
    Don't make him angry!
[17:39] Spitz
    He's right. It'd be best not to anger me.
[17:42] Spitz
    If you admit that you've been sleuthing,
[17:45] Spitz
    I can ask for a lighter sentence.
[17:48] Ron
    Do you have the authority do to that?
[17:51] Ron
    If you were only here
    to see if I'm sleuthing,
[17:54] Ron
    you wouldn't need to disguise yourself
    as a worker at the inn.
[17:58] Ron
    But you went to the trouble of going
    undercover and interacting with us.
[18:03] Ron
    If you were just here to observe,
    that would be truly irrational.
[18:08] Ron
    Not only are you
    exposing yourself to your target,
[18:11] Ron
    there's always the possibility
    that they might stymie you by fleeing.
[18:15] Ron
    Given your earlier threat and your phrasing,
[18:17] Ron
    plus your impatience,
    I sense something else at play.
[18:20] Ron
    And it's a personal matter.
[18:23] Ron
    You either made a bet
    with someone about me sleuthing,
[18:26] Ron
    or you were threatened.
[18:29] Ron
    Or, perhaps...
[18:33] Ron
    you are in need of my abilities.
[18:41] Spitz
    I am utterly defeated. I'm no match for you.
[18:44] Spitz
    I guess I should have expected as much
    from BLUE's most brilliant student.
[18:48] Spitz
    I figured if I didn't do this,
    you'd never accept a job from me.
[18:51] Toto
    A job?
[18:53] Ron
    I knew it.
[18:54] Spitz
    Ron-kun! Please lend me your skills!
[18:57] Toto
    What?
[18:58] Spitz
    I don't have outstanding deductive reasoning,
[19:01] Spitz
    so you might wonder why I honed my tracking
    skills to become an instructor at BLUE.
[19:05] Spitz
    It was all to find the best detective
    to solve the mystery of my missing family.
[19:10] Toto
    Your family is missing?
[19:12] Spitz
    But even at BLUE,
    I couldn't find the right detective.
[19:16] Spitz
    When I asked, everyone said the same thing.
    "Maybe Kamonohashi Ron could..."
[19:20] Spitz
    Then came an order that afforded me
     this chance to meet you.
[19:25] Spitz
    And now I've confirmed that you're
     the detective I've been seeking, Ron-kun!
[19:30] Ron
    I refuse.
[19:31] Spitz
    Why?!
[19:32] Ron
    You're an instructor at BLUE, right?
     Who'd believe you?
[19:36] Ron
    I don't even know you.
[19:38] Spitz
    A-Ah, yes. That's true.
[19:40] Spitz
    I suppose I just feel close to you
    after investigating you so thoroughly.
[19:45] Spitz
    I'm a pretty good guy, though, you know?
[19:47] Toto
    Yeah. I'm sure he's a good, honest person.
[19:50] Spitz
    Okay!
[19:51] Spitz
    I'm going to earn your trust!
[19:53] Spitz
    I'll go tell my superiors
    that you aren't doing detective work.
[19:57] Ron
    You had better. Is that all?
[19:59] Spitz
    Huh? Oh, and I'll help you with
    your detective work, of course.
[20:02] Ron
    I told you it's Detective Isshiki's work.
[20:04] Spitz
    R-Right. I'll help Detective Isshiki.
[20:08] Ron
    Is that all?
[20:09] Toto
    Huh?
[20:10] Spitz
    What? Um...
[20:13] Spitz
    I wanted to wear it around the house, but...
[20:16] Spitz
    Please take this happi coat!
[20:17] Toto
    I didn't peg you for liking folksy stuff!
[20:19] Ron
    It's too small for me.
[20:20] Toto
    Come on now, Ron.
    He doesn't seem like a bad guy.
[20:24] Toto
    Why don't you just hear him out?
[20:27] Spitz
    Tototo! I just knew you were the best!
[20:30] Spitz
    You're not smart,
    but you've got heart, Tototo!
[20:32] Toto
    One too many "to"s.
[20:34] Spitz
    That last bit when you exposed
    the husband as the killer was good stuff.
[20:41] Spitz
    I'll leave for today, but if you ever
    need a tracker, just call me!
[20:45] Spitz
    I'll show you that I can win your trust!
[20:50] Toto
    Okay, his exit was
    the biggest surprise of all!
[20:53] Ron
    I hope he realizes no one actually agreed.
[20:55] Toto
    So you're gonna turn him down?
[20:57] Ron
    His skills would be helpful
    in solving future mysteries,
[21:01] Ron
    and I find his request intriguing.
[21:04] Ron
    Still, as I can't completely trust him,
    I had planned to refuse him.
[21:08] Toto
    Past tense?
[21:10] Ron
    If he betrays me, I'm done for.
[21:13] Ron
    But since you say he's a good guy,
    I'll wait and see.
[21:16] Toto
    That's putting way too much on me!
[21:17] Ron
    We just have to see
    if he's trustworthy or not.
[21:21] Toto
    Do you have a plan?
[21:23] Ron
    Of course.
[21:24] Ron
    I'll use him till he drops.
[21:26] Toto
    There's that demonic side!
[21:28] Toto
    Although whatever he might say,
[21:30] Toto
    I've never seen Ron abandon
    someone who's in trouble.
[21:35] Toto
    Thanks for helping Amamiya-senpai
    in this murder case.
[21:44] Ron
    I merely fulfilled my duty.