Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

The old man was hired by three suspicious people

to protect the racing horse White Spirits, who had received several death threats.

Several days later,

White Spirits Racing Horse

White Spirits was to be transported

Tokuyoshi Kozo (55) Horse Owner

to a track outside of Tokyo for a race.

White Spirits

The old man escorted the horse trailer, but...

At some point White Spirits was swapped out for an impostor.

Horse owner Tokuyoshi received a ransom note demanding 100 million yen.

Unable to trust the police or detectives,

Tokuyoshi followed the kidnapper's instructions alone

and had the ransom money stolen from him.

In my eyes are maximum creation!

My detective skills are tomorrow's reaction!

The ransom money and horse go missing!

The two cases are connected in a surprising way!

Always determining the one truth

with the body of a child and the mind of an adult,

his name is Detective Conan!

The Thoroughbred Kidnapping Case

"The Thoroughbred Kidnapping Case, Part Two!"

White Spirits

I'm certain of it, Inspector.

This is the horse blanket White Spirits was wearing.

Oh, no.

Is he already...?

Inspector, according to a local who took their garbage out an hour ago,

that wasn't here at that time.

How did the police know this was here?

We received an anonymous tip.

An anonymous tip?

They thought it was dumped illegally.

And there seems to be blood on it, so they wanted us to investigate.

Hmm...

I received a report from forensics.

The blood on the horse blanket matched White Spirits'.

Are you sure?

We got the data from the stable's vet.

It's definitely his.

Which means it's possible he's already...

The media's starting to make a fuss, too.

That can't be helped.

He's an extraordinary and popular racing horse.

We should prepare for a press conference immediately.

Actually, they're also making a fuss over something else.

What do you mean?

Famous Horse Missing, Kidnapped!!

100 million yen ransom!!

Death threats previously received!!

Bloody horse blanket discovered!!

Is the horse already dead?!

Massive failure!!

Kidnapping happened under the watch of a great detective and the police!!

Mori Detective Agency

Damn it! Who do they think they are?

I hate to say it, but if Tokuyoshi had cooperated, this wouldn't have happened.

You've had too much to drink, Dad.

How can I not drink?

It's not like I wanted to fail.

More importantly, we're still not sure White Spirits was killed, right?

Well, yeah, but the blood was a match.

I'm sure he's fine.

The kidnapper got the ransom money he wanted.

I'm sure he'll return him.

I know who did it. I'm absolutely certain.

Nagaura Saneaki (45) Stable Hand

Shiomi Masao (50) Horse Trailer Driver

So why did they hire the old man?

Hase Yasutaka (40) Trainer

Kakuta Chizuru (25) Jockey

I'll have to review the case again.

What's this?

Could it be?

That's it! So that's how it is!

How did I not notice this?

Hello, Detective Takagi?

Kogoro-no-ojisan asked me to do something for him.

Over here.

Hey, Conan-kun.

Please play the tape.

Got it.

This is it. Stop the video.

This is the trailer the real White Spirits was in.

Which means we might know where it went if we follow it on the other security camera.

I'm impressed Mori-san noticed.

Is he really in there?

What?

Are we sure the real White Spirits was in this trailer?

Well, we can't see inside the trailer from here, but...

Could you show us that part again?

Sure.

Stop the video!

Look at this, Detective Takagi.

What? The date?

Wait, what? Could it be?

Which means...

But why?

There's only one conceivable reason.

Now I just need evidence.

Ihara Satoshi (25) Trainee Stable Hand

I'm sorry, I'm still only a trainee.

I'm unsure of the details, but...

But there's something bothering you, isn't there?

One of the horse trailers hasn't come back.

Since when?

I think it's been three days now.

Three days...

Come to think of it, it must be since three days ago.

White Spirits

I couldn't find White Spirits' spare riding or grooming gear.

So it disappeared along with the horse trailer.

Where was White Spirits then? Here?

I'm not sure.

I was working with another horse that day, so I was out at the track.

But when I returned that night, White Spirits was here.

Which means it probably happened then.

Hey, is this a bloodstain?

A bloodstain?

Oh, actually...

What happened?

It's not a secret or anything.

That happened three days ago, too—

No, the day before that.

White Spirits rubbed against a splinter that formed there.

But the vet said it fortunately wasn't serious,

and wouldn't affect his ability to race.

I see. So that's how it is.

What's that?

The truth is starting to come together.

Hello, Takagi?

I need you to convey a message to the inspector immediately.

Hello, this is Takagi.

Mori-san?

What's the meaning of this?!

I thought I said I was through with detectives and the police!

Well, actually...

Takagi, it better be true that you discovered the culprits and the truth behind the case.

What?

Mori-san, you told me to tell the inspector that you uncovered the culprit's identity

and the truth behind the case.

What are you two arguing about?

Either way, it doesn't matter. Hurry up and explain the situation.

Dad...

You can do it, old man.

Mori-san.

Fine.

Allow me to explain the culprit's identity and the truth behind the case.

What?

All right.

This case—the kidnapping of White Spirits

and the stolen ransom money—used fundamentally the same trick.

In other words, solve one, and you've solved the other.

Is that true?

Then quit putting on airs and speak.

First, how was White Spirits swapped out for another horse?

The driver swapped him for the horse

in the other identical trailer parked on the side road.

Since his wife and child were kidnapped, he was forced to follow the culprit's instructions.

Isn't that right?

Yes.

Takagi, what did you see there?

I believe it was...

Tire tracks from two trailers.

It's strange, though.

What was strange, Conan-kun?

One set of tire tracks was much shallower than the other,

as though nothing were inside it.

Wh-What?

There was a convenience store at the road leading to the crime scene.

At Mori-san's direction, I investigated the security camera footage.

Did I tell you to do that?

What?

C-Continue, Takagi.

Yes, sir.

I found footage of a horse trailer exiting that side road

and passing in front of the convenience store.

Then that must have been it.

What about White Spirits? Was he inside?

Unfortunately, I was unable to confirm that.

But more importantly, the footage was from three days ago.

Wh-What?!

Which means it's possible the trailer and tire marks

were a camouflage created three days earlier.

In other words, the other trailer wasn't on the side road that day,

but made to look like it was.