Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

The professor is surprisingly dependable.

I agree.

I had no idea he had such a rich friend.

I was surprised.

Apparently the professor saved their company with one of his inventions.

That's why they did him this favor.

He makes inventions for adults sometimes, does he?

That's not a nice way to put it.

Thanks to them, we get to practice soccer.

His joke quizzes can be a nuisance sometimes, though.

You said the place is the site of a demolished mansion, right?

Won't it be hard to practice if the ground is uneven?

It was pouring rain last night, too.

I know.

Lightning struck a few times and the power went out.

It was scary.

Don't worry.

We'll be fine even after it rained.

Aside from the pool, the ground has been leveled.

The drainage is good, too.

Huh?

Is it some kind of case?

Is the vacant lot past there?

No, we're headed right over there.

Solving crimes with sharp detective skills.

Love and cases never change.

A mysterious locked room with no ceiling.

The Detective Boys hold a mystery battle!

Always determining the one truth with the body of a child and the mind of an adult,

his name is Detective Conan!

The Detective Boys' Locked Room Mystery Battle

"The Detective Boys' Locked Room Mystery Battle!"

Professor!

What?

Oh, it's you kids.

Professor, what happened?

A man was found dead in the pool of this empty lot.

It's a murder?!

Earlier I came to unlock this place so you kids could get inside.

There was a man floating in the pool.

There was a body in that pool?

Scary.

Does that make you the first discoverer, Professor?

Yeah, I suppose it does.

We shouldn't get in their way.

Let's talk over there.

Was it a murder or an accident?

Was there water in the pool?

Yes, but it's shallow.

It's from last night's rain.

How big is the pool?

It's for a family, so I think it's about ten meters.

It's two courses wide.

And this gate is the only way to get to the pool?

Yeah.

But when I got here, the gate was locked up tight.

Who has the keys?

According to my friend who lent us this place, this is the only key.

Then how did the dead person get in?

Inspector Megure is troubled by that very question.

How did it go?

The entrance has been closed for the entirety of the past three days.

But the victim died last night before midnight.

Did you determine how he died?

We're waiting on the autopsy for the details,

but we believe he was killed by a blow to the back of the head.

If it was a murder, then we don't know how the culprit escaped.

Precisely.

That means this empty lot is a locked room without a roof!

A locked room.

Just saying the word excites me!

It's fine that you're excited, but if this is a crime scene,

we can't use it to practice soccer.

But he died in the pool, right?!

We're not going to use the pool!

You think the police will see it that way?

Conan-kun's right.

Both the victim and culprit had to pass through this lot to get to the crime scene.

Until the case is solved, it's closed to the public.

What?! Seriously?!

But the game is next week!

Isn't there anything you can do, Inspector Megure?

I'm sorry, but no.

Though it'd be a different story if you Detective Boys solved the case.

The inspector is cold.

And the professor went through the trouble of getting us this lot.

We don't have a choice.

Then let's solve the case!

What?

Inspector Megure said the same thing!

Whoa, now. He was joking.

If we can figure out how the victim got here, the inspector will consider it!

She's right. Let's do it.

Let's do it!

It's for soccer, Conan-kun!

All right! Detective Boys, let's move!

Wait, where are we going?

Here's a plan of the place I got from my friend.

Will this help?

It sure will!

This gate was locked, right?

It looks like there's a road on the other side of the fence behind the pool.

There's an eight story building right there.

No, there's a narrow road running between them.

It's not wide enough for a car, though.

What if you climbed the fence from that road and entered the lot?

That's impossible.

There's embedded glass and barbed wire on top of the fence.

Hold on.

I see a crane over there.

It looks like the neighbors are getting ready for some construction, too.

What if you used the crane, then?

You could hold onto the end and go over the wall.

That's not possible.

The crane arrived this morning.

I know!

The pool must have a drain, right?

You could sneak in through there.

It wasn't large enough for a human.

And it was covered, too.

On top of that, it was covered in garbage.

That's why the rain water built up inside.

Then he must have come from the sky.

If you flew here on a helicopter and climbed down...

Fly a helicopter at night?

They're really loud.

Hey! What are you doing?!

It's so noisy!

Stop making so much noise!

Hang gliders don't make any noise.

You wouldn't be able to land in such a small space.

What about RC helicopters?

About ten should do it.

Is it possible to fly that many RC copters?

Wouldn't a hot air balloon work?

Hot air balloons float using air heated by the burners.

And it was pouring last night.

There was lightning, too.

Then use an airship!

I like airships, too!

This isn't about what you like!

That's fine, but aren't you forgetting something important?

What? What is it?

Why did he go through so much trouble to sneak into the pool?

Right?

Well, yeah.

Maybe instead of entering the empty lot,

the victim was trying to sneak into somewhere else.

You know the answer, but you're only dropping hints.

What? Sneak into where?

That's it! There was never a murderer!

I see.

He was killed by a blow to the back of the head, so...

I know! I figured it out!

Damn it!

I'm the only one who doesn't know!

Here's a hint: the pool was empty at first.

What? That's obvious.

The rain last night collected in the pool, so...

That's it!

The victim wasn't hit.

He fell from the neighboring building and hit his head on the bottom of the pool.

To put it grandly, the weapon was the Earth.

I read a mystery like that once.

All right! We solved the problem.

Let's tell Inspector Megure to investigate the neighboring building.

Unfortunately, Detective Boys, we reached that conclusion as well.

Yikes...

You already investigated the building?

We did.

There's no mistaking we did, but...

Through the seventh floor, all the windows are fixed shut.

There's a bay window on the eighth floor!

He fell from that window!

But that window doesn't open, either.

What?

It won't budge.

I heard some disquieting rumors, so I had my window altered.

Just yesterday, in fact.

We found that out during our canvassing.

Then where did the dead person fall from?