Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Yotsubishi Bank

A fake bomb threat made to a bank caused a panic.

Genta, Kagura Sumito-san, and others were injured as collateral damage.

According to his friends Kochiyama Go-san and Ibe Haruka-san,

Kagura-san also suffered collateral damage half a month earlier.

It's hard to believe two incidents in half a month is a coincidence.

After getting a taste for the compensation he received after the first incident,

perhaps he caused the panic himself in order to receive more money.

We suspected Kagura-san and even discovered testimony backing it up.

But just as we were setting out to find conclusive evidence...

Otsubo Kikuhide-san, another one of the victims, was murdered.

It's possible Edogawa-kun is right

and Otsubo-san learned a grave secret

about yesterday's incident and was killed for it.

What?

Wouldn't that mean Otsubo-san was killed by Kagura-san?

Huh?

What?

It makes sense, but...

There's something...

You guys keep talking about evidence,

but even without it, I'll put the screws on him until he confesses!

Genta-kun!

Hey!

What should we do, Conan-kun?

That might work.

What?

We won't give him a hard time,

but we might be able to pick something up by going directly to Kagura-san.

He might reveal something about himself.

Yeah.

Let's go talk to Kagura-san.

Right now at this moment, light pierces the darkness!

Overcome all limits with your cool reasoning skills!

Adults with impure motives!

What are their unseen true intentions?

Always determining the one truth

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

his name is Detective Conan!

The Cost of Likes

"The Cost of Likes, Part Two!"

You're already here? On the phone you said this afternoon.

Kagura Sumito (26)

Oh, it's you kids.

We need to talk.

What?

I don't know what it's about, but we can talk on the way.

My payday was yesterday,

but I never withdrew the money because of the commotion.

What? Murdered?

Otsubo-san was?

You already know all about that, don't you?

Why would I?

By the way, Kagura-san, didn't you previously tell your acting company

that you hoped to suffer collateral damage again so you'd receive more money?

Who said that?

You did!

I've never said anything that audacious.

Hey!

Wait...

That felt a little strange.

He doesn't seem to be lying.

Don't let him fool you!

He's an actor!

You're sure he said "another tasty dream," right?

You're doubting us?

And our detective skills?

Chonenten

Kagura-san clearly said it, right?

Dewa Chiichiro (30)

Yeah. That's what I heard.

You heard?

You didn't hear it directly from Kagura-san?

Oh, not directly.

I heard it from him.

Didn't Kagura say he hoped to suffer more collateral damage so he'd get paid again?

Yeah, apparently.

Apparently?

So you heard, apparently.

It's all starting to sound suspicious.

Then who told you?

Kochiyama. Not that you'd know him.

That Kochiyama?

Hey.

Hey.

We saw her yesterday, too!

She's a witness!

Didn't you say yesterday that Kagura-san hoped to suffer more collateral damage?

That's what I heard from Kochiyama-kun.

Wait...

Her, too?

It sounds like Kochiyama is the source of everything.

Isn't Kochiyama-san Kagura-san's friend?

Do you guys know him, too?

We acted together in college.

He started working after graduation, but we still hang out.

He even comes here sometimes.

So he's a former actor, too.

Oh, right. That might've been a lie.

A lie?

Kochiyama might've spread the rumor on purpose.

If Haruka thought Kagura were good for nothing,

she might go to him instead.

It's possible.

Yeah.

I wouldn't put it past him.

What does that mean?

Isn't that the lady who was with them yesterday?

So they're not just three best friends after all.

In any case,

we'll know if Kagura-san actually said that or not if we ask Kochiyama-san.

Yes, but even if he did, that's not conclusive.

What we need is conclusive evidence.

What would that be?

Are there any clues?

I knew it.

What?

"How can this be a coincidence?!"

Isn't that Kochiyama-san's post?

And the murdered Otsubo-san was following Kagura-san.

If he was following him, then...

Could it be?

What is it?

But then why would he...?

Conan-kun?!

Where can we find her?

Ibe Haruka

This woman.

Kochiyama Ko (26)

A love triangle?

Between Kagura-san, Kochiyama-san, and me?

Ibe Haruka (24)

No, no way. Absolutely not.

But the acting company mentioned something about one.

I was originally a fan of Kagura-san the actor.

I joined the company a year ago because I wanted to act with him.

Kagura-san introduced me to Kochiyama-san shortly after that.

This is Kochiyama.

I've been stuck with this idiot since college.

I-I'm the idiot.

What are you doing?

I'm Ibe Haruka.

We became close right away.

Here it comes, Kagura!

Bring it on!

Kagura-san and Kochiyama-san were so close. I was jealous.

He's a tough one! Back me up, Haruka!

Got it!

Two on one? That's not fair!

I was so happy that they allowed me to join them.

There's nothing romantic about our relationship.

Oh, sorry. I'd better head back.

Later.

Even if she's not aware of it... Right?

Well, we can guess how they feel about her.

What about it, though?

What did we come to confirm?

What's behind the bomb threat and Otsubo-san's case.

What?!

If you think of that way, it explains everything.

And if I'm right, then...

Thank you.

We investigated the connection between the bomb threat and Otsubo Kikuhide-san's murder,

but we haven't found anything yet.

You've found clues to the identity

of the culprit who made the bomb threat, right?

No, not at all.

You haven't?

We heard a cleaning person was spotted

at the phone booth in question just before and after the call was made to the bank.

According to the cleaning company,

no one was working around then, so that must have been the culprit.

But we don't have any clues to their identity.

Sounds like your reasoning was wrong.

Yeah.

Yup.

If they didn't leave any clues, then the plan doesn't work.

What plan?

Inspector.

Yes.

What? I see.

We received an anonymous call.

Last night around eight,

someone was seen fleeing the scene of Otsubo's murder.

Around the time of the murder?

Yeah.

Apparently the caller asked if the suspicious figure might've been

the "unlucky man" who's been seen online recently,

but we have no idea who they meant.

They must mean Kagura-san.

I knew it was him.