Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Detective Conan Episode 788 “The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool (Part 2)”

Sera Masumi invited Ran, Sonoko, and I to visit her at the hotel she's living at.

We decided to hang out at the pool, but the daughter of the hotel's owner,

Nagami-ojosama, kicked out the other guests to look for the necklace she lost.

Oiso Nagami (31) President's Daughter

After lunch, we returned to the pool and discovered Nagami-ojosama was missing.

Then...

Hey, what's that?

Th-There's something in the middle of the pool!

What?

Is... Is that a person?

What?

Nagami...

...Ojosama?

But didn't Nagami-san say her fiancé Samaki-san...

Oiso Hamaka (28) Nagami's Half-Sister

Samaki Raito (30) President's Secretary

...and sister Hamaka-san were a couple?

She said the hotel manager was letting them use the hotel to meet.

I-It's a misunderstanding.

My sister was overthinking things.

Her birthday was coming up.

We were planning to celebrate in the suite since she loves this hotel.

We discussed decorations and food.

Toyoshima Ensaku Hotel Manager

Since it was a surprise, we didn't tell Nagami-ojosama.

Because we were meeting in that room, she got the wrong idea and said those things.

She really did like that room, so I'm not surprised she was angry.

That much?

Yes. She's even kicked out guests with a reservation to stay in that room.

So we had no motive to kill her!

We were going to celebrate her birthday!

If you doubt us, ask the hotel staff.

We discussed the party decorations with them.

We'll be confirming that later.

First I'd like to hear what you were doing after you left Nagami-san alone.

Propelled forward by the years spent together.

Charging full speed ahead without slowing the pace.

Someone says something odd by the pool.

The truth comes rising to the surface.

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

his name is Detective Conan!

The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool (Part Two)

The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool, Part Two!

Reception

Yes.

Only the staff entered the pool after we were ordered to close it.

The manager, Hamaka-ojosama, secretary Samaki-san, and those two bellboys.

Before Nagami-ojosama was left alone, we let those girls through.

We forgot something.

We just wanted to see what was going on.

After Nagami-san said she'd search alone, who was the first to return here?

I believe it was Manager Toyoshima.

He said he wanted to check on Nagami-ojosama.

Do you know when that was?

After 12 PM, I think.

She had just received an e-mail.

Oh, right. Let's see...

That was 12:05.

What was she doing then?

She was looking for her necklace.

It took her a while to notice I was there.

But when she noticed, she said that I was in the way, so I quickly left.

I see.

What about after the manager left?

Well...

The next person was Samaki-san.

I see.

She was taking a while.

I was going to tell her to let someone else do it.

But I didn't see her in or near the pool.

I thought she might be in the bathroom, so I waited by the pool.

She showed no signs of returning, so I left.

Do you know when you left?

No.

We don't know, either.

We don't keep notes.

But Hamaka-ojosama, who arrived when he left, left at 12:54.

She asked us the time as she was leaving.

Why?

I had a 1 PM reservation for lunch at this hotel.

Samaki-san asked me to check the bathroom and changing room.

She wasn't in either, though.

She wasn't at the pool, either, so I panicked.

I couldn't trust my phone's clock, so I asked to check the time.

By the way, where are the bathroom and changing room?

Over here.

The changing room and showers are between reception and the pool.

The bathroom's back there.

You could hide a body here.

Yes. The two receptionists can't see back here, either.

What happened next?

We called the manager and Samaki-san.

We called the bellboys, too, and they split up to look for her.

Where was Nagami-san?

She wasn't in the pool.

We searched showers and lockers, too.

We even searched the men's rooms while calling for her.

We couldn't find her after an hour of searching,

so we asked the receptionists if they really didn't see her leave.

That's when they came.

While we were explaining the situation, the bellboys saw her body in the pool.

I see.

By why did you come back to search the pool?

She wasn't there when you looked together, right?

I guess I had a bad feeling.

I thought I heard a strange noise coming from the pool.

It sounded like some big bubbles.

I knew it.

The drain's grate is screwed in place.

Look, Conan-kun.

There's a hook stuck in the wall directly above the drain.

It's in the exact center of the pool wall, too.

Hey! What are you doing?!

I'm sure of it.

That's who did it.

In summary,

the victim Oiso Nagami-san said she'd search for the necklace she lost at the pool alone.

After kicking the three of you out, at 12:05,

the manager Toyoshima-san came to check on Nagami-san.

She said he was in the way and made him leave.

Next, when the secretary Samaki-san came, he didn't see Nagami-san in the pool.

Hamaka-san arrived as Samaki-san left,

and he told her to check the changing room and bathroom.

She confirmed she wasn't there at 12:54.

Later, the three of you and the two bellboys split up to search but couldn't find her.

Ten minutes after that,

the two bellboys returned to the pool and found Nagami-san in the water.

Are those the correct times and sequence of events?

Ah, yes.

I think so.

Nagami-san died between noon and 1 PM.

During that time, only you three entered and left the pool area.

One of you must have done it.

But if the body was in the pool the whole time,

then someone would have found it while you split up to search.

Furthermore, it's hard to imagine someone put the body

in the middle of the pool unnoticed while you were searching.

This is an impossible crime.

Right, Takagi-kun?

Don't you agree?

Huh? Takagi-kun?

Detective Takagi headed to the pool after talking to Conan-kun and Sera-san.

What?

While you were in the bathroom, he was carrying around a big aquarium.

He said it was for an experiment.

What is he doing?

Not Sera-san. Sera-chan!

Right.

Also, he said we should all come see the experiment.

Apparently it will expose the murderer.

Hey! Takagi-kun!

He's not here.

And why is there water in the pool?

We finished investigating, so we thought we'd try Takagi-san's experiment.

What experiment?

It's...

Don't give it away.

I don't know what you're up to, but...

Hey, Takagi-kun!

Come out and explain yourself.

Hey! Takagi!

Sheesh.

Where is he?

Detective Takagi's here.

What?

In the pool.