Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

On the second day of his Meijin title match, Haneda Shukichi,

also known as Sextuple Crown Taiko Meijin, received a letter before the match.

Inside, he found a code and a photo of his ex-girlfriend,

and kidnapping victim, Lieutenant Miyamoto Yumi.

In order to save Yumi-san,

Haneda left his match and headed to the shrine indicated in the code.

There he ran into the Detective Boys as we were visiting various power spots,

and we began working together to rescue Yumi-san.

Check, Haneda Shukichi.

You're forced to take my promoted pawn.

Then this captured rook will break your attack and shatter your formation.

My victory is unshakable.

Haneda Shukichi's Clock Time

3 Hours 4 Minutes Remaining

Propelled forward by the years spent together.

Charging full speed ahead without slowing the pace.

Deciphering coded letters found at historic sites

brings us closer to checkmating the kidnapper!

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

his name is Detective Conan!

Taiko Meijin's Match of Love

"Taiko Meijin's Match of Love, Part Two!"

Y-Yureizaka?!

Why did they name it something so terrifying?

Apparently it's because the desolate slope is flanked by temples.

It's written on the side of this post.

You're right.

Oh. I thought the slope led to hell.

Our destination is a graveyard in the middle of the slope.

What?!

Right, Taiko Meijin?

Yeah.

The code we found at Kiyomasa's well was written on a lance piece.

In other words, the seven and three refer to lances or spears.

Kato Kiyomasa's seven lances refers to the seven generals he recruited

to strengthen his forces at the battle of Shizugatake known as the Seven Spears.

Additionally, the three lances refers to the Three Great Spears of Japan,

Otegine, Hinomotogo, and Tonbogiri.

The man who was one of the Seven Spears and owned one of the Three Great Spears

was Fukushima Masanori, who received Hinomotogo from Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

While drinking with Kuroda Kanbei's retainer, he won the spear in a bet.

Yes.

The upside down T piercing the overlapping circles

is the cartographic symbol for graveyards.

I see. So Fukushima Masanori's grave is up ahead.

Yeah.

Do you have any ideas, though?

What?

About who kidnapped Yumi-san.

Since he called himself the Headless Shogi Player, he must be connected to shogi.

Not really.

Could it be?

4-8 rook. 4-8 rook.

This move will fork his king and silver general.

I'll win.

Take my promoted pawn.

Let me play this winning move.

My wife is waiting for me in the hospital.

She's waiting for news of my victory.

I'll rise to rank B.

I can move her to a bigger hospital.

Yes. Yes, yes.

The winning 4-8 rook.

Wait...

There's no waiting in shogi!

What?!

Wh-Why is my promoted pawn still there?

What was that sound?

I'm sorry.

I was playing with the pieces while thinking and made a noise.

What?

But taking two turns is against the rules.

Please resign.

A post-match discussion won't be necessary.

That foul man is a sextuple crown?

Don't be ridiculous!

I was so dumbfounded, I wasn't there when my wife died.

I became unable to play and hit rock bottom.

Come. Let's replay that match, Haneda Shukichi.

That is, if you can find this place.

That's a weirdly shaped tombstone.

It's actually a memorial pagoda.

The small thing next to it is his son Masatoshi's grave.

But there's nothing here.

Since it's a memorial pagoda, isn't his actual grave somewhere else?

Yeah, in Nagano, Kyoto, and Wakayama.

There's one in Hiroshima, too.

But considering time restrictions,

I thought it unlikely that he'd send us to another prefecture after Meiji Jingu.

There's something behind the grave.

It's a shogi board.

What?

Heave ho.

I finished taking a bath.

You're asleep?

The TV remote?

Shogi?

There are pieces stuck to the board.

But why use a nail?

He probably wants us to come to the place indicated by the nail.

Is this some kind of strategy?

No. This formation doesn't look familiar.

What's curious is the rook and bishop pierced by the nail,

and the overlapping gold and silver generals.

Also, there's only one each of the other pieces,

but for some reason there are two bishops.

I have no idea what any of this means, though.

Yeah.

Maybe it's a "he."

From over here, it looks like the character for "he."

It looks like the number 7 from over here.

7 seems more likely.

The first code was about the seven major shogi titles,

and the second was about Shizugatake's Seven Spears.

She's right.

Show-off

There's something written on the side of this piece.

It says "show-off."

Lazy

There's something on the bottom of the gold general, too.

It says "lazy."

The pierced rook and bishop say "show-off,"

and the gold general on top of the silver general is "lazy?"

I got it.

The gold general riding the silver general is a lazy slacker.

The bishop is making itself look powerful by wearing the rook, so it's a show-off.

After all, the rook is the strongest shogi piece.

Wow, Mitsuhiko-kun!

That must be it!

So, what does it mean?

I didn't get that far...

It's odd, though.

The gold general is a hard worker that moves as much as the king,

and the bishop is a powerful piece that can move any distance diagonally.

It doesn't need the rook to look strong.

Two and a half more hours until the time limit.

If you want to save Yumi-san and return to the match,

you have only about thirty more minutes.

I'm not going back.

What?

But didn't you say you were going to think?

You're giving up?

If I didn't say that, I would have lost.

With no clock time left, I thought Yumi-san might be in danger.

Besides, I might get another chance at the septuple crown.

Y-You're right.

For now we should prioritize rescuing Yumi-san.

It's almost like he knows who we are.

What?

Don't you agree?

We were originally a six person group.

Then we were joined by a seventh.

Joined by...

...a seventh...

We're just like the pieces on the board.

How do you know a piece joined later?

It's the bishop.

You only start with one bishop.

Yes. Just like us, it's weighed down by a difficult problem and unable to move.

No, you're wrong.

The newest member of the group...

...isn't that bishop!

What?

Eight became six.

And a new member joined.

That must be it.

The pieces on this board...

...refer to those seven.

And based on this rook's position,

Yumi-san is probably being held captive at...

Hurry back to the car!

What?

Did you figure it out?

Yeah. Yumi-san's in Haido-cho!

Haneda Shukichi's Clock Time

2 Hours 18 Minutes Remaining

The Seven Deadly Sins?

That's what the shogi pieces were referring to?

Yeah.

The Seven Deadly Sins were originally the eight sins of...

...gluttony, lust, greed, sorrow, wrath, sloth, vanity, and pride.

Vanity merged with pride, and sorrow merged with sloth.