Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Excuse me, Genta-kun.

I've been wondering...

What?

Those clothes appear to be a traditional insect hunting outfit, but...

What are you trying to catch with that giant net?

I wanna know, too.

You guys wanna know?

Well...

Well?

Well?

Well... Tada!

Welcome to the Village Operated Insect Man Ranch!!

Insect man ranch?

Welcome!

Seriously?

So you're trying to catch...

That's right.

I'm going insect man hunting. It's every man's dream.

Kuronosu Station

Wh-What was that?

That was kind of a creepy sound.

That's the cry of an insect man!

What?

Right now at this moment, light pierces the darkness!

Overcome all limits with your cool reasoning skills!

An insect man suddenly appears?

A secret world in a mountain village!

Always determining the one truth

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

his name is Detective Conan!

The Secret of the Insect Man

"The Secret of the Insect Man!"

Kuronosu Village Office

This way!

Kabutoya Restaurant

Chono Clinic

Kuronosu Village Post Office

Over here!

Gaga Shrine

Past this gate...

...is the insect man ranch?

It's kinda scary.

Let's go.

Yeah!

Okay!

Jeez...

Do Not Enter

This sound...

It's the same as before...

The cry of the insect man!

Aw, shucks.

Of course.

We're sorry!

Hey!

Kuronosu Village Post Office

Kabutoya Restaurant

An insect man?!

Excuse us.

Welcome.

I'm Kabuto Koichi, thirteen years old.

Kabuto Kochi (13)

This is my brother Kabuto Koji. He's seven.

Kabuto Koji (7)

I see...

How proper of you.

So, uh...

I know, I know.

You're wondering why we're dressed like this.

And why the adults of the village are doing construction work at the village shrine.

Yeah.

It's too much trouble to explain it all,

so let me perform it for you in a picture-story show.

A picture-story show?

Isn't that kind of a lot of trouble, too?

Creaaak... Slam!

An Accurate History of the Village Operated Insect Man Ranch Incident

An accurate history of the village operated insect man ranch incident!

Once upon a time, about one year ago,

an important Japanese government official came to this village.

Casino

He said, "I shall build a casino and public bath in the forest surrounding this village."

The adults of the village were overjoyed.

But the village mayor was strongly opposed.

He opposed the idea because in the forest was the grave of Princess Gaga,

who loved all insects in the world.

However, the important Japanese government official ignored the village mayor's protests

and went to inspect the forest.

And then...

He fell victim to Princess Gaga's curse and was attacked by a giant moth!

The frightened official fled,

and the plans to construct the casino and public bath were put on hold.

Casino

The village mayor decided to build an insect man ranch instead.

The insect man ranch is an amusement park where children dress in insect costumes.

The village mayor paid for these costumes out of his own pocket.

I see.

When the children heard the news, they were overjoyed.

But the adults of the village were strongly opposed.

The village mayor decided to give up on his plan.

How sad.

But later, after retiring from being the village mayor,

he bought up the forest with his retirement pay,

Do Not Enter

put up "Do Not Enter" signs, and began construction with bulldozers.

What? Isn't that where we just were?

Yes.

That's when the former mayor came to this restaurant.

Kabutoya Restaurant

The moment he ordered our famous katsu bowl,

the former mayor suddenly died.

What?!

The story's moving too fast!

But this is a work of non-fiction.

It may be non-fiction, but...

Right?

But then!

Unbelievably, a map showing the location of Princess Gaga's treasure

was found in the former mayor's pocket.

We told you, you're moving too fast.

You need to establish more foreshadowing.

I can't follow the story.

The truth was, the former mayor was excavating the forest

so he could keep Princess Gaga's treasure all for himself.

Really?

When the adults of the village heard this,

they became obsessed with Princess Gaga's treasure, and they began excavating the forest.

Meanwhile, the children who the former mayor betrayed

were unable to give up on their dream of an insect man ranch,

so they wear insect costumes and,

while the adults remain obsessed with Princess Gaga's treasure,

do an admirable job looking after things in their absence, if I say so myself.

The End

And they lived happily ever after.

How?

There's nothing happily ever after about that.

Is that picture-story really true?

Yes, of course. After all...

Accurate History

It's an accurate history.

I'm kinda hungry.

I know.

Let's have some of the famous katsu bowls that appeared in the picture-story.

Yeah.

I want an eel bowl.

I'm sorry.

As you can see, there are no adults here.

That kind of dish is beyond what we can prepare.

What can you serve, then?

We can boil instant ramen.

Free of charge, of course.

Fine, then. I'll have ramen, then.

Me, too.

Me, too.

What about you, Conan-kun?

Huh? Oh.

I'm not hungry yet, so I'm going to go for a walk.

Then we'll have three ramens, please.

Coming right up!

That's three orders of ramen!

"Casino and public baths construction plans canceled."

"Mayor of Kuronosu Village retires."

Something's not right.

Did the mayor really say he'd open an insect man ranch

so he could keep Princess Gaga's treasure to himself?

Not only that, but he even paid for costumes for the village's children out of his own pocket.

Then there's the cursed giant moth that chased the government official away.

Sorry to interrupt your meal.

When you eat here,

you can rent an insect costume free of charge.

Would you like to do that?

Costumes?

Free of charge?

Insect?

Costumes?

That's it. Maybe...

Kuronosu Village Post Office

Excuse me.

Excuse me!

Seta Mitsuo (10)

Huh? Oh, welcome.

I'd like to see a record of deliveries made to the late former mayor.

That should be in those records over there.

Thanks.

Records

One year ago... One year ago...

Found it.

Kuronosu Village Mayor Murano Chosuke-sama Halloween Moth Costume

I knew it.

In other words, the late former mayor wore this moth costume

and waited for the officials to come inspect the forest.

Murano Chosuke Mayor

Yes, yes!