Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Detective Conan Episode 809 "The Kamaitachi Inn (Part 2)"

Invited by Hattori Heiji, we came to a famous hot spring inn in Nagano.

In the storehouse of the inn, Hattori, Kogoro-no-occhan,

and inn guest Koyanagi Midori-san were cut by something sharp.

Koyanagi Midori (26) Writer

And then...

Sir!

With the same feelings we've always held still in our hearts,

we fly powerfully into our twentieth year.

The duo's deduction reveals the identity of the kamaitachi who runs on water.

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

his name is Detective Conan!

The Kamaitachi Inn

“The Kamaitachi Inn, Part Two!”

S-Sir!

Sir!

Don't enter the room.

Ono Bonzo (72) Ladylady's Father-in-Law

He's already dead.

Since rigor mortis hasn't set in yet, it's been less than thirty minutes since he died.

But what's this sickle doing here?

I thought the Gunma Police were examining it.

Since we didn't find any blood when we examined it earlier,

I thought it was unrelated to the case

so I put it back in the storehouse and sent forensics home.

I see. So the culprit could have taken this sickle at any time.

Huh? Something's not right.

What?

This sliding door was cut by the sickle sticking out of the old man, right?

Yeah, probably.

Then why is there blood above the cut?

A person's bound to bleed if you cut them.

But, if there's blood on the door,

that means he stabbed the old man before cutting the door,

and then stabbed the old man again.

Y-You're right.

It's an act.

To make it look like the kamaitachi did it.

In that case,

was preventing the lights from turning on part of the act, too?

The annex's breakers were switched off,

and there were strange marks left where the culprit entered.

Strange marks?

This way.

This is probably where the culprit entered.

The glass is broken.

So, where are these strange marks?

Those are my footprints leading from the veranda to the fence,

but see how a shallow semicircle of snow has been dug out next to it?

Isn't that because the culprit erased his footprints with the blade of the sickle?

Even I know that, but the real problem is what lies beyond this fence.

Beyond it? You don't mean...

Th-The outdoor bath?

Take a look. The semicircular depression ends here.

In other words, when the culprit committed the crime...

He ran across the water as if he was riding on the wind.

I-Impossible. Such a stunt—

I-It's the kamaitachi!

Nakama Daigo (35) Writer

There really is a kamaitachi!

Don't be stupid.

This must be some kind of trick of a flesh-and-blood human, of course.

Th-The kamaitachi...

The kamaitachi appeared?

Is it true, Heiji?

How do you know?

Inspector Yamamura just came here...

...and told us.

Th-The suspect is a kamaitachi.

It was just an idiot pretending to be a kamaitachi.

But wasn't it the kamaitachi that destroyed the room we decorated?

The fluorescent light suddenly shattered, and all the balloons we put up popped.

BB pellets.

What?

There are BB pellets on the floor.

Come to think of it, your late husband played survival games, didn't he?

Ono Takami (34) Inn Landlady

Yes.

Where is his air gun now?

Aside from valuables, all my husband's possessions are in the storehouse.

Then the culprit must have taken it from the storehouse and shot through the sliding door.

One of the sections can be flipped open.

But even though there were ten balloons, they popped at nearly the same time.

No one could do that in the dark.

Well, with enough shots, you could probably pop ten.

I don't think it was the BB pellets that popped the balloons.

There are only three on the floor.

What's this smell?

What's up?

Do you smell something?

Be careful, you two.

The shards of the light bulb are still on the floor.

Shit. My watch flashlight is going out.

I'll have to use my phone's light.

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What do you think you're doing to my Kazuha?

What?

What about me?

Not Kazuha, c-cooking.

Doesn't it smell like someone's cooking something?

You're killing me here.

Sorry.

That's not food. That's the smell of a bathroom or cleaning detergent.

Ono Kohei (7) Landlady's Son

Also, it was cold because it got covered in rainwater or something.

Hey, that's right. It got on me, too.

And the windows weren't even open. Weird, right?

Either way, we know nobody here did it.

When the old man screamed, we were all standing in front of this room.

But I'm impressed you knew it was the old man just from that scream.

I just thought it might be and asked the landlady for confirmation.

I'd heard a similar scream before.

When? Where?

When a TV station came to report on the inn,

we were offering free foot massages to our guests.

But with the cameras around, our guests declined,

so my father-in-law had no choice but to accept a massage.

The way he screamed in pain then sounded very similar to that scream.

You recorded that program, didn't you?

Yes. You should be able to view it in the office.

Take us there.

Okay.

Everyone else stay together in one room.

Sheesh.

There's something I wanted to tell you, but this kamaitachi has ruined everything.

What? What did you want to tell me?

Well, actually, the other day on the Ebisu Bridge in Osaka, he said...

“What are you doing to my darling Kazuha?”

“I'll freaking kill you!”

D-Did Hattori-kun really say that to the investigator?

I might be a little off, but that's more or less what he said.

Wh-What did Hattori-kun do after that?

He managed to throw me off the scent.

But I think Heiji might...

He might...

Henchman

Might actually think I'm his henchman.

What?

What?

Masters say that kind of stuff all the time in historical dramas.

Like, “Don't touch my darling henchman.”

Kazuha-chan!

I don't think Hattori-kun thinks you're his henchman.

H-Huh?

This looks like a rather brutal massage.

Yes.

They do sound exactly the same.

By the way, did any of the guests bear a grudge against the old man?

He was very generous towards his customers, so I think they probably liked him.

By the customers, you mean...

Yes. He was very hard on me, the waitstaff, and cooks.

I heard there was a head chef who he practically threw out of the inn.

Do you remember that person's name?

I don't know.

I heard about it when I married into the family.

Apparently, they had a child.

By the way, do those two writers stay here often?

Yes. Koyanagi-sama comes only occasionally, but Nakama-kun stays all the time.

Come to think of it, they were both here that day one year...

...when Kohei nearly drowned in the outdoor bath.

What?

The storehouse was first broken into that day, too.

Between taking Kohei to the hospital and the police arriving, it was total chaos.

I didn't even have time to clean the outdoor bath that day.

Did they do anything strange that day?

Not in particular.

Though they do seem a little different this time.

Previously Nakama-kun didn't have a mustache,

and Koyanagi-sama wasn't wearing glasses.

Couldn't they just have felt like changing their appearance?

You're right.

This snow isn't letting up, though.

Yes.

Aw, shit!

It's been one hour and twenty-eight minutes since we found the body.

If we don't solve the mystery behind the trick soon,

the snow will change the area around the crime scene.

How do you know the exact time?

It was dark for a while.

My watch is painted with luminous paint that allows me to—

I see. So that's how it is.

That's why they...

Um, this may be a bad time...

But since it's cold, would you like some kudzu gruel?

Ah! I appreciate the offer.

That would warm us up.

I see.

So that's how it is.

If you look closely...

...ghosts are never what they seem.

What? Recreate the incident?

Yeah. Upon hearing the old man's scream, we came to this outdoor bath,

which was a shortcut to the annex where he was staying.

But since we had to cross the bath to get to the annex,

we decided to exit the inn and come back in through the back door instead.

Naturally, it was after we confirmed there were no transparent platforms in the water.

Now let's go outside and head to the annex through the back door.

Hey, aren't you coming?

No. It's cold outside, and the annex is far way.

Sheesh.