Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Authorized Personnel Only

Kusumi Machinery

It's so cute!

Kusumi Kyoichi (50) President of Kusumi Machinery

Try pressing the button on the remote control.

Okay.

Wow!

Hey, wait.

Let me see that.

Suspicious person identified.

Suspicious person identified.

Huh?

Curtains rise as the headliner appears!

He beautifully dances his mystery-solving steps!

At the super high tech plant downtown,

he takes on cutting-edge technology with his detective skills.

Always determining the one truth

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

his name is Detective Conan!

The Mechanical Witness

"The Mechanical Witness!"

I'm sorry.

It was designed as a self-defense robot for women.

This is the lab.

I see.

Hey.

You little rat.

He's quick.

Please don't!

Huh?

This is my robot.

Tanizaki Takeshi (45) Employee

What? Oh, sorry.

But why would you make something like that?

Horiuchi Fumika (32) Employee

I know.

I have no idea why he made that.

Isshiki Kazuomi (25) Employee

Maybe he made it to scare girls.

What's your problem?

Why would you use our cutting-edge technology to create mischievous products?

And one of such poor taste, too.

I know.

I'm sorry, sir.

I need to speak to you urgently.

That's a problem.

I'm sorry, Mori-san.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

Give me a minute.

Hello?

Okay.

What? Tonight?

Tonight's not good for me.

Why don't we postpone it?

You can't?

Today's the last day they'll be making fun of me.

You just watch.

I can't.

Isn't there something you can do?

I already told you not to get too involved in online auctions.

I can't give you any more advances on your pay.

Who does he think he is?

I hope this company goes under.

President's Office

Sorry for making you come with me.

They'd be on their guard if it were just the famous Mori-san.

It's fine.

So, what do you think?

At this point, who did you find suspicious?

Tanizaki-san.

Tanizaki-kun, huh?

Before coming here, I conducted a stakeout at Myojo Technics,

where you suspect information is being leaked to.

I saw this.

Damn it.

I felt bad for him because he was laid off.

And this is what I get for hiring him?

I'm turning him in to the police.

He'll deny it if you do.

Then what should I do?

We'll have to catch him in the act.

It was the original components that were stolen, yes?

That's right. I have no idea how he got them out of the plant, though.

There's a metal detector at the entrance.

Since they're for precision instruments, they'd break if you threw them out a window.

Even from the first floor?

There are no first floor windows here.

Direct sunlight is bad for precision instruments.

Hey, why are you dressed like that?

They say if you want to hide a leaf, you should hide it in the forest.

I can see the entrance and stairs from here.

But why tonight?

There's an important presentation at the other company tomorrow.

The thefts always occur the night before.

What was that?

It was just something falling.

Well, we should get going.

Okay.

Huh?

What's wrong?

Doesn't it smell like gas?

It's a gas leak!

It won't open?

It's locked from the inside.

Mori-san?

Do you have a spare key?

A spare key?

All the rooms here lock from the inside, so we'll have to call a locksmith.

They'll never make it in time.

What's wrong?!

Help him break the door down.

O-Okay!

Isshiki-kun, shut off the gas.

Horiuchi-kun, call an ambulance.

Got it.

The gas pipe is broken.

I'm going to shut off the main.

How is he?

Call the police.

Got it.

We've determined the victim Tanizaki-san suffocated to death.

Suffocated? It wasn't gas poisoning?

No. There were ligature marks on his neck.

He probably resisted.

We found ligature marks on the palms of his hands as well.

We also found a 30 meter long rope

in the shrubbery beneath the window.

We're still waiting to hear from forensics, but we believe it's the murder weapon.

He was also bleeding from the back of his head.

Does this mean he was murdered?

That's right.

I heard something fall before the gas alarm sounded.

You heard it as well, didn't you?

Yes.

I heard it.

Judging by the footprints on the floor and the broken gas pipe,

their fight must have been rather violent.

By the way, we found this among the objects in Tanizaki-san's pockets.

Do you know what it is?

That's a new robot part our company is developing.

He must have been stealing— No, strictly speaking,

he was helping someone else steal it.

What do you mean?

He locked the door from the inside so no one could enter,

and invited a non-employee into the storeroom.

However, there was a problem, and Tanizaki-san was murdered.

He betrayed us. He got what he deserved.

Who is this non-employee?

A man named Makita.

He works for Myojo Technics.

Check it out.

Yes, sir.

Could you tell us where you were when the murder occurred?

I was in my office on the third floor.

I was in the lab on this floor.

I left work at my regular time,

but I realized I had forgotten something and returned to get it.

On your way back, did you spot any suspicious figures outside?

No, I don't think so.

Does that mean the killer broke in from the outside?

Well, the doors were locked.

But the windows were open.

We may be able to solve this case sooner than expected.

Impressive, Mori-kun.

I hope he's right.

That's the crime scene.

The president's office.

What's that?

This isn't an ordinary stain.

Is this...?

Come to think of it...

This is my robot.