Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

"I saw the Oninohamura Village website."

"An article on there says a moon's droppings

was found at the Oninohamura Village Museum excavation site."

"Based on my research,

the fossil was found in a layer of earth 130 million years old."

"There's no precedent of moon's droppings

being discovered in earth from that era."

"I was hoping I could visit you and have an in-depth conversation."

Wait, she totally doubts us!

Yeah. So, what are we going to do?

At this rate, someone might discover we lied about the fossil's origins.

There you go again.

You can handle a reporter or two.

Right, Mr. Politician?

Don't be ridiculous! I'm not that influential!

I'm just a town mayor!

What? Seriously?!

Why do you think I'm working with you?

It's so you can do something about this!

Just solve it with money, then.

You may not be influential, but you've got money.

But...

You'll pay, won't you?

After all, your political career depends on it.

Useless.

In my eyes are maximum creation!

My detective skills are tomorrow's reaction!

A suspicious duo have a suspicious conversation!

A rare fossil leads to a case!

Always determining the one truth

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

his name is Detective Conan!

The Dangerous Fossil Finding Trip

"The Dangerous Fossil Finding Trip!"

Lodge & Fossil Museum

I had no idea ammonites were so pretty.

I thought fossils looked more like rocks.

Well, your typical fossil is much more plain-looking.

Then why's this one so sparkly?

Because it's made differently.

Typically fossils are made when the matter

that comprises bones and shells is replaced with minerals.

That sparkly one is sparkly

because it was replaced with a gemstone like opal.

You kids sure are knowledgeable.

You've got a lot of rare fossils.

You've got a keen eye.

Ogami Akira (38) Fossil Museum Owner

They were purchased overseas.

I'm proud of my collection.

I see. From overseas, huh?

It's just my hobby.

I'll be going to America to buy more next month.

The world's largest mineral fair is held in Tucson, Arizona.

Closed

Tour

Mineral Fair Arizona

I see. Arizona, huh?

You must really love fossils.

Yeah.

Just looking at beautiful fossils makes me happy.

Hello?

Yes.

Oh, you've arrived. I'll be right there.

Thank you for waiting.

I'm fossil museum owner, Ogami.

Miyashita Umika (27) Journalist

I'm freelance journalist Miyashita.

Thanks for having me today.

Shall we get started?

Hello, hello! Thank you for making the trip out here.

Nakatani Sogen (54)

I'm Nakatani, the town mayor.

Let's do the interview after the tour.

Please wait inside.

All right.

Ogami!

Like you said, I've decided to settle the matter with money.

Good.

I knew I could count on you, Mr. Mayor.

So you don't need to worry about anything.

Sheesh.

A journalist? Did you come to write a story on us?

Of course not.

They must've found some kind of rare fossil.

Come to think of it, I saw a story about that on the village's website.

That's right. I came here because I saw the same story.

See?

Moon's Droppings found at Oninohamura Village, Gunma Prefecture!

It says they found a moon's droppings.

What's a moon's droppings?

It's when the inside of a conch shell becomes a jewel.

Does that make sense?

It's a very valuable type of fossil.

And they found that at the excavation site here?

That's right.

Look.

It looks like a turd!

That's right. Droppings means poop.

What?!

Maybe ancient people thought the rabbit in the moon had pooped on them.

But I don't see it on display anywhere.

We're thinking of making it the village's symbol.

It's on display at the town hall.

Their symbol is poop.

Genta-kun, that's rude.

I hope it doesn't become a negative symbol.

Everyone, we're ready to begin the tour.

Go ahead.

Ogami-san, could I take a look at the site where the moon's droppings was found later?

Yes, of course.

There's actually something I'd like to tell you.

Very well.

All right! Let's find an ammonite!

Genta, you're not going to find an ammonite.

What? Why not?

We could make a major discovery.

Different types of fossils are found in different layers of earth.

All you'll find here are clam or oyster fossils.

Clams, huh?

I had some in my miso soup this morning.

But apparently they've found ornithomimus dinosaur bones and footprints before.

Seriously?

I wanna find a dinosaur.

Let's do our best.

Yeah!

I don't see any fossils in there.

They're quite difficult to find...

Maybe there aren't any here.

I didn't find any again.

Genta, what if you hit someone?

Sorry.

This is a fossil.

What?

Look here. The color's darker.

This is a clam fossil.

It's tiny.

It's so plain.

It's not easy to find big ones.

The only shortcut to finding good fossils is to dig a lot.

All right! Let's dig, dig, dig!

That's the spirit.

As long as you dig with passion, the fossils will find you.

All right!

Fossils sure are complicated.

I don't understand them at all.

But I thought you were sponsoring the moon's droppings PR program.

I've left most of it up to Ogami-kun.

All I do is sign off on it.

Do you have a minute?

Yes.

I've been wondering whether or not I should tell you.

Ogami-kun!

Do you have a minute?

Sure!

Excuse me. We'll talk later.

Ai-chan, want to go to the bathroom?

Sure.

Someone's inside.

Are you all right?!

This smell...

Yoshida-san, stand back!

Ayumi-chan, what's wrong?

I-In the bathroom...

Ogami-san!

This smell...

Yamamura Misao Gunma Prefecture Police Inspector Division 1

I see, I see.

The victim was Oninohamura Village lodge & fossil museum owner Ogami Akira-san.

And the cause of death was cyanide poisoning.

I-Is that right?

The victim didn't eat or drink anything during the fossil excavation tour.

Which means someone poisoned the bathroom beforehand

and made the victim touch it.

D-Do you think we did it?

We'd never do that.

That's right. Besides, why would someone choose to kill him like that?

These children could have been harmed.

What? Oh, uh, you're right.

W-Well, if it isn't Conan-kun.

Does that mean Mori-san's here, too?

Mori-kun isn't here today.

Oh, it's you, Agasa-san.

You sure do get caught up in a lot of cases, too.

Excuse me, but I don't think this is a criminal case.

What? Who are you?

Nakatani the mayor.

What? You're the mayor?

Please excuse me.