Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Because the murder victim was holding scissors invented by Professor Agasa,

Hiyama

Okiya Subaru-san and I accompanied the professor to the crime scene.

Was the sink in the changing room left running?

Yeah, it was.

How did you know?

Hey, Akai-san.

Is there something going on with this case?

You must have noticed, too.

It's very similar

to the murder of Haneda Koji seventeen years ago.

And when the body passed by us as it was being transported to the morgue...

A sweet...

...smell.

There was some kind of honey-like paste

in the wound on the body.

The scissors the victim was holding.

The broken cup on the floor.

The smell of honey on the body.

The running sink.

How did the culprit kill Hiyama-san?

Even heaven is watching the labyrinths of the world!

Full throttle reasoning skills penetrate all mysteries!

Scissors, a cup, and sweet honey.

A variety of evidence ties it all together.

Always determining the one truth

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

his name is Detective Conan!

Just Like a 17 Year Old Crime Scene

"Just Like a 17 Year Old Crime Scene, Part Two!"

What a strange case.

Hiyama Kunihisa (61) Real Estate Company President

The victim was murdered while holding a pair of scissors.

There's honey in the wound on the body.

On top of that, the sink was left running.

Even if Senba-san isn't the culprit because he didn't have a weapon,

how did the culprit sneak into the annex

when there are metal bars in the windows?

No.

What?

The culprit...

...is him.

Senba Kazunori (50) Former Candy Store Owner

It's Senba-san.

What?

R-Really?

Yes.

We even know how he killed him.

But we still haven't found the weapon.

Hey!

You guys searched Senba-san, right?

Oh.

Yeah.

Did Senba-san have anything unusual on him then?

Anything unusual, huh?

Come to think of it,

he had a plastic bag containing a little figurine about this small.

And a little catalog of the series the figurine belonged to.

He said it was a prize from his candy shop,

and that he was going to give it to his grandchild.

Although that store has apparently closed down.

Anything else?

Besides that he had a wallet, handkerchief, and keys.

Come to think of it, one of those colored balls I used

to buy at the neighborhood candy shop as a kid came flying over the wall.

A—

A colored ball?

Yeah.

Just before Senba-san arrived,

there was a yellow one about this size.

We turned it over to the police.

There's a park on the other side of the wall,

so some kids were probably playing baseball.

They never came to retrieve it, though.

Do you remember where that ball came from?

Yeah.

We heard something strike the roof, so I headed to the back of the annex.

I think it was around here.

Did both of you leave the entryway then?

No, I came by myself.

Was there anything besides the colored ball?

No, just the one ball.

Hey, there aren't bars in this little window.

Where does it lead?

The bathroom.

The one across the hallway from the changing room.

Huh.

Not even a kid could fit through a window that small.

That's why there aren't any bars on it.

The slippers he wore when he stepped on the glass.

The honey in the wound.

The colored ball that struck the roof.

The figurine inside a plastic bag and catalog.

The small bathroom window.

Come to think of it...

The sound we heard was pretty loud for a colored ball.

It sounded like "clang-clang."

C-Could it be?

Was the weapon inside?

Professor!

Is something wrong?

Oh, no, I-I just...

It's nothing serious,

but l-look.

A-Ants.

The ants have formed a line.

I was surprised when I saw them.

But, Professor, you have tons of insect encyclopedias.

I know, but...

It's easy to think of them as cute little insects when they're inside photos,

but seeing them move around in person is a bit rough.

It's different if they're inside?

Hey, kid.

Come here.

Looks like we found the weapon

we've been looking for.

What?

You figured out the culprit's identity and the trick he used?

Is that true, Agasa-san?

No, it's these two who figured it out.

Yes, we did.

Yeah.

We determined the method Senba-san used to bring a blunt weapon into the annex.

What?

Wait a minute. I already told you.

I was frisked when I entered the annex.

Hey, you.

I didn't have a blunt object then, did I?

What?

No.

But you had a figurine inside a plastic bag,

and a little catalog of that figurine's product series, right?

S-So what?

Then you should've had one of those, too,

so why didn't you?

What are you talking about?

A round plastic capsule.

The objects you had on you were the contents of a capsule toy.

Apparently the catalog wasn't inside the plastic bag with the figurine.

Oh, that?

I threw it away since it was getting in the way.

Conan-kun.

I bought the capsule toy, honey, colored ball,

and large marble you asked for.

But did the culprit really use these?

Yeah.

Start by opening the capsule.

Use the tap holding the halves together to cover the holes in the capsule.

Then put the marble inside the capsule,

pour the honey over it,

and close the capsule again.

There. All done.

All done? What does that mean?

Could you throw this capsule and the colored ball on the roof of the bathroom?

What? You want me to throw them?

Yeah.

Got it.

Make sure you throw them on the roof.

Okay.

There.

Huh?

The colored ball came down, but the capsule's still up there.

Detective Takagi, keep watching over there.

Okay.

Now let's head inside the annex.

Yeah.

Could you remind me what you did after being frisked and entering the annex?

I-I told you.

I waited for Hiyama to come meet me,

but he never showed up, so I went inside.

No, when Hiyama-san met you, you told him...

What?

"I'd like to use your bathroom."

Th-The bathroom?

Yes.

Of course, not to perform a biological function,

but to collect the murder weapon.

What?

In any case, let's go to the bathroom.

What?

It should be arriving soon.

Arriving?

You'll see.

In the bathroom across from the changing room

where Hiyama-san was murdered...

If you open this small window...

near the bottom of the wall...

See?

Th-That's...

The capsule Takagi-kun threw on the roof.

What's that capsule doing outside the window?

Did you hand it to him, Takagi-kun?

No, I didn't do anything.