Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Ran's mother and lawyer Kisaki Eri-sensei was kidnapped.

However, Kisaki-sensei escaped from her captors, hid in the abandoned building,

and used the phone she stole from the kidnappers to ask Ran for help.

Kisaki Eri Add

Huh?

Kisaki Eri See you later. See you later (Read) Today Kisaki Eri I've been captured by some bad people. Could you call the police?

"I've been captured by some bad people."

"Could you call the police?"

What?!

Is that true? (Read)

"Is that true?"

She responded.

Kisaki Eri Yes, but I don't know where I am. Kuriyama-san's still at the office. I'm worried about her...

She says she doesn't know where she is.

Damn!

Sounds like she was kidnapped from her office.

Huh?

Kisaki Eri Just kidding! I'm joking! Don't take it seriously.

It was just a joke?

Jeez, Mom.

But wait...

Look.

Kisaki Eri That message was from an impostor! They're using my phone to send messages!

The icons are different.

They're probably not the same Eri-san you just added.

Hold on.

If the person using Eri's usual icon is an impostor...

And the one without an icon is the real Mom...

Damn.

Now we don't know which messages are coming from the real Eri.

We do.

Huh?

Wh-What?

You can tell, Conan-kun?

Kisaki-sensei is a lawyer, right?

Y-Yeah...

Shinichi-niichan told me lawyers use Western commas

Japanese Comma

Western Comma

instead of Japanese commas in their documents when writing horizontally.

That habit shows up in their normal writing, too.

You're right.

The messages I received from Mom before all have Western commas.

Using what few hints we could gather from our exchanges with Kisaki-sensei,

we headed out to rescue her, but...

Which means it's likely

she's hiding in a closed space where she can't see out any windows.

Focus your search on those kinds of places.

Got it.

So we need to search all the lockers and drawers in this building.

That's right.

I'll call you if we find her.

Feel that bright morning sunlight!

Saturday is when the love and cases start!

Her life depends on a game of hide-and-seek!

Hurry, old man! Get there in time, Ran!

Always determining the one truth

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

his name is Detective Conan!

Counselor Kisaki's SOS

"Counselor Kisaki's SOS, Part Two!"

Huh?

What are you doing, you idiot?

She can't hide in there!

And your stomach's growling.

Huh?

She doesn't seem to be in here.

Let's go.

O-Okay.

I'm lucky I'm hungry.

S-Sojoji Temple?

What are we doing here?

Conan-kun said to come here.

Let me see your phone.

W-Wait, Conan-kun!

Kisaki-sensei, are you listening?

There's going to be another loud noise shortly.

If you hear the sound, could you tap your phone with your fingernail again?

You'll know what sound I'm talking about as soon as you hear it!

About one second.

Based on the speed of sound, she's about 340 meters from here.

She's somewhere one kilometer from the church next to the detective agency

and 340 meters from Sojoji Temple.

In other words, Kisaki-sensei's in either Buroku or Sutan-cho.

Buroku-cho

Sutan-cho

But which is it?

Both districts have abandoned buildings a kidnapper could use.

I told you,

I'm not hungry!

Liar! Your stomach was growling in that room.

Hey.

Huh?

Take me to that room.

But no one was in there.

It seems the doe we're hunting is hungry.

Seriously?

She really isn't in here.

No, these drawers are still warm.

She was hiding here until recently, but moved somewhere else.

H-Hey...

If she got out of here, then she must have seen what's outside the window, right?

If she and her daughter are messaging each other separately through the app,

she might have told her where we are.

Calm down.

I've already hacked his phone.

As long as she's using it,

we'll know everything she and her daughter say to each other.

Yeah, but...

Besides,

even if she tells her what she sees out the window,

we'll know where she's hiding right now.

You're right.

You're always so smart.

I see.

If they can read all our messages...

I'll have to risk it.

Please.

Please figure it out.

Conan-kun, what are you doing?

Sorry.

You got a message from Kisaki-sensei.

What? No way.

"The crab's only half-boiled, but as a result, the two swordfish look delicious."

"Since it's light out tonight, why don't we eat outside?"

What is this?

This is no time to be talking about food.

The crab's only half-boiled,

but as a result, the two swordfish look delicious...

Since it's light out tonight, why don't we eat outside?

A full moon.

Two swordfish.

And a half-boiled crab.

I see.

So that's how it is.

Wha... Sutan-cho?

Yeah.

Kisaki-sensei is probably somewhere in Sutan-cho.

Are you sure, Conan-kun?

How do you know that?

I get that Eri's in either

Buroku-cho or Sutan-cho since they're within the overlapping area

Toto Tower

Church

Detective Agency

of a one kilometer radius circle around the church next to the office,

and the 340 meter radius circle around here,

but how were you able to narrow it down to Sutan-cho?

The message Kisaki-sensei just sent us.

Huh?

Let's see.

"The crab's only half-boiled, but as a result, the two swordfish look delicious."

"Since it's light out tonight, why don't we eat outside?"

What about this says Sutan-cho?

Crabs are black when they're alive, but they turn red once they're boiled, right?

Yeah...

So if they're half-boiled, then they're not very red.

In other words, something that's normally red that's still partially black.

Something that's normally red...

But still partially black right now?

"Since it's light out tonight" refers to the full moon out tonight.

And there's only one building that shuts off half its lights when there's a full moon out.

Th-The Toto Tower!

Now that you mention it, the top half of its lights are off tonight.

I've heard the Toto Tower shuts off half its lights on full moons

so the moon can be seen more clearly.

Then what does "the two swordfish look delicious" mean?

The "delicious" refers to something that looks pretty,

and the English word for the animal is swordfish.

Sword refers to a blade or katana.

Since there are two of them, she's telling you to think of something with two blades.

Something with...

...two blades?

Wasn't there a really strong samurai who used two swords?

The two-sword fighter Miyamoto Musashi!

That's right.

And what building is related to Musashi?

Speaking of Musashi,

the Bell Tree Tower is 634 meters tall, which spells Mu (6) sa (3) shi (4), right?

Yeah. If she's able to see the Bell Tree Tower clearly because the Toto Tower is darkened,

then Kisaki-sensei must be someplace she can see the Bell Tree Tower

Bell Tree Tower

Toto Tower

Buroku-cho

Sutan-cho

behind the Toto Tower, or somewhere in Sutan-cho.

Hey, this can't be good!

After that lawyer sent some nonsensical message about crabs and swordfish to her daughter,

she keeps getting closer,

even though I'm sending her false information as the lawyer.

Let me see that.