Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Don't be ridiculous!

Hashizume Akira (38) Nichiuri Sports Reporter

Why do I have to apologize?!

Kagazume Hiroshi (38) Nichiuri Sports Reporter

Don't play dumb!

You know exactly why!

I was just doing my job!

Don't act so self-righteous!

You arrogant bastard!

What was that?!

What?!

E-Excuse me, but could you keep your voices down,

Nichiuri Sports Newspaper Company Newsroom Department Two Kagazume Hiroshi

Hashizume-sama and Kagazume-sama?

Nichiuri Sports Newspaper Company Newsroom Department Two Hashizume Akira

I'm Hashizume!

I'm Kagazume!

I'm terribly sorry!

They're at it again.

Kuwana Kimiko (36) Nichiuri Sports Reporter

I wish they'd stop.

I'm sick of it.

Hosoda Shingo (28) Nichiuri Sports Reporter

It started a year ago.

They're making it hard for me to do my job.

What a nuisance.

It was their fault it nearly turned into a murder.

When the countdown reaches zero, use your detective skills to produce an answer!

They're so alike, but they get along terribly!

Their case is full of complex mysteries!

Always determining the one truth

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

his name is Detective Conan!

Birds of a Feather at Loggerheads

"Birds of a Feather at Loggerheads!"

Those guys sure are weird.

Huh?

They seem to hate each other, but they're identical in every way.

You sure?

Shut up already!

You're right. Even their names...

Hashizume-san and Kagazume-san.

Tsume and tsume.

Maybe they don't like that.

Well, birds of a feather either love or hate each other.

This is the last time!

You'd better not regret it!

Enough already, you hypocrite!

Huh?

Hey.

This is his, right?

Thank you.

Didn't he take the wrong one?

Y-Yeah...

I'll switch with him later.

Mori Detective Agency

I see.

Nichiuri Sports

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Major company executive dead! Yamakado Yuzo (76), president of major Japanese company Yamakado Corporation, has died of cholangioma. As his surviving family fights over the inheritance, the whereabouts of Yamakado's will...

So this is the case they were referring to.

Yeah.

After the president of a major company died, his will disappeared.

I remember now.

Weekly magazines were full of stories about the family

accusing each other of stealing it.

That was these two.

Nichiuri Sports Reporter Kagazume Hiroshi Nichiuri Sports Reporter Hashizume Akira

Two Nichiuri Sports reporters famous for their articles on scandals.

They even made comments on TV.

And exacerbated the situation.

They even wrote scandalous articles about the arguing family members.

Ultimately, the family members clashed, resulting in an attempted murder.

I heard they garnered a lot of criticism, and magazine sales fell.

And they're still suffering the consequences.

And that...

turned out the worst way possible.

We've identified the victim.

Nichiuri Sports Newspaper Company Newsroom Department Two Kagazume Hiroshi

Kagazume Hiroshi-san, thirty-eight years old.

He was a reporter for Nichiuri Sports magazine.

The time of death is between 7PM and 9PM.

How did he die?

We're still waiting for the autopsy,

but judging by the body's condition, we believe it was cyanide poisoning.

It's likely it was dissolved into the coffee in his travel mug.

Was it suicide?

That's what we thought at first, but...

Footprints?

Yes.

They're not the victim's, and they're fairly fresh.

In other words, it's possible someone else was here around the time of death.

Hashizume Akira-san.

Like the late Kagazume Hiroshi-san,

you're a reporter at Nichiuri Sports, correct?

Yeah.

Anyway, why am I being arrested?

You're not under arrest.

We just want to speak with you as a material witness for now.

Kagazume and I got along like cats and dogs.

We always fought. It was a huge nuisance.

I'm sure my coworkers have already told you that.

So I definitely had a motive to kill him.

But you didn't?

Of course not!

Then why were your fingerprints found

Travel Mug Fingerprint Results

Name: Hashizume Akira

on the travel mug at the crime scene?

Our travel mugs were identical.

I've accidentally touched it before.

It must've happened then.

Accidentally, you say?

We'll be confirming that.

Mori Detective Agency

Hey, kid.

You're sure Hashizume-san took the wrong travel mug, right?

Yeah, but...

What is it, Conan-kun?

It may have been my imagination,

but it seemed like Hashizume-san

deliberately took Kagazume-san's travel mug.

What?!

Is that true?

Then if he deliberately left his own poisoned mug,

and Kagazume-san drank from it without knowing...

Yeah, it's murder.

But later...

Kagazume-san listened to what I said.

He knew it wasn't his.

But...

You're right. That is weird.

We can ask Hashizume about it.

Well, actually...

What?

You have an alibi?

Yeah. It was yesterday night from 7 to 9, right?

I was...

He was staking out a celebrity's affair.

Is there proof?

Yes.

Cheetah Delivery Refrigerated

He remembered the company name

and appearance of the deliveryman who arrived during that time.

We confirmed his story with the delivery company.

It would've been impossible for Hashizume-san to make it to the crime scene.

Mori-san, delivery.

Coming.

Cheetah Delivery

Hello.

I have a package for you.

I'm here at the time you specified.

Okay.

Could it be?

This is it.

Hashizume-san claims he was here,

watching that apartment building from 6PM to 7AM.

Conan-kun, did Mori-san really ask you to investigate this place?

Hey, look.

What's this?

This is probably from a camera tripod.

Hello?

Yes, thanks for taking my call earlier.

What?

So the old man was right.

Yeah.

The delivery Hashizume-san saw had a specified delivery time.

Not only that, but the address was unknown,

and the sender's name on the voucher was made up.

Did Hashizume-san send it?

Yeah.

He filmed the delivery using an unmanned camera on a tripod.

During that time, he went to the crime scene.

Later he checked the video so he'd have an alibi.

Which means it was premeditated murder.

We found the evidence to support it in a surprising location.

On the flash drive plugged into the victim's laptop.

On it we found a plan to murder...

Murder Plan

By Kagazume Hiroshi

...you, Hashizume-san.

The method and alibi trick in it

is exactly as we just described.

Switch out travel mugs and return poisoned mug to Hashizume. Exchange mug for my own. Reconcile with a toast. Send him to hell.

Alibi fabrication: Claim I was staking out a celebrity's affair at an expensive apartment building in the city between 18:00 and 7:00. To support claim, set up tripod in plants across from apartment building and arrange for delivery at specified time. Film delivery with unmanned camera and head to crime scene during that time to...

According to the plan,

he meant to "switch out travel mugs and return poisoned mug to Hashizume."

"Exchange mug for my own.

Reconcile with a toast. Send him to hell."

Later, "claim Hashizume was stressed about lack of progress at work,

suggesting suicide,

and write obituary about the loss of a rival and friend."

He was quite the particular criminal.

Or maybe it was conceit.

Indeed.

What is it? Something's not right.

You either accidentally took or stole the victim's flash drive,

and read its contents.

You learned of his plan to kill you and became enraged,

and decided to murder him using the same method.