Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

How wonderful!

It's like a festival.

They're launching these fireworks to celebrate Anna-san's birthday, right?

That's amazing.

Anna-san's dog food company Happywow is experiencing explosive growth right now.

A couple hundred fireworks are nothing to her.

Kogoro-san!

Anna-san!

Ran-chan, Conan-kun!

Hinomiya Anna (24) Happywow President

Anna-san!

It's eight already.

Anna-san, we'll be right there!

Congratulations, ma'am.

Thank you.

I appreciate it.

Enami Machiko (31) Happywow Director

You went through a lot to get here, but this is the best time of your life.

It's all thanks to you, Machiko-senpai and VP Inamura.

This is from me.

Inamura Koshiro (45) Happywow Vice President

It's champagne from your birth year.

Thank you.

I got you something, too.

A present.

What is it?

Wh-Why?

Stop!

Stop!

Right now at this moment, light pierces the darkness!

Overcome all limits with your cool reasoning skills!

A beautiful company president is shot

in a terrifying incident by a nimble man wearing a black mask!

Always determining the one truth

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

his name is Detective Conan!

The Poodle and the Shotgun

"The Poodle and the Shotgun, Part One!"

So the culprit suddenly fired at Anna-san with a shotgun?

Yes. Their only target was the president.

After shooting Anna, they immediately leapt onto another boat.

They fled in an instant.

Their testimony is accurate.

I witnessed it, too. Not just me.

I saw it, too. So did Conan-kun.

Huh?

Where did that kid go?

Fine scratches on her nails...

What are these?

Hey, kid!

Don't you know you'll get in the way there?

Ow!

Ouch...

Sorry.

Huh? Something smells.

It's dog food.

Dog food, huh?

It's a new product Anna-san's company will be selling.

In here?

Yes. I heard something.

Dad, be careful.

I've got this.

You said you were Morishima-san, right?

What on earth happened?

Well...

Morishima Sota (22) Happywow Secretary

I was suddenly hit over the head.

When I came to, I was in there.

Were you invited to Anna's birthday party as well?

No. I'm Anna's secretary.

I arrived an hour early at seven to prepare for the party.

I was suddenly struck on the head while loading luggage into the cabin.

I woke up when I heard the gunshots and found myself inside the locker.

So you were unconscious until then?

Y-Yes...

Inspector, if no one's seen their face, it will be impossible to identify the culprit.

No, I know who did it.

That's right. He's the only one who could have done this.

He?

Hyodo. Hyodo Makoto.

What? Hyodo?

Mori-kun, you know him?

Yes. Hyodo is Anna-san's ex-boyfriend.

He claimed to be a management consultant,

but when I looked into it, I discovered that he was a conman.

Hyodo Makoto (38) Anna's Former Boyfriend

A conman?

He offered Anna-san a fake investment offer and stole close to 50 million from Happywow.

That's not all.

He also owed Anna-san herself a huge amount of money.

Only the president herself knew exactly how much he took,

but we repeatedly urged her to file a proper reimbursement claim.

And now this has happened.

Damn that Hyodo!

He won't get away with this!

Huh?

Takagi.

Yes, sir.

Hey, Morishima-san.

Did you bring the presents for Anna-san, too?

A present?

There was a bottle decorated with a ribbon and a box on the deck.

VP Inamura and Director Enami brought those themselves.

The VP got her champagne, and the director got her a watch.

A watch?

How do you know that?

They're busy people, so I went to buy their gifts for them.

Both the champagne and the watch are incredibly high quality.

Are you also the one who brought the dog food into the cabin?

Yeah. I thought the president would bring her dog.

Right. Anna-san is always with her poodle Sally-chan.

But I wonder why she didn't bring her today.

Did Anna-san expect this?

Stop! Stop right there, Hyodo!

You bastard!

How dare you kill Anna-san!

Don't hurt him, Mori-san!

Let go! I'll beat this guy to a pulp!

Wait! I didn't do it!

He's the one who killed Anna!

He?

The vice president Inamura!

He's got a shotgun!

What?

It's true that I own a shotgun.

Skeet shooting is my hobby.

Why did you hide that fact?

I wasn't trying to hide it.

It was stolen recently.

Stolen?

Yes. Three days ago while I was preparing to go out, along with my entire car.

That gun must have been used in the crime.

But I have nothing to do with the case.

I even filed a robbery report.

I'm sure it's all a ruse.

What?

Or maybe Machiko stole it.

Me?

You've got plenty of motive to kill Anna.

Stop that.

What are you talking about?

You're the one who taught Anna about business when she was an unsuccessful idol.

Now your positions are reversed.

You were angry and in disbelief that Anna was the president.

You're lying.

I know everything.

After all, you and I used to date.

What?

You resented Anna because I dumped you for a younger woman.

You swore you'd kill her someday.

You're making it all up!

You're the one who had a motive to kill Anna!

You owe Anna-san a huge amount of debt.