Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Detective Conan Episode 963 "Mori Kogoro's Grand Lecture (Part Two)"

A murder occurred at a theater

holding a lecture titled "The Great Detective Mori Kogoro Reveals His Secrets."

Panelist and actor Inokoshi Kenichiro-san

Inokoshi Kenichiro (48) Actor

was found murdered inside his locked changing room.

I knew it.

The body's keeping the door shut instead of the lock.

In other words, this is...

Yeah.

It's a locked room mystery.

What?

The old man solved the locked room mystery,

and it seemed as though the suspect had been identified.

But the suspect Reizei Mokichi-san confessed to...

I knew you'd spot my cane trick eventually.

But I killed someone else.

Wha—

Wh-What?!

Right now at this moment, light pierces the darkness!

Overcome all limits with your cool reasoning skills!

The old man's reasoning was right, but in reality, there are two cases!

Always determining the one truth

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

his name is Detective Conan!

Mori Kogoro's Grand Lecture

"Mori Kogoro's Grand Lecture, Part Two!"

Based on Reizei-san's confession,

Reizei Mokichi (70) Former HISHIDA Hall Manager

an investigation of his crime and search for corroborating evidence were conducted.

Hishida Junko (50) HISHIDA Hall Owner

Once again, we have an announcement for our guests.

Due to certain circumstances,

With Inspector Megure's approval,

the start time of the lecture "The Great Detective Mori Kogoro Reveals His Secrets"

the start time of the old man's lecture was delayed an hour.

and panel will be delayed one hour.

Anyway, I'm terribly sorry for the inconvenience,

but we appreciate your cooperation.

Tsukuba Mei (22) Event Staff

I understand.

I'm in a bit of a bind though.

What do you mean?

I'm honored I was invited to appear on the panel.

Tsukinogi Hideki (40) Security Company President

But I have plans immediately after this.

I can't accommodate a one hour delay.

I see.

And you verified my alibi, didn't you?

Of course.

In that case...

But that alibi applies only to Inokoshi Kenichiro-san's murder.

Reizei may have confessed to Hishida Junko-san's murder,

but we haven't even determined the time of death—

Inspector!

We've determined the time of the crime.

I just couldn't. I just couldn't accept it!

Disregarding the achievements of the late previous owner—

rather, her father, was her style.

Emergency Exit

I wanted her to understand, so we continued our conversation there.

But...

You never give up. I've had enough of you.

Wh-What?!

Take a look at this and this.

Th-This is...

Wasn't Inokoshi-san's time of death 2:50?

Yes.

That's the time the victim's pocket watch broken by the weapon was stopped at.

Which means Inokoshi-san wasn't killed by Reizei-san.

In other words, there's another culprit.

I know it's a coincidence, but this isn't good.

That's not all that's not good, Inspector.

What?

Have you forgotten?

The two murders took place at practically the same time.

Aside from Reizei-san,

the people whose alibis we verified for Inokoshi-san's murder were all innocent.

In other words...

Not a single person doesn't have an alibi.

Is it true that the owner Hishida was killed as well?

And the culprit was...

Yeah.

That old man Reizei, the manager before me.

Did he kill Inokoshi-san, too?

Tsunohazu Naoya (35) Event Company President

Ujimori Yusaku (45) HISHIDA Hall Manager

No, that wasn't him.

No, that wasn't him.

Furui Kiho (25) Event Staff

Amagi Kosuke (28) Event Staff

Y-You mean there's another murderer?

No way.

A-Are you sure we shouldn't cancel the lecture?

If they don't arrest the culprit...

The great detective Mori Kogoro reveals his secrets!

Don't worry.

None other than the great detective Sleeping Kogoro is here.

HISHIDA Hall Renovation Commemorative Lecture

I'm sure he'll solve the case.

So focus on assisting the audience.

And don't mention the case until the police explain the situation later.

U-Understood.

We'll be standing by.

Huh?

Come to think of it, where's Mei-chan?

Do you not care about the game? It's starting.

I know, but we can't leave now.

We have less than thirty minutes until the old man's lecture starts.

Maybe so, but we need to come with an excuse to tell those kids.

You can handle that.

Jeez.

Excuse me!

Kogoro-no-ojisan asked me to do something.

So, do you have any leads?

Huh? Nope.

You're unbelievable.

What's that?

This wasn't here before, right?

Are those pages from a magazine or something?

Looks like they were torn out.

Judging by the quality of the paper and print, they're probably from the same magazine.

There's been a guard standing in front of this changing room since after the scene was examined.

So they reached in through the window so they wouldn't be spotted?

The question is who left it here, and for what purpose.

Not only that, but now, after the murder.

Could it be?

Found it.

I knew it.

Are they different pages from the same magazine?

And the one underneath is...

Is it from a gravure article?

It's probably the first page after the cover.

I feel like there's some meaning behind the way they're overlapped.

Either way, it could be some kind of message.

Yeah.

Hey.

If you found something, shouldn't you let Mori-san know?

Right, little detective?

Huh? What about this?

I thought it might be some kind of message.

From who?

I don't know.

Jeez. You went off and found something trivial again.

I'm sure it was just a prank.

I'm busy over here.

Stop bothering me.

Excuse me, Inspector. And?

We thought you solved the trick used to create the locked room,

Cane?

but if Reizei-san's cane wasn't used to prop up the chair with the body in it,

Cane?

then what was?

I've been thinking about that, too.

Have you figured it out?

No, I have no idea.

In any case, there isn't a single person without an alibi.

We can't proceed with our investigation if we can't solve that mystery.

They must've used something in place of a cane.

In place of a cane?

That's it. They used that!

Hey, mister.

Maybe it's wrong to assume it was a long object like a cane.

But recently they sell telescoping canes, too.

What?

A telescoping cane?

This is why I can't stand amateurs!

Stay out of—

Wh-What is it, Mori-kun?

Th-That's it! I've figured it out, Inspector!

Really?

Tsukinogi Hideki-sama

Tsukinogi Hideki-san.

You've retired from bodyguarding,

but you still carry your gear with you.