Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Detective Conan Episode 793 "Three First Discoverers (Part 2)"

We met a strange boy staring intently at an apartment.

According to him, a "considerate lady" was killed.

At the apartment, we discovered the body of Komai Yasue-san,

whose death may have been made to look like a suicide.

But then...

What's wrong?!

Th-They're here...

The three men who came to the woman's room are here!

Solving crimes with sharp detective skills.

Love and cases never change.

The discoverers failed to report the crime.

The case comes to a money-related and surprising conclusion.

Always determining the one truth with the body of a child and the mind of an adult,

his name is Detective Conan!

Three First Discoverers

"Three First Discoverers, Part Two!"

What are we going to do?

We can't attend the interviews.

That's obvious.

It's okay.

I stuck a Detective Boys badge in Detective Takagi's pocket.

I thought so.

You're the one who stole the 500,000 from the room.

S-Sorry...

Where did you find the money?

Around there.

Under the feet of her hanging body, the bills were rolling—

Sakaba Ronbei (31)

I mean, they were scattered.

Are you sure you didn't kill her before stealing the money?

Along with her phone.

Her phone?

There's a charger, but no phone.

Sir, could Komai-san have stood on the bills?

500,000's not enough.

10 million would be about 10 centimeters tall, though.

Indeed.

Next!

You, the large man. Come in.

The victim weighs approximately 47 kilos.

If the culprit lifted her body to hang it, then...

Habanaka Kuramichi (40)

He's our prime suspect.

Tape on the soles of his sandals?

I told you earlier.

I only took the script left in the entryway.

Was it really in the entryway?

Forensics said they found three sets of footprints.

Well, actually...

A bag of manuscript paper was left by her feet.

I felt bad, but I entered the apartment in my shoes to pick it up.

Under her feet again.

It's unusual for someone to be using manuscript paper in this day and age, though.

Indeed.

All the errors and corrections make them hard to read.

I always have my AD type up the scripts before I read them.

By the way, how many pages were there?

It's a two hour special, so about a hundred pages.

They weren't folded or rolled up, were they?

No.

A hundred pages of standard paper are about 1 centimeter tall.

It's not enough for her to stand on, either.

Why didn't you call the police right away?

I'd like to keep this off the record, please.

She's actually the ghostwriter of a famous scriptwriter.

I thought it would cause problems if the script was made public as part of the case.

I see.

I wanted to send her off on her own soon,

but the scriptwriter fell in love with the realistic and original crimes she wrote.

By the way, what's the title?

It's the "Moonless Night Thieves" series.

I know that one!

They use impressive means to steal from evil wealthy individuals.

But in the final episode, they killed the couple they robbed, and the group disbanded.

Yeah. That part really affected me, too.

Affected you?

Oh, but in this script, they were supposed to get the group back together.

The couple they thought they killed was actually alive.

R-Really?

I never thought it would become her posthumous work, though.

We got in a fight.

It was a couple days ago at a bar.

You mean you got in a fight with Komai-san?

Yeah.

The truth is, she asked me to come here so she could apologize.

Shibakaru Denji (63)

The bar's owner and other customers saw us fighting.

I doubted anyone would believe me if I said I found her hanging when I got here.

That's why you left without reporting it?

Yeah.

I had no idea that boy watched me come and go.

What caused the fight?

It was a stupid argument.

We just got a bit noisy because we'd been drinking.

Hey, answer it already!

Your phone's ringing!

But that's not our ring tones.

Oh, it's mine.

I forgot I changed my ring tone the other day.

You don't need to answer it?

It's from a bar hostess.

Figure anything out?

Yeah.

The person who caused this incident, and that the name of that kid is Ganno Mamoru.

How do you know that?

Three years ago, a group of thieves broke into a family home,

killing the wife and husband and making off with two million yen in cash.

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Ganno Mamoru-kun

He's the couple's only child.

A quick search of the web turned him up.

He happened to be on a field trip and escaped unscathed.

Since the incident, the thieves have been missing.

But the numbers on the cash happened to be written down.

It's finally over.

We can leave now, right?

I need to get back to the station.

Actually, uh...

Detective Takagi...

I think you should search the room harder.

What?

There's definitely 500,000 yen in there somewhere.

What?

Also...

Could I borrow 20,000 yen?

What?

According to eyewitness testimony,

after watching the three of you come to and leave this room,

the witness came here to find the dead scriptwriter Komai Yasue-san hanging.

Because there was nothing to stand on near her feet,

she must have been murdered and made to look like she'd killed herself.

By one of you three.

Wh-What have I been telling you?!

She really was dead by the time I got here!

I took the money around her feet, but I didn't kill her!

I just took the manuscript papers by her feet.

I didn't do anything wrong.

Likewise, she was already dead by the time I came in, and I didn't take anything with me.

Could you tell us the approximate times you came to the apartment?

I'm not sure.

She asked me to come after two, but I don't know the exact time.

She told me to come around two as well.

When I called her cell from a pay phone, that's what she told me.

I didn't make an appointment with her.

So even though you all came after two, none of you ran into each other?

It's a coincidence.

That's a reasonable enough coincidence.

Maybe they agreed beforehand...

...not to reveal when she asked them to come.

After all, they seem to know each other.

Know each other?

When the old man lit his lighter, it made a huge unwavering flame despite the wind.

It's because the big man was standing next to him to block the wind for him, right?

Uh, I...

But the smoke was making him cough.

He probably doesn't like cigarettes.

Why would he do that?

It means the old man is just that important to him.

I see.

That's why he approached him to block the wind.

Since he was outside, as long as he didn't get too close, the smoke wouldn't bother him.

And when the long-haired man borrowed the lighter, he turned down the flame.

S-So, what?

How did you know the old man keeps the flame strong on his lighter before lighting it?

Well, because...

Besides, while he was smoking, the big man approached him to glare at him.

Like he was telling him not to smoke.

The long-haired man got scared and put out his barely smoked cigarette.

These three must know each other.

S-So what if we do?!

Didn't I tell you earlier?

By agreeing on your stories, you're trying to hide when you came here.

If you all say the lady was already dead when you arrived,

then that would mean the first person killed her and is lying.

Y-You're right.