Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Amagi Tatsuya-san, a man alienated from his entire neighborhood, was murdered.

Amagi Tatsuya (24)

The initial suspect, neighborhood association president Bando Hikoichi-san, was also murdered.

Bando Hikoichi (35) Neighborhood Association President

Kanemitsu Toyoko (68) Café Manager

The testimony of Kanemitsu Toyoko-san, the owner of a nearby café,

and Detectives Takagi and Chiba's reasoning cast suspicion

on college professor Chiba Yosuke-san, but...

Inspector, you think it's strange, too, don't you?

It's hard to imagine someone who likes mysteries

making basic mistakes, like putting poison in a bottle

or leaving the front door unlocked, right?

Which means Chino-san isn't X.

He could've been set up.

What?

The customers there at that time were...

Gamo Koyuki (23) Waitress

Fukuda-san and his family, and Ezaki Hiro-san and her friends.

What?

The man who first discovered Amagi-san's body

and the woman who was most aggressively pestering Bando-san were there.

Which means X is...

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

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"The Shifting Mystery of Beika City, Part Two!"

What?

Chino-sensei?

I heard he sometimes judges submissions for New Writer awards.

For mysteries, right?

He's in the middle of judging some right now.

That's what he said yesterday at this café, right?

Yeah.

It sounds like a lot of work.

I can't focus during the day.

Chino Yosuke (35) College Professor

I'm going to lock myself in my study and stay up all night again.

X probably chose to act at night because they overhead that.

But why'd you want to know about that?

Kogoro-no-ojisan told me to ask, so I don't know.

Both of them could've done it.

Their motive is still unclear,

but it's likely either Fukuda-san or Ezaki-san is X.

In any case, I need to confirm their alibis for last night.

I'll start with the man who discovered the body...

He got what was coming.

Fukuda Tameo (33) Office Worker

Amagi got what was coming to him.

Fukuda Tameo-san.

Metropolitan Police Department Beika City Station

If I killed this Amagi fellow,

and wanted to frame Bando,

I wouldn't have used an awl!

I know Bando had a fear of needles

and couldn't have used an awl!

W-Well...

You did it deliberately!

That's right.

If you were ever exposed,

you planned to escape by saying you'd never have chosen an awl

for a weapon because you knew Bando-san had a fear of needles.

Like you just did, Chino-sensei.

I see.

You were trying to outsmart us.

What?

If you go by that logic, there's no end to it.

We're doing awesomely this time.

I'm scaring myself.

It just keeps coming.

Hey, mister.

Does Fukuda-san work nights?

Yeah...

It would've been tough for him to do it.

Which means it must be the other one.

That useless man

Ezaki Hiro (20) College Student

finally did something useful for the neighborhood.

How convenient that he stabbed that awful nuisance.

Ezaki Hiro-san, who pestered neighborhood association president Bando-san

more than anyone else to make Amagi-san stop.

Ezaki

Really?

Ezaki Hiro-san's a student at Haido College?

Thank you!

Chino-san is a professor at Haido College.

There's a connection between them.

Ezaki-san must've run into trouble with Chino-san through the college, and out of spite...

Hey!

Why are you investigating me?

Why are you sniffing around?!

Bye!

Hey!

Wait, you brat!

Is there some reason she doesn't want to be investigated?

What are you going to do with those?

I'm taking them home.

But you just brought them here this morning.

I'm done using them.

Done using them?

I'm going to drop these off since we don't have any customers.

They're important.

See you later.

Important?

But they're not new,

and there's only one volume each.

She probably only bought them when her favorite authors were featured.

Who is Kanemitsu Toyoko-san's favorite author?

The copy of "Mystery World" she had was last year's May issue.

There's nothing that stands out.

"Labyrinths" was this year's January issue.

Huh?

This author...

Their name was in "Mystery World," too.

Monthly Magazine Labyrinths January

New Author Award Submissions

Title The Melting Weapon

Author Dorosue Yamiyo

This is definitely it. Dorosue Yamiyo.

They're the common author found in the books on the bookshelf.

Hello?

Yes, this is Detective Mori.

I have a bit of a random question.

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It's a confusing story.

The trick is insane, and their criminal profile is totally unrealistic.

Ichimura Zetto (32) Editor

They hate arguments so much,

they casually commit murders one after another to avoid them.

No one like that could possibly exist.

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This is terrible!! Absolutely not!! Chiba

It would be terrifying if they did.

Kogoro-no-ojisan wanted me to ask you a question.

Do you recognize the name Dorosue Yamiyo?

Dorosue Yamiyo?

They're the author of a ridiculous story "The Melting Weapon."

So you do recognize the name.

He told me this case doesn't end with ABC.

It's an ABCD case that includes Dorosue Yamiyo-san.

Chino-san, do you remember anything about that story?

I knew it.

It's all coming together now.

Really?

You like mysteries, too?

Yeah!

I thought we could discuss the case together since we both like mysteries.

Is that why you wanted to see me?

Fine.

Let's go.

Conan-kun, right?

Don't you think it's too late, though?

Didn't Chino-sensei do it?

No.

I think the real culprit is X,

and they framed Chino-san.

But that's not enough.

Since X killed Amagi-san and Bando-san,

it doesn't make sense that they didn't kill Chino-sensei.

Maybe they deliberately didn't kill him.

What do you mean?

X really hated Chino-san.

They thought it would be a waste

to quickly kill him like Amagi-san and Bando-san.

They wanted him to suffer a fate worse than death.

So they decided to frame him?

Yeah.

When you think of it that way, it explains why they didn't kill him.

I see.

What you're saying makes sense, Conan-kun.

Now it's my turn.

Who is X?

There are two points to consider.

Yeah.

Since X tried to frame Chino-san...

It had to be someone who knew Chino-sensei

would have no one to verify his alibi for yesterday.

They also had to be able to steal Chino-sensei's lighter.

That's right.

Oh, my. Now that's a problem.

That would mean the customers

who were at my café yesterday are the most suspicious.

I asked the waitress Koyuki-san who was at the café yesterday.

Of the people there, Fukuda-san is particularly suspect.

Fukuda-san was being bothered by Amagi-san.

Perhaps he resented Bando-san for not doing anything,

despite being the neighborhood association president.

That's sufficient motive.

But Bando-san couldn't have committed the murders at night.

You're right.

Fukuda-san works nights.

Right.

Which means the next suspicious character is...

Ezaki Hiro-san?

Apparently she's a student at Haido College.

She may have had problems with Chino-san.