Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Grandpa Tick Tock and the Three Clocks

By Imai Kenichi

"Grandpa Tick Tock and the Three Clocks."

"Tick tock, tick tock."

"Grandpa Tick Tock is a clock maker."

"He finished repairing the clocks."

"But he's exhausted,

and can't deliver them to his clients."

"'In that case, I'll deliver the clocks to your clients for you!'"

Everyone, run!

There's a bomb in here!

It's going to explode soon!

Hurry up, and run!

Please run!

I-It's a bomb!

Come on.

Come on.

We've done as you asked!

Now stop the timer!

Are you listening?!

Dad...

Curtains rise as the headliner appears!

He beautifully dances his mystery-solving steps!

The countdown won't stop.

The clues to the bombs are hidden in a pop-up book.

Always determining the one truth

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

his name is Detective Conan!

The Pop-up Book Bomber

"The Pop-up Book Bomber, Part One!"

Five Hours Earlier

Mori Detective Agency

Mori-san, delivery.

Coming!

Grandpa Tick Tock and the Three Clocks

By Imai Kenichi

What is this?

"Grandpa Tick Tock and the Three Clocks?"

And a smartphone?

Is it a picture book?

There's something wrong with it, though.

Oh, I know.

It turns into a pop-up book once you put it together.

You're right.

This looks like a test print, though.

A proof, huh?

But why'd they send that to me?

What happened inside the closed store?

Explosion at Pachinko Parlor Sandcastle

At dawn this morning an explosion occurred...

at the Sandcastle pachinko parlor located in Beika City, Tokyo.

Huh?

What is it?

What's wrong, Conan-kun?

Look at this.

"Tick tock, tick tock."

"Deliver the first clock to the castle made of sand."

That's a sandcastle.

The name of the pachinko parlor that exploded is...

Now that you mention it, they said it was Sandcastle.

It's just a coincidence.

Private Caller

Grandpa Tick Tock

Tick tock, tick tock. Boom!

Sixty minutes until the target after the castle of sand.

Is this...?

Is it Block 8 of Haido City?

Or is it Block 3?

Where is the bomb?

Can the detective solve the mystery?

A-Are they warning us about the next explosion?

No way!

What happens next in the picture book?!

Give me a second.

"Tick tock, tick tock."

"The destination of the second clock is a riddle."

"At a bus stop where five passengers are waiting,

a bus with three passengers arrives."

"Two get off at the next stop, and one gets on."

"The next stop is the final stop."

"How many passengers are on the bus?"

What's the answer?

Let's see...

It's torn.

In other words, there's a bomb at this location.

Hold on.

There's five people waiting,

and a bus with three passengers arrives, so all together that's eight.

At the next stop two get off, so it's six.

And one gets on, so that makes seven.

The answer is seven people.

But the smartphone message says it's either Block 8 or Block 3.

I know. The driver.

So all together, there are eight passengers.

The bomb is at the bus stop at Block 8.

Beika Bus

Haido City Block 8

To Haido Housing Complex North

The great Mori Kogoro would never fall for such a stupid trick question.

Hello, Inspector?

Wait, mister!

Huh?

It doesn't say the five people waiting at the bus stop got on the bus.

What? Which means...

Subtracting five from eight gives you three.

Beika Bus

Haido City Block 3

To Haido Housing Complex North

Which means it's at the bus stop at Block 3.

Yeah. I think that's it.

Really? I understand, Inspector.

Where did the messages come from?

Unfortunately, this is a burner.

Since the messages are being sent through several servers overseas,

they're having trouble determining where they came from.

Wait, why are you coming with me?

It's too dangerous! Go home!

Conan-kun's the one who solved the riddle.

And if Conan-kun's going, it's only natural for me to come.

Only natural?

We'll be fine.

We'll watch from a distance.

You don't need to worry.

Yeah.

Yeah, but...

And if this really is a bomb threat,

then the subsequent pages could be...

And this must be...

Haido City Block 3

Next Stop

Haido Housing Complex North

There's forty more minutes until the explosion.

Start searching the area immediately.

Inspector!

Ah, Mori-kun.

We've identified the suspect.

What? Really?

Hirukawa Takuji, thirty-eight years old.

After causing an explosion five years ago, he fled overseas.

It seems he secretly returned to the country.

Hirukawa Takuji (38) Bomber

Hirukawa's fingerprints were discovered at this morning's bomb site.

But why did he send you a bomb threat?

How would I know?

I'm not involved with him in any way.

Yes, that's the question.

Chiba-kun.

Yes, sir.

Conan-kun, could I see that book?

Sure. Here.

Thanks.

Well?

This is it.

Three days ago he took it from us, claiming his younger brother left it to him.

I'm sure of it.

And Hirukawa injured you then, didn't he?

Yes.

What's going on?

Imai Kenichi, the author of this picture book,

is Hirukawa Takuji's half brother.

His brother?

Yes.

But he passed away while Hirukawa was abroad.

I see.

Oh, I hadn't introduced you yet.

This is Tomonaga-san, his brother's editor at the time.

Everyone was sure he'd win

Tomonaga Hiroyuki (45) Editor In Chief

the picture book new author award.

We were pushing his book.

But his brother's criminal history was exposed online.

By Imai Kenichi

People said it wasn't appropriate for him to write books for children.

He was forced to withdraw from the contest.

He became sick right after that.

How awful.

Rumor was a private detective

exposed his brother's criminal history.

Hirukawa told friends and acquaintances

that it was the detective who killed his brother.

What? Is that why he sent the book to me?

I don't remember doing anything like that!

Are you sure, Mori-kun?

Of course!

It's not as though every detective is fit to be one,

but I, Mori Kogoro, will make sure the scoundrel pays!

No one was able to determine who the detective was either.

Most people think it was a groundless rumor.

So he was forced to choose you,

a famous detective.

That must be what happened.

F-Forced to? His resentment's misplaced.

In fact, it's complete unjustified.

Hey, mister editor.

Huh?

Were those pages always torn out of the picture book?

T-Torn?

That's odd. They shouldn't be.

After his death, we decided to delay publishing the book,

but we stored the proof in a secure location.