Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns 2nd Season

Hong Kong

Sir...

That scared me.

Was that a disguise?

Yes.

I'm actually a fugitive in Japan.

Nobody will be following me to Hong Kong,

so I've gone back to my original face.

Heh, that's great.

So, where to, mister?

The ruins of an old hotel?

Equipment from the Imperial Japanese Army?

I've heard stories that during WW2,

the imperial army built a secret military facility beneath a hotel.

Kariya, huh?

I can understand why you'd be scared, huh?

You've been locked in this underground bunker for 18 years, haven't you?

You've probably survived on old army food,

not knowing if you'd ever escape the darkness.

These are the four who betrayed you and locked you in here 18 years ago, right?

You hate them, right?

Enough to rip them apart.

I am Hell's Puppeteer.

Come, Count of Monte Cristo.

I'll bring you out into the sun, for the first time in eighteen years.

Have your revenge.

I will write you the scenario for the perfect crime.

Hajime-chan, look!

It's Hong Kong!

I'm Kindaichi Hajime.

My grandpa was a famous detective.

We could sense a case was about to start.

Takato Youichi, Hell's Puppeteer.

A murderer, who thinks that the perfect crime is a form of art.

He's trying to commit a new crime here in Hong Kong.

Welcome to Hong Kong, Kindaichi-kun.

This scenario will be such wonderful fun.

You will be my puppet,

and kill one man after another.

You are a serial killer.

The Case File of Young Kindaichi Returns

The Death March of Young Kindaichi, File 1

The Death March of Young Kindaichi.

So this is the King Dragon Hotel?

This is it, right?

Maskman's Magic Show.

The second you saw this commercial on the internet yesterday,

you insisted on coming to Hong Kong.

Takato Youichi, Hell's Puppeteer, once called himself Maskman.

And magic is his specialty.

So is Takato Maskman?

Yes.

This show is a challenge.

He's trying to call me here.

He's probably about to commit some terrible crime here in Hong Kong.

Detective Akechi said the same thing.

He's already started his investigation here.

Is that you, Kindaichi-kun?

Detective Li Pailong

Detective Li?

I haven't see you since the Kowloon incident.

You're back in Hong Kong, huh?

What are you doing in this hotel?

I'm investigating something.

Investigating something?

There are a lot of mysterious things about the King Dragon Hotel.

The once-famous hotel had fallen into ruin.

Then an anonymous rich man bought it with cash and rebuilt it.

An anonymous rich man?

His name is Wang.

But nobody has seen his face.

Hotel Owner's Secretary Nang Leiching

All his instructions come through his secretary, Nang Leiching.

Nang Leiching?

She's pretty.

That's Jiang Jienyi.

Front Desk Manager Jiang Jienyi

The front desk manager.

Oh?

Financial Broker Matsuoka Shuuji

So you're here, too?

It's been so long, Matsuoka.

Jewel Merchant Fujii Fumika

Antique Art Appraiser Shinomiya Tohru

It's been eighteen years since we met.

Fumika, you became a jewel merchant?

And the rumor is you're quite the successful lender, huh?

And you received this invitation too, huh?

You, too?

From Maskman.

In other words, the three of us were invited by Maskman to come see the show.

Why would Maskman want to bring together the group from eighteen years ago?

No idea.

Creepy.

But there were four of us, right?

The other was Kamiyama.

He'll come, won't he?

He's here.

That has to be Kamiyama.

It wasn't him?

He said it's a package for us.

Who could it be from?

Wh-What is this?

This photo...

Look!

That's us, eighteen years ago!

That scar!

Th-Then this is...

Kamiyama's hand!

Kamiyama was killed.

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo?

What a coincidence.

I've taken a Japanese person to this same place.

Oh? What was he like?

Well, he told the strangest joke.

That he was a fugitive in Japan.

Bizarre, huh?

He told you the truth.

In fact, I'll tell you this.

I'm a detective, and I'm following him.

The aftermath of an explosion.

And it's recent.

A storehouse for the old Japanese army?

Wh-What is this?

Welcome to the Hong Kong King Dragon Hotel Magic Show!

Fong Huti Magic Show Assistant

I'm Maskman's assistant, Fong Huti.

And I'm going to take you to a mystical show tonight!

Maskman.

Is that Takato?

That can't be... Kariya?

He made it out of that underground prison alive?

First, let's check out his super hypnotism power!

Oh, my! He's brought a boy from the hotel?

Boy, what's your name and how old are you?

Hotel Boy Chao Longtao

I'm Chao Longtao.

I'm 10!

Look carefully at this crystal.

Maskman's super hypnotism power

awakens the desires deep within a human heart!

What is the wish hidden in your heart?

I... want to fly.

Then...

He's really floating!

How's he doing that?

Give him a round of applause!

Now, who will he pick next?

Heh, it's just some tricky levitation magic?

Oh! You're next!