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Even destiny serves as a clue to the deduction.

And the light of truth pierces through the most mysterious case.

Today, the case takes place in Osaka.

It's an exciting case at "K3".

He sees through the one and only truth.

A child in appearance with the I.Q. of an adult.

His name is Detective Conan!

"Mouri Detective Agency"

What?

A party for a restaurant's opening?

Yeah, that's right.

Actually, it was my mom and dad that got invited,

but they both came down with a cold and said they can't go,

so I thought I'd invite you guys.

I mean, after all,

three famous athletes from America

are opening a restaurant here in Japan, everyone here's so excited!

-Hey, listen. -What is it?

Where's the party going to be?

Over here, of course!

In Osaka, where else?

I pass.

That was fast.

Come on, just for a little while.

Sorry, but I've got research to do back here.

I'm back!

Hi.

Who are you talking to?

It's Dr. Agasa.

He's repairing some earring mobile phones for me.

What's the matter? Did somebody come back?

If this is a bad time, do you want me to call you back later?

No, never mind, it's all right.

Are you sure?

Anyway, don't turn me down so fast.

You're going to be able to see famous athletes in the flesh.

There's pro boxer Ricardo Balera,

Mike Norwood the Major Leaguer

and...

"The 3K's Incident in Osaka (Part 1)"

Look at that, they're all here!

There's Mai Kuraki,

Miho Komatsu,

and Two Mix

and then, the love of my life,

Yoko Okino!

Don't talk so loud, dad!

You're being so obvious.

And what about you? You brought an autograph board with you.

Are you sure it's all right, Kazuha?

I'm mean there are so many famous people here

and we weren't officially invited, should we be here at all?

Don't worry about it.

Besides, your dad's a famous person, too.

I wonder.

I have a bigger problem than that.

Has Heiji done something?

He's been acting strange.

What do you mean?

He was whispering to someone on the telephone

and he said, "Are you alone now?",

"Are you sure no one's caught on?", and

"If this is a bad time, do you want me to call back later?", things like that.

You don't mean...

I do, he's having an affair.

I'm sure that Heiji's been taken in by some floozy.

Maybe he's told her to come here.

That was me, he was talking to me on the phone.

It's finally starting.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for waiting.

It is my honor to introduce the three stars of tonight's party

who also happen to be the owners of this World Restaurant K3!

First, the undefeated former world middleweight champion!

"Ricardo Balera (36)" -Mr. Ricardo Balera!

Next the pitcher who received the 160 kilometer Cy Young trophy,

Mr. Mike Norwood!

"Mike Norwood (45)"

And the man fearfully known as Europe's steel stronghold,

the famous goalkeeper,

Mr. Ray Curtis!

"Ray Curtis (37)"

This is great!

It's the real things!

Well, aren't you glad you came?

Yeah.

And now I'd like to ask these three men some questions.

Why did you decide to open a restaurant in Japan?

Why did you choose to open your restaraunt in Japan?

The reason is, to the three of us,

Japan is our second home.

He speaks Japanese.

My wife,

as well as Mike's,

is Japanese.

And as for Ricardo, he's crazy about ninjas and samurais!

By the way, about the K in the restaurant's name,

I imagine it stands for king, doesn't it?

No, no. You're mistaken.

The first K stands for knock out.

It's the K from K.O.

The second K is for strikeout.

K for strikeout.

The third K is for goal keeper.

It's the K in keeper.

I see.

Haven't you forgotten another one, Ray?

You know it very well.

It's a Japanese word that describes perfectly men

like you who are smeared with scandal.

"Ed McKay (48), Reporter" -K for "kitanai". (Dirty)

Hey, Ed. Watch your language, get out!

Mike, what did he say?

Hey, it's you who should watch your language.

As you can see, I'm a guest here, I had an invitation.

I don't know who sent it to me, but I really appreciated it

because I just love sushi.

Who the heck is he?

He's as well known American.

He's a reporter that's made a name for himself

by writing about scandals that famous athletes are involved in.

Most of it's made up,

but he writes so vaguely,

even if he's taken to court, he's hardly ever charged.

I guess you should be careful then, Heiji.

What do you mean by that?

Gee, I wonder.

Let's move things along now

and start with the question and answer portion of the presentation.

Is there anyone in the audience

who would like to ask these gentlemen a question?

Don't be shy, come on up.

I have one!

A brave young lady has her hand raised!

Please, come up on to the stage.

Ran...

All right, young lady, ask away.

Well, uh...

It's not really a question, I have a favor to ask.

Mr. Curtis, may I have your autograph?

What's she doing?

You, won't do it?

No, no.

They're not autographing anything today.

Okay, it's okay.

I'll do it as a special favor for this young lady

for brightening up this party, again.

Thank you so much.

All right, how about if I sign

one of my uniforms?

Really, will you do that for me?

No, you can't do that.

Those are for the lottery...

Don't worry about it. There are still three left.

But...

If you don't mind, could you write in this name?

Okay. What's your name, young lady?

Well, not my name.

Shinichi.

Could you please sign it "To Shinichi"?

-Is he your boyfriend? -Oh, no. It's nothing like that.

Oh, she remembered

that I'm Ray's fan.

You better give her a call later.

Yeah, you don't have to tell me.

Isn't it strange though?

What do you mean?

The goal keeper usually wears number 1,

why is his number 8?

Ray was originally a mid-fielder.

But during the Would Cup Series,

both goal keepers were thrown out of the game and the team was in a bind,

so Ray had no choice but to go in as a keeper.

He performed super saves one after the other

and the team managed to come in second place!

From then on,

even when he was a goal keeper for a league in Spain in the Serie A,

he kept the number 8!

And he's continued wearing it even now when he's in the Major League Soccer.

Then answer me this.

What about the number 99?

He's a pitcher, isn't he?

Isn't that too big a number?

That stands for 99 miles.

In Japan, it's equivalent to 160 kilometers.

His goal was to pitch balls that fast,

that's why he wore the number 99.

And what about the number 4?

See, it's written on the boxing gloves along with the signature.

That's because Ricardo always scored a K.O. win in the 4th round.

So he added the 4 along with his signature.

I didn't know that.

You should've done your research before you got here.

Well, excuse me.

Telephone numbers interested me more than uniform numbers.

What's wrong with you? You keep mentioning that.

You figure it out.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Seriously.

You did this for some guy who's gallivanting who knows where.

That's my business, not yours.

Oh, yes.

It's for you, Conan.

It's a ticket for the special game.

Ray will be playing in tomorrow at Nagai Stadium.

He gave it to me just now, but it's a secret.

You will go, won't you?

Of course, I'll go.

Cool.

That was generous.

But I had to agree to their one condition.

Here, look at this.

A transceiver?

They said they want to surprise everyone.

Ray, it's okay. I'm here.

No, Ricardo, that's the wrong place.

Left, to the left.

Oh, I get it now,

they're trying to form the letter K by turning on the lights

in the hotel rooms above the restaurant

before the hotel opens!

When the guests come out of the restaurant,

they're really going to be surprised.

But they don't have to do it themselves.

They thought it up themselves, that's why they want to do it on their own.

If even one of them is seen outside,

it would cause quite a commotion,

that's why they wanted us to stand outside and see if the letter is formed right.

Ran, are the lights I'm supposed to turn on all on already?

The end part of the last row of the K is still off.

Okay. I'm going right now.

Mike, open the curtains, open them.

Okay?

Okay.

Ricardo, you're good, too!

Okay.

Ran, it is on?

Let's see.

Yes, it's on!

All right!

The K is completed!

The window...

And there were gunshots, too.

What?

What happened?

Is that a shot?

Hey, wait!

Kazuha, tell those three not to leave the rooms!

Hey.

Hey! Wait up!

-That's the room. -Yes.

This is the guy, he's that reporter from the party.

He must've been shot with this gun.

He's holding something in his left hand.

What the...

A... a belt?

The window...

And there were gunshots, too.

Hey, wait!

Kazuha, tell those three not to leave the rooms!

-That's the room. -Yes.

This is the guy, he's that reporter from the party.

He must've been shot with this gun.

He's holding something in his left hand.

What the...

A... a belt?

The victim is an American living in Chicago.

He's a reporter, name Ed McKay, 48 years old.

"Inspector Otaki" -He was shot in the chest

and died almost immediately.

The weapon used was a Smith & Wesson revolver.

There are signs of a slight struggle,

so he must have been alive for a short time after being shot.

Heiji, do you know what time you heard the shot?

Sure. I'm sure it was a little past 8:05 pm.

Kazuha and the rest of us were outside the hotel when we heard it,

and we saw the window crack, so I'm pretty sure about it.

What do you mean outside the hotel?

Where you leaving the party so soon?

No, no.

Those three guys asked us to do them a favor.

They asked us to check to see

if the lights in the hotel formed the letter K

like they planned.

Those three?

Of course. They own the K3 restaurant,

Ricardo Balera, former pro boxer,

major leaguer Mike Norwood,

and pro soccer player, Ray Curtis.

And by chance, were they the ones who turned the lights on, too?

Yeah, that's right.

Ray was in charge of 5, the first and second rows,

Mike was in charge of 4, the third and fourth rows

and Ricardo was in charge of the two

on the very top fifth row.

So that means its possible for those three

to have committed the murder.

It sure is possible.

Especially since it seems they all didn't like that reporter.

But they couldn't have done it.

This room is in the center of the second row, isn't it?

When the shot was fired, the three of them were in different rooms.

Isn't right, Ran?

Do you know which rooms they were in?

I'm positive Mike was in the room directly above this one.

He opened the curtains that were partially drawn.

Right after that,

Ricardo turned off the light in the second room from the left

on the top floor which he'd turned on by mistake,

and right after that,

Ray turned on the light in the room

on the right of the very bottom which he'd forgotten to turn on.

Just when we thought the letter K was complete,

we heard the gunshot and the window shattered.

Did you see the three of them at that time?

No.

But only 5 seconds had passed since Mike opened the curtains.

And Ray poked his head out the window,

and it was only about 3 seconds later that we heard the gunshot.

And right after that,

all three of them looked outside and asked what was going on.

Then who is the killer?

Mabe it was one of the guests at the party?

What?

Remember, when Heiji and I got here,

the place was crowded with people already.

I'm sure the killer was hiding in one of the rooms close by

and got away in the midst of the commotion.

But if that's true, then all the party guests are suspects

and it's going to take a lot of time to question all of them.

Hey, what's this?

Look, look at this guy's left hand.

He's holding on to something.

A belt?

And look at this man's finger on his right hands.

His baby and ring fingers are bent.

Do you think he and the killer were playing paper, rock and scissors?

Conan!

Hey, Heiji,

are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Yeah. I think that as he was dying,

he tried to leave a clue through the belt and the shape of his hand,

it's his dying message.

But you don't know for sure

that he was indicating the belt is the clue, right?

He might have meant his pants,

he might have wanted to remove his pants and show something.

Fool!

If he meant his pants, he'd put his hand on the edge of his pants.

If he meant to take his belt off,

he'd have put his fingers on the edge of the belt, right?

I don't think any guy would clutch his belt Iike that

if he wanted to take it off.

All right then, I'll take this as a hint and keep it in mind

when I question all the guests

who's been waiting in the restaurant downstairs.

No, that won't be necessary.

-What? -I've figured it out.

The killer is one of those three.

The belt... that's right,

only one who has fought bravely

has the honor of wearing it around his waist,

it proves he is a champion,

which means the killer

is former middleweight champion, Ricardo Baleral.

So what do the fingers mean?

If Ricardo always knocked out his opponent in the fourth round,

shouldn't his fingers indicate four?

All right then, it's Ray, the pro soccer player.

He's played in 3 countries, Italy, Spain and America,

and always led his team to victory.

Ray also played in a premier league in England and they became champions.

Oh, I see.

Hey, maybe it doesn't mean 3,

maybe it has something to do with baseball.

You know, when the pitcher throws his pitch,

he holds the ball with three fingers, doesn't he?

That's it!

The killer is a major leaguer, Mike, it's settled.

You don't know anything about baseball.

Mike's team never won a championship

and even if they did, you don't get championship belts in baseball!

And that goes for soccer, too.

The key to this case is the fingers on his right hand

and the "white band" gripped by his left hand.

I guess we're going to have to solve this puzzle first.

-Band? -What?

Don't some people refer to a belt as a band?

The only people who do are old fogeys.

Band, three...

Band three,

bandthree!

That's it, he meant someone named Bandthree.

All right! Locate the guest named Bandthree

and the case will be solved.

Hey, Heiji,

are you sure that's the famous "Sleeping Kogoro"?

I know what you mean, I think he's a little drunk tonight.

Well, I guess we don't have a choice,

let's forget about the dying message for now.

Shall we start testing everyone for powder burns?

I guess you're right,

we'll start with the guests waiting in the restaurant downstairs.

And of course those three men waiting in the room.

Okay, next.

Excuse me.

-Yes? -Is your name Bandthree, by any chance?

No, it isn't!

Oh, pardon me.

Well? Did anybody test positive, Inspector Otaki?

No, not yet.

How about those three?

We tested them first but they all came out negative.

Did you do a body check?

Yeah, we did a simple body check but...

Gosh, those managers they have...

They've been giving us a hard time.

But never mind that.

Is it true what Mr. Mouri said?

Did those three really hate that reporter?

Yeah, seems that way.

Ricardo was suspected of throwing about

and forced to retire while he was unbeaten.

Ray was thrown out of the European league

on suspicions of drug use.

Mike got divorced because he was having an affair

but he's married to a Japanese girl now,

and they seem to be getting along just fine.

And all of their problems were caused by

the murdered reporter's unsubstantiated articles.

But Heiji,

how do you know they were unsubstantiated?

They took him to court and won.

They proved they weren't involved in the scandals.

I see.

That's why I don't think they had any motive for killing him.

I think you're right.

Come on, Kudo.

What's with you?

You're acting kind of strange.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Gun Powder Residue"

In the next episode, the case in Osaka will be solved.

Who did Hattori call?

Don't tell Kazuha!