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You know... I dreamed about you last night.

Oh, really? I dreamed about you, too.

Yanaka Hirunosuke (73) Nezu Sayo (71)

Couple

We really do get along, don't we?

Yes.

It's not here.

Why did you come here last night?

My memory's hazy, but...

I know I walked through here last night.

Excuse me.

Are you looking for something?

Actually, I dropped my notebook.

Oh, is this it?

Oh! Yes, that's it! That's my notebook.

I remember now.

I slept on this bench last night.

It's not safe to pass out drunk outdoors, you know...

Stop!

Wait!

Hey, are you okay?

It's no use. He's dead.

No way...

Uh... I'm sorry, but could you call an ambulance and the police?

There's another victim, up there!

Ai no FIRE

Song by Niihama Leon

Unquenchable love is the fuse!

Flames burn within these detective skills!

The truth sleeps up above!

This can't end according to plan!

Always determining the one truth

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

his name is Detective Conan!

The Man Who Came Falling Down

"The Man Who Came Falling Down!"

The victim is mystery author Oshiba Rokuro-san, 42 years old.

He's famous.

Cause of death was trauma sustained to both sides of his head from a metal pipe.

Oshiba Rokuro (42)

Mystery Author

According to the ID on his person, the body at the bottom of the steps

belongs to Koiwai Takashi-san, 29 years old.

The fall killed him.

So bodies were at both top and bottom of the steps...

Tsubota-san, could you explain what happened, again?

Yes.

Tsubota Ren (31)

Plot Writer

My name is Tsubota Ren.

I was meeting my business partner, Oshiba-san, at this abandoned temple.

When I arrived at ten, which was when we'd agreed to meet,

I saw a strange man beating Oshiba-san with a metal pipe.

Stop!

Wait!

In other words, Koiwai Takashi killed Oshiba Rokuro

and fell to his death while fleeing after you spotted him.

That seems to be the case.

We all happened to be present and can vouch for him.

That's right.

But all we know is that Tsubota-san shouted, "Stop! Wait!"

and then Koiwai-san fell.

By the way, Tsubota-san,

you said you and Oshiba-san were business partners?

Oh, yes.

We'd been producing novels together for three years.

First, I'd write a summary of the plot, including tricks,

and then Oshiba-san would turn that into a novel.

So you divided the work between coming up with ideas and writing

to produce a single novel, is that correct?

Yes. I'd always wanted to be a mystery author.

I can come up with ideas and tricks, but I'm no good at writing.

So a publisher suggested I try working with Oshiba Rokuro-sensei.

Oshiba-sensei was struggling to come up with ideas at the time.

Yeah, this is great.

I'd love to work together as partners.

From now on, the name Oshiba Rokuro doesn't just belong to me.

Think of it as our team name.

For the past three years, Oshiba-san...

Oshiba-sensei was my irreplaceable collaborator!

It was known throughout the industry that Oshiba's works

were co-written by Tsubota.

We'd planned to visit an abandoned temple since one would be in our next work.

Who is that Koiwai guy?!

Why did he do this to Oshiba-sensei?!

Look into Koiwai Takashi and Oshiba Rokuro's relationship.

Yes, sir.

And just in case, look into him, too.

Yes, sir.

Koiwai killed Oshiba Rokuro?

Sendagi Asao (30)

Koiwai's Friend

Really?

Yes. Do you know if anything happened between Koiwai-san and Oshiba-san?

Koiwai hated Oshiba Rokuro.

What?

He wanted to be a mystery author

and sent his manuscript to Oshiba Rokuro hoping to have it critiqued.

But he never received a response.

Then Oshiba's new work was published in a magazine.

- Literature World - LOSERS Oshiba Rokuro

Damn it!

Koiwai Takashi (29)

Aspiring Mystery Author

The story may be different, but the trick's identical to the one I sent him.

How is that possible?

Oshiba Rokuro ripped off my story!

I see.

But weren't Oshiba's tricks written by...

Tsubota-san, the plot writer.

Traffic Safety Movement

Wipe out BANK TRANSFER SCAMS!

MPD BEIKA POLICE STATION

Yeah. I see. Got it.

I'll hand him the phone, so you can check with him.

Can you take this call?

This is Tsubota.

What? Losers?

No, it was actually Oshiba-sensei who came up with that one.

He asked me to write something around an interesting trick he'd come up with.

Does that have something to do with his murder?

Yes. I'll tell you the details later.

So Oshiba-san said he'd come up with an interesting trick.

Well, of course he couldn't say he'd stolen it.

What did Koiwai do after that?

He went to complain to Oshiba but was ignored.

Not only that, but the story also gained renown

and was considered a shoo-in for that year's mystery novel award.

Damn it.

What I'd give to kill Oshiba Rokuro!

Koiwai!

Who am I kidding...

I'm not crazy enough to kill anyone.

I'm way too scared of being arrested.

That's what he said three days ago.

Three days ago?

Yes, that did happen a few days ago.

I told you, I don't know anything about that.

Even if your manuscript arrived, I would've disposed of it right away.

I don't have time to read stuff like that.

Now leave. I'm working.

He left after the master said that.

I see.

Traffic Safety Movement

Wipe out BANK TRANSFER SCAMS!

MPD BEIKA POLICE STATION

What? Oshiba-san plagiarized his work?!

Koiwai probably resented him for it, and...

But...

He could've just let me come up with an idea.

Inspector Megure.

Oshiba and Tsubota were thought to have a good relationship within the industry.

Then there's no reason to suspect anything happened between them.

What's he going to do without his partner?

He'll have to quit being a plot writer or look for a new partner.

In any case, now we know Koiwai Takashi's motive for killing Oshiba Rokuro

and how it came to be.

What we don't know is why Oshiba was killed there today of all days.

It's hard to believe he followed Oshiba.

Instead of a metal pipe,

he would've chosen a less conspicuous weapon, like a knife.

So Koiwai Takashi was waiting for Oshiba at the scene of the murder.

But then, how did he figure out Oshiba's plans?

Traffic Safety Movement

Wipe out BANK TRANSFER SCAMS!

MPD BEIKA POLICE STATION

Including that, find out everything you can.

Yes, sir.

But even if Koiwai-san did get away,

the police would've found him eventually, right?

Yeah. The housekeeper saw him when he went to complain to Oshiba.

He said he was afraid of being arrested.

So I wonder what his plan was.

Maybe he'd fabricated an alibi so he'd be safe even if the police found him.

I also wonder why he decided to kill Oshiba-san

after giving up on the idea three days ago.

Something must've changed his mind...

Wouldn't that make the most sense?

Something encouraged Koiwai-san in the past three days.

Something encouraged him?

Let's see what we can find!

Yeah!

Koiwai-san?

I don't know.

I didn't notice anything unusual.

I see. Well, thanks all the same.

Mister.

Over here.

What is it?

Koiwai-san was a regular here. You said he was here yesterday, right?

Yes. He sat at that table and ordered a set meal.

Yeah, I know.

Thank you for waiting.

But together, we could make it work.

Was he talking about Oshiba-san's murder?

Together?

That would mean Koiwai-san had a collaborator or accomplice.

So Koiwai-san found an accomplice during the past three days,

which made him decide to kill Oshiba-san after all.

It's possible, right?

Yeah, but Tsubota only saw Koiwai Takashi at the crime scene.

He didn't mention an accomplice.

But if Koiwai-san said "together," then...

That's it. There was actually another culprit present.

Then Tsubota showed up, and Koiwai Takashi fell to his death.

Meanwhile, his accomplice ran away.

And for some reason, Tsubota lied to protect the other culprit.

But those steps were the only exit from the crime scene, and we didn't see anyone.

Then his accomplice didn't come to the crime scene.

Seriously?

His role was to give false testimony about Koiwai Takashi's alibi.

Koiwai Takashi's accomplice must be someone close to him.

We'll find him!

He clearly meant they'd attack Oshiba together,

but there wasn't anyone like that present.

Wait, could it be?

Damn. They're not here.

Excuse me!

Could I ask you something?

I knew it! The culprit knew about their habit and used that.

And if I'm right...

It should still be around here somewhere.

DONATIONS

No luck, huh?

There it is.

TSUBOTA

Huh? You're...

Tsubota-san, Kogoro-no-ojisan wanted me to ask you something.

Koiwai-san only used a metal pipe to kill Oshiba-san, right?

Yeah. What about it?

Apparently, the police are looking for a second weapon or something.

DONATIONS

What's that metal pipe for?

Uh, th-this is...

Explain. You're the one who summoned us here.

What? Didn't you tell me to come here...

That's it!

Koiwai Takashi did have a collaborator or accomplice.

In order to protect them,

you planned to retrieve their weapon and hide it somewhere.

Mori-san?

Mori-san?

You were going to hide it!

Rather, Koiwai's accomplice is none other than you, Tsubota Ren-san.

Tsubota is his accomplice?

It explains why the crime took place here this morning

and why Oshiba-san was struck from both sides.

It all began with the manuscript Koiwai Takashi sent to Oshiba Rokuro.

We know that already.

In fact, Oshiba actually didn't have time to read the manuscript Koiwai sent,

so didn't he ask you to read it instead?

After reading the manuscript, you realized you could use that trick.

You appropriated the idea, wrote a different plot,

submitted it to Oshiba as your own idea,

and then Oshiba wrote and published it as a novel.

That means it wasn't Oshiba who stole Koiwai's work.

It was Tsubota.

Then, when Koiwai complained once he found out his work had been plagiarized,

Oshiba realized you'd stolen the idea from Koiwai, so he told you off.

Perhaps he even threatened to dissolve your partnership.

His merciless criticism of you made you want to kill him.

But couldn't he just have worked with another author as a plot writer?

Yes, but Koiwai was in his way.

If anyone found out about his plagiarism, his career would be over.

He thought he had to get rid of Koiwai as well.

Plotting to get rid of them both,

you reached out to Koiwai three days ago.

Perhaps you introduced yourself as a fellow aspiring mystery writer.

Oshiba stole my idea, too.

Let's get rid of him.

But...

Together, we could make it work.

Together?

We can evade arrest by testifying for each other.

There's no connection between us, so the police won't suspect a thing.

Koiwai decided he could kill Oshiba if you worked together.

On this day, when you planned to meet Oshiba,

you met Koiwai at the temple early in the morning and waited for Oshiba.

When Oshiba arrived at 10AM, you bludgeoned him to death together.

Then you hid the metal pipe you used.

Then you yelled so the elderly couple would hear you and be your witnesses...

Stop!

What?

Wait!

Wh-What are you doing?

In other words, Koiwai didn't act alone to kill Oshiba,

and his fatal fall wasn't an accident, either.

I found the possible second murder weapon under the main temple building,

but there was no evidence to tie it to you,

TSUBOTA

so I sent Conan to provoke you.

And ultimately, I played right into your hands.

So you admit to killing Oshiba Rokuro and Koiwai Takashi?

What I did to Koiwai-kun was terrible.

Not only did I plagiarize his work, but I killed him, too.

But, Mori-san, there's one thing you got wrong:

the reason I killed Oshiba-san.

When Oshiba-san told me off for plagiarism,

I lied and said it was a coincidence.

Then he said...

Fine, but don't get any weird ideas.

Know your place.

Don't forget that I took you in.

He didn't take me in.

We were equal collaborators!

Damn it!

He used us because we're here at that time every day?

And me, since I happened to be looking for something.

Really? Are you sure you're a great detective?

Ow!

These steps sure are dangerous.

That didn't have to fall on my head!

He really doesn't seem like a great detective to me.

Right?

You hear that?

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I'll score an awesome goal today, so watch closely!

He's unconscious and gravely injured.

I, Mori Kogoro, will give my life to protect the mayor!

I actually received another message.

There's one minute remaining!

Damn! I won't make it in time!

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The next episode of Conan is "The J.League Starting Whistle!"

Hey, kid! Next Conan's hint!

VAR!

Right there, Genta!

Don't miss the next episode.

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