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A strong heart along with deduction and power.

And step into the essence with a strong rhythm.

Show time again for the Metropolitan Police Department.

One mistake after the other is made in this eerie case.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

Hello? It's me.

I'm sorry, just a while ago.

I guess the battery of my cell phone ran out on me.

Yes, that's right.

I got off the car and am calling from a phone booth now.

I should be there in another 30 minutes.

Okay then, I'll see you later.

"Inspector Megure's Sealed Secret (Part 1)"

"Haido Department Store"

Look... What do you think of this?

You're going to give it as a gift to Mr. Kyogoku, aren't you?

Don't you think it's a bit too cute?

You think so?

I think he'd look better in a simple sweater like this.

No, it has to be hand-knitted!

What do you mean it has to be hand-knitted?

Oh, no.

Sonoko.

Come on, I just thought that a hand-knitted sweater would be warmer.

Sonoko, don't tell me that you...

Well, I kind of wrote in the last letter to him that...

"I'm knitting a sweater for someone that I care for."

But, I didn't think that knitting a sweater took so much patience.

I see.

So, you're planning to buy a readymade, hand-knitted sweater,

and give it to him, making him think that you knitted it for him.

Well, I have no other choice.

I can't back off now, can I?

Well, all right. I give you credit for your courage

of telling the person that you like how you feel about him,

so I won't say a word about the sweater.

What? I still haven't told Makoto how I feel about him yet.

What? But didn't you write him a letter?

That you're knitting it for the one you care for.

Maybe he'll take it to be that you have another boyfriend.

That's just it. That's the point.

What?

If he thinks so, that'll make him feel a bit flustered, won't it?

Just as he's feeling that way, he receives this parcel.

He will think, "What's this? A parcel from Sonoko?"

And he opens the parcel slowly...

It was actually a sweater I was making for you.

This is my "Love, love strategy."

I won't pity you if you get dumped.

Makoto is so reticent that unless I do something like this,

I'll never find out how he feels about me.

Although I know he is always worried about me,

but I'll need a lot of courage to ask him directly how he feels about me.

Well, Sonoko, but...

Ran, how about you?

Do you know how Shinichi feels about you?

What? Well...

See...

You want to know, don't you? You want to ask him, don't you?

Well...

I guess as a childhood friend,

if I said I didn't care at all, it would be a lie.

But...

But! But...

I want to ask him, and yet I don't.

That's how I feel right now.

I hope that's not what you're thinking dream lover?

I... I am thinking no such thing!

Excuse me.

May I go over to Pops who is waiting in the parking lot?

Sure, then can you tell Dad head to the spaghetti shop

behind the department store and wait for us there?

Hey... How about this one here?

I feel like I listened to girl's talk that I wasn't supposed to listen to.

Oh, no. What is that? Talk about dorky!

Right?

Gosh!

I wonder why girls like to waste their time

on things like shopping and talking on the phone?

That's right.

Look at those legs of hers.

Moreover, look at that super mini skirt, despite this cold weather.

What?

A ball pen is on the ground.

Maybe that woman who just came out dropped it?

We've got to go give it back to her!

Excuse me, miss.

You dropped this.

Get him!

Hold it... Give me a break!

You were after a serial culprit who goes after women

and beating them with an object.

Right, that's why Officer Sato dressed up like that.

But, the height of the culprit was publicly announced as being about 150cm.

You can tell that I'm not the man just by looking.

Well, the way you approached Officer Sato was so...

It's not what you could call all that normal.

I felt a bit of danger, you see.

How rude!

We've got a bit of a problem here, though.

Yes, the only thing the three women victims have in common

is that they were dressed flashily when they were attacked.

That's about all we know.

The place of attack is also scattered here and there.

Will you show me the picture of the girls again?

Yes, sir.

The first victim was Ms. Ryoko Mizutani.

One night, two weeks ago, she was hit from behind

while she was waiting for the light to turn green.

Therefore, she got off her car to complain,

but beaten with a metal bat.

The next one who was attacked was Ms. Hitomi Endo.

Late at night, 10 days ago,

she was struck with a metal bat

as she came out of the restroom of the park.

And she's Michiko Ishiguro, who was beaten last night.

She seems to have been struck

right after she came out of the phone booth.

Don't tell me that it was that phone booth...

Yes, that phone booth that we got a hold of you at.

Fortunately, all three are in satisfactory condition,

but the only thing common we can find

is that they were dressed quite flashily.

They say they have no memory of anyone having a grudge against them either.

Well, Mr. Mouri, any inspiration?

Well, if I had to come up with something...

If you were to come up with something...

All three are mixed-race and were raised in the jungle.

Well, it's hard to think that these three are ordinary Japanese.

How cute!

Their skin is super dark!

The one in the middle is ultra-dark!

They're called "Mountain witch girls",

girls wearing this kind of make-up are very popular now.

What? "Mountain witch"?

No way. Don't tell me you don't know about them?

Don't be ridiculous! "Mountain witch", right?

Of course I know about them!

What? Where's Ran?

She said she had to go to the restroom,

and ask me wait for her at the spaghetti shop.

But if the culprit is indiscriminately attacking those type of girls,

where do we start looking for him?

Right, we haven't had this kind of case before either.

No, there was a similar case in the past.

A series of high school girls were hit-and-run.

Very abhorrent case.

That was way before I became a police officer...

Let's go back and investigate!

Yes, sir!

I'll act as decoy once again.

No! No more decoy!

-What? -Let's go back and check

if there are no other things in common with the victims once again.

-Yes, sir! -Yes, sir!

See you, Mr. Mouri. Sorry for the mistake.

No problem.

Hello?

Ran.

What? You don't know where the exit is?

And where are you now?

What? The basement parking lot?

I don't believe it. How bad you can get at directions?

Sonoko, isn't that ring, necklace and bracelet the same ones

that the girls in the picture were wearing?

-What? -Where did you buy it?

I didn't buy it, it was given to me

at the department store we just went to.

Something about a "Millennium Sale",

when I showed my receipt at the exit,

I can choose any item for every 10,000 yen worth of shopping.

Hey, how about it?

They're wearing them!

Although they're only wearing one each,

they're the same accessories as those that Sonoko has!

Which means that the three girls...

They were customers at the same department store!

Hey, Sonoko.

What's the matter? Please answer me.

Sonoko...

Ran!

Hey, Ran! What's wrong?

-Ran, what's up? Answer me! -Dad...

What? A blood splattered woman is lying on the ground

of the basement parking lot?

The victim is Tae Aizawa, 20 years old.

She used to be a salesclerk at this department store,

but quit a year ago.

She seems to have been presently unemployed.

He finally kills at the fourth attempt.

Then, this was also committed by the same person.

Yes.

Since the characteristic of the culprit has not been made public,

and this is the basement parking of the department store in question,

so there's probably no doubt that it's the same person.

Then this could be the doings of someone

who has a grudge against the department store.

Tae...

Tae!

-Who is he? -He is her boyfriend

and was supposed to meet her in the department store.

"Noriyuki Shirakawa (24), Cook" -Something about his father

being the owner of the department store

and that he was going to introduce her to him today,

at the restaurant he is working as a cook at.

Who is that woman?

A waitress at the restaurant he works I hear.

"Yuri Konno (24), Waitress" -Her name is Yuri Konno.

She was his classmate in university,

and she used to give him advice when he needed it.

Advice?

Mr. Shirakawa's father seems to have been against him

going out with Ms. Aizawa.

Ran, didn't you see anyone suspicious

before you found the dead body?

There was no such person!

The only person I passed by was a security guard.

A security guard?

Yes, at the entrance of this parking lot.

A man somewhere in his forties, I think.

That's me!

"Yoshio Sadakane (43), Security Guard" -I just happened to leave my post

"Yoshio Sadakane (43), Security Guard" -to go to the men's room.

The culprit probably entered the parking lot during that time.

I'll bet you're the one who did it?

Dad!

I hear you working as a security guard

for a rival department store until six months ago.

"Haruyoshi Shirakawa (53)" -Don't tell me that

"Haido department store's owner" -they asked you to do this for them

in order to give us a bad reputation?

No way.

Well, Noriyuki, I guess this is a good opportunity for you to go

and find yourself a new girlfriend!

Next time, go find yourself a nice girl

who has no blemishes to her name!

Dad!

Noriyuki.

What did he mean by a girl with no blemishes to her name?

I think he's talking about the traffic accident

she caused a year ago in the parking lot.

Traffic accident?

Yes, she ran over a little boy here,

that's why she was fired.

I heard about it from Yumi in the transportation section.

A boy who was waiting for his mother in this parking lot,

ran out from behind a car and got run over.

Being in a parking lot, the car wasn't going fast,

but the boy got hit in the wrong place and died.

I think the boy's name was Akira Sakurai.

I see.

By the way, Noriyuki,

do you happen to know how tall your father is?

A little more than 150 cm, I think.

And how about you?

173 cm.

I'm 144 cm.

I'm 167 cm.

That makes the owner a possible suspect.

Yes.

He was capable of knowing that she'd be coming here too.

Excuse me, did your father come to the restaurant

where you were supposed to be meeting each other?

No, since he didn't show up at the promised time,

I had her go check on him to the parking lot.

I see.

Don't tell me that you're suspecting my father of having killed her?

Oh, no. Since a woman who was previously attacked mentioned

the culprit being about 150 cm, we just asked to be sure.

A woman who was previously attacked...

Then, is this the doing of that serial culprit after all?

Well...

What are you guys doing anyway?

You even know the height of the culprit,

and how come you can't arrest him?

If you had only nabbed the culprit,

Tae wouldn't have had to die!

Calm down, Noriyuki.

You police are to blame for Tae's death!

You police are no good!

Cut it out, Noriyuki!

No good...

You police are no good!

Why are you so surprised?

I'm saying I'll be the decoy.

It doesn't work out like in the movies, does it?

Inspector Megure!

-Inspector! -Are you all right?

Nothing, it's nothing.

I'm sorry, inspector.

Noriyuki's just a bit upset.

No problem. He's absolutely right.

Could we go over that side and cool off a bit?

All right.

I guess I'll get back to work then.

Thank you very much.

Well, did all the three women say that

the culprit was about 150 cm?

No, the ones who said so,

were the first and third women that were attacked.

The second woman

was suddenly struck from behind

and was passed out till a passer-by found her,

so she didn't get to see the culprit.

But, there is no mistake that the culprit is about 150 cm.

When we had them come to the station on a later date,

they both said that the culprit was just about their height.

How tall are the two girls?

Well, the first one is 151 cm and the third one 153 cm.

We measured them when they came to headquarters

so there's no mistake about it.

Hey!

Don't go talking about things you don't have to children!

I'm sorry.

Hey, Ran! You really saw no one suspicious?

No, I didn't.

I was just walking around here for a while looking for the exit,

but isn't there something strange, though?

What's strange?

That woman.

You think so too, Ran?

Right? There's something strange,

but I can't really say what it is.

There's something awfully strange about this woman.

Awfully strange?

Wasn't there something strange of

how the second woman who was attacked was dressed too?

This woman was attacked when she came out of the restroom

in the park after midnight, right?

That's right.

That's the picture that we took

when we went to the scene of the crime.

See. The restroom in the back.

If a passer-by found her, it means that she was alone, right?

But, she's wearing a man's coat!

That's my coat, I put it over her

because she looked so cold.

Then why was she at the park at night dressed so lightly?

True.

She said nothing about her jacket being taken away or anything either.

Come to think of it,

she's been in a state of confusion ever since the incident,

and we haven't been able to really get anything out of her yet.

You fool!

Young women nowadays to dress lightly!

But, she was wearing a no sleeve outfit.

She was dressed too light for the weather.

Maybe she was in a warm place to begin with,

and planning to go right back after go to the restroom?

A warm place?

Yes, for example,

like in a car or something.

A car?

Come to think of it, the first and third victims

were attacked when they got off the car.

And this fourth incident happened in a parking lot.

Cars are involved in all the cases!

Okay, Officer Takagi,

go check and confirm it with the second victim!

Yes, sir!

That sort of clears the suspicion off the owner, doesn't it?

No, we can't be so sure yet.

"Kiyonaga Matsumoto (54)" -Thanks for good work as usual,

"Superintendent" -renowned detective!

Superintendent Matsumoto!

Thank you for coming all this way!

Hey, Megure. The press is out there making a fuss

about this being the beginning of a series of indiscriminate murders.

Call it a day for now and come back again tomorrow!

But...

Let's do that, Inspector Megure.

We've already gotten to the point of knowing that

all the victims were probably riding a car.

If need be, I'll wear the make-up like them,

ride a car and try again.

I've already told you that I will not be using decoys anymore!

Superintendent. Please let me stay and investigate a bit further!

I know I'm close to getting somewhere!

Besides, I have this feeling that the culprit is still somewhere nearby.

Well...

Inspector Megure.

Don't tell me that

you're not dragging the you know what case inside of you yet?

That case that you sealed up inside that hat of yours.

No, I would never.

Really? Excuse me for the stupid question.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Thick, high soled-boots"

Tune in to the next episode, the secret of the hat!

I guess this'll be a "hat" case.

Inspector Megure, you mean a "hot" case, right?