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Inspiration flashes piercing through to the truth.

Once he gets going, nothing can stop him.

Let's relax and watch the stars tonight.

Let's shatter alibis as if they were shooting stars.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

"The Astronomical Observation"

"Nagano Prefecture Mt. Hoshimi Sanatorium"

"11:20 p.m."

A polar cap!

Ran, let me see too!

I'm sorry. Here, go ahead.

Wow! You can say that again.

Gosh, there are no shooting stars around at all.

Come on, Sonoko.

Why don't you quit looking for shooting stars,

and look through the telescope for a change?

No way.

I'm going to find a shooting star

and wish for a good-looking steady.

Gosh. Just what did you buy this fantastic telescope for

and bring it all the way here?

Well, isn't it strange to come look at the stars

and not have a telescope?

It's even stranger not to look through the telescope that you brought.

A shooting star!

What? Where?

It vanished.

I didn't get to see it because you were talking to me, Ran!

-Ran. -Yes?

How is it? Is it working okay now?

Mr. Eda. Thanks a lot a while ago.

Who is he?

He is Mr. Eda, an upper graduate of Tohto University.

He taught me how to use this telescope

while you were taking a snooze a while ago.

Hey, Eda.

Hello there.

If you've got time to be picking girls up,

start collecting data right, will you?

Come off it, it's nothing like that.

They are...

my upper classmen at the university, Koichi Nonaka

and Hiroshi Akimoto.

Hello.

How do you do? I'm Ran Mouri.

He is Conan, and she is...

Hello, I'm Sonoko Suzuki.

I love stars, so today...

Now I remember!

Weren't you on TV yesterday, Mr. Nonaka?

You were awarded this what-you-may-call show, weren't you?

Yes. I was awarded the Star Pioneer Award,

which is considered the Nobel Prize in the field of astronomy.

And I'm history's youngest recipient of this award, too.

Is it normal to brag about oneself?

What's with him, anyway?

Mr. Nonaka. Is the filming turning out all right?

Yeah. Only I'm so sleepy

that I came to get a cup of coffee.

Where are you filming?

There, by that TV broadcast tower.

That's pretty far.

But it's only takes about 2 or 3 minutes by car.

Akimoto and I are rolling our cameras

at the center of that broadcast tower and filming.

Since I received the award,

he bought the same type of camera I had.

Yeah. I've been using it since yesterday,

but after I got the same camera as his,

it's a lot easier filming.

Have you been here since yesterday?

No, I came here first

because of the stars that I had to film.

Hey, Akimoto. It's about time we get going.

-Yeah. -Give it your best shot!

Oh, right! If you look to the south around 11:30 to 12 a.m.,

you'll see an earth satellite shoot across the sky.

Really?

Yeah, I don't think you'll have any trouble finding it.

-Bye. -Hey, don't tell me you're picking up girls too.

Oh, come on.

Just as expected of Akimoto.

I know nothing about the orbit of earth satellites.

Ran, which do you prefer?

Oh, not again.

What did you guys come to observe anyway?

"11:50 p.m."

Oh, my neck's stiff and starting to hurt.

There is no earth satellite in sight, is there.

Mr. Akimoto.

Well? Did you get to see the satellite?

No, not at all.

What's up, Mr. Akimoto?

I'm filming between 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Since I have nothing to do during that time, I decided to come back.

Don't you have to keep watch over the ���m�֧ԧ�?

No. The filming that we are performing now

is called the fixed filming method.

That is, the shutter of the camera

is left opened for a certain duration of time.

That's why I don't have to be by the camera

while the pictures are being taken.

I know about it.

The stars come out in a straight line

when the picture is taken, right?

That's right. You're sure knowledgeable, Conan.

What is Mr. Nonaka doing?

He's back at the broadcast tower.

He has to take pictures starting from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m.

and from 12 a.m. to 3 a.m.

So, he has to operate the camera at 12 a.m.

That's right.

Why don't we take a look at him through the telescope?

I'll bet he's yawning away from sleepiness.

"12:15 a.m."

I can't really get a clear view.

Although I can sort of tell that someone is standing.

He's looking this way too,

and yawning just like I expected.

Nonaka fell.

Mr. Akimoto.

You have a cellular phone on you, don't you?

-Yes. -I'll rush over to Nonaka,

so you call the police and come right after doing so.

All right!

Hey, Conan!

"12:20 a.m."

Mr. Akimoto.

Mr. Nonaka!

Too late.

Nonaka.

"12:25 a.m."

So, it's over here.

The railing is low

and the ground is slippery from night dew.

So, this is an accident after all.

What's this?

A ball of wool.

Why would something like this be in a place like this?

This scratch is still new.

The paint that has peeled off also looks unnatural.

The release button on both cameras are pressed down.

Which means they are still taking pictures.

Conan, you should know better than to run around on your own.

Mr. Akimoto.

These cameras are yours and Mr. Nonaka's, aren't they?

Yeah. The one over there is Nonaka's,

and this one is mine.

I guess this is no time to be taking pictures.

12:30 a.m. end of filming.

12:30 a.m. end of filming.

So, this has turned out to be Nonaka's last pictures.

"2:00 a.m."

All set.

Roger.

So, you all witnessed Mr. Nonaka fall from there?

Yes...

I was watching him through the telescope,

but it looked to me as if he lost his balance

when he leaned out over the railing.

Do you have the exact time that he fell?

I'm sure it was around 12:15 a.m.

I was looking at my watch every so often

because I wanted to see the twin star.

Mr. Detective.

I think that Mr. Nonaka was standing more to the right.

You must've seen wrong because it was dark.

Oh, I wonder!

These are the pictures that were taken by Mr. Nonaka.

From the results of what the specialists came up with,

this picture was taken from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m.

And this from 12 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.

It's been confirmed that these pictures

were taken at the broadcast tower.

Mr. Akimoto, you closed the shutter of Mr. Nonaka's camera

at 12:30 a.m., is that right?

Yes, that 's right.

Judging from these two pictures,

Mr. Nonaka probably operated his camera at 12 a.m.

and started his second filming then at 12:15 a.m.

He slipped on the wet ground and fell.

There is nothing suspicious about the site either.

There seems to have been none other than yourselves

who have gone in and out of here too,

so we'll have to say that this was an unfortunate accident.

No, this is not an accident.

Mr. Akimoto is lying.

How were Akimoto and Nonaka getting along?

When they were talking about the Star Pioneer Award at the roof,

I was a little worried

because Mr. Akimoto looked angry.

Oh, that... Mr. Nonaka's to blame.

The research that he was awarded for was actually

a joint research that they were both working on together.

But Mr. Nonaka went ahead and introduced it as his own.

What? I could never do observation

with somebody who did something like that to me.

Me neither.

But Mr. Akimoto is the one who set this observation up,

saying that he's not bothered about the award.

What did you drop, Conan?

Oh, the button of my jacket.

I wonder where I dropped it.

Even if Mr. Akimoto were to be the killer,

he was watching Mr. Nonaka fall to his death at 12:15 a.m.

together with all of us.

No, wait a sec.

What we saw was the figure of a person.

We didn't actually see Mr. Nonaka.

A thing that looked to be the figure of a person.

Even if it were a doll, we couldn't have made out the difference.

No, that's not it.

There was no doll when we got here.

Mr. Akimoto may have arrived here before us,

but he was still in his car when we got here.

It'd have been impossible for him to hide the doll.

Besides, somebody was always near Mr. Akimoto

since Mr. Nonaka fell to his death.

Huh?

What's the matter, Mr. Eda?

I dropped my car key.

Oh, there, I found it!

That's an example of overlooking something worth while close at hand.

I got it!

It's over there!

Thank you, Mr. Eda.

Just as I thought!

He could do it if he used that method.

But I've got no proof.

And besides, those two pictures...

I'm sure there's some kind of trick to those pictures.

What a bummer.

There's an accident, I don't get to see shooting stars.

-What luck. -Sonoko!

I've found it!

I've found decisive evidence.

Thank you for your cooperation

despite the late hour, everyone.

We are quite positive that this is an accident, so...

I guess I didn't get enough sleep.

Hey, Sonoko.

What's the matter, Sonoko?

I'm fine, Conan.

Mr. Detective.

What is it?

Mr. Nonaka death is not an accident.

He was killed by Mr. Akimoto over there.

What?

When Mr. Akimoto went back to the broadcast tower

with Mr. Nonaka at a little after 11:30 p.m.,

he pushed Mr. Nonaka over and killed him.

He told us about the earth satellite

to divert our attention to the opposite side

so that we wouldn't see him committing the murder.

But, didn't you all see Mr. Nonaka fall?

We did see a doll fall, not Mr. Nonaka.

A doll?

Yes. Mr. Akimoto placed the doll a little distance away

from where he pushed Mr. Nonaka over,

and fixed the doll onto the railing using a strong string,

such as a fishing line.

As proof of that,

there is a brand new scratch on the railing.

And at 12:15 a.m.,

the doll was dropped by the timer that was set to it.

Mr. Akimoto made us witness that event,

as well at witness it himself,

thereby setting up a perfect alibi for himself.

What a thing to say.

When you all reached the broadcast tower,

did you see any doll there?

Yes, there was. Under your car.

Arriving at the broadcast tower a little before us,

you drove right over the doll and stopped

so that we wouldn't see it.

And while we were all absorbed in Mr. Nonaka's corpse,

you threw the doll into your car.

The doll that you made using an orange blanket and fishing line.

That's no more than your deductive logic.

I did indeed use the orange blanket that was in my car.

But I used it to wrap myself in it

because it was so cold at the broadcast tower.

Although you were the first to reach the broadcast tower,

you were the last one to go up to Mr. Nonaka's corpse.

Nonaka.

What on earth were you doing?

Well... But, Sonoko,

aren't those two pictures proof

that Nonaka was alive until midnight?

It's true that someone needs to be near the camera to operate it.

Which means that it would've been impossible for me

to operate the camera since I was here all through

besides Sonoko and the others from 11:50 p.m.,

much less kill him...

If you still insist on me being the killer,

let's have you show us some legitimate evidence.

Detective Yamada.

Mr. Akimoto's pictures that you requested are ready.

Mr. Akimoto's pictures?

I asked Conan to relay the message.

Those pictures are the evidence.

What?

What on earth are you talking about?

Investigation officer, please compare the pictures

that were taken by Mr. Nonaka from 9:00 p.m. to midnight,

to the ones that were taken by Mr. Akimoto.

All right.

This one is Mr. Akimoto's picture.

What is this?

A shooting star.

You saw a shooting star

going across the sky to the north, didn't you?

Although I didn't get to see it.

Yes, I did.

Mr. Akimoto and Mr. Nonaka were supposed to

have been taking pictures at the same time, of the same direction.

And yet, the shooting star is in Mr. Akimoto's picture

and not in Mr. Nonaka's.

This proves that Mr. Nonaka's pictures were not taken today.

If so, it would mean that Mr. Akimoto's alibi is not reliable,

despite his having been here at the roof.

Exactly.

Mr. Akimoto.

You took those two pictures yesterday

with the same camera that Mr. Nonaka had

in order to take pictures under the exact filming conditions as today.

This is a crime that only you who knew

about Mr. Nonaka's filming plan could've committed.

And after you pushed Mr. Nonaka over today,

you set the blanket up,

took the film out of Mr. Nonaka's camera

and exchanged it with the film that you had already used yesterday.

But there was a defect to this trick.

That is the sound of the shutter.

The sound of the shutter?

Yes. After the film is exchanged,

you can't leave the shutter open.

That is, you can't leave it in the filming mode.

If you do so, the pictures that were taken today

would double expose on yesterday's pictures,

and the trick would be revealed.

That's why he had to leave the shutter closed.

I see. When he pushed the shutter at 12:30 a.m.,

there was a possibility that someone would notice

there was no sound when he did so.

I'm sure that Mr. Akimoto figured that

everyone would be so upset over Mr. Nonaka's death,

to notice such a thing.

But Conan noticed it.

Yes, the shutter made no sound back then.

It did seem like Mr. Akimoto was trying

to keep everyone from noticing by shouting though.

That means that Mr. Nonaka's camera

was not taking pictures, right?

But still, Mr. Akimoto mentioned that

he closed the shutter at 12:30 a.m.

Besides, the pictures of the stars up to 12:30 a.m. are taken.

So, I was wondering what was going on.

The picture wasn't being taken

and yet, pictures of them exist.

And, you, Mr. Akimoto are the only one

who could've done something like this!

Since when did you start suspecting me?

When Mr. Nonaka fell,

you made Mr. Eda call the police, didn't you?

We would usually call an ambulance first.

You made him call the police

because you already knew that Mr. Nonaka was dead.

You're really some girl.

So, Mr. Akimoto,

you never really forgave Mr. Nonaka after all.

It was my dream to be awarded the Star Pioneer Award.

I didn't care if the research was a joint project if to receive it.

But that Nonaka had the nerve to hog the award all for himself.

I could never forgive him!

I never even noticed a shooting star

going across the sky to the north at a little after 11 p.m.

I was too busy looking towards Nonaka that I was going to kill,

that I wasn't even looking at the sky.

Did I sleep well?

You're really something, Sonoko.

Your deduction this time was as fantastic as always.

Huh?

It's morning already?

Right.

I was hoping to see a shooting star once more

while it was still dark!

My prince of the stars has fled!

I wouldn't be surprised if he did.