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A strong heart along with deduction and power.

And step into the essence with a strong rhythm.

Today's episode is a unique type of mystery story.

Flourishing business is the entrance to a criminal 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!

"The Secret To A Successful Business"

"Teitan Elementary School"

A suspicious man?

Your family has a diner's business, right?

I know. Manpuku Diner's.

The shop is dark, dirty

and because everything tastes lousy, it's always empty.

Oh, I'm sorry.

And, in what way is that man suspicious?

He suddenly came around 2 months ago.

My name is Yuji Kamekura.

I owe the shop owner who passed away my gratitude.

To my deceased husband?

What kind of gratitude?

It's something so great that I could never express it in words.

So, in order to pay the master back,

I'm wondering if you'd let me stay here

and work for you as a token of my gratitude, yes.

You mean you want us to let you live here?

We can't afford hiring anyone.

I'm not asking to be paid.

I just want to pay him back for what he did for me.

Please let me.

Okay, I've got to get to work.

So saying, he forced his way into our house.

But, something is definitely strange.

Because grandpa who passed away, was stingy

and had a bad personality.

He would never do a favor for anybody.

I'm sure that man is up to something.

That's why

I want the Youth Detective Squad to find out what it is.

Shoots. I thought it was going to be an interesting case,

but it's nothing but a liar trying to freeload.

I smell something super fishy that made lead to a crime.

-Same here. -I do too.

Yes, it smells, really smells super fishy.

Haibara?

All right. It's show time for the Youth Detective Squad!

Give it all you've got, Edogawa,

because I unfortunately have other commitments.

Bye-bye.

Hey, don't walk away like that, no fair, Haibara.

What? You mean, this is Manpuku Diners?

-So, what? -The shop's so pretty now.

Look at all those customers.

It's because of that man.

We got no customers at all again today.

As usual...

After all, there are loads of delicious and nice diners so...

We can't go on like this.

Okay. I have experience as a cook

so I'll give you special training in cooking.

And, let's renovate the shop

to make it brighter and more cheerful.

Renovate the shop?

I'll dish out all the cash.

Please don't be hesitant because all I want to do is

repay the favor that was done for me.

And the shop started doing unbelievably good.

What's so suspicious about all that?

He dished out his own money to renovate the shop

as a token of his gratitude, right?

He's a nice man.

I got it.

He's going to make good business

and split after taking all the money.

Is that what the man's thinking?

If he wants to split with the cash,

why should he help the shop make money, then steal it?

Wouldn't it be faster for him to pick

a flourishing shop to begin with?

Oh, yeah.

Smell of a crime, my foot.

-Just what does that mean? -What?

Researching new menu, absolutely off-limits, Kamekura.

The man's in the room from morning to night

thinking up new menus.

He won't even let us in, saying that it is a secret

until he completes the menu.

Rintaro!

We're busy, so if you're home, you've gotta help.

Come on, say bye-bye to your friends.

I see.

If the shop gets busy, the members of the family

will have to stay at the shop all day.

In the meantime, the one who proposed all this

stays secretly confined to his room.

This sure sounds like the pattern of The Red-Headed League?

It can't be.

I've got it.

I'm sure that this is the pattern of the Red-Headed League.

Oh, The Red-Headed League.

What's that?

The Red-Headed League is one of the most famous

among the 600 stories of Sherlock Holmes.

A man who sneaks into a shop as an employee,

gets the shop owner to step out of the shop

by telling a clever lie.

In the meantime, he digs a tunnel underground towards the bank

in an attempt to rob it.

It is a masterpiece that describes

a very bold and bizarre crime.

Thanks for the explanation.

But, I'd like to add that it was written

more than a hundred years ago.

I wonder where in the world today

you can find a criminal so patient

who'd dig a tunnel in order to steal valuables.

What are you guys doing?

If he's digging a tunnel, we should be able to hear something.

Stop acting silly.

I'll go check it out for you!

Check it out?

-Is he the one? -Yes.

What is it, Rintaro?

Well...

We're sorry to bother you when you're busy.

You must be the God of Fortune because the minute you came,

the shop is so busy.

I came wanting to see what the palm of the God of Fortune looks like.

The palm of my hand?

Oh. Sure.

Go ahead and take a look at it.

This is...

This can't be... hey.

Hey, it was, wasn't it? The hand of a criminal?

That's not what I checked for.

He had a lot of blisters and callus on his hand.

It's the hand of one who uses a shovel.

It's hard to believe

but I'm sure he's digging a hole under the house.

I told you so.

You're fantastic, Mitsuhiko.

Too bad Mitsuhiko got the credit this time.

But can something like this really be happening?

The thing is,

where is the tunnel that he's digging headed towards?

Conan?

I see.

The closest bank from Manpuku Diners is here.

But, it's closed.

This bank's been closed down since a week ago.

So, it can't be here.

Wrong again. You seem to have swung at air again, Conan.

Another place near here that could be a target would be...

There's a jewelry shop.

It's impossible for any thief

to steal anything from our shop.

Because this place is protected by a fail-proof security system,

thanks to a bitter experience in the past.

A bitter experience in the past?

We've been robbed before

of 3 billion yen worth of jewelry

and the robber hasn't been arrested yet.

A jewel thief and the thief hasn't been arrested yet?

Maybe this could be...

When were you robbed?

Next month makes it exactly 5 years ago.

I guess not, then.

A jewel thief

and a suspicious man who is secretly digging a hole underground.

This could be...

Mitsuhiko?

Hey, Mitsuhiko,

don't tell me that you're thinking that.

Mitsuhiko!

Well, I've got to go because I'm busy.

Thank you.

What were you asking her, Mitsuhiko?

I've solved the mystery.

That man called Mr. Kamekura is the one

who stole the jewelry from that jewelry shop

we just went to 5 years ago.

-He's the jewel thief? -Really?

I'm sure my deduction is correct.

I thought so.

But, that deduction's a bit too farfetched.

However, the thief is no dunce.

If he sells the loot immediately, he'll be caught,

and it would also be too risky to keep the loot

with him right through.

Therefore, he buried the loot somewhere

right after he stole it, for the time being.

He happened to bury the loot right

under Rintaro's house that was being re-built back then.

The house was being re-built?

Oh, so that's what you were asking the lady a while ago.

Right. So, Kamekura forced his way into the house

as a live-in employee, in order to gradually dig out the loot.

Mitsuhiko, you're awesome.

What a perfect deduction.

I mean, it's not that much of a big deal.

No need to be shy, renown detective.

Why would he want to dig it out now,

after leaving it buried for 5 years?

Don't you get it, Conan?

He was waiting for the statute to expire.

The period of prescription expires in 5 years.

Which means he can soon hold his head up high

and sell the loot off.

That only goes for criminal cases.

The period of expiration for civil affairs is 20 years.

Which means even if he digs it out now,

he won't be able to own the jewelry.

We don't know of such complicated rules.

If we don't know about it,

I'm sure the thief doesn't either.

Hey.

You're just argumentative by nature, aren't you, Conan?

Mom always tells me that

it's important for people to accept things without argument.

That's not the point.

Let's go tell the police that he's actually a jewelry thief.

Don't! There's no evidence!

You'll just end up embarrassing yourselves!

Shoots, okay.

All we've got to do is catch him in the act, right?

Just what do you intend to do?

I'm going to set up a trap.

A trap. Hey.

"Manpuku Diner"

Oh, it's you.

You want to see my palm again?

We know about everything.

What?

You can deceive the eyes of we the Youth Detective Squad.

Good-bye.

Good-bye.

So, now all we do is wait for him to fall for it.

What kind of trap is that supposed to be?

He'll panic, get flustered

and commit himself right away, for sure.

Sure.

It's perfect.

Where in the world would there be an adult who'd panic

just because some grade schooler takes a jab at him?

"The Next Morning"

What? Your whole family

is going on a 2 days 1 night hot spring trip?

Yeah, Mr. Kamekura suddenly recommended

father and the others to take a trip.

He said that we should go on a trip and relax

since we haven't had a day of rest

after the shop started getting busy.

And of course Mr. Kamekura's not going, right?

Right, he says just our family should go and enjoy ourselves.

He's making the entire family leave the house

and then is planning to dig it out all at once.

I'm sure that's it.

Like I told you, Conan, he fell right for the trap

and started making his move.

It can't be.

Can this really be happening?

I don't have the slightest idea what's going on.

You seem to be completely lost.

Well, where in the world are there criminals

that will make moves just because they're pushed from behind

by a bunch of grade school kids?

And, there are other things that I don't get either, like...

Kudo, maybe the man you're dealing with

is very different from the criminals that you've handled so far.

In what way?

He's an unsophisticated person.

It's even harder to understand!

Conan seems to have lost a lot of confidence.

Yeah, he's so off this time.

I hope he doesn't get sulky and become a juvenile delinquent.

It's possible.

That doesn't sound good at all.

"Temporarily Closed"

Are you sure you don't want to come along?

No, because a friend of mine

has been bugging me to spend the night at his place.

Have a nice trip.

In the past, going on a trip to a hot spring was unthinkable,

even for a day.

This is all thanks to business flourishing.

Rather, to Mr. Kamekura.

I'm really glad that such a good man has come.

Okay, everyone's left.

Now, all we have to do is wait for Mr. Kamekura to come home.

Are you going to wait one whole night if he doesn't come back?

What are you going to tell your parents?

He's back.

So, we go in there when the time is right

and use this key that I borrowed from Rintaro to go inside,

and catch Kamekura in the act.

I see.

Conan, you're not your spirited self.

I've been digging day after day,

but I haven't seen a glimpse of anything.

I shouldn't have buried it so deep.

There it is.

I did it.

I did it, the loot, the loot.

That's it, mister.

We have clearly confirmed the jewelry that have been buried.

I'm sorry.

Oh, well, we're not the police.

Come on, Conan.

Huh? Come on, what?

Aren't you going to thrust your deduction at the criminal?

We'll let you have the best part.

Because you had no room for highlight this time.

I've got nothing to thrust at him.

Come, get on with it.

Give it your best shot, Conan.

Mr. Kamekura, 5 years ago, you broke into a jewelry shop

and stole 3 billion yen worth of jewelry.

Exactly.

See, he admits it.

But, I'm no dunce.

I knew that if I sold them off right away, I would be caught, so...

I had my eyes fixed on

the re-building construction that was underway.

I buried the jewelry under the floor and fled.

Then, I worked day after day so the police wouldn't suspect me.

I endured everything, being shouted at, being hit and all.

All my friends couldn't bear the apprenticeship

and quit one after the other.

But I stuck it out.

Thinking, 5 years. After 5 years,

the 3 billion yen worth of jewelry will be mine.

This was what had kept me

going through all the tough times.

And, finally the 5 years that I've waited for all this time had come.

I just couldn't wait till the time expired,

I just had to dig it up as soon as possible.

You figured that if you worked here as a live-in employee,

you'd have the chance to dig it out.

But, it didn't go that easily.

Since there were no customers, the shop was always slow

and the members of the family

were always rolling around on the floor.

If this keeps up, you'll never get around to digging up the loot.

Having no other choice, you renovated the shop

with the money you had saved working,

taught them the cooking that you had learned under apprenticeship,

and by making business flourish,

you succeeded in chasing the entire family out of the living room.

You were finally able to work on digging up

the jewelry that you buried.

Isn't that right, Mr. Yuji Kamekura?

It's exactly as you say.

-And I thought so. -Our deduction was right on the ball.

I just can't figure it out, please tell me.

Why did you rush to dig it up,

just because a bunch of grade school kids pushed you from behind?

I'm really chicken.

Even if you're only in grade school,

the minute I heard that you guys were the detective squad,

I got scared.

I see.

What's there to be afraid of?

An adult being afraid of a detective squad

made up of a bunch of pip-squeak kids!

If you had thought up sending them off to a hot spring trip,

why didn't you carry it out in the first place?

It would've been faster, cheaper and easier

if you just gave them a voucher for a trip

and send the whole family off, than to go out of your way,

dish cash out of your own pocket, renovate the shop,

and help it flourish!

Oh, that's true.

That's right.

I guess so, now that you mentioned it.

You guess so?

It never even dawned on me.

What?

I guess the case is closed.

Haibara?

Convinced?

Haibara.

Didn't I tell you that

the person you're dealing with this time is unsophisticated?

They've come. I called them.

I wonder if they'll award us with

the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Commissioner Award?

It would be nice if they did.

Sure would.

I'm pretty sure they will.

After all, you've carried out a fantastic good deed.

Really?

I suppose we did.

I hate this.

I don't feel a least bit good even after the case is solved.

I hate it!

We received a letter of thanks award from the police

for cooperating in the arrest of a jewelry thief

just before his duration of prescription was about to expire.

We did it, didn't we?

Yep. It was really easy this time.

I've got something I'd like to tell you guys.

Not all the criminals are going to be a fool like this one.

It's dangerous just barging in, just us kids.

Be more careful next time, understand?

Huh? You sure don't sound like your usual self, Conan.

Conan, so you're that vexed that we got the upper hand this time?

Genta. Don't talk like that because Conan is hurt.

Conan, cheer up.

I'm so sorry, Conan. That's a good boy.

You idiot. I'm a specialist of decent crimes

where brains clash against brains and emit sparks!

Next Conan's Hint:

"Game characters"

Sonoko will appear in the next episode after a long absence.

Hi, long time no see. I'm Sonoko.

Who are you?