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A strong heart along with deduction and power.

And step into the essence with a strong rhythm.

The game is a killer!

It's time for another deduction show!

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

We were at a game arcade getting our photo stickers made,

that's when we run into Jody Santemillion,

an English teacher at Teitan High School

deeply engrossed in a shooting game.

At her insistence, Ran is set to compete in a fighting game

against a skilled gamer named Kengo Bito who beats her in no time at all.

But during the game with his next opponent,

Mr. Bito ends up getting killed!

There are four suspects.

Mr. Bito's opponent, Takayasu Shimizu,

the game arcade attendant, Hitoshi Dejima,

taxi driver, Toshitsugu Emori,

and Miss Jody.

Judging from the condition of the body,

I'm positive he was poisoned.

Which means, that person is the most suspicious

and the evidence is probably in there.

All that leaves are the needle or hypodermic syringe,

nothing like that was on the floor.

I doubt the killer would still be holding on to it.

The killer...

Where did the killer hide the weapon?

"Battle Game Trap (Part 2)"

I was picking up a 100 yen coin.

"Toshitsugu Emori (41)" -I want to get some coffee from the vending machine,

"Taxi Driver" -but I dropped the coins on the floor.

Sure, he was a creep

but I respected his skills as a gamer.

Sure you did.

He saw you make a mistake when you played that racing game

and he treat you like a fool in front of everybody.

Is that true?

"Takayasu Shimizu (30), Game Magazine Writer" -It sure is! He yelled out,

"You'd better not get in this guy's taxi unless you want to die!"

Well, you had a stronger motive to kill him!

After all, that guy was your precious sister's boyfriend.

His sister's boyfriend?

They were living together,

or you could say he was living off of her,

After all, as her brother, he is also a gamer, just like that guy.

I guess he can't complain about anything either.

And what about you?

You wanted him out of the way too, didn't you?

What do you mean?

"Hitoshi Dejima (22)" -Up until six months ago,

"Store Worker" -he had a pretty good reputation as a gamer

and known as "The Battler of Beika".

That was until that guy came along and thrashed him,

then he dropped out of sight.

Who would've thought he'd change his hairstyle

and start working part time in a game arcade?

Inspector! They found poison in the victim's blood!

What?

The name of the poison is tetrodotoxin!

The point of entry was the inside of his upper right arm

and it appears the penetration went up to the artery.

Tetrodotoxin? that's...

Puffer fish poison!

Tetrodotoxin, commonly called TTX.

0.5-1 mg would cause instant death,

that's 1/500th the amount needed for a deadly dose of potassium cyanide,

it's a crazy poison.

It is found in most puffer fish.

But when ingested by mouth, the symptoms progress slowly

and the rate of survival is quite high.

When directly introduced into the bloodstream,

paralysis sets in quickly and it's "The End"?

Miss Jody?

"Jody Santemillion (28)" -My friend, who's a doctor told me.

"English Teacher" -When I was coming to Japan,

"English Teacher" -I was warned about eating puffer fish!

I knew it. Now to find where the weapon is hidden.

At any rate, let's go back to the scene of the crime

and go over everything one more time!

Yes, sir!

I hope you will all cooperate!

Sure...

There it is again. It's that sound.

What could it be?

Hey, the shoe lace on your left shoe is coming loose.

Thanks, kid.

It's dangerous, you could've tripped.

It was that person, that person killed Mr. Bito.

The distinct features of these arcades

were used to commit the murder.

But one thing bothers me.

Why'd that person deliberately do that in front of the police?

Conan!

What's the matter, Conan?

Come on, hurry!

Inspector! We've searched this floor from top to bottom

but we haven't come up with anything needle-like

that could've been the weapon.

According to the film in the security camera,

none of the suspects left this floor until the police arrived.

Chances are high the killer still has the weapon, don't you think?

Yes.

We'll be taking you all into another room for a body check.

I'll answer all of your questions or anything you want,

but don't you think you're making a mistake by suspecting me?

He died while playing against me,

I didn't have a chance to poison him.

Well, that goes for me too.

I was close to Mr. Bito just to collect the coins in the machine

before the game started, that's all.

If you going to do a body check,

you should check Mr. Emori who was close to the machine

when he was picking up the coin he dropped during the game.

And the lady was next to Mr. Bito playing her racing game.

Hey, wait a minute! What are you talking about?

Miss Jody was playing the game the whole time,

she couldn't have stopped! Right?

Right! No mistake about it!

Besides, the inspection of the scene just now proved, didn't it?

If you're sitting here...

See? Your hands don't reach the chair next to you.

I don't think she could have done it.

Let me say something now.

The poison was injected under Bito's right arm, wasn't it?

I came up from his left side, I couldn't have done it.

Everybody just calm down.

This is just a formality, so please cooperate.

Sonoko, what's wrong?

Good grief, how disappointing.

Inspector Megure, what's up with you?

What?

The killer's smiling right in front of you,

and you haven't caught on yet.

What?

The poison's point of entry was the inside of his upper right arm.

As Mr. Emori himself pointed out,

he couldn't have done it because the only time he was close to the victim,

he was on the left.

We can also cross Mr. Dejima out

since he came in contact with the victim before the game started

and after that, the victim was seen talking to Mr. Shimizu.

And of course, Miss Jody was busy playing her game

and we were on the opposite side of the victim

so none of us could have done it either.

Then that only leaves...

That's right. Only one person remains.

You're the only one who could've done it!

That's right. Only one person remains.

You're the only one who could've done it!

Takayasu Shimizu.

You're the only one!

Young lady, do you know what you're saying?

You watched the video, didn't you?

You saw me getting beaten in the game!

How could I have poisoned him in the midst of all that?

It's no use to acting innocent.

You'll see how easy it is when we demonstrate!

What?

Ran and Detective Takagi!

Excuse me, but will you play that game?

What? -The answer will come to you right away when you do it.

Please.

Hey...

Are you going to allow this?

To let the police take orders from a young girl.

Well, you may not know it but Sonoko's pretty sharp.

It's starting!

Fight!

What? -That girl is getting a total beating!

That police is real mean.

Hey, Takagi, go easy on her.

Hey!

K.O!

The girl's had it.

Poor thing.

Ta... Takagi! I know how much you hate to lose

but don't you think you went overboard here just a little too much?

Sonoko told me to tell Detective Takagi what to do.

She said he would be the girl character

and that he had to blindfold himself with his necktie

and not do anything during the game, just go limp!

Then the one controlling the male character was...

It was me! Sonoko told me to do this.

Isn't that right, Conan?

Yes!

Do you mean...

That's right. Preconceived notion.

Everyone would assume Ran would be the female character

and Detective Takagi would be the male character, correct?

But it was actually the opposite

just like it was before.

Mr. Bito is "The Shisa of Beika"

and Mr. Shimizu is "Lutus from Haido".

Everyone assumed they'd use their own characters.

And on top of that, this game has no hit point gauge

so no one can tell who is which character just by watching the monitor.

Nobody would notice if they switched!

Are you saying Mr. Bito was killed before the game started?

Yes, Mr. Shimizu had already injected him and he was either dead

or the poison was just starting to take effect and he was semi-conscious.

Tetrodotoxin causes paralysis.

Even if Mr. Bito was alive during the game,

it would have been difficult for him to sit straight up.

But if that were the case,

someone was bound to notice something was wrong.

No, that's not necessarily true!

I let my body go limp,

but every time I took a hit, my arms and legs would move a little bit.

Unless someone was watching very closely,

it would look like I was playing the game!

And besides, these guards would keep his body propped up

so he wouldn't fall.

This is how Mr. Shimizu did it!

Before the game starts,

he goes up to Mr. Bito

and injects him with the poison.

While Mr. Bito is struggling,

he finishes the game he's in the midst of

and then starts the new game with the new character,

his character, Lutus!

Then all he has to do is go to another machine

and enter the game as Mr. Bito's character, Shisa and he's set!

Then you deliver a series of blows to an unmoving opponent

and everyone thinks you're getting beat up.

But why didn't he deliver the finishing blow at the end of the game?

Because if he had and someone ran up to Mr. Bito,

they'd see the words "You Lose" on his machine when in fact he had won.

If they ended in a draw, "Draw" would appear on the screen!

And in a draw, the game comes to an immediate end!

The character Mr. Bito used would remain unknown.

What about the weapon?

If what you're saying is true, it should be around someplace.

Where's the needle or syringe?

That's why we're going to do a body check.

Search all you want.

But if you don't find it, you're going to be in a whole lot of trouble.

Of course we won't find it!

You don't have the weapon on you anymore,

but I bet you didn't notice.

A certain something has been following you around.

What do you mean?

Mr. Dejima, could you please come here?

Sure.

What is it?

That's fine, you can go back.

Well...

Okay.

What was that all about?

Didn't you notice it, Inspector?

Every time he takes a step,

you can hear a strange sound, like metal scratching something.

-What? -What?

Do you mean it's on the bottom of his shoe?

Yes, Mr. Shimizu...

he put the used needle inside a cigarette,

then stuck some gum to it

and then put it on top of the gum wrapping paper

and left it on the floor.

Someone would step on it while they were watching the game on the monitor

and then the evidence would be carried to another location.

And it was done when he bent down to pick up the lighter he dropped.

If the cigarette is flattened,

you wouldn't really notice when you stepped on it.

And even if you did notice,

you'd just think it was rubbish

and throw it in the trash bin.

I suppose we'll just have to rely on Mr. Shimizu's good conscience

as to whether he wiped the poison off the needle before he got rid of it.

He probably prepared the cigarette trick before the crime

in the toilet of this arcade.

All he had to do was roll up the paper

and put it into the box of cigarettes,

then when he took it out, it wouldn't look suspicious.

I see.

So if we find Mr. Shimizu's fingerprints on this cigarette or paper,

then we'll have the proof we need.

I must commend you that was one terrific story

but unfortunately, this is a trap, young lady.

What?

Take a look!

Both the gum and the cigarette aren't my brand.

It's true.

Sure. I'm sure somebody's trying to frame me!

It's a well-known fact that I chew on gum

during the game to keep rhythm, it was even written up in a magazine.

Check if you don't believe me,

you're not going to find my fingerprint on anything!

Now I understand. That's what bothered me all along.

What?

I couldn't understand

why you would chew gum in front of the police

when you used gum to hide the weapon!

I'll bet you used someone else's gum and cigarette

from the ashtrays in this arcade.

You chewed gum so that you could use that excuse

just in case the needle was found.

You used the preconceived notion that

no criminal would deliberately incriminate himself to your own advantage.

But wouldn't his fingerprints he left behind when he injected the victim?

No, if the needle was placed between his fingers,

it would be possible to commit the crime

and not leave any finger or palm print!

That's right!

If you push the top and bottom of the cigarette box,

you could take it out without leaving your fingerprint.

But what about the coins?

Mr. Dejima.

Could you please open up the coin box on that machine?

Sure.

There should be 2100 yen coins in there if his story is true.

Because before Mr. Bito started the game,

Mr. Dejima had collected the coins already.

But I'm sure you'll find three coins in there!

What?

She's right!

There's three coins in here!

You... You're right.

One of them is the coin Mr. Bito put in to start the game,

another will be Detective Takagi's, he just finished his game

and the last one is the coin the killer put in

when he started the "camouflage game"?

That's right. Mr. Shimizu,

your fingerprints should be all over that 100 yen coin.

But we won't know until we have it analysed.

Sure we do.

The coins were collected before Mr. Shimizu got here.

He probably thought it wouldn't pose a problem

if a coin with his fingerprint was found in a mountain of other coins.

Another thing, unless he wore gloves,

he wouldn't be able to drop the coin in without leaving his fingerprint.

You'll find them. My fingerprints are on it.

I had a tight grip on it when I dropped it in.

That's because I intended that to be my last game.

Your last game?

Yes, I intended to bid farewell to these games as well as to that guy.

It was for my sister's sake, she's in the hospital and almost blind.

Almost blind?

Do you know how she got that way?

Vitamin E deficiency due to malnutrition.

Can you imagine in this day and age?

In order to repay the gambling debts of that guy,

my sister was working like crazy this past month and hardly ate anything.

But after all he put her through,

she still refused to break up with him.

I don't know how you could have played games with someone like that.

He told me that

if I won just one game against him, he'd leave my sister alone.

I practiced and got good enough to be called "Lutus from Haido",

but I just couldn't beat him.

And so you killed him?

Yes, but you know, Inspector? I regret it now.

That unbeatable character he controlled, Shisa,

I destroyed my chance to beat it with my own hands.

Sonoko, you were terrific, good job!

Sonoko, you were great!

You were just like Kate Martinelli!

Kate?

That famous female police officer in the America.

It's true, even Shinichi would've been impressed!

Shinichi?

The boy who appeared at the school fest!

He is so cool!

I wouldn't say that, all he thinks of solving crimes.

Well, Miss Jody, we go this way.

Goodbye, Miss Jody!

Bye bye, see you tomorrow at school!

Bye bye, cool guy.

Yes, that's right.

A lot happened.

You were right, I don't think I'll be bored.

I think I've got one of our targets.

Yes, he changed his appearance and going to school as if nothing happened.

Isn't that funny?

Little mister target.

That's right.

Rotten apple.

Shall I turn him into a rotten apple?

Next Conan's hint:

"Shelf"