Original subtitles

Love and hate are brought together.

Through both reasoning and suspense.

Lost in the forest with a cold blooded killer.

Everyone's emotions shine brightly.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

Summer vacation is here.

Mitsuhiko has skipped the morning exercises and everyone is worried,

so we go his house to check up on him.

But according to his sister Asama,

he told her he was going camping with us

and he packed his backpack with sasadango and sun screen

then snuck out of the house early in the morning.

Thinking it suspicious, we start to ask around about him.

We finally track him to a forest in Gunma Prefecture.

I try many times to contact him on his detective badge

but he doesn't respond.

And while we're trying to figure out what to do,

we run into Detective Yamamura of the Gunma Prefecture Police.

The truth is...

I can't say this out loud,

but that veteran officer let a criminal escape

during the crime scene investigation.

It's that serial killer, Kiichiro Numabuchi.

Are you serious?

That killer we met in Osaka is here in this forest.

That's why you've got to hurry and leave.

But one of their friends is somewhere in here.

Hey, Conan.

We've got to let Mitsuhiko know about this right away.

Gosh! Why aren't you answering, Mitsuhiko?

It's beeping again.

It must be Conan.

I knew they'd come look for me.

But if I answer them now,

all my effort would have been in vain.

"Mitsuhiko Lost In The Woods (Part 2)"

Still no answer from Mitsuhiko?

No.

Maybe he fell asleep someplace?

Or maybe Numabuchi's already got him.

Hey, don't say that, Ai!

It's not completely impossible, you know.

The man hiding out in these woods is a cold blooded killer.

He went on a three day killing spree.

How do you know all that?

There was a big article in the newspaper about it.

He murdered three people.

-It's four people. -Huh?

During the interrogation, he admitted killing four people.

He said he buried the fourth victim here in this forest,

his mother is from this area.

So he was brought here from Osaka

and we were inspecting the crime scene since this morning.

But he couldn't remember where he buried the body,

so we had to dig and dig but we couldn't find it.

The detectives from Osaka left Numabuchi in our charge

and left to buy lunch, that's when it happened.

You let him escape.

I'll bet he was planning his escape all along.

But he didn't act like he intended to.

He was telling us about how he'd always come to this forest to play

when his mother came to visit her family.

What happened?

It's so cold!

It's a river.

Hey, are you alright?

Yes. I just got a little scratched.

Don't worry. You'll be fine.

The water that flows through this forest is clean.

When we were kids, we used to drink from this river.

My friends and I used to play here a lot when we were kids.

That's why I had an easy time talking to Numabuchi.

And you let him get away, you're a sorry excuse for a cop.

What a mess. We don't have a single clue.

How can we find him even I don't know where to start?

Well, I don't know if this will help.

You have three clues.

A lemony smell.

The names of the generals.

And the sasadango!

What are you talking about?

Mitsuhiko got scolded by some strange men

for mentioning the names of those generals.

He packed his backpack with sasadango

and came here smelling like lemons.

Nothing you're saying makes any sense.

But the lemon scent is a sure clue.

The smell's probably from lemon grass or citronella.

It's a common ingredient In insect repellant.

Insect repellant?

Bug spray.

Remember what his sister Asami said?

She said Mitsuhiko took the sun screen

that she'd bought on the shop channel with him.

You don't see it in Japan, but in some foreign countries,

they sell insect repellant that doubles as sun screen.

I see. Mitsuhiko applied the cream

not to protect himself against the sun,

it was to keep the bugs away.

Which means he meant to come here from the very beginning.

But why?

I don't understand the sasadango or the generals' names.

"Kibidango" would point to "Momotaro".

Nu... Numabuchi!

-Gosh! I'll get him! -Wait!

He knows this forest and besides, it's too dark.

We'll get lost if we go after him.

Our first objective is to find Mitsuhiko.

Right...

I didn't feel it just now.

I didn't feel a thing.

Why?

Amazing. He was hiding out in a tree.

He's like a monkey.

Yes, he is.

When he was a child,

he told me he used to jump from tree to tree.

He said he pretended he was learning to be a ninja.

A ninja?

It couldn't be, he...

Dr. Agasa, look after everyone!

Huh?

Conan!

Don't worry. I'll bring Mitsuhiko back with me!

Just you wait!

It's no use.

I can't go any further.

I should just give up.

Contact Conan and the others and let them know where I am.

Hey, Mitsuhiko!

That's Conan's voice!

I'm over here. Over here, Conan.

Conan...

Who are you?

Guess we're the same.

-Huh? -You and I.

We're the same.

Hey, Mitsuhiko!

Where are you?

If you can hear my voice,

pick up your detective badge and answer me!

It's dangerous in this forest!

There's a killer on the loose in here!

Give up what you're doing and answer me!

Mitsuhiko!

Gosh! Where are you?

If my theory's right, he's somewhere along this river.

Is it possible he's already come across that guy?

What's this?

You're the kid that was talking to Yamamura just a little while ago.

Detective.

Didn't you leave this forest with Yamamura?

But I think my friend's lost someplace around here.

Your friend?

Sir!

Sir! So here you are!

Hey. Why didn't you report that a child was lost around here?

Well, so many things were happening all at once.

By the way, sir! Big news!

What?

Kiichiro Numabuchi's been located!

-Really? -Are you sure?

So where is he? Has he been captured?

Come on.

You know I can't capture him all by myself.

He got away from me so easily.

So tell me, where was he hiding?

On top of a tree.

He climbed up the tree like a monkey.

When our eyes met, he jumped down and ran away.

And he ran off into the forest.

Isn't that right, Yama-san?

Yama-san?

And then, Conan said he'd go after him all by himself.

I wasn't chasing him.

I just had an idea where Mitsuhiko might be.

He's somewhere along this river.

Along the river?

What's along the river?

Are you talking about the treasure?

No. I just assumed that's where'd he be.

Conan's right.

It looks like he was by this river,

but I don't think we should go by that theory anymore.

See. This is the cap

I borrowed from Mitsuhiko at the last soccer game.

He didn't stop to pick it up after he dropped it,

which means he was in a big hurry.

You mean, Mitsuhiko's...

That bad man's caught him.

We've got to find him!

Okay. We've got to be careful, that boy might be his hostage.

-Relay this message to the others! -Yes, sir...

This is terrible.

If Mitsuhiko's running away, how do we find him?

Well, he couldn't have gotten too far.

The perspiration on the cap's not dry yet,

and it's still warm.

But Conan, you were yelling to him, weren't you?

Why didn't he answer you?

-He probably couldn't. -What?

Mitsuhiko probably arrived here just before noon.

We had to ask around, so we got here in the evening.

If Mitsuhiko got lost and was calling for help all that time...

I'm sure his voice would be hoarse by now.

He wouldn't be able to call out.

That's terrible.

But he's got the detective badge,

he doesn't need to talk so loud.

I know. If he contacted us with the badge,

we'd have been able to find him right away.

But that's if he could use his hands.

What?

Are you saying he's hurt his hands?

Calm down now.

Don't get so excited. Let's find him first.

If he's around here, I think we should start looking already.

But Mitsuhiko can't talk,

and maybe he's been captured by that bad man, right?

How're we going to find him?

Then let's go look for that killer!

But it's so dark

and I didn't get a really good look at his face.

Let's see.

According to the news, Numabuchi's characteristics are...

His thin eyebrows, sunken eyes.

Hollow cheeks, upturned nose.

His face is skeletal, just skin and bones.

His postures bad

but he's agile and fast, like an animal.

Then all we've got to do is look for somebody who looks like a skeleton!

Guess so.

But Ai, how do you know so much about him?

Hey, don't tell me Numabuchi's...

Yes. That's right.

Kiichiro Numabuchi was once a part of that group.

He was once one of your so called Men in Black.

But then he was just one of the small potatoes.

The organization hired him because he was agile.

I think they intended to train him to become one of their hit men.

But he turned out to be useless

so they were going to send him to me

so I could use him as a guinea pig to test my potions.

Are you serious?

That's why I know him so well.

Before he became a test subject,

they sent me his file, complete with photos and personal data.

He escaped before being sent to me

and since I dropped out of the organization,

we never did get to meet though.

He escaped?

I guess he got scared.

He realized how big the organization was,

so he ran and kept running from their influence,

afraid they'd catch up to him.

Poor guy, he killed three people

because he thought they were from the organization

and they were after him.

But then I feel no sympathy towards him

because I heard he killed some people for fun

before joining the organization.

I remember when he got arrested,

he yelled into the television cameras, "It's their fault!"

Yes, but no one believed him

and since he wasn't deeply involved with them,

the organization washed their hands of him.

But I don't understand.

Didn't you tell me once

that you could tell when someone from the organization

was around because of their smell.

That's right. That's why I'm worried.

I didn't feel anything back there.

My sister gave off a smell even before that incident.

That was my only danger barometer.

I must be losing it.

I'm getting too accustomed to this normal life.

I guess I'm getting soft.

Good for you!

What?

That proves you're becoming a normal human being, right?

Come on! We've got to hurry and find Mitsuhiko.

His probably dying to see

the smiles on you and Ayumi's normal faces.

Me and Ayumi's?

Yeah, because the reason he came here in the first place is...

Listen, don't you hear that?

That sounds like the detective badge.

It's getting louder.

It's getting closer.

Hey, Mitsuhiko...

Numabuchi!

Kii...

Kiichiro Numabuchi! I... I've got you!

Turn all those lights off.

Those lights are going to scare them off.

Them?

What do you mean? Are you saying your gang's here too?

That's right.

Be careful, because there's a whole bunch of them.

We're not falling for that one.

Good grief! We were so worried.

I'm sorry.

You sound bad.

I see your badge is working.

Why didn't you respond to our call?

I know, but my hands...

What's the matter?

You're hurt or something?

Wait!

-A firefly? -Yes.

A summer spectacle not seen in the city.

The old men who were scolding Mitsuhiko at the bus stop were probably...

the conservation group who come to this forest every Sunday

to protect the firefly.

Mitsuhiko probably asked them

for the location of this forest so many times,

they were afraid a lot of children would come

and trample through the forest they'd worked so hard to clean up,

that's why they got angry.

Because fireflies only live in clean water.

But Mitsuhiko was desperate, he had to find this place

so he followed them.

I see.

That's why he was acting so suspiciously on the bus.

He was following them.

Yes. He inadvertently pressed the same button they did

when buying the ticket at the train station,

that's why he bought the adult ticket.

But this doesn't have anything to do with any General's name.

Remember what the girl at the florist said?

She said it was either Uesugi and Takeda

or Toyotomi and Tokugawa either way.

They're rival generals, right?

And another group of famous rival generals would be

Genji and Heike.

Which brings us to Genji fireflies and Heike fireflies.

What about the sasadango then?

He'd moisten the sasa leaves then spread them out

in the bug container making a firefly holder.

He was going to put the fireflies inside

and bring them back with him.

Mitsuhiko did indeed manage to catch some fireflies

but he got lost.

His badge started to beep

and he knew we were here looking for him

but he couldn't use his hands.

That's why he couldn't pick the badge up.

Isn't that right, Mitsuhiko?

Gosh. If you were coming to catch bugs, you should've told us.

Don't be stupid.

He wouldn't have been able to surprise them

unless he kept it a secret.

On the way home after the fireworks display,

Ayumi and Ai said they'd like to see fireflies

at least once in their life.

What? You mean he...

He did for us.

Thank you.

It was beautiful!

But why'd Numabuchi...

He knew he'd be caught, so why'd he bring Mitsuhiko to us?

Who knows?

Maybe it's because he came here for the same reason Mitsuhiko did.

What do you mean?

He was in the tree listening to us.

He probably figured out that

a kid would come into the forest looking for fireflies.

And once he saw Mitsuhiko had his hands full,

he'd know for sure.

He probably lied about burying the fourth victim here.

He probably wanted to see them one more time before being executed.

See the old friends

he used to play with here when he was a child.

Hey, Ai. Did you see the news on TV yesterday?

There's so much excitement about a great discovery!

Really? Did they find Tokugawa's hidden treasure or something?

Of course not.

It's a legendary animal. Somebody's seen it.

I forget what it's called.

It wasn't "takenoko" and it's not "kananoko".

Tsuchinoko?

Yes, that's it!

I don't know what kind of animal it is

since they switched to another subject.

But wouldn't you like to see one too, Ai?

I guess so.

-Tsu... -Tsuchinoko.

If my memory serves me right,

there's been sightings in Gifu Prefecture

as well as Okayama Prefecture and Hyogo Prefecture.

I just remembered!

I'm going to go visit my uncle in Gifu soon.

I bet you're thinking of finding one so you can look good!

-And what's wrong with that? -Of course I do!

I wouldn't do it if I were you.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Letters in the sand"

Together with the duo from Osaka again.

They're so happy-go-lucky, I like them.