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The rhythm of the wind sharpens the skill of deduction.

Alibis and tricks are unraveled.

A hike to the scenic viewpoint

reveals the hidden truth behind an unfortunate accident.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

"Mt. Kotengu"

"Scenic View Point The Tengu Nose"

"Any harmful act towards endangered species in the mountain"

"is strictly prohibited."

Who said there are lots of girls up here?

Not a soul, as far as I can see, man.

Well, the guidebook says

this place is quite popular among school girls.

Those reporters are so irresponsible and disgusting.

Sure, man. Sure thing.

You want me to go? Okay, I will.

Wait a minute, Hirai!

What's up?

The place is tricky.

You need to be very careful when you work.

You're quite right.

We may have another fatal accident, right?

Well, I'll bet you'd rather like to see me get into an accident.

Hold it there.

See you guys.

What's wrong with him?

Good morning, everybody.

There is a broken fence at the scenic view point.

Please be careful.

All right.

Thank you.

"The View Point With A Broken Fence"

Hold it. Wait for me, guys.

Why? So soon again?

We took a rest just a while ago.

Be nice, guys. We're not in a hurry.

Like we said, it's too much for you, old man, wasn't it?

Thanks for nothing.

I just worked too much lately and worked myself out.

Sure!

Well, Ran, let's leave the old man alone and go, shall we?

A good idea.

No, you don't! Hey.

Wow. What a beautiful sight.

Yeah.

He's the man we saw down there.

Right. What is he doing, there?

They said there's a broken fence.

He's probably working on it.

You're right.

Finally.

Oh. Hi, Pops.

You finally made it, dad.

He fell off.

Darn it!

Conan!

Watch out! What're you trying to do?

You want to fall off the cliff?

But...

Go down to the office and tell them about this, Ran.

Yes, dad.

Is anyone there?

What's the matter?

A man fell down the cliff.

What? Could it be Hirai?

Could be.

Anyway, how do we get below the view point?

This... this way.

Ran, call an ambulance and the police.

Sure, dad.

No good. He's already dead.

Hirai...

It's all my fault. My fault.

What do you mean, may I ask?

I asked him...

I asked him to fix the broken fence at the view point.

I should have gone...

If I do it myself, then this wouldn't have happened.

Why is it?

The two ropes that were left here are twisted

as if they had been tied to something for a long time.

Dad.

The police and ambulance will be here soon, they say.

Good.

Anyway, this seems to be an accident.

Let's leave everything here as is,

go back to the office and wait for the police to come.

Okay.

Conan, we are going back to the office.

Yeah.

What's this?

This...

is a spider's web and threads.

Why on earth is it here?

And where did he get it?

Just as I thought.

There was no spider's web around here and...

At the place where Mr. Hirai fell,

there are no traces of slip marks made by his boots.

It's as if he had jumped off the cliff.

Another thing puzzles me.

The ropes that were left beside the body

were twisted at both ends as if they had been tied to something.

If the rope was tied, then why Mr. Hirai fall to the ground?

And the way the ropes are twisted...

As if they have been tied in a knot for many hours.

Why did Mr. Hirai use that kind of rope?

It's just a hare.

An animal trail?

Conan is still out somewhere, dad.

Don't bother.

He is playing around somewhere nearby.

But...

Well, I'll go look for him.

There could've been an accident or something.

But...

Please stay here and wait for the police.

Don't worry. I'll be back with him soon.

Thank you.

He's a nice person.

Oh, dad!

This tree is...

the one that is sticking out from beneath the view point.

What's that?

A piton and a ring.

It's a mountain climber's piton and a snap ring.

Something strange is going on.

It's White-Eyes.

What's that?

Darn! I can't see clearly.

What're these?

Traces of spikes.

They're still new.

A rope can leave traces of scratch marks like this.

So it comes up to...

Hey. Conan!

What are you doing up there? It's not safe up there.

I was looking at the nest of White-Eyes.

Oh, you were...

The White-Eyes are protected birds,

it's better if you leave them alone.

Yes, sir.

You'd better come down right away.

I will, right now.

They are worried about you at the office.

Say, Mr. Kondou.

Your boots look very old, how come?

Oh, you mean these?

I got these when I was in college.

These are so comfortable

so I don't want to change them for new ones.

The only thing is that they're heavy.

Now I see it.

Just as I thought. This is a murder case.

And the culprit is this man, Mr. Eiichiro Kondou.

He pushed Mr. Hirai off the cliff

and made it look as if he fell off by accident.

He used these tricks.

I see.

Since there are eyewitnesses to this incident,

we can assume, as Mr. Mouri says, that this is an accident.

Yes, officer.

But if people keep falling off by accident,

you could be held responsible for the safety of the park, Mr. Kondou.

I have the responsibility, yes.

What are you talking about, may I ask?

Well, about a month ago, another worker of this office had an accident.

She fell off the cliff and died.

Oh, she did.

Excuse us.

We want to move and carry the body out, if you don't mind.

Sure, guys.

Well, everybody,

we need to draw up a report at the police station,

so please come with us.

Yes, officer.

Wait a while, everybody.

Dad?

What's the matter, Mr. Mouri?

There is some doubt about Mr. Hirai's death being an accident.

What's that, Mr. Mouri?

Ran, when the man fell off the cliff, did you see his face?

No. I didn't, dad.

You didn't. Conan says he didn't either.

And I didn't either.

That is, the man that fell off may not have been Mr. Hirai.

But if he was not Mr. Hirai,

where did he disappear to?

Mr. Kondou, you probably know that

there is a tree sticking out just below the view point.

-Is that right? -Yes, there is a tree

but it's not a large one

and I don't think it can hold a falling man by any chance.

True. It's unlikely that the man got stuck to the tree by chance.

If that someone actually fell off...

What do you mean by that?

The man at the view point did not fall off,

he jumped off deliberately,

so he could make the people who witnessed the fall,

think that they saw Mr. Hirai fall to his death.

So, this is a homicide.

Right.

This is not an accident, but a case of murder.

Then, who on earth is the culprit?

The culprit is the person who knew that Mr. Hirai

was expected to go repair the fence.

He is also someone who could prepare

the same clothing that Mr. Hirai wore.

In other words...

It's...

none other than you, Mr. Kondou.

Then it's like this,

Mr. Kondou pushed Mr. Hirai off the cliff,

then waited for Mr. Mouri and the others to arrive,

which after he jumped down on to the tree.

No, that way the time that Mr. Kondou jumped off

would be different from the time Mr. Hirai fell off.

Since we came up here as tourists,

we approached the view point completely

irrelevant of what Mr. Kondou had in mind.

That is, we could've arrived five minutes

after Mr. Kondou pushed Mr. Hirai over the cliff,

or it could've been one hour later.

Then, how on earth was he able to do that?

The tree.

The tree?

Yes. Mr. Kondou jumped onto the tree,

where Mr. Hirai was already was.

Mr. Kondou jumped down onto the tree

and pushed Mr. Hirai off the tree.

That explains it.

That way, there would be practically no time difference what so ever.

But how could he dare do something like

risk his life jumping off the view point like that?

Well...

I wouldn't say it was such a great risk.

Conan found a mountain climber's piton with a snap ring

driven into the rock above the tree,

just below the edge of the cliff at the view point.

Probably, early this morning or last night,

Mr. Kondou prepared two ropes and tied them to the snap ring.

He put one of the ropes through the tree below

and fastened the rope in place,

then he wound the other rope to the pole of the fence

and tied it in place.

When he saw us coming to the park, he chose us to be witnesses.

And told Mr. Hirai to go repair the fence.

Mr. Kondou saw us go, and then,

he ran into the path in the back of the office to short cut us.

The climbers' path to the view point is the long way around,

so it wouldn't have been difficult for him to get there before us

if he ran straight through the mountain.

Then he ambushed Mr. Hirai, knocked him out,

and put him on the tree beneath the view point.

He waited for us to arrive,

then took the rope that he had tied onto the fence,

tied it around his body as his lifeline, and jumped off.

Mr. Kondou who was suspended in air with the lifeline,

took the rope that was tied onto the tree,

untied the lifeline, let go of it,

then climbed up the rope he was holding and landed on the tree.

He then untied the rope as he previously did with the other rope

and let go of it.

In the end, he pushed Mr. Hirai off the tree.

You're talking nonsense!

It's a whole lot of nonsense!

Everything is your imagination! There's no proof!

I passed him out and kept him on the tree, you say?

You're talking nonsense.

If you have any proof, show me!

The nest of the White-Eyes.

You know that there's a nest of White-Eyes, don't you, Mr. Kondou?

Wha... what about it?

When the White-Eyes make their nest,

they collect twigs and weeds and bind them using spiders' webs.

There was a web on the right side of Mr. Hirai's body.

I saw a spider's web.

So, it's there, but what does it have to do with me?

I said, show me proof that I did it!

There were traces of metal spikes on the trunk of the tree.

The spikes of mountain climbing boots.

I've heard that because of improved quality,

mountain climbers' boots nowadays have no metal spikes

since they are slip-proof even without them.

Mr. Kondou, you've been using your boots since your college days.

Why?

Are your boots spiked, Mr. Kondou?

Darn it!

That Hirai, he kept on picking alpine plants

and capturing the protected animals

to sell them at premier prices.

She... I mean the worker who died, and I were after him

wanting evidence of what he was doing.

And that evening, we caught him in the act.

But, while I was struggling with him,

my arm hit her and...

She fell off the cliff.

Since then, Hirai has been blackmailing me.

I couldn't put up with him any longer.

But maybe this was all for the better.

I can finally amends for what I did to her.

I thought he had enough sleep already.

Apparently not.

What's the matter, dad?

Let me have them.

Hey, don't. You can't.

No, it's not what you think.

Just what're you peeking at, dad?

Well, it just so happens that...

You're looking through the binoculars of your own initiative

and you dare say it just so happens that!

Like I said, it just so happens that I...

What're you going to do if Conan gets interested

and tries to take a look?

I told you, it just happened to come into view!

-My. You dirty old man. -You obstinate dumbbell of a girl.

-I'm telling mum about this! -What?

Hey! This is none of her business, is it?

Don't blame me for what happens to you after she finds out!

Hey, you wait.

-No way! -Please. Ran, dear.

Pops, just what did you happen to see?

Next Conan's Hint:

"A nightingale"