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Friendship, love and mystery.

We stick it out because we believe promises will be kept.

They go off in great spirit for a big catch.

And get caught in an unexpected crime.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

Wow! It's fantastic!

What a beautiful lake!

Okutani Lake is called the sanctuary of bass fishing.

If things go well, they say you may even be able

to fish one as heavy as 5kg.

5kg?

Okay!

I'll eat to my heart's content and we'll win the match!

Genta, I think you've got it wrong.

No, I don't!

You're talking about the big-eaters contest, right?

Oh my.

Hey.

Ran and I are invited to attend a bass fishing contest

that is sponsored by Sonoko's father's company.

Genta and the others who hear of this

insisted that they wanted to participate in the contest too.

So, here we all are.

"Fishing Tournament Tragedy (Part 1)"

"Okutani Lake"

Oh, there you are.

Ran!

Sonoko!

Good morning!

Good morning!

Good morning! Thank you for inviting us here today!

What's this, what's this?

You guys know how to say your greetings!

Okay! Give it all you got today, you group of little shrimpies!

Well, I'm so sorry that we're shrimpies!

The brat with the glasses is here with you today too!

Well, sorry.

Mr. Mizui!

Sonoko.

What can I do for you?

These children are going to be entering the contest too,

so could you please register them right away?

Yes, all right.

Please write your names and addresses here.

This is Mr. Mizui from the head office.

She's my best riend, Ran.

Nice meeting you.

Oh! How do you do? I'm Junichi Mizui.

Nice meeting you!

Let's see...

I'm using this!

I'll take this, then.

What about you, Conan?

This one!

That? It looks like a hornworm and is gross.

But, Ayumi, it says here that

these soft baits are better for this.

Wow, this is interesting!

See, it looks just like a frog!

I didn't know there was bait like this!

Really. It sure looks like a real frog.

Oh, are you guys going to be entering the contest too?

Yup, we're going to win for sure.

"Saori Ayukawa (27), Contestant" -Oh, you two sure look strong.

Are you going to enter the contest too?

Of course! I registered long before at the reception desk already.

Don't be too hard on me, okay?

The champion and little fishermen.

"Toshihiko Funaki, Freelance Writer" -Thanks for the great picture.

See you guys, good luck.

Yes, we'll need it.

I shook her hand.

Maybe I shouldn't take a bath tonight.

Okay, shrimpies!

The contest will start soon.

What did you talk about with that woman?

She told us not to be too hard on her.

After that, she grabbed my hand firmly.

Ms. Ayukawa talked to you children?

Yeah, firmly, like so...

She sure is beautiful.

Do you know that woman?

She's the winner of last year's fishing contest.

She's that famous.

Yeah, that person who just came

is the next candidate for winner of this contest

called Takuya Masubuchi.

He won the contest the year before last.

The time now is 11:00.

We will be be starting the first day

of the Suzuki Cup Okutani Lake Tournament.

Please bring the five bass that you have fished

to the contest headquarters by 16:00 today.

Okay, let's give it a try!

We'll give it our best shot!

I wonder how this is going to work out.

Maybe a boat would've been better after all.

Bass are usually hiding where there are algae and fallen trees.

Okay, let's fish here!

Are you sure you know what you're doing, Conan?

Oh, it seems she's going to fish here too.

See. Even the candidate for winner thinks this place is the point.

Come on, let's get to it.

Okay, just leave it to me!

No good.

No luck here.

Maybe using a boat would've been better, after all?

How're you doing, little ones? Any luck?

-Not at all. -None.

I'm from Gekkan Bass, I write articles for this magazine.

My name's Funaki.

And, mind you, it's Bass, not bus.

Give me a break.

We know.

I'm interviewing because I'm going to be writing an article

on this contest next month's edition.

Right! Let me take you pictures and put it in the magazine!

Line up, all of you.

Okay, here goes. One plus one is...

You and me!

Ms. Ayukawa seems to be doing good.

I guess I'll go get a picture of her.

Hey, if it's not the place that's bad, it must be the lure.

I guess so.

Don't do this.

We're just going to take a look at what kind of lure she's using.

You stay here, Ayumi.

My goodness.

She got all kinds.

This is it! If we could only have this.

I wonder if we can fish with this.

Of course.

No, you can't fish with that!

We're sorry!

Try fishing with this.

This lure...

has a certain smell.

I'm sure you'll be able to fish something.

Thank you so much!

It's being pulled.

It's being pulled! Talk about strong!

Mitsuhiko, keep cool.

Cool head! Calm down and wind the reel.

-The other way! -Okay.

Right, that's the way, keep it up!

It's big, heavy, my hands are going numb.

A little more. Wind it slowly.

It's black, a bass! Now! There!

-This is... -This is it?

Oh, my!

Are you all right?

Show it to me.

No big deal.

Let me clean your wound for you.

Does it hurt?

I've got bandage so hold on, okay?

But, before that let's sterilize the wound first.

Okay.

Conan, you're late. I was worried about you.

Hurry and get your fish weighed.

What's the matter?

Aren't you feeling well?

Don't tell me, you don't have any fish to weigh.

You couldn't fish even one?

All four of you? 4 times 0, 0 fish?

Sonoko, don't laugh!

But...

We'd like to announce the results for the first day.

In first place is Ms. Saori Ayukawa who fished a total of

13524 grams!

All right!

Wow!

We moved places, changed lures.

All that's left is...

All that's left is luck! Yup.

Let's turn luck in our direction tomorrow

and aim for a counter win!

Okay!

I wonder if it'll go that well.

Just what are you talking about?

Cut out the stupid talk.

It's nothing to get all worked up over, is it?

Excuse me.

It's really huge, don't you think?

My friend fished it.

The person who fished this is called Mr. Kanie?

Yeah, Mr. Kensuke Kanie.

He was a skilled fisher.

How can you fish a big fish like that?

Because we've been fishing since we were kids.

If you start from now, Ayumi,

I'm sure that by the time you become an adult,

you'll be a great fisherman.

Really?

Maybe I should start right now.

Saori, why did you decide to start fishing?

My father used to fish,

so he used to take me along with him to rivers and lakes

since I was really little.

That's why I never went to amusement parks or zoos

until I entered high school.

What? Poor thing.

Oh, there you are, Ms. Ayukawa.

Wanna drink with me, in advance celebration of your victory?

No, thank you, I'd rather not.

Oh, are you saying that you don't want to drink with me?

Are you sure about that?

Are you sure that's what you really want to say?

I'm just kidding, only joke.

The thing is, I want you to tell me something.

I thought that while I'm here anyway,

I'd go and finish my work on Rail Mania too.

You know almost everything about this place, don't you?

Not really.

Please tell me and help me.

Please, Saori.

Okay.

Oh, that'll be a great help.

I'm indebted to you. Thanks so much.

He said, Rail Mania. I bought that magazine before.

He's a freelance writer,

so he's writing for many different types of magazines.

I see.

Conan, let's fish by boat today.

During this season, I'm sure the bass

are hiding behind things near the shore and waiting for bait.

No matter what your reasoning is,

we were fishing all day near the shore yesterday, and caught nothing!

So, today...

-We're getting on the boat today in order to win. -Right!

I'm going to fish on land after all.

I'm thinking of going some place else today.

Okay, see you then.

What about you, Ayumi?

What should I do?

Oh, Ms. Ayukawa!

Good morning!

Ms. Ayukawa, where are you going to fish today?

I'm planning to Kutanisuji today.

May I go along with you?

It's dangerous there, so I'd rather you don't.

Oh.

I'm sorry, Ayumi.

Good luck, all of you.

Kutanisuji.

Mitsuhiko, let's go there.

Let's take the boat and and beat her to the at Kutanisuji!

Good luck, all of you!

Let's go, Ayumi.

Okay.

Ms. Ayukawa!

Huh? Where?

Oh, true.

Ms. Ayukawa!

I should've gotten on the boat too.

A trolley!

Hello!

What? We hit something.

There was definitely a sound.

What could it be?

Could it be something used when fishing?

I've never seen something like this.

He's Mr. Masubuchi a candidate for champion, right?

Which means, this must be a good place to fish.

But even if the place is good...

Oh, but it's the second day,

I'm sure Conan and the others have fished a lot today.

I wonder.

It's just a little further upstream, right?

What's wrong?

Look, what's that?

I wonder what he's doing.

Maybe he sulked out because he can't catch fish and sleeping.

I doubt it.

What's the matter, Ran?

Conan.

A person is lying on the ground!

Ayumi, wait here, okay?

Oh, okay.

Mr. Funaki.

Kerosene?

If he slipped and hit his head,

there should be blood on the rock.

Search for it!

What is the estimated time of death?

He's still warm.

I'd say it's between 15 to 30 minutes.

He's so scary.

Oh, the ones who found him?

You guys are...

If I remember correctly, you're Smoky Kogoro's...

You mean Sleeping Kogoro.

Officer Yokomizo, thank you so much always.

-And, you are? -I'm a junior at Teitan High school,

Sonoko Suzuki.

I'm the presenter of this fishing contest

and here on behalf of the chairman.

Oh, you're the one who thrives on attention,

the daughter of the host of this contest.

Will you explain the conditions when you found him?

Sonoko and I were at the contest headquarters,

but we came walking along to check on Conan and the others,

then, we found Mr. Funaki over there.

So, the victim's name is Funaki?

Yup. He said he was a freelance writer for magazines,

and was saying that he was going to write an article

of this fishing contest for a magazine called Gekkan Bass.

Where were you kids?

I was upstream about 30m from here together with Ayumi and fishing.

When you were there, didn't you hear his scream or something?

Nope.

We didn't, did we?

We didn't hear a thing.

Inspector, may I have a moment with you?

Did you find it?

Well, we searched all over

but didn't come up with anything the victim could've hit his head on.

What? You couldn't find anything?

I was near Otakeiwa between 10:00 to 10:30.

Do you have anyone who can prove that for you?

I was right near him all the time.

Both of us were fishing together from early morning at Otakeiwa.

Where is this Otakeiwa?

Around here.

You may both leave.

Thank you.

Talk about gruff.

Only 30 minutes had past since Mr. Funaki had died.

It takes 20 minutes from the contest headquarters

to where the corpse was found.

Without using a boat, the only way to cross the lake

would be to use the path above the dam.

It would take more than 5 minutes to cross the dam,

so it would've been impossible for anybody

who was on the right side of the lake to commit the crime.

You're Ms. Saori Ayukawa?

Yes, sir.

Oh, are you saying you don't want to drink with me?

Are you sure that's what you want?

Will you please tell me where and what you were doing

between 10:00 and 10:30?

Yes.

I was going up the opposite way to Kutanisuji

from the crossroad of the main trail.

Is there anyone who can prove that for you?

We saw her!

We were on the boat,

but we definitely saw Ms. Ayukawa go into Kutanisuji.

Yes, we waved goodbye to her.

-No doubt about it. -Yes.

Okay, you may go back to the contest.

Thank you.

What about us?

You guys can go too!

You don't need proof of our alibi?

No, I don't! I don't have time for kids.

What a surprise.

He's the one who took our picture for us, right?

I wonder if that place is cursed.

Cursed?

Mr. Mizui, just what do you mean by that?

The thing is, half a year ago, somebody died there too.

Since there was no one around back then,

the case closed as an accident.

Who died?

A person called Mr. Kanie,

who was very intimate with Ms. Ayukawa and Mr. Masubuchi.

Kanie?

Kensuke Kanie, he was a skilled fisher.

Then, he was a candidate for champion too?

Yes. Just like Mr. Masubuchi, he was Ms. Ayukawas's father's student too.

Ms. Ayukawa's father?

He already passed away

but Ms. Ayukawa's father

is the person who spread sports fishing in Japan.

He established a fishing club and taught bass fishing.

Somebody died there 6 months ago.

This is no coincidence.

The murderer is most probably one of the two!

Next Conan's Hint:

"Newest model fishing pole"

The fish played peek-a-boo right now.

What a fish ball.

What a fish!