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Friendship, love and mystery.

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

The three kimono beauties are the suspects.

Solve the mystery of the mole on the chest.

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 Little Client (Part 2)"

No murder weapon?

Well...

"Tomoka Saegusa (28)" -I can't believe it.

You haven't even found the murder weapon.

We're going back to work then.

Wait!

I'd like to question you all later,

so please wait in another room till then.

If you insist that we wait, I guess we will.

"Toshika Bessho (29)" -But I won't answer

no matter what you ask me.

"Mitsu Kusano (34)" -There's nothing suspicious about us.

We were just taking an outdoor bath,

so we're not going to let you treat us like criminals.

An outdoor bath?

Yes, it seems that they all took a bath at about 11:55 pm,

which is around the time of the crime.

Then, about 20 minutes later,

Mr. Mouri went in as well.

What? He went in?

Don't tell me you peeked into the women's bath?

It's for both men and women.

I see. Just because it's for both women and men,

it doesn't mean that you can go ahead and look in, you know!

I'm telling you! So listen!

I just thought that if somebody was already inside,

-I'd be lucky... -Huh?

Isn't this movie the one that Kazuki acted in?

Why is something like that found over here?

It's the video that Mr. Kamoshita rented.

They rent out movie videos here at the inn.

Give it to me.

Let's take a look at it.

Mr. Mouri, we don't have time to watch that.

Some clues could be hidden in it, right?

It looks like a scary movie.

It's only kid's stuff.

Don't worry.

Your mother's not the killer.

I'm not worried about that lady at all.

Kazuki?

The sound reminds me of my mother.

Huh?

Wait!

I'm sorry.

A guest suddenly said he wants dinner.

Was it noisy?

No.

So you want to see your mother after all, don't you, Kazuki?

Not really.

I just thought that it'd be a hint to finding her.

Hey, stupid! Look behind you, behind!

Behind you, I said!

Wait. Something's coming from the ceiling!

Talk about getting carried away.

"The end"

It was quite amusing, wasn't it?

Yes.

But we really got nothing out of it, didn't we?

I guess not.

I see. I get it now.

That's why the killer soaked his body

into the bath tub after strangling the victim.

There are only two mysteries left to solve.

The reason why the killer took a bath

and that mole.

The killer could've gotten naked to set the victim off guard,

but what about the mole?

Officer Yokomizo, may I have a moment with you?

Yes, what is it?

We were concerned about the trace on the neck

that we didn't notice at first.

But there were marks of the victim

being hit several times on the back of his head.

Then, was he struck to death?

No. He seemed to have bled,

but it wasn't what killed him.

It's most likely that the killer hit him, and after he passed out,

she strangled him to death.

If so, this shower nozzle is very likely

the weapon that was used to hit him.

Please do a luminol reaction test right away.

I see. So that's the story.

That means the most suspicious person

would be the one who tried to hide it.

Okay, I'll put Pops to sleep using the tranquilizer gun.

-Hey, Conan. -Huh?

What do you mean, "Huh"?

It's past three o'clock already,

so you'd better get to bed!

But...

We've got to go look for Kazuki's mother

who's a good cook tomorrow, you know.

Good cook?

Remember?

He mentioned that he used to go to sleep a lot

while looking at his mother's mole.

It seems that he used to hear

the rhythmical sound of the knife cutting things.

It means that she's a good cook, right?

I... I guess so.

I'll be right over, so please lay the mattress out for me, okay?

Promise, okay?

And if Kazuki gets up, please tell him something.

His mother is not the killer.

Inspector Yokomizo, luminol reaction was detected

from the shower nozzle.

The killer must've hit Mr. Kamoshita on the head

with this shower nozzle,

knocked him out and then strangled him to death.

And did you find that thin, long, black string

that was used to choke him?

Well, we looked all over

where the three suspects could've hidden the string,

but no luck so far.

This means that somebody out of those three

must still have it on her.

Okay, tell the policewoman

-to do a body check on them. -I think...

that would be useless.

-But... -You saw it, didn't you?

The picture that was taken on the cell phone

the moment Mr. Kamoshita was being strangled to death!

There was a mole on the left side

of the chest of the woman, wasn't there?

But Ms. Kusano's mole on her chest was on the right side.

Ms. Bessho's was on her left cheek.

And, Ms. Saegusa's was on the back of her neck.

They are obviously not the killers.

If you try to do a body check on them,

you're just going to get them angrier, don't you think?

But the only ones who don't have an alibi

among the employees of this inn are those three.

Well, let's call it a day for now.

And I'd advise you to do a re-check on everyone in this inn,

including the guests.

-Okay. -It did poke him for sure.

What is going on?

It seems that there's an off-season mosquito here too.

A mosquito?

See. I got a bite on my neck just a while ago...

What?

Jalapeno, harami...

Here he comes! The Sleeping Kogoro!

It turns out the needle just didn't poke him deep enough.

All right then, Officer Yokomizo.

Please gather the things that I ask for

and bring the three suspects here.

Mr. Mouri.

You've figured it out after all!

Yes. Let me explain the truth

of what went on in this room

regarding the strangulation of Mr. Kamoshita.

What you're saying doesn't fit in

with what you've been saying just a while ago.

All right, Mr. Mouri!

Everything's set.

Sleeping Kogoro's deduction show is about to begin!

Hey, wait a second.

Why do we have to be called in again?

You saw for yourself already, didn't you?

We don't have the same mole that the killer had!

Besides, has the murder weapon been found?

You can't prove the murder without it, can you?

Of course we found it.

Right, Mr. Mouri?

No, we haven't found it.

What?

It has most likely been destroyed.

Destroyed? Mr. Mouri...

But we know what the killer used

to strangle Mr. Kamoshita

because we have this screwdriver.

Oh, it seems as if your hands have become a bit smaller.

Never mind the details.

Inspector! I've rented it.

Shall we compare the two, then?

The video of the same movie that Mr. Kamoshita rented from this inn

and the video that we rented from the rental video shop.

First, we'll look at Mr. Kamoshita's video

that was here in this room.

Just as we've seen before,

it has a scary opening scene.

Next, let's look at the video from the rental video shop.

What? Is that all?

Yes.

The spot display of the video company...

and the spot display of the movie company.

What? Hey.

Besides that, this is...

-the prologue of the movie. -So, let me explain the story

of the cursed stairs...

Strange. The opening title

appeared immediately in the other video we just saw.

It's been cut off

and shortened by about one minute.

And the killer used it to murder her victim.

I see! It's the video tape!

The killer victim opened the video tape using a screwdriver

and removed the tape from inside,

then cut off enough tape to use as the murder weapon.

She then reconnected the tape together with scotch tape.

If she adjusted the tape

so that the opening title appears when the tape is played,

she wouldn't be suspected

even if the police were to check the tape later.

But the black string that was taken on the cell phone

looked much thinner.

That's easy.

Hey, disassemble the brand new tape

that Mr. Mouri told you to go buy.

Yes, sir.

Now, please look!

If you don't do anything, it's nothing but a plain black strip.

But if you twist it like this...

Why...

It doesn't look like a thinner string.

It sure doesn't.

Instead of twisting it, you stretch it out.

Stretch it out?

How can you stretch it out even more...

Yes. When you pull the tape really hard,

it becomes thinner.

While I'm at it, the length of a tape being played at normal mode

is about 30 centimeters per 10 seconds.

That is 180 centimeters per minute.

So if you stretch it out, it can easily go over 2 meters.

It's long enough for the killer

to wind around both hands, then strangle the victim to death.

So that's why the tape was a minute short.

He looked at the recording time

that is posted on the box of the video!

Where did you come from, Conan?

See, it says the duration is 94 minutes.

but the counter of the video tape that we just saw

was 1 hour and 33 minutes.

Right, Pops?

But where's the video tape that was used to kill the victim?

She probably burned it with a lighter or something

and shoved the ashes down the drain of the bath tub.

After all, video tapes are made from very easily burnable substance.

Well, there's no doubt that the murder weapon is the tape.

If you check the video tape,

the part of the tape that was connected will probably be found.

Therefore, the killer tried to deceive the police

by soaking the body in a tub of water.

Didn't the killer do that to complicate

the estimation of the time of death?

Then please take a look

at your left hand that is holding the video tape.

What is this black trace?

This is the black magnetic substance

that is on the surface of the video tape in order to record images.

The killer tried to wash the black traces

off Mr. Kamoshita's neck, but his yukata got wet,

so she dunked his body into the water.

But the killer couldn't wash off what she had to the most.

The thing that would serve as conclusive evidence,

her red mole.

Red, you said?

Are you saying that the mole in the picture was...

Well, that wasn't a mole,

but something that flew on her when she hit

and knocked Mr. Kamoshita out with the shower nozzle.

It was his blood!

I see.

It looked like a black mole because the scene was static.

So, the killer took off all her clothes

to avoid getting blood on her yukata.

Yes. That's why the killer said

that she wanted to take a shower when she came to this room.

She probably said something like the shower broke

and lured Mr. Kamoshita into the shower room.

When he came in,

she hit him with the shower nozzle and knocked him out.

Without bothering to put on her clothes, she cut the video tape.

She then used it to strangle Mr. Kamoshita.

She was not aware at that time that her picture was being taken.

The killer wiped off the blood that splattered on her,

left the room, and put away the scissors

and screwdriver where they originally were.

She headed for the outdoor bath

to completely wash off the magnetic substance on her hand

and the blood that splattered on herself.

Am I wrong?

The one who tried to hide the red mole,

Ms. Toshiko Bessho?

She... she tried to hide it?

Don't be ridiculous! She was the first one

who showed you her body of her own initiative!

Yes. That was what bothered me.

Being as introverted as she is,

what she did was way out of line of her actual character.

That's when I realized

that it's a blind spot under the collar bone.

That the killer didn't know

that there was blood by her chest

until she saw that picture.

But there was no blood on her chest!

Of course it came off when she took a bath,

but the traces of it may be found if a body check is carried out.

That's why Ms. Bessho, afraid of this,

grabbed that part with her hand

so that it would be out of view,

and made the police confirm that she had no mole.

All of that was to avoid a body check.

She didn't want the police to find Mr. Kamoshita's blood

that had splattered on the underwear of her kimono!

No way.

So, you did it?

You blackmailed Kazuki's agency

despite being his mother?

What?

Why did you do that?

It was a joke.

A joke?

I probably did it out of envy.

I wanted a child really badly.

So, you're saying...

Yes, I'm not his mother.

The thing about his father being a killer is also a lie.

I thought that if I said so,

his agency would stop giving the postcards

that his mother had been sending to him.

But a while later,

money was really deposited into my account.

I was at a loss what to do,

and that was when that guy sniffed things out and came around.

I called this room and told him everything honestly.

That everything I said was a lie.

But that man had the nerve to laugh and...

Dear mother, I know how you feel about wanting to protect your child.

But you see, I'm doing business here.

Well, if it's really all baloney,

it's my turn to blackmail you this time.

I'll suck up to you for the rest of your life.

That's why I got scared.

I was scared, so I...

How did you find out the details

about Kazuki and his mother?

I'll tell you about it at the station.

But officer, I don't regret what I did.

Because I think I made her understand how it feels

for a woman to want a child really badly.

What?

So, Ms. Bessho was the killer?

Yes. Pops said he was going to Shizuoka Prefectural Police

for questioning together with the other officers.

He also said that he's leaving his wallet behind,

so you can take the kids home.

Where's Kazuki?

Oh, he got dressed and headed off to the front door

saying that he was leaving.

Wasn't he going to look for his mother?

He was.

But he's been acting strange

ever since last night before he went to bed.

He wouldn't answer no matter what I asked him.

I wonder if I should've carried him instead of piggy-backed him?

Come to think of it, Conan,

you were saying that Kazuki's mother wasn't the killer.

Does that mean you know who Kazuki's mother is?

"To Ms. Mitsu"

-Here you go. -Thank you so much.

I'll treasure it.

Me too.

So will I.

Can I have get an autograph for my grandson?

She did not carry him in front, but piggy-backed him?

Yes! When Kazuki fell asleep while looking at the mole,

he heard his mother chopping food with the knife, right?

She couldn't have done so if she carried him in front of her.

Oh, I see.

Kazuki was probably hugged when he was raised at church,

so he probably mistakenly thought the mole was on his mother's chest.

So, you're saying that his mother

is the one with a mole on the back of her neck,

Ms. Saegusa?

But she seemed so stuck up and cold towards him, didn't she?

She was acting that way deliberately

so he wouldn't recognize her as his mother.

She figured it would cause Kazuki problems if he found out.

I'm sure that Ms. Saegusa

had told the killer, Ms. Bessho about him.

About having no other choice but to leave him at church,

and how much she loved him.

Ms. Bessho probably figured out from the story

and the postcards that she sent out every month,

that Ms. Saegusa was his mother.

The postcards stopped coming since winter of last year

probably because Ms. Bessho blackmailed Kazuki's agency

just around that time,

so they stopped giving the postcards to Kazuki.

Pops was the one who said that!

But how does he know

that she left him at church because she had no choice?

Because if the son whom she wrote to every month

appears before her,

the first thing you'd expect her to do is to hug him!

After all, he's famous and rich.

Despite that, she held back her feelings and acted indifferently.

That goes to show how much she must really care for him, right?

I guess you're right.

Ran?

I'm going to tell Kazuki about this.

I feel sorry for him having to hold a grudge

against his mother all his life.

On the contrary, I think he's dying to see her.

The fact that the postcards from his mother

are all wrinkled up and stained

only proves that he read them in tears over and over.

Besides, I'm sure Kazuki already knows

who his mother is.

Go on. Why don't you get his autograph too?

No, I don't think so.

How come you're so hesitant?

You watched his videos and movies over and over too.

Come on.

I'm not giving you my autograph.

But I'll give you...

this instead.

I'll come again if you don't send these out.

Wait, Kazuki.

"Postcards"

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry, honey.

I'm sorry.

Three days later,

he received payment for the job he was asked to do.

What...

What exactly is this?

It looks like a piggy bank no matter what angle you look at it from.

No... no way.

Is this all he's paying us?

-Maybe kid actors don't make much? -135 yen, 185 yen...

Let's see...

I mean, this doesn't even cover the travel expenses!

Next Conan's Hint:

"Wind"

The next episode is already time for the new semester!

Movies and TV programs start together with Conan.

The target is the Kid!