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Today's stage is a pet shop.

Something happens in Tokyo and Gunma.

What connects the two incidents?

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 other day, I found a cute one here.

A pet shop?

A cute one?

I wanted to show it to you guys.

It looks to be their day off.

True.

So, here it is.

Huh?

I told them I'd be coming at 10 am, and yet...

Hey, it seems like they're opening the shutter.

What?

Yeah.

Excuse me! My name is Ninomiya.

Is anybody in?

There he is! He's the one! This one!

-What? -Genta, you mean this?

Yeah.

How ugly!

What's this sound?

Maybe something got away, like a snake or something.

What?

-Snake! -Snake!

It's a beetle!

I got it.

Why is a beetle in a place like this?

Furthermore, at this time of season.

What?

What's up, Conan?

-What is it? -Talk about messy.

Stay away!

"Mysterious Spring Beetle"

The victim is the owner of the pet shop, Mr. Minoru Shirai, age 41.

There are traces of strangulation.

The murder weapon hasn't been found yet.

Yes, sir. Okay.

There were traces of him having been strangled

with a thin thread-like thing.

He seems to have been killed elsewhere

then brought here.

How can you tell?

If he died here, his legs should be stretched straight

due to postmortem stiffening.

I see.

Mr. Ninomiya.

You were scheduled to come here at 10 am?

Yes. I was told to call the shop at 6 pm last night

to check if it came in or not, so I called.

Did you notice anything strange back then?

Nothing in particular, except for that frog croaking.

Croaking?

Hey, what were you planning on buying?

What? Oh, a beetle.

A beetle?

You mean they sell it in this season?

Yes. I was told something about a place in Gunma

where you can get beetles all year round.

Gunma?

Please tell me where were you yesterday?

I was sleeping till noon and from 3 pm to 10 pm,

I was working at a family restaurant.

Beetle?

What's that?

This is it!

Yes! Mr. Shirai probably went here.

Gunma...

Officer Sato, we found this in the victim's pocket.

-There was nothing more inside? -No, madam.

Where's the lid?

The thing is, we can't find it.

But why would something like this be here?

Hey, stay still!

Hey! What's that?

Isn't that a beetle?

I found it walking there a while ago.

Big, isn't it?

How dare you all just come in like that?

Go on home!

We're sorry!

Gosh. If she chases us out,

we won't be able to investigate, you know.

Sorry, sorry, but...

See? Here's the flyer that Conan was looking at a while ago.

I guess we can go to...

The insect pavilion in Gunma for now.

Let's go!

But, how do we get there?

That's true.

You guys...

Hi there, kids!

-Officer... -Takagi.

Huh?

What's with all of you?

Hurry, Officer Takagi!

Hurry, to where?

We've found a clue!

-What? -Hurry, hurry!

Where do you want me to go?

Straight! Straight ahead!

What?

Straight...

Hey, it's dangerous! Keep your eye on the road!

Yeah. But straight ahead is...

the expressway.

Hey, hey. Where are we headed for?

Isn't it about time you guys tell me?

You'll be surprised out of your wits.

To the Gunma Insect Museum!

Let's see what's on today.

Gunma Insect museum...

I see, a museum.

What? Gunma!

Gosh! You gotta be kidding!

We're heading back! We're going home!

But...

So, there was such an incident.

Then, the more so, we've got to head back and investigate.

But we've already come a long way.

Isn't it almost Gunma?

Well, no problem is there? It's your day off, right?

But...

Isn't it a bit cold?

I'm sorry. This car doesn't have a heater.

What? I didn't know such a car existed in this day and age.

-Junk. -Well, I'm so sorry!

Huh? Don't tell me that, you're who I think you are,

but don't tell me it's you, Conan?

Officer klutz of the Gunma Prefectural Police Department.

He's...

The officer that goofed and let a murderer get away some time ago.

You know what...

Mr. Mouri is not with you today?

Nope.

That's too bad. If Mr. Mouri were here,

we could've maybe seen the Sleeping Kogoro deduction show.

Well, but I guess a mere beetle theft

doesn't warrant an appearance from the renowned Detective Kogoro Mouri.

Beetle theft?

Is this the truck that was stolen?

Yes, sir. No mistake.

The beetle...

Isn't there a beetle there?

The thief probably took it away

with another car that he had prepared here.

Gosh, that's too much! Who would do this?

When was it stolen?

About 7 pm last night.

This is Mr. Araki of this museum here,

and he is beetle researcher, Mr. Haruna.

After loading the beetles onto the truck,

they went into the museum for a brief moment, and it was during this time,

somebody stole their truck from them.

I didn't think that yesterday after I went home,

the precious beetles would be stolen.

He is the editor of an insect magazine, Mr. Ishida.

"Takashi Ishida (25)"

I'm sure glad that at least the truck came back.

Mr. Haruna, let's deliver the beetles

we promised to the children once again.

Yeah, let's do that.

Why do you have beetles at this museum even if it's not summer?

Mr. Haruna succeeded in finding a way

to make them emerge into adults all year round.

The larva that has been preserved

at 10 degrees C to 15 degrees C is put into another container

and the temperature is raised to 28 degrees C.

Then the larva starts to grow.

Adjusting the temperature is crucial.

But, isn't it cold when you transport them by truck?

That's nothing to worry about.

This truck is equipped with an air conditioner

in order to enable temperature adjustment.

When we transport adult beetles,

we keep the temperature at 28 degrees C.

The beetles are "richer" than you, Officer Takagi.

Yeah, yeah.

Conan, could it be that the beetle

that we saw back at Mr. Shirai's place was also...

Huh? Mr. Shirai?

Mr. Shirai of the pet shop. Do you know him?

Yes. He came to ask us to sell him a beetle.

He was extremely persistent.

All that man is ever concerned about is money.

I didn't continue my research on beetles all this time for money.

Did Mr. Shirai do something?

Don't tell me he's the one who stole it?

No. Well, this morning, he was found killed at his shop in Tokyo.

-Huh? -Killed?

But if he was killed in Tokyo,

why did you all come out to a place like this?

Oh, well...

Where were all of you last night?

You mean we're under suspicion?

No! This is just to be on the safe side.

I contacted the police and had them come right away

so I couldn't have murdered Mr. Shirai.

I was looking all night for the truck,

but ended up finding nothing after all.

-All by yourself? -Yes, sir.

I was doing some interviews until 6 pm yesterday,

and then returned to Tokyo.

I had appointments for a continuation for an interview today too,

but I'm not involved

because I don't even know this Mr. Shirai at all.

Did you find something?

Soil?

Yeah, that's hum.

Hum?

It's used to raise larva.

That's...

It looks like the lid of something.

No, no! Don't touch it!

What happened?

I wonder if this was here before?

I don't think so.

Mr. Shirai was transported on this truck.

Officer Takagi?

Yes!

Officer Sato?

What brings you here?

Well...

All of you!

We beat you to it.

I want to keep a beetle, too!

If you want one, I'll give you one.

What? Really?

But you've got to raise it so that it lives as long as it can.

Why do you think we're researching beetles?

That's because through getting to know beetles,

we want to relay to everyone the importance of life.

I'm sorry.

Your cell phone doesn't have a strap, does it?

Huh? What happened to your museum strap?

You had it hanging around your neck yesterday.

I gave it to a child of my acquaintance.

You mean there's a strap of the insect museum?

Yeah. Would you all like one, too?

Yes, we'd like one, for sure!

Well, well, what a surprise!

To think that a mere insect theft

may be connected to a murder case.

Just a minute! He is not a "mere" insect theft!

I'm sorry. My tongue sort of slipped.

Officer Sato. When was Mr. Shirai murdered?

The estimated time of death was between 9 pm to 10 pm.

-Right, Officer Sato? -Yes.

I just found out a while ago.

Between 9 pm to 10 pm...

And this morning at about 5 am,

the sound of the shutter of the pet shop being opened

seems to have been heard.

5 am? Strange.

If he was murdered between 9 pm to 10 pm,

why would such a sound be heard at that hour?

Could it be Mr. Shirai's ghost?

Considering his time of death,

his body temperature was greatly decreased.

I see. So, that's the story.

That's why the killer waited until daybreak

to transport the corpse that he had on him.

Which means that the killer is among the three.

Straps!

-Look, look. -See? Great, isn't it?

I got one, too!

Hey, hey.

Here! This is yours, Conan.

Thank you.

-We all have one. -Yeah.

According to my deduction,

I think that the one who killed Mr. Shirai is Mr. Haruna.

What?

Mr. Haruna. After the truck was stolen,

you said you were driving around looking for it, didn't you?

But...

Back then! You found Mr. Shirai.

You took revenge on him for stealing your beetles and...

Wrong! It's not Mr. Haruna!

Right, right!

Mr. Haruna is researching beetles to relay the importance of life,

so he would never do something like that!

Right!

Well...

You do know what's going on, don't you?

Just as would be expected of members of the Youth Detective Squad.

If so, who is the real killer?

What is going on with him?

We'll leave that aside for a while

and think about the theft first.

The one who stole the truck with the beetles in it

was Mr. Shirai, who was killed.

But according to what Mr. Ninomiya,

the one who was the first to find Mr. Shirai says,

Mr. Shirai was at his shop at 6 pm.

The truck was stolen at 7 pm.

Wouldn't it have been impossible for Mr. Shirai to steal it?

No. Mr. Shirai used Mr. Ninomiya to make up his alibi.

He told Mr. Ninomiya to call him at 6 pm,

then had the call transferred to his cell phone.

He then made Mr. Ninomiya hear

the croaking of the frog that he had in the bottle,

saying that it's the croaking of the frog

that he is selling at his shop or something to that effect.

Then, I'll see you tomorrow at 10 am.

That's why Mr. Ninomiya thought that

Mr. Shirai was at the shop yesterday.

Besides, he did see the frog in the shop this morning, too.

However, the one who stole the beetles was not Mr. Shirai alone.

What?

On the way transporting the beetles, Mr. Shirai and the other thief

for some reason got into an argument.

At that time, the killer whose cell phone strap was cut

strangled Mr. Shirai with that strap

and killed him.

I'm sure that the fingerprints of Mr. Shirai

are on the killer's cell phone.

If he didn't wipe them off himself, that is.

The killer after killing Mr. Shirai figured

that he would make it look as if the shop had been robbed,

and took the body to the shop at 5:00 in the morning,

because he heard Mr. Shirai tell Mr. Ninomiya

that he would be at the shop.

The killer decided to use Mr. Shirai's alibi trick

to his own advantage.

But why did he move the body at daybreak?

Where was the body for 7 to 8 hours before that?

In the truck that we just saw!

There was a lot of hum spilled all over the bed of the truck,

and a lot of that hum was attached to Mr. Shirai's hair.

Besides, the lid of the bottle that was in the victim's pocket

was found on the bed of the truck.

The bed of the truck is made so that the temperature can be adjusted.

After unloading the beetles, the killer turned on the cooler

and set the temperature to winter temperature.

Under normal conditions, the temperature of dead bodies decreases

at a rate of about one degree C an hour.

But if the body is left in winter temperature,

the temperature will go down faster than usual.

By doing so, the killer was able to make it look as if

the estimated time of death was as early as 6 pm.

That's why something about the temperature of the corpse was unnatural.

Yes, then he messed the room up

to make it look as if a robbery took place.

If it looks as if Mr. Shirai was killed at his shop in Tokyo

and the killer gets back to Gunma by 6 pm,

he figured he would've created an alibi for himself.

But the estimated time of death between 9 pm to 10 pm

was figured out on a basis other than the body temperature.

How dare you make light of the police?

And the killer who had promised to come here today

drove the truck and abandoned it in the mountains

where it was found a while ago.

Which means...

Mr. Ishida, you knew Mr. Shirai, didn't you?

No...

When Mr. Ninomiya came to Mr. Shirai's shop,

he seems to have used the map that was in the magazine

that you work as editor for to find his way.

Oh, another person...

Someone else was in charge of it.

The mail that you got just a while ago...

Wasn't it from one of your clients, Mr. Ishida?

"Sold out of males."

I heard that this is what you wrote in your reply.

I was able to read the kanji characters.

It was written "Sold out".

You conspired with Mr. Shirai and stole the beetles!

Furthermore, you killed him!

The cell phone strap.

The same one as this was also on your cell phone yesterday, wasn't it?

I'm pretty sure that it will match

with the traces left on Mr. Shirai's neck.

This strap!

Mr. Shirai seems to have pulled extremely hard.

Because the same traces of the strap

that was found on the late Mr. Shirai's neck

is also in view on the back of your neck, too.

Mr. Ishida.

That jerk!

Well, I guess you get 10% of the total this time.

Because you virtually did nothing.

What?

All you ever do is follow me from behind.

You're lucky that I even give you a share each time.

You gotta be grateful, man.

What'd you say?

All he ever did was look down on me!

Comfortable! Really comfortable!

This is the way cars should be!

Officer Sato.

If you're planning to date Officer Takagi,

I'd advise you not to go driving.

Huh?

Why do you say that?

Shoots. Nobody's riding with me.

Huh?

Why are you in here?

Where on earth am I headed?

I'm going back to Tokyo!

What?

-Hey, stop! Please let me off! -No, I can't!

-Let me off! -We're on the freeway!

Huh? I wonder what's going on with Officer Takagi?

How dangerous!

I wonder what Officer Takagi's doing anyway.

Maybe he just wants attention.

Drive safely, man.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Desk"

The next episode is a ghost story.

-The science room. -The mirror in the corridor.

Hanako!