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The strings play a murderous tone.

Annoying human relationships.

Harmonic tones echo and the case is solved.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

We were summoned by Ms. Hasuki Shitara

and went to visit Choichiro Shitara's residence. Pops, Ran and I.

Hasuki had called us

because incomprehensible accidents

revolving around the famed musical instrument Stradivarius

have been occurring consecutively from the year before last.

Her request was for us to investigate these accidents.

However, as soon as we got there,

the annex went up in flames!

Genzaburo who was inside, dies.

Moreover, that night,

while Kyosuke was playing the Requiem on his violin,

Ayane falls from the 3rd floor to her death.

Left behind are a violin and several traces of things.

What is going on...

"Cacophony of Stradivarius! Postlude!"

That's no doubt the bridge of a violin.

But, the bridge was on the replica as well as the Stradivarius.

Which means...

there was one more violin.

And one more thing.

There was something that looked like the tip of a chopstick.

And that was...

a tact.

The conductor's staff used in an orchestra.

Yeah, we found something that looked to be the burnt remains of a case.

Right, shaped something like this,

and maybe two thin sticks would fit into it.

Which means that there was nothing in the case, right?

So that's the story.

But, there is one thing I don't understand...

What is the killer so hung up on?

Come to think of it, Mom told me some time in the past...

"Do-Do-Re-Mi-Mi-So"

"Mi-Mi-Re-Re-Do"

"Do-Do-Re-Mi-Mi-So"

"Mi-Mi-Re-Re-Do"

"Do-Do-Re-Mi-Mi-So"

"Mi-Mi-Re-Re-Do"

Why do I spread my fingers out when I play the piano?

Well...

There's this thing called a chord.

For example...

This is the "C" chord.

This is "D".

This is "E".

Okay...

Well? Doesn't this chord make you feel sort of uncomfortable?

Inspector, it's suicide, suicide.

The entrance door and the door of the storeroom were both locked up.

In such a locked room, it's impossible.

If Ayane used the chair as a step and jumped out

the only thing thinkable is suicide.

Then, doesn't it bother you

that people with the initials in keeping

with the musical scale, D-E-F-G-A have died.

It's true that before the "A" of Ayane

comes Genzaburo's "G". But, it's probably just a coincidence.

That room was locked too,

and the fire was probably caused by him falling asleep while smoking.

But...

At any rate, I think we should call it a day...

Dad.

What is it, Ran? What?

Well, after yawning and making a funny looking face,

you fall asleep and start your deduction show.

A funny looking face?

Right, right, and you also make strange sounds

like "hanyah" or whatever.

I thought it sounded more like "Hohee"?

No, I think it was "Henyo" the other day.

Right, right, it's this face, this voice!

The Sleeping Kogoro.

He's sure putting on a haughty pose today.

Of course,

because after all I solved the mystery that even you, Inspector,

could not solve despite all your thinking.

The truth of what has been happening here at this house from two years ago.

But you kept insisting that it was suicide till just a while ago.

Well, it was an instant flash of inspiration.

Please gather the things I ask for here.

After everything's ready please call the four suspects here.

And of course, please don't forget

that famed musical instrument, the Stradivarius.

Okay, what do we bring for you.

No, Officer Takagi, please wait for us in another room.

Why?

You'll find out later.

Don't come out until I call you, all right?

So, you've figured out who the killer is?

Which means you think this is a serial murder case?

Are you referring to Great Uncle Genzaburo and Grandmother Ayane too?

Yes, they are all victims that have been killed by one person.

It is most likely that Eimi who tripped over the stairs

and Furuto who fell to his death from the veranda

were also killed by the same person.

"Hasuki Shitara (23), Choichiro's granddaughter" -Oh no.

"Choichiro Shitara (72)" -Why would this Stradivarius

have anything to do with solving the mystery?

He's probably figured out who it is was

"Benio Tsumagari (54), Steward" that switched the violin with a replica

then came back here just to return the violin.

No. I thought I'd like you to listen to a song I will play

before starting my deduction show.

In other words, a prelude to solving the mystery,

I guess you could say.

Dad?

Yes, just like I did in front of you a while ago.

Are you ready?

Well... I don't think you should.

Of course you shouldn't.

Just what do you think my Stradivarius is?

Just what do you intend to do

if an amateur like you handles it and scratches it or something

Well, well, let's see what he wants to do.

I'm sure he has something in mind.

Or, is there some reason why you don't want to let him have it,

Uncle Choichiro.

No, I don't. Here...

I'm all ears...

So, it was you after all, wasn't it, Kyosuke?

You're the one who switched the violin.

Hey, hey, I just handed it over to you

because you said you wanted to play it.

If I remember correctly,

the people who handled this violin was in the order as follows.

Kyosuke tuned the violin this afternoon

and handed it over to Hasuki.

When she was showing me the violin

fire breaks out at the annex.

The Stradivarius that was left on the table

was taken to the storeroom by Ms. Tsumagari.

If the one who switched the violins were either

Ms. Tsumagari or Choichiro who could go in and out of the storeroom,

it would have been switched after I played

the violin in Hasuki's room.

If my fingerprints are found on the violin,

either one of the two

would've been the one who switched the violin.

If so, that person would've let me touch the Stradivarius one more time

in order to make unknown when my fingerprints got on the violin.

If it were Kyosuke or Hasuki that did the switch,

it would be the same.

They would want me to touch it here.

If my prints are not found on that genuine violin,

it would mean that it had been switched to the replica before I played it,

and both of you would be suspected.

However, Hasuki and...

Choichiro, as well as Ms. Tsumagari

objected to my touching the Stradivarius.

But, you urged me to go ahead.

In other words, Kyosuke...

this is evidence that you are

the one who had committed the serial murders.

Great Uncle... Oh, no...

But, it could be that when Kyosuke was tuning the violin,

it was already the replica.

That's not possible.

With an ear like his...

He would know right off the bat that it's not genuine.

Well... But what makes you say he's the murderer?

Ayane's room was locked, and besides...

Genzaburo's room that caught fire was also locked.

Hey, kid, show them the stuff.

Okay! Here it is...

It's the metal piece that was found in Genzaburo's room.

Take a good look, Inspector,

only the hole on the top part is bent.

If the locked door was destroyed and forced open,

the top and bottom should be bent out of shape.

True.

When he found that the firefighter was saying,

that the bolt sticking out of the door,

the top part is the knob and the bottom part is the lock.

So from the looks of the direction in which the door was opened,

it doesn't seem to have been locked when it was broken down.

But, when we went back to the burnt remains later

the door key was locked.

Kyosuke locked it.

Back then he pretended that the door was locked

and broke it down.

No good, it's locked!

When we were all distracted by the sea of flames...

I see.

But what has that to do with switching the violin?

He used it to make Ayane jump to her death from this room.

What do you mean?

But he was in the room downstairs at that time, wasn't he?

It was also a trap

to lure Ayane to the window.

Try to imagine...

The Stradivarius that she used to stare at every night

as if it were her son is switched for a replica.

Outraged, she destroys the violin.

Can you imagine how she felt.

She then turns to look towards the window

and listens to the beautiful melody played by Kyosuke.

Hey, kid, show them the other stuff next!

Yes, sir!

Mr. Mouri, this is...

What is the meaning of this?

This is what Ayane saw back then.

Don't tell me that Ayane thought that was the real Stradivarius.

Yeah, more so, if the Requiem played by Kyosuke

from the floor below sounds like the genuine Stradivarius.

She used the chair as a stepping stool and climbed up the window,

trying to take the violin...

But, I wonder if she'd fall down so easily.

Let me show you how it was done.

Hey, kid, go get Officer Takagi.

Okay!

-Then, Ms. Tsumagari... -Yes, sir.

you took the real Stradivarius to the storeroom.

Did you call me?

Officer Takagi, while Pops was explaining the trick to everyone,

a Stradivarius happen to be hanging out the window.

-What? -Since you're tall, you can reach it, right?

Well... I guess so...

I hope there's nothing behind all this?

No, no... but be extremely careful will you,

because it's valued at more than several billions of yen.

But, mind you it's not my fault if I drop it.

Hey, hey...

Watch out!

Be careful, Takagi!

It moved.

When I tried to take the violin, it moved away.

I see, a pole was attached to the window frame on both sides,

then the violin is suspended with a string.

Then the more the window is opened,

the farther the violin pulls away.

But, Dad...

What if it gets stuck like that?

There was no violin or pole anywhere at the site.

This is a temporary gimmick that I made

by borrowing a long chopstick from the kitchen.

If the two sticks that were used to carry out the crime

were the conductor's staff that was stolen from Genzaburo's room,

they would be very flexible,

so the violin that moves to the edge

will eventually fall from its weight.

Therefore, if the other string that is attached to the violin

is stuck on to the window frame of the room below,

after we ran over to Ayane who we were looking down upon,

he secretly went to collect the violin.

But, the staff would still...

That too...

since it was only stuck on using scotch tape,

all he had to do was attach a string to it

to collect it later.

The sound that we heard before Ayane fell,

is the sound of that violin bumping into the wall...

As proof of that,

a broken staff was found near the corpse.

He set up this gimmick

when he came into this room to tune the Stradivarius.

This is probably when he switched the genuine one

for the replica too.

I'm sure that the conductor's staff

and violin that he collected are hidden somewhere in the room below.

Of course, with Kyosuke's fingerprints all over it.

It's hard to believe that he had time to erase his fingerprints

or to take the things to another place back then

since Hasuki, who broke out in tears was there.

It can't be... That's all baloney!

Uncle Kyosuke can't be the killer,

because he saved Grandmother

who couldn't make it out of the fire in time.

If so, then why?

That's because of the rule of the "musical scale"

that even you know of as a musician.

Why do I spread my fingers out when I play the piano?

Because see, when you play notes that are alongside each other...

Cacophony.

When notes that are alongside each other are played

it sounds disharmonic...

Don't tell me that...

Exactly.

I couldn't stand the fact that Genzaburo with initial "G"

and Grandmother Ayane with initial "A" die at the same time.

Why you... just what do you take the life of people to be!

I'd like you to say those words to Uncle Choichiro there too.

What?

Thirty years ago, that old man over there who was to blame

for my father getting seriously hurt, and drove my mother to her death

from the heavy load of caring for father.

Thirty years ago.

You mean back when that robbery occurred.

I had completely forgotten about it until two years ago

when I was asked to tune the Stradivarius

during that old man's birthday.

The sound of the, the feel...

it brought back memories of when I was still a child,

of when my father who gave me the violin.

When I confirmed with Aunt Eimi,

she told me with a pale face,

that 30 years ago,

that old man over there borrowed the Stradivarius from Father,

saying that he wanted to make Furuto, his son play it.

The old man who fell in love with the tone,

didn't want to return the violin so,

he exchanged it for a replica that looked exactly alike.

But, father found out right away and they got into an argument.

On top of that, after father fell down the stairs...

he was seriously hurt.

That old man had the nerve to leave father who was seriously hurt as is

and didn't even call an ambulance.

He then told the four who were there the following.

Genzaburo, tie Ayane and me up and you guys go on home!

We're going to make it look as if we were attacked by robbers.

Don't you want to play this famed musical instrument?

If Danjiro dies, this is mine.

I'll lend it to you any time you want.

Aunt Eimi, who told me everything,

was besides herself and left the room...

So you decided to take revenge on the four

who agreed to the scheme back then.

When I saw Aunt Eimi trip over the stairs

and fall to her death like Father,

I took it to be a sign from God.

Starting from my mother Chiha,

my father Danjiro,

Aunt Eimi,

they all died in the order of the musical scale.

And if I lined the initials of the ones who would be dying,

I figured it would begin with "C" and end with "C".

Well, but after pushing Furuto off the veranda a year ago,

I was sort of flustered when I found out

that the last one on the list with initial "C",

Gramps Choichiro was about to die of an illness.

Then, I, who was not at all aware of what took place 30 years ago,

was next in line to be killed after all...

No, in Germany after C-D-E-F-G-A

comes the alphabet "H", it's pronounced "HA".

In other words, it stands for Haga.

Uncle!

Pops told me to do so,

so I told them to wait below with a mat.

Because he said that Kyosuke may commit suicide.

But, if it was initial "H", it could've been Hasuki.

It could've been her turn next.

Since Kyosuke brought the Stradivarius back to this room

I figured it wasn't going to be so.

If Ayane didn't break the replica as she did back then,

it would've been likely that no one would've even noticed

that there was a replica of the Stradivarius at all.

The fact that he came to return the genuine one means

that he wanted to leave the famed,

legendary gift that his father had given him to its rightful owner,

to the one that he had thrown into the same situation

as he was thrown into, when they killed his father...

That is, Hasuki. He wanted to give it to you.

When I asked you about the melody from my cell phone,

you answered "Are you talking about me?"

Are you talking about me?

Can you tell me what the notes are?

H-A-G-A?

If in German would it be pronounced HAGA?

That's right. You've got a good ear too, sonny.

Which means that the notes are Ti-La-So-La?

Hey, Conan...

Do you know of any song that begins with Ti-La-So-La?

It could be some sad, yet nostalgic type of music...

If so, it's probably...

this song?

That song...

is The Seven Children, right?

"Crow little crow, why do you cry?"

Right, Conan?

Conan?

Next Conan's Hint:

"Sticking to old ways of making liquor"

The next episode takes place in Kagoshima!

Pops, drinks, eats and gets drunk.

What are you going there for, Dad?