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Stars are for some reason attractive.

They can be the culprit or an actor.

A secret-filled cell phone.

There are tricks everywhere in the mails as well as the conversations.

An entangled baffling case!

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

I know that I shouldn't send this.

Maybe I should just take my time and see what happens?

I know I may have a chance to come in touch with their boss eventually.

That chance will come. I'm sure.

Conan!

You're still in your pyjamas.

I told you to hurry and get changed because we're going out, didn't I?

Come on, never mind the cell phone.

Okay.

Gosh.

Oh, right.

I guess I'll send Shinichi a mail before going out.

Because he may show up out of the blue while we're out.

We're going to accompany Dad today to cover a case.

If it turns out to be a tough one, I may be asking you for advice.

Conan's cell phone is ringing.

He just got mail.

Don't tell me it's the mail I just sent?

It can't be because I sent mine to Shinichi's address.

But the timing is too good for it to be a coincidence.

"Request from a Queer Family (Part 1)"

Did you look at the contents?

No, I didn't.

It sounded like you got incoming mail,

so I just wondered who it was from.

I'm sure it's from Doc!

Just as I thought.

He's repairing the Youth Detective Squad badge. I asked him to do so.

It's from Ran!

Then, don't tell me...

Don't tell me that...

Oh, no.

Give me a break.

Do you guys have to tag along like this each and every time?

But your client requested that you come along with family, right?

Besides, we may come up with some idea that may help you out again, too.

Right, Ran?

True.

With a fantastic deduction that is just as good as some great detective

that is usually God knows where.

Going all out like that.

There's something fishy about that mail that you got a while ago.

He's probably taking measures so that the mails that I sent him

won't be seen by someone he doesn't want them to be seen by.

He told me that he couldn't give me his phone number because he's busy

and can't answer the phone,

but he gave it to Conan after all.

If he had been contacting Conan all the time,

Conan's fantastic deductions

and for some strange reason, knowing things about me,

all fall into place.

That Shinichi is taking advantage of a child.

I'll never forgive him.

Cell phone?

Yes, I'd like you to find it for me.

If possible, by today.

If not, I may end up

"Tomoko Kariya (39)" -not being able to stay here anymore.

Why would that be?

Well, the thing is...

What?

You'll be getting a mail from your lover tonight?

You're the one who needs to hush up.

I'm worried that the mail may be seen by my jealous husband,

my strait-laced father-in-law or talkative younger brothers.

Then why don't you contact your partner immediately

and tell him not to send you mail?

Well, he's the one who calls me from his side all the time,

and his number is an unlisted number.

He always sends me mail over the weekends,

but he rarely looks at the mails that I send him from my side.

I have no way of contacting him from my side.

He sounds pretty selfish.

But there are egotistical people like that around.

Right, Conan?

Really?

And where and when did you lose it?

I don't know.

I just realized it two days ago.

But I'm pretty sure that someone in this house has it.

What do you mean?

I called my cell phone as soon as I lost it.

After about 10 rings or so, somebody answered the phone

but said nothing and hung up right away.

But I heard it on the other side of the line,

the sound of my father-in-law blowing his unskilled bamboo flute.

Listen to this.

He sure sounds terrible.

Moreover, he only plays the flute in his room.

So the fact that this sound was heard on the phone

means that the cell phone is somewhere in this house.

But no matter how many times I called after that, I get no answer.

Then why not get everyone in the house together and...

Yes. Of course I already asked everyone.

But they've all told me that they don't know.

I'm sure that they're waiting for me to goof.

Somebody probably doesn't like me and wants to chase me out of this house.

If divorce comes up, God knows how much alimony will be demanded of me.

Why don't you call the phone company

and have them stops your phone service?

Even so, I wouldn't be able to erase the mails

that he had sent me from the memory.

I do have it locked just in case, so no one gets to look at them.

If I stop the phone, it would probably breed more suspicion

and the lock may be undone.

But how should I go about looking for it?

You're her friend from your junior high school days.

Yes, sir! I'm Mouri.

Rather, Goro Mori.

Mr. Mori will be building a house soon,

so he wanted to see this house that you designed for reference.

"Daisaku Kariya (68)" -Oh, I see.

Please help yourself and look around to your heart's content.

I see.

That's why she asked him to bring the family with him.

I'll let you listen to my flute.

I really don't think...

Can you tell if you hear your cell phone ring?

Yes, but it could be on manner mode.

Okay, ring it.

At this age,

you need to go to the restroom so often that it's a bother.

Excuse me for a moment.

Don't tell me that father...

I don't think so.

Because whoever answered the phone just now

hung up right away.

He sure doesn't look to be such a strait-laced person.

He looks that way, but he is actually a very scary man.

Even the incident that happened 12 years ago.

It was because of father to begin with.

12 years ago?

Oh, well. Never mind.

Shall we look elsewhere then?

Your classmate?

You mean your ex-boyfriend or something?

Of course not.

So you write novels?

Yes.

I'm still an unknown writer.

But in three months,

you may be hearing my name whether you like it or not.

Shigehide Kariya.

You mean you're the one who writes those pure love novels?

So the rumour about your novel being aired on TV is true.

But I expected you to be much older.

Your novel's going to be dramatized. How wonderful.

Hey, Ran. Make the call.

Oh, it's from the publisher.

Yes, hello.

How about it?

No, he isn't the one. Because that person hung up right away again.

Huh? A meeting?

I see.

I'll meet you at the family restaurant in front of the station then.

What timing though. A while ago and even now,

talk about a string of coincidences.

Right, coincidences happen a lot.

Things that seem to happen by chance are called coincidences

because they don't usually happen.

I guess you're right.

But Mrs. Kariya, if it's this type of investigation,

you may as well get yourself another cell phone and try calling yourself.

Are you saying that I go out and get myself another cell phone?

I don't have much money that I can use freely.

I decided to hire a professional

instead of relying on my friends to protect my privacy, too.

So your husband is an illustrator.

He doesn't seem to be around though.

If he's not around, this is our chance.

See. Coincidences don't keep on happening.

This picture sure looks familiar.

Oh, that's it.

The painting of Tsugutaka Kariya that was popular some time ago.

Oh, so you're familiar with my painting?

Just who are you all?

Dear, he is...

So you're Tsugutaka Kariya.

I expected you to be a lot younger.

I guess you could say the paintings of the young people are like e-mails

whereas my paintings are letters.

The depth of colour differs.

A guest?

Leave it be.

I'm sure it's the publisher

that's come to pressure me to hand in my work.

It's been ringing for quite a long time.

Wasn't it a guest?

Well, I went to answer the door but there was no one there.

Do things like this happen often?

Sometimes.

Mrs. Kariya says it's some child playing a prank.

What're we going to do?

There no place to look for it anymore.

Mr. Mouri, no need to worry.

As you can see, I've found my cell phone.

-Huh? -What?

Thank you very much.

I'll make sure I deposit the payment to you.

Talk about a stupid case.

Right. There are people deceiving people behind their back, too.

Talk about stupid.

May I stay over at Doc's house tonight?

You're going to play games again with Doc?

No, you can't.

Because I have a lot of things I want to talk over with you tonight, Conan.

Okay, then. Can we just stop by for a little while?

Because my badge is repaired.

Shinichi, what's up at this time of day?

Bummers, I'm in a fix.

It's seems that Ran called my cell phone.

Tonight at around 7:00,

a woman's body was found in a car parked along the Teimusu River.

The woman has been identified from her belongings

as Mrs. Tomoko Kariya, 32 years old, a housewife residing in Haidocho.

The police have concluded this to be a murder case.

There seems to be strange things found at the scene so...

What?

The victim is Mrs. Tomoko Kariya.

According to the medical examiner,

she was stabbed in the stomach

then later hit on the head with a blunt instrument.

She was stabbed then later assaulted?

Yes, sir. There's a possibility that there could be more than one culprit,

because it's unnatural to think that the culprit wound stab someone

then use another weapon to attack her again.

Wait a second.

I think there was similar case like this in the past.

Her bag and cash are nowhere in sight, so it may be a robber.

We can't be too sure, Officer Takagi.

Oh, Mr. Mouri?

Hey, hey. This is work for the police to handle.

I wish you passersby outsiders keep out of this.

No, no, Inspector.

I am no outsider to this case.

Actually, that woman asked me to do work for her.

What? Mrs. Kariya was having an extra-marital affair?

No way.

Unfortunately, it seems to have been so.

Then, did her partner killed her?

No, we don't know for sure yet.

Would you have any idea who it could've been?

Come to think of it,

a guy with a moustache accompanied by a child came around.

Right, I think his name was Goro Mori or something like that.

Goro Mori?

Well, that's...

It's him!

How dare you!

You've got me wrong.

Kogoro Mouri, that renown detective.

Yes, sir. When I came this afternoon,

I couldn't reveal my name because of certain reasons.

Does that mean that you already arrested the one who killed Tomoko?

No, not just yet.

Excuse me, but where were you last night at around 7:30 in the evening?

Me?

I was here all the while. Isn't it right, Mr. Nakamura?

Yes, sir.

He was blowing his flute from a little before 7:00 when everyone came,

all the way to about 8:00.

He stopped blowing for a little while around 7:30 when I served him dinner.

Did you actually see him then?

No. When he's blowing his flute,

I am told to leave his dinner outside his room

so that I won't interrupt him.

But maybe he smelled the aroma of curry outside the sliding paper door?

It's been a long time since we had curry for dinner.

Around 7:30?

I was here.

I came back after the meeting ended at 6:00,

and was confined in this room working right through.

I think the two over there can testify to that?

Is that right?

Yes, that's correct.

Ever since the lights of the room was turned on around 6:30,

Shigehide's silhouette was in view from the sliding paper door.

Even when I brought him his dinner.

Which means you didn't actually see him in person.

No, because I'm told not to enter when he is working.

Is it really true that Tomoko was killed?

Yes. That's why we're investigating the case.

Then hurry on with it and get going.

Since you all came and keep going back and forth the corridor,

I can't seem to concentrate on my work.

He talks like that even though someone was murdered?

Which means...

the only people left in this house that we haven't questioned yet

is Tomoko's husband.

Yes, sir.

Huh?

His dinner is still left outside.

Mr. Tsugutaka Kariya, please answer us!

What's up?

Well, he won't say anything.

You asked me if I have any idea about it.

I don't know anything so I can't possibly answer that question.

It wasn't me to usually talk to her anyway.

It seems that you haven't touched your dinner, too.

Are you feeling sick or something?

No, I was absorbed in work that I simply forgot.

When you brought dinner to him, did you talk to him?

No. Well...

But I'm sure he was in his room

because I could smell the sweet aroma of his pipe.

Okay. Now that you're done, get going already.

His wife's been killed and he's still going to work.

Those three have an alibi.

Yes, sir.

It would take 20 minutes

even if you went full speed from here to the murder site.

They couldn't have committed the crime.

Which makes the man she was having an affair with the most suspicious.

But we have no idea of who, or where he is.

Shall we try tracing him starting with Mrs. Kariya's friends?

Hello?

Yes, this is the Kariya residence.

There's a phone call for Mrs. Kariya.

Hey, hurry and put Tomoko on the line.

Tell her to answer my mail.

This is the police.

What is your relationship with Mrs. Tomoko Kariya?

Yes...

He's innocent.

Huh?

He seems to have been at a pub in Hokkaido.

He says he called in rage because she didn't answer his mails

nor answer her cell phone today.

Then he didn't know about the incident?

But, Inspector,

it only takes one or two hours to Hokkaido by plane,

so if he flies straight to Hokkaido after committing the crime...

No, there were several of his colleagues

who said that they began drinking about at 8:00.

So he couldn't have committed the crime.

If so, who could've killed her?

How strange though.

All three people eat their meals in a different room.

Yes.

But everyone used to eat together until 12 years ago.

12 years ago?

Yes. When the third son, Eisuke was here, everyone always ate together.

Right.

Eisuke?

Eisuke Kariya.

I get it! Now I remember.

It's that case that happened 12 years ago!

Inspector?

There was an incident 12 years ago that seemed very similar to this case.

The one who was killed was Eisuke's fiance, Ms. Motoka Aida.

Like Tomoko, she was stabbed then later struck to death.

Back then, Eisuke who had disappeared was also thought to be a suspect,

but a large amount of his blood was also found near the phone booth.

Moreover, after the incident,

all the cash from Eisuke's account had been withdrawn.

So we thought that Eisuke had been kidnapped

and killed after the money was taken from him.

The murder site was a lonely place and there were no witnesses.

Investigation was at a deadlock.

Come to think of it, there was a call from Eisuke's friend last night.

For Eisuke?

-No. -For Mrs. Kariya.

Something about the caller, Eisuke and Tomoko

used to belong to the same drama club of the university they went to.

Back then, she seemed to be very annoyed.

I didn't call you. Cut out your stupid talk.

Something sure smells fishy.

Do you know the phone number of that person?

Is that so?

Okay, if something comes up I may get back to you. Thank you.

How was it?

He's innocent. He has a perfect alibi.

He seems to have received silent phone call last night,

so he checked the history of his incoming calls

and found that it was Tomoko's cell phone number.

He tried calling her back many times, but couldn't connect

so he decided to call her home phone.

Strange.

Mrs. Kariya's cell phone disappeared the night before yesterday

and it was supposed to have been locked.

Don't tell me that the person who had the cell phone

unlocked the phone and made the call?

If so, could that have been the motive of the culprit?

Several calls from her lover were found saved in her cell phone, too.

In other words, that person is the killer.

But you found her cell phone right away, didn't you?

No.

Mrs. Kariya is the one who found it

and I don't even know where she found it either.

I didn't bother asking her.

Okay, Conan. We got all the information we need.

You're going to call Shinichi, aren't you?

Go on and call him!

Right. Once you call him, that's it.

I'm taking that cell phone from you

and talk to him directly myself.

You can't possibly do something like that.

What can't you do?

Because to lock the cell phone, you need to enter four digits.

There are 10,000 possibilities from "0000" to "9999".

I couldn't possibly try all those numbers out.

Well, maybe if I were so bored and had nothing to do

and moreover, was an invisible man unseen by anybody, then maybe...

An invisible man?

It's true that if it were to take three seconds to try it once,

that would add up to 30,000 seconds.

8 hours.

I'd give up at that point.

Which means the one who unlocked the phone would be someone

who can stay without being bothered by anyone for a long period of time.

In other words, the three who are usually confined to their rooms.

Next Conan's Hint:

"The case of 12 years ago"

The ending theme is "June Bride".

It's our song, for sure!

-Officer Sato isn't here. -I know that!