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Stars are for some reason attractive.

They can be the culprit or an actor.

The stage for today's episode is a TV station.

The passion for creating a program

gets bent out of shape along the way and leads to murder!

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

And you want me, Kogoro Mouri...

to speak before the scriptwriters?

Yes. I'd really like you to tell them your story, Detective Mouri.

Have you ever seen the show "Detective Fluke"?

Well, since it's a detective story, I've watched it several times.

I watch it every week!

Thank you.

Three people are taking turns writing the scripts of "Detective Fluke".

However, since we've been doing this for five years now,

we're running out of things and tricks to write about.

So you want to use my experiences as a reference to make your scripts.

It doesn't happen all the time,

but once in several times, there are fantastic ones.

For example,

"52nd Closed Door Murder" had a surprising trick.

If so, Fluke, that locked room was...

It was set up afterwards, Inspector.

The entire house was lifted up with a crane.

No one would ever think that such a large scale method would be used.

But you can't fool the eyes of Detective Rintaro Fluke here.

It's amazing how they can think up a trick like that.

It makes me so happy.

I think that the "52nd Closed Door Murder" is a great mystery story, too.

But it was broadcast more than 2 years ago.

How old are you now anyway, Conan?

Well...

I saw it on a video the other day.

Oh, my. Of course.

That was close.

I understand.

I'll tell the scriptwriters all the various experiences I've been through.

May I go, too?

I'd like to meet the people who are writing "Detective Fluke"!

"The Mystery of the Complete Half Crime"

Maybe we came here too early.

There's an hour more before the appointed time.

I'm sure there was a coffee shop on the top floor.

I'm scriptwriter, Yagami.

I'm going to the producer of "Detective Fluke", Inoue's place.

Yes, sir. One moment, please.

That guy. He's one of the three scriptwriters, isn't he?

He seems somewhat unfriendly and arrogant.

Mr. Yagami, long time no see.

Well, the cab I was riding got caught in traffic.

I think it's been six months already

that we've all gotten together like this.

While we're waiting for Mr. Mouri to arrive a while later,

I would like to conduct a meeting

as to the development of this series from now on.

I'd like something to drink.

What about all of you?

No, thank you.

I'll go get it. I'll take your order.

Coffee! Hot.

-Same here. -Same here.

Okay, I'll be right back.

I'm sorry. Let me do it.

It's okay, I'm always doing this.

Is he a waiter or what?

I think the meeting is more important.

Is he really a scriptwriter, or what?

He writes great stuff.

I'm not talking about what he writes.

I'm talking about the way he usually behaves, Sakuma.

He's still a newcomer, so...

I'm sure he's trying to be as considerate as possible!

I think you should take him off the list after all, Ms. Inoue.

Sakuma and I can probably handle "Detective Fluke" ourselves.

-Mr. Yagami... -Mr. Yagami...

Sorry to keep you all waiting.

Thank you.

If I remember correctly, you use milk, don't you?

I forgot the milk. I'll be right back.

I tell you, he lacks composure.

He still very young.

-Mr. Yagami! -Mr. Yagami!

Yes, Ms. Inoue.

What did you just say?

Yes!

That's right. The address here is...

Mr. Mouri.

The smell of almond, it's poisoning by cyanic acid.

Four people and four drinks.

There was poison in the coffee cup that was on the floor.

No poison whatsoever was detected in the other three cups.

In other words, the culprit put poison only in Mr. Yagami's cup.

That's right.

Mr. Koda, you're the one who got the drinks?

Yes, sir.

I took everyone's order.

Everyone usually drinks hot coffee while I drink Japanese tea.

But doesn't a staff of the TV station usually the who serves tea?

Yes, but...

I'm still a fledgling scriptwriter,

so I try to help out whenever I can.

Is something strange about what I did?

No, not really.

I see!

One of the cups in the hot water room was smeared with poison

and that cup just happened to go to Mr. Yagami.

So, you're saying that someone wanted to commit at random murder?

I can't think of anything else.

So you said that you'd serve the coffee,

but Mr. Koda insisted on doing it himself.

Yes, he said he'd do it himself.

May I have a moment with you, Inspector?

Ms. Inoue, will you please come with me?

Yes, sir.

Judging from the circumstances,

the only one who would've been able to mix the poison in the drink

is Mr. Koda.

His remark of it being a random killing is shaky justification

and we feel that he's our man.

But what's his motive?

You brat! I told you to stay in your room.

He's writing for the same program, isn't he?

Why would he want to poison his colleague?

He may be a colleague, but...

Is something bothering you?

Please tell us about it.

This is a homicide case, you know.

The scripts of "Detective Fluke"

were originally being written by both Mr. Yagaimi and Mr. Sakuma by turns.

Then, this man who introduced himself as a fervent fan of the program

brings a plot that he had written to me.

He was Mr. Koda.

I read it, and found it to be very interesting.

So I decided to have him work for us as our third scriptwriter.

Although Mr. Sakuma evaluated him highly,

Mr. Yagami for some reason didn't like him.

Therefore, Mr. Yagami had repeatedly told me to take him off the program.

Did Mr. Koda know about this?

I think he could sense it from the atmosphere.

I'm sure it was a very trying situation for Mr. Koda.

Which means...

Ms. Inoue.

I want to write as many scripts of this popular program as I can,

sell my name and make a name for myself as a successful scriptwriter!

Mr. Koda was staking his future on "Detective Fluke".

But Mr. Yagami wanted to get Mr. Koda off the project no matter what.

Inspector, there's no doubt that he...

He does have a motive.

But if he did do it...

Hey, Mr. Mouri. Wait!

We already know who the killer is!

But we don't have any material evidence whatsoever yet.

Besides, there are things that are not solved yet.

Shut up! I'll make him spit it out.

I'm the famous Detective Kogoro Mouri!

Are you sure?

I killed Mr. Yagami?

You're suspecting that I did it?

No way.

Well, it's true that I slightly hated him, but...

Mr. Mouri, even if I were to have put poison into the coffee cup,

I wouldn't make Mr. Yagami drink it.

Because out of the three cups, only one would be poisoned.

Moreover, I left to go get milk, so I wasn't there.

In other words, I didn't urge him to drink it,

but Mr. Yagami drank it of his own initiative.

There was no way I could've known

that Mr. Yagami would choose the coffee cup he chose.

Am I wrong?

Well...

That's it.

If he's the killer,

how did he make Mr. Yagami choose the cup he drank out of?

I see!

Mr. Mouri?

You brought the drinks

and gave the cup without the poison inside to Ms. Inoue,

which leaves two cups remaining.

Two cups would be the same as I mentioned earlier.

I'd have no idea which one Mr. Yagami would choose.

That's easy. All you have to do is line it up this way.

Mr. Yagami was sitting just about here in the room back then.

He would most naturally take the cup that is nearest to him.

Moreover, Mr. Sakuma would never pick up his coffee cup

before Mr. Yagami, his superior.

I see.

I wonder about that.

No, although he is my superior and I came in after him,

we know each other quite well.

So even back then I took the coffee cup before Mr. Yagami

and gave him the remaining cup.

If that's the case, doesn't that make me suspicious?

Mr. Mouri, if you want to implicate me so much,

just what kind of trick did I use

to make sure Mr. Yagami drank the poison?

Figure that out first.

Those challenging eyes...

He's gotta be the suspect.

And he's confident about the trick he used.

Two people and two drinks.

The percentage of each choice is 50%.

Just what kind of trick he use to get a probability of 100%?

Mr. Mouri. To be honest, I have my doubts about suspecting Mr. Koda.

If by chance Mr. Sakuma had chosen the poisoned coffee

instead of Mr. Yagami who it was intended for,

he would've had to stop him from drinking it no matter what.

But he left the room saying that he forgot the milk.

If he were the killer, would he leave the scene?

That's true.

Didn't it cross his mind that an accident could occur?

Hey.

Are you listening to me, Mr. Mouri?

I wonder what's going to happen to "Detective Fluke" from now on.

Is it going to end?

I don't know. But with something like this happening...

After all the effort that was put into writing the scripts.

Is that the list for "Detective Fluke"?

May I have a look at it?

Go ahead.

Thank you.

What is it?

That was Mr. Koda's script, wasn't it?

The one entitled "52nd Closed Room Murder".

The one you said that you thought was interesting, too.

Actually, that was the first plot that Mr. Koda brought here.

I was also surprised that a new scriptwriter with such talent existed.

Mr. Koda also wrote the "Supporting Performers Club"?

Yes. Why?

Don't tell me that...

Most of the scripts are written by both Mr. Yagami and Mr. Sakuma.

They're after all the main scriptwriters, so...

In other words, no matter how talented he is,

he doesn't have the chance to display it.

And if that's the motive,

every mystery is solved.

What's the matter, Conan?

Ms. Inoue!

I've finally arrived at the goal.

It seems that he's figured out the trick!

No way.

There are two people and two drinks.

The way to make the target drink the poison for sure is...

No matter how much I think, there's only one way.

That is...

to believe in luck.

Mr. Mouri, is that the conclusion you've reached?

Inspector, this is no joke.

The rate of success is 50%.

You took a sink or swim chance.

Mr. Koda, your desperate feeling

of not wanting to be removed from the script writing of "Detective Fluke"

made you take the dreadful risk of sink or swim.

That's enough, Mr. Mouri.

No, Inspector! I'm saying this with conviction.

Mr. Mouri?

Could this be the rumoured...

Sleeping Kogoro?

I took a sink or swim chance?

Are you serious about what you're saying?

At one point I really thought so, but...

Mr. Mouri...

Please hear me out, Inspector.

Mr. Koda, you said to solve the mystery of the trick you used

to make Mr. Yagami choose the poisoned coffee

if we're going to suspect you.

But that's impossible.

Because you used no trick to begin with.

There's no trick?

No, nothing at all.

If so, how did he make Mr. Yagami drink the poisoned coffee?

Before I tell you that,

please let me explain how I came to such a conclusion.

Conan, bring me the stuff.

Okay.

This is the list of the scripts of "Detective Fluke"

that Conan just borrowed.

I was surprised at seeing this.

One among several scripts is an extremely well written mystery story.

Ingenious tricks, logical mystery solving,

and most of all, a story development that sticks to unbiased standards.

For example, "52nd Closed Door Murder" is one of them.

So is "Supporting Performers Club",

"Evil Well Murder",

and "When the Door of Fate Opens."

Those scripts are all...

Yes, all those scripts that I thought to be amazing

were those that you have written, Mr. Koda.

When I found out,

that's when I changed my mind.

A person such as you who writes such a perfect mystery story

would never take a sink or swim chance when the success rate is 50%.

And I began to question your motive.

That is, why did you leave the place back then?

You had it in mind beforehand that you would say that you forgot the milk.

You may have wanted to instil the impression on everyone

that you had nothing to do with which cup of coffee

Mr. Yagami and Mr. Sakuma were going to choose.

But that action of yours is suspiciously strange after all.

Because as Inspector Megure had mentioned earlier,

if by chance Mr. Sakuma had chosen the poisoned coffee

instead of Mr. Yagami who it was intended for,

he would've had to stop him from drinking it no matter what.

That's right. No matter how good your plan is,

it can always go wrong.

You, who writes flawless mysteries would not overlook that fact.

Nevertheless, you left the meeting room.

There is only one possible answer.

You did not only target Mr. Yagami.

Mr. Mouri.

Just what are you trying to get at, Mr. Mouri?

It didn't matter whether Mr. Yagami or Mr. Sakuma drank it.

That's why no trick needed to be used.

In other words, you're saying that he didn't care which of us he killed?

You mean it was such a flimsy murder plan?

This is no flimsy plan, Inspector.

No matter who dies, the result he wants is achieved.

So long as one of the two main scriptwriters disappears,

the chance of the third scriptwriter,

Mr. Koda getting to introduce his writings would increase tremendously.

He wanted to write as many scripts of "Detective Fluke" as he could.

This is probably the real motive for the murder that was committed.

Is it not, Mr. Koda?

Ms. Inoue.

I want to write as many scripts of this popular program as I can,

sell my name and make a name for myself as a successful scriptwriter!

Mr. Koda...

At first glance, it looked to be a plan with only 50% chance of succeeding.

But if it didn't matter which of the two drank the poisoned coffee,

the rate of success would be 100%.

I see.

I'm already 29, you see.

By age 30, I'll be a writer in great demand.

That's my goal as a scriptwriter.

What's this thing about being a writer in demand?

Even if you write only one in ten scripts,

those who read your scripts can all tell how talented you are.

Even Ms. Inoue evaluated your scripts highly.

I remember all your scripts, too.

They were all very good.

You're so stupid.

So "Detective Fluke" is going to end after all?

"Detective Fluke" ends, and a new series of "Detective Fluke" will begin!

It says that the name of the main character's going to be changed

from "Rintaro Fluke" to "Kogoro Fluke".

Kogoro Fluke.

It sounds like Kogoro's a fluke!

Isn't that is what you actually are?

Next Conan's Hint:

"Soy sauce"

-Next week comes the bluebird. -What? A boo-bird?

-No, Inspector McGraw. -My name's Megure.