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Victory, sincerity, charging for the truth.

Endless impulse to aim for the best!

Too absorbed in solving the case.

The incident and love affair take an unexpected turn.

Will you be able to do your thing today, Officer Takagi?

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 coincidentally run into Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba

who were attending a social gathering.

However, in the midst of the gathering,

the cousin of one of the participants, Kouta, was kidnapped.

The kidnapper demands...

a million yen.

"Love Story at Headquarters 7 (Part 2)"

Ransom of a million yen.

Quite a small amount considering the outrageousness of the crime.

Yes. The culprit seems to be friends with Masashi

and he's probably taking his real financial situation into consideration.

Okay, got it.

I'll have investigators stakeout those three people's homes.

Kouta saw the live baseball game on March 26th.

The games during this time is either high school baseball

or the opening of professional baseball.

If we can figure out which game it was he referred to as boring that day,

we can probably figure out who the culprit by thinking out the time.

Yes, all right.

Officer Sato, I got it.

There was no professional baseball opening game that day,

but there were three high school games.

Then which of the three is it?

The score of the first game was 7 to 6.

This was a hot game with one come from behind victory after the other.

They played 12 extended games,

which took from 10am till 2pm.

The game is far from boring, is it?

I don't think so either.

The 2nd game ended...

at 4:30pm.

The score was 14 to 5.

One of the teams made one hit after the other and won a fantastic game.

It could be that game, because it's so one-sided and boring.

But the losing school

had a player who's gotten the attention of the professional leagues

who was at bats six times, hit six singles and two homeruns.

He's a great player.

What about the last one?

A competition of pitchers of a game scoring 1 to 2.

Both teams make it out of a pinch time and again.

Then in the bottom of the 9th inning, it is a game-ending homer.

The game ended at exactly 7:00pm.

This game is also interesting enough.

Maybe he was watching a baseball game

on a competing program in the same time slot?

You know, like on cable television and satellite broadcasts.

That's true.

Between 12pm to 1pm, there was a game on satellite broadcast.

A digest of a major league game.

From 3pm to 5pm was the "Falcons Road to Victory".

A re-run of last year's program on Nichiuri TV.

And on cable TV between 6pm to 7pm, was a special of player Kiyomatsu.

There's no way that the "Nice Game Selection" would be boring.

And "The Road to Victory" sounds like it should be interesting as it is.

Then could it be player Kiyomatsu's talk show?

Mother was watching that program.

It showed all of player Kiyomatsu's homeruns since his debut

and she said it was really good.

Then the only thing left is video tape.

The only thing thinkable is that he was watching video taped baseball game.

I don't think so.

Kouta told me that he turned the television on himself

with the remote controller.

In that case, maybe anticipating that Kouta would do that,

the culprit setup an unrelated baseball video earlier.

To hide what time it was.

Don't be silly.

Kouta's the one who's using the remote controller.

He would find out as soon as he changes the channel.

True.

Are you sure Kouta didn't tell you what time he went to the man's house?

No. It seems that the man strongly told Kouta not to tell anyone.

We somehow managed to get him tell us about the card that he received

as well as the fact that he was taken to the man's house.

Well, if the card that Kouta received was a rare Masked Yaiba card,

wouldn't Mr. Hikita, the modeler, be the most suspicious?

No. It may be a rare card, but it's sold for about 3,000 yen at stores

and can be bought by any adult.

It's far from the premium card that's selling for 800,000 yen.

I remember that Mr. Hikiya said that he sent you a card set,

but could a premium card have been inside the set?

Like I already said, it wasn't there.

Speaking of premium, Mr. Satsuka said he sent 30,000 yen to you by mail,

but could bills with matching numbers have been inside?

I wonder.

I don't really bother looking at the numbers on bills.

The same goes for the lottery tickets that Rokuda sent me.

I'm not interested in stuff like that.

Yes, it could be movies.

Maybe that baseball game was a scene in a movie or a drama?

Right. Could you check along that line?

Yes. Movies and dramas on that day are...

It's all love stories.

"Extramarital Affairs are Great".

One about an aristocratic group date, "Lovers Who Don't Jive".

One about lovers separating, "Fleeting Spring".

These are the programs that were aired that day.

I came for the food.

I came not knowing it was going to be a social gathering.

Unlike somebody I know.

Well, you see...

And what's with those clothes of yours?

Were you trying to show off?

Talk for yourself, Officer Sato. What's with the makeup?

This?

Yumi forced me to put makeup on!

Same with me!

Officer Chiba forced me, too.

Although it's not important at this point.

Right. It's not important.

Hey, what do you guys think you're doing?

Yes.

This is Megure. How are things?

Well, we can't seem to locate any boring game that was aired that day.

Hey. The officers are staking the houses of the three

and ready to storm in at any time.

The more time passes, the more the boy's life is in danger.

I'm back!

Kouta?

Are you all right?

Are you hurt?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I was riding in the car of the man that I met the other day,

but I got tired and fell asleep.

Where does he live? Where is his apartment?

Who's this lady?

She's a police officer.

Please tell me, Kouta.

But I promised the man that I won't tell.

That man is a bad man who kidnapped you,

so please tell me!

But...

Who cares?

He's come home safely.

One of my friends played a prank after all.

Though the prank was in bad taste.

This is not something you can put aside as just a prank.

What's up? Is something wrong?

Well, the boy who was thought to have been kidnapped came home.

What? Don't tell me that you gave the 1 million yen?

No, the culprit hasn't contacted us at all yet.

Masashi doesn't even intend to hand over the money.

It's already late, Kouta.

Let's talk tomorrow. It's time to go to bed.

Okay.

Kouta.

What happened to your socks?

They look wet.

This?

I remembered that Masashi told me not to accept anything from strangers.

After saying goodbye to the man with the beard,

I went to give the card back to him.

But the man wasn't in the room

and a man that I didn't know was taking a bath.

A stranger in the bath tub?

So why don't we leave the rest to the police?

It's time for the sports news.

I'd like to see the results of the World Cup preliminaries.

May I watch the television for a while?

Yes, go right ahead.

Well, it's 0 to 0 and a draw, but it was a good game nonetheless!

What? It's 0 to 0.

I guess they did pretty good for an away from home game.

Scoreless draw.

I see. That's why Kouta...

He's the culprit after all.

Didn't I already tell you?

This is a stupid prank that one of my friends pulled off.

He probably just wanted to see me get all worked up by taking Kouta away.

Besides, Kouta is back, isn't he?

But on top of demanding a million yen,

the kidnapper sent mail saying,

"If you call the police, I'll kill Kouta."

This is obviously blackmail and cannot be overlooked as a simple prank.

Besides, it was your voice that was heard from the answer phone

of the culprit's home.

The suspects have been narrowed down to the three men that you called,

so we can't overlook this.

Come on, Kouta.

Let's go to the homes of the three men.

Even if the culprit were to have been under disguise,

if you go inside, you'd know whose room it is, won't you?

-But... -Hey!

I keep telling you it's okay already.

Don't tell me that when you went to the homes of the three,

you secretly gave away the ransom.

If I gave it away, the officer would've found out long ago.

But there must've been something.

Maybe there was something of value in the things they sent you

and you returned it or something.

Like I already told you...

Huh?

Look at this picture on Aya's mail!

Hey, what are you looking at Conan?

An illustrator friend of mine often sends me these joke messages.

Gosh. Behave yourself, Conan!

But it said to click on the mail.

If I knew what was inside before I opened it,

I wouldn't have done what I did.

You idiot!

You shouldn't open other people's mail no matter what the contents!

Wait.

The kidnapper snuck into the house

knowing that both Masashi and Aya wouldn't be home

and tried to steal something, right?

Which means that Mr. Hikiya who sent the Yaiba card is innocent.

He wouldn't go through all this trouble if he didn't know what was inside.

I see.

As for lottery tickets that Mr. Rokuda sent here,

if the winner was a number continuing from the tickets he had himself,

he would know the winning ticket was here.

Yes. And the same can be said of Mr. Satsuka.

If he lost the rare yen bill that he bought,

it wouldn't be strange if he thought that he may have sent it to Masashi.

Talking of sending things,

Pops also received a bottle wrapped in shiny paper the other day.

That's called champagne.

A client sent it to us as a token of thanks for solving a case.

It's juice, right? I want to drink it, too.

It's liquor, children can't drink it.

Besides, dad drank it all up already.

I guess it can't be helped then.

That's right.

If it's liquor, Pops will open it as soon as he gets it

and puts into his stomach.

Wait a second.

If money is sent by using registered mail for cash,

we would open it right away and put the cash in our wallet.

If so, if there were any rare yen bills, it would be in Masashi's wallet.

So coming into the house to get it back won't help.

If so, the suspicious one is...

Mr. Rokuda who sent the lottery tickets.

It can't be.

Because I'm not interested in lottery tickets and I might throw them away.

I wonder.

You could've left it on your desk without opening the envelope.

I see.

Since you don't care about them, you might not notice if they were gone.

You might not even realize that they had been stolen either.

Hold it.

Aren't you forgetting something?

Kouta said he watched a boring baseball game at that man's apartment.

I called Rokuda's house on that day after noon.

The games that were playing then

was a hot high school baseball game with reversal after reversal,

and a Major League program called "Nice Game Selection". Only those two.

Hey, Kouta. The one you saw was boring, right?

Yes. It wasn't fun at all.

Look. There's no way that Rokuda is the culprit.

But "Safe Game" is written by the program "Nice Game Selection".

If it's "safe", maybe it's not exciting, but boring.

Stupid!

That Kanji character is read as "complete", not "safe".

In other words, it's a perfect game,

It's when the pitcher doesn't let the opposing batters score even one hit.

It's an exciting game.

Don't tell me that...

It's true that a complete game is exciting,

but it may look to be a boring game to children

who don't know much about baseball.

Moreover, with a broadcast slot of only an hour,

most of the offensive play of the players on the pitcher's team

were probably edited and cut.

It would only show scenes of the opposing batters getting out.

I can understand why he would think the game to be boring.

Kouta, that's how it was, right?

Yeah.

The batters kept getting three strikes,

so everyone was just getting outs.

Then I guess Mr. Rokuda is the kidnapper.

Wait.

Even if Rokuda were to be the culprit, it's attempted kidnap, right?

He didn't take money from me.

Besides, it seems as if he needs money,

so I'm sure he just impulsively did it.

You knew that a winning ticket was in there, didn't you?

Knowing that he was in need of money,

so you sent the tickets back to him that is still in the envelope.

But not knowing that, Mr. Rokuda came into the house,

panicked after seeing that the envelope was gone and kidnapped Kouta.

And because of his situation, you suspected Mr. Rokuda from the beginning.

Then you suggested going to his house.

Seeing the mailbox jam packed with mail...

Maybe there's something good in that bulging mailbox of yours.

Isn't this how it was?

Am I wrong?

Yeah, you're right. Exactly.

Who cares?

He's the one who bought the lottery tickets to begin with anyway.

Besides, he's the only one that's still into music without quitting.

It was our dream.

Our group from long ago.

We all quit because it's getting tougher.

Except him.

So please give him a break this time, officer.

No.

Kidnapping is a crime that's equal to murder, a very ruthless crime.

I can't forgive him.

Especially since it was just for money.

I can't sympathize with one who wants to realize his dream

at the expense of hurting the hearts of others.

Although I feel that it's unfortunate for him.

I guess so.

He's so stupid.

Officer Takagi, we're going to raid Mr. Rokuda's house.

Gosh! What's he doing at a time like this?

Inspector, we've figured out who the kidnapper is!

It's Masashi's childhood friend, Takuji Rokuda!

There is a possibility that he may flee.

If he refuses to come voluntarily, arrest him without a warrant.

No, I can't do that.

Just a while ago, he came running with a pale face.

Who did?

Officer Sato.

Inspector.

It was him. Over there.

Officer Takagi.

What's with all that blood?

Don't tell me

that you went in and fought with the culprit to try to look good.

No, that's the kidnapper blood.

He saved him.

Officer Takagi broke into the room and saved Mr. Rokuda.

Officer Takagi!

Just what do you think you're doing?

Darn it!

Suicide?

He cut his wrist.

He's already been taken away by ambulance.

It seems that he'll make it because he was found early enough.

I guess we'll have him come in voluntarily after he recovers.

How did you know he was going to commit suicide?

Kouta's socks.

I asked him why they were wet.

Kouta said when he went back to Mr. Rokuda's place,

but there was a stranger in the bathroom.

Mr. Rokuda released Kouta, removed his disguise

and committed suicide in the bath tub.

The fact that Kouta's socks were wet,

means that he went into the bathtub

and went up to Mr. Rokuda.

If Mr. Rokuda were conscious then,

he wouldn't have let Kouta do so.

I see.

He found the lottery tickets that had been returned in his mailbox.

He realized Mr. Emoto still cared for him

and was unable to endure the weight of the crime he had committed.

It's amazing that you figured out that Takuji Rokuda was the culprit.

I figured that among the mail that was sent to Masashi,

the only thing you would know the value of beforehand

and could go in later to steal are the lottery tickets.

Then why didn't you tell me about it?

Well...

I wasn't confident about my deduction,

so I thought I'd go check things out first.

I'm sorry.

Inspector Megure, I'll leave the rest up to you.

Officer Sato.

Officer Sato, write a report to submit to headquarters, will you?

What? Yes, sir.

You too, Officer Takagi.

Yes, sir.

I've got to stay here and wait for the search warrant.

You can use my car. Have you been drinking?

I only had soft drinks.

I'm sorry.

What's with you?

Did you do something that you have to apologize to me about?

But you're angry.

Does it look like I am?

If it's about the social...

It's okay.

I bet Officer Chiba told you they were short on people

and you couldn't refuse, right?

Well, it did look as if you had some expectations

about the girls who were there.

So you're angry about the incident

that just happened after all, right?

I'm sorry for not telling you, my superior, about it,

and acted on my own.

But by the time I realized what I was doing,

my body was already running of its own accord.

I'm really sorry.

Don't apologize.

You did something way greater than just nab a person.

You did something fantastic.

I'm upset that I wasn't thinking about what the suspect would be feeling.

And I'm mad at myself for fixating only on apprehending him.

And when at the same time some other person could see the big picture,

I couldn't.

I only figured it out because I also buy lottery tickets frequently, so...

The odds are as low as buying lottery tickets.

I mean that both of us who are going out with each other

would be invited separately to a gathering and run into each other there.

That's true.

I mean, I've never even once won a lottery.

You mean that I'm a losing ticket then?

No, you're a smash hit! Super special huge hit!

Keep your eyes on the road!

You really think so?

Yes. I pledge my heart!

Then will you confirm if I'm a big hit or not?

Yes, it's my pleasure.

Don't tell me that you two have forgotten that we're in the car, too?

Huh? Another social gathering?

That's right. They don't have enough girls again this time.

Yumi, I'm sorry. But this time, I'll pass.

I've had more than enough of my share last time already.

What? There's an all-you-can-eat cake buffet after the meal?

Moreover, the host is treating?

I'll go, I'll go.

As soon as I nab the robber of Shinjuku 3-chome,

I'll go dashing over!

Officer Sato.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Gum"

Officer Sato, this time for sure, let's just the two of us...

Miwako, do you want to go sing karaoke?

-Okay. -Yumi, you're really in the way.