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Victory, sincerity, charging for the truth.

Endless impulse to aim for the best!

Somebody wants to interview the Youth Detective Squad.

They are excited at becoming the center of attention.

But a crime is committed!

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

"Teitan Elementary"

I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

I apologize for coming at a time when you're so busy.

No problem.

I am...

As you can see on my name card.

"Free Writer, Masato Sugimori"

I'm Sumiko Kobayashi, homeroom teacher for 1st grade, Class B.

Please have a seat.

So you're a freelance writer.

Yes, I am.

I thought my name is recently gaining popularity in women's magazines,

but I guess, it's not as much as I thought.

It's not that.

I don't read magazines much, that's why.

I'm sorry.

Please don't get upset over it.

It doesn't bother me at all.

And, what is it that you want?

If you want an interview on bullying or something like that,

no such thing exists in my class.

Nothing like that.

What I want is to interview

the members of the Youth Detective Squad in your class.

Huh? Youth Detective Squad?

You mean the thing that Kojima and his friends have formed?

Yeah...

Yeah. I've heard rumours of what those children have done so far.

But the group is something that the children formed on their own.

In reality, they simply look for lost cats and so on.

Hey! Minami! Megumi! Ai!

The names all sound familiar.

The three cats are said to be violent.

But I was informed by the police

that they have contributed a lot to solving homicides

especially a boy called Conan Edogawa.

Conan?

I see.

The title of the interview will be,

"The Youth Detective Squad of the 21st Century!"

I'm sure it'll attract a lot of attention.

Well, I'm not sure...

"The Youth Detective Squad is Interviewed (Part 1)"

"1st grade Class B" -What...

An interview?

Us, the Youth Detective Squad?

Cool!

That's right!

Yesterday after school,

a writer called Mr. Sugimori came here to see me.

He said that he'd like to write an article about all of you

and asked me to help him out.

It sounds interesting!

I'm getting excited!

So...

Do you have a cold, Ms. Kobayashi?

Not good.

It seems so.

Although I still don't have a fever,

my nose keeps running and I can't stop sneezing.

Are you all right, Ms. Kobayashi?

Did you take any medicine?

Aren't your eyes itchy?

Right, right.

I was correcting tests until late last night.

I guess my eyes got tired.

You've got hay fever.

What? No way!

No, I don't.

Because I've had immunity against things like that since childhood.

You see,

hay fever occurs when the antigen,

in other words, the substance that causes the allergy enters the body

and antibodies are created to fight off the antigens are made.

They accumulate within the body and when they exceed a certain level,

the antigens and antibodies react

and a substance that causes allergy is dispersed.

But because the antigen-carrying pollen

is limited to being formed only one time a year,

it takes quite a long time before they accumulate.

So even if there's no allergy when you were a child,

there are many cases of people becoming allergic in their 20's and 30's.

Oh, is that so?

And? What about the interview?

Of course we'll accept it!

We, as the Youth Detective Squad should accept it, right?

Yes!

It looks like it's going to rain.

They sure are late.

They're the ones who said we'd meet up 30 minutes beforehand.

Listen!

30 minutes beforehand. That's when we meet, okay?

Don't be late!

Understand, Conan?

Me?

Yeah, I got it.

Really? I hope you keep your word, Genta.

Of course I will.

Come on.

Dress normally tomorrow, you guys.

He have to see us as we usually are as the Youth Detective Squad.

You sure are smart!

I'm giving it my best shot!

Hey, Conan!

Sorry to keep you waiting!

Thanks for waiting!

Sorry, Conan! Did you wait long?

Hey! You guys are late.

Just what do you think you're doing?

Ayumi was taking her good old time getting ready, that's why.

Well, I had a lot of things to do.

No big deal.

After all, she's a girl.

So let's not make a fuss over it.

I guess I've got no choice.

By the way, where's Haibara?

I'm right here.

Since when was she there?

Anyway, what's with you guys? This isn't what we talked about!

How come you're all dressed like that?

How do you like it?

Well, it's an interview after all, isn't it?

Right, Mitsuhiko?

Yes. We should be properly dressed for an interview,

because a lot of people will be watching.

Yes, yes, exactly!

Oh, boy. Why does it have to turn out this way?

We're heading for an interview and it starts raining.

God is sure mean.

Really.

It was so sunshiny yesterday.

Why is this happening today?

Mitsuhiko, this is your fault for telling us to dress normally.

What? What are you talking about?

Talk for yourself, Genta!

My Sunday clothes are soaking wet with rain.

My shoes are all wet, too.

And I just bought them last night.

I think you guys are taking things a bit too far.

I guess it's no big deal.

We can ask them to lend us a dryer or something before the interview.

We're being interviewed at the house of the writer, aren't we?

But recent televisions are high definition,

so if shots of us entering the house with rain stains are taken...

What? Are television cameras coming, too?

Hey, hey. Of course they're not coming.

Maybe we're going to be aired on a special program?

Which means that beautiful women announcers will be there, too.

I want to be interviewed by Reina Mizunashi!

Me, too!

She won't be coming, right?

Because she's in the hospital right now.

Yeah.

It seems that the announcer who is a member of the Black Organization

is still lying unconscious.

Hey.

Don't tell me that this interview is their plan?

It can't be.

No matter how you think about it,

inviting five kids to your house will attract attention.

It's hard to believe that they would go out of their way

to do something like leaving clues behind.

They do things so that no one notices what they're doing, right?

Yes, that's true.

Besides, if they want to do something to you or me,

they wouldn't be calling adults over.

Sorry, sorry!

Did you all wait long?

Ms. Kobayashi?

She sure looks like Officer Sato.

What is it?

Hey...

You forgot your glasses.

Oh, this?

I decided to wear contact lens today for a change.

How do you like it?

Not good? You don't like it?

You look just great!

Your outfit is feminine and nice, too.

You look way prettier than usual, Ms. Kobayashi.

Thank you! I'm glad.

Well, it seems like the writer is good-looking.

No, that's not it.

Really, it's nothing like that.

But I think you shouldn't have worn contact lens.

Your eyes are itchy from your hay fever,

so being irritated by the contacts isn't good for them.

Okay, okay.

I'll be fine if I wear my glasses, right?

Yeah. That's way better.

It seems that not much pollen is in the air now because it's raining.

But the house of the writer may be full of pollen.

And you'd better dust that hairy decoration off

before going into the house,

so that you don't scatter pollen all over the house.

I guess so.

Okay.

Ms. Kobayashi, was that writer handsome?

Yes, his looks weren't all that bad.

He's friendly and easy to talk to.

I'm sure you'll be able to get along with him pretty quickly.

He's famous for his experience in writing for women's magazines,

so I'm sure he's used to coping with children, too.

He's famous.

He's famous?

Which means that he must live in an incredibly huge mansion!

He must have his very own chef and patissier, too.

I'm sure he'll serve us a fantastic dinner then.

I know he will!

Well...

I don't think so.

Here?

I guess so.

It's not a mansion.

But an ordinary apartment.

I guess there'll be no television cameras...

Or beautiful women announcers.

Well, all for the better.

This way you can talk without getting nervous, right?

Hey. Did the writer say

that he was really going to interview us at his house?

It looks to be a small one room six mats house.

No. He said he'd conduct the interview at a family restaurant close by.

Oh, no!

I'm supposed to call him from the bus stop near his house!

Just as I thought.

I've got to call him right away.

No need to.

We've come all the way here.

We may as well be interviewed at his house and get it over with quickly.

I guess so.

You need to get it together.

I wonder if he'd be surprised at seeing all of us at once like this.

He might be.

Stay quiet, okay?

I wonder if he's out?

No. The morning paper is stuck in the slot, maybe he's still asleep.

The door isn't locked.

Hey, Genta!

Mr. Sugimori?

No, Ms. Kobayashi! Don't go inside!

Since you're acquainted with him,

if your hair or anything is found in this room,

you could end up becoming a suspect, right?

Please call an ambulance and the police immediately, Ms. Kobayashi!

If we call, they may think it's a child's prank.

Okay.

No. There's no need to call an ambulance.

His body is completely stiff.

He's been dead for half a day already.

Stiff?

Dead for half a day?

This could be...

What are you waiting for? Hurry!

Okay!

The victim is Mr. Masato Sugimori, age 32.

A freelance writer, right?

Yes, that's right.

I had an appointment to see him today.

He wanted to interview the children.

And? When you got here, you found him like this?

Yes.

By the way, when did you get the request for the interview?

At sundown the day before yesterday.

He came to the school.

Which means he was still alive until then.

Hey, Ms. Kobayashi.

You told Mr. Sugimori that we're going to be interviewed, right?

Yes.

I called Mr. Sugimori before noon yesterday and told him.

Do you know at exactly what time it was?

Hold on a second.

I'm sure that I got the call on my cell phone

in between 3rd and 4th period.

So I can probably tell if I look through the list of incoming calls.

It's 11:22.

Which means he was killed after that time.

-Inspector. -What?

It seems that the murder weapon is the tripod of this camera.

If the killer came into the room and battered him to death,

the killer is most likely an acquaintance.

Yes. Being that he's a writer,

someone that he interviewed could be the suspect.

Right.

He may have written an article exposing someone's deeds.

But if he wrote about people in show biz,

the fans of the target may have gotten upset,

then we will end up with a whole lot of suspects.

I think there are four suspicious people.

-What? -What?

Conan?

Take a look here at the button of the answer phone.

The light's blinking.

There seems to be four messages in it.

But, Conan, what makes you think that these four are suspicious?

Look more closely.

At the edge of the button.

Now, do you get it?

The blood on it has been rubbed off.

What?

You're right.

So that means...

someone pushed the button of the answer phone after the blood splattered.

I wonder who did this?

Well...

It's after the victim was struck so...

If the victim who was barely conscious

pushed it himself after the culprit fled,

he would've called the police instead of pushing the answer phone button.

Besides, inspector,

there are no blood stains on the finger of the victim.

So that means that the killer pushed the button?

Yes.

It's only likely to think

that the button was pushed after the victim was struck.

Why would the killer do something like that?

Well, most probably because the killer

didn't want anyone to find Mr. Sugimori.

If the phone is set on answer phone even if someone were to call,

no one would come thinking that he's out somewhere.

But the key of this room is on table and the door wasn't locked.

Key?

If the killer didn't want Mr. Sugimori to be found,

I think the killer would've locked the door.

That's true.

Then the only possible thing left would be...

The killer...

Entered the message into the answer phone...

In order to establish an alibi.

Then it's understandable why the door wasn't locked.

Yeah.

If discovery of his body is too delayed

and the estimated time of death becomes uncertain,

the alibi that is established will go down the drain.

What?

Okay. Let's listen to these right now.

What's going on?

What's with this boy?

Okay. Let's hear the voices of the four suspects.

Wait! Inspector!

What? What is it?

Shouldn't we record it while listening to it, just in case?

That way, we can listen to it repeatedly.

We don't want to risk making a mistake and losing the tape.

True.

I'll go ask the forensic officers

for a recording device and have them bring it over.

-Do that, will you? -Excuse me.

Hey, Conan!

Is the killer's voice really inside the answer phone?

Yeah.

The blood that splattered on the "on" button was partially smeared off.

After killing Mr. Sugimori,

the killer turned on the answer phone

and left a message in it to establish his alibi.

But the killer could've done so just to confuse authorities, right?

Then take a look at that.

There's blood on the door knob of the entrance door.

It's evidence that the killer rushed out of this room

without realizing that it was there.

Oh, you're right.

There's blood on it.

The blood smeared on the answering machine button wasn't intentional.

It doesn't look like the killer

suddenly tried to scheme something at the last minute either.

If there are no fingerprints detected on the blood on the knob,

the killer must've used a glove.

Slow down a bit.

Aren't you speeding off too much from the beginning?

Officer Takagi and Inspector Megure are used to you,

so maybe it's okay.

But it's the first time Ms. Kobayashi hears you making a deduction.

She looked flustered.

Slow down a bit.

Slow down?

She's looking this way, too.

Not good.

I hear you do a lot of things.

Like what?

Saying things like "Huh" or "Funny".

You know, those deceiving kind of stupid childish remarks you make.

Why, you...

I'm sure you know this,

but if the public learns about your detective work,

it'll eventually reach their ears, too.

Yeah, I know.

I was planning on keeping my mouth shut during this interview, too.

I wonder about that.

Is it true that this victim, Mr. Sugimori, is a writer in demand?

Yes.

When he came over to the school the day before yesterday,

he himself said so.

He told me that his name is becoming rather popular these days.

If so, it would seem that he would be living in a better place than this.

Maybe Mr. Sugimori was just lying.

No. He...

I know.

It's kind of embarrassing acting it out after being told to do so.

Look at that!

There's an interesting key on Mr. Sugimori's hip!

Look! A silver horse is attached to it!

That person must've loved animals.

Hey!

I'm sorry.

It's the key to a Ferrari.

You mean that super car?

Is that a super car?

But if that's true,

it could be that Mr. Sugimori was poor because of the car.

There are people who are tight on their living expenses

because they want to spend money on their luxury car.

He had the key to this room separated from his car keys,

so this shows that he was also most probably a show-off.

Hey, Conan.

What was that "huh" thing a while ago about?

We're looked down upon by adults because of such attitudes of yours.

I think it's cute, but maybe it's a bit too childish.

That's right, Conan!

Please don't go around doing stuff like that all on your own.

Oh, come on.

But...

No matter how I go about doing this...

it's not gonna be easy.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Sound of the railroad crossing"