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Commotion!

I'm your partner at all times!

A man who is strict about rules versus a woman who is not.

A tragedy occurs between the two.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

Are you really going to go look at it?

Yes, for your sake, Genta!

Geez. What a curiosity seeker.

We only found out about that person a day ago.

"Yesterday" -Oh, that doesn't go there, Kojima.

Oh, rats...

Unburnable trash...

Genta, make sure you sort the trash correctly!

Stupid, I just made a careless mistake.

You're too careless, Genta.

Oh...

If Mr. Iwata were here,

you'd be getting lectured for at least 30 minutes.

Who's Mr. Iwata?

A man who lives in our apartment.

Oh, that's right, your family runs an apartment.

Yes, Mr. Iwao Iwata who moved in about three months ago,

is super strict when it comes to throwing away trash.

If you throw the trash out at a strange time,

or dispose of trash without sorting it out,

he finds out who did it

and brings the trash bag back to that person.

Oh, isn't that taking things a bit too far?

He's really serious and extremely neat.

Yes, he's a very fine man.

Rather, he's quite a weirdo.

That's right!

Let's go see that man called Mr. Iwao Iwata tomorrow.

Go visit him?

Let's go see the person who's serious and neat

so that you can follow him as an example, Genta.

What?

Hey...

So, we end up coming...

-Good morning. -Good morning!

He's Mr. Iwao Iwata.

You're the one who put out this trash bag, aren't you?

A direct mail addressed to you is inside.

Don't look into other people's trash bag!

"Iwao Iwata (30)" -It's wet with rain

so you threw it out last night.

Trash is supposed to be thrown out in the morning.

Why don't you follow the rules?

This man is exactly as Chiharu said.

"The Abominable Man of Rules"

On top of that, kitchen garbage, cans and Styrofoam are mixed in this bag.

Sort your trash like you should!

He sure looks worked up.

He doesn't have to get so furious.

That just goes to show how serious he is.

What?

Okay. I will sort it!

You better watch yourself!

If you keep pushing your weight around,

you're really going to get it one of these days!

They're my classmates.

Good morning!

-Good morning! -Good morning!

Morning.

Your attitude of cautioning people to stick to the rules of society

was a great learning experience for us too.

Well, it's just that somebody's got to do it.

Bye.

But why can't he caution the person personally

instead of in front of all those people,

and so exaggeratedly too.

There's a reason

why Mr. Iwata became so strict about throwing trash out.

What reason?

Soon after Mr. Iwata moved in,

the apartment was struck by an arsonist.

Arson?

The arsonist burned the trash

that someone had thrown out in the middle of the night

without following the rules.

Mr. Iwata happened to notice it and extinguished the fire

so we were lucky, but...

And that's why he became really strict about throwing out trash.

But like the man that he just razzed,

if he's too hung up on rules and repeated about it,

people around him are going to start hating him.

That's what you call repaying kindness with resentment.

Right, Conan?

Conan?

Yeah.

Then, three days later, an incident occurs.

"Three days later" -Homicide?

Mr. Iwata...

Didn't I tell you that he was going to be hated?

But, it can't be...

No way!

Poor thing, he was just trying to do the right thing...

No, it's the other way around!

Mr. Iwata is the assaulter...

-What? -What?

He is?

-Officer Takagi! -Officer Takagi!

Oh, you guys.

What is it?

Is it true that Mr. Iwao Iwata really kill somebody?

Is it really true?

Do you guys know him?

Yes. So tell us the details!

It's true that he assaulted somebody.

A woman, over how to throw trash out.

-What? -Over how to throw trash out?

"Interrogation room" -Over how to throw trash out?

Last night...

Rather, at about 3 am in the wee hours of the morning today.

I got thirsty so I was drinking water in the kitchen.

When I happened to look out the window

and notice someone taking trash out.

I couldn't stand not doing anything so I...

So, it's you again.

I thought I told you that you shouldn't bring your trash out at night,

just the other day too!

I cautioned her then she said...

Get off my back.

Stop playing Mr. Goody-goody all by yourself!

She came at me with an iron pipe that was at her feet.

I never liked you from before.

I thought that I'd be killed

unless I took the iron pipe away from her so I...

Are you all right?

Hey...

Oh, no...

But he turned himself in to the police right after that.

So, rather than a case of homicide...

Right.

I admit to have killed her.

But, officer, I did so in self-defense.

Yes! I'm sure he did it in self-defense!

If it's as Mr. Iwata says.

Self-defense?

What happens if he did it in self-defense?

He won't be charged for homicide, right?

He won't be charged?

But, it happened after midnight so...

We're looking for eye-witnesses too but so far nothing.

In other words, it's difficult to prove

that the victim actually suddenly attacked him

with the iron pipe.

You mean you suspect him?

We can't just take his side of the story for fact.

We've got to find something to back it up...

He's a really serious person

and not someone who would lie.

Yes!

I think so too.

But if he really felt that his life was in danger,

why didn't he flee?

That's the part that bothers me too...

It's strange that a person who is carrying out justice

runs from a person who is doing something wrong!

Logically I guess you could say so, but...

It seems that the victim was always not too concerned

about the rules of how trash should be thrown away.

You mean the woman who passed away?

Yes. Her name was Ms. Misa Katayama

and she lived alone in that condominium.

She worked as a hostess at a snack bar,

so she always came home after midnight.

She seems to have thrown her trash out at night

because she used to be asleep in the morning.

The community committee leader also seems to have cautioned her before.

Ms. Katayama, please adhere to the rules.

Stop pestering me with your rules and regulations.

I mean all the fuss about throwing away rubbish at night.

If it bothers you so much, why don't you call the police

and get them to arrest me.

It seems that the community committee leader

couldn't do anything about it either.

That's when Mr. Iwata moved in

and cautioned her repeatedly about trash

that Ms. Misa Katayama seemed to dislike him.

So, it's exactly as Iwata had testified...

Isn't this the result of a tragedy that occurred impulsively

because a woman who doesn't give a hoot about rules

and a man who is hung up on rules,

just happened to live in the same neighborhood?

I wonder if that's what it was?

For now, the only foothold we have is his testimony.

I'll go check on his character

to see if he is one we can trust or not.

It seems it's only been three months

since he moved to this apartment but...

I'll check further back in the past.

I'll go look for eye-witnesses.

If we can make apparent what a decent citizen Mr. Iwata really is,

I'm sure his killing in self-defense will be proven!

If he really did it in self-defense.

I guess they're going to come with me even if I tell them not to.

Mr. Iwata's personality?

For example, is he the type that lies?

No way... Not Mr. Iwata.

He would never lie.

He's a decent citizen that isn't two-faced.

See, it's just a waste of time, Officer Takagi.

Yeah...

Did he used to get into trouble with people for not following rules

when he was living here too?

He would never get into trouble with anyone

because he's a mild mannered person.

Something's not right...

Because when we saw him the other day,

he was really worked up and shouting off the top of his lungs.

Yes...

I wonder if his personality changed

after he moved to that apartment?

Oh, I was really surprised when he moved out,

because it was so sudden...

Sudden?

Well, the rental agreement is renewed every two years

and he moved out almost right after he completed renewal procedures.

What?

In other words, Mr. Iwata was planning to go on living here

but suddenly changed his mind

and moved in to the apartment in Beika-cho?

Did Mr. Iwata move into an apartment in Beika-cho?

Yes, why do you ask?

It's nothing. But to move from a condominium to an apartment...

He didn't look like he was having money problems.

And, it's more convenient to go to the research lab

that he works at from here too.

Maybe something urgent came up three months ago

that he had to move into that apartment.

Yeah. There seems to be no other way to think of it.

And because he moved there, the incident occurred.

Hey! Just what does that mean?

Hey! What does it mean?

-Hey! -Hey!

How should I know?

This case most likely is not something

that occurred on the spur of the moment after all.

"Sanko Precision Technology Research Institute"

Three months ago?

Yes, do you know if something out of the ordinary came over Mr. Iwata?

Three months ago...

Oh, he's usually a very cheerful person,

but he looked to be very troubled about something back then.

I think it was after he went to pay homage

to the grave of his acquaintance.

Pay homage to the grave?

Yes... It was the second anniversary of his benefactor's death

who took care of him when he was in school.

Did he go to the grave

before he moved in to the apartment he's living in now?

Yes, I think he moved out soon after that.

That visit to the grave may have triggered him off in some way.

A school days benefactor who he owes his life to...

"Inoue Law Office" -Oh, you must mean Mr. Yasaka.

Iwata and I were both students who didn't have money

so we worked part-time and barely fed ourselves.

Iwata used to work part time at Mr. Yasaka's factory.

Mr. and Mrs. Yasaka took care of Iwata,

who had lost his parents at a young age,

as if he were their own son.

When he was hit by a motorbike near the factory

and was badly hurt...

If a blood transfusion is needed, please use my blood!

Mine too!

The couple both seem to have given him blood.

In other words, that couple saved his life.

Iwata used to say so too.

However, about two years ago,

they were deceived by some bad loan shark

who took away their house as well as their factory

and the couple committed suicide.

If he said that he was going to visit the grave of someone

who saved his life in his school days,

it must be the grave of that couple.

I'm sure the temple where their grave was is

in Henryu Temple located in Beika-cho.

-What? -What?

Henryu Temple...

That's near your apartment, right, Chiharu?

Yes...

There's Beika Station...

The apartment...

And it's beyond a little way farther.

Where's the loan shark that deceived Mr. and Mrs. Yasaka

and drove them to suicide now?

I'm sure he's in jail

because he seems to have threatened people for money

and been involved in other crimes.

What about the woman?

The woman?

There seems to have been a woman involved too.

"Two Years Ago" -After investigating I found out

that there was a woman who introduced the loan shark Fujikura

to the Mr. and Mrs. Yasaka's!

I'm sure that the woman, conspired with Fujikura

to begin with and deceived the Mr. and Mrs. Yasaka's.

Hey, can't you somehow get that woman to pay for what she did too?

If she says that she introduced them out of goodwill,

that's it...

It's too bad, but there's no way she can be tried by law.

So, you can't punish that woman by law!

Iwata seemed really vexed.

What's that woman's name?

He didn't tell me.

I think she was working for a bar or a snack shop or something.

-Which means... -Don't tell me that...

What about that woman?

So, that's the story.

I have something I would like you

to verify with a man called Fujikura

who had been serving time since two years ago.

You can't?

He died last month of an illness?

Fujikura?

Eiji Fujikura.

Have you ever heard this man's name from Ms. Misa Katayama?

No, I haven't.

I don't have the slightest idea what kind of guy

that nasty woman was going with...

But you were working with her, weren't you...

I'm telling you, I don't know!

Yes, this is Takagi.

Thank you just a while ago.

You got verification?

Thank you.

It's the prison officer I called a while ago.

He asked a person who was serving sentence together with Fujikura.

It seems that Fujikura was saying that once he got out,

he was going to team up with a hostess called Misa

and make loads of cash again.

The assaulter and the victim connected, didn't they?

-Mitsuhiko. -Mitsuhiko.

You have no conclusive proof at all yet!

Proof...

Conan!

What's with this kid?

-Conan! -Conan!

Is she the person called Ms. Misa Katayama?

Yes, but if so, what?

Is this a recent picture?

It's about a half a year ago...

Half a year has already passed...

What about this picture?

She's hurt.

Yes, right.

She slammed her finger between the car door and it almost came off.

There sure was a great fuss over it.

Everything turned out okay, for the time being though.

For the time being?

There's one thing I'd like to verify...

Yes. That murder weapon that was confiscated as evidence.

Yes... About that iron pipe...

Although we were trying to save Mr. Iwata,

we seemed to have tracked down something incredible.

-Mitsuhiko. -Mitsuhiko.

No matter what the consequences, there is only one truth.

You understand why we asked you to come here,

don't you, Mr. Iwata?

"Yasaka Family's Grave" -Three months ago from now,

you came to visit this grave...

The day you came here was

the memorial day of the death of Mr. and Mrs. Yasaka,

who killed themselves after being deceived by Eiji Fujikura,

an evil loan shark two years ago.

Mr. and Mrs. Yasaka...

On your way back to the station after visiting the grave,

you coincidentally caught a glimpse of something.

It was the woman who had conspired with Eiji Fujikura

and deceived the Mr. and Mrs. Yasaka's.

Stop pestering me with your rules and regulations.

If it bothers you so much, why don't you call the police

and get them to arrest me?

Despite having driven a good couple to their death,

this woman didn't show a tinge of regret.

Isn't that when you thought that having seen her

on their memorial day was a work of fate?

And that you would avenge the death of the couple who saved you.

You rented the apartment located opposite the condominium

that the woman lived and moved in.

You wanted to avenge their death but didn't want to get caught doing so.

Since she was not legally punished by law,

you thought up a scheme in which you wouldn't get caught either.

So, you thought up the strategy of killing in self-defense.

You carried out your plan right away.

You stared the arson fear.

Using this as a start,

you made everybody believe that you had very strict standards

when it came to throwing out trash.

Next, all you had to do was to wait for the chance to come around.

You continued to wait until that woman,

Ms. Misa Katayama, to come out to throw her trash away.

You waited for the perfect chance when there were no witnesses at all.

Oh...

Darn!

Then last night the time finally arrived.

You put her fingerprints on the iron pipe

that you brought along with you

and turned yourself into the police.

Am I wrong, Mr. Iwata?

You tried to make a planned murder looks as if it happened by chance.

Since it looks on the outside to be trouble between the neighbors,

you probably thought that police wouldn't check far back

into the past karmic relationship of the victim and assaulter.

That woman picked the iron pipe up from the ground

and suddenly attacked me.

That's why I had no choice but to...

I did it in self-defense!

Enough already.

Yeah.

Please stop it already.

We have proof.

It's Ms. Misa Katayama's fingerprints.

Fingerprints?

Are you saying that the woman's fingerprints weren't

on the iron pipe or what?

Just the opposite.

The fingerprint of all 10 of Ms. Katayama's fingers were on it.

That person called, Ms. Misa Katayama,

seems to have hurt the finger of her right hand very badly

half a year ago

and to this day cannot bend that finger.

What?

Unless somebody forced her to grab the pole

and held it down,

the fingerprint of that finger couldn't have got onto the pole.

I just couldn't forgive that woman!

I'm alive here today thanks

to the Mr. and Mrs. Yasaka's giving me blood.

Hey, keep your eyes on what you're doing or you'll get hurt.

Okay!

I think I'll work here even after graduating from university...

Don't be silly!

That's right, Iwata.

You're going to become a technician great enough

to carry Japan on your shoulders.

You idiot, not only Japan but the world!

Right!

How could she dare to deceive such a good couple...

And to go as far as to drive them to commit suicide...

Regardless, what you have committed is a crime.

No matter how much you cannot forgive a person,

it does not give you the right to take that person's life.

Mr. and Mrs. Yasaka!

Oh, there you are!

What's up, Genta?

A super weirdo moved in right opposite our house,

and that person is...

What's the matter?

He never learns...

Next Conan's Hint:

"The face of dice"

Do dice have a face?

-Yes, six of them too! -No joke?

Are you all right?