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A strong heart along with deduction and power.

And step into the essence with a strong rhythm.

A strange murder takes place at a pottery making class.

The words on a tea cup also poses a mystery.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

Ran decides to go to the pottery making class Sonoko is going to.

You're pretty good for a beginner.

Mr. Mino.

Attention, everyone!

Does anyone know this child?

Conan?

And I go to check up on her.

The instructor of the pottery making class is Muneyuki Mino

and his assistant is Kikuyo Kasama.

Later, Mr. Mino's adopted son-in-law,

Motoo Mino comes back from work.

But he suddenly disappears.

This storage room's the only place we haven't looked.

The cabinet...

A piece of cloth...

is sticking out from under the cabinet door.

Isn't it one of the aprons you use in class?

-Motoo... -Snap out of it!

Wake up, Motoo!

Motoo...

I know who the killer is, but...

I'm finished!

It's my tea cup! Pretty good, huh?

Yes, that's really quite good.

But you know, sonny,

it appears as if you're worried about something.

You're either hiding some deep, dark secret

or debating about something important.

I'm right, aren't I?

The soul never lies.

You're very good, sir.

I think you should take care of your own affairs

before meddling in other people's.

But this is the cup you made, sir.

What?

While you were busy looking through the desk,

I put yours over here.

I thought for sure you'd catch on.

And if this is your tea cup,

then you must be hiding something.

Mr. Mino, what are you hiding?

Tell me.

"Murder At The Pottery Making Class (Part 2)"

This kid...

Excuse me.

Did you find a pen?

Yes, here.

Use this.

Thank you, and may I also use this desk?

By all means.

I appreciate this.

Now, please go back to the storage room

where the inspector is waiting.

All right.

No doubt about it.

Mr. Mino is the murderer.

I've pretty much figured out his alibi trick

but while I was checking the body, he hid the evidence.

I saw him pick up those scissors,

that means the evidence is still somewhere.

It's got to be someplace.

But if I can't find it...

Gosh. Isn't there something else?

Something that the killer's missed.

Think...

Sorry, kid.

A necktie.

Yes, this is it!

I've found it!

I've finally found it.

You overlooked a piece of evidence,

only a professional potter would leave behind.

Inspector Megure!

I've confirmed the details.

Give it to me.

And that's not the only thing I learned.

I see, debts.

Kasama Kikuyo.

It seems you have debts totalling 10,000,000 yen.

Yes, I do. I found a nice condominium.

What about it?

Nothing. I just thought it was interesting.

The late Mr. Motoo just took out an insurance policy last week

and the premium was for exactly 10,000,000 yen, payable to you.

The timing just seemed so perfect.

On top of that,

just before Mr. Motoo's body was discovered in the cabinet,

you had come to get the first aid kit from that very cabinet.

If you weren't the murderer,

you surely would have seen his body in there.

I already told you!

I opened the cabinet but nobody was inside!

Besides, it didn't take me more than a minute

to go get the first aid kit and return.

There's no way I could kill someone

and hide the body in the cabinet!

According to everyone's testimony, when Mr. Mino got hurt,

you volunteered to get the first aid kit.

What if you had already put Motoo's body in the cabinet?

You didn't want his body to be discovered yet

so you went to get the first aid kit yourself.

But when you opened the cabinet,

his apron slid out and got caught in the door.

Maybe that's what happened.

That's absurd! I'm not a murderer!

Don't lie, Kikuyo.

I saw you.

I came in here looking for you.

I saw you choking Motoo's neck.

Is that true?

It is. She said she was helping Motoo change

but that's not what it looked like.

I was just playing...

You can tell us about it down at the station.

Hold on a minute, officer!

What's wrong, Inspector?

You know, every time we start to walk out with the suspect,

a strange voice stops us.

It goes, "Funyaa" or "Oops", like that.

Oh, you're talking about Kogoro Mouri.

Well, you can rest assured. He's not here today.

Oh, that's right.

Funyaa...

Sonoko, what's the matter?

I just remembered! This girl does it, too.

Inspector Megure, you've done it again. I'm so bored.

How dare you!

Didn't you notice it?

The victim Motoo's sleeves were rolled up

but the lengths weren't the same.

Doesn't that seem like

he was attacked while he was working in the class?

And if that's the case,

then the killer could only be that person, don't you think?

Who are you talking about?

You don't mean...

Yes. That person who came into this storage room

while Kikuyo was helping Motoo change

then forced her to return to the class,

leaving him alone with the victim... that person is...

Muneyuki Mino!

Yes, you are the murderer!

Sonoko.

We noticed the thing about his sleeves

but Mr. Mino has an alibi.

According to Ran's testimony,

when Mr. Mino left the storage room earlier today,

the apron wasn't sticking out like it was

when they discovered the body.

And he was with all of you the entire time later that day, wasn't he?

Besides, just before the body was discovered,

Kikuyo had come and opened the cabinet.

We're not sure she's actually the killer yet

but she should have screamed if he was inside,

wouldn't that be the natural thing to do?

That is, if she didn't kill him.

And unless Mr. Mino was a magician,

there isn't any way he could have put the body in the cabinet

without using his hands. Isn't that right?

No. Actually, he did use magic.

Mr. Mino used Ran and Kikuyo as assistants

and made Motoo's body appear in the cabinet

after making it seem like he wasn't inside.

Kikuyo and I were assistants?

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You'll know what I mean when we reenact it.

Let's see.

Officer Takagi. Will you be my assistant?

What? Who, me?

Take a good look, people. What you see before

is a simple cabinet with nothing rigged.

Please check and make sure nothing is sticking out of the cabinet.

Everything's clear.

All right then, please open the door on the right side.

It's opened.

You've checked and made sure nothing is inside?

Yes.

I didn't notice anything unusual.

A piece of cloth is sticking out from under the cabinet?

That's strange.

That cloth wasn't here before.

So that's how it was done! It's on the inside of the door!

That's right.

I asked Conan and the man from the crime lab

to stick that handkerchief there.

I'm almost certain Mr. Mino taped the end of the apron

to the inside of the accordion style door's right side

then closed the door while pushing the end of the apron inside.

Then, when someone opens the door,

the apron will be pulled out.

And when the door is closed again, the apron would stick out.

What I'm saying is, Mr. Mino...

deliberately cracked the plate in front of the cabinet

so that Ran would see that

there was nothing sticking out from underneath

when she was cleaning up.

Then he made Kikuyo go get the first aid kit

telling her he had hurt his hand.

When she opened the door to the cabinet,

the apron came loose and got caught under the door.

I see.

That way it would look like there was nobody in the cabinet

when Ran was cleaning up the broken plate

and as if someone had put it in there later.

But...

what if Kikuyo had noticed the apron when closing the door

after getting the first aid kit?

I don't think she would look down when closing the door,

not knowing that there was an injured person waiting for her.

So where was the body all that time?

When the door was opened, the body fell out

that means the body was probably leaning against the door.

Kikuyo had to have seen it when she got the first aid kit.

I think we'll know the answer

when we open the door one more time.

Huh?

But this time, open both doors at the same time.

Both sides at the same time?

A mop?

This wasn't in there the last time I opened it up.

How'd you do that?

It's a simple trick.

I tied some string to the top of the mop,

then made a knot at the end of the string.

Next, I passed the string

through the hanger bar on the right side shelf

and hung the mop so it leaned forward.

Then I passed the string

through the opening above the door on the left side,

pulled it so that the knot would get caught

when the door closed and that kept it in place.

That way, even when the door on the right is opened,

the mop is hidden by the joint.

When both doors are opened at the same time,

the knot which is the stopper comes loose

and the mop falls out!

The mop is Motoo,

the string is his necktie,

and the knot in the string.

You've got to be kidding.

His tie pin?

That's right.

When you look at the tie around Motoo's neck,

you'll see for yourself, it so obvious.

The reason his tie pin was so attached so low was

it was adjusted to accommodate this trick,

the hole the tie pin made was big proving

Motoo's weight stretched it out.

But wouldn't someone notice if the end of the neckties

were sticking out from above the left door?

Not if you were to roll it up

and stuff it into the space in the door.

Then when did he retrieve the piece of apron?

When the police arrived,

we didn't find anything like that in the cabinet.

Besides, he discovered Motoo's body

when all you students were present, didn't he?

He couldn't have retrieved it with all of you watching.

He certainly could.

When Motoo fell out of the cabinet,

Mr. Mino moved to the right side, bent down

and while he pretended to be trying to rouse him,

he opened the right door fully

and used his body to hide the apron

sticking out from under the door.

Then if he tore it tape and all,

no one would notice it, would they?

See, when the door is partially open...

The apron is hidden by the V shape joint on the inside

and when the door is opened fully,

it sticks out from the left side, doesn't it?

Mr. Mino tore that and hid it in his pocket.

Yes, I see what you mean.

Then we'd find that piece of cloth

if we search his pockets.

This is absurd.

Take a look. As you can see, I don't have such a thing.

What is this, Sonoko?

He probably hid it in the toilet or someplace

before the police arrived while I was checking the body.

In the toilet?

Conan saw Mr. Mino looking for scissors

so he probably meant to cut it into little pieces

and flush it down the toilet.

-Takagi, check it out. -Yes, sir!

It doesn't matter what and where you find it. I'm not guilty.

No one actually saw me hiding anything.

Besides, anyone could have rigged

the trick that girl just explained.

You're right.

Even if we do find the piece of apron,

the moment it left your person,

it lost its weight as evidence against you.

But unfortunately, Mr. Mino,

there's solid evidence remaining that incriminates you.

What?

It's on the back of the tie that was tied around Motoo's neck.

This is...

Scratch marks?

That's right.

It's from the soil that's embedded in Mr. Mino's fingertips.

It's not unthinkable for those scratch marks to be there.

Mr. Mino was making a tea cup with Conan

and judging from the position of the tie pin,

the necktie was just barely long enough

to keep the body suspended.

The only way he could avoid getting his fingerprints

on the tie pin while pulling the body up

and getting the tie pin over the door, was to grip the necktie tightly.

Mr. Mino, you made two mistakes.

First, you didn't use gloves.

Second,

you chose to use that necktie to pull the body up.

If you had used gloves,

you could have looped the tie pin with your fingers

and pulled the body up.

And if you had used string with a knot instead of the necktie...

you wouldn't have made those scratch marks.

Putting gloves on

makes it seem as if I were touching something dirty.

My late daughter gave that tie to him,

it was a symbol of her love for him.

It was for Christmas.

Then, the birthday card

and that tie he found in his bag yesterday...

It was from me.

I knew he'd assume it was from you.

I was determined to use it

to show him the grief my daughter felt.

And I wanted you to take all the blame.

I started to suspect the relationship between you two

when my daughter was struck by the truck and died, 2 years ago.

It was 3 days after Christmas.

The funeral was over and I was cleaning her room,

that's when I found it.

The necktie was crumpled

and thrown in the trash bin, box and all.

I thought he did it by mistake

so I rushed to the airport to give it to him.

I expected to see a man

grieving over the recent loss of his beloved wife

waiting sadly for his flight to take him to his work assignment.

But the man I saw at the airport wasn't a man

who had recently lost e woman he loved.

What I saw was a fraud. He was holding you

and you two were laughing and enjoying yourselves.

That's when I knew,

my daughter wasn't hit by the car.

She found out about you two

so she threw herself in front of the car, killing herself.

But how did you know this necktie was for Motoo?

Maybe she was going to give it to you.

I knew.

After all, she...

She told me.

Beige?

Isn't that color rather plain for Motoo?

It doesn't matter. I like beige and besides,

I want him to be a little more like you.

Beige is the color of the soil.

That's your color, isn't it, dad?

I guess

you could say it was a father's intuition.

"Three days later"

You got a letter from Kyogoku?

Then why are you so sad, Sonoko?

Take a look at this picture!

He thought you made him a vase.

I guess you could say I "vasted" my time.

Imbecile.

So? Ran, did you send yours to "you know who"?

What?

Didnt you have your friend the living national treasure

fire yours up for you?

Well, no. I don't think I did it right.

That's why I didn't send it.

I think they are all gone.

-Hey, Conan. -Huh?

I hate to ask, but could you go get the bag of chips on my desk?

Okie dokie.

What's this? It's a chopstick holder.

It looks familiar.

Mystery maniac is a complete fool?

I get it now. So this is the tea cup Ran made.

I understand why she couldn't send a silly tea cup like this.

I'll be waiting for you.

Conan, what are you doing?

Hurry up, we're waiting.

Yeah, coming!

Conan looks so happy.

Kind of creepy, isn't it?

Next Conan's Hint:

"Message"