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Even destiny serves as a clue to the deduction.

And the light of truth pierces through the most mysterious case.

Today, the case gets resolved.

Will Conan catch the killer?

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

Upon Heiji Hattori's request,

we came to Osaka to attend a restaurant's opening party.

Three men own the restaurant,

a former professional boxer named Ricardo Balera,

Major League pitcher Mike Norwood

and professional soccer player Ray Curtis.

But while we were in the midst of helping them with their secret plan,

a gunshot ring out.

When we ran into the room where the gunshot came from,

we found that an American newspaper reporter named Ed McKay

had been shot to death.

"The 3K's Incident in Osaka (Part 2)"

Gosh, thanks to this murder, the party's ruined.

The lottery for the autographed souvenirs was called off too.

Ran, you were lucky you got yours before this happened.

Hey? I just noticed,

where did Conan and Heiji go?

They're probably sticking close to Otaki

helping with the case.

Helping with the case?

For goodness sakes.

You don't have to worry so much, they'll be fine.

The murder weapon's already been found,

the murderer will be caught in no time.

I wonder.

It's just a matter of time.

After all, Heiji Hattori's hot on the case.

Yes, I suppose.

Since the hotel's not open yet,

the elevators weren't operating.

Which means...

those three guys

could only use these stairs to get to each floor.

All the rooms are set up the same

and the light switches are all in this spot.

And there wasn't any sign that the wiring was rigged in any way.

And it seems like the only way to turn the lights on and off

is to press the switch.

Wait a minute.

I'm sure Mike said he opened the curtains.

If he tied a string to the edge of the curtain

and rigged it so it would open when the string was pulled

he could've opened the curtains while being somewhere else.

I don't think so.

I checked the room Mike worked on, first thing

but I didn't find any trace that string had been tied to the curtain

or any scratch marks left from the string being pulled.

Out of the three, Ray was in the room closest to the scene of the murder

but it would have taken 10 seconds for him to run up the stairs

and get to that room after turning the lights on.

Ray suffers from a chronic articular ailment in his left knee

for it's pretty much impossible for him to have done it.

And for your information, Mike's injured his Achilles tendon

and is undergoing rehabilitation.

And Ricardo has always been a slow runner.

None of the three could have committed the crime in that time span.

You know, Kudo?

You're acting strange.

Any other time,

if the witnesses to a crime had shaky alibis like these guys,

you'd have been the first to suspect them!

You think so?

Well, even if they could've made it to the room,

they'd have to knock on the door and by the time the victim let them in,

that would take another five seconds.

No matter how you look at it, it's impossible!

Hey, Kudo, what is that?

What are you talking about?

It's just a mop, isn't it?

A mop in a hotel's guest room?

You're right, it is out of place.

Hey, Kudo, you think it's possible?

The other two might not be able to do it

but if he used what he always does,

he could operate the switches from far away.

What are you talking about?

He didn't have it on him and it wasn't in the room.

That's what I want to ask you.

It's such a small thing, you can hide it just about anywhere.

That's ridiculous!

It's absolutely impossible!

And I'll prove it, just you wait!

Kudo, weren't you the one who said...

remove what can't be done and whatever remains,

no matter how unthinkable

that will be the truth.

Isn't that what you said, Kudo?

Are you all right?

Yeah, this old injury still bothers me.

Don't push yourself so much.

Don't worry about me, the pain eases up when I take my medicine.

Take it easy.

If "The Steel Barrier" falls to its knees,

that'll be the end of the game!

I know, let's go out for a drink later to forget this mess!

This is a...

I'm sure about it this time!

I heard it in some restaurant once.

Be careful, Ran. It's probably some bad joke.

It's the truth! The person working there was shouting,

I heard the words "band" and "wooden sandals"!

That reporter Ed was speaking fluent Japanese

and he knew a lot about Japan!

I know it had something to do with a tempura restaurant

or a sushi restaurant or a sukiyaki restaurant, one of those.

I see.

Now, I get it.

Darn it.

What?

What's this deflated soccer ball doing here?

That means there was an extra one.

Maybe it's a spare?

You think so?

Detective, can we leave already?

Those two said they'd like to go back to the hotel and take a shower.

Well, but...

It shouldn't be a problem, Otaki.

You didn't find any gun powder residue on them, did you?

But still, Heiji.

In exchange...

I'd like you to do me a favor.

A favor?

That's right, Ray.

A favor from you.

Me?

There's someone waiting that I want you to meet

in the room you were just in at the hotel.

I really appreciate it.

Because that person is a great fan of yours.

Oh, my gosh!

Who on earth did this?

-That's right. -What?

It's a very simple set-up.

First, you leave the door wide open

until the door to the hotel room is locked,

then remove the closet's sliding door and take the mop out.

The sliding door is propped up in the position

the light switch will be when it's turned on,

the tip of the mop handle is placed in between the sliding door

and the switch and the sliding door is lifted up,

there, the set-up is ready!

All that's left to do is, take the soccer ball you've prepared

and kick it down the stairs.

If the curtains in the room were already left open,

from out the view outside,

it would've looked like you had turned the lights on.

Isn't that right?

Ray.

After just a couple of trial runs,

even a kid like me managed to do it.

During your career as a mid-fielder,

you, Ray Curtis was known for your scoring goals on free kicks

I bet you could do this with your eyes closed.

That's right. With this method,

you can turn the lights on the first floor on from the second floor

and at almost the same time,

kill the reporter in the room on the second floor,

and claim you were on the first floor all the time.

No way, kid. This is some bad joke.

Let me explain, your plan went something like this.

The lights you were supposed to turn on,

the 5 on the lower second row of the letter K.

You set this up in the room scheduled to be lit up second,

the right end of the first row.

Which is this room in front of the stairs.

After you turned on the first light,

you went to the second room,

set things up

and went upstairs with the gun you'd had hidden and the soccer ball.

Then turned on the lights on

in the third, fourth and fifth rooms on the second floor.

Of course, you deliberately didn't turn the lights on in the second room.

And then, knowing Ran was outside watching,

you brought it to her attention and told her

that you were heading there at that time,

then you kicked the ball down the stairs

which turned the light on in the room.

Then you rushed to the room Ed was waiting in, shot him.

Tossed the gun away...

and ran back downstairs into the room, looked out the window

and pretended to be surprised by the gunshot

giving us the impression, you were there all along.

Have I missed something, Ray?

That's very, very good.

But you know, kid? You've forgotten one thing.

Ran said so herself,

barely three seconds had passed before the light went on

and the gunshot was heard.

It would've been impossible for me to do what you said

in such a short time.

It would take more than 3 seconds to kick the ball,

knock on Ed's door and wait for him to come out.

You probably knocked on the door then kicked the ball, didn't you?

After you knocked on his door,

you went to the stairs

and kicked the ball the same time he opened the door.

As you walked up to him, you spoke into the transceiver,

confirmed the light had been turned out then shot him,

in this order, three seconds is more than enough time.

For your information,

if you were to tie a string to that mop then pull it

you could also turn the light off,

which means Ricardo, who said he was turning the light off

on the fifth floor could also have done it,

however the scene of the murder

was on the second floor, which you were in charge of.

It wouldn't have been possible for him to have committed the murder

without running into you.

The same goes for Mike

who was opening the curtains on the third floor.

That means...

Ray, you're the only one

who could have committed the murder.

But kid, I shot the gun, I should have powder residue on me.

When the police do the test,

they only check the area around the cuffs of the sleeve

and maybe the pants.

They never check the inside of the clothes.

If you took your jacket off

and turned your shirt and pants inside out before firing the gun,

then put your jacket back on before looking out the window

and while you were waiting in the room, fixed your pants and shirt,

you wouldn't test positive.

Isn't the when you used this needle to deflate the ball

and hit it in your shirt?

I went into the toilet right after you came out

and found it in the trash bin,

and there was also an extra ball

under the souvenir table in the party hall, it was deflated.

But you can't prove I put it there.

It's Ed, he's telling us you did it.

The position of Ed's finger on his right hand,

it's in a sushi eating form

the left hand clutching the belt refers to the band.

In sushi restaurants,

the employees use a code of symbols only they understand.

One of the symbols is "band" for the number 8.

He was indicating Ray Curtis whose number is 8, was his killer.

It was his dying message!

I forgot to mention, the towel in the bathroom was wet.

You washed your face and hands, didn't you?

I guess you knew gun powder residue on the skin washed off easily.

It's so ironic.

I set off to prove you were innocent but the more I looked into it

I found more and more evidence against you.

Well, kid. I hate to disappoint you,

but the evidence you mentioned, you can't pin anything on me,

this shirt as well as these pants,

they're spare clothes I had my agent hang on to for me.

I changed them just now because I perspired so much.

And since my agent took the other set back,

they should be in the hotel laundry by now.

What about your shoes?

My shoes?

If the gun's an automatic, when the cartridge...

Gunshot flies out, some powder does, too.

In the case of gunshot a revolver,

it flies out radially, the barrel being the center point.

And of course, it'll fall onto the shoes, too.

Ray, you were wearing shoes when you shot him, weren't you?

After all, you had to make sure you kicked the ball accurately.

If you haven't changed them, it should show powder residue.

I believe that would be solid proof.

Turn yourself in.

I'm asking you to turn yourself in, Ray.

Please.

Sorry, kid. I'm not going to do that.

If I'm arrested, my fans and my family

will be very sad.

Thanks for the warning, I'll go polish my shoes now.

So that I have an excuse for the police.

Wait!

That's not the only thing you have to explain.

Isn't that right, Europe's steel stronghold?

Ray Curtis!

What's the matter?

What's the matter, Ray?

That's the kind of shot they teach in high school.

You should've been able to stop that with one arm.

What's the matter with you?

Come on, answer me.

Answer me, Ray!

So when'd you figure it out

that my body was being eaten away by drugs, kid?

Yawning and pain in the joints

are signs of drug withdrawal.

When you came out of the toilet

holding your right knee instead of the left which you'd injured long ago,

that's when I figured it out.

The reason addicts don't stop using drugs

is partly because of the euphoria

and also because they can't stand the pain in their muscles and joints

when they do into withdrawal.

Like the newspaper article said, your so-called super plays were...

No, you're wrong!

I started using drugs after that.

Everything he wrote was a lie

but it caused my wife to commit suicide

so I came up with a plan to get back at Ed.

I fueled his suspicions and lured him here to Japan

because this is where my wife was born and raised.

Under an alias name, I told him to meet me in Japan

and I'd sell him information about Ray's drug addiction.

Then, to forget the grief I felt over losing my wife Keiko,

who I loved more than anything. I had to...

I had to rely on drugs, it was the only way.

Stop.

Stop it, Ray.

Even if you were facing a bitter aspect of your life,

you have no excuse to resort to drugs and murder, that's foul play.

You deserve a red card, you're a loser.

You're right. I don't belong on the field anymore.

I'll step down from my position.

For both my late wife...

and for my fans, like you.

After that, Ray turned himself in to the Osaka Prefecture Police.

Goal keeper, uniform number 8 left the field, never to return again.

"Hattori's Home"

Are you serious?

Did he really say he wasn't going to the game in Nagai?

But he was looking forward to it so much.

Do you think it's because Ray's not going to be playing?

No way, there's going to be so many other great players in that game.

So why then?

Beats me.

If Conan's anything like Shinichi,

we've got a lot to worry about though.

That Shinichi, he might like something a whole lot

but if he finds something the least bit wrong,

he'll do a complete turnaround and hate that thing,

he's a little childish in that way.

Maybe Conan's the same and he'll start to hate soccer.

I don't know what everybody likes about this game.

All you do is kick the ball!

You're lousy.

What'd you say?

This is how you do it!

It looks like you had nothing to worry about, Ran.

They look like real brothers, don't they?

They sure do.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Toilet In The Train"

The next episode takes place in a bullet train.

They've been doing away with dining cars lately, haven't they?

Do you miss them?

Yes.