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Even destiny serves as a clue to deduction.

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

A tangled net murder case on the beach.

The two girls also come to terms with each other today.

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 came to visit the ocean of Izu once again.

Ran and the others got acquainted with Yuuta Yoshizawa,

Noboru Shimojo, and Giichi Yoshizawa at the beach,

but there was a somewhat scowl and dark atmosphere.

That night, we coincidentally ran into

Mr. Shimojo and Mr. Yoshizawa

and their friend, Nobutsugu Nezu.

The three seem to have been waiting for Mr. Aramaki.

But, at that time, Mr. Aramaki was ruthlessly being washed up to shore,

a sorry sight and dead.

"The Mystery Caught In the Net (Part 2)"

Everybody sure is late.

Okay, I got it.

Keep at it.

-Yes, sir. -Officer Yokomizo.

I've figured it out.

What did you figure out?

The trick the killer used to drown that man.

What?

What's your reaction supposed to mean?

And how did the killer do it?

That boat that was drifting is a fake.

The real trick is very simple and clear.

The killer got the man wasted,

wrapped him up in a net then threw him out on the beach.

High tide comes and the man is rendered helpless,

not being able to move, and drowning.

So the killer didn't have to be at the scene of the crime to do it.

Sonoko, you're a genius.

I am, aren't I?

I don't mean to be a wet blanket,

but that's impossible.

Because even at high tide,

water can only increase several centimeters at a time,

and not all at once instantaneously.

If the waves touch the body and the water gradually increases,

no matter what the case, the victim would've awakened.

Besides the victim was only tangled in the net

and not tied up or anything.

He could've gotten up and avoided the waves.

He could've escaped on all fours

to a place out of range from the waves.

But, it would be a different story of course

if he were given some strong sleeping pill or something.

We haven't got any such report from the coroner yet, though.

What then, what about this?

The killer was holding him down with the net

covered over the man until he drowned.

How about it?

There's no trick involved there.

-No good either. -Sonoko.

I see, that's what happened.

That's why that person did something so weird.

No doubt about it.

That person's the killer.

"Noboru Shimojo (34), Fisherman" -Moreover, hasn't realized yet...

"Nobutsugu Nezu (35)" -that the trick that he used

"Fisherman" -in an attempt to hide his crime

"Yuuta Yoshizawa (34)" -is actually working against him

"Fisherman" -and revealing what he did.

Hey, come on, that's enough.

Even all the onlookers have left already.

We said all we have to say,

and if there's nothing more, I'm leaving.

Please wait. Just a little while more.

-What is it? -We need you to stay here just a little while longer.

Sonoko, you can't think of anything

that has to do with the murder anymore, can you?

So, let's go back to the hotel.

I guess so.

Don't tell me... Is something dawning on you?

Like always?

I guess it's just a plain old mosquito bite.

Shinichi,

it seems that the investigation's not going to see much progress for now,

so why don't we get going too?

Come on, what good is it going to do is to head on back?

When Detective Agasa's got to start explaining the truth of the case?

Then, you mean, don't tell me that...

Yeah, I've figured the case out.

I know now who drowned Mr. Aramaki on this beach,

and the trick he used to carry it out too.

I'm waiting for Mitsuhiko and the others to bring me

the tools necessary to explain what happened,

so when they come back move your lips like always

and match it to my voice through the voice changer...

It's not here.

Oh no, I forgot the voice changer in the hotel room.

Hey, hey.

Here you are.

Ai.

Just as I thought.

Thank you.

It's amazing how you figured out we were here.

You were taking so long to come back,

so I asked the person at the hotel

whether there was a murder or something that happened near the beach.

I'm so sorry, you completely slipped my mind.

Where is everybody else?

They're...

Hey!

Conan.

We found it.

Here, a large shell.

A dead starfish.

Here. I asked the people living in the neighborhood

to lend me a basin and bucket.

What are you going to use all this for?

Just wait and see.

Please give me a break, will you, officer?

Just when are we going to get to leave anyway?

Like I said, just a little while more

until Mr. Aramaki's estimated time of death is determined.

Gosh. Just how long is it going to take?

It doesn't take this long to wait

for things like this in detective dramas on TV.

Besides, isn't it impossible for us to have killed him?

When we called his cell phone at 8:40 pm,

someone answered and hung up right away.

You've got the call received record for that call,

and all three of us were at the Chinese restaurant of that hotel

at that time anyway.

If you insist on suspecting us,

give us an explanation, will you?

How on earth was the phone that was tangled up in the net together

with Aramaki taken from such a distance?

That's...

It's the waves.

See, look.

That empty can...

is just like Mr. Aramaki who was washed up to shore, isn't it?

Mr. Aramaki was washed up to shore.

I see, he rolled.

Mr. Aramaki who was washed up to shore

rolled on the beach pushed by the waves.

That's so obvious.

So what about it?

Mr. Aramaki rolled along

and the switch of the cell phone that was caught in the same net

was pushed by a shell or something that was also in the net.

With the next roll or something,

the switch was pushed again and the phone was disconnected.

As proof of that the cell phone that was found together

with Mr. Aramaki was full of scratches.

The same went for his clothes and body.

No doubt about it.

The phone connected when you called him Mr. Nezu

was not because someone pushed the button,

but because when Mr. Aramaki rolled around,

the button of the cell phone just happened to be pushed.

In other words, if the killer could predict

that the body would roll on the beach,

the killer didn't have to be here to connect and disconnect the phone.

But, wasn't that just a coincidence?

Maybe the body rolling on the beach could've been predicted,

but how could the button of the cell be pushed

at exactly the same time that Nobutsugu happened to call him?

Wouldn't that have been impossible?

I guess so.

But, your alibi that was based on the phone call is no good now.

If so, why don't you tell them to hurry up

and check on the estimated time of death?

Hello.

What? You've got the victim's estimated time of death?

Okay, great.

Well?

Well, you see...

Hey. Cut out the whispering,

but hurry and tell us.

You know now what time Aramaki died, don't you?

Yes, now we know.

According to Mr. Aramaki's estimated time of death,

the alibis of all three of you are voided.

That is, all three of you remain suspects.

-What? -What did you say?

Then, when did he die?

If you don't tell us what you know,

how can we be convinced?

I got to the Chinese restaurant after 7:00 pm?

Yuuta got there at 8:00 pm sharp.

And, Nobutsugu got there at 8:40 pm.

It takes 10 minutes from here to the restaurant.

Nobutsugu visited his father's grave

before coming to the restaurant

so I'm sure that somebody from the temple saw him.

Come on. Tell us.

What time did that guy die?

If that time was when we couldn't be here,

-we couldn't have committed the crime... -Not really...

It can be done without being here...

if this trick is used.

Trick? Mr. Agasa.

Just what are you doing?

Preparing to explain the trick

as I'm sure you all realize already.

The sand that is...

The sand in this basin is of course the sand of this beach.

This starfish is the victim, Mr. Aramaki.

And the water in this bucket is the water at high tide.

Okay, back down everyone.

-Okay. -Okay.

First a hole is made in the sand.

One just big enough

so that the body of a person lying down would fit inside.

Then, Mr. Aramaki who is drunk,

wasted and asleep is placed into that hole

with a net wrapped around him.

Dr. Agasa.

Too bad, but that won't work.

You want to explain that the body is wrapped in the net

so it cannot pull free, then you wait for high tide

and wait for the victim to drown on his own, right?

But, that's impossible.

Because Officer Yokomizo just finished explaining

that even though there is a high tide,

there is no way that the water would suddenly increase so many centimeters,

so the victim would realize that he's drowning and would flee.

How about if I use this?

A shell?

You put and press this onto the victim,

then if a high tide comes...

I guess so.

If a person is wrapped in a net and moreover,

has something like that put on him,

he wouldn't be able to escape

even if he did realize that high tide was coming.

But, if it were so,

the large rock would've been found on his body when he was found.

Was there anything like that around?

No, there wasn't.

Right. If it were a plain rock,

it would've just been left on him, but...

If that weight looked something like this shell...

See what happens.

It floated up.

But, wait.

Where did you find such a large and convenient shell?

Don't tell me.

It's that boat?

Yes, the killer got Mr. Aramaki drunk.

After wrapping him up in the net,

he was placed inside the hole that was dug in the sand,

and this boat was placed on top of him as a weight.

This way, even if he did realize that water was covering him,

it would be impossible for him to get up and he would drown.

After the water level increases even more the boat floats

and drifts away from Mr. Aramaki.

You were waiting for that time to come

at the Chinese restaurant, weren't you?

Mr. Noboru Shimojo.

And, everything worked out as you planned.

Hey, Noboru.

Don't tell me, you...

Mr. Shimojo, you...

Am I doing okay?

Yeah, you're doing great.

Just keep on matching your lips.

But, what about the liquor bottle,

sandals and button that were in the boat?

With those things in the boat,

it would look like Mr. Aramaki were put on board the boat, but...

no one would even think that he was being locked up under the boat.

Moreover, the sea water that accumulated at the bottom of the boat

made it even heavier.

It was all planned to make it harder for Mr. Aramaki to escape.

It is true that from what you said just now,

it is possible to commit the crime without being here.

But, how did you come to the conclusion that I'm the one who did it?

You knew the order of the incoming calls list

of Mr. Aramaki's cell phone, didn't you?

That your name is listed next to Mr. Yoshizawa's.

That's because he said that he called

before coming to the Chinese restaurant.

Mr. Yoshizawa came at 8:00 pm sharp.

You made the first phone call at 7:47 pm.

How did you know that Mr. Yoshizawa called Mr. Aramaki before you did?

So that's because...

You knew that Mr. Yoshizawa called Mr. Aramaki's cell phone.

You heard the call come in when you were setting up the boat trick

that I just finished explaining.

I see.

Just what are you talking about?

You're just making an irresponsible remark.

I mean, so you're saying that I'm the killer

just because I made a mistake in the order of the received calls list.

There's no proof that I carried out the trick

that you explained just now either.

It could be that somebody just got him drunk,

wrapped him up in a net and dropped him into the ocean. Right?

Right, Mr. Agasa.

There is no proof that Mr. Shimojo committed the murder.

There is no such thing.

What we have are all proof that are advantageous to you.

That's right.

The only evidence that you have now

is that I was far away in that Chinese restaurant

at the time the guy died.

Who can testify that for you?

Aren't you one of the witnesses for that too?

At what point of time are you referring to?

I've become a bit forgetful recently so...

Why do you...

You were there too, weren't you, old fart?

Right by me, at the Chinese restaurant.

At about 8:00 pm when he died!

Wait a second, Mr. Shimojo?

How do you know

that Mr. Aramaki's time of death was about 8:00 pm?

I heard you whispering among yourselves a while ago.

That's strange.

The estimated time of death that was reported to me

was from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm when Mr. Aramaki was found dead.

Don't give me that nonsense.

I'm sure you can get the details of his death, can't you?

From things like postmortem rigidity and death spots.

Absolutely.

The estimated time of death is usually assumed

by signs of postmortem rigidity,

death spots and rectal temperatures, but...

that is if the body is laid to rest

in one place at constant temperature.

However, in Mr. Aramaki's case,

his body was tossed about by the waves and spun around.

In this case,

the blood accumulates at the bottom of the body because of gravity,

and it becomes impossible to judge by death spots.

The muscles that become rigid are difficult to set in place.

Since his body was constantly covered with waves,

his body temperature kept changing.

Therefore, the speed of decrease of rectal temperature

did not take its normal course,

making it impossible to arrive at an accurate estimated time of death.

In other words, nobody including the police know

what time Mr. Aramaki died.

But if you are the killer that set it up

so that he would drown at that time, of course you would know.

Noboru.

Don't tell me you did it for our fathers...

Yeah. Thank me for it.

I conjured up all the courage within me

to kill the punk Aramaki who killed our fathers eight years ago.

Eight years ago?

Wasn't that an accident that happened

because the men set out on their boat

despite knowing that there was a storm?

Our fathers didn't just sail out

because they wanted to prove how macho they were.

Aramaki ignored the report of an oncoming storm and sailed out,

so our fathers went out after him to call him back.

Aramaki lost control of the wheels because of the high waves,

and not only did he crash into the boat of our fathers,

he left our fathers who were thrown out into the sea to die

and went back to shore alone!

I asked a timid mate that was on board his boat at that time

and pressed him to tell me, so there's no mistake about it.

Then, why didn't you take him to the police?

He disappeared out of the blue.

What?

I asked Aramaki about him, and that guy,

without a tinge of guilt, wise cracked...

Do you know how a perfect crime is committed?

You set sail with another person and when you're out at sea,

you push the other guy off the boat.

The body won't be found and there are no witnesses either.

How about it? Easy, right?

Which means that Aramaki killed that man too...

But, you didn't need to kill him, did you?

Now, you're just as guilty as he is.

Just what do you mean by that?

I avenged the death of our fathers, for you guys too, you know?

After I sacrificed myself,

went out of my way to conjure up courage

and pass judgment on that guy all by myself, what's...

What right do you have talking to me like that?

No way.

Ran.

No way.

The word courage is to be used to conjure up feelings of justice...

It should never be used to justify taking someone's life.

The killer, who was rendered speechless at Ran's remark,

was escorted silently to the Shizuoka Prefectural Police Department.

He wore a calm and sad smile on his face

as he was being taken away.

Maybe I stuck my nose in too far.

Nope, you did just great.

You really surprised me.

I just thought that was what Shinichi might've said.

Are you in the mood for love or something?

No.

Courage...

is a word to be used to conjure up

feelings of justice.

I'm Ai Haibara.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Let's be friends.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Pottery making soil"

The stage for the next show will be at a pension.

What? There's only 10 more days of summer vacation left?

Oh, no!