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Even destiny serves as a clue to deduction.

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

A pension in the highlands at the end of summer.

An impossible crime involving a one-path road.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

"Alibi of the Healing Forest"

"Healing Forest"

Thank you for coming all this way to an inconvenient place like this.

I'm sorry.

"Shiro Murakami (32)" -This is the only road there is,

"Healing Forest Pension Owner" -that will take you to our pension.

We should be there in the next 10 minutes,

so please bear with me a while longer.

-Sure. -Sure.

Is it true that you are running the pension together with your brother?

Oh, no.

"Kinji Tateshiba (27)" -I just help my older brother at the pension

during the summer.

I see.

Come to think of it, Shiro...

We're going to be delivering watermelon to dad, aren't we?

No, isn't our priority to see our guests off first?

Are we going to stop over somewhere?

If so, then...

I would like to go to the restroom.

Yes, of course.

It's right over there across the bridge.

Oh, that's just great.

Come on, dad, you're drinking too much.

I only drink a little.

"Tsunakawa"

"Ryuzo Murakami (60)"

I feel just great.

Well, well, this is indeed a fine vase.

Are you a ceramic artist, village head?

No, I'm just doing it to kill time because I live alone.

But, I got hurt yesterday and can't do anything today.

That's right. Father, this was taken from our field.

I hope you like it.

Are you trying to humor me?

Father, Shiro's doing no such thing.

Despite my strongly going against him marrying into his wife's family,

he went along and did so.

Listen, Shiro.

I have no intention of lending you money.

Take that and get out of here.

I'm sorry you had to see something so unsightly.

I'm very sorry.

I guess he just happened to be in a bad mood today.

No, he's always like that.

On top of being stubborn, his way of thinking is old fashioned.

Hello.

Hi, Aiko.

Making your rounds collecting payment?

"Aiko Misawa (25)" -I was going to,

"Milk delivery person" -but I forgot to bring the ledger.

Would you like me to pay for ours in advance?

Thanks, but I'll come to collect it next time,

because I'd like to be meticulous with money matters.

How do you do, Aiko?

I am Kogoro Mouri, a private detective.

I'm planning to spend the night here,

and my room is... let me see...

I'm sorry, I've got to make deliveries,

so if you will excuse me?

The beauty of the healing forest.

My hat.

Be careful.

Don't go into the river because it's dangerous.

I'll go get it for you.

Thank God. I've got it, Miss.

Thank you so much.

I'm sure glad you didn't get wet?

But, you slacks got wet, Mr. Murakami.

No problem. But, more than that,

now everybody knows that I can't swim.

See you, then. We'll pick mountain vegetables for dinner.

We're going to go.

The part-timer inside will take care of things for you.

-Thank you. -Thank you.

Thank you.

Here's your additional order.

Thank you always.

Is a tour group or something spending the night here or something today?

Oh, well sort of.

Hey.

There's no more beer. Beer.

Gosh, dad.

How dare he get drunk and sack out.

Mr. Murakami, did you pick mountain vegetables?

Yes, well sort of.

I remembered that I had something to do

that I came back early.

I see.

But please rest assured.

My younger brother's taking care of gathering the mountain vegetables.

Now, where is this now?

I tell you, dad...

Mouri Detective Agency.

What did you say? The village head had been killed?

I'm back.

Yes. I understand,

I'll be right over, yes.

"Yoji Midorikawa (54)" -You're Mr. Kogoro Mouri?

"Police Officer" -I'm Midorikawa who is stationed here.

Good work. I'd like to see the murder site.

Yes, sir. This way please.

-Father. -Father.

A paper knife, so this is the murder weapon.

R.M... initials?

It's the belongings of the village head.

Judging from the looks of the corpse,

the killer was in the study

and probably stabbed the village head from the front.

Since the papers were scattered,

does that mean that the killer was looking for something?

About the method of entry,

aside from the front entrance,

all the other places are locked from the inside.

Aiko, please give us the details of when you found the village head.

Yes, sir.

If I remember correctly, at about 5 minutes to 4,

I came here to collect payment for milk.

I had him stamp this notebook back then.

And after that?

On my way to Shiro's pension,

I heard someone scream,

so came back here immediately,

and found the village head.

And, what time did you hear the scream?

Four o'clock.

I was in the middle of making my round of patrol.

I arrived at the village head's house a while after Aiko,

which was about 5 minutes after 4:00 pm.

Which means,

he was killed only a few minutes after Aiko left his house.

In other words, the killer seems to have been here

when Aiko came to collect the money.

Pops, his money and credit cards haven't been stolen.

Besides, the things on his desk just seem to have fallen on the floor,

that it doesn't seem to be a robbery case...

Ouch.

I tell you, don't touch things without permission.

It seems that the killer came to see the village head,

encountered a problem and impulsively stabbed him.

By the way, where were you two at 4:00 pm sharp?

I was already back at the pension.

I was probably walking along the one path road.

Can someone prove that for you?

Well...

At around 4:10 pm when Mr. Murakami got a call from Aiko,

he was already here at the pension.

And, Mr. Tateshiba came back

while Mr. Murakami was on the phone, remember?

And, besides...

Why would we want to kill our father?

It takes at least an hour to get from father's house

to this pension here on foot.

If by car it only takes about 5 minutes,

but back then I went out on foot.

The car was parked at the pension right through.

Any other way of transportation?

There is no other way.

There is only one road leading to the pension and besides,

it's a dead end street. Precipitous mountains surround the path.

That means it would be impossible to return to the pension

from the village head's house in 10 minutes.

Which means that the killer is Aiko?

No. Judging from the wound,

the killer would have been splattered with a large amount of blood.

I see.

In other words, it would've been impossible for anyone here

to commit the crime.

The culprit is most likely a third party,

who broke in to steal something

and ended up committing a murder.

Something's not right.

Something.

Will you show me that notebook?

You mean this?

Sure, sonny.

This is...

All the documents have to do with the village heads work

and are all dated today.

But...

Why?

Mr. Mouri.

Is it alright if we go back to the pension once?

I don't see why not.

The clay has decreased.

The village head whose hand was hurt couldn't have used the clay.

Besides, the rope that was on top is also gone.

I get it.

What's up, Pops?

-Mr. Mouri? -Dad.

It's nothing, I just figured out who the killer is.

The killer is among us.

But... you just finished saying a while ago

that it would be impossible for anyone here to commit the crime.

As far as Aiko is concerned,

she was immediately deleted from the list of suspects.

The killer would've had to get rid of the clothes

that was splattered with blood.

But, she did not change clothes,

nor did she have time to get rid of the blood

that would've splattered on her.

Shiro and Kinji have both changed clothes.

We both changed clothes because we got dirty picking mountain vegetables.

Either way, if one of the two were to be the killer,

how was he able to get back to the pension in 10 minutes?

He went down the river.

If go downstream the Tsunakawa

that flows near the village head's house and the pension.

Well, it'd be possible to come back to the pension in 2 to 3 minutes.

But, there is no scaffold in that area where you can tie a boat to.

No, there is none. Moreover, since this was murder committed on impulse,

no boat was prepared beforehand either.

Are you saying that the killer swam down the river?

Then, I'm counted out because I can't swim.

Then did Kinji do it?

-Don't be ridiculous! -Well, let me finish.

Most probably after the killer killed the village head on impulse,

he snapped back to himself

and realized that a lot of blood had splattered on him.

Therefore, he figured he had to get out

of the village head's residence as soon as possible

and wash off the blood from himself.

The method he thought of

was to use the clay and rope that was left on the dirt floor.

The clay and rope, but how?

First the killer takes off his slacks that was splattered with blood.

He then washed his slacks lightly at the water basin of the dirt floor,

taking the clay and rope with him.

He then turned his wet slacks inside out,

smearing clay on the inside of his slacks.

He turns his slacks right side out again,

then tied the hem of each side of his slacks with the rope.

Next, he holds the waist part of the slacks, filling it with air.

Then, he jumps off the bridge, into the river.

The slacks that inflated served as a float,

and the killer headed downstream.

Like a child usually plays when taking a bath

by filling the towel up with air.

It's the same principle.

Clay keeps water from entering the slacks through the seams.

All the killer had to do was leave the rest up to the flow.

Then he would reach the bank of the river beside the pension.

Almost all the blood that's splattered on his slacks would wash off too.

After arriving, the killer quickly changes clothes

and appears before us as if nothing had happened.

So, which one of them is the killer?

Before that, Aiko...

Yes.

We will be taking that notebook as evidence,

so please collect what you have to from Mr. Murakami.

Why, at a time like this?

Could you stamp it then...

It seems that you've realized what I'm trying to get at.

That notebook, Mr. Murakami...

is the very thing that is evidence of you being the killer.

-What? -What?

Please closely compare the stamps of Ryuzo and Shiro.

Their stamps are interchange?

-What? -What?

Look. Ryuzo's seat up to last month is stamped nicely but...

this month a part of the outer circle was chipped off.

You're right.

Shiro's is,

until last month the outer circle of the stamp was chipped off, but...

the stamp for this month is perfectly rounded with no chips.

I see.

Taking a good look,

it's obvious that the two stamps are interchange?

Right.

In other words, Shiro,

that serves as infallible evidence

that you were at the village head's house when the murder took place.

Shiro visited the village head's house bringing his own seal with him,

but got into an argument with the village head.

Since the stamps of both men are involved,

they must've argued on money matters.

Then, one of them threw the papers that were on the desk onto the floor,

and this was when their stamps interchanged.

No... It did not interchange today.

I'm sure it was the other day.

That's highly unlikely.

The stamps were interchanged today

just before Aiko came here.

The papers that are scattered on the floor

are all stamped with today's date on them.

Moreover, that stamp is exactly the same

as the one the village had been using up to last month.

In other words, out of all the things he stamped his seal on today,

the only time he stamped a different seal

is when Aiko came to collect payment.

He probably stamped a different seal just today.

Being that he holds an important position as the village head,

he would never suddenly change his seal.

Besides, whether the seal is real or fake,

as well as the fingerprints on the seal can easily be verified.

-This could never serve as evidence. -Mr. Murakami.

Conan told me that before you went mountain vegetable picking,

you stamped your seal for the liquor man who came to make delivery.

If we check which seal that was, then...

It's not true, is it, Shiro?

Why would you have to kill our father?

Say something, Shiro!

Tell me that it's not true!

Father hated me.

I was always being compared with my kid brother

who excelled in everything.

Shiro.

Financial woes because of the sluggish economy.

I needed money badly

so I went to ask him for financial aid.

Please, father.

At least be my warranter.

Enough! When I say I can't, I can't!

Hello, village head,

it's sure hot today too, isn't it?

You're still there brooding. You're nothing but trouble.

You should have left this house instead of Kinji!

That one phrase...

triggered all the anger I felt towards father and I exploded.

And,

I quickly wiped my fingerprints off the knife,

picked up the IOU and the seal

and left the room.

The rest is just as Mr. Mouri had explained.

Shiro.

Shiro.

Though it was a trick, you thought out a way to go downstream,

despite not being able to swim.

Therefore, don't you think

that there may have been another way to get around

the ill feelings you had against your father?

Whether you make an effort to find a way or not,

is what divides fate.

This is supposed to be a Healing Forest and yet.

Is pops up?

He's sulky and just pretending to sleep.

He's upset because Aiko didn't come to see him off.

She can't help it because she's working today and then.

Mr. Mouri!

Mr. Mouri.

Conan! Ran!

- It's Aiko. -It's Aiko.

Aiko!

My beautiful Aiko!

Please come again for a relaxing tour again someday.

I'll give you my word that I'll come again someday!

The only thing that can heal me is your smile!

We've awakened a sleeping child.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Autograph square"

Idol Yoko appears in the next episode.

Yoko, long time no see.