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What lies in one's heart is a mystery to us all.

Star and snow glitter on the two.

The mystery of the samurai in the suit of armor is solved,

Sadness is behind the legend.

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 were headed for the hot springs

but a heavy snowfall closes the road

and we end up staying at the Daimon residence.

When we get up the next morning,

we learn that the head of the household,

Genichiro Daimon has been found dead in the annex.

And then the eldest son, Kazuki

is found in the audio room wearing a suit of armor,

dead under strange circumstances.

"Frightening Legend On A Snowy Night (Part 2)"

The wound is the same as Genichiro's,

a single thrust with a sharp object.

I believe it was with this sword.

It's true. It's Hidetomo's curse, after all.

That suit of armor summoned Hidetomo's spirit

to punish my husband for all his dishonest dealings

and Kazuki in the main house, too.

And to show us it was the curse,

he put the suit of armor on Kazuki.

I can't prove if it was a curse or not

but those footprints are for real.

The only footprints leading from the annex to the main house

are those from the warrior in the suit of armor.

Which means...

Do you really think it was the warrior the suit of armor?

At any rate, we've got to call the police.

I want everyone to wait in the living room

until the police arrive.

I'll go and prepare some coffee.

-Now's my chance. -No, you don't!

Dad is going to be angry.

But...

Hatsuho! We'll help you.

We'll be waiting, please hurry.

The police won't be able to get here right away

because of the heavy snow.

I see.

Yoshiro.

You're the only one who can protect this family now.

Mother.

I wonder who could have killed father and Kazuki.

What is that stain?

Blood? From the murder scene?

No.

There's only one possibility.

Kazuki killed Genichiro in the annex

then returned to the audio room and committed suicide.

Why would Kazuki do such a thing?

He had a good reason, didn't he?

Kazuki criticized father's methods

and they were always fighting!

Maybe he got carried away and...

That sounds just like the legend of the suit of armor.

What about you, Yoshiro?

You came back to settle things with father, didn't you?

It applies to you, too.

Maybe all that talk about becoming a guitarist was a lie

and what you really wanted was

to become president of Daimon Industries.

If father and Kazuki were out of the way,

you'd be guaranteed the position, wouldn't you?

What utter nonsense!

How did I get to the annex in the first place?

There were no footprints leading from the main house.

Well, the same goes for Kazuki, too.

It's true that there were only

footprints leading from the annex to the main house.

It's the curse.

The armor clad warrior walked from the annex

to the main house in the middle of the night,

I saw it with my own eyes.

Perhaps you were dreaming, mother.

I was not dreaming!

I saw it with my own eyes. I know I did.

The huge form of the warrior in the suit of armor

walked under the moonlight.

Excuse me, madam. Was the warrior carrying a sword?

Let me see.

I don't think he had a sword.

Maybe it was in his right hand though.

Gosh. What a stupid question.

There's two problems.

How did Genichiro's killer get to the annex

without leaving any footprints?

And why did the killer head for the audio room?

I see! I've figured it out!

I don't understand what everybody's talking about.

I'm going outside to play in the snow.

Hey! You stay right here!

What the heck are you thinking about at a time like this?

That's enough!

Gosh. How many times do I have tell you not to wander around?

Good.

Look, Pops. My footprints are gone.

I wonder why?

What? You're talking nonsense!

Maybe that's what happened.

Now's my chance.

The door was locked from the inside.

The walls are thick, like all audio rooms.

There are no spaces around the door

so you can operate it from the outside.

The power on the audio set was off

and the wound on the body was the same as Genichiro's.

Both of them were probably killed with that sword.

But why was that sword lying near the door?

The sheath was by the body.

Did Kazuki throw it there after stabbing himself?

No, that's impossible.

Why's there a scratch here with blood on it?

There's no blood on the tip.

That's it!

I've figured how this room was locked.

I knew it. There's no blood splatter on him.

Who could have done it?

What's this?

He's barefoot!

Wait a minute. The killer took the socks, too.

If the killer didn't mean to put them on Kazuki,

then why take them in the first place?

Did the killer use them for something else?

And if so, what was it?

I see. I've got it!

And if I'm right,

then it must be hidden somewhere.

Listen up, everyone. I've solved the mystery.

You mean about the footprints going in only one direction?

That's right.

The way I figure it, late last night,

Kazuki went to the annex wearing flat sandals or something

and for some reason, he killed his father.

After that, he put the suit of armor on

and headed for the main house,

very carefully retracing his footsteps.

Since he had the suit of armor on which added to his weight,

his previous footprints were completely erased

and the only footprints that remained

were those going from the annex to the main house.

I see.

He then returned to the audio room but felt guilt.

He locked himself in

and committed suicide by stabbing himself in the throat.

I... I don't believe it.

He would never do such a thing!

I knew it.

Now to find "the thing", I know it's hidden someplace.

What is this?

So that's what this was about.

Here it is!

I've found it. Just as I figured,

these murders were committed using the legend of Hidetomo's curse.

And the real killer is that person.

Mr. Mouri, I don't believe he'd commit suicide.

I'm sorry, madam,

but it's the truth.

Mr. Mouri?

Actually, I said that just to throw the killer off guard.

What?

What do you mean?

That's only half of my theory.

Like I just explained, Genichiro's killer

returned to the main house erasing the earlier footprints.

Anyone could have done this except for Kazuki

and the elder Mrs. Daimon who saw the warrior outside.

What do you mean, anyone?

What you're saying is,

Kazuki who committed suicide didn't kill father.

That's right.

Your brother did not kill your father.

And he didn't commit suicide either.

Judging from the wound on Genichiro,

I'd assume the killer was splattered with blood

but Kazuki's clothes...

His clothes under the suit of armor was spotless.

After the killing Genichiro,

the killer snuck into the audio room

and killed Kazuki.

But how?

Remember the sword on the floor of the audio room?

We looked upon it as the murder weapon, nothing else.

But that sword was not just the murder weapon,

it served another purpose, too.

It was used to lock the audio room.

What?

After killing Kazuki,

the killer put the suit of armor on him

and stuck the sword into the wall by the door.

Then took the hilt on the opposite end

and placed it on top of the door handle

so that it would touch the bolt.

The killer then exited the room cautiously

so the sword wouldn't fall then very, very slowly closed the door,

the hilt of the sword pushed against the bolt...

And there you have it, a locked room.

To open a door as sturdy as that,

you'd have to break it down.

The vibrations created when the door was being broken

would cause the sword to fall

and the set up would never be discovered.

I'm sure that's what the killer planned.

But why would anyone do such a thing?

Before I answer that, you all must think

as to why this happened on the anniversary of Hidetomo's death.

It has a special meaning.

The killer used the legend of Hidetomo's suit of armor

to it's full extent.

The killer created the illusion of

one set of footprints going in one direction,

so that we'd all believe

only the armor clad warrior was capable of committing the murder

and succeeded in making us think

Kazuki killed his father then committed suicide.

And to support the illusion,

the killer made Tatsuko, who believed strongly in the legend,

see the warrior walk.

At 12 midnight on the anniversary of Hidetomo's death,

she prays at the altar,

everyone in this family knows that.

Unfortunately, that's where the killer left us a clue.

Madam.

Last night, when you saw the armor clad warrior,

it wasn't carrying a sword, was it?

No, it wasn't.

Actually, he did indeed have it with him.

It's just that from Tatsuko's position,

she couldn't see it in his right hand.

Which means, the killer was probably left handed.

What?

It wasn't me!

Besides, how do you know the killer was left handed

if the sword was in the right?

In order to draw the sword with the left hand,

you need to hold the sheath in your right, don't you?

That's...

But Yoshiro is not the killer.

What?

There is another left handed person here.

Hatsuho Hojo! It's you!

Hatsuho.

You're left handed too, aren't you?

You used your left hand

when you served us coffee just now.

Yes, that's right.

But you need special skills to handle a sword, don't you?

And another thing, I had no motive

for killing Mr. Daimon or his son!

Ran. Can you go to Hatsuho's room

and get an old photo frame from the drawer in the chest?

Okay.

While we wait for Ran to get back, there's another thing.

Hatsuho, you said you looked out your window at the annex

and saw that Genichiro was dead. Isn't that right?

Yes.

Master Daimon is...

Master Daimon is dead in his room!

But think carefully.

How could you tell by looking from the main house to the annex

whether Genichiro was dead or just lying on the floor?

Well, when I saw him on the floor, I got so excited.

Ran, you're back.

Put the photo there where everyone can see.

Okay.

So tell me, Yoshiro.

Do you recognize the person in that photo?

It looks like Hatsuho and that's probably her father.

He's...

It's the man in the newspaper article. The one who committed suicide!

That's right.

She did have a motive for killing the two.

Hatsuho.

You watched Kazuki in the audio room

to make sure the tranquilizer in his coffee took effect,

then you headed for the annex through the back door.

Genichiro would surely open the door for her

without a second thought if she were to call out to him.

After killing him, you put the suit of armor on

and walked back to the main house over your own footprints.

You used a route where you wouldn't be seen

from Yoshiro, Kayoko or our rooms.

It could only be seen from Tatsuko and your room.

When you went to the annex,

you probably covered yourself with a white sheet or something

so that if someone saw you, you'd blend in with the snow.

After committing the murder, you hurriedly stuffed the sheet

into the bedroom closet in the annex.

I found it sticking out.

It's all... It's all just theoretical!

Yes, it was my father who committed suicide.

And yes, so I changed my name to hide my past

so no one would know.

But that doesn't prove I killed the two men!

I have proof.

It's inside the stove in the kitchen.

Conan found it.

Inside the stove, he found a bloody jacket

and the white socks Tatsuko left on the altar.

So you found them in the kitchen,

that doesn't prove I put them there!

Somebody might have put them there to frame me!

After the murders, it would have been possible for anyone

to hide them there!

Unfortunately, you were the only one with the opportunity.

The white socks Tatsuko left by the suit of armor

disappeared from the annex

but they weren't on the victim's body.

If the killer didn't mean to put them on Kazuki,

they why did the killer take them then hide them in the stove?

Hatsuho.

You've hurt your left foot, haven't you?

It appears you didn't bandage it well enough.

It seems to have started bleeding again a little while ago.

When you were serving the coffee just now,

I noticed some blood on your sock.

When you killed Genichiro in the annex,

you dropped and broke the cup.

You mistakenly stepped on the glass cutting your foot.

You knew that if you put the warrior's shoes on,

you'd get blood on them.

So you put the socks Tatsuko had left

and then put the shoes on over them.

Then you hid the socks in the kitchen stove

along with the jacket.

You realized that using the stove in the middle of the night

would cause suspicion.

So you decided to wait until morning then burn the evidence.

But when you went to prepare the coffee,

Ran went with you so you lost the opportunity.

Yes, you're right.

I killed both of them.

Why did you do it?

You were always so kind to me.

My father, who ran the factory, was an old-fashioned man.

He felt that helping others was more important than making money.

He took Daimon Industries orders

although it was too much to handle

just because they'd done business with them for so long.

But one day, just because of one little error,

Daimon Industries stopped using our factory.

My father's company went bankrupt.

Daimon Industries was having financial troubles

but saved themselves by sacrificing my father's company.

And as if to rub salt in my father's wounds,

Genichiro took the suit of armor from my father

as payment for debts due,

that suit of armor was a family heirloom.

It happened just when father decided to sell the suit of armor

in order to pay the employees their salaries.

He wasn't able to do anything for the employees

and on top of that, he couldn't use the family heirloom to help anyone.

Father killed himself because he blamed himself for everything.

I had been working in Tokyo,

but in order to avenge my father, I changed my name

and last year, I came here to work as their live in help.

I was determined to carry out my revenge

on the anniversary of father's death.

Hatsuho.

Do you think your father is happy

that you avenged his death?

Do you think he'd praise you?

Hatsuho.

It wasn't Hidetomo's spirit that put that suit of armor on.

Your heart wore the suit of armor,

the cold armor called revenge.

Ouch!

Conan, are you all right?

Ran, you okay?

The imprint I left got erased by yours.

It's just like that case with the suit of armor, don't you think?

Oh, no!

Conan. What are you trying to say?

I... I didn't mean anything by that.

Hey! Come back here, Conan!

I'm sorry!

Did she think I meant she was bigger and heavier?

Next Conan's Hint:

"Cellphone"