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Books

DVDs & Games

We buy books!

Trading Cards

Draw, Yaiba!

"Shake My Hand!"

A rare card?!

I recently acquired it.

My rare card makes you my friend,

which means I win!

I demand a rematch!

Bring it on.

Haibara-san?

Boys sure love their battles, don't they?

Well, you were watching!

Anyone would watch a fight happening right in front of them.

It's like that.

Seriously?

Kuraki Mai

Detective skills glitter left and right as they unravel tangled threads.

A card game leads to tragedy.

Use your deck to solve the mystery.

Always determining the one truth

with the body of a child and the mind of an adult,

his name is Detective Conan!

The Secret Hidden By the Cards

"The Secret Hidden By the Cards!"

Despite how it seems, this is actually a cerebral game.

Trading card games are currently hugely popular among adults, too.

It's true. This place used to only sell used books, but now...

Looks like they're pretty popular.

Super rare cards are really expensive.

Haven't there even been thefts because of it?

Only in a few cases.

Does that make it a harsh game in which only the wealthy win?

We don't appreciate you saying that.

Nitta-san and Masaki-san!

You know them?

Oh, of course not!

Masaki Naoto (28) Part-Time Worker

They're both top players who frequently appear at TCG tournaments.

Nitta Tsukasa (28) Part-Time Worker

Nitta-san in particular is a hero who uses cheap cards

to defeat opponents with decks full of expensive rare cards.

That's right. Even the have-nots can defeat the haves.

Genta, you could've won.

Seriously?

That's trading cards for you.

The truth is, I just can't afford to buy rare cards.

Don't say that, Nitta.

Watching him made me feel like my life wasn't hopeless after all.

Tiger Break

Ugh, yuck. Enough of that crap.

Ultimately, money is everything.

Kuno Osamu (27) Office Worker

Right, Kuno?

Yes, Zaizen-san.

What's their problem? Gross.

That scary-looking man is called Zaizen.

Are they tournament regulars, too?

Yes, but he's the opposite of Nitta-san.

Zaizen Daigo (30) Young Entrepreneur

He's the "final boss" of tournaments who crushes opponents

with the rare cards he bought for a fortune.

Hey, I can hear you.

More importantly, your time's up.

It's our turn now. Move it.

Okay, fine.

Come on, man. There are other open tables.

We're famous.

We can't relax unless we're at this corner table.

Sorry.

I guess the four of you frequently play against each other.

What?

You all seem to have assigned seats.

We became friends through tournaments.

Friends? No, we're rivals.

I'm not here to play games. I'm here to win.

W-Wow!

So many super rare cards!

You must be confident to reveal your deck like that.

I wanted to show you that no matter what you do, you don't stand a chance.

Hey!

Don't touch them with your filthy hands.

How much do you think they're worth?

You don't have to put it like that.

Stop!

What?

Your family just happens to be rich.

You don't have to be such a showoff!

What did you say?

Now you're getting violent, huh?

Does this mean you don't mind me exposing that?

What do you mean by that?

Well...

Okay, okay. I'm sorry.

You, too, Kuno.

You're in no position to be laughing at Zaizen.

I w-was just following orders.

Why, you...

I'm sorry.

Don't embarrass yourself by making excuses.

Now, now. We're all here.

Let's get started. Okay?

I'm going to the bathroom first.

Right.

It's just one of Zaizen's bad habits.

He always needs to use the bathroom before a game.

Hey! You better not lay a single finger on my cards.

I don't mean just the kids either. You, too, Nitta!

Kuno, keep an eye on them.

Yes, sir.

What is he, a child?

Seriously? Okay, I get it.

If you're that worried, we'll step away.

Come on, kids.

You wouldn't want him to accuse you of stealing his cards later, would you?

Go on, shoo.

Sheesh.

What was that? I heard a really loud sound.

Was it an explosion? What's happening?

Fire!

What? A fire?

Where's the exit?

Let's get out of here.

Please evacuate the store, everyone!

What is this? What's happening?

Kids, we need to get out of here.

Hurry.

But...

Yoshida-san, don't let go of my hand.

Okay.

Are you okay?

Thanks.

Register

Everyone, please calm down.

There is no fire. It's not a fire.

Conan-kun, there you are.

It looks like the others are all right, too.

Where's Masaki?

Now that you mention it, I haven't seen him.

It's no use. He's dead.

No...

Crushed by a shelf, huh?

Unlucky.

You bast—

Did this hit the fire alarm and trigger it?

But why did that shelf fall, anyway?

Looking for something?

Oh, no.

The deceased is Masaki Naoto-san, 28 years old.

The cause of death is a cerebral contusion.

His head struck the floor when he was crushed by a shelf.

Sounds like he just got unlucky.

Poor guy.

Were you friends with the victim?

Yes.

But why did the shelf fall?

Normally the legs are fixed in place so they don't fall,

Work In Progress

but we happened to be rearranging a section of the store.

That shelf was part of that work.

So the leg wasn't fixed in place.

No. I'm so, so sorry.

But this is a pretty heavy shelf.

I doubt it would fall that easily.

Maybe someone pushed it.

Actually, several witnesses saw the shelf fall on its own.

I don't think it was pushed.

That shelf looks old, and it had some pretty heavy things on it.

It was an accident.

I'm so sorry.

Huh?

What is it, Conan-kun?

Look at this.

Looks like something rubbed against it.

It's new, too.

It must've happened when it fell.

This was obviously an accident! Clearly!

Keep your mouth shut, kid.

Sounds like you're desperate for this to be an accident.

Is there a reason you don't want an investigation?

Come to think of it, you and Masaki-san had an odd argument.

He threatened to expose something.

Expose what exactly?

Are you hiding something? Be honest.

Masaki was blackmailing me!

During the last tournament, I looked at my opponent's deck before our game.

What do you mean by that?

It's a serious breach of the rules.

Masaki secretly filmed me doing it, and then...

I see. So you didn't like Masaki-san.

I didn't do it.

Kuno was being blackmailed for helping me cheat, too.

I w-was just following orders.

I owe Zaizen-san money,

but Masaki-san said I was just as guilty.

Is that true? Masaki was blackmailing you?

But he seemed like a nice guy.

He was just like the cards.

Flip him over, and you'll find another face beneath.

Is that why you killed Masaki-san?

Yeah, right. I called it blackmail, but he just took a few rare cards.

I wouldn't kill anyone over that. Right, Kuno?

Of course not.

Besides, when that shelf fell, none of us laid a finger on it.

How could we have pushed it?

You're right.

How, huh?

Look at this.

Look at all those rare cards.

Wow.

Hey, guys!

That's dangerous. Get away from there.

Okay, fine.

Okay...

You, too, Conan-kun.

Of course.

This is your fault.

But...

Wait a minute. Could it be?

What is it?

That's it.

Hey, Conan.

We'll get in trouble again.

Fire Hydrant

Ouch...

You shouldn't do that.

You were just warned.

It's dangerous.

Right.

Thanks, Nitta-san.

Sure.

Now I've got all the cards I need.

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DVDs & Games

We buy books!

We checked the area around the shelf and the entire store,

but we didn't find anything suspicious.

So it was an accident, then.

We'll be leaving now.

Got it. The police should be contacting you later.

Yeah, we know.

Could you wait one moment, please?

What? Why?

Because this wasn't an accident. It was murder.

The way the shelf fell makes it hard to believe this was an accident.

Right, Kuno-san?

You watched it happen right in front of you.

You must've felt it was strange.

Isn't that why you felt compelled to examine the area around the shelf afterwards?

B-But nothing strange was found.

No, but there was someone who acted strangely when the shelf fell.

Who?

You, Nitta-san.

Before the fall, you moved away from the table to avoid Kuno-san's gaze.

You could've walked directly to the side,

but you specifically walked diagonally forward.

You even pushed us out of the way to do so.

You're right.

Why is that?

Because it would've been difficult to topple the shelf by moving to the side.

In order to guarantee a fall,

you had to move forward.

In other words, your body was tied to the shelf

using a transparent thread such as nylon string.

That would explain your strange movement

and why the shelf fell immediately afterwards.

You looped the nylon string around the nail on top of the shelf beforehand.

While we were distracted by Genta-kun and Mitsuhiko-kun's game,

you attached the other end to the back of your belt.

That's how you tied yourself to the shelf.

Did you anticipate I'd go to the bathroom, too?

And that I'd be told to watch his cards?

Naturally, he considered that as well.

All he had to do was avoid Kuno-san's gaze and naturally move away from the table.

Then...

Pulled by Nitta-san's body...

The shelf would come crashing down.

He used everyone and everything like they were cards in his deck,

like a true TCG strategist.

Excuse me.

Oh, please. You're all taking this seriously?

How is this little scrape evidence?

Are you sure you're all right?

You're right. That's not enough.

And critically, where's the nylon string?

We'll search him right away.

Don't bother.

He probably retrieved it while we were evacuating,

and found an opportunity to flush it down the toilet.

Am I wrong?

But unless it's found, your deduction is mere fancy.

Game over.

Too bad.

No, we're just getting started.

What I've been explaining is only how you toppled the shelf.

A camouflage meant to make us think that's how Masaki-san died.

What do you mean?

It's too convenient for him to have simply gotten unlucky when it fell.

He was actually killed after the shelf fell.

How is that possible?

Of course. Everyone was panicking then and rushing towards the exit

because of the fire alarm.

Naturally, the shelf was toppled so that would happen.

After drawing everyone away, you were left alone,

and killed Masaki-san.

The fire alarm and shouting erased the sounds you made.

Then you met up with us like nothing happened.

Now this is truly fantasy. You don't have any evidence.

But there is, on your legs.

Detective Takagi, get forensics.

Right.

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We buy books!

Shining this light on his legs will reveal everything.

The shape and size of blood splatter tells us a lot of things,

like the distance from the victim and direction you were facing.

It's clearly blood splatter from close-range while facing the victim.

When Masaki-san was crushed by the falling shelf,

you were facing away from him some distance away.

In other words, the blood didn't get on you then.

It happened later, when you killed him.

Otherwise you wouldn't have blood splatter up the front of your legs.

Reality isn't a card game.

Blood flies when you defeat someone,

and you lost because you failed to consider that.

You're right about everything.

Why would you do this?

Because I was at my limit!

I couldn't keep winning with just cheap cards.

No... Could it be?

Yeah, it's exactly what you're thinking.

He blackmailed me.

Did you see the video?

Did you see the video? This is a crime lol

Crime

My case was different from your petty cheating.

I had committed a crime.

I'd be his servant for the rest of my life!

When I thought of it that way...

Is that why you plotted to kill someone?

The moment you did that, you failed,

both as a TCG player and at life.

Song by Kuraki Mai

All right! I win again!

Damn!

They're playing menko now.

Boys.

But the one having the most fun is...

Okay, now it's my turn.

Take this!

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Come with me next Sunday.

Yes, something like that happened a year ago.

The question is, why is that deal still ongoing one year later?

The culprit was probably waiting for whoever brought the ransom money.

Hey, you.

Yes?

Have we met before?

Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Part One)

The next episode of Conan is "Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise, Part One!"

Gaming Device

Next Conan's hint!

A gaming device!

Thank you for another year!

Don't miss the next episode.

Have a happy new year!