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The rhythm of the wind sharpens the skill of deduction.

Alibis and tricks are unraveled.

Bright and warm is the sunshine of April.

Even a surprising case grows rapidly.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

I more or less have an idea of the situation thanks to the telephone call last night

but is Mr. Seizan's slump that bad?

Yes, he hasn't drawn one picture these three months.

Why?

Maybe it has to do with his age since he's already 70,

it seems that he can't come up with anything creative,

and because of pressure from this,

"Jiro Kuroki (28)" -his fingers have begun to shake.

Oh, no!

He hasn't been eating very much lately

and is emotionally unstable.

He has sudden spurts of anger,

while at other times he goes completely silent.

In the end, he went on to attempt suicide.

Yes.

"A Place in the Sun"

I asked you to come today in hopes that

Mr. Seizan would feel at least a bit refreshed.

I'm sorry to have called you knowing how busy you are.

Oh, no. Don't be.

If I can be of help to Mr. Seizan who is my drinking friend,

I couldn't be happier.

He would never turn down an offer that comes with Japanese sake

and hot spring, would he, Ran?

You're right.

Just what was that?

But, Mr. Seizan sure is a lucky man,

because he has a kind hearted disciple like you.

I'm what I am, thanks to Mr. Seizan.

Oh, it's a bush warbler!

They reside in this bamboo forest.

I hear them from this side.

Oh, he's...

Mr. Seizan.

"Good friends who travel great distances

just to see you are as precious as gold."

Thanks for stopping by on the way.

When I saw the name of the station,

your face flashed through my mind, so...

I'm glad to see that you seem to be doing very well.

"Seizan Hayakawa (70)" -The older I get the more filled with energy I am.

I was just sketching the bamboo around here now too.

He doesn't look the least bit pressured.

Can't you tell?

He's putting on an act

because he doesn't want you to see his wretched self!

An act.

Did you just see that?

That's called the flight of a bush warbler

from valley to valley.

That's they're cry of warning.

I'm sorry.

Please forgive them because they'll fly away in time.

This bamboo forest is a sacred place for the bush warbler

and is not to be infiltrated.

Let's leave them so as not to intrude on them.

"Noriko Yamamoto (35)" -Welcome back, Mr. Seizan.

We've got guests.

Please make them something good to eat.

Yes, sir.

Who is she?

She comes here daily to take care of Mr. Seizan.

Her name is Noriko Yamamoto.

I see.

Mother!

Look... I'm good, aren't I?

Kenichi.

-Noriko... -I'm very sorry!

My mother came down with a sudden fever

and couldn't take care of him so, that's why.

No excuses!

I told you never to bring your child here!

Yes. But, just today.

No! Make him go home!

Don't ever bring him before me again!

Mother...

Go home, right this minute! Understand?

By the way, is that a new piece of work?

Fantastic mountain.

This is Mt. Fuji that I drew recently

because a certain company asked me for it.

Mr. Kuroki, don't you draw?

It's been a while since you've become Mr. Seizan's disciple, isn't it?

Sort of.

I saw it some time ago, but he's pretty good.

Unlike Mr. Seizan's, it's colorful.

Yes, mine are pictures in color.

Come to think of it, you know the contest

that Mr. Seizan serves as a judge?

Isn't it about time it starts?

You know very well, don't you?

The day after tomorrow is the deadline.

Why don't you make an entry, Mr. Kuroki?

I think you'll do pretty good.

Right, Mr. Seizan?

I don't think so.

I, his teacher, Seizan Hayakawa, will be laughed at.

Kuroki's not skilled enough to enter the contest.

But, Mr. Seizan...

Mr. Mouri, it's just as Mr. Seizan says!

I haven't gone through enough training yet.

Right, Ran, would you please be my model?

As part of training for me?

Sure.

Oh, Mr. Kuroki, one minute.

Mr. Seizan, could you draw us a picture?

Mr. Mouri!

When you were in Tokyo,

you used to draw a lot for us to enhance gaiety.

No, not tonight...

Please don't let him.

Mr. Mouri! Mr. Seizan has already drunk liquor.

He used to drink and draw for us in the past too.

Please, Mr. Seizan.

Please!

No good!

I'm sorry, I got carried away and I got kind of pushy.

No, don't be. It's just that I've gotten very weak lately

when it comes to drinking.

Mr. Seizan!

Why don't we go fishing out at sea tomorrow?

Of course with Mr. Mouri and the others.

That sounds great!

Do let us accompany you, Mr. Seizan!

I haven't gone fishing in a long time.

I wonder if we can fish when it's raining like this?

According to the weather forecast,

the rain is supposed to stop by sunrise,

and it's said that tomorrow will be a hot day.

Well, as for tonight, I guess I'll go hit the sack already.

Good night, Mr. Seizan.

Yeah, good night.

Dad! That's rude, you shouldn't have done it!

Mr. Mouri!

Please don't get me wrong, Mr. Kuroki.

I want to confirm with my own eyes

whether he cannot draw because his fingers are shaking, as you say.

That's why I put on that act.

I see.

So this is your workplace.

How cute. Is this your work?

It's still incomplete, though.

What beautiful colors.

It's drawn by mixing this powdered paint with hide glue.

This white one is called Oyster White, right?

You're knowledgeable, aren't you?

It's made by crushing the shell of oysters

and making them into powder.

Oysters?

What? That picture.

It's a picture of the bush warbler flying from valley to valley.

Good morning!

Oh, Mrs. Yamamoto.

What's wrong? You look pale.

I haven't had much sleep having to look after my mother.

I'm going to go call the doctor and ask him to check on her.

Mr. Mouri!

I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

Mr. Seizan hasn't come out of his room yet,

so please go ahead to the harbor.

I see, all right.

What?

You mean Mr. Seizan isn't going to come?

Yes. He says he wants to stay home and relax.

Mr. Seizan, I'll switch over to Mr. Mouri now.

Yes.

I'm sorry, but I don't think I'll go today.

Are you all right, Mr. Seizan?

Maybe we should...

Okay, we'll see you by sundown.

Yes.

You can expect a good catch!

Let's not stimulate him too much for now.

-Octopus! -Amazing!

-Fish! -Great!

-Old boot. -That's not good.

Yes, this is Kuroki.

You mean, Mr. Seizan?

He left a note?

Yes. I can't draw anymore.

I'm sorry for relying on you. Thanks for everything.

Hello, please come back right away.

It seems she found it

when she went to clean up at the usual time.

Please call the police immediately

and have them search for him!

You heard him, didn't you?

We'll head back right away!

Mr. Seizan!

Is it suicide?

Who are you?

I'm a private detective, Kogoro Mouri.

You mean you're the famous...

I'm Daimatsu from the local police station.

We found a death note too,

so it's probably undoubtedly suicide.

He tied a rope to the bamboo,

jumped off from the rock and committed suicide.

The estimated time of his death is

thought to be between 11:00 to 13:00.

He tied the rope to the bamboo just when we were fishing.

I wonder why the bamboo was all cut down?

Water wasn't accumulated

so the bamboo was cut this morning after the rain stopped.

So what?

Go away!

A bush warbler?

It's way too soon to conclude this as suicide!

So this is Mr. Seizan's atelier.

Mr. Seizan confined himself in here

and was drawing all the while after that.

Bamboo Diary.

I wonder what this is.

The record of the growth of bamboo.

I see.

If it's like this, then maybe...

Pops.

There are expensive drawings here,

stop scampering around!

Look at this!

This is a sketch of Ran.

What about this?

You see...

What? I see.

Oh, I was just thinking the same thing!

Mr. Mouri, I've finished most of the questioning,

so I'm heading back to the station now.

Please wait.

Isn't it too soon to decide that this is a suicide?

What do you mean?

Mr. Seizan said this yesterday.

This bamboo forest is a sacred place for the bush warbler

and is not to be infiltrated.

I wonder if Mr. Seizan,

would do such a thing as pollute the bamboo forest that he loved

with his corpse?

One more thing!

Last night Mr. Seizan confined himself

to the atelier after dinner

and was drawing this right through.

He was probably planning to give it to us as a gift

at the time we leave here.

If so, I wonder if he would commit suicide.

Which means...

A homicide under the pretense of suicide!

Mr. Seizan said "The bush warbler's flight from valley to valley"

means that the bush warbler's crying is the sound of warning.

Mrs. Yamamoto, just before we met you this morning,

we heard the cry of the bush warbler!

And, you ran off with a pale face.

I'll bet you were at the bamboo forest then?

No!

That is...

Conan.

But, his estimated time of death

is between 11 am to 1 pm.

She has an alibi during that time.

What?

I was at the city hospital.

I was told that I should take my mother to a large hospital.

So I took her there.

I see.

What's the matter, Conan?

Mr. Kuroki's painting is completed!

Mr. Kuroki must've stayed up last night and completed it.

Ran, Pops says to bring that painting and the sketch.

-When? -Right now!

I see.

She was by her mother's side all the time.

I understand.

You seem to have a definite alibi.

Which means it's most likely that Mr. Seizan committed suicide then.

I guess I'll be going then.

Officer Daimatsu, please wait!

Mr. Seizan did not commit suicide!

What?

The motive of the killer

who committed this homicide and made it look like a suicide

can be found in the pictures that Ran has brought here!

Mr. Kuroki, you were planning to enter the contest

with this painting, which deadline is tomorrow, right?

But Mr. Seizan wouldn't let you.

Therefore, you decided to kill him.

Mr. Mouri, what a thing to say out of the blue.

You invited me to come here saying that Mr. Seizan

was in a grave slump,

and wanted me to come to cheer him up,

but that was a lie!

Mr. Seizan was not in a slump

nor did he have any reason to commit suicide.

But his fingers were shaking.

I guess that's true.

But that painting of Mt. Fuji that was in the guest room.

How do you explain that?

Mr. Seizan said, "I just finished drawing it a few days ago".

That's probably what you completed

using Mr. Seizan's rough draft.

No, not only that.

Weren't you the one who was drawing

all of Mr. Seizan's paintings these past few years?

No way...

So, having you enter the contest

and going independent was totally absurd

as far as Mr. Seizan was concerned.

Last night, you suddenly asked Ran to be your model

and diverted my attention.

I see! He knew that you would try to test Mr. Seizan

and ask him to draw!

Right, and after seeing Mr. Seizan's condition,

Mr. Kuroki, I believed that you said,

"It's not surprising that Mr. Seizan would commit suicide".

By the way, Mr. Kuroki, early this morning,

you carried Mr. Seizan's body to the bamboo forest

where he was found, didn't you?

No! You talked to Mr. Seizan on the phone, didn't you?

That's an entry level trick!

You recorded Mr. Seizan's voice beforehand,

and set the voice that you edited on the answer phone.

But like I've kept telling you time and again,

I have an alibi.

You mean, you were at sea with us?

Ran, please show Officer Daimatsu the sketchbook Conan gave you.

Here you go.

Bamboos grow way faster than we imagine them too.

Very true.

Please show us how much they have grown in a period of three days.

About 2m.

Amazing.

Bamboos grow greatly at once,

when like this morning after the rain clears

and the temperature rises.

Mr. Kuroki, you took advantage of this and killed Mr. Seizan!

This morning you carried Mr. Seizan

who you put to sleep with sleeping pills to the bamboo forest.

You made Mr. Seizan sit in front of a bamboo you chose

and put a rope around his neck.

Then you cut the bamboo that was around Mr. Seizan.

You made sure that a lot of sun would shine

on the bamboo that you tied the rope onto.

The cry of the bush warblers we heard this morning,

was the cry of warning aimed at you, Mr. Kuroki.

The bamboo that was showered with a lot of sunshine grew rapidly

and eventually suspended Mr. Seizan in the air.

This is how Mr. Seizan died

while we were out fishing with you, Mr. Kuroki.

The white sawdust on your socks is the evidence!

This is Oyster White.

Just what kind of evidence is this?

No, that's not Oyster White.

Please take a good look.

That's sawdust that fell on you

when you cut the bamboo!

I'm sorry.

It's just as you say.

I've been drawing on behalf of Mr. Seizan

since a few years ago.

But I wanted to sign my name on them

instead of Mr. Seizan's at least once.

I want to give my paintings a place in the sun at least once.

I wanted somebody to look at them.

So I...

"Mouri Detective Agency"

All right. It's done.

Really?

Let me see...

What's that supposed to be?

You idiot! Don't you know about realism?

It's nothing more than a child's doodling!

What?

Even Conan can draw way better than this, right, Conan?

Don't compare me with a brat like him!

I'm just telling you the truth.

You have no sense for this piece of artwork!

I'm glad that I don't.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Hidden camera"

The stage of the next episode is a square jungle!

A tiger pro wrestler.

Striped pants?