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The rhythm of the wind sharpens the skill of deduction.

Alibis and tricks are unraveled.

An unsolved case of a large house.

A spicy deduction does the work.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

Ran, Pops and I are invited by Sonoko

and head for her villa in Karuizawa.

On our way, our things together with the car

sink into the river when the water level rises.

We end up spending the night at a house in the remote mountains

that we found by chance while walking.

However, that night,

in his room at the second floor,

the owner of that house, Mr. Iwao Akashi,

were found dead!

"The Suspicious Spicy Curry (Part 2)"

This is Yamamura from the Gunma Prefectural Police Station.

Excuse me. I'd like to ask you a question.

"Hiroto Akashi (32)" -Yes.

What can I do for you?

There are traces of something having been wrapped

around your father's wrists.

Do you have any idea what it could be?

Hey. Is that true?

Yes, sir! It looks as if he had been tied up by someone!

I think those are traces of rubber bands.

Father had a habit of bunching everything and anything up

with rubber bands,

and always had rubber bands around both his wrists.

Oh, just as I thought.

Just as you thought?

Yes.

We found a lot of rubber bands under his pillow,

so I thought maybe.

Is there anything else that you recall?

Like having seen someone suspicious around your house,

or having heard strange sounds or voices?

Come to think of it.

What do you mean "come to think of it"?

It's nothing.

But when I went in front of that room the first time,

I heard the man was crying.

What?

You heard him crying?

That was probably after deciding to commit suicide.

Didn't you see anything else in that room?

Conan!

You shouldn't be talking!

Yeah. There was a handkerchief on the floor.

I think he probably wiped his mouth

with it while eating curry,

because there was a little curry on it.

Don't tell me that...

If my deduction is correct.

Mr. Iwao didn't go to the dentist.

The reason why he was bleeding from his mouth

was probably because...

Hey, sonny, what's up?

Oh! Hey!

Don't touch!

This is...

Hey!

I see. So, it's just as I thought.

Geez.

If he had his tooth pulled out two or three days ago,

his gums should have healed a little and a little closed.

But his gums are still opened

with no signs of closing up.

Neither are there signs of blood have dried up or anything!

In other words, this is proof that he just got his tooth pulled out.

Moreover, the other teeth around it are also shaky.

This means that whatever he was clenching with all his might

between his teeth was pulled out with great force.

I get the picture of this trick!

But, why?

If this trick is what I think it is,

it should be somewhere in this room.

How come it's nowhere in sight.

Hey, what do we do?

This half-eaten curry over rice?

Oh, yeah. Well, there wasn't any poison in it

so shall we have them put it away?

Oh, that.

What is it?

Don't tell me you want to eat it?

Hey, stop it!

You gotta be kidding? Hey, kid?

Found it!

This is it!

No doubt about it.

Hey, isn't that a tooth?

What?

What're you talking about?

What? A human's tooth?

Looks like it.

No doubt about it.

The one who killed Mr. Iwao

created his own alibi through his trick,

and that person is Mr. Hiroto Akashi!

Okay then, now that I know.

I've got to get everyone to come here

and start the usual Sleeping Kogoro deduction show!

Excuse me.

What shall we do with this tooth?

-Excuse me. -I know, right?

-Please listen... -I guess we better report this to Officer Yamamura.

Right.

This is bad!

I lost my voice!

Darn it! What do I do now?

After I figured out the case and all.

I can't use the voice changer

to reveal the truth of the case to anyone in this situation.

I would write

but with this sprained wrist, I can't.

Only if they'd solve it themselves somehow.

My only hope is that the detectives will catch on.

So what I think is...

But, with the members here.

Hey, Conan!

Just where were you?

No way! You mean you lost your voice?

See. You were told not to talk

because you'd lose your voice, weren't you?

This case is plain to see!

Around 7:30 pm when Mr. Iwao Akashi passed away in his bedroom,

Ran, Conan, Sonoko and Mr. Hiroto, who were in this house,

were all in the living room so we all have an alibi.

I was taking a bath,

but have no motive

and had no way of getting the rope ready either.

Moreover an hour before we discovered the corpse,

the light of the bedroom was on,

but when we discovered the body, it was turned off.

No matter how you look at it this is suicide!

Mr. Iwao turned off the light of the room

and then committed suicide!

So, I'd advise you to stop investigating right now

and go on back to the station!

I guess so.

No, wrong.

This is homicide.

He used a trick to make it look like suicide

and killed the victim.

The killer is Mr. Iwao's adopted son,

Mr. Hiroto.

But, what can I do?

Without a voice,

how should I accuse him?

Okay, although this is going to be a bit bothersome.

What?

What?

Hey, Conan, just what're you doing?

Isn't he gesturing?

Rice crackers.

You want to eat 14 pieces of rice crackers?

No...

Crack. One. Four?

Close...

Okay, could it be...

crack code one?

Almost.

Oh, I got it!

Crack this code for once and for all. Right?

But, what is there to crack?

That curry?

Is something wrong with the curry?

It was spicy but good.

Right.

No...

That's not it? Then, what is it?

Me.

Sonoko.

Mr. Hiroto.

What? The old man upstairs?

A circle?

One?

What? I'm... three?

Are you talking about my age?

I'm a little over 33 already.

Ran was born when I was...

Are you talking about the amount of curry we all ate?

Mr. Hiroto, his father, Sonoko and I had one serving each,

but dad ate 3 servings!

Right...

So, what's wrong with that?

It sure is strange!

Because you and your group just happened

to come by this house tonight, right?

Moreover, Mr. Hiroto usually lives here only with his father.

There are just the two of you here, is that right?

Yes.

Then, curry enough for seven people is a bit too much

for just two people living together, don't you think?

It would surprise the Indians in India too!

Now that you mentioned it.

Don't tell me that you...

You must like curry?

I actually love curry too.

Well...

I made quite a lot because I usually invite the students

that I've become friends over.

They really seem to like the curry I make.

I would think so.

Too bad there was nobody at the tennis court today

because it rained.

Tooth.

Curry.

No good.

For the tooth. Curry. No good?

Bull's eye!

Oh, could it mean...

That after a tooth is pulled out,

eating something too spicy is not good?

Remember when you had your decayed tooth pulled out,

the dentist told you so, right?

Yeah.

But, then it's strange.

You knew that your father had his tooth pulled out

two or three days ago, didn't you, Mr. Hiroto?

Yes.

But, I had no idea that he had his tooth pulled out.

Officer Yamamura, could I speak to you for a moment.

Is that true?

Is something the matter?

Well, the coroner is here checking on the corpse

and he says that Mr. Iwao's tooth

seems to have been pulled out

just a while ago, not two or three days ago.

And the tooth that was pulled out

seems to have been found in the bedroom.

It seems to have been found in the half-eaten curry dish.

There must've been very tough meat in the curry,

because the teeth near the tooth that had come off

all seemed to be shaky too.

I don't think such tough meat was in it.

He.

Bit.

Something.

You mean that old man?

I'm sure he was.

He was eating curry, you know.

You want me to sit?

Bring the tied part of the necktie around behind

then bring the end of the necktie to the front

and bite?

I got it!

That old man

was suspended in air while biting on the rope!

Bingo!

If so, he would eventually get tired

and stop biting on the rope,

then he'd be strangled!

His tooth probably flew into the curry dish at that time

because of the impact!

Since his mouth is blocked with the rope,

he probably couldn't yell out either!

You mean that voice that I heard back then was

not him crying, but him groaning.

But there were no traces of the rope by his mouth.

That's probably because...

The handkerchief!

Remember, the handkerchief with the curry on it

was near the corpse, wasn't it?

He was made to bite the handkerchief together with the rope!

If so,

then traces of the rope wouldn't be left around his mouth.

But, his hands weren't tied when he was found.

If he grabs the rope with both hands,

he can free his mouth so he could've shouted,

"Somebody help!"

Besides,

the bedroom light that was on an hour and a half ago,

was turned off when the corpse was found, wasn't it?

All during that time,

nobody went to that room,

so how could the light have been turned off?

Hey.

Conan?

Hey! Don't play around with it!

I see.

Both his wrists were tied with the electric cable in a bow tie

and the edge of the cable

was connected to the electric cable!

Then when he becomes exhausted

the rope will pull away from his mouth,

his body will slide down choking his neck, and at the same time

the electric cable will be pulled and the light will go out.

The cable that is tied to his wrists will untie

and the body will be in the exact position as we found it!

Which means that the narrow lines that were found

on Mr. Iwao Akashi's wrists

were marks that were left from his wrists being tied!

But these light fixtures have three levels

and unless you pull the cable three times like Conan just did

it won't get dark, right?

Pulling just once would only turn off the light on the outer part,

and pulling the cable twice will leave the miniature light on.

If the brightness is adjusted to the second level

and the miniature light is loosened,

then pulling on the cable just once will turn the lights off!

I see.

But, is it possible to untie it?

See, this part that is tied to make the cable longer.

In order to tie the hands of someone who is struggling,

it would be impossible to do so

while the electric cable is connected to the light fixture!

Then, this knot would have to be untied once.

But, this looks to be a complicated knot.

This is called the fishing knot!

What's that?

The way a fishing line is tied!

A slippery line has to be tied like this or it'll get untied!

I see! That's why Mr. Hiroto's wife

went to buy this book on fishing!

She wanted to learn how to tie the electric cable firmly in place.

But, why was the cable in the bedroom is different then?

The cable in the bedroom was tied into a regular knot!

I see.

That's why the electric cable in the bedroom was shorter.

He was unable to untie the knot,

so he had to cut it using scissors.

And the cable was tied into a regular knot

because the killer didn't know

how to tie it fishing line style!

Isn't that right...

Mr. Hiroto Akashi?

The trick you used goes like this.

You took the curry to Mr. Iwao's bedroom upstairs.

While he was eating the curry, you probably covered his mouth

with the handkerchief from behind,

and tied him up with the electric cable that you've cut.

After putting the loop of the rope around his neck,

you made him bite the rope with the handkerchief,

and left him suspended.

Of course, you threatened him saying

that if he lets go of the rope from his mouth,

he would choke to death!

Finally you tied both of his hands with the electric cable

and make somebody go to the bedroom

to pick up his curry dish.

You warn that person saying,

"If the light is on, he's still eating"

"so don't go into the room."

You first ask the person to go get the plate around 10 minutes

after you came down because he most likely

still holding the rope in his mouth.

Then you ask that person to go again after a while.

The person will go in and find the dead body after the light is off.

Since you were with us right through in the living room,

you most definitely have an alibi!

Then, are you saying that Mr. Hiroto was at the tennis court in the rain

just to invite someone to witness his alibi?

Yeah.

He deliberately made curry for a lot of people.

No way.

Which means if we didn't come here,

this wouldn't have happened.

No.

Even if you all didn't come here today,

I was going to kill him tonight.

It's true that today is the anniversary of my wife's death.

My wife was found lying on the ground

in this forest drenched in rain.

Lying on the ground?

Yes.

It was when I went out to work at a court in Tokyo on a rainy day.

My father suddenly woke my wife, who was asleep with a cold,

and made her go shopping.

He told her that he wanted to eat mushroom rice.

She should've refused, but she didn't.

She walked with unsteady steps over to a supermarket about 3km away

and on the way back, just as expected, fell to the ground and...

But that's no reason for you to kill him.

No. I decided to kill him

the day after my wife's funeral.

Unaware that I was behind him,

father was mumbling the following words towards the altar of my mother.

Dear. She finally broke down.

Next time I wish he'd get himself a healthier wife.

A toy that is more durable like Hiroto.

It can't be...

You mentioned that you were adopted.

Yes, until I heard him say that, I believed him.

I believed him being selfish

was because he already considered me as his son

Yes. We, My father, wife and I, built a house in the forest

and began living here because of my father's selfishness

saying that he wanted to live apart

from the rest of the world.

Of course the same goes for the electric cable.

He suddenly lengthened the electric cable of his room

and ordered all the electric cable in the other rooms to be the same way.

What? So, the electric cable in that room...

Yes.

Father tied the cable in his room himself.

Talk about not knowing how to tie knots.

If that was a knot that my wife had tied,

I...

I couldn't have cut it

and maybe would've had second thoughts

about carrying out this murder.

It sure was an uncomfortable case.

Well, after all, a person passed away so...

The combination of Sleeping Kogoro

and deduction queen Sonoko,

sure can close a case in a jiffy!

I forgot to videotape the deduction show,

because you started it without going to sleep!

It's not my problem!

I got twice as tired this time.

What's the matter, Ran?

It seems that I received a call last night,

but the number has no caller I.D.

If you're talking about the call that came in

when you were using the restroom,

he took it.

What?

It was a wrong number call.

Shinichi?

Wasn't that call from Shinichi?

That look on your face, it must've been!

What?

What did he say?

Geez.

I'm sorry to have worried you.

No more X-sized cups for bras?

X-sized cups means the difference in size

with the under-bust is about 70cm.

Were your breasts that big?

Of course not!

I'm not a cow, you know.

I guess I'll mail her later.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Shinichi's Mother and Ran's Mother"

The hint of the next episode somehow makes me nervous.

Dad, what is the legend that surrounds them?

Goodbye.