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Today's case is hard to take in.

It may not be right,

but a person's warmth is hard to erase.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

Conan, what do you want to eat tonight?

We had fish last night, so tonight let's have...

Right! Let's have meat!

Huh!

-Meat! Meat! -Hello, there!

I thought we had meat just the other day.

Let's see... Conan!

Coming!

Ran are you sure we re eating expensive steak like this tonight?

Of course not... Ran...

I thought so... Come on... You're Ran, aren't you...?

Sachiko...

Ran... who is she?

Remember? Back when I dropped my student pass?

She the one who found it and delivered it to me.

Oh, she's the one.

There... How's this...

Yes. I'll take it.

You're the one

who bought that high grade expensive steak meat a while ago...

Conan. Stop that, will you?

But that wine sure looks super expensive...

You see, today is a special day. But that wine sure looks super expensive...

You see, today is a special day.

My lover's coming over.

Really?

Sachiko is a super career woman.

I didn't think she was interested at all in men,

but I'm surprised she has a boyfriend.

Somebody that she can cook for...

Ran.

You have people you can cook for too, Ran.

But Shinichi hasn't been home at all.

No, I meant Pops and me.

Right!

However, the following day...

She was killed?

She was living alone.

Sachiko!

"Illusionary Spring Lover"

"Nishimura"

Mr. Mouri, this is not a case where we need you

to have come all the way here.

My daughter owes her a lot.

I'd like to at least be informed of the circumstances.

The body was found by

a colleague of hers that had doubts about her not coming to work

without reporting her absence, came to visit her.

The cause of death is a fractured skull

from a sharp blow on the back of her head.

The weapon is a bronze figurine that was found in the room.

The estimated time of her death is last night from 7:30 pm to 8 pm.

In the middle of dinner...

Was Sachiko a smoker?

If not, this side is Sachiko's seat

and the other side is the seat of her guest who was a smoker.

It's no doubt that someone such as her boyfriend came to visit her.

At about 7:30 pm,

The woman living next door heard

Ms. Nishimura talking to her boyfriend.

Promise that you'll take me with you next time.

It's not fair that you go to see

such a wonderful scenery all by yourself.

Maybe I over cooked the steak.

It seems that her boyfriend's hobby was mountain climbing.

We found this picture here.

Her boyfriend's probably responsible for this crime.

Why?

If someone came in and attacked Sachiko all of a sudden,

where did her boyfriend disappear to

without even reporting the incident to the police?

Well...

True.

Like I was saying, it's not an incident that calls for your help.

The police thinks that her boyfriend is the killer, too?

There is no other possibility taking into consideration the circumstances.

Takagi here.

None? Not even one?

All right.

It's from the forensic officer.

They found no fingerprints what so ever

other than that of Ms. Sachiko Nishimura from the bronze figurine

that is thought to be the murder weapon,

the picture of the mountain, or the wine glass

that they both were thought to have toasted with.

No fingerprints left?

No traces of them being wiped off either.

If so, this is a carefully planned homicide.

He came to visit her after he made sure that

no fingerprints would be left behind.

Promise that you'll take me with you next time.

Maybe I over cooked the steak.

And a while after they began eating...

He made Sachiko get up from her seat.

Why?

Why do you say it's her boyfriend that did that?

He was after her money.

There is nothing valuable

such as money and jewelry anywhere in sight.

That's hard to believe, isn't it, Conan?

Because Sachiko looked so happy yesterday, didn't she?

Today is a special day.

My lover's coming over.

That boyfriend...

couldn't have killed her!

Right, Conan?

Yes.

If so then, Ran, where did that man disappear to?

It's strange that he left no fingerprints behind either.

Something doesn't feel right.

I wonder what it is?

I confirmed with a colleague of hers.

I was told that she started going with her boyfriend

about six months ago.

However, it seemed that he was really busy or something

that he only came to visit her on the 25th of each month.

So, it seemed that Ms. Nishimura

always seemed excited from morning on the 25th.

Yesterday was also the 25th.

I wonder if there's any meaning to the fact

that he only comes to visit her on the 25th of each month?

It seems that even that colleague though,

was never told what her boyfriend's name was.

Which means we have no clue what so ever?

I went to visit her best friend since her school days

who lives nearby too, but...

No way! Sachiko was?

I just swung at air.

She didn't even know she had a boyfriend.

She hid the fact from her best friend?

Why?

At any rate, it's her boyfriend did it, Ran.

We'll try to crack who the killer is

from among her acquaintances as soon as possible.

Yeah, please do so.

I'll try and trace what the victim did yesterday.

Maybe I'll get a lead to her boyfriend.

Yes, sir.

Now that they know who the killer is,

I guess there's no role for a detective to play.

Let's go home.

Officer Takagi!

Please let me go with you.

I just can't believe that her boyfriend is the killer.

Ran.

What?

You saw Ms. Nishimura's boyfriend come running out?

Yes. I think it was around 8 pm last night.

But, how did you know that the man was Ms. Nishimura's boyfriend?

I think it was on the 25th of last month.

There was a big fire.

My apartment is right opposite Ms. Nishimura's condo.

When I happened to look out casually...

You mean the man that you saw a month ago during the fire

was the same man who came running out last night?

His eyes were blood-shot, and he ran like he was lurching forward.

Excuse me. May I have your name, please?

Me? I'm Suenaga.

Mr. Suenaga.

Will you help us make a composite picture of that man?

Okay.

But let me go tell the boss.

There's even eye-witness.

I guess this is it.

Ran.

With a composite picture in hand,

if they go asking around the vicinity where the victim lived,

it's just a matter of time before they find the killer.

But there's something that bothers me.

I wonder what it is.

It's about time!

What's the matter? Eat, you guys.

Okay.

Conan?

What? Yes.

What?

-Good? -It's really good.

I'm glad.

What's this? Did you make me check to see if it was okay or what?

No, it's not that.

But I wasn't sure if it was seasoned enough.

Ran, Sachiko must have been really hungry.

Why?

Because the steak and salad on her side of the table were eaten,

but her boyfriend's side was untouched.

So what, you brat?

Not possible.

That's strange, really strange.

What's so strange?

Maybe...

But...

The woman living next door heard

Ms. Nishimura talking to her boyfriend.

She only heard Sachiko's voice.

Yeah. If that's how it was,

it's understandable that there were no other fingerprints.

If so, why did she put on such an act?

Hey, what's up with you all of a sudden?

I'm going with her because I'm kind of worried!

Hey! You too?

I'm going to eat all this up, you know?

Like I told the officer,

I really never heard that she had a boyfriend.

She did have one before though.

She did... before?

About 5 years ago.

A man called Mr. Henmi, whose hobby was mountain climbing.

"Henmi"

When was this?

About 6 months ago.

Was it on the 25th, 6 months ago?

Right! It was my husband's pay day.

Just as I thought.

What? Wait...

The real killer is not her boyfriend?

It's impossible for Sachiko's boyfriend to have killed her.

That's totally impossible!

Totally impossible...

If it wasn't her boyfriend,

then the real killer is none other than that person.

Mr. Izaki?

Yes. And who are you?

There's something I'd like to ask you.

-Mr. Suenaga. -Yes?

About this composite picture...

I can't remember anything more in detail than that.

No. It was impossible to make a composite picture to begin with.

What?

Because there was no boyfriend

that could've come to Ms. Nishimura at all.

Because...

This is strange.

If she prepared this for a boyfriend that she was seeing after a month,

first, her boyfriend would take a bite,

and she would wait for him to say something about her cooking.

It's only natural for her to start eating

after hearing what he had to say.

It's unthinkable for a woman

to start eating and drinking before her guest.

In other words, nobody came to visit her last night.

Then, why is everything prepared for two?

It's for her boyfriend.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Ms. Nishimura happily told her colleagues and Ran

that her boyfriend was going to come visit her.

But that was...

A lie!

Promise that you'll take me with you next time.

It's not fair that you go to see such a wonderful scenery all by yourself.

Maybe I over cooked the steak.

She acted the whole thing out herself.

There can be no other explanation for this.

He wasn't there to begin with,

so of course, there would be no fingerprints.

You, Mr. Suenaga said that

you saw someone that didn't even come to visit her.

And you even helped make up something like this

to divert our attention from the real killer! You!

Why would I need to do something like that?

You have a friend named Mr. Izaki, don't you?

The owner of the liquor shop told us about him

and we went to see him.

I hear that you were complaining last month

that a shopper who patronized your shop,

a woman who lived in the condo opposite you

refused when you asked her to go out with you.

You held a grudge against her because she brushed you off.

Isn't that right?

That's your motive for killing her.

Where's the evidence that I did it?

You borrowed money from Mr. Izaki, didn't you?

But you returned the total amount to him this morning.

Fingerprints were found on all the bills.

Your fingerprints as well as Ms. Nishimura's.

You killed her, holding a grudge against her for brushing you off

and stole cash as well as valuables from her.

Am I wrong?

Exactly.

But officer, that woman was a liar!

How dare she lie!

"The 25th a month ago"

I'm sorry. I can't go out with you.

I have a boyfriend.

He's coming today again, too.

I thought that it couldn't be helped then.

But that night!

Her boyfriend wasn't with her!

She bought wine again yesterday,

saying that her boyfriend was coming.

I went to check it out yesterday!

Please, no!

Please leave! Because he's coming!

Where is he? This boyfriend of yours?

I'm calling the police!

It's your fault for lying to me.

She didn't even have a boyfriend, but put on a front of having one!

If she wanted to just put on a front,

wouldn't it have been enough for her just to by steak for two?

She wouldn't have had to really cook the steak

or pour the wine into the glass, right?

Well...

It was a lie, but not really a lie.

Yesterday, her boyfriend really did visit her

and he probably sat down in that chair.

Her boyfriend called Mr. Henmi.

"Kawamura" -Sachiko had a boyfriend...

during her school days called Mr. Henmi.

But five years ago...

I'll be fine. I'll be back on the 25th.

The 25th?

I'll prepare a nice meal and wait for you then.

I'd like steak then. A thick one like this!

But Mr. Henmi never returned.

His body wasn't found either.

But 6 months ago, 5 years later...

Mr. Henmi's knapsack was found in the mountains.

And inside the knapsack, they found films that were already developed.

I had second thoughts about showing this to you after 5 years.

But I thought that he would've liked for you to see it, too.

Mr. Henmi came home.

Just as he promised on the 25th.

It was on the 25th, 6 months ago.

Since then, on the 25th of each month,

Mr. Henmi visited her.

In Sachiko's heart, even last night.

She decided to believe in him and wait.

She believed that by doing so, he would return.

That her boyfriend would never betray her.

Ran.

Which means for these past 6 months on the 25th,

she was talking all by herself?

I just said she wasn't alone!

Ran.

I'm sure that Shinichi will come back one day, too.

Thank you, Conan.

He'll open that door and say, "Hey, Ran!"

If he does...

Hey, Shinichi! Where and what were you doing till now?

The first thing I'll do is spin kick him!

What?

She has no intention of welcoming me kindly.

Not only will I spin kick him! I'll do a heel-drop.

I'm training for that time!

I don't think I'll be coming home for a while yet.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Daypack"

The next episode involves two police officers.

A date ought to be planned, right?

I wonder about that.