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Today's deduction is really shocking.

So complicated and calculated like an art.

Find the answer in the snow.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

"The Murder in the Hot Spring Inn (Part 2)"

Asuka went to the outdoor bath around 10pm.

And Ema went to the shrine in the garden around 10.30pm.

These two victims were killed with the votive dagger.

As this murder weapon was found in the outdoor bath,

it is plausible to think that Ema was killed first.

Plus, there were no footprints outside the shrine in the garden.

One must pass the recreation hall in order to get to the outdoor bath,

but nobody was seen passing there after 10.30pm.

Oh, my.

So these killings were done in the inaccessible spaces.

It's the Kimono visit!

It was Sakurako who revenged herself on these girls with the Kimono Visit!

Sakurako? Who is that person?

She's my university friend who committed suicide

because they framed her up for selling illegal drugs.

You mean Asuka and Ema did it?

Yes!

So, it was... it was her revenge.

Lieutenant Masaki.

In the shrine, we found one of the earrings of the victim missing.

Here. This is the one.

That's an expensive one.

That earring probably costs at least 200,000 yen.

400,000 yen as a pair?

It's expensive, but it's not enough motive to kill.

True.

I remember.

You were wearing a necklace of the same brand, weren't you?

Yes. But I took them off because Ema complained about it.

Yes. We found this in Ema's jacket.

We also found that the kimonos and the sashes at the homicide scenes

actually came from the closet, which was not locked at all.

So anybody could take them out.

Perhaps the murderer must have hidden them somewhere beforehand.

Okay, everyone. Could I ask you what you were doing last night?

Firstly, Eri.

You went to the outdoor bath around 9.30pm and came out around 10.00pm.

And Asuka just came in as you left.

Right. After that, I went back to my room.

I saw Mr. Mouri on the way and we had a little chat.

We did. Actually, you looked great and...

And Yoriko, you were working on some stuff on the coverage.

So I suppose you saw Eri?

Yes, I did. I saw Eri.

And after five minutes or so, I saw Ema going to the backdoor.

So that was around 10.30pm, right?

Did you see anybody else heading there?

No, I don't think so.

Around that time, Mr. Mouri and the other three went to the outdoor bath.

But there was a reserved sign on the door of the female bathroom.

The door was locked.

So both of you went back to the recreation room.

That's right.

Mr. Mouri.

Did you hear or see something unusual when you were in outdoor bath?

We did.

We heard a swash from the female bathroom.

When was it? Around what time?

I think it was around 10.50pm.

Maybe that was when the killing occurred.

We only heard the swash. We didn't hear a scream.

Isn't it strange?

Maybe the murderer stunned the victim with stun gun before she screamed.

Really?

It must be!

Kid, keep out of the investigation.

So Ran and Harumi,

you girls were just playing ping pong in the recreation hall?

No. I actually went back to my room to take off my contact lenses.

Just for 10 minutes or so.

All right.

So nobody passed through the recreation hall while Harumi was away.

Right.

It was around 11pm when Mr. Mouri got out of the bath.

Around that time, Eri and Yoriko were having a meeting here.

Where were you at that time, Mr. Bando?

I joined the meeting around 11.15pm.

And then, Mr. Mouri found Asuka's dead body in the outdoor bath.

Speaking of the paper doll of Kimono Demon,

wasn't it there when you first came to the bathroom?

No. I'm sure it wasn't.

After Asuka was found, Ema was found dead in the shrine in the garden.

Why did she go to the shrine?

That's a good question.

Here's the answer.

"Ema. There's something I would like to discuss with you in person.

I will be waiting inside the shrine in the garden. Bando."

This is ridiculous! I did not write that letter!

But in fact, we don't know where you really were until 11.15pm.

But what's the motive? Why would I kill them?

Speaking of motive,

I think Harumi is the only person who might have had the motive to kill.

No, I don't.

I know you hate the victims

because of what happened to your friend Sakurako.

Besides, you went back to your room to take off your contact lenses.

During that period, you don't have an alibi.

No, I didn't kill them!

Whoever is the murderer,

we have to find out how these killings happened in the closed space first.

If the victims were killed with different weapons,

a possibility of what could've happened still stands.

But why did the murderer

make it look like the Kimono Demon did it in the first place?

Thanks a lot.

We got it.

You mean the necropsy report?

Yes. Both victims were killed with the same murder weapon,

the votive dagger.

I see.

The same murder weapon? Now, we are stuck.

So the murder weapons were the same.

The bloodstain on the bandana was found to be Ema's blood.

Other than that,

the dolls from the scene, the shrine and other areas, and Ema's letter,

we couldn't find any fingerprints or information

that's related to the suspect.

Thank you very much.

You're welcome, sir. I will now depart.

What are we going to do, Mr. Mouri?

Nothing is found?

Next. Yesterday, we were at the Kid Sleighing Contest.

Hey, move! Move!

Looks like fun.

What?

It's the kids. The kids on the TV.

Come on! Move!

I got it.

That's what it was.

Now, I understand the trick.

It's about six inches here.

And here,

it's about three inches under the snow.

Six inches and three inches.

But why her?

Conan, where were you?

Well...

I just went out for a walk.

Tokyo Hajime?

It's Mr. Bando.

Wait a minute. Maybe that person is...

Hey! Why are your socks all wet?

Why don't we take it to the fireplace and dry them?

Wait. Hey, Ran! Wait.

Now, I know who did it.

It must be that person.

But why?

We have to figure out how and when the paper doll was put here,

if we suspect that person as the murderer.

What is this?

There was nothing there when we came here last time.

It's weird. This thing is kind of cold.

I see.

Is this Takagi? It's me, Mouri.

Actually, I want you to do some research on a person. Can you do that?

Mr. Ogura!

There's something Uncle Kogoro wants you to do.

What? Mr. Mouri said it? All right.

If I am right, then that person must be the murderer.

Mr. Mouri, you told us to come here.

What is it?

Of course.

We are going to find out what really happened in this hotel.

So you know who killed the victims?

Who is it?

Let me explain in the order of what happened.

Now first,

it's about Ema, who was killed in the closed shrine in the garden.

Lieutenant Masaki,

could you please turn on the digital camera that's on the tub?

I've been thinking about the picture of the footprints around the shrine

because there was something that kept bugging me.

And this morning, I finally figured out what it was.

What's wrong with this picture?

The footprints are not deep enough.

What?

Yesterday afternoon,

when I walked around the shrine in the garden,

my feet sank down about three inches in the snow.

It kept snowing the rest of the day.

Thus, by the time we got to the shrine around 10.30pm,

Ema's footprints should have been at least six inches deep or so.

However, it was about in fact only four inches.

It was too shallow.

I see. But then, why?

Those footprints were pressed from the top.

Pressed? From the top?

Yes, indeed.

Her footprints were found from the backdoor to the shrine.

Ogura and I covered every single one of them with bath towels

in order to preserve them.

But what if those bath towels were solid boards or something?

You could walk on it and move around the shrine

without leaving footprints, right?

It's that simple?

It seems that the tricks are always complicated,

but actually they're really not.

The murderer most likely

got a couple of wooden boards which are about three feet long

and moved around putting those boards on top of Ema's footprints.

After killing Ema,

this murderer went back to the backdoor doing the same thing.

This way, the footprints are maintained as it was before.

Except they get bit shallower.

But how did the murderer get to the backdoor, Mr. Mouri?

Yes! Nobody passed the lobby, right?

The murderer walked under the eaves by using the same method.

That's why there're no witnesses or footprints.

According to my investigation from this morning,

coming out from the back door,

the snow on the right side leave footprints about six inches deep.

On the left side, only about three inches deep.

Meaning that the murderer came from a room along the left side of the pass.

So I checked the left side

and found a place where the snow gets deeper again.

Where is it?

It was right in front of your room.

Eri Akechi.

No way.

Eri did it?

Last night,

Eri left the outdoor bath as soon Asuka came in

and went back to her room.

Then, you went up to the shrine from the backdoor

by using the method I explained just now.

You gave Ema a fake letter from Mr. Bando beforehand,

so she'd come to the shrine, then you killed her.

Sure. That way, I could kill Ema.

But it's impossible to kill Asuka, isn't it?

That's true.

You can't use the same trick in the outdoor bath on the cliff.

Plus, nobody passed the recreation hall.

The truth is, it was Asuka who was actually killed first.

Eri stunned Asuka with a stun gun.

She removed Asuka's clothes and killed her with the votive dagger.

Then she threw the dead body in the bathtub with kimono sashes.

She probably stole the dagger the night before.

It doesn't make sense though. Because Asuka was murdered first,

yet the dagger and Ema's bandana were found in the outdoor bath.

That's right. That paper doll thing is, too.

That was a trick using dry ice.

By using a small piece of dry ice,

Eri glued the paper doll onto the crack of the ceiling.

If you know how long it lasts,

it is possible to drop the paper doll whenever you want to.

That's why the paper doll was kind of cold.

Eri asked the general manager to get her a cake everyday

because she wanted the dry ice in it.

I understand the dry ice trick,

but what about the dagger and bandana?

I didn't come to the bathroom.

Well, it's possible to move them without coming here.

Let me show you how now.

Yes, I understand.

This is...

These boards came down from Eri's room,

which is on the cliff right up there.

Now, I want you guys to think.

The votive dagger which was used to kill Ema,

and the bandana with her blood on it.

This way, you can move these things without leaving the room.

Mr. Mouri heard the swashy sound when the boards got into the water.

That's right.

Using this trick, Eri tried to disguise the order of the murder,

in order to establish her alibi.

But the question is, where did the boards go?

Right.

Here it is, Mr. Mouri.

What is that?

These were the sashes left in the closet.

They are frozen hard though.

A sash becomes like this if you soak and leave it outside for a night.

She used the frozen sash to hide her footprints in the snow.

I see. When they are put in the water...

they just turn into normal sashes.

It would look odd if there were just a dead body

and a couple of sashes in the water.

Thus, she put some more sashes into the water

and spread tons of kimono in the shrine.

That way, the murder scene looks more like the folklore of Kimono Demon,

which actually hides the secret of the trick.

That's a very clever deduction.

But where is the evidence?

Show me the sole of your foot.

Show me, would you?

Please, Eri.

All right.

I think I stepped on a nail or something.

I don't think so.

You actually stepped on Ema's earring

which actually dropped in the middle of the fight.

Last night, I told you guys to wait in the hall

while we did some on-site investigation.

However, Eri said it was better to sit on a chair rather than on the floor,

so you guys moved to the lobby.

Eri, that's because your foot was bleeding, wasn't it?

That's why you wouldn't want to take off your slippers in the hall.

Do you have evidence that this a wound I got from the earring?

I found the missing earring.

Here!

Conan!

This brand name earring is worth 200,000 yen a piece.

Nice! If her blood is on it, it will serve as evidence!

It's amazing that you found it.

Actually, this is a pendant. I borrowed from Harumi.

Okay. I give up.

I killed Asuka and Ema.

Why did you do such a horrible thing, Eri?

Her name is not Eri. It's actually Chieri.

She's been hiding her real name.

Your last name, "Ake" is a very rare name.

So people think your real name is Akechi Eri, rather than Ake Chieri.

I asked my friend at the Metropolitan Police to do some research on you.

Chieri, you are the real sister of Sakurako Suzuka,

who killed herself five years ago, right?

What? Eri and Sakurako are sisters?

As you sisters lost your parents in a fire,

Sakurako was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Suzuka.

Okay, I'll tell you the rest.

When my younger sister Sakurako died,

I was in Boston, trying to become a famous writer.

So it was actually a year later when I heard that she killed herself.

She was a very naive girl.

And because somebody framed her up selling drugs,

she had to kill herself.

Poor Sakurako.

How come she didn't tell me about it?

I'm her sister.

I'm the only family for her in this world.

What Asuka and Ema did to my sister was totally unforgivable.

So one day, I came up with the idea of revenge.

I asked my university friend Yoriko

to invite Asuka and Ema to this hotel for coverage of a new TV series.

It was a perfect opportunity to take revenge

disguised by the folklore of the Kimono Demon.

Okay. But do you think Sakurako is happy about it?

There was a person among the three interviewees

that your sister actually trusted from the bottom of her heart.

It was Harumi Fukatsu. If she wasn't here,

I wouldn't have known about your sister's death.

And therefore, would not have suspected you as the murderer.

To me, it just feels like it was Sakurako's will that you two met.

By meeting Harumi, it's most likely

that she hoped that you'd stop committing the crime.

Harumi.

Maybe you were possessed by the Kimono Demon.

But I'm sure this isn't what your sister wants.

Huh? Why am I here?

This isn't good.

Oh, no!

Relax and enjoy your luxury moment in the hot spring.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Four blocks of marble"