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Stars are for some reason attractive.

They can be the culprit or an actor.

Yuka's bluebird that's supposed to bring happiness

turns into a case.

Hurry to the scene Youth Detective Squad!

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 Youth Detective Squad Pursues the Bluebird"

It sure is cold again today, too.

They say the temperature

is gonna be like it was in late November for three whole days.

Yuka.

Konno from Class C.

She's always standing in front of the cage watching the birds.

Yuka!

Ayumi.

Do you like birds?

Yes, I love them!

I have a budgie at home, too.

A blue one.

What's its name?

Chicchi.

He's two years old and perches on people's hands.

He also talks just a little bit.

You mean he speaks words?

I want to see him!

Okay. Do you want to stop over at my house today?

May I go, too?

Me, too! May I?

You're Conan and Ai, right?

-Oh, yes. -Oh, yes.

You two are also welcome to come.

But if all of us go at once...

Don't worry about it.

My mother is at work and won't be home until early evening.

Your parents are both working. Same with me.

In my case, it's a bit different though.

Yuka's father died of an illness two years ago.

Is that right?

Hey. Let's go together, Conan and Ai.

Okay, let's all go see the hand perching budgie!

Let's go!

We did it!

What did we do?

Do you know how to tell the difference between an adult male and female?

Is it the size of their bodies?

Is it the pattern on the feathers?

No.

It's by the colour of the cere of the parakeet which is above the beak.

Males have blue ceres while females have brown ones.

Exactly!

But despite Chicchi being a male,

his cere has recently been turning brownish.

I wonder why?

Are we not there yet?

Huh? The door. It's unlocked.

What?

Maybe it's a thief?

Stand back, everybody!

Okay!

All right!

You two...

Go ahead!

I'm ready!

Who are you?

A thief?

Hi! Welcome home, Yuka!

Do you know him?

No, I don't.

She's saying she doesn't know you!

You're a thief after all!

No, I'm Shinya Sakaguchi.

I work at the Beika University research lab of the Engineering Department.

I'm a friend of Yuka's mother.

Yuka's mother manages a gardening shop in Haido City,

and since she's going to be coming home late from work today,

I was asked to eat out together with Yuka tonight.

Your mother said that she told you so this morning, too.

She didn't say anything to me.

-Yuka. -Please wait!

How did you come into the house?

Well, Yuka's mother told me where the house key is hidden.

Everybody!

Never mind him, and come on in.

Hello!

In other words,

you're very intimate friends with her mother.

I'm sorry.

Will you stop pushing me?

It's so spacious!

The garden is nice, too.

But why are the windows all open?

Oh, well...

I just thought that it would be nice to air the room out

before Yuka came home.

Chicchi, I'm home!

How cute!

Its colour is beautiful, too.

What's the matter?

Nothing, but it seems that Chicchi's become slightly smaller.

I don't think so.

It's just your imagination.

Chicchi! Chicchi!

Chicchi, "Welcome back". Say, "Welcome back".

Strange.

He always says welcome back when I come home, but...

I'm sure he's nervous because your friends that he doesn't know is here.

Did he talk this morning?

He said, "Good morning" very energetically.

So ticklish!

Its cere really is brown, isn't it?

Right.

Do you have a cold?

Yes, just slightly.

Is that why you're standing away from everyone else,

because you don't want us to catch cold?

Yes.

I wonder why he had all the glass windows open despite having a cold?

It sure is strange.

Let's have some juice, okay?

Hey. Could it be that you let the bird go?

You went to the pet shop

and bought a bird that looks just like the one she had, right?

You left the windows open because the bird that fled may come back.

I get it!

And you bought a bird that was a bit smaller.

That's why it doesn't talk!

Come on and spit out the truth.

No! Just what are you talking about?

You spilled soy sauce, didn't you?

When I opened the refrigerator, I smelled soy sauce.

Oh, right.

The soy sauce container fell a while ago when I was putting the cake

that I got for you into the refrigerator.

Don't you dare open the fridge of other people's houses without permission!

What's all the shouting for, Yuka?

Mother?

Hello...

Hello.

My client suddenly cancelled the appointment.

Mr. Sakaguchi, let's go eat out together.

No, I'll leave for today.

But...

Conan, Ai, see you both tomorrow!

It's already late. So go home straight, okay?

Yes!

You guys go straight home and don't go rendezvousing some place together!

Well, maybe that's not a bad idea.

You've got to be kidding!

Oh, my. What are you all worked up about, Conan?

Conan is as dense as ever.

But we've got to check this out, no matter what.

Come on, let's go!

Yes.

A person who looks like this

did come to buy a blue parakeet about two hours ago.

Really?

Just as we thought!

It's just like what Ai said.

That man let the parakeet go!

But he...

was holding a dead parakeet in his hand.

And he said to give him a parakeet just like the one he was holding.

He seemed to be in a rush, too.

It's so shocking that Chicchi was already dead.

But Yuka said that the bird greeted her in good health this morning

and said "Good morning", didn't she?

Yes. Which means the bird didn't die of an illness.

Besides, it was in a cage so it couldn't have died accidentally either.

Could it be that the man killed it?

But if he rushed to go buy another parakeet after what happened,

at least we know that he didn't do it on purpose.

Then, did he mistakenly killed it?

What kind of work?

Yes.

Mr. Sakaguchi mentioned that he is working

at the research lab at Beika University, didn't he?

I was just wondering what kind of research he was doing.

Well, I don't really know,

but I think he's researching some kind of drug.

-What? -What?

Drug?

But... It can't be!

But I'm sure it was some kind of drug.

-Conan! -Do you have a relative...

-Don't, Ayumi! -by the name of Kitada?

Well, because he always gets the credit.

So this time, let's solve the truth ourselves.

But...

Okay, Ayumi?

Okay.

I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

We're sorry to have called you out like this despite your busy schedule.

We're sorry.

Is your research lab in here?

Yes, it is.

May we see it?

No, you can't.

Why not?

Because there are many dangerous chemicals inside.

Dangerous chemicals?

Just as we thought!

Actually, we went to the pet shop yesterday.

The employee told us everything.

Will you please explain the situation?

I'm sorry. I lied yesterday.

The fact is, when I got to Yuka's house, Chicchi was dead in the cage.

Yuka really took good care of Chicchi,

so I thought she'd be sad if she came back and found out.

That's why I rushed over to the pet shop

and bought a parakeet that looked like Chicchi at the pet shop.

Then, what did you do with Chicchi that died?

After I left Yuka's house at sundown, I buried it in a park nearby.

Would you please take us there?

We'd like to offer our prayers.

Now? Well...

You can't take us?

I'm in the midst of an experiment right now.

I hate to say this, but maybe some other time.

-I'm sorry! -Mr. Sakaguchi!

Hey!

There's something suspicious about him.

There's no doubt that he's the one who killed Chicchi!

But I wonder what he did to kill it?

Thank you very much.

Isn't it this way?

He probably mistakenly spilled the chemical

that he brought back from the research lab.

The chemical probably splattered into the water container of the cage

and the parakeet drank it.

But that's too much of a coincidence, don't you think?

Maybe it was an aerosolized toxin!

What's that air something about?

Aerosolized toxin, Genta!

A process where liquid becomes gas.

In other words,

the parakeet inhaled the vapour of a poison that he mistakenly spilled!

If this is what happened, everything falls into place!

Mr. Sakaguchi opened the windows and door of Yuka's house

because he thought that the vaporized poison may still be left in the air.

His eyes were bloodshot and he was coughing

because he inhaled the vaporized poison by mistake.

That's why he stayed away from us.

He wanted to stay away from the place he spilled the poison.

I see! So the thing about him having a cold was also a lie.

Hello!

Hello?

-Yuka. -Yuka.

Hello!

Thank you for all the food yesterday!

Not at all. I didn't do anything at all.

Are you shopping?

Yes, we're having hand-wrapped sushi tonight.

What a coincidence!

We're going to Doc's house tonight to eat hand-wrapped sushi, too!

Doc?

Dr. Agasa.

The inventor that lives in 2-chome.

He talks like an old fart though.

Is Mr. Sakaguchi coming for dinner, too?

Well, I asked him over,

but he turned me down saying that he is busy tonight.

Please come over again.

Yes, goodbye...

Was it okay not telling them about the man?

I was wondering what we should do too, but...

Maybe we should tell them after things become clearer.

Hello!

Oh, you've come!

-Doc, where's Conan? -Vinegar rice.

-Conan again. -I smell vinegar rice.

It's nothing.

He'll probably get here soon.

Haibara, would you like me to help you with something?

Well, would you line out the plates?

Okay! Sure.

The point is why Mr. Sakaguchi brought the poison to Yuka's house.

Don't tell me that he was trying to poison Yuka or her mother.

I don't want to think that way,

but the possibility cannot be denied either.

Then maybe he already may have...

Cake, cake!

He put something in the cake that he bought!

Genta.

We already ate the cake at her house yesterday.

Well, it's really not enough.

That's right!

Come to think of it, Yuka didn't eat the cake at all.

She probably really doesn't like Mr. Sakaguchi.

But then, what on earth is...

My hunch is that he just took the poison to the house

and hasn't done anything with it yet.

Otherwise, we wouldn't be here taking it easy like this.

Ai, here's the soy sauce. I wonder if this will be enough?

The soy sauce container fell.

Shoots!

Don't tell me he put it in there?

That's why Mr. Sakaguchi

refused to have hand wrapped sushi together with them tonight!

This is bad.

We've got to stop them quick!

What? What is it?

I'm going with you!

Hey, wait!

What's up? What on earth...

I wonder...

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya has made the mistake of a life time!

We should've told Conan about this to begin with!

There you go again.

What if we don't make it in time?

-Genta! -Genta!

The traffic light's red!

Quick! Quick!

Turn green! Turn green!

Please let us make it in time!

Let's go around to the yard!

We made it!

They're alive.

I'm so glad.

What's the matter, everybody?

Don't use that soy sauce! It is poisoned!

Poison?

What're you talking about?

It's not poisoned.

We're already using it and eating.

Yes!

Conan!

Mr. Sakaguchi...

Just as I thought.

I thought this is what you guys were up to!

Conan, what brings you here?

Based on the look on your faces,

it looks like your deduction is messed up.

Then is it true that when Mr. Sakaguchi came here, Chicchi was dead?

Yes. Very often little birds peck on food until just before they die

and act healthy trying to hide the fact that they are ill.

Why?

When living in flocks,

if they display any signs of being weak from an illness,

they may become prey to an enemy and lose their life, right?

Even if the parakeet is tame enough to perch on fingers,

it has remaining instincts of when it used to be in the wild.

I see.

That's why it could say "Good morning" healthily like always.

But there were signs of an upcoming illness.

The cere of male parakeets

seem to change from blue to brown when they get sick.

Right. Chicchi's cere became brown because he wasn't in good health.

I didn't know that.

So Mr. Sakaguchi didn't cough or have bloodshot eyes...

Because he inhaled poison?

No, Mr. Sakaguchi really had a cold.

He hadn't taken a bath for three days,

so he thought that he had body odour.

That's why he opened the windows and doors

to keep the smell from enveloping the room.

Moreover, that's the very reason why

he was standing some distance away from Yuka after she came home.

She's a girl. So I thought she'd dislike me even more if I smelled.

I'm sorry, Yuka.

He came a while ago to tell me that I should tell you the truth.

That it would save you from being hurt.

That's when I first realized how stupid I was.

Life is invaluable.

I think that you're regretting

the fact that you didn't realize sooner that he was ill.

But Chicchi was taken good care of by you,

and I'm sure he was really happy.

Since Chicchi's cere was brown, I mistakenly bought a female yesterday.

It's a budgie!

The cere is blue. It's a male!

Fantastic!

I was thinking about whether it's good or not

to buy a new budgie right after Chicchi died but...

Thank you.

How lucky. You've got a family now.

They sure are late. I wonder what they're doing?

Why don't you go ahead and eat already?

Right!

Even if they don't roll back, I can't speak ill of them.

Though I want to scream like a bream, but that's too fishy.

Roll it and dip it. Here goes the soy sauce.

Whether it's sushi or a play on words, the point is how fresh they are.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Habit"

Do you know what my seven habits are?

Biting nails, digging your nose...

Hey!