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Detective Conan will be going into its 10th year.

One down and more to come!

The boy who witnessed the crime.

He is hiding something and acting strange.

Hints for the deduction are caterpillars and olive trees.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

"Shimura"

Hey, you?

"The Youth Detective Squad and Four Caterpillar Brothers"

A new friend?

Yes! We'll have to take a side trip

but, I'll introduce to you all,

so come with me!

Hey, about the new friend.

Could it be a boy?

Hey, hey.

"Matsuura Heights"

What's this place?

Let me introduce you, then.

This is Taro!

Taro?

Look closely behind the leaves.

Behind the leaves, did you say?

What is it?

It's a caterpillar.

And it's huge too.

This one is Jiro!

And the smallest one here is Saburo!

Well... Aren't they cute?

I'm not sure that cute is the word.

Maybe more like gross.

Gross?

-Oh, no... -It' s true. They're really cute.

Look.

It's eating the olive leaf with all its might with its little mouth.

True.

Taking a good look at it, you can see that it has horns on its bottoms.

Yes, they're cute!

I wonder what kind of butterflies

they're going to turn out to be?

Aren't they going to be swallowtails?

I can't wait to see them.

This caterpillar...

I'm afraid they're not going to turn into butterflies.

Why?

I'm sure I saw them in my picture book some time ago.

Hey, hey.

Don't tell me that you carry that insect picture book wherever you go.

Here it is!

It is the larva of a moth called Psilogramma incretum, after all.

Psilogramma incretum.

Oh, so, it's not a butterfly.

Oh, but whether it's a moth or a butterfly

it makes no difference that it's a caterpillar, does it?

Right! They are cute after all!

Right.

Yeah...

I found Taro when I was taking a walk three days ago.

Then the day before yesterday, Jiro,

and yesterday I found Saburo.

Then, maybe today you'll find Shiro?

Hey.

No joke, there's really another one.

It still had other siblings.

They might be brothers!

It's the four caterpillar brothers!

It's strange.

After I found Saburo yesterday, I looked really well and yet.

It's too big to have just hatched.

If these worms are increasing one by one everyday.

This is a bit of a mystery.

I wonder about that.

Maybe they were just hidden by the leaves and not in view?

What's up you kids?

"Senkichi Matsuura (52)" -Is there something about this tree?

Oh, good morning!

We were looking at the caterpillars!

Caterpillars?

See, they're over there.

Let's see. Ouch!

Ouch...

Is something wrong?

No, I have frozen shoulder syndrome.

This is huge.

There are others over there, here,

and here too.

Really, I've got to get rid of them.

What?

Wait! Please don't kill the caterpillars!

Please! They're my friends!

Please, don't, please!

But, I can't afford to have them eat up my precious olive tree.

Oh, but with leaves as much as these,

they couldn't possibly eat everything up, could they?

Even if they eat the leaves they'll eventually grow back.

A caterpillar that's been killed will never revive again!

Okay, okay.

I'll leave it as is!

But, I wonder when they started increasing like this.

When I watered the tree last time I didn't notice them.

When was the last time?

Sundown on Thursday, so...

it was probably four days ago.

Four days ago...

is a day before Ayumi found the caterpillars.

Grandfather used to love the olive tree,

so he even named the coffee shop that he opened

in front of Beika Station "Olive."

Hi, welcome back.

"Minoru Yoshikawa (23)" -Mr. Yoshikawa.

"Matsuura Heights resident" -Hi.

He's...

Do you know him?

He's an employee at the convenience store near our elementary school.

A convenience store?

What's the matter, Mr. Matsuura?

Bugs were found on the olive leaves.

Bugs?

I drop off at the convenience store sometimes

on my way home from school.

I read fashion magazines.

Does it bug you?

It doesn't bug me, but...

Is it normal for a first grader to be reading fashion magazines?

Right, it seems something happened over there.

Over there?

You mean by Mr. Shimura's home?

It's Officer Takagi!

Oh, it's you guys!

You're not supposed to come in here without permission.

Did something happen?

Yeah.

An old man who was living alone was murdered.

What?

Is he the one who found the victim?

Yeah, he lives in the neighborhood

and used to play shogi with the old man.

It seems that the old man had several hundred million yen

stashed in his drawer.

But, the cash is gone.

Hey, Officer Takagi.

What are you talking about?

Nothing really.

Do you kids know something about the case?

Not really.

Then, hurry on to school!

You're going to be late!

-Yes, ma'am! -Yes, ma'am!

I wonder how today's case turned out?

I wonder if they caught the killer?

Let's drop by on our way home!

No.

I don't think we need to do so.

What? You found a witness?

Yeah, a taxi driver.

Oh, well...

I can't tell you about the case.

It's okay, go ahead and tell them.

Okay then.

That driver happened to pass in front of the house

last night around 10 pm.

Then, the boy fell on his rear end in front of that man?

Yeah.

Did you see the man's face?

No, because I was still far away then.

Are you sure it was a man?

I think so.

How old was he?

I wonder.

Because my attention was mainly on the boy.

The time about 10 pm

matches the estimated time of death of the victim.

Although we have no conclusive evidence that the man is the killer.

I think it's well worth checking into.

Hey, if that man is the killer,

he probably bumped into the boy

right after he committed the murder and dashed out of the house.

Yes! My deduction is the same too.

If that so, that boy would indeed be the criminal witness.

You're exactly right!

But the taxi driver didn't see the boy's face,

and only remembers that he was wearing a white baseball cap

and something that looked to be pajamas.

Pajamas?

Then, it must be a boy who lives nearby.

Yes, and that's what I want to ask you about.

Do you have any idea of a boy who lives near

that house that wears a white baseball cap?

A boy who lives near that house.

Who wears a white baseball cap?

-It's Keiichi! -It's Keiichi!

Keiichi?

He's Keiichi Mitsui who is in the class next to ours!

He went to the same kindergarten we did.

His mother died of an illness this summer.

Before his mother died,

she bought him a white cap.

That's why he's always wearing that cap.

I see.

"Conference Room"

Thank you,

I'm sorry to have taken up your time.

Not at all.

You may go now.

I guess I'll be on my way too then.

Oh, thank you.

How was it?

Did Keiichi say he saw the killer's face?

Well...

I guess not.

Right, he denied everything.

Denied everything?

Keiichi says

that he didn't go out last night,

the night before or the night before last either.

"Shimura's house" -The place where the crime was committed is here.

"Keiichi's house" -Keiichi's house is here.

"Matsuura Heights"

The taxi came from this side.

The boy is said to have gone to the right.

It is very likely that the boy was Keiichi but...

As long as he denies everything, we can't force ourselves on him.

Either he's scared of getting involved or...

Don't you have any other clue regarding the killer?

Well, according to the driver,

that man thought to be the killer was holding the top part

of his left arm with his right hand.

Left arm?

That man...

His left arm was hurting too.

That man?

The four caterpillars brothers man.

Four caterpillars brothers?

His name is Mr. Matsuura.

And, he lives here.

The same block.

That man had a sore left arm?

He said he had a frozen shoulder.

Frozen shoulder.

Shall I go see him anyway?

Do so, will you?

I'll go check on the other children.

I wonder if that man's the killer?

He didn't seem like such a bad person though.

But, he tried to kill the caterpillars!

What do you intend to do?

I think I'll go to Keiichi's house

and hear what he has to say in person.

But, before that...

It's the person we saw this morning.

I wonder how he found out about the case?

To get from this store to his apartment,

he doesn't have to go pass the house where the crime occurred, right?

Yes, that's true.

Maybe I'll go ask him directly.

Well...

Just when I came to the place to turn the corner to my apartment,

I saw people of the neighborhood turning the corner ahead,

so I went over to take a look.

Then, why did you come home right away?

I wanted to hit the sack a soon as possible,

because we don't have enough part-timers,

and I had to go to work again from afternoon.

He's not the culprit,

because his left arm looks okay.

Right.

Let's hurry over to Keiichi's place.

I guess so, let's go.

You guys, go ahead without me.

I want to take a look at some magazines.

Keiichi!

Ayumi.

What beautiful roses!

Ever blooming roses.

There's an olive tree here too!

It's very small compared to Mr. Matsuura's olive tree though.

There seems to be no caterpillars though.

Do you always take care of the plants?

Mother used to like them.

I took care of them

after she was hospitalized and after she died too.

Around what time does your father usually come home?

About 11.00 pm. Because he's busy at work.

Then, you're all by yourself till then, Keiichi?

What about dinner?

Father makes it before he goes to work in the morning.

I heat it up and eat it.

You're having it tough, aren't you?

Not really, because I've gotten used to it.

And, about last night...

Sorry, I've got something to do so I got to go.

Keiichi, wait!

He left.

I wonder if he got angry?

There's no doubt that Keiichi ran into a man

that could be the killer.

But, why is he hiding it?

What was he doing outside around 10 am at night

in the first place?

The trace of it having been cut with nippers.

Maybe this is!

What's the matter, Conan?

What is it?

Conan?

Just as I thought.

Huh, what is?

Listen.

All these caterpillars were in the olive tree

at Keiichi's house to begin with.

What?

Keiichi probably noticed the caterpillars four days ago.

Keiichi who found the caterpillars was in a fix.

If he left it as is, the caterpillars would eat up all the leaves

of the olive tree that his mother loved.

But, Keiichi who has a kind heart

could not kill the caterpillars.

Just then Keiichi remembered that there was a large olive tree

on the east side of the same block.

It had dense foliage and looked to have more than enough

even if four caterpillars were to eat them.

So, from that night,

Keiichi started taking one worm at a time everyday

from his house to this house, in order of the large ones first,

after waiting till around 10 pm at night

when there weren't many people around.

He cut the branches with the caterpillars on them with nippers.

If he U-turns,

it would be unnatural if someone were to see him.

So he went to the south, then west

and deliberately took the long way around

"Shimura" -passing in front of the house where the crime occurred.

He went once around and then back to his house.

The caterpillars were moved from the branch

that Keiichi brought to this olive tree.

That's why the olive tree at Keiichi's house

had a few branches cut off,

while there were remains of branches cut with nippers

around this olive tree.

And on the fourth day,

when he finished moving the last caterpillar,

the crime occurred.

Keiichi felt guilty about having moved the caterpillars

from his house to someone else's.

That's why he denied everything when questioned by the police

and said he didn't go out last night,

the night before or the night before last either.

He went as far as to say what he didn't have to too.

You're fantastic, Conan!

I couldn't help but listen in amazement.

You're just like a real detective.

I am a detective.

But, I feel sorry for Keiichi.

I'm sure he's troubled about it.

Yeah, I think we should see Keiichi once more.

Edogawa?

The employee called Yoshikawa disappeared.

What?

According to the other employees he seems to have been

sweeping outside from after noon time right through.

Remember, he was wiping the glass door

when we went too?

Maybe he was looking for a boy

wearing a white cap come home from school.

You mean he was ambushing Keiichi?

But that man's left arm...

The culprit didn't hurt his arm when he bumped into Keiichi.

If he did, it should be more on the bottom.

Then he was holding his left arm because?

It's most likely that the killer was hiding the package

with the money he stole

on the inside of his top and was hiding it under his left arm.

Then, he bumped into Keiichi when he went out,

and he reflexively placed his right hand on his left arm

to keep from dropping the money.

If Yoshikawa is the culprit...

Keiichi is in danger!

Keiichi...

He seems to be out.

Where'd he go?

How would I know?

-Darn! -That rose...

I thought there were more of them.

They've been cut with scissors.

Why would he cut the roses?

Mother used to like them.

I see!

Mother, I saw the man's face.

Just what am I supposed to do?

So, you did remember my face after all.

Be grateful to me.

I'll let you see your mother.

-Keiichi! -Keiichi!

Keiichi!

Darn!

Take that!

Keiichi!

Keiichi!

I'm okay.

Your cap?

It only stabbed your cap?

-Yep. -I'm glad!

Your mother in heaven saved you.

Yeah!

The caterpillars disappeared?

Don't tell me that you got rid of them, mister?

No.

I didn't do anything.

They probably dug into the ground to to become pupa.

Pupa?

Oh, I see.

-But what's a pupa? -Seriously?

It'll be next spring

when they appear before us again as grown moths.

Yeah.

By the at time,

I hope that my adult form...

will also return.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Stew"

The next episode is about a sad clown.

Clowns are supposed to be funny, aren't they?

Adults have a lot to think about.