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Victory, sincerity, charging for the truth.

Endless impulse to aim for the best!

A surprising incident occurs at the interview site.

The Youth Detective Squad fight as one.

Their deductions surpass those of the police!

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

Popular freelance writer, Mr. Masato Sugimori,

comes to Teitan Elementary School wanting to interview the activities

of the Youth Detective Squad.

Some days later, we go with Ms. Kobayashi

to Mr. Sugimori's residence.

However, we found Mr. Sugimori's dead body there.

As a result of site investigation,

I deduce that the suspect is among the four who left messages

in the answer phone.

"The Youth Detective Squad is Interviewed (Part 2)"

Inspector, the recording device has arrived.

Is that right?

Okay, let's hear the first message.

It's the sound of the railroad crossing nearby.

It's so long.

It's already more than two minutes since it's started ringing.

-It... -It stopped.

Let's hear the first one.

There are four messages.

Mr. Sugimori?

This is Haruka.

I seem to have drunk too much last night.

-I'm sorry. -There seems to be...

-I'm not angry anymore. -a lot of pollen in the air.

-I thought you were seeing someone else -How do you deal with hay fever?

-because you never take me to your room. -The information we'll provide...

-Call me if you receive my message. -for April 22nd is pollen allergy!

Received on Friday, 11:25.

Inspector, there's a sound of the television in the background.

Yeah. This is the program playing from 11:00 on Nichiuri TV, "Meippai TV".

April 22nd is yesterday,

so we can call the television station

and confirm what time they aired the program.

This is Higaki.

-I'm heading over to your place... -The next station is Okuho. Okuho.

-because I want to apologize to you in person. -Please watch...

If you're not home, I'll go another day.

I'm really sorry about the car.

Later.

Received on Friday, 11:27.

The sound in the background is the announcement inside a train.

Okuho Station is quite some distance from here,

so it'll take him a little over 30 minutes to get here.

This is Inaba from Koeikan.

I wanted to ask you about your progress on the article we requested.

Chief, what's today's date?

It's April 22nd, 11:28.

The deadline is a week from now, so please keep up your good work.

-Chief, are you watching the game tonight? -If this is about the scoop,

I'm not upset about it anymore.

-Don't worry. It'll be held at Tohto Dome. -Continue work for us as always.

Received on Friday, 11:29.

This time it's the voices of other people.

It seems he called from his work place.

The chief and another person

seem to have been there other than the caller.

Isn't Koeikan some distance away from here, too?

Yes.

If by train, you've got to transfer. It'll take an hour even by car.

Now for the last message.

I'm the one who called you a while ago,

the homeroom teacher for first grade, Class B, Kobayashi.

I'm sorry. It seems I have hay fever.

I have something I'd like to ask you.

I'll ask you when we go over to see you tomorrow.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Received on Friday, 11:30.

This is your voice, right, Ms. Kobayashi?

Yes.

Which means that Ms. Kobayashi is the killer!

-What? -No, hardly.

Because if Ms. Kobayashi were the killer,

she would've forced her way inside the room and run over to the body.

That way, when the police investigate later,

she could mislead them, even if they found her hair or her fingerprints.

-Hey, hold back a bit, will you? -Sorry.

By the way, what is this thing you wanted to ask about

that you mentioned in your message?

Right. It's about the interview of the children.

There's no mistake that you left your message at 11:30 yesterday?

Yes. You can also hear the bell ringing for the start of 4th period.

Yesterday, at around 11:22 right after 3rd period,

I called Mr. Sugimori to tell him

that the children have accepted to do the interview.

I remembered that I had a question and called him,

but his phone was already on answer phone at that time.

Then the crime was committed within 30 minutes from 11:22.

But, inspector,

according to Ms. Kobayashi, since the time on this phone is accurate,

it occurred in the three minutes between 11:22

and when the first message was left in the machine at 11:25.

Three minutes. What a piece of work.

True.

Come to think of it,

when I called him telling him that we'd accept the interview,

he mentioned that he was expecting someone to come soon.

Did you get the name?

No.

Police?

I already paid for my parking ticket.

No. It's actually about Mr. Sugimori.

Did you leave a message in his answer phone yesterday afternoon?

"Haruka Aida (29)" -Yes.

I got wasted last night and seemed to have picked on him a lot.

Do you remember where you called him from?

I called from my condo on my cell phone.

Is there anyone who can verify this?

No. But what is this all about?

Well, we'll give you the details later.

We'll send a car to pick you up, so could I have your address, please?

Yes. Gizencho I-chome...

Gizencho?

That sure is a place far from here.

What? Did I call Sugimori?

"Toshinori Higaki (33)" -Yeah. I did yesterday

from inside the Tohto Kanjo Line train.

But I only got the answer phone.

Were you with someone at that time?

No, I was alone.

Don't tell me that he went crying to the police

about the scratch on the bumper of his Ferrari?

I slightly bumped into a telephone pole when I borrowed the car from him.

He was pissed though.

I'm sorry, Inaba just stepped out.

I think he'll be back soon though.

Yes. I'm the editor-in-chief, Hayashi.

What do you police want with him?

Do you know where he was at about 11:30 yesterday?

No. Editors go in and out a lot.

He left a message in a certain person's answer phone

and we hear your voice in the background saying,

"It's April 22nd, 11:28."

Then I'm sure he was here in the editing room.

His cell phone isn't working well,

so he usually asks me for the date and time.

I've been telling him for the past year to hurry and buy a new one, but...

Chief, you're going to the ball game tonight, aren't you?

Is it going to be okay?

I'm worried because it's not going to be at the Tohto Dome tonight.

It's not about the game, but how're you feeling?

I slept all night and got over my cold right away.

My eyes aren't blood shot anymore either.

I must've been tired.

Inaba, there was a call from the police for you!

"Atsushi Inaba (32)" -The police?

I wonder what is it for?

Mr. Inaba, please wait at the editing room,

-until we go and pick you up. -Don't you think it's strange?

I agree.

What seems to be the matter?

The 2nd message in the phone.

Something's strange about the announcement in the train.

They usually say, "Please watch your footsteps when disembarking."

-Because I want to apologize to you in person. -Please watch...

If you're not home,

-It's true that it's stopped at "Please watch..." -I'll go another day.

Let's call and confirm just to be sure.

What? The conductor that did the announcement

had hay fever?

Yes. That was me.

I came down with hay fever all of a sudden yesterday

that I couldn't hold up till the Tohto Kanjo Line made its round.

I had someone else take my place after noon time.

Is that right?

It seems that he stopped at "Please watch..."

because he was holding back sneezing.

I see.

I confirmed with my wife as to the 1st message where "Meippai TV"

was aired in the background,

and was told that hay fever information really started at around 11:25.

Which means they both seem to have an alibi.

No.

There's only one person who has a solid alibi.

The sound of the railroad crossing again?

Come to think of it,

that is also the tracks where the Tohto Kanjo Line passes.

It takes an hour for the Tohto Kanjo Line to make one round.

And on weekdays,

I think the departure and arrival times are the same.

Well, for the time being,

let's hear what the three who left those messages have to say.

-Yes. I'll go pick them up then. -No.

I think there's only one person...

you need to bring here.

What? Just one?

Yes.

After killing Mr. Sugimori, the killer

deliberately set the telephone in this room to answer phone

in order to leave his message inside to establish an alibi, right?

So from those three messages,

and the calls Officer Takagi just made to the three who left them,

can't you tell who's suspicious, and who's not?

The hint is hay fever.

Right.

Ms. Kobayashi is suspicious of me.

But I may be wrong because after all, I'm just a kid.

Hay fever?

Come to think of it, all of them had something to do with hay fever.

They're not listening to me.

At 11:25, in the background of Haruka's message,

the sound of the hay fever information program was heard.

At 11:27, in Mr. Higaki's message,

the strange announcement from within the train was heard.

The man who made the announcement had hay fever,

and due to him needing to try not to sneeze,

someone else had to take his place.

Although Mr. Inaba's message was left in the machine at 11:29,

when asked about what date and time it was...

It's April 22nd, 11:28.

There was only the voice of the editor-in-chief answering as such.

But he says nothing about pollen allergy.

True.

Hey. When Officer Takagi called the editor-in-chief just now, didn't he say

that he slept all night, his cold got better

and his blood shot eyes also improved?

You experienced the same thing too, didn't you, Ms. Kobayashi?

Yes.

But mine wasn't a cold, it was hay fever.

Hey.

That editor had hay fever.

What does that have to do with this case?

Maybe we'd better call everyone here after all, don't you think?

A little more than an hour!

-No! It's exactly an hour! -What?

-What's up, you two? -What is it?

It's the time it takes for the Tohto Kanjo Line to go once around.

That's what the two are arguing about.

When I took that train before with mom on our way home,

we both fell asleep on the train.

It was too bothersome to transfer,

so we stayed on the train and went once around.

But we got home a little after an hour.

But I'm sure that according to the timetable, it was an hour.

Although the inbound and outbound trains are slightly different,

both are approximately about an hour.

Come to think of it,

from here to Okuho Station where the man who made the announcement at,

it would take at least 30 minutes

regardless of whether it's inward or outward bound, right?

Yeah.

Because Okuho is located right opposite here.

If that man got off the train a little after noon

before the train made its round,

he would've got on the train after 11:00 in the morning at the earliest.

Right.

-So? -So?

Hey, Ayumi.

I see.

Hey.

Maybe Mr. Higaki who said he called from inside the train

recorded that announcement and played it while talking on the phone?

I see.

If so, it would sound as if he did in fact call from inside the train.

I don't think so.

The station employee said he suddenly came down with hay fever yesterday.

If the station employee got on the train after 11:00,

Mr. Higaki could've recorded the announcement

only from around the same time.

Mr. Higaki's call is at 11:27.

If he was close to Okuho Station, which is over 30 minutes away from here,

leaving a message of the train announcement is...

To come here and push the answer phone button after killing Mr. Sugimori

is impossible. Mr. Higaki isn't a suspect.

Right.

But...

Hold it, Genta.

Not yet.

Okay. Go ahead.

But the sound of the television that was heard in Haruka's message

can easily be left from inside this room, right?

-Okay! -I get it!

That television was used.

If she turned the answering machine on after killing him

and called here while the television was playing in the background...

It would sound as if the caller were calling from a different place.

Which makes Haruka a suspect.

What's that? People are making a fuss outside.

True.

Hurry up and cross.

Is it going to be long again?

Maybe this is...

The railroad crossing?

Come to think of it,

it was ringing before we listened to the answer phone a while ago, too.

This railroad crossing seems to be closed

for more than two minutes.

I checked the timetable a while ago with my cell phone

and it seems that a train also passes here at around 11:24.

Haruka's message was left in the answer phone at 11:25.

According to Ms. Kobayashi's testimony,

the estimated time of crime committed is between 11:22 to 11:25,

which is only three minutes.

If it's Haruka,

she would've had to come here and hit Mr. Sugimori

with the camera tripod when he is off his guard and kill him.

Pushing the answering machine's on button

and leaving the room would use up almost all that time.

It's just as Conan and the others said.

She left the message with the sound of the television in the back.

It's impossible unless she did it from this room or somewhere around here.

But the sound of the railroad crossing is not heard.

Which means she left the message

from somewhere quite a distance from here.

It's impossible for Haruka to commit the crime.

So the only one left is Mr. Inaba.

Right, Conan?

I think so.

What? Mr. Sugimori?

The estimated time the crime was committed is between 11:22 and 11:25.

Where were you during that time?

I was here in the editing room.

You heard the message that I left in the answer phone, didn't you?

This is Inaba from Koeikan.

I wanted to ask you about your progress on the article we requested.

Chief, what's today's date?

It's April 22nd, 11:28.

See? The voice of the editor is in it, too.

So there's no mistake about it, is there?

Hey, Mitsuhiko.

Ouch.

What's wrong, Mitsuhiko?

My stomach hurts!

It could be the mini cup milk that I put inside my tea this morning.

The bag that had the freshness expiration on the bag was torn,

and I saw the month April written on it

but I couldn't read the rest of it.

You see, two or three days wouldn't be a problem,

but if the expiry date was something like a year ago,

it would really be a problem.

A year ago?

Hey.

I think this is a role that you should play after all, Genta.

I get it! A year ago!

That message that was left behind

could've been left on April 22nd a year ago.

The editor doesn't mention April 22nd of what year.

Moreover, Mr. Inaba doesn't say which article he's referring to either.

I see.

Which means he left something that was recorded a year ago

inside the answer phone a year later which is yesterday,

after he committed the crime to establish an alibi.

Hey.

How can you say that?

I really phoned from the company yesterday.

Ms. Kobayashi, I bet you don't feel like going out much

-during hay fever season, right? -No.

Come to think of it, the editor also had a bad case of hay fever, right?

He kept repeating that he had a cold yesterday though.

If he in fact did have a cold,

the more he wouldn't say the following, would he?

"Chief, are you watching the game tonight?"

"Don't worry. It'll be held at Tohto Dome."

He sounds like he's really set on going to the game.

The editor is a fervent baseball fan,

so he'll go even if he has a cold.

I don't know whether he went yesterday or not though.

But when Officer Takagi first talked to the editor on the phone, he said,

"I'm worried because it's not going to be at the Tohto Dome tonight."

Maybe the editor made a mistake.

Then, I wonder if he was worried about the weather?

Yeah.

With a weather like today,

the game could be cancelled if there's no roof, right?

Then what about the...

"Don't worry because it's going to be held at Tohto Dome today."

I think he's referring to the weather.

But it was sunshiny all day yesterday.

I see.

It was raining on April 22nd a year ago

and there wasn't much pollen in the air, too.

No, that's...

That's just plain deduction.

There was no sound of rain in the message.

Besides, do you have proof that I did it or something?

Hey, your motorbike outside is really dirty,

but don't you wash it often?

What?

Your boots are all scratched up and worn out,

so why didn't you go buy a new one together with it?

Together?

Because you just bought a new pair of gloves, right?

The price tag is still on it.

I see!

The gloves that you usually wear

are the ones that you had on when you committed the crime.

And you noticed blood on them, so you bought new ones.

Moreover, since the price tag is still on them,

you must've realized it on your way here.

Let's check for blood reaction on the places

that you may have touched then.

Let's start from the handle of you motorbike that you said you didn't wash.

Just as expected, Mr. Sugimori's blood

was found on the motorbike handle.

His motive for killing

was the exposure article that was left in the answer phone.

Both men had spent three years investigating

the embezzlement case of a big political figure.

But Sugimori sold it to another magazine

that offered a higher price for it.

Mr. Inaba insisted while sobbing and trembling that more than the money,

he wanted his magazine to be the first to publicize it.

It turns out that the story about interviewing the Youth Detective Squad

was just a trick to make his story seem coherent.

I'm sort of pooped.

I did so much talking.

I was so nervous.

If you were to hide a leaf, the best place to do so is in the forest.

So you divide the dialogue among the other kids

and distract her attention from you.

Sort of.

Now, if Ms. Kobayashi...

Hey, kids.

I'd like to ask you all something.

Here she comes.

Do you know Ranpo Edogawa?

Yes.

The one that Kogoro Akechi and 20 masks come out, right?

That's right.

You're just like the Youth Detective Squad that comes out in the series.

I'm a great fan of the series.

So I'd like to ask you a favour.

What favour?

You want to tell us to stay away from danger or something like that, right?

We'll be just fine because we think before we act.

Nope. I'd like to join your Detective Squad.

Would that be possible?

Adults can't join.

Please keep your age in mind.

But my name is Kobayashi, you know.

There's no reason why I can't join, is there?

It seems everything's okay now.

True.

An interview again...

Yes. And of course,

I'll be going with you as the advisor of the Youth Detective Squad

so no need to worry.

When did she become our advisor?

And the person who's going to interview you is the famous...

I've had enough with interviews.

I know I'm going to be pooped.

Is that so?

That's the story, so I'm very sorry.

No, don't be. I'm sorry to have troubled you.

I figured that Conan would take on the interview, but...

It's amazing that he'd knock off your golden special.

His homeroom teacher is probably one of a hard head.