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Even a gigantic wall that seems to block the path.

Turns out to be a large door if viewed from a different angle.

Today, is the usual viewing things from a different angle.

Find the boy from the e-mails, that are randomly received.

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

Disasters at sea due to tsunamis, forest fires

due to abnormally dry weather, and frequent earthquakes...

Maybe a large meteor or something's going to come falling down.

Really, Earth really seems to be in trouble!

Well, even I, the great detective Kogoro Mouri,

when it comes to natural disasters, my hands are tied.

Well, the way you usually carry yourself around,

you probably wouldn't even be able to stop a child's quarrel.

Thank you, Azusa.

Today is time off with the family day?

No.

After this, I'm going to check on the neighborhood pachinko parlor

to see how well the balls come out.

Then, in the evening, I'm going to a drinking party

held by the community committee.

And at night, I'm going to play mahjong.

I'm really busy, you see!

I see.

Oh, it's nothing, please just ignore me.

Azusa, is something wrong?

Can you tell? That something is bothering me?

I mean, you're being so obvious about it.

What's troubling you?

Well, you see...

It's this...

"Pursue the Fish Mail"

Cell phone?

Don't tell me that a customer forgot something in this shop again and...

Oh, no, this is mine!

Oh then, is it a mysterious crank mail or something?

Well, it is a mail all right, but it's not crank mail.

The one sending it is a 5 years old boy, named Mitsuru Osabe.

A child...

I think it's been for these past two or three months.

Welcome!

He comes here often with his father.

Hello, Azusa.

It seems that his mother has gone back to her parental home

and hasn't returned yet.

So, since then, he's been mailing me a lot from his father's cell phone.

He writes things like, "I ate up all the cucumber."

"I took a bath all by myself."

You know, daily routine things.

He sends me mail about trivial things on a daily basis.

Then, why don't you tell his father

to tell the boy to stop sending you mail?

Oh, I'm not bothered by his mails at all.

It's just that he sent me four mails already today.

Four mails?

Yes, and the contents bothers me.

The first mail says,

"Hi, Azusa. I'm out today with daddy."

"He bought me a chair and cap."

"Everybody's wearing caps, so I guess I'll wear mine too."

The second mail says,

"I'm drenching with sweat and feel crummy"

"so I'm taking off my shoes."

I wonder if he's doing something that making him sweat profusely.

"I'm hungry. I'm looking at the sign of a restaurant."

"I want to eat hamburger that you serve at your shop."

The third mail says,

"A man wearing black glasses"

"and a woman in blue clothes are looking this way,"

"but I'm not scared."

"I'm not going to cry."

Crying?

I wonder if he's going through something frightening right now.

I don't know.

And his fourth mail says,

"Die like a fish caught in fishing net."

Die?

And did you send him mail, Azusa?

Yes.

Like, "Where are you?" and "What are you doing?"

But I've got no replies to my questions.

Maybe he doesn't know how to receive mail.

He can send mail, but can't receive?

Right. It seems that he was taught how to send mail to me before,

but as far as receiving mail, his father seems to do it for him.

I guess he wasn't taught how to open mail

in order to prevent receiving spam mails.

Which means his father is not near him?

Come to think of it, his second mail mentioned him being hungry.

Maybe he's been left alone for quite some time.

What time did that mail come?

Yes, let's see, the first mail came...

At 9.07am.

The second one at 10.16am,

and the third one at 11.54am.

The fourth one came in just a while ago, at 3.02 in the afternoon.

The time span between the mails is getting longer each time.

Maybe Mitsuru's getting tired?

Really, what the heck is the father doing leaving his son alone?

I don't know about the father,

but I think Mitsuru is out fishing.

You idiot! I'll bet you're saying that

because the boy wrote fish caught in a net.

But people don't usual fish,

near fishermen are out fishing with their nets!

I think so too, but the first and second mail refer to fishing!

It seems that Mitsuru as well as the people around him

are all wearing hats.

And besides, he mentioned that his feet were drenched with sweat.

Children don't usually wear boots,

so he's probably wearing rubber boots.

Wearing a cap, boots and sitting on a chair is?

But, if so, the people who are there fishing...

That's right.

Would not leave a child who is alone for such a long time unattended.

Oh, that's probably because...

What is it, Conan?

What?

Everybody's absorbed in fishing and...

Well, nobody noticed him.

That's why we think it's strange.

Maybe that boy has a sore neck?

What? What're you talking about?

Because the first mail says, "everybody around him is wearing hats".

The second one says, "the sign of the restaurant".

And the third one says, "a man wearing sunglasses"

"and a woman in blue clothes".

It seems he's only looking upwards.

If you were a small child, you would understand too, Pops.

It's kind of hard, you know.

You're talking like you turned from an adult into a child.

I... I was just stating an example.

Hey, maybe that boy's in a car.

A car?

I mean, maybe it's not that he's looking up,

but rather, he cannot see what's below him.

Oh, inside a car...

If he is sitting in the seat and writing mail,

from the hip down of the people that go by

is hidden from his view by the door.

So maybe the third mail he sent about somebody looking towards him,

was probably one of the people who came to fish

that was worried about him sitting alone in the car.

It's not that easy calling out to a child inside a car.

I see.

After they arrived at the fishing spot,

his father for some reason disappeared.

Having to wait for a long time inside the car,

the boy got bored and decided to send mail to Azusa,

but eventually got tired.

But, what could've happened to his father?

I wonder if he's not coming back.

It's this!

But this is yesterday's...

"4 Anglers Currently Missing" -If the sea is rough,

the same thing could've happened!

And, did you call? Did you call that boy?

Yes, I tried.

But, no matter how many times I try, it won't connect!

I wonder if he's somewhere outside the service range.

Maybe he was told by his father to switch the phone off

after he sends mail out.

To save on power.

Hey, have you ever heard of a fishing spot

that the father and son go to a lot, Azusa?

No. Not really...

Oh, but...

One day, they were looking through a leisure magazine we have here,

and his father was saying, let's go here.

I'm sure he dog-eared it.

Show it to me, quickly!

Yes! I'll bring it right away.

Bad, six hours have already gone by.

I wonder what in the world happened.

I don't understand the fourth mail though.

Die like a fish caught in fishing net?

I wonder if people who are there fishing will walk around

with fish in their nets?

No, they'll most probably put the fish inside a cooler box.

If so, I wonder why Mitsuru would use that expression?

What?

There are three pages that are dog-eared?

Yes, I'm sure it's this magazine, but...

There are other customers who also dog-ear pages occasionally.

The first is Nakaarai.

The second is Kusarazu.

And the third is Komaezaki.

They're all so far from one another.

Oh, it's says "Recommended Inns" here.

Today is Saturday, so maybe they were planning to spend a night there.

"Nakaarai" -There is no reservation for such a person.

I see. By the way,

are there many people who have come fishing today?

Yes, although there is some wind,

it's slightly cloudy and great for fishing.

Wind? Maybe the tides are high

and one of your fishing guests was taken away by the waves?

Oh, what an unpleasant thing to say.

If this is a crank call, please cut it out.

"Kusarazu" -Let's see... Mr. Osabe, Mr. Osabe?

There's no one by that name here.

What? The weather?

It's raining, but it's easier to catch fish in this weather

so there are quite a few people here.

With the rain and all, has there been any accidents or such?

No.

It's drizzling off and on and there's no wind either.

"Komaezaki" -Osabe? Nope, no such guest!

Is something the matter? You sound angry.

Yeah, the guests are bugging me saying

that they can't catch even one fish!

In this sunny weather,

in a fishing spot of shallow water like ours,

it's easy to tell that the baits are on fishing poles.

There's no wind and the poles are easy to use.

If they want to fish that badly,

they should improve their fishing skills, right?

Very... very true.

How was it?

No, it... it's mail from Mitsuru!

Call him right away.

I'm sure you'll be able to connect if you do so right now.

Yes.

The cell phone is presently out of the service area

-Oh, no good. -or switched off...

Oh, no.

And, what does the mail say?

Yes. Let's see.

"I thought there was only one fish but there are three."

"How lucky the fish are."

What that supposed to mean?

I don't know.

I though there was only one fish...

I see, so there are three fish.

Mommy.

Mommy.

Why'd you leave?

When are you coming back?

I wonder if daddy left me and went some place too.

I've been waiting so long and he still hasn't come back.

How lucky the fish are.

How lucky the fish are.

I don't have the slightest idea.

The only thing we know is that this boy

is probably at one of the fishing spots of three.

Nakaarai, where there is wind, but great for fishing

because it is cloudy.

Kusarazu, where it is drizzling but has no wind

and the third, Komaezaki, where it is sunny with no wind.

Maybe it's Nakaarai because many fish are being caught, right?

No, but Kusarazu seems to be the same too.

The only place that is doing bad is Komaezaki.

But Mitsuru dog-eared the page

and decided on where to go just last week.

So as to the weather...

There's no connection.

Hey, about the no wind thing.

Is there a day when the wind doesn't blow at all?

What?

Well, if it's a clear day and the temperature rises...

Come to think of it, the guy on the phone,

just before hanging up said...

There's no wind and the fishing pole is easy to use.

Oh, now the wind's started to blow.

Hey, if Mitsuru is in the car,

and is looking up all the time...

Maybe he was daydreaming?

-What? -Because a fish can't swim above,

I mean it can't swim through the sky, can it?

What? A fish fly through the sky?

It doesn't say anything like that in his mail at all!

Look, it says, "I thought there was one fish, but there are three".

"I thought there was only one fish but there are three"

"How lucky the fish are."

Well, I guess so but...

If he's looking at that and thinking, "How lucky"...

Wouldn't it mean the three fish are swimming together?

Come to think of it, Mitsuru seemed lonesome

that his mother went back to her parental home,

and hasn't come back for quite a while.

Maybe he wanted to change places with the fish.

But, there are no fish in this world that swim in the sky.

Then, maybe he went to see that kind of a strange movie

with his father or something?

Because it was Children's Day just a while ago.

What? Children's Day?

May 5th...

Children's Day which means...

Ko... Koinobori!(Carp streamer)

Maybe Mitsuru could see Koinobori from where he is.

Koinobori are slack when there is no wind and look dead, don't they?

Which means he's at Kusarazu where there's no wind!

No, he says "I thought there was only one but there are three".

Which means there was no wind, but it began to blow.

Komaezaki, that's where we go!

Daddy.

Daddy.

I feel strange.

It's hot and I feel sick.

Daddy.

What? Heatstroke?

You mean Mitsuru?

Yeah, if he is locked up in a car for six hours under the hot sun,

it's very likely.

He may already be dehydrated by now.

By the way, Ran, did you contact the Komaezaki police?

Yes, but they say there are a lot of fishing spots

and it may be difficult to find him.

What shall I do? It's all my fault.

If only... if only I had told Mr. Mouri about it earlier...

Don't worry, we'll find him.

What?

Besides, it may be easier to find him when the sun sets.

Over here, we can see an overview of the town.

The thing to look for is the Koinobori, three of them.

Although Children's Day already passed,

there are still a lot of them left.

After all, it's the scenery and custom of this season.

It's going to be tough trying to single one out.

Wow! I found a really big net.

With that net, we can even catch a whale.

See, over there!

Idiot, that's a golf practice course.

It's surrounded by a big net so that the balls don't go flying outside.

So, it's not used for catching whales.

Don't tell me that...

Mitsuru saw the net and the Koinobori overlay each other and...

That's why he wrote that mail.

I see, a golf practice course with Koinobori nearby.

Where? Where? Where is it?

Oh!

There it is, over there!

"Parking Lot"

Mitsuru!

Where are you?

Please answer me!

This is the only parking lot where the two look

one on top of the other.

But it sure is a large place.

I'm sure he's some place there, though,

so check the inside of the cars carefully and look for him!

Okay.

Mitsuru! Mitsuru!

Come to think of it, it said in his mail.

The place where the golf practice course and the Koinobori overlap

as well as the place where he can see the sign of the restaurant.

I found him! Mitsuru is over here!

No good, the door is locked. It won't open!

Mitsuru, Mitsuru!

Stand back.

Azusa from Poirot!

Mitsuru!

Azusa, why? What's the matter?

Hurry, open the door!

But Daddy said to stay in the car.

It's okay. Please listen to me!

Oh.

Okay.

Mitsuru!

It sure feels good outside, after all.

Well, he looks to be...

Fine.

They're supposed to be fishing out at sea

and yet these poles are for river fishing...

There's no cooler box in sight too.

Why?

I wonder if Mitsuru's father came here for another reason.

I wonder what happened to that guy.

Oh, you mean that guy that got messed up in the fight.

Hey, the guy that got messed up in a fight, where'd he go?

Who the heck are you?

Never mind, just tell me!

I don't know. He seems to have been bleeding from the head, though.

I heard the ambulance so he was probably taken to the hospital.

Hospital?

Hey, Mitsuru!

-Daddy! -Mitsuru!

I'm glad, you're okay!

Where were you?

I was all by myself until Azusa and the others came to get me!

Oh, I'm sorry.

Oh, you're the one working at Poirot.

Yes, I read the mails from Mitsuru,

and had Mr. Mouri and the others come with me to check on him.

Hello.

Oh, thank you so very much.

The thing is...

What? You jerk!

You wanna fight?

Hey, stop it! Cut it out, you guys!

-You jerk! -Shut up!

Gosh!

Ouch.

I passed out and was at the hospital till a while ago.

But, Mitsuru,

I have a really big present in place for making you wait so long.

Mommy! Mommy!

Mommy!

I'm home, Mitsuru.

I see, his mother looks like you, Azusa.

Is that why he mailed me?

Your wife was hospitalized three months because of tuberculosis?

Yes, we didn't want to worry Mitsuru

so we told him that she went back to grandma's place.

They don't really allow visitors either when you have T.B. so...

The physical exam for whether she could be discharged or not was today.

Since I wanted Mitsuru to be able to see her as soon as possible,

I brought him along saying let's go fishing.

But, I was surprised out of my wits.

When I came to, my wife was worriedly watching over me instead.

And what about the result of the exam?

Of course.

I won't go anywhere anymore.

We'll stay together forever.

Really?

All right!

I'm glad, all three got together fine.

I wish all three of us can get together again soon too.

I guess I'll just kind of tag along then.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Novel"

Ran, any words for the 10th anniversary of this series?

Shinichi, just how long do you expect to keep me waiting?

-I'm sorry. -Did you say something just now?