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Connected!

I'm your partner at all times!

Eisuke Hondo is somewhat a suspicious character.

The mysterious case that occurred at the Teimusu River!

Something has begun to move!

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

"Haido Central Hospital"

Rena Mizunashi hasn't regained consciousness yet?

No.

Memory loss due to exterior injuries

usually improve in about a month.

But I was told by the doctor in charge,

that if this continues on for more than two months,

it may take even longer.

That's bad.

The longer this keeps on,

the higher the chance of them finding this place.

I think we should move her to a different hospital after all.

Maybe even to a hospital in the States if we have to.

No.

Doing so will only make things more conspicuous,

and we'd be doing exactly what they want us to do.

But...

Well, if that happens, we can take things from there.

And I don't think that there'd be a better bait to fish them with.

Bait?

By the way,

did you get anything on the personal history of Rena Mizunashi?

Actually, everything she said on and to Nichiuri TV was fabricated.

And there is no way of knowing where she was born or raised.

Which means we can't even tell if she has a family or not.

I'm pretty sure

that her crazy name, Rena Mizunashi, is also an alias anyway.

Crazy name?

Mizunashi is zero.

Rena equals zero and seven.

It's 007.

Get it?

"The Shadow of the Black Organization: The Little Witness"

But...

It may seem that way to you,

but it was only because your husband asked me to do it.

I'm home!

You should talk to your husband about it.

Is that right?

You ruthless rat!

Who was that on the phone?

A man asked me to investigate on his wife's affair, so I did.

And that was his wife on the line just now.

She said, "Thanks to you, I ended up getting a divorce.

Just what are you going to do about it?"

And she's the one that's having the affair.

Gosh.

I really wish I were James Bond or something.

Huh? Why?

What do you mean?

Because he gets to wear expensive brand name clothes.

He gets to ride super luxurious cars equipped with high tech devices

and conduct investigations in glamour.

On the other hand,

I work wearing the only suit I have and rent this car.

I was sneakily taking pictures of her having affairs, you know.

Moreover, no matter where he goes,

women are head over heels over him.

On the contrary, I get yelled at by a middle-aged woman.

I mean, how different can things get?

This coffee tastes good!

Is this some brand name coffee or something?

Nope.

It's drip type coffee that just came out the other day.

I just got it at the supermarket.

It said that if I collect enough points,

I would be able to get a cute coffee pot so I went out and bought it.

So, drip type coffee is what suits me best?

Oh, come on.

-If you want to complain, you don't have to drink it! -Hot!

That's hot...

You're...

Eisuke Hondo.

Hello.

Oh, no! I'm sorry!

Did you get burnt?

No, I'm fine!

I'm the one to blame for just standing there doing nothing.

And what brings you here?

I happened to run into him at the supermarket and brought him here.

Detective Mouri, you said I could come over whenever I wanted.

I guess I did.

Let me help you!

I'll take your calls or do whatever!

Yes, this is the Mouri Detective Agency.

Hello? Hello?

Hey.

Huh? That's strange.

They hung up.

I mean, you went ahead and hung it up yourself!

Listen, don't touch anything!

Yes, sir.

I didn't even notice

-that he was in this room. -I'll go bring a towel.

Don't tell me that he deliberately erased his presence?

Or...

All right.

I'm sorry, I didn't know you were there.

It's okay.

Or maybe he just have a very flimsy sense of presence.

Detectives sure don't have much to do, do they?

Yeah.

Might be different if somebody hadn't hung up on a client.

Huh? This comic is not going to be issued next week.

Too bad. I wanted to know how this story was going to continue.

It says that they're taking a rest because of an interview,

so I guess it can't be helped.

But this could require investigation as well, right?

Huh? Why?

Because although it's written that there will be an interview,

you never know, right?

It could be that the writer fled because he got sick of the job.

Or he could've come down with a cold that he's unable to write.

Or it could be

that the writer's been kidnapped and is being confined somewhere?

No, that couldn't be.

Remember the actor six months ago?

He said he was recharging himself and stayed away for some time.

He turned out to be actually sick.

There was someone recently, too.

Let's see...

You know, they were on TV a lot,

but is taking a rest and now they don't appear anymore.

I get it! Roku Itagaki!

Huh?

You know,

the musician that made a major debut last year and hit the scenes.

Isn't he the one you're talking about?

Yes, well...

Just as I thought.

Sonoko also mentioned about it.

It's been less than a year since he's debuted

and he's already taking time off to recharge himself,

so something is bound to have happened.

Like so.

Was Sonoko his fan or something?

Yeah. From the time he was in an indies band.

He probably got rich,

so he is fooling around with some ladies somewhere.

Just like 007.

That man was killed.

I saw him being thrown off a bridge!

I see.

So Takumi got excited

after hearing the CD of Roku Itagaki playing on a TV commercial?

Takumi has been telling you that, right?

Yes.

He said, "Daddy, this man with the saw died."

Saw?

His head looks like a saw.

I guess it's because of his silver haircut, so it does looked like it.

But there was no such news on TV or in the papers.

I didn't believe him at first,

but I heard that Mr. Itagaki suddenly took time off from work.

I got kind of worried

and decided to come talk it over with you, Detective Mouri.

I actually tried calling you before coming,

but for some reason, the phone was cut.

Oh, no.

Hey.

Takumi, do you know at which bridge you saw it?

I saw it the other day.

I don't know where, though.

I heard the sound of fireworks.

If it was the other day,

isn't it the fireworks that were shot up at the beginning of the New Year?

Mr. Hashiratani, do you remember where Takumi was back then?

Yes. I think it was in my car on the way to visit a shrine.

We were in a traffic jam at the time.

I actually got pretty tired and was dozing off here and there.

So I don't remember which bridge we were crossing

when we heard the fireworks.

Can you tell us more in detail about what happened back then?

Let's see...

He had a big bag beside him and kept looking at the river.

But he suddenly got up, picked the bag up

and threw the bag down over the bridge.

Then, Mr. Itagaki was in that bag.

But how did you know Mr. Itagaki was in the bag?

I saw him before the bag was dropped.

It was sticking out of the bag.

There was a lot of blood.

The saw headed man's face.

I saw it!

That can't be.

If something like that were carried around,

somebody is bound to notice it.

But it was dark, so I had to take a good look.

It was hard to tell.

Then are you saying

that something you had to take a good look at to make out,

could only be seen by you?

But it happened so fast!

His head just popped out of the bag.

What did the man do after he threw the bag down?

He took out stuff from his clothes and dropped them.

I couldn't really see because his body was in the way.

Then he started looking for something,

touching his clothes here and there.

Touching his clothes here and there?

Before he started looking for something,

did he put something in his mouth?

Yes, he did.

I see. It was a cigarette.

He had a cigarette in his mouth.

Then he must've been looking for a lighter.

And did he found the lighter?

Yes. After he lit the cigarette, he threw that away, too.

Did he stay there for a while then?

Nope.

He got in a car that was nearby and left right away.

Do you remember what he looked like, or what kind of car it was?

The car was a dark colour.

But as for his face, since he was wearing a cap...

But he had a drawing on his arm.

What? You saw a drawing?

A drawing of a strange nail.

A drawing of a strange nail?

That's right!

Near the car that I was riding back then,

I saw a shiny hammer that was this big!

A shiny hammer?

Yes.

A saw,

a nail and a hammer?

Is this brat playing games with us?

Mr. Mouri?

Well...

A boy like you shouldn't tease adults, okay?

Takumi. Was that your name?

Yes.

You're lying, aren't you?

No, I'm not.

I'm telling the truth.

My chance.

Excuse...

If I remove the transmitter and listening device now...

All right, I've got it!

Sonny.

Don't tell me you followed me here?

Of course not.

It's just a coincidence.

I see.

Thank you.

Thanks for picking up my shoe.

Really, thank you so much.

Takumi.

I guess he's not lying.

Huh?

He's got to be.

Four days have already gone by since he saw it happen, you know.

If it's true, the body should've been found by now,

and there would be news about it.

We interrupt this program to report special news that just came in.

Today at dawn, the body of a man that was found in Teimusu River

was confirmed by the bereaved family to be

"Roku Itagaki (22)" -Mr. Roku Itagaki himself.

The body was found shoved into a bag

and on his head,

there were several traces of assault including those that were fatal.

Therefore, the police are investigating the case

as murder through a grudge.

It was for real.

This means that

my son saying that he saw someone throw the bag

with Mr. Itagaki's body inside it over the bridge...

It really happened, didn't it?

Of course! I'm not lying!

Then shouldn't we report this to the police right away?

That's right.

This boy is an important witness.

But he says that Roku Itagaki's got a saw head

and that the killer had a drawing of a nail on his arm.

He goes on to say,

when he saw all that near the car he was riding,

he saw a big shiny hammer.

I don't think the police will believe what this boy is saying at all.

Moreover, he doesn't even know where the bridge the body was dropped from.

Then why don't we take Takumi in the car

and replay that entire day?

We may just come up with something.

Besides, we already know that it's the Teimusu River.

That's right.

He witnessed it on a bridge on the way to the shrine on New Year's day.

Mr. Hashiratani, do you at least remember what road you took that day?

Yes, sort of.

But you're fantastic, Eisuke!

I mean, you could tell whether he was telling the truth or not

just by looking at his face.

Well, it's really no big deal.

I just copied what my dad used to do when I was a child.

It's similar to a magic trick.

And?

Which way did you turn at this intersection?

If we make a right, it's Haido Big Bridge.

If we go straight, we come out to Haido Central Bridge.

If we make a left, we come out to New Haido Bridge.

Yes.

I'm sure it was the nearest street in the middle.

Then it's Haido Central Bridge?

But...

I took a right there to avoid traffic.

They usually have checkpoints for drunk driving at the end of the year.

Then, it's Haido Big Bridge?

Oh, no.

There are a lot of traffic lights to the right, so I went left.

But it's the farthest road to take.

Come on, let's be a bit more specific.

I'm sorry.

I always take this road to work.

I took whichever road I felt like taking at the time.

So I don't really remember which road I took that day.

I mean...

Hey,

you said you remembered the way!

I'm sorry.

Dad!

It's all right.

Why don't we stop over at all three bridges in order?

That's right.

In order to cross the Teimusu River from here,

we're going to have to cross one of the three bridges anyway.

That's it.

Right, Conan?

Conan?

Yeah.

What's the matter? You're not your usual peppy self.

I'm just fine.

I'm fine.

Really? Okay then.

I just copied what my dad used to do when I was a child.

It's similar to a magic trick.

No.

It's no magic trick.

What he did a while ago,

is what that person did back then.

It is a way to detect lies by checking for irregularities in the pulse

and breathing as well as for dilation of the pupils.

Moreover, his actions are just like that person.

They're almost identical.

Just as I thought.

This guy...

He's connected to...

Eisuke Hondo.

You're...

And that person...

You're connected with that person.

Rena Mizunashi.

The woman called Kir

of the Black Organization!

Next Conan's Hint:

"Snake and a nail"

Do you really want that pot?

-I've collected enough points. -That was fast.