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Ski trails.

I'm your partner at all times!

A murder feigned to be an accident.

Disclose the subtle trick using the snowman!

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

We came to the snowy mountains with Dr. Agasa.

Beside Genta and the others who are making a snowman,

there are four art university students who are making a snowman

for their graduation project who we become acquainted with.

Yes, this is Sakuko.

Huh? Talk with me?

Right now?

Then one of them, Ms. Sakuko Kokura,

is found dead in a lake below a cliff by the lodge.

Well then, let's go to the cliff where she is thought to have fallen from.

There may be traces of an accident left, too.

Accident?

It can't be.

I wonder if a person who promised to have meals with others in an hour

would go out into the blizzard, carry the snowboard

and go all the way up the ski trail?

If this is homicide, the culprit must be one of these three.

I can't figure out...

how Sakuko who was in the lodge...

was thrown into the lake.

"The Unbreakable Snowman (Part 2)"

This is probably the place where she fell.

Despite the fence being broken, all that's left is the sign.

It seems to have broken last week

and it was scheduled to be repaired this weekend.

There seems to be no trace of the snowboard here.

It's possible that they could've been erased by the blizzard.

Snowman?

Could this possibly be it?

The graduation project that you mentioned?

Yes. What about it?

While you were making this, Mr. Itabashi,

did you hear Sakuko's voice?

I mean, you were pretty close to the place where she fell from.

No. I was here till before 1 pm,

when I promised to have lunch with everyone.

I didn't hear her voice at all.

I was absorbed in making this and the blizzard was pretty bad.

The wind was howling loudly, too.

And I've been bothered about something for a while.

What's this?

A snowman.

But the thing is,

Itabashi is the only one who knows how close it is to being finished.

Because the blueprint's in his head.

A snowman?

Well, even I can tell that it's incomplete.

Because, look,

there are apples, bananas and oranges over there.

You guys were gonna use these later, right?

You're wrong.

Those are for our snowman.

The head fell off because of the blizzard.

What?

Is that right?

I see.

Hey, hold up!

Don't step on that place too much

because the detective badges are buried there.

Oh, I'm sorry.

How nostalgic.

I used to do this when I was a child, too.

Putting gloves on the tip of a stalk.

Not again!

Hey, are you all right?

Genta!

Genta!

Is something coming out?

Genta.

-You've got a nose bleed. -You've got a nose bleed.

-A nose bleed. -A nose bleed.

Gosh, don't move.

Here.

All finished.

All you've got to do is stay still for a while, okay?

Okay.

Ai, you're fantastic! Just like a nurse!

Talk about unlucky.

No. I envy you, Genta!

But I can't believe you got a nosebleed from falling on snow.

I guess something must have been buried under there.

There was nothing like that buried.

But it tasted sort of funny.

Tasted funny?

Funny taste?

-The snow? -Yeah.

Hey, Genta. How did it taste?

The snow. How did that snow taste?

It was salty.

That's...

Doc.

Did you get anything?

Yeah.

The autopsy revealed that the same water from the lake

was found in Sakuko's stomach.

That means that this is an accident after all, right?

No.

Maybe that's something

that'll back up the fact that this is a homicide case.

It could be the ski trails that the culprit left behind.

Yes, that's right.

Although some doubts still remain.

I guess this is an accident.

I want to rush back to the station and...

What? You're treating everyone to a Japanese nabe dish today?

That sounds just great!

Please count me in on that seat that's not taken yet.

What?

But if there are unclear points, I should investigate more?

The percentage of this being a homicide is zero!

It is 120% an accident.

-No. -So...

Huh?

It may not necessarily be a plain accident.

Hey, hey. Just what's going on, officer?

I mean you called us all the way out here.

We've already told you everything we know.

Sakuko died of an accident, didn't she?

Yes, but he said something strange.

No, no. It's nothing strange.

The old man with the children.

Sakuko did not die of an accident, but was killed.

Moreover, the culprit is...

among you three.

That's what I'm saying.

Huh?

Excuse me.

I brought them here since I thought you found a new clue to the accident.

But you went and act like a detective saying that this is a homicide case.

No.

Judging from the circumstances back then,

it seems only plausible that Sakuko went out into the blizzard

and fell over with her snowboard from the place where the broken fence is.

Due to snowstorm, she drowned to death in the lake.

The only road to get to the bridge that leads to the lake was blocked off.

Not until the police got here.

Oh, that's why...

Moreover, there are about 10 meters from the edge of the cliff to the lake.

So even if someone were to push her down from the cliff,

she wouldn't have been able to fall into the lake.

And then, there's one last thing.

An hour after they parted with Sakuko,

the three realized that she didn't show up at the promised time,

so they were looking around for her together all the way,

all the way until her dead body was found.

Let's say that even if a rope were used,

it would've been impossible for the culprit

to carry her on his back down the cliff to the lake and bury her,

then climb back up again.

You can't be telling me that any of them could possibly...

Come on...

Hey.

Sorry. I figured it'd be faster this way.

Officer?

Hey, are you all right?

He looks to be asleep.

True.

No, no. I'm not sleeping.

I'm so upset at myself that I went weak in the legs.

I guess that's how it is.

I couldn't figure out a simple trick like this until now.

Trick?

That's right.

The culprit put Sakuko in a certain container,

then pushed it over the cliff.

Certain container?

Hey, don't tell me that she was put in a sleigh or something?

Even if she were put in a sleigh,

I think she would fall off balance on a bumpy slope like this.

Besides, even if someone ride it down together with her,

that person would have to climb that cliff anyway.

Sleigh? Nothing unstable like that was used.

The thing I'm referring to is something that she was put inside

that would definitely land into the lake

and will disappear after a while.

Land?

Then disappear?

Ridiculous.

Nothing that convenient exists.

I see.

But instead of beating around the bush

and saying that it landed and disappeared,

a better explanation would be that it rolled down and melted.

It's easier to understand by putting it that way, don't you think?

I see.

What?

Remember? We were making it together yesterday.

We made it?

I see!

We made it together?

Yes, I'm sure he's referring to...

The snowman!

If the lady was put inside the snowman and pushed over...

It would simply roll down the cliff and fall right into the lake.

The snowman would melt and Sakuko would be found floating in the lake.

It seems that lake is a hot spring

and the water temperature is a bit high.

Snowman?

Don't be ridiculous.

Huh?

I know Sakuko was pretty small,

but I doubt you'd be able to fit a normal sized person in a snowball.

It would break apart before reaching the lake.

I guess so.

The snowman would at least have to have a diameter of about two meters.

But even if such a large snowman were made,

I think it'd be impossible to roll it down the cliff alone.

No, it doesn't have to be that large.

Huh?

Yes.

The size only needs be as big as the one I'm leaning against.

Leaning against?

A snowman about this size would suffice.

Like I just said,

something that size would fall to pieces half way

and the contents would come out before reaching the lake.

That sounds right.

Hey, say something.

Hey!

Shoots!

What's wrong?

What's with him?

Hey, are you trying to be funny?

No.

I just wanted to remind you.

About the time that Genta fell near this snowman

and had a nose bleed.

Genta!

Is something coming out?

Genta!

-You've got a nose bleed. -You've got a nose bleed.

-A nose bleed. -A nose bleed.

So what about it?

Genta, do you remember something about that snowman back then?

Yeah.

It was hard and salty.

That's right.

That's the vital point of this trick.

Salt.

Well, am I right?

I see.

He used the chemical reaction of salt to harden the snowman.

Chemical reaction?

When salt is poured onto snow, the freezing point,

the temperature will drastically drop,

and the part that salt was poured onto would melt.

But before melting, it absorbs the heat from its surroundings,

so the snow around the area where the salt is not poured onto

freezes and becomes hard.

This method is commonly used at ski race courses

or when hardening igloos.

But at ski courses,

they would normally use sulphate ammonium

to prevent damage after the snow melts.

Sulphate ammonium?

Well, I guess when you get older,

you'll learn about it in home economics cooking class.

Hey, hey.

All of this means nothing.

But where was that snowman that was hardened using salt?

Are you saying you saw it?

I didn't see it, but it probably was done here.

Right at this snowman near me.

Since the snowman was hardened here using salt,

the snow that accumulated on the ground also hardened.

That's why Genta had a nose bleed when he fell.

Huh?

Was done here? Isn't it still there?

This is the one the culprit made in haste after he committed the murder,

so that no one would see through the snowman trick.

He remade the torso only.

As proof of that...

Look.

The head is also hardened with salt, isn't it?

As long as the shape doesn't collapse,

all he has to do is put the head back on the torso.

Wait a second.

Then...

Don't tell me the one who put Sakuko in the snowman and dropped her is...

That's right.

The person who was making a snowman the entire time,

Mr. Itabashi!

There's no one else but you who could've done it!

Although it only required him to put the head back onto the torso,

revisions on the detailed form where the head and torso are joined

can only be done by Mr. Itabashi who made it.

After Sakuko parted with everyone, Mr. Itabashi most probably

used the blizzard to his advantage and called her outside.

He did so, because he wanted her to come out wearing her gear.

When she came outside, he probably said to her,

"Let's go back to the room and talk because the blizzard is bad."

He then lured her to his room.

You pushed her face down into the wash basin that was filled with water.

And drowned her.

Then in the blizzard where the vision was unclear,

you carried her after putting the snowboard boots on her.

You put her and her snowboard inside the torso of the snowman

where you had made a hollow space in.

You covered it with a lid made of snow.

You rolled the snowman...

to the cliff...

and dropped it.

You finally succeeded in making her float in the water.

But can you do all that in just an hour?

After he dropped the snowman with Sakuko inside it,

he made the torso of the snowman, right?

When Itabashi came to meet with us,

he wasn't breathing hard or anything.

It's true that he'd be tired if he made something this size in an hour,

but if he used something that was already half made,

only half the time and labour are required.

Half?

You people probably didn't know,

but in order to surprise you, the children did something to their snowman.

Isn't that right, you guys?

Huh? Yes.

We did it to surprise you by letting out voices

when you came here next time.

We did something to our snowman's head.

We put our detective badges into the head part.

Huh?

Huh? That's the sound of the detective badge.

The sound's coming from the stomach of the snowman.

Which means, the head of our snowman didn't fall off

because of the blizzard.

After Mr. Itabashi removed the fruit parts,

he used that as a base to make the torso of the snowman.

But that doesn't serve as proof to brand Itabashi as the culprit.

The evidence is the wash basin in Mr. Itabashi's room.

The autopsy revealed that the water found in Sakuko's stomach

was the same as the water of the lake below the cliff.

So it's most likely that the evidence is still there,

the water that Mr. Itabashi brought from the lake in order to drown her.

And her hair may also be found with it, too.

It could be the wash basin in her room,

but I'm sure that Mr. Itabashi used his own room to commit the murder.

If he used her room,

he would've probably brought her goggles, gloves and cap along

and put them on her before putting her into the snowman.

But...

Itabashi had no reason to kill her!

Yeah.

I didn't think I'd end up doing what I did either.

But when Asaka came into the picture,

I guess I lost my mind for an instant.

Huh?

Just what do you mean?

Itabashi!

You knew, didn't you?

That Sakuko was in love with you.

And you're in love with Asaka.

You like the way she gracefully used to ski around the ski slopes.

In order to erase Asaka's gracefulness from your heart,

that woman

made Asaka wear snowboard boots that she wasn't experienced with yet,

lured her to a dangerous course where she got into an accident

and took Asaka's leg away from her.

All for such a stupid reason.

Hey, are you serious?

Yeah, she was muttering about it when she was drunk once.

Hey, you're drinking too much.

This is all Asaka's fault.

Hey, just what do you mean by that?

Everything worked out up to the time I lured her out

and she broke her leg like I expected her to.

But why hasn't she disappeared yet?

That Asaka.

What'd you say?

It's so sickening, really.

The doctor told her that she wouldn't be able to ski again and yet...

No way.

Itabashi!

Why?

Why didn't you tell me about it?

Itabashi!

I can't do something like sending salt to an enemy.

-Enemy? -Yeah.

Knowing your character, if you found out about it,

who knows what you would've done to Sakuko.

I just couldn't stand giving it away to you.

The role of taking Asaka's enemy away and take the blow.

I didn't want to give away this crazy role to you.

But it sure was a surprise.

Putting salt on the snow hardens it.

-Right? -Nope,

it not only just hardens it.

If you sprinkle salt on snow and mix them,

it breaks down and continues to melt.

Eventually, the salt disappears.

Calcium chloride is used in the same way on snowy streets

to help melt the snow.

That's right.

He used it in the wrong way.

The salt.

He used salt in the wrong way.

He didn't melt and dissolve his intention to kill,

but rather, solidified it.

Next Conan's Hint:

"X-Ray"

The next episode is a story about a turtle.

A super vicious one, too!

I'm scared.