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Disguise!

I'm your partner at all times!

The mystery of the mysterious locked room.

The truth behind the fourth painting!

What will become of the confrontation with Thief Kid?

He sees through the one and only truth.

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

His name is Detective Conan!

"Blue Storm", the fourth of a set of paintings

drawn by a famous painter named Mr. Takeyori Oikawa

is sought after by Thief Kid.

We are invited to the Oikawa residence,

but the painting that is in the atelier

where the surveillance camera is set up disappeared just like that.

And Mr. Oikawa's father-in-law,

a famed landscape painter named Mr. Haruhito Kanbara,

is found dead in that room.

"Thief Kid and the Four Masterpieces (Part 2)"

It's certain that Thief Kid is the one who killed Mr. Kanbara, right?

We still can't come to any conclusion,

but he's certainly a prime suspect.

Mr. Oikawa, are you going to paint it again?

The last of the flower, bird, wind, moon, the "Blue Storm".

Well, of course...

I'm not going to paint another one.

Forever.

So I'd like to plead with Thief Kid.

Give me back the "Blue Storm" that you stole tonight,

along with my father-in-law's life.

Hey.

When the Inspector Megure and the others arrived here,

did you notice anything strange?

Something strange?

Come to think of it,

one of the staff fell ill and was carried away from the crowd.

I'm sure it was somebody from Nichiuri TV.

I see.

That's where he switched with one of the four.

Then, did you see any suspicious looking bags?

Something big enough to fit a person into.

No, I didn't.

If you do find anything, will you secretly call my cell phone?

Yeah, but why do you want me to contact you?

Because Mr. Mouri said that Thief Kid may be disguised

as a member of the police.

Are you serious?

If my cell phone rings and I whisper it to Mr. Mouri,

Thief Kid won't suspect anything, will he?

I see.

Mr. Kanbara's condition before he went into the atelier?

Detective Mouri wants to know about it?

Yes, he wants to know if Mr. Kanbara really went into the atelier

to protect the painting himself.

No. While Mr. Oikawa was checking the painting,

Mr. Kanbara was standing in front of us all the while.

He went in after Mr. Oikawa finished checking and opened the door.

After that, they were both in the atelier for 1 to 2 minutes.

He said that he was going to protect the painting at that time.

Of course, we stopped Mr. Kanbara from going into the atelier,

but Mr. Oikawa said that it would only take a short while.

We had no idea Mr. Kanbara was going to confine himself to the atelier.

However, after the blackout,

we really didn't expect the culprit to be hiding in the attic,

ready to steal the painting and kill Mr. Kanbara.

Did you notice anything different about Mr. Oikawa

who came out leaving Mr. Kanbara inside?

For example, blood on his clothes or something?

No, Mr. Oikawa didn't have blood anywhere on him.

But he could've committed the murder wearing his clothes inside out.

That's not possible either.

Inspector Nakamori checked Mr. Oikawa's clothes right away, too.

Blood was found on the outside of his jacket

and there was no blood on the back of his jacket or below it.

Besides, the blood that was found on his shirt got on him

when he went inside in the dark along with the inspector and the others.

He groped for Mr. Kanbara and coincidentally found him.

He then carried Mr. Kanbara up.

But I wonder if it was really a coincidence?

You came in with the inspector, didn't you?

There's no way he would found Mr. Kanbara in the dark

without using light and stab him in the neck.

He couldn't have done all that in such a short time.

By the way,

the door that Mr. Oikawa was pounding on during the blackout

is the door on that side, right?

Leaving Mr. Kanbara behind, he came out of this door

and yet why did he pound on the other door?

He was probably on his way to get the inspector

to help get Mr. Kanbara out when the blackout occurred.

The inspector was in the room over that side.

Come to think of it,

while Mr. Oikawa was checking his painting,

the inspector was talking to him through the door over that side.

Yeah, they were talking.

He opened the door slightly and asked me to go check

if the police really turned the surveillance camera off.

He told me to knock once if it was still on.

I knocked twice, the signal for it being off.

Signal? I wonder why he didn't ask you to directly come tell him about it?

Probably because he didn't want me to see the painting

that was still incomplete through the opening of the door.

Did the forensic officers say anything?

Yeah, they said that there were two things that bothered them.

There was a strange trace of blood found on Mr. Kanbara's sweater,

and an oval shaped mark was found at the base of his left thumb.

As for the blood,

it probably got on because his left arm was bent in front of his chest

when he was stabbed in the neck.

But as for the oval shaped trace, they don't know what it is.

Maybe that's...

Conan, quit going here and there!

We're going home.

But Thief Kid isn't caught yet!

That's a job for the police.

It's already bed time for children, isn't it?

That's enough.

If the culprit is Thief Kid,

he would've escaped using a hand glider,

so there's no way we can cordon off the area.

That's right.

The most we can do is figure out his escape route.

But don't you think it's funny?

The Riot Task Force officers have this place surrounded

and yet no one has seen anybody flee.

That's because they didn't put any spotlight at the windows.

Yes, but...

But Thief Kid's hand glider is white.

It couldn't have disappeared by a spell or something,

so it's strange that no one saw it.

He's right. Thief Kid is a magician.

Unlike a witches' spell, magic has to be set up beforehand, right, Conan?

-That's why... -Wait! Please don't get him involved, okay?

Okay.

If he did disappear by magic, we don't know what trick he used.

As to that, I've figured out something that might be a hint.

May I try an experiment?

It requires a newspaper and an empty glass cup.

I put the newspaper over this cup.

Then I lift it up carefully.

I put it on the middle of the desk.

And...

The cup disappears and is gone.

But that's just plain magic.

You probably just dropped the cup on your lap after holding it,

and just crushed the newspaper that was shaped like the cup.

I did this magic in my younger days

at a year-end party of the 1st section.

Father told me about it.

He said it was a wet blanket.

Oh, is that so?

That's not the issue here!

What does that magic have to do with what happened here?

So you see,

what I mean is, I think this is how Thief Kid disappeared.

I'm sorry!

Don't worry about it.

It's cheap stuff that I got as a wedding gift 40 years ago.

I had no idea...

Don't touch them so carelessly!

Cracked pieces like these may look like they're not there but actually are.

Okay.

Excuse me. Where is your wife?

She passed away five years ago.

It was right after I had finished drawing the third painting

of the flower, bird, wind and the moon, "Pure White".

My wife was badly wounded by a tornado

when she travelled abroad 15 years ago.

She had been bedridden with a coma since.

15 years ago, you also announced the first of the set

of flower, bird, wind and moon, the "Red Lotus".

Yes. It was a year after my wife's accident.

I painted that piece with all my might to make money for hospital bills.

It was highly evaluated and I became a full-fledged painter.

Until then, I was making a living teaching art class.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry, it's a call from my younger brother.

Go ahead.

Keep looking, there should be more.

-I don't see any more... -Would you like to use some light?

It'll be easier to find the pieces since they will glitter.

What?

Detective Mouri?

Yes. He was asking if there was anything else

that came falling from the window of the atelier.

All we found were two paint brush stands

and a whole lot of paint brushes.

Come to think of it,

I did find this fishing line.

There's a lake where you can fish near here,

so I'm sure that someone who came fishing dropped it.

It's approximately seven meters in length.

There is a loop on one end

and on the other end, there is a fish hook that's bent out of shape.

No doubt about it, the culprit used this.

If so, I'm sure that it should be somewhere here.

There it is!

It's this stone with a hole on it.

It's you, sonny.

The big suspicious bag that you were talking about was found.

Really?

Yes. It was found near the broadcast van of Nichiuri TV.

Officer Chiba is fast asleep inside.

Officer Chiba won't get up?

No, we're trying to get him out of the bag right now,

but the zipper is broken and won't come down below his neck.

I got it! I'll relay the message to Mr. Mouri.

Conan, Ran was looking for you.

Officer Takagi.

Officer Chiba who's at the villa is Thief Kid.

What?

They just found the real Officer Chiba.

I have to tell everyone!

Wait. Before that...

Huh?

Will you please look for the stolen painting

that is still somewhere in this villa, Officer Takagi?

The "Blue Storm".

"Blue Storm" is still here in this villa?

But wasn't the painting stolen by Thief Kid?

It hasn't been stolen, that's why I want you to look for it.

I know that you can find it, Officer Takagi.

Yeah.

Pops, this way. Over here!

Gosh.

Hey, we're going home.

Thief Kid already escaped.

Wait.

Conan, let's leave the rest up to the police.

No, there's no need to leave it up to them

-because I've already figured it out. -Huh?

Ran, please call for Inspector Megure.

Take a good look.

This is the true identity of the "Blue Storm".

A fishing line.

This is just a cloth covering the fishing line.

It's the same magic as the one Officer Takagi performed.

If you see a cup-shaped newspaper,

you'd most naturally think that a cup is there.

Likewise, if you cover the easel with a cloth that is pulled taut,

it's natural to think that a painting is underneath the cloth.

This is a simple trick used to fool spectators.

First, a loop is made at one end of the fishing line.

Then you pull the line over to the door.

You lock the door after hooking the line onto the bolt of the door.

The fishing line is pulled right above the easel

and set to pass between the brush stands and the paint brushes.

The paint stands were used to make up for the difference in height,

so that the line would become horizontal.

And then, on the fish hook that is put on the other end of the line,

a stone with a hole in it is hooked onto it and left to hang outside.

After the fishing line is pulled taut, a cloth is placed over the easel

and the "Blue Storm" before it is publicly announced is ready.

All there's left to do is to break down the door during the blackout.

Go ahead and try it.

Yes, sir.

One, two, three!

When the door opens,

the line will be pulled by the weight of the stone that is hooked onto it.

If the edge of the cloth hooks onto the place where the loop is tied,

the cloth will flip over making it cover one side of the easel.

The loop will then flip over

and the brush stands that are stacked together will push the window open.

The brush stands and paint brushes

would go falling out the window together with the fishing line and stone,

and fall to the feet of the people on guard right below.

If the brush stands and the paint brushes are toppled near the window

as soon as people come in after breaking the door down,

it'll look as if someone had dropped the paint brushes and scattered them,

then stole the painting and fled.

But when and who could've rigged something like this up?

It was all done when Mr. Oikawa went to check his painting

and asked to have the surveillance camera turned off.

What?

Then, don't tell me that...

That's right.

The one who deceived everyone into thinking that the painting was stolen

and the one who killed Mr. Kanbara

is you, Mr. Oikawa.

As proof of this,

you opened the door slightly when you went in to check your painting

and talked to one of the Riot Task Force officers.

You went out of your way to ask him not to look inside the room,

because you wouldn't have been able to hook the line around the bolt.

Mr. Mouri, just what're you talking about?

I said that because I didn't want anyone to see my painting

until it is completed.

Besides, my father-in-law came into the atelier on his own.

Why would I kill my father-in-law

who said he'd guard the painting himself?

No, you just made that story up.

You kept avoiding Mr. Kanbara who insisted to talk to you.

You worked it out so that he would come to the atelier on his own

by saying that you two could talk there.

When Mr. Kanbara came to the atelier,

you passed him out with a stun gun.

You waited for the timer to go off causing the blackout.

You were waiting for the time for the lights to go out

just as you went to call Inspector Nakamori.

You entered the room from behind Inspector Nakamori

and ran swiftly up to Mr. Kanbara who was passed out.

Then you stabbed him in the neck with a knife.

This is what actually happened.

Too bad, that's impossible.

I can't see in the dark and I had no light with me.

Yes, you can.

Even without light.

So long as you have a cell phone with you.

You put the phone on top of Mr. Kanbara and ring the phone in the dark.

It would flash so you can verify where he is immediately.

If you had the sound turned off,

Inspector Nakamori and the others who broke the door down

would be distracted by the paint brush stands above everything.

Mr. Oikawa.

If I remember correctly, you had two cell phones, didn't you?

The white one for private use and the black one for work.

The white one is apparently for private use

because you said the blood got on when you tried to call a family member.

Despite this,

you answered the black phone when you got a call from your younger brother.

Is the white cell phone with blood on it really yours?

I'm sure that you've already deleted all the data in it,

but the police can still check on it, you know.

They can find out who the cell phone belonged to

and who picked the call up during the blackout.

Just as you deduced, that's my father-in-law's cell phone.

I used it to verify the location of that old ogre in the dark.

-Ogre? -He's indeed an ogre.

He tried to force me to draw a painting that relates to the wind

that had caused the death of my wife.

You did mention that your wife died because of a tornado.

Why did you decide to draw a four-part painting

of flower, bird, wind and the moon then?

Did you know?

There are other words such as snow, moon and flower

that describe the beauty of nature?

Right, the first painting was a red lotus lower,

the second was the golden moon,

and the third was of a Japanese crane standing on snowy ground.

I didn't mean to paint the pure white crane, but rather, I drew the snow.

Actually, the painting was finished then.

But father-in-law...

He told the rich man who bought "Red Lotus" and "Golden Moon"

that if he bought "Pure White" for a higher price,

he would sell him the next piece, "Blue Storm", too.

He lied saying that it was a set of four, the flower, bird, wind and moon.

Even though it was to make money for my wife's hospital bills,

it was just too much for me.

Do you think that I could paint "Blue Storm"

after my wife died and I have lost my purpose?

After a lot of thinking, I finally thought up this trick.

But he said he would go through with his own plan if I did the trick.

-Plan? -He was going to disclose everything!

That the "Blue Storm" never existed

and that the warning from Thief Kid was also something I made up!

Not even considering the fact that if he did so,

my name as a painter would be soiled

and I would lose my entire career!

You're wrong.

I think when Mr. Kanbara said he had something in mind,

he meant this.

Officer Takagi.

That thing you're holding is...

Don't tell me that's...

"Blue Storm", the first wind of summer that blows across the green leaves.

Unlike the other three paintings,

this was drawn by the master of landscape painter,

Haruhito Kanbara.

No way!

His hand was hurt, so he couldn't have drawn it.

You didn't know, did you?

The trace of the palette that was found on Mr. Kanbara's left thumb.

A paint brush with teeth marks on it was also found

in the storeroom of Mr. Kanbara's room where the painting was stored.

I think that Mr. Kanbara was painting the picture

by holding the paint brush in his mouth.

He did so in order to match your way of painting.

Why didn't he tell me then?

He couldn't.

Even if he were able to draw it,

it was still only a copy of your style.

If anybody found out, it would indeed unmistakably soil your name.

No.

I...

Mr. Oikawa.

It's slightly roughly drawn since he used his mouth,

but as for me, I like that "Blue Storm", too.

Just like the other three paintings you drew,

the feeling of wanting to help somebody really shows.

Officer Takagi?

Yeah.

Are you thinking of spreading your wings and flying out of there?

Or am I just imagining things?

How did you find out?

By elimination.

You couldn't have known about the magic performance

that Inspector Megure put on at the year-end party.

Inspector Megure was there,

and Officer Sato learned about it from her father.

Officer Chiba who was found in the bag is also not Thief Kid.

It's unthinkable that you would leave the bag in such a conspicuous place.

The zipper didn't open from neck down in order to hide the physique.

In other words, they can see a sleeping Officer Chiba,

but it was actually Officer Takagi.

It was a trick to escape during the commotion when things came to light.

But I appreciate what you did.

Thanks to your magic,

I was able to figure out the trick of this case.

Well, magic is my specialty after all.

But...

do me a favour and let me go this time.

I just came to clear my name.

After all, I'm completely white this time.

Just like the girl's underwear.

Conan?

Hey, it's about time we...

No...

Take this!

Why you...

Thief Kid!

Thief Kid was disguised as Officer Takagi.

Strange.

The ball that I kicked in the smoke,

it should've hit him.

What's this? What's this?

Dad, your pants are...

That hurts.

That brat...

Next Conan's Hint:

"Expressway information"

-In the next episode... -Dad's got to keep going!

Where's he going? To a hot spring or something?

-Wrong. -It's so obvious.