I'm amazed we can see them so clearly.
It was sunny today, and the weather's really good.
The humidity's low, so it's a little chilly.
All the conditions for clearly seeing the stars are being met.
Really?
Conan-kun, you know something about everything.
That's what my teacher told me.
You've got no dreams or sense of romance, kid.
It's beautiful!
Watch out, Sonoko!
So, why are we stargazing?
The Milky Way refers to the band of stars in the sky,
but Sonoko thought it was the name of a café.
She asked me which of their sweets are best.
What?
When she learned it referred to the stars, she said,
"I'm so embarrassed! We're going stargazing tonight!" and dug out her binoculars.
It seems like she's already bored though.
She's not looking at the sky.
Huh?
What is that?
What's wrong?
I-I saw a hand!
Someone's hand was in the flowerbed!
When the countdown reaches zero, use your detective skills to produce an answer!
She coincidentally saw a pale hand and ring!
High school girl detective Sonoko is fired up!
Always determining the one truth
with the body of a child and the mind of an adult,
his name is Detective Conan!
High School Girl Detective Suzuki Sonoko
"High School Girl Detective Suzuki Sonoko!"
I don't see anything.
Calm down.
What happened?
Another hand grabbed an arm.
When they let go, it flopped down.
That was definitely the hand of a corpse.
Which way were you pointing the binoculars?
North.
I found the North Star and was looking directly beneath it.
I'm sure of it.
Let's go, high school girl detectives!
Sonoko, that's south.
That way!
High school girl detectives?
This way is north of the park.
This is the place I saw.
They hid the body here.
There's no sign of any body.
I'm sure of it. These are the same flowers.
They must've buried it behind the flowerbed.
Who buried what?
A body...
Who are you?!
I work here.
Sasaki Hiroto (40) Sasaki Studio Director
Who are you?
I see.
You build mannequins here.
Yes.
Here, have some coffee.
Thank you.
Minakami Rika (25) Assistant
Sorry for interrupting your work.
It's fine.
Sorry.
Does this look like the arm you saw?
You must've gotten confused.
That's impossible!
But, Sonoko, were you able to tell at a glance if it was a human hand or a doll's?
And could you have seen that flowerbed from the top of the slide?
What do you mean?
Huh? What?
What?
You're right.
I can only see the clock.
Since you can't see it from here, you couldn't see here from there.
But I know I saw something.
You can see the slide from the roof.
Hold on. A flowerbed, right?
Is there one on the roof?
Not here, but the same flowerbeds are on the roof of the Yoshimura building behind ours.
Right, Rika-kun?
Huh? Yes.
This property used to be long and narrow,
but I split it with my friend Yoshimura.
The fastest way to his building is to cut through mine.
I'm going to finish that rush order.
Thanks.
Sorry for interrupting you in the middle of shopping.
We get some willful clients sometimes. It's a hassle.
They suddenly called to modify their order.
I just had her come back.
His building is three stories, too.
His work means he's good at designing flowerbeds,
so I had Yoshimura handle mine, too.
Yoshimura Reforestation Research Institute Main Entrance
The same flowerbeds are on the roof here.
Maybe Nanae-san's not home.
Is this Yoshimura person not here?
He's in Hakodate for business.
He's repairing the front of this building in the meantime.
She's Yoshimura's wife.
The three of us attended college together.
She always keeps her phone on her when she goes out. That's odd.
I'm worried.
About what?
If what I saw was on the roof, then the body's buried up there.
That's impossible.
The flowerbeds have the same design, but since they're on the roof, the dirt's too shallow.
But I know I saw something.
Did you really see the body being buried?
N-No, but that hand definitely didn't belong to a living person.
Excuse me.
Yoshimura?
Good timing.
There's something I wanted to ask you.
Yeah.
I tried calling, too.
I see.
Got it. I'm going inside.
We have spare keys to each other's buildings.
Yoshimura was worried about his wife.
She was supposed to call him now.
Does that mean she should be home?
Then maybe she really was...
You're jinxing it. Cut it out.
Right.
Nanae-san.
Her car's here.
Oh, I forgot.
The water pipe under the street out front broke.
Then she can't move her car.
What time did it break?
Nanae-san complained about it over the phone.
Since it was after Rika-kun went shopping, it must've been after 6:30.
She was all right until then.
Nanae-san.
Are you home?
This is Yoshimura's private living space.
What's this?
That's Nanae-san's phone.
The flowerbed's out here.
I can see the slide.
This must be the roof I saw.
There aren't any signs anyone buried a body.
But there's a spade over there.
Someone must've dug up the dirt to bury a body.
Ouch...
It's too shallow to bury a body.
Does that mean the culprit took the body somewhere?
You're still going on about that?
They'd transport it using a car.
It's the obvious choice.
They couldn't have done that.
The car's blocked in.
You're right.
By the time Sonoko looked through her binoculars,
the road was already under construction...
Sonoko, what's wrong?
I've got it!
Got what?
The body of Yoshimura's wife is still inside the building!
What?
The wife was murdered after the director called her.
But the killer couldn't use the road.
When they failed to bury the body in the flowerbed,
how did they dispose of the body?
There's one logical conclusion.
The culprit couldn't dispose of it.
Seriously?
In other words, the body should still be hidden in this building!
Listen, miss.
Was the wife's body hidden there?
Huh?
Or over there?
Hold on, Sonoko-neechan.
Or over there?
Anyway, Ran.
Yes?
Let's find the body!
High school girl detectives, go!
Is she okay?
You can't hide a person in there, Sonoko-neechan.
We didn't find anything.
We found something.
What?
The sleeping bag.
We found a man's, but not a woman's.
They put the body in there and hid it.
That's enough!
We searched everywhere but didn't find anything.
She must've left on some urgent business.
I don't have anymore time for you.
This alleyway will take you out to the street.
Just leave.
We're sorry.
I know I saw something...
...through these.
But we didn't find a body anywhere.
Besides, even if there was a body, who killed them?
Well...
He's suspicious.
It's weird how he got so angry and denied that there was a body.
Really weird.
You mean Sasaki-san?
Conan-kun, what do you think?
Conan-kun?
But, Sonoko, did Sasaki-san have any time to go to the neighboring building?
He was alone in his office.
He must've snuck over.
If Minakami-san came down while Sasaki-san was gone,
he would've been discovered immediately.
Besides, he knew the dirt on the roof was too shallow.
Oh, come on.
Then it could be Minakami-san.
What does that mean?
What if on her way back from shopping,
she stopped at the neighboring building and quickly took care of it?
But she was asked to return to the studio by Sasaki-san.
I'm not sure she could do it that quickly.
Then she could've gone back later.
Sorry, but no.
She was working on the third floor after that.
Sasaki-san would've found her if she came downstairs.
I knew it didn't make sense.
Maybe the hand you saw belonged to a mannequin and not a person.
I'm starting to think you're right.
Good night.
The ring...
Mannequins don't wear rings.
That must've been a human hand.
But where did they hide the body?
Where?
I'm sorry!
Huh? What is this?
Oh, the sign's backwards.
Sorry.
Here.
Now it's flipped back outside...
Backwards?
The back!
I never searched the back!
Conan-kun?
Are you thinking about Sonoko?
But like I said, we didn't find a body.
Even if Sonoko saw a real body,
neither Sasaki-san nor Minakami-san could've hidden it.
It'd be different story if there were a bridge connecting the two buildings though.
A bridge?
Yeah. I tried calling, too.
I see. Got it.
Huh?
I know what happened there.
And who did it.
You'll be in big trouble if the director finds you again.
I'm glad I found you, Minakami-san.
I'm sure I saw a corpse and not a mannequin.
What?
Ran-neechan, remember what you said earlier?
It's a different story if there's a bridge.
Yeah, but...
I saw the shadow of the bridge connecting the two buildings.
The culprit was able to return to the flowerbed and dispose of the body.
I took this key without the director's permission, so be quiet.
Thank you, Minakami-san.
You'd better hurry.
I will!
After killing the victim Nanae-san,
the culprit had to return to the Sasaki building.
So they built a bridge between the two buildings
so they could return quickly
using the scaffolding for the Yoshimura building repairs.
But I didn't see a bridge.
They returned it to the roof
of the Yoshimura building when they were finished with it
using some rope.
Then who did it?
The culprit is the person who was suddenly asked to return to the Sasaki building.
The person who was able to hide the body
by the time we got to the roof of the Yoshimura building,
and remove the bridge connecting their roofs.
Y-You mean...
That's right. The culprit is Sasaki-san's assistant,
Minakami Rika-san!
The culprit must've been troubled since they couldn't transport the body by car
like they planned because of the water pipe construction.
Yes, it was troubling.
In their desperation, they remembered the flowerbed on the roof,
but the dirt was too shallow.
Yes.
But why did the culprit grab the body's hand?
To remove the ring.
It looked really expensive, so they must've wanted it.
If the culprit still has the ring on them, that would be an important piece of evidence.
More importantly, where's the body?
A place we forgot to search.
Behind the scaffolding used for repairs.
We can get to the roof through there.
Sonoko-neechan and Minakami-san are on the roof.
What?
The body would be found by morning if they hid it here.
No. If the street repairs are finished during the night,
they can take the car early tomorrow morning.
I see.
You certainly are a prodigy.
Seems that way.
Prodigiously stupid.
Oh, I'm not that astute.
So was Nanae.
Nanae? Yoshimura's wife?
Yes.
She didn't realize I'd stolen her husband.
Nanae paid to establish her husband's company.
Naturally she assumed her husband obeyed her whims.
Right? Don't you think she's stupid?
The pipes are in the way.
If only they'd come out a little farther.
And then there's Yoshimura.
His promises to leave Nanae were all talk.
Oh, don't move.
If I miss, it'll hurt even more.
H-Help me, Ran.
Now!
Sonoko, hang in there!
Ran!
I don't want to be a detective anymore!
I was negligent.
I'm sorry.
The culprit was unconscious when she was arrested.
You can relax now, Sonoko.
Here.
Anyway, I'm impressed that you figured out who did it.
You must be a genius to have figured out that trick.
Someday I'd like to build a mannequin of you striking a jaunty pose.
When you do, please name your mannequin
the high school girl detective!
We'll be hearing about this for a long time.
Yeah.
Of course.
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Okita
What?
It's like they were breaking in a new sword.
Furthermore,
this looks like the work of a rather skilled swordsman.
Wh-Who are you?
Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery (Part One)
The next episode of Conan is "Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery, Part One!"
Box Cutter
Next Conan's hint!
A box cutter!
Impressive as always, Sonoko.
Don't miss the next episode.
Believing what you see is the first step to becoming a detective.
Yup.