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=== Resolution ===
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==== The only suspect ====
* The real person who invited the three was proven to be '''Ryoji Amatsuchi''', the pension owner. He did that because he wanted to find the person who murdered Kono, as he already found his bones and belongings before. He also hid the cable to the phone to disable communication, and also deflated the tires to trap everyone at the pension. However, he was not the murderer, as he had a lot of opportunities to destroy the dying message/remove Konno's remains elsewhere.
* While Etsuko Nonomiya has the most obvious motive to murder Futagawa for his supposed involvement in Konno's death, she was able to provide her alibi during the murder as she was in the forest and saw Conan, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko rushing toward the cliff, as it is not possible to identify them from the top.
* With both singled out, it is '''Heihachi Mikami''' who murdered '''both''' Kono and Futagawa.

==== The dying messages' meaning ====
* Futagawa's dying message directly refers to Mikami's given name Heihachi (平八) with 5 long strokes and 2 short strokes.
* Because Kono didn't know Mikami's given name or the Kanji (御上) used in his surname, he had to rely in the most common spelling of the name Mikami (三上), with 4 long strokes and 2 short strokes, and spelt his dying message that way instead. Futagawa, knowing this ambiguity, added one more long stroke cigarette to make the murderer's identity clearer.

==== Evidence ====
* Since the weapon, the iron rod-like object, used to incapitate Futagawa was never found at the crime scene, Mikami must still had it in his possession. Conan, noticing that Mikami's telescope is missing a weight, concluded that he must have hidden in his telescope. The luminol test on it will be a solid proof against Mikami.

==== Motive ====
Mikammi killed Kono because he refused to include his name to the comet that Kono found after asking his help to confirm if it was a new discovery or not. He killed Futagawa after he tried to threatened him that if he didn't pay up 50,000,000, he would surely reveal the crime he committed. Mikami then unveils the weapon he used to incapitate Futagawa, that turned out to be a shotgun.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Murder
| image = EP374-375 Case3.jpg
| victim = Etsuko Ninomiya, Ryoji Amatsuchi, [[Conan Edogawa]], [[Ai Haibara]], [[Ayumi Yoshida]], [[Genta Kojima]], [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]], and [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]
| location = Inn
| cause-death = Shooting
| cause-death-label = Attack types
| age = 28 years old (Etsuko) and 34 years old (Ryoji)
| suspects = Heihachi Mikami
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description = He decided to kill everyone, but is stopped by Conan.
}}

He attempts to kill all the inn guests, but is tranquilized by Conan.

At the end of the episode, when Conan and the Detective Boys are taken to the police station for questioning, Conan reveals the real meaning Kono doesn't add Mikami's name to the comet he found because he wants to make the word 'Amanogawa' (Milky Way). Then Conan says Mikami will be remembered, as a criminal.</spoiler>