A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Murder in the Court~

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| novel = 7
| image = Novel7.jpg
| title = A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Murder in the Court~
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 工藤新一への挑戦状～裁判所内殺人事件～
| releasedate = September 16, 2011
| isbn = 4-0912-3319-8
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| english-releasedate =
| english-isbn =
| english-publisher =
| author = [[Takehiko Hata]] and [[Takahisa Taira]]
| artwork = [[Yutaka Abe]]
| cast = [[Shinichi Kudo]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Eri Kisaki]] <br> [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Miwako Sato]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Sonoko Suzuki]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Shinichi Kudo]] (x4)
| case =
| prev-novel = A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~ (Novel)
| next-novel = A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Love Formula Murder Case~
| footnotes =
}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Eri Kisaki}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
}}

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== Case ==
=== Situation ===

=== People ===

=== Resolution ===

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== See also ==

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Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case (Novel)

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:''This article is about a Detective Conan novel. For the drama special of the same name, please see: [[Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case]]''
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{{InfoBox Novel
| novel = 10
| image = Novel10.jpg
| title = Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 工藤新一京都新撰組殺人事件
| releasedate = June 18, 2012
| isbn = 978-4-09-123752-1
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| english-releasedate =
| english-isbn =
| english-publisher =
| author = [[Takehiko Hata]] and [[Takahisa Taira]]
| artwork = [[Yutaka Abe]]
| cast = [[Shinichi Kudo]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Heiji Hattori]] <br> [[Kazuha Toyama]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Shinichi Kudo]] <br> [[Heiji Hattori]]
| case =
| prev-novel = A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Showdown! Shinichi Kudo vs Heiji Hattori~
| next-novel = The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History
| footnotes =
}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Heiji Hattori}}
{{Char|Kazuha Toyama}}
}}

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== Case ==
=== Situation ===

=== People ===

=== Resolution ===

== Gallery ==
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== See also ==
* [[Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case]]

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A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~ (Novel)

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:''This article is about a Detective Conan novel. For the drama special of the same name, which was based on this novel, please see: [[A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~]]''
{{InfoBox Novel
| novel = 6
| image = Novel6.jpg
| title = A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 工藤新一への挑戦状～怪鳥伝説の謎～
| releasedate = April 16, 2011
| isbn = 4-0912-2849-9
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| english-releasedate =
| english-isbn =
| english-publisher =
| author = [[Takahisa Taira]]
| artwork = [[Yutaka Abe]]
| cast = [[Shinichi Kudo]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Eri Kisaki]] <br> [[Sonoko Suzuki]] <br> [[Juzo Megure]]
| suspects = Otori Bird
| solved-by = [[Shinichi Kudo]]
| case =
| prev-novel = The Witch of Ejinbara
| next-novel = A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Murder in the Court~
| footnotes =
}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Eri Kisaki}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
}}

== Gadgets ==

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
Isamu Wakura, a client of [[Eri Kisaki|Eri]], invited her, along with [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]], [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] and [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]] to his mansion at Jūgoya village, a remote area in the mountains. On the way to the village, they meet a TV crew. Yuki Yayoi, a TV reporter, says that they are here to discover the mystery of the village, since she feels that the village has [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerica#Common_characteristics_of_Mesoamerican_culture Mesoamerican culture]. The group meet up with Wakura and his daughter Misa upon entering the village. They also hear about a legend of a large Otori bird, similar to shrikes, that takes people and make them it's ''hayanie'' (when an animal is forcefully stabbed and impaled onto a branch or barbed wire by the Otori bird).

They soon arrive at Mozutobi Shrine, a shrine devoted to pleasing the giant Otori, and also the place where the village festival will be held. The TV crew that the group met earlier is also here. The group then learns about the Sacrificial Tree and God's Perch. Suddenly, the cry of a shrike echoes, and when everyone looks up, the assistant director is already impaled atop the Sacrificial Tree.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image =
| location = Mozutobi Shrine Sacrificial Tree
| victim = Okada
| cause-death = Stab wound
| suspects = Otori Bird
| description =
}}

Shinichi notices a black slate nearby. Ryoji says that the reason Wakura owns the majority of the village's land is because he is interested in a legend of a mirror that can only be seen once every 300 years. Soon, at Wakura's mansion, a person wearing a black robe and a mask of a shrike, the same one that Ran saw while on the way to the village, is spotted. That person, in a deep voice, says that the Wakura family had dirtied the divine shrine, and they, the enemies of the God, will be killed one by one. Soon after, the bridge leading from the village to the outside world is destroyed. Nearby, Yoichi is found dead on a Sacrificial Tree, similar to how Okada died.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image =
| location = Sacrificial Tree
| victim = Yoichi Wakura
| cause-death = Stab wound
| suspects = Otori Bird
| description =
}}

Shinichi notices that Yoichi's vertebral column has been broken as it is impaled from behind, which is unusual as the bone is very strong. There is also a wound on Yoichi's forehead. Another black slate is found near the corpse. Along with the destroyed bridge, the telephone lines are also cut.

The day after, when Shinichi goes back to where Yoichi died to investigate, he learns from Tomi that there was another person beside Okada and Yoichi died in the same way in the past, however Tomi refuses to reveal anymore. Right after that, Kotomi's corpse is found on another Sacrificial Tree.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image =
| location = Sacrificial Tree
| victim = Kotomi Wakura
| cause-death = Stab wound
| suspects = Otori Bird
| description =
}}

On Kotomi's forehead is a wound that is exactly like Yoichi's. The third slate is right next to the tree. Upon seeing the person in the Otori Bird disguise, Ran and Shinichi give chase, but they fall into a pit. Shinichi finds a cave under the pit, but the entrance is completely blocked with cement. Kogoro soon arrives to rescue them.

After returning to the mansion, Shinichi tries to put the three slates together. They form a mirror, and only another piece is missing. As there is one more piece of the mirror, everyone agrees that there must be one more murder. The image of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezcatlipoca Tezcatlipoca], the deity of the night, is carved on it, therefore Shinichi says that there should be another mirror that is symmetrical with this one, with the image of the deity of the sun, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huitzilopochtli Huitzilopochtli] on it. Later, Misa reveals to Shinichi that the Huitzilopochtli mirror in currently in her father's possession.

Shinichi goes to the police station to ask Haji some information. He sees a sack of cement, which is said to be used to fix a collapsed wall behind the station. After that, he finds a tombstone in the forest, with the name Machiko Konno on it. He then notices that at every crime scene, there is a rounded stone that form a straight line with nearby Sacrificial Tree and God's Perch. Under God's Perch, there is a hole with an object that looks like a beak inside. When Shinichi drops a rock inside, strong wind blows from there. Shinichi then realizes the trick behind all of the cases.

=== People ===
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{{People|Isamu Wakura||
* Wakura Group president
* Eri Kisaki's client}}
{{People|Yuki Yayoi||
* TV reporter}}
{{People|Gou Maeda||
* Cameraman}}
{{People|Okada||
* Victim (stabbed)
* Assistant director}}
{{People|Misa Wakura||
* Wakura's second daughter}}
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{{People|Officer Haji||
* Policeman}}
{{People|Tomi||
* Mozutobi shrine priest}}
{{People|Ryoji Wakura||
* Wakura's second son}}
{{People|Kotomi Wakura||
* Victim (stabbed)
* Wakura's eldest daughter}}
{{People|Yoichi Wakura||
* Victim (stabbed)
* Wakura's eldest son}}
{{People|Tomo||
* Wakura household housekeeper}}
{{People|Machiko Konno||
* Deceased (stabbed)}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
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At the festival, after Wakura lies down on God's Perch due to the ritual, the cry of a shrike echoes again. However, nothing happens, while Haji keeps pressing the button on a remote control rapidly. Shinichi smiles and says that '''Haji''' is the culprit. The remote control is used to open the entryways to the cistern, but Shinichi stopped it with another remote. The trick to all the murder lies within the cistern. When all of the entryways are open, a large amount of water from the waterways will flow into the cistern, resulting in the air pressure being accumulated inside. The cave that Shinichi found under a pit is actually a vent, and it was blocked with cement in order to prevent the air from getting out. The collapsed wall serves as an excuse for Haji to keep a lot of sacks of cement. As all of the vents are blocked, the air pressure will flow to places with low pressure - the holes under the God's Perches. The beak-shaped object, which serves as a lid of the hole, cannot withstand the pressure, and as a result, the God's Perch becomes a leverage that will throw any person lying on it straight at the pointed branch of the Sacrificial Tree. The log on God's Perch will then immediately return to its original position thanks to the rounded stone between it and the tree. There are wounds on Yoichi's and Kotomi's foreheads because they were hit on the head by Haji before being placed on the logs. On the other hand, Okada's death is actually an '''accident''', as when Haji tried to dissuade the villagers and the TV crew while they were quarreling, the button on the remote was accidentally touched, and Okada happened to be on the log right at that moment. Haji's motive is to get revenge on the Wakura family, as 30 years ago, his mother, Machiko Konno, stole the Huitzilopochtli mirror and then made herself a sacrifice because of Wakura. It is also revealed that Tomi is Haji's grandmother and Tomo's sister. The reason why Tomi always tried to chase the Wakura family out of the village is to prevent Haji from commiting any crime.
</spoiler>

== Differences between the novel and the live action drama ==
:'''''Note:''' The following are only details that have connection to the murder plot or are important to the content. Many other small details were changed in the drama as well.''
* In the novel, the God's Perch is a wooden log on two pedestals and is put next to the Sacrificial Tree which has a pointed branch, while in the drama, the Perch is a pointed perch-like part of a stone monument. Therefore, even though they share the same principle, the murders are a bit different between the two versions.
* In the drama, the TV crew is completely omitted. Sho Kozaka, a graduate student, replaces Okada as the first victim.
* Ironically, in the drama, Ryoji is the one who is killed, while Yoichi and Kotomi remain alive (the culprit fails to kill Kotomi, and Yoichi never becomes a target).

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== See also ==
* [[A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~]]

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