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Yuma Masaki
	Victim (Bombing endangerment); 21 years old; Beika University "Aero Quest" Airframe Designer;

Sho Ishizumi
	21 years old; Beika University "Aero Quest" Pilot;

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The Birdman Rally Bombing (鳥人間コンテスト爆破事件 ,Tori Ningen Kontesuto Bakuha Jiken^?) is the 1211th and 1212th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Gadgets

Detective Boys Badge

Case

Situation

Part 1

It has been 10 years since the last time Beika University participated in the Birdman Rally, which was also their best performance so far. This will no longer be the case, as they have signed up for the manual division of this year’s Birdman Rally to break it. The news excites Kogoro so much that he has come with the decision to take Conan and Ran to Hikone, where the event is set to be held at, to witness the moment live.

After the trio arrive at Hikone, Heiji and Kazuha show up in Heiji's motorcycle, to which Conan and Ran come to greet them. While it’s true that Heiji and Kazuha come to Hikone because Heiji never misses this yearly event, Beika University’s participation excited them even more since they were also expecting Shinichi (we meant Conan), Ran, and Kogoro to be there. At the same time, two members of Beika University come to show their gratitude to Kogoro for coming. The student in glasses is Aero Quest’s airframe designer Yuma Masaki, and one without glasses is its pilot Sho Ishizumi.

There are fourteen teams competing in the manual division of the event, and Beika University has a decent amount of time to make their final adjustments to the Aero Quest since their flight is ninth in order. Yuma goes to the school bus to take something he forgot earlier; he ends up being knocked out, shoved in a vehicle, and taken away in a black vehicle. His younger sister Rin becomes worried when he went away for so long, and decides to search for him. Ran and Kazuha then see Rin and decide to look for Yuma together. Eventually, they find the tablet he never goes without near the school bus, which leads to Conan and Heiji discovering traces left by the kidnapper(s) when called by Ran and Kazuha.

The valuable detail mentioned by the security guard when he is inquired by Conan and Heiji.

Rin has to leave early because it’s about Beika University’s turn to compete, so Conan entrusts her to give one of his detective badges to Ishizumi, saying it was a lucky charm Kogoro gave to the pilot. While Ran and Kazuha also return to spectate the competition, Conan and Heiji follow the traces up to a vacant of the parking lot, after which they inquire the security guard about. The guard recognizes the vehicle, and remembers a valuable detail about its driver: A young man wearing a bracelet engraved with the word “shita”–reminding Conan of a serial robber gang.

Using information Conan got from looking up the news and inquiring Megure, details of the serial robbery could be summed up as follow: Several years ago, multiple banks and jewelry stores were attacked by a robber gang led by Riku Momochi. All of them wore a bracelet that had the word "shita" engraved on it, except for Riku, whose word was "hyaku". They were all captured despite having split up to avoid the police pursuit following a failed attempt to rob a bank three years ago; and they are currently serving sentences with the exception of Riku, who died one year ago due to illness. It is worth noting that Riku was caught by Yuma and Ishizumi when they ran into each other, and that Riku has a younger brother who likes to wear the mozu bracelet despite not being part of the robbers.

Serial robbery (past)

Location: Multiple banks and jewelry stores

Time: At-least three years ago

Culprits: Ryu Momochi (deceased) and his accomplices (serving sentences)

Conan manages to confirm Riku is currently present after inquiring pictures from a writer who has been taking those throughout the event. More importantly, he was shown wearing a Beika University uniform in one of the pictures, meaning he must have infiltrated the group for something. His purpose becomes clear when Conan is informed by Kogoro about the dangerous purchase Riku made on a dark web, discovered by the police and conveyed to by Megure: “A bomb that comes with a transmitter, and a relay device.” He wanted to put Ishizumi in guilt for killing his friend instead of securing the kill himself, proven by how he bought the relay device so that the signal could only be disrupted by sinking the transmitter.

Hostage situation

Location: Basement of an abandoned building

Victim: Yuma Masaki

Age: 21 years old

Method: Bombing

Culprit: Riku Momochi

Heiji finds Yuma being kept inside a room under the basement of an abandoned house. He is tied up close to a bomb that will go off when the signal from the transmitter is disrupted.

Meanwhile, Heiji reaches Hikone Castle, having asked a security guard where Riku’s vehicle went, and discovers the place to be where Riku rented the van. Moments later, Heiji discovers an abandoned van and confirms it to be Riku’s, upon seeing the article praising Yuma and Ishizumi for capturing Ryu. Near the abandoned vehicle is an abandoned warehouse, where Heiji decides to investigate. Under the basement of the warehouse, Heiji finds a room where Yuma is being kept inside with a bomb; he tries to break the door separating between but the floor collapses due to the building’s weak structure.

Accident

Location: An abandoned building

Victim: Heiji Hattori

Age: 16-17 years old

Cause of accident: Floor collapsing

Heiji tries to break the door so he can get Yuma out of there, however, the floor of the building collapses when he does so.

Part 2

Fortunately, Heiji is alright after the accident. Unfortunately, Aero Quest has already taken off with damage obtained from clipping the ground. This means Ishizumi will have to be above the water for as long as possible until Yuma can be taken out of the room with the help of local police. Up until then, Kogoro must find a way to have Riku subdued. Even though Riku’s sadistic planning suggests he wants to witness Ishizumi fail to keep his friend from going off with a bang, they should not be approaching him directly since he may keep an emergency detonator just in case.

Remember the writer we mentioned during Conan’s picture-inspection scene? Surprise! Surprise! He actually owns a boating license and is taking Conan closer to the plane so the kid can reach out to Ishizumi via the detective badge he entrusted Rin to give earlier.

People

Rin Masaki
	19 years old Beika University "Aero Quest" team member Yuma's younger sister

Security Guard A
	Security guard

Man A
	Writer

Security guard B
	Security guard

Ryu Momochi
	Deceased (illness) Robbery gang "Mozu" crime boss

Riku Momochi
	Ryu's younger brother Culprit (hostage situation)

Isono
	Beika University "Aero Quest" team member

Police officer A
	Shiga Prefectural Police officer

Police officer B
	Shiga Prefectural Police officer

Police officer C
File:EP1212 Officer3.jpg	Shiga Prefectural Police officer

Resolution

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Trivia

Real-life TV announcer Shinichi Hatori (羽鳥慎一) voiced the announcer in both episodes, although the announcer is never shown in person^[1].
This is the first case to take place in Shiga Prefecture. Notable real-life locations shown include Hikone Castle.
This is the third anime-original case in the chronology to feature Heiji and Kazuha. The first and second are Stork Mystery Tour and Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba, respectively.

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	قضية تفجير مسابقة الطائرات	The Case of the Airplane Competition Bombing
French (Subbed)	Attentat à la bombe au concours de l'homme-oiseau	Bombing attack at the bird-man competition
German (Subbed)	Bombenanschlag an der Birdman-Rallye	Bombing at the Birdman Rally
Korean	인간 새 대회 폭파 사건	The Birdman Contest Bombing Case

References

^ https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/792a58127fdacc36b2e1c1caf65fe9195dc6d6e8

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-Kogoro took his kids to the Birdman Rally held at Hikone, where Beika University will be participating in the manual division for the first time in ten years. Heiji also took Kazuha there as they never miss this yearly event.
+It has been 10 years since the last time Beika University participated in the Birdman Rally, which was also their best performance so far. This will no longer be the case, as they have signed up for the manual division of this year’s Birdman Rally to break it. The news excites Kogoro so much that he has come with the decision to take Conan and Ran to Hikone, where the event is set to be held at, to witness the moment live.
-Two of the Beika University members come to say hi to Kogoro–Aero Quest airframe designer Yuma Masaki, and Aero Quest pilot Sho Ishizumi. The event kicks off as Beika University members are making final adjustments to the Aero Quest, while Yuma has to get something he left on the school bus–where he gets knocked out, dragged away, and shoved in a vehicle.
+After the trio arrive at Hikone, Heiji and Kazuha show up in Heiji's motorcycle, to which Conan and Ran come to greet them. While it’s true that Heiji and Kazuha come to Hikone because Heiji never misses this yearly event, Beika University’s participation excited them even more since they were also expecting Shinichi (we meant Conan), Ran, and Kogoro to be there. At the same time, two members of Beika University come to show their gratitude to Kogoro for coming. The student in glasses is Aero Quest’s airframe designer Yuma Masaki, and one without glasses is its pilot Sho Ishizumi.
-Moments later, Ran and Kazuha spot Yuma’s younger sister Rin looking for him, so they decide to search for him. Eventually, the tablet Yuma never goes without is found under the school bus, to which Conan and Heiji also find the traces left from the kidnapping. Rin has to leave early because it’s almost Aero Quest’s turn to compete; and Conan entrusts her with one of his detective badges, saying it was a lucky charm for Ishizumi.
+There are fourteen teams competing in the manual division of the event, and Beika University has a decent amount of time to make their final adjustments to the Aero Quest since their flight is ninth in order. Yuma goes to the school bus to take something he forgot earlier; he ends up being knocked out, shoved in a vehicle, and taken away in a black vehicle. His younger sister Rin becomes worried when he went away for so long, and decides to search for him. Ran and Kazuha then see Rin and decide to look for Yuma together. Eventually, they find the tablet he never goes without near the school bus, which leads to Conan and Heiji discovering traces left by the kidnapper(s) when called by Ran and Kazuha.
 [[File:1211-1212-1.jpg|350px|thumb|left|The valuable detail mentioned by the security guard when he is inquired by Conan and Heiji.]]
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-At the end of the kidnapping traces is an empty slot of the parking lot, so while Ran and Kazuha return to their seats, Heiji and Conan inquire the security guard about the car that used to park at the said slot. The guard recognizes the vehicle, and remembers a valuable detail about its driver: A young man wearing a bracelet engraved with the word “shita”–reminding Conan of a serial robber gang. Conan then calls Megure to ask him about the case.
+Rin has to leave early because it’s about Beika University’s turn to compete, so Conan entrusts her to give one of his detective badges to Ishizumi, saying it was a lucky charm Kogoro gave to the pilot. While Ran and Kazuha also return to spectate the competition, Conan and Heiji follow the traces up to a vacant of the parking lot, after which they inquire the security guard about. The guard recognizes the vehicle, and remembers a valuable detail about its driver: A young man wearing a bracelet engraved with the word “shita”–reminding Conan of a serial robber gang.
+Using information Conan got from looking up the news and inquiring Megure, details of the serial robbery could be summed up as follow:
+Several years ago, multiple banks and jewelry stores were attacked by a robber gang led by Riku Momochi. All of them wore a bracelet that had the word "shita" engraved on it, except for Riku, whose word was "hyaku". They were all captured despite having split up to avoid the police pursuit following a failed attempt to rob a bank three years ago; and they are currently serving sentences with the exception of Riku, who died one year ago due to illness. It is worth noting that Riku was caught by Yuma and Ishizumi when they ran into each other, and that Riku has a younger brother who likes to wear the mozu bracelet despite not being part of the robbers.
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-With all the details about the case, Conan chooses to keep an eye on Ishizumi while Heiji chooses to look for Riku’s whereabouts by asking people in the area.
+Conan manages to confirm Riku is currently present after inquiring pictures from a writer who has been taking those throughout the event. More importantly, he was shown wearing a Beika University uniform in one of the pictures, meaning he must have infiltrated the group for something. His purpose becomes clear when Conan is informed by Kogoro about the dangerous purchase Riku made on a dark web, discovered by the police and conveyed to by Megure: “A bomb that comes with a transmitter, and a relay device.” He wanted to put Ishizumi in guilt for killing his friend instead of securing the kill himself, proven by how he bought the relay device so that the signal could only be disrupted by sinking the transmitter.
-Meanwhile, Megure receives information from Takagi about discovering the dangerous purchase Riku made on a dark web–a bomb that comes with a transmitter, and a relay device. He deduces that the bomb becomes active by starting the transmitter, and explodes when it stops receiving signal from that transmitter, but couldn’t figure out why Riku needs a relay device. Still, he informs Kogoro of this.
-Conan, on the other hand, manages to confirm Riku's presence with pictures taken by a writer. More importantly, he was shown in one of the pictures to be in a Beika University uniform, suggesting he must have infiltrated the group for no good–like how is he supposed to get in legitimately? Just then, Kogoro reaches out to Conan to convey what Megure told him previously, from which the purpose of the relay device is clear: Increasing the distance in which the bomb receives signal from the transmitter.
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-At the same time, Heiji is walking toward Hikone Castle following the answers of another security guard about where Riku’s vehicle went–the location turns out to be where Riku rented the van. Moments later, Heiji sees a van on an empty lot and is able to confirm it was the one seen by the security guards when he notices an article praising Yuma and Ishizumi. Coincidentally, he finds an abandoned warehouse close to where he found the van, so he decides to investigate inside the building. There, he finds Yuma tied up in a room under the basement with a bomb nearby. He tries to break the door, only to cause the floor to collapse, rendering him unconscious.
+Meanwhile, Heiji reaches Hikone Castle, having asked a security guard where Riku’s vehicle went, and discovers the place to be where Riku rented the van. Moments later, Heiji discovers an abandoned van and confirms it to be Riku’s, upon seeing the article praising Yuma and Ishizumi for capturing Ryu. Near the abandoned vehicle is an abandoned warehouse, where Heiji decides to investigate. Under the basement of the warehouse, Heiji finds a room where Yuma is being kept inside with a bomb; he tries to break the door separating between but the floor collapses due to the building’s weak structure.
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 ==== Part 2 ====
+Fortunately, Heiji is alright after the accident. Unfortunately, Aero Quest has already taken off with damage obtained from clipping the ground. This means Ishizumi will have to be above the water for as long as possible until Yuma can be taken out of the room with the help of local police. Up until then, Kogoro must find a way to have Riku subdued. Even though Riku’s sadistic planning suggests he wants to witness Ishizumi fail to keep his friend from going off with a bang, they should not be approaching him directly since he may keep an emergency detonator just in case.
+Remember the writer we mentioned during Conan’s picture-inspection scene? Surprise! Surprise! He actually owns a boating license and is taking Conan closer to the plane so the kid can reach out to Ishizumi via the detective badge he entrusted Rin to give earlier.
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 === Resolution ===
 <spoiler>
-Since Riku Momochi wanted to witness Ishizumi causing Yuma to go off with a bang, Kogoro decided to put himself on a gamble: pretending to be a drunkard to disrupt the live comment of the event. This is enough to cause Riku to outburst in fury, thus leading to his own downfall.
+Kogoro puts himself on a ''gamble'' so Ran and Kazuha can have an opportunity to take Riku Momochi out: He’ll pretend to be a drunkard who wanders into the commentators room. This will force the live broadcast to be temporarily ''disrupted'' while security guards are trying to take Kogoro out of the room. '''IF''' Riku screams in frustration because of that, '''THEN''' Ran and Kazuha can see where he is and take him down. The gamble succeeds. Meanwhile, local police deployed to Hikone manage to get Yuma out of the room before Ishizumi's stamina runs out trying to keep Aero Quest above the water level. On the bright side, Yuma is brought back safe and sound as Ishizumi, Rin celebrate his return; and other members of Beika University are celebrating for surpassing their best performance ten years ago, flying seventeen kilometers straight.
 </spoiler>
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 * Real-life TV announcer [[wikipedia:ja:羽鳥慎一|Shinichi Hatori]] (羽鳥 慎一) voiced the announcer in both episodes, although the announcer is never shown in person<ref>https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/792a58127fdacc36b2e1c1caf65fe9195dc6d6e8</ref>.
 * This is the first case to take place in Shiga Prefecture. Notable real-life locations shown include [[wikipedia:Hikone Castle|Hikone Castle]].
+* This is the third anime-original case in the chronology to feature Heiji and Kazuha. The first and second are [[Stork Mystery Tour]] and [[Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba]], respectively.
 == Gallery ==
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 == In other languages ==
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+{{EpLangItem|flag=Saudi Arabia|Arabic|قضية تفجير مسابقة الطائرات|The Case of the Airplane Competition Bombing}}
 {{EpLangItem|flag=France|French (Subbed)|Attentat à la bombe au concours de l'homme-oiseau|Bombing attack at the bird-man competition}}
+{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German (Subbed)|Bombenanschlag an der Birdman-Rallye|Bombing at the Birdman Rally}}
 {{EpLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korean|인간 새 대회 폭파 사건|The Birdman Contest Bombing Case}}
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