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* Kogoro's phone was found near the doorway. | * Kogoro's phone was found near the doorway. | ||
* There were no marks on Kogoro's hands which would likely appear if he had recently exerted the force required to strangulate someone. | * There were no marks on Kogoro's hands which would likely appear if he had recently exerted the force required to strangulate someone. | ||
| − | Eri notices a torn page from the hotel notepad. Conan finds the page crumpled and discarded in the trash can; the note reads "Hayashi (ハヤシ)." Eri explains that Usui was scheduled to partner with a lawyer named Hayashi for a trial about factory pollution. She expresses her skepticism as she had not yet informed Usui about Hayashi's scheduled involvement. A hotel worker then states that he had connected two phone calls from Hayashi to Usui's room. He adds that he could not connect the second call, and was directed to check on Usui's room. After not getting a response at the door, Hayashi asked him to check again in case she was taking a bath. Upon his second arrival, the worker found a door hanger with a message about promising to pay back debt.<br> | + | [[File:CH265_YamamuraScaryTheory.png|thumb|left|250px|Yamamura makes an imbecilic prediction about Kogoro's motives.]] |
| + | Eri notices a torn page from the hotel notepad. Conan finds the page crumpled and discarded in the trash can; the note reads "Hayashi (ハヤシ)." Eri explains that Usui was scheduled to partner with a lawyer named Hayashi for a trial about factory pollution. She expresses her skepticism as she had not yet informed Usui about Hayashi's scheduled involvement. A hotel worker then states that he had connected two phone calls from Hayashi to Usui's room. He adds that he could not connect the second call, and was directed to check on Usui's room. After not getting a response at the door, Hayashi asked him to check again in case she was taking a bath. Upon his second arrival, the worker found a door hanger with a message about promising to pay back debt.<br> | ||
Conan voices his intrigue about the door hanger, which causes Yamamura to recognize him from a previous encounter.<ref name="Suspicious_Uncle_Case"> Suspicious Uncle Case (Manga: [[Volume_14#Suspicious_Uncle_Case|Volume 14: 134-138]])</ref> Conan panics as [[Yukiko]] had introduced him to Yamamura as her second son. While the boy prevents Ran from learning about the discrepancy in his identity, an officer enters the room and reports that Kogoro's fingerprints were found on the phone cord. Yamamura quickly labels Kogoro the killer, fearfully theorizing that he was motivated to commit murder after being overexposed to it via his profession. Fearing the inspector's overwhelming incompetence, Conan goes to point out a 3cm string by the door. Eri states that she had given the string to forensics, and adds that she found it next to a broken chain link. With sights on the culprit and method, Eri and Conan still lack evidence. Eri asks Ran for her MusicDisc, believing the music will help her focus. However, she accidentally hits record instead of play, a mistake caused by her being used to recording discussions as a lawyer. Conan has an epiphany and rushes to the bed-side table to inspect the memo book. When Ran goes to scold him, he guides the discussion towards "room service," helping Eri to connect the dots. | Conan voices his intrigue about the door hanger, which causes Yamamura to recognize him from a previous encounter.<ref name="Suspicious_Uncle_Case"> Suspicious Uncle Case (Manga: [[Volume_14#Suspicious_Uncle_Case|Volume 14: 134-138]])</ref> Conan panics as [[Yukiko]] had introduced him to Yamamura as her second son. While the boy prevents Ran from learning about the discrepancy in his identity, an officer enters the room and reports that Kogoro's fingerprints were found on the phone cord. Yamamura quickly labels Kogoro the killer, fearfully theorizing that he was motivated to commit murder after being overexposed to it via his profession. Fearing the inspector's overwhelming incompetence, Conan goes to point out a 3cm string by the door. Eri states that she had given the string to forensics, and adds that she found it next to a broken chain link. With sights on the culprit and method, Eri and Conan still lack evidence. Eri asks Ran for her MusicDisc, believing the music will help her focus. However, she accidentally hits record instead of play, a mistake caused by her being used to recording discussions as a lawyer. Conan has an epiphany and rushes to the bed-side table to inspect the memo book. When Ran goes to scold him, he guides the discussion towards "room service," helping Eri to connect the dots. | ||
==== File 266 - Unwavering Resolve... ==== | ==== File 266 - Unwavering Resolve... ==== | ||
| − | <spoiler>Eri asks Saku to come to Ritsuko's room as she wants to tell him who the murderer is. Saku hesitates on Usui's room's location but sees some dishes he knows in front of a room and guesses it's the right one. Eri, along with Conan, reveals that '''Saku killed Usui and pretended Kogoro was the killer'''. He deliberately used the telephone wire both to strangle Usui and not to be disturbed by the phone, and as Kogoro had touched the wire. He placed Kogoro's phone near the door and tried not to wake him up. He did a few mistakes especially discarding a note on which Usui had written, as he was angered: indeed the note was about a strange type of food she wanted to order, and Saku did'nt get why she wanted to eat such a thing and tore it off. But the note wasn't about food but about the name of a man Usui wanted to meet at the hotel as part of the lawsuit. Later on, a groom brought some food for two people and Saku still didn't get it and when the groom left he put a note on the door outside not to be disturbed. This is why Eri ordered the same food and placed it in front of the door : if Saku knocked at that door, that would mean he knew which door it was as he had previously seen which food the groom had brought. | + | <spoiler> |
| − | + | Eri asks Saku to come to Ritsuko's room as she wants to tell him who the murderer is. Saku hesitates on Usui's room's location but sees some dishes he knows in front of a room and guesses it's the right one. Eri, along with Conan, reveals that '''Saku killed Usui and pretended Kogoro was the killer'''. He deliberately used the telephone wire both to strangle Usui and not to be disturbed by the phone, and as Kogoro had touched the wire. He placed Kogoro's phone near the door and tried not to wake him up. He did a few mistakes especially discarding a note on which Usui had written, as he was angered: indeed the note was about a strange type of food she wanted to order, and Saku did'nt get why she wanted to eat such a thing and tore it off. But the note wasn't about food but about the name of a man Usui wanted to meet at the hotel as part of the lawsuit. Later on, a groom brought some food for two people and Saku still didn't get it and when the groom left he put a note on the door outside not to be disturbed. This is why Eri ordered the same food and placed it in front of the door : if Saku knocked at that door, that would mean he knew which door it was as he had previously seen which food the groom had brought.<br> | |
| − | Eri explains Saku broke down the door to get rid of his closed chamber trick. He had used pliers to break a part of the safety chain and tied the two ends again with some thread, then he put the chain on and left. Therefore, when people would come at Usui's door and try to open it, the chain would work but none would see it had been broken and then mended. As Saku broke down the door, the chain's rings broke again and nobody could guess the trick, except Conan's shrewdness of course. Saku wanted others to believe Ritsuko had locked her door to be quiet with Kogoro, and that the latter had killed her in anger during his drunk state. | + | Eri explains Saku broke down the door to get rid of his closed chamber trick. He had used pliers to break a part of the safety chain and tied the two ends again with some thread, then he put the chain on and left. Therefore, when people would come at Usui's door and try to open it, the chain would work but none would see it had been broken and then mended. As Saku broke down the door, the chain's rings broke again and nobody could guess the trick, except Conan's shrewdness of course. Saku wanted others to believe Ritsuko had locked her door to be quiet with Kogoro, and that the latter had killed her in anger during his drunk state.<br> |
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Eri says that the police will soon retrieve Saku's pliers and find his fingerprints, as Saku didn't think about throwing it away, being certain nobody would ever find out his trick. Saku confesses to killing Ritsuko to prevent her from winning the lawsuit and allowing a factory to pollute his childhood village, and also because Usui was a very immoral person who went as far as to manipulate Kogoro to dishonor Eri. Saku says however that nobody will believe Eri as these are the words of a lawyer close to the suspect against the words of another lawyer. Yet Eri shows him Yamamura and all the other policemen who had been watching them from the other rooms' doors' peepholes and the fact that Eri recorded Saku's confession with Ran's walkman. Saku then agrees to surrender and says he has actually always passionately loved Eri, something he's not sure Kogoro does. | Eri says that the police will soon retrieve Saku's pliers and find his fingerprints, as Saku didn't think about throwing it away, being certain nobody would ever find out his trick. Saku confesses to killing Ritsuko to prevent her from winning the lawsuit and allowing a factory to pollute his childhood village, and also because Usui was a very immoral person who went as far as to manipulate Kogoro to dishonor Eri. Saku says however that nobody will believe Eri as these are the words of a lawyer close to the suspect against the words of another lawyer. Yet Eri shows him Yamamura and all the other policemen who had been watching them from the other rooms' doors' peepholes and the fact that Eri recorded Saku's confession with Ran's walkman. Saku then agrees to surrender and says he has actually always passionately loved Eri, something he's not sure Kogoro does. | ||
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| − | Once released, Kogoro walks towards Eri who is listening to Ran's walkman on the beach. Eri doesn't turn around and Kogoro says he still loves her, apologises and would like to live with her again. Eri eventually turns around, saying she was listening to music very loud and didn't hear what Kogoro told her, asking him to repeat it. Kogoro doesn't and still does his usual "Eri-bashing", moving away towards an angered Ran and a disillusioned Conan. Once home, Eri listens with delight to Kogoro's confession she actually did record, but declares his apologies insufficient. | + | Once released, Kogoro walks towards Eri who is listening to Ran's walkman on the beach. Eri doesn't turn around and Kogoro says he still loves her, apologises and would like to live with her again. Eri eventually turns around, saying she was listening to music very loud and didn't hear what Kogoro told her, asking him to repeat it. Kogoro doesn't and still does his usual "Eri-bashing", moving away towards an angered Ran and a disillusioned Conan. Once home, Eri listens with delight to Kogoro's confession she actually did record, but declares his apologies insufficient. |
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| Release date: | April 18, 2000 | ||
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| Chapters: | 264-273 | ||
| ISBN: | ISBN 4-09-125497-7 | ||
| Publisher: | Shogakukan | ||
| English release date: | January 20, 2009 | ||
| English ISBN: | ISBN 1-4215-1679-9 | ||
| English Publisher: | Viz Media | ||
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Volume 27 was released on April 18, 2000 in Japan.
Contents
Cast
Gadgets
Chapters
Suspect Kogoro Mouri Case
File 264 - A Taste of One's Own Medicine
Kogoro lasciviously observes women at a hotel pool in Karuizawa while listening to music on Ran's MiniDisc. His daughter soon catches him in the act, and confiscates the music—forcing Kogoro to follow her into the hotel. While the two bicker about Kogoro's deplorable actions, they coincidentally run into Eri. She appears to be on a shopping date, holding a tie up to a younger man's neck.
The dysfunctional family unites along with Conan and Eri's companion, Norifumi Saku, at a cafe table. Despite Eri's insistence that she is merely on a trip with her colleagues from work, an unease fills the air. They are joined by fellow lawyers: Ritsuko Usui, Kenzo Shiozawa, and Yuji Mikasa, who sing Eri's praises as the "Queen of the Legal World." Though the group's initial discussion is mainly a snarky exchange of insults between Kogoro and Eri, their companions reveal that the two secretly cherish each other's victories, making the couple sheepish. Unfortunately, the rosy atmosphere sours after an inebriated Kogoro begins to flirt with Usui, causing Eri to storm off. Ran chases after her mother in an attempt to salvage the situation, leading to a conversation about the necktie Eri was shopping for with Saku. Eri explains that in light of their upcoming wedding anniversary, she considered moving back in with Kogoro, presenting the necktie as a gift. Ran tries to forcefully incite the gifting by offering to deliver the necktie in her stead, but Eri demands she stop, realizing her desire to present the gift herself. They return to the cafe but find that everyone has returned to their rooms.
Joined by Conan, the three search for Kogoro who was absent from their room. They inquire Usui about his whereabouts, but she denies any knowledge. However, after the trio leave, Usui nefariously returns to her room where she gazes upon a sleeping Kogoro. She internally reflects on her plan to sabotage Eri's superior prowess as a lawyer by damaging her mental state through seduction of her husband—ruining her marriage. Suddenly, her doorbell rings.
The clock strikes 2:00 with no signs of Kogoro. Eri calls Kogoro's phone and hears it ring from within Usui's room, which now has a door hanger. She opens the door, but to her horror, she finds Usui lying on the ground. Conan asks for a cutter to bypass the chain-locked door, but instead Saku rams the door open and rushes to Usui. Eri takes her vitals but finds no pulse. While the group come to grips with the woman's death, Kogoro drowsily emerges from the blankets, clearly oblivious to the situation.
File 265 - An Important Witness
Based on the marks on Usui's neck, Conan identifies the phone cord as the killer's weapon. Kogoro remains confused, as Eri cites the penal code, insinuating Kogoro will receive the death penalty for his crime. Inspector Yamamura soon arrives and, based on the recommendation of his crew, decides to escort Kogoro to the police station. Eri coldly refuses to be Kogoro's pre-indictment attorney, seemingly reveling in her husband's misfortunes. Instead Saku steps forward and agrees to council Kogoro.
Once the door closes, Eri immediately turns to Yamamura and begins her investigation—having refused to represent Kogoro in order to remain and prove his innocence. She begins by highlighting three suspicious points:
- The phone and outlet remain largely unharmed, an improbability if Kogoro had drunkenly wrenching off the cable to use in his murder.
- Kogoro's phone was found near the doorway.
- There were no marks on Kogoro's hands which would likely appear if he had recently exerted the force required to strangulate someone.
Eri notices a torn page from the hotel notepad. Conan finds the page crumpled and discarded in the trash can; the note reads "Hayashi (ハヤシ)." Eri explains that Usui was scheduled to partner with a lawyer named Hayashi for a trial about factory pollution. She expresses her skepticism as she had not yet informed Usui about Hayashi's scheduled involvement. A hotel worker then states that he had connected two phone calls from Hayashi to Usui's room. He adds that he could not connect the second call, and was directed to check on Usui's room. After not getting a response at the door, Hayashi asked him to check again in case she was taking a bath. Upon his second arrival, the worker found a door hanger with a message about promising to pay back debt.
Conan voices his intrigue about the door hanger, which causes Yamamura to recognize him from a previous encounter.[1] Conan panics as Yukiko had introduced him to Yamamura as her second son. While the boy prevents Ran from learning about the discrepancy in his identity, an officer enters the room and reports that Kogoro's fingerprints were found on the phone cord. Yamamura quickly labels Kogoro the killer, fearfully theorizing that he was motivated to commit murder after being overexposed to it via his profession. Fearing the inspector's overwhelming incompetence, Conan goes to point out a 3cm string by the door. Eri states that she had given the string to forensics, and adds that she found it next to a broken chain link. With sights on the culprit and method, Eri and Conan still lack evidence. Eri asks Ran for her MusicDisc, believing the music will help her focus. However, she accidentally hits record instead of play, a mistake caused by her being used to recording discussions as a lawyer. Conan has an epiphany and rushes to the bed-side table to inspect the memo book. When Ran goes to scold him, he guides the discussion towards "room service," helping Eri to connect the dots.
File 266 - Unwavering Resolve...
Once released, Kogoro walks towards Eri who is listening to Ran's walkman on the beach. Eri doesn't turn around and Kogoro says he still loves her, apologises and would like to live with her again. Eri eventually turns around, saying she was listening to music very loud and didn't hear what Kogoro told her, asking him to repeat it. Kogoro doesn't and still does his usual "Eri-bashing", moving away towards an angered Ran and a disillusioned Conan. Once home, Eri listens with delight to Kogoro's confession she actually did record, but declares his apologies insufficient.
People
Major events
- Eri and Kogoro's feelings for each other are once again on display. Eri is determined to prove that Kogoro is innocent, more determined than she would be for any other case. It is also their anniversary.
- Misao is once again shown to be a bumbling detective, however, he is able to lend a helping hand in solving the case!
- Kogoro asks for Eri to return home to him, admitting that he completely misses her. Eri however, pretends not to hear, and secretly records it and listens to the message over and over again when she gets to her office, smiling happily.
Sato's Father Case
Characters introduced
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File 267 - The Man from 18 Years Ago
File 268 - The Imprisoned Policeman
File 269 - Time Limit
People
Major events
- Sato's feelings for avenging her father's death are displayed. When Takagi says a line similar to the last thing Sato's father said to her on the day he was killed, she gets very scared.
- Takagi and Sato's budding romantic feelings for each other are once again on display. Sato lets Takagi use her treasured handcuffs, the ones her father used. After she learns that Takagi has disappeared, Sato is also very determined to find him.
- Sato's past is explored. Her father was also a policeman, but he was killed by one of his own close friends. Sato is set out to find this person.
- Even though Takagi knew that he could have shot the handcuffs to escape from the trap that was set, he was still determined to never shoot them, and find another way out, knowing how much those handcuffs meant to Sato.
- A bewildered Sato sees Takagi, her feelings for him finally growing stronger when she learns that not only is he safe, but that he cared so much to not even touch the handcuffs. Due to this, Sato and Takagi go on a date! However, the date turns into another case, as Megure calls them both before they can even begin the date, to monitor an escaped convict.
- We finally learned what happened to Sato's father on the day he died.
Arcade Murder Case
Characters introduced
File 270 - Game Start
Ran and Sonoko are having fun at an arcade hall's print club, along with Conan. They talk about how Shinichi's absence has been filled with Dr. Araide's rising fame at Teitan High School. Indeed, Araide isn't only the basketball and drama clubs' coaches, but he is even now the official sickroom's doctor. The group comes across an English-speaking woman playing skillfully at a shooting game, and they recognise her new English teacher, Jodie Saintemillion, from America. Sonoko had told Ran about Jodie's strange, cold, and distant behaviour with her students, and her showing ostentatiously her luxury sexy clothing. Jodie reveals her true self to her students as she tells them in confidence that she loves Japanese games but she can't show it and has to look very professional while at high school, as it's very hard for a foreigner to find a job in Japan, and high schools are very demanding with foreigners. Jodie convinces Ran to play a virtual reality video fighting game, showing her karate skills. Yet, Ran is defeated by a stronger player named Kengo Bito, who asks her arrogantly to move it as she took her favorite seat. An arcade employee, Hitoshi Dejima, tells Ran about the specificity of this game and how to win. Another customer, Toshitsugu Emori, tells Ran about Kengo being a champion. They also meet Takayasu Shimizu, whose sister is dating Bito. Shimizu is Bito's greatest challenger, and he came to propose a return match to Bito. Everyone gathers to watch the fight on a giant screen, while Jodie plays, just as skillfully, a car racing game. Kengo beats his opponent hollow, but suddenly stops before giving the final blow. Acccordingly, he is disqualified and the match ends by a draw. As everyone turns to Bito, Conan realises he's not in his normal state and runs to him, only to see him dead, dribbling.
File 271 - TTX...
The police declare Bito was poisoned during his game, which seems impossible as he neither ate nor drank anything, nor touched anyone during his fight. Conan's deductions impress Jodie who looks at him with great interest. Watching the CCTV recording, they are shown the entire scene before, during and after Bito's death, but find nothing striking. Shimizu went to Bito's right side to ask him how he would play, in vain, Emori went to Bito's left side to pick up a coin, and Dejima was close to him before his game, when he was recovering the coins in the machine. Emori reveals he, Shimizu and Dejima all had a motive to kill Bito : himself had been called a "dangerous taxidriver" by Bito in front of everyone after he lost to Bito in a car racing game, Dejima was a former arcade game champion who got defeated and humiliated by Bito, to the point of changing appearance and becoming an employee at the arcade, hoping to see if Bito could be ever defeated, and Shimizu's sister was dating Bito, who apparently treats her very bad. The forensics reveal Bito was poisoned by TTX, or tetrodotoxin, a violent and immediate poison found in the famous Japanese fugu pufferfish, as Jodie declares. Bito was stung under his right arm by a kind of poisoned needle. Yet, the police still can't figure how someone could have poisoned Bito during the fight game as none approached him. Conan thinks about it and suddenly hears a strange scraping-steel-like noise close to him. He investigates it and eventually finds out the truth.
File 272 - Game Over
People
Major events
- We learn of Jodie's love for video games. It is also mentioned how she is Ran's English teacher.
- Jodie hints that she knows Conan's identity and at the end she talks on the phone saying she found one of her targets.
Bear Hunters Case
File 273 - Stuck on the Same Boat
Agasa accompanies the Detective Boys to pick matsutake mushrooms in the forest (the prefecture that the forest belongs to is not specified). Right after they have been given instructions by an employee of the motel that they are staying in, Genta starts searching frantically, but soon becomes frustrated by the fact that the mushrooms are not as easy to find as he thought. Complaints are then heard, which prompts Ayumi to point out that picking matsutake was Genta’s own idea; she originally wanted to pick apples. Genta responds contemptuously that apples are common and cheap, but Haibara disagrees, noting that the apple is the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, and that eating it resulted in Adam and Eve banishment from there; she therefore concludes that the apple is much more mysterious than the matsutake. Mitsuhiko, watching this conversation unfold from the side, is so impressed by Haibara's depth of knowledge, elegance and beauty that he starts blushing. This does not go unnoticed; Conan immediately asks him about his strange expression, which forces Mitsuhiko to go on the defense and claim that he is merely looking at Haibara. Nonetheless, in the ensuing conversation between him and Conan, Mitsuhiko is lavish in his praise of Haibara and cannot conceal his appreciation of her rather unique qualities; this allows Conan to easily figure out what Mitsuhiko is trying to hide. He thus pats Mitsuhiko on his shoulder and tells him that "she is not someone that you can deal with".
The Detective Boys continue their search, but it remains fruitless until Conan uses his extensive knowledge about the ecology of the matsutake to help them out. Now that they know how to methodically find more matsutake, the Detective Boys scatter around the forest, each going to a place where he or she believes has the most mushrooms. Genta goes missing in this way, and Conan deduces that he has climbed a mesh fence to reach the inside of the forest, where matsutake is exceptionally abundant. Since Genta’s detective badge is undergoing repair, nobody knows where he is, and Haibara thus proposes that the four Detective Boys split present into two teams (Conan will go with Ayumi, and herself with Mitsuhiko) to look for Genta, and that Agasa stay behind in case Genta returns. With everybody agreeing with this plan, the two teams also climb the mesh fence and set out. Once they are alone, Mitsuhiko asks Haibara whether there is some special relationship between Conan and her, as they are frequently seen chatting about some adult-sounding and strange topics out of the earshot of others. Haibara tells him that their chats are about rather trivial topics and that things are not as romantic as Mitsuhiko believes (Mitsuhiko does not seem entirely convinced by this explanation).
Genta seems to have gone very far, as neither team is able to find him quickly and their loud calls remain unresponded. To make matters worse, Haibara and Mitsuhiko discover that Genta is likely to have penetrated a second mesh fence to reach the innermost part of the forest, where hunters and bears are found and where people are occasionally shot dead by hunters (who are under the belief that they are dealing with some large animal). Despite being conscious of the dangers, Haibara goes right in, followed by Mitsuhiko, and they almost immediately encounter a black bear cub. Haibara approaches him (or her?), saying that since he is less than one years old he cannot harm them. Mitsuhiko, on the other hand, is more cautious, especially after Haibara tells him that the cub’s mother might be around.
Sudden gunfire perturbs the peace of the forest, and the cub runs away in fear. Gunfire explodes again, hitting a tree near Haibara and Mitsuhiko, and they are now able to see the shooter. Mitsuhiko shouts to let the shooter know that he is dealing with humans, but before he can finish Haibara leads him away, as she notices a dead body with an apparent gunshot wound on it beside them. As they run away to safety, Haibara explains that the shooter might have committed murder and that if he (or she) suspects that they have seen both his face and the body there will be a motivation to kill them as well.
Conan and Ayumi have much better luck: they have stayed out of trouble and have managed to find Genta (a greedy one, as the number of matsutake mushrooms that he has collected is far more than the previously agreed-upon number). However, this is not the end of their worries: upon reuniting with Agasa, they find, much to their dismay, that this time Haibara and Mitsuhiko are missing, and that they are in the hunting area (according to Conan’s glasses). As they set out for another searching mission, they meet a hunter named Kiyoshi Yasaka, who wonders why Agasa would bring children to this dangerous area. Conan finds Mitsuhiko’s badge left on the forest floor and some blood marks and bear footprints nearby; this causes Ayumi to suggest in panic that Haibara and Mitsuhiko have been eaten by a bear. Yasaka says that bears do not usually eat humans, and at this moment another hunter joins them. He is called Matasaburo Saika, and he claims that in this forest resides a huge female bear nicknamed “Jubei”, who loathes humans and thus is willing to eat two children as a snack before her hibernation. Presently yet another hunter - Tomoya Negoro - joins in the conversation. He is thrilled upon hearing that Jubei actually exists, and tells a horrified Ayumi that he will avenge the murder of Haibara and Mitsuhiko by killing the ferocious bear himself. Agasa condemns his inappropriate comments as Ayumi cries even more heavily.
All three hunters then suggest that they accompany the Detective Boys in their search, as they are much more familiar with the forest and the mountain ranges covered by it. Using binoculars, Haibara and Mitsuhiko see the shooter together with their friends, and Haibara warns Mitsuhiko that he should stay silent and not make any gesture to the group as the hunter will shoot and kill them without hesitation and later claim that he mistook bears with children.
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See also
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- ^ Suspicious Uncle Case (Manga: Volume 14: 134-138)
